The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-05-08
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE GENIE.
Terry.

Last Saturday about fifty people
assembled at the cemetery in res
ponse to announcements, and the
work of cleaning up the grounds was
commenced. Each person came
armed with tools of some kind, and
worked vigorously from about ten
o'clock until four. The ladies serv-
ed lunch on the grounds, and all did
ample justice to hot coffee, sand
wiches, pickles, cheese and cake. 1t
proved to be very pleasant affair
for those who took part In the work,
and when they left the grounds in
the evening 1t was the general opin-
ion that another day would put
things in very good trim for the
ladies to begin the work of perman-
ent improvements under the auspices
of the V. l. s.
The work done Saturday consisted
of cutting out brush and weeds, trim
ming trees and shrubs and removing
litter of all kinds. Some used mat
tocks and axes while others were
busy with pruning shears, and rakes.
Drays and wagons were used to haul
away such debris as could not be
burned on the grounds. Fires were
herded along bitches and roads and
In some places the lots were burned
over. In few instances the fires
were allowed to get to the fences, and
a number of boards and pickets were
charred or smoked. Everything was
dry, and burned like tinder, and the
@ u Wi Ia to
the fires but hard to control or sup
press If allowed to start from the
wrong quarter.
Most of the work was devoted to
cleaning the roads, bitches and open
grounds, and persons who go out now
to clean out their lots, are requested
not to scatter the litter about over
the ground that has been cleaned,
but to remove 1t from the grounds
or burn 1t. The work was left in
very unfinished condition, all trying
to get the worst distractions out of
the way, and not doing much with
individual lots except in cases of per-
sonal interest, or cleaning up the
lots of persons who live at distance,
so that 1t would be impractical for
them to be there. 1t Is a dull time |
for business men and busy time for
farmers, and favor was shown ac-
although many people
came In from their farms and worked |
all day.
Many children were there and rem
dered as valuable service as any
body, doing steady work pulling
weeds and in various ways helping
the work along. There were more
ladies than gentlemen on the ground
and all worked diligently, 1t being
a notable feature that there were no
loafers on the grounds, and people
who expected to see the work done
in half-hearted way as road work
Is usually done, were surprised to see
hat everybody seemed to find salts
faction In getting as much done as
possible.
Mrs. Gagon, the president of the
V. /. S., was on hand with good
word for everybody and a notebook
.aking down the following names of
men and boys who were all-day work.
,rs:
]. G. Millick, J. w. Ezell, Dolph
Johnson, H. B. Curtis, Geo. f. Ga
son, A. w. Thompson, Byrd Trego,
R. ]. Osborn, Porter Armstrong, Gus
lowell, Fred s. Stevens, Geo. Warren,
Forest Trego, J. J. Stewart, Robert
I. Shoenberger, Hugh McVicar, Mark
Farmer, Joaquin Wright, Clarence
Quantrell. Roscoe Rich, Adrian Gri-
maud, Chas. Gesas, Port Arthur, John
Oanilson, contributed 81 for work;
4ovell Danil .nso