The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-05-21
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men as these too much can not be
said in their praise.
| have explained to you gentle.
men the basis on which the success
or this great enterprise is handled
and stands today. Idaho has every
reason to feel proud and honored
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
higher point to be reached. Back
of all this we have the unqualified
endorsement of the American peo-
pie, without which 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 who 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 / stand before you today
speaking understandingly 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. 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 heretofore non-pro-
ductive and uniniviting desert, will
produce the results that the man
comes here for. Gentlemen, see no
clouds in our skies; see no reason
why these great enterprises are not
capable Of leading Idaho In a very
few years into one OF the great agri-
cultural and horticultural states Of
the west. have been engaged in
reclamation work for twenty-five
years, and I have never seen any
thing its equal. Now, do not claim
that the Twin Falls North Side Tract
is all of Idaho; know Idaho from
the Occur d'Alene to the Nevada
line; know that its million of fer
tile acres, its 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
that is commercially valuable, that
with all these assets for the new
state, and the thousands of splendid
people that are coming here annually
/ have no fear for Idaho.
] am a believer In the great Carey
Act; I believe under the plan which
the state sells the land and the COM
pany the water rights, taking a small
payment down and extending future
over. period Of ten years
at q low rate Of interest, offers to peo-
pie who want to acquire homes in this
country the chance Of lifetime. In
our Carey Act work the state stands
as sponsor to the settler for the
faithful performance of the contract
between our company an dthe state,
hereby placing check which is all
n favor Of the settler.
Internationally this is an empire,
ind will grow greater and greater as
line rolls on. These 100 acre tracts
viii be subdivided and cut into 40
ere tracts. iiversified farming will
,e the order Or the day. The farmer
viii have his orchard, his fat horses
nd cattle. his pigs and chickens, I'll
eady for the market. and the market |
iii he ready for the products. This !