Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-24
TALK OF The TOWN


Read Gendron & Labbe's new ad.
in this issue.
j. II. Garrett returned from his
western trip Tuesday evening.
MIR. and Mrs. Hendricks left Tues
day evening for Hot Lake, Oregon,
to be gone a couple of weeks.
The new home of A. L. Under
wood is practically completed and
the family is nov in possession.
The Methodists of Caldwell are
in the throes of revival and S. B.
Kennedy of this place is leading the
singing.
Louis Herr and James Purtill are
now busy exporting the various
county accounts of the past two
years.
Gust Field and Sheriff Fountain
were in Boise Monday, and just to
while away the evening hours at
pire theatre.
A petition protesting against the
passing of a local option law at the
present session of the legislature,
was circulated this week among
business men and citizens generally.
c. F. Ross, Mrs. E. Williams,
Sitton & Wisecarver, Henry Wat
kins, II. F. Shelton, o. II. Pagelson
and Mountain Home Lumber Co.
have joined the circle of Maverick
readers the past week
George j. Schoenhair, of Iowa
Falls, Iowa, who next to G.. B.
Thomas has disposed of more land
in this section than any other one
man, arrived in town Monday, ac-
companied by r. M. Wheeler of
the same town, who has bought
half section of land near Cleft, and
will move out here the coming sum-
mer. We acknowledge a pleasant
call and two cash subscriptions.
While Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Hell
frich were preparing for their
southern trip Tuesday afternoon
they received telegram announcing
the death of w. v. Helfrich,
brother, at Macksy. Mr.. Helfrich
left on the first train for that place
and will return with the remains
this evening, and Mrs. Helfrich
went to Boise to remain with the
bereaved family until after the
funeral services, which take place
tomorrow.
Mine Host Evans of the Turner
House went to Nampa Saturday,
returning Tuesday evening with
his family consisting of Mrs.
Evans and seven daughters, rang
ing in age from four months to fif-
teen years, and named respectively
as follows: Baby Alice, Emily,
June, Marie, Josephine, Lillian
and Esther, the oldest. At this
rate the next census will show a
considerable increase in population.
The Maverick, in common with the
rest of the people of Mountain
Home, extend to Mr.. and Mrs.
Evans and their cstimable family
cordial welcome and sincerely hopes
that they may find their residence
here both pleasant and profitable.
AT 10 O'Clock Tuesday night
Andy Johnson, formerly on the
police force at Boise, fired two
shots at close range at Larry
Maloncy, of the Merchants patrol
at Nampa, the first missing and
the second going through Maloncy's
clothes, just grazing the skin along
his side. Before johnson could
fire third shot Maloney grappfed
with him and before he was pulled
off by the crowd that gathered,
Maloney had administered an un-
mcrciful beating to his assailant.
Johnson's face and head were
bruised and cut in a fearful man.
ncr. Maloney used only his fists
in~thc encounter. There had been
trouble between the two men for
several weeks, and when they met
Johnson started the trouble.
A peculiarly sad death occurred
here last Saturday when Henry
Griffith, man who had worked in
Mountain Home and vicinity for
number of years past, passed away
practically stranger in a strange
land. He was man of very few
words, seldom speaking unless
spoken to, and forming no init
mate friendships. At his bedside