The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-02-23
BASALT

j. ". SOT0nS0u lOSL TWO OF MS BEST
horses Wednesday night. The ami
mails followed the canal banks out of
the field and strayed on the railroad
track at the Monroe beet dump. Both
horses were instantly killed by the
early passenger train going west.
Merdoc Brennon, EMILY Gregerson
James Bragg and Marie Robinson
went to Ammon, Friday night, to at
tend dance. These young people
took the train to Idaho Falls, where
they were met by their friends in
bob sleighs.
The seventh and eighth grades
took their examination last Thursday
and Friday. Mrs. Ruth Jensen is as
sisting the other teachers with this
work. .....
Mrs. Lesley Nelson has gone to
Utah to stay until spring.
Ida and Adlia Berg, Elese and Bes-
sic Winterbottom and Resi- Chapman,
who have been working at st. An
thony in the pea seed industry, came
home last week to stay.
The inferior surface coal which has
been selling at $3.50 this winter at
Firth can be purchased at the mine
at $2.75 per ton. 1t costs SO per ton
freight. About As tons can be loaded
on one car. Figure this for yourself
and you will see that the railroad
or the mine owners are not entirely
responsible for the big price which
has been charged for the bad coal
we have been trying to burn.
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Curdy's dog, Lee HATS dog and cat,
H. P. Johnson's dog, all had to be
killed last week. t. ... sa-
Mrs. Marie Jensen has installed a
new gasoline engine and water tank
on her home place in Basalt, which
will relieve the problem of Watering
stock when the canals are all frozen
up. --.
The Pocatello basket ball team
came to Basalt and put it all over
our boys SO to Is. Shelley high
school team was next defeated-not
quite so easily as we. The Shelley
boys fought hard but the decision
was given Pocatello Abs. 4.-..
Albert Hanny has sold his farm
at Monroe to Frank Huban and has
purchased another farm at Hamer,
Idaho. Mr.. Hanny is getting along
in years and it is going to be hard
on him to move out into trackless
country where he plans to cultivate
and improve new farm. ..a--
DR.. Roberts was called last Satur-
day to attend Miss Jennie Quinn, who
was suffering from appendicitis.
The Sunday school convention at
Idaho Falls, February II, was re-
ported to be the largest of it's kind
ever held in the history of the Nor
mon church. There were rs mem
bers in attendance from the Basalt
ward. Four stakes were represented
there. ...r . ,a .,, ,
Mrs. George W. Bragg has pur-
chased the Marie Porter home at b.
salt and will take possession about
March /. We are glad all our vacant
places are being filled with good citi-
zens. We hope those who are rent
ing will find a permanent location
among us.
A girl baby came to gladden. the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Amsey Croney,
February 6, 1917; both mother and
baby are doing fine.
There is new baby girl at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. J. D. Pratt,
born February II. Mr.. Pratt is from
Wyoming and purchased James
Quinn's home.
Charles Singleton made a trip to
st. Anthony last week with bob
sleigh after a load of furniture
A ward reunion is planned for FISH,
ruary 20. The program will consist
of all kinds of amusements and good
things for old and young.
The Diamond Star Dramatic COM
pany, under the management of E.
B. Freeman, playing, "a Pair of
Country Kids" has just completed
turn at Wapello, Woodville, Goshen,
Taylor and Basalt. These players
will now drop this role and put on
a new one for spring.
The Woodville home play was to
be presented at Basalt last week but
owing to the illness of one of the
players the little company failed to