Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-04-04
Farmers Union President Says Idaho
County Needs Better Public
Highways Badly.
PRAISE PRAIRIE FARMERS
Review of the Various Locals in This
County.--Members Of the Same
Represent Much Wealth.

The following clipping, taken from
the Pacific Farmer, the official organ
of the Farmers Union of Washington
and Idaho, is from the pen of President
Crow and the remarks were called
forth shortly after his visit to this Sec
tion last month:
81 have just returned from Idaho,
where, with Brother Louis Delivuk,
in point of interest and enthusiasm.
"The first meeting was held at
Grangeville and was very well attend
ed, considering the. condition of the
roads and weather. Most of the farm
ers live ont in the country several miles
and have to contend with muddy roads
and bad weather, and | know of no
place on this earth where good roads
advocates could initiate and expand
their lungs to better advantage, for
this is about all that has ben done so
far in the Grangeville country, and also
in this state. ! know of no other asso-
citation which has done more talking
and less road building and have ped
died more hot air and impractical reso-
lutions and theories, while the farmers
continue to pay taxes and mire down
and founder around in the mud with
out any practical road building. Oh,
for some Moses to lead us out of the
wilderness of mud into the promised
| land of good practical common sense
roads. Pardon the DEPRESSION, / was
just caught up with the spirit and had
to speak as the spirit moved, for don't
forget that good roads mean good meet
ings. The local at Grangeville is COM
posed of some of the wealthiest farm
of wealth, whether we have single To-
cal in the entire jurisdiction represent.
ing so much and, best of all, they are
all good loyal Union men, ever ready to
lend helping hand to all our indus
tries and enterprises. Brother Delivuk
spoke to them for about two hours on
the comparative prices of grain and
grain marketing, using his charts in
his Characteristic way with telling eff
feet, all pronouncing it mastery ef-
fort and well worth their time and trip
through the mud.
1--WE next visited the Cottonwood To-
cal, where resides our genial brother
and vice president of the State Union,
Brother Rice, who is truly a leader and
worker. | doubt if any local in Idaho
is in better shape than this one under
his leadership.
"Of course Brother Delivuk was at
home here among his German breth-
ren. He not ouly laid it out to them
in English, but he also talked Dutch ,
to them, and of course ! know that he
did his part of it well-not being able
to discover a single mistake. These
sturdy old German pioneers are among
our best members, having been familiar
with the successful work of co-opera-
tion in the mother country and they
can the more readily see the great need
of it with the American farmer.
"The Ferdinand meeting was pre-
sided over by Peter Aschenbrener, a
good old German leader and president
Of the Idaho County Union, man who
can deliver the goods when it comes to
getting his German brethren out to
hear a Dutchman talk This he did to
the queen S taste, and all pronounced
, it the best cver.'