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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
LAYING OF CORNER STONE
OF NEW NJ. Il. CHURCH
First Pastor Of NJ. Il. Church IN Amer
lean Falls Has Most Prominent
Place In Program.

The corner stone of the Methodist
church was laid at $3.50 this afternoon
III the presence of about one hundred
people, practically all the churches
being represented In those attending.
Rev. j. ID. Gillian, first pastor of the
first church here, was accorded the
honor of laying the stone assisted by
Jenn l.. McKown, A. w. Davis and
Axel Larsen, in charge of the masonry.
Rev. Gillian was happy In his re-
marks, contrasting present conditions
with those he found In 1898, the oc-
casion of his first visit. He lived in
Pocatello then, and held church SER
vices and Sunday school here on
week days. He laid the corner stone
OF the old church building, now the
property OF the German Baptists, in
May, 1904. There were only four
houses north of the railroad track
then, those Of George Mower, ]. t.
Watts, Mr.. Fitzsimmons and Frank
St. Clair.
John l.. McKown, leading layman
OF the church ut that time, and lead
ing member still, was the next speak-
or, recalling that the first church SER
vices were held In vacant shanty,
and small organ, whose ownership
was somewhat obscure, being claimed
by the church people and also by sa-
loon men, furnished the music. The
subject of his talk was, What the
Building OF the Church Means to
American Falls" and proclaiming for
II better social conditions and better
citizenship. =
Rev. Hamilton talked on what tho
Church Means to Idaho Methodism."
Methodism is movement, he said, and
this might he the reason why Rev. Gil
lilen. who brought him to the West,
kept him moving so much The church
meant the establishment OF homes and
schools, and better conditions gener-
ally.
Rev. j. Wesley Miller, who had
charge OF the exercises, read a list OF
the contents of the box enclosed with
In the corner stone, as follows: Copy
OF Pacific Christian Advocate; Copy
of American Falls Press; names Of
the building committee, finance COM
mittee, church officials, first pastor
and present pastor; names of the do
nors to the church building fund:
visiting cards Of Mrs. ]. Wesley Mil
Ter and MISS Belle Ferguson, deacon
ness; copy OF Methodist discipline.
He then introduced Rev. GILLIAN. ] l.,
McKown and A. w. Davis. who lifted
the stone into place. Following Its
placing the Lords Prayer was repeat
! ed. the doxology sung and the cere-
! monies concluded. The program was
AZ follows:
Selection, American Falls Concert
Band
Scripture Reading, Rev. ]. Wesley
Miller.
Hymn, led by Rev. Gillian.
Prayer, by DR.. Craig.
, Scripture Reading. Rev. Hamilton
Address by Rev. J. ID. Gillian, frs
! Methodist pastor OF American Falls
Address, by John l.. McKown, mem
: Der OF the first congregation.
' Address, by Rev. Hamilton OF Po
? catello.
Laying OF Corner Stone.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
CAR TURTLED AND BURNED.

Coming last evening about o'clock
from a trip over the territory cover
ed by his firm, Glenn o. Street, the
we'll known travelling man, had an ac-
cident with his car that nearly re-
suited seriously for himself and caus-
ed the loss of the car.
About six miles below McCammon,
something went wrong with the steer
ing apparatus, and the car, swervi.ig,
wheel pinched in the soft ground
and the machine turtled. pinning Mr.
Street underneath 1t. The car i'm
mediately caught fire, and several
men being in the neighborhood at the
| time, ran to the scene, removed Mr.
Street from under the machine and
rescued his sample cases.
The car was almost entirely con-
sumed. Aside from being badly bruis-
ed Mr.. Street suffered no particular
injury-Pocatello Tribune.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
JOHN A. TWIGGS
is HIS LATEST NAME
The Home of Our Lost Man Said to
Be Prescott, Arizona Where He Was
Miner and Merchant.

Sheriff Jeffries received a telegram,
Sunday from V. A. Reichard, Prescott,
Arizona, saying: THE man advertis-
ed in the American Falls Press of
March is John A. Twiggs of Prescott,
Arizona"
No further word has come from
him, although letter was imediately
dispatched askig for all possible in
formation concerning Mr. Twiggs that
could be given. Sheriff Jelfries be-
lieves that full details will be receiv-
ed within a few days that will place
Mr.. Twiggs in correspondence with
his friends and family. The telegram
seems TO confirm the letter recently
received from Oklahoma, giving our
man the name of Al Twiggs. 1t is
easily believable that AL Twiggs and
John A. Twiggs are one and the
same person. Out of scores of letters
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
FINE FARM AT SACRIFICE.

