Blast from the Past - Mackay Miner Mid Summer Edition 1908 Page 7 of 9

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MACKAY SCHOOL

Mackay's Public School 1908

The above cut shows the schoolhouse at Mackay. The reader of this paper will notice by looking at the general map marked “Lucky Mackay,” that Mackay is situated in the heart of the Lost River Valley, and on account of the fact of its noted school, draws scholars from Dickey to Arc. The Mackay school building is a large brick building with six rooms, and employs at present five teachers, and affords a common school and high school education. The school board is comprised of Mrs. J.H. Green, Mrs. C.C. Davidson, and Henry Diers, all of whom are especially interested in the school work, so that they have the Mackay school work up to the highest notch, and Mackay is fortunate in having people to work for the school and take so much interest in it. The Mackay scholarship is gradually increasing until all five rooms now supplied with teachers have been crowded to their utmost capacity. The increase has not been due so much to the increase of population, as to the fact that the reputation of the school has been such that people from all over the valley, stock men, ranchers and others have built and rented houses in town especially for the purpose of placing their children in school during the winter time.

The Mackay school district is the owner of one full block in Mackay, the schoolhouse setting in the center, and a great number of trees have been set out to beautify the place, and the coming year will see a beautiful lawn. The scholars have taken a great deal of interest in athletics, organizing basketball teams, baseball and football, and the coming school year we expect to see some very good and closely contested games played between Pocatello, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls and other noted schools, against the Mackay athletes. Anyone acquainted with the facts will bear us out in saying that the Mackay school has earned the right to be classed among the greatest in the state. The schools of the county are looked after by the county superintendent. The lady now filling this position is Miss Jennie Kelleher, who is highly educated and takes the interest of the school to heart, and has devoted her entire time to the interest of the schools of the county.

With all these advantages, you can readily see that Mackay is to be congratulated upon her school.

CHURCHES

The very first inquiry a person would make who is thinking of locating in Lost River Valley, would be as to her schools and churches, and we are to be congratulated in both. We have in Mackay, the Methodist church, with a neat, roomy, comfortable parsonage, and a pastor that works faithfully to accomplish the ends for which the church was established. The cut on this page shows this church and also the Episcopal church. Both churches are greatly growing in strength and services are always well attended.

 Methodist Church 1908

 Methodist Church Rev. Thomas Jones 1908

Episcopal Church 1908.

OUR STREETS

The streets of Mackay are especially to be noted. The Main street and Smelter avenue, which run through the hear of our village, is one mile long and has been graded up with a gradual drain from center, from depot to smelter, which cost about ten thousand dollars. It is equal to any paved street in the best of cities. All of the other streets through the residence portion of town have been leveled, graded up with a gradual slope from center to drains on each side, all pebbles and rocks raked off until now it is nearly impossible to find a rock on any of our streets, and if you will drive over them you will bear us out in saying that they are equal to any city streets in the world.

ANOTHER CONVENIENCE

While we all deplore the circumstances which compel us to seek the services of the physician and surgeon or admittance into a hospital, we are nevertheless boundlessly grateful to the good doctor and his asylum for the sick and injured when we find ourselves, relatives or friends in affliction. Mackay can no boast of a nicely equipped little hospital where the best of care and the ablest medical and surgical skill are available to those so unfortunate as to suffer ill health or injury. This is the first institution of its kind in the county, and its location at Mackay only further establishes the activity and altruistic instincts of the citizens of the county and of this section in particular, to be up to date and in live with the progressive spirit of the age.

Conforming to a precedent in the selection of a name for this institution, in that the phrase “Lost River” has hitherto spelled success whenever applied as a name for institutions of whatever nature, the hospital is known as “The Lost River Hospital.”

TWO TYPES OF MEN

It is not the purpose of this edition to make personal mention of any firm, individual or corporation excepting where it is necessary to show an industry in a clearer light or to make an opportunity stand out more boldly. Herewith is presented two cuts of two types of men who have each enjoyed a moderate success in their respective lines. W.H. Brown is a type of rancher who settled in this valley in the early days, coming here from Madison county, Illinois, after a succession of moves in the west, but finally settling here permanently. He represents the type of men who settled the Lost river valley and began the work of reclamation which is now being carried to degrees that he little dreamed of. He located a ranch in 1884 and has improved it to a high state.

