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Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-25

and that's interested me In you. For
instance. that deal Of yours In South
Sea copper
"Yet that was the deal the papers
alp
"All denounced you for? What do
you care? You were within the law.
They've been hammering me for years
and attributing all sorts Of low mo-
tives to me. AS long as the law doesn't
interfere I'm going to get all can. So
are you. So Is every sane man. As
long as it can be done without any
fuss or shouting. A mosquito could
bite twice as often If only he didn't
sing a song about it. BY the way.
have you seen the papers"
"No. Anything newT
zone thing at least that ought to in
terest you. Listen to this: The engage
ment Of the niece Of world celebrated
fnancier to prominent young broker
is about to be announced. The young
lady and her brother are orphans and
are not only their famous uncle's
wards, but also the sole heirs to his
vast wealth. They are summering at
his magnificent country place. where
the fortunate broker is said to spend
every one Of the very few moments
left vacant by his daring stock manip-
ulations.' No mistaking that, eh,
GibbsY
"It-it ought to bring matters to a
head. should think"
ut certainly should" assented VAIN
wright. I'm fact. it's such an auda-
cious master stroke that I've notion
you may possibly have been at the
bottom Of 1t. Now. confess. Weren't
you"
"Well, Of course I didn't exactly
write it. Butt
Clever boy! Dallas will have to
show her hand now or never. She's
kept you on the anxious seat too long
as 1t is. That's the reason ! asked you
up here for the day. She must settle
It today If can manage It. She knows
how anxious I am for her to accept
-ou."
"But I'm sometimes afraid she does
not care for me-"
"Then make her care. AS long as
she cares for no one else you can per-
suade her to believe she adores you"
"How do you know? You're bach
elor."
"Perhaps that's how I know. And
she doesn't care for any one else"
you're sure? There's Bennett. for
instance"
"Alwyn Bennett Why. absurd!
She's known him all her life. They're
Just good friends; nothing more Hes
our nearest neighbor here. and It's
only natural Besides. he isn't tine sort
of man she wants. He's an idler.
She likes men who have made some.
thing Of themselves-like yourself. for
instance, So make yourself easy on
that score. If Bennett loved her. he'd
have proposed long ago"
mot necessarily He's not man to
get started easily, but once start him
and
"Then don't start him. Go In and
win. What is II, Thompson?"
The secretary entered from the OF.
fee with a dispatch.
There's an answer, sir" said he.
Here's blank"
wainwright read the message, Scrib.
bled a few lines and handed the reply
to the secretary, who hurried out
with It.
$50 Thompson Is not only secre-
tary, but telegraph operator as well"
remarked Gibbs as the clicking Of a
Morse instrument sounded from the
Office.
"He's everything" replied VAIN
wright. "He's wonder. He heard
me say wished ! had good operator
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-25

HEREFoRDCATTLE For SALE::--S
Registered bull calves, Z Grade
bull calves I & 1916 Blood.
In order to make room for more
registered stock we will sell IL
grade COWS none less than Z blood
For further information apply to
SULLENBERGER Bros
MONTEREY, VA.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-25

her, Mr.. Gibbs?
No? But Of
course you have
oft en- heard
BY the way,
Charles, 1t was
she who told
me to drop In
on you t b | s
morning. Y o u
see - SHe -
M rs. Newman
is most anxious
for me to come
up for re-elec-
ton this fall.
Mp Horrigan. to
whom | breach
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-09-25
sour
Stomach

No appetite. loss Of strength. nervous
ness, headache, constipation. bad breath.
general debility, sour rislngs. and cataIrh
Of the stomach are all due to indigestion
Xodol relieves Indigestion. This new discov-
cry represents the natural juices OF ages
hon as they exist In q healthy stomach
combined with tho greatest known tonic
nd reconstructive properties. Kodol for
spepsia does not only relieve indigestion
I'd dyspepsia. but this famous remedy
lips all stomach troubles by cleansing,
urifyIng. sweetening and strengthening
ne mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr.. S. s. Bah. Of RavenswoqD w. Va. says
was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years.
Sodol cured me and We ~e now using It b mi9
Or baby"
Ko6ol DiSests What Yoa lat.
,ottles only. Relieves Indigestion, sour stomach
beehing Of gas. ETC.
'-sparsd by E. o. Dewitt 4 co., CHICAGO.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
BETTER CONDITION
THAN EVER BEFORE
Great Western b .et Sugar Company S
Financial Condition Best
In Five Years.

