The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-10-22
NEW BUILDING
FOR IDAHO BANK
ST. Anthony Banking and Trust
Company Erecting
New Home.
TOURIST SLEEPING CAR
SERVICE NAUGURATED
Short Line Accommodation
From St. Anthony to Salt
Lake Improved.
Special 20 The Tribune.

Speclal 20 Inc lllDunS
ST. ANTHONY, Ids.. Oct. 2l.-Work
has begun on the foundation for the
new building TO be erected on the cor.
ner Of Bridge street and Idaho avenue
by the st. Anthony Banking & Trust
Co. The building will have a frontage
of twenty-five feet on Bridge street
and run back seventy-Ave feet on Idaho
avenue II will be two stories high,
to correspond with the Ashcraft build
ing. now in course of erection on the
next lot south At later date the
building will be extended back 10 the
aIlev, making it l25 feet IN length. The
material to be used is brick and stone.
The vault foundations are of lava rock
and concrete. FIVE feet thick.
The Oregon Short Line is now operat-
ing a daily tourist sleeping car service
between this city and Salt Lake City.
This is rather welcome addition to the
rather limited accommodation enjoyed
by the travelling public in this section
in winter. This sleeper leaves st. An
thony at $50 p m. and gets out Of
Idaho Falls at about midnight, This
permits people 10 go TO bed at their
usual hour and wake up in Salt Lake
the next morning. The charge for this
service is one dollar, half the standard
Pullman rate.
Fatal Accident.
Franklin Van Sickle Of Farnum died
Tuesday night from fracture of the
skull suffered the previous Saturday by
being thrown from wagon which he
WAS driving. He was alone when the
accident occurred. A neighbor saw the
team going toward home without a
driver and an investigation resulted in
finding Mr.. Van Sickle unconscious by
the roadside. DR.. Harshbarger found
two fractures of the skull and removed
several pieces of the top of the skull,
but the fracture which evidently caused
death was the one at the base of the
skull. Franklin Van Sickle came TO
Fremont county ten years ago with
wife and family, locating at Marysville
His wife died at that. place six years
aoo. Mr.. Van Sickle removed to Far
nun shortly after the death of his wife,
where he took up land, living there up
TO the time of the accident. He was 90
years old and leaves four sons, William,
Leon. John and Frank.
To Winter in California
Mrs. J. H. Mcpherson left last Thurs
day for California, where she Will spend
the winter. DR.. Mcpherson will remain
in ST. Anthony this winter. having
spent the last cold season IN sunny
climcs
A. j. Doer6er and family arrived
from Waterloo, Ia, recently, and eX-
pcct to make this city their future
home.
r. c.. Egleston Of Boise, State Imml-
grafton commissioner under the admin
istration of ex-Gov. Morrison. was IN
the city few days ago, looking after
his real estate interests, He expects TO
erect $25,0 business block in st.
Anthony at no distant dav,
The legal snags in the way OF dam
ming the outlet al Jackson s lake have
been removed and the work Will now be
pushed vigorously. But a month or so
will be required TO complete the tempo
Tary dam.
ST. Anthony is at last TO have Com
merciaI club. 1t is the intention to fit
up permanent clubroom and 10 Sc
cure as large a membership as possible.