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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-17
MEMORIAL
WINDOW IN
BLACKFOOT
TO COMMEMORATE HISTORICAL
EVENT.
Some History of Old Ft. Hall
Facts About Its Location, Re-
mOval and the Government
Monument.

monument.
Through the efforts of Rev. C. A.
Edwards of the Methodist church. a
memorial window has been placed in
the west end of the church, to COM
memorate the visit of Jason Lee to
Ft. Hall on July 9th. 1884.
1t was first planned to erect a
monument at Ft Hall, but the gov
ernment has already undertaken that
and the monument now lies in the
grass at the edge of the great belt
OF meadow land bordering the river
between Blackfoot and American
Falls. The teamsters were unable
to get to the site of the old fort on
account of the boggy condition of the
land at the time, and the shaft has
lain there for year or more. There
is some dispute as to the exact loca-
tion of the old fort, but according to
the best information we can get it is
near what is known as "The
'Adobes," about twenty miles below
Blackfoot, on the LETT bank of Snake
river, and not far from the proposed
road from Pocatello to Tilden bridge
over Snake river This is the spot
where Jason Lee preached what is
said to be the first Protestant SER
mon ever delivered west of the
Rocky mountains.
There is much confusion in the
minds of local people as to where
1T. Hall is, and for this reason some
repetition is given. The original Ft.
Hall was established as trading
post, probably about 1924, during
the period when the Sale Lake Basin
was being exhausted OF its beaver
and other fur-bearing animals.
For convenience we speak of this
as Ft. Hall the first. In the fall of
1884, new location was selected on
Lincoln creek, and work commenced
where the soldiers were afterwards
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-17
THEY'RE MARRIED.

4 Vii AuOhudy ditCiuOQu WHii6 luS
commissioners were in session In
one room and recording clerks were
debating and writing in the middle
room, the knot of holy matrimony
was being tied in the other room OF
the auditors office.
| The door was partly closed to shut
off the hum of business between the
| west room and the other, and If one
were mean enough to stand near the
door he could hear Samuel S. Gre
ger, do you take this woman whom
you hold by the right hand to be your
lawfully welded wife?" and at the
same time a man was beating the
book typewriter in response to a
lady's voice debating, land upon the
payment of the said sum of $2234.51
to the said plaintiff" and in the east
room, mems voices in dialogue were
saying. How many acres were you
assessed for?" Eleven acres"
How many should it have been?"
only ten." We'll, then you are
one acre better off than you thought
you were. Mr.. Clerk refer TO the
records and figure out how many
acres this man owns"
Ara j. Mcpherson, do you take
this man whom you hold by the right
hand, to be your lawfully welded
husband" Business was going on
in the other rooms and we got all
tangled up-"and the sheriff is here
by directed to seize the aforesaid
property and to sell the same at pub
lie sale to the highest bidder for cash
=" 1T figures out II ACRES. '"How
much?" Eleven acres" We'll, but
I've only got ten. That's all
bought"
well, but you've got eleven.
Isn't it worth the taxes?" well,
there's two bitches running through |
it, and they cut out a whole passel |
of it. and I'VE only got about eight
acres under cultivation" ''And the
court directs that the proceeds of the
sale of the aforesaid property shall
be applied" "to love, honor and |
cherish until death do you part"
Then somebody kissed the bride, and
pretty soon they filed out of the side
door, starting on the sweet road of
while man with horse
fiddle voice, faced the commissioners
and said: This road aint wider
than % feet, and once you get
into the lane you can't turn around
till you get to the end of it, If you
meet somebody else, you can squeese
past, but if you want to turn around
and go back you cant do it."
The evening train carried them
back down to/Wayan. Taxes didn't
bother them, any, road was wide
and a two-plank walk was
better. They were full of attach
ments that sheriffs do not serve, he
had paid the preacher, and the whole
world lay before them, sweet, sub
lime, and ecstatic. Who'd miss be-
ng married, when you find the right
one!
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-17
ANOTHER FLOOD AT HEPpNER.

A cloudburst near Heppner, Ore
gon, Monday destroyed part of the
town in the same way that 1t was
torn up in 1903 by heavy rain in
the hills above, and the gathering
of the water into wave that came
down in a rush.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-17
FUNERAL OF EPH. WATSON.

