Posted on 07/25/2002 5:31:52 PM PDT by Mo1
The July 11th issue reported for 1932 "A Model A Ford truck, license No. 1, was taken early yesterday morning from in front of the Ralph Irvin residence and up to this time no trace of it has been found".
Also, "A distressing accident that has saddened the entire community occurred last evening when Normal B. Neal, ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs,. Henry Neal of near Salmon, was struck by lightening and killed instantly.
In 1922 "A sly little weasel was shot the other morning out in the rear of the Methodist church, the pastor, Mr. Beatty, being the marksman with a twenty-two in hand. The marauder was probably after the ministerial chicken coop."
The paper also reported "Dr. Kellar was up twice this week to see John marton, who is suffering from lead-poisoning". [NOTE: My first thought was about the possible source of this 'lead poisoning'! LOL].
In 1902 a horrible thing occured: "The little son of Oscar Brunzell of Reynolds, died Sunday from taking strychnine which some visitors to his home left on the dresser. The child who was 3-1/2 drank the solution and died shortly afterward".
And, "Thomas Baggs was shot and killed at Butte Monday night, by James Cusick. The men had quarreled earlier in the evening while discussing the death of Frank Hinds". [NOTE: "What's the world coming to when you kill someone over arguing about how someone else died" obviously is something we would say/think about today's idiotic world, but this was back 100 years ago! Did they have awards like the modern-day Darwin Awards back then, I wonder?]
And, then in 1892 we're treated to "Found--At the Palace Restaurant on Fourth of July, a set of teeth. Owner can have the same by calling at this office and paying for this notice".
Also, "Mr. Strickland desires to notify the party who entered his tent at Shedd's camp, between Carmen creek and this city, that if he will return the notes and papers through the post office, he can keep the watch and cash and no questions will be asked".
In the July 18 issue of the Recorder Herald, during the War Year of 1942, "John Rand reported this week that Lemhi county had accumulated a huge pile of scrap rubber and although the quota of 101 tons was not reached the showing here was considered very satisfactory. Last Friday the total amount of rubber salvaged here was found to be 171,477 pounds, or a little more than 85 tons".
"A dance at Lemhi, sponsored by William Mahaffey, netted $55.85 and the funds were turned into the USO bringing the total for Lemhi county up to $807.13. The county quota was $750"
[NOTE: Looks like the county did well with some quotas and not so well with others].
In 1932, "A human skeleton was discovered last week by a group of boys buried in a shallow grave in the rocks at the foot of a cliff near the Will Mahaffey place, about 100 yards from the highway. Coroner Doebler was called in and went to the spot Friday to make an investigation. It is believed that the skeleton is that of a white man. The bones were in a good state of preservation and had been covered about 18 inches deep with rocks. The coroner states that in his opinion the body had been buried twenty years or more".
In 1922, "The county auditor has made up and forwarded to Boise the real estate rolls for Lemhi county, showing assessments of $4,160,290 as against $4,749,728 for the year 1921".
During the year 1912, they reported "All the wood pipe, a little over a mile, has been laid in place for the Salmon city water works extension, and about half the trenching for the steel pipe is done. The steel, 8-,6-,4-, and 2-inch stuff, amounting to about six carloads, comes from Pittsburg, and will arrive this week".
And a hundred years ago, in 1902, "A saloon keeper from Mackay, who was taking four barrels of whisky into Thunder Mountain drank so much of the stuff that he died at Cape Horn where he was buried."
"The town was full of people on the third, fourth, and fifth; all bent on having a good trime in spite of the gloomy weather; and succeeding too. Everybody had money to spend and all were jolly and good natured".
"Nicholas Scanlan, an aged prospector, died in the stage coach while coming in from Thunder Mountain to Ketchum last week, the trip having proved to hard for a man of his age".
And finally...in 1892, "There is considerable complaint from people living in the outskirts of town, in regard to the numerous bands of vagrant cattle grazing in their respective vicinities. One gentlemen stated recently that a band of them, one night last week, had entered his garden, wiped their horns on his faithful watch dog, ate up all of his peas and sweet corn, and when discovered were picking their teeth on the pickets of the fence which encloses the garden".
And, "The reported discovery of a pair of spring bodkins and a printer's rule in the stomach of a bear, recently killed on Big Creek, has caused this office to rock with emotion, as our foreman, when last heard from, was in that vicinity. Alas, poor Charlie".
{NOTE: I really couldn't say whether this last section of 'news' is really news or someone 'jes joshing' with their readers!]
My little field and the branch still have wood pipes made from logs, the one through the field being about three feet underground to carry runoff from the mountain through the field without washing the soil away. It must have been here for at least 80 years.
I enjoy viewing structures or ideas from times gone by....north of town a ways, there are the remnants of what appears to have been a trough for sending water or sludge and water around the upper portion of the mountain.
I remember back in 96 when I went back to Ohio, we visited an historical site where John Brown had lived/oversaw an estate. One of the relics was an old, old spinning wheel--the wheel part was huge in diameter--not at all like the wheels made today.....egads, but I had a hard enough time using todays' modern, perfectly engineered and crafted wheels, trying to treadle and 'draft' the wool at the same time.....oh well....it was actually more fun to raise the critters and be involved with the wool after it was shorn off.
Going back to our discussion, though, I am impressed with how our ancestors made good use of what was available. I'm sure other states have examples, but I believe the stone fencing in Kentucky's Bluegrass country is marvelous and another example of the stewardship of our ancestors.
McCain to host SNL? Is he going to have a jocularity implant?
There is still a lot of redwood water and sewer line under Chicago that was put in just after the great fire. I imagine that is true of other cities as well.
So9
Unfortunately it was his plane that was hit.
So9
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