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The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
LIVE LETTER FROM CHARLES
YOUNGER FROM FRENCH FRONT

A letter received last week by Miss
Laura Younger from her brother,
Charles Younger, who is in the am
bulance service somewhere in France
describes the celebration of the
French national holiday, the anniver-
sary of the storming of the Bastile,
which fell July IA, 1889.
Eats do not seem to be plentiful in
France at present, or at least, there
isn't any great variety. The letter
which as a whole, is cheering and tells
a story less grewsome than others
which he has written from time to
time from the front, follows:
Dear Sister:
Today has been very quiet and about
the only activity since late last night
was during dinner when German avia-
tors dropped two bombs near here.
Outside of that there has been moth
ing doing and though l have been on
duty for several hours 1 have not had
single trip.
Yesterday was the big French ma
tional holiday and those of us who
we're not on duty took the camp pho
nograph to a nearby hospital where
we gave the blesses there a short mu-
sical entertainment From there we
| went to large sized town and had a
most excellent time. The French gov
ernment sort of blew itself for the
men at the front yesterday. For
breakfast we had chocolate, one egg
per person, bread and conjecture
(jam). The French never have more
than bread and coffee for breakfast
We pay extra for a haphazard imi-
tation OF an American breakfast. Fol-
dinner we had a meat relish, meat
cold potatoes and beans, salad and
plenty of champagne What with ouI
champagne party In the aforemention-
ed city and again for supper, it was
quite an eventful party. Our meals a
post here at the front are much better
than our meals at camp and I'm al
ways delighted to be on duty.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16

For the past fifteen minutes French
anti-aircraft guns have been firing at
a German aviator. l guess they have
fired some two hundred shells but
they haven't hit him yet. A small ma
chine $4,000 feet in the air is a pretty
small target, and there isn't much
danger from anti-aircraft guns. They
have made it so uncomfortable for
this fellow, however, that he has gone
back of his own lines.
Eudicott and l had planned to cele-
brate yesterday in Paris but he has
not yet sufficiently recovered from
his wounds to make the trip safely.
With good luck we hope to be in that
fair city some time this week. My
god-mother there promises me a good
time. Eudicott has been just about
babied to death over at the hospital.
The American nurses have made so
much over him that he seems to be
quite happy to remain there indefinite
ly. The nurses are all very wealthy
eastern society women and they even
have their own servants. Unless too
busy l usually manage to drive my car
over in the afternoon to have tea with
them. Eudicott will remain in Paris
until his hand RECEIVERS sufficiently to
permit his driving again. l am only
going in for 4S hours on this occasion
and may later be in there for a week
or so preparatory to entering school
Just this minute saw three Ameri-
can officers, who went by for obser-
walton purposes, but they did not stop
General Pershing was along this road
few days ago.
1t rained all last night and the roads
back of the lines are in fearful con-
dition, but the roads we use most
frequently are macadamed SO usually
in fair shape
Trust you folks are all in good
health and that I hear from you soon
With love.
CHARLES.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
Late |. N. S. Dispatches
Cover Wide Field

Owing to delay in receipt Of the last
instaIIment of the |. N. 3. dispatches,
they are herewith condensed.
Russia announces that hOstilities
cannot be ended at once as separate
peace now is unthinkable and against
ideas of all parties. A counter revOlu-
tionary plot to restore the monarchy
has been stopped by the order to de-
port the czar and his family to ST.
IBERIA.
\ Federal district attorneys will pros
Scute l. w. w. agitatOrs under war
regulations in Idaho, Oregon, Wash
ingtOn, Montana, California. Arizona,
New Mexico, wherever leaders are in
terfering with the prosecution of the
war. The president conferred with
naval officers looking toward an ag-
gressive policy.
Hoover promises to force down meat
prices.
Sugar futures gambling is barred
from New York.
The Kansas City street car strike
is said to be practically settled by mu-
tual agreement, going into effect this
evening.
Armistice plans for settlement OF
strike in Spain are planned.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
L. L. Breckenridge
Elected President
The Directors of the Twin Falls Com
mercial Club Unanimously Select
Mr.. Breckenridge As Executive
Head

