The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY IS
WELL OBSERVED
Salmon Business Is Entirely Sus-
pended, With School HOlida Y
To Mark Occasion.

10 MaTk occasion.
Decoration day was observed as
never before in Salmon, with a snIen-
did meeting at the Anderson onera
house, with program of exercises
well arranged. The program included
The reading OF the Gettsburg speech
OF Lincoln and the Invocation by
Judge Giles; chOruses by a choir nm.
der the leadership of j +. Watkins.
song by Miss Phippeny's class in
the public school; an eloquent ad-
dress by State Senator f. ". Whit
comb on American patriotism. be-
sides appropriate remarks by Mayor
Atkins, who presided and had gener-
al charge of the program with the G.
A. Il. veterans and the WomAn's Re-
lief Corps. Senator Whitcomb gave
thoughtful consideration of the
causes that have led America into
war. which, he declared, were always
waged for the betterment of mankind
and never fOI personal aggrandiZe-
ment OF kings and potentates. He
said no man could assign satisfactory
reason for the beginning OF the pres
ent European conflict that is devas-
tating the old world otherwise than
to call it selfishness in the rulers over
there.
In our own Revolutionary war he
saw struggle for self government
and the system was instituted in a
perfection as never before seen in the
governments Of men. A little later
Americans fought successfully for
the freedom OF the seas. That was the
war of 1872. We had free country
and the fathers of the great republic
secured its expansion, as they believ-
ed, IN their determination to open
the oceans to or commerce. Then
came on the war between the states
| as a test whether such government
could endure. The result proved its
everlasting character as the govern
menG of the pc elple, for the people, by
the people. But the speaker thought
the last war Of the republic, by
which the oppressed people of Cuba
were helped to freedom without rob.
berry of the nation that denied it to
/ them, was perhaps the crOwning glory
of American wars and won fer US the
everlasting respect of the peoples OF
the earth. Mr. Whitcomb told the
story of American achievement in
arms in way that especially appeal
ed to the young as lesson in patri-
otism. In this connection he read
the splendid editorial by DR.. Lyman
A bbott recently published in The
Recorder.
Seated on the stage were the fol-
lowing veterans: Thomas Pyeatt,
George Martin, l. S. Johnson, \. /.
Andrews. Henry Bird, George Ben
jamin, Newton Elders Judge Giles
and W. 5. Andrews besides the ladies
of the relief corps.
Mayor Atkins alluded to the fact
that where as in times past the day
had not been fittingly observed at all,
he now must say he never saw bet
ter observance of thu national memo
rial. He said it was altogether the
right thing that the school board
should have declared holiday so thai
the lessons in patriotism should be
brought home to the scholars. 1t was
a splendid thing, he said, that the
business people should have so thor
oughly entered into the spirit OF the
occasion and Joined with the old sol
diers and the ladies' of the relief corps
in the service.
A flag fIoated over the Pioneer
store building throughout the day
There was much larger numheI
of people than usual out to visit th'
cemetery during the day, all remark
inp its we'll kept appearance as the!
bestowed their tribute of flowers up
on the graves.