The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1909-09-11
IDAHO ITEMS

~ nsNS vuSciVou 10 tuot oioouu
Namps, where oats .hreshed 1l5
bushels to the acre and wheat Sc.
Crowds are Aocking to Arco to
b on hand at the great land open.
ing which will DO held there Sep.
TENDER IA. $4,000 acres Of land
will b thrown open to entry.
From various accounts on the sub.
iect it would seem that the
wealthy" 10 the best apple raised
in Idaho, adapted to packing. Mr..
+. G. Smith, = nursery man at
Blackfoot makes this statement,
since he has added a packing estab.
lishmsnt to his nursery.
Mark Austin, agricultural sup.
erintendent Of the Utah Idaho Sug.
ar Go. for the Idaho field Was in
Salt Lake last week attending the
sessions of the branch managers OF
the institution, preliminary to the
opening Of the fall campaign. Mr..
Austin says the beet crop In the
Snake valley looks most promising
and in many places the harvest
will be heavier than last year He
says there will also be , heavy
shipment Of lambs from Idaho
within the next 80 or 40 days and
a very goci pricewill b. realized by
the owners.
Mr.. Hit, the government statisti.
clan has just received fro % Wash.
ington the full report of the yield
per acre of winter wheat grown in
tho U. s. Taking the cror in the
entire state, the crop in Idaho av'
ssagsd 20 bushels 70 the aero The
average last ysar was 30 bushels
and for consecutive years tho av-
erage yield has been 24.5 bushels
Only tao states in the u ion are
ahead Of Idaho on the sverige
yield. Montana and Wyoming.
both of which have slight lead,
but ouch a small amount % grain
is grown in these sta.tes, they arc
not classed as grain states.
The total yield Of winter wbeat
in Idaho this year s'as 7.59S.OW
bushels; Washington, 1851 400;
Oregon II .235.000.
Twin Falls Times: The action Of
ill.advissd boostersin giving out In
formation about this tract is some.
thing which should be given asten ;
ton BY the business men Of this
city. In nearly every special write.
up or special edition booming
this city and tract there creep in
misleading and false statements
about the conditions which always
act az a. boomerang wi zen the pros
pective settler strikes the city or
tract and looks for the widely ad.
vertised improvement which as ye'
is not begun. No go',d can come Of
such boosting. because in its essence
it lacks the sincerity needed to con.
vince. 1t gives every homeseeker
the impression that every state.
ment given out bears the came "a.
ito OF falsehood and his opinion Of
the tract 10 thereby letssned In
recent edition Of the Chicago Rec.
ord Herald several misleading
statements were sent broadcast, one
about paving in particular. 1t 10
true that eventually We will have
twenty miles Of paving but tic the
height Of folly to state that we ha W
now and expect the incoming set.
tiers in the meantime TO get any
other idea than that the whole
thing 10 hot air. There is enough |
boosting material in every section
Of this country to convince any In
weston without varying ono iota
from the truth. There Is enough
legitimate boosting material about |
this tract which can he used that
would discredit Munchausen in
his best day and what's the use Of
lying for that 10 just what such ILL.,
advised boosting can be called.
IDAHO DAY