The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-10
PLANNING TO RRlCATE VAST
DRY LAND PLAINS OF SNAKE RIVER
ing his check book, he wrote check
for that amount, asking to whom It
should be made payable.

the Snake River Plains Developmnt
association. M. O. Monroe, county
agen offered the use of an office room
at the farm bureau for them to work
in, and Walter Hagen, who had been
made chairman Of the meeting wrote
his check for $50. Joseph Stewart
did likewise and Others followed with
various amounts until there was
5000 on the desk.
Organize Working Force
An executive board consisting of
F. A. Seeger, R. E. Hughes and Nor
man Geyer, acting in conjunction
with the president and secretary,
with the addition of vice-presidents
to represent other localities as they
come into the work, will have direct
supervision of the business. Walter
nagen was elected chairman and
Joseph Stewart secretary, both pro-
testing their inability and lack of ex-
perience. The secretary is to devote
all his time to the work, and receives
$3.50 month and expenses. He be-
gan his work Thursday morning, at
the farm bureau office, Blackfoot.
Put Clerks to Work
A competent person is to be en-
ployed to take off the information
desired from the land office records,
delegation will go to Idaho Falls
and Dubois to organize for work from
those places, and auxiliary workers
are to be enlisted in all the localities
that want to get in on the work. As
soon as sufficient data Is gathered,
two men will be sent to Washington
to remain as the permanent repre-
sentatives at the capital and the Du-
bois project with the Bingham county
extension as advocated by the Snake
River Development association will
the interior and the public lands and
irrigation committees at Washington
as soon as possible and pushed for
all 1t Is worth
Use Many Million Dollars
The expenditure of 120 or 1870
millions of dollars in construc-
tion work in this project will give
employment to an army of men, and
will give rise to market conditions
for the produce of our irrigated
farms to an extent that will Danish
all fear of glutted markets here for
few years. Every class of busi-
ness will feel the stimulating effects
of it, and homeseekers will pour in
to secure some of the fine lands.
Great increase in population and ma
terial wealth will result and the
great plains to the northward from
Blackfoot, where dry farmers moved
wild hay in the open country In July,
1917, following the winter of big
snow, will team with agriculture and
commerce.
Big Membership Drive
In forwarding the work of organ
ization for preliminaries, member
ship drive is to be organized, SO that
everybody in. the valley can give
some aid to the work. The member.
ship fee will be purely donation to
the enterprise, and will be fixed by
the executive board at not more than
$500 nor less than $1.00, the latter
being considered too small to express
the interest of the average resident
of the valley possessing such tremen- Z
dous possibilities. It is expected that
the preliminary work will cost ten
or firteen thousand dollars, and the
follow-up work many times that
much.
The Charter Members
Following is list of the names
and amounts Of the donors who made
up the purse at Wednesdays meet
ing:
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