The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-09-11

AAhAA6 you SluCcTely LOT you
letter and hoping / may meet 70,
some time.
\ am very truly yours,
i EVA PERRY MOORE.
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4 While the most of our club women
have been taking vacations and rest.
ing from the work In various ways
Mrs. e. D. Nichols Of Boise, has been
over the northern part Of the state
organizing Good Citizen Clubs with
marked success. We have been mail
ing out several copies Of Echoes to
them and hope to tell the club world
more Of this work in the future.
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Notice to clubs not having paid
their State Federation dues:
The State Federation 81 women's
clubs meets in Moscow. October 21st
and, 22nd.
The constitution says that only
those clubs not in arrears shall be en-
titled to send delegates to the regu-
lar meetings dues shall be
paid biennially one month in advance
Of each regular meeting
At the present time only eight Of
the thirty-three clubs belonging to
the Federation have paid their dues.
VIII those clubs which have not
yet paid please send the amount of
their dues-ten cents per capita, at
once to Mrs. VIM. H. Kettenbach,
Lewiston, Idaho.
HoRTENsE A. FORD,
Cor. Secretary.
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A souvenir postal came to us |
some time ago on which was a pic
ture OF a pretty interesting old mis-
sion built somewhere in the north
ern part OF the state by Jesuit priests
in 1S43. Our desire to know more
about it grew each time we looked
at 1T and we finally asked member
Of the Blackfoot Study League to
give us what information she could.
We cannot well describe the build
ing. It seems weather-bo boarded some
way, has porch across the entire
'front.' supported by six round col
INNS. There are no windows in the
7iew presented on the card. The ga
DE is to the front over the porch
'oof and is braided over in rather
ancy oval design with four urn-like |
at the side and surrounded !
With cross. There is star-like
on the center of the
ace OF the gable. The following
otes were sent from the Study q
league. Can any OF our club women !
ell us more about it?
Father de Smet, Belgian mis- 3
lonary, who afterwards became a q
esuit, visited the Occur d'Alene IN .
ians in 1S41. and during the next \
ear established mission among i
lem, and they became Christians. h
ne odd Mission Idaho" which is \
Ill standing, is in fine state of "
reservation. It was built in 1842-43 "a
ithout nails, by three Jesuit priests. n
ith the assistance of the Occur
Alene Indians, and is one .of the IL
manning evidences of Father de r.
nets efforts to christianixe the In 81
ans.
Perhaps It may be interesting to m
u to know the meaning of the ro- ey
antic name Occur diAlene.'' The 50
lcyclopedia Americana gives the to
gaming Of Occur d'Alene as '.awIl Oh
ar, which was the name given by
French voyagers" additionally, AS
account OF the stinginess Of the n,
lef to q tribe of Indians Of the Sa-I SUI
han stock. ~,
When one recalls the horrible and tn,
'olting murders which were COM th,
a practice among the Indians when wa
first white settlements were at ma
npted In this state, IL will requires ott
stretch ofsthe Imagination to be- mi
70 the following the true yersionI,the
the origin Of the name Occur
lene: -.
IN Indian legend tells US that In |,thi
nrst white settlement In North ur
40 there lived a beautiful young +,
den named Helen, or, perhaps, alo
ne, the French would call, her. sho
he was murdered in the most pul
d and revolving manner before 7
very eyes OF her heartbroken are
n. Her heart was torn out while ar .
was still alive, the savages dane RICH
around her for joy, and then sho,
k ona crag high up on the noun tion
side. The lover, in some miracu- how
way, made his escape, told the dev.
ipie story ana this tribe was we'll
rwards called Heart Of Alene" 4
sur d,AJanel