The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-05-17
NORTH IDAHO
CONVENTION
SUCCESSFUL |
ZIMMERMAN SAYS STATE HAS
TIMBER ENOUGH TO BUILD
100000 HOMES
RESOLUTIONS PASSED
ASK MR.. M'ADOO TO GET AC-
QUAINTED WITH IDAHO'S
. NEEDS IN RAILROAD LINE

COEUR D'ALENE-T first meet
of commercial bodies Of the 10 north
ern counties of Idaho opened at
o'clock yesterday afternoon in tn,
Blackwell pavilion, the rollcall show
ing delegates were on hand from
Occur ,d'Alene, Wallace, Standpoint
Kellogg, st. Maries, Spirit Lake, Pos
Falls, Harrifon, Worley, and more
delegates are expected this morning
from other localities.
Owing to the fact that the Cataldc
bridge is being repaired, the Wallace
contingent of 40 were unable to at
tend and but three were on hand.
George F. Weeks gave an outline
of the purpose of the convention and
the possibilities of such an organiza-
tion as a united body of business men
of north Idaho. The delegates elect
ed Mr.. Weeks as chairman of the
meeting and M. A. Kiger of Harrison,
secretary.
Chairman Weeks appointed the fol-
lowing on the organization commit
tee: Dean Iddings, Moscow, Messrs.
T. A. Greer, Standpoint; E. V. Bough-
ton, Occur d'Alene; Platt Morrow,
Wallace; j. L. Maulker, Ilo. On the
resolution committee, Mr.. Weeks ap-
pointed the following: J. V. Hawk
ins, Occur d'Alene; D. w. Greenburgh
and George R. Barker, Standpoint; A.
w. Burleigh, Harrison, and Mr.. Graft.
D. w. Greenburgh and G. R. Scott
of Coeur d'Alene were appointed as
a credential committee.
Address of Welcome
G. H. Potts, mayor Of Occur d'Alene
gave the address Of welcome.
"It will be an excellent thing" he
stated, eff out of this preliminary or
ganization of business men Of north
Idaho, representing the timber, min
ing and agricultural interests, we can
form a solid organization to meet
from time to time to discuss and plan
for the best interests of this part of
the state, as we'll as for all parts
of it."
Dean Iddings of the University of
Idaho, in his address on agriculture"
urged that more live stock be raised
as well as wheat and hogs.
"We have thousands of acres of
open country in this part of the state
which is peculiarly adapted to the
raising of live Stock" Dean Iddings
said, "and the farmers here can not
afford to kill off their stock at this
time because of the high cost of feed,
but they could afford to keep live
stock even though they did not make
a cent on it,"
In speaking of the development of
Idaho, Dean Iddings said that only
So per cent of the agricultural land
has been developed and that thous-
ands of opportunities exist at the
present time for the man who will |
get in and dig.
Wheat and Hogs
In speaking of wheat and hogs, he
said:
"Wheat and hogs are absolutely
necessary for the human race. Wheat
is the universal food Of mankind.
Hogs can be produced quickly, which
makes them doubly valuable at this
time. The loss of live stock in the
European war amounts to approx
-mately 12O,OOO,OOO head, which rep
resents between two-thirds and three
fourths of the total amount of live
stock in America.
"The world looks to America to sup
ply the deficiency, and America today
is the backbone of the world"
Ten Million Homes
Huntington Taylor, president of
the Rutledge Timber company, spoke
on the timber resources.
"In Idaho," he said, "there are
about hundred billion feet of tim
ber. Taking the average house which
about 10000 feet Of lum-
ber, there is sufficient amount Of
timber to build 100000 houses.
Referring to the shortage of men
in north Idaho woods, he said: eve !
have about $500 men working in the
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