The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-12-13
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was beautiful, and that it is a mag
nificant gift, worthy of the giver,
worthy of the attention of any or all
the girls in the valley. One Of the
visitors remarked that of the several
unusual things which The Republi-
can had done, none of them had been
done in any half way manner and
expressed surprise that newspaper
could afford to make such an expen-
sive present to some person who
might never give them dollars
worth of printing Tor subscriptions.
He was informed that it. was a means
of assuring the public that The Re-
publican is here to stay, and that as
newspaper depends largely on the
good will of the public for its pros
perity, it can afford to show the same
degree of good will and open-handed
generosity to the public that it wish
es in return. That the advertising
which the interested public will give
the paper during the contest, by
talking of it to all their friends, will
be worth the outlay in a few years,
Just the same as 1t Is worth hum
dreds of dollars to a merchant to
conduct an advertising campaign that
brings his goods to the eye of the
public. He replied that this theory
was good, and he was glad The Re-
publican had enough nerve, and faith
in the people, to make such gift.
He further said that he wished they
had such piano for their amuse-
ment hall in his neighborhood, as
1t would form beginning, around
which they might build better things
than they have at present. We be-
lieve he voiced the sentiment of many
fathers and mothers through the
country when he said, ut is too nice
a piano to be put into dance hall,
and II we had 1t for our meeting
house, would propose that we erect
an altar to put 1t on, and only un-
cover it for religious services, and
literary programs of real intellec-
tual worth. The result would be that
we would soon be united in the de-
sire to have a better meeting house,
and better entertainments. More lee
lures, more literary effort, more de-
bates, more nice duets and solos, and
a better class of chorister work In
fact it would raise the standard Of
all these things and would be what |
your Epworth Leaguers would call
an 'up-lift, to the community as a |
whole. We want to build new hall,
and If this piano were put into the |
old building, the contrast would be
SO great, l think every one of us
would be ready to go to work to
get a new and elegant place to put
this elegant piano. II all felt as !
do about it, we would nominate
some home girl to make the race with
the understanding that she give it
10 the public when we get building
to keep 1t in.
Another man saidl "Well II all
he kids are like mine, they would
soon have it all battered up till 1t
wouldn't look any better than the
1ox it was shipped in. They don't
AXE care of anything / get for
hem" In reply to this one Of the
men near him remarked, well If
hat is the kind of family you are
'aising, 1t is high time something
vas done to give the whole family
heir first lessons in taking care of
hings. If you have that kind of
hildren, ! would like to know what |
hey do to school furniture where
hey sit, and that is a matter the
Whole community has right to look
nto. ] tell you, there Is no use in
citing anything be destroyed that
way, and any move that stimulates
eople to get nicer things and to take
are of them, and get other nice
Kings to 60 with the first article,
3 a good thing and ought to be en-
outraged. II people in our neigh {