Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-24
RAILROAD TOWN
GROWING RAPIDLY
Cascade Is Shipping Point
for Van Wyck, Crawford
and Thunder.
(staff Correspondence

Cascade, Aug. 24.-Cascade, the new
railroad town ON the Idaho Northern,
in the lower end of Long valley, Is now
the shipping point for the old towns
OF Van Wyck, Crawford and Thunder.
From the reports received from the
business men of Van Wyck and Craw-
ford. practically all of the business of
these two towns will be moved to Cas-
cade this fall and next spring. 1t Ia
understood here that no particular
changes in business win be made at
Thunder. From Cascade 1t Is two
Crawford and about five miles around
the road to Thunder
Postoffice Moved to Cascade.
Cascade now has postoffice, Post
mistress Jones having moved the post
office from Crawford to Cascade last
Thursday.
The Intermountain State bank of
Crawford. of which F. M. Kirby is the
cashier. will build a new bank build
ing at CASCADE and move the bank
there when the new building Is COM
pleted.
The Crawford Mercantile company,
of which Lew Gorton is manager, will
start building a modern store building
at Cascade this fall, and the store will
be moved over to Cascade when the
building is finished.
w. C. Bradley will move his black
smith shop this fall from Crawford to
Cascade
1t is not known definitely at this
time whether the Crawford creamery
will be moved from Crawford to Cas-
cade. 1t may move over next year.
Boyd Smith of Crawford this fall
win build at Cascade a store building
2SxS0 feet in size. Just what use he
will make of this building was not
ready to be given out
There is report current here that
]. B. Lambie will move his livery stable
from Thunder to Cascade.
$4,000 Brick Store for S. G. S. Co.
The S. & S. Co. of Van Wycl now
is building a good warehouse in Cas-
cade. 50x100 feet In size. They are pre-
pairing to handle good deal of grain
through this warehouse this fall.
Manager Madden of the S. & S. Co. of
Van Wyck stated his company this
fall will build at Cascade the founda-
ton and basement for a modern brick
and concrete store, to cost $4,000. 1t
will be 50x100 feet in size. The Van
Wyck store will be moved to Cascade
as soon as the new building Is fin
ished next spring. When completed
this will be the best store building on
the Idaho Northern above Emmett.
1t is understood the following Van
Wyck businesses will move to Cascade
next year: Emery's hotel, Coonrod
livery stable and the Van Wyck drug
store. The barber shop moved from
Van Wyck to Cascade some time ago.
The business district of Cascade
will be across the tracks and west
of the depot. The four principal corn
ers of Cascades business section are
already determined and will be occu-
pied as follows: The postoffice is on
one corner, the bank is across on the
second corner, the Crawford Mercan-
tile company will use the third corner
and the 8. & S. Co. will build on the
fourth corner
Crop conditions in lower Long val
ley as elsewhere in this big valley,
are excellent this year. Notable In
creases here as we'll as throughout
other parts of this splendid valley,
which Is so miles long, are in the stock
raising and dairy business.
Cascade is the natural shipping