Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-06-25

wants Il HeCeSo4ti0
shall be adjusted, so that every elIi.
zen NAV feel that if he tolls he snall
mot want. 1t is the supreme queS-
tion Of the hour, upon its solution
depends the perpetuity of u great
republic. for equality is the soul Oh
common wealth. The old MaiIhu-
sian doctrine that the increase u
life far exceeds the means Of susIeH-
ance. in other words, that nature
can not supply the wants OF human
ity. ia now discarded. 1t was mn
ply a miserable theory which lshof-
ance adopted to explain the l~azines5'
the imbecility, and the insItiaDle
avarice OF men. This is NOT IAe
trouble, this is not the reason why
In this land, with undeveloped re-
sources, which in themselves Woula
startle a Croesus. the %quivering lips
Of want beg for work, and an UNI
natural poverty d~isgraces a portloh
of II land, and why in England II
is a Thousand times worse. A part
of the story least may be told. I'm
like the energy and generosity when
characterizes this work, the compile
tion of which we celebrate, which
will open avenues of wealth for hun
dreds of people, capital refuses to
furnish means to unlock these re-
sources. make available these posi-
bilities, because with general pros
perity the debtor class would pass
away, and with 1t infamous sys-
tenn which exacts the life blood of
toll, to be coined into usury. The
debtor and creditor system of this
nation is very dear to Eastern capt.
talists. If | should go further on
this subject, | might entrench upon
politics, which has no place in our
discussion today. But this much
may be said, we have the means and
resources within this new state to
enable us and ought to know by
observation the necessity of re
naming free Of many of the curses
and burdens which this system has
fastened upon some off the older
states. We should endaavor in our
legislature, and in the management
of these public affairs, which makes
for the veal or woe of so many to
keep out of the skeleton clutches on
this system. There should be writ
ten over the doorway to every legis-
lative hall that tentantism in the
balm and curse of a free people, the
prolific parent of ignorance and vice,
that labor and capital are the pill
lars of wealth, when one shall be
generous and the other shall be toll
srant. The interest of those who
own and control these works, and
those who shall by settlement of the
seek to avail themselves OF
the benefits of your labor, are one.
1t is a common interest. this is a
grand piece of public work. Upon
your skillful management and
thoughtful consideration depends the
future of this portion of this state,
whether it shall be cursed by the
nerve sapping vampire of debt on
crowded with independent and un.
encountered farms.
Trusting that the auspiciouf
showing which marks the beginning
Of your work, shall be realized in
its promise for the future, and that
success may crown your very antici.
l congratulate you, one and
all, as citizens of this vicinity, upon
his most happy result.
The Bulletin also published The
following, descriptive of the project
and of the Pioneer reservoir, from
which great results were expected
A little over q year ago, A. w
of Chicago paid a visit tc
Home. He noted that
here was a large amount of arid
and in that locality (which could be
converted into valuable property by
he application of water. The land
vas so high and there was so much
If it that the idea of a ditch be-
ng constructed to carry a sufficient
,ody of water to irrigate it was i'm.
practicable, and, after a good deal OF
.alculation, it was decided that the
'nly way to successfully reclaim the
and was to establish a storage reser-
DIR of sufficient capacity to receive
he water that runs in great guam
from the adjacent hills and
fountains in the spring and hold it
lntil the season for irrigation ar
lived. O.
A location for the reservoir was
ext sought, but it was found that
ature had already formed five large
asins at just the right distance from
he town and at a desirable altitude,
only being necessary to excavate a
title and throw dams across the ends
az.