Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-05-04
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Voe 8oVo0uor 03pFeooo0 too nope
that whatever action 10 taken In the
matter Of Strengthening out tho asri-
cultural Lease problem Of the SOUTH
east that nothing u done to rstard the
planting Of greater areas Of lands or
that will interfere with the plans Of
the state to increase crop production.
Like other members Of the board he
found that the evidence given At the
Rexburg hearing corroborates the re-
ports made by the two state Land ap.
praisers. that 10 that land was hold In
largo blocks, that leases were trans.
ferred and that commissions were
made by middlemen and locators. In
fact these things were openly admit
ted by those who appeared at the
hearing. They held they were pro-
perly within the law In taking the
action.
PATRIOTIC RECEPTION.
I'VE were received at Rexburg By
school children carrying flags" said
Governor Alexander. There was an
made one feel the American flag Il Of
some value and worth fighting for. We
were escorted to the court house
where the land board held IT. meet
Ing which was attended by 500 bona
fide settlers and others. In the even
ing there was q patriotic meeting In
the Mormon temple. While the weather
was bad there were 1000 people in at
tendance. There were songs and pa
triotio addresses.
'Rexburg Is strictly In line for war
and war measures. Plows and trao-
tors win be put into the fields to pre-
pare for the new crops as soon a. the
weather permits.
TN Fremont, Madison and some Of
the other counties there IL q little un-
rest over the way In which state
lands have been leased for agricultural
purposes. This has tended toward the
creation of monopolies. Tho good
citizenship that exists there, however,
may be illustrated by what occurred at
the land board meeting. The men who
operate large bodies Of land for which
fabulous prices were paid got up in
the meeting and voluntarily said: II
the state and nation wants to change
conditions tell us what to do and we
will concur with your wishes. Make
them fair and we will make the sacri-
flee and II necessary will assist those
who get part Of the land to put 1t un-
der cultivation
WOULD NOT RETARD COUNTRY.
with this patriotism displayed the
land board is trying to solve the prob
lem honestly and justly without inter-
fering with crop production. These
lands are dry farm wheat lands and
constitute one of the best wheat sec
tions in Idaho. I do hope the land
board will not do anything that will
disturb the farming or retard placing
as much land as is possible under cul-
tivation this year. There Is no need
to urge the people of Madison county
to their patriotic duty. They are 10y
al and willing to stake their last man
and dollar for the cause of their ooun-
try"
The governor made 4 similar re-
mark regarding Fremont and Bonne-
vile counties. A patriotic meeting was
held at Idaho Falls. In Bonneville
county the governor found the pre-
paredness census taken under the
county superintendent of schools one
Of the best, He said he believed every
county in the state could we'll pattern
after 1t and profit thereby. A stop
was made at Blackfoot where the gov
ernor and his party found things
booming.
TO RAISE BIG CROP.
THE new Eccles hotel erected there
is fit for king" said the governor.
'Blackfoot has had the biggest boom
OF any oity Of It's size in the state"
The asylum was visited and inspected.
Arrangements were made to place I'M
der cultivation 1000 acres of farm land
from which 1t is hoped to raise enough
produce to supply the institutions
needs and q surplus valued at &c.,
900. A superintendent cottage Is to
be built on the grounds and the build
ings will be repainted.
The last stop was made at Pocatello
where members OF the land board who
constitute the state depository board
met with the bankers of that city and
arranged to have state money handled
by them for use Of the farmers in pre-
pairing their lands for cultivation.
"Pocatello has a splendid financial or
ganization." said the governor" 1t Is
probably the best of any county finan-
cial organization In the state in the
matter of giving assistance in tho in