Show j Agricultural ral D 1 in hi the he Gem State During 1 j h By B y Heber Q Hale H Je Assistant Commissioner 0 oner of Immigration Labor and Statistics of at the State of Idaho Idabo j h fE the i 11 iila I came cam camel cami W i l with his puck pack his pick V V and aud L ami g to tola la o int tho the early sixties of oC j the century there thet followed i toon tiller oC or thu Un th soil to grow vegetables ve I taI C anil grain I o for fIJI him lii thus agri agriculture I J culture In fl Idaho hud 1181 Its birth lC C va sus tho tr in lii this i I j CoI t 1 farming f 1 tig was certainly I ii ly tho iii o ho ri nil n which wh I Ii I 1 1 look the I part L o ot the tho ll e good housewife houe hOU VIf In III thu victuals for fOl tho an as asI Id Lions gold I l I I ke a gool gooI I Industrious attentive a itten tt Un 0 unil atI U 11 1 Ino 1 Industry ty lUis lias hi I 11 mill all 81 id I iii ta tJ until U U U I lt I Lt offspring H I of Or efi i Mint and t now stands nt t tho thu I j head or Of fill t h ii Industrial in I flU u 1 S tI I fn ii I y of Idaho It Jt Ml 1114 Il IIi thu hosted at al aly every oel ery table II mill OOOO people pay iut 1111 homage h tr It ItI f I ii climatic a tl and other general f natural phenomena lh teemed not ol ill o in upon her hor settlers tb I fact f et hint 1 pregnant t with vI t soil SI I I 1 j productiveness utI and U I iti that hat fhe I wd toward tot rd agricultural I ru I favoritism t On Olt the IheI th L I contrary c fl t a her hI 1 ir firs I citizens I t kons um allured ul I hero hy h illio goddess of gold and this was wa as solely Um I ho object of their r pursuit I But Bur later hll r goddess 2 went vont ent forth I find waved her wand over oter tho the brow of tho easterner and ho he packed I his goods and Struck the tho trail for fOI the west vest This second goddess was WitS I that of spring and her hel pat patron patron ron found the tho hills tho the valleys the tho theof J plains of Idaho mantled In perfect green the Inarticulate language jf of f I i I hand thrust tHell plows Into Ino h o ot I the t o and n 1 turned t tho the black k crumbling soIl face faeo to tho the nun un they thoy cast cat seeds sec s Into 1110 it tho the rains fell ami aJl am their grain germinated and began tto to shoot hoot Itself through ugh the tho th surface of oftIe tIe g but Iut lo Io the rains ralin ceased and iid hil the thie sun 14 1 I rca d its Intensity lt of heat hi h tt lI until ul il the pung oung crop c oJ was threat threatened at ened destruction dE what could bo lIo done tione An 11 Idea lUen lashed flashed d Into their minds s The rhe streams they obtained the thia fresh cool water to t quench nob tho the thirst of stock stoe and their thelt own they would make do still further ser sor service sC l lIc vice Ic that of 1 the thc thirst of their drying crops s The plan worked magically I eal I y New lIro II to j camp into I ii to the tho I alid tile the warm sun seem seemed ed tI I lo to morally draw thc thie stalks toward Ih 1 Jt was InH a r crop crIll ci was harvested and a 1111 the faith of thu tho trusting and Industrious farmers came buck to them hearing beating fruit 1000 I fold Henceforth there thi Ih re ic was no more mote falter faltering falterIng ing log faith or doubting jour fecil carth earth was trusted and anti SIlO she proved true to her hii trust Tho The agricultural indus industry in us try tn planted from fronk fro III tho minutest seed ced took root lout and grew grev and has become a mighty tree trec whoso whose roots permeate the tha soil ohI of all al tho the laud land anti and whose branches branch roach out to every Inhabited spot of earth carth bearing hear ng UI of life ilfe and the tha th reward of nf industry IDAHO A DREAD BREAD PRODUCER The world will some day da look to Idaho as 15 one of the principal sources from which come the bread to feed 31 and d Unreserved reserved Lands LanM I FollowIng Is a table the tho acreage or of the and unreserved d lands if the to by with Ith notes on the class claB claBo o oL of if r agricultural grazing oral or 01 sagebrush and lava COy ered f Acreage Nature of the Land AlIa iia Gm timbered u ural Heal Luke Lako 62 t Arid Arl I agricultural Arid A ild hl lava I lalnI sage I Arid mountainous timbered gins graz t ro s agricultural tImbered Canyon la 2 rId 1 sagebrush plains ft l mountainous t ii ro Arid agricultural I r Arid I sagebrush J I 4 I OS uni Id ii t a gil timber grazing I t i 1 ioor ii tin i Id d itta I i Lemhi 3 Arid it Lu ral gril zI jig jigLi Lincoln Li lava In va sagebrush Nez mountainous ag agricultural l 1 4 J 4 Arid laviL timbered mIneral a 1 will Falls Fulls Jn In ii a county u Alid t graz aliI j t I I II a i un till which C message mes the tile para pala paradise I dise IH UIs o of oC o the tOCk man l ls was Ia tho the to his hI mind lIe He saw only ase 1 I ho cured cared for or nothing above C W the earth nor below helow it merely its out outer outI er cr garment its cloak of green attracted I him He sot to Immediately and soon his own herds of sleek leck fat kino coy cov covered 00 med ered the hills and amI commenced devour devouring ing lug the tho juicy green blades which were soon llIn to make their thell master king Years passed ire ftC re the third goddess went forth fOIth Her Bel magic maglo was not so