The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-06-05
1.-THE BIG
CHEESE. "


The term the "big cheese" is some,
times used in derision or to belittle
someone or cast reflection on the in
tegrity, honor or ability of an indi
vidual or thing. Speaking of one
! as the whole cheese" is considered
a compliment. When the whole
cheese is big cheese everything
ought to be all right.
| Idaho Falls business interests this
week were visited by group of men
| from the neighboring city of POca-
tello. They were made very welcome
for the reason that Idaho Falls in
a business and social way is glad to
have them, for Pocatello is becom-
ing to be looked upon as "the city,
of Idaho, with all due respect to the
capital city over in the west part of
the state which while nice and all of
that, is not what one would call
bursting with energy and a live
spirit
The visit of the Pocatello real
estate and business interests was
made in the right spirit, not with the
viewpoint and object of taking some
thing away from Idaho Falls or the
upper valley which would be small
town stuff" but with the object of
helping to build up, with the know
ledge and realization that the bigger
the valley the bigger Pocatello, while
we in turn realize the bigger Poca-
tello becomes the more good which
will result to us.
There are trade excursions that
have left rather a bad taste for the
reason that they have been made
with Door taste Idaho Falls mas
guilty of something of that kind some
time ago; the excursion in question
had a personal profit motive behind
ait and was not community build
ing affair.
The Pocatello excursion was "big
town stuff and Idaho Falls wishes
them luck and success and being
prompted by the motive which sent
them out the success sought is as
sured. $40
Pocatello talks of being the center
of the second largest cheese manu-
featuring district in the world.
That is fine; Idaho Falls extends
CONGRATULATIONS Pocatello may be-
come known as the town of the
"big cheese" if not the whole cheese.
Idaho Falls with its biggest sugar
Ill InO WOllo, 1uohO e@AAc 49,
the owner of the largest municipality
owned hydro-electric power plant in
the world; Idaho Falls as the great
est originating point for outbound
shipping Of agricultural products In
the United States, is claiming few
things and is a hearty well-wisher for
Pocatello and will be glad to see the
Gate City grow into 900 and more,
ka Ioh To- diofriof q q Ora9f
producer and the more consumers
we have near us the better off we
are.
Go to it Pocatello. Grow and
prosper for we wish you we'll. You
are a live community filled with live
spirits We like you and like your
spirit and we have confidence in your
future and success.
After reading the above effusion
concerning the greatness of our
the Blackfooter asks him
self the question, And what hath
Blackfoot besides the nut house, the
fairgrounds and tourist park?"
Why, Blackfoot is possessed of
the self starter. 1t starts good ideas
and other towns follow suit. 1t
started the beet industry in Idaho by
testing production and getting the
first factory. 1t started the better
home idea by setting the whole town
to trees third of century ago and
following the spring slogan, Clean
up and paint up" 1t started the
movement to stop the towns from
dumping their waste and garbage
on some conspicuous part of the sub
urbs where it would do the most
damage. 1t spread the preachment
that garbage should be studiously
concealed by using it to plug up
holes or borrow pits and smooth out
the landscape. 1t started early on
the task of burying the causes of
IL dixricio1a1 in niuic fars