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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
Reptiles Had Chins Like Humans.

Oddly enough, aid for some reason
ute unexplained. the nearest resem
lance to the human chin is found /,
ONE of the most ancient reptiles ye
isc9vered- strange and primitiv,
FEATURES whose iemains have bee.
nearthed on the shores Of the north
IN Dwina. 1t is not to be imagine
nat they could talk, for they lad Il,
rains to speak Of Their chins, whic'
re strikingly humanlike must hav
cen meant by nature for some entir,
y different purpose.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

years of age, of three that were over
5000, and of one that was $3.50.
In the days of the Trojan war and
of the exodus of the Hebrews from
Egypt this oldest tree was sturdy
sapling, with stiff, prickly foliage like
that of a cedar, but far more COM
pressed. 1t was doubtless grace
full, sharply conical tree, 20 or 80 feet
high, with dense, horizontal branches,
the lower ones of which swept the
ground. Like the young trees of to-
day, the ancient sequoia and the
clump of trees of similar age which
grew close to it must have been a
charming adornment of the landscape.
By the time of Marathon the trees
had lost the hard, sharp lines of
youth, and were thoroughly mature
The lower branches had disappeared,
up to a height of hundred feet or
more the giant trunks were disclosed
as bare, reddish columns covered with
soft bark six inches or foot in thick
ness; the upper branches had ac-
quired slightly dropping aspect; and
the spiny foliage, far removed from
the ground, had assumed a graceful,
rounded appearance. Then for cen
turtles, through the days of Rome, the
Dark Ages and all the period of the
growth of European civilization, the
ancient giants preserved the same ap-
pearance, strong and solid, but with
strangely attractive, approachable
quality"
| The Sequoias are found scattered
all over the park, which has an area
of 161 ,597 acres, but the greater trees
| are gathered in 13 groups of many
acres each, where they grow close to-
gether.
The following is a list of few OF
the principal trees, with their names,
height, and diameter:
Giant Forest Grove.
General Sherman, height, 279.9 feet;
diameter, 1855 feet.
Abraham Lincoln, height, 27O feet
diameter, 81 feet.
William Mckinley, height, POI feet;
diameter. 2S feet.
Muir Grove.
Dalton, height, 1872 feet; diameter
q feet.
Garfield Grove.
California, height, 26O feet diam
eter, 80 feet.
General Grant Grove.
General Grant, height, 264 feet;
diameter. 35 feet.
George Washington, height, 255
feet diameter, 29 feet.
The General Sherman tree was dis
covered by James Wolverton, hunt.
err and trapper, on August 7, 1879. at
which time he named the tree In
honor Of General Sherman. under
whom he had served during the war
Home Of the Golden Trout.
The general country is one OF the
most beautiful in America, Astounding
in splendid streams. noble valleys,
striking ridges. and towering noun.
| tains. Some of the best trout fishing
in the world is found here. The park
is the home of the celebrated golden
trout, which is found nowhere else In
such perfection of color.
Those mountains and valleys form
literally one of the most available
pleasure spots on the continent. 1t is
easily travelled and abounds in fine
camping grounds. The water is drink.
able in all the streams. Aside from
the sequoias the largest. oldest. tall
est and most valuable forest trees are
| found here There are forests of nine
fir, cedar and many deciduous trees
that are fairly royal. There are many
shrubs, wild flowers, ferns and MOSES
of wonderful luxuriance and beauty
| II is park of birds.
| 49, - l.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
A Good Start.

A certain nobleman, talking to an
American friend about the antiquity
of his family, was told roughly that
he was "a mere mushroom"
How is that" he asked indig-
Rantly.
Why" said the other, when | was
in Wales a pedigree of particular
family was shown to me which filled
more than five large parchment skins,
a,.d near the middle of it was a note
in the margin, About this time the
world was created. Tit Bits.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
Breaking the Sabbath.

Bridget-The new neighbors want to
cut their grass, mum, and they sent
over to ask the loan of your lawn
mower.
Mistress-Lend them our lawn now
er to cut grass on the Sabbath! Ger
tainly not, Tell them. Bridget, that
we haven't one.-Boston Transcript
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
A Square Deal.