At a meeting of the directory held
yesterday afternoon, the Twin Falls
Commercial club did itself the honor
of rendering to Mr.. l.. l.. Brecken-
ridge unanimous election to the
presidency The TIMES is not claim
ing any credit for having nominated
Mr.. B. to this position some weeks
ago for the reason that his especial
fitness therefor was too obvious to
escape attention from all concerned
Indeed, the only question was as to
whether a man so deeply involved in
large business would be willing to un-
dertake the not inconsiderable de-
mands of club leadership. But it is
those that do things who can do them,
and we are glad to know that Mr..
Breckenridge has accepted the posi-
ton.
AS to the Commercial club itself,
the Times believes that it has enter
ed upon new era of existence. In
the past-at least in some of the past
mere existence is about all that could
have been claimed for it. And ever
at that, an impression crept abroad
that it was a sort of close corpora.
| tiOn devoted only to the interests oi
this city, and discriminating some
what among theml We do not believe
there ever was just cause for such
an opinion; but, however that may
have been, its present purpose and
policy is broad and general. 1t is full
ly recognized on the part of the club
management that what is good for
Twin Falls county is also good for
Twin Falls, as well as the truth of
| the converse of that DrODOsitiOn And
now if the business men of this city
as well as the citizens of the cOmmu-
nifty generally, will recognize the need
and value of an organization of this
character and will support instead of
knocking it, there is hardly any limit
to the good that may be accomplished.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
Call to Colors
Discloses Marriage
Miss Vivian COnOver Left Tuesday Ev-
ening to Join Her Husband Mar
ried Last November.

The arrival Monday evening of a
telegram stating that her husbands
number was among those first called
in the selective draft, caused Miss Wv
ian Conover, one of Twin Falls most
popular young ladies. to disclose to
her family and friends the fact that
she was married on November 20, last.
to Orley Laird, a young broker of
San Francisco. Miss Conover, or
rather Mrs. Laird, made hurried prep
arations and left on Tuesday even
ing's train to join her husband.
The announcement came as a COM
plete surprise to her many friends,
for only last month Miss Conover, at
her home in East Lawn addition, had
announced her engagement to Mr.
Laird who would have arrived here
next month, at which time, it was in
tended that they should announce the
fact of their marriage.
Miss Conover and Mr.. Laird had
known each other for over three years
and they became engaged last year
while Miss Conover was attending the
University of California, at Berkeley
They we're married in a small Calf
ornia town while on a visit at the
home of Mr.. Laird's parents. Mr.,
Laird's family we're told of the mar
riage. but Tuesdays announcement
was the first Miss Conover's family
knew Of it.
Miss Conover is the daughter of Mr.,
and Mrs. Marshall Conover of this
! CITY.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
BANK TO REMODEL BECAUSE OF
BRIGHT FINANCIAL OUTLOOK

Some months ago, the First Nation
al Bank and Kinney Wholesale com
pany informed a representative of the
Times that owing to war conditions
improvements then contemplated
would be deferred pending further de-
velopments in the national financial
situation. Tuesday the Kinney Whole
sale company informed the Times that
new warehouse would be built and
today, the First National Bank an
nounces that extensive improvements
costing between 100000 and $4,000
will be made.
The bank addition will extend over
the building recently vacated by the
Twin Falls Hardware company and
to the rear over the officers of the
Irrigated Lands Company.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
VIII Push Auto Club
and Good Roads Plans

A number of members Of the Auto
club met this morning and determined
to push that organization and secure a
membership including all the 25OO
auto owners in the county. The or
gaRizatiOn has been mOribund since
the death OF its president, w. W..
: /Mickelwait. A meeting will be called
shortly to reOrganize and push the
g00d roads campaign.
A. L. Swim was selected to look af-
ter the membership fees, which will be
$3.50 apiece. The fund will be used to
further good roads movements in the
county.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
Bell System Takes
Over Valley Line
Hansen Exchange Purchased For
Difficult to Get New Tele-
phone Anywhere.


