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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-09

cut lanes through it; if so, this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
OF course I had to be one of the four
selected for the job. It was just like
sending a fellow to the undertaker's
to order his own coffin.
At ten o'clock we started out, armed
with three bombs, a bayonet and re-
volver. After getting into No Mans
Land we separated. Crawling four or
five feet at a time, ducking star shells,
with strays cracking overhead, 1
reached their wire. 1 secuted along
this inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
1 could hear them talking In their
trench. my heart was pounding against
my ribs. One false OF the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector l quietly
crawled back. l had gotten about half
way when 1 noticed that my revolver
was missing. 1t was pitch dark. l
turned about to see if l could find 1t;
it couldn't be far away, because about
| three or four minutes previously / had
felt the butt in the holster. l crawled
around in circles and at last found it,
then started on my way back to our
trenches, as l thought.
Pretty soon 1 reached barbed wire
and was just going to give the pass
word when something told me not to.
l put out my hand and touched one OF
the barbed wire stakes. 1t was iron.
The British are Of wood, while the
German are iron. My heart stopped
beating; by mistake | had crawled
back to the German lines.
1 turned slowly about and my tuniC
caught on the wire and made a loud
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out.
sprang to my feet, dacking low, anc
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang
l ran smash into our wire, and a sharI
challenge, "'Alt, who comes thereT
rang out. l gasped out the password
and. cropping my way through the lan'
in the wire, tearing my hands an'
uniform, l tumbled into u trench AM
was safe. but l was a nervous wrecl
for an hour, until a drink Of run
brought me round.
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through some misunderstanding the
amusement committee failed to get tha
ice cream for the Fourth. An auth
truck went to Pocatello Wednesday
evening after it, fully expecting to find
IL ready and waiting as 1t had been
ordered over a week and then another
phone call was made a few hours be-
fore starting for Pocatello to mako
sure it would be ready. However. IL
wasn't ready and none could be pur-
chased anywhere in town, hence thu
disappointment.
Mrs. Sheldon Armstrong, who has
been suffering from heart trouble for
some time, went 10 POcatello for med
ical aid Tuesday.
Spencer Breeze and Will jackson
spent Wednesday in Pocatello.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Steers, who have
been visiting with their daughter, Mrs.
E. II. Lindsay. the past week, left for
the national park Friday morning.
Grandma Armstrong is spending a
few weeks with her son and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon Armstrong, OF
this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre Hilzinger Of
Seattle are visiting al the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Vim Kruse for a few days
Jim Brown of American Falls was
a Crystal visitor Thursday.
Ralph Whiting is suffering with a
bad foot which a horse stepped on q
few days ago.
The Fourth Of July celebration was
quite a success. A very appropriate
patriotic program was rendered in the
morning, one of the features being a
Red Cross march drill which was very
pretty. The afternoon was spent in
all kinds of foot races, three legged
races and horse races, also a dance
for the little folks. At nine p. m. the
dance started, the hall was so crow
ed it was necessary for the manager
TO keep the crowd back while the
dancers danced. Two prize waltzeS
were given, the first free-for-all, Nj.
and Mrs. Jack Price winning first
prize and Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Hampson
second. The second was for all over
80 years and John Bryant and Mrs.
Peter Steers won first prize and Mr..
and Mrs. Stewart won second. At a
late hour everyone went home tired
but happy after the days sports.
A large crowd from Pauline spent
the Fourth in Crystal.
The many frOsts that have visited
neighbOring vicinities have missed
Crystal so far.
The many friends of Mrs. Henry
Breeze are glad to know that she is
we'll and able to be o again.
j. c. Davis was a Pocatello visitor
Wednesday.
Messrs. Charles and Arthur Light re-
turned from POcatello Wednesday.
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(To Be C~ontinued.)
R~0CkLAND ITEMS.


Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Taylor are visit
ing with Mrs. Taylor's mother. Mrs.
Henry Jensen, this week.
Among those shopping in American
Falls Wednesday were Mrs. Bert
Adams, Mrs. Jack Nelson, Peter An
derson. Joseph Lish and Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris Christensen.
A large number OF American Falls
people passed through town Wednes-
day evening On their way to the East
Fork canyon for an outing. some of
them remaining there all day and
others returning here TO celebrate the
fourth.
II. c. Boley and K. c. Kelly attend
ed the convention of the Nonpartisan
league at Boise last Wednesday and
Thursday.
Mrs. Earl Hutchinson left Wednes-
day for Malad 10 visit with her par
ents.
The Fourth was celebrated here I'M
der the auspices of the Red Cross. A
very large crowd was in attendance.
Mr.. GOodfriend If Boise delivered an
address which was very good and mu-
sic was furnished by the American
4 ais anu ZLAE4 AAE PAQEAAA ~ n
drilled for a short time and the sports
consisted Of foot races for the chill
dren, horse races and a bucking con-
test. The Red Cross served refresh
ments all day.
Frank and Aree Howard, Douglas
Boley and Ona Walker spent the
Fourth in Pocatello and Lava Hot
Springs.
Vim. Oliver and wife were in town
Friday in their new Studebaker run
about.
". P. Fiheld was in American Falls
on business Saturday.
Quite a number Of people attended
the circus at the Falls Saturday.
Chris Kiilsgaard, Bert Adams and
A. L. May motored 10 MOonshine and
back Sunday.
Lightning struck and killed one OF
Joe Byington's work horses during the
storm Friday.
The Misses Clarice and EuRice
Thorne of American Falls are visiting
with their cousin, Pearl Thorne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Wommack anc
Billy Shoots motored in from Burley
sunday.
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CRYSTAL.

WI. anu u1Io. AIT OO4 UAoUH anu rdAIi-
ly of American Falls, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
H. Rose and family of Neeley and Ben
Jones and family of Medley were visi-
tors at the Fannin home on the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Reiger and
family and Miss Mary Whiting motored
to Idaho Falls Wednesday spending
the Fourth in the Falls and returning
for the dance here at night.
Miss Helen Meitzenheimer is still
suffering from an attack of inflamma-
tory rheumatism and is in Pocatello
for medical attention.
Roy Gabbert is still walking on
crutches, his foot not healing as fast
as he would like it TO.
Mrs. Severt Jensen Of Omaha, Neb,
is visiting with her two sons and their
families, John and Martin Hayden, for
a few weeks.
Mrs. Maurice Rossitter of POcatello
spent the Fourth in Crystal.
Mrs. Coffin and family Of Marsh
Center are visiting at the Lawrence
Evans home for a few days. Mrs. COT
fin is Mrs. Evans mother.
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lover the Top"
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machine Gunner SerOing In France
Machine Gunner SerOing In France
Coopyright, 1917. By Arthur Guy Hmpeyl
CHAPTER XVII.
Out In Front.

Jul Ut ETOUI-
After tea Lieutenant Stores Of our
section came into the dugout and In
formed me that 1 was "for" a reconnoi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
At IL 80 that night twelve men, our
lieutenant and myself went out In
front on a patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around in the dark for
about two hours, just knocking about
looking for trouble, on the lookout for
Boche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two In the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
yards In front of the German barbed
wire, when we walked into a Boche
covering party nearly thirty strong.
Then the music started, the fiddler rem
dered his bill, and we paid.
Fighting in the dark with a bayonet
is not very pleasant. The Germans
took ii on the run, but our officer was
no novice at the game and didn't fol-
low them. He gave the order "down
on the ground, hug 1t close"
Just In time, too, because a vOlley
skinned over our heads. Then in low
tones we were told to separate and
crawl back to our trenches, each man
on his own.
We could see the flashes Of their
rifles in the darkness, but the bullets
were going over u heads.
We lost three men killed and one
wounded in the arm. If it hadn't been
for our officers quick thinking the
whole patrol would have probably
been wiped out.
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Preparing the "chow."

