Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-12-26


Of New York, and unless some change
is made he viii iust - surely be as
/ potent in TIE convention Of 1915 as
i n1s in 1872
are sou afr4id Ia makn an issue
Of fh9I interrupted Mr. Hadiey
y DO not want 20 DO Il With my
harda iied ana my feet bobbled," Sem
atpr Boeh replied
"sernfor Jones made q consili9tory
spFecn, and announced that While ne
favored special conpention the main
ida4 Was to set together
we cannot afford" said The sem
ator. TO whit for something 20 turn
up rs consequence of Democratic
! lcsialatlou.'
Play Big Politics.
Under the above caption the Wash
inHion Times discussed the biz politics
Of the meeting as follows
Under the surface Of the commit
tees deliberations ran the big poli
tics OF Presidential bOnstiug ana
Senator Rorah's name was most fire.
uuently mentioned. Senator Cummins
and fofmes senator Hadley had sup
portcrs but the name OF Roosevelt
was tiboo
while many party leaders admit
ted Rooaevclts nomination was pos
sible sentiment appeared to be swung
toward Porah
"Be was given the sole credit for
rejection by the committee of the
plan TO hold a special convention next
spring Defeat of Cummins and Had
ley. who espoused the convention idea,
was a straw indicating the compare
tive strength Of the trio of potential
candidates. Elimination by himself
Of Senator Root cleared the atmos-
phcre.
Strong Progressive.
"Standpat. conservative and even
Bull Moose committeeman had
Borah's name on their lips today. He
is regarded as a strong progressive
and still favored by the less radical
leaders"
Effort to Save Idaho Industry.
An effort which is being made to lift
the embargo on potatoes from foreign
countries has caused great alarm
among the farmers all over the coun-
try and as result an almost uni
versai protest is being made against
much action by the agricultural de-
partment.
Appeals by wires and letters from
all parts of Idaho have come to SEN
ator Brady and other members of the
Idaho delegation to prevent the hap
pening OF such a thing which would
practically mean ruin to one of Ida
hos greatest industries
"A hearing was held the latter part
of last week by the department OF
Agriculture. when the arguments
were presented by both sides inter-
ested for and against the lifting of
the embargo. Among others present
was Senator Brady. Hell made a |
vigorous protest against the lifting of
the embargo and demonstrated what
II would mean to this industry in
Idaho In his address he made men
tion of the disastrous work of the /
imported seed in the different parts
of the country where it had been /
used, one instance was that of Colo
RADIO, Greedy at one time was one
OF the most important potato ship
ping points in the United States. but /
within the last few years the ship
ments from there nave decreased /
.00G car loads per year to 1000
cars per year. and this condition is
attributed solely to the diseased po-
tato seed imported from foreign coun
tries.
II was shown by Senator Brady
that the soil which is once infected
with disease prevents potato growing
for or else diminishes the yield so
that there is no profit in the crop.
The people of Colorado are fumigat-
ing all seed before planting and all
store houses in their efforts to, get
rid of the disease.
Demand for Idaho Alfalfa.
Through the activity OF Congress
man smith and w. w. Humphrey of
Twin Falls. who has been in Wash
ington for the past few weeks. ar
rangements have been made under
which MIR. Humphrey will furnish
several hundred tons of hay from the
Twin Falls tract to the government.
for the dairy cows at the government
hospital for the insane. Washington.
ID. c., the cavalry horses at Fort
Myer. Va. and the buffalo, deer, ante
lope and other animals at the Ma
tional Geological Park, Washington.
ID. G.
Mr.. Humphrey when in the city I
six months ago. on visiting the Zoo
logical park. observed that the ami
hehS were very poorly nourlSneu. eS-
pecially the buffalo and the elk, and
sent samples OF hay to the superin-
tendent. who later informed him that
IL was the finest hay that he had ever
seen and, judging from the greediness
with which the animals consumed /
IL, they evidently had an equally good
opinion of it's quality.
on investigation, IL was ascertained n
that the hay furnished for the dairy Il
cows az the government hospital for n