The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-13
R|GBY A LIVE LITTLE TOWN
Many New Buildings in Course Of
Erection to Accommodate
Growing Business.


Rigby, Ida, Oct. 11-Notwithstand-
ing the backward and cold spring and
summer, throughout this part of the
Snake river valley. enormous crops
have been raised not emitting the
fruit. A carload of apples was shipped
from Rigby this week consigned to
Ashton dealers, it being the first
straight car of fruit to leave this town.
Local shipments of apples, plums and
other fruit go out often, some nearly
reaching carload proportions. Ten or
fifteen years ago the ability of this
country to produce good fruit was
doubted, but from present indications
this idea is destined to soon be dis
PEELED.
The big ranch of Commodore Thomas
w. Lee, consisting of about $500 acres
and lying a half-mile southeast of Rig
by, has made a good record this year
Mr.. Lee. known hereabout as tom"
Lee, left a $4,000 salaried position in
New York as general passenger agent
of the Delaware & Lackawanna rail-
way to farm in Idaho. He started OPP
erations on the Bungalow ranch" as
it is called, last fail when it was all
were cleared, plowed and 700 of this
planted to crop last spring. The harv-
est produced over $1,000 bushels of
grain, several hundred tons Of hay and
about three cars of potatoes. The COM
modore has interested a number of his
wealthy New York friends in this
famed country. who have also pur-
chased large tracts Of land. which are
now being cleared and plowed. Mr.
Lee will plant about l500 acres to crop
next season. His health is much bet
ter than while in the east and he new
er ceases singing the praises of Idaho.
The beet digging season is on in full
blast The farmers are having consid-
cradle trouble in securing cars to load
their product In for transportation to
the factory. The crop is excellent,
while the acreage is much larger All
three of the factories in this part OF
the valley have been in operation for
several weeks, and the prospects are
now that each will have a months
longer run this season.
The Western Mill & Elevator COM
pany. backed by eastern capital, began
work this morning on a 10000 bushel
grain elevator near the depot, which
will be pushed to completion. Over
10000 feet of lumber will be used in
it's construction.
A. ]. Wipperman is building a one
story brick block with basement, for
his jewelry business. The structure is
up to the square, and will be ready for
occupancy the fore part of November.
The Rigby Furniture company has
the foundation in for a large brick
store building with a frontage of about
sixty feet on Main street. adjoining the
Golden Rule store.
The Idaho Power & Transportation
company, which recently obtained
franchise from the town council, will
reach Rigby the fore part of next week
with its electric light and power line.
The poles are set nearly to the south
limits of the town. The people rejoice
in having good, reliable electric lights,
generated by the mighty Snake river
at Idaho Falls, and also plenty of pow
err from now on.
The, Rigby Flour Milling company
has erected a new office building and
large warehouse near it's milling plant,
and is doing rushing business, hav
ing shipped eight cars of flour from
this point i'm one week this fall. Last
week twenty-eight ears of farm pro-
duce was sent out from Rigby. and the
real busy shipping season is not on yet
The flour mill proposes to install a mo-
tor and run all this winter by electric
power, something it has not been able
to do heretofore on account of the wa
ter freezing during the winter months.
]. S. Connell, Grin Fillmore, A. G.
Allen, John Mccullough. F. 8. Johnson
and a number of others have erected
new residences this summer. Many
people in the surrounding country are
moving in town to obtain advantage
of Rigby's excellent school facilities.
A company has been formed. backed
by eastern capitalists, who propose to
build an electric railway line through
this part of the Snake River valley,
connecting the cities of BlackfoOt,
Shelley, Idaho Falls. Rigby, Rexburg,
Sugar City and st. Anthony, the same
TO be operated by the power generated
by the river at Idaho Falls. Such
line would pay from the start, as great
er transportation facilities is the thing
most needed I'm this part of the state
at this time. The Oregon Short Line
cannot begin to handle the traffic.