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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
The Spirit Of Christmas.

1t is said that in the upper air
all the varied sounds of earth,
however discordant, blend into
one harmonious strain. That well
illustrates the spirit Of Christmas,
which is that Of peace and har-
mony.
The discords and rivalries Of
the world become subdued when
the Christmas bells usher in the
day which, more than any other
day in the year, speaks Of peace
and goodwill. NJ IN differ in their
theological conceptions of the
Christ, yet all regard Him as the
supreme figure in the world S
history, and His Influence the
most benign and powerful. To-
day learning brings its wisdom
and gifts and lays them at the
feet of the Christ-Child Just as
the Magi did two thousand years
ago, and the masses however much
they may be estranged from the
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
ROADMASTER
DONOVAN KILLED


A wreck on the Oregon Short
Line near Nampa Friday evening
resulted in the death of road
master, Timothy Donovan.
\ fast west bound freight ran
INTO a local freight that was
switching at the station. Mr..
Donovan was in the caboose when
the engine struck it and was Sc
verely injured. He was taken to
Boise, to st. Alphonsus Hospital,
where he died before midnight.
The funeral was held Tuesday
morning from st. Johns Cathe-
dral and was largely attended.
Mr.. Donovan had been in the
employ Of the Oregon Short Line
tWenty-eight years and was well
known as an able and reliable
workman.
At the coroner's inquest, the
jury returned the verdict that
Donovan came to his death by
means Of collision of engine
No. 55 with the rear end of local
freight No. 757 at Owyhee siding,
evidently due to air brakes not
being in proper working con-
dition.
The board of inquiry, composed
Of citizens Of Nampa, held Engi-
neer Ball responsible for the
wreck, saying that he failed to
observe the distant signal and
the flagman, who was waving a
red flag across the track which
he could have seen, had he been
paying strict attention to his
duty.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
FARMERS ASSO-
CIATION MEETING
Farmers Association of King
Hill to Hold Meeting on Jan
uary Fourth.

The next meeting of the King
Hill Farmers Association will be
held at two o'clock, Wednesday
afternoon, January Fourth.
The following subjects will be
presented at this meeting:
l. The best way to supply
what our soil lacks.
k2. What shall we plant next
year for best returnsG
3. The possibilities of hogs and
cows.
4. What our poultry exper-
fences this past year have taught
us.
Following each Of these papers
there will be a general discussion
Of the subject.
In your spare time between now
and January 4th think over these
topics and come to the meeting
prepared to ask questions and
talk part in the discussion. The
more thought we give these sub
jrctS, the more good each one of
Il, will get out Of lie meeting.
Part Of this meeting will be con-
Quoted by the ladies and all are
most cordially invited to attend,
whether members of the associa-
tion or ot-it S free.
This invitation is extended to
every man and woman in the Wei
nifty Of Bliss, King Hill, Glenns
Ferry and lIammett.
BE sure to get to the meeting
by 2 0 o'clock, so that we can get
through the entire program, and
enable everyone to be back home
before dark.
Remember the date, the first
Wednesday after the New Year.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
Mary Elizabeth Herder

Last Saturday evening, Decem-
Der II at II 90 o clock, Mary Eli
zabeth IIelder parted this life, at
lhe advanced age of 81 years the
l+th OF last February The de-
ceased las been an invalid for
Fifteen years, and a year ago last
May had a paralytic shock from
the effects OF which she has been
helpless since that time. She
made her home with her son. G.
\. Ilerder OF Mountain Home, he
having moved here some three
#emS since.
Mrs. lIerder was born IN Ger
many moyln{ to America Al years
ago, and lived II Wisconsin, Min
naSota, North Dakota and Idaho.
OF her nine children seven are
hTng Fhcy are q. A. IIerder
3I Mountain Home, Idaho, Mrs.
Anne H. LasSien and Mrs. Mary
Shelley OF Pontoria, Minnesota,
Mrs. Amelia Hamilton Of Bertha,
Minnesota. Mrs. Augusta Grasser
OF tlarkston Washington, Mr. Au
gust w. Ilerdar Of Pontoria, Min
n'Sota, Mrs. Dorothea &. Wood Of
IortunW, Minnesota
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
The Rev. Ludwig Thomson

The Reverend Ludwig Thomson
the newly elected superintendent
over the Congregational work of
Idaho and Eastern Oregon visit
ed Mountain Home Tuesday, the
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
SESSION OF VII
! LACE TRUSTEES.
To Consider Application of Tell
uride Light and Power Co.
For Franchise.