We own and wish to sell a farm
OF t43 acres located about 9 miles west
of American Falls and described as
follows: Lot and SW quarter Of
the NV quarter OF section four, also
lot one Of section five, township 7
south, range 80 east Boise Meridian,
Power County, Idaho. We are non-
residents and must sell at once even
at a sacrifice as we are too far away
10 give same our attention. Our Mr..
Edenburn will be at the Evans State
Bank, American Falls, Wednesday and
Thursday. April IL and 10, where you
can get price and terms. II you are
locking for & bargain see ssT. Eden
burn.
p. w. KLINTwORTH,
502 Prudden Boulevard, lansing,
Michigan.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
MAKES FINE SPEECH.
Meridian People FavOrably Impressed
BY ID. w. Davis, Republican Can
didate for Governor.

State Senator ID. w. Davis of Amer
lean Falls, candidate for nomination
for governor OH the Republican ticket,
addressed a large audience at the
Booster club rooms Saturday evening
on How to Capitalize Idaho's Re-
sources"
Interest in the meeting was increas-
ed by the prospect of am answer be-
ing made to the remarks of Captain
b. G. Davis, who spoke few weeks
ago from the same platform.
Senator Davis impressed his audi
ence with enc fact-that as a bust
ness man, he Is thoroughly In earnest
and believes heart and soul In his
plan. He should be given credit foI
presenting something tangible for tn,
voters to consider, and In this has the
advantage of others. His opponent
this early In the campaign seeks tt
minimize worthy efforts OF those who
try to alleviate the tax burden, while
himself not suggesting any concret,
way out OF our difficulties. AS some
one remarked Saturday evening, peo
pie admire a man with an idea, VIII,
has caught the CLEAN" and has {
vision OF better Things. There maN
be defencts In Itho plan, but only tim,
can prove It's value. Usually the ef
forts OF "a reformer with a drastic new
plan are ridiculed, but by the sam,
people who afterwards accept, and 4
may be this way with the plan OF Sen
auor Davis.
H. B. Powers presided, and at tn
conclusion Of the address, called o
State Treasurer Eagleson, Howar
Dawson and Rev. Joel Brown. Al
endorsed the speakers plan.-Meri
dian, Idaho.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
STATEMENT or OWNERSHIP.

OF the American Falls Press, pub
lishcd weekly at American Falls, re-
quired by act Of Congress Of August
"a, 1912. Editor, o. II. Barber. Man
ager, David Burrell. Owners, o. H.
Barber and David Burrell; known
bondholders. mortgages and other
security holders, holding / per cent
or more OF total amount Of bonds
mortgages or other securities, Phil
brick & Greenwood, American Falls
Idaho
o. II. BARBER, Editor.
Subscribed and sworn TO before me
this 5th day OF April, 1915.
#. G. Sparks. Notary Public.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
LUTHERAN SERVICES.

Special Len:en services will be held
in the German language at the Meth
odist church Friday evening at the
usual time, o'clock sharp. You are
cordially invited.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
CURTAIN DROPS AND
MYSTERY is SOLVED
John A. Twiggs, Long Missing, Is Dis
covered in Idaho in Mentally Daz
ed State.

John A. Twiggs, who so mysteri-
ously and suddenly left this section
about three years ago, has been locat-
ed at American Falls, Idaho. He was
robbed, assaulted and rendered un-
conscious for over three days, and
after recovering from his injuries, his
memory, even to the extent of dis
closing his name, had gone. This
mental affliction is attributed to a
blow on the head. the night of De-
cember 81, last, when he was found
lying alongside of the railroad track
in that city, in an unconscious state,
his pockets turned inside out, and
everything gone by which he might
have been identified His personality
attracted the interest of officials and
an earnest effort was made to trace
his home place by scattering photo
graphs broadcast. The published
halftone in the Press. newspaper OF
that city, together with a description
have been received in Prescott, and
there is but one conclusion to draw
it is Johnny Twiggs, who was for
many years a mining man and mer-
chant of Maxton, near this city.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
WHY NOT SEND THE BAND.