We are reliably informed that the
Great Western Beet Sugar COM
pany, to whom is due the real,
material development of this sec
ton, is in better condition finan-
cially than at any time during the
past five years
The magnitude of the company's
operations may be understood
when it is known that 400, 900
feet of lumber for the Canyon creek
flume was unloaded during the
last week and fifteen teams are
now engaged in hauling it to Can
yon creek, ten miles north OF
Mountain Home, where it will be
used to construct the flume by
George & PenwelI, who have the
contract. The fume will be mile
and quarter long and the contract
calls for its completion by April
Is next.
This work, together with the
two construction crews under Ban
Query and Earle Rounds, gives
employment to a large force of men
and teams, and provides the town
with a monthly pay roll of con-
siderable proportions. There is
scarcely an idle man in town,
which is something that cannot be
said about any other town on the
Oregon Short Line. This activity
is, of course, directly due. to the
Great Western Beet Sugar COM
pany and the people who, through
it, have become interested here and
are improving their land.
Tt e Idaho Fruit Land company
has possibly one hundred men at
work clearing sage brush and pre-
pairing to plant 1000 acres of apple
orchard this spring. c. L. Saw
yer of Minneapolis, has a large
70 -ce.'of men and teams at work inn
rowing 500 acres.
c. E. Jones, the manager OF the
interests of the party of Alaskans,
which will improve 500 acres, is
busily engaged in the work. He
has completed fine barn and last
week received 18 head of horses
from Iowa, which are without
doubt, the finest lot of work horses
ever brought to this pait of the
country.
All these things Despeak con-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
BIG INCREASE IN
FREIGHT BUSINESS
freight Shipments This Month Almost
Double Those of February
of Last Year.

F. E. Austin, local agent of the
Oregon Short Line, gave out the in
formation last Saturday that thus
lar, this present month, the
railroad company at this point
had handled more business
than for the entire month one year
ago. The cash receipts amounted
to more for the fifteen days past
than the cash receipts for the %
days in 1907
This is an encouraging report in
the face of the fact that we are in
the throes of money stringency or
the so-called hard times in Elmore
county. 1t indicates that either
there is no hard times in Elmore
county or that we are growing at
surprisingly rapid rate. We are in
clined to believe that it is a little
of both with the advantages neither
way. 1t is fact that Mountain
Home has made surprising inn
provements, both in buildings and
population but no one will take the
stand that the Improvements amount
TO as much as so percent. There have
been. no hard times in Mountain
Home. AT no time during the past
six months has it been impossible
for the depositors to get cash from
either bank, and at no time have
we mad cashiers certificates to
contend with, which served
as a scare in SO many of the sur
rounding towns.
Although business is not as brisk
at the present time as at some sea-
sons of the year, still, receipts at
the many stores show no falling off
from that of a year ago.
1t is to be hoped that the hard
times inflicted upon the country at
large viii have no greater effect on
Mountain Home than it already
has.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
SUNNYSlDE
is BOOMING
j. R. Ellison Is Preparing to Rapidly
Develop New Town Near
Mountain Home.

l. r. Ellison of the Sunnyside
Towpsite company, the company
which recently took over the pro-
iect at that place, was in the
city yesterday for a few hours. He
was here with a party OF eastern
prospectors who are inspecting this
part of the country with view to
investing in some of the good things
that see to abound in Sunny
Southern Id aho. The members of
the party were, Thos. Ogden, of
Crete, Neb. Jas. Armstrong, F. @.
Ticknor, r. L. Bullock and ]. P.
Kilnkert of Racine, Wis. The
members of the party were very
favorably impressed with the
country, particularly the ideal cli-
mate and more especially Sunnyside.
Several of the party have already
made investments and expect to re-
turn in the spring and make their
home permanently at Sunnyside.
MIR. Ellison was on his way east
where he is going to make ar
rangements with a company of ex-
pert well-drillSrs to either get
the bit which was lost in the
we'll, or aoandon it and start driv-
ing a new one. He realizes the
need of water and intends to have
it, and that without unnecessary
d clay.
They are all chuck full of enthu-
siasm up at Sunnyside and greal
things may be expected OF. the town
before the present year is past
The proper spirit seems to have in
vaded things there and with all the
natural advantages that surround
them there should be no difficulty
in opening ss pretty strip o.
farming country as can be found il
the vest.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
NO HARD TIMES
IN MOUNTAIN HOME
BtSiness in This City Shows No De-
PreSSiOn---Bank Deposits
Are Increasing,