The Valley Telephone company this
week sold it's exchange, connecting
lines, easements, right of way and all
rights, except the right to be cor
poration to the Mountain States Tele-
phone & Telegraph company for the
sum of $4,000, being duly paid, entitl-
ed the purchasing corporation to pos
session. The change of management
was made Tuesday afternoon. The
Valley company had about half as
many telephones as were on the Kim
berly exchange of the Mountain States
company, according to Manager Chas.
F. Green of the last named company
in this city.
Manager Green said today when
asked in regard to telephone extern
sions that there would be no more
such extensions under the embargo
rules of the government. Copper and
other essentials that go into telephone
construction are needed for the max
ing of munitions and the law is SO
drafted as to make extension diff
cult. "If you wanted telephone and
we did not have the material on hand
to put it in, you could not get it, even
though you were willing to pay all
the cost of the material" said Man
ager Green" and for this reason We
have a hundred contracts which We
have been unable to fulfill. 1t is diff
ficult to get telephone put in and be-
fore winter is over l believe that i
will be impossible"
Judge Lowrence Hansen was presi
dent and John Frahm secretary of the
new company.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
DENVER BUDS WILL
HELP HARVEST FRUIT
international News service)

IInternatlOnaI News SerY1ceJ
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo, Aug.
16-Many Denver society girls who
took courses at the Fifth National
Service school are planning to do
their bit for Uncle Sam. They have
announced their intention of assist
ing Food Director Hoover to conserve
the food supply by picking fruit for
farmers on the western slope.
When Miss Anne Evans made an
appeal for workers for the apple and
peach orchards the society girls de-
siared they would go to the orchards,
not for the SO a day they will re-
seive, but to help meet the labor
problem. The fruit crop is the larg-
sst the western slope has ever pro-
osced.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
Bureau Chairman
at Headquarters

The meeting of the ehairmen Of the
several local organizations of the
Farm bureau throughout the county,
mentioned in The Times Tuesday win
he held at the Headquarters of the
County Farm bureau at O'clock p. m.
Sunday. The views of President John
V. White relative to present conditions
political and economical previously
outlined in these columns, with n nuu-
her OF details and specifications which
led him to the conclusions therein in
dicated will be elaborated on at the
meeting.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
PLEASE DON'T FLIRT
WITH THIS OPERATOR
(International News servieel

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. 16-When you
call up Silver Lake cantonment by
telephone, and the operator at the
large exchange there answers, mum
ber, please" in a bassa-profundo
voice, don't get excited. The Oper-
ator at the cantonment exchange will
be manned by members of the signal
corps. 1t is to be distinctly under
stood too, that no young lady calling
for a number is to be allowed to
chat with the operator. When com
plere, the exchange will be as large
as one of the Atlanta branch ex-
changes.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
LOUIS BROCK RECALLED

Louis Brock who was here on fur
Tough from Boise barracks was hasti-
ly recalled yesterday and it was un-
derstood by him that the company
was packing up. No kilograms had
been received up to going to press
concerning time of departure from
Boise, by relatives of Company D boys
here.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
GENERAL |. w. w. STRIKE
is AGAIN THREATENED

international News Service)
BOISE, IDA, Aug. 16.-GOvernOr
Alexander today stated that the l. w.
w. had renewed threats of a general
strike in the northwest unless the de-
mand that prisoners be released Au-
gust 20, should not be needed. He said
that industries would be protected
and the law enforced.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
TENTATIVE PLANS OF BOND
ELECTION TO BE PREPARED

AS a further step on the good roads
propaganda the county commission
ers have ordered the Lumberman's S
Trust company attorneys to draft a
tentative plan of election for bond
issue. The plans for the roads to be
improved are not yet known, but will
be announced simultaneously with the
call
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
ARRESTED AS SLACKER

Ed Hobson of Buhl was arrested on
Tuesday on the charge of failing to
register and was bound over to the
United States district court by T. S.
Commissioner C. c. Siggins under
$500 bonds. He claims that he is over
thirty-one years of age and was at the
time OF registration.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
ANNOUNCES DIVISION WITH
BEETGROWERS ON ALL
SUMS OVER $3.50 Cwt.
Statement Put Forth at
Salt Lake City
No Word of Similar Action of
Amalgamated Company Receiv-
ed at Twin Falls Up to Going
to Press Today.
International News Servicel

SALT LAKE CITY. Aug. 16-Sugar
beet growers of Idaho, Utah, Colorado
and Oregon will hereafter receive a
share Of the profits on sugar manu-
factured at the factories of the com
pany, according to an announcement
put forth by the Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.
today The concern will set aside
$3.50 on each hundred pounds as the
cost and will divide the profits over
this equally between the farmers and
the company
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16