Why not send the American
Falls Concert Band to the State
Republican convention at Twin
Falls, April POI P0catellO ex-
poets to run special train,
and take the POcatellO band.
Why not send ours. We have
the best band i'm the state,
without regard to the size of
the town, and the boys need the
exercise. The cost will pro-
badly be small, and recognition
of this kind is due the band.
Who will circulate a subscrip-
ton paper to provide fundsi
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06

Arthur Peterson Of the Peterson
Furniture company, of Pocatello, was
transacting business in American Falls
yesterday.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
All Doubt Removed.

Today Sheriff Jeffries received a
marked copy of the Prescott Journal
Miner date of April 2, enclosed in a
wrapper made from a letterhead of
Geo. c. Ruffner, livery and transfer
man of Prescott, containing the fol-
lowing:
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-04-06
Mining Man and Merchant of MaxtOn,
Arizona.

and kilograms received, containing
nearly as many identifications, these
are the only ones giving the same
family name. The Press believes that
but a few days will elapse until Mr..
Twiggs will know as much about him
self as it is possible to tell in let
ter. Even then he will have to go
through a process of getting acquaint-
ed with his family, friends and af-
fairs, because his memory is not i'm
proved by learning his name and his
home
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
BOY LABOR NOW
SCARCE in LONDON
One Lad Makes $3.50 and
Bonus a Week-Others
Equal Parents Wage.

II came out in a police court the
other day that boy IN mis- teens was
making 26 shllings $3.50 a week and
a bonus, says "The London Times"
On all sides boys just out of school are
now making wages which their fathers
never made before the war. Wages
more than a pound a week seem COM
mon, for the boy of sixteen who caddled
for us on the golf course the other
Saturday afternoon gratuitously and
gracefully informed US that he was only
doing this for "a breather,' as he was
a blacksmith's mate at % shlllings
(s5.50) a week.
Boy labor is very scarce. In the old
DAYS a card in a shop window saying
"Boy Wanted" brought within a few
hours applicants in scores for blind
alley" job at shillings ($2) a week.
The cards in the shop windows now
say, "Boy or Girl Wanted" and they
hang in the windows for days. Errand
boys, messenger boys and the like can
hardly be found, and the present writer
knows of at least one great office where
the only boys that can be secured 10
run errands are either deaf, purblind
or half-witted. A boy of fourteen
thinks nothing of asking for pound a
week. which the employer is glad to
pay him.
Now is the boys opportunity; and on
the whole the boy is rising TO it nobly.
In many a poor home I'VE are apt to
forget that many poor homes are left
almost untouched by the prevalent pros
perity) the boy is the chief means of
support; and very often he is a steader
worker and moIe generous contributor
to hous ehold expenses than father was.
The public house has yet no charms for
him. though he spends more money than
he should on movies and cigarettes.
And there are not many savings, after
all. with prices where they are. The
boy has responsibility, and he feels il;
and he is all the better for it. He is
still young enough, though he would not
like 10 be told so, 10 preserve the de-
light of all children in being useful, in
doing something real"
In the public schools insubordinate
youths grow lawabiding when. as
pupils, they have TO administer the law.
In the poorer classes the proud posi-
tion OF being responsible wage earners
calls out corresponding virtues.
IL calls out, too, other merits that
might also have lain hidden. There
were thousands of cases in the old
days of boys who could read and write
and figure well, forced, by lack of op-
portunity or influence, to become van
boys, errand boys and what not; and a
year or two OF such work left them
less equipped for being useful than
they were when they first left school.
Under present conditions boys of
fifteen have to take the place of grown
clerks, and they prove tina they can
do it, In general, the demand for
labor, which has uneerthed so much
ability in woman, has revealed also the
worth of the boy. He is still, good
ness knows, an imperfect creature
but, take him all around, he has shown
that he has more brains and applica-
ton than we thought.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
WILL MEET BY
THE SEASH0RE
State Realty Convention
To Be Held at Long
Beach in October.