Not for ten years have financial
conditions been so good as they are
today in Mountain Home. De-
spite the fact that a money panic
cf the severest nature has ragged,
and still RACES, from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, and that one of the
larg est banking institutions in the
state closed its doors within the
last six weeks, Mountain Home
has experienced not the slightest
depression.
Business has steadily increased
since the middle of last October.
More land buyers have come in and
Maverick is advised that a greater
number of water rights have been
sold at a larger cash price since
that time than during any previous
period.
Notwithstanding the severity of
the panic, which was possibly the
worst in the history of the country,
our banks had, on the first day of
January, 1908 greater deposits than
at any previous period of their ex-
istence.
No other town on the Oregon
Short Line is making such rapid
strides as Mountir Home and this
in the face of the fact that every
real estate boomerang promoter
from Salt Lake to Portland has con-
stsntly knocked and expressed his
weighty opinion that there would
never be anything worth while
here. In spite of the knockers the
march of impr ovement in Mountain
Home goes steadily on. The char
actcr and peruIaney of the improve
ments made in the last twelve
months and the conditions existing
today are living refutation of the
ASPIRATIONS and slanderous knock
ing before mentioned. They are
a monument to the indefatigable
efforts, the perseverance, the sag
| acity of those few, who, seeing the
possibilities here presented, had
the nerve to tackle the proposition
and stick. to it.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
NEWSPAPER FOR
GLENNS FERRY
Big Things Doing With NeighbOring
Town on the faSt---Re-
newed Activities.

With the report that the Ham
NETS, the Kansas city millionaires
who have purchased the King Hill
project at Glenns Ferry, comes
all kinds of rumors of the awaken
ing of that thriving little village
that has only been awaiting an
opportunity. Renewed activities
along lines seems to be the order
of the day and improvements
are being planned on an extern
sive scale.
The latest report is to the effect
that modern newspaper plant is
to be installed there in the near fu-
ture with E. ]. Roberts, of the
Boise Unionist, as manager and
editor. Mr.. Roberts will install a
linotype office and we are in q
position to know that he will furn-
ish the residents of Glenns Ferry
as good paper as they are willing
to pay for. Mr, Roberts is a news
paper man of many years expert
ence and knows the busines:
Thoroughly. He is a business
man of agreeable manner and one
whom it is a pleasure to meet.
Maverick desires to take this early
hour in extending congratulations
to Glenns Ferry in securing Sc
able d man to conduct its paper anc
also to wish Mr.. Roberts 4 full
| measure of success in his new 10.
cation.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
IDAHO LANDS NET OWNERS
OVER $40 TO THE ACRE
Sworn Statements of Ada Comfy Farmers
Show Remarkable Fertility of Soil
in Sunny Southern Idaho.

past three years have netted this
affiant SIS per acre for each year
for his share alone. This affiant
further says that he is familiar with
farm values in the state Eof Iowa
and especially in the counties OF
Fayette and Palo Alto, and with
the value of irrigated farms in Ada
county. Idaho, and from his obser-
vations and experience with tarm
lands in said states, this atfiant
verify believes that one acre of irri-
gated land in said Ada county Will
net over and above all expenses as
much as two acres of laud in the
state of Iowa. This atlantis farm
in the county of Ada, Idaho, pas
lures two grown animals per acre
per season of eight months in the
year, and that he believes the pro-
ceeds from the crops raised thereon
do not exceed those crops raised by
others or we'll farmed lands in this
count. Affisnt further says that it
has been his observation and exper-
ience that the production OF irrigat-
ed lands in this state is affected
but slightly by the variation OF the
seasons, that the crops on such
lands are quite uniform from year
to year, and are not subject to such
fluctuations i'll quality and quantity
as in non-1rrigated countries where
the amount of rainfall varies great
ly from year to year.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
OREGON SHORT
LINE TO IMPROVE
Movement of Freight Trains to Be
Facilitated By Installing
New Side Tracks.

