The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-05-10

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Down at Springfield we find tn
people wishing to make the lakes o
> part of them into a bird haven t
7 preserve the wild life that is so rar
and beautiful and useful. At pres
ent there is no place on the Who'll
face of the country where bird |
/, safe, and Springfield wants to hav
such spot.
, Springfield is doing another thin,
that is a little different-its boy
and girls and adults are working tt
beautify their cemetery. On May L.
their big school house is to be thu
center of a gathering of voters from
far and near. to decide whether
this generation will build a reser
voir that shall add security ant
wealth to all this valley for thou
sand years or pass the opportunity
for all time.
Speaking about things that are
different-it is said that the boys and
| girls of today do not know and dc
the same things their fathers did
1t is said also that they know more
/ things at fifteen than their parents
did at a much older age, and that
they will take care of themselves
as we'll as did their parents. Listen
to this: Arthur Snyder Jr, is boy
of perhaps thirteen or fourteen. He
grew up at a ranch at the head of
the lakes and has a radio outfit
working better than any in Black
foot. In his room he has the head
and pelt of a very beautiful noun
| tain sheep that he shot on the run
when out alone among the high
peaks of the Yellowjacket country
in Lemhi county.
The Snyders have a Delco light
ing plant on the farm to light the
house and buildings to start the
tractor when it is cold, and when
Arthur Jr. wanted radio outfit last
year he conceived the idea of hook
ing 1t up with the Delco plant to get
energy Electricians told him that
was not practical. but Arthur made
his outfit, put on his antenae, and
conducted his wires across the yard
and thru the machine shed to the
Delco plant and hooked it up with
four of its big batteries. 1t works.
There is no trouble with static.
There is no trouble with SCOT as in
the towns When the weather be-
HAYES, Arthur can put on entertain
ments that are a little clearer than
those in the towns, and he picks
them up from the west coast and
along the Mississippi from it's head
to New Orleans. Arthur's sister
lives in San Francisco, and she sends
him copies of their city papers.
One Of them told of banquet they
were going to attend; an event at
which the governor of California |
was to make a speech and some |
members of the legislature were to |
be there and say something. 1t was
to be broadcasted. Arthur cut in |
and got it and he and the folks sat |
there at the ranch on the hill and
heard the POSTMASTER introduce the
governor; heard the governors chair
CRATE on the floor as he rose; heard
every word he said. and heard it
so plainly that Daddy Snyder pinch
ed himself and said: Are we here
or there?" And they all looked
around to see il they could see sis
ter and her hubby among the guests.
When the event was over, they
uCdlu tuC o4unAih6 VI nOdi /
the folks walking out and heard the
hum of voices and remarks here and
there where people stopped to talk.
Arthur showed them an evening of
miracles made practical.
Daddy Snider never did anything
ike that when he was twelve or
Arthur bought some of his
outfit but he made much of 1t and in
stalled 1t all He finds that much OF
t that looks mysterious is simple
A little dab of shellac and
he pasteboard out of shoe box
makes some parts that have to be
wound with insulated wire, and he
AN wind wires as well as anyone.
lie had it figured out that he can
make a complete outfit and box it
Up ready for delivery for $500, and :
will bring in speeches and music
hat are filling space during the ev-
nings in about all the states west
II the Mississippi. When several |
'ersons are talking in the same room
t is difficult to single out one and :
lear him or her and not be bothered !
With the Others. Arthur's radio )
loes that. Any radio does. When
he operator decides which enc he
wants he shuts out the rest and they !
tay put. :
For hundred years people have 1
cen remarking that farm life was '
and was shut out from 1
and for the past ten
r twenty years it has been an acute e
omplaint. In radio it is reversed Z
eople in the towns complain that o
here are so many wires and cables
nd so much SCOT everywhere that Il
is difficult to get all they want
l radio because Of the interference, c
nd the ambitious ones are going
, the country to spend their even n
lgs. More than million people
-om the farms of this country :,
ocked to the cities and towns last q
ear, and now boy at Springfield Il
uts on something that is different. "
he editor of the Republican has to p
ct out and find these things annd 81
III you about it under the heading, 81
How the Farmers are Doing it," o.
Out north of Moreland the settlers