The Village Board of Trustees
held an adjourned meeting to col
slider the application for a light
and power franchise presented at
the former meeting by the Tellu-
ride Light and Power Company
The application appeared to the
Board to be too incomplete to be
given any consideration and was
ordered filed and the clerk was
instructed to write to Mr.. Haw-
ley, who represented the company
to submit more tangible pro-
position.
After a few minor matters re-
lating to sidewalks and crossings
were disposed Of, c. E. Corker,
newly elected Chairman Of the
Board, arose and asked permission
to address the Board, and citi-
zens present, regarding a certain
article which appeared In the
New Time in the issue Of Dec.l6,
which he read as follows
1t will be well for the tax
payers to attend the meeting
of the Village Board of Trust
ees on next Monday evening.
1t is a special meeting, called
to consider village water works
franchises. C. E. Corker is sit
ting on the board, vice j. d.
Whitson, resigned, and is in
terested in the Blake franchise,
regardless of stories to the con
trary.
Mr.. Corker acted as agent
for Blake in presenting a fran
chlse to the Glenns Ferry board,
and the trustees of that village
turned his application down.
No matter how good and
just a man Mr.. Corker is, he
cannot but be biased in favor
of a franchise he represents
and the taxpayers have to foot
the bills.
There are two applications
for franchises and they are
both "whole hog" for the ap-
plicants and nothing for Noun
tain Home"
Mr.. Corker stated in a most
emphatic tone that the statements
in the above were false and pla-
ced One Hundred Dollar bill
in the hands Of Trustee Stanfield
with instructions to Mr.. Stanfield
to pay the One Hundred Dollar
bill to the editor of the New
Time when he editor Talbot had
proved to Mr.. Stanfield s salts
faction that he had at any time
been financially interested in the
Blake franchise or that he had
presented the said Blake fran
chise before the Village Board of
Glenns Ferry.
Mr.. Corker stated to the citi-
zens present that before any fran
chise would be granted to any
company for any purpose, the
citizens would be given due no
tice and that there would be no
snap contracts let without giving
the people of the village a chance
to be heard on the subject. He
also stated that he was in com
munication with Mr.. Blake few
days since and had informed him
that it would not be necessary to
buy any newspapers or indlvid-
uals in order to get a hearing on
any proposition they may have
TO offer.
William Spangenberg left We'd
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
Daughters Of Veterans

Frances Willard Tent No. /,
Daughters Of Veterans, held a
pleasant and profitable meeting
at the Evans Hotel Monday even
ing. December II. New members
are being added constantly and
bis society which was organized
n October is enjoying most sat
sfaotoH growth. 1t is the first
#tut O. hc organized in the State
1t l,dho.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
Lodges Elect Officers

At a regular meeting Of Gilmore
Lodge No. 80 f. & A. NJ. the
following officers were elected
for the ensuing year.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24

guest Of Rev and Mrs. c. Il. Ma
son. lie gave an interesting ad-
dress at the Brotherhood meeting
i'll the evening at Prof. Warner s
and lent much interest to the So
cial features Of the evening and
the discussion. BY a new arran-
cement the superintendent resides
in Idaho, and at Boise, rather
than at Salt Lake. Heretofore
Idaho and Utah have been united
under one Home Missionary su.
erintendent, they were separated
tEis season and a superintendent
given Idaho alone uniting t
Home Missionary and the Sun
day School work. He has the
work we'll in hand and the out
look is promising.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24

William Spangenberg left Wed
nesday for Valley City, North
Dakota, where he will visit with
friends and look after business
interests.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
Miriam Chapter

The annual meeting and cleo
ton of officers Of Miriam Chapter
No. l6 took place Saturday even
ing, December 10. On Wednes-
day evening the installation ccre-
monies were held at the Masor
Hall, and were followed by the
usual banquet and social evening.
The following officers were Sc
lected by Miriam Chapter for the
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
Entire Nous

The Entire Nous Club met in
regular session Saturday after
noon December 10. The time was
devoted to business, no program
BEING giNen.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
Sub Rosa

At the regular meeting Of the
Sub Rosa Club Wednesday after
noon of last week, the program
was one appropriate to the sea
son Of Christmas.
Roll Call Christmas Quotations
Reading Mrs. j. w. Caldwell
Character Song .......... ......
Ruth Densel and Ora Swan
Recitation Edith Mason
A number of Christmas Carols
were sung by the members of the
Club.
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
INDICTMENT OF THE POTATO
Use OF Vegetable Is Declared by
Writer to Have a Tendency to
Shorten Life.

