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The Filer Record
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Volume VI. No. 41
LIRE. CAUSES BIG
DAMAGE TUESDAY
AT DECATUR FARM
PM-kinx Plant l>^*.tro>e4l Win n Stove
liet ome* t>ver-Heal «*<1— Fire ( rt*»
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A loss estimated at $5000, partly
covered by insurance, was sustained
by the Decatur Orchard company
• early Tuesday evening, when fire
destroyed the concern's packing and
Storing shed located two miles north
dT here
one atory
cellar.
The building was of
frame construction with a
and was 30 by $4 feet In dimention.
The fire presumably started from
oil stives left burning In the build
ing to prevent freezing of the large
amount of apples stored therein.
Mr. W'alkllng. manager of the farm,
was sick In bed with the flu' at the
time and Is still confined to bis
An employee of the place
room.
stated he filled the stoves with oil
Just before six o'clock as
usual custom. Intending to Inspect
them again before going to bed.
As the Walkllng family was in the
house, the fire was not discovered
until the building was all aflame at
about 8:30 o'clock, when an alarm
turned into Filer, and the fire
was the
was
department responded with the fire
engine.
However, the fire had made such
headway before the arrival
f the
that assistance was unavailing.
crew
The freesiug temperature of the eve
ning, and the fact that the roads
were covered with deep snow, made
travel somewhat difficult and hazar
dous for the fire truck.
Walkling, the
According to Mr.
building housed, besides elaborate
packing equipment,
picking and
two carloads of apples, spray ma
terial and other valuables.
The Decatur Orchard farm of 200
acres was formerly known as the
Weaver ranch, and is owned and op
erated by the Decatur Orchard com
pany of Decatur, 111., and this place.
Apples constitute the principal crop
of the ranch.
THREE-FIFTHS OF
WAR MEMORIAL
FUND IS RAISED
BOISE, IDAHO. Dec. 24—Christ
mas day will witness the comple
tlon of »150.000 subscription in the
building on the University of Idaho
campaign for the Idaho Memorial
campus, according t.> state chairman
Paul Davis, who returned the first
of the week from p meeting of th<
directors of tbee Idaho Memorial
Asalciatlon at Moscow. More than
$146,000 has already been subscrib
ed and several counties are still
going strong with others to start
their campaigns the beginning of the
new year
A fine spirit of enthusiasm and op
tlmlarn was evident in the meeting
of the directors at the certain sssur
- mire that the meritorous under aklm
would be a success. Kepoit- from
several county chairmen indicate
that due to a number of conflicting
factors several county drives will
begin after the first of the year
Northern counties are finishing
up the campaign. In general, before
January 1. Sh -shone county has al
ready subscribed approzlmately $20.
008 toward its quota. Idaho county
under the captaincy of Reese Hatta
baugh. began tta drive Monday and
will ftnlah Ha quota by January 1
Gem county is going strong and ex
pects to finish Its quota In December
and Jefferson county enthusiasts ex
pects to do the same.
RECORD EXTRA IS
ISSUED ON FRIDAY
Special Holiday Feature« Call Fiwlh
Two Edit»«* of I'apcr I«t«t
Meek—Hand Distributed.
Many readers of the community
were surprised last week with the
publication by Tbe Record of an ex
tra edition, the first in tbe history
of this newspaper.
Issuance of this special edition
was necessitated by the decision of
the basil
the regular Saturday matinee at tbe
Gem theatre for the benefit of th
ree (dents residing outside the town
limita aad to advertise an important
event planned for Christmas eve. as
well as lo take rare of Important
Christmas advertising
The copies of the paper were dis
tributed by band in town and conn
try Friday afternoon. again ronstit st
ing an innovation in this community
men >f Filer to restart
Mrs. Herbert Cobb and small
daughter Louise, are visiting rela
tives near Alton, Illinois. ,
Filer, Twin Falls County, Idaho, Thursday,
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CHRISTMAS FINDS
FILER SECTION IN
GRIP OF WINTER
IM Degrees
Below and Snow Depend» on South
Thermometer Drops
Past Week
Idaho During the
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Carrying out the prediction made
last week by The Recjrd, southern
Idaho will have a white Christmas
and all that goes with it, when dawn
breaks this morning.
