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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

Opportunity knocks at your door bu
once. She will knock next Tuesday
night. when you will have chance
I'd enjoy the time of your life at the
Daughters Of Veterans Hallowe en-
entertainme ut In the Bailey block.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
ANNOUNCEMENT.

A mass meeting, under auspices
OF the Men and Religion Forward
Movement, to be conducted exclus-
lively by aymen, wdll be held at the
Episcopal church, Sunday. November
fifth, at 1889 P. M, No services viii
be- held in the other churches.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
TO MEMBE RS OF PROGRESSIVE
CLUB, MOUNTAIN HOME,
IDAHO.

Dear friends:
The late Mrs. Montgomery was
a charter member OF the Harmony
Club upon its organization year
ago.
She was ALSO am efficient member
of the musical committee, which
gave us such delightful programmes
throughout the year.
In respect to the memory Of our
beloved member, there will be no
meeting of the Musical, Literary and
Study Section" OF "The Progressive
Club" on Friday the twenty seventh.
as had been arranged.
Cordially yours,
Maud s, Lamberton,
Temporary chairman.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
ENGINEER BLAKE
DISAPPOINTMENT
And will Go to Massachusetts, in
the Near Future to Take Up
New Duties.

Edmund M. Blake Of this city has re-
ceived appointment from the state OF
Massachusetts, as engineer In charge of
river improvements. an undertaking
authorized by the Massachusetts, legis-
lature DIN the spring Of 1911, which
will require at least three years for
completion of present plans This
work will be carried on through the
Massachusetts state board OF health
and will include dredging, drainage Of
overflowed lands to reclaim the same,
concrete retaining walls, new bridge
and alterations In present bridges, re
location OF water and sewer pipes and
valuation damages and increased land
values and water powers.
Mr.. Blake expects to report at head
quarters In Boston about November 15
Capital News.
Mr.. Blake received the appoint
ment some time ago, but has deferred
leaving for the east until the compile
tion Of the Mountain Home water
works system. All the engineering
work is completed and only the test
ing OF the machinery remains. Infor-
nation was received by Mr.. Blake
Friday that the car Of machinery was
at Granger, which would insure the
delivery OF same about Monday or
Tuesday.
q We regret very much to see Mr.
Blake leave Idaho for In his departure
the state looses one OF her foremost
engineers, and q most estimable citi,
zen4 However, Idaho's loss v Massa-
chusetts' gain and she is fortunate In
securing the service OF Mr.. Blake, and
much as we regret to loose him we
rejoice with him In his good fortune.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

Miss Stella Harris went to Glenns
Ferry Thursday to take charge Of
her sisters school, the latter being
unable to- attend to her duties in the
school room.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

G.@B Owen, who has been the
gu st OF his son, J. M. for the past
mon h left Tuesday for the northern
s.sr o. the state where after q short
N.a't with his daughter, he will pro-
oeed to California where he VIII
spend the winter.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

Music and games, laughter and fun
at the Daughters Of Veterans entertain
ment Halloween might. Come and
bring the children.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
MISSIONARIES MEET.

The Congregational Ladies' Mission
airy meeting was held Thursday with
Mrs. s. G. Rhoades, the attendance
being about sixty. T he program was
of much interest, the Eslimos being
the subject Principal articles were
read by Mesdames Coats, Tanner and
Eyster. Items were given by Mes
DANES Harvey, Norell, Griffith, Rorri-
son. Ross and Kunnecke. Mrs. Stew
art led the devotions. Mrs. Rhoades
gave vocal solo. Mrs. Nile Carr
accompanied the hymns with violin.
In the midst Of the program a sur
prise was given Mrs. Mason by the
presentation of beautiful quilt from
the ladies. Refreshments and busi-
ness closed the pleasant session. The
missionary offering was unusually
good.
Sections of the Aid next week.
meet One. with Mrs p. II. Gray;
two at the church and three. with
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

j. B. Stokes returned last week
from months visit with home folks
at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

The Home Department Of the Con-
gregational Sunday school will hold
Its semi-annlal meeting Friday, No
vembsr third. at 2:30 p. NJ, at the
srsonage. Members make
to be present and bring a friend. !,
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
HERE is A SNAP.

