The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-26

former construction. We should not
listen much to people who advise
waiting till the prices of materials
come down, for when that time comes
those same people would say it was
too hard times to be going to any eX-
pense at all; they would be afraid of
a panic and their advice would pre-
vail
If the city would use it's credit to
the limit for water system, and for
such purpose the sky is the limit;
it would be justified If the credit of
| the city were not sufficient to ex-
tend the system as far as it was
needed, then citizens should use their
individual credit to secure the
prompt extensions.
With the water and sewer prob
lens disposed of, no matter how
much Indebtedness were created, the
paving of streets SHOULD follow
quickly, and then the rapid growth
and rise in values would rescue the
taxpayers from the weight of the ap-
parently unbearable tax burden con-
fronting them, but payable thru
longNterm of years.
LII oiuOl W 4ulShly lCllCNC IuC
troubles of housing the population
that is determined to live in the
town, large addition should be laid
out with plans for sewer and water
service to be supplied as soon as
possible and without waiting for the
completion of the systems. Con-
struction of homes on approval plans
in relation to the sewer and water
systems should proceed just as soon
as possible. If Mr.. Kennedy or Park
inson' or some other capitalist or near
capitalist cannot undertake such a
task, then the commercial club
should get the town together to SUBJ
scribe the funds to form big build
ing corporation to buy the fair
grounds or some other tract close in,
and plot the whole thing. and start |
building. Every house while in |
at profit and the money put into |
the building fund to keep the work |
moving. If any houses fail Of being |
sold by the time they are finished and |
ready for occupancy they should be |
rented with the privilege of sale and
possession on some reasonably short
notice. In order that the enterprise
might have the moral support of
the whole town, the men who sell
building materials and the men who
do construction work, the people who
take contracts, the people who work
by the day, the plumbers, the electri
ians, the people who sell groceries
and clothing, the newspapers, the
pious, the unbelievers, the farmers,
who raise produce and the stockmen
who raise meats and produce milk
and cream, all should be pressed to
take some stock in the building cor
poration so they would be interested
in making it a success; so they
would be interested in not letting
it be made the victim of any strike
or hold-up that local people could
prevent, and il the whole community
shared the same wish that the enter
prise should succeed, it would sue
coed; they would make it succeed
while yet supplying steady demand
FOR standard article-the dwelling
place of families.
II Blackfoot people really want
their town to double in population in
! very short time, they can bring it
TO pass by quickly getting into a po-
sition so they can advertise up and
down the line that Blackfoot has
good modern dwellings for sale or
rent and can take care of all corners. s
Then the folks who are trying to get &
n and who will be trying to get {
ZONES in most any town up and down
he line for fifty miles will hear Of it {
Ind locate in Blackfoot. The town I
would fill up as fast as modern I
were built, and Blackfoot
could control the speed of the con-
truction work. I
Whenever anybody talks about G
building houses to rent, the cry is