A heavy blanket of snow wag
Saturday night and Sunday morning
and this was followed by an addi
tional snowfall Monday. Sleds have
made their appearance; skating is
being enjoyed; there is a snap In the
air. and the temperature nightly tails
laid
Snow has attained the depth of
have
below the zero point.
nearly a foot and Is believed t
made a new record for this section.
while the therotnometer Thursday
night of last week dropped to the ex
tremely low level of 18 degrees be
low xero. according to the govern
ment report. This cold snap has con
tinued for almost a week, bringing
the full realization of winter to
everyone.
Elaborate preparations are being
made here for the observance of
Christmas today. Business will sus
pend in Filer, and the schools which
;o.ied Friday afternoon of last week,
will not reopen until Monday.
A number of local organizations
are putting into effect acts of char
ity among those in need of assistance
and no one will suffer this Uhristmas
here.
A Christmas program w«, given at
the Methodist church last evening,
and bui
There was a large crowd in town to"
wttm
getting event invu
eelving aet
h >u»es remained open.
the culmination of buainess
ing a radio re
CEDAR DRAM CM H MEETS
The Cedar Draw community club,
met at the borne of Mrs. Lee Ennis,
Wednesday of last week The after
noon was spent in sewing for a
motherless family, who will soon
leave to make their home on the
Mrs. W J. Fen«
le neat meeting
with Mrs A. G. Gould.
north si
a guest
ick was
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4 picture program* at the Gem 4
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♦ Filer visitor* are urged to keep#
4 the matinee« tn mind, and are 4
4 sree cordially i
4 to avail themselves of
4 pleasing and
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Propose Canal From Milner
Dam to Shoshone on Northside
I Hiking
Gooding Leader—Steps
toward the forming of an Irrigation
district for the purpose of obtaining
river for Rig
project and
water from Snake
; Wiod Canal company
: « - re taken at
la eonferencee In till# city Tuesday
The conference was called
! f jrenoon.
by the special committee of the Hlg
Wood Canal company, which has
been working on pians for supple
veral months.
er
lo alteud and take part in Ihe meet
mg. The meeting was called to hear
district. !
Others having a part In the cinfer
ence were Chairman John Thomas j
mentiil water for
The directors present were President
Fred W. Gooding and Vice-President
Hen Larrah of Shoshone and Vice
dent I I Sutpbem of this city
Pr,
\v. G. Swendaen, state commiaaion
of reclamation, came from Hoi»,
a report from Paul S A. Hickel, en - 1
gineer in charge of the survey# for a
f(usible canal route to Snake river]
and to obtain information from Mr
Swendaen on the correct steps to take I
to form an irrigation
and several members of the special j
waters users committee that was
named some week# ago at the big
water meeetlng held in this city, be
sides a number of the leading men
of the community. Every man pres
ent expressed himself as heartily In
favor of the fonnatlln of an Irrig»
tiou district !
Decide on Mllnrr tthrirtniT Route
After hearing Mr Bickel'» rep >rt. !
the conference decided to eliminate
all consideration of possible canal
routes between Snake river and the
local project etcep, the route be-j
tween Milner dam and Shoshone
which route Mr Bickel'»
0 acre feet of waler in
American Kail* reservoir, for which
This total also Includes the
cost of the new ranai that would be
report
be by ail odds the most
show«! ti
feasible.
Mr. Bickel gave a rough estimate
if $2.600.000 as the probable cost of
the Milner-Bhoshon« canal, which Is
fifty-five ii.il»-s long, and the coat of
th.
