The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-03-25
ABERDEEN AND SPRINGFIELD
INSTITUTES
Packed Houses and Great Enthusiasm
Greeted the Speakers Meeting
of Farmers

| uftcVeu tilc SpcSthciS NlcCIiAS
of Farmers
Farmers institutes were held las
week at Aberdeen and Springfield ant
| great interest was shown in the work
The sessions began at Aberdeen or
Monday and closed at Springfield or
Thursday night, two days being Civ
en- TO eacn place.
Prof. Dean Elliott of the University
was the principal speaker, being aid.
| ed by Byrd Trego of Blackfoot anG
Miss Bales, teacher of domestic sci.
ence at Pocatello and Mrs. c. r. Pear
sail of Aberdeen, who also spoke on
domestic science to a meeting of the
| ladies.
The meetings were held in the new
school house at Aberdeen, large
two-room building capable of seating
nearly three hundred people, and din
ners were served by the ladies aid So
ciety at the tabernacle.
Prof. Elliott is whole institute
force himself, and when there is some
body to take the floor to rest him
at intervals, he covers all subjects
and comes pretty nearly satisfying all
wants. The evening sessions he de-
voted to topics of an educational and
social nature, reviewing conditions
that all have chance to be familiar
with, but which only the close obser-
YER can correlate and present in that
fascinating and instructive form that
carries it's lessons with it.
The Aberdeen Potato Growers as
sociation held meeting on Tuesday
to transact some important business,
and at the close of the meetings at
Springfield, a branch was organized
to act in conjunction with the one at
Aberdeen. Henry Berg was elected
president, and A. j. Snyder, secre-
tary.
On Thursday at noon the ladies of
Springfield spread fine picnic din
ner at the new store of ]. A. Sellers
and everybody was invited to the
feast.
The people of both these places are
very energetic and enterprising and
careful of the good name of their
adopted communities. Extensive inn
provements are being carried for
ward with amazing rapidity, and
with the advent of the new railroad
now awaiting only the rails to COM
plete it, much new building will be
done.
Aberdeen has laid some long lines
of cement walk, many new and sub.
stantial business houses and resi-
dences are in evidence, several miles
of streets have been graded in the
prliminary with the New Era grad
ing machine, and number of new
business, houses will be erected this
spring, one of which will be twenty
thousand dollar hotel, and another
fine large store building with an |. O.
O. F. Hall above.
At Springfield the townsite is not
yet plated, but it is cleared of sage,
and many people are anxiously await
mi the time when lots will be placed
on the market. j. A. Sellers has just
built store and put in stock of
goods He has been appointed post
master and the office at Tilden has
been annulled, the mail now being
handled through the old Springfield
office at the new location.
The townsite is on the bench over
looking Danilson's lake, at the point
where H. B. Garletz built his dam
and reservoir many years ago. 1t
includes the site of the tabernacle
that was established in the summer
of 1907, and there is now added a
blacksmith shop by E. l.. Shelman
who is very busy man at the an
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A fine large hotel will be built by
the townsite company as soon as pos
sible after the road is completed and
it will be built at the edge of the
bench overlooking the great expanse
of lake, rivers, meadows and other
natural beauty on the south and west,
stretching away in great beauty as
far as the eye can reach, including
some of the historic spots made fam
Gus by the early explorers. 1t will
also overlook what is soon to be the
largest artificial storage reservoir in
the world, and the locality is already
famous for trout fishing and duck
shooting. 1t will be the nearest re-
sort where people in the hot, dusty
parts of the valley can go by rail to
a place of rest and recreation, where
dust and damaging pollen are not
likely to be troublesome in summer
to people having pulmonary troubles.