The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-10-10
a caller at Mcmillan last week.


VIII Gibson, wife and baby Wayne,
were callers at the Brown home last
Saturday evening. They all autoed in
to Twin Falls and attended the movies.
P. r. Walshaw and wife were Kim
berly callers after freight being ship
ped up from Utah.
Ray Cochran of Twin Falls, was
looking after business here in McMil-
Ian last week.
lrvan Price of Twin Falls, who owns
160-acre apple orchard near here,
was threshing his clover crop from the
orchard LIST week. The yield per acre,
while not stated, was said be a good
one.
Nick Trappen, one of our young
farmers, was transacting business in
Twin Falls last week. He was all
dressed up to beat the cars, and had
new buggy.
Smoke was noticed rolling out of the
big sugar factory smoke stack for the
first time last week. The building is
nearly completed and it is said they
will commence receiving beets by Oc-
tober 18th. The cottages which were
being built have been finished, and
families are moving in. Also several
more are being built, which, taking in
everything, nearly completes a little
town of its own, and those not having
seen the Improvements being made
within the last two months may we'll
be astonished at the growth. There
has been a vast quantity of machinery
shipped in and placed for readiness.
Percy Walshaw and wife attended
the Davenport sale, one mile north of
Hansen, and purchased large
amount Of beautiful furniture for
housekeeping. He reports the selling
of cows and stock, as especially good,
COWS selling from $40 to 500 each,
which contradicts the report that cows
are selling for song. With the price
of milk and butter still soaring as il
is, farmers need not be afraid of COWS
dropping down to bed rock prices,
neither will they be compelled to ship
their dairy stuff to other states for
satisfactory prices, as one or two have
talked of doing.
Mrs. Gertrude Valentine has been on
the sick list, but is convalescent.
Emil Falk and his mother have NOV
ed over to Eden, on the north side.
They took over their last load Tues
day. Mr.. Falk and his mother were
among the first to settle on the tract.
coming when Twin Falls was still
diamond in the rough. Their many
friends regret their departure and
wish them good luck in their present
venture. Mr. Dewitt and family who
purchased the Falk farm last spring. |
moved in this week.
Miss Mary Large who has been stay !
ing at the home of David Clark for the |
past month and attending high school |
in Twin Falls, returned home with her
rather, who came over from Eden af-
ter, last Saturday.
Tom Shroll and family from Jerome.
were guests here last week with
friends and relatives, returning home
last Friday.
W. 5. Fielden tells of threshing a 15-
acre field Of grain on which formerly
stood alfalfa. The alfalfa was plow-
ed under and grain sowed, but at
-hreshing time several hundred pounds
OF alfalfa seed was threshed besides
the crop of grain, which he had sowed
Mrs. Benjamin Holland and little
laughter Nina of the Oaks corner dis
.rist, we're shopping in Twin Falls last
Saturday.
Last week while Charley Shroll was
'hopping meat with an ak which had
'ecently been sharpened, the ak Slip
'ed, slicing off his thumb nail. but
Is 1t could easily have taken his whole
numb, Charley thinks he was lucky
o escape as it was, and says he will
lever sharpen another ak.
Charles Baker and wife autoed to
win Falls last week.
CHARLES Overfield, wife and babies.
nd the little Proc girl, who is STAYING