The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-06-21

never been given permission TO tell
it,
Mr.. Bergman smiled and shot a
glance at the chairman and put out
his hand with the palm forward, and
then everybody understood that
there was nothing doing.
Judge: THAT probably ran into
politics, and we don't allow any
politics in Rotary. There used to
be a butte just west of town where
river bridge, and one of our guests
settled there on the apex of the butte
when he came to the country. He
was a heavyweight and the butte
gradually settled until itgot down
on the level with the surrounding
landscape. During his residence
here he has served as road super
visor, member of the school board,
judge, juror, and many places of
trust and confidence, and we will
hear from him now-Mr. Doud."
Mr.. Doud: 81 haven't been here
so long as some of the others. l
helped build some towns on the
Arkansas river in the Indian Terri
tory and Colorado and then went to
the coast and finally came back here
after it was quite civilized, for it
had saloons and churches and some
business houses and was a flourish
ing town when l first saw it. When
came here the grand jury was in
session, and Ike and Louie and the
others were doing jury service.
And they kept at it for three weeks
and it reminded me of Mary, the
owner of the lamb with white fleece.
Some fellow wrote parody on it and
in that parody she dyed it red and
then blue. 1 came here in 'S6, and
besides mavericks was
it is. But we older fellows are on
the shelf, sad to say, and after
man has spent his life in creating |
1 civic and moral standard and ar
lives at the age of retirement, it is
4 sad thing, saddest of all, to have
% turn it over to such a bunch at
his"
PandemOniumi
When order was restored, Mr.
founie said, Zone of the previous
peakers remarked that he would
ike to come back some day, in about
orty years, to witness the changes
hat had taken place. My sugges-
ion would be that if this bunch runs
hings until that time he had better
ONE back in the night"
At which final blow, some of the
,otarians laughed till they cried.
. Doud: "Some men leave the COM
lunity in the night, and should re-
urn in the night. We older men
ont meet many people we know. 4;
We used to know whoever lived in {
lie country, roundabout, but now '
e come to town and most of the E
eople we meet are strangers to us. {
7e do not know those who have lived g
ere ten years. When we were I
Dung we liked to work; we liked I
, know everybody and have a hand c
i everything. But as we advance '
| age we lost that enthusiasm and t
i'm. We lost something that never G
,mes again to sweeten our lives and @
lat brings us to the sunset of life n
I'D our day is gone. We are on Q
lie shelf I
Judge: "Mr. Doud, your day is not
one; you are not on the shelf; you h
der fellows have merely arrived at S
ON your shoulders and laid upon e
lose of younger men. He has to h
ave his day of work and burden n
caring and you and all of us have "
should have our days of refec- G
on and observation of the activity s.
others. We are having a lot of tt
talk and bully-ragging "
ere tonight, but as Rotarians we "
I'VE our serious moments and our g
lys when we seek to serve. Il
81 am going to introduce a man o
wv who has been here good while S;
1T is not so old in years. By rea- g
n of his work as we'll as by nature, tt
, is an observer and a student of v
nditions; 1 refer to Editor Trego." G
Mr.. Trego: II came in 'S5, and d.
Iything I might say would be repeti- W
IN of what has already been said m
want to say something by way of CT
rrOberation of the mules, and add bl
e phase that l had a part in. Those az
ules that Bergman & Rogers had, CO
d sold to Bunting along with the W
freight outfits were doing service in