was how were the men to reach these
boxes, but to key this was a mere de-
tail.
He got long ropes and tied one end
around each rafter and then tied a lot
Of knots in the ropes. These ropes
would take the place Of stairways.
We figured out that the rafters
would seat about forty men and sold
that number of tickets accordingly.
When the ~ticketholders for the boxes
got a glimpse of the rafters and were
informed that they had to use the rope
stairway, there was a howl of indigna-
ton. but we had their money and told
them that If they did not like it they
could write to the management later
and their none would be refunded
but under these conditions they would
not be allowed to witness the perform
ance that night.
After a little grousing they accepted
the situation with the promise that II
the show was rotten they certainly
would let us know about 1t during the
performance.
Everything went lovely and 1t wal a
bowling success, until Alkali Ike ap-
oeared on the scene with his revolver
loaded with blank cartridges. Behind
the bar on a shelf was a long line OF
bottles. Alkali Ike was supposed to
start on the left of this line and break
six of the bottles by firing at them with
his revolver. Behind these bottles a
piece of painted canva was supposed
to represent the back of the bar, at
each shot from Alkali's pistol a man
behind the genes would hit one of the
bottles with his ~entrenching tool
handle and smash II, to give the I'M
preston that Alkali was a good SHOE
Alkali Ike started in and ainiei Ai
he right of the line 81 bottles -" '''
Of the left, and the poor hool 't
he scenes started T.. a-u- f'
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CHAPTER XVIII.
STAGED n d Fire.

three DAYS after the incident just re-
lated our company was relieved from
the front line and carried. We stayed
in reserve billets for about two weeks
when we received the welcome news
that division would go back Of the
line "to rest billets." We would re-
main in these billets for at least two
months this in order to be restored to
our full strength by drafts of recruits
from Blighty.
Everyone was happy and c~ontented
at these tidings; all you could hear
around the blllets was whistling and
singing. The day after the receipt OF
the order we hiked for five days, max
ing an average of about twelve kiios
per day until we arrived at the small
town of o..
1t took US about three days to get
settled. and from then on our cushy
time started. We would parade from
s.45 in the morning until y noon
Then except for an occasional ollie'
or brigade guard we were on our own.
For the first four or five afternoons !
snent nv time in bringing up to date
nv neglected correspondence.
Tommy loves to be amused, and be
ing a Yank, they turned to me tol
something new in this line. taugh'
them how to pitch h~orseshoes' n TINS
game made a great hit for about ter
DAYS. Then Tommy turned to Amer
lea for n new diversion. l was up II
the air until a happy thought came L
me. why not write a sketch and preai
Tommy in as an actorF
One evening after lights out whel
you are not supposed to talk. l impar'
ed my scheme in whispers to the sec
ton. They eagerly accepted the ide'
of forming a stock company AM
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them, arm in arm, leave to take pos
session of this wonderful palace which
Abe has just paid $4,000 for. (Cur-
tain.)
In the second act the curtain rises
on the interior Of the Diamond Palace
saloon, and the audience gets its first
shock. The saloon looks like a pig
pen, two tramps lying drunk on the
floor, and the bartender in a dirty
shirt with his sleeves rolled up, asleep
with his head on the bar.
Enter Abe, Sambo and key, and the
fun commences.
One of the characters in the second
act was named Broadway Kate n l
had an awful job TO break in one OF
the Tommies to act and talk like a
woman.
Another character was Alkali Ike, an
Arizona cowboy, who just before the
close of the play zones into the saloon
and wrecks 1t with his revolver.
We had eleven three-hOur rehearsals
before I thought it advisable to pre-
sent the sketch to the public.
The whole brigade was crazy 10
witness the first performance. This
performance was scheduled for Friday
night and everyone was full of antici-
nation: when bangl orders came
through that the brigade would move at
two that afternoon. Cursing and
binding was the order of things upon
the receipt of this order, but we
moved.
That night we reached the little vii
lage of s. and again went into resi-
biIlets. We were to be there two
weeks. Our company Immediately go'
busy and secured the village for
suitable place in which to present oui
production. Then we received another
shock.
A rival company was already estao
lished in the village. They caAe'
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-09
Regular Meeting.

