Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1878-03-22
The PA2ErTE GRrsT MILL


may be interested in knowing how
the Touring mill enterprise is succeed
ing, | give yon few notes Of The
meeting held at Howe & McLangh
lln's on last Saturday, the 18th.
The meeting was well attended
nearly all the farmers Of the valley
being present. The outside stockhold
ers were well represented by proxy,
SO that lis snares of $50 each were
present, J. G. Hughes was called to
the chair and ably presided over the
deliberations of fle meeting. G. w.
hegrels was made secretary. The
bylaws Of the Ada County Grange
mill, modified to suit our wants. were
adopted. These consist of twenty.one
articles, which set forth the duties of
officers, limit capital. protect stock
holders, provide for meetings and Off
cial reports, &c. The laws provide
Tor five trustees after the first three
months, and lodge in them all the
powers necessary for carrying on the
business of the corporation, but make
them strictly amenable to the stock
holders. Frank Farnham, J. c. Mills
and j. B. Mclaughlin are the present
Trustees named in the articles of in.
corporation-all men of excellent bus
mess capabilities and unquestiohable
integrity, aud personally interested in
the enterprise. On them devolve the
responsibility of laying the founda
tons of this enterprise, and the citi-
zens of Boise county may rest as
sured that the matter is IN good hands.
They promise us mill to grind the
crop now growing.
The question has arisen, "Can
enough grain be raised in the Upper
Payette to make it an object to erect
a MILF" For this year it will not pay.
For a year or two more it will not be
q "big thing" But that it will ulti.
mately be good thing" even for the
stockholders, there can be no ques-
ton; and from the start it will be
good thing" for every person in the
county. We are sending off our mon
~ from year TO year for what we can
and ought to produce at home, and un.
ieE such al arrangement we are all
growing poor, and each year will find |
IS growing poorer. No state or coun
y has been found that has been per-
nanent exception to the rule. We
ire sending ont from, $40 TO $780,
100 every year for -four, bacon, hams,
ard, butter, eggs, &c, which should
,e kept at nome, and which would
Iuon make is = handsome home eapi-E
al 10 build up and improve our own
county, enabling our farmers to en-
arge and improve their farms; our
merchants to put their business on a
,asis mutually beneficial to themselves
nd their customers. Had the people
# Boise county to-day the money sent
ut the last three years, which might
ave been kept at home had we pro-
uced what we could have produced,
here would be no such general in-
ebtedness and stagnation of business
$ now prevails. We must live more
within ourselves and build up and as
ist one another, and keep our means
q the county, or we must ultimately
G forced to leave.
But can we within any reasonable
ime produce our own -four? | am I
atisfed we can, inside of next year. '
am satisfied there are four farms ad. q
,ining, in Garden Valley, that can, if
in wheat, produce enough
, supply this county with its pres ,
Mt population. But these farms are !;
at a fragment of the whole Pavette !