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Show P 1 NEWS OF BLACKF OPT 1 fil : Special to The Tribune, tyj; BLACKFOOT. Idaho. July D. A large rSm brick addition to the Cottage hotel Is un- M dor construction. A handsome gray sand IUv and lime brick is being used. It Is made ivl'fv at Idaho Falls and Is not burned, but lj r ulr-drlcd, the combination of Ingredients rwi causing tho brick lo harden like concrete. Ztm- The handsome new S500 residence of Byrd BK Trego, publisher of the Idaho Republican, is built of the same brick- The Trego SWV residence Is ready for the roof. 111 Blackfoot Is getting down to business iiUU ngain after an unusual period of celebra- U. tion. The "diamond Jubilee" celebrating. BBfe the scvcntv-fiflh anniversary of the cs- .V9I tabllshment of Ft, Hall, the first perma- VAl . ncnt white settlement in Idaho, brought rf.li i sooo visitors to town and kept things il'l, ' moving every minute for throe flays, Sat- ttal F urdnv, Sunday and Monday. Then. July wfl 8. th'f Sells-Floto circus drew another big RK crowd. . . , Construction work is now being actively pursued on the Big Lost rlyer Irrigation project whicii will reclaim SO.000 acres of irWl fine land south and cast of Arco. This !SfX land lies about fifty miles northwest of SKit Blackfoot and is reached by the Salmon wQSt river branch of the Oregon Short Line SBB- railroad, which connects with the. main JK- line at this point. Us settlement and 9HB cultivation will bo of material advantage ST to Blackfoot, |