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American Falls Press * Consolidated With The Power County Ne ws and The Rockland Times. AMERICAN^ALLS, POWER COUNTY, IDAHO, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, NUMBER 30. x huOBi VOLUME XXI. CITIZENS "HARMONY TICKET IT LIGHT OPERETTA MISS ENGSTROM AND HER SO PRANO VOICE LED GALAXY OF LOCAL THEATRICAL STARS— PLAYED PART OF "SYLVIA." LARGEST CROWD PRESENT Brightly Costumed Chorus Supported Strongest Cast in History of Amer ican Falls High School—'oily Sis ters Pleased Audience. Seven hundred admirers applauded "Sylvia" and her admirable cast. Fri day evening at the Auditorium, in ■what is regarded as the best home tal ent production yet presented in Ameri can Falls. There was not a weak member in the cast, so well had the play been di rected. From the principals down to the smaller numbers of the chorus, from curtain to curtain from foot * lights to gallery, everything connected with the production went as sched The costumes were bright and seemed admirably adapted to the Opretta. The acting parts were quite a revelation for home talent. The sing ing parts were the best yet heard in the city. General comment concern ing the Operetta is unqualified in tones of admiration. uled. Ellen Engstrom Stars. To Miss Ellen Engstorm year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Au gust Engstrom, must be given the su The volume and sixteen perlative praise, quality of her voice is seldom excel led In even metropolitan schools. To say that she is the talk of the town is not over stating the case one mite. Her splendid soprano voice Is ampli 4 * ded by a strong attractive physique, a ~ winning smile, a simple and attractive manner and a stage hominess that forces unstinted admiration. Her en trance into advanced musical and art circles at the proper age seems as sured, according to her many admir ers in American Falls. Miss Ruth Thornton, last years star in "Bui Bui" carried role as Betty the bethrothed in her usual capable manner. Her stage presence was the equal of any and the applause accord ed her numbers was proof of the popu larity of her performance. Her con tralto voice is always charming and was not less so Friday night when she decided in the plot of "Sylvia" to trade lovers with her best friend, as an ex périment. A Good Trio. Eugene Winters, Frank Parr and Vard Meadows carried the leading the men with equal roles among strength. Parr and Meadows have ap peared oftener than Winters but the latters stage presence and his accur ate portrayal of the role of "a man of consequence" won many laughs and hand claps from the large crowd. All caried Uieir singing parts admirably. Polly, Molly and Dolly portrayed by the Misses Cornelia Winters, Mae Kelly and Jennie Daive, delightfully entertained the audience. The chor uses seemed wonderfully trained and bespoke an additional word for the work of Miss Lois Goff and Miss Gene Murdock, their musical instructors. A Crowning Event Probably no event in American Falls draws'as well as the annual High School Operetta. The crowd in ths Auditorium wa»>one of the largest that ever turned out in American Falls. It was regarded as a manifestation of tho place hold by art and music in the esteem of the large patronage of the public schools. Particular attention was given the passing chorus, composed of little tots in the primary grades. The audience was always reluctant to let them (Continued on page eight) +♦+++++++♦++*++++ ■s + THE + $8.00—FROM BASEMENT UP. + ROOMS + * + + Do you want a room. A wo- + ♦ man is advertising in the Press ♦ ♦ this week for roomers. She has + ♦ a varied assortment and the ♦ ♦ price will meet your pocket- ♦ ♦ book. She has space available ♦ ♦ In the basement for $8 per ♦ + month and if you want a front ♦ + room facing the west or the ♦ + cast or the south, perhaps, she ♦ ♦ has it for you. That is unless ♦ ♦ some one else sees this little ♦ ♦ classifed advertisement on the ♦ ♦ local page before you do. Read the classified advertise- ♦ ♦ >menu every week. They are ♦ of ♦ •1 * + + an ever present source ♦ bandy information. Better still, use the class!