Jones. I have it. The State of Idaho and four hundred and thirty-one thousand, eight hundred and sixty-six people. Including colored?
Jerry. Yes, including colored.
Snooks [craftily]. Just a minute, Pres. This here State of Idaho is mostly mountains, ain’t it?
Jerry [anxiously]. I don’t know. Is it, Mr. Jones?
Jones. It has quite a few mountains.
Snooks [hesitating]. Well, now, I don’t know if we better do it after all——
Jerry [quickly]. Three millions.
Snooks. I’ll tell you, I’d like to pull it off for you, Pres, but you see a State like that has gotta have upkeep. You take one of them mountains, for instance. You can’t just let a mountain alone like you would a—a ocean. You got to—to groom it. You got to—to chop it down. You got to explore it. Now take that alone—you got to explore it.
Jerry [swallowing]. Four millions.
Snooks. That’s more like it. Now these Buzzard Islands don’t require no attention. You just have to let ’em alone. But you take the up-keep on a thing like the State of Idaho.