w. S. Harer, division engineer
for the Oregon Short Line, with
headquarters at Pocatello, was in
the city last week. He was here
for the purpose of looking over the
ground regarding additional sidings
for the convenience of freig ut
trains and making report to the
general office regarding his find
ings. He stated that he would re-
ommend to the department the ad-
dition OF three sidings at this place !;
one between this city and Rcve rse /;
one between here and Cleft and one
between Cleft and Sunnyside. This
would give a siding for the heavy
freight trains that are often laid up
at one place for number OF hours
waiting for a clear track. These
new sidings will allow these
freights to work on and make
much better time and save the COM
pany no small amount in fuel that
it has required in laying up along
the road.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
IMPROVING ROADS
AT MOUNTAIN HOME
Many Improvements Being Made In
County Highways Around
This City.

Commencing at the northwest
corner of Mr.. Stanfield's property,
the county has graded a sixty-foot
street north along the railroad
track to Canyon creek, the ultimate
object being to extend it through
to Sunnyside as soon as possible.
This road is nicely rounded up
and made uniform, and the Great
Western Beet Sugar company is
changing its lateral leading to town
so that water will flow on either
side of the road during the summer
months, thus permitting the plant
ing of shade II ees. Trees for set
ting along the road have already
arrived in Mountain Home and
will be set out upon the completion
of he road which is expected to
be within the next thirty days.
About one mile north of town
the road forks, one branch going
directly north on the center line OF
section IA to the intersection OF the
old county road about one mile
south of Axes place. This road is
almost completed and trees will
likewise be set out as soon as it is
possible to do SO.
Another avenue is being graded
south of town running south past
the Rohrer and John Adams places,
turning south from O'Neil's place
and continuing in that direction to
the intersection with the railroad,
thence continuing southeast three
miles. The rig ght-of-w though
hitherto unused property has been
secured. This road will be graded
and trees planted in a manner
similar to the road north of town.
The value of these Improvements
to Mountain Home is inestimable
as good roads not only give good
impression to visitors. but with
the several railroad crossings that
the county commissioners are
compelling the railroad company to
put in, people will be enabled II
reach town from every direction
more quickly and without driving
miles out of their way as they have
been forced to do in the past be-
cause of lack of proper railroad
crossings.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
IN PLACE
OF STATE BANK
DefunCt Capital State Bank of Boise
10 Be Succeeded by Capital
National Bank.

BOISE, Feb. IA. Some of the
details Tor reopening the Capital
State Bank, which has been under
consideration for the past ten days
and which was decided upon nearly
a week ago, we're made public yes
terday when dispatch fr m WASH
ngton VIZ recti ed TO the effect
that an application sent from here
to the comptroller of the currency to
authorize the establishment of a
bank to be known as the Capital
National Bank of Idaho, had been
received.
The plan is to organize a national
bank, with capital of $35O,O0 as
a successor TO the defunct CAPITAL
State Bank. The men back of the
scheme are all Boise men, all stock
holders in the suspended bank.
They are all but one directors in the
old bank. They are, with the
amounts subscribed by each as fol-
10 VS.: Geo. D. Ellis $4,000; ]. c.
Pence $500 w. c. Cleveland
3lOU, OOO -. r. Bacon, S100, 600.
w. G. Annett, 500, 900; A. ].
Swain, $50, 900.
When interviewed yesterday, At
torney Frank T. Wyman, who rep.
resents the directors of the bank,
said that the men mentioned above
had practically decided on the
scheme outlined nearly a week ago
aud had forwaderd the ap3Iica-
tion after having talked with
enough parties to assure full SUBJ
scription to stock.
The plan.'' he said, lis to di-
vide the stock into 1900 shares of
the value of S140 per share, $40
of each share to be surplus. When
the application is actci upon. if fav-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

