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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27

on the lyceum work for a number of
years, and understand their audienc-
es better than the newer performers
can, and so being better able to
please them. One of their Stunts"
consists of music on variety of
strange musical instruments collected
from all over the world.
Tickets will be on sale on Monday
afternoon at one o'clock, January 20.
The following are few extracts ta-
ken from the multitude of testimo-
malls concerning the excellence of
the Spaffords' entertainment.
''In reply to your letter will say
that the Spafford Cartoon Entertain
ment was the best number on the
whole course. That number also
made our course a financial success.
"The Spaffords are artists, sculp-
tors, cartoonists etc. of unusual abil
ity. Mr.. Spafford's dramatic power
is on a par with his artistic talent.
Mrs Spafford's clay modelling, land
scape drawing etc. were simply SUI
perb. They were easily the star at
traction in our course"
"The audience was amazed at the
skill with which she moulded hun
dred pounds of sculptor's clay making
life-like faces In one or two minutes.
In spite of the inclement weather the
management said this was the largest
audience of the course, as every
available seat In the auditorium was
filled, and chairs were brought in to
accommodate others"
"1he Spaffords made good here.
They are fine.
"The Spaffords were here Aug. II,
and gave us a splendid entertainment
There were about 5000 people presen
Mr.. Spafford did cartoon work, drew
landscapes and played on instru-
ments from foreign countries. Mrs.
Spafford did clay modelling, carbon
pastels and landscapes. You will
make no mistake in employing them.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27
GRAND VIEW NOTES

Mr.. Hoyer has returned to his home
in the valley after a years absence.
They all return to Grand View, soon
er or later.
Mr.. Griffin of Marcellus, Michigan,
came Tuesday to get acquainted with
this portion of Idaho and work for
a time in the hope that his health
will be benefited by the climate.
The literary society enjoyed the
following program last Saturday even
ing.
Music-Orchestra
Recitation-JacQueling Bennett.
Vocal Solo-Mrs. Spang.
Recitation-Blanch Wallace.
Recitation-Lovell Painter.
Music-Orchestra
Song-School Girls.
The mock trial which was begun
the preceding meeting was taken up
and completed. A. e. Bailey acted
as Judge, Mr.. Hurless as court clerk,
Peter German as court stenographer,
Mr.. Siffert and J. s. vinson, lawyers
for defense, and Fred Nelson, sheriff,
In the case in which John Doe was
tried for horse stealing. The accused
was acquitted.
Twenty or more men are at work
on the Bruneau Dam and expect to
finish there Saturday. Many others
are employed in repairing the canal.
Harry Graham and Mr.. Bennett have
secured the contract for clearing the
upper miles of the canal while Pete
Petersen has contracted for work on
five miles in the lower end OF the
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27

The Volunteer fire Department will
hold their annual election of officers
next Monday evening. The new con-
stitution and bylaws, recently adopt
ed and now in print, of which each
member will get a copy, changes the
election of officers from May to Jan
uary. The meetings hereafter will be
held in the Carnegie Library Club
Rooms, the Library Board giving the
boys that privilege.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27
SHOSHONE FALLS POWER PLANT
TO BE ENLARGED.

Word has been received that the
Great Shoshone & Twin Falls Water
Power company 4 is to at once in
crease the capacity of the Shoshone
Falls power plant to triple its pres
ent size. This power plant now has
capacity of 1000 horsepower. The
new machinery will have capacity
of $500 horsepower, making the total
power available from this source ap-
proximately 1000 horsepower. AS the
present capacity of the Lower Salmon
Falls plant is about $500 horsepower
the company will soon have 10000
horsepower available at the switch
board.
The rapidly growing field for elec-
trio pumping for irrigation during the
summer and electric heating In the
winter Is causing very great demand
for electric energy and the construc-
tion forces of the company are very
busy keeping pace with this demand.
The representatives Of the company
claim that during the coming summer
power will be furnished from these
two plants for driving pumps of suf-
ficient capacity to irrigate over 51,-
OC0 acres of land. Some of the
choicest land in the state can be
watered only by the use of pumping
machinery.
1t would not be commercially pos
sible to heat our stores, offices, hotel
and residences with electricity were
it not for the fact that the same gen
Grating machinery, lines, etc. can be
used for supplying electric heat in
winter that Is used for driving
pumps in the summer.
Neither electric heating nor cleo
tric pumping for irrigation would be
profitable under the rates adopted by
the company II handled alone.
1t is only by the combination of
the two that they are both made pos
sible and profitable.
In order to get the work under way
before the next heating season comes
on the company Is making attractive
rates for electric heat for the balance
of the season. Each year the first
cold snap has brought many to the
company in great hurry to have
heat Immediately installed, and 1t was
thought that great deal of inconven-
ience and annoyance might be avoided
should everyone be prepared for this
emergency and have their installa
tion made.
The very rapid growth Of the sys-
tenn Of the Great Shoshone and Twin
Falls Water Power company is an
indication Of the possibilities of
Southern Idaho. Upon the completion
of the new installation at Shoshone
Falls and the lines at present built
and under construction in all go
miles, this great project belonging to
| the Kuhn Brothers will be the
largest power system in the state of
Idaho.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27
Progressive Club Program.
February 22, 1912.