The potato is. according to the best
medical opinion, the cause Of many
of the ills from which we suffer, and a
foe to long life and good temper as
we'll
People, especially those leading
sedentary lives, who wish to be
healthy in body and sunny and alert
in mind, should never eat potatoes. "
said well-known physician, who is
prevented by medical etiquette from
giving his name. to a Daily Mirror
representative.
Potatoes cause what is known as
starch Indigestion They contain
about ninety-fve per cent. Of water,
and when they have been assimilafed
the result is very little nutriment,
after big tax on the alimentary
system, by reason of the difficulty the
digestive fluids encounter in break
ing down the tough cellulose walls in
which the starch grains are enveloped.
The effect of continually eating pota-
toes is chronic dyspepsia, resulting in
wear and tear on the system, and lack
of nutriment. Nervous worry ard de-
preston follow, AID life is shortened.
"My advice is to cut potatoes right
out of the diet They are far more
valuable fer making motor spirit
than for food. so why put them to
such an unsuitable use as eating
them? When man is unwell general
ly, the first thing that doctors stop
in his dietary is the use of potatoes,
and rightly so, fer they use up so
much of his energy in the process of
digestion.
'The Irish peasants live almost
wholly on potatoes, and the effect is
to make them lazy and choleric But
when they leave Ireland and can uf-
ford TO feed more nationally, they de-
velop into bright-minded,, energetic
people.
ITO repair the ravages made in
the human body by potatoes carrots
should be eaten, for they stimulate
the digestive processes"
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
AppreoiatIve Man.

Determined to save money, the
beauteous young housewife encases
herself in an old wrapper and cleans
the house with the assistance of the
cook. OF course her husband praises
her when the work is finished
Now" she says, Il am going down
town and buy me new dress.
think, after these three days of hard
work, I'm entitled to something, am
l not, dearie? II isn't every wife that
viii clean house TO save money"
That's true" responds the noble
husband Run along and get your
dress"
And she vows that he is perfectly
lovely.
Later in the year it IL time to clean
mouse again. Wife mentions it,
Now, Wen just hire a good stout
woman to do the rough, hard work"
says the noble husband. "She can do
In three or four days and Wen
pave to pay her two dollars a day, but
m not going to have you killing
yourself
Again she VOWS that he is perfectly
lovely.
But he is mentally subtracting $S
from $12165.
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08

-" S'Ci saw. Inc 1nfee -OId'
est girls married barge captains them.
selves, and the two Oldest BOYS have
got their own boats now. Funnv
thing, too, we're all working for tbe
same firm"
Say pa interjected James We'd
ders, aged II. Frank got sick once
and ma had to give him some medi-
cine"
Yes, kid" replied his father. "but
that was because your mother tool,
him off safe canal boat and went up
on one OF those risky ry-go-rounds
IN Central park. don't go ashore ex.
cept when I've got to. You're liable
to be killed every minute"
Il tell you what" said the cantain
there are too many folks shore
sWelterlng to death in stuffy tene-
ments and giving half what they earn
TO the landlord, and then spending
the rest or car fare, ice, coal and
grocery bills. These are the kind of
people who are always plying us.
You poor mssl! What an awful life
you must lead on that boat they all
say. But they don't know what there
talking about.
i never paid a cent for rent in
MY lie, neither did my father neither
did any of my children, and my four
grandchildren are too young to think
CT such matters as yet When we want
coal we help ourselves to some of the
cargo, and there's always an iceboat
or two in the summer time, and their
captains are never stingy."
The Vedders family besides Cant
and Mrs. Vedders aad the. baby. are
frank, IL; James, Il; Ida, 8; and
Florence, 8, all of whom live on the
Edith. The other children, who are
Loatmen or the wives of boatmen In
charge of barges, are: Mrs. Hattie
Larsen of the barge Cora, Mrs. Pearl
of the Elizabeth, Mrs. An
lie Lane of the Emma, William We'd
iers OF the Priscilla and George We'd
iers of the Frederick r. Zerps. !
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
WAse-u+81ae>N@
GOT RID OF LITTLE FlDo
Simple Exclamation That Clears up
Mystery of Disappearance
of Pet.