Rancher, William H Brown 1908

The other picture is that of a man of middle age, Mr. H.W. Weiler, who has devoted his energies to mining and made a success of the venture. He is a native of Indiana, followed the butcher trade in the early part of his life and finally developed into a mining man of prominence through being one of the lucky owners of a lease on the mine owned by the Empire Copper company. His is what we western people call a “?,” one of the highest of ?ments. After making many thousands of dollars in Mackay, Weiler continues to reside here and is devoted his energies to the development of the country I many ? but mining particular.

Successful Miner, H W Weiler 1908

ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION

Some time ago, about fifty young people of our town ? that an athletic association ? formed. This has been done and the result that in different ? town tennis courts have been established, baseball grounds laid in the best manner, athletic ? have been built up with grand ? race tracks, and fenced in a ? manner. They have money in their treasury, and it is their intent? ?still go ahead as fast as possible to make this one of the essential ? ?tures of Mackay.

The mildness our climate and richness of the soil make ? farming and stock raising a ? success in every particular, proving profitable employment for the farmer, gardener, fruit grown and ? man.

 W S Connell's Harness and Saddle Making Shop 1908

 Mackay Hotel 1908

Miss Myrtle Quincy. The Lost River Development Company's Stenographer, who answers the letters 1908

Blast from the Past - A Story of Two Churches - And People By Ilene Murray 1981

A Story Of Two Churches – And People

By Ilene Murray (1981)

At the corner of Custer and Park Streets in Mackay, Idaho there’s an old-fashioned wooden church bulletin board saying MACKAY COMMUNITY CHURCH.

The same sign when years after the Community Church words faded.

Alongside is a little white church with a tall steeple and bell tower. Though the doors are closed now, it holds fond memories for the people of the valley.

Just a few feet away there is a larger, more modern building – not white, but a friendly brown to blend in with the lawn and trees surrounding.

Strangers to the town might wonder “How come?”

In the old town of Houston, four miles from Mackay, various traveling evangelists held services in the valley in 1896; in 1898 a Reverend T.D. Saffel was appointed by the Methodist Church and served intermittently for a couple of years.

In 1901 Reverend J.L. Kendall was assigned to this field. The 1903-1904 Yearbook of the First Methodist Episcopal Church has this report:

“Rev. J.L. Kendall was assigned to this barren field a year ago. He went like Abraham of old, in at least two senses, viz., not knowing whither he went, and with horses and camp outfit. He found Houston on Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. His wife cooked dinner for the family over a campfire while he went in search of feed for his horses. That night they had secured an old house in which to live, had procured a hall in which to worship, and put up notices for services the next day, and thus began a most successful year…….”

“The following year Brother Kendall, following the rush of the new town of Mackay, four miles away, secured six fine lots from the promoters of the town, and erected a neat and commodious church, at a cost of $1,600.00. He had already bought a small house and moved it onto the lot adjoining the church as a home for the pastor. This was the second dwelling house in Mackay.

All the indebtedness, save $196.00, was cleared of during Brother Kendall’s pastorate. His work, however, was not wholly along material lines. He ministered faithfully, assisted by his good wife, to the spiritual needs of the people. The membership grew from 4 to 33, the pastor’s salary from nothing to $600.00. The present church property is a monument to their faithful endurance.”

 Inside the little white church circa 1967

The little white church has served the community well through the three quarters of a century since it was built. Many times there was no pastor available, but the Ladies Aid and the few faithful members remaining kept the Sunday School active and the church buildings maintained. By 1973 the congregation had so shrunk with the town that it was evident help was necessary to keep the church open.

The Village Missions was contacted and in June of that year Pastor Harold McGinnis was assigned by Village Missions Church Society to serve the church at Mackay. He and Joan, his wife, and the three children arrived that same month.

Transfer of ownership of the church property from the Methodist Church to Village Missions was completed in the summer of 1977.

Having an active, full-time pastorate at the church soon began to have a decided effect on the activities and membership. It began to be overcrowded. In 1977, after ownership was acquired, the idea for building a new church was germinated, and in November, 1980, the new church was completed and dedicated.

The old church will be left standing for the time being; it is one of the remaining landmarks in the town.

I wanted to learn the story of how the church outgrew the little white building and was replaced by the new building, which has an attractive vestibule, Sunday School rooms, a study, and full basement, as well as a much larger room for worship services; I had also learned they (Pastor McGinnis and wife, Joan) were moving soon to Beaver, Oregon.

