The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-09-08
SC0TT'S CARAVAN
WILL STOP HERE
Entertainment BEING
Planned for Party
Next Week

The Scott caravan bound from
Brooklyn to Buhl will be in Black
foot at noon next Wednesday OF
Thursday. They have definitely en-
gagged to stay over night at Idaho
Falls and show their pictures of ir-
rigated Idaho and scenic Idaho at
an open air meeting and will arrive
at Blackfoot at about II or 11.30.
There will be twenty-eight fam
lilies, who have been on the road for
seven weeks making their first trip
west to begin farming for them
selves. They have been entertained
and show the freedom Of cities all
the way across, and are giving Idaho
the greatest advertising campaign
that has ever been put on. OF course
the people and the press are doing
most of it, but the caravan are max
ing it possible by their trip. They
are passing thru Wyoming this week
and will enter the Yellowstone park
at the Cody entrance and come out
at the west entrance, seeing what
they can on the way thru. Frank
Brown, secretary to Governor Davis,
has gone up to Cody to meet them,
and is trying to arrange for them to
turn of of their route to see the
grand canyon of the Yellowstone. He
will be the personal representative
Of the governor to escort them
down thru Idaho and make them ac-
quainted with its resources as much
as he can and to enable them to give
more publicity to it.
Entertain at Blackfoot
We suggest that twenty-eight
farmers In Bingham county and their
families arrange basket dinners for
themselves and the twenty-eight
families in the caravan. We suggest
that the town turn out and receive
them at the fair grounds, bringing
them in at the upper gate, circling
the track once and the grounds once
and then pass into the city park at
the park entrance and there be re-
ceived by the people spreading the
picnic dinners in family groups
under the trees.
We suggest that Mr.. Scott shall
give short address to the people
assembled in the grand stand, telling
of their trip and their impressions
of the west as they came thru, and
let this be done while the rest of the
company are filing into the city park
and getting acquainted with their
new hosts and getting settled at
dinner.
We suggest that the Commercial
club shall have some tables and
writing materials and descriptive
literature at the center of the picnic
grounds, with mail pouches to re-
ceive mail, and there make 1t easy
for them to address and post what
ever they want to mail back to their
friends about Idaho and Blackfoot.
The press of the town and the fair
association are just issuing some
literature on the resources Of the
county and illustrated matter re-
garding the things that will make
the fair attractive and this would be
a golden opportunity for the town
and county to spread some literature
while the iron is hot. The caravan
will want to stop about two hours,
and this should be two hours of fun
and enlightenment for all parties.
We see no organized effort being
made to take care of the matter, SO
we ask that all farmers and stock
men who are willing to furnish
picnic dinner and be hosts to one
family in the caravan shall ring The
Republican office as soon as they
read this and when we have enough
responses to assure taking care of
the caravan we will arrange defin-
itely for the rest, seeking the CO.
operation of the community and
merely acting as a clearing house for
and plans.
Ring 45W to get The Republican
office. J