The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-09-18
EDITOR SIVERSMITH VISITS
THE BLACKFOOT FAIR

Among those In attendance at Inc
fair this week is Editor H. K. Silver
smith, of The Idaho Farmer, publish
ed at Boise, Idaho. Mr.. Silversmith
Is here in the interests of his pub
lication for the purpose of educating
and showing the farmers of this dis
trict just what farm paper is for
from an educational and necessary
standpoint.
The Idaho Farmer, said Mr.. Silver
smith in discussing the publication,
lis issued semi-monthly and it is
member of the Northwest Farm
Trio, which includes The Oregon
Farmer and The Washington Farmer
The combined circulation of the
three publications is $4,000 monthly
and this is the greatest concentrated
farm circulation of any farming
papers published in the state of Ida
no, Oregon and Washington.
''In Idaho there are between
$4,000 and $4,000 successful farm
ers and The Idaho Farmer should be
in every optimistic farming home,
because il advocates and makes for
better land more profitable farming
from every angle. One thing which
should appeal most strongly to the
thrifty Blackfoot district farmer is
the fact that our publication doe
something no other farming paper
published on the Pacific coast does
namely: guaranteeing every subscriE-
err against loss from advertisers. The
only stipulation we demand is that
the subscriber when writing an ad
vertiser mentions that the advertise
ment was answered from an adver-
tisement appearing in its columns.
But of far greater benefit to the sub
scriber than anything else PEI haps is
the fact that the publication will
absolutely refuse any questionable
advertising of any character"
Editor Silversmith Is 10 stranger
in Blackfoot, or for that matter in
any section of Idaho. He is known
from end to end of the state as the
| founder and for years owner and
editor Of Illustrated Idaho, which
devoted it's entire columns to up
building and advertising Idaho in all
parts of our common country and
abroad. During / is connection with
that publication Mr.. Silversmith
wrote up and illustrated practically
every section of Idaho and in the
same Connection Cartoonist Villeneuve
now of the Statesman, who was then
assc ciated with Mr.. Silversmith
sketched practically every Idahoan
worth while.
illustrated Idaho was merged with
The Gem State Rural in January Of
this year and Mr. Silversmith left
the combined publication to accept
the editorship and management of
The Idaho Farmer.
'Idaho's future is in the hands of
the farmer and MINER" said Mr..
Silversmith. Railroads will eventu-
ally tap every large mining district
and in the meantime the govern
ment is bound to permit the pursuit
of soil tilling where the farmer is
willing to waive any mineral rights.
No section of Idaho is really handi-
capped. 1t may be that sparsely set
tied section have what may seem
lack of transportation facilities, but
it costs money to operate railroads
and the latter generally follow the
line of least resistance. Whenever
section of Idaho increases in popu-
lation to sufficient extent the rail
road follows.
"But speaking of conditions right
here in Blackfoot. There is certain
ly no section of Idaho more favored
than this. I will not say as some
of the real estate men would that
this is ''the best spot" in Idaho, be-
cause the realty man up in some
northern spot of the state would say
the same thing. However, l will
Say there is in my opinion no sec
ton of Idaho that offers the diversi-
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