enchanting as that of her two plede It curried carried with It IL neither r the tho glitter gl of gold nOr I the luxury of boun boon bounteous bount t ous She Silo was the goddess god e s si i of summer her days wore vore hot hal and dry dryL end her hor carried with It tho L burden of toll toil consequently many f were loath to obey iier lice EI call cull mill and the tho fOil few who did moved d l slowly and amI half halfheartedly heartedly forward Some Somo considered it all a delusion others had better bellm faith it Decades passed pas ell and the time world remained k yet et In ignorance of the result rosult of the venture to entrust seeds In the soil olt oltof f of these desolate mountains MOTHER H EARTH MADE GOOD But soon sooil those of hardier faith and f the nations Her i r present vast J ed d arias areas fOl n not productive spots PotS for fOl glI l h t I ml it t bo be JO found in tile the world and llio success which is I Ib being b a ill III the production of grain by 11 tho thie dry farming f method tl will wi also sot set ot Idaho to the fronts front for it has haH millions milons of acres aOI s susceptible to t the application oC oh this method mn m tho upon ulion which water vater watE cannot be bu conducted by Ih natural gravity many thousands acres neles of which are ar already being b converted d to this use yielding from froni frol 15 to 50 hush bush bushels els of wheat to the tho acre aele according to tho tile kind of or wheat wh at used and the tho atten atton attention aton then tion given ghon to the tho soli 01 oil in it i for planting DRY FARMING Oneida Onelda OnEla county count alone situated In the southeastern put part of the tho state produced on ou dry farms acres no res this year ear about bushels of wheat t together her with I th a considerable I acreage go of rye r e an aid t alfalfa county count wholly within the tho th arid belt farmed without Irrigation last year rem about acres with very v ry good ool results Bannock county has under cultivation and Is producing good crops from 50 GO acres of at dry dr farm land j 4 I ii az j t I 4 I 1 l 4 1 iti V 1 1 i JJ jt V j O L J ji i e q I If f I S lAHOS DAHOS gC Hon S SI I I II I when culled called caled Upon by a p aj j representative for fOI jt Jl p piOl fore forecast I cast la iOl t of if his his hil policies tIle dlo tle tleta ta d a very el full consideration of every plank adopt j rrt Iti a platform lilA lorr JI positive prom proul promises promIses that It If the tho party part was successful In lii tie November election n tim tho C would Imm Id enact Into lii 10 laws WH oVery eel Ill lk In Inti that ti platform Ia Thes public IL sll ak is that the time com cam I made very vor posItive ntH ris risto to what un ity would do lit In case lt was as aH successful at ut Tho people I of this state believing beHoving In the tl principles of time the Republican party par and Liil believing that tIle the platform vo ve adopted would be carried outto out to the time letter Jetel gave us a vote of confidence on Nov No 8 I Io Ve Wo o have a substantial ll majority in both the senate and amid the tho house and there thero c is but one honorable course for forthe time the party hut to tn pursue and that is to place every our platform in effective cf I laws lav a upon tho the statute books This Tills is especially especial true title tru l of the time plank lank relative to local option opton and I feel that woUld I bo ho 10 untrue to time the he trust imposed upon me mime if I did not in lii my m message recommend recommend mend the tho passage of such Shell a law lawIn lawIn In Iii addition to 10 the tho planks In ill our Ol plat platform lal form 1 I am heartily hell in favor of or tho direct primary law I J believe hel ilelle eve that thai every citizen of o our state who is a ii I legal voter has a ar right ight to go into the tho booth hooth alone alono and amid uninfluenced and cast his or 01 her ballot for ton whoever they tle believe beleve Is I best bet qualified to be b entrust edwith eti cd With the of tile the different nt oilS 01 ees within the gift of the people T 1 shall shah strongly recommend In iii my m mes nies message sage a a direct primary primacy law which will vilh wi give iLe the time people of tl this s su state o that right I and that privilege l The United States government has given to the state ItLo of Idaho acres acres of land for fOI the hay lav lug ing In thin llo same placed under proper Ir Irrigation 11 under what is Known as ts thu the Catey act acl Time Tho amount U ii of nf f money rep rell Iii the thi I present t Investment I a In Iii II 1 Carey act project that must mush lu 1 arl arlI I ly hy I como before I ho Ito land lalli Ia i j ii board boa mil amounts a i t tI I 0 over PO dollars I believe that tho duties ii U ti is of fC I f tho time state e I wHo I are ItIC of oe tile the present I t land board are aru tn to all al th I time and outside of nf f tho groat greul amount of work vork 0 necessary nJ to be ho minim duno lii In bit wih Carey Carcy act work wijk and Hii for fOI thil reason I shall recommend 1 tini lint Wl r ri 1 i board b a d of c timid and eleod 11 lib ho named ns as ast ji t Carey Care net act netland lt land laud board boad bor 11 Ui 10 t handle hanle ail zd I of o i tile the matters teis teisI I which hl h