The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-03-10
STATE AND CITY
UPLIfT MOVE
Idaho Falls Expert Deals With
Local Problems
INTERESTING ADDRESS GIVEN IN
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.

Z. ). Thomas Gives Practical Sugges-
tions for Better Understanding of
Community Interest.
At the high school auditorium last
night a number of the citizens heard
Mr.. c. S. Thomas, editor and publisher
of the Idaho Falls Daily Post and
we'll known community booster give
an admirable address on the duty of
the citizen to the community and to
the state. Mr.. Thomas does not at
tempt any wonderful flights of ora
tory, but gets to the gist of his subject
in plain terms that drive truths home.
1t is too bad that the whole population
Of this great county could not hear Mr..
! Thomas on a subject which is most
vital to the development Of it's wonder
full resources.
The speaker said that he was de-
lighted to visit the city of Twin Falls
and realized that the wonders of crea-
tion were not all completed, when he
saw exemplified the result Of eight or
nine years work.
"It is of more than passing pleas
ure because / happen to be in Wash
ington and from the gallery Of the
senate chamber saw the passage of
the Carey Act, which has meant so
much to the growth and development
or this part of the great western coun-
. try The people of this section have
! demonstrated beyond question the
merits of the Carey Act, and no doubt
!. there are still greater developments to
be realized from the energy and pro-
!, gressiveness of the citizenship of
: southern Idaho.
' - have been interested in the sub
Z ject of community advancement for
: some years, and when Roosevelt under
I the act of congress appointed a COM
:. mission to investigate the social, re-
| ligious and economic conditions of the
6 small cities, villages and rural dis
: tricts of the United States I became
: more deeply impressed with the i'm
portanse of the question and upon in
vestigation the report of that commits
sion was inspired to devote some time
and energy to community life develop
ment
There are four periods through
IL which every state must pass. The
period Of exploration, of settlement
of reclamation, and of development
: The state of Idaho is at present in the
: last and most important stage. We
:. have in this state 54,225,00 acres OF
= land, a great part of which, IL is true
;, is fit only for grazing and valuable
!. largely from an esthetic standpoint
;, There are, however, 100000 acres o1
Il cut-over land, 100000 acres of irriga.
e Bile land, and 100000 acres of dry
I, farm land which can be entered under
u the enlarged or 320-acre homestead
u land act. The resources which have
], been developed and the land which Is
u already under cultivation is the mos
II valuable in the entire world. We have
Z here communities which show the ut
8 most in the way of advancement ant
progress in social, education and in
dustrial lines of endeavor. The grea
future that | see in the future devel
opment of the Twin Falls country lie
II in better railroad facilities and in IN
II tensive development in the small com
!. munities in the way of industrial WORK
le Looking at the map we see that Twll
IL Falls is located in the geographical
center of what in time must be grea
u industrial and commercial center
u With a railroad to the south connect
T. ing this section with the coast centers
IL and with the extension of the mai
Il line to the west, will make of Twl
Falls the logical point of Distribute
of the most splendid empire of the Pa
;. cific Northwest. Idaho is the 9th woo
y. growing state in the union. We shl
a. to the markets of the world out OF TN
a, great wool growing state 22,00O,0V
d pounds of wool, to support 100000 ls
borers in the manufacture OF woole
goods in eastern cities And there
not a wooden mill from the Canada
border to the Mexican line. And whe
we consider this in conjunction VIII
m the oats, wheat, potatoes, and fruit,
we'll as beef produced in this sector
we can not but be convinced ths
some city in Idaho will eventually Dt
- come great industrial center an
=. =. with the location of Twin Falls, tn
- city should become the logical poll
for such development
~ The speaker further said that
- were losing money and community az
= vantages in seeing SO many OF OF
consumers sending east to mail O
- - der houses and purchasing goot
:, which can be just as cheaply purcha
~, ed at home. The local merchants al
% entitled to consideration In such con
petition, and it has been proved In q
lines of. merchandise that the persol
who make out bill of goods to II
d. eastern houses can be just as we
re taken care Of bv his home merchaT
considering quality and price.
~ In speaking Of community advane
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