American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-01-16

J.. z. MehIhoff. a member OF
the Leader Hardware company. re-
turned this week from a business
visit to Boise.
The ice harvest is finished and
the many houses are filled with an
excellent quality of ice for next
summers use
Estray-Came to my place 20
miles northwest of American Falls
one dark brown horse, weighing
900 or 1000 pounds, IL or 13 years
Old, white spot on left side. Got
lieb Muster.
Mrs W. w. Thompson, who died
last week in HALEY. was buried in
mat city on Friday. At first it
was thought that the body would be
De oror.ght here. her old home. for
uuriai but later the plans were
mango and intermept was made at
HALEY.
Notices have been sent ont nv
the secretary Of the American Fails
BOARD of trade announcing that ON
this Thursday evening the annual
election of Officers will be held IN
conjunction with the CUSTOMARY
monthly business meeting. The Of
lice OF Davis & Wones. on Chest
NUT avenue, will be the meeting
piace. A full attendance of all
members is requested.
John F. kosanke and family
returned this week from an extend-
ed visit in Washington and oregon.
While they Travelled in many of the
"A mo rFort1 ar'I 49,
me land in all localities. they vet
saw nothing that in their Judgment
matched the country about American
Falls. Their trip was very pleas
ant, but they cone home more CON
tirmed boosters for this section.
A man by the name of Fred Fish
er was arrested Wednesday night
a. midnight by City Marshal Booth.
charged with having been the party
d robbed the Jones lodging house
on Monday night. He was sleeping
IN part OF the stolen bedding when
taAen BY the officer. Fishers hear
ing has been set for next Tuesday
before Judge Jones.
Bishop Neeley. for whom the
town OF Neeley was named. and
who is a pioneer resident of this
section, is very i'll at his home in
Medley His IN have been called
from their homes at outside points,
and his daughter, Mrs. Morris of
this city. is also at his bedside.
Due to his advanced age and gem
eral disability little hope is held
for his recovery.
American Falls did not suffer as
did some of the towns in this part
of the mountain COUNTRY from the
cold snap. Some trouble was ex-
~perienced by both water companies
by leaky pipes but repairs were mad
IN all cases and a continuous supply
kept n the pipes. Several breaks
were recorded but in no case was
the water turned off for any length
OF time TO make repairs.
The Jones rooming house was
broker into Monday evening and
a suit case and some bedding taken.
The suit case. which contained val
liable clothing. was later frond in
ar ort in the rear of a nearby
place. The bedding has not been
discovered. although Marshal Booth
thinks he will locate it later. The
thief got into the house by prying
a back window open. No clue lead
Ing to the identity of the guilty
party has been discovered.
The members of the /. o. O. F..
and Rebekah lodges rendered a
reception in their hall to Mr.. and
Mrs. L. s. Upham, their newly
welded members on Wednesday
evening. The evening was pleasantly
spent in a social way. after which
all enjoyed a splendid supper fur
nished by the ladies OF the Rebekah
lodge, during which time some very
enjoyable toasts were rendered the
newly weds. AL join in wishing
Mr. and Mrs. Upham. a long and
happy life.
Ruth NJ Bell. late of the eloeu-
tonary department of the Logan
agricultural college. a graduate
of the Columbia university. and who
has studied her art in Paris, will
give a free recital on Sunday. Jan.
10, at 7;30 p. m. in the L. d. s.
chapel. Her reading will be entitled.
The Hour CLASSY a beautiful
thing by W. B. Yeats.
D. B. Jeffries. deputy sheriff
for this county. went down to the
county seat Saturday to be in at
tendance at the opening of the
county commissioners meeting on
Monday and submit his report. He
returned the first OF the week. He
Is a candidate for re-appointment
to the edputyship under Sheriff
Merrell. but that appointment has
not yet been made for this end of
the county and he is acting under
his previous appointment.
Some OF our more hardy e~itizens
have braved the weather and spent
many hours tramping the surroun
ing fields in search of RABBITS. The
small cotton-tail RABBITS are their
prey and good success has been re-
ported. Lee Cummins. one of our
leading tailors. has the banner for
spending the most time and shoot