Mexico Missouri message., 1916-11-16
FROM IDAHO
Former Audrain County Woman
Tells Of The People and Her Inn
pressions of The Country.

dents of the Snake River country for
more than six weeks. We had a
pleasant journey, without accident
or incident via the |. p. X. X. from
Kansas City to Pocatella, thence
noTthwestward by the Oregon Short
Line to Idaho Falls. We made sew
eral very pleasant acquintances ON
the touring car. ! think the one we
will remember longest was Mr.. u. T.
Nyi pronounced Nee), a young Chi
naman just graduated from Column
bia University, N. Y, in Interna-
tional Law, between nations, he ex-
planned. Besides being a pleasant
and courteous gentleman, he is a fin
ished English scholar. He speaks
five languages fluently, is perfectly at
home on diplomatic relations be-
tween his country and all other ma
tions, including the United States.
He expresses great contempt for Jap
an, but is proud of his native land.
He makes no secret of his ambition
to serve his country in diplomatic
capacity. He was en- route to his ma
tive country when we met him. We
did not think China produced such
men, having never seen any but the
coolie variety.
Mrs. A. +. Convey was a pleasant
and interesting neighbor in the tour
list car from Kansas City to Pocatella.
She Tin company with her husband)
travels and lectures on Church Fed
Grafton. Her work is under the au-
spices of a society whose headquar-
ters are in Denver.
Up to the present we are very IA
vorably impressed with this part of
Idaho. The weather has been ideal
the greater part of the time since we
came; no cold weather at all, so far.
The land is fertile and when once
! cleared of sage brush yields good
crops of wheat, oats, barley and peas
without irrigation.
The following we quote from a
practical and prosperous farmer we
met yesterday:
Il A5utiOh NiC piOuI-
able crops seem to be sugar beets.
) An average year they yield from 10
T to II tons per acre and net about $40
per acre. Wheat averages from 25
to 30 bushels per acre; oats, some
what higher Wheat just now sells
! at $2.65 per cwt. This year they call
. an off year. Crops of all kinds are
| far below the average including
| fruits were grown. None but
small fruit grown north of Idaho
| Falls. Some fine young orchards be-
tween that place and Pocatella, ir-
J rigated, of course.
, About half the people in this part
of the country are Mormons. They
seem very much like other folks; are
good neighbors, as rule not very
thrifty; generally have large fami-
lies. Their belief is that "every
child will be a star in the Fathers
crown of glory" The mother. we
, presume, is not worth mentioning.
The country is new and undevelop-
ed. A great part of it was Govern
ment land from II to Is years ago,
but improvement is going on as rap,
idly as possible.
The automobile craze has struck
this country, just as it has farther
east. Some have cars almost as
large as the houses they live in. $50
our grandson says). We are living
at present on the banks of Snake Riv-
er, beautiful stream, at this point
about 100 yards wide 1t is very rap
id, clear as crystal and abounds in
very fine trout. No fishing or hunt
ing allowed without license Civil War
veterans are excepted). Elk, bear
and deer are killed in the foothills
5 miles from here.
The Teton range in Wyoming is
in plain view from here, with the
Grand Tetons, four giant pyamidal
peaks, rising abruptly from the
range, the highest nearly $4,000 feet.
They are distant about sixty miles
but appear to be only one-tenth of
that distance and are snow-clad the
year round. North of there we can
see hills covered with pines, also with
snow the greater part of the time
since we came.
But whether the grand scenery, the
snow-covered peaks and shimmering
rivers will Offset the rigors of an
Idaho winter remains to be seen. The
oldest inhabitant" says 1--WE may
try it, think we shall"
MRS d. M. PRICE.