The Teton peak-chronicle., 1904-12-15
What is Fremont Doing?

What is Fremont Doing?
The opinion prevails everywher,
that Idaho will receive a yer,
heavy immigration for the mex
few years. The state was widely
advertised at the worlds fair, anc
her agriculture and horticulture
exhibits were a revelation to those
who viewed them. Eastern papers
are not yet done commenting OF
those exhibits, and as result, the
attention of thousands of persons
who desire to make new homes is
being directed this way.
What is Fremont doing to get
heg share of this immigration
Other sections, through favorable
circumstances, are receiving an
enormous amount of advertising
throughout the entire country.
The papers are full of news con-
corning the Minidoka, Boise, Pay
cite and Malheur government pro-
jects, and of the gigantic private
projects at Twin Falls. There is
nothing of this kind here to attract
attention. and yet this section is
second to none in point of the many
advantages it offers, and has some
advantage over other sections above
named.
One drawback is that this section
is not traversed by a trans-c CONT
mental railway line, and the thous-
ands who travel from east to west
have no opportunity of learning
anything concerning it, while other
sections are widely advertised by
newspapers, circulars, and by OBJ
servation. All that is necessary to
secure immigration is to make our
advantages known. Could the
farmers Of half dozen Of the most
favored central and eastern states
be made to appreciate the advan-
tages that exist here, the popula-
ton would increase at an unheard
Of rate. The advantages are here,
and are in such abundance that to
tell the whole truth about them,
without supporting evidence, is
but to stimulate incredulity. It is
part of the duty of newspaper
to present the advantages of its
section to its readers and the world
at large, SO far as possible.
But how can outside people,
those who are seeking opportunities
to better their condition, be reach
ed3 The circulation of a country
paper is largely local, and publish
ers have few opportunities to
gather names of people desiring to
investigate the country, and if they
had, it would be a most liberal
home patronage which would en-
able them to afford to send their
papers without remuneration.
Every reader Of this paper has a
friend somewhere, who might be
induced to locate here, were a copy
OF some county paper occasionally
sent him to enable him to contrast
advantages here with those by
Wnlch he is surrounded.
The Peak Chronicle will issue a
special edition about the first of the
year, which will be filled with the
best matter obtainable. The CO.
operation of every locality in the
county is invited, and anyone hay
ing any information, or knowing
any fact that shows the resources
of the county, is invited to send it
IN, or to personally present the
facts. The idea is to make that
issue as good as possible with the
material at hand, which is album
dant. But the collection and
arrangement is quite a task, and
many things are bound to be over
looked unless those who should be
most directly concerned take an
interest in it.
No expense on the part of the
publishers will be spared. More
than $500 worth of engravings,
made specially for this issue, have
been secured. The expense OF
securing the pictures and the data
has been at least half this sum.
The paper to be used in the issue
will cost 5000, and the labor and
time expended will bring the cost
OF the edition to about ST, 600.
A number Of extra copies will
be issued, the sale OF which, and
the receipts from advertising, it is
hoped, will repay the cost OF this
issue. No more copies will be
issued than the anticipated de
nand, but every resident Of the
county should have a copy, and all
who know of people who may be
interested should send one or more
away. Every subscriber will re
eeive one fire i'll place of the regu-
lar Issue. All who desire extra
copies should Mace their orders he