The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-08-13
CITY COUNCIL STUDIES
ELECTRIC LIGHTING PLANT
Visits Pocatello and American Falls; Studies
Roads, Pavements, Lamps and Generators;
Men Have Some Fun, Cigars and Green
Apples. Missouri Hen in the Deal

Inow," and SO saying he rendered
some green apples to the two kids. y
When the party reached Tyhee they
decided to go via Pocatello 80 they
could get drink" it was only six
miles farther. Arriving at the Gate
lCity they drove about town noting
the condition of the streets and al
Ileys, the crossings, the macadam, etc.
Repairs were being made of the btu
llithic macadam in Center street, and
the council stopped and investigated.
They then went out to where the Dol
|larway macadam was used, costing
only about half as much. They tested
the cement walks and observed that
much of it was detective; most of
the plank street crossings were curl
ed and slivered, and the streets that
were not macadamized (paved), were
| in bad condition from lack of grad
ling. Much of the alley ways were
| in disorderly condition due to weeds
and trash, and a large percentage of
the parkings and borders of lots
were very weedy. Many of the yards
were not well kept and a good many
were more or less parched. The road
leading from Pocatello to American
Falls was in bad condition much of
the way and everybody got tired of
the dust and chucks and voted to go
back via Aberdeen even though it
be worse.
Mayor Concluded to Smoke
The party took supper at The Rem
ington hotel after which MayorPeck
bought couple of Columbia Club
cigars and handed the saleslady a
quarter and went out on the lawn
Ito join the bunch. When he returned
for his hat the lady handed him his
change, 15 cents, and he said The
Columbia Club was a two-for-a-
quarter cigar. She referred it to the
manager and he assured her they
were five-cent cigars at The Reming-
ton, so Mayor Peck said he would
take the change in cigars. That re-
minded the mayor of a story and he
told this to the crowd:
Got His Egg Back
cat grocery down in Missouri,
where they catered to country trade
and set 'em up to liquor when they
bought good bill of goods, lean
lanky fellow came in and said he
wanted to do little trading. The
proprietor put up his jack knife and
waited on him. Lanky had an egg
which he wanted to trade for darn
ing needle. When he got his needle
he looked expectant, and when asked,
is there anything else | kin do fer
you? Lanky said,' have been told
that you set 'em up at this store
when we buy something. The whit
tling merchant seeing a prospective
heavy buyer of his goods, set out |
glass and poured some whisky. Lanky
still looked around as If something
had been overlooked, and on being
asked said, I always like an egg in |
my licker,' and the merchant put in |
the egg. Mayor Peck exhibited the |
other three cigars as proof that he |
had been like the customer in the
story who took all there was COM
ing. "a st. Louis dispatch says the
egg was not fresh.)
The First White Men
American Falls is on the Oregon
trail, as monument above town in
dicates. The inscription calls atten-
tion to the year 1843 and there are
graves near by in whose memory
The monument stands. The first white
men to visit the place were the Astor
party in November, 1912, and they
spent a day making the portage of
the falls About IL years ago the
work Of developing power site was
begun, and since that dry farming
has been tried with such success that
Falls boasts Of being the
second largest shipper of wheat in
the United States. They expect to
ship one and half million bushels
from the 1915 crop, and much of the
spring wheat has been lost by drouth.
The Power City
The power plant is just below town
and a dam extends across the river
At the cataract. The two original
power plants near the north or west
side are not used now but are simply
held In reserve. A new one on the
southern shore is planned for six
units. but only one unit has been
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