The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1922-07-13
CONGRESSMAN FRENCH
GIVEN OVATION
Large Crowd Cheer as Story of
Emmett Project is Told by
Popular Official.


that rendered him great ovation i
appreciation of his splendid service
in bringing to successful climax tn
campaign for government construc
tion of the Black Canyon dam at EN-
met, Congressman Burton L. Frenc
last evening told the story of the be
ginning of the campaign, the brav
fight made against great odds durin
the two years the battle was wage,
and the happy ending. Modestly h
gave credit to the men of Emmett
who led the campaign, to those il
ether sections who gave assistanc,
and cooperation and to his colleague
Congressman Smith, and Idaho's two
senator's. But this audience knew
that the speaker himself was the mar
who had been the great factor in the
movement and they expressed it force.
fully, Justify, vociferously, undoubt.
edly.
The meeting was held at the close
Of the Chautauqua program, and did
not commence until nearly 10 o'clock
In spite Of the lateness of the hour,
most of the audience remained and
the vacant seats and even standing
room was taken by newcomers bent
on hearing Mr.. French and joining in
the demonstration. Joel Brown pre-
sided and as happy prelude introduc-
ed Lieut.. Giles Carpenter, graduate
of this years class at West Point, as
an Emmett boy who had received his
appointment from Congressman
French and who had completed the
course with honor. Mr.. Carpenter,
who was seated with a group of local
men on the platform, made a brief
talk in which he said that the sue
cess he had attained was due to the
training he had received in the EN-
nett schools and at the Idaho univer-
sity. "And So" he continued, "when
he had completed his studies his first
thought was to go to the old home
town and mother" Then when Mr.
French got up to speak he added
further to this splendid young mans
laurels by stating that Giles was one
of the 27 who had graduated with
honors out of class of 1877, and said /
he was proud of the record he had
made. And so was the mother and /
grandmother, who sat in the audi
ence, and the audience, many of
whom had known him since childhood, T
were proud too and raised the roof
with their cheers.
Congressman French then launched
into his story Of the reclamation of
the western states, graphically des-
cribed and eloquently told. He
praised the men who had conducted
the campaign so happily ended. AS
an illustration of the "never-give-upl
spirit" of these Emmett men, he told
e story of ball game between the ,
Nez Perce and Craigmont teams of !
North Idaho which he attended last ,
year. Mr. French arrived on the ,
scene late and accosting one of the ,
Craigmont players asked how the
game was going. ,
Fine" said the boy Were still
playing the first inning and the score !
is q to 0 in favor of Nez Perce" I;
"But aren't you afraid you will E
lose?" asked Mr.. French. !;
"No," said the boy, "we haven't
been to bat yet"
THAT was the spirit of the EN-
NETT men that won the day. Though Q
discouragements came that were dis :
and the game seemed to v
be lost, 1 realized" he said, "that Mr.. o
MacLean and the other Emmett play Q
ers hadn't been to bat yet" ,
Mr.. French asserted that the $780,
700 set aside for construction of the :
Emmett dam was now available and
would be in progress in :
very short time. When this sum is
'xhausteed there will be more forth
'oming to carry the project to comr
lon- This dam, he said, besides tax
ng care of the irrigation needs of the v
5000 acres in the Emmett district,
Will furnish water for $4,000 or more
cres of the Black Canyon project. f.
Interesting figures were cited in T
with the area to be bene- ca
tied by the new dam. Land now I'M hi
er irrigation in the Boise project,
alued at 500 million dollars has
urned off crops with market value
+ 400 million dollars. ID,
From an investment standpoint, ir- tt
lgation pays rich returns. The cost Of