American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1908-12-26
BEFORE THE POWER
COUNTY BALL
Commercial Club is Preparing
for a Great Time.
All the Notables in the County Serving
on Committees Bal! and Supper
at the Auditorium Evening
of January s.

January 9Th is to mark the beginning
new epoch-something like the flood
or the discovery of fried chicken. After
that date it will be proper to begin all
stories with ''before the Power County
ball." for it will be an event of historic
Importance. On the evening of that
date ball will be given at the Audito-
rum for the purpose of raising funds to
help pay expenses incidental to the Sc
curing of new county, created princi-
pally from Oneida, Blaine and Bingham
counties and small parts of Bannock and
Cassia, which is to bear the appropriate
name of "power." "Before the Power
county ball'' some of US had to go
through another county into an adjoin-
ing state, get off the train in the dark
at an hour too late to go to bed and too
early for breakfast, take an accommo-
dation train and fritter away most
day and night and travel $50 miles to
get to our county seat. Others of US
had to make weary drives, take mid
night train for Pocatello, take short
nap, eat an early breakfast with sour
disposition and a poor appetite and take
an early train for Blackfoot. Still
Others had to drive to American Falls,
take train for Shoshone, stop over
night, on to Haley, remain over night,
back to Shoshone and wait for delayed
train and arrive in American Falls in
time for breakfast, two days and two
nights absent at an expense of $40, in
order to kick against our taxes or pre-
sent petition for road Improvement.
Oh! we were a sorry, unhappy lot in
those days, ''before the Power county
ball"
Nothing is to be left undone that
will insure a pleasant time and 'tget
money" Everybody will be there who
is able to borrow the price except the
old, the lame, or those opposed to dane
ing. A large number of buttons pro-
claiming Power County Booster" in
flaming colors will be on hand, and
every patriot is expected to part with
some of his surplus for the honor of
being permitted to wear one. Lunch
will be served and "we won't go home
til morning.
The ball is to be given under the
auspices of the Commercial Club of
American Falls. A polling list of all the
male voters within the limits of Power
County" has been secured. The list
will be carefully checked latter the
Power County ball., - and everyone not
present who has not confessed abject
poverty, is not serving time in Jail,
bought ticket, button, or ''ponied
up" in some other way, will be elected to
membership in the club and disciplined
or blackballed and disgraced for life.
The vengeance of the Night Riders
would be pleasant diversion compared
to the wrath of the commercial club if
you are not 'son the list" with a mark
to your credit 'tafter the Power County
ball."
The most influential people in the
county have been assigned to duty on
committees. The advertising commit
tee is composed of the following more
or less reputable and distinguished per-
sonages: Major George S. Ellinger,
Captain John R. Bowen and Colonel o.
H. Barber.
j The reception committee, however, is
the one bristling with the greatest So
cial dignitaries, and every member of it
fnltc fh,t he 81. SC ha do
sistance, or in plain English, the whole
thing. They are the peerage, the aris-
tocracy, the its of our society, and
were chosen for their ability to ''jolly, "
smile pleasantly and appear to enjoy as
sociation with plebians. They are Ad-
miral and Mrs. l.. l.. Evans, Commo-
dore and Mrs R. B. Greenwood, Com
mander and Mrs Duncan Machines,
Coalpasser and Mrs. David Burrell,
Powdermonkey and Mrs. MILFORD Ben
Mon, Captain and Mrs. Benjamin How
ell, Noah and Mrs. w. 7. Oliver and
Engine Oiler Bert Evans of Arbon-all
high officers of the American Falls
Horse Island mosquito fleet.
The floor committee is composed of
the following high privates, plain citi-
zens and estimable ladies': Charles Al
len, w. B. Jacobs, c. E. Petro, Frank
Hook, Mrs. Hook, Misses Vera Oliver,
Eunice Barber and Eleanor White OF
American Falls; George Wood andlMrs.
i X. w. Hillhouse of Rockland; ]. c.
Hurt and Adolph Claassen of Aberdeen.
Committee ON legislation, constitu-