The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-08-13

we can't help having good fall
trade"
Representative p. G. Johnston:
Business will be good this fall
Wheat is already coming in. The
sugar company is delivering wheat
from their farms on the reservation
now. You should see the loads CON-
ing in, in wagOn-boxes lined with
canvas to make them tight. 1t is
very fine wheat tOo-as pretty as so
much gold. The matter of grades
and the other regulations affecting
the moving of wheat will be adjusted
soon. There is nothing serious
there that l see. The moving fcrops
will not be held up on that account
1t is too big thing for the govern
ment to allow to be handicapped.
noticed by this mornings paper that
the government is taking control of
the meat products. That is all right.
Ihat is what must follow in every
thing that is so closely related as
staple food products. When the gov
eminent controls wheat why
shouldn't is control meat. It fol-
lows logically, and further control
will be exercised affecting other pro-
ducts to keep them rightly CORE
lated. Our boys over there are do
ing such splendid work, and with
our bumper crops and everybody in
this country doing his best at produc-
ton, the prospects are reassuring."
w. F. Bergman, cashier of the
Standrod Bank: Everybody is work.
ing to capacity, and capital Is all
working. With good crops and good
prices 1t seems to me that business
Is bound to be good. There are more
farmers arranging to feed stock this
fail and winter than usual. The gov
eminent allows banks to loan money |
Tor such purposes, and it is a thing |
to be encouraged. There are MANY
OF our farmers that are arranging for
feeding a carload or two of cattle to
consume what they raise on the
farms. 1t is the little fellows who
handle carload or two apiece that
are going to make the big totals in
feeding this year. Perhaps you
know we have been doing some feed
ing down at Springfield for several
years, and people in that country
have had practical demonstrations
Of what can be done in that way.
: .le people around there are follow
Ing suit, and l have been encourage
Ing 1t all ! could. II you will 20
among the farms down there early
n winter you will find the feeding
industry Is quite an important step
and represents great deal of wealth
produced right on the farms, where
there wasn't much heretofore" l.
Roscoe Rich, sheepman: There
will be more lambs sold this fall
han last. The lamb crop was good
his year; last year we had a bad
pring and lost lots of them. Last
'ear they were building up their
lerds; this year they have plenty of
ambs to sell, and there Is a prospect
II high-priced hay to be bought il
hey keep them. l think there will
,e 30 per cent more lambs sold from
his valley this year. The Feeders s
iazette says SO per cent, but that is
robably too high. Anyhow, there
will be a great deal Of lamb money
n the valley pretty soon, but it will
ot be invested in SIG hay. Sheen
nen would rather go tc California
nd spend the winter than to take on b
hat kind of troubles-$l6 hay to b
eed the stock and take all the a
hances incident to the business. b
let the others do it," a
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Harry Smith, manager of the
NTH Nursery, addressing his re-
larks to Mr.. Rich: "You know very III
ell you can afford to pay $40 a ton p
Or hay to feed to sheep when wool f,
nd mutton bring present prices, Il
GU fellows do lot of talking, and h
Oh go to California all right, and "
ave a good time, but down in your a
carts you know you can pay SIS for I'll
ay II you want to-yes l mean pay 81
and get money back-1'll tell you al
hat has scared the sheepmen-they al
tipped in corn from Nebraska at c;
. ton, and naturally it took some Of
oney, but some Of them had it m
tipped in by express and that took al
ore money. ii admit that they h,
mt afford to pay $40 ton and ex- in
'ess to feed sheep excepting in en- n,
gencies that they get caught in by tn
1t securing that good old hay when w
ey can get it at 90 and So and the pt
re. But sheepmen can--no, I'll ad- bl
1t that apple trees and peonies and
ngleman's Ivy and that kind of
uff doesn't eat and hay nor corn,
It am just telling you a few things
keep you right" 70
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II. G. Tavey, manager of the til
'own-Hart company: 81 think bust wi
IS will be very good. or course it
Ponds very much on the crops.
We not been out thru the country be
ough lately to make crop COMPARE
rs, but our trade has been improv- be
3 this year, and think the general
nditions are favorable to good we
lady business" DR.
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Lee Bowen, manager of the Ser da
e Garage: Business will be good pa
s fall. Crops are good and peo-
will buy what they need If they 81
find the goods to buy. There
y be a little shortage in some ad
'ps in this locally due to. dry -
ather last spring, and to the r.
eak of hail last week, and yet in "
main, there is the basis for a Z,