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Show II l( i I (' . ' ' ' V ' "i )lt Is to Be Free of Evils, and a " j; i ; Spectacular Feature for Everybody, i ! !!; kliE OREGON SHORT LINE I A HELPFUL FACTOR I : j Abundant Crops in Southern j ' 1 : i . Idaho, in Spite of the J:., Drouths. , j BY O.E. ARNEY. ! ', ' Special to The Tribune. 'I- ; BOISE, Ida., Sept. 17. The inter- j j ' I; .'mountain fair will hold its annual j , ' meet at its spacious grounds in this I city on October 10 to 15, inclusive. L ' These are becoming events of diB- ' ! ' !tlnguished pfido' to most all of' the ' j Istate of Idaho. Last year's annual , I -fair was significant for its enlarge- ;, v i :mont in Bcope. Prior thereto it had i j 1 been somewhat, local. !r - Seventeen counties of the etate con ( tributed to the exhibits in 1009, and I ', in equality, arrangement and quantity j i ' they eclipsed any previous year's er ;, ' j fort on the part of this appreciable medium of obtaining a. knowledge oL " Idaho's resources .for ourselves and tor I the. outside public as wjoll.., . ' The last meeting was distinguished , .by a new departure in policy,! which i .tho patronizing' public ma-y 'be and are ; ."justly proud, a'ud that was the omis- ;' 'i1. sion of both saloon a'nd.pool box privi- I j lege and of subordinating the track i 1 .events to the" exhibit's, the "grading i up" of which go to tho . permanent President Idaho Intenriountain Pair j I Association. !,;' i ; : f' building of the material wealth, pride 1 ' and comfort of the people of Idaho, ji '. f These innovations were not made ' f without staunch opposition. The pa- " troni2ing public, indeed, is not' yet a ' ; unit on the-policy either of drink, ; ( gambling or reducing the interest in !' ' . horse racing. The maintenance of this )')' policy is like the marksman shooting jl ! for a trophy he must win it at each j:,;! succeeding event. j r ' But the last is substantially the j iL present management, especially m the 1J,Jtl' head of the fairr-Edward M. Payne l being its president. -He told me at the i ' ' close of the last 3-ear's successful fair ' 1 that only through a reiteration of the i ' accepted reforms in policy, tried and i, (successful so , then, would he undertake I i to head the effort again, i And it is an effort. Ke who as- . Bumos the burden of responsibility of , conducting a fair is undertaking a task !'i , full of troubles, and requiring ingc- . Jj A nuity, skill, sound judgment and cau- . . j j tion, and the public too often fails to ill ariso to the spirit of appreciation it f ' owes to them, I, ; It Attracts All. ; Probably no form o'f advertisement 1 ,3 ia so eminently successful in attracting !( 3 the attention of the restless emi-1 emi-1 1 'H grant of the more crowded, centers of It,1) t population than the state fair. it " The wise heads are awakening to the if-r'l i fact that by five or six days of in jJV. spection and study of the exhibits of ftij f the state fair, knowledge can be ac-; ac-; J quired as to fruits, grains, grasses, , ; roots, livestock, mines, art, schools, and i i detailed information as to prices of 1 real estate and city property in most, I ill i if not all, o'f the communities of the I A state. A'.d The conduct of the people may be j'ft Btndied as an index to the moral tone I oi tl,e people of the commonwealth. ,'j K J It is a fitting place for lectures on V livestock, horticulture, agriculture, jW I mining, forestry, gardening, art and ?jjt J the sciences, in moderate degree. ffly The occasion should bring together, ft ft) 'j in contest, the people of the rt'liij fi stale in manly sports, .and impetus ft given to those elements in the traits Vt;, ffl of men. women and children which tfjji 5 mako for health, wealth and enjoy jjn mcnt. I The Oregon Short Line Itailroad i a'j $ company has always been a prime fac-'M fac-'M tor in the success' of the Idaho inter- mountain fair. The attention to defy de-fy !, a tails by that company has been espo-cially espo-cially prqmpt -since the local affairs ! i of the company have been looked after p.n H m y oe' Priest, who has become a sub- $ i! m stautial part of the commercial life of j,4 f Si Idaho in a remarkably short space .of .iih m time. In this connection a telegram r m R a lotter are reProduccd. indicative of the cohesion between tho lair association as-sociation and the railway company. THE TELEGRAM. Salt Lake City. Utah, Sept. 13. 1910. Mr Ed Payne, President. Boise, Ida. Short Line and O. R. & N. will Join In free rates both ways on livestock and educational exhibits from university at Moscow for state fair. Plcaso advise quickly when shipments will move. JOEL PRIEST, THE LETTER. -uIlr?nkJla,sled' - s- L- Salt Lake City Utah. Dear Mr. Plalsted No doubt. Mr. Plaished, you have received a message ' of thanks, and I assure you that we appreciate ap-preciate this move more than words can tell. While bclnsr un. old-timer In our state of Idaho before 'the Oregon Short Line arrived here, I want to state to you that I have never in any circumstances circum-stances had any difficulty with the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line. The Oregon Short Lino people on my shipments of sheep through myself and tho Payne & Pence company and tho A. J. Nolan company have treated mo very fairly, and under fire or last year to carry out a first-class state fair I succeeded In doing so. and If the Oregon Short Line people had not stood by me as they are standing by ma at this time, I could not havo done so. We will try to notify you as quickly as possible at what time this, stuff will be loaded at Moscow. If I know where Mr. Priest was or where I could reach him. I would be pleased to thank him for his co-operation In the welfare of our lnter-mountain lnter-mountain stato fair. Again I thank you very much, and if there is anything 1 . can possibly do. call on me. I am yours very truly, EDWARD PAYNE. President. Abundant Yields. ; John Curran of Hagerman valley has just returned to his home from a three-weeks' three-weeks' trip over California. Mr. Curran Cur-ran is ono of the "wcll-fksed" stockmen stock-men of Idaho. "I saw more hay in the Twin Falls country between Milner and Buhl,'" said Mr. Curran todav, "than in the. six counties of California over which' ' I traveled during my visit." Con'tin- . uing ho stated: "Tho Golden State has a heavy fruit crop, but thev fail on everything else of an agricultural nature. Their hay, grain and vegetables vege-tables do not compare with the crops of southern Idaho." iciano nas suttered great loss during this year, 1010. In the southern portion por-tion of the stale a drouth has been experienced ex-perienced that has shortened the irrigating irri-gating season and materially reduced the dry farm crop. In the north ot Idaho, and extending extend-ing down far into the interior of the state, a devastating fire raged for weeks, to the destruction of millions of feet of Bplendid standing t.mber But. on the whole the state has pros-' pered remarkably. In all the valleys or the south is a bumper hay, crop. Grain is turning out well. Fruit was never of better qualitv and there is an abundance of it. The potato acreage acre-age is not so great as usual, but the yield will bo better per acre and tho quality- is good. , Tho horse, cattle, sheep and poultry interests of tho stato are being built up with better grades, and prices are better than usual. Land values are on the increase. A splendid class of citizenship citi-zenship is coming in to occupy tho lands and amid the elements of drouth and fire, Idaho .13 forging ahead at a remarkable rapid pace. |
