Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-09-07
CHAMBER BOOSTS
DAIRY BUSINESS

The Payette Chamber of Com
merce are back in the harness witt
every man ready to stand behind thu
organization following the summel
vacation of three months. The frs
regular meeting was held at the cluf
room last Friday evening when the
capacity of the room was taxed to itt
utmost.
The meeting was opened with a
few familiar songs with j. G. Hillyer
as musical director (who, by the way
is some singer and started the meet,
ing off with considerable vim. The
Sage Brush" quartet of Ontario
who kindly came over to help out
the evenings program rendered sew
eral songs and were encored back on
each occasion. The boys are some
singers.
The principal subject for discus
sion was the Dairy Industry, which
was handled from every angle of the
industry by able speakers principally
from neighboring towns. Invitations
had been sent out to the people or
Weiser, Ontario, Fruitland, and New
Plymouth and to the satisfaction Of
the Chamber, a goodly number from
the above cities were present, ]. H.
Davis, chairman of the club, was IN
his usual boosting mood, and kept
the meeting full of pep from start
to finish. Several of our good Boise
friends were here to lend their sup
port to the good cause and were well
come guests at the meeting, Joel l..
Priest. who represents the o. S. L. in
this part of the state, was the first
speaker introduced and gave a
splendid talk on cooperation ring
ing in a few fitting anecdotes much
to the pleasure of the meeting. He
was followed by Frank r. Brown,
secretary to Governor Davis, who
eloquently expounded facts relative
to the Dairy industry as gathered
from the recent trip of inspection into
this state by the most noted dairy
experts of the United States, Mr..
Brown being one of the party, his
speech being largely to explain the
object of this trip of inspection.
These men were not here particularly
to give out information, but rather
gather information as to the possibili-
ties and advantages of the industry
in, this section and from Mr.. Browns
able explanation of the matter, these
men of national reputation and ex-
perience are fully convinced that
southern Idaho can produce dairy
products 25 per cent cheaper than
any state in the Union, and gave the
assurance that there was no such
thing as over-production.
Mr. Geo. Aiken, Editor Of the On
tario Argus, who was also member
of the investigating party Of dairy
experts, was introduced and very
ably corroborated the statements Of
Mr.. Brown. Mr.. R. T. Davis Of
Weiser, who is heavily interested
in the dairy business spoke on the
possibilities of the dairy industry
and gave some interesting figures in
behalf of cooperative creameries,
showing large percentage in favor
of cooperation.
Mr.. Likeness, secretary of the NAL
huer County Fair Association, was
among the many visitors from On
tario, and made a talk on the plans
of the Association this fall at the
Malheur County Fair, extending an
invitation to the people of Payette
and Payette county to attend tn.
fair this fall assuring them a better
program than ever before.
At the close of the program, ice
Chamber were highly pleased at the
large attendance from neighboring
towns and hope they will feel free to
repeat their visit in the future.
At the close of the program, ice
cream, cake and coffee were served
served and many remained for some
time to enjoy a social time.