Eight pupils, three families: the Armstrong school, 1920–1925
In 1921 the Press pictured District No. 6, a one-teacher school between Pauline and Crystal with eight pupils from three families, whose children later sent in their own news.
1921 in the valley.
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Good crops, falling prices: Arbon Valley's hard years, 1920–1925
From 1920 to 1925 the American Falls Press followed Arbon valley farmers as good wheat crops met falling prices, scarce credit, failed banks and tax deeds.
Oil at the Toyn ranch: Arbon Valley's first oil test, 1921–1922
In June 1921 Arbon Valley celebrated its first oil test on the Toyn ranch with two days of barbecue and ball games; the papers followed the well's shows and promises into 1922.
Six inches of dust: Arbon Valley baseball, 1921–1924
The Arbon Bears and the Pauline nine played American Falls and each other, from a dust-deep diamond at the 1921 oil celebration to a 25-to-3 loss in 1924.
Grandpa Arbon dies: the man the valley was named for, 1921
George Arbon, oldest of the first settlers and the man Arbon was named for, died at Malad in March 1921, and the American Falls Press printed his life story.
St. Patrick's Day near Pauline, 1921: the shootings and two trials
On March 17, 1921, W. H. Ball shot a neighbor near Pauline and a deputy sheriff at his cabin; two Power County juries acquitted him that year.