Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-19
THE IMPLEMENT
TRADE IN IDAHO.
The Important Part That Has
Been Played by the Consolidated
Wagon & Machine Company.
GROWTH HAS BEEN ASTONISHING
Business Record That Forms an Is.
scutlal Portion of the History Of
The Snake River Valley.

The history OF the Snake River Valley
would scarcely be complete without
some mention being made of the Idaho
Falls branch OF the Consolidated Wagon
& Machine Co. at Idaho Falls Idaho.
This corporation IS one of the pioneer
agricultural implement and yehcIe
establishments IN the intermouatam
country, with headquarters at Salt Lake
city.
The present directory consists of the
following well known gentlemen.
Joseph +, Smith. Geo. r. Odell John
Henry Smith, w. S. Mccormick, Heber
j. Grant l.. $. Hills, George RImney
Il. r. Snow, G, S, Burton Geo. A. Snow
q, G. Wright, j. II. Moyle Melvin q.
| Wells. The active officers Of the COM
pany are Joseph f, Smith, president
| w. 5. Mccormick, vice president; Mel.
vim d. Wells, secretary and treasurer
| Frank II. Snow, assistant secretary and
treasurer; Mr., George T. odel, general
manager.
This institution is the successor by
consolidation, OF the co-Operative Wag.
on Machine company, and the Con.
solidated Implement company, the two
corporations which did business for a
! period of about eighteen years under
their respective headings, and whose
history is so well known to the people
Of this country that 1t Is not necessary
to enter into detail at this time. II
might be of interest, however, to the
| residents Of the Snake River Valley
to present few facts connected with
its growth.
Early in the year 1889, the Co.Opera.
tive Wagon q Machine company estab.
lished branch at the town known as
Eagle Rock, and shortly thereafter pur.
chased the business OF c. Bunting &
company, of Blackfoot, and also the
branch house of Messrs Barber &
Thomas, who were acting as the CON.
pany's agents at Logan and Idaho Falls
previous to the establishment of this
branch, while about one year later the
Consolidated Implement company pur-
chased the business of the Bannock
Implement company, which was at that
time acting as its agents.
From the foregoing 1t will be seen
that the implement business in the
Snake River Valley was at this time in
its infancy, these two companies COM
bined, having done perhaps less than
one tenth Of the present volume Of
business done by the Consolidated Wag-
on & Machine company The business.
however, has grown so rapidly that 1t
has become necessary to establish
branch houses under the control Of the
Idaho Falls house, in order to give peo-
pie the benefit of stocks Of goods from
which to select and to deliver them on
the basis Of car load rates Of freight.
Mr.. @. @. Wright the present manager
of the Idaho Falls house, has been with
this institution and one Of It's predeces-
sors from the commencement and
while the entire business done by the
company I'm the Snake River Valley is
under his direct management, the houses
at 81. Anthony, Blackfoot and ReXburg
are locally managed by Messrs /, T.
Wright, w. ID. Trego and j, A, Fryer
respectively. These gentlemen have All
come through the ranks In the imple-
ment business, therefore they are very
familiar with its details, and cQns5-
quently competent 20 handle us Dusl-
ness at these respective points during
the present year the company mas He1'-
ly completed n building at Backiool at
a COST OF something like $4,000, ana con.
templates the erection OF building az
Idaho Falls, perhaps during the seaso"
of 1904. ,.,
The two institutions from which the
present organization was effected cat'
ried the most popular lines manuilclI
ured In the United States ana All VI
these have been retained by the nov
concern, TO which have been added many
others, and It win be seen from the tu'-
lowing list that they nov combine nue.
OF agencies unequaled IN nus region.
Mccormick and Champion Harvest
ing machinery .,.,,.,,s
! Case and Nichols & ShepaId luIo""-
! ing machinery and engines ..,.,
Deere, Canton and Oliver plo"s anu
beet tools
oliver chilled and steel plows'
Haprood Hancock disc ploWs'
Racine, Enterprise, Columbus kaun,
man genuine Ludbrow spring ""b'''
| and buggies.
Miller carriages, aim,
Havana ana Superior grain arms
Frazier carts.
Myers and Red Jacket pumps
Samson and Aermotor wind MUS
Mccormick and Plymouth req '"e
twnes.
stewart stoves and ranges.
Empire cream seperntofs' nob
Sweets genuine common sense
sleds. t,
Movers and Danielgon hny toois'
California Concord harness.
Columbus md Sidney railroad seI"p'
ers. plows, etc, and many aS'Hc'e'
ser in Importance, 49,, risen
Numbers Of small concerns nave ,ss
and dropped out OF existence slugy Sgn
organization of the ConsolidateI W "sss.
q Machine company, and us prev m.
sors but this company through J"
defatigable affOrts to please anu Sian
isfy the public. and following tut me
of furnishing Its customers "ln
hest goods ut an reasonable pIiyssa bos
conservative policy would 1usutl i,r
sucreeded I'm obtaining ana ret3,'''''
the liberal patronage OF the pupM(,,g
The company has always cu'p9s.,t.
striotlv business principles m lts u,ia
ines with n view OF esta bllshlng -
thet wouId be lasting In It's chaI9i,,.u Z,
rive growth of tho company VIM
has been quite rapid. has boen o. "a t ,jcn
eiantial nature, which IS an and
also OF the growth OF this Yulley rd
,ya saal ca fa In predicting a more laF'