The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-12-08
AN annual CELEBRATION FOR <
THE LfMHI COUNTY PIONEERS


home.
When 1t came the turn of Mrs.
Matte Andrews, wife of Tom An
drews and known by everybody as
Aunt Matte, to tell some of her eX-
periences as a pioneer, that lady ad-
dressed herself to a narrative that
brought forth many a laugh, She
said in part:
My first view Of this beautiful val
ley was some 46 years ago. We, that
is Father Andrews, Tom and myself,
had been camping and journeying to-
ward the Leesburg country. When we
were within a mile and a half OF the
Agency we stopped to get slicked up
to meet real white people. the first
we had seen in over a month and
tell you they looked good to me. 1t
was at the Agency met my brother,
N |. Andrews. 1t was while in camp
near the Agency Senator Shoup came
by in the stage. ! was making biscuit
and offered him some which he ac-
cepted. This was my first meeting
with Mr.. Shoup.
When we reached Salmon wish /
could paint for you the picture Just
as II looked to me. Mr. and Mrs.
Shoup stood in the doorway of their
cabin that held the site now occu-
pied by the Citizens National bank
with Win. who was then about d
year old. toddllng out to the gate
We spent that night at the NJ l. An,
drews cabin and the next day pro,
ceeded to Leesburg where Haynes
and my brother Baldy We're taking
cattle to go into the business OF sup,
plying milk to the miners OF that
camp at rs cents per gallon
Talk about high prices; you know
nothing about them now-although
you may soon learn something-eggs
at $3.50 per dozen and almost impos
sible to get; butter 81 per pound
( flour SIS per hundred, sugar $35 per
sack: coffee and tea 81 per pound and
quantity not quality was the only
thing regarded.
Il had never ridden a horse in my
life, let alone up mountain, so when
| reached Leesburg father called the
! girl in the hotel TO get me a cup oi
tea After some time she returned
with the word that the cook was
bucking' and wouldn't get me any
thing to eat. wondered what the
cook was doing. for that was a new
word to me. When dinner was called
| started for the dining room wher
the girl told me l must wait for the
second table, only men were allowed
at the first II was eight O'CLOCK
when the call came and by that time
| was past being hungry, Next morn
ing, tell you. ate at the first table
and the. first TO greet me was Mr.. Mac
Donald, the next Mr.. Sharkey. Never
could a lady anywhere be treated
with more courtesy and thoughtful
ness than in that mining camp al
/ lLeesburg."
indians Paid Their Debts.
County Attorney John E. Rees reaC
a paper on the Indain life of Lemh
county as he knew 1t from having ruI
a store near the Lemhi agency fol
twenty years. Most of what Mr.. Reei
read was first hand Information, nev
er before recorded. particularly il
respect to the running OF stores like
his own for purposes of trading large
ly with the Red Men. He said tha
during his experiences he had fount
them remarkably honest for al
J Though all his customers at one tim,
or another obtained goods on credit
and the total sum involved durins
his mercantile business with the In
hidh0 iuh lhNO lllS CblHldtl
able sum of half million dollars, his
losses from bad debts thus contract
ed were not over $50 when he wounC
up the business when the Indians
were removed to Fort Hall Fol
its historical value The Recorder OK
poets to be able to publish extensiv,
extracts from Mr.. Rees' paper latel
on
There were many others billed C
appear before the audience with rem
iniseenses but all OF these were de
! ferred for another meeting except 4
story or two by w. G. Smith, thC
former county clerk, which wer'
> greatly enjoyed.
Music and Refreshments.
A musical program included violiI
numbers by Pauline Gates and Mar
cis Whitwell. with Cora Ford anC
Gladys Whitwell at the piano: a pi
ano selection by Miss Schons. a clui
quartet of Mrs. Watkins. Mrs Meri
deth, Mrs. Arch Herndon and Mis-
Irene Yearian in beautiful vocal mel
ody and old time songs by eyerybod,
who could and would sing them
There was a collation. Of light re
II eshments served soon enough 70
all the guests 10 get home before mid
night The affair was voted a com
plet success. Mrs. Pearson ha,
charge OF the arrangements for thi
club and Roy Herndon for the HistoT
iCal society.