The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-05-28

laws of his country. He has right
to be Mormon, Baptist or a Meth
odist, or anything else, provided, he
Is law abiding citizen.
You have been very courteous and
kind to me today, | am working for
the Twin Falls Northside company to-
day, / might be in some other field
in some other part of the state to-
morrow. l am not candidate for
any office. / want to see the land of
my adoption, that has cost me and
my friends many dollars and hard
ships and heart aches, want to see
this state get into the grasp of pros
perity and progress. And l believe
within the confines of this splendid
state of Idaho when we get every
thing cleared away that it will indeed
be a magnificent state. We have
had some people who were not partic-
ularly creditable. The time is COM
ing, and | believe that all of these
broad lands and meadows will grow
men who are big enough and broad
enough to manage the affairs of the
state, without being a burden. AS a
man said to me last campaign, Il
want certain position, will you give
me your infiuence?" I said, "Let me
think what it will do to Idaho" And
l said, mo, can't do it" If we
could eliminate those disagreeable
features, they don't care for anything
but themselves. If that was done we
would be greater people, broader
people, and more progressive peo-
pie, and we are not going to deal with
people in the future as you have done
in the past. | want to serve notice
on older Idaho, that the young peo-
pie we are bringing in here by the
hundreds and thousands are people
that know things, they know nothing
but to keep busy, they know how to
work, they don't know our old gossip,
and our old neighborhood fights, but
they have come to build homes for
themselves, wives and families, for
their children and their children's
children. And they are coming here
so fast that they will soon be in the
majority. That being true I don't
think that man will have an Of
fee just because he can't make liv-
ing for himself, or for some other like
reason. We are going to have a class
of people that are good for Idaho.
The old regime of our day is passing
into oblivion, it will soon be number
ed with the past.
This is commercial age, some
times / think it is too much so,3 an
age of progress. | think that no per-
son will question that If you have
some property that is worth a thou
sand dollars and by working 1t you
can make it worth ten thousand dol
lars, it is business. We live in a
dollar age, everybody is up and on
the go and jump and no time for any
thing, I think sometimes that there
will have to be little stay, that a
halt will have to be called.
If you do not embrace the oppor-
tunities of Blackfoot, and get busy,
you will be found sleeping at the
switch. Two hundred thousand peo-
pie will be taken through here this
year, every year the opportunities les
sen, we will not be advertising our
land forever, for soon these acres
will be peopled, and they will not
come so last.
! want to see every town in Idaho
from the face Of the Tetons to the
Oregon line progress and prosper.
have lived in several states, but
never met better people than in
Idaho, was never treated with more
courtesy and consideration.
! have said nothing today that was
intended as personal, simply to show
in general way this great land of
progress and opportunity. thank
you. (Tumultous applause.)
Mr.. Rich:--It has been moved and |
seconded that we tender to Major
Reed a vote of thanks for his mag
nificient efforts In our behalf.
The motion was unanimously car
ried.