Mexico Missouri message., 1917-03-08
An Epistle From
The State Of Idaho
Eulogizes w. II. Beal-Tells of Idaho
and Her Climate-A Fine Word
for Champ Clark for President.


Dear Brother Beal:-Our heartfelt
sympathies go out to you in condo
lence on account of the death of your
father, whom we learned to call
Uncle Henry" one among the first
men we became acquainted with at
Sunday school when it was held at
the West Lick School House on the
north side of our present farm 81
years ago the coming summer, 1880.
Uncle Henry had a warm heart for
the Sunday school and was a great |
worker in the same. He had lofty |
thoughts and great reverence for |
church worship. He also possessed |
high literary attainments-some |
thing worth while. He would come |
around in the early fall and say;
"Well, Brother Price, aren't you 60
Lick pretty soon?" Eager to instill
principles and build character in the
young. Generally leaving us an i'm
portant question to start on, and al
ways vi Ddlu W d NSl dIlihO
part himself.
I would first add that we are still
having good old solid winter with
about 25 inches of snow. Nature
put a white blanket on this country
before Thanksgiving and has been
adding to it at intervals ever since
until we had about SO inches in the
low lands and 12 feet in the foot
hills, and at this writing it is coming
down quite profusely.
Every country carries with it its
paticular characteristics, and some
times those characteristics are confin-
ed to localities, for instance, we
might have a blizzard and 80 miles
away there would be none. There
might be heavy snow-storm few
miles to the north and a few miles to
the south, clear. We are somewhat
disappointed in the winters of Idaho.
Idaho always sounded cold to us in
the winter, but the winter has been
much more moderate than we eX-
pected to see. They have grass about
the first of April Or as soon as the
snow disappears. The snow preserves
the nutriment in the dry grass and it
assures us feed when the ground is
bare. Heavy SHOWS to this country
means a prosperous season.
Dry farming is practiced in this
country quite extensively and sub
irrigation is depended on largely,
and it proves quite successful.
Wheat, oats, barley, rye, potatoes all
do fairly we'll here and they Are
standard. Garden seeds do quite
well. Sugar beets, alfalfa, peas,
beans do we'll in the irrigated dis
trict.
We have been enjoying our drink
ing water out of the bed of Snake
River this winter and it keeps us ro,
bust and healthy. Snake River has
it's source near Yellow Stone Ma
tional Park, at the confluence of Bis
Springs and Warm River. Rock bot
tom, fed by springs and snow. Wa
ter clarifies itself, runs very rapidly
and is as crooked-as some people
hence it's name.
Since the new law people are fall
ing over eachother, so to speak, tax
ing homesteads of $40 acres eacl
for grazing purposes, which is lat
act requiring $1.25 per acre in i'm
proyements within three years. 1t
a mighty good show for poor boy.
Wages are $35 and $40 per mont
and board on the farmland i'm
proves his land with his earnings.
There are some things in Missoui
we might boast of while there ar
some things in Idaho that leaves Mii
souri, in the shade. We have no al
pendicitis comparatively, no he
CHOLERA, chickens do we'll, bette
school laws, hotter prices paid teacl
ers, free textbooks In almost ever
loealityj district and travelling libri
FyI equal suffrage, and last, but nj
least, laws governing the liquor ira
No tight enough to choke gna
You can get pint of whisky by &c
ting an order from the Proba
Court. Woe unto the bootlegge
A party few nights ago got druI
ard proceeded to disturb Qui
dance There were seven of thel
including the bootlegger. He, mi
of considerable wealth, got {
months in Jail and $500 fine. T
others got $50 each and costs, T
liquoy is brought from adjoining "
States, Idaho is as dry as chip.
have been here six months and ha