Show 1ST ANTHONY IS HAPPY H Short Line Extension Was Opened Yesterday t I BIG CROWD TURNED OUT I SPEECKES LAD BY TROttl SPEcs 1F ROM IT PEOPL General Jolfification Indulged I By Etesdents of the Hustling Idaho Cit and Its NeghborsSpeca Train Caning Wel now Sit La r Arrives On Time II 3 4 By Long DIstance Telephone tQ The I Herald l St Anthony Ida De 7TeShort LineS extension to St Anthony was celebrated here today in most entl siast etyle Every citizen of this place as P1 as hundreds from the surrounding tur rounding country participated and the cent was one that will be long re rem1Jercd by those who witnessed and took part In it I I The reent cold snap and snowstorm I had delayed the construction WQrk fnd + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + U I + t i + g i Th I o MONTANA + i 0 i = I t + IDAHQ < d 1 > tY + t terUWM t + + + + 1 I I + + 1 + NEVADA + + + + 7 + t + + + tI + t I + I + H I JUTAIJ + 1 + + LJ I L = fl 4 ST ANTEONYS NEW BOAD + ATONS N ROA I + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + I necCiate stopping the first special train about one mile from town Xoth ing daunted the visitors headed b3 Superintendent Calvin and Parley L Williams and with the Iank and rear protected by Joe Young and Traffic Manager Eccles face the below zero weather and marched valiantly through the snow and over ties to the Riverside hotel where a arm Welcome in the shape of rousing cheer waving fa swarm s-warm handshakes by jubilant cltzens a box of cigars and other good things awaited them Serenade By the Band The St Anthony brass band assumed and disroursed a serenading attitude discoured ragtime music while Superintendent Calvin Parley Williams Traffic Manager Man-ager Eceles and others got acquaInted with the prominent citizens The reception re-ception committee consisted of C H Moon A Lewis R J C08Ie and all the other prominent ltizens of St Anthony all of whom responded About r00 residents of surroundIng counties crowded their way into town In every sort of conveyance that runs on wheels Bridge street the principal thoroughfare thorough-fare was crowded with jostling persons per-sons horses wagons men women boys and girls The band fIle the afternoon af-ternoon air with lively jig tunes and Eccles danced a hoe down on the hotel veranda while Parley Williams rubbed his hands in great glee In the fternoon a public meeting was held in Bartetts hal A P A erit a prominent citizen of the town delivered the address of welcome wel-come He Sid that i was an occasion of considerable Importance to the pee pIe of St Anthony and to the neighboring neigh-boring towns and counties I is the first occasion of the kind raid he and i is not likely to be repeated for some time to come Every citizen of Fremont county is Interested and is here today to celebrate I think I pardonable if i w < throw a few bouquets at ourSelves I is to our perseverance and our untrIng energy that we owe the incoming of the railroad company Our ma3or has been promising u a railroad for six years past but we never paid any attention to him and now ve he it fr Williams Responds arle L WillIams responded to the velcoipe for the railroad company He congratutted the people upm their crest work of converting a barren waste Into a fertile valley lIe concurred con-curred with Mr verltt In saying that i was largely through the In efatga abe energy of the people that the road had been built but the aid of capital had muCh to owih i John Donaldson a prominent citizen of St Anthon spoke along the same line and Kenneth Kerr of Salt Lake sid that the papers had helped the project along In every way possible and wished tl town and railroad every suCCess J E Flannel of the Boe Captal made a witty speech and Governor Steunenlerg congratulated the town in the name of the state of Idaho hanQet was tendered b3 the citizens citi-zens of St Anthony to Governor Steu nenberg the railroad olcial and prominent prom-inent visitors at the Riverside hotel In the evening The tables groaned withal with-al the things that make mankind feel good natured and merry There was a j03ul din and clatter of china dishes until late in the evening when the entire en-tire part attended the recepton and dance given at attet bal Deprre of Special The prate ca1 of VilC President Pres-ident I3anmIt Superintendent Cal yIn Dr Superintendent Ysang bearing short Line officials In vie guests ant newspaper correspondents cor-respondents lulled out of Salt Lake I forpSt Anthony at S45 Wednesday r i eVening The Short rAn olliclals onboard on-board were Ietsr Ecle Calvin Reeves P L Ynlamt Bennett 1 ii Young Chlg Surgeon Pinkerton The invited guests were Superinteadeit I 3akson of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company and General Pur chasingAgent E Hhodes Poatelo was reached on time and 1 the special left there at 420 reachIng lt30Thh I Ase Idaho Falls St 7 oclock Thqre thel party was jntdtGoverr Steqnen berg State Aifdi 1It1alr Secretary uf State Patde otrJtho and J D Plea Je Qf tfi B01s CPtal The train Was I swlCled1fiqm thinainJIne to the St Anthen bntnchand b ek1up the 1rrcnT ontr artY < Cltied alght18tEtfltveyti i throuh the frosty windows the trade land l construction work which stretched jctraigbt 4 ahead as far as the eye coull reach until the rails were los In per beyond spectlveIm the haze of the blue skIes Valei of the Sike ThrouEh the fet1le I ialey ot the Snake dressed In wlnt rrament and f heme In on the west by the snow clad Sawtoth rangeae traveled at a twent3mleanhour rate the train I running smoothly and without jolt or jar superintendent CalvIn Traffic I Manager Eccle and Division Superb tendent Young expressed the greatest satisfaction at the character and sta satsfacton bfty oC the construction work ConsIderIng the tact that the road was not ballasted and only partly stir face up the rUnning bf the trucks was exceptionally smooth With the excep ton of a one and fourtths degree cure here the toad crosS the south fork of the Snake river the line is I absolutely straIght for the entire distance dis-tance oC over thintyee n miles b j twen Idaho Falls ana St nthon3 There are numerous bridges crossing al large number of irrigating I canals in nuts j Freinont county and several small cuts thZ ugh the lava beds but nothing of a formidable nature r Work On Stations I I The six stations between Idaho Falls and St Anthony were being put into 1 shape bl gJgs of workmen Framework Frame-work for the stations and concrete foundations for rater tanks at Rexbur wee well underway and at the south I fork of the Snake river the conatruc1 tion corp of the Short Line were rustling I rust-ling to get the HowE truaes bolted I together At the temporary trestle I I crossing the south fork a picturesque I scene was presented The ckr waters of the rushing i stream were filled with cakes of bloat ling ice and the banks were lined with iced and shrouded bushes and trees I Away off in the distance the three Te j ton peaks itere outlined against the I bright morning sky and the clustering cluster-ing groups of houses cnposidg the I progressive town of St Anthony loomed up fifteen miles away A Progressive Tow I I St Anthony is a progressive little town of 600 sOuls resting on the banks of the Snake river and situate In the center of the beautiful Snake valley I Bridge street the main thoroughfare < tend from the river on the west on I through the town I l lned with substantial sub-stantial stone brick and frame stores I representing the entire category of I trade and occupations There are two I banks and to curhefethodst and I Presbyterian I Heldence in the town are at a premium pre-mium and there Is not t vacant lot In the town The agrIcultural products are large in quantity and are well dis ti ltm a1ira1 trlbuted i through the smaller grains I Hay is abundant and excellent pasturage pastur-age ground for cattle and sheep I abounds A good 1 tock business is I done yearly large numbers of sheep and cattle being shipped to Eastern I markets Hitherto these have all gone lout Irom Idaho Falls but owing to the innovation of the railroad will in the I j future be marketed from St the |