Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-24
SCIENCE MAKING
MERIDIAN LANDS
YIELD RETURNS
Agriculture, Dairying and
Livestock Form Basis for
Prosperity in Rich Section
of Boise Valley.

Meridian. Dec. 23.A-That the correla-
ton of the industries of agriculture,
dairying and livestock { institute the
basis of the wonderful prosperity OF
the country surrounding this place is
evidenced by its great shipments of the
commodities of these Industries the
present year. The central tas'. of the
farmers of the Meridian country seems
to be the production of foodstuffs-
the growing of more grain, livestock
and the increasing OF dairy products
The one demand of the farmers of
this section is that every acre be taxed
to its productive capacity in diversified
farming and that no product be sold
that can be gotten out of the country
ION four legs" as the practice of feed
ing is termed in the great grain pro-
ducing states. Here 1t is argued by
the farmers that the grain crop of the
United States this year was 1,100,000,-
000 bushels short, that the wheat crop
of Canada was this year /, .123,000
bushels against 370,303,00G bushels last
year. that a world wide shortage of
grain and other foodstuffs exists, that
present prices are likely to hold up
and that now is the time that speed
should be i,iven to the industries which
have made the Meridian country ia
nous throughout the Pacific north
west.
SHIPMENTS OF PRODUCTS.
This year it's crops have been bump
err ones. and its phenomenal shipments
of grain, livestock and dairy products
tell the story of the wonderful pros
porous condition Of its people which is
u matter of comment throughout the
west. Marvellous indeed, but true it
is that since the first of January of
the present year there have been ship
ped from this progressive little town
290 carloads of grain and livestock.
These shipments have consisted of 120
carloads Ct hay, 26 carloads of cheese,
56 carloads of hogs, 20 carloads of cat
tie, II carloads of sheep, three car
loads. of wool and 81 carloads of grain.
The town may well be termed com
munity center. for there is communi-
ty of interests Letween its business
mon and the farmers of the tributary
country upon winch the town draws
for its support. and concerted efforts
between them for the attainment of
their purposes have been highly effect
I've. The town organization, known as
which the pro yressiveness of the town
and country finds its reflection, and
within the past two years much has
been accomplished In the way of pro-
gross and Development through this
highly effective little club
Illustrative of the community cen
ter spirit here is the fact that this
place is the one place in the United
States which has eally evidenced the
possibilities for advanced lines of
thought through community center ef-
forts. and this was through tile recent
organization of community center
1yceum. BY this method, Meridian has
eliminated the dearth of amusements
and provided varied course of amnse-
ment for the winter for the develop
ment of the citizenship of the town in
the line of intellectually and culture.
The movement is a pronounced adj
Nancement along community center
lines and places Meridian well to the
front as a progressive town.
CARRIED OUT IN BUSINESS.
This spirit features the business life
of the town. T.. G. Pfaffie, the bank
CIR, and the merchants of the town are
aggressive in their efforts for the adj
yancement of the industries Of the
country and the farmers reciproeate
by standing Loyalty by the town. Mer-
chants are highly optimistic over the
marvellous prosperity which the coun-
Try has enjoyed the past few years and
the very encouraging outlook for
permaneney of this condition.
Commenting today upon the great
prosperity of the Meridian country and
its future greatness. Allen Wilcox, the
local druggist, and one of the leading
business men of the town, said: The
prosperous condition to be observed
throughout the surrounding country is
certainly very gratifying. That this
immediate section is destined to be a
great one is not to be doubted. The
Improvement of its farms in the way
of modern homes and barns the past
few years can but impress one that it
has undergone a wonderful develop
ment, and its vast shipments of grain
and livestock this year evidence that
the basis of its great prosperity Is
sound and enduring one Why, just
think of it, there have been shipped
from our little town this year 290 car
loads of grain and livestock, or to be
more specific. 100 carloads of hay. SO
carloads of grain. three carloads of
wool. rs carloads of cheese, Sc car
loads Of hogs. 20 carloads of cattle and
u carloads of sheep. II is not sur
prising that the country is prosperous.
Significance attaches also to the fact