The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-03

COlOhSl dSh0u CuO CulLOI WhuI hO Aos
on his mind today. "A problem,
replied the editor, land l want yor
to help me solve it," They found
seats in the parlor and the colone
said, Now out with it, Trego, lets
have the worst"
Trego: There is farmer in this
county, hundreds of him, who has 6
very good farm, the land is all right
but it has been somewhat impover.
ished by lack of rotation of crops, he
has it we'll fenced, there are good
roads built by it, he has been rails.
ing hay, grain and potatoes chiefly
provements, he is paying interest on
it, he has no stock to speak of aside
from his work stock, it takes all he
makes to keep even and pay interest
saying nothing of paying the prin-
cipal, he could make money on his
place If he had stock to eat up his
crops, but he cannot buy the stock
and if he had he might not take
proper care of it to insure profitable
results; there are the usual risks in
these matters, and there are so many
of this fellow and his case is so
serious and he so earnestly desires
to succeed, it is up to you and me
to find the way for him to do it.
The colonel: what you say, Ire
go, is true, all but the last part; IT
there is no peace for me until | tell
you how to solve that problem, if
there is no rest for you until you
get them on easy street, we should
worry for the future. You have
opened up a big problem; you have
tackled a big job. OF course, | don't
think you would tackle buzz-saw,
but this is getting right close to it..
"You and | shall not live long
enough to solve this problem, but
We might help some men to feast
of plain truth that is as agreeable
to face as quinine is to take. This
man you speak of lives everywhere,
in town and in the country, but you
seem to have taken pity only on the
man who is farming. We will throw
all the others overheard and save the
farmer. He lives in Nebraska. I saw
a lot of him back there. He lives in
Kansas. l saw lot of him there.
He lives in this county. He can be
found on many farms. Back in Ne
braska and Kansas he works hard
but his cattle die from eating corn
stalks. In Idaho he gets by all right
until his COW bloats on lucerne. He
is hard earnest worker, and he
handles considerable money in a
year. He buys new wagon because
the old one is getting old. He buys
a new buggy because his neighbor
has one. He buys new set of har-
ness when he ought to merely mend
the old set. If he were prudent he
would spend $3.50 for some leather
and copper rivets and on rainy day
he could mend the harness himself so
it would do. He buys new set for
$50, and hangs the old set up where
he can use it if he needs to. He
might as we'll throw it away, for he
likes the new set better and he uses
it. He buys his wife a new kitchen
cabinet to take the place of the old
cupboard, and he ought to, because
it's no use for his wife to do without
if he is going about buying what
ever he wants. He finds the old
mower does not cut well and he says
it's worn out and he buys new
one when if he would grind the
sickle and put on new guard plates
and some new sections in the knife,
it would cut like ribbon. He buys
new range for his wife and he
ought to, for what's the use for her
to just have a new crate put in
the old stove if he won't grind the
sickle and put in new plates and
new sections I don't blame her. I'd
have a new range too. He buys a
new binder because the canvass is
no good on the old one and the knot
ter lets go of the string before the
knot is drawn tight. There's lot
Of things about III that need ad-
justing, and that takes time. He
buys a new one because he has credit |
and wants to use it. Anything that
is not exercised gets so it goes out
of use altogether and so he keeps |
his credit busy. He buys a piano
for his house and he ought to. Then
it occurs to the whole family that
there is nobody to play it. He de-
cides to overcome that for his neigh
Dor has a piano and the daughter
pays IL. T1c S0uuo ulo uduSHISl |
away to school where she can take
music lessons. 1t costs money and |
she comes back able to play the piano
and she ought to. But she has been
where everybody that was all right
had an automobile, so he buys an |
l have seen good men
get along right till they buy car
and then begin to go backwards. |
Why! All because it takes time to
joy ride, and when he gets out and
goes he is not doing his work and
keeping things up. He goes to a
neigh boring town; he says it's time
to eat again and they eat. They go
to a show. They take an excursion
because it is nice thing to do, and
the first thing he knows he has ne
elected his fence, the hogs are in
the garden and the COWS have pull
ed up the pea vines. They buy can
ned stuff and then they have to get
a can opener-it's all these little
things that count. The cost of an
isn't SO much-it's the
that take his money.
"That fellow has neighbour
the neighbor menled his old wagon.
He frightened up the nuts and wash
ers on the old buggy and used II. i