I found Pastor McGinnis and his wife in the cheery study of the church, surrounded by packing boxes, books, and files which they were sorting.

Pastor Harold and Lois McGinnis. From the Challis Messenger October 8, 1981

I expressed my regret at their leaving, and asked if it wasn’t hard to leave their newly completed church. They did have mixed emotions, they said. However, they had asked to be moved nearer to his parents, who are getting old and both in poor health. He has had to leave several times in the past year to help them, and felt he should be closer. They are leaving many good associations here.

“What was your first impression of Mackay?” I asked.

He smiled. “I almost thought of going back. It was early spring. Everything was dirty and depressing, right after the snow melted. Joan didn’t come with me that first trip. The country was quite a change from Washington and Oregon, where we’d spent most of the past 18 years.”

“Then I talked with some of the people in town. They were friendly and said we could repair the parsonage, which they knew was in bad shape. I decided to unload the furniture and look it over.”

I asked Joan what her first impressions of her new home were.

“I was pleasantly surprised, “ she said. “Harold had painted quite a grim picture, but I didn’t think it was all that bad.”

They spent the first six months working on the parsonage. The upstairs was completely rebuilt. When they began it was quite a sight, with wood floors with the paint worn off; the ceiling was cheesecloth with wallpaper over it which had then been painted and repainted several times and was torn and hanging. This was the first project.

After that the rest of the whole parsonage has been redone. Electric baseboard heating was installed instead of the old wood stove; then a modern wood stove was added, as well as carpeting and storm windows. Joan has a decided knack for decorating, and the little old house is now very attractive as well as comfortable.

It was interesting to see how the church itself changed. Records showed that average attendance the previous year was 18. The church board agreed to give a portion of the salary, and Village Missions would supplement with $185.00 a month. The offering the first few months averaged $130.00, but before very long attendance and giving increased and in two and a half years the church became self-supporting and has remained so.

Bible Study groups were initiated for men and women. After a while attendance at these was sometimes greater than church attendance.

Sunday School didn’t grow quite so fast, but did increase, as did the Bible School and Youth Camps.

Three intern pastors have been trained; Chuck Barnett, who had been a member of the youth group in their church at Sumner Park, Washington and is now Pastor at the Challis Church; Jim Knight, who came from California and is now assigned to a church in Washington; and Darrell Jessup, now at his own church at Cottonwood, Idaho.

Several people from Arco had been coming to the Mackay church, and they asked if services could not be held there. Now Sunday evening services are held in the Episcopal Church Building in Arco, twenty eight miles away.

As the attendance and activities grew, the little church began to overflow. The children’s nursery was too close and disrupting sometimes; and there was no place for church dinners or other social activities. The pastor began toying with the idea of a new church in 1977. He got various plans and discussed building on to the old one. He was advised this would not be practical. He “doodled” for a month, talked with a draftsman-architect, and finally brought the subject before the Church Board of Directors. Their first reaction was “No way can we come up with a new building. Let’s not even think about it”…But think about it they did, Marvin Goddard agreed to be project chairman, and a basic plan was developed.

In July of 1978 ground was broken for the church and on November 9, 1980 the church was dedicated. “We now have a building worth about $300,000.00 which will cost only $110,000.00 or $115,000.00 when completed,” McGinnis said. “Only the shell was purchased, the rest was built as we had the money. We have never been broke, though we were down to $8.00 in the building fund one day. Miraculously, more money came in for the fund.”

A group of teenager volunteers came from Washington and spent two weeks working on the church. They boys did cement work and the girls did insulating. They paid their own expenses. They brought $25.00, which they all donated to the building fund when they left.

Later a group of retired men called Missionary Assistants came to help. These were carpenters, painters, and other craftsmen. They came from Washington and spent several days on finish work. The only work we had to hire done was sheet rocking. Mondays and Saturdays were workdays. Lunches were furnished by the ladies of the church.

“In retrospect, it sounds so easy”, the pastor said. “But there was a lot of thought, planning, and worry, especially the building committee. It could not have been done without the cooperation and dedication of those committee members, the Board, and all the members. People who were not members even helped with the work.”

“Joan, I know you haven’t been sitting idly by all these years,” I said. “What about your activities?”

“I’ve been church secretary and have quit or been fired several times but always went back to work in five minutes. It’s quite a heavy load, and I’ve tried to keep the church people always informed or what’s going on. I’ve been in charge of the music program. One of my biggest jobs is what I call coffee cup counseling. The women of the church often come to me with problems and I try to find answers for them in the Bible, over a cup of coffee or tea.”