A regular meeting of the Doard Of
commissioners of Highway DlstrlcO
No. l was held on the Sth day OF July
1918. at the hour of IL a. m.
Present: r. b. Greenwood, cnalr-
man; e. E. Earring, member. Absent:
w S. Sparks, member.
The minutes of the previous meet
ings read and approved after the lol-
lowing correction a made to-Wlt;
In the resolution passed at the speclai
meeting held the 14th day of June
1918. at the hour of 9 a. M, wherein
said resolution reads Range 81 E. b.
NJ" should read range 80 E. b. NJ
Bills presented and allowed as evl-
denced bv vouchers numbered 377S to
1913. both inclusive.
No other business coming before
the board the meeting adjourned.
R. B. GREENWOOD,
Chairman.
ATTEST: R. FOSTER LAMM'
Secretary.
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themselves "The Bow Bells" and
put on a sketch entitled, "Blighty-
What HopesY' They were the divi-
sional concert party.
We hoped they all would be soon
In Blighty to give us a chance.
This company charged an admission
Of a franc per head, and that night
our company went en- masse TO see
their performance. 1t really was good.
] had a sinking sensation when /
thought of running my sketch in OPP
position to It.
In one of their scenes they had a
sOubrette called FlOssie. The soldier
that took this part was clever and
made a Incorporating and chic girl.
We Immediately fell in love with her
until two days after, while We were
on a march, we passed Flossie with
'her" sleeves rolled up and the sweat
pouring from her" face unloading
shells from a motor lorry.
AS u section passed her l yelled
out: Hello. Flossie; Blighty-What
Hopes?" Her reply made our love die
out instantly.
"Ah, go to hill"
This brought quite a laugh from the
marching column directed at me, and l
instantly made up my mind that our
sketch should Immediately run In op-
position to "Blighty-What HopesT
When we returned to our billet from
the march. Curley Wallace, my the
atrical partner. came running over to
me and said he had found a swanky
place in which to produce u show.
After taking Off my equipment, and
followed by the rest of the section, l
went over to the building he had picked
out. 1t was a monstrous barn with a
platform at one end which would make
an ideal stage. The section got right
on the job, and before night had that
place rugged out in apple-pie order.
The next day was Sunday and after
church parade we put all u time on
a dress rehearsal, and it went fine.
1 made four or five large signs an
nouncing that u company would open
I'D that evening at the King George the
Fifth theater, on the corner Of Ammo
street and Sandbag terrace. General
admission was One-half franc. First
ten rows in orchestra one franc, and
boxes two francs. BY this time our
printed programs had returned from
London. and l further announced that
on the night of the first performance
a program would be given free Of
charge to men holding tickets costing a
franc or over.
We had an orchestra Of seven men
and seven different instruments. This
orchestra was excellent, while they
we're not playing.
The performance was scheduled &c
start at 8 p. m.
At 5 :15 there was a mob in front Of
our one entrance and 1t looked like &
big night. We had two boxes each &C
commOdating four people, and thes'
we Immediately sold out. Then
brilliant idea came to key Cohenstein
Why not use the rafters overhead, cal
lneIn DOxes, anu charge I~O Arancs AZ
A seat on them? The only difficult,
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SALE OF ESTRAY.

Notice is hereby given that 1 will
sell the following described animal at
public auction on Wednesday, July "a.
1918, at 2 o'clock p. m. Of said day, at
the place of Reinhold Baer, 1914 miles
west and north of Aberdeen.
One bay horse colt one year old
no brands visible; small star in fore
head: right front foot white; left hind
foot white. Taken up May Is, 1918.
D. B. Jeffries,
Sheriff.
By FRED ~WALWORTH, Deputy.
Z 2-9-16-23.
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could hardly wait until the morning
for further details.
After parade. the next afternoon 1
was almost mobbed. Everyone in the
section wanted a part in the proposed
sketch. When / informed them that it
would take at least ten days Of hard
work to write the plot, they were bit
terly disappointed. / Immediately got
busy, made a desk out Of biscuit tins
in the corner Of the billet, and put up
II sign "Empey & Wallace Theatrical
Co." About twenty of the section,
upon reading this sign. Immediately
applied for the position Of office boy.
l accepted the twenty applicants, and
sent them On scouting parties through
out the deserted French village. These
parties were to search all the attics for
discarded civilian clothes, and any
thing that we could use in the props
of proposed company.
About five that night they returned
covered with CRIME and dust, but load
ed down with a miscellaneous assort-
ment of everything under the sun.
They must have thought that l was
going to start a department store.
judging from the different things they
brought back from their pillage.
After eight days constant writing l
completed a two-act farce comedy
which 1 called 1.-THE Diamond Palace
Saloon" Upon the suggestion Of one
of the boys In the section 1 sent a proof
Of the program to a printing house in
London. Then l assigned the different
parts and started rehearsing. David
Belasco would have thrown up his
hands in despair at the material which
1 had to use. Just imagine trying to
teach a Tommy, with a strong cockney
accent, to impersonate a Bowery tough
or a Southern negro.
Adjacent to our billet was an open
field. We got busy at one end of it and
constructed a stage. We secured the
lumber for the stage by demolishing
an old wooden shack in the rear of
our billet.
The first scene was supposed to rep
resent a street on the Bowery in New
York, while the scene of the second
act was the interior Of the Diamond
Palace saloon, also on the Bowery.
In the play I took the part of Abe
Switch, a farmer, who had come from
Pumpkinville Center, Tenn, to make
his first visit to New York.
In the first scene Abe Switch meets
the proprietor of the Diamond Palace
saloon, a ramshackle affair which tC
the owner was a financial loss.
The proprietor's name was Ton
Twistem. his bartender being named
Fillem Up.
After meeting Abe, Tom and Fillen
Up persuaded him to buy the place
praising it to the skies and telling
wondrous tales Of the money taker
over the bar.
While they are talking, an old Jew
named key COhenstein comes along
and Abe engages him for cashier. Aftel
engaging key they meet an OLD
Southern negro called Sambo, ant
upon the suggestion Oh key ne is eh
gagged as porter. Then the three o
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-09
MEETINGS OF HIGHWAY COMMIS-
SI0NERS.
Special Meeting.

