The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-04-14
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M. A. Foster of Arco spent Sunday
here.
N. P. Jorgeson vas in from Baselt
Friday.
N. Tanner, Jr., took trip to Salt
Lake last week.
Howard Wasley and wife we're up
from Pocatello Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Nelson have
returned from Salt Lake.
There is a new telephone line out
to Mr.. Dippel's residence.
Five carloads Of sugar beet seeds
arrived from Germany Sunday.
John Girard. the engineer at the
sugar factory, has bought him farm.
N. T. Conklin Of Hot Springs was
in town last week looking up school
matters.
Brown & Eldredge have erected a
new awning at their furniture store on
Bridge street.
A Mr.. Hunter of the American
Book Company Of Chicago, was in
town Monday.
Mrs. Crawford of Riverside has
been visiting her son Lewis Nugent
at st. Anthony.
C. V. Hanson will ship car of
horses down from Lost River soon to
be sold at the Red Barn.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown are stay
ing at the Cottage Hotel. They have
sold their home and will build again.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. H. Bolin are get
ting settled in their home at the
Brown cottage east of the L. D. S.
hall.
VIM. M. Dye of Basalt has about
1900 fruit trees in flourishing. condi-
ton, and is planting enough to make
an orchard of $500 trees.
George Powell left Friday for
Bingham, Utah. Mrs. Arthur Ste
vens entertained number of friends
that evening in his honor.
Neil Boyle has block of land on
Bridge street just west of the big
drain, and is having it plowed ready
TO put in to roses or something.
Jas. Morris of Groveland sold 80
acres this week to John Girard for
$45 an acre. Two years ago this land
was worth less than half that price.
w. R. Jones and company are sell
ing goods at the Hub. J. Ed. Hart
degan, Ester Hartdegan, Orville
Duncan and Leonora Kimball are on
the force.
R. H. McAtee is preparing to put
in large, up-to-date soda fountain
and complete stock Of confectionery
in the building where the Togo Res
taurant was.
Last Sunday there were 80 stock
cars on the siding, some cars of lum-
Der and merchandise, 5 cars of beet
seed, 70 rock and coal cars, and few
box cars and coaches.
"Sailor JEAN visited town Tues
day in his tour of the Union. He says
he has made wager to visit every
state capital in the Union, travelling
afoot and pushing wheelbarrow. He
has made about half of the tour and
is writing a book.
G. H. Holbrook has invested in
new pair of computing scales which
cost 1925. They do their own COM
putting, and all clerk needs to do is
to read correctly and move the weight
where it tells them to. George will
show you more about it.
Chas. Dahman has been beautify-
ing his place on Bridge street, and
will soon have green lawn. A new
sidewalk at his place and at the W. A.
Younie block near the big drain, are
in evidence. Mr.. Younie is fixing up
his lawn and setting trees.
Messrs. Blethan, Kinney and Ken
nedy expect to join the gentlemen
who are sending to Kentucky for
car of fine bred stock. They intend
to bring out for each a wei! broken
family buggy horse. Fine animals of
all kinds are valuable additions to
the wealth Of community.
A stock company has been formed
to erect two story building next to
Boyle Bros. and Vests, to be 80 by
100 feet, with a general merchandise
store ON the first floor, and some off
ces to rent up stairs. The place is to
be known as the Progress Building,
and is built by the Progress Build
ing Company whose officers are, L. R.
Thomas, Peter G. Johnston, H. d.
Brown, B. S. Rupp and O. Buchanan.
Excavations are being pushed for the
basement, and the dirt is being used
to grade the low places in the streets