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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-27

1t had been organized only three OF
four weeks, and yet the interest man.
Tested and the readiness with which
the boys and girls described the beef
type, the dairy type, and various
breeds Of cattle, the mus on and wool
types Of sheep, the principal breeds Of
draft horses, and some Of the stand
ard-bred roadsters and trotters, were
indeed surprising. At the close OF the
recitation the class was taken to a
barn in the village W, ere vera fine
roadsters were owned. The owner was
not at home, but the teacher had
standing permission to take t, horses
from the barn In order that the class
might examine them. A fine HANDLE.
tonian mare was led into the yard and
examined critically by the pupils and
criticised BY them, tho different points
being brought out by skillful question.
ing on the part Of the teac !. @
Fom this place the class went to a
livery barn where a splx add black
Percher0n stallion was stabbed for the
day. A member Of the class had dis
covered the horse as he was icing
driven In from another tow IA miles
away, and following the driver to the
barn had got permission for the class
to examine him. When the livery
barn was reached the driver brought
bis stallion out into the street, put
him through his PAGES, and helped the
teacher In calling attention to bis good
points and the contrasts between 1 e
draft type and the roadster type Of
horses, and allowed us to take several
photographs. 1t was an instructive
lesson not only for the members
Of the agricultural class, but FOR
the score or more De farmers
and toWnsmen who collected around
the livery stable. In much the
same way the local butcher Ii the In
structor In the high school. The class
studying the beef type Of cattle. or
the mutton sheep, or the different
classes Of swine is taken to the butch
er shop and given demonstration
lesson on cuts and their relative val
les, which Of the breeds are apt to
produce the better cuts, which the
better quality, anC 80 on. !.
Thus this little village high school,
though It pays only 1920 year In
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-27
OPPORTUNITIES AT HONE.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
K j. INGALLS, FAMOUS P0EN.
HOW HOME ORPORTUNE
TIES HAVE BEEN
OYERLOOKED.

SOLUTION of the Labor Question to be
Founo IN the Development Of Home
Industries.
Many a beautiful thing IL pernicious
In its effect. There is no telling how
many men have given up a good fight
ing chance and have literally laid
down in harness because they had ali.
sorbed from John J. Ingalls, poem
OPPORTUNITY the idea that they
had had their chance, and that for
them at least opportunity would not
return, Here is the poem:
Master Of human destinies am I,
Fame, love and fortune on my foot
steps wait.
Cities and fields walk. I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote. And pass
ing BY
Howell and mart and palace, soon Or
knock unbidden once At every
gate.
IL sleeping wake; II feasting rise
before
I turn away; It Is the hour Of fate.
And those who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire and conquer every
every foe ii
Save death; but those who doubt or
hesitate.
Condemned to failure, penury and
woe,
Seek me IN vain, and uselessly i'm
plore;
! answer not, and return no more"
A beautiful poem yes, but pernic-
ious as is the theory Of fate or the
twin tenet Of predestination. II oppor-
tunity comes but once, where is the
use Of striving III
President James Of the University
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the plants themselves with reference
to their life history and economic uses
For the outdoor practicum the
school is unfortunate In having
neither land nor domestic animals nor
fowls, and vet 1t has a wealth Of Illus.
trative material all around 1t. Every
good farm within a radius Of 3 or 4
miles, nearly every barn and poultry
yard In the village, the butcher shops,
and the farm implement stores furnish
costly illustrative material and extend
vastly the teaching force OF the high
school. The farmers and owners Of
good live stock either bring their ami
mails to the door OF the school house
to be studied by the class In agricul-
ture or allow the class to 60 to their
barns and fields for this purpose. 1t
10 said to be a rare thing for a good
horse to come to the village and Get
away without being examined by the
high school class In animal husbandrv.
The writer was fortunate in being
the guest Of the school one day last
October and In having an opportunity
to listen to some Of the recitations III
agriculture. "A class OF IA bows ana
3 girls were studying animal industry.
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Homccr0H and Graft.

