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Show Commercial Club of Bfeckfoot Wisely " . Boosts Resources of Syrroyodiog Country fc ,jiii-ijjujj-. ..,,, . . ,,, GATHERING POTATOES, BLACKFOOT, IDAHO. hpc ial lo The Tribune. r".lijACm,,'0,,T Idft- K,'h- I' -TUp nion or tho Blackfdol Omimorclal club have exorcised wisdom chnraon rlslic of tin-con.sfi'valisin tin-con.sfi'valisin or tho community bv :ul-ycrtislnir :ul-ycrtislnir the pood imllik-s of tlic "farm-Ins "farm-Ins country surroundlnp . It. leaving tho town lo prow jls a result or tho dovolop-mcnt dovolop-mcnt of the splendid agricultural lands of which it fs thy con tor of commerce. Micro are twenty surrounding towns which llnd a center of trade of the more extondPd order tit niuokfoot. The Mm-kav brunch or tho Short I.tno supplies niack-toot niack-toot with u very substantial trade from the west, extending far into Custer county, which is n prcal stuck, minim; and agricultural country. "Willi tho d.-volopnient d.-volopnient of the preat Lost river country coun-try just belnp brought under cultivation through tho new Carey not project surrounding sur-rounding Maekay. Darlington. Leslie. Arco. Mporo .and Powell. Blaokfool will receive additional tnido of Immense Importance Im-portance to Its material progress. As a proof of the revenue producing facilities of the soil surrounding tins city, the FJIaeUfoot Commercial club points proudly to tho Insane asylum reports for tho present year, whore .".50 pooplu are sustained on tho revenues derived from the 100-ner! farm; where t0 acres of wheat yielded iMUO bushels: where. 'I'l acres of orchard produced 450U boxes of apples, all entirely free from pests; where 2i acres yielded IS" tons of stock carrots, and whero $".i0 was realized from the sale of vegetables over and :ibove those required for consumption by the Inmates fed at the Institution. Ulackfoot is the commercial center of this largo agricultural area which loads in its production of oats, wheat, alfalfa, potatoes, sugar beets, fruit and feed products. I In- city of Ulatkfool sustains one of the bt st county fair organl.itl init in It.a-ho. It.a-ho. 1 1 ipso annual ovonta contrlbule mag-iiillcontlj mag-iiillcontlj to the agrleiilliiral spirit of I ho surrounding community mid the maintenance mainte-nance of this organization here :il,js Ur. city materially through lb- betterment of all classes of porduoi and stock raised and sustained on the deep, productive soli of the neighborhood. With its sloaiiv id evor-incrcasliig expansion. niacktoot'toTs-n becomes Hit: substantial brnollel:ir. . 1- K- Thomas Is president and J. .. Carruth secretary of Ihe Blackfoot Coin-mercliil Coin-mercliil elub. On Rildgc street, the organisation, or-ganisation, true to the spirit of n rnlr advertisement ad-vertisement of Ulackfoofs natural material ma-terial resources. maintains elegantlv equipped quarters. One of t hi: Initial efforts of this club was tho ommemointlon here, on July :, I and S. last year, -of the seventy-ilfth anniversary an-niversary of the raising of the American Hag In the great American plateau, at old Port Hall, eighteen miles southwesterly southwest-erly from Wajckfoot. 'There, at that oarlv day. It Is claimed, the llrst ordained minister min-ister of the gospel raised his voice In sermon In defense of the divinity of tho ISlblu and for the salvation of man. This celebration was called "The Diamond Dia-mond Jubilee." and It lias attracted a groat deal of merited attention to Uluek-foot Uluek-foot from all parts of the country, where an active interest Is being taken in the unfolding of tho now. attractive wcsl. Following their co-operation with the Oregon Short Line in issuing periodical pamphlets represented by pictures us well as data, the attractive font tiros of their community, the Commercial club soul a delegation of throe to the Chicago exposition expo-sition in December to make a display of the choice products produced by the soil of these rich acres. gaEBBBBBSEaOiBBBB III! I IBM I IBfflgSg The club has inaugurated a i-'jrflein of farmers' ins-lit 11 1. s to bo held here They hae provided speakers of .-ibillly for these mooting :ind co-operated with tho Village Improvement society of the city in the preparation of periodical luncheons lunch-eons for Hie farmers who are pleased to attend these meetings from point of the advanced ideas tboy receive. At one of these meetings soon to lie held here the housewives til' the farmers and of Uluek-foot Uluek-foot will be Interested in a lecture lo lie given by Mlsf Hernlce TUaynard of the Cnlverslty of Idaho, on domestic science. l-hieournged by the impetus given the subject bv the lecturer on the demonstration demon-stration train or tho Oregon Short Line a few weeks ago. which stopped at Mlaokfoot. the larmers of the surrounding surround-ing cc-mitry are soon lo organize for the purpose of getting better seed potatoes, the same or fewer varieties, and to plan for grading, sorting, uniform sacking, and later to llnd a. steady market for their product. The Commercial club has always been onthuslasllc in its support of every agency for the convenience, health and pride of tho city. During the closing days of tho last year a contract was let to a Miles City. Mont., ilrm lo Install here a complete sewerage system. Tho city will shortly begin the construction of a 50000 building, lo be used for a city hall. In addition to the mayor, ciork and oouncilmeii occupying this new structure, cosy quarters are to lie provided for the up-to-date ladies of liiaekfoot. comprising compris-ing the Village Improvement society, which has done so much for the moral and social improvement of the community communi-ty life in the "Grove City." The Oregon Short Line Is soon to erect a new depot and improve Its parks about it, at Blackfoot. The location is practically settled at a rn ttt 1 1 r 1 1 1 point on the west side of the track, opposite op-posite tho present old depot building. For this purpose tho city council will close Paciilc street at the croaslng of the railroad. rail-road. The approximate cost of the new depot is JC0.O00. At Morciand. a town eight miles lo tho west on the Maekay branch, begins the branching of tho Aberdeen railroad, the grade of which Is now completed a distance dis-tance of twonty-elght miles down Snake river, on the westerly side, lo a town bearing the. name of the road. As soon as the weather will permit, the steel will be lnid 011 this grade, trains put in operation, op-eration, bringing closer to modern civilization civili-zation another isolated valley of the greatj growing stale of Idaho. Bg 1111 nilJIII IHI mi1J.fl. SSEB3?',I MJ.JgreEBBE III! IIIIIIBaBBaSSBSB BBBBBSJBIJH II II H II III III MUJWWtaJUH III 3gMBaapaB3aanw Vn . ' ''" ' . .. ........,.., -- j 'r ' ' ' ' v' ' qf BLACKFOOT, IDAHO. ' |
