The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-08-05

berries In a season to keep a famil!
: in plenty for whole year. Twent!
. acres he believed large enough fol
. any man in the upper valley to make
; a comfortable living on. He said hi
was devoted to upbuilding the great
state of Idaho and felt that every
man in Idaho should be booster, be.
cause he has so much to boost for.
The Potato Outlook
Editor Byrd Trego of the Black
foot Republican delivered a fine talk
on the lowly potato. He urged the
league to buy itself in an effort to
encourage potato growers to plant
only one or two staple varieties, in
stead of every man growing a differ
ent kind of spud, so that in a carload
there is often as many varieties as
are known. He also believed the
! league could do good work in the
matter of cooperating with the Short
| Line in the matter of providing plen-
ty of cars when needed for potato
shipments. He recited the disastrous
effects last year of car shortage at
critical time, and felt that if the
proper arrangements were made in
advance of the shipping season, the
railroad comnopv GOULD ond ,,,o,,ld
deliver the goods. He also thought
potato growers should be educated to
the necessity of properly grading
their spuds by sorting The general
potato outlook this year, concluded
Mr.. Trego, is excellent.
General Crop Outlook
George F. Hill, Jr., of Rigby, Sec
ond vice president of the league, gave
terse statement of general crop con-
ditions in the upper valley. Wheat,
oats, potatoes, sugar beets, every
staple crop is looking fine. Early in
the season the outlook was gloomy
People, heretofore used to abundant
rainfall, neglected early irrigation,
and for time things looked bad.
But thanks to the excellence of the
upper valley, the tide has turned, de-
spite the continued dry spell, and
excellent crops are assured. Dry
farm wheat will yield from IA to 40
buhsels to the acre, depending upon
location.
The Teton Basin
John D. Killpack of briggs, who
with two other delegates from that
rich region were the first on the scene
despite his isolation from the railroad
told entertainingly of his community,
which is shortly to be linked to the
outer world with a line of steel to be
laid by the Short Line. He said the
further UP the Snake river valley you
go, the better the soil is The Teton
Basin, he said, was at the head of the
valley.
Railroads and the People
Before beginning his scheduled ad-
dress on "The Railroads and the
People," Joel l.. Priest of Boise, in
dustrial agent for the Short Line,
read telegram from General Freight
Agent Frank H. Plaisted, who is in
Chicago on buiness, which contained
good news for Idaho potato growers.
Mr.. Plaisted said that arrangements
have been made to have plenty of
box cars on hand for the early
shipping season, and that after Octo-
Der l there will be an abundance of
cars.
Joel L. Priest is one of the best
fellows in the world; everybody likes
him, and that was one reason why
MS remarks on the subject allotted
% him were listened to with close
attention. The Other reas,, was be-
arse his talk was SO good. lie said
IF l were preacher, as we'll as a
Priest, would deliver a sermon to
vou today. would take for my text
he verse: ;
Where mans treasure is, there |
will his heart be Also .
What is true OF individuals is true
If corporations, for corporations. af-
er all, are human institutions. The
reasure of the Oregon Short Line
abroad is in Idaho. So is the heart
If the Oregon Short Line.
In what we may call the Oregon
Short Line system, strictly speaking,
ire somewhat more than 1900 miles
# main line and branches. More than {
900 miles. of this total, full two I
birds, are in Idaho. OF the 1906 9
niles Of railway lines in the entire
tate, the Oregon Short Line owns
md operates something like 65 per t
ent. 1t investments in Idaho aggre- /
rate many millions of dollars in value t