American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-11-26
EDITORS ENJOY
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Guests Contribute to Evenings S
Enjoyment.
Guests Express Great Pleasure at
the Entertainment Provided for
Them-AIrangeme Were
Perfect and Pleasing

n Press club were entertained at tbs
Auditorium Sunday Light b. the pee
pie of American Falls, with a splen-
did program of music and addresses
The visitors contributed their share
and were much enjoyed. The peo-
pie here never have had the pleas
ure of entertaining more apprecia-
tive people, nor enjoyed social
gathering more than this.
The Auditorium was tastefully set
with rugs and tables adorned with
flowers and electric stand lamps
!, and seated around the tables in con-
genial groups were guests and the
entertainers. r. B. Greenwood
was master of ceremonies and in
troduced David Burrell, who brief
ly welcomed the guests as follows
- Il have the pleasure of represent
ing the good people of American
alls in extending to your club a
very hearty welcome to our little
city. We do not expect to out rival
some of our sister cities in giving
you this welcome, but we are like
the preacher, who said when invit-
Ing the people to go home with him
to dinner, We haven't very much
to eat, but we are very sociable ,
so we are very sociable this even
ing, and have tried to spare no
pains in doing everything possible to
make your soJourn pleasant in the
Eopes that when you are ready to
take your departure you will have
to say that American Falls is all
right. 1t we did not believe it was
alright we would not stay here, and
We Will try to express in the very
best way our hospitality. Our mayor
is sick, the marshall off duty and
II you do not have a good time it
Will be your fault Your money is
counterfeit, and We want none of it.
Again l welcome you and / hope you
will have a good time"
Louis A. Bauman, editor of the
Albion Nugget, responded as fol-
lows:
II have been looking around see
Ing the beauties of American Falls
and l certainly want to cognratu-
late you on your little city. Two
years ago last September was the
first time l had seen your town,
when l was going through on my
way out from Wisconsin. l had
heard a great deal about those beau
tiful falls; had read literature which
l had gotten from the League of
southern Idaho Commercial clubs.
so naturally | was very anxious to
see the falls, and looked for them,
and other passengers were inter-
ested and got up out of their seats
and looked at the falls, and | can
say that you people are very for
tunate to have that geart power of |
nature which will bring you much |
more than any thing else in this |
part of the state of Idaho. 1t will |
bring you factories. it will bring you
mills and those together with the
dry farming land and the irrigated |
lands which surrounds American
Falls will make of it city of some
magnitude.
"A year ago last winter many of
you were at Boise, anxious to build
a court house h ere. The report
comes to me that efforts are again
going to be made to build court
house and make American Falls the
center of the government of Power
county. The fact that you came so
near getting a county ought to en-
courage you, that if you try again
you will be successful. l know the
sentiment in a good many parts of
Idaho is that you have reasons in
favor of a new county and l be-
lieve if any county in the state is
created l see no reason why Power
county should not be created.
have not had time to look around
near as much as l desire | also
want to compliment the Remington
on their excellent service
Mrs. G. w. Atwood charmed the
ViSjfOrS uyith
heartily applauded at it's conclusion.
Rev. Wallis Was called on for
an impromptu talk and chose The
Editor" as his subject speaking
as follows:
II much enjoyed the previous
number the vocal solo. l have fire. :,
Quently wished that l were singer
rather than speaker, for the rea-
son that 1 would know what l was
about to say. Having the words be-
fore me would at least assure me
OF that,while speaking without notes :.
Il ieQuently causes me to be lo1b full i.
This reminds me of a story. 1t
is said that in certain town there
was Baptist, a Presbyterian and a 9
Methodist minister. The first two :
used manuscript but it was the Gus
Fom OF the other to speak extempore :
1t was noticed that the Methodist
was drawing the largest :
crowds although the other men de-
livered more literary and more :
carefully prepared sermmons. One !.
Day they asked him to explain the !,
reason of his superior success and :
ne said to them that during the wee :
the devil had an opportunity to get =
INTO their written sermons and that
ne prepared the hearts of the people