The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-04-13
INTEREST INCREASES
More Merchants Each Year Join the
Movement for Home Industry.


quiries began to come in that day fol-
home industry goods and sales OF
these lines are quickening. Some win.
dow displays were in place Monday
and number were put in Tuesday
BY the middle of the week there will
be special window displays in the
majority OF the store windows
The Sterling Dairy Products COM
pany is setting a good example of in
tell1gent compliance with the COVER
nor's proclamation Invitations have
been sent broadcast to everybody who
4 wishes to visit the creamery and have
a sample dish of ice cream ION the
house" A journey through the plant
is also part of the program All
the school children have a special in
vitation to come and learn how Ster-
ling butter is made. These are in
yited in relays, one grade going at a
time.
| The window display at Clos book
store has the original proclamations
issued by Govern Haines and Cover
nor Alexander and letters of COM
mendation from Governor Withycombe
OF oregon and Governor Lister Of
Washington. The New Year resolu-
ton signed by the club women of four
states is shown on cards, each card
representing club, so that the total
represents several thousand women
who have pledged themselves to buy
western manufactured products A
sample page of type from The New
West Magazine and sheet of the mag
azlne as 1t comes from the press af-
fords an educational sidelight to those
who have never seen the workings of
a printing office. A United States flag
with the legend, "Made in the U. S.
A" forms a fitting background for the
display
The Twin Falls Grocery e. Mercan-
tile Co. has an appetizing display of
Pierce's pork and beans, Twin Peaks
tomatoes, McDonald's chocolate, Queen
Taste macaroni, all Utah products
Varney, the candy man, has unique
display of candies made from Burley
sugar, and it is claimed the sugar was
made from beets grown at Hansen.
The First Premium bakery has bread
and cakes, with a sack of Idahome
flour to show that Idaho wheat is good
to eat.
Wolfe's grocery shows Crescent bak-
ing powder and Mapleine, both Seattle
made.
The consolidated Wagon & Machine
company has washing machines and
Hughes electric ranges as labor-saying
devices for the housewife.
The Great Shoshone & Twin Falls
Water Power company has numerous
electrical labor-saving devices, and
special treat will be offered Satur-
day afternoon, when some of the
household science department girls of
the Twin Falls high school will bake
biscuits on Copeman electric range,
serving them to all corners with Gold
en- Vesta butter and Twin Falls coun-
try honey. yI14as
Eldridge's has an attractive display
of ScholWil caps for high school boys
and others. These are Seattle-manu-
facture. Auto robes from Provo also
form an attractive display.
The Alec clothes shop shows Ogden
made overalls
Hickler's displays Nampa broons
and Utah-made house dresses.
The First National bank has buck
etful of $40 gold pieces and silver dol
lars grown in Idaho"
The Twin Falls Hardware Co has a
display of Benefits paints, made in
Salt Lake City.
The Shoshone grocery has Payettc
canned peas on display
The City Marketing house has a
window Of Idaho, Utah and Oregon
goods.
The grocery department of the l. d.
store has Payette peas and Utah can
ned goods. All the grocers have Bull
cheese
The Modern Packing Co. has fine
display of its Apex brand of hams and
lard, and on Friday will offer Idaho
fish from Lake Pend d'Areille
The PARROT Optical Co. has an in
teresting display of lenses ground in
Idaho.
The Rogerson bakery shows home
industry from the ground up, as it has
Idaho wheat, Idahome flour and Twin |
Falls-baked bread
The City Pharmacy will serve Nc
Donald's Don'tBoil cocoa and choco-
late ice cream
Chief Justice Smith offers a superb
display of Idaho animals 'taxiderma-
tiled"
The Idaho Power & Light Co. pre-
sents household helps in electrical de-
vices, and on Saturday afternoon will |
demonstrate it's Olston electric range |
by baking hot rolls, the baking to be |
done by household science girls. Cakes
baked by the girls of this department |
will be offered for sale at the power
company's office Saturday afternoon.
The bread baking contest, which is
of particular interest to the house
wives of the tract, will be held Sat
urday, and contestants must have their
bread at the City Pharmacy by half !
past two O'Clock. The prizes-Ida-
home flour--will be awarded at 4
o'clock
The dry goods stores are having
home industry sales.
The displays mentioned are only
a part Others will be in place in
day or SO, and altogether Home Indus
try Week bids fair to be carnival
week in Twin Falls.
According to newspaper reports re-
ceived from Boise, Nampa, Caldwell,
Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Malad and 9TH
or neighboring towns, the observance
Of the week will be general