The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-01-30
The backward Kick.

; There isn't anything that will kill
a newspaper SO quick and so dead as
a misrepresentation OF facts, and
more especially IL the misrepresenta-
| ton is for the purpose of assisting In
the floating of some wildcat scheme,
and tendency to persuade the
public into investing its good money
| with no earthly show for returns.
1t is not only boomerang that will
Eventually come back and smash the
paper, but 1t hurts the community; IL
hurts everybody but the wild-catter,
and what is true Of the newspaper
lis also true of the individual.
Now let us say, that throughout
1.-THE boom that has started here, the
Leadore page will be flatfooted for
the public.
! The wild-catter follows every min
ing BOOM he's Johnny -on-the-Spot
like the shell game man at the circus,
and IL he didn't catch suckers he
wouldn't fish there. While 1t may not
be our policy to fight the shell game,
1t island will be, our aim not to
boost 1t.
MARK PURCELL PASSES AWAY
Last Monday Mrs. George Yearian
received telegram announcing the
death of her brother, Mark Purcell.
Mr.. Purcell left here last October
for Long Beach, California, feeling
that change OF climate and scenery
might avert a nervous breakdown.
The deceased leaves four children,
Mark, Jr.. Willie. Fred, Emma and
Kermit. Through the wish expressed
by the children, the remains Will be
shipped here for burial. Two of the
children were with the father at the
time of his death, the other two are
living at the Pete Vreeland home.
The mother died some time ago.
Erratic Notions.
| Dan Preston was sent up here from
Salmon last week to work for M. w.
Friedorff. A vivid imagination, how
ever, spoiled Mr.. Preston for any du-
ties along that line. The work Mr..
Freirdorff had failed to suit and la
ter he acquired work on the railroad
but it is said he claimed people
thought him crazy and he refused to
work as long as they felt that way
about him.
And later Deputy Free took him
back to Salmon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. E. Edwards, who
have been spending couple OF
months at Gibbonsville and Salmon,
passed through here last Tuesday on
their ayhome to Boise. Mr.. Ed
wards says that the old A. d. & M
has been thoroughly reorganized on
a basis of throwing out all the old
stock and issuing new stock, the old
stock holders having permission to
buy new stock at soc. The A. d. & M
was an old standby property of the
early days in Gibtown and has pro
duced hundreds Of thousands in the
yellow metal. ss,,
Alex Stewart, young fellow who
has been working at the Sunset mine
left short time ago without a fare
well reception. Besides leaving ssv
Ieral unpaid bills check came tc
light after the young mans departure
lsigned "A. Stewart" Alex had nj
bank account but A. z. Stewart die
have; Alex drew the check and i
was cashed and Alex is gone an(
can't explain matters. The checl
was only for ten dollars, but ten
dollar forgery usually brings longel
sentence than hundred Thousand
dollar forgery. Why did he make i
so small?
Last Monday the regulation bunch
of good dogs" got the strange dos
at bay as the Armstead train was
just pulling in. They hurled them
SELVES in such numbers upon him thai
he sought safety under the movins
wheels. 1t Is reported that both legs
were cut off and couple of men
shot the poor thing and put him out
of misery. 1t was an unlucky thing
that the bunch didn't go under after
him.
/ Pete Vreeland bought three lots in
the Leadore Townsite last week.
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