The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-12

important Consolidation of In
terestS at Sugar City and
Rexburg, Ida.
SPECIAL to The Herald.l

Rexburg, Oct. n.-An important meet
ing was held at Sugar City last night at
which steps were taken towards the con-
solidation of the Teton-Sugar City and
the J. II. Brady electric light and power
plants. Mayor Webster, Ross ]. COM
stock, Henry J. Flamm Nathan Kicks
and II. B. Ruhle were present from Rex
burg; Mark Austin. Fred Schwendiman
and Alfred Kicks represented Sugar City
and James SiddoWay and Jesse Nj. BAKER
were there from Teton City. 1t was
agreed that the consolidation should take
place, and a canvassing committee was
appointed to secure stock for the purpose
OF buying out the interests of James ii.
Brady al ReXbaTg. The trouble has been
that while the Teton-Sugar plant has
most excellent and never-failing water
power. they have not the volume or bust
ness to utilize il, while on the other hand
ReXourS has no water power, but has TO
use COAL and yet has the business TO
make it paying investment with water
power. The consolidation. therefore, will
be a good thing all around. Mark Aus
tin, general manager of the sugar plants,
and Mayor Webster of ReXbufg. viii be
two of the main stockholders. Both are
enthusiastic over the prospects. Another
meeting is to be held this evening at
which the stock committee will report
One of the most important moves In
musical circles for a long time past is the
consolidation of the ReXburg orchestra
and the Engar Concert orchestra, under
the name of lie ReXbuTg Concert orches-
ira.
The Sugar City factory closed down lasa
night on account of scarcity of men to
operate the plant. There is a dearth of
hands for every kind of work. and it is
a serious problem as TO what is going
to be done. II the fields there is has,
grain and to be harvested. Some of
the hay has been standing for weeks,
waiting to be hauled. Should a severe
storm come, it is hard telling the extent
of the loss which the farmers would
suffer
City Attorney James H. Wallis was
called home from Salt Lake City rather
suddenly Saturday last, on account of the
serious illness of his wife, who has been
bed-ridden since that time. She shows
some Improvement at this writing Attor-
ney Wallis made the return trip via Mar
ket Lake. from which point he came by
stage.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Pierce. wife of the manager
of the Rexburg Light & Power company
accompanied by her daughter, arrived
IN Rex6urg from P0catello on Wednes-
day Mr.. Pierce went as far as Idaho
Fails to meet them. They will make
Rexburg their future home.
Charles Elliott, who went from Rexburg
to assume the management of the Bell
Telephone company at Haley, was back
home for few days this week
Z. A. Douglas, former manager of the
j. d Brady plant here. was up from
Biaektoot Sunday visiting old time
Irlenos: He is now manager of the Black
foot Light & Power company.
Manager Chris Jensen of the Hegsted-
Jensen Mercantile company returned
home yesterday from Salt Lake CITY.
where he had been on business. He made
a bunch of purchases while there
MAIDS c. Madsen swore to a COMPLAINT
before Judge Osborn yesterday. against
Oscar Feldscher, the PocateIlo merchant,
Tor issuing checks in settlement of debt
on a PocatelIO bank and then stoDnino
payment on same.
DR.. George Z. Hyde, president of the
state board of health, has returned from
Boise, where he had been attending an
important session of that board While
there the doctor MET with the Idaho Med
ical association, taking an active part in
the important discussions there Senator
Hepburn was also present