200.0
amount application has already been
made
Jenkins Buys Home
on Yakima Avenue
Anno
men, 1 * made of the sale
»o Glenn Jenkins of the Mrs Rich
ard Hart reaid
property jn Va
a avenue for a consideration of
>08, This ia the property built
E H Snyder and later »old by
K J Jet kiss par
of Glen Jenkins are preparing
into tbe home jn«t as sooa
tonkins, who ta III. feels able
j g
in.
Mr. and Mrs
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lo mo,
I as Mr*
to
moYf h from
ne in Twin Falla
their preaeat
FIRM MALE DATEN
tan
Tae*
December 84—Al
at north of the Maroa school j
r,»(. fisver wll! conduct »
tsiag out sale Tuesday of next
»•k of ht* equipment Including.
chicken* and
hie
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(arming equipment Mr
quitting forming on an extensive
«cale The auction will commence
Dwyer la
ow*. hog*.
IOOO.
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I needed from Shoshone to the Hlg
! Woid river and on to the vicinity of
Thorn Creek, where It would empty
j into the present canal system of the
| Big Wood Canal company. In his
estimate of the cost of water In
I American Falls reservoir, he used
I the price of $« an acre foot
The
j building of a high type of dam to Ini
pound 1.700,000 acre feet of water at
J American Falla, however, may bring
! this cost down to $5. the govern
have announced
Snake river ommunltles during the
P«»< d«*»
U ale, For .10,000 Acre»
The 200.000acre feet of waler sp
application» for purchase of water
35.000 acres would he land lhat Is J
now watered from Magic reservoir
and the remaining 1 5,000 acres would |
Concerning the Milner-Shoshone I
j roent's engineers
And it should 'be said. In this con
nection. that the high type of dam
Is now assured because of additional
tn the big reservoir mad# by Upper
pli'-d for will be sufficient for about
50.000 acres of land, Mr. Swendaen
and Mr Gooding esttmated. of which
he new land
canal r>ut# that la now decided tobe
the route to be used. Mr Bickel re- !
ported that the first four mile* out j
from Milner would be a rock cut from |
twenty or thirty feet deep, and that ]
,hl * f° u r miles would llksly cost ab
out 1500.000 The jnly other difflc ,
ul * P" r * »7 tb « would be the five j
<»' t* 1 * t» 11 «» immediately north of j
Wilson lake, he aaid
The new land for which there
would be water, of course, would bear
It# chare of the coat of the entire Im
provement and would to that extent
Irrigation district can be met Is not ]
ess than »even months, according to '
Mr Bwendsen. the conference decld
ed to proceed at once with the steps
necessary to form such district
bring down the cost on the sharehold ;
*' r * of th *' B1 « "'«od Canal company.
it was staled at the conference
HI art at I (im, tin District
In view of the fart that the short
eat possible time In which the legal
requirements for the f >rmatlon ot an
I
HIGH M IHM, I. sKMltRs IKK
ASKED TO ATTEND DANCING
I* A MTV GIVEN BV l OF I CM II
The Twig Falls County club, com
posed of students attending the Uni- ;
versify of Idaho at Moscow snnoun
I
•'a" *" T *' B Falls at which mem
ber# of tbe sent Pr classes of Twin
Falla coanty high schools will be
guests
M,a * Zum * Kbennen berger and Jack
that a dance will be gtven Mon
evening of next wesdt at Elka
Phipps wh , are home from tbe uni
verslty for tae Christmas vacation,
were tn Filer Tueedar giving pub
licity to the event |
the university, a* well a« present
etadenta are invited aad It Is stressed
high
All alumni of
school senior ta desired
that the presence
of every
pot on here last evening before a
larga crowd.
