The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-04-04

same as any other business ant
plunged headlong into the enter
prise. 1t was not long, however, be
fore his "eye teeth" were cut ant
by that time he was In so deep hi
had to stay with 1t or loose the great
est battle of his life, viz, convincing
himself that he was whipped. HI
| took this paper on credit with three
years to pay It out. 1t took him jus,
nine years and six months, bui
eventually he won.
The bottom dropped out of the
town, as has been the case in many
localities of the west and Mackay
settled down to the meager existence
of little trading center. Mr.. Tregc
then getting just taste of the news.
! paper battles, decided to branch bu,
and in 1904 he came to Blackfoot
with cylinder press and an apron
full of type and started the Idaho Re-
publican. The reader may get some
idea of his success when it is stated
that his payroll has jumped from So
per week when he started with just
an office boy as assistant, to $500
per week with six to ten exper-
fenced employees. 1t is also signifi.
cant when 1t is stated that in the
last twelve years no movement has
ever been started by the Idaho Re-
publican. nor any fight for right
started, that The Republican has not
carried thru to completition Hence
today 1t stands as a power and a
factor In the general scheme of
things for Blackfoot and Bingham
county.
In 1905 Mr.. Trego took a vacation
on the coast. While in San Francisco
he met Susie Boice from New
York. With his usual deter
lnination to win and this being one Of
the cases talked about but seldom.
believed, love at first sight, Mr..
Trego wooed and won. From that
lay to this Mrs Trego has been one
O., the impOrtan. factors in shaping
the destinies of the Idaho Republi.
can and working with her husband to
attain the ideals which have besn a
life long desire of Byrd rrego.
The Republican continued to grow
and advance. New equipment was
added. New battles were fought and
won and in 1915 when the owners
Of the building in which the printing
plant was established gave notice
that it would have to be vacated
within few months Byrd Trego
started out with little nest egg of
$4,000. which he and Mrs Trego had
worked so hard to save, to build a
newspaper plant. He found a site,
designed his building and had plans
started for it's construction within a
weeks time. Mr.. Trego is not the
type of man who believes himself to
be infallible. He did not design this
building himself knowing that, as
the more egotistical know, it could
not be wrong, but he called in his
newspaper workers, from the office
boy up and asked their advise and
suggestions.
This building was completed in
1917 and the day the vacation of
their previous building was ordered
every piece of type and machinery
was housed in the new home. But
the nest egg didn't go very far. Mr..
and Mrs. Trego after making a re-
of their assets and ex-
found they had expended
some 81, 000-which they didn't
have. That meant another field to
conquer. Suffice to say as to the
outcome that more than two-thirds
OF this indebtedness has been paid
off.
There is not newspaper plant in
the intermountain region better
equipped with modern machinery.
housed in better building than the
Idaho Republican. The latest tyne
of printing machinery has been in
stalled. This building and plant ex-
cells anything in a newspaper plant
N the intermountain region by five
POINTS. 1t is the best heated, it is the
)est lighted, it is the best ventilated.
t has the most efficient arrangement
Ind it is the best kept. A word
picture of this plant could not do 1t
ustice. The reader can only appre-
'iate its value to the city by a tour of |
Inspection and Mr.. Trego is always |
clad to show anyone how much work |
Ind what machinery is necessary to
publish the little paper which is read
n an hour by it's subscribers.
The Idaho Republican is appre-
lated by the general public in their
neager way. 1t has more subscrib-
RS than any paper in this section,
horoly covering the county. Mr..
'rego does not try to cover too wide
scope. He realizes his field is Bing-
lam county and he does not try to
70 beyond his limits, but he gives
more circulation to advertisers for
ess money than any newspaper pub
lshed in the county. 1
me success Of The Republican, as
tated in the opening paragraphs has