Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

purpose large bond issue was voted
by the people. s-s.se.
Up the branch from Blackfoot. Arco,
the county seat of Butte county, has a
new bank to care for its ever increas-
ing business and many new business
blocks. For its size, 1t Is question |
able whether it has a rival in its re-
cent development.
Mackay on tho same branch. is ex-
perisncing the prosperity which fol-
lows the resumption of work in many !
of its mines, idle for many years.
The opening of the new sugar factory
at Shelley, which lies north Of Black !
foot on the main line, has induced
many new enterprises to locate there, |
and to house these new business con-
serns large and substantial buildings
have been erected in this thriving COM
munity.
At Idaho Falls the hub of the upper
Snake river valley. the development
surpasses description. 1t seems only
superlative terms will adequately de-
scribe the accomplishments Of the past
year, certainly no ordinary terms will
suffice.
With a metropolitan theatre rivalling
in its interior decoration the finest in
the west: hospital whose marble
| portals house an equipment duplicating
| the large eastern institutions; with
| concrete elevators rising 10 feet in the
air, Idaho Falls has indeed merited a
mention among the accomplishments of
! 1919. Sewers, sidewalks and paving
contracts have occurred during the
past year at such frequent intervals
| that no effort has been made to COM
pute its value. Other public improves
ments have kept astride those already
mentioned.
Going up the Yellowstone park line
! from Idaho Falls Rigby is encountered
4 A big new sugar factory was completed
here during the year 1919 and common
ced its operation last fall, handling ov
er 1000 tons of beets. A striking fea-
ture in connection with this enterprise
! is the fact that much of the capital to
construct and operate this large indus
try was furnished by the residents of
Rigby and the vicinity. To. accomo-
, date tahis industry and enlarged pop
ulation 1t drew to the city. many new
, erected, doubling the assessed valua-
ton Of the property lin the city.
Rexburg, in Madison county. is AZ
! Stunning a metropolitan air and it's claim
is hardly to be scoffed at, for during
the year 1919 1t parked and paved
one of the finest business streets in
the state. With the large modern Ec-
cles hotel Just completed. already the
lodging facilities have been found in
adequate. Local business men have
: therefore determined upon and SOM
menced the construction of a larger and
more commodious building to be util-
lied as hotel. Depands for business
locations and homes are SO great that
the local interests despair of their abil-
ity to construct buildings fast enough
to supply. even part of the want.
, THOUSANDS ACRES SEEDED
! Notwithstanding the great loss suf-
, fered in the great dry farm section
} known as the Rexburg bench because
; of the drought, many thousand acreA
} of wheat were seeded last fall and the
heavy early moisture gives promise
, Of bumper crop this year.
st. Anthony, in Fremont county long
: stagnant, has aroused itself and is en-
. ulatfng the example of its neighbors. An
energetic campaign has started, prom
Using many public improvements, par
ticularly in roads and highways
} During the year 1919 large por-
ton of the business center was
!, paved with bitulithic surface. The old
hotel was enlarged and modern
lied, garages and modern store fronts
were added to the business facilities
e and many beautiful homes were
: added to the already attractive resi-
c dence section. -
s. Ashton. at the apex of the valley
: owes much of its present standing al
e a community of the first class to the
|. year 1919. Always q thriving Little
: city, the year 1919 took 1t from
|. the class of little CITY. 1t is a real
r one now Business, the thermometer
y ter OF prosperity, registers high in ASH
ton, as Is evidenced in its bank returns
e and the enlargement of it's business
9 center The opening OF the coal mines
s at briggs on the branch line out OF
8 Ashton by a recent order from the reg
# tonal director of the federal railroad
It administration, is one of the signifi-
& cant accomplishments of the year 1918
: to the entire state and particularly the
: upper Snake River valley. With q mil
Is lion tons of high grade coal at its very