The following affidavits were
handed US the other day by SUBJ
scriber, they having been sent to
him by a friend in Boise. 1t
would appear that big Des Moines
life insurance company was loaning
money on Idaho mortgages, particu-
larly in the Boise valley, and the
directors became suspicious as TO
the solidity or the actual perman-
ent value of the security offered.
In other words they we're leary
about the value Of irrigated land
in the Snake river valley. The affi-
davits are all from Iowa men and
they are so sweeping in character,
so full and explicit and of such
worth to new conner or the pros
pective homeseeker in this land of
sunshine, that we have thought 1t
wise to print them verbatim.
State of Idaho
County of Ada
]. ]. Shaw, first being duly
sworn according to law, upon his
oath deposes and says: That he is
a resident of Boise City, Idaho,
where he has resided for about
three years. That prior to coming
10 Idaho, he resided for a number
of years in Fayette and Palo Asse
counties, Iowa; that he is the own
er of an irrigated farm of 95 acres
in Ada county, Idaho, which ne
leases on shares; that this affiants
proceeds from said farm during the
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
MANY SOCIETY EVENTS
ON ST. VALENTINE S DAY
Fourteenth of February Is Occasion For
Many Pleasant Parties in
Mountain Home.

The game of high five furnished
amusement for those who assembled
at the home of Miss Lulu Patterson
The party was a complete surprise
and one long to be remembered by
those in attendance. The mem
bers of the party met at the home
of Miss Ruby Melen and proceeded
to the home of Miss Patterson to
take her unawares. She was in to-
tai ignorance of the designs OF her
friends and the surprise was COM
plete.
Those, who because of their skill
in the game, succeed in capturing
first honors, were Miss Katie
Brady and Lawrence Brady, and
the couple consoled because of
their lack of the finer points of
the game, Miss Alma Smith
and Dick Bennett. Refreshments
were served at a late hour and all
departed to their homes after most
pleasant evening.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

Joseph Rosevcar of Glenps Ferry
was in the city Tuesday attending
to matters of business. He reports
the Ferry on the verge of a boom
and feels that the people that have
the irigati oD project there in hand
are going to push the town and
country along and soon they will
have a city on the Snake river that
will be second to none in size and
progressiveness.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

So far Mr.. Olsen has found con-
oitions favorable and doubtless his
report on returning home will be
such as to bring here a large num-
Der of desirable citizens. r. W.
Simpk1ns, who spent last summer
in Dakota interesting this prospect
i've colony in this section, is show
ing Mr. Olsen the country and pre-
sentig it's may advantages.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

The monthly business and social
meeting of the Christian Endeavor
was held at the home of Mrs. ]. w.
Neukirk and splendid time was
enjoyed by the young people of the
Congregational church who were in
attendance. A special treat was in
store for those preesnt in the vocal
solos rendered by DR.. Hawley and
Prof. Osborne, Mrs. McBirney play
ing the accompaniments. The
house was prettily decorated with
red hearts which were used as tar
gets by the members of the party
who used small bows and arrows in
shooting at them; this furnished
much amusement. About sixty par
took OF the dainty refreshments
which were served late in the
evening.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

Mrs. Bertha Greenburg, assisted
by her sister, Mrs. Ed. MCGUIRE,
entertained large crowd of young
people in a most charming manner.
High five furnished the card game
of the evening. Their home was
most beautifully decorated in char
acteristic emblems of the occasion
and all present enjoyed a happy
time. Dainty refreshments were
served after which the company
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

was entertained with muisc and
song, and all that goes to make
mirlh and laughter. Fortunes were
told and games that added to the
joy of the event were INDUCED in
to the pleasure of the company.
Another ST. Valentine event to be
remembered by those who were SO
fortunate as to be in attendance.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

Feb. 10, Desert Entries Robert
w. McClelland OF Mountain Home
for the west one-half of the south
east one-fourth section IA, and
northeast one-fourth section 3,
township 2, south, range 4 east;
240 acres.
S. Gardner Yerkes, for the south
one-half section d, township l
south, range 4 east; $40 acres.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20
May IOC ate Colony Here.

Prominent among the viasi tors to
Mountain Home this week is
Cbristen Olsen of Grand Forks
county, N. OAK, who is investigat-
ing this section in the interest of
a colony of people belonging to his
sec.. the Lutheran Free church.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-02-20

The Southern Idaho Irrigated
Lands company has leased the build
ing at present occupied by Thos.
Trathen and will have the same
fitted up into neat and commodious
office rooms which they will occu-
py about April l.