Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-30
RichfieIdBOOmin9
NV Town on Branch
Line is Waking Up
To Possibilities
Car of Capitalists Visit Idaho lrri-
CATION Project and Invest
Heavily in Land and Lots

Things are humming in Richfield
this week. The visit of the large party
OF Eastern bankers, most of whom are
interested in the Big Wood project
has reused much local enthusiasm
The visitors were highly pleased witt
their visit, with the soil, the climate,
!. thev water supply, the management,
andseverytbing connected with the pro
ject. OF all the visiting parties, none,
perhaps, have been so well pleased
with what they saw here. They are
simply ''dee-Iighted. and nothing
short of that. In tire party were the
following:
L. A. Farnum, President of Idaho
Irrigation Company and vice presi-
dent of J. G. White Company, New
York City.
w G. Leiseuring, bond officer, Hi
bermian Block, Chicago.
J. J. Bryant, secy. Farwell Trust,
Chicago.
Geo. 0. Begg, capitalist, Detroit.
Henry G. Stevens, Bumpus, Stevens
Co, Detroit.
Clarkson Potter, asst. secy. Compton
Co., St. Louis.
Fred Emert, secy. Compton Co, St.
Louis.
F.w. Aldrich, St. Louis.
Geo. Clark, Bloomington, Ill.
w. R. Compton, pres. Compton Co.,
St. Louis.
TN. Dyssert, treas. Compton Co.,
St. Louis
Chas. Pettus, St. Louis.
John Nickerson, n. W. Halsey Co.,
St. Louis
FIT. lockwood, N. W. Halsey Co.,
Chicago.
S. H. Powell and A. G. Hoyt, N. w.
Halsey Co., New York.
Theo. Luce, N. W. Halsey Co., De-
troit
John Anderson, capitalist. Detroit.
Geo. E. Lawson. vice pres. Peoples
State Bank, Detroit.
]. F. Holden, director, Security
Trust Co., Detroit
Gerald ]. Mccoy, bond officer, Secur-
ity Trust Co.. Detroit.
w. Bruce Howard, capitalist, De-
troit
J. F. Emery. treas. Chicago Rawhide
Co. and director, Colonial Trust Co.,
Chicago.
A. S. Crane and A. F. Richardson,
J. G. White & Co.. New York.
w. A. Hamlin, W. A. Hamlin Co.,
Detroit,
F. S. Tillottson, cashier, Citizens
Savings Bank.
Manager Blake has been stirring
things at a wonderful rate. in the
three weeks since he came out from /
Boston. He is just as companionable 7
as he is correct, aad as able and ener- (
getic as one would expect from re-
sponsible head of four million dollar
He has fairly set the en-
-erprise afire with enthusiasm.
Some changes have been made in the
town survey Most of the
'esidence lots have been changed. to
make 50 foot instead of 25 foot front
lge. and the price per foot has been
reduced. A number of lots
lave been sold. and several new build
ngs are now going up.
H. o. Keppen has the contract for
/ txsoundation for the new Richfield
10 &. The building is to be of brick.
md is cost about S25. 600. Provision
eill be made for the easy extension as
ccasion demands it. There will be I
ooms with private bath, and ample
ther accommodations for city hotel. ,
ieating and plumbing will be of the ;
most modern and bids are to be called
or for these purposes, in the near n
lture. Elsewhere in the Journal APP u
ears the call for bids on the hotel Y
lperstructure. The hotel is TO have a il
-ide porch on two sides, commanding Z
magnificent view of the mountains n
nd the surrounding country. G
The names of two streets have been il
ianged. Reservoir Avenue, running b
nth and south, is now to be Main St
rect; and the old Main street is to G
! Lincoln avenue. Il
One hundred and fifty teams are new p
work on the canal to bring water to is
cbfeld; it would be possible TO get ri