The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1922-11-17
Editors Inspect
Power Plants
Guests of Idaho Power Co.
Impressed With Mag
itude of Operations
TAKE PRIDE IN
GIVING SERVICE
Aim To Keep Power System Two
Years Ahead Of Develop
ment OF State

Two dozen editors of souther
Idaho enjoyed an inspection trip t
a number of power plants of tn
Idaho Power company, Saturday
Sunday and Monday, November ii
12 and 13. AS guests of the compa
ny they were taken by automobile t
the power stations at Swan Falls
the Malad, Lower Salmon Falls
Thousand Springs, Shoshone Falls
and American Falls; company off.
cials accompanied the editors and
answered all manner of questions
relating to the practical and fnan-
cial sides of the system.
1t does fellow good to meet men
of other occupations, to talk with
them, eat with them, and drive
around the country with them. I'm
less one does this occasionally, he
is likely to take himself and his own
problems too seriously.
Why is it that sometimes a fellow
gets to thinking that he enjoys a
monopoly of the difficulties of life
while everybody else enjoys all the
opportunities? 1t is the misfortune
of many fellow to feel this way
about it. He sees that someone else
is making money, while he is not
breaking even: from this he argues
that the other fellow has a better
chance. In one case out of ten thou
sand the other fellow may have a
better chance; in nine Thousand
nine hundred ninety-nine cases. the
other fellow simply works harder
with head and hand to make the best
use of whatever opportunities hap
pen to be at hand.
There's that Idaho Power compa-
n.y." one may say; look at its enor-
nous annual income" Perhaps the
speaker proceeds to get red in the
face and to say things that he did
not learn in Sunday school.
But there's another side to this ar
fair. Over against receipts must
be set expenditures. 1t is a safe
statement that two dozen southern
Idaho editors have clearer idea OF
the necessary expenditures of the
Idaho Power company than they had
/ week ago. After the inspection
rip, some of the editors expressed
as believing that such a
great system as that of the Idaho
Power company could be made to
,ay it's way only when under the
of the most efficient ,
that under the management ,
# the average government official, ,
or instance, it might fall behind in :
arnings and fail to pay expenses.
A discovery which some of the ,
ditors made is that the men at the 4.
cad of the Idaho Power company
no ,,n oooinsf tl,a sor.a v~oh1a,,,o
'hich the editors themselves are up
gainst; the same problems which
very owner of a 500-acre or a g.
ere farm is up against; the same
roblems which every manager OF
very crossroads store or garage or \
icture show is up against The v
ther fellows problems are our
roblems. If the other fellow is F
living his problems better than we
-e solving ours, the credit belongs v
the other fellow.
1t is the aim of the company to II
sep two years ahead of the develop ie
ent of the state, so as to have pow p'
for new enterprises when they CT
me up. And it is not merely dol :
RS that the company is looking Il
rward to, but the American enjoy 10
ent of doing a big task well. Some I
the power stations are combina- II
)ns of utility and beauty, the Sho-
one Falls and Thousand Springs tn
ants being regarded as the most Cl
autiful, in the order named. The dt
liter is inclined to disagree with Sc