Paper ... -. ...... Mrs. Dora Hall.
Five minutes discussion
Vocal Duet. .J...... ....... mann.
..... Mesdames Minney and Stoltz
Paper-The Boy and Girl from Sew
en- to Fourteen. Mrs. S. Eckstein.
Five minutes discussion.
Paper-Y Youth-time from Fourteen to
TWenty-one. ...... Mrs. ]. G. Watts.
Five minutes discussion.
Song-Star Spangled Banner. mann.
.......... ........ Members of Club.
Refreshments.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27

Piecemeal the truth about the pur-
chase of the Beet Sugar company's
plant and property is booming known
to the public, and it can be stated
with reasonable accuracy that the
Brady people are now its owners be-
cause of the Hewitt chicanery. AS
nearly as can be learned, oral au-
thority, given at the eleventh hour,
to bid it in, came from the Hewitts,
which afterwards was repudiated,
shamelessly, dishonorasly. 1t was
such trick as no decent man can
overlook or forgive, and in costing the
tricksters hundred thousand dollars
or SO, it serves them exactly right,
the Illuminating spectacle being fur
nished of bunch lifting themselves
by the bootstraps, and getting no.
where.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27
PROPOSAL

Boise, ldanO, january lofu, 1ol1.
Citizens Committee, Mountain Home,
Idaho, Gentlemen:
II the Court confirms the sale OF
the canal system of the Great West
ern Beet Sugar Company, the same
being the property sold under the or
der OF the District Court of Elmore
County, January 5th, 1912, our COM
pany will agree to sell water rights
under the system for the sum of
$4,000 per acre.
The amount of water to be deliver
ed, to be 70 inch per acre, during
the irrigation season. The company
will allow to those who have been de-
creed water rights and have actually
put the same to beneficial use under
the decision of the supreme Court,
$500 per acre credit upon the pur
chase price of such water right But
we will not agree to sell more than
5000 acres of water, until proper sur
veys can be made, showing how much
water can be delivered from this sys
tenn, when properly and substantially
constructed This information will
be secured at the earliest possible
moment consistent with good business
M of dc &c hot &c nA
ditional water rights will be offered
for sale as fast as the water can N4
delivered. III
The terms of sale will cover a pSt
iod of fifteen years, with interest at
the rate of 6 per cent per annum,
interest to begin January 1st, 1913.
Five years time will be allowed for
the first payment of one-tenth of the
purchase price, with per cent in
terest, payable semi-annually. After
five years, one-tenth will become due
each year, making a total time of
final payments of Is years from Jan
uary 1st, 1913. All notes must be Sc
cured by first lien on the land for
which water rights are sold.
My understanding is, at this time
OF making this proposal, that there
is not to exceed 1000 acres of land
upon which water has been put to
entitled to credit of $500 on the
beneficial use and the owners of
same entitled to credit Of $500 on
the payment for the water right. If
this estimate is correct and we should
sell 1000 additional acres of water, al
this time, the company will not agree
to furnish the 1000 acres of addition
al of water this year until it has been
proven, that sufficient water can be
brought down upon the land, without
an unreasonable amount of expense.
In other words, the present users of
water rights must be protected and
water furnished to them, before any
new customers are provided for.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) James H. Brady
Boise, Idaho, January 23rd, 1912.
| Citizens Committee, Mountain Home,
Idaho, Gentlemen In case ! take
over the property as defined in my
proposal of this date there will be NJ
interest charges for the season OF
| 1912 and water rental of $3.50 per
acre will be charged those who are
served with water during the season
of 1912
Respectfully submitted,
| James H. Brady.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27

