Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-20
ATTORNEY GENERAL ADDRESSES
PEOPLE OF GRANGEvILLE
IN THE OPEN AIR.
DUTY is THEME OF TALK
State Official Also Delivers Speech In
Cottonwood - Probably VIII be
Gubernatorial Candidate.

T. A. Walters, of Caldwell, attorney
general for the state of Idaho, on Sat
urday night delivered patriotic address
from the pavilion at the foot of the
county flag pole. Several hundred per-
sons heard the attorney general, and fire.
quently cheered him as he spoke.
General Walters address was confin-
ed largely to a contrast of American and
Teutonic ideals, his expose of German
ideals being based largely on published
statements of Kaiser Wilhelm and other
German officials.
General Walters analysed the duty of
every American citizen during the pres
ent emergency, and told of the great
sacrifices that have already been made
by the public in the creation of a huge
army of American youths.
Gives Her Son to War
81 was in Boise at the time Idaho
soldiers entrained for the east, ON their
way to France said the attorney gen.
eral. ct was at the depot as the crowds
assembled to bid farewell to the soldiers.
One sight that impressed me more than
did any other on that day was that of
young man standing at the car-step.
On the opposite side of the car-step was
an aged woman-a working woman she
was, clad in cheap dress and she wore
sunbonnet. Both were silent. You
know there are times in our lives when
words are inadequate to express our
feelings, and this was one of such times.
| saw the young mamie was her SON
stoop and kiss her, for he was an Ameri-
can soldier, going to fight in the cause
of democracy. After the farewell kiss,
saw the old woman trudge alone down
the streets Of Boise. She had no one to
condole her She was the most beauti-
full woman | have ever seen-not be-
cause of the beauty of her face, for
she was old and wrinkled, and not be-
cause of the beauty of her garments, for
they were Of the cheapest of fabric-but
because of that beautiful spirit of sacri-
flee which she had so nobly displayed,
in giving her son to her country.
Section Boss and Wife.
g. And, as | observed the relatives and
friends of the Idaho soldiers who had
come to bid goodbye to the boys, l
saw the section boss and his wife from
my home town of Caldwell. They had
son with the Idaho soldiers. Then L
saw the farmer and his wife say good
bye to their boy.
Presently / observed one of the
justices of the Idaho supreme court and
his wife arrive and say goodbye to their
son. 1 observed further. A woman,
clad in the most costly of attire, drove
up in an automobile that cost no less
than $4,000, to bid adieu and god
speed to her son.
"Such, my friends, is the spirit of
America today, and these are the boys.
from every home and fireside of the
idnu, WIN cOHpIlse the army u INC
May Run for Governor
General Walters is favorably mention
ed as a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for governor at the forth
coming primary election. Accompanied
by Lieut.. Gov. Z. L. Parker and a num-
Der of other friends, he came to Grange
vile from Cottonwood, where he spoke
on Friday. General Walters also spoke
in Nezperce.
The Cowboy band played prior to the
speaking.
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