The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-08-17
ELOQUENT SPEECH ~ A. L.
scoVILLE FOR PIONEERS
(Salmon. August IL 1917

(Salmon. August IL. 1917.
II Is hardly right TO have me talk
OF Idaho. for | think Of II in dreams,
or ! view It's future in visions OF the
night. What. therefore. looks plain 10
me sounds like exaggsraJion to my
auditors. Despite that. must speak.
! remember the hrst time ever
came Into your state. Ii was on
the way To Yellowstone via 81. An.
thony. On one side were the stately
sentinels OF the Tetons: on the other.
the rising plains that led over the
Hills into Island Park Everywhere
there seemed TO be immense scopea
OF country and densely wooded noun
tains, with the main valley intersect.
ed BY the Snake. II was a land of
broad proportions; az home for the
baklFmoosa the swan and the sal
mon; and since its liberal size made.
II so. ! thought | could see later on,
as an effect OF this environment, stal.
wart native sons and daughters, In.
tellectually large. who would take In
and eXhale this atmosphere OF Idaho.
DO but remember that whales swim
IN the ocean and clubs in bitches
that unconseIously we contract or ex.
k1NN ~ ARRA0RAA1AN AAAAAAaNA0ANs AMAN
becoming what our external circum.
stances happen TO be. | think OF the
redman now. this child OF nature, as
IL he were ascending once more the
MAJESTIC Teton peaks TO peer far
down the vast valley of the Snake
and shout ont for the frst time the
name OF I-da-hoh! Idaho indeed. as IL
made for a thunderous universal
echo among the beetling crags and
peaks OF America! A name TO CO
iure withl A gift OF the Great Spirit.
whose sons are fast passing over the
hill and far away. But q few are dim.
ly visible on the hill crest. their wig
vans scarcely larger than pine
cones. They follow the buffalo into
the happy hunting grounds. their ar
rows set on the bow-string.
And now. pioneers. ladies and gen
tlemen. you have met TO begin \ rec
ord OF your states birth ana sruwtn
to recount the strange tales and pre-
serve the relics Of this domain You
are certainly wise In dOIng Ills. De
not dismayed that your active mum.
bers are few. for all great works
norities, who could see the large
AhnNoAE vi GoDAAnk GNEAAHs 60uA& way
or other. you feel as II you must do
this. Trust that feeling. my friends
II is natures way OF preservation. IL
Ii the instinct that leads the salmon
to forsake Its ocean home and swim
Up. ever on up. until II reaches the
birth-rills OF the Lemhi. The species
must not .faill II Ii cousin to the feel.
ing that led Columbus To travel and
/ Ia
ships with which To launch the birth
OF a new world; and when his three
voyages Of discovery seemed made
lanats. he began a fourth, weary and
old In service. TO and the narrow pas
sage which should lead to the spicy
realms OF the great Khadi Kahn. DE.
iected he turned his sinking earavels
hack, a. II his fairy faith had for
saken him, But no, So, gee.
er! Your vision was true. II was 20
be- Four spans down time. Goethels.
| the giant, came and smote the rocks
Of Panama apart. and now the ships
OF Genoa sail through. laden with
cargoes from the spicy isles-wtth
gold galore and SANITY pilgrims, o.,
make the dreams come true. As
toads to elephanta, so were the
dreams OF Columbus 10 their glorious
fulhlments.
Thus II In with dreams and begin.
nings-with dates and places of
birth. Lemhi county Ii place Of
birth for Idaho, and a very recent
birth II II as states and nations reck
on. Only a century ago the FIRST
white path through Idaho was made
by Lewis and Clark II went the
length OF Lemhi and on through the