- ♦ ♦ fied add column. Twenty- five • ♦ to fifty cents a week consist- ♦ ♦ ently used may some day place ♦ ♦ you next to a small forutne. ♦ ♦ Sell, buy, trade, or barter any- ♦ ♦ thing in the classifides. ♦ ♦ * * * * ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ J. Great Future Predicted for Local Girl Had Tettrarlua stopped off when she passtvl through American Falls a few days ago on her world tour of 1921. she would have caused no more talk in music and art circles, than has Miss Ellen Kngstrom the charming operatic star in "Sylvia" presented by the dramatic de the American Falls High School last Friday evi'ntng at the Star in "Sylvia" artment of Auditorium. , 7 '.?( »!■ is the talk of the town, and her glory Is no less be cause in this particular case the town is only a small one. similar production in any metropolis of the west her For she has ability, poise, Miss Engstrom Were she r* X to appear in a success would be proportionately marked, simplicity and naturalness of manner, and a stage presence that is sel equalled and not often surpassed In pupils of her experience. A year ago she was in the woods, as far as siuglug went, played only a minor part in the High School play Bui Bui given Iasi spring. Six months ago she had only a mediocre voice. Today is a young artist. Six months of casual voice culture has introduced her to a future that none will attempt to limit at the present time. Miss Engstrom is a sixteen year old sophomore in the American Falls High School. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs August Kng strom She is the only one of several girls in the family that has a more than ordinary voice. Her music teacher, Miss lots Goff compares her to Alma Gluck in carriage and uppeaance but says that her voice is higher than the famous Gluck and probably will be a lyric soprano. Continuing Miss Goff says, "Miss Engstrom's voice possesses rich and rare quality, seldom found in a High School girl of her age. Her unusually mellow and true and she slugs with the ease of one She has wonderful posstbil : dom She i'.s • 4 . ! Li ■ ,yT'*' • J - tones are who has been before the public for years, ities before her and it is to be hoped that her voice will be trained. American Falls can well be proud of her." MISS ELLEN ENGSTROM Plant Will Be Located on West Bank of River Below Falls—Normal Ca pacity 3«, (KM) Killowatts—Will Sup ply Pumping Power. A new power plant with a capacity of 30,000 K. W. located on the west bank of Snake River below the falls, is the plan of the U. S. Reclamation Service as announced today by of ficials connected with the government offices here. This plant will be one of the largest, if not the largest, power plant on the Snake river and will sup ply power for pumping service on the Minidoka and north side projects. All concern regarding the furnishing of ample power to protect the water users of the lower snake will be ale viated by this announcement, it is be lieved. Another Power Meeting. Plans to date are tentative, but rec lamation officials see no solution of all the problems involved, without the construction of a large power plant at American Falls. A meeting with the officials of the Idaho Power Company has been arranged for in New York June 8th, at which time it is hoped that be reached of tives. however has not be« n made, tentative agreements can with the Power Company Regardless of how much money might be available at the present time reclamation officials declare that con struction could not begin until a ten tative agreement, at least, is reached with this corporation. Money conditions have not bettered themselves any during the last two weeks as far as the reclamation ser vice is concerned, that money will bo available soon In larger quantities than bail been ex pected early in the year, confirmation •epresenta Reports are current to in to LINEUP ANNOUNCED FOB SUNDAY BALLGAME— BE THERE Troop "A" Will Try to Humble Mar ried Men in Diamond Battle at Franklin Field. 