The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-05-06
PREPARING FOR
TEACHERS MEET
Commercial Club Discusses Subjects
of Inportance.-Small Attendance
of Members.

The regular meeting of the Com
mercial Club on Thursday evening of
last week, was not very largely at
tended, there only being about four
teen members present, but neverthe
less 1t was an interesting session,
and those present got much good ouh
of it. The Odd Fellows anniversary
meeting on the same evening took a
great many of the business men from
1.-THE Commercial Club.
The president and vice president
both being absent. Otto Mas was
chosen by acclamation to fill the
chair, and Orin Bills to act as sec
retary.
The principal subject discussed
was the Southeastern Idaho Teach
ers' Institute to be held in Blackfoot
next October, and the principal
speaker was Prof. Bloom, superinten-
dent Of the Blackfoot schools. Prof.
Bloom said that while it is a fact
that the coming to this city Of 500
teachers to stay week means a
great deal to Blackfoot in revenue
and advertising, ut also means that
Blackfoot has shouldcrcd a pretty big
responsibility, and that if we fall
down in taking care of the educa-
tors while here, it will give Black
foot the wrong kind of advertising;
that the profits in a monetary way
must be entirely lost sight of-we
must make it point to serve them
as nearly at cost as can be, and that
as host, every citizen of the city
must i'm some way do something to
make their visit little more pleas
ant. He said that some Of the best
educators of the nation will be here
to lecture, and an effort is being
made to get Pason Smith, Of Massa-
chusetts, who Is considered the sec
ond greatest educator of the land, as
one of them.
Mr.. Mas said that the Eccles ho-
tel will make special effort to serve
the visitors, at the lowest posi- BILE
price, and 1T seemed q be the con-
sensus OF opinion that uniform
price for rooms and board in private
families should be est blished in ad-
vance, so that no teacher would be
"hefd up" as to prices. Every home
i'm the city with a vacant room will
have to be turned over to the COM
mittee, so that every teacher when
she arrives will be provided immed-
lately with room and boarding
place.
The county superintendent COM
ffl., ,rrt,. I, al. o
are gradually working out the pro-
gram and line OF work. and the local
committee who has charge of enter
tanning the visitors will soon have
to get busy, too. The subject will
again be discussed on Thursday
night, May 18th, when County Su-
Faulconer will be pres
ent.
A vote OF appreciation to the re-
firing city mayor and council was
passed, assuring them that they had
worked hard and succeeded in doing
much for tte city's benefit
A committee was appointed to
survey the streets and alleys of the
city as to cleanliness, and report at
he next meeting. 1t is highly nee
essary that everything should be
'spic and span" at the time of the
.eachers' institute in October.
The committee that was appointed
o search for an airplane landing re-
ported five locations, and explained
he merits OF each. Their report was
approved, and will be mailed to the
proper federal authorities, and later
IN inspector will come and make fur
her recommendations.
The base ball committee reported
hat the county fair board had given
hem permission to use the usual ball
bark during the coming season, and
he committee was thereupon fired
II good standing.