The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-04-15
BINGHAM COUNTY HAS OPPORTUNITY
TO BUILD TEMPLE OF AGRICULTURE
Make Home for the County Farm Bureau and
All Related Business. Permanent Ex-
hibits of All Products of the Soil


Blackfoot and Bingham county
have another golden opportunity ly.
ing ready to pluck. The county
farm bureau needs an office or sci
of Offices and it needs an assembly
hall in which to hold it's meetings
1t needs a hall, or the sides of a
hall in which to display it's products
of every kind under protection OF
glass or suitable cases. The several
real estate men of the town need
permanent Offices where they car
have exhibits of the products of the
country. All these things should
and might just as we'll be housed
under one roof.
Within sone's-throw of the
center of town there are still great
open spaces for sale of sufficient
size to carry just such an institution
as we speak Of. The thing for
Blackfoot and Bingham county tc
do is to secure options on suitable
sites, organize a stock company for
the benefit of the farm bureau, sell
stock to about 1000 members and
others at the rate of $40 or $50 pei
person, payable in the fall, get all
the preliminaries arranged during
the summer and follow with con-
struction work after harvest.
The Temple of Agriculture
In planning the building, some
such idea as this should be worked
out: Have the assembly hall built
large enough to accommodate the at
tendance of farm members that may
be expected in future years when
roads are good enough to allow
everybody to attend when they
want to. All around the sides of the
hall, build glass cases and containers
in which to exhibit products of the
soil and keep them in perfect con-
dition free from dust and sun. Have
the offices of the farm bureau on
the same floor, and the Offices of real
estate and loan companies on the
same floor, all having rear doors
opening into the exhibit or assembly
hall. Suppose the name of the
building be THE Temple of Agri-
culture and the county agent,
labor agent and all real estate and
loan offices be housed in it. None
of these men have offices of their
own now, and this Is a good time
to find home for them and tie up
for long contracts as tenants. When
homeseekers come into town and in
quire for a real estate office, peo-
pie will refer them to the Temple of
Agriculture, and that sounds good
to the new conner He finds all the
land and loans men in the same
building, and from each office he
can walk into the fine exhibit that
shows what the soil produces. Every
office in the building has something
to do with agriculture, and each one
adds something to the evidence that
this is country of agricultural sue
cesses. Literature touching upon
the resources of the valley and the
county should be kept with the ex-
hibits and every possible proof put
up in good form to show what
others can do by what has been done.
Perishable products such as melons
and cantelopes or anything that
does not keep well, should be photo
graphed and the photos placed
under glass, together with correct
information about them. Gradually
these exhibits will grow more perfect
and records accompanying them will
be made more useful as places of
reference for those seeking definite
information regarding the planting
and raising Of those things which
they have never been successful
with.
This is tho Year
The people Of this county can do
this. They can begin it this month.
They can afford it, they ought to be
glad to have a hand in such an
undertaking, and it will pay rich
returns in improving agriculture.
Fifty-thousand dollars will do the
job and do it well. That will take
about $500 apiece for each person
in the county, and the rentals from
the offices used by the real estate
men will give it some income to keep
up current expenses. When the
building is completed and dedicated,
the people Of the county will have
the building and most Of the money
that it cost.
Start the Fund Now