American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-07-16

VI fitd1dHt fdiicst a Ddb5 Sill Ouh
day, July IA.
Miss emma Hansen left Monday
morning for a visit with her mother
az ST. Anthony.
Miss Ruth Snodgrass and Miss Lulu
Brim are the new operators at the To-
cal telephone central.
The baseball game Sunday afternoon
between the nine of ID company, y. G..
l., Of Pocatelio and an American Falls
nine was won by the visitors by the
score Of 9 to 4.
Lyman Becksted. who was operated
on recently az Pocatello for appendi-
cities. returned home Thursday last.
He Is still weak but recovering in a
highly satisfactory way.
A letter from Joe Hammock, receiv-
ed this week. states that he is still in
the 18th Balloon company, at Fort
Omaha. Joe's job rs 10 get up before
the rest of the company and blow the
Il can't get EN- up" call. He expects
10 go across In about two months.
The Howard Foster Players, in "a
Mothers Claim" will be at the Audi
torium Wednesday evening, July II.
There are seven people in the cast,
and the company is well recommended
from the upper Snake river country.
where it has been playing for the past
week or ten days.
Manager LaMoe Of the Hub store
had a big crowd In attendance at the
sale last Saturday. Despite the in
element weather prevailing that day
the crowds taxed the capacity Of the
clerks In the store 10 the utmost. Elk
ira help was not readily obtainable,
but Mr.. LaMoe managed to satisfy all
the demands of the rush of customers.
During the week the sale is progress
ing satisfactorily.
Mrs. O. II. Barber and Master James
Dewese Hauschildt left for HALEY on
the afternoon train. where they will
Join the family OF Ira e. Barber Of
Boise, in an outing on the banks of
Wood river. o. II. Barber will leave
some time next week to join them
and catch the fish which will win the
special prize for the largest fish
caught this year offered by the oliver
& McKown Hardware Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. &c. +. Johnson and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. u. Mathieson, all Of
Boise, we're in American Falls Monday.
They started for Yellowstone park by
way Of HALEY last week but between
Carey and Arco three c~loudbursts in
two days completely washed out the
main travelled road and the tourists
had to turn back. They left here Mon
day night and will try to get to the
national park by way Of Idaho Falls
and Medina. Mr.. Johnson is chief of
detectives of Boise.
II. G. A. Winter. who resigned as
cashier of the First National Bank to
enter the service of Uncle Sam. was
unfortunate In his ambitions. He de-
sired to enter the aviation branch. but
a new regulation barring all subject
to the draft from entering that branch
shut him out. The only two branches
open were the navy and the marines,
and he was turned down by both. He
returned home Friday last. much dis
appointed, but ready to try again in
the national army.
Joseph Henry, a resident of the
Teton country. was in American Falls
Sunday and called at the hospital to
see his boyhOOd friend. Thomas j
Thornton, who was lying at the point
OF death. Mr.. Henry had been in Al
bion to see his daughters, who are
attending the Normal there. When
he heard of the tragedy which led to
Mr.. ThOrnton's death he drove here in
his car, but Mr.. Thornton was uncon-
scious when the visitor reached the
bedside. The two men attended school
together for a time in Utah many
years ago.
G. Ii. Torrance made a trip through
Crystal. Arbon valley and Roy sec
tons last week and reports that
throughout the parts of the county he
traversed the wheat fields look the
best they have for a good many years
While he was at Crystal il rained con
stantly and the roads were rather
muddy. The ranchers of Crystal anG
ArbOn valley will endeavOr to harvest
their wheat crops without outside help
the plan being to make a community
affair Of heading and threshing oper-
ations. The greatest problem con.
fronting the farmers this year will be
the hauling of the thousands of tons
of grain to railroad points this fall
Many American Falls people viii
remember Fay Barkdull as one of tn,
employees of the Idaho Power Company
He left here about three years age
and joined the army three months
ago. A letter from him to his mother
residing at Montpelier, written in mid
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