Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-06-02

Hhip-when on-the rocks frequently -Wll
keep ON plotting the ship OF their
community until 1t reaches the placid
wateIs OF success.
"rhey typified the spirit they pos
sess at the meeting which was an
outpouring of every man and woman
OF the town and the inspiration that
the state officers received at the
Mountain Home meeting made tha
feel that their visits throughout the
various communities were appreciated
and the cooperation extended them
along the broad lines that makes thea
feel at homewherever they so.
"To get an audience like we did
Sunday morning Is highly creditable.
The chuHhes were dismissed, the
ministers and congregations and ever
one In town turned out
'The people of Mountain Home be-
lteve that the crisis which confronts
the nation in this war for liberty and
humanity Is worthy of every consider
alton and is first in the hearts and
the minds OF the people.
eve are indeed proud OF Mountain
Home and Gilmore county.
They have two palatial hotels at
Mountain Home, as fine as you will
see anywhere in the state. all modern
conveniences, hot and cold running
water, baths, beautifully furnished
throughout and splendid dining room.
The town has good sidewalks and LIS
we'll kept and the people are happy
and contented. Boise people ought to
leave here Sunday mornings and go
to Mountain Home and enjoy a dinne
at one OF these good hotels and they
would see what good neighbons we
have. Mountain Home 10 the gate.
way to Hill City and Atlanta. Ia q
great sheep and wool center and L.
aso the commercial and financial
center Tor the Bruneau country, In
Owyhee county. In fact, like Rome
OF old, all roads Lead to Mountain
Home, and with the new business
houses down there will be more
roads leading to 1t.
The King Hill project in the vici-
nifty OF Mountain Home which the
state now-owns, and which.is about-tt
be turned over to the government,
the future tract for many happy
homes. Mountain Home will thereby
come into it's own 1t will make q
city OF the first-claes and Ia the CEN
ter of the King Hill project. With its
commercial and financial activities 1t
will attract an immense number Of
people. The distance OF % to 80 miles
to the King Hill tract will be annihil
ated by automobiles and the happy
prosperous farmers ON the King Hill
project will be able to come to Noun
tain Home in an hour or 80 and re-
turn to the duties on his farm in
plenty OF time.
When the King Hill project La
taken over by the government 1t will
become one-of the greatest-projects-in
the state.
The state government feels
of the fact that we took care of
project that looked almost as though
it would perish and nursed it at state
expense and at last by our efforts 1t
has become q success under COVER
ment ownership in the near future.
1T has an inexhaustible water sup
ply, the finest of soil and best of
climatic conditions so mild that tro-
pical fruits and early vegetables and
berries can be raised there as In no,
other place in the state, on account
OF the low altitude and being sheltered
by the high mountains. While the
project has not very large acreage,
1t will be one of the most favored
spots In the state.
There will be no cry of shortage
of water on that project as plenty of
water has been filed upon, more than
enough to cover every acre of the
projects land when once the system
Is completed.
We have had United States recla-
nation engineers visit the project
and when the government takes 1t
over they will expend 5000, 900 a year
until the project is completed. We
ought to feel proud that we have q
spot SO closeto home that we can
look to for the early vegetables and
all kinds of fruits and inexhaustible
alfalfa field fields as we'll as the
great variety of fruits, peaches,
cherries, nectarines, grapes and all
kinds of fruits. With $4,000 acres O
such land lying along the main high
way of railroad what else can we ex-