The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-01-31


wv or of Captain John Mullan
builder of the military high
way connecting Fort Benton, Mont
and Fort Walla Walla, Wash, cross
ing Idaho through Shoshone and Koot
enai counties. At the same time sim
liar monuments will be erected a
Mullan and Kellogg in this county ant
at Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls IL
Kootenai. The matter of erecting
monument in this city was taken vi
with Mayor Homer Brown last Augus
by L. j. Perkins, of Lewiston, presi.
dent Of the North and South Highway
association. He referred to the fact
that the Montana Historical society
had marked the historic Mullan road
by appropriate monuments from Fort
Benton west to the Idaho line, the last
one being at ST. Regis and then gave
the details of the proposal to erect
similar monuments in towns along the
road in Idaho, as follows
Donor Is Unknown.
AN agent of a wealthy citizen, who
does not want his name used, has rep
resented to me as president of the
North and South Highway association,
that he will furnish the money and
erect six or eight of these monuments
in Idaho along this old road on con-
dition that the city where the monu-
ment is erected will furnish a suitable
site for this purpose and agree there
after to preserve and protect the mon
ument.' The city would incur no 9TH
er expense and assume no other obli-
CATION.
"The monument is granite slab, on
one side of which is a carved life-size
figure of Captain Mullan, dressed in
buckskin suit with a gun standing be-
side him. The monument rests on a
cement foundation and altogether Is
Ia feet high, costing something over
$1,000.
"As you know, the north and south
highway follows quite closely the
route of this famous road, and we
have an opportunity to mark both
with beautiful monuments and at nc
expense to ourselves.
"Your city has been designated as
one Of those which may have one OF
these monuments on the conditions
named, and I very much hope that you
will avail yourself of this opportunity
to obtain it,"
Mayor Accepts Monument.
Under date of August 20 Mayor
Brown informed Mr.. Perkins that I'VE
would be more than pleased to have
one of the monuments erected in oul
city, There are a number of good To-
cations available, and we can assure
you that after the same has been IN
stalled that 1t will be properly taker
care of. On recent trip to st. Regis
l had an opportunity to see the one
erected there, I consider it a yer!
beautiful piece of work and one tha
will be appreciated by our citizens
Here the matter rested until a few
days ago when Mayor Brown received
letter from Frank D. Brown, o
Philipsburg, president of the Societ.
of Montana Pioneers, in which he stat
ed that the monuments would be read
for installation in June, and that !
was desired to have the concrete bas
prepared in April, giving it plenty o
time to Sc. and thus insure the mon
ument remaining In perfect line. Tn
foundation will be about 10 feet squar
and in preparation for which tn
mayor Is asked to have an eXcaVatio
made to depth of 2h feet and sew
eral loads of sand and gravel deliver
ed with which to mix the concrete, a
of which will be done as soon as tn
location Of the monument has pee
definitely determined.
Site Being Considered
1t is desired that the Mullan mont
ment be placed as near as practical 9
the line Of the old road, and with th'
in view the mayor and council hay
informally been considering a suitao
site for it. Coming from the east u
cid Mullan road crossed the Sou
Fork back Of the warehouses OF u
Occur d'Alene Hardware & Foundl
company, following along the foot
the hill back of what is now Res
dence street, thence cutting across u
present townsite diagonally to q
river, crossing the city park probap
little west of the public libra
building. Crossing the river the rot
continued west over the ground nc
occupied by the Northern Paci
round house. Two sites have receiv