Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-08-23

plain why we of Pocatello have such
an abiding faith in our city.
fWhen Idaho became a state in
1890, the Oregon Short Line had, but
few years previous, secured from
the Indians, through the government,
a right-of-way for its tracks and Po-
catello became whistling post.
cat that time most of the Idaho
cities that are today Of prominence,
were dignifed as villages, while all
that Pocatello could boast was few
scattered railroad shanties and tents.
BY hard work on the part of the few
citizens a townsite was secured and
incorporation followed. This site
was surrounded by the reservation on
all sides. There were no ranches, no
farming communities and the sole sup
port was derived from the railroad.
"What has been accomplished in
the few intervening years9
"Today Pocatello is the second city
id the state in population and volume
Of business. Its public schools will
compare favorably with those Of east
ern cities of many times its size and
there are none better in the state.
That grand institution, the Academy
o. Idaho. is too well known to need
description of its splendid educational
facilities. Our religious institutions
are varied and the congregations
large, showing that our spiritual well
fare has not been neglected. We have
numerous and progressive retail es-
adjustments Of every kind and five
large and prosperous wholesale houses,
whose volume of trade is increasing
at q rapid rate. The Scowcroft COM
pany, the largest of these houses, car
ries stock of upwards Of $3.50, 900,
and the Franklin & Hayes brewery
pays in wages alone nearly $50, OOO
| per year.
/ "This city is virtually the home OF
| the Oregon Short Line Railroad com
uany in Idaho. Here are located Its
main divisions and shops. Accord
| ing to the books of the company, itf
| disbursements in wages in the city OF
| Rocatello proper is in excess Of
| 100000 per month, while the bust
ness transacted at the local freight
office is upwards Of $4,000 in like
| period.
| "For years we were hampered BY
adverse freight rates. The towns t.
The north, east and west could ordel
much cheaper from Salt Lake thar
from MS. All this has changed. w
have been granted comman poin
rate which IS, with one or two Sigh
variations, identical with that o
Ogden and Salt Lake. This makes
possible for the residents of the stat
, of Idaho and the southern and south
western parts Of Wyoming to transac
, business through this city at grea
: saving Of money in transportation. A
ma illustration: The local rate o.
/, dry goods from Salt Lake and Ogdel
: TO ST. Anthony is $1.05, while fror
I this city it is but 56 cents, and Xix
:, rates maintain throughout the entir
: schedule.
@ aPocatello has one of the finest wa
ter systems IN the world; she has j
{ course Of erection a $4,000 7. M. {
! A. building and ground was broke
i only last week for a $4,000 Carnt
I gle library. The railroad hospital ha
n been recently supplemented by th
r. erection of a splendid General Hosp
q tai, whose reputation is already some
! thing of which we may boast and fet
Q, Justly proud.
n tsThe Idaho-P Portland Cement con
l. pany, recently incorporated, promise
the erection Of its cement factory, ju'
g west Of the city, as soon as its brio
+ plant is completed at Idaho Falls, an