may la come COllie up ii P vp to tn the time ic m 1 e c of lands In lii II this slate Alle over which tile tho th state will vill wi have bavo IHlO control tn t l lOm Our Om state has never hover provided any an home nor nOI hits has It 1 I t provided any In au y manner her of caring fur for the tho tl minded I 1 believe blew it is n a duty dut which tho Halo owes to these unfortunates to 10 provide 1110 ways and mean for fOI caring carin for fot cit them thor protect their health and educate them so far fal as lS they are arc capable of receiving Instruction and amid alc I 1 hope hOe to be ho able abl dur during lug Ins my m administration to t provide for forthe the care came of these people In tills this manner In our oui OU state I am an am heartily heartt in II favor aol of Ing lug and assisting nil all 01 of our OU edu educational and all other institution In lit all 01 itys ays which vIli tend to and amid male make them anti belter hete and amid UI more lole beneficial bo be to those whIt wh occupy the lie homes hollIes as us rl well wol ns as those wilI attend a the educational Institutions I I believe that one of or the Ule great need of this state shUI Is II good roads anil ann es especially e Is this true of tho the remote parts of the thc state where no 10 railroads arc n liable future to be constructed In the tho near nea 1 have spoilt twenty years of my m lift liftIn Ii In the tho irrigation business and unI believe belco that I understand the tile trials triai and tribu tribulations lations the tile settler has bus to average on Ca OI lute duro in building a homo in il a n new and ml Irrigated i country COIt count 13 Our Ou irrigation Ion laws lawsIn II Ia In lIt II many respects aro Iro al 0 primitive and need revising especially IH Is l this true an as anto asto to 10 the I lie manner i of O f determining iii mm I mig what t limo tho Irrigation lilga I ion rights of tho n individual I hid are arO under the time laws and 1 j hope liopo that Out our next hex L legislature leg isle to It will wl II 1 tam no such a 1 law lawIs ls its will milI wl enable tho time farmer utah and water titter later user to It II feel feci secure after lift JI lt has onto nc improved his II I s fum fl 1 I lii and ulel used ucil the thi e water and Ih proved up imp Ul on cit 01 ills his water walor right light Un Uti Under der ml or our o ur fl I system any a ii farmer can call ual bo hO dragged ti I mm to tt any I 1 13 number Il of o limes lime even COI Oll after his Ills water right has been beema adjudicated bythe b tile proper author authorities cs H At Iho lb same Silie time I J realize Unit the th ill rale 11 tl of fixation trow lol in lii this tIlls sate Is s very vUI high Ii owing fling tg to tIlt tho tl fad fact that wo wt e are arc In Ill Inthe IllI the I I Itt early cathy carl i lagl t ages of development cI ye t all d 1 require I mc moio mOi 1 from f om our Oi III r citizenship ci II hl I it in I a that way vay wa than wo we will trill in II future futuro years nr I 1 shall therefore favor only olly such Kuch ap up appropriations 1 us mis lS r I feel foci aro u me absolutely alJ necessary for fO the welfare of our ot dif dlf different different ferent Institutions h and needs and amI shall hal it at IL I all times LI mImes hear bear In lii mind in I nil the tho fad fact t that tija I the time taxpayer C Is entitled to full con colt consideration COI and amid fair fai treatment and ami the tho people of this state can rest assured that 1 t will wi at nt nil all al times use my host ef of efforts efforts forts to keep the tile expenses of the tho ad nd administration ministration nt at time the lowest possible point consistent with wih good business principles ples pl 1 1 smut shall hal in ill all al things work wort for fOl the time moral as aA well wel as material welfare of our splendid young oung commonwealth and andI I believe hel eve that the tile people will wi hold hol up upil my m il hands in all 01 the tile good timings things T I un on undertake to do doMy 11 My aim fill during my lily administration shall Ihal be at all nl times to give equal treat treatment treatment ment and fair treatment to all 01 I bo ho levo that 11 t time the capitalist and amId a ld laborer In Loro and md the tho producer Iro are 01 necessary for time the success of any an undertaking for this thIn th prosperity of any state slate and amI I hope to see tOll nil ni of o these Interests ts work in 11 en entire tire time tre harmony harmol and for the tile best interest I of all al concerned Fremont county is farming faInting probably acres acrs by the tile dry method with wonderful success producing as ns high as OJ 10 GO bushels hu hels of wheat to the tho acre and other grains In lit proportion oats olis barley hadey and amid ld alfalfa are arc suc sue successfully grown without water Bear Beam Dea Lake Lale county count is s COPS crops without Irrigation from flom about 1000 acres Cassia county from rm MOO El Elmore more county COUlt 2000 O O Ada county 2000 Canyon county Washington county count county and Custer county 2000 These will wil ag aggregate Ul aggregate a 0 quick total of o acres of or land farmed In tho tim arid portion of the stale slate without irrigation In Ill tlC the hive five northern counties of or tho tile countes state slate |