The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-03-21

It's DIOkItSS is uudSculcQ anu uiACCA-
tain. No one man is able to do all
for community which needs to be
done No one organization will ap-
peal to every member of commun-
ity. Few organizations, if any, are
adapted to do everything for a COM
munity which oughtsto be done. There
will be need to be several, all OF
which may be federated and admir-
ably work to a larger common well
fare. In so far as local branches Of
state or national organizations are
able to inspire to action and bring
about local advancement in a given
community, they are to be permitted
to do these things Not only permit
ted, but encouraged, and helped. But
in the nature Of the case these or
CARNATIONS are usually economic. AS
such, they are not adapted to other
forms of betterment.
Ordinarily, each community through
its public spirited, intelligent mem
bers will recognize specific needs.
These they will usually find to be
varied enough to call into being sew
eral different groups of the citizen
ship, some for one purpose and
some for another, each with the most
efficient leader who can be found.
For example, in every community,
there are a few men who are inter
ested in the study of social prob
lens of rural life and their solution.
This group can liad out from each
other the most suitable evening for
a weekly meeting 1t can meet and
take up, under the direction of
leader, the various subjects of mu-
tual and community welfare The
| question Of road improvement may be
made profitable subject for a few
meetings The question of the con-
solidated school may well come in
for few evenings discussion. The
recreational interests of the commun-
ity may appropriately and profitably
be considered. Landlord and ten
ancy questions, especially absentee
land-lordism wherein the landlord
has no interest in the community save
the collection of his rents, will give a
worthwhile evenings consideration,
in which everyone will be interested.
The new farm loan provision is not
understood as well nor used as much
as it might be if all the people were
made more intelligent as to it's pur-
pose and provisions. So, it would
be good topic for one evening. A
community is judged by the outward
appearance which it presents to the
public eye. This group of men could
spend an evening in the discussion of
keeping the fences and bitches and
out-houses and dwellings in the best
of repair Every year there are
thousands of dollars of farm imple-
ments going to ruin in our country
for lack of proper care This situa-
} ton could be looked into in the COM
munity and discussed one evening
Other questions of just as great inn
portance would suggest themselves
to such group of men. Each man
In this group, which need not be q
large group would go out into his
section of the community as an ed
ucator who is able to speak will
the authority of one who knows
{ about the various subjects which haC
been discussed in these meetings
: These men would be so many leaders
in their community. They would Sc
the pace which practically ever,
other would follow But this neeC
not and must not be the only men:
organization in the community Their,
should be some one or several re
, creational organizations. There /!
undoubtedly a great moral value il
play. 1t is quite as necessary for thu
man as for the boy There Nigh
r well be an athletic association of tn,
older men. And their recreation
need not be wholly athletic Just tn,
+ forms which the recreation of Civ
n en- community will take will, of cours,
T have to be largely determined by tn,
men or the community. There ar,
many indoor games which help to ban
ish worries and brighten otherwis,
dull lives.
Each rural community ought to b.
able to maintain a monthly lyceun
course, at least for five or six month
throughthe fall and winter. 1t /
entirely possible to find eminen
speakers, or men who have beel
eminently successful in some partic
ular line of work, who would be will
ing to come at least once in a yea
on date suitable to themselves TO
little more than their actual ex
penses-in many cases only for thei
expenses. Every county has With
it's bounds men who are able and will
ing to be of service to the variou
communities in the county, and We
who cannot push themselves upon tn
people. Sometimes there is a man i
the local community who is quite q
able as any other who might
brought in, and but for petty CON
munity jealousies he could rende
valuable services without a cent c
expense to any one. But whethe
there lis expense or not, there shoul
be an organization of public minde
men in every community who woul
see to it that the community had
good lecture course each year TIL
potato and wheat crops and the her
may all be valuable and even nece!
sary; but none of these things ca
take the place of the intellectual in