American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-01-10

John Reiman of Roy was in Ameri-
can Falls Wednesday with a truck
load OF wheat and took back a load OF
supplies.
Corporal Alvin b. Brown, serving
In P~ershing's forces with the 362nd
infantry, has sent 20 Chester Greene
five post cards which he tool from a
dugout of a Hun officer in the Ar
gonne forest. Three of the cards are
Of French denomination, while two
of them are German field post cards.
The letter containing the cards was
! written on Thanksgiving day and was
dated somewhere in Belgium" That
mail to and from the expeditionary
forces travels rather slowly nowadays
is attested by the fact hiatt the letter
from Corporal Brown did not reach
American Falls until last Sunday.
The local chapter of the Red Cross
Is doing all 1t can to assist those who
are in need of help through sickness
Detailing them. While it is impossible
for the Red Cross to send out trained
nurses for the reason that none are
available, the organization is sending
out practical workers to help the sick
whenever they can be obtained. The
local chapter of the organization OF
mercy is anxious to learn the names
of any women who are ready to go to
the homes of those where several
members of the family are down with
illness, either in the city or in the
country. Notify or call on Mrs. r. F.
Moth or Mrs. r, B. Greenwood. Ameri-
can Falls.
The Home Service Conference of
the Red Cross chapters of Southern
Idaho was held at Pocatello Monday
and Tuesday. The division director of
home service work, F. P. Foisie, from
the division headquarters at Seattle,
Washington, presided at the confer
cnce. Meetings were held mornings,
afternoons and evenings. The South
ern Idaho Red Cross chapters were
well represented, Mrs. r. F. Moth, Mrs.
Bert Blackburn, Mrs, r. B. Greenwood
and Charles F. Torrance attending
from American Falls. The discussions
during the meetings were very earn
est and enthusiastic, and much in
formation and help was gained by the
home service workers.
G. G. Sprigg, the former hardware
merchant of Roy, two weeks ago re-
turned from Bakersfield, California.
Last Saturday he called on old friends
in American Falls and the same day
left for Salt Lake City to enter the
employ of the Strevell-Patterson Hard
ware company as road salesman. Mr..
Sprigg was in class one of the selec-
tive draft and was so sure Of being
called into the service that he sold his
hardware establishment at Roy, but
the wal came to a sudden end before
his notification reached him. Mrs.
Sprigg and the children will spend the
winter in California. The influenza
invaded Bakersfield some months ago
and Mrs. Sprigg fell a victim to the
disease and spent many weeks in a
hospital, but is now g~radully recov-
ering her health.
County Agent Lampson last Mon
day held meetings with farmers at the
Lincoln and Prosperity school houses
in Pleasant valley. At these meet
ings farm problems in general were
discussed and organization was taken
up in order to get the work of solving
these problems into effect. An excel
lelll d~llthuduCt Sltcltu IlS SOuiil9
agent at the Lincoln school house anC
. practically every farmer present join.
ed the farm bureau. The attendance
; at the Prosperity school house was
| not so good, owing to the fact tina
the flu out that way is keeping man!
people either bedridden or confined t
l their homes. On Tuesday the count!
: agent held a meeting with farmers il
g the Pleasant valley school house ant
Y twenty of the tw~enty-four farmer
e present joined the farm bureau. MI
: Lampson is convinced that the kind o
z earnest support received by the farm
bureau from the farmers of the coun
ty will secure government and stat
e aid in the poisoning ampaign agains
destructive rodents.
Captain Ley reports that Sergean
Wiley Oliver, who was recently dis
: charged from the regular army, ha
r. proven that he is. an expert instructo
4 of bayonet practice. Last week h
met with Company A and gave an eX
hibition of what can be done with tn
bayonet in the hands of a trained sol
der. He welded the weapon in
manner which was a revelation to a
who saw the exhibition and the mem
bers of the local company game
many valuable pointers. Prior to Ell
tering the army something like a yea
n ago Sergeant Oliver had little mil
k tary experience, but during his brit
If term of enlistment he gained such pre-
r f~iciency with the bayonet that he wa
l. made regimental instructor of bayt
r net practice. Next Monday evenin
Sergeant Oliver will again meet wit
. the company and give further instru'
ion, This time the lesson will be
a shorter period. as the welding
the rifle and bayonet is rather hard c
beginners. Every member of the cor
y pany is urged to attend.