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Show HAPPENINGS AT IDAHO FALLS. How tho People of Prosperous Town Spent the Holidays. J LTRIBUNE SPECIAL. Idaho Falls, Ida , Jan. 3. New Year's day passed off very quietly at Idaho Falls. The yeather was very good all day and it waa a strictly homo day. New Year's eve was very active from a social standpoint. Perhaps one of the very select se-lect and most pleasant society events of the year was tho reception tendered thc me rubers of tho Happy Hour club by Mr. and Mrs. 12. P. Coltman. The rooms were artistically draped in holly and evergreen. ever-green. A representative party of Idaho Falls' popular citizens were present with their wives, and all voted the reception a pleasant success. The much-heralded Odd Fellows ball occurred on New Year's ovo at the B. W. & M. hall. The rooms of thc large hall nnd also the one occupied by the Masons r.3 a lodg'.room. were thrown open and were thrtmged with plensure-3eckers. A large orchestra furnluhcd very fino music for tho dance. The festivities were continued con-tinued until after the new year was ushered ush-ered in Thc Odd Follows of Idaho Falls never give a party or a ball but what is n success and from tho reports of those present this New Year's ball tas cer- : tfilnly a1 nuiser. At the theater New Year's night thc children of the L. D. S. church held the boards. This entertainment consisted of two Very tuneful and pretty operettas entitled en-titled "A Dav in the Woods" and "Tho Little Gypsy." Thc entertainment was participated in by fifty children ajid was a very great surprise to nil those who attended. at-tended. It Is seldom that we citizens of Idaho Falls havo tho privilege of listening I to such sweet music, of seeing such pretty faces and an entertainment that was cxe-'cutcd cxe-'cutcd with BUeh precision as this one was Prof. W. G. Sears, principal of our public pub-lic schools has been elected president of the State Teachers' association, an honor which Is du!y appreciated here. |