“Our four children have pretty much grown up while we’ve been at Mackay. Eddie is at Vancouver, Washington, Larry and his wife at Salem, Oregon, Jeff at Green Bay, Wisconsin, and Joy is still at home with us.”

“Even though we thought the country looked desolate when we first came, we have grown to love it and the people in it, “ the Pastor said. “The mountains are beautiful and the people are the best of anywhere in the world.”

“Yes”, Joan said. “One thing stands out especially. When Jeff had his accident, there was a time when I had to be at the hospital with him. Church officials were coming for a meeting. When I came home tired and wondering how I could get things ready in time, the ladies of the church had cleaned my house, put clean sheets on the beds, and filled stove and refrigerator with food. I’ll never forget it.”

As I prepared to leave, I said “Do you have any more thought?”

“Yes,” the Pastor’s eyes twinkled. “I wish I could take this new study with me. It’s the best I’ve ever had in my years of ministry!”

By Ilene Murray with liberal use of 1903-1904 Yearbook of the Epsicopal-Methodist Church in Mackay, Idaho.

Bible Class Mackay Methodist Church 1904

Top L-R: Edith Ewing, Henry Vanderwood, Floyd Franklin, Martha Keenan, Ernest Mott, Elsie Franklin, Oben Franklin, Edgar Ewing

3^rd row:  Bertha Franklin, Blanche Ewing, Rev. Haley, Myrtle Ewing, Jean Barnett  [Clark], ( former Idaho First Lady)

2^nd row: Jennie Hendricks, M. Hawarth, Louise Eberts, Lillie Edrington, Mina McCallum

Bottom row:  Chase Clark (former Idaho Governor), Elva Hilts, Viola Wallace

Blast from the Past - YEAR BOOK of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Mackay, Idaho 1903 - 1904 (Includes a brief history of Mackay too)

YEAR BOOK of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Mackay, Idaho 1903 - 1904.
Press of the Mackay Telegraph 1904

J.N. Haweltore (sp) Presiding Bishop, 1903, Idaho Conference.

Copyright 1903. M 1955 Listening to the Sermon  Roseland T.O. W. Red Oaks, Ia.

Year Book of The First M.E. Church

HISTORICAL

GENERAL

IN THE old town of Houston, four miles from Mackay, the first regular gospel services were held in the valley. During the year of 1896 services were held by various traveling evangelists, and in the year 1898 Rev. T.D. Saffel was appointed pastor and served nearly a year. After an absence of almost another year, he returned but only remained a short while. The Presiding Elder's report at conference in 1901, says: "Rev. J.L. Kendall was assigned to this barren field a year ago (1900). He went like Abraham of old, in at least two senses, viz., not knowing whither he went and with horses and camp outfit. He found Houston on Saturday morning at 10 o'clock. His wife cooked dinner for the family over a camp-fire while he went in search of feed for his horses. That night they had secured an old house in which to live, had procured a hall in which to worship, had put up notices for services the next day, and thus began a most successful year; many have found Christ, and the founda-

tions have been laid for greater work." The following year (1901) Brother Kendall, following the rush for the new town of Mackay, four miles away, secured six fine lots from the promoters of the town, and erected a neat and commodious church at a cost of $1,600. He had already bought a small house and moved it onto the lot adjoining the church as a home for the pastor. This was the second dwelling house in Mackay. All the indebtedness, save $196, was cleared off during Bro. Kendall's pastorate. His work, however, was not wholly along material lines. He ministered faithfully, assisted by his good wife, to the spiritual needs of the people. The membership grew from 4 to 33, the pastor's salary from nothing to $600. The present church property is a monument to their faithful endeavors

HISTORICAL 1902-04.

AT THE Confernce in Caldwell, in August 1902, Rev. G.G. Haley was appointed pastor in Mackay. Being in attendance at Chicago University at the time, he did not arrive on the Mackay work until late in October. He found a small debt and a loyal membership. In a few months the debt was provided for and the following summer (1903), mainly through the efforts of the Ladies' Aid Society, the church and parsonage property was fenced in by a neat picket fence, the yard was sowed down to grass and slight improvements made in the parsonage. During the winter before a gracious revival had welded the church membership together. Near the end of this revival, pursuant to the good old Methodist idea, a fine altar rail was put in (1902). In June 1903 the present pastor was elected State Secretary of the Idaho Sunday School Association and as such was away from Mackay considerable during the early fall. On his return, moreover, he fell ill and until late in the winter little, if anything was accomplished. The pastor, however, from his sick-bed, tried to direct in the furnishing of the church with pews. After his recover, in December, the work has gone on nicely until now (May 1904), we have comfortable, up-to-date pews, (all oiled and varnished), aisle carpets, choir loft and platform neatly carpeted, and new lamps added. All this at a cost of near $175. Many of the latter improvements were due to the efforts of the good ladies of the Aid Society. During the early par of the present year, Rev. O.A.

