The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-05-19
PUTTING MORELAND ON THE MAP

PUTTING MORELAND ON THE MAP
AS stated in these columns some
time ago, the commercial club of
Moreland is trying to get a post
office for that place instead of being
served by rural route from Black
foot. They have the matter before
. the postal department at this time,
and will next direct attention to the
fact that Moreland is situated in :
central point in the territory now
served by rural routes two and four,
and that routes out of Moreland
could serve many people not now SER
we'd at all by the carriers using
Blackfoot as base. Both the car
riers on routes two and four go out
across snake river by the same road
and come back the same way, thus
making four trips day over the
same track for mile and half.
Then on each of the roads from there
out for a long distance there is a
doubling back on the return trip.
ar out at the edge of the irrigated
farms and on the edge of the dry
farm belt, are dozens of settlers who
are not served at all or who have to
go several miles to their mail boxes.
For every mile on which the carriers
out OF Blackfoot double, the service
could lust as well be extended into
the dry farm region, and this can be
done by making the proposed More
land post office the base OF opera
lions. BY the new mapping OF mail
routes three routes should operate
out of Blackfoot, one of them to go
down between the rivers and perhaps
back via the reservation, one across
| the river to serve the country to the
eastward from Moreland and one to
serve the same or nearly the same as
route number one does now Three
operating out of Moreland would
serve as far into the desert or dry
farm country as it is we'll settled,
barring the Taber settlements, and
the Improvement in the service would
be marked.
Moreland is getting to be some
thing of a business center for the
country around 1t. In addition TO It's
graded schools and being GENERALLY
located for trade. it has it's large gen.
eral merchandise store, an implement
house, lumber yard, meat market
and two blacksmith shops. 1t has
great agricultural region reaching In
all directions and the future OF the
town is assured on an agricultural
basis. Moreland attracted wide
spread attention last fall by the mon
ster crop of sugar beets it harvested,
and more especially by the overflow
which they were not able to load on
The beet trains daily. On the 22nd
Of November The Republican Ofice
photographed such overflow in pile
of thirteen million pounds OF Deets,
equal to forty carloads of graduated
sugar awaiting transportation ana
storage facilities, and the picture ana
the story of the beets were given Wlue
publicity in many papers ana maya
zines.
Moreland is coming to the front IN
another matter that matches well
with white sugar; it is shipping large
of sweet cream, ana IL IL
should take to raising more straw
berries. the combination OF straw
berries with sugar and cream, an
homh products, would be irreslstaDle-
The firm of Lindsay-Welker company
are giving their service to the COM
munity free shipping the cream, thus
saving the time Of many farmers
every day who had been taking IL 10
Rlackfoot and losing valuable tlme
ON the road and at the task Oh plllns
| II Under the present arrangements
The Lindsay Welker company attenu
to the billing and shipping from lne
Moreland switch and save the farm
arc the trouble and loss OF time.
We predict that under condltlonse
that will soon confront the country,
firms situated in such central places
az Moreland. will apply the prlnclple
of the rural mail delivery and c3nooi
wagons TO merchandising, ana senu
out auto trucks to deliver all up
and down the country ROADS anu
gather up the days produce ~
ing business right up TO tug
suburbs of the more pretcntlous
towns and by that means VIII save
tba farmers SO much time that the
productive energy of the community
viii greatly increase its wealth. IN
clnded in such delivery will pc tne
hauling Of cream, butter and esgs,--
fresh fruits and various other Things
not now. considered worth while De-
cause Of the time it requires to take
Il Ia market. The commercial ciuD
If Moreland is likely to study these
problems and take advanced ground
to increase their trade BY giving the