The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1915-12-31
FRIEND OF ALL THE HOMES

One of the most rema. kable cases
Of rapid development In the business
of Blackfoot is found in the case OF
The Gem State Laundry & Regal
Cleaners. The present management
took over the business last summer
and have been very actively improv-
ing the equipment and efficiency Of
the working force. They shipped In
a carload at first and since that time
have had something in equipment on
the road practically all the time The
latest addition is a mommoth cash
register built especially for keeping
the records and almost keeping the
books of a laundry. 1t weighs 400
pounds and makes the records so
clear that it enables them to take
one person from the desk and put
her at productive work all the day
but about one hour and the books
and records are better kept than be-
fore. That illustrates the progress
sive spirit of the management and 1t
is carried into all departments of the
work. One thing they felt the need
Of in the work was a Vento dry tum-
bier for drying clothes quickly and at
the same time taking the waste and
lint out of them. They installed it
and it enabled them to handle great
deal more business, enabling cleaners
up and down the line for long dis
tances to have their cleaning done
here, doing the pressing and repair
ing in their own shops. 1t is the
only machine of the kind between
Pocatello and Butte and it commands
business accordingly.
When the present management
took over the business it was doing
family washing for about ten fam
lilies. Now it has about 100 ON the
list. Arco and Mackay sent two or
three small baskets per week and
now they send IL large ones. They
have added the business from the
mission on the reservation. 1t was
found that Salt Lake City had equip
ment to do collar and cuff work with
a finer finish and better equipment
was installed at Blackfoot to match
it. The efficiency of the employees
has been steadily increased and an
automobile has taken the place of
the horse and wagon. This enables
the driver to make quicker trips and
in many cases quick delivery mas won
new customers and new transient
orders.
A new department under the head
of Regal Cleaners was established to
handle the cleaning or clothing not
usually Numbered. Coats, mats, furs,
boas, gloves, fur overcoa,s, suits, cur
tains, carpets, rugs and in fact al
most anything that is soiled, dirty,
filthy, finds its place IN something
rotary with cleansing fluid coursing
thru 1t until 1t is separated from all
dirt and grease Then it is rinsed by
the same gentle motion and follow
ing that it is dried without violence
or baking, and when it is restored to
the owner the bill is not large and
the article is like an old friend come
again. People who have been puzzled
to know how to clean their large rugs
1 6x16 feet in size for instance, can
now ring number 1913 and an auto
will cart it away, it will be folded
and rolled and placed IN a rotary
operated by electric power while the
man goes on about his work and in
due time 1t goes back to the owner,
washed, famed, blown and treated
till it is clean and sweet and not a |
VIZ VI uOdtLh6 VI WAOhChIAS VI UICdh-
Ing of warp or stitches. And the |
cost is not much, the owners temper |
has been saved and nobody about |
The house is sore and exhausted; the
did it all with the rolling, !
rinsing, swinging and bIowing.
Many of the best families, the most |
thrifty and well-to-do have been TAX
ng advantage of this institution to |
make things clean and sanitary at
slight expense and save improbable
abor or the necessity OF buying new.
t is at once the poor mans friend
Ind source of satisfying economy
or the well-to-do and sne rich. It
,ives employment to make people and
s a consumer Of much that Is pro-
luced in the community.