HAS VKM RADIO
Brow sing Whmery. a ,a of Mr and
Mrs Claude Wblnerj has a new radio
mit of a public event
aet as tbe n
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December 25, 1924
I'lONEEK MtAl.KttM.iS MKKTt*
riUl.lC DEATH ON GRADE
Glenn Street, a pioneer traveling
, salesman of tills territory me! hi*
death Saturday night on the Ritas
«rade when his car presumably ran
off the roadway, pinning him be
Ills lifeless body was not
I discovered until Sunday afternoon
I Funeral services were held in Tw in
Kall» where he made his home, >ee
IHNllh It.
He Is survived by his wife
Mr Street at one
terday.
I and sis children
time traveled for the McMillan t'a
Thiuaand Springs farm owned hy
Mrs Minnie Miller, took five out of |
»Is championships In Ihe sheep dlvls
ton si the Chicago International live i
per company, and laler for ihu Mo
lar Mercantile compeny of Malt Lake
Thomson Exhibits
Prize Flock of 1000
Springs Ranch Sheep
stor k exposition held st Chlcage last
week winning champion ewe on The
Princes*. a yearling ewv that was *
bred and reared at the farm She la |
the rtrat .^merleau bred ewe that j
ever won a champlonahlp at Chicago >
when competing against Imported ,
sheep, according t i Ihe Wendell Ir
rtgatlnnl** \Amoiig the winnings
Klrat prize American bred
yearling ram, first and second Am
erlcan bred rani lamb; first and
fifth yearling ewe; 1st, third and
llfth ewe lamb; first American bred
flock, first American bred pen of |
ram lambs and first pen of ewe '
lambs
Sam Thomson of Kller accompan
w«r* :
ied ahlpmenta
direct charge of the preparation of
the animals for exlbltl >n He re
lumed home Iasi week, as did Mrs
Thompson and family, who have
Mr
been staying al Hand Springs
Thompson Is now preparing a car
load of lambs for Wilson and Hlsh
for mthlhltl— At the Ogden
stock show. January, C to 10
BEET GROWERS
HALF OF SYRUP
ASKED BY SUGAR
Fariu Bureau ( uiumlltee Cotoe* to
.tgreemciii on Form of Contract
To He Demanded.
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation's
»ugnr beet committee at a meeting
Tuesday at Pocatello, reached au eg
reement on the fo-m or oglract to
demanded of the auger companies for
for the 1825 season
This committee, representing the
bee, growers of Idaho, favored ra
tentlon of the 19 24 contracts In sub
stance, together with 50 per cent of
the marke, value of all syrup to come
from the beet»." The 1824 contract
was on what Is known as the 60-50
The companies guaranteed
the grower a certain base price for
■MM
hi# beets, with all over that amount
be demanded ot the eugar companies
producer and the
sugar company
1825 c institute
The demands for
another point In favor of the farmer,
for a return of $8 per cent of tba
market value of all ayrup extracted
is expected lo Increase the
slightly
revenus
High School Play
Successfully Given!
The presentation of The Kam
oua Maj >r Fair" by students of the
Filer Rural high school Thursday
and Krlday nights of last week wss
most successful despite the mcllment
weather that prevailed
Good audience» greeted ihe efforts
of the east both evenings, and many
compliment# were passed, both on
the acting ability exhibited by those]
taking part and on the training re
delved under the dire«-,ion of Mrs
Ernes, Byrne director
HperiniUes in the form of must«
• upplled by Erneat Byrne and Eva
and Nev* Moseley
a four pi«r« or
r he»,ra and singing by the Ennla
bro,hers added rauch m ih. a-ii.h,
of the performances
May the Season's Joy
Be Yours
The Kecord extends to all Its i i
subscriber*
to Ha friends, to
everyone who has the pleasure
of living during the Joyous holi
day season the he», wtahe« and
heartiest regard* of *n institu
1 tlon lhat labor« 286 daya a year
for the welfare ot the community
The printing department, too. |
reulizing It* gratitude to the peo
i
pie who have made possible by
their patronage Ita growth Into
an Institut! >n of excellence ex
tends the season a greeting*
Subscription $2.00
FUNDS FOK OGI
AMERICAN FALLS
DAM SUBSCRIBED
Seule, , In Upper Usais Miser Voller
Nlgn for 1M.OOO Acre FwKl
(Idaho Dally gtatascAaay
WASHINGTON—The adwernaiaai
because of assurance received Friday
by Her la mat uni rVimmlaeloaar El
wood Mead, la now in a ptasllloa lo
build a high dam at American Fait*
on Snake river, and impound 1.78»,
uud acre feet of rater. ThR will be
ample supply lo take rare efRtl leads
which can reasonably be .readied
from this source.
