The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-31
Press Club Meets.
ILErT OVER FROM LAST WEEK !

Sunday forenoon the club member
went to Ashton, where Mr.. Fuller O
the c. G. Moore company, and othel
Ashton boosters, showed them the ele
CANT farming section and served an ele
CANT dinner at Hotel Ashton.
Returning to st. Anthony, a short
business session was held, which was
followed by banquet rendered by tha
st. Anthony Commercial Club. The
banquet was triumph from every
point of view, and promoted great good
fellowship and good will.
Monday forenoon the club was occu.
pied with its business meeting, and in
the afternoon visit was paid to the
State Industrial School. an institution
that is credit to the people of Idaho
and also to its superintendent, Mr..
HUMPHREYS.
The following resolutions we're unani-
mously adopted by the club before EN-
barking for home:
Two annual milestones have been pas
sed dy the Eastern Idaho Press club.
The road travelled by the organization
has been curious complexity OF sage
brush plains, abyssmal river canyons,
bubbling mineral springs, magic cities,
born over night; fields Of grain, elbowing
desert wastes, old towns, lusty in Sec
ond youth: young towns, strong in the
virility of full growth at birth; waste
places, potential Of transformation into
garden spots; booming falls, singing a
song in minor key Of tremendous ener-
gy; sky glazing peaks, clad in eternal
snow, boarding moisture for distrbu
tion over million arid acres.
Marvelously rich past Imagination is
the field over which our club members
have trave,ed; worth the expense has
been the cost; instructive OF our own
great country have been our journeys.
And now, after a visit to the upper
valley of the Snake. we are ready and
are willing to believe that twelve has
been struck; that the last word has been
spoken; that what has been said and
written on the "banana belt" of FIRE.
mont has been only half the truth.
The Upper Snake River valley Is the
parent Of our prosperity. It's develop
ment is at once an example and an in
centive to other districts in the field
covered by this club. What has been
attained here in the way OF transform
ing a sagebrush desert into orchards
and fields, homes and towns, is not i'm
possible Of Accomplishment in other
places. The standard is high. and to
its realization this club should ,stand
pledged.
In becoming signatory to such a
pledge. let us jointly and severallv RE-
SOLVE: That morning, noon and night
we, all newspaper men, avail ourselves
of every opportunity to boost the valley
of the Snake: that we center our -ener-
gies for time upon boosting for the
Upper Valley, which is the fountain
head Of our inspiration and an example
Of the attainment OF magnificent de-
Be it further
RESOLVED, That we ever treasure
fond memories OF that time when we
made the journev'by rail past mile and
mile Of fertile fields toward the cloud
kissing Tetons trip OF opening
education in the richness of country
Of which we heretofore knew but little
and about which it is impossible to say
too much.
Let us resolve to be thankful to the
good people of st. Anthony, particularly
to that old warhorse among the boost
ers, e. A. Strong, of the Fremont County
News, and to his able committee Of en-
tertainers; to the boosters of Ashton, to
the hustlers of Rexburg and Rigby and
Sugar City; to Superintendent and.Mrs.
Humphries Of the Idaho Industralss{In.
stitute. to the ST. Anthony Commercial
Club. to whose hospitality we owe
arge part Of the pleasure Of our stay;
10 the Hon. Caleb Jones, for courtesies
extended; to the management Of the
Riverside hotel; to the Station Agent
King and Conductor Vanderberg of the
Oregon Short Line for concessions and
to each and every man and
from Bear Lake to Egin Bench
rom Twin Fall to the towering Tetons,
Who have contributed toward making
his st. Anthony meeting OF our club
he best ever held.
Let us finally and fondly resolve, that
and forever there will be
crowded place in our hearts filed with
owe for the Upper Snake, for the peo-
,le Of this wonderful valley and for the
Of their entertainment Of
his club.
The "temptation Of st. Anthony was