The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-01-20


how to operate railroad, and use
up lot of their energies fighting
the railroads. Let somebody else do
that. You run your farm and raise
pure breeds of stock and consume
your own grains and other products
SO far as possible in raising the stock
and you will have no time nor dis
position to fight some other legiti-
mate enterprise. Now am not talk
ing this way because l am under any
obligation to do so, for have no COL
lar on my neck. speak of this be-
cause it is my conviction after a
long life of activity, for am seventy
years young.
81 am glad to see that you did not
let this little furry of snow and
rain keep you from coming here to-
day. You live in a country where
real storms are almost unknown. My
home is in Minnesota where we have
snow storms that fill the air with
whirling snow so fine and under
such pressure that we sometimes
think we have been set down in that
land where d. Cook did not find
the north pole. Why only short
time age doubled header passenger
train passing through our country
ran through the county seat and ten
miles beyond it looking for the town,
and they finally found where they
were and had to back up ten miles.
And yet We are great dairy
state, shipping lots of dairy products
out here to you folks in Idaho, al
though you can compete with us if
you would try. You can raise cows
and the feed for cows as cheaply
as we can, and you have the glorious
and the long periods of sun
shine that contribute to the cows
and add to the milk flow
such as we would be glad to have
in Minnesota Think of the long
stormy days when we have to keep
our cows right in the barn. Then
there is another thing. We have
that scourge of the
dairy business. You have enough of
fine sunny weather here to enable
you to keep forever free from it.
TN the face of all these things
find that sixty per cent. of your
butter comes from east of the noun
aims. Here where you could have
such perfect diaries ! sit down In
hotels and am served with condensed
milk from far-away New York. 1t
IS like shipping coal to Newcastle,
md Won should rise and face the
and take advantage of the
resources at your command"
While the people were examining
he exhibits arrangements were made
or a two or three days institute
or Aberdeen, and the dates late in
february or early in March will be
later.
While the train was returning to |
very fine turkey dinner I
vas being served in the diner to
he lie 'turers and representatives Of
he press. and plans for the future
work looking to institute work and
,etter farming and better conditions
mong farmers were discussed. The |
rain left Blackfoot for Bull at S.15,
being the plan to begin the Twin
Falls country Monday and finish up
he western part of the state by
'anuary goth.
Some of the cars carrying the eX
ibits will be kept in service all |
winter, and they were engaged to
one into Idaho between the other
HteS that gave only twelve days Tor
he Idaho trip. The time was not
= 'i"ient to stop at all the towns
hnt Mr.. Burley wanted to reach. but
he itinerary was made to cover
verifying possible, the lecturers con-
enting to work all day last Sunday
n order to reach seven more towns
han could be visited If they took
heir Sunday rest.
Some of the same party will re-
urn to Blackfoot for next Thursday
nd Friday.
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