The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-02-22
HONORING FIRST
TO GIVE HIS LIFE
DUNCAN CARLTON, is BURIED
WITT HIGH HoNoRs-pEATH
OCCURRED AT SAN OlE6o

NS-OhED Al SAN DIEGO
Duncan Car!tan, or Duncan Holmes
as he was better known from the
aame OF his step-fathey, and whose
Itunefal took place In Salmon last
sunday, February II, aied al San
Diego, California, on February IL. He
was an enlisted recruit for the navy
TIE body arrived in Salmon on Fri-
day before the funeral
ihe funeral exercises begun at An.
eersons opera house called out a
coneourse Of people pe-haps never
petore eqpaied IN Salmon. All tbs
toNnspeople and many from the
countiy wanted 20 do honor 10 the
Young patriots mem Try. a funeral
oretlon was delivered by the Rev B.
=, Meredith. II was splendid tribute
from the text, Therefore endure
haruness as good soldiers OF Jesus
Christ" Young Duncan was describ-
cd as such soldier because the war
IN which he had enlisted was a wal
tor the common rights and brother
hood OF man as taught by the Great
Leader as against autocratie aggres-
sLons OF rulers who would repress
those rights as expressed in that
Brotherhood. The young man was
further described as having quietly
and deliberately made up his mind
TO dedicate his life to that noble ser
[ vice. He was born in the year 1897,
tohe year before the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. when the same high prih
/ cip.e OF unselfshness in the cause Of
4 humanity animated our forces then
| In that war as now in this war. There
can be nc question as to the outcome
lcf such q struggle, the speaker de-
elared. our martyTed president, Lin
/ coin, had said truly that our own
country could not endure half slave
and half free Neither can the democ-
tacies of the world, which we are
/ Fighting to make safe, stand the men
iace OF irresponsible autocracy,
4 There was deep feeling oil patri-
otism in all that was said and in
song selections by a choir made up
OF Mrs. j. l.. Kirtley, Mrs. Meredith
2rs, T. A. Herndon, Mrs Biscoe, T..
IJ Atkins, j. T. Watkins, Charles
Mack and Vaughn Clark Miss GLADYS
/ WhitWell played the piano accomp.
1 panimcnts A beautiful rendition of
the funeral dirge by the choir, two
Cornettists, Messrs. Vrudennurg and
Fowler impaired martial acc5mpa.
niment also. On the platform were
The few surviving patriots OF the civ.
~ war still with us and also squad
OF the SpaHish-American volunteers
/ whose homes are here, the latter act,
ing as pail bearers. The casket was
/ covered with flowers All the impress
! siye services were arranged by the
Lemhi Business Mems association.
with W H. Shoup. J. A. Taylor, X. Il
Williams, J G Dryer and II NJ Shaw
as representatives of that body
| Fifty-siX automobiles made up the
/ funeral cortege, besides the women
of the Rcd Cross. the fun member
ship OF the Salmon band. the school
children, the Camp Fire girls, and
others who walked 10 the city limits
On the way to the cemetery From
the time OF the arrival Of the body
. in Salmon, when the train was met
/ by a throng Of people AT the depot.
until the funeral services were over
/ there was a military guard OF honor
maintained all the time, Throughout
/ the watches Of the night a8 well as
throughout The daytime, in six-hour
shifts, young men OF the city yolun-
/ teoring for this duty.
/ In this service were engaged Ma.
( yor L. e. Glennon, Erie IT, Castarlin.
Ralph Mack. y y Farcus. VANITY Ma
haney. Homer Harris. Waltz Wick
/ elcg. Irwin CrIppen c. Carlton. Ow.
en- Swift. Clarence McCracken, w G..
Sherwood. Jr, Paul Mcpherson,
/ Michael Lyons. Jack D1nnelly, X ~
Murdoch and J. H. Wright Ughers At
/ the opera house were Kenneth Me.
/ Bride, George Brown William Mil
/ lcr and George RadfOrd