Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-12-20

ness men of Paris is Bishop Robert
Price, who came to Paris in the ear
" settlement of this city. He was
very poor man at that time and all
he has now came to him by dint of
hard labor and persistent applica-
ton. He Is owner and manager OF
the Pioneer sash and door fac
! tory of Idaho. He established this
industry In 1870 and has been forg-
ing to the front ever since. He has
the largest assortment of doors and
windows in the valley, also all kinds
of imported holdings. He owns an6
manages three mills all of which are
doing a good business. lie has the
oldest mill in Bear Lake County as
we'll as the newest and most up to
date mill. His pay roll for the
month just past was $4,000 and Is
doing business to the amount OF
$50 900 per year.
In years gone by but little atten-
ton has been paid to dairying In
Bear Lake County. It was not
strange thing for ranchers having
from twenty to two hundred head Of
COWS going without butter for table
use, Those who did make butter
had hard time of disposing of the
same, as they did not understand
how, to properly care for the milk
and cream. During the summer OF
1898 it dawned upon some of the
leading men of Paris that cream
cry would be a good thing for the
community, and they acted upon the
Thought, and the result was tLat
creamery was built and furnished
and commenced operations in the
fall of that year. Twenty thousand
dollars is now distributed annually
among the citizens of Paris and sur
rounding country for milk purchas-
ed. The Pioneer creamery butter
takes the lead in all the markets ir
which it is handled, and the direc-
tors of this industry are highly pleas
ed with the outlook of the future fol
this. enterprise.
In the month of July, 1905, two
gentlemen from the central part o.
the State by the name of A. *. ant
Frank Steunenberg while visiting
visiting in Paris and other points o
interest In Bear River Valley con
cluded that Paris ought to have
bank. With those gentlemen t.
= think was to act, and after SOM
MT little talk with leading citizens o
re this place the Bear Lake State Banl
O. was organized with a capital stool
e of $4,000, large portion Of whicl
d. was taken by local capital. A ney
al brick building was built on the cor
OF ner of Main and Center streets JUS
south of the Pendry Merchantil
he Store. The doors of this establish
at ment were thrown open for bushes
nc during November of the same yea
'es with Will H. Young as cashier. MI
be Young evidently was the right ma
lis In the right place and through tao
sp- and careful business management h
mt has built up business that has ia
ry exceeded the expectations of the OF
sc ganizers. The depositors apparent
tte " have the utmost confidence In tn
bank as during the money stringer
re cy through which the country
&C now passing there has been no III
'af due call for money. and while th
he cashier has conserved his coin an
g currency he has not been compelle
to resort to anything out of the o.
binary to keep business moving.
Located on Main street, north /
and on the same block as the She
herd Mercantile Co.'S establishmel
s.. is the w. J.. Wilcox Drug Co. 1sh
Is the old drug store that has bee
). running in Paris for years. 1t W:
formerly owned and managed
a. Orson Pendry. Early last sprir
NJ. ]. Wilcox and R, F. Crowford
this place purchased the entire stot
owned by Mr.. Pendry and have sin
been doing business under the fir
name of NJ. ]. Wilcox and Conpan
Is They carry general line of drui
and are doing about $4,000 bus
ness yearly. NJ ]. Wilcox is a r
gistered pharmacist and takes gre
pleasure in satisfying his customer
They have q nice line of Christm
goods on display
During the year of 1905 some
the young men of Bear Lake Coun
who have money lying Idle cencei
ed the idea of establishing a DIR,
store in Paris. They acted accor
ingly. and incorporated the Be
Lake Drug COMPANY nnder the la
of Idaho with capitalization of s.
600. 1t was predicted by many tn
this drug store could not live in t
cityof Paris, but since the day t