The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-04

| f1cient bond for payment Of the same.
1t is situated east of town, and one
mile from the centre of population A.
| V. Scott donated sixty acres. of land,
and A. d. harrison twenty acres, and
| so soon as completed and the spacious
grounds set out in shubbery and trees,
/ the contributors will be amply repaid
/ for their labOrs and enterprise in the
! laudable undertaking. When the
| orphans and widows OF deceased mem
bers are pleasantly domiciled within
| this beautiful home in the time to
/ come. the haven of security and con-
| tentment thus provided, and lit up
within by a halo of bright faces and
| joyous smiles, will be recompense suf-
ficient-a bright and deserving monu-
ment to the people. 1t is not yet com
pleted, though I understand that the
| Grand lodge at the last session donat-
| ed 81, 500 towards that end. Aside from
this. it will take another $1,500 to make
| it ready for occupancy, and I am as
! sured that no pains will be spared to
rush the work to completion. and at as
early a day as is practicable.
NEW TELEPHONE LINE.
A telephone line is being constructed
| from Idaho Falls as far as st. Anthony,
sixty miles distant. The poles are set
/ for the entire distance. This line
passes through the following towns:
Iona, Lewisville, Monad. Labelle, Rigby.
Lyman Town, Burton, Rexburg, Teton,
MILFORD and Edmunds. There is also
a branch line from ReXburg to Market
Lake, on the railroad. ". II. b. crow
is building the line. and expects to
have it in operation at an early day.
up. FREIGHT SHIPMENTS.
Rv courtesy of the Union Pacific
| officials. and the obliging agent here,
/ George c.. Hangnon, l was permitted TO
I go over the books showing shipments TO
| and from fer several years past, and
as time forbids making out tabulated
statement, I can only say that the
| Union Pacific is doing an enormous
business through this station, and
| shows a startling increase in proportion
/ to the wears as they have gone on.
! Idaho Falls is one of the best shipping
I points for revenue the Union Pacific has
/ got, and later on it is thought they will
make additional Improvements here
/ commensurate with their increased ship
ments yearly.
IMPLEMENT HOUSES.
1 learn that the implement houses
here do a phenomenal business, and this
| from the fact that new settlers are con-
stantIy coming in from the older settled
states intent on taking up farming
where they do not have to depend upon
rainfall-where they practically cut out
the season to suit themselves in crop
| interests. Hundreds of families, from
Kansas and Nebraska particularly.
have come in and settled here the past
season, and still they come. More agri-
cultural implements are sold in Idaho
Falls every year than are sold in Salt
Lake city-the building UP of the great
farming belt hereabout warrants this.
Take the Consolidated Implement
| company for instance; George A. Snow.
Of Salt Lake city, is the general man
| ager. The officers Of the branch firm
here are T. b. Shannon, manager: Bar
nard White, president; w. w. Burton,
vice-president. They carry $4,000
stock, and their yearly sales amount to
| over SIS, 900.
Then there is the Cooperative Wagon
and Machine company. They carry
about the same amount of stock and
their sales run up to SS5, 900 yearly. G.
G.. Wright is the manager, with Heber
]. Grant, of Salt Lake city, president
Among the other large houses here,
doing a large mercantile business, are
Anderson Bros, the Clark, Tanning Co.
and the u. G. VI. L, the latter branch
house Of the Salt Lake firm. BENJAMIN
Bennett is manager. and the heads of
all these firms here report business
fairly good and picking UP steadily.
The Idaho Falls Elevator, built by
w. S. Jackson, has a capacity of 100. 900
bushels, and yet the time is approach
ing when even this will be Inadequate
to the needs of the town.
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS.
Idaho Falls has ample hotel accom-
modations in the, way of the Burgess.
the Barry and the Graehl hotels. L
have no hesitancy in advising the
travelling public to stop at the latter,