Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-03-15
Paris Pickups.

Considerable excitement prevails in
Paris at present over the prospective
boom for the coming summer, For sew
eral days past business men and others
nave been meeting in little groups on
the street corners and in private offices
and the question of discussion has been
the future of Paris. There is every
thing to indicate that this town has
reached period in her history when it
is going to do something. The first and
most important thing that is going to
be considered is city water works. In
a few days the citizens will decide
whether the city shall be bonded for
$l4 900 to be expended for the purpose
of furnishing the people Of This city with
good, wholesome water from our noun
tain stream, or whether this enterprise
shall be turned over to a private cor
poration. 1t is foregone conclusion
that we are going to haye water sys-
tenn, and have it this coming summer
Private capital stands ready now TO put
in the system in case the people vote no
bonds. A great majority of the think
ing people feel that it would be much
better for the city to own its own water
system than to have it controlled by
private capital The city fathers feel
however that the city has reached that
period in its history when its dangerous
to proceed farther without water sys
tern and in case the people vote against
bonding they will grant franchise to
private company rather than wait any
longer for such needed improvement.
There is something doing in the way
of mining also. We do not intend that
our sister city from over the river shall
have all the glory for developing the
natural resources of Bear Lake valley,
We haye as good and. may say with
out fear OF successful contradiction,
better prospects for mine than any
other part of the valley.
Some lime last summer and fall, two
of our fellow townsmen, Geo. w. Nebe-
ker and Charles innis were prospecting
in the hills between here and Bloom
ington canyon, and struck what every
! one who has seen it, considers a fine
body of ore Your correspondent has
seen and handled some Of the rock, and
while he is not an.expert miner, the ore
looks good to him. Messrs. Nebeker
and Innis have succeeded in interesting
few of our moneyed men in the mat
ter this winter and few days ago a
company was organized and incorpor
ated under the laws of Idaho with a
capitalization of $25. 900. The board of
directors are j. w. Cook, Arthur Bulge
f. T. Shepherd, Geo. w. Nebeker and
Charles Innis. L, I, Shepherd was
elected president,and ]. w, Cook, vice
president. with Robert Shepherd as sec
rotary and treasurer, This company
has two claims known as the Copper
and Boulder. As soon as the snow is
out of the hills sufficient to permit
work, crew of men will be put on and
development work will be pushed.
learn that the work will be under the
direction of Mr.. Nebeker who is an old
prospector of fifteen years experience.
The Fair association is waiting for
the snow to melt so that a suitable tract
of ground can be selected for fair
ground AS soou rs a selection is made
the association will begin erecting the
necessary buildings ia which to conduct
the county fair next fall, The county
commissioners made a nice appropria