AS we go to press news comes to
us of the death of Mrs. Benjamin
Potter, which occurred this morning
at her home in the west end. The
funeral will be held Sunday at the
Baptist church, Reverend ]. A.
Ieake officiating. More particulars
next week. F,
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27

"Sign up!" is well-nigh universal
cry upon the streets, which has re-
ference to the Brady water right pro-
posal, and 1t is astonishing and graft
flying to note the alacrity with which
the admonition is needed, serving to
disprove the oft repeated slander that
harmony among Mountain Home water
users is scarcer than zero weather
in the neither region. So general and
immediate has been the response to
the invitation as to suggest the
thought that the merits of the pro-
'poQItion are so readily recognized
the sooner the plan is made
teal the better will 1t please
lfibers tSssthe Brady conditions.
now plans for season of active
Sle 34oyment for large numbers OF men
seem to be engaging the thought OF
many grown restive under enforced
idleness. 1t looks good.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27
"SICN UP" IS THE SLOGAN OF
WATER USERS
The Proposition As Submitted By The Bredy
People Is Meeting With Unqualified
Approval.

tiOn which Is theirs by right of nat
ural selection. The proposition Of
hope deferred, 1t Is believed, will
no longer burden the listener to the
Oldest inhabitant, rather the oldest
inhabita will carol a joyous lay OF
safely harbored argosies SO long be-
lieved to be wrecked at sea.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27

1t is looked upon as certain that
spring will witness the beginning OF
an era of bona fide development and
upon a scale and scope which prom
ise to place Mountain Home and
the country lying adjacent in posi-.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-01-27

CONTINUED on page g.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-15

may write any of these men at the
College of Agriculture, Columbia,
Mo-, and they will be glad to send
any literature available, also your
inquiries will receive their personal
attention.
Mr.. Chas P. Light and Mr.. B. H.
Burrell of Washington. D. c.. the
former Field Secretary for The
American Association for Highway
Improvement and the latter man is
in the same work. They accom-
panied the train and discussed the
subject of roads generally but es-
pecially the value of organized eff
fort on the part of local people. Mr..
Light has organized during the past
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-15

year 200 local county road associa-
tons operating on a working plan;
pecial stress being given on the
improvement of dirt roads as we al
ready have them. In their state
ments they bring out the fact that
the ordinary dirt road can be kept
up with drag and in good condi-
ton for SIP per mile per anum, al
lowing a man and team Soc per
hour. The Association standing first
for efficient management of local
road affairs and the elimination of
politics from them.
The train is supplied by the M.
X. & 7. railway and the speakers,
with the exception of Mr.. Light and
Mr.. Burrell, are from the UNIVERSE
ty of Missouri, its College of Agri-
culture and the State Board of
Agriculture.
The Railroad Officials accompan-
ing the train are Mr.. R. w. Hocka-
day, Industrial Commissioner. St.
Louis; A. c. Miner, Travelling Pas
sengcr Agent, Sedalia; L. w. Mosher,
Commercial Agent, Sedalia; L. T.
Fowler, Contracting Agent, Sedalia
Mr. j. M. Gayle, Asst. Superintend-
ent, Sedalia.
Putting on this train has cost the
railroad considerable time and mon.
ey and is a very commemorate act
They are not doing this as a matter
of philanthropy but see in it a bust
ness proposition because lettering
agricultural conditions means more
work for them and to this end they
are striving.
! A larger crowd would have beer
expected under more ideal Weathe
conditions but vast amount of in
terest was shown by all those wht
were able to get out and the STOP
here is to be considered a success
in every way.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-15
Awful Suspicion.

Freddie had been sick for some
time and when his father came into
the room to see how he was the
younester surprised him by his
questions.
why do you ask if | owe the
doctor anything?" inquired his
father.
Because" replied Freddie. the
medicine he's been giving me late
ly is something fierce, and think
he's taking it out on me" judge.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-15

