The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-10-06

there is paving. Then as people be-
come accustomed to the fine paving
they will feel more keenly the need
for paving on other streets. People
are going to do some very serious
thinking to see which they want put
In first. There will be the need for
sewers, for water mains and for paw
ing. There will be matters of indi-
vidul parking bordering their side
walks and all these questions and all
these improvements depending very
much upo none another will have to
bedecided upon and a choice made
as to which will come first and when
the first shall be constructed.
Removing the
Timber
There will need to be considerable
thinning out Of shade trees because
there are too many and because they
are going to be in the way Of some
Of these public improvements we
have spoken Of and in the way OF
the telephone lines and power lines
that are already in operation and
which will hereafter be constructed.
A great many trees will have to come
out for one reason or another and
people may as we'll be studying these
matters to see which ones they will
take out first and when they will
take out the first ones.
Improving the
Lawns
There is likely to be great activity
in the improvement of yards where
not much attention has been paid to
those matters heretofore. Yards
that do not water well, yards that
are too high and need grading are
going to be torn up. Grading is go
ing to be done. Fertilizer will be
worked into the ground and lot Of
little headgates and pipelines will be
laid to control the water easily and
without digging up the dirt to regu-
late its iow.. All these things can
be done more readily before the paw
ing is laid thanafter. 1t will be
easier to dispose of the dirt before
the paving is laid. It will make con-
struction of the pavink easier and
cheaper than If these improvements
were not made for many holes in the
streets are filled when lots are
graded. We predict that a great
deal of activity that has heretofore
gone into the war and the develop
ment of dry farms and the develop
ment of lots of. other things which
were not very successful or which
have already been disposed of, will
be turned to the improvement of resi-
dence property in Blackfoot. People
need not be surprised if their neigh
bors get ahead of them in public i'm
provements, or If their neighbors
circulate petitions asking for side
walks, for paving, for sewers, for
water mains or for any of those
things that brings greater comfort
and reduce the amount. of time and
money wasted in the old ordinary
service they have been accustomed
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We suggest to each individual
property holder that he do some
thinking along these lines and get
busy on the work at hand that needs
to be done first. He will find that
when the first work is done he will
be keen to get the next step done and
one thing will follow another with
Great interest and he will be pleased
at the improvements he has made.
It does not all come at once, but be- /.
Ing strung along from month to
month and from year to year it all
helps to make life interesting and
when it comes just that way it comes
more easily Get into the procession
and do your part.