Long Beach will be the scene this
year of the annual state realty con-
vention, held under the auspices OF
the Real Estate Association of this
state. The convention days are Oc-
tober 5, 6 and 7. The 1914 conven-
tion, held at the Hotel Astor, New York
City, was the frs tof its kind IN this
city, and was addressed by Mayor
Mitchell, Borough President Marks,
Robert f. Bowling. William C. Breed,
Of the Merchants Association; Presi-
dent Lawrence Mcclure of the Real
Estate Board, Gage +. Tarbell, Abram
/. Elkus, Joseph S. Schwsb and many
others, including municipal and state
officials. Notable trips were made
through Queens, The Bronx and Brook
lyn.
Last year the twelfth annual conven-
tion was held at Saratoga Springs.
Many well known persons took part
in the discussions Of public and pro-
fessional problems.
This year" says l.. d. Woodwork,
of New York. president OF the associs-
tion, "the state organization will meet
on Long Island. where we have hun
dreds of members, and where the real
ty developments as a whole are more
numerous, exclusive and startling than
anywhere else in the world, and the
problems of the professional broker
are much accentuated. Furthermore,
the commercial and governmental prob
lens of Long Island are of special i'm
portance to the state, and Nassau
County has been a leader in admins
trative reforms which are under dis
cussion in all parts of the common
wealth.
This convention is expected 20 be
by far the largest gathering Of realty
interests in New York, for reasons
which will be apparent as the plans
develop. The discussions and enter
tainment will appeal to every owner
OF realty, TO every person whose saw
ings are invested in real estate or real
estate securities through banks and
insurance companies, and particularly
to every real estate broker and oper-
ator"
George S. Horton, of Brooklyn, sec
retary, will be ready within few days
to announce the several special COM
mittees which will have in hand the
details Of the convention. Headquar-
ters will be at the Hotel Nassau, on
the boardwalk and ocean beach.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
A BLANKET BRIBE
One That Tempted an Officer of the
Sultan.

| had had experience with corrupt
ible Turkish officers; and one day, when
barrack conditions became unendur-
able, | went to the officer commanding
our division-an old Arab from Lata-
keh who had been called from retire
ment at the time Of the mobilization,
writes Alexander Aaronsohn in "The
Atlantic Monthly" He lived in little
tent near the mosque where | found
him squatting on the floor, nodding
drowsily over his comfortable pauncL.
As he was an officer of the old regime,
entered boldly, squatted beside him
and told him my troubles. The answer
came with an enormous shrug Of the
shoulders.
"You are serving the Sultan. Hard
ship should be sweet"
81 should be more fit 10 serve him
il ! got more sleep and rest"
He waved fat hand about the tent.
Look at me. Here | am, an officer
Of rank and shooting a knowing look
at me-'I have not even a nice ban-
ket."
"A crime! A crimel" interrupted.
"To think Of it, when |, a humble sol
der, have dozens of them at home! |
should be honored If you would allow
me" Ny voice trailed of sugges-
lively.
How could you get one?" he asked.
"Oh, | have friends here in Saffed; 4;
but | must be able to sleep in a nice
place"
"Of course, certainly. What would
you suggest"
That hotel kept by the Jewish
widow might do" replied.
More amenities were exchanged, the
upshot of which was that my four
friends and were given permission to
sleep at the inn--a humble place, but
infinitely better than the mosque. Ii
was all perfectly simple.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
SHEEP AND LAMBS.
THE BOMBARDMENT or vERDUN

From a high hill between 3. and
Verdun | got my first good look at the
German bombardment, writes Henry
Sheahan. in the Atlantic Monthly"
From the edge of earth and sky, far
across the moorlands, ray after ray
of violet-whitc fire made a swift stab
at the stars Mingled with the rays,
now seen here. now there, the reddish
violet semi-circle of the great mortars
flared for the briefest instant above
the horizon. From the direction of this
inferno came loud roaring, rum
bling and roaring, increasing in vol
ume the sound OF great river toss
ing huge rocks through subterrancan
abysses. Every little while great
she'll, landing in the city, would
blow a great hole of white in the
night, and so laundering was the crash
Of arrival that we almost expected 70
see the city sink into the earth.
Terrible in the desolation OF the
night, on fire. haunted by spectres OF
wounded men who crept along the mar
row lanes by the city walls, Verdun
was once more undergoing the des-
TIMES of war. The shells were falling
along the rue Mazel and or the citadel.
A group of old houses by the Meuse
had burnt to rafters of Pickering flame.
and as | passed them one collapsed
into the flooded river in a cloud of
kissing steam.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
TURKISH CITY
OFTEN BESIEGED
Russians Follow Prece-
dent in the Taking of
TrebizOnd.