When one of the families in snug
little apartment building in the East
end recently installed in their nat a
half grown pup, there was no sign OF
disapprova1 on the part of the other
tenants. The dwellers on the three
floors are all good friends, end nc
such trifes as bit of barking IN the
silent watches of the night or cas-
ual nip on the leg while passing
through the corridor could be permit
ted to interfere with the prevailing
eordiality. So the puppy was ION
died and patted with apparent impair
tiality. and it's owners we're proud OF
the possession of such popular favor
lte
It is the custom on pleasant even
ings for the occupants of the three
floors to congregate on the front yer
anda in sociable discourse. while Fid'
would take his airing by frolickini
about the yard. On a recent evening
the company was startled by sue
den inquiry for Fido. Could it b
possible the back gate had been lei
omen? Mr.. Dash. who occupies the to
floor. would be delighted to go
search of the dear little fellow. Oh
through the gloom of the back yard I
hastened. Yes, the gate had been lie
2 o9en. Far up the alley be could q.
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08

fdnce each year do notImake thu
same sound as those cominS everv /;
years. Those we hear every year have
long. quiyering, drawn-oht noise
and never seem to repeat the WORD
Pharaoh" like those we have heard
on the dates above named. They are
almost identical in appearance. but
they do not come from the earth until
July, while the seventeen-year locusts
appear early in June or as soon as
the ground is warm.
The yearly visitors remain until
killed by frost If they escape their
enemies. The seventeen year species
are all gone in about six weeks.
Each of these species and. in fact,
about all the cicada that visit other
parts of the globe, bore their way out
of the earth. climb upon some tree or
anything near at hand, until they can
burst their shell and expand their
wings and begin their destructive
work.
They leave their hiding place during
the evening or night time, and if one
will take the trouble to watch careful.
ly, he will see the insect creep upon
some tree trunk or convenient weed
or bush, and after being exposed TO
the air while, sometimes extending
into daylight, it is seen to burst Its
outer covering, and with series of
interesting movements it pulls itself
out of its long prison and awaits the
unfolding of its wings. These are
more rolls of film at first. but soon
develop into very useful members. Att
first the wings are quite transparent.
but soon become a grass green tint,
with dark lines.
The markings resemble the letter
w, and some superstitious people say
this signifies war.
AS soon as the old garments are
cast off the insect leaves them stick |
ing to the tree and flies away and set !
ties on some tender branch and begins
depositing the eggs for posterity. TIE
female locust e provided with sting
or ovipositor, through whiehit depos.
its the eggs beneath the bark on the
tender branches These hatch in
about three weeks, and lara worms
resembling certain species d ant are
found. These drop to the arth. and
in short time they bury THEMSELVES
beneath the surface, feeding on the
tender hairlike roots of vegeation.
Where trees and shrubs re stune
badly the twigs decay and fill to the
earth, and in many places whole or
chards have been killed
1t has not been determined jus,
when the pupal stage actualy begins
The cicada remains in the .arth un
til 1t is time to come forth. If course,
they live below the frost lin. In ex
oavating for cellars the yearprevious {
to the arrival of such largenumbers $
Of these strange insects the can be &
'ound burrowing upward tobe near
he surface. I
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
The Backslider,

Brother Gimmett," says the deacon,
81 am panied at heart to learn that
you have backslidden."
WELL" answers brother Gimmett,
"Pm sorry, too. But, deacon, right
after l joined the church l got felon
on my second finger, then my folks
began cleaning house, then four life
insurance agents began working on
me all at once, then | sat down on a
hot pumpkin pie while wearing a
brand new suit, then our cook quit,
then the furnace went out in the mid
die of the night just when the first
cold wave hit us, then my wife bought
a new dress and hat, then the chill
dren took the new phonograph apar
to see what made it talk, and just yes
terday the paper hangers came ant
papered the wrong room. | don't SCI
that am very much to blame"
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08

Ffdo Carefully selecting a good-sized
9rickbat, Mr.. Dash took deliberate
hin, and the next minute Fido was
scurrying madly up the alley amid
perfect fusillade of cobblestones.
When he had vanished around a dis
,ant corner, Mr. Dash locked the gate
and returned to the veranda.
No" he declared truthfully. he is
not back there and the gate is closed"
And the mystery remains insoluble
as on the night of t'idos strange dis
7ppearauce.-Pittsburg Gazette Times
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08

