The Idaho Republican., 1917-02-16

Montgomery Pool Hall is progressing
rapidly Report has 1t that this is
to be zone of the most elegant and
amusement halls to be
found in the valley.
New Flour Mill
The Farmers Union Milling COM
pany, of Shelley, will start work on
q new 25 barrel Touring mill as soon
as a site can be secured. The con-
tract has been let to Samuel Callam,
of Salt Lake. The site which they
had first secured seemed to be unv
satisfactory, so committee went to
Pocatello, Saturday, to get another
site from parties owning the land.
Dairy Increase
The dairy industry is getting to be
very important business with the
farmers adjacent to Shelley. They
are beginning to realize that the COW
is worth their consideration and that
the cream check looks good to'them
each month when they get it. A.
J. Riley, who represents the Nelson
Kicks company of Salt Lake, says
that his cream shipments from Shell
ley are constantly increasing. He is
now shipping IL cans of cream every
week to Salt Lake. The query is
to the writer, why don't the farmers
organize a cooperative company and
build cheese factory at Shelley as
the farmers are doing in the western
part of the state. Four new cheese
factories have been built within a
radius of 10 miles from Boise within
the past two years and they are all
paying the farmers big money. This
is a better section for the dairy in
dustry rnan that part of Idaho. They
are nearer to two better markets,
Salt Lake and Butte and they have
more range for their stock. 1t is
to be hoped that the farmers will
look into this matter and see what
a fine combination the cow and the
hog make
Light Troubles
Shelley has had all kinds of grief
the past month or more with their
electric light, and patience has al
most ceased to be virtue. At a
recent meeting of the club. Of COM
merce the matter was brought up
for discussion and the sentiment of
all present was that Shelley must
have light and have it forthwith. A
committee of seven was appointed to
canvass the situation as to the ad-
visibility of securing adequate light
and power. The committee realizes
that Shelley is too lively city at
the present time to be without light
and they are gong to do something.
Shelley Schools
If Shelley is proud of anything it
is of her schools, and they are justi-
fed in being so. Under the able
management of Prof. James A. Lang
ton, recent conner from Salt Lake,
the schools are prospering as never
before. There are now IA teachers
employed and the monthly pay role
| is $1,000. There are now 100
students in the high school, where
last year there were but 60. There
are nine grades with a four year
high school doing standard high
school work. Complete manual
training and domestic science and art
departments have been added the
present year. Prof. Langton Is presi-
dent of county teachers association
which meets monthly,
Rebuild FIGURING Mill
C. U. Bradford, who has been con-
nected with the Shelley Mercantile
company for sometime, has just re-
turned from a trip in Montana and
different sections of Idaho. He has
been looking at new mills which
have recently been constructed and
getting the very latest ideas for his
company, which expects to start con-
struction work Immediately for a
new mill, to be located on their prop
erty which they purchased last sum-
mer, the old Nephi~ Fielding place,
just north of the Boise-Payette Lum-
Der company. Mr.. Bradford, while
away, visited mills in Twin Falls and
Burley, Idaho; Three Forks, Helena,
Townsend, Bozeman, Livingston and
Manhatten, Montana. Out of all the
mills, Mr.. Bradford visited. he was
more particularly attracted to the
Manhatten mill, which is about the
same capacity as the Shelley Mercan-
tile company expects to build. 1t is
a 200-barrel, bail bearing mill thru
out and is the very latest in the way
of mill equipment. The Shelley