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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



reclaiming it from the desert, many persons scoffed at 

 the idea. It was the first attempt to reclaim the sage 

 brush lands in Idaho. The irrigating ditches and lat- 

 erals were perhaps not model feats in engineering, but 

 they did the work and irrigation of sage brush lands was 

 pronounced a success. 



Mr. Ellis spent twenty-five years on the farm. 

 During this time he was also engaged in the freight 

 business. In early days freight was transported sev- 

 eral hundred miles on pack horses; later, wagons were 

 used, and in this vocation Mr. Ellis spent his early days 

 in Idaho. When the Capital State Bank was organized 

 in 1891 Mr. Ellis was one of the leading business men 

 who became identified with the movement. In 1893 

 he was elected president of the bank, an office he has 

 held since that time. 



The successful business career of H. E. Neal, 

 cashier of the Capital State Bank of Idaho, is a striking 

 example of the results of industry and honesty. There 

 are few young men who have come to the Western 

 States whose success has been more pronounced, and it 

 would be difficult to find the management of a largo 

 banking institution more competent and yet more cour- 

 teous and considerate of the needs of men who are en- 

 gaged in business and who are compelled to reply upon 

 the accommodations extended by bankers at various 

 times. Mr. Neal was born in Iowa and spent his boy- 

 hood days on the farm. He graduated from the State 

 Normal School of Nebraska in 1883, and later attendcrl 

 Tabor College, Iowa, and later the Wesleyan University 

 of Nebraska. His first business experience was in east- 

 ern Colorado, where he was engaged in the lumber and 

 real estate business; he also served two years as county 

 treasurer. In 1891 Mr. Neal moved to Boise and with 

 his brother, W. Scott Neal, conducted a farm loan busi- 

 ness until the following year, when the Capital State 

 Bank was organized and he was given the position of 

 assistant cashier. On February 2, 1894, Mr. Neal was 

 elected cashier, and this position he has held since that 

 date. In addition to his banking interests, Mr. Neal 

 is identified in a financial way with the Fairview addi- 

 tion to the city of Boise, a tract of land valued at $250,- 

 000. He is one of the directors and treasurer of the 

 Utah Long Distance Telephone Company. He is also a 

 large owner in the Ashland Manufacturing Company 

 in Southern Oregon. In addition to his many business 

 interests, Mr. Neal finds time to improve the educational 

 system of Boise, and he has been for some time one of 

 the trustees of the Independent School Districts of 

 Boise. This is conceded to be one of the finest school 

 organizations in the West. 



Among the other energetic and popular young men 

 who are actively engaged in bringing the Capital State 

 Bank to the front rank among the Western financial 

 institutions may be mentioned Fay D. Young and John 

 W. Eagleson, both assistant cashiers. Joseph C. Pence 

 and 0. F. Bacon, first and second vice-presidents, re- 

 spectively, are extensive sheep dealers. The officers 

 and directors of the bank enjoy the full confidence of 

 the people of Idaho. 



OPPORTUNITY. 



They do me wrong who say I come no more 

 When once I knock and fail to find you in ; 



For every day I stand outside your door, 



And bid you wake and rise to fight and win. ' 



Wail not for precious chances passed away, 

 Weep not for golden ages on the wane ! 



Each night I burn the records of the day ; 

 At sunrise every soul is born again. 



Laugh like a boy at splendors that have sped, 

 To vanished joys be blind and deaf and dumb; 



My judgments seal the dead past with its dead, 

 But. never bind a moment vet to come. 



Send $2.50 for The Irrigation Age 

 I ye<v.r, and the Primer of Irrigation 



Hon. Fred J. Kiesel, a Prominent Delegate from Ogden, Utah. 



Though deep in mire, wring not your hands and weep ; 



I lend my arm to all who say, "I can !" 

 No shamefaced outcast ever sank so deep 



But yet might rise and be again a man ! 



Dost thou behold thy lost youth all aghast? 



Dost reel from righteous retribution's blow ? 

 Then turn from blotted archives of the past 



And find the future's pages white as snow. 



Art thou a mourner? Eouse thee from thy spell; 



Art thou a sinner ? Sins may be forgiven ; 

 Each morning gives thee wings to flee from hell, 



Each night a star to guide thy feet to heaven! 



Walter Malone. 