The local office of the Amalgamat-
ed Sugar company announced today,
in response to query from The Times
that no word had been received here
regarding the adoption of any plan Of
this sort by the Amalgamated and that
they had no information OF a raise in
price over the contracts.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
TREMENDOUS PROFIT
ON WHITE CLOVER

The Shoshone Grocery COM
pany yesterday threshed fif-
teen acres Of white clover on
its property near the city. The
clover yielded seven bushels an
acre. The current price today
is quoted at fifty-two cents
pound. This Is $3l.50
bushel, or s21S.40 an acre. The
crop OF the entire field, there
fore, is worth S9272.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
SOCIAL LEADERS TO
TEACH JAP CHILDREN
international News service)


COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Aug.
16-Miss Amy Kinsley, and her sister
Katheryn, prominent socially. plan to
leave here early next month, to spend
several years In kindergarten work
in Japan.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
WOMAN JAILED; MAN FINED

Because the woman was believed by
Probate Judge o. P. Duvall to be the
wincipal culprit. that official gave
Mrs. Phyllis Hok a ninety day SEN
texce and let her companion, Greek
named ]. 2. George, off with $50
kae. The Hellsnist paid the fine and
lsft
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
EUROPE DEFERS TO AMER
ICA IN ANSWER TO PRO
POSALS FROM ROME
London Statesmen Fear
Idea Is German
Official Copy Not Yet Received
Taft Says Plan Would Not
Work While German Military
Caste Is in the Saddle.
international News Service)

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16-Definite
action in regard to the peace plan of
Pope Benedict XIV will await action by
President Wilson England and
France have asked the views of Ameri-
ca. President Wilson will study the
official copy, the arrival of which is
expected today before formulating a
reply.
A London dispatch says that the
opinion in high official circles is that
the allies will reject the terms sug-
gested, which, they declare in their
opinion were prompted by the central
powers.
CHICAGO, Aug 16-Former Presi-
dent Taft said here today in an inter
view: "The Pope is ready for peace
but no such proposal as he puts forth
can have any result so long as the
Prussian military caste controls Ger
many"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
Wants Interference
IN Price of Coal
(International News servicel

VInternatlOnaI news SeTVlceI
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.-William Haves.
president of the state council OF de-
Tense asks all the councils of the mid
die west to interfere in the coal price
situation under the powers granted
them by the pure food law
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16
OFFICIAL DENIAL ISSUED TO
STORY PUBLISHED ON
WEDNESDAY P. M.
Americans Are in Fine
Fettle for Fray
Russo -Rumanians Win From Teu-
Italians Drive Back Aus
trians-Allies Winning in the
West From the Germans.
Gnternational News servicel

international News Service)
WASHINGTON, August 10 Official
denial was made here today of the
statement that American troops had
been engaged on the French front and
that 200 of them we're wounded. The
story was originally published in the
London News.
A dispatch from the American camp
in France says that General Sibert
reviewed the American troops and de
clared that he was proud to command
such a splendid body. The soldiers,
who constitute the largest force of
American soldiers ever assembled on
foreign soil, behaved like veterans.
The men are in high spirits and the
French officers enthusiastic over
their showing
ROME, August 10 (Agence Radio)
An official announcement was made
today of the repulse by Italian artil-
lery of an Austrian attack.
PARIS, Aug. 16- (Agence Radio)-
Ten divisions Of Germans today at
tackled the RussO-Rumanian forces
near Marasheshti and were repulsed
with heavy losses. A fierce battle
still continues.
LONDON, August 16-The attempt
of the Germans to stem the British
encircling movement at Lens was
broken by the resistance of the Can
adams, who stormed Hill No. 20, en-
! gaging the Prussians in a hand to
hand struggle. All the German at
tacks around Lens we're repulsed. The
British delivered powerful attacks
north of Ypres and made progress on
a wide front.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16

ROME, August 10 (Agence Radio
An official announcement was made
today of the repulse by Italian artil
lery of an Austrian attack.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16

Cents spent in a Times Clas-
sified Ad will yield you dollars.
Try il and find out.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-16

Every issue Of the Times con-
tains big bargains in its classi-
fled columns.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-09-14
JUVENILE THIEVES
CAUGHT AND TRIED
JUDGE MCKNIGHT LANDS GEORGE
CAMPBELL AND CALVIN RID
LEY IN SCHOOL.