3 room house, with lots; all fenced
Stable and good well. $625.00; $125.0C
cash; balance, SIS per month. sam
as rent. ssa
ALBERT JOHNSON
6-tf. Real Estate.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

Mr. and Mrs. W. s. Lee were Wis
itors In Boise the last of the week.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

John F. Gaines transacted business
inI Boise Friday.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
FOR RENr

6 room plastered house, IN fine 10.
cation.
ALBERT JOHNSON
6tf. Real Nstate.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
MRS. sPANGLER MAKES REPLY


The rural route woman who resent
ed the action taken by the club wom-
en- at their recent session at Mountain
Home, tending toward the betterment
of conditions OF women in rural COM
munities, was ably answered by Mrs.
Martha Spangler OF Twin Falls, editor
Of the Idaho Club Woman. In Mrs.
Spangler's answer we find the follow
,ng very complimentary illusions to
her recent visit here in attendance at
the fedration:
If the rural sister had sat down to
the feast OF good things prepard by
the club women of Mountain Home, OF
If she had staid all might with ona OF
the prom'neD club women OF that
town, as the writer did, and had
fried chicken, hot biscuits and deli
cious home made jelly for breakfast,
she might alter her opinion Of club
women and their cooking. mrs Spang
lr was entertained by Mrs. w. J..
Turnsr.)
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

J. Becker, Joe Heller and Chas.
Garfield, all OF Glenns Ferry, were
subposnied as jurymen but were ex-
sused and returned home Monday.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
Secession on the Pacific Slope and
Secession Days In Idaho.

Remnscenses of Secession Days Written by Early Po
Of Elmore County, Especially for the Republican
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

Miss Ollie Englehart whose seven
teenth birthday occurred Tuesday, Oc
tober twentyfourth, was genuinely sur
prised by about twenty OF her friends
who gathered at her home that even
ing, and where games, music and re-
freshments united In making the even
ing one of much pleasure.
Miss Ollie was the recipient OF man
y handsome presents, as q token Of
regard from her many young friends.
Besides Mrs. Stafford who assisted
Mrs EngIehart In serving. there were
present:
Misses Virginia Chattin. Mary and
Addie Epp arson. Grace Gaines, Jen-
ME Gibson, Edith Groefsema, Dora
Ottenhcimer, Lucy Poole, Lois Stat
ford, Violet Stevens, Goldene Smith,
Lois Swan and Messrs. Harry Allen
dar, Osborne Casey, John Chattin,
-Larkin O'Neill. James Stafford, Leo
Spring, Roy and French White and
Ebert Englehart.
Doughnuts Like Mother Used To
Make, at the Bailey building, October
3lst
f, e. Johnson spent a few days
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1911-10-28

f. e. Johnson spent a few days
i'm Boise this week ON business.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21

the drawbacks to travel in Arabia, and complete the isolation of the pen Insula. Only the hem of Arabia is known. Alden, Mecca and Muscat are probably the only place-names that the majority of people connect with Arabia
 Arabia, one of the few countries left of the explorer, holds out that great est of all attractions to the adYen- turer-the hostility of the inhabitants. Ice barriers guard the pole, levers and swamps long held Central Africa inn pregnable, but added to the natural difficulties of Arabian travel Is the determination of its inhabitants to keep out strangers. It Is as flor bidden" a land as ever Tibet was. Indeed, 1t offers to the traveller the miximum of danger and discomfort and the minimum of reward.
 Over the immense area of desert only one form of existence is possible -nomadism. In Arabia, the barren est of all countries on earth. nomad- ism is found in its purest form. In such a land of nakedness man can only exist by constantly changing his abode and seeking pasture for his flock in different localities. Two thirds of the population of Arabia is nomadic A scarcity of water and lack of fodder. variable rainfall and therefore a changing pasturage, forces a nomadic life on the inhabitants of these barren lands.
 In Arabia Nature seems to show herself in her most cruel form. Sand deserts of the most utter desolation, mountains of black lava and red sand stone, and horrid volcanic tracts most difficult to travel over are the chief features of Arabian scenery. The fact that the whole peninsula is lack ing in flowing water, coupled with the poorness of the vegetation, rem ders the conditions of life difficult in the extreme. The nomad's existence
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
COLD, UNFEELINe WRETCH
Though His Wife Has Saved Him Money, and Looks Well, He Is
 Not Interested.

