The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-08
Berger Items
(Times' Special Correspondence

(Times' Special Correspondence
w. j. TrueBlood of the Goodwin |
-lBInqWBI9d u99s sBM 'pOoqIOqqS!9u |
ing on our streets Monday. Mr.. True |
blood is one of the extensive farmers |
on the Salmon and has one of the |
best improved farms on the tract. 1t
seems that Mr.. Trueblood has conf |
dence in a satisfactory adjustment of
our difficulties on this tract, having |
added another parcel of land to his !
real estate holdings.
c. E. Carder and family were Filler
visitors Saturday.
E. J. Hornibrook, one of the Sal
mons successful sheepmen, was over
from Twin Falls looking after his
interests on the Salmon Monday and
Tuesday.
Newton Galley, one of the prominent
ranchers of the west end of the Sal
mon tract was looking after business
matters in Filler Saturday
Thomas A. PARROT and H. c. Eric
son were down to Filler Saturday
There will be services in Berger
at 3 o'clock p. m. Sunday, Rev. KAN
man of Pleasant View will officiate
The sale of Raymond Jones' Thurs
day was we'll attended.
The veteran auctioneer, Co. H. B.
Lue, of Twin Falls, cried the Jones
sale.
Walter Starr took in the sights of
the Sugar City, Twin Falls, Monday.
Art and Alfred Parrot were do
ing" Filler Saturday
e. ]. Johnson was a patron of the
Filler Roller Mills in Filler Saturday.
The young peoples Sunday school
i Wy. IL fIxr
entertained by Clifford and Viola
Evans at their pleasant home Friday
evening. 1t seemed that all the mem
bers of the class had turned out to
enjoy the hospitality of the Evans.
Since the last communication some
business changes have been made in
Berger, as one of our mercantile es-
= Establishments has been transferred to
former HOLSTER people. c. w. Simp-
son is now the new postmaster and
! proprietor of one of Berger's oldest
mercantile establishments, having pur-
chased the store of Curry & Evans. Mr..
/ Simpson is not a stranger amongst
us, having resided on this tract for
I several years, being interested in the
! Salmon River store in HOLSTER for
the past three or four years.
/ Before deciding on any particular
!. location Mr.. and Mrs. Curry will take
/ a trip to their home state, Kansas, to
1 visit friends and relatives.
!. We understand an interesting pro
/ All 9q4 IoJ p9Ied9Id 5u!7q 81 mBIS
4 erary Friday evening of this week
The subject chosen for debate is RE
:, solved, That ali public utilities should
be owned and controlled by the gov
eminent"
| ]. M.Pierce is contemplating making
some improvements about his prem
/ ises Mr.. Pierce has one of the bes
improved and we'll equipped farms il
/ southern Idaho. His residence, com
modious, modern bungalow, being one
of the finest in this section of the
| country. Water is piped into his resi-
| dence, barn and other buildings, OF
| the place, from a cistern with severa
| thousand barrels capacity, located ;
short distance away on his farm, high
er than the buildings Mr.. Pierce anC
= family enjoy all the comforts anC
convenients of their city cousins al
1 they also have all the rooms of thei
residence heated by a furnace. M
more lamps to fill and clean, as cleo
trio lights have been recently installed
and nearly all the buildings on tn,
| place are now electrically lighted b.
Delco Light system, for which the D
c. Watson company of Twin Falls il
agent. Mr.. Pierce has secured thu
necessary equipment to run the wash
ing machine, cream separator, churn
| grindstone, etc. The place is improv
ed with forest and ornamental trees
flowers and shrubbery of various
kinds, driveways to the residence AM
barn from the public highway, orna
mented with trees and roses on eithe
sides. Mr.. Pierce, like the rest of tn
Salmon River settlers, has not as we
made a fortune on the tract, but i
one of the "stickers," believing tn
difficulties on this tract will be rec
| tilted before long Mr. Pierce an