The "homecroft' idea, referred to by
George Fl. Maxwell in his address be,
fore the Biennial Convention Of the
General Federation Of Women's Clubs
Is closely allied to the ''home arts and
crafts propaganda, in which so many,
In and out Of the federation, are inter
ested. The homecrofter, owning his
home and little patch Of ground-ai,
acre or two, more or less--is Of all
persons the one most likely to be inter-
ested in home crafts--little lines or
manufacture, which, added to the pro-
duce Of his ground, may afford sup.
port to his family, either constantly or
as a substitute for wage-earning EN-
ployment when some great shop or
factory may be suspended. Aided,
perhaps, by little gas engine or cleo
trio motor, he may have choice Of an
Infinite variety Of crafts, In which he
and his family may probably engage.
Here Is a combination which seems to
offer relief from the demoralizing and
devitalizing conditions Of our present
factory system; also a mode Of multi
plying the number Of those citizens,
Independent Of both landlord and en-
ployer, who are the backbone Of
American democracy. Give us the
and the craftsman In one!
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THE FIRST BOOK q, =. HOMECR0FT

Copies o. THE FIRST BOOK OF THE HoMEcRoFTERs \
with YOUR
plainly 10 The Nome.
croftcr Tasman, st. Watertown Maas
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Fresh Air Fairgrounds.

American cities are far behind
European cities In making provision
for public parks, especially in pro-
viding for the instruction and amuee-
ment Of children in them. In modern
municipal equipment IN Europe, much
provision Is made for the instruction
and amusement Of children, ana iin
most modernixed European cities large
sums Of money have been expended III
procuring open spaces for, them In dis
tricts Of congested population.
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THEAGRICULTURAL HIGHSCHOOl
Successful Examples DESCRIBED BY
Crosby Of Department OF Arricul.
ture Of Local Improvement Il
Through Rural Educ alton

| In the new Year Book OF the De-
partment Of Agriculture, Just issued.
is q description by D. ]. Crosby, Of the
office Of Experiment Stations, which
shows, IN a number OF instances, what
splendid results are being attained
through the introduction OF common
sense agricultural studies IN some of
the country village schools, and how
they directly AFFECT and benefit their
home towns. There is what appears
to be, an almost ideal PENNSYLVANIA
village high school, which the writer
visited. He describes what he saw:
In Erie County, Pa, surrounded BY
q good general farming and dairy
country, Ii the village Of Waterford,
on the outskirts sf which Is the site Of
Fort le Boeuf, Of French and India
war fame. AT Waterford the first
school In Erie County was establish. l
In 1900, and here as far back az 1922
was erected q stone academy build
Ing, which ID used to-day ais the main
part Of the high-schOol building. The
township Of Waterford has popula-
ton Of 1,460 and about one hail re-
side In the borough Of Waterf "a. Trs
borough has Its own elementary
school, but the high school is support
ed and controlled Jointly by the Dor
ough and township.
This high school, with its three
teachers and three courses OF study
Language, scientific, and agricultural),
has an enrolment OF so pupils, and 35 |
Of these are In the agricultural course.
This course Includes agriculture, five
hours week for four years. The |
work Of the first year Is devoted to a
study Of plant life termination, plant |
growth, plant food, reproduction, prop
agation, transplanting, pruning, and /
use Of plants; the second year to a
study Of field, orchard, and garden
crops; the third year to domestic anil
mails, dairying, and soil physics, a-sI
The fourth year to the chemistry Of i
soils and Of plant and animal life.
Text books are used In the class
looms; a small library Of agricultural
difference books, reports and bulletins
II this Department and experiment
and agricultural papers con-
.ributed by the publishers ID in almost |
constant use, and lectures on agricul-
,ural subjects are given before the
lass and before the whole school by
he instructor In agriculture, who Is
in agricultural college graduate. But
he feature Of instruction which
.hiefiy distinguishes this agricultural
curse from the ordinary high school
course Is the prominence given to the
laboratory work and the outdoor prac-
.icum. For the laboratory work there
3 no elaborate apparatus. The pupils
make much of their own apparatus,
furnish their own reagent bottles, and,
moreover use them. In the plant-life |
curse the pupils study not elaborate
md carefully prepared drawings, but |
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OPPORTUNITIES AT HOME.