The funeral of Eph Watson, whose
death occurred at Pocatello last
Thursday morning, was conducted by
the Order of Odd Fellows at Black
foot on Friday afternoon, July 10th.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-17

the Ft.t Hall Indian school. 1t i
nine miles southeast of Blackfoot, Oh
the reservation, and we shall speak o
it as Ft. Hall the second.
Ross Fork has always been th'
Indian agency, and has always beel
headquarters for the government o
the reservation, the Indian agent re
siding there and at times havinl
| troops there. 1t is now the head
quarters for all operations, and the
troops have been displaced by the
Indian police who act under direc.
ton of the Indian agent, Major
Caldwell being the present incum-
bent, and having about 400 Sho-
shones and Bannocks and nearly as
many OF the Lemhi Indians under
his control.
During the past few years, large
industrial school has been built just
south of Ross Fork, and Ft. Hall the
second was abandoned, all work be-
ing transferred to the new location
south of the agency. These four
places are so much confused, we re-
peat our means of designating them.
Ft. Hall the first, situated on FIT.
Hall bottoms, and abandoned before
the settlement of the valley began.
Ft Hall the second, situated on Lin
coin creek, nine miles southeast of
Blackfoot, established in 1884 and
used as military post and later
known as "The School" Ross Fork
the Indian Agency, on the Short
Line about twelve miles southwest
of Blackfoot The Industrial school,
half mile south of Ross Fork, also
known as "'The School,"
Ft. Hall the first can scarcely be
said to have ever been really pos
session of the United States. 1t was
not included in the Louisiana Pur-
chase. 1t was part of the country
explored by Lewis and Clark 1t was
not claimed as a part of Mexico that
Fremont and others took in 1S46. 1t
was claimed by the British who had
a fort at Vancouver, but Captain Nc
Kay and a large party came with ia
son Lee, and if there was any doubt
about it being United States territory
at that time, it was settled by Mar
Gus Whatman bringing another par
ty through into Oregon in 1894.
The Memorial Window.
The memorial window put in po-
sition last week and to be unveiled
on July 9th, commentaries the be-
ginning of the teachings of Method
ism in the northwest. The window
cost $3.50 plus the freight and cost
of putting 1t in position, making a
little over $40O, and is being paid
in dollar subscriptions by people who
want to have hand in marking this
historical part of the settlement of
the state.
The window is about fourteen feet
high by four feet wide, and is of
colored glass, ribbed with steel and
pannelled with bars of lead. 1t is
divided into more than seven hum
dred panels, varying in size, shape
and color, some of them having the
appearance Of sea shells, others look
ing like onyx and other rare stones.
The central figure is large pic
ture of the Savior, with Luke and
Cleopas walking with him on the
road to Emmaus, having just passed
4 sepulchre. On a pannel below the
figures are the words,
In Memory of Rev. Jason Lee
who preached the first Protest
ant sermon ever delivered west
of the Rocky Mountains, at Ft.
Hall, Idaho, July 9th, 1884.
Text: Whether therefore ye
eat or drink, or whatsoever We
10, do all to the glory of God.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-17
Il Cor. 1881.

The program for the unveiling will
be given in full in next weeks paper.
1t is designed that some Kind of an
anniversary program shall be held
each year on July 9th.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-07-17

Dubois anti-polygamy plank was
considered by teh committee on reso-
lutions at Denver and was left out of
the platform by vote Of 20 to 1s.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11

said exultingly: "The 'squaw-man' made h1m eat
his lie!"
Many sent the warsong into the air and cried
in anger: "Wee-pe-tanya, child of Yahnun-dah.
sis has seen the squaw-man. Shame!
At noon the medicine men came to Weepe-tan'
yas tepee. They were seven.
where hides the squaw-man?" asked one
The girl refused to answer.
"Where hides the squaw-man?" another de-
manded.
For answer the maiden turned her back on all
of them.
Six Indians put the question The seventh was
the judge. He approached, lighting his long coun-
cilppe as he walked
'Where hides the squaw-man?" asked he.
you" at last Wee-pe-tanya cried, angrily. you
are said to be the wisest of our people. Go find
him II you cant"
The old man hesitated at the doorway. He
put the council-ppe to his mouth, drew long
draught of smoke and blew it to the east, then to
the SOUTH then to the west then to the north
"Wee-petan-ya will tell" he said my words
have gone to the four winds on the council smoke
and can never be recalled. have spoken"
At sundown the chief of the medicine men
came again to the girls tepee. Where hides the
squawman?" he asked.
Wee-pe-tan-ya heard he spoke the murmur
of low chant in the distance and she knew
She must tell or be dragged forth to be disgraced
MAY the dogs of our enemies pick my bones
if my tongue grows weak" she cried defantly
Come towards! ! am but one. You are many"
They led her away to rock on a lonely preci-
pice of the canyon. There they tied her, so the
medicine man said, to remain until her tongue
should weaken She should have neither food nor
water
Weepetan-ya 4anting death-song and they
knew that she would never weaken.
The medicine men said "Wait!"
The morning came; the evening sun went.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11

