The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-20
MAJOR REEDS ADDRESS.
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men as these too much can not b
said in their praise.
I have explained to you gentle
men the basis on which the success,
OF this great enterprise is handled
and stands today. Idaho has every
reason to feel proud and honoreC
that such great enterprises as The
Twin Falls North Side and Twin
Falls South Side reclamation enter.
prises have been so SUCCESSFULLY con
summated. And yet there is still
a higher point to be reached. Back
of all this we have the unqualified
endorsement of the American peo-
pie, without which I am frank to tell
you that our work would have been
in vain. The bonds of this company
have been sold, as Mr.. Kuhn ex-
planned at the opening the other day,
in thirty different states. The peo-
pie 1Ao are coming to this tract
represent the finest citizenship we
could hope for. They are law-abid-
ing, intelligent, and come here not
as spectators but to make their
homes in our midst and become
citizens of the great state of Idaho.
And 1 stand before you today
speaking Understandings from years
of experience that in the success of
these people who are coming to us
is the success of this great enterprise
and the hope of Idaho. I wish to
impress on you that the success of
this enterprise is the success of the
man on the acre; when he succeeds
all else is well. When the man on
the farm raises good crops towns
are maintained, transportation lines
prosper, and there is action in every
direction. We know that these acres
are honest; we know what the Idaho
soil and climate will do for these
workers; we know that this splendid
irrigation system, coursing it's way
down through a heretofore non-pro-
ductive and uniniviting desert, will
produce the results that the man
comes here for. Gentlemen, l see no
clouds in our skies; I see no reason
why these great eLterprises are not
capable of leading Idaho in a very
few years into one of the great agri-
and horticultural states of
the west. I have been engaged in
reclamation work for twenty-five
years, and I have never seer any
it's equal. Now, I do not claim
hat the Twin Falls North Side Tract
IS all of Idaho; / know Idaho from
The Occur d'Alene to the Nevada
inc; I know that it's million of fer
lie acres, it's abundance of water for
irrigation and power purposes, its
high and lofty mountains covered
With splendid timber and in many
districts mineralized to an extent
hat is commercially valuable, that (,
With all these assets for the new
tate, and the thousands of splendid
that are coming here annually
have no fear for Idaho. :
l am a believer in the great Carey $
lct; I believe under the plan which t
he state sells the land and the com Y
any the water rights, taking a small r
ayment down and extending future ii
ayments over a period Of ten years t.
t a low rate Of interest, offers to peo- e
lie who want to acquire homes in this F
ountry the chance of a lifetime. In S
nr Carey Act work the state stands W
S sponsor to the settler for the IL
performance of the contract e.
our company an dthe state, tt
placing a check which is all Il
favor of the settler. m
Unquestionably this is an empire, a.
will grow greater and greater as tt
me rolls on. These 100 acre tracts d.
Ill be subdivided and cut into 40 fc
tracts, diversified farming will tt
\ the order of the day. The farmer W
nYhave his orchard, his fat horses ri
cattle, his pigs and chickens, all A
ady for the market, and the market eS
III be ready for the products. This hi