Il 4.
ana southwest quarter of SontheaS
ter Section 8, and North half of Northwest
quarter and Northeast quarter of North
west quarter Section H. all in Township Q.
SIR 20, west
TERMS OF SALE
SAID lands will be sold on credit Of
three months. and the purchaser or pur,
chasels will be required to execute notes
with approved personal security, bearing
interest from date of sale at the rate OF,
eightsper cent per annum until paid, and
a lien Will be retained on the properly to
secure the payment Of the purchase mon-
ey.
G. E. ROYSTON, Commissioner
Washington, Ark, Mar. 10 1919.
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
|LOCUsTS E:XF
Destructive and Drea'
- Looked for in
How Species, somet'f
"Pharaoh's Locusts" DI
Common Variety -
tious Believe Presag.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Almost
known world Is infested a
species of insect known a.
or locust. In many porl|
globe these-insects come /
numbers as to make IN
burden to man and animal
living thing In the way q
is devoured within a verI
In certain sections OF
States there is what is kl
seventeen year locust. |
appearance every II years
The last locust year WI
the next appearance Will
/ In 1880 the insects were
tiful than in 1897, but Sc
storms swept the eou
many before they had tin
their eggs in the bran'
trees, and in 1907 the |
, row devoured millions oil
and it is believed the nu
greatly reduced the ne'
are due.
The seventeen-year
sometimes called "Phara
! because they make a st
sembles the repeating o
of that historic name.
songs are not what mig
vocal, as they are pro-
rapid vibrations of tw
films that cover a small
. base of the abdomen.
calities the sound prod
what different from thd
er sections. Along stres
cially along the Chic II
are more bass, while on
and especially in the.
= gions, the sounds prodl
shrill.
a Every season there
- Gusts, and the theory OF
81 is that they are stragi
- that have fallen behind
- ing, or have awakened
,t too soon.
ae In stud ing the cica
1T learned tndt thosH6
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08

THIS is the city's heap whereon is thrown
Tba useless wreckage that has served
its cay; a,
Here worn-out garb, and crust anu ias'
and bone - A. o,,,a,,
Rv careless hands are idly flung away,
No pleasant place is this. no beauteous
scene -. 4a.
This spot from which the city stahes
aloof-
r7ar wonder in the shield of leafy green
Are hidden city wall and gate and roof
Here. too. the scavengers all quickly dar,
From place to place upon the tuiiiOie'
heap, -, ,ar,
Seeking amid the debris for some parl
which they may carry off and sell O
keep. -, -
Think In this pile OF broken east-oi
-rheq toss and take up worthless piec
by piece, , "a.
- -1-while each day more battered iras
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
Following the Advice

Hank Slocum wrote to one o these
beauty doctors fcr treatment" said
the grocer.
"What'd the doctor tell him." asked
Mr.. Meddergrass.
Sent him little book that said
beauty was only skin deep"
Hank take the treatment"
Guess he did He got skinned. all
right"
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
The Panos Of Want

"Yassum," says the lanky coloret
man who has inquired if there are any
cold victuals that can be spared
"Yassum, we is sufferin nightly
sence de rich family on de hill moved
away"
That is too bad" says the lady OF
the heuse, "Did you werh for the-a?''
Nom. But nah We did,
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
Tls seuvc6seTs their toillng win not

So Time has too. place where things
are flung
heap of stuff beyond iife's splendid
gate,
Where worn-out theories are thrown
among
The useless envy and the ancient hate
Khere day by day, and endless year on
year,
Are cast the aimless struggle and the
strife,
The frets the faults, the foolish dread
and fear
That clutter up the better ways of
life.
And there, too bend the scavengers
again
To sort anew the bitter thoughts and
words
And bring them back to vex the souls of
men
AS do the others with the bones and
shreds.
All. better We're Gehenna's olden fires
The refuse of the city TO destroy,
And better were the flame of high desires
That leave no ashes blown upon our
JOY
Washington telegraph., 1910-04-08
Monday, April Is. 1910,

at the front door of the Court House in
The town of Washington, Hemrstead Co,
Arkansas, between the hours for iudicial
sales the following described property,
to-Nit:
North half of the Northwest quarter of
Section 5, Township -, SIR 25 west, and
East half of Northeast quarter Section 6.
Township II, SIR 25 west.
TERMS OF SALE
Said property will be sold for cash in
hand.
G. t. R0YST0N, Commissioner.
Washington, Ark, March 10, 1910.