The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-10-31
|GRANDEST OVATION IN THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF

state, during the last session of con-
gress, two million acres more to be
entered under the Carey act. We
have now segregated about $4,000
acres of that. Up to the present time
| over sS,000,000 is being spent on it
and when the whole work is COM
pleted there will be a total expendi-
ture of $30.000,000. 1t will be the
grandest accomplishment in irrigation
ever known in this country, or in any
other country in the woodland has
been done by the Republican party.
Gin the south of this state there is
an empire of over SO square miles of
land where only four years ago there
was nothing but sagebrush. 1t has
one town of 5000 people, with rail-
way, an opera house, hotels, schools
and everything necessary to COM
munity. But four years ago Twin
Falls was sagebrush. Every citizen
Of this state should be proud of the
resolutions passed there day before
yesterday relative to the manner in
which cur Democratic friends are
trying to drive capital from this state.
You noticed great big head lines,
FIVE MILLION DOLLARS TAKEN
FROM THE PEOPLE" Why, the
Democratic party would not know
what to do with five million dollars
in this state If you would put it down
on the counter in front of them and
told them to invest it.
Citizens Are Saved $4,000, 900.
There were over 100000 acres of
| land there segregated to be improved.
| 1t was the greatest act in irrigation
| that has ever been attempted in these
great United States of America, and
| yet we found capital with so much
| confidence in the people of this state,
| and so much confidence in the admin
| istration of this state, that they were
| willing to come out here and invest
| twenty million dollars to complete
this work and make an empire which
| is worth to this state and the people
| who occupy the land over $4,000, 900.
they acted honorably and in good
faith. The went before our land
board and told them what they would
do. There was no proposition before
this land board to put the land in
cultivation for $45 per acre. Instead.
| they said, We will build those reser-
voirs and put water on the land for
| $50 an acre. After some discussion
the board said, You may do this &C
| cording to the engineers report at $50
an acre. And instead of taking $5,-
100000 from the people they saved
those who bought the land $6,O00,000.
1--WE must remember that the men
who buy that land are, 80 per cent
of them, from other states. And yet
the Democrats are trying to drive
that sort of industry away from our
state. Do you want this 500,000 acres
| of land put under cultivation? There
is no well posted man in Idaho but
knows that If the Democratic party
| got into power, with its rabid ex-
| tremes, there would be failure. The
men behind the project would not
touch 1t.
A Million Dollar People.
| "The Democrats raised the great
| question Of bonding this state for ST.
100000. My time is limited. but
wish to say, We have bonded the state
for 100000 and we are proud of
people. What did we use this money
| for? The University-$220.0O Our
Democratic friends would have let
that lay in ashes and not rebuild 1t,
IL we. are to believe their cry of
frenzy. The Industrial school, the
addition to the Albion school. the
Academy at Lewiston-we have all
these things. One hundred thousand
dollars was spent attempting to make
the criminals at home responsible for
the death of your splendid old Demo-
cratic governor, Steunenberg! Is
there any man or woman. Democrat
| or Republican, who would have that
work undone? 1t is so all the way
through. The printed list shows ev-
| erything accounted for. Study 1t and
say which item should be cut out,
and when you are through there will
be clean balance sheet. Our Demo-
| cratic friends are simply bowling and
kicking; in fact, they do nothing else.
IT notice that our friends, among
the numerous assertions and charges,
refer to educational matters. I think
the accusation was a small amount of
something like $500 which our state
superintendent spent while attending
not that party attack? Miss Cham
| berlain was attending to duties as
signed to her by this state, and then
| brought in an honest and legitimate
| expense account. And at this con-
/ gress. I happen to know, she estab-
lished headquarters and got In con-
nection and acquaintance with people
on educational matters enabling us
this year to secure lecturers here who
| were q benefit to the people of this
state to at least $4,000.
/ Money Spent In Education.
Il IT wish to direct your attention to
the money spent at the normals In
Albion and Lewiston, which turn out
I instructors who can teach in ali OF
the states of the Union. We have the
academy at my home town of Poca-
tello which Is a step higher than the
common schools and high schools and
gives an education to young men and
youn gwomen, enabling them to go
out over this state or this nation to
perform more useful duties of life.
The university at Moscow is an insti-
tuition which is one of the most splen-
did of this state or any adjoining
state. When we send our children
there to finish their education their
diploma gives them recognition In all
of the better colleges in this country
We produce the best professional men
the very best mining engineers
and this work Is being done by you
and you are putting the brand OF
respectabiiity and honor upon your