John. will you please unlock my waist?"
 "An right. as soon as get my col lar of"
 Don't you think this dress is be coming?"
 Yep"
 q think it makes me look simmer than I look in any of the rest of my dresses. don't your"
 T guess so."
 Did you see anybody there who was dressed in better taste than I?"
 Nope"
 And Think how cheaply I got il made. Do you remember that pink dress had two years ago?"
 T dunno"
 70, yes, you remember it, John. The one I had made when I went to St. Louis. Would you suspect that have had all the beaded trimming from that gown put on this one?"
 No"
 Well, I have. If had bought it now It would have cost $25. Don't you think I managed well?"
 ''Uh huh"
 Do you suppose there's another woman in this town who dresses as splendidly as I do on what you allow me for clothes?"
 I've never thought anything about It"
 Well, you would think about 1t if you got such bills as most women make their husbands pay. Did you see any one there who looked better than I did?"
 T didn't look around much"
 Did you ever see me when looked better?"
 q guess not"
 Think what it means to you when I make such a fine appearance. Every body must get the impression that you are able to give me a much larger al lowance than you do for clothes. It gives the impression that you are prosperous. Can't you see what an advantage it is to have people get such an idea?"
 I've never noticed it."
 70. pshaw! One might as well tals to stick as. to you!"
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
Gluten Feeds.

Gluten feeds are not to be coloreo hereafter. They will. therefore. no longer show the bright orange color to which we are accustomed, but a rather dull, dirty yellow. This will in no way lessen their value; nor did the color injure it. A distinction should be made between cottonseed meal and cottonseed feed. The latter contains more or less of hulls, and analyses about 22 per cent protein. Anything below 3S per cent protein should be classed with the latter.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
IubercuIous Animals.

Meat inspection figures show that about one per cent of the cattle and more than two per cent of the hogs slaughtered are tubercular. The Min nesota Experiment station, comment ing on the above statement, does not ccnc3ble at once, as most would-be authorities do, that the state should compel all farmers to have their cat tie tested with tuberculin. but wisely says that this condition should appeal to farmers to provide the best sani- tary surroundings and conditions for their stock. Pure air. sunshine and wholesome food are the best preven tiyes against disease.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
Safest to Ely HIuh.

That it is safer for an airman to fly high than comparatively near the ground is indicated by meteorological tests carried out on behalf of the British air office at Teddington. A kite with a special recording appara- tus. has been sent up to various heights, and it has been shown that on a gusty day sudden fluctuations in the pressure of the wind-which are an airman's peril-diminish percept- ibIy as a kite ascends. What airmen have discovered when in flight is that dangerous gusts sweep over woods and hills or through valleys. For this reason when passing across country they seek to maintain an altitude of at least 1000 feet.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
VALUE OF PURE-BRED HORSES
Any Farmer With Ordinary Skill and Judgment Can Succeed With
 High-CIass Draft Animals

Pure-bred colts will sell for more al one or two years of age than will grade horses when fully mature, says the Canadian Farmer. Even weanlings that have pedigree ancestors of indi- vidual merit are selling from $500 to S350 this winter. Good prices are not received by the big breeders alone. An Illinois farmer who keeps half dozen pure-bred Percheron mares which he works steadily has sold his edits as satisfactorily as have the professional breeders. He has sold several ht the age of one or two years for $4OO apiece. From one mare he has bold stallion for $500 at three yea1E old. Another brought $1.OOO at auction. A lilly was sold for $500 when year ling, and another Ally is beink re tained that will be worth 1000 when she natures.
 There is nothing mystifying About the horse business. There are many who would say that the average ,arm- CT cannot succeed with horses, espe- cially with pure-breds. This id z not worthy of consideration she farmer Any man with ordinary skill and judgment can succeed with draft horses, for draft horses are as easily raised as any other class of farm stock
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21

