The Republican journal., 1915-04-22
Whole Town Mourns.

Whole Town MOurnS.
,uotber of Homeless Twenty Sheds
'nV # Gloom over Southern Idaho.
f~ Marked by Largest Attendance
D,', IN the History of the City. Bust
~ ,,,nsss Close. Floral Tributes Many
Nd beautiful
rous Idaho, News, April 8. 1851
b smiling sky to the lullaby of
BeagSs' br4eze in the waving treetops,
.tn.5 n g mortal of Mrs. Robert M.
10, was laid at rest in the Twin
Ao.Ipans rery on Tuesday afternoon in
l' le ,,nre Of the largest concourse Of
sn+gtiya citizens ever gathered to-
FIF'F9 ~ nav a final tribute of respect
gta ;ient of Twin Falls.
I5S sarvices were held at the McCul-
lD5 s,5ooee on Shoshone street at 2
F''ss rcbdean Stoy of the Epis copal
tolD ,tficiating, assisted by members
gffa s J,,i Seats had been provided
In' avn avn for those unable to gain &C.
A che he house, and the service was
II t /" The yeranda. The entire street
si ii ,O'i With men and women who stood
p ." nn4ar the trees on two sides of the
'a' 4 tbs space Immediately in front of
w. s,oS being occupied by the pail bear
ay' nracticaly the entire local men,
es1y The Homeless Twenty, the
a'aE .ociai organization of the tract,
%tsS Mrs McCollum was the honor
o'a ,.yars. blocks line OF autos was
y, y, M and at the conclusion of the
nsn u i1s funeral cortege, led by the
NFsi. tand, formed for the. last sad
WV The services, while simple,
. .5.-oIy Impressive, the music by the
' 'b4 singing of the choir and the
,y Mrs W. 0. Taylor, finding a re-
.,ra chord in the hearts of all who
Il present
Stricken Two Weeks Ago.
H.. M.Collum was first stricken some
.r ago. following her almost con-
tendance upon her little grand
a-st4r Alice Craven, who underwent
.ysr. attack Of illness from which she
nav almost recovered. Her demise
las 10 streptococus pneumonia.
.b tool, place on Easter Sunday morn
At t49 minutes to 10 o'clock, in the
Is,.rce OF the immediate members of
.hmiy, during the offering of prayer
arcafgacon Stoy, an old-time friend
+,aba called to pay his respects to the
I8t1s lowers available in Twin Falls
~ exhausted within few hours and
enf. Of Salt Lake and Boise were
sg1 up5a fer further supplies. Among
|. offerings were many elaborate and
.mtiruI rxpressions of sympathy from
s75s Of both Mr.. and Mrs. McCollum.
he grave side mound of flowers al
| Nj concealed the immediate surround
gtrom view.
Many Expressions of Sympathy.
sDong the many kilograms of condol-
received were those from Mr.. and
II F. R Coffin of Boise; George B.
fMl Of BOISE; Fred R. Reed of San
incisco Judge C. o. Stock Stages of !
tyrm-. Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Gooding
[5o5og Mrs. Frank Gooding of Sho-
pE c. Brown of Robinson, Kansas;
| Brown of Coldwater, Mich. W. M.
I7nan, S. II. Hays and Joel L. Priest
tAse A touching tribute Of love and
Hct was presented by committee of
hioreIess Twenty, while scores of
aB and personal messages testified to
HEARTFELT veneration in which Mrs.
t@Ilm was held by all who knew her.
b: pailbearers were j. M. Maxwell,
ags 7 Sprague, George D. Aiken, C.
Boof Harley Miner and E. B. Will
@ Every business house in the city,
t1img the banks, closed their doors at
oOl- Of the funeral and remained
a4wtIl o clock.
Her Father Forty-Niner.
f MoColum was Miss Alice Ro
Ia COMBS, daughter of Lorenzo G.
Ents, forty-niner and a prominent
lie operator in British Columbia, Ari-
"a and California. She was grand
FIGHTER OF Mr.. and Mrs. George R.
Fier Of Belfast, Maine, where as
Hg gr she resided for a time. She
E@rd q Victoria, B. c., on March Is,
Snsr father at that time being actively
sged ir Mining operations in the head
FTs Of The Frazer river. His activi-
REIe such as to make necessary a
a0ef Of extended trips and on several
aso0s be was called abroad for periods
varying ength, his daughter accom-
!Ag nm. The final years of his life
H spent at Globe, Arizona.
I'LL aJglier was given every ad-
figF u the way of education and as
VI" ,ts became old enough was placed
a' -rsuhne Convent at Quebec. Here
s& over instruction in every branch
<, including the arts, with
aa f-lerence to music. For years as
avS' and pianist she had few equals
D' syIenors among all the host of
ts aug students of this famous insti-
~ w. Perhaps the highest point in her
S@' career was reached when she
ysI' III the great musical jubilee in
rgD some years ago, her work VIM
s4ti nonors in the musical world of
Is'L IN Canada and the United
Married in Colorado.
% marriage of MIR. and Mrs. McCol-
S's solemnized in Canyon City, Col
MIL a' the month of February, 1882.
4? atterward the couple took up
.,s .eS'1enee in Breckenridge, Colora-
h. ~ Ill 1874 moved to Shoshone, Idaho.
residence there of just ten years
h. sean OF the empire in the desert
pscaine lnsistent, and Mr.. McCul-
sst "a Jay when the waving plains of
fT @sSG covered the fertile acres of
MAJ ta'li and the entire area of what is
|sT WIN Falls country, cast in his
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