The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-06-12
MAJOR REED WRITES TO YOU

Office of Idaho Commissioner to Pa
nama-Pacific International Expo
sition, San Francisco, California
1915, Boise Idaho.
To the People of Idaho:
The most important question con
fronting the Idaho commission to the
Panama-Pacific Information exposi
ton at San Francisco in 1915, Il
what can we do to serve Idaho best
1t is true that we have erected a
building at a most reasonable cost
and have dedicated that building, and
obtained publicity that if we had to
pay for it in dollars and cents would
amount to several times the cost OF
the building.
Tor the benefit of the readers ]
desire to quote paragraph from a
letter received from the secretary of
the Montana Exposition commission:
81 want to congratulate you or
your good work for Idaho. The very
fact that the Idaho building was com,
plered and dedicated frs, of all is
worth more to the state of Idaho
in the way of advertising as a good
live, progressive state than the full
amount of the 100000 appropria.
ton"
This great work is not one mans
work but it is for Idaho and it's PEG,
pie, and it is the duty of every citizen
to take personal interest in this ex.
position.
1t is true that Idaho mas appropri-
ated 100000 for the purpose of ex-
plotting the resources of the state
1t is true that you have an executive
commissioner who receives a salary
to create Idaho's part in this greatest
of all expositions. However, Idaho is
young state, rich in resources, but
few in population. 1t is a conserva-
tive statement to make that not five
per cent of Idaho's legitimate re-
sources are developed and producing
today. What, then, are we going to
do at the exposition to give Idaho
the greatest help towards getting
farmers for the land. miners for the
hills, capital to develop our resources,
manufacturing to create consumers
and payrolls, and create home mar
kets. All this means Idaho's sue
cess.
To briefly state what has been
done so far, and what we are intend
ing to do is as follows:
We have built stace building, we
are making $4,000 feet OF moving
pictures of scenic and industrial
Idaho, we are assembling a worder-
full mineral exhibit, we will have a
beautiful fruit display, Cne develop
ment of our hydro-electric water
power plants will be featurized, the
opportunities of the cut-over lands
of the north, the great forests of
timber, and the products of the farm,
field, and stream, we will also care
for the educational and social fea-
lures, so the people of the state need
have no fear but what Idaho's eXhi-
bits will compare favorably with those
OF any state. But when all this is
done we have gotten started, because
we will only be one of many states
who are assembling their products on
the same lines that we are, and if we
do not do something more than that.
! have grave doubts if the state of
Idaho will receive the benefit that it
truly should. Recollect this expo
sition runs ten months. When all
this is done the Idaho commission to
the exposition has done about all
it can do unless the citizens of the
state come into a full realization of
the Importance of this great exposi-
ton which will be visited by millions
Of people.
The Idaho commission is receiving
letters every day from people want
ing information regarding Idaho with
a view of locating here All of these
letters are well taken care of and
answered
We should have the different re-
sources of the state of Idaho in evil
lence outside of the exposition
For instance, there should
'e a beautiful store filled with Idaho
ruit, and the salesladies should wear
Uniforms with the word Idaho across
he bib of their aprons, and that
tore should be made as attractive as
possible in which all the fruits of
'ur state, as we'll as potatoes, are
tut up in choice packages so that
hey can be carried home; and this
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