The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-02-18
7 TIE SAW me bobbing about in the
ii maelstrom of activity which had
finally waited me on until l

II maelstrom of activity which had
finally waited me on until /
stood in front of the new Reed build
ing, just beginning to show up, at the
corner of Main and Second For as yet
the curtain had not been run up on the
new era of building progress in Twin
Falls for the year 1916.
With a Mahin-like plunge he bucked
his way through the throng and slap
ping me on the back, exclaimed with
enthusiasm: Some buildingi I'VE
been roaming around this corner of
the valley since the sagehen heard the
first crack of rifle to warn her that
the dawn of civilization was at hand
and in all that portion of my career
as a loyal citizen in the Twin Falls
country I've never seen a year so full
of promise as this"
The speaker was The Oldest In
habitant, the pal Of many of my pre-
vious perambulations who had years
ago proved that fact is stranger than
Horatio Alger fiction He is at pres
ent a leader in the deliberations of
the Twin Falls Commercial club, who
woke up one morning to see his name
on the front page of the biggest news
paper WuCIG DClOIt lie COulu nut ldNN
found it in the city directory without
the aid of microscope He had pray
ed one of his many lunches, and for
once it had paid.
Say, don't you want to take a look
over our city and see how we are fix
ed on this preparedness business
Won't cost you any more to see some
real, bona fide evidence of prosperity
Nrrffo tA oO win do
shopping without any money to spend
Nothing like watching a town spend
it's capital when you're not on the in
vestment list yourself.
perhaps you're not wise to the fact
that lot of the guys who came tc
this tract with nothing but an every
dSunday-too suit Is cents and
a SMILE have gone to writing theil
taxable up in the five-figure class
Yes sir Men that carried all theil
property to work with em every day
are now sitting up putting their o. X
on the blue prints submitted by the
architect"
But why so much building at this
time?" l had a chance to slip in {
query while he took a long breath fol
fresh start.
81 thought everybody knew wha
had started things off," he sputtered
why we're going to have a million
dollar sugar factory here in the goot
year of our Lord 1916 The Higl
Moguls have already raised the neces
sary dough and the ties are here t.
build the spur out to the site wler
the main performance is cheduled t
hf nf a. He Mo ipcfX
the weather man, sees fit to give u
sunshine again"
Just what sort of increase viii
this bring?" 1 inquired timidly.
We'll sir, the way new residence
will spring up in this region will b
so rapid that it'll make the driver O
a 1917 Ford model put on top speed t
keep up with them. Measuring tn
future by the past, as the high-brow
say, we can easily see two thousan
more money-hunting citizens addel t.
the population of this burg. An
don't you worry about the mercerar
inhabitants not being onto this specia
opportunity for making one dolla
fork over two eagles in double-quic
time. There's a much-thinking, little
speaking bunch of folks who kno'
that il order to take care of 1000 e1
tras, they'll have to erect at leas
four hundred more domiciles to she
ter them And don't forget that hi
factory is something like the Goo
Book says of the poor-'We shall hay
it always with us. Hence, if you hay
4-bits in change, you're the wise gu
if you invest it in a Twin Falls pee
of property"
Il have been informed that tn
tract is noted for its great Glove