HOLY BIBLE

White, of Blackfoot, assisted the pastor in a two weeks' meeting. The membership was greatly quickened thereby and every department of the church work has gone ahead with new zeal. The Sunday School has grown steadily under the leadership, in 1903 of S.A. (Silas A.) Edrington and 1904 or the present Superintendent, Prof. W.A. Beakley. In June, 1903, this Sunday School subscribed $25 to the State Work, as much as the largest school in Idaho, and it has paid it. The Epworth League has kept up its devotional meetings throughout the year.

At the opening of the Conference year, 1903-4, an Official Board was organized and the pastor's salary increased $200 over the preceding year. An excellent choir has been organized. Printed bulletins are used in the morning and evening services. The attendance at public worship has greatly increased, the evening crowds being very large. Many improvements are planned for the coming year, among which are a new bell, enlarging of choir loft, changing rear partition to folding doors so that the League room may be added to the Auditorium, to accommodate the increasing crowds, and the building of a new parsonage or enlarging of old one.

MACKAY

Situated in the beautiful Lost River valley, about eighty-five miles from Blackfoot, is the thriving town of Mackay, named in honor of the late John W. Mackay, of cable fame. South, south-west, of the town and but a few miles distant, is White Knob peak, surrounded by a group of smaller peaks. Almost due north, McCaleb peak lifts its venerable head among the clouds and casts its shadow in the deep and precipitous canyon that winds its way between this major of the Rockies and another timbered hill, from which a flow of clear water gushes and forms a mountain stream that in a few months will furnish light and power. Stretching eastward for many miles is the fertile valley of the Lost River, covered with ranches that for productivity will soon equal, if not excel, any part of the state.

The town itself, literally sprang into existence in October 1901. It had been laid out by Wayne Darlington in the August previous, and the first building to be erected was Nathan Clark's law office. Very shortly thereafter the Mackay Telegraph building was erected just across the street. Then followed a mighty rush to move buildings from the old town of Houston, four miles away. The first building moved was the present Methodist parsonage. The first business house to open its doors was the present drug store of Baker and Paling, October 17, 1901. In less than three months the population reached nearly eight hundred. In a few months the

Oregon Short Line had built a branch from Blackfoot to Mackay.

At present, June 1904, Mackay has a population of about one thousand and is steadily growing. In the mountains south and west of town are many valuable mining claims, rich in copper, gold and lead, among which are the White Knob, the Horseshoe, the Sunnyside and the Iron Mask.

The White Knob Copper Co.'s mine is the only one systematically worked to any extent. It has a 600-ton smelter, which is connected with the mine by an electric road (railroad) and is running at its full capacity. About four hundred men are employed at the mine and smelter. This company expects soon to erect a large power plant to be supplied by water from Cedar Creek. Also we are told a lead stack will be put in at the smelter, to handle the lead-bearing ore.

The town has two churches, Methodist Episcopal and Protestant Episcopal, each having a resident minister. The Public School has a good brick building and is manned by three teachers. Recently a Free Reading Room has been opened on Main Street which is very well patronized. The town has a well-equiped volunteer fire department, a fine water system and good streets. During the winter twenty-five new cottages were erected. At the present writing a good, healthy boom is on and considerable building is in progress.

LOCAL CHURCH OFFICALS (June 1904)
Class Leader, Mrs. M.E. Franklin.
Sunday School Superintendent, W.A. Beakley.
TRUSTEES
N.H. Clark.
Floyd Franklin.
A.W. Jenks.
R.H. Ewing.
Mrs. R.M. Wallace
STEWARDS.
Mrs. R.M. Wallace.
Mrs. Pearl Herman
R.H. Ewing
President Epworth League, W.A. Beakley.
OFFICIAL BOARD
Chairman, A.W. Jenks.
Secretary, W.Beakley.
Mrs. M.E. Franklin.
R.H.(Rueben Henry) Ewing.
Mrs. Pearl Herman.
Floyd Franklin.
N.H. Clark.
Mrs. R.M. Wallace

SUNDAY SCHOOL

OFFICERS

Superintendent, Prof. W.A. Beakley.

