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Business is increasing so much at Miss Thomas’s millinery store that she has found it necessary to hire an assistant. She had secured the services of Mrs. Maude R. Clifford. Alexander Gilchrist, who has been with the Short Line, has given up his Position and is now with the National Park Lumber company, David Steele purchased an Over land 90 last week from Roy Clifford, who represents that company here. Great preparations are being made for the chautauqua which will open a five days’ engagements here August 26. sickest for a week or more, is able to be at work again. Messrs. Moore and Jones took a party of capitalists up to Ashton, Sunday to look over the Ashton-81. Anthony Light Power company's plant which is located near that city. There is a small block of stock for sale and these gentlemen had money seeking an investment and the propo sition looked good to them, Dr. F. H. Cutler returned Friday from a week's trip thru Cache val ley. He reports having had a good time, LaNeva Wirt, Phyllis Clow and Ruby Mull, the Epworth league dele gates who went to Big Springs last Thursday, returned home Monday night. They gained much informa tion which will be of value to the league in future work. The county commissioners started work Saturday drawing lumber for five or six bridges which they will build near Shelley at once. The Boise-Payette Lumber company is furnishing the material. Len R. Poster, of Lima, Ohio, has been in Shelley for a week visiting with his parents before joining his regiment. Len has been the man ager for Swift company at Lima for years and has made many warm friends during his short stay here. Kenneth Barrette, of Blackfoot, is assisting his father at the lumber yard during his vacation. Manager Barrette, of the Wilberg lumber company, is getting out J. E. Larsen, who has been on in plans for the new garage for Cooper Montgomery, which will be erected on the triangle facing the Yellow stone highway, the building will have a frontage of 90 feet. It will be 160 one way and 196 feet the other. Work has already started on the ex civation and when completed will, cost $13,000. The household goods of Druggint! Dean arrived in Shelley, Saturday morning from Sugar City, and he will now make this his permanent home. He has rented the Ezra Christensen house in the east part of the city. The Red Cross ladies of Shelley will give a chance at Ensign hall next Thursday night and the outlook is bright for a large attendance. The course is a worthy one and all should be interested enough to help them. Mrs. O. V. Hurdle went to Poca tello, Saturday, with her niece, Miss Mary Cobeen, who was on her way to her old home at Lincoln, Nebras ka. She has been living with Mrs. Hurdle for a year. Frank Hurdle, whose clerk for the U. 8. S. roadmaster, ran home from Shoshone for a few days last week to visit with his parents and friends. He left Saturday for Kimmer, Wyom ing, and will be there for a month, or more. Moore and Jones can make the dirt fly when once it is listed with them. They sold an 80-acre farm to J. N. Harker two miles northeast of Shelley; 50 acres for G. W. Thompson to Mrs. F. B. and K. K. Shott; 40 acres belonging to Amos Stoddard to ©. M. Mitchell. They also have a few more bid deals about ready to close up. L. Ivan Jensen and family are back from Salt Lake where they have been visiting for four days. Miss Eleanor Griffiths, from south ern Utah, is in Shelley on a visit to her sister, Mrs. L. Oven Jensen. ‘The Shelley marshall went to Ida ho Falls, Saturday, after Clyde Idle, who is charged In the complaint with having in his possession unlawfully intoxicating liquor. His trial will take place before Judge Armstrong, Monday. This is the first case of this kind to be tried under the new city ordinance recently passed by the village board. The minimum fine is $100 and this will go to the city of Shelley providing a conviction is se cured. Heretofore all cases of this nature have been taken to the county seat for trial. The ladies of the Rebbecca lodge will give an elaborate function at Dean's Garden one evening this week and all invited guests are on the qui vive awaiting the announcement. Manager Gutke is making extra ar rangements to give them the time of their lives and he will succeed. Cooper Montgomery have sold their pool hall to Jack Johnson, of Idaho Falls, and gave posession of the same Monday morning. Mr. Johnson is also owner of the Stag pool hall at the Falls. Aubrey Parker, the Shelley tailor has an ad in this issue of the Repub lican, which should be of interest to all in need of a salt. Aubrey has been on business in Shelley for three years and has built up a nice busi ness. The executive board of the Shelley Red Cross society held a meeting at the high school Tuesday evening to go over the work which had been done and plan other work for the future. They now have a member ship of 212 and are doing good work The society wants all the old shoes they can get and they are making an urgent appeal to all to help them in this respect. With the cry going up from France and Belgium of the destitute people who are suffering for the want of shoes, it is a ques tion if there is a family in Shelley but could contribute something of that nature. Boise collected over 4000 pairs and Shelley has always been a far better city compared to her size for philantropic movements than Boise and we feel confident that the people will respond to the call, Oscar Richmond, of Salt Lake is the new barber at the Colburn shop, and he is a good one, Messrs. Bennett Edwards have been too busy to tell their own name the past week rounding up buyers for land and they seldom fall down on a prospective buyer once they get him on their lot. They sold three forty acre tracts the past week. One forty was north of Shelley and the other two south. ‘They sold a house and lot in Shelley. only com plaint they have to die they cannot find land on for those who want to buy. A number of Shelley ladies inter ested in Red Cross work made a trip to Blackfoot, Thursday, to learn something about sewing. Grover Bennett, who went to Balt Lake recently to take the examina tion for the marine corps, returned home, having failed to pass the physical examination. ‘ J. E. Larsen bought the Thomas Steera place west of town last week. Mr. Steers expects to move to More land in the near future. Ralph LaMonte, who has been at tending school at Albion, is stopping with his parents in Shelley for a few days while he is searching for a summer school. Mrs. Maude R. Clifford has started taking seasons on the piano from Prof. Hammer, of Idaho Falls, J.f. Neyman, who represented the Studebaker company in Shelley for some time and who was trans ferred to Salmon City, has been transferred again to Idaho Falls. This is a creditable promotion for Mr. Neyman, showing his ability on Salesman, and his Shelley friends and they legion, will be glad to hear of his success. Just another case where you can’t keep a good man down or a squirrel on the ground in a timbered country. —s_ Money won't buy better butter wrappers than those printed by The Idaho Republican.
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Blackfoot Idaho Republican
Blackfoot, Idaho, US
Mon, Aug 06, 1917
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