'A" will play the married Troop men, Sunday afternoon at Franklin Field and endeavor to wrest from them the honors won in the diamond battle with the single bindlcs lasl Sunday. Troop "A" lineup is announced as follows: Johnson, c; Smith, p; Stuart, 1st b; Parr. 2nd b; Jacobs, ss; Barn ard, 3rd b; Gesse), if; Rau, cf; Lee, rf; Alemeda mascot. The married men will play as fol lows: Robb, c. Walworth, p and 2nd b; Kennedy, st b; Compton, 2nd and p; Hooker ss; Newton, 3rd b; Kerr cf; Davis rf, Oliver If. ■s + + + + ♦ + ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ CITY GRUBBING CONTRACT AWARDED BRANDT AND BETHKE Bid of $1500 Land» Job of Clearing 2SS Acre« of Land for New Townsite— Fourteen Proposals Submitted. John Brandt and Albert Bethke were the successful bidders for the contract of clearing the new townsite of sage brush in the call issued by the U. S. R. S. two weeks ago. Fourteen bids in all were submitted. The contract for the work stipulates that, the work must be completed not later than June 10th, 1921. The price for which the contract was let, was slightly under *6 per acre Several bidders made offers between $1500 and $1520 but none cut under Brandt and Bethke. The highest bid submitted was for $2,530. * ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ * * i SOMEBODY PITT ONE OYER ON HENRY. TROUBLE COMMENCED Rockland Goes Solid for the Women —Four of Them Elected Village Trustees Tuesday. rule In Rockland. Women Suffrage there lias been raised to the nth power as fur as femininity is concerned. Four of the five new trust«'«'» of the village near dresses, the fifth. Henry Hoiil* (masculine) is a poor fifth In city politics. Somebody is bellev««d lo have pul something over on Henry, or else Henry has put it over on (lie men. If may he pleasant for Henry on Hie new council, then again II may not. Some men get along splendid with the women and Henry perhaps flg Ihat lie is on«« of them. Few towns in Idaho, or the na tion in fact, ran boast a council controlled by women. Rockland well satisfU«d with having The women lires seems elected lo office Mrs. J. F. Haut zinger, Mrs. J. T. Fisher, (Mrs. Geo. Peterson and Mrs. E. C. Taylor. The women are understood lo have been elected on a reform platform. lloutz champions economical administration of elf y affairs. Mr _ Newly Elected Mayors of Burley and Rupert Received Training In Muni cipal Battles of Power City. STATE POLITICIANS GET EDUCATED IN AM. FALLS j . , State papers yesterday carried tne newB of the election of W. It. Griswold l as mayor of Burley and I. W. Crensey ' as mayor of Rupert. Both men we,>e trained in the biennial clashes for po litical power in American Falls in l ,re " vioua years. . ! Reports would Indicate that this is ! about the best political educational j center in the weHt. It Is doubtful lr there is any city in the state or per Imps in the west that claims an equal to American Falls' record. Defeated j candidates should take notice that i they are duly qualified by schooling in the hottest political pot in the stale, to wage successful campaigns where ever the fields look green. Indica tions are that I hey cannot go wrong. SPRING AGAIN - f REME.MBER.J =3 JUST FOR A ~-i few Matures GEE IT TICKLES I* (I *.r W i .pm XV; Hi iiilll y ÎY I i! Wé 1 . .V I ÏÆ _ J -i h i 1 4t DJS. ' . WLi A ^ » 4i : ' • i. r ki ^ € % r VA8 i'll £ / \ j , /. 11 Hr' ,i; «i:i'. ; ii,Ki.i'ii a. to of in Red tile bo be i«d Bang Cp Ball Game Spoiled by Eighth Inning Hally of Old Timers—Comp ton Fanned Fifteen Kerr Starred on Bases. The married men won handily last Sunday on Franklin field when they took the single boys Into camp in the first baseball game of the Beason, 16 to 6. It was a good game, and helong d to unybody until the eighth inning when a married rally put six runs In Ringln Kerr Lloyd Newton Reed Earl I looker Walt Davis F. Kennedy Compton \yal worth « i The married men did not present I the appearance of trim athletes. Some iof them had not donned the diamond ilogs for several years. There was I much puffing and panting, talking and kidding, and a few good plays. Wal ter Kerr carted 250 pounds around tho sacks several times lo the amusement of the crowd and demonstrated that ! he is a better hall player than can Krank Kennt'dy scored three didate. runs, not counting what happened in the ninth inning and probably will re ceive a permanent contract with the married«. Tho Stitt boys, George and Charles, played good ball for the single men, as did Barnard and Davis. A good (crowd braved the raw wind to see the game. Tentative arrangements ar« 1 being j made for a game between the married men and Troop "A" of the National Guard, for day after tomorrow. An l nouncpmen t 0 f a game will probably ' ma( j e i a t er _ The lineup and »core f or the game was as follows: " ; { . u , . ! is ! ,, al , ja<n j Gavie lr p T ® vlfJ JV 1 " 1 j £rra »mHb i * • BUU Position c.f. r.f. If. 3rdb. S.H. C. 1st i' 2 ml Umpire—Arch Dudley. 