The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-10-06
JOHN P. JEPPSEN.

AAAOAVOVlV 1lAL WlAly
FOR STATE SENATE
| 49,
+ Away back in the good old days
some forty years ago, when Lemhi
county was several times it's present
size and Salmon City was the rem
fdezvous OF miners and cat.lemen with
a liberal sprinkling of road agents and
gun-fighters thrown in for good maa-
Isure, babyb9y was born in frontier
cabin at thesforks of the Salmon and
the Lemhi.
ihe west was a wilderness in those
laays much as Kentucky and Illinois
were in the days of Abraham Lincoln
land men little dreamed that from such
Imeager and primitive conditions
would come the future preservers of
the nation. But that fact is now a
lmatter of history. Westward the star
OF empire takes its way" and the stall
wart sons of the west rise to welcome
/ the call to sturdy craftsmanship.
lt was far cry from a crude three
walled cabin in the wilds of Kentucky
TO the foremost place in the nation.
but the integrity, farsightedness and
magnitude of Honest Abe carried him
through to the everlasting gratitude
of the world. And the vikings daugh-
ter IN her new home on the open from
tier, perhaps never dreamed as she
crooned to her first born son, that he
would, while yet boy, lay the founda-
| ton for handsome fortune and in
the bloom and strength of manhood
be called upon by his friends and
neighbors to lead in fight for clean
] government, true representation and
the preservation of democrocy. These
very things are now, however, facts
of record. Albert Amonson has con-
sented to represent the people of Lem
hi county in the state senate and by
so doing, his constituency feel he has
become the man of the hour.
When the Recorder man went to in
terview Mr.. Amonson he found him
in his place of business. He was ac
corded the same courtesy and met
with The same grace that character
ICES this silent man of the west. Mr..
Amonson isn't a man of many words.
He isn't at all professional and you
would never take him for "politic-
Iian," he isn't-he doesn't effervesce.
It's refreshing to find a man running
for office who isn't everlastingly pat
ting you on the back and trying to
make a good fellow of himself.
! When Mr.. Amonson was asked how
he got his start in life, he smiled
broadly and with twinkle in his eye
:replied laconically, punching cows.
was only ten years old when | began
to ride for stock and when | was
thirteen l was regular hand on the
roundup. | followed ranching until
1907 when | went into the store buSi-
ness"
Mr.. Amonson is tall, considerably
over six feet, like the proverbial sons
of the west, also he is straight and
square in every way you take him. He
made good at ranching, he has made
good in his present business. He goes
about his affairs with quiet modesty.
Just think of it, he wasn't even anx-
ious 20 be written up" To see his
'name in print gives him no special
thrills. What a man for our legisla-
tive halls. Little wonder that he is
characterized as the man Of me
hour"
Still waters run deep and because
IMr. Amonson isn't man of superla-
tive and sauve speech does not in the
, least signify that he isn't man of
set principals with a firm grip on the
1aFairs of state. Mr.. Amonson is 4
student of the progressive type. He
wants to see things move forward In
steady and orderly fashion, bat move
they must. That is he West of 1t. he
is intensely determined to see that
/ direct primaries shall again become
a reality in the state of Idaho and the
people of the state given back this
institution tha. plays so great a part
in self government. The stand taken
by the republican party against the
direct primaries is almost un,hlnkao!e
in this day in which we live but II Is
q fact nevertheless.
Mr.. Amonson gave the impression
throughout he interview that he was
1.-The people's man not because he was
u candidate for Office but because the
paonle's interests are his interests.
Ranching and business are where ms
time and talents have been and are
engaged and so by the very nature OF
things. one might almost say by in
S+inct and intuition, he IS most admir-
ably qualified TO represent his COUNTY county
AMI ifs interests in the state senate
No. No. being a prophet nor the son OF a
NO nronbet the reporter would not pre-
fn,,3a 70 foretell .he future, but ne
Saft u!t' Mr. Amonson with the feeling
t5.+ # the people of benhi county
Tia. inlr their own needs and the kind
of a man they need to represenii a:dn tnell
in the state senate, then next eIec'ion e,.l
dav will witness a lanasllue l0i
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