 with which a number of men from this along in 1898 The machete turned into a pruning hook makes a very eff fective weapon, however, and in the course of time the men get to the tree
 There is no such thing as a forest of mahogany. The pine tree loves it's own kind. and never thrives better than when planted by nature or by man, one tree next to the other. over mile after mile of plain or mountain. Other trees are found in groves or clumps, seem ing to form little settlements within the woods. The mahogany tree, how ever. lives by and for itself alone. It stands solitary of its species surround ed by the smaller trees and dense un- dergrowth of the tropical forest.
 Mahogany is popular name for the timber of several unrelated trees. among which are various species of GU. calyptus of Australia, of myrtles, and so-called cedars. There is a valley ma hogany and a mountain mahogany in the Rocky mountains. neither of which is the genuine tree. Africa, in addi- tion to the real. exports also a false mahogany, and from East India comes the toOna, which often reaches the i'm porter as mahogany, although clearly belonging to another order of plant.
 It is a beautiful tree, tall and shapely, with the lowest branches at least sixty feet from the ground. At the bottom is huge swelling, after the manner of the cypress, and the tree is to be cut above that. six or eight feet from the roots. The first work to be done is to build a platform around the trunk. so that the cutters can stand upon it and wield their axes. In the course of time down comes the great monarch of the tropi cal forest, crashing through the thick growth around it.
 The workmen trim it up. cut 1t into lengths, and manage to get 1t hauled and rolled to the nearest creek There it must lie to av-it the floods of the rainy season, which will lift 1t and carry it down stream and on to tho
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
BUSINESS COW IS VALUABLE
Poor Animal Is Dear at Any Price, but Good Is Usually Not Rated
 at Full Worth.
Rv ". c. PALMERO

N-
 If COW gives 175 pounds of but ter in year and is worth s60. how much is a COW worth that gives $50 pounds of butter in a year?
 Suppose that butter will average 25 cents the year round, and 1t will do better, and that the feed is worth $40 for the year. The first COW would give return of s4S.75, less $40 for feed, which would leave a profit of s3.75, counting that the milk, calf and manure pays for the labor.
 The second COW would give a re turn of SS7.50 for butter and would give at least 4,OOO pounds more of milk, which at 20 certs per hundred pounds, and it is worth more for feed would bring eight dollars. The calf from the good COW is also worth more, but let that go. The return would be S95.50, less $40 for feed, or a profit of S55.50 on the same basis as the oth- CT COW made a profit of $3.75. It would take practically 175 pound cows to. make as much profit as the one $50 pound COW.
 Three dollars and seventy-five cents is 6-2 per cent on $6o, and s55.5O is 6.2 per cent on SS95.16. On the basis of percentage income, when the 175 pounud COW is worth $60, and the $50 COW is worth $S9516. The keeping of the COWS should be looked at from the business standpoint. The poor COW Is dear at any price. but the good COW Is usually not rated at her real value
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
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U HE busy saws in the mahogany
 mill are going day and night
 at this season of the year.
 There are seasons during which
 only one day runs are made, but the strain is on just now, and the ma chinery never stops. During the 24 hours 6O,000 feet of lumber are cut in the mill Month after month the ships come over, at least 20 cargoes a year coming to anchor beside the gunwale. There is no such thing as bringing the logs in ballast They compose the ships entire cargo. A great many ships are devoted to this enterprise, and to them there is no other object in life but to get the logs from the tropical ports and bring them to New Orleans and unload them and go back for more. Ten million feet year of mahogany comes into New Orleans. and is partly manufactured here.
 In Mexico, Honduras and Central America the contractor gives five dol lars for single tree. This is cheap enough. But it is the expense of get ting it out that counts, and that makes mahogany an expensive lumber. It stands deep in the forest in the midst of an almost impenetrable jungle. There are no groves of them-the trees are scattered, perhaps not more than two to an acre. It may be that there is no water course at hand on which the logs may be fioated to the port. The tree has to be located by the hunter" whose business it is to roam through the forest in search of mahogany trees and to blaze way to them. so that they may be found again. Then the workmen must cut their laborious way to the tree, using for the purpose the deadly machete,
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
Teachers Aim In Life.

