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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1908
Page
3
An overview praises Montpelier's public schools as a growing power among state systems. It notes two buildings, a nearing 80,000 high school project, a superintendent, and 12 cashiers mostly graduates from top normal schools or universities. Officials affirm progress but acknowledge room for improvement.
Montpelier welcomes a group of press club members from across Idaho with a banquet at the Hunter House followed by receptions hosted by three ladies clubs. Attendees include editors and spouses from Blackfoot, Sugar City, Twin Falls, Rexburg, Ashton, Sterling and others. next meeting set for Boise on November 20.
In Bear Lake county a banquet section extols the grandeur of the mountains and Bear Lake scenery. Toastmaster Talbot introduces Karl P. Brown of Blackfoot and previews humorous remarks about returning home. Brown jokes about excuses and praises Montpelier, Paris, and local hospitality amid a celebratory gathering.
The Oregon Short Line round house in Montpelier is a fine brick complex with fifteen engine stalls for 1000 class locomotives. It features a 40 by 60 foot shop with modern lathes and drill presses, repairing over 600 engines monthly. Sixty five workers plus coal shovlers and track men earn a monthly payroll of four to five thousand dollars, totaling more than fifty thousand dollars annually. the plant handles more cars per month than any other point on the line.
Congressman Payne of New York discusses the history of duties on imported works of art. He recalls the McKinley bill effort to free art, the resulting 20 percent duty, and later reductions in the Wilson and Dingrey eras. He argues revenue needs and defends maintaining duties, while noting arguments for free art to educate the public.
A dated verse sketch contrasts a modern miss with family duties and wishes. It lampoons desires and discontent, showing how a child resists chores, chafes against rules, and confronts parental expectations. The dialogue of workplace and Western show references adds a regional flavor and humor.
The piece notes how many resist being the outsider yet yearn for the older status. It observes a paradox where a hard working first generation becomes an easy spender in the next generation.
Montpelier notes describe the L D S meeting house joining in a $3500 donation toward Fielding Academy and praise for St Andrew's Episcopal, Presbyterian, and Catholic churches with active Sunday schools and charitable works. The passage blends community church histories with a string of quips on human foibles and social manners.
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