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Show Down Memory Lane BY JOHN J. CREEDON BINGHAM IN 1914 While browsing through th. January Jan-uary I, 19 IS issue of th. Press-Bulletin Press-Bulletin in getting soma of th. information in-formation about th. bank robbery reported last week, I ran across some interesting names and business establishments, that might b. of interest in-terest to my readers. This was th. big holiday issue and it contained mor. pages and newt than the regular issue. The editor waa Ira Masters, who later became Secretary of State of Idaho. H. had brief review of tome of th. notables of the town. Tom Quillen, mayor of the town for as long as he desired to run and a genial figure at the Bingham Stat. Bank. Postmaster Charles H. Roberts, who had been postmaster for most of the past seventeen years, according accord-ing to the writeup. Atha Williams, listed at the "Pistol Kid", former police officer and businessman. - Jerome Bourgard, owner and operator op-erator of the up-to-date butcher Bingham and Garfield Railroad the scenic line to Bingham Canyon. Gabrielson'a Gallery at 467 Main. Senate Saloon featuring service and 10 year old Warwick whiskey, C. H. Jackson, proprietor. Grill Bar Old Crow whiskey our specialty. Bingham Coal and LumberLivery LumberLiv-ery service. Diamond Bar, featuring S year old "Kentucky Dew", Dunsmore and Company, Unioi Bar Contratto and Viette Gephardt Mercantile in Highland Boy. S. J. Hays feature Car hart Overalls. Citizen's Coal and Lumber Co., H. S. Brownlee, owner. Regal Lager Beer Coal Hay Grain American Amer-ican Beauty and Lemp's Beer. Vienna Cafe Finest food in town. Scores of Cun Club shoot of December De-cember 27, 1914 showed Boyd Barnard Bar-nard as the winner with 47 of 50. Other shooters included A. L. Nelson, Nel-son, Joe Ruttle, A. L. Heaston, W. G. Scudder, S. J. Hays, F. W. Quinn, Val Hay, Wm. Struthers, J. T. Dean and W. V. Evans. Mention of a big shoot between Willard Evans and Jack Studor did not come off. Studor waa sick. His friends said he had cold feet. And that's the way things were as we bid goodbye to I 9 I 4 1 shop and a great conserver of springs and water and a pioneer builder. The advertisements advertise-ments in the issue is-sue were most interesting and many of you may recall doing business busi-ness with these Mr. Creedon m"chfn,: R. C. Bee, Merchant Mer-chant Tailor Woodring Building. Scott and Hackett, attorneys-at-law Room 3, Woodring Building. Drs. Straup and Musser, office hours 9-10 a.m. I to 5 p.m. 7-8 p.m. D. W. George, attorney, Wood-ring Wood-ring Building. Bingham Coal and Lumber Co., featuring Beaver Board. Bingham State Bank. Bingham Livery and Transfer Co. Joe Berger has a full-page ad: oe takes over the Eber W. Hall Undertaking Parlor at 524 Main St. Ten Yean experience Cut flowert and detigna on order. Citizen's Commercial Co -Bingham' t only wholesale house with large warehouse at the BotG. Miners Mercantile Co. Copper-fields' Copper-fields' leading store. Bingham Mercantile The Big Store. |