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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
M'GINLEY BOUND OVER
TO DISTRICT COURT
Preliminary Trial Held Monday and
Bonds Fixed at $2,OOO-Prison-
er Taken to Jail at MaIad

The preliminary trial of Oscar Nc
Ginley was held Monday, and he was
bound over to the district court un-
der bonds of $4,000 to answer to a
charge of horse stealing.
The horses alleged to have been
stolen from ]. N Ward OF Malad,
were traced from the parties who
held them when Ward claimed them
two weeks ago, to Mckinley, through
Il. NJ. Bennett, who sold them to a
number of local people Mr.. Bennett
said that Mckinley had the horses OF
the island opposite the spring, To-
cally known as Philbrick island, at
the time he purchased them, and
that they were taken from there af-
ter dark one night in October, two
years ago.
The witnesses examined were J.
n Ward, DR.. Moth, Jacob Schild, H.
Schlenker and Gus. Miller. Mckinley
did not take the stand
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
Warns Hotel Mon.

The new hotel-law which went IN
to effect May 1st last, the enforce
ment of which was placed by the
legislature upon State Food, Dairy
and Sanitary Inspector James II.
Wallis, requires the installation Oh
fire extinguishers in all hotels anu
rooming houses.
The activity Of Commissioners wa
lis and his deputies in notifying tne
keepers of those places to compiy
with the law has had its effect III
flooding the state with agents VINO
ARE selling a dry powder fire eAtIn-
guisher which is absolutely Wolthe
less as far as the requirements VI
the law are concerned, it is said.
This morning Commissioner wal
lis gave out the following "ainine
in a notice to hotel keepers: :,
mo hotel or rooming mouse WI
be licensed under the new law
without compliance with its PROV,
sions. Especially is this true wiz
reference to fire protection. MY at
tention has been directed to the IacO
that agents are selling fire eA.ln-
guishers which have not been ap
proved by the national board Oh uI,
derwriters. The purchase OF suen
extinguishers is nothing more enan 4;an
throwing money away. Ihls ho'.EH -
IS for the purpose of warning a.
those concerned that such eAo,n
guishers will have to be repi"0su -.
with those specially designated w
law. ."-Weiser Signal.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
The Annual Waste of Straw.

Everv farmer should know that the
stem or straw that bears his ripened
grain comes in part from the black
vegetable mold in the soil, and that
the black or brown color of the soil
is a good index of its power to grow
crops. This discOloration is caused
by the annual growth and decay of
wild plants long before civilization
began. Therefore, any system or
farming which reduces the vegetable
mold or which prevents its further
accumulation, will result in dimln-
ishing yields.
What consideration then shall be
given the excess straw and stubble
in our fields. Let us give the ques-
ton some serious consideration. In
the first place straw contains the
element of nitrogen. which is neces-
sary for plant growth, but it is in
an unavailable form. Its decay, how
ever, gives rise through bacterial ac-
ton, to a form of nitrogen useful or
available to plants. Suppose this
straw to be burned or otherwise de-
stroyed each year, what will be the
ultimate result. Reasoning it out as
follows we find that it requires ap-
proximately two pounds of nitrogen
to produce a bushel of wheat, or one
pound for each bushel of oats Win
the necessary straw for each. N
fifty bushel crop of wheat or Eope
hundred bushels of oats will re0h1re
one hundred pounds of nitrogen. Tine
average amount of nitrogen in the
soils of this state will run from 20O(
to 5000 pounds per acre foot. 1t is
estimated that by average metnods
of cultivation per cent of this nj
trogen can not be used by plants.
This will mean from forty to l0O
pounds of nitrogen food per year,
which would be total loss to the
soil when the grain is removed and
the straw burned In our best soils
this would be a 1000 pound loss in
ten years-one fifth of the original
amount-or a decrease of ten bush
( els of wheat, a bushel of wheat per
year. What farmer can Withstand a
loss such as this?
Disking in the stubble after har-
vest will approximately save % per
cent of the nitrogen after wheat and
/ 33 per cent after oats. The presence
/ of this straw under favorable condl-
/ tions. will enable the nitrogen fix
I ing bacteria of the soil to manufac'
ture a further quantity of nitrogen
[ food from the air. Hence on one
hand we have a destructive meth
cd and on the other legitimate
and worthy system of farming.
Don't burn your straw If 1t is IN
the stack spread it as manure
F. Childers, Agronomist University
Experiment Station.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
Miss Sullivan Entertained.

