The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-02
Dear Bill and Sue:

trip to the Worlds Fair thought you
dreaded the job and wanted me to do il
for you, but when you said you would
tend to the milking till got back,
felt willing to tackle the job. Now that
I am started, I think you may want to
go later yourself, and l am going to tell
you something about it in an everyday
style so you can judge how it will be-
OF course the same things will not hap
pen to you that happen to me but it
gives you an idea of the trip.
When you have been working long
hours for good while it is nice to get
away from it. No matter how we'll broke
a horse is, or how we'll he has been grain
ed, or how lightly the harness rests on
him, he is going to show harness marks
after while if he doesn't get rest and a
week off in the pasture. This is my week
in the pasture, and don't want to do a
thing that looks like work.
l saw P. w. Porter on the train COM
ing down to Poky, and he thinks the
travel to Portland this year is going to
bring the northwest, lot of business
and lots of settlers. He has seen quite a
lot of the dominions of Uncle Sam in the
last three years, and he has concluded
that Idaho is the very choice spot. He
says that reservoir scheme they were
working on for Little Lost River is at a
standstill and that he thinks the reser-
voir for dry creek is something rare in
reservoirdom, and whoever builds it will
make some money.
You have to change cars at Pocatello,
and | went to the Bannock and slept. l
left an order for the clerk to call me at
six in the morning, and at six o'clock he
Just pressed seven buttons in the office
and woke seven of us at once. They have
the "Deveau" phone system in the house
and the clerk can talk to the folks in all
the rooms at once. hated to leave the
place, it was so nice, but did, and l
walked down to the depot with William
Wallins of the Tribune. He asked me
about the future of Mackay and for
once told the truth and said | didn't
know While we were gapping around
Robert Bell, the state mine inspector
came along and said he was going north.
Geo. Smith came along and said he
would go wherever he could write up the
biggest insurance policy. Frank DeKay
joined the bunch and told me to send his
copy of the Idaho Republican to Henry
Idaho instead of to Ross Fork. j. p.
Cummings was going by, but stopped to
crack joke with me about Kelley.
Mrs Cue nodded to me from the st.
Anthony train, and l went into the
coach to chat with her moment. She
was just going back to Mackay after
visiting her sister at Haley. She said it
has lust been determined that the Mac
kay Branch is to be extended this year.
1 went back to have word with Wallln,
and Mr.. Brady came along wearing that
smile that the Capital News said would
have to come off. He said he wished he
were newspaper man so he could take
in all the fun; as it was he had to go to
American Falls to look after his power
plant. These things are not part OF
the Worlds Fair but they might be
part of a persons trip, so just mention
them in passing.
On the way down to American Falls l
saw H. B. Philbrick and asked him if he
were coming to the Blackfoot Fair this
fall. He Said he thought he would, but
would not take any stock. l mentioned
to him that the premium list would be
more favorable to exhibitors this year
than ever before, and he said he might
reconsider matters He remarked that
he had been looking over the beetfelds
around Ogden, and that the crop was
the most promising they had ever had.
| stepped off at American Falls and
manager Sweet of the American Falls
Canal and Power company came rushing
up with a pleasant grin when he saw me
he said, 90 Pshaw! There lis no getting
away from you is there?" He was look
ing for news agent, so got even with
him by handing him copy of the Idaho
Republican right off the press at mid
night. He took it, probably out of po-
liteness) and went back.
At Minidoka saw Miss Amelia Shef
fel telling the Dray man there was a
shipment of hardware there from San
Francisco which they were in a hurry
for and that they would be glad if he
would bring it right over. She told me
that business was rather dull because
some of the lands had been barred from
settlement for the present and that some
of the people had moved to Burley.
That it was SO lonely there they hardly |
knew the day of the week.
There were lot of people on the
train otudeino folderS and discussing |