The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-12-10
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aGommissioner Wells Il nov Il
n Chicago, where he will remain an
I I'll about the holidays. His pres
ence there Was necessary 70 let ID,
contracts for the Idaho building
! The time is short, but 1--we months
| yet remain before the great exposi.
ton opens in May, and Idaho'.
work can stand 40 delay. The id
vantage other states have gained il
time and money can only Be- offseI
| n part by energy and economy
This j. the opportunity of = life
time in the history Of the state, and
Commissioners Wells deeply feels
the responsibility resting upon
him. 1t is only when = compari
son can be made with other states
that criticism will be called forth
Every Idahoan who visits Chicago
next year will take great pride in
seeing his state take the premium
in all that she produces. Should
it be felt that the exhibit is not
worthy OF so grand q state, vain
will be the regrets for chance to
try again. The amount Of good
that it will do will be very many
times the cost Of the collection, for
Idaho has been least advertised of
all the western states. Idaho pre-
sents many natural opportunities
for acquiring wealth which in other
states have long ago been appropri-
ated. In the matter of making an
exhibit at the Worlds Fair, Idaho
already has more to show for the
money expended than any other
state. But the sum at the disposal
of the commissioner is insignificant
compared with that Of some of the
others. It is for the purpose Of
making the appropriation go as far
as it will towards the completion
of the building that Commissioner
Wells is now in Chicago.
Those who think maize cannot
be successfully grown in the Snake
river valley will be surprised to
see the sample from the ranch Of
Budd Clark, on Dry creek, seven
miles north Of Boise City. This
hill Of corn is now at the Columbian
Commission headquarters in the
Soma block, and is so tall that il
will not stand in the room without
gracefully bending at the ceiling.
There are ten stalks in all, with ten
bright ears Of corn, some Of which
are foot in length, and have 2OI
rows of full, solid grains of corn on
the cob. The stalks themselves are
like young hoop poles, and the
fodder makes quite a bundle. Mr..
Clark raised four acres Of this kind
If corn, some Of the stalks measur-
ng thirteen feet in height. The
corn was grown by irrigation, on 4
hillside SO steep the blowing was
'ery difficult. A gentleman famil-
ar with Mr. Clark's methaa oil
'santsng an -i.ltlgdtiiag said Ia
nistrku heretuay1a made bv mlpst 4
arn'ers who Aare e1peFiir,essterl
s.til corn in tie Snake river wales
i Id following the 80 plan Of tie
i slera states TIE corn ii droD-t
I'D ID d lzars,-w art. 44srtI cs7sefsal
n, hsast tlefs Is water - turned
nsa this farran 10 ...lgato ne
round. The CON sprouts and
zones up, but the young plants
re soon drouned out. The corn
aid the speaker, "had better be
'lanted in the ndge alongside the
urrow, then ths water can perco-
ate through to the roots without
njuring the tender stalks. When
'ur ranchmen come to understand
his they will be raising corn that
ill equal the best produced in the
Mississippi valley. With our fer
lie soil and the certainty of a water
npply from the irrigating ditch,
nd the absence of frost in early
utumn, thus allowing the corn to
nature, there is no reason why
1aho should not become a great
orn state" This Clark corn il
OF the only sample Commissioner
1ells has secured for the Worlds
air. There are several other var
ties, among them some fine ears
sugar corn. Those who delight
the succulent roasting ear are
vited to come to Idaho's valleys
perpetual sunshine, where the
rmer in times of drought does not
rvey the heavens with supplicat-
6 eyes for the rain showers to ir- q
gate his crops.
While it is not expected that
aho can make q big display in
al at the Worlds Fair, yet the
estion is one of the deepest in
est to the people of this state.
far all the coal used here is i'm II
rted. But it is not improbable
1t Idaho will soon obtain her
pply from her own coal fields.
ound Horseshoe Bend there is a