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The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05

Censes, drivers licenses, misrepre-
sensations of gyp' repair and tire ac-
cessory places, ETC., will come in for
continued effort. The Idaho auto
owners have suffered heavily from
the operations of such concerns.
Meantime, we again advise them to
deal only with establishments of rec
ognized integrity that are here to
stay and that always make good TO
their customers. -.
Through publicity and in other
ways program of education will be
presented to influence the enactment
of laws dealing more fairly with
those engaged legitimately in the
automotive business, which main
tains very large payroll in the state
and contributes heavily for taxation,
rentals and civic betterments.
practical highway construction
and maintenance will be given special
attention, and we will go to the gov
ernor with suggestions that we hope
he may approve and embody in rec
ommendation to the legislature"
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05
Birth of An Island.

Volcanic energy may well be the
basis of those ancient stories Of a
dead Atlantis. Authentic modern his
tory tells US enough, indeed. to forbid
too stern scepticism. There, for ex-
ample, is the island of Torca, which
existed as thing of beauty In the
Indian ocean till one day in June,
1893. Early in the morning of that
day its volcano burst into unusual
activity. Within four days the noun
tain backbone of the island was
molten mass, which began to sink into
the sea. Then came a central lake
of boiling lava On July Is the last
islander fled to Amboy, and the his
tory of a once fertile island was fin
ished. Perhaps the only captain who
has ever been present at the birtR of
an island was a Russian, who gave his
name to the apparition-BogOslof.
This LITTLE smoking horror came into
being in the Aleutian isles on May l,
1896; and to this day, although di-
minished from its original three-mile
circumference, it still belches smoke
and steam.
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-10-05
THE CR0AKER
BY Guy Flenner

by Guy fleHn6T
Some time ago it was stated in al
seriousness that dairying could no
be made profitable in Idaho because
of "cant's" longer that movie serial
But today the COW is bringing Idaho
back. She has been proven to pe
the best pay master. The list Of
"can'ts" is only a flash on the screen
soon to be forgotten.
With equal forcefulness it was de-
clared that lettuce growing at pro-
fit was also impossible here. Yet the
records show that in 1922 there were
1872 carloads of Idaho head lettuce
distributed in 25 states at a nice pro-
fit to the growers through the Won
derful marketing organization main
tanned by the Union Pacific, which
estimates this year the distribution
will be double that of the previous
year
Five years ago a few men an
nounCed a plan whereby people who
wanted to get their coal cheaper
could do so through cooperation. a
property was acquired in Spring Can
yon, Utah Many said it couldn't be
done, the chorus being led by other
coal operators. But it has been done;
and in four years of active operation
this company has saved to its 5000
stockholders in Idaho and Utah $780,
000-three quarters of a million-in
their coal bill and its properties have
avtonAad ond Ia rua1 70 OF
proportions.
The croakers in Boise said it was
impossible to ever get the main line
of the o. S. L. through their city, bur
a young man who is secretary of the
Boise Chamber of Commerce., started
a campaign three years ago. He
flooded the Union Pacific executives
with facts and figures. He and his
co-workers aroused local interest,
which was some job, and today con-
tractors are on the ground and work
is under way.
There was never a chance of get
ting a railroad from Idaho to the
California markets, we were told, bur
the Rogerson- Wells line will be built
One could go on with illustrations
-beets, onions, ETC. of the cant"
spirit, but the will spirit took It
to the mat, put the strangle hold on
it and the thing has been materially
weakened.
Maybe the "Croaker" performs some
little service, however, for he has
supplied such abundant evidence OF |
his mistakes of judgment that the
public feels perfectly safe in going /
the other way.
But we don't think the croaker
helped much in making the great
mines of the north such a mounmen-
tai factor in the upbuilding of our
state. The other fellow coppered the
'roaker's bet, and Idaho won.
The marvellous timber DEVELOPMENT.
bringing into existence great plants
md large payrolls, might have been
croaked" if far-sighted, enterprising
len had not discounted the combina- .
ion Of raven and magpie that sat J
bove the chamber door of Idaho's )