. Trebzond, the important city on
Black Sea that the Russians have
taken, has a very cheokered and very
interesting past. Originally a Greek
colony from Sinope, the city has been
bcsieged and occupied by the Goihs,
the Georgians, the Seljuks, the Turko-
mans and the presept Ottoman Turks
in turn, says "The Youths Compan-
ion." II was at Trebizond that Keno
phon rested his army after his re-
treat from Persia, and a hill some few
hours journey inland is still pointed
out as the place where his tired hosts
first greeted the sea with the famous
cry, "Thalassa, Thalassa!" The Grand
Comment founded an empire here
when the Byzantine Empire fell TO
pieces at the time OF the fourth cru
sade, and the ruins of the fortress
and citadel they built are still, in
spite of Turkish vandalism, almost in
tact.
The ancient town, strongly walled
and protected on the east and on the
west By deep ravines, with the only &c
cess to it from the land side along a
narrow and exposed ridge, is n fine
strength combined. The outlines OF
the old harbor testify TO an admirable
scheme both for defence and offence.
The Palace of the Comment still COM
mands an extensive view of the wooded
heights surrounding the town. Lying
on low plateau on the shore of the
Black Sea and backed by mountain
ranges Of imposing height, the town has
an exceedingly picturesque situation.
The luxuriant foliage that the moist
and equable climate of the region en-
courages makes the place beautiful as
well.
Before the days of regular sailings
round the Cape of Good Hope almost
the whole Of the Indian and Persian
trade came through Trebizond. But
after they took Batum the Russians
built a railway thence through Kars to
the Persian frontier; and this alterna-
tive route, in spite of its heavy charges.
has robbed Trebizond Of much OF the
TRANSPORT trade that the cape route
and the Suez Canal had left it. There
are no manufactures and no industries
native TO the town, and in recent years
the value of the imports has always
exceeded that of the exports from the
district, the difference being made up
from the profits yielded By the trans
port business. The population in 1913
was estimated at nearly $4,000, OF
whom the most were Turks; the rest
were Levantine Greeks, Armenians and
a motley crowd of Persian muleteers,
porters and passing merchants.
Running parallel some miles with
the Deirmendereh River Is the one
and only road into the interior anc
Persia. Constructed by European en-
gineers, this highawy is an excellent
one for the East. 1t is available right
up to Erzerum for wagons of any sort
and only in two places are the
gradients serious and the conditions
nnfavorable 1t is the only road by
which supplies can be carried to
Erzerum. The distance from Trebi-
zond to Erzerum, as measured IN the
East. is twelve to fourteen days by
caravan. eight days by carriage and
relays, and three to four days by the
Turkish post.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
FATE OF CHINESE RAILROAD.

Less than 800 was paid for the frs,
locomotive in China. II weighed
twenty-five hundredwelght. The rails
were about the size Of walking sticks
and lay thirty inches apart One day
after the seven-mile line had been op-
Grating only few months. a trespasser
was run over and killed by the little
engine. says THE Christian Herald"
The rails were promptly torn up and
shipped to Formosa to rust, thus end
ing the fate Of the first railroad in
China.
That was only forty years ago. Now
China has more than 5000 miles OF
railway, with a net revenue Of more
than ss,000,000 a year. And c. c.
Wang, OF the government railway bu-
reau. stands sponsor for this prophecy:
ut is no exaggeration TO say that
there will be more railways built in
China during the coming twenty five
years than in sll the rest Of the world
combined"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
DEAL BEACH AUCTION SALE
Offering Of 80 Plots To BE Disposed
of Next Saturday.

An auction sale of unusual interest
will be held by Joseph p. Day at Deal
Beach n. j., on Saturday, August ., at
2:30 p. nj. The property to be ohereu
consists of ninety-nine plots, the larger
part Of which are located on the Allan
tic Ocean and near Ocean Avenue, the
principal boulevard through this sec
ton. The sale will be an absolute
of Chancery OF New Jersey, and will at
ford an exceptional opportunity to Sc
cure very desirable fully improved plots
at prices TO be made by the bidders
themselves.
of the Jersey coast. By a strange Co
incidence the date appointed for the
sale of this property is the same date
set for the notification to President
Wilson of his nomination at Shadow
Lawn, Long Branch. \. j., only few
minutes by trolley from the property
10 be offered at Deal Beach,