The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-12-29
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IAN ALLEN WHITE
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100 L,h. Macmillan Co.

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dropped the Colonel. he
,,r part of the country In an
he used to explain that
INF him in the trees, when
rinking creek water, eating
el and running wild with
II for a trolley, and that the
Q they did, after teaching
+ out of a plate, was to set
ork in the grading gang that
ng out the Cottonwood and
,yers and putting the lime
tbe hills. He was one OF the
Ave patriots who laid out the
railroad from the Missis-
the Pacific, and was appoint
+ that committee to take the
b New York for the inspec-
capitalists, and be 1t said to
III of Alphabetical Morrison
was the only person In the
,th money enough to pay the
when he reached the Mis-
liver. though he had only
10 get himself across. But in
that the road was built, and
missed our town, 1t was be-
70 didn't vote the bonds.
Bid Alphabetical went through
nty. roaring in the school
believing at the crossroads,
he all that a good, honest pair
could do for the cause. How
| was not dismayed at his fail
4 began Immediately to organ
Company to build another road.
hlly secured a railroad, though
only a branch.
his office door he had a sign
Id Ofiice"-painted on the false
front of the building in letters
as a COW, and the first our
aper knew of him was twenty
ago. when he brought in an
for some stationery for the
ercial club. At that time we
Dt heard that the town support
Commercial club-nor had any
Sc heard of 1t. for that matter
d Alphabetical was the presi-
and his bookkeeper, with the
lropped off her name, was sec
But he had wonderfully
lg letterhead printed, and
to get results, for he made a
while his competitors starved.
when he found time, he organ
real Commercial club, and had
If elected president of it. He
to call meetings of the club to
IS things. but as no one cared
for his monolOgues on the fu-
If the town. the attendance was
light. He issued circulars re-
G to our village as "the Queen
Of the Prairies," and on the cir
was a map. showing that the
City Of the Prairies was "the
ad axis of the West" There
'ne road running into the town
theirs old Alphabetical indicated
dotted lines, and explained they
in process of construction.
became possessed of a theory
a canning factory would pay in
queen CITY of the Prairies, an6
rst step he took toward building
S to invest In a high hat, a long
and white vest, and a pair OF
Acolored trousers. With these
is theory he went East and re
with a contract. The cannin:
Y went up, but the railroad rate:
wrong, and the factory wa:
opened. Alphabetical blinket
his gold-rimmed glasse.
few weeks, and then organized
lpany to turn 1t into a wooleI
He elected himself president o.
company and used to brins
d to our paper notices of direc
meetings. and while he was II
hce he would insist that we de
TOO much space TO idle GOSSIP
not enough to the commercial
interests of the Queer
times he would bring In an edl
that he had written himself
eXcitable and full of cycloni
age. and If We printed 1t Alpha
! would buy a hundred copie
? paper containing 1t and sen,
east. His Office desk gradual
with woodcuts and zinc etching
lldings that never existed saw
Gear old head, and about twic
during the boom DAYS he woul,
them around and have a circu
rlnted on which were the DIX
showing the Imaginary publ
ngS and theoretical bushes
ishfares of the Queen City.
wooden mill naturally didn'
ana he persuaded some easter
lists to install an electric plan
? building and put a street-ca
q the town. though the longes
'ce from one side OF the plsc
other was less than ten block.
Alphabetical was enthusiast
IL and had the governor com
10 drive the first spike. II wa
''ated' and Alphabetical pulled
W u>ea II for a paper-weight |
NICE Tor many years. and II |
'he only reminder there is |
~ 'he street railway. except
,",s@ OF earth over the ties !
'.'n'lIe OF Main street. wbe
e twitted him on the failur