A special meeting of the commission
ers of Highway District No. l was
held on the 14th day of June, 1918, at
the hour of 9 a.. m.
Present: R. B. Greenwood, chair
man; E. E. Earring, member; W. S.
Sparks, member.
The following resolution was adopt
ed:
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, a road is being construct
ed by the Highway District No. l of
Power county, Idaho, from Bannock
creek to Michaud;
Whereas, on the course of the pro-
posed road it is necessary for a road
crossing to be constructed across the
Oregon Short Line Railway company
right of way on section lines between
sections 20 and 81, township 6 SOUTH
range 80 E. B. M;
Whereas, the old crossing directly
west of Michaud will be of no use as
a road crossing upon the construction
and completion of the new proposed
road;
Whereas, it will be necessary to OBJ
tain permission of the Oregon Short
Line Railway company;
Now, Therefore, be it resolved ina
the board of commissioners OF High
way District No. l of Power county
be and they are hereby authorized &c
procure from the Oregon Short Line
Railway company a road crossing Oh
section lines between sections 20 anc
p, township 6 south, range 80 east
B. NJ, and that they be and hereby are
authorized to abandon the old eros
sing directly west of Michaud, imme
diately upon the completion OF th'
new proposed road and the procuring
of the road crossing.
No other business coming before th'
meeting. the board adjourned.
R. B. GREENWOOD,
Chairman.
ATTEST: R. FOSTER LAMM,
Secretary.
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NOTICE OF TEACHERS EXAMJEA-
TI0N.

The regular examination Of teach
ers for all classes of certificates, In
GLIDING certificates by endorsement
will be held in the court Don at tha
court house, Thursday. Friday and
Saturday, July IS, 26 and q, 1913, be-
~sinnins At $50 a. M
All teachers who intend teaching In
Power county during the coming year
and have not certificates should be
present at this examination.
All necessary stationery will be fur
nished.
HARRIET NJ. WILSON,
County superintendent of Public In
struction. 7-9 to
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After about twenty minutes wait we
out again and discovered that
the Germans had a wiring party work
ing on their barbed wire. We returned
to our trenches unobserved with the
Information and our machine guns i'm
mediately got busy.
The mex night four men were sent
u to go over and examine the Ger
man barbed wire and see if they had
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on the left, and then the boxholders
turned loose but outside Of this little
fasco the performance was a huge sue
cess, and we decided to run it for a
week.
New troops were constantly coming
through, and for six performances we
had the rs. r. o." sign suspended out
side.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-06-28
Vau6;an-sarVer.

The marriage Of Misc ference Sdr'
yer, Il Lincoln Township, Pennsylva.
mia, % Archie T. Vaughan. Of this city,
took place at Cumberland. Maryland,
June 3. Mr.. Vaughan was a very well
known young man Of this city and was
employed with the travelling crew OF
The IT. Mining Machinery Co He lett
Wednesday with the drafted boys en-.
trained for Camp Lee. A dinner was
given at the home Of his parents. MIR.
and Mrs. c. II. Vaughan. Tuesday
evening. hOnOring two occasions, It be-
ing his farewell dinner and his brides
birthday. A very delightful evening
was spent. MrS. Vaughan will return
to her hOno a Pennsylvania some
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