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Show II IiS PROSPERITY I IS SALT LAKE S GAIN Rigby Merchant Reports Unprecedented Un-precedented Crops, With (improvements Started George Wood, munngrr of T h Bd h if-K sfarcaati compaay al Rigbjj H.iho. has heen a visitor in the nty the p.'ist tm 'lay, a gulHl at tle Wil-on. Wil-on. The Kdwnnls company BOflidttOti art e.tenie g61MU merchandise business, busi-ness, and while in tho city Manager Wood parshMfld I largo and ,'iriod t k "f goods ai a number of th Ball Lakr uholesalo bouses. "Righy is one of the most thriving and prosperous towns in tho state, and u nncb r contributor to the basi neei and wealth of salt Lake as anj illlllH rorrn of id Bias, in ('tali.-' said Mr. H Wood. "To this i-ifv wc look for H almost eveiytbing neceseeij to moot the requirements of n vast and fat growing country. Sere we do most of or business, so thai in large neaenre on" prsonl. i" al.o alt Lake's H "The peal jear has boon n prosper- b on one in our scot ion of tho state. Not in the history of Idaho ha there bom shown racb treniendoui crop of potatoes, in tho vicinity of Rigby tho H crops were nnpreeedentedly heavy. Pa H ton were shipr-"d fiom tho station st Rigbj by tho thousands of carloads eastern markets, where they wer H disposed of at premium figuro. Tn nil H taees the pHceS ruled high. As a re- H salt, front Ibis source alonr. our farm H era arp Approaching 'easy street' with H rapidity not heretofore dreamed of H 'Wltr'i Is Imo of potatoes is equally H true of tho oereals and other crops in- H digsnous to this section. i bo people of Rigby and vicinity art RCtie. enorgeti.- and progressive. .nl nr.' unswerving in theti conscious boliof HmI theirs i the favored spot in ono of tho greatest commonwealths "The Oregon Bborl Line railroad eMnpaay intends making further improvements im-provements at Rtgby at an oarlv day. Tin.- is fox the purpose T facilitating the handling of the increasing business B of that rapidly growing city, ftl "The building of a bridge over the Rnehc river spoils an eastern outlet to ft greal country au1 means muoh for Rigby jp s business w.i. Construction oi 'his bridge will begin in the spring ioid will be pushed to speedy completion. comple-tion. Tho monev tor this purpose nas i-oen sppropristed bj tho states of B Wyoming and Idaho. ''Business in mU Knes ha' been and continues to be phenomenally good, and the fooling in business circles is altogether alto-gether optimistic for the coming year '' |