The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-07-09
GRANDVIEW

Mrs. r. R. Davis, Mrs. David viii
tamuth, H. w. Chandler and Mrs.
N. Meyer attended the extension
meeting at Aberdeen Saturday.
A. ]. Satterfield went to Pocatellt
on business Friday.
Mrs. Charles Parsons was out from
Sterling the last of the week tryinf
to find pasture for some of theil
stock. She thinks of going out il
the mountains for the summer wher,
her husband is located.
Barney Buff has give his house {
coat of paint, which adds greatly tt
its appearance.
E. R. Bennett, state horticulturist
was inspecting crops in this and the
Aberdeen section during the week.
There seems to be quite lot oil
grass hoppers in some of the fields
of alfalfa seed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Criddle and children
and Mrs. A. L. Shellman were callers
at the Kear home Sunday.
Sterling is preparing for big
celebration on July 4.
Silas Holcomb, who has been with
Frank Nelson this season, left dur
ing the week to enter military SER
vice.
Art Johnson spent Sunday in
! Blackfoot with his wife who was
not very well.
This vicinity was visited by light
frost Saturday night Beans, corn
and vines showed the effects of it
next day.
Two nice shade trees were broken
down in the wind Friday at Ralph
| Davis.
Frank Nelson is helping I. N.
Meyer with the haying this week.
People are trying to give every
thing water before the third of the
month as the water will be turned
| out of the canal for week to kill
the moss.
F. w. Stroschein marketed the last
of his oats at Aberdeen Saturday.
l. N. Meyer made business trip
to Blackfoot Monday.
Mr.. Latin has returned from a
recent trip to Salt Lake and is again
employed by l. N. Meyer.
Loic Marks drove down from Pin
gree Monday on business with the
Sterling National Farm Loan asso-
citation.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Meyer enter
tanned numerous callers Sunday aft
ernoon, among them we're Mr.. and
Mrs. Snow, Mrs. Joe Maxwell, Mr..
and Mrs. William Hill, Mrs. Kear,
Miss Susie Shellman, the Misses
Hazel and Adeline Nelson, Messrs.
Quigley, Frank Nelson and Floyd
Massie.
Mrs. C.. G. Loveless and Mrs. Du-
gan Taylor were in Frandview Mon
day confering with the officers of
the Grandview Red Cross as to sew
eral features of the celebration in
Sterling July 4.
State Extension Work in Home
Economics
The last week in June a series of
demonstration were given in Bing-
ham county by Mrs. Holt and Mrs.
Bennett from the extension depart
ment of the University of Idaho. Mrs
Ralph Davis of Sterling is chairman
of the work in this county and has
had charge of all meetings. The
first meeting was in Shelley on Tues
day, which proved to be most inter-
esting to those in attendance. On
Wednesday these demonstrators met
with the ladies at Thomas, coming
to Sterling for meeting Thursday.
Twenty-sevep ladies attended at the
Sterling session. Friday the demon
strators were in Grandview, tho
windy disagreeable day twenty-eight
ladies were present. Mrs. Bennett,
who is a trained nurse, spoke on
child welfare. She handles her sub
ject in an able manner, which is
interesting and instructive to all
mothers. She follows the life of the
child from birth until in it's teens,
giving much good advice. Many
questions were asked which led to
interesting discussions.
She was followed by an excellent
talk from Mrs. Holt on conservation.
She states that conservation of
health comes first of all and that
Is why Mrs. Bennett speaks first. |
Mrs. Holt demonstrates bread, meat
takes up methods of |
meats, fruits, vegetables, in
tact, anything that will be of the |
most help to the community in which |
she is working, as that is the object |
Of this work, to help us, show us
he best methods and aid in any way |
possible. The last meeting of the |
week was at Aberdeen on Saturday |
afternoon. This was the best meet
ng with an attendance of fifty-five
aides. The discussions were ami
mated and interesting. Mrs. Bennett
old us that next winter she will be |
n the field again and will carry a
eries of stereoptican studies, show
ng many of the phases of which
he has told us, taking up tubercu-
ar work, and many other things of
interest. Those who were fortunate
'nough to hear her at these meetings
will be anxious to have her return
lere at that time.
From Aberdeen the speakers went
o Blackfoot, where Monday and
tuesday will both be devoted to this
york.
Miss Olive Davis is visiting this
week at the home of Marion Thomp-
on.
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