Constable Charles Burns and Depu-
y Sheriff J. o. Blackburn, Of Mt.
Pleasant, caught the two negro boys,
eorge Campbell and Calvin Ridley.
Who stole horse and buggy from a
nan by the name of Keith, the lat
er part of last week and brought
hem back to Columbia this morning
nd Judge Mcknight sentenced them
0 the Tennessee Industrial school un-
il they are u years Of age.
The negroes we're not satisfied with
he theft of the buggy and horse. but
fter they had used the horse and
1uegy as long as they wanted it they
bandoned same in a woods near God
in Station, where it was found by
-heriff Griffin, but they came back to
It. Pleasant and committed another
'@ense by breaking into a house and
tealing a number of articles. In this
ase they have two charges each
2dged against them. one for house
'reaking and one for larceny.
The Campbell negro il only twelve
ears of age and the Ridley negro is
ourteen years old.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-09-14
cAhTALlUPE CROP
CuLltlkA SECTION
SURPRISES RtlOPlI
RETURNS THIS YEAR IAe
THAN EVER BEFORE F9oS
TIE MELONS.
OF The A.RFls
Yield Per Acre Vas Best Tia.
seen Known and 5elieyea rhs, ~
put Will amount to Net .s. :,
$4,000. ."

Fifty car loads Of cantalouues 20.
shipped from Culleoka this va, ;.
largest number ever Skinned IN
season. The yield per acre vas Al,
larger than during any praviou, vo.,
the acreage in the community hai,,
only about half Of that Of last va,
when thirty-iye cars We're Skinned
There are approximately 500 c,,,.,
to the car load, go that a!toestb..
10000 crates Of the delecta6le nsIo,.
went to feed the multitudes of u,
East and North. Culleoka pink ms.,,
have wide reputation and .lare u,
no difficulty in disposing Of the NJ,
put.
Returns from all of the cars ham
not yet been received, but enopcb +.
known to make certain the statems,,
that the season will be a Drofrau.
one for the growers. At fttv CENT,
the crate the returns would be se0N
and it is believed that the aver,
will not be very far from that igvrs
The acreage being about $50 acres
this would be considerably more Than
800 to the acre and no other croD r
that section will make anything Ike
such large returns
The entire output of that field vas
handled most satisfactorily by tn
Tulleoka Produce company and hum
1reds and hundreds of dollars were
paid out in wages to packers and pcs.
ers. Scenes about the station and
he packing houses of the COMPANY
we're busy for the month during which
he crop was being marketed
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-09-14
Gel. ALLEN BROWN
HOME PLACE SELLS
FOR SPLENDID PRICE
THE SEQ ACRES SELLS FOR ABOUT
So2,oce, AN AVERAGE or Sf2t
PER ACRE.
BROWN EROS. WILL PLtASEi
Manager Bryant And S. o. Thomas
And All Connected With the BIG
Enterprise Are Heartily Gratified
With the Results.

/ The Col Allen Brown home place
of 500 acres, sold by subdivision b.
The Dozier American Land Co, Of
Athens, Ga, in connection with s. o
Thomas, one of CoIumbias local real
estate dealers at an average price last
Friday OF about s1210O. The total
amount of the sale was nearly $4,000.
The tracts wsre sold to the follow.
ing bidders:
Tie home place of 500 acres, was
bougrh by j. Lem Thomas, at $3.50
per acre, totaling s11,08250. Mr..
Thomas also bought tract No. Il OF
sos acres, for which he paid S121 .0O
per acre.
Tracts No. and went to John w
Ashton for $3.50 per acre for No. ?
and $40 per acre for No 3. The two
tracts combined contained $3.50 acres.
Tracts No. 4 and No. were bought
by R. s. Hardison at s162.50 and
s132.5O per acre respectively. No. 4
topped the sale at s162.50.
]. G. Brown purchased tracts s, z, s
and 8, total of 1881 acres, at 800
per acre, total Of s17,331.
A. L. Thomas purchased tracts 10
and IL at s142.50 and s131 per acre
respectively.
o. K. Bryant, the manager of the
sale, expressed great satisfaction with
the success of the enterprise and stat
ed to herald reporter that he hoped
to hold another sale in Maury county
at an early date. Mr. Thomas. Mr..
Dozier and the Brown, Bros. all ex.i
pressed genuine satisfaction with the
results. d