The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-07-26

The Bingham county bunch VOL
\ distinction last Saturday by meeting
the Union Pacific and Oregon Shor
Line officials with united from
well organized, and a schedule tt
l work by to make the most Of every
minute of the afternoon and evening
| Railroad men are accustomed tt
that way of doing, accustomed tt
; giving and taking orders, and they
discovered an element of morale
governing the movements of the
party soon after they were received
and they liked it Some of them
frankly said SO, and said they
wanted to come again and see more
Of the communities that do team
work together.
These railroad officials are a quiet
lot Of men, not much given to talk
ing excepting when they have some
thing to say, and none Of them given
to oratOry or idle chatter. Men who
observe and study and classify their
information seldom say much unless
there is some occasion to be saying,
and this party that came with
friendly greetings gradually warmed
up and dubbed over with voluntary
expressions of satisfaction and good
will as the time Of parting drew
near. Folks who were mixing with
the party and who are accustomed
to studying the trend of mems
minds by the way they mellow up or
fail to, by the way they warm up and
linger over the farewells, knew that
the party headed by Carl R. Gray,
president of the Union Pacific, were
glad they were here and wished they
could stay longer. Some of them
said so in so many words, and all of
them acted it out. They found a
neighborliness in Bingham county
that vibrated pleasantly on the harp
strings they brought along, and
when visitors say goodbye and then
linger to talk to the children and
caress them, they don't feel at all out
of place nor keen to get away.
When guests are out On sight
seeing tour and have to be lured
away from each group visited, when
the drivers have to toot the horns
and make bluff of leaving them, it |
is plain that the visitors would like
to stay longer with that group. When
they come in of of the trip and say
it was a surprise to them, and that
If they had only known some of these
things before, or that they would
like to go back again and see the
rest of it, then the hosts know that
the visitors have not been bored.
Such were the conditions attend
Ing the visit of the highest officials
Of the Oregon Short Line and the
Union Pacific headed by the man
who has recently been accorded the
to decide when and where
The capital is needed for extension>
and betterments on the system that
s the backbone of transportation of
he plateau we live in. During the
World war, the center of finance
moved from London to New York
md during the past year, the author
ty Of finance for the Union Pacific
system moved from New York to-
omaha, for that Is the headquartersI
# Carl r. Gray. He used to have
o ask New York il he could expendI
money somewhere on the system.
Under present arrangements, the
men of the Union Pacific system ask
President Gray, and he is the court ,
# last appeal. If he gives his ap- !
'roval, New York has only to furnish i
he money. Gray spends It, They I
'ank on Gray's judgment.
These are someSof the reasons why !
). cOterie of Blackfoot men made an
fort to have the Gray party visit /
Bingham county and the communit- ,
es where we have beet spurs, but no ,
hipping facilities for anything but |
eets. These are some of the rea- 1
ons why members of the BlackfoOt /
commercial club have been holding Z
MEETINGS on the lawns of many farm !
rs and getting them interested. s
hat is why dozen cars loaded with /
hree men each, met the Gray party 7
3.55 for o'clock meeting \
to be on time, at Firth '
After the greetings and introduce q
ions, the leader of the BlackfOot O
len, w. F. Bergman, made this an p
Gentlemen, our time v
short and we have to drive thirty t.
sven miles and make seven stops a
nd hold six meetings. We have a |,
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