The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-11-05
JEROME HAPPENINGS.

= IL. II. TRAIL returned from Il i've
days hunting trip to Wilson Lake last
Tuesday. In two days he shot sixty
ducks, bringing home plenty to verify
his statement. Wednesday evening he
entertained a few friends at duck
dinner, They asked him to repeat the
, experiment.
Rev. Varnum is a minister of the
, pioneer sort we like to see. Sunday
, October 25th, he walked to Wendell
where he held services in the after
noon. Monday he returned the same
way to his new home just north of
Jerome on the Lincoln avenue road.
He recently moved his family here
from Shoshone, leaving one son there
to attend high school. Services were
held November LIST in the Jerome tab
ernacle by the Methodist pastor, Rev
Varnum.
Mr.. Leman's home was visited by
the stork last week. He left bounc-
ing baby boy.
E. M. Walker, register clerk, re-
ports 176 names at the closing of the
books, October 31st.
Mr.. S. Foster of Chicago, visited his
old friend, r, H. Trail, one day last
week He came to look at our coun-
try but after few days in Jeromes
vicinity, he fastened back to Chicago
to settle up his business affairs pre-
paratory to moving here this winter
or early spring.
Mr.. Long has the contract for build
ing another addition to the Jerome
| livery, that will be larger than the
present barn. These enterprising men,
Piper and Bloom, have been in their
new building only month and have
hod oy, ar ei, tha, h,,s
mess has been SO great they have not
been able to accommodate the teams.
| G. S. Cooling, manager at Gooding,
and c. l.. Dingwell manager at Wen
dell, were visitors to their head Of
flee in Jerome, Sunday, November 1st
The Ostrander Reed Lumber Co., is
certainly doing fine business and
report great progress and many 'mov-
ing in" days on the North Side tract
Mr.. Lemany, formerly of the Jerome
Mercantile Co., will soon enter the
plumbing business.
Mr.. Frazer has found water on his
ranch at a depth of 203 feet. He has
built 30-foot tower and will use a
12-foot wheel. Mr.. Frazer has a 160-
acre ranch five miles southwest of
Jerome.
Mr.. Ostrander arrived in Jerome
Saturday evening from his ten days
business trip to Oregon and Washing
ton, buying special kinds of lumber for
the new hotel. The hotel has finish
ed it's basement wall and half the first |
story.
The new we'll for city water has
reached a depth of $40 feet and al
ready has found 80 feet of water
The streets in Jerome are torn up |
bod he TOW, hot,
laid, but because of the extensiveness
of the system, it will be several weeks
before we will see good roads again.
One of our popular druggists, Mr..
Will Sturges, has been in Boise with
his wife the last week. Business and
pleasure combined made the trip an
enjoyable one. They returned Satur-
day evening.
Election draws near and several
meetings, both Democratic and Re-
publican, have been enthusiastic in
conjectures on the result of Tuesdays
vote. More than a dozen candidates
have canvassed Jerome with happy,
confident smiles. We hope our smiles
cheered them but they knew we would
vote for the best man. regardless of
the best smile
The new railroad is coming. About
two miles of steel have been laid out
of Gooding. Jerome expects it in
about six weeks.
Mrs. Bennett is visiting her sons, Ell
bert and Ivan, for a few days.
|. b. Perrine was in Jerome Mon
day, ready to vote Tuesday.
An experimental farm has been
started east of Jerome. Work was be-
gun on it last Wednesday,
I
ed Jerome Wednesday, leaving for
Shoshone the next morning. There
they started on trip to New York
Eugene Newell, Mr. Hineman and
Adam Bridge left Thursday morning
on hunting trip to the mountains.
Mr.. r. H. Trails new building on
Lincoln avenue, next the MacKay lodg-
ing house, is nearly completed The
partitions will be in this week and
Mr.. Trail will be moved in by Satur-
day. His other building that he will
vacate is next the Jerome Drug Co.,
and will be occupied by candy kitch
en- soon
Mr. Lime Higgins is building
bungalow on Main street He can
soon occupy it.
We are sorry to report the death of
Mrs Pratt, who passed away Sunday
She leaves a husband and
four children. Services will be held
at the tabernacle Tuesday afternoon,
with Rev. Varnum officiating A
luartette will sing.
Miss Vedder of Miner, arrived Sun
lay for a weeks visit in Jerome
Mr.. Mccormick of Pittsburg, has been
from Miner to Jerome in
he company's interests. He already
one of JerOme's lively
crowd of young people.
Even the school children are inter-
ested in election. A debate was held
Monday afternoon, Nov End by the
9Th grade pupils in Miss Williaman's
room. Question: Resolved, That
Bryan would make a better president
han Taft Negative, Cloyse Minis,
Sterrett Frazer, Fred Varnum Affirm
alive, Harry Minis, Marion Bell, Sell
lon Stanton. The negative won and it