The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-09-25

committee have all been supplied
with the bulletins of the State His
torical society. In personal letter
from Mr.. John HALEY, the aged sec
rotary Of the society, he says: Il am
pleased to see by your letter that you
seem to feel an interest in the State
Historical society. This is state
institution and is not only kept open
for every person to see free or
charge, but it is open at all times to
receive contributions in the line of
old relics. curios. specimens, pictures,
photographs. books, old manu-
scripts, household relics, old fire.
arms, old tools, horns and pelts OF
wild animals, in fact we take all we
can get, registering everything and
give credit to every person for all
they donate, and everything we get
is placed on exhibition for all to see
that come. The state furnishes q
good room and a man to care for
and show the exhibits to the people.
When they come and the state ex-
poets the people to take an interest
and contribute whatever they can
conveniently spare to build this in
stitution up SO that every citizen will
feel sort of state pride In 1t. OF
course, every person that comes here
is welcome to see all that we have
whether they have contributed or
not, but when they know that they
have contributed something to help
make the Institution more enterpris-
ing : apprehend that they will feel
that they have performed their part
well and have personal interest in
the institution. i hope that you and
vour friends will take an interest and
send me something to help build up
and make this place interesting for
you all. Things that you mention in
your letter would be interesting and
thankfully received. I am allowed
to pay freight or express charges on
contributions but nothing more.
With kind regards,
am respectfully,
jobs HALEY.
The things mentioned to him from
the club women of our district were:
All kinds of Indian curios, book
of photographs Of towns in our dis
trict in this present year, the collec-
ton to be as complete as possible"
How interesting photograph Of
Kansas City in the SOS would now
be! This committee will yet try to
complete such collection of pic
lures. And thirdly, photographs or
drawings of all the evidences of pre-
historic peoples. In Bancrofts "Na-
tive Races" Vol. III, he describes
Autographs and findings of ancient
people in New Mexico, Colorado and
Utah, but he dismisses us with one
sentence. II know of no such re-
mains in Idaho" But Idaho has in
teresting evidences of the civiliza-
ton of the remote past. At Poca-
tello are Autographs on water-worn
lava boulders, which seem to be of
three distinct periods; two types re-
sembling the Autographs on the
rocks of the Lila valley and to the
southeast and one type more nearly
resembling the picture rocks of the
Minnesota pipestone and evidently of
more recent origin. All bear evil
dence of great age, there being some
reasons to believe that the oldest
may be nearly 1000 years old. The
Autographs at Pocatello are both pic
lures and ideographs and are not col
ored or stained. Near Salmon City
are found pictures on the rocks
oIciHSu III O. lSd COlOl duu So HdTQ
that no instrument can scratch the
spot. The art of this is lost one.
! am in receipt of most interesting
letter from Mrs Scott of Armstead,
Mont, near Red Rock, in which she
says:
The receipt of your recent letter
gives me much pleasure. | am in
deed interested in Indian antiquities
about here, but not informal am
by the fact that / am
woman and busy one. some
times think III bestride a cayuse
and take to the mountain till I'm
able to demonstrate whether or not
I've found something of interest.
The discovery" is peculiar line of
rocks running over the range and
across valleys. I've inquired of res
ldents in different localities and have
been told that there is similar ser
les 70 miles from here. I theorize
that 1t is my same chain, but whe-
her or not thic Ia corroct cap onJr