123456789 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 020100200 Score Married Single J. H. BROWN YNO FAMILY HAVE NARROW ESCAPE IN ACCIDENT ILwvy S(ud«'hakt«r Car Turns Upside Bonn Pinning All Under Automo bile Nob«> Injured. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Urown and j two little girls escaped totally untn- ! jured Friday when their heavy Stude baker turned upside down near Ueclo | pinning them beneath the heavy car. They were on their way to Amorlcan Falls when tholr oar slipped into the ditch. In trying to get it back onto the road, it turned completely upside down with nil the occupants under neath. The girls were asloep when the accident happened. Mr. Brown pulled them-front under the wreakage I without tholr receiving a »ersteh. Mrs. Urown suffered considerably i from the shock as did the car which was driven back to Hockt to undergo replacement of the shattered top and upholstering. Friends of Ute Browns in American Falls are congratulating them on their happy escape. RED CROSS NEEDS CAST OEF CLOTHES Local Chapter Asks Thai Old Clothes Bo Cleaned and Donated to (Tolhless Children of Stricken Enropi Send to Mrs. Myers and Mrs. N. C. Nelson. Plans for mobilisation of Its chapter workers in a natlonwld«« sewing clro'e to furnUh garments for the hundreds of thousands of babies and small children In Europe who are clad only in meager rags or newspapers, were announced recently by the American Red Cross, through its chapter lu American Falls. Information collected by the Red Cross in Europe shows that there Is instant need of 260,000 layettes and 2,000,000 garimMits for children up to tile age of fourteen and that an Infi nitely larger number of garments can bo used before diese chlldnm would be even decently clothed. It Is esti mated that the 2,000,000 garments ask i«d for will suffice barely to cover 600,000 children. N««cd 1» Desperate. Garments are desperately noodod for foreign relief work oceordlug to local workers who plan to canvass I ho city In behalf of European Relief. Gar ments must be dean b««foro they are Uikcn to the collection centers. Mrs. M. M. Myers nnd Mrs. N. C. Nelson have boon given the responsibility of collodng the clothes needed. Persons who can aid with caHt off clothing are requested to take the garmuuts to tflo women above mentioned or notify them that the clothing Is available. Frank W. Persons, vice president of tho American Red Cross, nullonul or ganization, lias the following to say regarding die condition' among die children of Europe at th«« present dine. vote ran was The fairs day. Fads Appulliig. "The fads of the situation aro ap pallng. Perhaps they seem more vivid to me Ilian to thus«« who huve not traveled since the war In dies«« strick en European countries. 1 feel very deeply the urgency of orgunlzlng pro duction In our chapters for the relli«f of thi'se desperate needs, and 1 fed sure that such organization and work by the chupters will In« a stimulating Influence In Uic peace time program of tile Red Cross. C, Wm. G. G. RESULTS SCHOOL ELECTIONS GIVEN A. O. j. O. E. Many New Rooms and One New Build* M. F. T. Ing will Be Constructed In HUH Ac cording lo Tabulated Report» Much Interest Shown. U. Unprecendented Interest in school elections In manifested In the prompt returns from the valons districts, ac cording to Miss Goldie Drake counts' superintendent of sihools, who has provided a tabulated result from each of the 26 districts. The only excep tions ar«' Mt. View of Roy, ('old Creek, Sunbeam and the Hinge school where returns have not yet been made. Districts at Neeley, Uocklund, Pao llne and Falrvlow plan the addition Of another room to their buildings tocare for the Incease in students. Pleas ant Valley will have a ney building next year. Several schools plan ad ditional equipment. Results of the recent school elec tions are as follows: Trustees of Hchoolt of Power County Idaho, Year 1921-1922 9 Mo. C. Diet, 2, A. W. Isaak clerk, K. M. Hansen chairman, Roy Zarlng 8 Mo. C. Dist. 3, P. W. Mlsenhimsr clerk, D'Roy Nelson, chairman. O. F. Allen. 