Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-01-10
ABetter ShOshOne
Forget the Musty Past,
and Do Things Now
for a Better Town.


Journal took charge of the paper last
May they were strangers to past con-
ditions in the town and county, social,
political and financial. They did not
come to Shoshone to exploit its past
history but to become factor in its
future development. All conditions
seemed ripe for Shoshone, as the county
seat of Lincoln county, becoming one
of the leading cities of the state. Lin
coin county presents more inducements
to the prospective new settler than any
other two counties of the state. Dur
the past year the two big irrigation
companies doing business in Lincoln
county have spent at low estimate
$3.50, 900 in advertising Lincoln county
lands and inducing new settlers to these
lands. The settlers are coming. Now
as the county seat of such a county it
seems that an active commercial club
is an indispensable adjunct to handle
the interests of the town properly.
There has been a commercial club
organization here for some years but
it has led a stormy and precarious life
and many of its former members are
still living over those times-FORGET
IT.
A canvass last week to find ten men
who would agree to contribute dollar
each per month for twelve months in
the name of the commercial club Of
Shoshone, the money to be used by the
advertising bureau of the League Of
Southern Idaho Commercial clubs, re-
suited in disclosing several facts.
Nearly every man approached has the
best interests of Shoshone at heart and
is anxious to promote them One great
difficulty is that 50 many men refuse to
work in such a harness unless it is all
done their way. They forget that great
results in a community are the effect
of putting into working form the aver
age of ideas of the whole. One Of the
greatest objections met on that can-
vass was that the money. would not be
expended in Shoshone but would be in
charge of man in Boise. These par
ties confuse the Boise Commercial club
with the League of Southern Idaho
Commercial clubs. It is true that the
headquarters Of the League are aG
Boise, that being the most convenient
place for all to reach. But the follow
ing list of officers and committees Of
the League viii show that southern
Idaho IS widely represented.
President. c. NJ. Hill, Twin Falls;
First Vice-President, B. p. Shawan,
Payette: Second Vice-President, w. N.
Northrop, Boise; Secretary, Reilly At
kinson, Boise.
Executive committee: EN- Heigho,
Weiser: A. E. Gipson. Caldwell; F. r.
Brace. Nampa: R. B. Greenwood, Amer
lean Falls. C. C. Moore. st. Anthony;
M.F. Albert, Payette; W. n. Northrop,
Boise
Advertising committee: o. H. Bar
Der. American Falls: Silas Wilson, Nam
pa: J. A. Sifert. Mountainhome.
This list is given in order that the
business men of Shoshone may acquaint
themselves with the facts and learn
that this League in reality represents
all Of southern Idaho and not any one
locality. The League is now getting
out booklet in which each club or city
that contributes its quota to the fund
will receive exactly two pages. She
shone will get as much space As Boise
or any other town in the league
The Journal is not familiar with tie
old conditions from which sprung for-
mer troubles Of the commercial club
It only knows that new conditions are
to be met now and that all feeling
based upon the old conditions should
now be laid aside in order that Sho-
shone may present a united front to
face the new conditions which are now
mere and which are so full o. possibili-
les for the future of Shoshone. The
Journal would be pleased to learn how
many citizens of Shoshone are ready
% stand on that platform for a better
shoshone