Show i Y TO HONOR HONORi i Jf I HER OLDEST TOWN TOl i i I r rI I 1 4 r I Ir r 1 Franklin Oneida Oncida Co Enjoys This I w Distinction Being Settled Fifty Years Ago AgoS S MONUMENT AND BEACON HILL HILLe e of or I In t i Juno 11 II I I and in III Will VIII be I Mute tute NIde lilo 11 nail lilli June JUlie S Ionn One of or the i F most mo t Important and I celebration crr carer held h ld In the thc state i of ot Idaho will occur on the tho Nth rod lid d of ot month at ot Franklin It Itt ItI It I t l will h ho he n a state elate affair and U le officially no ns the tho Idaho centen n nI I 1 I f tIn lial celebration Jt its HII purpose Is fa to 10 I the Ilia founding of or the lent nt white whim settlement within tho thu pros r ant mt boundaries of r the Iho talc Mate intra a For years tho th question of or priority mi on ngy K the th carl settlements of the tho Iho lIt has hall been n B matter of or dispute out Jut thorough and anil official ln esti estimation t mation the claims claim to thin honor of or the tho town awn of fully nil and recognized There Them Horn wern white 7 In III the tho state stale which dated I than Ihan n hut but they tho were wens nil all I ll r I unit l leaving that Hint t own the oldest Ideal permanent l 1 bunt ost It of ut ch JI existing tho the common smith I With lIh a II view to 10 the enjoyment of or the tha thereat V rot rent distinction d I s tin e U c o to t o which i vl n ith the thA town lon l Is IN n nS S n lili d a n mim m a of Its 1131 citizens r jl t v NII held In January last InsL a I nt It which w II I made malo for tal forI 11 I grind grand celebration of or the tho U v ary of or the arrival of at hl he heend first settlers settler tt to hA held hd Juno 14 N md end IS 15 Among AmonI ao preparations was hJ ll Who appointment erf of ct tho the following com corn cornI comI I Arrangements TIU reception In InI I I i and an program hi and data trans flOI or allon entertainment nt sport andt and andra ra t Inane theo committees a I 1 enna was wall chow chos chown IJ tn n of ot which lion I L I Hatch In le chair chairman finan man and a Ezra P Monson Stinson secretary lovi PROCLAMATION l The Tho governor f r the tho state dal paid or of recognition to 10 the work of ot i Jio s meeting and amt confirmed It by byr issuing r f 1 I nil a I proclamation calling upon the tho Jilt of or the tho stalo to i l In i Iho ho proposed oo celebration at 01 Franklin ft rom from every county colin I In the tho state have i tomo of ot n a I hearty hart response nd net there them Is III s now no nn doubt that many mM 1 H thousands of ot 11 from Irom all arts of oC litt state will tw he in and that hat the town of ot Franklin will receive ve jUhe he honor It Incidentally I V wIng its Ua capacity for far entertaining nl I t tented heated t to tho the utmost Hut But that lint I I w f le j i i s sV d J V JI JIiN F iI iN o 6 i H i 11 fi f s 4 I LAURIT S SWENSON Now New United halted States Minister to Switzerland u 7 nil who attend will l bo o amply provided for tor will sill appear train from what follows follow K Tim The various committees appointed at atthe atthe the Ihl nines been b on working n g with an un t v which ha has lx cot n shared by h tho the entire population imputation of or And neighboring towns MONUMENT TO A monument to 10 tho the memory of ot the first t of ot Ira has haa bun been bee ti erected on a prominent spot H Ot In the town of or which tho tiro In le a brief description The Thu foundation In Ie of at ce cc cement mont ment and Is le surmounted by a base ba e and anda a B suh i each ach being a B huge hUlle block of c gra Ite two llone Is Isa Isa a small emall vault ault In which was WaR placed a I number of ot relics rollIs Tho The haft hatt Is IN of or granite from tho the quarry which furnished the tho stone for 01 the tho Hull Halt Luke temple and In Is I 16 tel foot high In all the tI I monument IH Is about 20 feet teet high Thin Tho shaft Is l by a IL bronze eagle holding in Its beak n a typifying tin the conquering of ot the tho enemy Inerny On ono one face of or the IR la a 0 brnas bra s plain upon which appear th Ih the names of or heads of or families who Mho their homes In Franklin between and 1863 Inclusive This Thin monument was waa dedicated 1 on day ca and will bo to unveiled during the Ihn celebration the tho event be bl bein in g by appropriate exor exorcise exorcise cor cise About hair n B mile west went of ot the Uin west western western ern border bordor of or the town lown of ot Franklin ris ds I 00 un rs Cs 9 abruptly from the plain what Is 18 known as H little mountain It 11 Is a II narrow ridge perhaps two hi n miles long and several enral hundred foci feel high In tilt our curly corly IY pioneer days daYe when the th Indians In Ilene were wert troublesome omo fires I were lit on o n this mountain to a glio No 10 