The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-06-05
FIFTEEN CITIES ARE
REPRESENTED HERE
Blackfoot Convention of
Clubs Adopts Plan of
Organization

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i About fifty delegates from various
commercial clubs of eastern Idaho
towns met at Blackfoot Tuesday after
noon and formed tentative organi-
cation named the Eastern Idaho
Federation. Membership in 1t will
not be binding upon any club until
it has been ratified by two thirds of
the members voting Each COM
munity so voting becomes a member
and elects its representative on the
directorate. Meetings are to be held
monthly and the annual meeting the
first week in June.
After the preliminaries of the
opening of the meeting Harvey
Holmes of Pocatello was made tenn
porary chairman, and short address,
es were made by by D. A. Caldwell,
secretary of the chamber of COM
MERGE of Idaho Falls, ]. A. Harader,
secretary of the Pocatello chamber
of commerce, r. A. Smith, head of
the department of agriculture of the
Union Pacific system, of Omaha, Geo.
Lowe of St. Anthony, Mr.. Luffburn
of American Falls, w. P. Lindsay
of Moreland, T. ]. Bennett of Shelley,
John Heer of Aberdeen and C. w.
Poole of Rexburg.
A committee was appointed to
draft a constitution and declaration
of purposes, the committee consist
ing of d. A. Caldwell, j. A. Harader
and Byrd Trego. After a short ses-
sion they returned and offered the
draft of the constitution published
in another column.
After some discussion and re-read-
ing of it the constitution was adopt
ed with the understanding that
copies of it would be sent to the
delegates right away for them to
submit to their respective clubs for
consideration. The things to be done
and the expense to be incurred as
well as all other details were left
with the board, each community hav-
ing but one vote, but the larger
towns will pay large quotas Of ex-
penses on such basis as the board
shall agree upon, it was understood.
r. A. Smith of the Union Pacific
said his company had at various
times inserted advertisements in
farm papers circulating chiefly in
Wisconsin and Minnesota to get in
touch with homeseekers il there are
any had found periods where there
was scarcely any response, and in
recent months there had been in
quiries blu tnot in large numbers.
1t is their purpose to feel the pulse
of the people desiring to move and
to get in touch with those who wish
to come west, find out what they
want and what they have as prepare
ton or capital with which to under
take their ventures, and to advise
them in such manner as to prevent
so far as possible the mistakes and
failures that people are SO liable to
make in new countries. The dairy
business in Idaho, with its natural
resources for it, makes them try
in the dairy districts for
and C. C. Gigneau, one
of their field men, is now in Wis
consin comforting with such people
but has been ordered to come west
to travel with the poultry train
and will be at Blackfoot on Saturday
afternoon. About the first of July
he will rteurn to Milwaukee to go on
with the work.
The meeting adjourned at 4:30
and spent an hour and half In
driving about the country before
D0luS ScdtcO at OLA " SiOSh AhhAAOA-
The crops were looking good, some
Of the canals running full Of water
and other shut off because the irri-
eating was caught up. A. V. Peter
son, assistant passenger agent for
the Oregon Short Line remarked
upon the fine pastures and fields OF
alfalfa and said that in Wisconsin
such perfect stands of it would be
hailed as a great treasure. When
they get a fair stand OF if there 1T
begins to freeze out, heaving and
breaking the roots, and then they
have to start to reseeding it, II the
summer season is wet or dry the
farmer has to ship IN
either hay or corn, for what is good
for one is bad for the other, and
he is always in trouble.
The dinner was served by the
ladies' of the Episcopal guild, and 1t
was excellent in quality and service.
Musical numbers were rendered by
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Rowdon and r.
A. Robbins, and addresses were given
by S. E. Brady Of Pocatello, George
NJ. Scott of Idaho Falls and X. A
Smith of Omaha.
Mr.. Brady said he was very glad
20 see the new organization and he
believed that it would do much good.
he said that eastern Idaho had In the
past two years secured something