The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-05-13
The Wishes Will be Filled

| III oIdA dhu luduO are how DeluS OI-
fered the hospitality of Bingham
county for two days, the twenty
fourth and twenty-fith of May.
They are being invited to assemble
at Blackfoot on Saturday morning
for demonstration of modern type
casting machinery with the under
standing that during their stay they
are the guests of local people and
anything they want will be at their
command if they make their wishes
known.
Can Tell of Opportunities
"A great many people in Utah are
considering the matter of making
homes in the Snake river valley and
the publishers of Utah now have an
opportunity to visit in this county
for two days and look the country
over so they can report to their
readers. Persons attending this
event and wishing to be driven out
thru the country or any part of the
county have only to signify their
wish as to what locality they would
see and automobiles will be at their
service at any hour of the day.
Securing Cars for Service
James H. Early, of the Bingham
County Automobile association has
been assigned the task of furnishing
transportation for the editors for
both days and those desiring to
make special appointments will write
the Idaho Republican and state what
localities they wish to visit so that
engagements can be made with peo-
pie from those places to come in
with their cars and show them
around. Persons living in the diff
ferent settlements and desiring to
show. the things of their community
to the publishers, will consult with
]. H. Early of Blackfoot to offer the
services of their cars for Saturday,
for special trips and for transport
ing the whole body of publishers to
the picnic and back on Sunday.
A Full Day of Pleasure
A full days pleasure is being
planned for the editors for Satur-
day on the ''go as you please plan.
1t will be like getting meals at the
cafeteria. They can go to the
demonstration any part of the day
they wish, take as much as they want
and spend the rest of the day else
where. This gives the publishers an
unusual opportunity to see the
country without expense to them
selves and gives the people of the
county a big chance to convey big
message to the people OF other To-
calities by merely playing the part
of host for the day.
The Sights They Will See
On Sunday morning hundreds of
cars will line up for the trip of
thirty-two miles into the Snake river
plains to spend few hours at the
picnic grounds, where they can take
their choice of observatories. The
dinner will be served on the ground
floor" which is the level of the
plains. They can go into the cave
that is half mile long and the
guides will show them thru They
can 60 up on the round mountain a
few hundred feet, and by the use of
field glasses can study the vast pan
arama of agricultural lands stretch
ing in every direction from forty to
100 miles. The mountain itself is
said to be made up of soft lime
rock substance that can be made into
hard, smooth roads by merely spread
ing it on and rolling it down. 1t is
so soft it can be loaded with steam
shovel.
A Valley of Wealth
The picnic will be held near the |
center of the Dubois project, a Sec
ton of the Snake river plains, af-
fording about 100000 acres Of |
agricultural lands, ready to be put I
under cultivation. The Idaho Re-
clamation association, with Offices
at Pocatello, represents the COM
bined forces of the Dubois project
and many other projects stretching
thru Idaho, that are likely to re-
ceive the support of congressional
and Addison T. Smith,
who visited Blackfoot few days
ago, said things looked so bright for
the passage, of Lanes measure call
Ing for $10O,000,O00 for irrigation
that he had great hopes of seeing en-
gineers at work on the Dubois pro-
ject in the very near future.
! The Press Tells the Story
A great many newspapers thru
out the states mentioned, have been
publishing information about the
Dubois project and the Snake river
valley in connection with the tremen-
luous facilities by storage of water
Tor irrigation on the head waters of
The Snake. This paper recently
published list Of twenty reservoir
sites in course Of development and
hat can be developed for storage
,f the run-off and waste waters, not
low being used by anybody.
Utah Convention to Follow
Many of the newspapers in Utah
and Idaho are now publishing arti-
,les regarding the newspaper mems
at Blackfoot and the
monster picnic to be conducted by
The people of this county on Sunday