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Show FARMER MAY HAVE REAL "REST ROOM" Idaho Falls. Idaho, Aug. 22 William Wil-liam D Rogers of this city has a new Idea of the farmers' rest room. He is arranging to fit up the rround floor of his new building, 50x90 feet, for n rest room for the farmers and their families. It will be electric lighted and steam heated and kept open night and day. with attendants to look after the wants of the patrons There will be bath and toilet rooms both for ladles and gentlemen; writ lng room, smoking room, a lunch j counter; purchases can be ordered sent there from the stores ready for buyers when they leave for home i He is now visiting farmers throughout through-out the country taking subscriptions for defraying the expense. The Idaho Falls band will leave next Monday night for Salt Lake City to take part In the carnival of the ards of the Wizard of the Wasatch. Idaho Falls is keeping up Its reputation repu-tation as the greatost shipping point on the O. S. L. railroad For the year ended June 30 thero were shipped ship-ped from this station 5696 carloads of produce; the receipts were 3989 carloads. For what is known as the Snake river valley, embracing the territory from Blackfoot to Ashton on tho Yellowstone branch, the exports ex-ports were 15.792 carloads and Imports Im-ports were 1",217 cars. The shipment ship-ment of potatoes was 10-19 cars from the valley, but thie was largely reduced re-duced on account of tho low price no |