The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-06-11

!. | Clark, came Grader and trapper,'
!, typifed by David Thompson at Kully
spell house in 1909, and by John Reed
l on the Boise river in 1914. THE mis-
sionary" was represented by Henry H
Spalding at Lapwai and by Father
) DeSmet at the Mission of the Sacred
Heart near ST. Maries. Part 4, "The
Oregon TRAIL" concluded the first
episode, entitled "The Trail Break
ers."
: "Gold" was the title of the second
episode, which is made up Of five
scenes in two parts discovery" and
"the mining camps" These scenes
are: Gold on the Clearwater, 1907
"The Prospector, 1862; Gold in the
Boise Basin, 1852; "Old Idaho City,
1882; and ''The vigilantes, 1863"
The third episode is ''The Epic of
the Nez Perces, 1871 in three scenes:
1.-THE Defiance; Indian and Set
tier; and 1.-THE Last Stand
Symbolic Dances Feature.
AS interludes, "the dance of the
metals" and "the cowboy dance,'
are introduced. In a symbolic finale,
past and present" the resources OF
the state of Idaho were suggest
ed by dances of the water spirits"
| transforming the spirits of the
waste Places" by dances of the en-
dian spirits,'' who have become
guardians of the states forest heri-
tage, and by dance of the mining
gnomes."
| Clayton Hoover of Blackfoot, had
the part of David Thompson, the fur
trader, and depicted him trading with
the Indians and taking observations
with the sextant, for which pratice
he was known to the Indians as ''the
star man."
The part of John Reed, the trapper
who was killed by the Indians on the
Stone of Nampa
The Rev. Henry H. Spalding, pio-
neer missionary at Lapwai, is rep
resented by Carl Nelson of Moscow.
Mary Kelly and Louise Yeaman, both
of Idaho Falls, took the parts, res
pectively, of Mrs. Spa1ding and of
Eliza Spalding, the first white child
born within the territory which is
now Idaho. This family is shown in
front of a reproduction of the old
Spalding cabin at Lapwai, which was
the first dwelling erected for white
family in Idaho. ;.
Chief Joseph Represented.
Chief Joseph, represented by Clar-
the pageant to be worried about the
of the white men, and he is
shown telling of his foreboding to
Spalding While they speak, William
Craig, first white settler, arrives in
the person of Cecil A. Pfost of Stew
ems The Old Joseph of this scene is
the father of the Chief Joseph of the
war scene which closes the pageant
action
Father Peter J. DeSmet, famous
Catholic missionary was played by L.
n. Wilson of Boise. He, with Father
Point, companion Jesuit, whose part
IS taken by Bryan Bundy of Culdesac,
IS shown receiving deputation Of
Crow Indians and promising them
visit in the spring.
Captain E. D. Pierce, discoverer of
gold on the Clearwater and the start
,r of the great immigration that made
idaho a territory in three years, is
by Dave Neelan of Boise;
and Nez Perez Jane, who guided the
liscoverers on this expedition, is
played by Pauline Pence of Payette.
Moses Splawn and George Grimes,
eaders in the discovery Of gold in
he Boise Basin, were represented by
Chester L. Jutus of Harrison and
Harry Rubie of Johnson, Wash.
Old Heydey Idaho City.
In the Idahe City scene, depicting
he heydey times of the gold rush.
when 10000 people had rushed to the
lew Ell Dorado, the following are
.mong the characters introduced: 1
Bishop futile everett r. Erick- Il
on Of Curlew, Wash); former Gov 4
rnor w. J. Mcconnell lynn Nash /
# Boise); Patterson, a dad man. II
Jack Hasfurther of Genesee); John II
Haley (Wayne Davis OF Gooding); II
ormer Governor James H. Hawley Il
Deane Sibley of Boise); northern :
ympathizer Colbert Darwin Of Lew
ston); southern sympathizer tDon
of Boise); a confeder- X
tie colonel (Robert Brock of Wall II
ce); Mrs. Luna (F'1orence Se1by of II
'oise); Gentleman Dick Erred Tay-
Or Of Nampa); and Reynolds, anoth-
r "bad man" (Maurice Hoffman CT
roy.). K