Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-14
QUE 81. Louie LErrnr


the Carnival OF 1893.
ST. Louis, Nov. 4.-The eanna,.,.
81. Louis has doomed the humber INK
ness, perhaps, more than Il Inns I'll.
sale Of badges and torches. IA N
last Presidential election, the ,neet,ae
Of tho clubs and other party organil,.
tions were held Ia halls or theaters
The increase ia the registration M.
fall has been enormous, and M.
politicians at the outset az Nv
campaign found that they would have,o
abandon the old plan. ACCORDANCE.
one club built . great wlgwam 81 wooS
which would accommodate the oOm
voters ia its wari, eoyering a vaear,
lot nearly block In extent with W.
structure. II was found that il wa.
cheaper 10 do this than 10 hire haIIs
and the idea took Picturesque wooden
shanties, ornamented with camnalgr
devices and the pictures 81 candidate
sprang up all over the city, and now
dot every vacant lot Ia the wards. Al
a ayorality campaign win follow tbis
one tho wigwams will stay TN sam.
mer, At least before they are torn
down and sold again.
One Of the branches OF the wholesale
business uf 81. Louis that IS peculiar
TO this city is occupying tho attention
Of the biz merchants Just now. The
houses here outfit hundreds II sto-sx
in the small towns along ths
rivers Of Alabama, Mississippi. Al.
kansas. Louisiana and Florida
These Southern merchants come to the
city during the time ~ tho Fail Fss.
tivities, and leave their orders POI
years supplies before they 60 away.
About the beginning ~ November, he
wholesalers here seHd out q dee. q
boats loaded 20 the guards with goods
for These Southern customer
Many OF tho houses own their
steamers, and send ont
two or three 81 them; some charter he
boats and send only enc. This som
mercial flotilla stcams along lelsurely
through streams Of the southern
States, leaving the littic landings here
and there hidden uuAcr boxes and
bales Of merchandise. and gets back %
81. Louis about the beginning 81
Spring. in time FOR the bosts % eater
the regular summer river trade.
great saving In freight rates iscHeesel
In this way by the 81 Louis merchants
and u Is IA be presumed the cuat6mefs
got the benefit u the ECONOMY
Scores of men have been busy this
week stripping the expedition b1iidins
% Is exhibits. and tagiug town the
colorcd Tampa aud hSc,l clscisie plere,
that delighted the eyes q a miliioa
people last month. Ia i few days
there win little remain In sight u the
festivities splcndor except The lilamin.
rtcd signs and mottoes % the neF-
chants, which they viii keep blazing
al night as an attraction % the rasser-
& by. The festivities committees are a..
ready at work on their plans Tor next
Z years celebration, aad viii shortly pat
designers g. making the sketches for
The many brilliant street pictures i is
Intended 10 have The spectacle Is o -
so much more elaborate and costly in
lsgl than Il was this fall that tbe work
must b. begun much earlier.
I About twenty years ngD WaahIugiau
university was located on Washington
avenue. over mile from the Mrs-
chants Exchange. aud ak scparals
buildings were erected Tor the several
branches Of the school. Business thea
had no, got Within half mile ~ The
site. and there were only few dwell-
ings In tile nciFhborhood. Now, rlee
trio cars run by the lecture roouis, and
/ the roar Of dozen factories disturb
tho students. The city has grown
miles past the university. aud has
made the value Of It's property ten
times what II was when is doors were
FIRST opened So. the university viii
move. and Il win almost DO able % pay
for is land and its new buildings BY
the sale Of It's present property io'
manufacturing purposca