The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-09-19

left Over From Last Week.
The Taber desert is once more en-
joying heavy rain fall. Last TIL 1rs-
day one inch of water fell, and again
Monday of this week two incfes.
The electrical display was unusually
heavy. Lightning struck house be-
longing to Joe Lipensac and knocked
it down. In half minute another
bolt hit Mr.. Lipensac, knocking him
down.
Some of the farmers had just put
in their wheat and the rain was ex-
actly opportune.
Quite building bonn is on at the
present, Andrew Anderson is putting
up good little house near town, Pat
Obrien is working on the standard
homesteaders' shack, E. J. Keasel is
building a 16x20 barn and house
16x32 feet, c. Delphor is putting the
finishing touches to his domice1e
shack Mrs. Myers will soon have her
nice ranch cottage completed.
R. Yerke is living in his shack and
is getting ready to break out 80 acres
this winter.
C. Pauling is at work on his little
house. G. Trefz is building quite a
substantial resience and will soon
complete it. J. L. Wagner is putting
an addition to his home. Two nice
cottages are being put up by two
brothers recently from Chicago.
The lumber is nearly all on the
ground for the new 24x32 foot school
house. Carpenters go to work on it
Monday next This house is two and
half miles east of Taber on the
Mcdonald place.
H. F. Scissor has his lumber yard
in full blast and is selling a good
many small bills. His new store is
done and part of the stock in place.
His new seven-room house adjoining
the store is about enclosed.
Ralph Scissor is going to Weiser
to attend school during the winter.
Frank Allen and Mrs. Turner were
married in Moreland Friday the 9TH
H. F. Scissor went over to Null
doom canyon, 35 miles southwest of
Mackay and brought home 300-lb.
deer and after handing out nice pieces
to his neighbors is now stuffing his
family on the luxury.
Evangelist Rice came to Taber to-
day to complete plans for institut-
ing a Congregations church. There
has been q Congregational Sunday
school here for four or five months,
and several sermons were given as a
sustainer of the Sunday school. At
ter taking invoice of all the interests
from church view point, Mr.. Rice
decided to wire the Baptist to send
their evangelist here and take over
the field. While Mr. Rice is this
year being backed by the Congrega-
tional church he is instructed to put
in that church that will probably
serve the religious needs best and
gationalists appear to be out for es-
tablishing organized church work and
will quickly abandon the idea of one
of their own churches when there is
reason that another will do as we'll
or better. To the end that this prin-
ciple shall not be violated, Mr.. Rice
has asked his superintendent to send
for the Baptist worker,
Mr.. A. Williske of st. Louis is here
looking for land and a home, and
Reed w. Pfmidt of st. Louis is look
ing over the region with the idea OF
locating.
A movement is talked of that will
give Taber small church building in
which day school will probably be
held next winter. By the first OF
1914 there will be eighteen or nine
teen chilren of school age here who
must now do without school or else
go from three to five miles.
We missed frost last night by the
skin of its teeth.
Dryland oats this season made ~
to 80 bushels; wheat on summer fal.
lowed land made Is to "a bushels
while new ground made from to Ia
bushels. Next year will tell the tale
and fix the price Of the land neal
Taber.
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