tendency to draw the manufactnrinr
interests into the great transportation
ccnters, the tide has flowed strongly
toward the city and the small town
mas mad hard struggle to retain ita
own. ASA Us
IN this respect, however, the pendu-
ium Is swinging back also. The cor.
ailions surrounding the workmen IN
the cities, the lack OF home lifa and
the presence OF accumulated vice. have
demonstrated to the Satisfaction ~
every one that we viii never reach on n
highest industrial success until th IN
average workman IL placed wfiara ' ho
can have fresh air. q family, ana !
home TOT that family. The small town
everything else being equal. ia the
pace Tor Industries. "A man with !
nome, and who spends his evenings
with his family beautify;nr thst
nome, - not only q better citizen h,t
ne ~ worth infinitely more 10 his an.
pIoyer than his brother laborer who
mas no Interest other than tl,a+ -" ~
finds with his saloon comnan,ons - "a
III ward politics. = -
When the refOrmers have settlad tha
Industrial labor questions they viii not
pc calling Tor less hours Of work Mt
9 distribution Of the hours Of WORT
SIX hours in the factory Of the nina
and the balance at home WORKING ~
an acre OF ground may be made
solution Of the whole question between
labor and capital. Any man with 4
home and one acre Of the earth,s sur
lace that be can call his own. ana
with employment at fair wages during
i've or six hours Of the day, need never
ear want for himself or his family.
Under such conditions his family can
,e reared and educated and live under
he advantages Of 4 wholesome social
atmosphere.
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Keep Politics Out.

Every predetermined citizen should
make 1t known that he ID ABSOLUTELY
opposed to partisan, political control
in the management Of public parks,
roadside improvement, Fairgrounds
and like town betterments. Nothing
can be more detrimental to such de-
velopment than the interference 81
politics. Party responsibility, as d
remedy for municipal acknowledgement,
has been proved q .'delusion and d
snare" Such methods have raised to
places bigoted, incompetent
and sometimes dishonest men, VINO, by.
reason Of their weaknesses Or mis-
management, have disgraced what
should be honorable and respected
positions. Our citizens should insist
absolutely that no political consider
atoms be allowed to interfer with
park affairs, and should visit with
marked censure and disapproval all
,ity officials who prostitute their trusts |
or mere political gain.
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WATERFORD CLASS JUDGING HaMB1nroNAN MARE

