Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-04-18
KEEP AN OPEN TRAIL TO WASH
iNGTON FOR IDAHO
100000 Members. s1.0O per Year.
.. Membership. Join.
Pocatello Tribune. April 4. 19Is

locdtellO tribune, April 4, 1913
An earnest appeal is carried in a
statement issued by the Idaho Rec
lamation association, composed of the
irrigated and non n-irrigated counties OF
the state The expressions contained
IN the message are timely and intensely
vital. No time is to be lost in securing
the great fund demanded for the rec
laanation of the waste lands of the state
The preliminary organization must be
thorough in sentiment and support.
ana membership is the most effective
method to establish such perfect Co
operation. The statement is of interest
TO every loyal citizen of Idaho. Read it.
ana back 1t up with a membership.
! 10 the citizens of Idaho: Your state
Is calling you now. The problem of
reclaiming five million acres of arid
swamp and cut over lands Is before Won
Hon. Franklin X. Lane, secretary of
the interior, is asking congress for
SlOO.OOO,OOO for retaining the west
The northwestern states, Washington.
! oregon, Montana, Utah, Nevada, Wyo-
/ ming, California and Idaho as well a.
the southwestern states will allpresent
their claims for portion of thatsIe0 QUO
600. The first $1,000, 600, 900 that secre-
tary Lane, with the approval of the
president, is asking congress to appro-
pirate is but the beginning of the
mighty work ofAreclamation, but is a
start, and when the American people
decide, they have and always will go
over the top.
Recl lamation is so broad, so practical
so kindly in it's intent, that an under
standing of this opportunity creating
subject is a direct appeal to the human
4.
nish clean, wholesome work and homes
for our soldiers and sailors who offered
lives to maintain the liberty and safe
ty of our nation, God bless them all, il
matters not whether they went over
seas or not, they possessed the spirit
of devotion to the principals of human
ity that sent deadly chill to the heart
/ of the would be grabber, the Hun. It
is also the advance guard of agricult-
! ure home building good roads, educa-
ton and the graceful solution of life's
problems for millions of American citi-
zens.
Secretary Lane is entitled TO the 10y
/ al support of every man and woman
| in the west, irrespective of politics,
! creed or sect. That far sighted Amer
/ lean has launched the biggest. broad
( est forward movement in the history
! of our nation. At last thank God the
west is coming into its own.
/ Some of the western states legis-
/ lation enacted and state commissions,
! others have funds appropriated by
comercial bodies and private subscri-
4 ptions. They are organized and ready
( to present their claims for as much of
that 500, 100000 as they can secure.
Idaho had until recently no organiza-
81 fah to tI,f
race
The last Legislative session of Idaho
passed a bill appropriating s100,O 900 for
actual reclamation work, said fund to
act automatically with the government
appropriation. Oregon appropriated
S150,000 and the state of Washington
$500, 0000 for the same purpose.
On February 21. in response to a
call sent out by the Pocatello CONNER
cial Club. delegates from twenty
counties met and organized the Idaho
Reclamation Association. s. E. Brady
of Pocatello was elected president; O.
Q. Haga, of Boise first vice president
f. NJ. Whitzel, of Dubois, second vice
president; Hon. Frank r. Gooding.
third vice president; and ]. A. Keefer,
of Shoshone. treasurer. An executive
secretary was not appointed. but later
Fred r. Reed of Idaho accepted the
position. He is the only paid officer of
the association. Every county has an
executive committeeman. The main
offices of the association are at poca-
tello. Idaho.
The above officers constitute the
official roster of the state ASSOCIATION.
County Organizations
Every county in Idaho will have an
-
q member of the state association. In
addition there will be a county organ
ization of a president three vice-pres-
idents and a secretary treasurer.
It shall be the duty of the county
organizations to distribute their offic-
ers in different parts of the counties
where they can work to the best ad-
vantage organize a drive for member
ships and collect the membership fee
of one dollar. The local organizations
will retain 25 per cent of the money
collected for their local expenses, and 1
remit as per cent to the main office at
Pocatello, Idaho. All checks should be
made payable to Fred r. Reed, execu- /
tive Secy. Idaho Reclamation Assn. /
Time is the milk in the coeoanut, /
and it will be necessary for everybody /
interested in this great cause to get I
busy organize their county associat- |
ions and produce results, because as I
soon as congress convenes. there will 4
be a call for action and the expendi- !
ture of money to carry out the intent 1
of our organization.
The state is very large; the towns
are scattered, and the executive secre-
tary intends to visit all places and
assist the county organizations as
much as possible Therefore this ern-
est appeal to the men and women of
Idaho to become members of this asso-
citation. and by their dollars, support
a work whose sole interest is the re-
clamaton of Idaho,
Idaho Reclamation Association.
POI Valentine Bldg, Pocatello, Idaho.
FRED r. REED, Executive Secretary.
Under democracy the world ought to
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