with a large spacious barrel and
with light forequarters and neck.
In other words, it is evident that
good dairy COW must not be one
that lays on flesh but one that
transforms her feed into milk and
for such work has large digestive
system to take care of that feed
This COW of good type has a daugh-
ter which produced 10000 pounds
of milk in year; granddaughter
that produced 1900 pounds of
milk in the same time and a great
granddaughter that produced 5000
pounds of milk when two and one
half years old.
DR.. j. C. Written aud Mr.. R. H.
Emerson talked to the school chill
dren on fundamentals of Agricul-
ture that can be practiced in our
public schools. The work and meth
cd of testing as explained by Mr..
Emerson makes it clear that every
farmer should test all his seeds for
their purity and germinability for
it can be done cheaply by his boy
or girl and is the only sure method
that any one has of getting seed of
good vitality. DR.. Written in his
talk explained the object and meth
DDS of pruning fruit trees, told in
brief way how they should be han
died and pointed out the significance
of their being kept in well fertilized
soil. He also mentioned a few of
the simpler diseases and insect en-
emies of fruit trees and how to
combat them; and pointed out how
! fruit buds on dormant trees can be
distinguished from leaf buds
S. M. Jordon talked on corn and
| forage crops and brought out sever
al facts that should set the farmer
thinking as to his methods of seed
selection, the handling of his crops
and importance of rotations. He
also gave word of warning to
farmers concerning the condition
of their seed corn for the coming
Spring, for scarcity of good sound
seed prevails over the State this
year and it is a wise farmer that
now has seed upon which he can
rely.
Prof M. F. Miller spoke on soil
fertility. the methods of preserving
this fertility and the preparation
of seed bed for different crops. To
90 into detail and given everything
even in summed up article would
require too much space and we
have given here only brief part
of what went on at the train, but
anyone wishing to know further
about any one of these subjects
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-15
Agricultural Train.

The Katy Agricultural Special ar
rived as per schedule on Saturday
. and was met by fair crowd consld-
eSing the time of the day. Lectur-
. ers on the train and their subjects
were DR.. J. C. Written. Horticulture;
Prof. M F. Miller, Soil Fertility; Mr..
P. M. Brandt, Dairying; Mr.. R. H.
! Emerson. Talks TO Children; S. M.
Jordan, Corn Production and Forage
Crops; T. C. Wilson. Secretary, Mis-
souri, State Board of Agriculture;
Dean F. M. Mumford, Live Stock
and The College of Agriculture; Prof.
E. A. TroworidGe, Live Stock and
Feeding; Chas P Light and B. H.
Burrel of Washington, D. G., on
Highway Improvement.
The lectures were given in the
coaches of the train. except where
demonstrations of stock judging
were given, then the crowd was
taken to the rear of the train where
the animals were taken out on
fiat car for demonstration. The
train carried six head of cattle and
four head of sheep. The herd Of
cattle consisted of "Disputer," cham
pion calf at the Information Live
Stock Show at Chicago last year.
He now weighs 1850 pounds at
about a year old. A feeder steer Of
excellent type is also carried and
shown in excellent contrast to a
poor feeder steer The difference
in these two animals is that of type
only for each was the same age and
received the same care. The one
of excellent type weighs something
like $50 pounds and that of the
poor feeder type $50 pounds. The
better steer will sell for $525 per
hundred while the one of inferior
grade will sell for only about $3.50
per hundred, Thus the. valuation
of a knowledge of the feeder type
was shown to striking degree.
Another striking example of what
type and conformation means to a
stockman was brought out by show
ing of two Holstein Cows. One of
these cows with type conforming
more to tendency to lay on flesh
produced only 5000 pounds milk in
nine months, or 625 gallons. This
COW was heavy through the should
ers, had small udder and was of
poor quality. Another COW which
produced 10000 pounds milk in one
year, or over 1000 gallons in year,
when eleven years old, showed a
very different type 1t was one of
refinement. quality. large and web
proportional udder, lean as to flesh,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-15
HAIR HEALTH
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When we promise your money
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We do not ask you to obligate your
self in any way.
We could not afford to so strong
ly endorse Rexall "93" Hair Tonic
and continue to sell it as we do, if
it did not do all we claim Should
our enthusiasm carry us away, and
Rexall "93" Hair Tonic not give en-
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would lose faith in US and our state
ments, and in consequence our bus
mess prestige would suffer
Therefore, when we assure you
that Rexall "93" Hair Tonic will
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I We honestly believe that Rexall
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1t comes in two sizes, prices SO
cents and $1.00. Remember, you
can obtain it only at our store
The Rexall Store. L. M. Wood,
Druggist.
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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1912-02-15

NJ. P. Rice, a prominent attorney
of Lewiston, ILL.,, was visiting his
friend. W. T. Youell, in this city last
week. Mr.. Rice is a staunch Dem
ocrat and a member of the Illinois
legislature from Fulton county. This
county is usually Republican by
1900 majority but owing to Mr..
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abled to overcome this majority at
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