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Show GEM STATE FACES DRY SPELL BRAVELY ceordir.g to Vern A. Culver, sales manager man-ager t;ie Motor Mercantile company, l ie ueoole of Idaho, generally speaking, aro taking the extraordinary drought which has visited tlie Gem state this ear vlujo-sophicallv. vlujo-sophicallv. When it became apparent p.fter the first long period without rain ;ha: a protracted drought was to bo expected, ex-pected, many of the business men became be-came fearful that "the bottom was going to drop out of things." It appears now in most sections that the farmers are making adjustments that unquestionably wiH enable them to realize considerable from their crops. This will make it impossible, im-possible, of course, to produce the record-breaking record-breaking crops that had been .the sanguine : hope of practically every Idahoan. It is felt, however, that, generally, the excep-tionellv excep-tionellv high prices that will be obtained for commodities will, at least in a measure, mea-sure, offset the damage done by the water shortage. The ga-a-e men state that the conditions condi-tions mentioned affected their business rather senously for a ttcek or ten flays, but af'er tV- "first scare had gone o'er, business becan to resume lis natural course and is now very satisfactory. Near- ' v everv dealer in automotive accecso-ie.c. according to Mr. Culver, anticipates that bus'ness will continue good through the remainder of the year. "1 was agreeably pleased with .ie improvements im-provements that I saw in almost every town I visited." said Mr. Cuher yeEter-oav. yeEter-oav. "which shows that the financial conditions con-ditions of this section are far from discouraging." |