<<Miss Florence Sullivan, of Salt
lake City, who has been visiting the
Misses Oliver for the past five weeks
left for her home today. She was ac
companied by Mrs. G. Won Knobloch,
who will visit friends there for few
days.
Miss Sullivan was guest of 19n6r
at a number of functions giyeR for
her during the last week.
Saturday evening Miss Vera Oliver
gave a porch party for her guest.
Monday evening Miss JeanMaclnnes
entertained for Miss Sullivan at a
candy pull. Wednesday evening Mrs.
Won Knobloch gave a party for Miss
Sullivan at her home near the city,
at which the following guests We're
present: Mesdames Rowberry, Utley,
and Oliver; the Misses Olivera nd
Irene Oliver, Hobbs and Sullivan, an
Messrs. Frank Burke, John Allen an
Smith.
Dainty refreshments were served
and very pleasant evening passed
by those present.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
BAD ACCIDENT ON
SUBURBAN GRADE
Wagon Overtunrns and Wom-
an Seriously Injured.
Victim Brought to Town Unconscious
Was a Stranger Travelling Over
land from Pueblo, Colorado,
to Oregon.

With feet braced against a rock
and back against the tottering box
of his overturned prairie schooner"
W. w. Moore last Monday morning
held 5000 pounds of load and wagon
from crushing the life out Of his
wife, who lay bruised and uncon-
beside the road
he accident happened about
f11:30 a. IN. six miles south of town
Moore, who is treveling by wagon
from Pueblo, Colo, to The Dalles.
Oregon, took the wrong road, it is
claimed, between Malad and Ameri-
can Falls. with the result that he
found the travelling exciting and
dangerous. He had several thrilling
experiences and narrow escapes from
disaster. and finally his trials culmi-
mated in the upset that almost cost.
Mrs. Moore her life
At the point where the miSkap
took place the road is sidling,~ and
with brakes set Moore was trying to
keep the rig upright. The wheels.
however, slipped sidewise and the
wagon started to go over.
Il guess my wife started to
jump" said Mr. Moore in telling of
the affair "She was on the upper
side and / turned toward her to try
to keep her from leaping. At that
moment the upset came, and the
next instant l found myself with
the wagon box across my shoulders
and my feet against a big boulder.
Mrs Moore must have been
thrown or else jumped. clear over
me, for she lay in shallow ditch,
almost beside me. while the gear and
the wagon box, balanced on the side,
appeared about to fall squarely upon
her.
'Instinctively | braced and held
the rig from turning over further.
Then, when / saw | had stopped it,
| sprang to her side and dragged her
away from danger. The next moment
the wagon turned on over, bottom
up and rested where she had been
! lying a few seconds before.
''If it had fallen on her | am GER
tain it would have killed her, for the
wagon is an extra heavy one, and
with the load weighed fully a ton
and a half"
Mrs. Moore in falling landed on
her head and received a bad scalp
wound and suffered Slight concus-
sion of the brain,
Moore hastily sought help, and
getting a rig from a neighborlng
ranch, hurried the injured woman to
this city She was taken to the john
son rooming house and DR.. Morgan
was caalled She did not regain con-
sciousness until nearly midnight, and
was delirious much of the time after
that until noon on Tuesday. Her con-
dition slowly improved from that
time, however, and she is believed to
be out of danger.
Mr. Moore seriously strained his
back in saving his wife. but is other
wise uninjured.
1T was a narrow escape" he said,
''and / am thankful it was no worse.
AS soon as Mrs. Moore's condition
viii permit, the couple will resume
their interrupted journey.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
CASH PRIZES FOR GRAIN.
Arthur w. Davis Company After Of
flee Samples.

