The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-03-15
COMMERCIAL CLUB MET

At the Commercial club meeting
held on Monday evening there were
only eleven present, some forty men
of the town having gone to Pocatello
for a Masonic event, so the election
of officers was postponed until Mon
day, March 10, at 10 a. m.
The following names have been
placed in nomination to be voted on:
l.. B. White, R. D. MacCosham, l.. B.
Dustin, Neil F. Boyle, w. F. Berry
man, A. T Springer, w. H. Stuffe-
beam, ]. A. Stewart, John j. Boyle,
DR.. Charles Mackie, w. w. Davis,
S. w Wilson, J. R. Ryan, o. E. Bills,
A. Andren, J. H. Early, Rex Dunlap,
E. l.. Anderson, James Johnston,
Otto Mas, M. M. Foster, James
Young, w. E. Bills, E. G.. Stephens
and R. N. Ludi.
The following projects were placed
in nomination to be looked after and
worked for: The FIT. Hall Project,
the Greater Fit. Hall Project, the
American Falls reservoir, the Ameri-
can Legion hall, securing a site for
the public library, securing county
| hospital with operating room suit
able for all kinds of surgery and
open to the use of all local surgeons,
and getting for Blackfoot the loca-
ton of the proposed Mormon temple
to be erected at some central point
in the Snake river valley.
The Fit. Hall project is already
under way and needs nothing per-
haps unless it is the friendly CO.
operation of the community for the
reclamation office. The Greater FIT.
Hall project is still in the promotion
stage and will require the continued
efforts of the several towns and
communities interested The Ameri-
can Falls reservoir is still in the pro-
motion stage and the bond election
will be held May ~. The public
library was enlarged a year ago and
is already crowded and growing
rapidly. Most of the real estate in
town is for sale and it has been sug-
gested that this is good time to
buy and go on planning the building
to be erected later. The Legion hall
is still in the promotion stage, and
might be erected on the same lots
and in connection with the library.
The Boy Scouts were mentioned as
worthy organization to be kept in
mind and supplied with quarters for
their meetings. They use the Com
mercial club rooms now. The county
hospital has not even reached the
promotion stage, but was mentioned
as a needed institution. The Mormon
temple is the next church project to
be undertaken in the Snake river
valley and has been adopted by
at the recent quarterly
conferences in all the states of the
valley. The L. D. S. hospital at
Idaho Falls was the last under
taking and it Is to be finished and
dedicated by September, 1928, and
then they will take up the question
)f location and building of the
temple to serve the church jurisdic-
ion of all southeastern Idaho. For
his institution they prefer quiet,
lomelike town with good hotels, and
centrally located. The completion of
he arrangements for hard surfacing
he rest of the Yellowstone highway
.hru Bingham county was announced
~ Chairman Mas, so there Is moth
ng more to be done to accomplish
hat excepting to maintain friendly
md helpful relation to those in
charge.
Mr.. Engle, in charge of the recla-
nation office at BlackfOot, was pres
mt and was invited to speak, but he
aid he would prefer to wait until
he Monday meeting, and 1t would
i've him time to study the different
,hases of the work ahead and per-
laps he would present something to
he meeting. He said he greatly ap-
'reciated the friendliness of the
own and its clubs, and the help al
eady given his department.
At this meeting there were no
armers present as at the preceding
ne and 1t Is repeated that they are
invited to attend the meetings and
ecome members whenever 1t meets
nth their own approval. The men
I the club are not working for the
own alone, but for the community at
arge, and wish the cooperation of
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