The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-08-05
SALMONS POPULAR
RESORT ON ISLAND
FORMAL OPENING NEXT sun
DAY, WHEN EVERYBODY Is IN
VITED TO BE PRESENT.

FORMAL OPENING NEXT sun
DAY, WHEN EVERYBODY Is IN
VITED To BE PRESENT.
Clear the brush from Island park
and make it a resort for tourists and
our own home people" was the voice
of former Mayor Glennon crying in
the wilderness four years ago when
he asked the city of Salmon to inn
prove this beauty spot.
YES" sneered the Old Man Gloom
of that day, "clear off the brush and
the first high water we have will
wash the island away"
The actual initiative in the work
of letting daylight through the brush
was undertaken by the Woman's club
with the assistance of one or two men
only about year after Glennon's
proclamation. This came along after
a year or so of inactivity and after
the mayors advice in the matter when
it encountered the forebodings of evil.
The city never until last year felt
called upon to appropriate one cent
toward the improvement. Meanwhile
the real work was accomplished al
most wholly at private expense, which
besides providing an ideal tourist
park and perhaps the best nat
ural swimming hole anywhere to be
found in the Northwest. This swim
ming hole, which has an expanse of
smooth water more than a hundred
feet wide and several hundred wards
long, will afford ideal skating in VIM
ter time, so that for bathing and
skating.
The Salmon Rifle club took up the
idea Of making the island a tourist
park. That was two years ago. This
club secured appropriations from the
city and from the county amounting
to $3.50 which was used to good adj
vantage in constructing viaduct
leading from the Salmon river bridge
to the island. J. f. Noddings, as
president and executive of the club,
put through this part Of the improve
ment. Then under the inspiring lead
ership of Frank II. Havemann and
Russ w. White the island improve
ment went forward, with every strong
arm in the community helping. Allen
Merritt induced the city authorities
TO declare an Island park holiday
early this summer, when the resort
had. its most thorough cleaning up of
all in that line, when the woman's
club served luncheon for the workers
who undertook the construction of a
roadway around the island on that oc-
casion also. Then soon afterward the
highest of all food waters in the
Salmon river came down and the is
land, after all, did not wash away.
On the contrary there was a
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been needed for proper place for the
proposed playground equipment. But
that is another story.
One day along about that time A.
J. Putnam thought what a fine thing
1t would be to provide swimming
place bordering the island by dam
ming the slough on the west side. He
spoke of it to half dozen people who
are keen for swimming and diving.
among others to DR.. Hammer, Ormey
Beers and others and plans were made
right then and there for what Sal
mon is now enjoying in its famous
swimmin' hole. The townspeople lit
orally swarm there every afternoon.
Pretty nearly everybody in the COM
munity but Old Man Gloom himself.
who declared against cleaning up
the island, has been taking regu-
lar plunges in the pure water. A for
ty-foot chute into the water il not the
least of the attractions. There are
spflng-boards for the expert divers
and plenty of safety devices for the
beginners in aquatic sports SO that
there is hardly chance that anv be-
ginner shall drown.
Over on the island Frank c. Miller
has Just completed the erection of the
playground equipment.
II has been suggested that the for
ma opening of the resort shall take
place next Sunday afternoon with IA
varied program of sports, when not
only the townspeople but county peo-
pie as we'll shall join together there
for the celebration. So without fur4h-
or invitation all will be welcome to
be present next Sunday afternoon on
the island.
II IS intended that this dedication
snatl IN no wise interfere with the
soldiers funeral to take place Sun
day afternoon but come after that
service. when all shall Join together
on the island on this occasion. DIR.
Hammer. who has given the improve
ment of the island great deal OF en-
thusiastic energy and well directed
effort, along with A. J. Putnam and
X. W. White, who have been most ar.
tive in the same connection. ali ioin
IN the suggestion for public dedi
cation of the island to its splendid
public uses.
SOLDIER DEAD.