salaries and only S370 for other ex-
penses, has faculty made up Of nu-
merous specialists and an equipment
In illustrative material such as few
technical high schools could afford.
And the pupils are being trained in
the elements Of failure and success, .
not only on "all the farms Of the
neighborhood," but In the village
shops and markets. This Is training
for efficiency. 1t is training for cui-
ture, for breadth Of view, and for
sympathy with all that goes to make
up the life Of the community.
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ment exercises took occasion to refer
to the philosophy of ingalls, famous
poem. Tt Is false and misleading Z
said Mr.. James. 1T Is not single op-
portunity which comes to man; it is
q train. 1t is a never-ending process
sion, some small, some large, growing
perhaps more small and more insignif-
cant as the years flow on, but ever
and always opportunities too numer-
GUS, too great, and too large for us to
utilize fully"
This Is good, healthful optimism.
There never was time when opportu-
mites Of all shapes, sizes and colors
bobbed up on every corner as they do
to-day And they are not confined to
any particular country or locality.
They are waiting everywhere. Under
the rapidly changing Industrial and
economical conditions they are spring
ing up in odd and out-of- the-way-
places. Old settlements old villages,
moss-grown and for years silent as
the cemetery that clings to their
skirts, are finding new youth in the
revival Of occupations and simple in
dustries which twenty Years ago were
deemed impossible. The abandoned
farms Of New England The farms
that were left tenantless because It
was thought that the only Opportun-
tiles for success were to be found III
the West--are receiving new leases OF
life.
PENDULUM IS SWINGING BACK.
For full half century the, American
people have been money-mad. Every
thing has been sacrificed to the one
idea Of accumulation. The dollar sign
became the sole badge Of honor, and a
mans success was measured not BY
what he made Of himself, not by what
he accomplished for his fellows or the
world at large, but by the size Of his
pile. 7. "
This standard Of succeso has warp
ed the imagination of the whole peo-
pie. The merchant and professional
man bend every energy to the Dill. |
Ing up Of gold bricks. And the farmer.
not to be outdone, lies awake nights
thinking how he may get more land.
He has now more than he can till,
but the land lust has seized him and
home comforts and a quiet life are sold
b the market In order that the line
fence may be removed
This has been the condition for
many years, and It requires careful
to detect any change. Butt
reaction has set in. The pendulum Ii
Iwinging back. A growing sentiment
q favor Of moderate success, a quiet
lie and home surroundings Is appar-
Mt With this comes a desire to get
ack to original principles; to abandon
be cities and seek the healthful life
the farm and the village. IA
The growth Of our cities has been
bnormal--the direct result Of alb
orma1 transportation conditions. ITO
i'm that hath shall be given, and to +
In that hath not even that which he
nth shall be taken away" has been
le working policy Of modern COM 9
lercial transportation companies. Q
he small town has been sacrificed to 7
le city. This was the natural result T
competition. In centers where p
nmerous railroads meet, low rates d
re given to both the in-going and out. Il
ling freight, but where there Is but b
le road, the traffic is taxed all that It 81
iii bear. This condition has had 3 N
tocatinued On ce,nmn Z, Il
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-27
7HE IHDEPEXDEKT TOWN.
Make Each Rural Center Dependent
Upon Itoelf and lts Own Resources.
There has lately developed q strong

