Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1906-04-20
LETTER FROM IDAHO
FORMER MORRISON COUNTY
MAN WRITES INTEREST
INGLY.

EOhMEh MOh hhlSON COON
MAN WRITES INTEREST
INGLY.
| Editor herald: With the hope that
come friends back in my old home
will be pleased to read few letters
descriptive of the parts of the West
that I have peen a during the past
two yeare. aek space in the Herald
for that purpose.
Love for the trail being inherent In
the Cheeley family, and particularly
in myself I have since coming to Ida
no lived an outdoor life, climbing the
mountains. floating down the fast
flowing streams. and listening to the
echo Of the rifle, a. it returns from
hillside and gulch.
Myself and. faithful dog have tray
eled Thousands Of miles from cur
nome here in IDAHO fsr as British Col.
umbis, looking for y hun.er's and
trapper's g paradise
will In my next letter write of
things in general as I have seen and
experienced them In this letter. I will
write of the matter VT ich at this
time 10 absorbing all thought and
study Of men in the country in which
1--we.
A few weeks ago Ex-Governor
Steunenberg was murdered in his home
at Caldwell. the county seat.
During the excitement Of the first
few days after the crime, it Is said
that one Orchard was heard to say at
frequent intervals why don't they
investigate mei'' On saying thi. In
the presence of sheriff he was ar
rested, and sh.rtly after his arrest
WAS put through the sweating process.
by detective and confessed to hav-
ing committed the murder implicat.
ing q number of men belonging to the
miner federation of labor.
Meyer. Pettibone and HAYWOOD,
federation leaders, are now in jails in
Idaho, awaiting trials as associates in
The law OF this stste condemns to
death accessories, az we'll as the one
who did the deed of murder.
There ar great many socialists,
and also great many men In the
they are thoroughly stirred up over
most daily that trouble is almost sure
to come out of 1t
The foreman Of the grand jury t1at
indicted the three federation leaders.
come In for his part of tho hatred by
those who think Orchard was hired
by others than those who are in JAIL
A. B. Moss, the foreman of the grand
jury. Is merchant and banker in
Psyette. He Is Mormon. and was
defeated by Steunenberg for governor
q few yeara ago. 8teunenberg was q
democrat and very much liked and
loarried Moss home county by three
votes to one.
| It il believed that the foreman of
the grand jury publicly said the
three men were guilty before he had
heard an evidence in the jury room.
The Jail in Canyon county is q
} small affair. also the courthouse. aud
1t is expected tnas q can vas tent
will be employed to hold the crowd
which will wish to be present at the
trial of these three labor leaders.
It will be hard to get an unbiased
jury to try tho three men. This
trouble grew ont of the Occur d'Alene
trouble OF few years ago, when
Steunonberg was governor.
The issue in Idaho two years ago
between the two old parties. was the
Mormon question. The county of Can.
J yon IL pretty we'll Nor mon, and the
republicans control it thoroughly.
Gooding, the present governor of
Idaho, has an unsavory record, and Is
occasionally. reminded of his past
greed for gain
Such an unqualified murder as that
of ex. Governor 5Ieunenberg has Its
J right side as we'll az it's dark, in that
} it Will hasten the day of redemption
; from graft and bribery which is go
: plainly seen by nearly sll. It all
comes from one political party holding
the Teins of government too long. The
slave driver held the government by
} force too long for his good, and now
the republican party is holding too
long. Scratch q soclslist's back in
Idaho and you will make up one who
voted the republican ticket too long,
but It shows us that toe day of the re.
turn of good government 10 near.
/ A ueighoor today. accompanied by
dog which he valued highly, was
crossing Snake river on q railroad
bridge when they were overtaken by
q passenger train. He orawled out on
the steel support, and seeing his dog
would not leave the track crawled
} back and tried to pull the dog after
} him. just then the engine Knocked
the dog AGAINST the man and ne went
, INTO the river. The river is very swift
} and deep and his body will not be
} ecovered. His name was Wilson and
he was 76 years old. He leaves q
; FANNY. Tne river at that place II
nearly q quarter of mile wide.
u e. CaEELEY.
that # he still insists on running he