Everybody has neard the mOurnIul cry OF tne
turtle dove The peculiar sound which this bird
Strangely enough the turtle dove rarely makes
noise anywhere else than in the woods and never
when flying.
Yah-nun-ss an old medicine of the South
ern Utes, says he knows why the bird utters its
doleful cry, and here Is the story:
Many years ago, Fish Hawk, young and brave
warrior of the Utes, taken captive by the Ban
nocks during battle at night At the time Fish
Hawk was very much in love with Wee-pe-tan-ya,
the prettiest Indian maiden of her tribe. weep
Wolf another Ute warrior was also in love with
her. AS Weepetan-ya had no smiles for any but
Fish Hawk, it is easy to understand that jealousy
ranked in Weep VOLTS heart. So when Fish
Hawk had been taken by the Bannocks, the un-
fortunate suitor spread story TO the effect that
the captive had gone to the enemy voluntarily,
with the white feather.
Weep VOLTS story was generally believed Tor,
at the exchanging of captves, later on, Fish Hawk
was nowhere to be found and he did not return.
council was held at which it decided to
brand the missing one a squaw-man or coward
Wee-petan-ya sat in her tepee and wept through.
out the DAYS. Weep Wolf came often. He secured
the mountains for game, bringing her the hnest
skins that he could procure; he went into the
streams and lakes and searched for the most
beautiful pearl-shels for necklaces and ornaments.
The prettiest birds of the forest were Weep VOLTS
victims and their plumage was brought to the
signing maiden, but all in vain She only said:
INV heart is not leaf to be tumbled by every
breeze"
One evening Weepetan-ya disappeared, and 1t
was far into the night when she returned. The
village was quiet but Weep Wolf watched The
next evening at twilight she again went out into
the gloom of the canyon and the jealous Indian
followed.
He would
He never returned, and to her people, the girl
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11

in a backwoods town of Kentucky. During this
lecture he had said that when Columbus started
over to discover this country the boys teegraphed
down to him that if he would wait until they
could make it on their BICYCLES, and the steam
cars, ETC., they would come down and see him off.
burly and unappreciative native stood at the
door as the audience was leaving the hall and
remarked to friend, in the hearing of Girls, and
for his benefit
That rooster don't know nothin' about history.
There warn't no telegraphs, an steam kyars. an
the like er that in the days of Columbus
When Girls told this on the train there was
general laugh except from big Hoosier who sat
near. He dipped in his oar" and triumphantly
remarked: "Waal, the Kentuckian was right;
there wasn't any telegraphs and steam cars in
the days of Columbus"
With this Girls gave the Hoosier a withering
glance and then said to him: See here, my
friend, hadn't you better climb into the cattle
cars somewhere along this road?"
In 1872 Mr. Griswod and some associates
started a humorous weekly magazine in Cincin-
natl that was called Saturday Night This
periodical large share of success as humor-
GUS and literary concern in the Ohio and Missis-
sippi Valley region, and in 1874 Grswold became
sole proprietor. He here wrought for several
years and the emanations of his pen fire.
quently quoted in the newspapers of the country
as those of any man that ever contributed to the
periodical press But Grswold not bus
ness success. Or, to say the most, his successes
were intermittent, tickle and undulating He dis
posed of his interest in Saturday Night and went
TO New York where for several years he worked
on TeGas Siftings with Alex Sweet
During this period he also gave much time to
his humorous lectures, travelling as far as Puget
Sound cities, where this writer saw him last, In
1891. 1t during one of these tours, in 1892
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11

