American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-02-04

charge, Mrs. Cotant and her as
sistants made them selves many
friends by tns way TIE lunch was
served.
John Jones. himself. Isockiaud
Meat market. pig-pork sausage any
day. Come ard get anything you
want but don't for get the pig-porf.
sausage.
On the evening of the - j. T
Fisher celebrated the twenty-ei
anniversary By entertaining a num-
Der OF mis- friends at a six course din
ner al his home. Tucker is an A.
B.. as we'll as an L. L. B.. The A
B.. mean able bodied while the othea
can be made TO stand for longly.
looking for biscuits. Either term
is strictly classical. The following
foreigners sat 10 meat: J. z. Ogden.
cashier OF the bank. o. O. Ogden
the raneher. 7. J.. Lawson. OF the
hardware company. NJ. C. Lawson, OF
the Earring company. Harry Vallins.
one Of our prosperous farmers. p
J.. kujawa and R. l.. Ewing. Of the
Ewing contracting and building con
Germ. Jimmie came west as Hcr
~ ~ r 2L-etENI1T 1 - . Nv -
up with the counry. He selected
Sunny Rockland as the proper spo-
and is interested in everything viii l
tends for the betJerment OF the val
ley. We h Pc he will celebrate q
great many more birthdays in
valley.
For some time past the thought
Of a public reading room has k
the ervou section OF the brains OF
some Of our older inhabitants in a
whirle and just lately a few OF the
younger set have taken hold.
town site people have given OF will
give a suitable lot and the saw mill
men have proven quite generous in
their offers 10 help. OF course. it
requires time and among a class
who have not have had the oppor-
tunity TO contnribnute 10 the affair,
as the ultimate means of affording
enjoyment TO many. who boast
the weeks upon weeks that they
don't read a newspaper. but rely
upon what other may say, makes
the effort a hard one. causing Z
great deal OF criticism from an ig-
norant branch Of people. who talk
and act that way through a lack OF
confidence. This should not be and
il is now proposed 10 go at things
straight. y full report of the work
so far will be founnd in these col
umns. Everyone should held and
do what they can.
The rains decenied and the floods
came. South Fork. TO prove that
RockIand was rot entirely dry. p'
forth an effort that caused many 70
scratch their noses and look wise
The water of the otherwise moder-
ate creek. reached the over flow at
four O'clock III the afternoon, the
low meadow lands we're inundated
private bridges were carried away
as though. the girders and planking
were but straw; the new bridge
built but a short time ago was for
tunately strong enough to stand. p
il required much labor 10 keep the
drift wood from ruined ~bridgessup
the creek. from daming the flow a.
the bridge. Road Supervisor Kelly
began Tuesday morning with a corps
of men TO open and protect the road
way at the Southwell saw mill cor
ner from going out. The bank OF
the road way is badly undermiu
and az moor Tuesday was still SLOW
ly slipping away into the bed of the
creek. From the best sources of
information such a dirastrous flood
has not before happened during a
number of years. What the exact
damage will amount I can not be
exactly be estimated but il will prob
ably reach the SUI of three hun
dred dollars at the Southwell
ner. as the road will likely have TO
be ripraped for a distance. Ed.
Harris is deserving of great praise
for his individual efforts. Mr.. Har-
ris worked for several hours IN
aided in guiding the drift wood in
the proper channel. The following
private bridges were carried away:
Houtz. Parker, Brown. Spilletts. and
other not known. but it is fair TO
suppose that all the creek crossings