The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-05-14
COMMERCIAL CLUB HAD LONG
SITTING,
Talked About Their Neighbors, Much
Business Transacted and Lots
of Progress Made.

The Commercial club had meet
ing on Wednesday evening. The ney
door keys heretofore referred to hav
arrived, and as members came IL
they were given new key. Any on,
who was overlooked in the pressur,
OF business would do the secretar!
a favor to just say key" when they
meet him and he will "come across
with one.
The committee appointed to SCI
about building bridge over Big
Lost river near Root Hog Ford, made
an unsatisfactory report and an ef
fort will be made to secure more
information about it. The probable
cost of the bridge is a mooted ques-
ton, some taking the view that a
bridge to meet the needs of the set
tiers will be quite expensive, and that
considerable work will have to be
done in grading to make approaches.
s. G. Rich stated that information
had come to him about an associa-
ton of farmers having shipped in a
tiOn among themselves and at the in
stigation of local dealers the asses
s0r had assessed the seed while in
town and collected something like
ninety dollars in taxes. He moved
that committee be appointed to
wait on the county commissioners at
the July meeting to ask that the
money be refunded.
This brought up discussion of
the whole matter and statements
were made indicating that the seed
belonged to foreign corporation in
stead OF to the farmers, and that if
they were taking that plan, to escape
bearing their share of the taxes in
the county where they do business
the assessor was right in collecting
the money. That none of it came
out OF the pockets of the farmers,
and that some narrow minded knock
ers had seized upon this circum
stance to discredit the town. A COM
mittee consisting OF l.. d. Wilson, S.
G. Rich and j. T. Carruth were APP
pointed to investigate and report at
the meeting to be held on Saturday
evening.
G.. l.. Bralay brought up the mat
ter OF getting the state to survey
lands between Moreland and the Big
Butte so that they can be purchased
from the state at ten dollars an acre.
Others thought it best to have the
Federal government do it and have
them open to homestead entries The
matter was referred to the commit
tee on lands and water, Alex Younie,
c. w. Bergman and Sam Lloyd be-
ing the members.
Securing the right of way for The
Blackfoot and Aberdeen railroad was
discussed, it being condition of
the projectors that the settlers or
the country benefited by the road
shall provide the right OF way free,
and the time has nearly expired for
securing it If it is to be built this
year. President T. r. Jones reported
that he had been working in con-
junction with w. A. Lee of The
American Falls Canal company and
had secured about three fourths OF
it, but that they had encountered
some opposition in the very localit-
les where last winter much anxiety
was expressed to get the road and a
telephone line, but when asked to
sign beet contracts as an inducement
to build the road they failed to sign.
The canal company has undertaken to
secure the right of way If the rail-
road company will build the road,
and The Comemrcial club took the
view that il any locality between
here and Aberdeen is placing OBJ
stacles in the way of the road they
ought to be seen and induced to
make reasonable sacrifices for sub
stantial benefits that will accrue from
the new road or be placed on record