Mead told Senator Oood 1 n g
gallon districts and Indus!
I'ommiaetowar
&
I Irrt
Ml
|«rs In uppwr Seats Rivas' (Teller
hava subscribed to 131.000 »4*» feat
or water, tor which they ara to pay
|7 per acre foot
than 8904.00* to the fund raceatlv
contributed by tba Snake River Val»
ley aaaocUtton. and will ha anowgW
when added to funds now on deposit
with tba gyvaramsnt end feeds to
h» contributed from the reclamation
fund, to carry the A to erica a flails
dam to Its proposed mailman) height,
K K Shephard who grraaged the
financing of tba other hoods, la sow
This will add Bar«
I liuuirlag t yper Prajaru.
In Minneapolis..arranging *• fl aw »
the upper districts to the exteat of
slightly more thea »»08.*»«. «ad
when that detail la completed Ihe
government will be In position to
authorise the high dam
Hoc sue« of these develop m en t
and practical assurance lb el ample
funds will be provided. new colls (or
, bids will be issued Monday, to ho
1 opened January **. calling for con
RnHltM of the foundattJ* and the
It will be stipulated In the
dam.
•pacifications that the eoatraatar
I shall figure on a foundation large
and heavy enough ta carry a larger
1 dam, and he will them bid »a the
! smaller dam with the proviso that
( rate wjrk
Senator Gooding «X pressed eottra
satisfaction with the attttnge Oi the
department, and said tba high data
is now assured and he gteo hag de
»uraac* that the high dam wfU la -
pound enough wgter, not alone fwr
! hose who have aubeerihed. hot that
' there will he 160,080 to »04.88*
acre feat additional avallablo far
Idaho Irrigation project» lying near
Shoshone and Gooding, whleh have
' no, yat formerly »ubarrlbnd
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PRINTERS DELAY
RESERVOIR BIDS
TIL JANUARY 22
•ry
Bid# for constractlea of tka DMtt>
«an Falls dam will be received lg
American Falla January I», W (j.
Idaho co tamisai »war id
ttwendten
reclamation wan advtaed Wednesday
by Dr KIwood Mead. United IKats«
com miss)oner ot réclamai!««
The rommlsalooart decision to
r»advertise for bide te bleed ou the
raport of a group of eagtaewra Wktc*
»»ulated a report to tho «o«
" r Th> Nr* •< bid# wa# reject
» n<1 lh « go»»mm«ot proposed t»
'h* <, *° l ouî 7
met la Denver, December 1. aad for
read vert las f >r bide for tbs buss <J
This procedars was disco*rag «U
by the engineer* who advised stiver
Using for bid* for a dam. th« base of
which woe Id be *uffWt«BUy large to
catmodat* a larger dass wke» «b«
need arose, but with euparelrwctet»
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tnafety planned
The engineer» also rrccomBasiled
'
Jn*«ary 1» bwt
lAwtor Mead • teuer stales that be
cause of delay ta Iba prlattog of »*W
•pecIflcatloaa the opening of IP« bids
will have lo be advanced
(hat guverameatai departmeat» «re
forced ,o have their printing do«« at
the govern
He
id
I prtntlag office aad
this shop la so mated that H la work
ing alght aad day to natch sp wnl
Its work
Free manne« et th# Oom theatre
In Filer every Bhuwday, eunapti
meats of Fltor h u a l aaaa
Tell Us of Your i
Christmas
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