Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-07-10

We want 10 cell you gentlemen tina
Rexburg 1as glorious future A
though nov boating population o
lille more than 1900 people We pre-
Diet thai Ia .he next decade she vi
be- buay little metropolis OF 1000
Inhabitants We want 20 continue fh'
good will q Idaho towards US. anS
know THAI you gentlemen The mould
srs Of pablle opinion can do much
for ~. Again bidding you a hearty
welcome 70 eur midst / thank you
EDITOR LisLE's aEsPonsE
Mr.. Chairman. Honorable Mayor. La.
dies and 0eniiemon
Within ine past six waqks ! have
had two revelations neither ecalest
Antlcal nor ansiecclesasficsl and !
know them "a be true
The first ives up IN Tar north Idaho
~here ! Visited for no first time. six
weeks ago II wes uo whore the
great pines grow where / saw one
orchard Of ! 500 acres. fiillng the air
wlfb h~avy sweets. aud whore the
'ailinE biossom2 pile ~ under The
irees like drifts u zaow; where the
hills have hearts Of gold. and where
dwell doitno~. busting people. 100
bnay ordinarily 60 be even hozpiia
bio. hut when they do take she time
10 fhlns of Il are a. free and IN
tramossd Ia their hospitality "a the
sre~za from me tracklcss sea This
was any first visit 70 this laud Of
h-saty and strength and prosperity
And nos comes the second revela
lion. IN NV first yisii 10 this section.
what mafvcis 81 water. aud fresh
piney air and horizon OF mighty
snow-ciad peaks. aud hills crowned
With the green OF trees. and fresh
gre.n fields with their myriads OF
happy homes these two revelations
make the marvellous s,.s=i Of idaho, /
Almost continent apart yet bear
ing the same name. under the same
laws. yet alike neither Ia products.
or eismaie. Or habits OF life tho mar 4
vel 10 that one state can have such .
variety u resources. such varied and
multiplied prosperity
bnt all this ~ idaho From sage
brush. from mine. from waving field.
from shop aud STORE and office come
the aame class ~ men A court IN
the territory Of Idaho once found an
iadlctmea, against Abraham iincolu.
that saua,. sad.faeed giant who bore
= nsiion on Bis shoulders. through a
bloody conflict They don't DO Il now;
idaho sent TO the last yer one OF the
best regiments that ever marched
snder oie Glory. il might nos be- De
oeaingly modest Tor ms 10 say that
shez wsre close second 10 the iron
mra ~ aay own regiment from Mos.
iana. ia some u The conflicts where
both were engaged il ever they were
sscoad IL eas because they we're
placed there py authority and they
al~ays ebeyed orders There we're
Ilmes ~hcn ~e should have been
nixhsy glad 10 trail behind the men
from Idaho You % this pastoral
-oanFy sent more than your quota
10 she fFons some Of them neser
'eme back. those whp asa. came With
he hsesissa - fire thar knows na dr.
iHesion ees asen miil.enaire and hru-
r BOY. bes~eeo saiis skin Or black,
is 5ro~n - leng a. me beari Is
'isht idaho - proud oi her mee
y pFead almost as Of her fair ana
5saous ~otaen
knd h~r~ ! Venture te touch 90
esdss psssns shell illustrate it hy
ltfrls storf 4 few years axu there
.as sioleat asttstlon mostly under
o4es axaiHst tss Catholic chasrh
} var knosn - the a. y A. mose-
n~Ut. and Il sseFred thai Il was time
ne NE IAtstes - Angrice 70 rogs1
RIA themselves snd prepare TO var
galasi me eyefthrow u their GOV
rnment b. IN ecclesiastical power
'raduails ~ bat the fshlest msmors
Z me moscm hiss d.ed ou, 4 VAS
allied to ny mind MOST etrikingly by