8 Mo. C. Dlst. 4 Win. Allen cisrk, N. P. Anderson chairman, H. L. Robin son VI A 8 Mo C. Dlst. 5 W. C. Barnes clerk, W. E. Walton chairman, Kollo KJIdew. 8 Mo. C. Dist. 6, Robert Wheatley (Continued oo page eight) C G.SPRIGGLEADS PARTY TO VICTORY h f.- vvV VOTE CAST AT TUESDAY'S RIDATES, BY FLECTION RECORDS BIG PUT RA1.1Y FOR CONVENTION CAN ZARING HIGH INDEPENDENT Result Was V Surprise To Every Voter In (Tty—Many Ballots Scratched— New Officers Preparing To Take Office Tuesday. The cltixona ticket Harmony won. polled a hi'avy majority In Tuesday a election topping tholr Independent rivals an average of 131 votes down the entire ttekot. E. K. Zarlng. lndep«n dent Candidate for councilman from Ward One, led tho Independent», be ing ouly 33 voles behind J. P. Mehl harf on the Clttsen'a ticket, The re maining candidates were defatted by 75 to 271 votes. Six hundred and twen ty-five out of 646 registered votes were cast. Surprise lo 111. American Fulls awoke Wednesday morning to the surprise of its life. Even the most optomlstlc of the Citi zens boosters had not entertained so eomplote a victory for tholr tteket. The moat pesslmlstio ol the Petition even break. Cause for the landslide lias not been definitely located unless supporters had expected at least an II la an echo of the general election when Ult« lndcp««ndent ticket, without Urn circle at the top met such a dis usturous defeat at the polls. of the Cltlaen's tteket ISupportcra claim victory simulate« th«' protest of die people against factionalism in the city. Petition liaekers are blaming no on«' lnpartlcular but themselves for defeat and have accepted the verdict at die polls in good faith and sportsman ship. ship. Voting Ht'iivy. Registration proceeding the eloetlon was unusually heavy. paMO with regln! ration, only twenty falling to vote. The polls where only one scl of Judges officiated, were busy all day. Tho entire vote of the city had been polled well before the time for closing came. The first trend of the results were obtained when It was announced that the Citizen's ticket had rciolvcd 263 straight votes compared to die Independent's 116. a foregone conclusion that the lnilc «ndent candidates could not all, at least, overtake their opponents. As du« scratched ballots were counted It was evident that councilman wore running only two to one, fur short of a sufficiently strong vote to glvo them victory. Vote In Detail. The hi'atl of tho Independent ticket ran behind the council. The reverse was tru«« of the Citizen's Party ticket. The n««w council will direct city af fairs following council meeting Tues day. Voting kept It was then I die Independent 'Inctlon are as Tho results of the tubulated below: Mayor. 402 C, G. Hprlgg, c. Wm. Hanson, p 220 Clerk. 446 G. H. Wennstrom, c G. M. Oliver, p 174 Tr««asnrer. A. C. Sallee, Jr., C O. F. Crowley, p .883 232 Council, First Ward. Frank Barnard, c . j. P. Mehlhaff, c O. W. Kerr, p E. E. Zarlng, p 36» 326 241 292 Council, Hecond Ward. 387 W. Angelly, e M. M. Myers, c F. D. Durkee, p .... T. Ci Hpurks, p 362 Ac 207 276 Council,Third Ward. 367 John W. Allen, c . Charles Johnson, c U. II. liunson, p 367 ac has Of ad elec F. N. 263 VI Y K KM AND FRENCH FORM NEW INSURANCE PAKTNKBHIP A h» tractor and Insurance Mon Unite In Keeking Added Business In Power County. Announcement has beim made of a ni'W business partnership betwe«;ri C. Lee French, agent for the Hartford Company, and Maurice M. Mers, man agi r of die Amorlcan Fads Abstract Company. The new firm according to it* an nouncement will handle all kinds of Insurance. Drouth insurance, which It had planned lo handle this year wilt not b«' written un'i! next year accord ing to the members of the new firm. Offices of the new firm wl'l he In tho present office of the American F da Abstract Co. CHANGE* AT TEL. OFFICE. Mrs. Charles Hartley la the new chief operator at the local exchange of the Mountain States Telephone Company, succeeding Miss Florence Eyanson who is to leave soon for Cal ifornia. clerk,