The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-11-26
Richfeld in
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The public school is having vacation
for Thursday and Friday.
Thanksgiving services are being held
at the church, this Thursday fore
noon.
A dance is to be given in the old
Ward pool hall building, Thursday night
of this week.
Manager Rays, of the Idaho Irriga-
ton Company, made business visit TO
Boise, the first of the week.
Mrs. Fenton gave birthday surprise
party, Wednesday night, for Miss Nellie
Mcmillan, at the Fenton home west OF
town. A number of young folks at
tended, and they report delightful en-
tertainment
An interesting evenings entertain
ment was held Frkey night at the
school house north of town. The Sun
day School recently purchased fine or
gan, and the community came in for a
dedicatory jubilee.
A. L. Fletcher returned some days
ago from Spokane, where he went on
business for the Idaho Irrigation Co.
He was greatly impressed with the
Eastern Washington metropolis, and
the country around it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Schwaner left
NFe-lo.. e.. q ~ ,.,aai,. Welt bocly IL,
Wisconsin, Chicago. Nebraska and other
points. Mr.. Schwaner will be home in
time to take up his duties as county
commissioner, the first of the year.
The roads are getting quite dusty,
almost as bad as mid summer. The
usual November rains have not came
this year---not drop of rain, not
flake of snow, not cloudy day. 1t has
been an unusual season in many ways.
w. ]. Meagher came over from Boise
Monday, for brief visit with friends
here. He is employed with the Beaver
River Electrical Company in Boise, and
has a fine position with one of the best
companies in the whole west---a com
pany that is doing an unusual work in
caring for and encouraging its employees.
C. A. Park of Salem, Oregon, arrived
in Richfeld this week, to look after the
improvements on his place west Of town.
He is having a fine two-story house
built, with basement under ell; furnace
heat, pressure water supply, and every
thing as modern as a city home. A fine
barn is to be built; granary is already
built. and in every way the farm is to-
be made model of its kind.
Lawrence johnson, who had big
on the state road from
Pagari to Tykura, brought his teams
home the first of the week, to lay oil
until next spring. The weather has
been cold enough that the ground
freezes hard every morning, and the
work is carried on at a greatly increased
cost of time and labor. They have got
ten pretty well along, but there is one
half-mile OF quite heavy grading thai
will have to be finished in the spring.
Miss Helen Denecke, who is this yea
the state university at Mos +
COW, was able to enter the junior class
with full credit She attended one yeai I
as a freshman, but had some credits
left over, and made up some work last
at the summer school; so that
she has gained whole year in classltl
cation. All the Richfeld young ladies
are doing finely in their university work.
Misses Tress Mcmahon and Eulalla
Byrne, both of the class of 1914, Rich
field High School, are the other two
Frank Pope is also attending the agri
cultural college, and making good pro
yress. His work in the Richfield Day
Exhibit marked him as an unusually
capable agriculturist.