The maiden was athirst, for the day mad oeeh
hot -,
tell?" he asked.
For answer he heard anew the death-song
Next day, hot winds drove across the desert
The girl bound to the rock, suffered. She cried
in vain for Fish Hawk
When her people came with water and food ana
showed 1t to her, she refused to be tempted
Cool shadows of evening fell across the canyon
Weepetan-ya called to the Great Spirit OF the
Indian and to the white mans Great Spirit or
which she had once heard: water, water!'
A gray object fiuttered past her head-another
and vet another. There many. They seemed
to be all about her. One perched on her shoulder
1t was a dove. It's yellow beak touched her lips
and cool drop of water fell upon her parched
tongue. Many came bringing water Until tne
gloom gathered they came-doves with refreshing
water from the stream and berries from the nil
side and the woods.
Five days passed. Each night the doves Drought
food and water
"Wee-petan-ya will tell" said the medicine men,
"Wee-petan-ya will never tell" said her kin.
Then Fish Hawk came creeping, creeping. Won
dering why the girl came no more to him, he
risked his life to find out why. At night he
skulked among the trees and the rocks about the
Ute village and he heard
Fish Hawk released Wee-pe-tan-ya when the
doves came and together the two disappeared
among the silent pines.
The doves seemed to believe that harm had be-
fallen Weepe-tan-ya, for so soon as she was gone,
they flew excitedy to the spot where she and Fish
Hawk were last seen, uttering cries-the first
heard from them.
To this day the turtle dove seeks the Indian
maiden's tracks in thicket and forest, lamenting
as it runs among the shadows.
Weepetan-ya never came back to the camp-fres
of the Utes, but she and Fish Hawk made their
way to the home of the Yakimas, far to the north
west. Peace and plenty were theirs always.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11

that Griswold joined the
silent majority. He lectur-
ed in GAINESVILLE, Wiscon.
sin, one night and was
found in his bed at the
hotel next morning, bereft
of the great soul that had
won him the love of a
mighty multitude of good
people.
Personally, Minor Girls
void was one of the most
sociable, genial and warm
hearted gentlemen that
his kind will ever meet.
His life was grateful shade
and mellow sunshine, and
the comfort and Joy of his
friends. He had a hand
some and pleasing face ID
which mirth and good
humor danced all the time
a merry-go-round. The
mind of the man shone
through the windows OF
his soul, his eyes, and TO
his associates he was ever
a well-spring of jollity and
kindliness.
Griswold's journalistic
accomplishments were YER
satile. He wrote strong
and brilliant editorials on
the general questions OF
the day; his paragraphs
were unfailingly bright
and smart and he kept
them coming in a contin-
ual stream for more than
a quarter of a century. But
Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11

his peculiar forte was in burlesque sketches OF
persons of ancient fame. 1t is to be hopeo Una.
some one has preserved them and VIII yet ~ coliass
tban, An sucb q hook as he had intended proper
title to which would be: "The Have Beens, or
'Those Who Have Gone Before and Are NO" De
hind" Continued next week
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-10
MOVING AND TRANSFER.
Could Keep a secrer.

A man who had purchased a nne-
looking horse soon discovered that
the animal was blind, and after sew
eral weeks he succeeded in dispos-
ing OF her, as the defect did not
seem to lessen her speed nor detract
from her general appearance, The
next day the new owner OF the horse
appeared
Say. you know that mare you
sold Ole?" he began. She's stone
blind" ..., ....
81 know IT," replied her past own
er, with an easy air. WY
you didn't say anything TO me
about it," said the purchaser, his
face red with anger.
Well, YOU see, replied the other,
that fellow who sold her to me
didn't tell me about II, and just
concluded that he didn't want II
known. - Philadelphia Ledger.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-10
WILLIAM ]. BRYAN
Continued from Page Ono.

Continued from Page One.
try from sea TO sea; that ON the
4th of March next Democratic
president would be inaugurated
backed by a Democratic house and
the people could then come into
their rights.
When Mr.. Clark had finished Mr..
James reported that the resolution
committee would not be ready to
report before midnight. lie then
made n motion that the rules be
suspended and that the nominating
npeechcs for presidential candidates
be made with the understanding,
however, that no ballot should be
taken until after the report OF the
COMMITTEES had been received. The
motion was adopted and the rules
were declared by the chair to be
suspended, and nominations to be
In order.
2'sAlnbama" called the clerk.
The chairman of that delegation
arose and was recognized. Knowing
that Nebraska will make no mis-
take in nominating the right man,
he said, Alabama yields TO Me-
braska,'
rI j. Dunn of Omaha will
speak for, the Nebraska delegation
announced the chairman OF that
state, while the cheering which fol-
lowed the first statement from Ala
balna continued unabated.
Nh. Dunn, who was to make that
speech OF the convention IN which
the greatest interest was felt by the
delegates and the spectators is scar
ccly of middle age. His clean cut,
determined looking clean shaven
face is surmounted by dark brown
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-10

DENIES IT
Says He Never Told Holoson
What He Thought About
a War with Japan.

