The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-05
AUXILIARY FORMED A N D
MORE THAN FORTY MEM
BEERS HAVE ALREADY
JOINED ASSOCIATION
Road Over Submits
Opened to Freighters
Elkoro Company Grades Hill
Near Mill-Several New Strikes
Big Ice House Undermined
and Ice Washed Away.

JARBIDGE. July 4-The Jarbidge
auxiliary of the ElkO Chapter Oh Jhe
American Red Cross was organized
here today. over 40 persons PAID
their dues and were enrolled as mem
bers A temporary organization was
effected two weeks ago, but delay
in the receipt Of the necessary pap
ers and instructions held up the reg
ular organization until today. The
past two Sundays there has been very
enthusiastic meetings and now that
the auxiliary is duly organized, II Is
expected that the membership will
increase rapidly Mrs. Elsie s. Kan
gle was elected chairman and Mrs.
Catherine B. Knight was elected Sec
rotary.
A volunteer committee was called
for to make Red Cross badges to pin
on applicants on July 4 and 8; about
a dozen ladies offering to make up
dozen badges each.
A large committee of the young la
dies were appointed to act as dis
tributors of these badges and tag"
all persons who were not already
members of the Red Cross.
A committee of the ladies working
with the entertainment committee of
the commercial club gave a special
dance on flag day, for the purpose Of
raising money to buy a new flag for
the club. Our old flag has been with
us a long time and plainly shows
that it is a veteran of many winds.
The new flag has arrived and was
unfurled from new pole, on the
Fourth, with appropriate exercises.
4 ha1 In
the Commercial club, that was large
ly attended and it was voted to send
team and ten men up to help open
the road over the Bear creek and
Coon creek SUBMITS, so as to get
communication started to the south.
Two days work opened it so that sew
eral wagons came over it. There are
still three drifts which are level and
hard and will support a good load,
but viii have to be watched and
worked on for a week or more, but
freight teams with an ordinary load
can come right over them, and
whole string of teams are expected
10 come over Tuesday The several
hundred tons of freight which has
been laying along the road the other
side of the summit all winter will
now be rushed into camp. There will
have to be considerable work done on
the road, especially on the Pavlak
grade and along the river. The I'M
usually high water this year has done
lot of damage to the roads and
bridges. although the citizens of Jar
bidge have done lot OF work trying
10 save them
The Elkoro company is grading on
the hill side opposite the town for
It's big mill although as vet there are
but few men at work and only two
teams, owing to a lack of tools,
plows, scrapers, etc. but it surely
looks good to see even a start made
on new work.
The Long Hike mine continues to
add ore reserves to its already block
ed out millions
The Starlight has been encounter
ing some pretty high grade ore re-
Gently which is very satisfactory.
On the Legitimate. the big ore
chute is staying with them and some
or the best values so far found are
being opened up. The mill will ne
rushed in just as soon as possible.
George Wingler has been working
for some time on the Single JaclT
Just south of the Buster and saving
nothing, but it develops that he has a
large opening of quartz and has cross
cut it for 80 feet in width and it
shows more or less gold in the pan
from samples all the way across. This
evidently means another big mine
c. B. Patterson has installed a bott-
ling works and is now busy putting
up soda water of all flavors for the
summer trade
The high water undermined the ice
house of NJ. Clareus, just below town
and before he knew about It the house
was nearly empty and so tons Of ice.
the public supply for the town. had
gone down stream.
There are a few small private ice
houses and there are lots of snow
hanks not so very far away from
town.
Mr.. WoOdgate is installing a soda
fountain and ice cream parlor in the
building next to the telephone office.
The Palm cafe is being refitted and
will be opened in a few days.
Part of the equipment for several
other restaurants has arrived. and
IL looks as If there would be plenty
of places to eat if the goods can be
brought in to be cooked.