The Daily Star-Mirror
VOLUME XL
NUMBER 268
THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR, MOSCOW, IDAHO THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922
ON HIGHWAY TO REAL PROSPERITY
YEBSMITH TELLS OPTIMISTIC
STORY—PA LOUSE COUNTY
A WORLD BEATER
Many of the eastern states are
Harvesting the greatest crops in their
history, according to a statement
made by A. H. Oversmith, in an interesting talk Wednesday before
the chamber of commerce. Mr. Oversmith had just returned from an extended eastern trip, and gave a comprehensive review of conditions as he found them in the centers of population. He said in part:
"We had a wonderful trip and the most gratifying feature was the sight
of abundant crops everywhere east
of the Rocky mountains. There
no unemployment in the east. In the
big city dailies there are columns of
advertisements.
Wanted"
"Help
Farmers, business men, bankers and
factory operators are now certain that
we are past the crisis of the after war
deflation.
'Montana, the two Dakotas and
Minnesota are harvesting the greatest
grain crops they have had in years.
Kansas also reports a wonderful wheat
crop. Help is actually very scarce,
but with good weather conditions the
crops will all be saved. In the Pa
louse country we do not have any com
prehension of conditions as they existed in Montana, the Dakotas and
parts of Minnesota. Until this year
they have not had a good crop for
five years. In some of those years
there was a complete failure of crops,
yet, strange to  Say, the people are not so hard up as one might expect. There have been some bank failures. It is true, but those banks were never operated on sound business principles. 