The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-02-19

II not entirely matter of personal
ideals. A governor Of Kansas once
said in a speech that the prohibition
law of the state could not be inforc-
led in community where the senti-
ment was utterly against it. He was
lpanned from one end of the state to
the other and whipped in his cam
paign for reelection. But his sue
cessor found that this statement was
absolutely true. And so / say with
you that we can not create an atmos-
phere of appreciation for the best
unless we, ourselves, learn to appre-
ciate the best. DR.. Winship, of Bos-
ton, lectured in Blackfobt one night
two weeks ago. He had come al
most directly from Chicago univer-
sity, where he lectured a solid week
Ito packed houses of better than 5000
people, and this in city where lee
lures were being given by the dozen
every day of the week. The seating
capacity of the house was all that
limited the attendance. We had an
audience of less than SO people to
hear this great educator while the
Minstrel Maids played to a good
house. The writer paid, personally,
$50 to make up the defecit, but feels
: that the money is well invested if
the ones who heard DR.. Winship re-
ceived the same good from it that I
did. Who is to blame? AS you have
said it is a matter of appreciation
and appreciation is matter of Gull
ltivation and training.
We have conducted a lecture
course for the past five years on
behalf of the schools. One year we
made enough to finish paying for our
piano which the pupils and faculty
of the high school bought This year
We sold 800 season ticket, 2oS of
which were to pupils in the schools
and go to adults. These children
will be our next citizens and they will
appreciate the good things. Your
articles were no doubt penned with
the idea that they would be we'll re-
ceived by some, scoffed at by others,
I and absolutely ridiculed by still
others, but they are necessary and
therefore L. write this appreciation.
| wish it were possible for a news
paper to be constantly filled with
just such articles, but l realize that
such would not go. In other words
it would not be appreciated by the
pubic and newspaper although a
builder of public opinion is at the
same time a servant to that opinion
as an editor must publish what the
public demands not what the editor
may most desire. However, it does
seem to me that we might encourage
and develop an appreciative public
by boosting the good things that
come along and leaving blank or even
discouraging those things that are
not best for the community. Why
couldn't we all learn to turn out to
a community musical as thoroughly
as we do to a local dance. My
answer is that We have learned to
appreciate the one and not the other
and the advertising before and after
the one and the lack of such adver-
Using before and after the other has
had much to do with that apprecia-
ton. Your article on the musical
was therefore step in the right d.
rection.
Your suggestions for the winter in
dustries and for diversified crops and
occupations were all the very es-
sence of community interest. Why
is Essen, Germany, noted today?
Why is Portland "The City of
Roses?" Why is Sopkane noted for its
beauty or architecture? Not by
chance, but because, some one looked
ahead, created a sentiment and watch
ed 1t rippen into community ideal.
Therefore your industrial articles
are the vesy best andI hope and trust
that the "follow-up" articles will |
keep coming until Blackfoot realizes
some If not all of these suggestion by
making them part of community |
life.
With my personal congratulations
and good wishes am,