The Arthur w. Davis Company is
offering cash prizes for samples of
grain which they desire to collect
for an office display that will pay
some farmers to closely inspect their
fields. For the best sample of irri-
gated grain they will pay s4 cash.
and 50 for the second best. For the
best dry land grain they offer the
same prizes, 81 for first and so for
the second. Samples should be of
sufficient size to make good wall
display, about three or four inches
in diameter. Disinterested men will
be chosen to make the awards. 1t
will be a direct benefit to the com
munitiees which secure these prizes
as the samples will be viewed by
large number of land seekers before
the next growing season.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10

Between 500 and 900 acres of
land were purchased by people from
American Falls at the sale of state
school lands at Malad last Saturday.
w. H. Philbrick was the heaviest
purchaser from here, bidding in
about 220 acres. OF that, however,
so acres was bought for another
man. This eighty is located in the
Curlew district. The remaining lao
acres is about half way between this
city and Rockland.
w. l.. Giffin secured 160 acres in
the Arbon valley and Walter Sparks
aand C. H. Furrer each bid in 80
acres, the former in the Sunbeam Sc
ton and the latter on Cold creek, a
mile this side of the Bowen saw
mill The Power City buyers report
that there was a large crowd at the
sale and that the demand for lands
was brisk.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
FINE ARBON PRODUCTS.
Dry Land Alfalfa, Spring Seeding
Measures Twenty-seven Inches.

Samples of dry farm products
from the ranch of w. S. Hays of
Arbon were brought in Tuesday, as
an evidence of the productivity of
the soil of that favored valley. A
sample of dry land alfalfa, seeded
this spring, measures twenty-seYen
inches, and is fine as any irrigated
alfalfa that has been seen. When
crop like this can be grown it is us
own evidence of the fertility of the
soil and it's capacity to store and re-
tain moisture. When turned under
after having grown two or three
years, the deficiency of nitrogen in
the soil is supplied and its produc-
tiveness greatly increased. Mr.. Hays
has five acres growing. and his sue
cess should encourage every resi-
dent of the valley to plant alfalfa
as soon as possible, not only for feed
but as a fertilizer. Accompanying
the alfalfa was a sample of sonora
wheat, measuring thirty one inches,
we'll headed, and looking like it was
good for a great deal more than the
ten bushels per acre claimed by its
grower
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
Bancroft Pudding.

Cream tablespoons butter and
Sift 1k cups flour with " teaspoon
salt and / teaspoon baking powder.
Add "a cup Of flour to the first mix
ture, and beat thoroughly, then add
the rest of the -four and " cup OF
milk, alternately. Finally beat u
square chocolate into the batter and
bake 30 minutes in a moderate oven.
Sauce-Beat 2 eggs until very light
then add / cup of confectioner's sugar
and l cup of thick cream. Beat un
til the whole is the consistency OF
whipped cream.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
MARSHAL GETS A CLUE.
But Footprints in the Sand Led to
disappointment.

]
City Marshal Joe Watts is wear
ing a worried look these days, and
every time he spies the prints of a
new pair of shoes in the dust of the
streets he may be seen to drop on
one knee with a magnifying glass in
one hand and a foot rule in the
other, and with painstaklng care, to
measure the track.
1t is the sequel to a bold, bad
burglar story, and if the marshal can
only find the. right track the final
chapter will be the arrest of the
bold, bad burglars.
1t started last Friday when Watts
was industriously circulating among
the citizenry of the Power City, abb
stracting 50 bills from reluctant
pockets for road and poll tax.
Came, then, w. E. Whit, sec
ton foreman, and whispered in the
official left ear.
"You don't say" calculated Watts
showing instant signs of excitement
at the whispered communication.
Eyes, sir" said Whit, becoming
infected by the contagion of excite
ment. Fright in broad daylight, too.
Crawled under the Greek bunk mouse
cut a hole in the floor, ransacked
the place and made their getaway
"When was it done,' querleo
Watts.
Sometime this forenoon" Whit
replied.
what did they get?"
Q Three revOlyers, several razors,
and two new pair of Shoes whit
said.
aha! A clew!" said the marshal
"New shoes. Wha. size were they
"Eights and nines,' was the an
swer
Hastily pocketing a sheaf of tax
bills. the officer started on swi1I
lope for the river. !.
New Shoes" he muttered, as ne
strobe awoy. eff l catch anyoouy
with new shoes on I'll search EN-
for guns and razors."
Half way to the bridge the marsn'
caught three hoboes sitting Deslue
the track. but swift inspection dis
closed three dilapidated pairs oil
"kirks." and Watts pushed on.
Near the wagon bridge the officer
| found the print of q brand new shoe
but. alas, it was only horseshoe.
"Mavbe it's a lucky omen, any
,vav,, he thought, and continued his
search. s,,r
However, he found nothing tuf-
ther. and was returning to the bust
ness district when his gaze fell upol
a footprint in the dust-the impress
of what was certainly new snoe,
and his trusty pocket rule showed II
/ to be a number 8.
"Tll just see where this fellow low
came from" said Watts, and VIII
intent and careful eye he traced the
/ backward track So occupied was ne
with his trailing that he almos,
walked into one of the genera
stores before he saw where he was
oh, fudge!'' he blurted out in
disgust. "He just bought 'em there. .
Then he started looking for otnei
/ tracks. .oo1,
He's been watching for new track
ever since, but thus far he hasn
been able to locate the comblnatlon
of new shoes. revolvers and razors
and the burglars are still at large.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
RAILROAD BRIDGE
NEARLY COMPLETED
Not a Train Stopped During
Construction.
Eusineering Feat Accomplished of Re-
building Bridge Without Stop
ping a Train-Features of
the Structure.