warning to 10 the tho for far many miles around Bround of ot the Iho approach of ot hostile red men These Thello fires on Little Lilli mountain could be ho seen seon from most moat points point In the tho whole of ot Cacho valley alley and served their purposes well ELI LETTERS Preparatory to 10 the tho celebration a 1 road has hall boon bon constructed up the tho steep omit side aIde of ot mountain leading to n B suitable spot a Ot on Its summit and lilli a B aline Bline aline line of ot electric e lights Juts has been boen erected along this roadway On the tho summit n I square II space soma pome rods across acro s has hll been heen mold laid off ort In the Iho center of ot which has hall been planted n R flaR pole On the tho cast cant skin Hide n of or this square Is nn un enormous let letter letter et ter tr F I node made of ot electric lights hIli end and for Franklin On the north northside side Rid Is IN the UI letter P 1 standing for tor Pros Pres Preston Ir Irton Proston ton anti and on the Ih south side aide Is Ie the letter T 1 Iy standing for rol Whoa When II Il Illuminated these the letters can be bo seen Hell from a 1 distance of ot 30 mites On the tho th emit side aide lei of or mountain near neol Its Il top lop and overlooking the town of ot Franklin are Bre tho the figures figure ISSO 1860 IS the mint of ot the first settlement of tit the town lown These figures are of ot stupendous luP size being 15 feet teet high and occupying a u spare feet long They Thoy are made of at cement and un 10 bushels of ot lime Ilme was rc l to 10 give them their UI II coating of ot brilliant white They rise rI from the th Ih surface of or the tho mountain side aide two and anda I a B half feet so I as not to bo be hidden by b grass grans weeds etc and comprise a land landmark landmark landmark mark us as enduring as ae the Iho mountain It Itself Itself self and hating having a n peculiar l significance Im CONDITIONS The Tho first seldom of or Franklin arrived d don on the tho present site alto Ito of or the town In Inthe Inthe the Iho spring of ot 1660 Fur For a time they lived In wagons W and while thus Ihu liv living ing lugg and before building oven rude rode cabins In which to le shelter elicitor their wives and children they erected a II school chool schoolhouse house houe It Is III a B well oli authenticated fact that the tho first Or t building of or a I perma permanent permanent nent nature ever constructed In the town lon of ot Franklin was a 1 schoolhouse rho Tho eloquence of ot this thin fact Is 18 In no noway noway way woy detracted from by the tho further tact fact that this thin schoolhouse was also aha rued tu t d an as ana asa a house hOUe of or worship The rhe first school was WM opened op ned In the Ih fall of lr 1 rO and wan van IR taught laught by Mrs Hannah h On last Decoration day about 40 men mn and nn women wornon who had attended this t school hoot hool met In Franklin and luid a IL group photograph taken which will In n souvenir l hook book booklet ok oklet let which Is being prepared for the Iho forthcoming celebration the ho spirit and import importance Im rl ance ranee of ot this occasion lon the Oregon Short Line hue has in ado generous arrangements for the benefit 1 of ot all who may ma wish to attend From I rom all points In Idaho and andIn In north of or an Including Salt Fait It fake lIty Ity 11 round trip tickets to 10 Frank Franklin lin will bo be 1 0 cold at the tho rate for tor a 11 sin single single gle BIB fare tore To the congestion at Franklin Franklie Frank lin lie and enable all nil who attend nd the tho celebration there to procure procuro lodgings with the least possible expense o and anI Inconvenience ItI special trains will lem n Franklin t In the evening for far points point north and ami south returning again In the morning Thus Preston In 11 Ingin I Kim gin etc etl will be bo easily Amy accessible to visitor who cannot an not find lodgings Inand In Inand and near 1111 Franklin Ample provision lon lonwill w will III ho he made nindo to 10 supply UPP food nt lit Franklin Frank lin Ile but It Is IA not nol to 10 bo be exported expected that HO ea a B town ton can furnish beds l eR for tOl so 0 great u R host hot as nil will attend 1 the tho celebration tion tionA tlonA A booklet will wilt 1 I be circulated tree freo f among which h will with ill 10 In Interesting n historical hl nl data and full tull Information illation mation n as AA to the tho th running of or trains train where to procure etc 11 and the Ih various committees above Bho named will take tako the tho best beet bl t of or care on re of ot the tho guests who honor the Iho cllon o with their presence preno Idaho hospitality which does nothing by halves will be he grandly exemplified by hy the th people J Ope of or Franklin and adjacent towns during tills this celebration |