The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-10-01

$4,000, and has no jail There is a
small Jail outside, but they will soon
nave to build jail in addition to their
$!9OOO court house, and then not have
what they want, and ought to have
what we propose is, to build court
house and Jail for $15OO0O, and !
think that is what we ought to have. |
think 1t ought to be made so as to ac-
copmodate us for long time CLAP
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The next man called upon to speak
was Mr.. Robt Rogerson, who said;
4 would like to see a good court
house built. One that would protect
all the records of the county; and I
think IT is very necessary to have a
large court house, as there are great
many OF these records. l think we are
all IN favor of a good court house, and
| think it would be wise for all of us
to vote for good court souse, so that
we may protect our papers and rec
ords:"
Mr.. Geo. Sprague was then asked to
speak, and said:
u haye been asked to tell the ex-
perencc'I had last week with some of
the gentlemen who come out here to
look over our tract. They were the
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the largest trust companies and banks
of Chicago, Cleveland, Milwaukee, De-
troit Dubuque and other cities. We
took automobiles in order to see as
much of the country as possible, going
around east of Twin Falls first, and
then through the town of Twin Falls
and over to the West Side, covering
nearly forty miles of actual travel in
the country, ending up at the low line
canal, where we got out. | saw that
they were greatly impressed with what
they saw, and they exclaimed again
and again over what had been accom-
plished, and then they began to bonn
bard me with questions. How had this
been done| Before I had time to ans
wer, How much is your bond issue on
the canal SYSTEM l answered, $780,
O00 Another wanted to know how
much 1t cost | answered About $4,-
100000. They seemed very much sur
prised that the Indebtedness was not
greater Then came the question as
to what our assessment roll was.
When | answered About $4,000,000,'
they seemed more surprised than ever,
in as much as the county is so young.
Then came the question as to our
bonded indebtedness. | answered,
None The next question that came
was How are your records housed?'
l rather evaded it. They insisted |
told them we were in second story
building on Main street. They insisted
on being taken over and shown These
people were here to make large invest
ments in the state of Idaho, both in
bonds and in mortgages. They told me
that 1t was vital that our records
should be perfect; in fact, no mort
cages or investments of any kind could
be made by them unless they could be
furnished with perfect titles; and they
read me a lecture on the insecurity of
our records as they were housed, and
the necessity of safe guarding those
records as the foundation not only Of
any investments, but of our own prop
erty. What is true of their feeling is
true of every other investor who comes
out here and makes personal inves-
tigation. Without safe records and
good titles we have nothing to offer
to the people whom we wish to inter-
est either in a direct sale of land or in
the investment of his money in bonds
or mortgages. 49, 53
IF we had a fine court house, and
our records were protected with a
modern vault, investors from the east,
as we'll as ourselves, would feel that
our titles and papers were safe, and it
would mean greater investments and
better prices for our lands which we
have for sale"
Mr. G. M. Hill was the next speaker.
He said,
~ have not very much to say, but
while sitting here l have thought that
perhaps the people of the West End
do not realize the improvement made
by the people of the East End, and
how much these improvements benefit
the people of the West End. There is
hardly a day now that some one does
not come in from the east, and come
into our office, and we show him
around over the country, and he i'm
mediately inquiries the price OF land
And then he wants to know where he
can get land little cheaper. We
tell him that the land around Twin
Falls is more valuable on account of
its improvements. that If he will go
into the West End he will find the land
a little cheaper, and If he would invest |
there he would probably make more |
on the investment than he would in |
Twin Falls. We send men out here |
every day. And we always have a |
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There may be people in Bull who are
knocking Twin Falls, but I do not
believe there Is man in Twin Falls |
who is knocking Bull. Twin Fails |
has shown by her improvements what
can be done. and / do not think the |
people OF the West End will make any
mistake by voting for the bonds for
the court house. for 1t will help you in
more WAYS than one.r When people /
come in here and see the improve
ments in Twin Falls and vicinity, they
are much more ready to buy land in
the West End and which Is not inn
proved, believing that the increase
will be the same In the West End as It
has ben in the East End" g
Mr.. Booth next spoke as followss
You are the biggest bunch of de-
velopers on the earth. When I came
to Twin Falls was not worth very
much. / am not worth very much yet.