The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-08-15
lnter-C Community
Competition Will
Be Keen at Fair
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be brought In from Aberdeen in theil
country in its development of natura
resources. Many fine homes hav,
been built and groves, lawns ant
flowers abound. One of the fines
proofs that the people of Aberdeen
are right and propose to stay so ii
the fact that they have found time
and means to lay out a city park ant
seed 1t and set it to trees. The tract
is 500 feet square and for every
quick-growing tree they set, there is
also a hardwood tree, so that they
will have shade soon and they will
have shade long. In ten years from
now they will be harvesting fue.
from the soft wood trees in the park
to make room for the better develop
ment of the hard wood trees that will
then be reckoning for more room
and more of the sun.
It bespeaks the character of the
town when we say that it was the
w. c. T. U. that started the agitation
for the park and scored the first sue
cess in the work. 1t further be.
speaks the character Of its citizens
when we say that nearly the whole
town got behind the work OF the w.
G. T. U. and went on with the under
taking. Plans are being considered
for allowing the different local or
CARNATIONS to become sponsors for
different groups of trees and shrubs
for five-year periods leading up to
1925, for trees not only need water
ing, they need fertilizing, pruning,
possibly spraying, and they need to
be circled with cultivation about
their roots so they not only live, but
live and flourish. To the average
man unaccustomed to raising trees,
tree is all right SO long as the
ground about it gets water few
times during the summer, even tho
it's roots are choked with sod; even
tho the ground is barely covered with
water for brief period and then
withdrawn before it soaks down into
and below its roots to release the
plant food on which the tree has to
depend for nourishment. There is
such a vast difference between
merely keeping trees alive, and keep
ing them growing properly, that
Aberdeen is taking steps to insure
the fixing of responsibility for the
stewardship of the trees in it's pub
lie park. Aberdeen has always had
a big, generous heart for its youth
and children, and the founding of
the city park gives assurance that
it is not waning in this respect, but
is rising to the occasion and with it's
increased opportunity is taking for
ward steps for greater conveniences
for them and greater means Of keep
ing the home ties growing.
At Aberdeen, Bingham county has |
an asset which it has never thoroly |
appreciated the value of, but which |
the events of today are bringing to
light. The experimental farm made
possible by the generosity OF Both
we'll & McConaughy, the promotersi
If the irrigation project, the people
II Aberdeen, some of the people of
8lackfoot, the tax payers of Bling
lam county, together with the state
md federal governments who all
Oined forces some years ago to es-
ablish and maintain the experiment ,
tation at the edge Of the town where
he work has been going on uninter-
upted for more than a decade and |
as spread its blessings among all |
rho chose to give heed to what was 1
ffered in free aid spreading and ap- 8
lying the science of agriculture t
mong the farms. The work has {
cen for many years presided over
l.. c. Aicher, whose influence for !
rogress is easily seen and his work
Or public good can be traced in
Their matters not directly confined
the scope of his position at the
tation. Aicher the citizen and
icher the scientist, work hand in
and for achievement for the public
nd in all the fine team work Of the i
est OF the men and women Of the 4
Immunity for public good, the man
the station seems to have a part, {
nd the people of that country rea- Q
re the advantage it has been to 9
leir locality to have had this n
1chorage at their doors, and in the S
eptember fair of 1921 they are r
king the first big opportunity they fl
ave had to come up to the county Il
.ir with exhibits in such volume t,
lat it will be decided expression r.
THANK YOU" to the rest of the 0
lblic. Thru all the years when t,
icy have been fighting the wolf 1
ON the door, they have never felt
free to let 60 in the struggle long L
Tough to go to the fair with their j
'oducts as they do now. Leading B
en- and women there feel that 1t is
lie to the rest Of the county to fill a,
cir horn of plenty to the muzzle
I'd bring it to the county fair and
ill it around in such profusion that
erybody will pause to survey it
ID will then feel like patting Aber- la
ZEN on the back. A
If we undertook to name the men
no activities were chiefly RESPONSE ia
Q for what has been wrought at F.
1erdeen in recent years we should m
we to name all the members of al
e Commercial club and long list N
farmers who have at once con- N
cred the desert and succeeded in ra
siness. Some of them operate fiji
farms every year. tn
me of them engage in commercial to
les and farm too, but all Of them re
ling their respective inches are 60 fie
3 forward with the building Of tn
eat commonwealth which bingham