To help a child to become unselfish. self-reliant, kind, thoughtful. consid- crate, honest and independent; to train to habits of usefulness; to pro mote purity of thought and life; to have even some small part in awaken ing loftier purposes and holier aspi- lrations; to arouse in the minds of boys and girls an honest and sincere hope to be able to some extent to make happier the school. the home the community, the state. the nation, and the world-should be the greatest ambition of every teacher.-Richard c. Barrett
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21

~ IMPENDING across the whole
 N. of the Old World from Morocco H to Manchuria there runs great HA belt of waste-land, a zone of
 country composed for the most part of sandy deserts, only broken here and there by rich fertile valley or an isolated oasis.
 The Sahara, Arabia, Eastern Per sia, Turkestan and Mongolia are the connecting links in this great desert zone. The occurrence of such names at Nafud, which means exhausted" Robi el Khali-'the abode of empti- ness," and Gobi or Shamo-"the void" conveys to the mind only too clearly the character and climate of these regions.
 Of these desert countries Arabia is he least known, and, therefore. the most interesting. Few people realize hat Arabia, the great desert penin- sula, though situated so close to the western world, is still practically ter "a incognita." It is to all intents and purposes a closed country, for few travellers have attempted to penetrate it's deserts, and still fewer have sue ceeded. The center of Arabia has been called "a lions den," and it is certainly easier to get into than to get out of.
 For a quarter of a century Arabia has been passed by and entirely neg lected by explorers. This is. not be- cause Arabia is without interest, or that it is all a hopeless waste of sand, possessing neither inhabitants, trade, nor, history. but simply because it is such difficult country to travel in. On all sides Arabia presents a hostile, forbidding fact to the traveller. Fana- ticism, pirate-haunted coasts, and waterless, robber-infested deserts are
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
Mules Are Money-Makers.

A mule is slave animal Any good mule at two years old Is ready to do considerable work and will from that age on make a profit over and above his feed and expense bill in the value of his labor, and at the same time be growing into a more valuable mule 1ntil four or five years old, at which age he is fairly well matured and win command the top of the market in his age class.
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
Water for Cows.

The late Major Alvord, Chief of the Dairy division of the Department of Agriculture, advised watering dairy cows at least twice and, if possible, three times a day. Cows need much water. The average milch COW re- ouires about s1 pounds of water a day while in milk and 53 pounds while dry. This includes the water in the food. The milch COW wants about seven gallons a day as drink
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
How Good Health Tells.

Poor physical health handicaps many girl workers and prevents the highest development of their powers An anaemic brain produces poorer work than one that is nourished by blood rich in red corpuscles. The dys- peptic girl is irritable, seedy, and out of sorts when all her vitality is called on to make a special effort in her work Nerves" may make all the diff ference between success or failure.
 To keep her health up to a good standard ought to be the aim of every girl who wishes to make something of her life Too many girls allow themselves to drop into poor health, which is so apt to become chronic un- less the tendency is checked at the be ginning. A girl owes a duty to herself to keep fit and well and attend to her digestion, her muscles, her breathing. The habits of breathing properly, chewing the food thoroughly. daily ex- ercises out of doors, are all small mat ters; but one or two rules of daily conduct occasionally broken contrive after time to affect physical health and personality both. Once let a girl make her mind up to cultivate habit of self-development, and she follows these rules almost automatically.
 Each detail may be unimportant in itself, but the sum of them is not They are the points that tell in the making of what should be every girls aim to obtain-health and personality
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
Out of Babes, Mouths.

Mrs. Philip Snowden, the English suffragette, began. at dinner in New York, her reply to a toast on mar riage," with the words:
 l"I once asked little girl if she knew what leisure was
 "'Yes,' she replied Leisure is the place where married people repent
The Holbrook news., 1911-04-21
Sheen and Lambs.

Because sheep have warm coats h does not follow that they can be ex posed to wet and storms.
 If any sheep or lamb Is heard cough. ing, put 1t by itself, and give special care and treatment Find the cause and remove 1t.