W Within another fortnight the new
Oregon Short Line bridge across the
Snake river at American Falls will
be completed, after eight months of
steady work. In that eight months
eight spans, totaling 625 feet
In length and Weighing over 100000
pounds, have been put in place on
concrete piers, without once inter
rupting traffic--on---the--l lines, and
WITHOUT a single fatal accident. s%.--~''
Sit requires marvellous engineering
to take out an old bridge, piece by
piece, replacing it with new and
heavier material, without interfering
with traffic, but this feat was accom-.
plished. The bridge is about 1000
feet long, and from fifty to seventy
five feet above water, being built
directly above the falls and rapids
of Snake river. -
This record is one of which Esfe-
man J. A. Kelly, in charge OF the
work is proud, and with excellent
reason. However, it is not his only
record of that kind, as he superin-
tended the construction of the eight
span Short Line bridge at Idaho
Falls just before coming here, and
did not lose man on that job.
In this connection it will be re-
membered that when the west span
of this bridge was put in about
seven years ago, two men were
killed.
The new bridge is of the deck gir-
der type, and each of the eight
spans weighs $500 pounds. The
, concerto piers are extended down
to bedrock, and 10000 sacks of ce-
ment were used in their construc-
ton. Shear dams were used to over
come the water, instead of coffer-
dams, and proved very satisfactory.
Some of the piers are fifty feet
high.
The plan by which the bridge was
put in without holding a train is in
The steel would all be laid out for
teresting. The steel was all laid out
for a span and prepared to be put
together. Then the crew would get
to work at O'Clock some morning
to make the shift of the new span
into the place of the old one. the
big steam derrick would fasten onto
one of the old girders and lift it
out, and the new girder to replace
it would be quickly lacked up into
position. Thirty minutes was the rec
ord time for putting in one of these
new girders, though it usually took
forty to fortyfive minutes.
The time required for taking out
a span and putting new span in
its place was about four hours, and
SO promptly was the work carried
on that not once was train held
by the operation.
The new bridge is one of the most
important on the entire Short Line
system. 1t is built wide enough for
two tracks. in anticipation of the
double tracking of the line from Po-
catello west to Shoshone. which IL
is planned to do within the next
two years.
A six foot sidewalk is also built
across the bridge for the use of rail-
way employees, but as the company
will not keep watchman on the
bridge. this footway will be available
for anyone who chooses to disregard
the mo thoroughfare" signs.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
ACCOMPLISHMENTS for Sale.

81 ,000-32O acres ten miles from
town, in the big Dry Farm dis
trict; good house; very little
brush.
S1,4O0-S20 acres twelve miles from
town, good story and half house,
two horses, wagon, buggy and har
ness, eighty acres ready to seed
this fall; in Dry Farm district.
$700-160 acres seven miles east of
town, with small house.
$500-160 acres 10 miles from town
in Dry Farm district.
$3.50 - 100 acres two miles from
town. Can be irrigated.
ARTHUR w. DAVIS co.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
FIRST LOAD OF WHEAT
DELIVERED SATURDAY.
Came From the Sunbeam panoh 90

