The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1923-07-19
Railroad Officials Coming Here

! and the Riverside meeting will be q
the lawn of D. E. Greer, the first ca
due to arrive at 6.35 and to leave q
: 6.55.
The run from there to BishOl
Williams place at Thomas will b,
made via the Anderson lane to thu
brick school house of district No. IL
then west to Vance Johnson's corner
and south. The first car will arrive
at Williams residence at 7.O5 ant
leave for Blackfoot at 1926, the
others following little closer thar
from the other places, so that they
will all reach Blackfoot at O'CLOCK
or as nearly that time as possible.
The evening meeting will be al
the tabernacle, where covers will be
laid for as many as buy tickets for
the occasion. There will be no time
for the party to retire to hotels or
homes to clean up after the sixty
mile drive from Idaho Falls, but
there will be a line of basins and
towels at the entrance to the taber-
nacle and accommodations for a few
in the wash rooms within the build
ing, and a few minutes will be al
lowed for their use before entering
the dining hall.
All arrangements for the drive
and the meetings are in the hands OF
! w. F. Bergman, and everything per-
tanning to the banquet rests with Leo
W. Woodruff, manager of the Black
foot telephone exchange.
The purpose of these meetings and
! l. hor offQr dinner
speeches is to get acquainted, and to
get an understanding of each others
problems, resources and desires. The
railroad officials want to know our
resources, and what there is here for
future development for their roads
to serve. They think we should split
up our farms into smaller units and
have more population per square
mile, and they are planning an ex-
tensive advertising campaign TO
bring in settlers who are good farm
ers and who have capital to stock
their farms and operate them to
good effect They will probably
speak on those matters and other
things that will help us to see more
clearly the trend of what is coming.
On our part, we want to know
more of railroading and the service
thew can perform for US; we want to
know how we 'can get service more
nearly at the times we want 1t, ana
by meeting and seeing and talking
over subjects of mutual interest, we
are able to do more good both ways.
The Commercial club wishes as
many people as possible to attend all
these meetings, including the ban
ouet. This invitation is everybody's
and each person attend
ing the banquet pays for his own
and is in on the whole social pro-
gram of the evening.
People need not dress up for the
meetings on the lawns. 1t is not the
wish of anyone to interrupt the work
longer than Is necessary. The spokes-
man for these railroad officials said
to lust drop the work and assemble
and feel perfectly at ease In the
working clothes. They want to see
the men and their families and to
know them and their work and their
problems as intimately as possible.
they are taking a three-day look at
the Snake river valley 80 they will
know 1t and its people better than
hey ever did before, and be able to
give them better service than they
,ver furnished before.
It is desirable to have as many at
he evening meeting at the taber-
,acle as can be accommodated In the ,
banquet room, and the limit Is $50. (
rhe Relief society will prepare meals [
or as many as have bought or en-
RACED tickets up to some time In the |
.fternoon. Those desiring to en- I
.age tickets by phone should ring 9
$50 and they are also on |
ale 1T all drug stores and Boyle's
HARDWARE. The price Of the banquet I
fckets IL 81 apiece, one-fourth OF {
which goes into the fund for the use (
4 the building, and the rest goes to {
he Relief society. 1t Is not . source
( profit to the Commercial club or Z
nv OF the mon making the arrange '
nents. The men of the town and
heir cars are subject to call to per- 9
orm any service needed In connec- I"
Ion with this kind of work, and ~ {
aturday Il = busy day In stores and z
fflces, 1t 10 suggested that town peo-
le and country people insofar ast =
hey can, shall do their shopping on Y
'riday or in the forenoon Saturday h
D the people who are left in stores O
nd Offices can handle the business d
, the absence Of those who arel a
,vied upon to 60 on the country tripl O
nd who desire to attend the evening"
sssion. o
It is important that young men, p
nd the heads Of frms. and those de- q
ring to hold responsible positions IL
,ould attend such meetings - this,
id employees should try to arranged
le Saturday work SO that the head