The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1921-06-16
DEATHOFM MRS. ANDERSON
A PIONEER OF WALLACE
NOBLE WOMAN WHOSE KINDLY
NATURE ATTRACTED MANY
WARM FRIENDS.

Mrs. Rose +. Anderson died last
Saturday morning. She had been i'll
for many months. her ahliction be-
ing one that baffled medical and sur
gical skill At no time during the
long weary months of her illness was
she free from pain. a fiery test in the
crucible of anliction that proved the
refined gold of her character. She
bore her suffering with admirable for
titude, and the smile of affection for
those who were dearest to her ever
surmounted the physical anguish she
so patiently endured Possibly in
mercy the pain left her as the great
transition approached, for she pass
ed away with "a half smile on her lips
as if she had fallen into a gentle and
refreshing sleep.
A Pioneer of the District.
Mrs. Anderson was the wife of G.
Scott Anderson, president and man
ager of the Big Greek Mining com
pany and for a third of a century ac-
lively identified with the mining in
dustry of the Occur d'Alene district.
Mr. Anderson came here from Idaho
Springs, Colorado, in January, 1887,
and was the first mining engineer to
establish an Office in Wallace, at that
time a settlement of hardly one hun
bred people. In the following June
Mrs Anderson came with the chill
dren to the Anderson home on the hill
side overlooking town from the south
and where they resided down to the
present time, thirty-four years. In
contrast with the rough and print
tive conditions of that day, Mrs. An
derson's fOndness for flowers and
shrubbery soon manifested itself in
identifying the grounds surrounding
her home. Each year found new
shrubs and blossoms in the yard, and
the yellow rose bush in the corner of
the yard more fruitful in its golden
bloom. But among all the flowers
she loved so well. her favorite was the
unpretentious forget me-not. and no
season passed without a bed of this
emblem of fidelity. 1t was a beauti-
full thought that prompted placing
within her nerveless hand a little
lunch of her cherished forget-me-
nots taken from her own flower bed.
Womans Refining Influence.
Some one with the gift of poetic
eloquence has paid this tribute to the
pioneer women of the west one of
whom was Mrs. Rose E. Anderson:
mot much is told of woman in the
brief page of pioneer history; in the
popular story of those free, venture
some days little note is given of her
presence; but through all these scenes
and trials, the darkest and severest,
the inspiring presence of the Ameri-
can woman tinted and softened the
barsher outlines of the pioneer life
with the subtle halo of a woman's in
fluence. In endurance. in patient
waiting through the leaden-footed
hours of suspense when danger was
impending and. above all, in that
self-sustaining hope which in crucial
hours disccrns through the night of
adversely the coming dawn of tri-
umph. she was in every sense a help
meet of her holder companion. There
is nothing in romance or song more
thrilling. richer in the higher quail
ties of womanhood than may be
CLEANED from the stories of pioneer
life touching the woman who helped
to make the western land the home of
security and refinement for her
daughter"
Married in Colorado.
Mrs Anderson's maiden name was
Rose F. Potter. She was born in
Pa in 1859 Upon COM
pleting her education she went to
Colorado and was engaged in teach
ing school in Central City. It was
there that Mr. Anderson met her and
they were married in Georgetown in
1880. Mrs. Anderson is survived by
her husband; son, Irving Anderson.
mining engineer of this city and a
daughter Mrs. Leonard e. Hanson:
also by brothers and sisters in New
York
The funeral services Monday after
noon were private, only intimate
friends of the family being present,