Same From the Sunbeam Ranch of
D. ". Hays and Was Stored i'm
.ssv,gxgsiAjeth-Greene Warehouse.
Inc distinction of having brought
the first load of this years crop of
wheat to town belongs to ]. w.
nays The grain came from the
sunbeam ranch of Mr.. Hays, and
was delivered to the Kieth-Greene
Grain Company's warehouse for stor.
age. The grain came fresh from the
combine working in his field. the
ilrst combine to start this year near
american Falls. The crop was volun-
teer, but the yield will be fair and
the aggregate quite large. 81
Mr.. Hays place was quite a mecca
Tor slghtseers the first of the week.
On the day of the week which the
Adventlsts commonly regard as Mon
day, a large number went out to
see the big machine in action. Mo-
1--WE power was supplied by thirty
TWO more or less gentle mules, whic
seemed to enjoy the attention they
wree attracting. The ranch of Mr..
Hays is not as level as a crouuet
ground, and unless one follows the
machine closely it soon disappears
behind a hill or in valley between
two hills, but those who Went out
Sunday occupied a point of scenic
vantage on top of the machine and
seemed to enjoy the novelty of the
ride. Among those who partook OF
the hospitality of Mr.. Hays were H.
e Fitzpatrick, E. H. Mclaughlin, NJ.
c. Lawson, Misses Agness Salee,
May Creasey, and Faye Klein, Eu
nice Barber, Chester Greene, o. H.
Barber, S. w. Oliver, Frank Burke
and Mrs. w. T. Oliver.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
ASSESSOR SUMMONED TO BOISE.

assessor Hull has been summoned appear before the
state board OF equalization Boise the first of the week
10 tel why probably his valuations have not been high
as the board believes they should be- agent of the
board 1t said, has been Maad taking the amounts
stated IN deeds transferring property and comparing them
with the assessed valuation In from this
locality which the agent said have discovere which
show on their face glaring discrepancy between the
assessed valuation and the figures named the deed
figures given much above the actual considera ton
This common practice where property is bought for
speculation purposes.
So far can be learned Mr. Hul's valuations have
been conservative and fair, far they apply this To-
calty Last American Falls assessed double
the rate of other in the county With less half
the population and wealth of Pres the valuation
American Falls only sos 600 less than that of Peson
with a third less population than Maad valuation
$16SOOO than the county seats valuation; with
a third more people than Franklin has, valuation
times theirs. All Of which shows that there was
something wrong somewhere.
In instances here valuations have been reduced;
in others increased 80 per and in others doubled
Yet owing the previous high valua ion the vau-
alton here will not be quadrupled it has been in
other places and should show such centage of
increase.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
"French" Sardines.

A Rockland traveller lately in France
ordered sardines with his dinner. nat
urally' thinking that in France the
choicest variety of that delicacy was
to be found. An inspection of the la
belled tin in which the fish were
served disclosed the fact that the sar-
dimes were put up in "Eastport, Me-.
U. s. A."-Kennebec Journal
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
Soil Culture Booklet Free.

The First National Bank has re-
oeived a number of booklets on SOIL
culture written by w. E. Taylor,
the John Deere soil expert, which
will be given away free upon appll-
cation either by card or in person,
The booklet consists of SO pages ano
contain much of vital interest to far
mperS
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
Taxes Remitted.

W. H. Philbrick appeared Deio.e
the commissioners of Blaine coun.y
at their recent meeting. and induced
them to remit and order Ieiuna
of the taxes assessed and coliecseu
on Carey lands of Blaine county To- ,a
1910. These lands were not taAaD.o
for that year, but assessments WE
nevertheless made, and the taxes IL"
for the most part been paid.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
Sea Shore Excursion

July 9th. via oregon Short Line.
Very low rates to Nahcotta, Washing
ton and return from points in Idaho
and Oregon, with limit of August ii
See agents for rates and further par
ticulars.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
Suffers Paralytic Stroke.

A card to Bishop Johnson from Pc
Catello brings the information that
Sam Siler, of Rockland, suffered a
paralytic stroke there Tuesday and
was sent to Judges Mercy hospital
at Salt Lake. The unfortunate man
was painting in the shops when the
stroke occurred. He has large fam
ily
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10

Full line of Tinolac for inside
work and furniture at the Western
Cabinet Works. .-4.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
Sea Shore Excursion

July 81 via oregon Short Line.
Very low rates to Nahcotta, wash
and return from points IN ldano
and Oregon, with limit OF August II
See agents for rates and furtner par
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10

Good milch cow for sale. Inquire
at Fall Creek Sheep Co.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10

Take your films to the Power Cit,
Studio to be developed.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10

Dohn Allen made a business trip
I to Rockland today.