Secretary, Miss Gene Burnett.

Treasurer, Jennie Hendricks

TEACHERS.

Class No. 1, Primary, Mrs. Joseph Clark.

Class No. 2, Miss Ruth Baker

Class No. 3, Mr. Barzilla Clark

Class No. 4, Mr. G.G. Haley

Class No. 5, Mrs. R.M. Wallace

SUNDAY SCHOOL MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

President, Mrs. L.V. Haley.

Secretary, Miss Gene Burnett.

Treasurer, Mrs. M.E. Franklin

SUNDAY SCHOOL BOARD OF CONTROL.

Officers of the Sunday School.

Teachers of the Sunday School.

Pastor.

R.H. Ewing

Mrs. M.E. Franklin

MEMBERSHIP (June 1904)

Wm. A. Beakley.

Mrs. W.A. Beakley.

Chase A. Clark.

    Rosehill Cemetery, Idaho Falls

Lavina Edrington.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Silas A. Edrington

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Lilly Edrington.

Blanche Ewing.

Clyde Ewing.

Edith Ewing.

Edgar Ewing.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Myrtle Ewing.

Reuben Ewing.

     Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Bertha A. Franklin.

Elsie L. Franklin.

Floyd E. Franklin.

Mary E. Franklin.

Jacob M. Franklin.

Oben M. Franklin.

John W. Gue.

Mrs. Emma Gue.

Ira E. George.

Mrs. Ira George.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Mrs. Pearl Herman.

Mrs. L.V. Haley.

Mrs. Mary Haynes.

Miss Della Howard.

Lewis Hohn.

Mrs. Minnie Manley.

E.E. McClelland.

Mrs. Carrie McClelland.

W.H. Pershal.

M.N. Pomeroy

Mrs. Annie Pomeroy.

Mrs. Pucket.

Mrs. Robt. Reed.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Bertha B. Richardson.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Clara May Richardson.

     Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Drucilla Richardson.

     Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

George P. Richardson.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Mrs. Helen Richardson.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

John J. Richardson.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Nellie A. Richardson.

A. Shepherdson.

Mrs. A. Shepherdson.

Mrs. R.M. Wallace.

    Mt. McCaleb Cemetery

Viola Wallace.

EPWORTH LEAQUE.

President, W.A. Beakley.

First Vice-President, H. Jukes.

Second Vice-President, Mrs. L.V. Haley.

Third Vice-Presient, Blanche Ewing.

Fourth Vice-President, Mrs. Beakley.

Secretary, Miss Louise Ebert.

Treasurer, Oben Franklin.

METHODIST AID SOCIETY

President, Mrs. W.A. Beakley.

Secretary, Mrs. (Lavina Barger) S.A.(Silas A.) Edrington.

Treasurer, Mrs. R.M. Wallace.

EXECUTIVE COMMITEE.

Mrs. W.A. Beakley.

Mrs. (Mary) Anderton

Mrs. Chas.(Agnes Vance) Baker

Birds-eye View from Smelter Hill, Mackay in the Distance.

The Academy of Idaho, Pocatello. Write for Catalogue, Address the President

GREETING

The Telegraph is in no way an ordinary country printing office. The latest and best methods known to the typographical art are employed, and the equipment is such that all classes of work are executed, including book, job and all kinds of color work. Besides catering to those who purchase printing, we publish The Mackay Telegraph, which is an eight-page six-column weekly newspaper, covering a territory of 100 square miles or so, and covering it thoroughly. We are satisfied to get the price for high-class, neat, plain printing that others charge of the kind that hurts business, and for this reason we are building up a business that our friends say, is a creit to the town we do business in.

THE TELEGRAPH PRINT SHOP which is in Mackay, Idaho.

NOTE: the remainder of the YEAR BOOK of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Mackay, Idaho 1903 - 1904 is ads for the various business in Mackay, Idaho. Will post each ad separately as Blast from the Past - First Businesses in Mackay, Idaho. If you would like to review all add in the Year Book, just click First Businesses Label on the right.

Here are the ads from other towns that appeared in the Year Book of the First Methodist Episcopal Church.