The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-07-08
THE PINGREE OPENING
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ant to General Manager w. H. Ban
croft of Salt Lake City.
Mr.. Smith: las has been said the
development of new states depends
very much upon transportation facili-
ties, and appreciate the expression
of friendly interest shown here for
the business represent. 1t is so easy
for people to find fault with the rail-
roads and to misunderstood and to
fail to give credit for good works
which they do.
"In Idaho we need more railroads;
you see an example of 1t here where
people have been isolated SO long.
There has been agitation for rail-
road commission in Idaho and be-
cause it was considered good thing
in some of the older states where the
country was abundantly supplied with
railroads, they have thought 1t was
needed here, but what Idaho needs
more is roads, not commissions. 1t Is
the building Of the railroad that
makes 1t possible to have town here
and to market your produce. We had
an example of the difficulties of build
ing city without a railroad when
Twin Falls was laid out. The ex-
pense of getting in and getting out
and of delivering goods there was
almost prohibitive. Let me say here,
that I was invited to buy lots there
and was advised that could make
some money on them. I could not
see it and let the opportunity pass.
AS I look back now see where /
could have made neat little fortune
If I had bought even at what looked
to me to be exhorbitant prices for
raw land laid out in lots. So let me
say to you who have become accus-
toned to seeing these vast plains u.s.
ed only for cattle range, that con-
ditions are changing, and these lands
and lots are assuming values based
upon what they will produce when
united with water, and the way to-
make money on them is to have cour-
age and get in on the sale at. the OPEN
ing. l hope you will register and get
lots and get in a position to make
money for yourselves and help the
enterprise"
The Chairman. 81 am glad Mr..
Smith said what he did about looking
forward to the. new conditions and
getting in a position to benefit by
them. You know the old story of the
man who said that If his foresight
were as good as his hind sight he
would get along all right, and so it
is with all of us.
II am glad we have with us today,
a man from a sister town on this
tract; a man who has exhibited cour-
age in his work and his investments,
and I am glad he is so neighborly as
to be with us at this time. He does
not know I am going to call on him,
but am sure he will have something
good to say, he is always full of 1t
and ready to break out in new place.
I will ask Mr.. John r. Foulks of
Aberdeen to address you"
Mr.. Foulks. That's just like Mr..
Trego; he told me two years ago that
he was going to call on me for
speech at this time, and my wife be-
ing Of literary turn of mind, wrote
out very neat speech for me, but
like a man, l came away and forgot
it," (Laughter)
II like the cheerful booster spirit
that I see here today. like men
and women of courage and of hope. |
know where there is town that
would be better off If 1t had fifty fires
and hundred funerals and told one
of their citizens that one day when
he asked me what / thought of their
town. OF course was only speaking
figuratively, but we should not allow
ourselves to get into ruts. We have
to be up and doing If we make the
most of things like the splendid
courage manifested in this enterprise
and in the settlement of the whole
of this tract. All we need to do is to
put our shoulders to the wheel and
push and we can succeed beyond what
most of us think we can. We have
the land and the water, and now we
are getting the railroad, and we need
more people, and as homeseekers and
investors learn what we have here
they will come in and they will be
glad they came.
81 wish this townsite company sue
cess in their undertakings and know
they will succeed because they have
the country and the material that
spell success. / thank you
The Chairman: 81 told you he
would break out in a now Mace and