Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-11-21
ELmoRE DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE

= was oIsaAlzed lnthe laA Oh 1913, an,
is, therefore, just finishing the IRIS
year oL It's existence. A resume O
t1e work accomplish by the League
Tor the year VIII, l beAeye, be inter
eslAg 10 those of our members Wht
nave, and 10 those who have no
: zen acL.se IN TINS Wolk, aud also tC
we wAUIe oI our people III MouALaII
ZONE and Viclnity
The league was organized for the
purpose Oh advancing the inlerests
oL Mountain Home and vicinity in a
legislative manner mat m.Snt pIese4t
or Une SOLE purpose OF adYanc4 LIZ
me interests OF the MuOnLaln 1IoI1e
cooper atiVe co. he only mention
ii the Cooperative Company mace
oar constitution winch | quote here.
wIth, "ArucIe 2, Believing there is
40 other one thing That means So
.Hucn TO the Advancement and build
ing up OF live, busting town, ana
! promises SO much Tor individual sue
cess, as the irrigation and develop
ment of the lands about Mountain
Home, and convinced that there is al
| present no means for the irrIgauon
and development Of said lands oCne.
chan the efforts now being made by
the Mountain Home Cooperative lrri-
cation Co., we pledge our hearty CO
| operation TO sad company and agree
20 do all in our power to promote
our best efforts to dissuade those
who are attempting by litigation,
knocking, Or otherwise, to delay the
progress of SAID company, and TO
earnestly strive to remove all obsta-
c4es in the way OF an early compIe
ton oil said company's irrigation sys
eem TO a capacity Of $4,000 or more
acres" The promoting OF the irrlga-
zion enterprise, or boosting, if you
prefer that term, was one, but ONLY
one OF the many objects which the
league had in view when it was or
sanIzed.
One OF the first acts of the league
alter It's organization, was to have
prepared a series oil moving pictures
On Mountain Home and vicinity.
Inese pictures Tin an uncompleted |
condition. were shown in January al
One crystal Theatre in our city, ana
we've pronounced very good by the |
people who saw them. They have |
since been completed and cOlored up |
and viii be viewed by the thousands |
OF people who visit the great expo
5ltion at San FRANCISCO next year. Be
SIDES this, We are informed that they
nave been exhibited Throughout the
east during the past season.
Through the efforts of the league,
Holiday numbers of our local papers
were published advertising Mountain
dome, beng assisted by a commit
zee appointed by the league. Hun
dreds OIL copies of these papers were
mailed by the league TO all parts
ct the country.
On January fifth, a farmers insti-
Cute was held at the Crystal Theatre
under the auspices OF the league.
dood speakers were in attendance,
md the meeting should have resulted 4
N some good TO our people.
An ad, cruising coMmiJtee was APP
pointed by the league whose princl-
lal duties are 10 pass on the different i
advertising scnemes winch are almost L
lalIy coming up, thereby projecting d
'ur merchants from lake and worth +
ess advertising schemes often OBJ ?
AIMED by sharp and Unfair methods,
nd which annually take out Oh our
tty hundreds OIL dollars without a
'euny S worth Of return. lhls com d
uluUee has been successful in saving 4
0 tn.s community many hard earned =.
ION dollars, and with the earnest Il
cooperation OF our business men viii
yemlually stamp it out entirely. We
night add that many other towns
re adopting this or some similar way
: getting rid OF JAis class oil shysters
On January tltteentn, the league
dopDed strOng resolution and 1or
'drded the same to the Federal Gov
rnment, protesting against the abol-
slment OF the assay Office at Bose.
he adjustment OF this office would
ave worked hardship on all people
l the state who are engaged in min
lg. =
Early in the year our league afflli- q
ted with the State League OF Com !,
lercial BODIES thereby adding our -,
llJe to the betterment and upbuild- a..
lg of the whole state. !,