Oyster Bay, n. Y, July 1O.-Secre-
tary to the President Loeb was asked
yesterday If the president would have
9ny comment to make ON the speech
of Congressman II. p Hobson In the
Democratic convention at Denver, in
which reference was made ID a report
ed utterance OF President Roosevelt
regarding war with Japan.
Because Of the presidents absence
during the day on picnicNing ex-
pedltion, Mr.. Loeb did not see the
executive until the latter's return last
evening. The secretary was with
Mr.. Roosevelt for three hours in the
tho speech in which Mr.. Hobson had
said: II want TO say to you that
not > very long ago the president
of the United States said In nv pres
encc there exists the greatest proba-
bility of a war with Japan" When
Secretary Loeb returned to the exccu-
tive offices the following official state
ment was Issued
In reference to tho speech e Con-
lgressman Hobson. Secretary Loeb stat
cd that the congressman must, of
course, have been misquoted. The
president not only never made such a
remark, but never made any remark
even remotely resembling It, All that
the president has ever said Is that II
there was sufficient navy there
would never be any possibility Of this
country getting into a foreign war"
| Secretar Joch also said that tho
Scribner publishing firm had been
given all the rights for tnc serial and
book form publication of whatever
the president might write Of his ex-
lperiences on his proposed hunting trip
in Africa. Questioned as to the price
10 he paid by the firm for the presl-
dents written account of his trip. the
secretary said that ho had nothing to
give out on that point.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-10


as the most representative citizen OF
1.-The nation, the peer of any living man.
I 'FrleDds and foes have learned that
he was shaped in that heroic mold in
which the worlds great parrots. states
men and leaders have been cast.
''First nominated when ten years
younger than any other presidential
candidate ever chosen by a prominent
party; living in a state five hundred
miles farther west than that in which
any president has ever lived, he has
grown In the affections of the people
AS the years have passed
J Speaking and writing freely on all
subjects. his heart has had no secrets
and his friends have increased in mum
bers and in confidNnce.
without an organization 10 urge
his claims; without campaign fund
TO circulate literature In his behalf;
witlr0ut patronage 10 brtbe a single
voter: without predatory corpora
tlon to coerce It's employees into his
support. without a subsidized news
paper TO influence the public mind, he
has won signal vlciFry at the prl-
lnaries and has become the free choice
of the militant Democracy OF the ma
ton.
forming In one un1roken phq'anx
extending from Massachusetts, to CALI
fornia, and from Michigan 70 the ever
glades, the yeomanry of the party
have volunteered their services to
make him the party candidate; and
they will not lay down their arms un.
til they have made hSm the nations
chief executive.
"Nebraskas Democracy which saw
In him. when young man, the slgu.
of promise, places in nomination as
the standard bearer of our party the
,man who in the thrilling days Of ~
and 1900 bore the batt,e-scarYed ban
,ner of Democracy with fame as un
lsullied and fidelity as sp)tIess as tn,
crusaders of old. Nebraska presents
his name because Nebraska claims hI'
dwelling place and proudly enrolls him
among her citizens; but his home is II
the hearts Of the people.
~ obey the command or my STATE
,and the mandate Of the Democracy c.
the nation when I offer the name o
Americas gre1t Commoner. Nebraska
gifted son, WILLIAM JENNINGS
BRYAN"
When Mr.. Dunn declared that his
candidate was the choice OF tn,
militant Democracy of the country
the convention broke in with viii,
cheers. The every ready flags were
tossed aIcst. md r'n"r of applaus,
swept through the hall.
The convention! after one hon
and twelve minutes of cheering
Senatc~ Gearin Of Oregon seconded
Bryan'S nomination.
Congressman Hammond placed
. The name ot Gov. johnson OF Min
ncsota In nomination.
Hon Levin Hardy OF Delaware
placed Judge George Gray in nomi
natien.