The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-27

wir. OF the Y.M.c.A. lie IL a sort OF
an uncle" for the men of the camp
and is called upon in many ways. At
the Y.M.C.A. rooms pleasant hour
can be spent by men, women, and
children, and in the evening picture
shows and phonograph concerts are
given. The Y. NJ. c. A. is a good
moral influence.
Two years ago drinking was "cut
out" of the camp, by government or
der, and il has been worth mans
job to be found with the goods"
since that time.
Only Few Accidents
OF course few accidents have hap
pened. Young Dahlberg, of Ustick,
was the last victim. He was fitting
a form, leaning over at the top of the
wall, when he fell, in view of many
of the workmen. Dropping into the
river, 800 feet below, he was fnstan-
tly killed. Another accident, two
years ago, was caused by the operator
in the tower misunderstanding the
signal and dropping a dredge load of
rock onto two workmen, killing them.
The huge buckets run on cable, from
bank to bank, over the dam, and are
one of the sights of the works They
can carry a 12-ton locomotive as easy
as load of gravel, and practically
all the material has been hauled to
and fro over the dam with these two
big cable tramways.
How Arrowrock Got Its Name
An interesting Indian legend tells us
how Arrowrock got is name. The con-
spicuous figure in the landscape, es-
pecially before the dam had partially
concealed it, is a big cliff of Jagged
rock on one side of the river This
the story goes was the scene of num-
erous Indian battles in former days.
Many of the red chieftains and their
warriors would stand on this emf
nence and hurl the arrows at the war
ring tribe on the other side of the
river. So many contests were waged
here that even to this day arrows and
arrowheads can be found in the crew
ices of the rocks and ON the hillsides
near by. The early settlers finding
so many of these relics, gave the emf
nence the name, 'Arrowrock. +"
This the government selected as
the name for the camp and the big
construction works, and the name
is spelled by the postoffice depart
ment as one word, "Arrowrock.
Meridianites at Arrowrock.
Mrs. D. w. McFadden, the popular
postmistress at Arrowrock, gave out
some news in regard to Meridian peo-
pie last Saturday
| Mrs. McFadden's daughters. Carol
and Bethel, and son David, will
leave this week for Moscow, Idaho,
where they will join their father, who
has gone into business through the
purchase of a Moscow variety store
Mrs. McFadden will join them ine a
flew weeks. Miss Ruth will remain
in charge of the postoffice and plans
to spend the winter at Arrowrock
looking after the office and heI
mothers interests.
Ray Chapman has been in Arrow.
rock since the work started His
mother Mrs. Chapman, who is also
mother of Mrs. Doherty, keeps house
for him. Mrs. f. j. Arnout, from
lCalifornia, arrived this week for a
visit with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Sanders, who
formerly lived on a farm north Of
Meridian, and who has been at Ar
rowrock for over year. will go on a
homestead in Boise county near here
Arthur Ballard and family have
returned to Meridian. Mr.. Ballard
had charge of the meat market here
during the past one and a half years
Mrs. d. A. Blakeney, sister OF Mrs
Frank Taylor, is on of the resident,
of Arrowrock.
| j. A. Neal, of Boise, is the gentle
manly agent in charge of the govern
ment depot and express office. He il
a cousin of DR.. Neal, of Meridian