Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-14
Company Has Been Organized to
Plat Out Section Purchased
Adjacent to 0. S. |.
REGULAR P0CATELLO BUDGET
Commercial Club Gets Busy on Mat
tiers of Concern to the City
~-Othcr Items.
Special Correspondence.

- Quite stir has been created here
over the news that has come from
McCammon during the week, and
present indications are that Mccain
mon bids fair to become quite a prom
inent spot on the map of Idaho The
news referred to Is to the effect that
q company has been organized, to be
known as the McCammon Investment
company and composed of T. NJ. Ed
wards, J, p. McDermott, Frank Wax
elberger, Charles Edwards H. o.
Hardness and Thomas Jenkins, for
the purpose Of building up Mccain
mon and encouraging business enter
prises Of all kinds to locate there.
TO this end the company has bought
up all the holdings of Mr.. Hardness
there, with the exception of the hotel,
the creamery and the livery stable,
these will be retained and operated by
Mr. Hardness.
The land purchased comprises about
40 acres. lying close to the tracks of
the oregon Short Line, and surveyors
will be put to work at once plating 1t
and laying out the lots. Streets Will
be laid out, graded and lined on either
side with shade trees and It is stated
that force Of forty men viii begin
work on the new townsite immedi-
ately.
Plans are already out for two story
hardware store, TO be built of brick
also drug store (this later to be OBJ
Lxt hA
pany of Pocatello) and several cot
tages a bank is also to be put up IN
the near future, and situated as It is
In the center OF a large farming and
stock raising country as well as be-
ing the junction OF the Oregon Short
Line from the east and south, Nc
Cannon would appear TO possess ev-
cry advantage necessary to make of
1t quite respectable village.
COMMERCIAL CLUB.
The Commercial club Of PocatelIo
Is beginning to interest itself In some
matters of concern To the city, but
which for some cause or causes UNI
known have been neglected In the
past.
AT the meeting OF the board of gov
ernors held at the Office of Chairman
the proposition to or EN- q road from
Pocatello to Marsh valley was freely
discussed.
II is proposed TO build a road run
ming over the hills from Inkom--
twelve miles south of here-instead of
following the circuitous route around
by way Of McCammon, as at present.
1t is claimed that the proposed road
would cut the distance down to IS
miles, instead Of 40 miles as at pres
emit Before going ahead with the
road however, II will be necessary to
obtain permission from the govern
ment as part of the route lies through
the forest reserve, and the matter OF |
making final arrangements has been |
lett with the committee on roadways |
Of the club.
The matter OF sewerage for the city |
OF Pocatello, was also discussed and Il |
was the order Of the directors that the |
city officials be urged to give the mat |
Ter their earliest attention.
ART EXHIBIT.
The faculty of the academy are
making arrangements for a splendid |
art exhibit here, commencing April Is, |
and extending over April 81. To this |
END tho promoters OF the enterprise |
nave arranged with the A. w. Elson |
company of Boston, Mass, for an ex- |
hlbition of 1877 pictures, including car
pons' photogravures, oil paintings, etc.
=, me object of the exhibit is to give |
tne people of Pocatello an opportunity !,
OF seeing reproductions of some of the |
work ~ the great masters, and to Sc |
cure additional pictures with which to |
adorn the walls of the academy. for |
ms latter purpose small admission /
lee VIII be charged and whatever Is |
leit after the expenses have been de-
lItyed VIII go for that purpose. The |
exhibit will be In the Trinity hall
Manager Segafoos, OF the De Forest
wireless, delivered his most interest
ing lecture in the McNlcholls and
w right hall here Tuesday evening and
tnle result has been that the Rocky
nountain Bell company here Is In |
aanser OF being left glrless. the girls
having evidently concluded that there
would be nothing doing In their line
alter the watch pocket phone spoken
Vi Dy Mr. Segafoos was Installed, and
a. a consequence several of the oper-
ators nave announced their engage
nehtS to be married. Manager Sega
!pos IL responsible for the statement
.ldt station will be established here
within the next 80 days.
BRIDGE WASHED Ut.
, county Commissioner w. II. Lar
I'm VINO Is attending a meeting of the
~, r"atd here this week received word
,uesday that the bridge over the Bear
we, VET al soda Springs had been washed
aNdS The commissioners appropri-
.le1 S249 for repairs 20 this bridge at
ttnelr last meeting, and the money had
yu9' been expended, so that that
In9uht as well as TIE cost Of the
.,,s originally has gone down the
., lopson g. Hull who have been I'm
,uec grocery business here for so long
W. taaI the memory OF man runnoth not
~ me contrary have decided to clSe
p',, inelr grocery line and are ar
,B'ils TO open up first class furni-
no,', mouse In the building they are
now occupying.
ana ne buhl townsite opens April II,
oottV me Short Line announces a rate
sf,'o Tor the round trip, tickets on
A. hril ~ and Is, and limited to
P'H 70 There will also be sale of
Lool lands in the vicinity Aprt l6
NJ ~ u IS expected that quite a number
~ respective purchasers will take adj
D''ase OF the reduced rate.