Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-12-23
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB
Written By
E. c. HELFRICH
ITS PRESIDENT
Written By

E. c. HELFRICH
ITS PRESIDENT

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grain, fruits, cattle, sheep, hogs and
necessary supplies of all kinds that
is required to maintain a mining
town, as there are consumers This
also gives work to large number
of men and teams to haul in these
supplies. This also refers to Pine.
bright mining camp 40 miles dis
lance, which has a large new mill
on the Franklin mine, and yielding
it's owners good returns.
The Commercial Club early last
summer said Mountain Home should
keep alive the Gilmore County Fair,
this being the fourth year of it's ex-
istence, and in face of the loss of the
fruit crop by an unlocked for late
frost that swept over the southern
part of the state, and also by the
failure of the vegetable and grain
crops, on account of the water not
delivered during the period required
to irrigate, was a serious obstacle to
the two essential parts that make
possible the display from the soil.
Still we had the fair, made an ex-
cellent exhibit in every department;
the racing season was pronounced by
all as the best ever had on the track.
The attendance, in spite of the cold
and threatening weather, was large;
all this when many of the doubtful
ones said it was no use to try and
get up a fair. We had the fair and
paid every dollar in premiums
awarded record not equaled by
the previous fairs. and, further, we
had small balance of money left
over in the treasury.
At times our club has had matters
up with the railroad company, such
as getting rates, shortage on coal,
caring for the main street parks,
looking froward to the placing of
concrete sidewalks to the railroad
station, and in every instance we
have been granted the requests, and
from correspondence had with the
officials of the railroad, we are as
sured of having their cooperation in
all matters towards our further
progress and development.
The club has had many public
matters to work upon, and now that
we can see the signs of prosperous
times coming with Mountain Home
forging to the front and keeping
pace with the neighboring towns east
and west of us, behooves the Com
mercial Club to set plans for the
coming year. The first important
question is the looking forward to
the erection of a new county build
ing, by issuing bonds, say to the
amount of $4,000. Why should not
the county seat cheerfullly vote
this? In looking back over the his
tory of Gilmore County since it was
created 20 years ago. not a suitable
building yet, and Mountain Home
has been the main factor in paying
the taxes (outside of the railroad
company to keep up the organiza-
ton of the county in times of dis
tress, and they have been many in
these years, but she always remained
firm and true in caring for the coun-
ty-being centrally located in the
heart of a vast desert now being
put in the best shape suitable
to cultivation by the great water
sheds and Boise river tributary, and
the only accessible point to and from
the mining towns of Atlanta, Rocky
Bar, Pine. Lime Creek. Cat Creek
and Dixie, marks Mountain Home
as the only logical place for the
county seat.
We have had at times under dis
cussion and consideration the build
ing of a sewerage and water system
for the city. This is a very serious
problem staring us in the face, as
the health of the city is at stake-say
nothing of the possibilities Of a fire
starting and sweeping over the town.
The club intends to take these two
important matters up Immediately
after the new year and go into every
detail, and without any doubt the
club will recommend the village
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