Make Each Rural Center Dependen
Upon ItoeM and lts Own Resources
There has lately developed q stron,
i sentiment looking to the improvement
81 the home t0wn-making eacl
community, as much as possible
dependent upon itself and lite owl
resources ana those OF Ito sur
rounding country, and independ'
ent of the great centres which arc
! constantly striving to secure a portion
of the local wealth. This local self
sufficiency may be fostered BY an In
diyidual and cooperative determi
nation to bring the Town up to Its
highest possible plane Of comfort, gen.
erai usefulness and beauty to Its resi-
dents. This may be described as q
movement for civic Improvement.
The accumulation Of considerable
wealth Iii many American villages and
towns, during the last ten Or twenty
years, the development Of popular
education and the increase Of leisure,
has given an opportunity tor the per-
Torrance Of public duties, such as
had not seemed to exist to the young
man or woman Of the former gener-
ation, who, ID the effort to secure a
livelihood ana establish a home had
given little thought to the duties of
citizenship and social responsibilities.
II Ii only within comparatively
few years that, mature study has
entered into any of the public-school
work, or even manual training, while
there are many who yet think that
ouch institutions as gymnasiums,
baths, Fairgrounds, and even vacation
schools and free lectures are unneces-I
sary tirne-consumers for the young.
Nevertheless the general movement.
for better education along rural lines
and for backyard and street improve
ment, and the general betterment Of
the village and town Is rapidly in
creasing.
AS an instance Of this, even Ia such
d large city as st. Louis, girls and
boys are given practical instruction In
gardening, through the Junior School
Of Horticulture Of the Missouri
Botanical Gardens. The children are
permitted to sell their own products
decided stimulus to their e44orts
land In this way many Of them earn
considerable pocket money for vacation |
time. This school has been In oper-
alton for number Of years and ID Of |
great value to the citizens as well as
to the children Of the city, the latter
Of whom would otherwise know practi-
cally nothing Of nature as country
children know it.
Even In Texas the school garden
and! own improvement idea has made
Roadway, although there has been
greater difficulty in obtaining popular
approval and support, possibly, than in
any other section OF the country, owing
to the fact, perhaps, that the Lone
Star State has vast areas Of unoc-
cupied land, and to the fact that the
influential majority has been. but a
short time removed from the cattle
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Give tWo-cent stamps with your
plainly Written) to to The home-
Main ST.. WATERFOWL, Mass.
operation the Platform Of the Tails
man. The following is taken there
from:
EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND
HOMES ON THE LAND.
That children shall be taught
gardening and homecraft in the public
schools, and that Homecraft and
Garden Training Schools shall be
established by county, municipal.
state, and national governments.
where every boy and every man out
OF work who wants employment where
ne can gain that knowledge, can learn
how to make home and till the soil
and get his living straight from the
ground, and where every boy would
be taught that his first aim In life
should be to get home of his own
on the land.
BUILD HOMECROFTs AS NATION.
AL SAFEGUARDS.
That the New Zealand system Of
Land Taxation and Land Purchase
and Subdivision, and Advances to Set
tiers Act shall be adopted In this
country, to the end that land shall he
subdivided into small holdings In the
hands of those who will till It for
livelihood, and labor find occupation
IN the creation of homecrofts, which
Will be perpetual safeguards against
the political evils and social discomfort
resulting from the overgrowth OF
cities and the sufferings Of unem-
ployed wage-earners.
PROTECTION FOR THE AMER.
ICAN HOMECROFT.
That Rural Settlement shall be
encouraged and the principle Of Pro-
lection for the American Wageworker
ana his Home applied directly to the
Home by the Exemption from Taxa
tion OF all improvements upon. and
also OF az personal property, not ex-
ceeding $1,000 in value, used on and
ID connection with, every Homecroft
Or Rural Homestead Of not more than
ten acres In extent, which the owner
}sS y pV1MduCuC nome and
with his own labor and 50
provides therefrom all or part Of the
support for family.
ENLARGEMENT OF AREA AWAIT.
ABLE FOR HOMEMAKING
That the National Government
as part of a comprehensive nation.
al policy Of internal Improvements
for river control and regulation.
and for the enlargement to the
utmost possible extent of the
area Of the country available for aeri.
culture and Homes on the Land. and
Tor the protection Of those Homes from
either flood or drouth, shall build NOT
only levees and revetments where
needed, and drainage works for the
reclamation Of swamp and oyerAowed
lands, but shall also preserve existing
forests, reforest denuded areas. plant
new forests, and build the great reser-
Volrs and other engineering works
necessary to safeguard against over.
low and save for beneficial use the
1ood waters that now run to waste
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C0ploS OF the FIRST BIC
con be obtained by sendin0 tW
name and address Carefully an,
scrOftcr' Gid OF the TaIisman, "a;
This book is the first Of Series
that will Chronicle the Progress Of the
HOMECROFT MOVEMENT
and inform all who wish to cooperate
with 1t how they may do SO through
the formation Of local Homecrofters'
Circles, Clubs or Gilds to promote
Town and Village Betterment, stimu-
late home civic pride and loyalty to
home institutions, industries and trade,
improve methods and facilities of edu-
cation in the local public schools, and
create new opportunities AT Home"
that will 60 far to check the drift Of
trade and population to the cities.
The first Gid Of the Homecrofters
has been established at WATERFOWL,
Massachusetts. The Gildhall, Shops
and Gardens are located at 143 Main
Street, where the Garden School is
now fully organized and over one
hundred children are at work in the
Gardens. The departments for train
ing In Homecraft and Village Indus
tries are being installed. The Weavers
are already at work at the looms.
It Is not designed to build here an
isolated institution. but to make a
model which can be duplicated in any
town or village in the country.
There is New Hope and Inspiration
for every Worker who. wants Home
of his own on the Land in the
CREED AND PLATFORM OF THE
HOMECROFTERS' which is as fol-
lows:
Peace has her victories no less re-
than war"