Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-07-29
STILL FIoTINo SMOKE.
81. Louis Getting Rid Of An old.r,m,
4 Nuisance solidlty OF Western naph.

Nuisance s0lidity OF Western nAuh.
ST.. LOUIS, May 29.-The agitatlo,
against smoke has proved a great sns
cess in st. Louis and il Is now eyidsn,
that consuming devices will be IN ~.
generally within few months. Nearlv
two thousand citizens have joined ~
local Smoke Abatement Association and
some Of the worst offenders are included
i'm these. The willingness expressed On
all hands TO put in smoke-eonsuminv
devices Is so great, and so many a.
going 20 do the work this summer, that
by the time the fan festiYity season
opens there viii be comparatively littls
smoke in the business section Of TIE
city and one very unsatisfactory feature
OF most advertising cities viii disappear
entirely.
The action OF the ST. Louis banks IN
contributing some e., 900. 600 ia gold .
assist in restoring the traditional hun.
bred millions, and the ease with which
ten times the amount could have been
contributed had II been needed, has
called attention 20 the very eonssrSa.
tive manner In which the banks Of 81
Louis are run. While the bank clear.
ings have been doubling themselves the
number Of banks have increased but
slightly. Hence nearly all the fnAn.
eial institutions are old established and
the business they are transaeting 4 81
a most profitable character. Most u
them have been through no less than
three periods Of diseOnraging. financial
depression and have weatheFed the
storms without an effort. II y many
years since there was run on . hank
Ia 81. Louis and such an event s really
well nigh impossible.
The Travellers Protective Associa-
ton, whose national president resides
in ST. Louis, Is arranging for a remark
able celebration Ia Chicago on June 70.
after the holding Of the PeoFia conyen-
ton. For all practical purposes june
10 will be +. z. A. day AZ the Worlds
Fair, and several thousand angels q
commerce viii b. on hand on that
occasion. Mr.. George ). McGrew, who
has been national president for several
successive years, has definitely declined
T 20 serve again owing 20 the pressure u
business engagements. and one o. The
I important events al the convention viii
I be the selection Of his successor
last year there was a lad working n
a norist's shop here who Thought hc
was not getting on fass enough itoe.
snrred 20 him that many people VI
small means would BE- willing 20 pay
trifie % have small bouquets delivered
10 them every day for their dlnneF Ia
BILE lie spoke 10 his employer abont!t,
and was sncerrd ~ lie got friend %
lend him enough mon-y 20 arnd cut
several thousand circulars, choosing his
names judleiOusly, and enclosed postal
cards in each circular for an answer.
Tie got 40 many encouraging responses
that he felt Justified IN plunglug into
business for himself. and irft his eln.
pioyer. Now, little over twelve
months since he sent uas his frss e!rrR'
lars, he i letting contracts FOE a store
and hot house which will cost him trv-
eral thousand dollars His IDEA was a
good one, and he Nays that he sends oui
several hundred bouquets q day. charg'
ing from twenty-five cents "a ten dol
lars apiece for them
The plans for the free bath.housea
which are % - built this spring Ia
time 10 bc used this summer have bceu
completed by Tho architects 81 the
Board Of Public improvements There
will be three, one Ia South 81, foaia
one In the centre 81 tho city. aud ths
other IN North st. Louis The cost 81
the three = 70 be si1s. 600 They wiii
not be put on tho river. but will b
away from Il some distance. aud tbs
water win come from the city water.
works