Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-02-28

A thriving, bustling, hustliDg, /
modern city is being built here on |
the desert. The desert itself is be-
ing conquered and within a few
years beautiful homes will spring
forth as the fruit of mans labor
with the magic aid of irrigation
King Irrigation has arrayed his
forces against the old king of the
desert and is driving him back
into the mountains. The country
surrounding Mountain Home is
beginning to throb with new life,
the city itself is aroused to a reali-
zation of the wonderful possibilities
which have beeen lying dormant all
these years right at its doorway
and a new life has been aroused
within it,
Alladin's magic lamp of the
Arabian Knights presented no more
wonderful changes than greet the
old citizen of Mountain Home
whenever he goes down town.
A commercial club has been or
ganized with Roscoe w. Smith as
its president. Mr.. Smith says that
before the club was organized there
was dissension and discord when
ever any public improvement scheme
was undertaken, but that since the
organization of this club all of the
various factions of the town have
he -
terests of Mountain Home are taken
into consideration above the private
ambitions of any citizen. The town
is now working together as unit,
SAYS Mr.. Smith, and when he re-
counts the various improvements
brought about by the changed con-
ditions it is readily believeable.
The club was organized eigh'
months ago and it now has mem
bership of 100. During that shor
time it has secured the parks along
the raiwlay and had them set tS
trees and grass. 1t has secured ont
of the best and most modern chem
ical fire engines. 1t has taken vi
the matter of getting roads int
Mountain Home from all the sur
rounding country so as to have then
established before the high price
of land make them too expensive
MIR. Smith states that the club ha
taken up the matter with the cit
council of building city fire sta
ton, of installing a sewer syster
and also water works system. H
says that the city council has al
ready passed an ordinance permit
ting owners of block to decide tn
matter of laying cement walks an
that under this ordinance there wi
be several blocks of cement walk
put in this season. He also state
that there will soon be city cleo
tion and that there would be n
politics in the election this spr ing
as all were agreed that Mountai
Home right now needs the use {
the best talent within its bordei
to fill its city offices.
w. D. Evans, formerly of Silvt
City, has recently purchased tt
old Turner House and re-christene
1T the I1OlCl I<NdilS. AfAA L.
ans has purchased a steam hea
ing plant which will soon be il
stalled. He has also purchase
the lots adjoining the hotel on IL
south and proposes erecting tn
summer a two-story addition
the hotel. The lower floors, M
Evans says, he intends using f
store rooms and the upper floo
will contain 35 rooms. These ne
rooms will all be made en- suite al
each will be provided with all Il
modern conveniences of hotel i
cluding baths. This addition w
make IS rooms in the hotel, and ;
will be heated from the same plar
which will use the exhaust stea
from the electric light works
heating purposes in the hotel. TT
steam will have to be piped abe
two blocks to reach the hotel. N
Evans says that he has already I
ceived applications for the rent
the two store rooms he will ha
under the hotel addition, but tt
he has refused all offers for thc
until they were ready to rent
The large number of strang'
being attracted to Mountain Hoi