When the jury in a western court
found the accused guilty of the crime
charged the prisoner rose in the dock
and dramatically exclaimed:
May heaven strike me dead if | am
guilty."
The judge waited a few minutes, and
then said:
Prisoner at the bar, since Provi-
dence has not seen At to interfere, the
sentence of the court will now be pro-
nounced."-N. Y. Times.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

general educational value will be ac
hered to during the first year. tn
work for the sophomore term will II
clude studies OF corporation finance
banking. bookkeeping and economics
The final two years are to be devote
almost exclusively to work alonl
strictly technical lines. with supple
mentary study in research problem,
in the laboratory.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

Students in the college of arts and
pure science of New York university
no longer will be obliged to confine
their endeavors to purely academic
and nonprofessional studies Accord.
ing to plans contemplated for the col
legiate year beginning this month. a
four-year course in commercial train
ing will be offered as a distinct de-
partment OF the university college.
which is at the University Heights
division OF the university. While the
regular study of prescribed subjects Of
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
His Choice.

They were gathering apples to
gether-the little blonde and the big
athlete.
Are you not fond of golden
sweets?" she asked in a summer va
cationy way
"Oh, yes, in the summer time" he
replied, but he quickly added: My
strong preference is for fall pippins.'
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

How do you happen to be in pris-
on?"
1T is the result of an accident
you ran over someone with your
auto?"
mo, ma'am. ! fell over a chair
house. Houston Post
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
Value OF Draft Mares

A well-matched pair of purebred
draft mares ought to be worth. in
spite OF the autos $1,000 apiece and
properly bred stations will bring even
more than this.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

He (soulfulIy) Don't you often
sigh for the wings of bird, Miss
Charmer
She idedly)-lndeed | do!
need some trimming for a new hat
badlyi-Life.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
NJ after of lime.

"D'you always tip the boy so hand
lonely when your wife wires Re
urning tomorrow"
"Always-when she had originally
Intended to return totEy."-London
.pinion.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
Inside Information.

Uncle, why did you never marry?'
Il never found girl who would
have me?"
Uncle, somebody's been fooline
you. Our sex isn't that PARTICULAR
Detroit Free Press.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05
Most Poisonous Weed.

Wild parsnip or water hemlock is
one Of the most deadly poisonous
plants that grow in the helds or open
range country.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

Nothing makes man feel SO .Ippor
tant as his ability to answer the ques
lions OF a small boy.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

Fine Ration for Hogs.
Oats make a fine ration for hogs
but as a rule thew are too expensive
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

Iowa's bee industry has a va'oe o.
$i.500,000 a year.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-11-05

HE Sequoia National park is
twenty-four years old, yet,
east Of the Rockies, it is
scarcely known. Yellowstone
and Yosemite arc tho only
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
Frozen Food for Nerves,

Whereas once upon a time ices
talthough not ice) were considered un.
suitable for invalids, some doctors
have now decided that they supply
a needed stimulant in cases of nerv-
Gus breakdown and have tonic virtues
Of their own in certain fever cases.
But the frozen dainties should be
carefully prepared and contain only
the finest ingredients, and it should
De impressed on the invalid that he
or she should eat of the ice creams,
etc, only very slowly, in small sips
from the end of teaspoon, and, need
less to say, with the express permits
sion of the physician.
The most wholesome of drinks is
grapefruit juice squeezed into aer-
ated water and iced. Frozen eggnog
and frozen custards have their vir-
tues, but are not so palatable as cream
ices, which likewise afford a good deal
of nourishment.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
Before the DAYS of Steam.

Ninety-six years ago the people of
Pittsburgh and Birmingham were re-
joicing over the completion of prepare.
tons for the opening of a bridge across
the Monongahela at Smithfield street
by the election of gatekeeper and fix.
ing of rate Of tolls. Foot passengers
we're to pay two cents, vehicles with
four wheels and six horses 62A cents,
two-horse vehicles, rs cents, one-horse
vehicles, 20 cents, horse and rider six
cents, horse alone six cents, cattle
three cents, and sheep two cents. A
bill had been enacted by the legisla'
ture in 1910 for the erection of bridges
across the Monongahela and the Alleg-
heny The war of 1912 interviewed and
it was not until 1916 that the bill was
re-enacted and the governor author
lied to hold 1000 shares of stock in
each bridge for the state Work on the
construction was begun in June, 1918
The cost Of the bridge was $4,000.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
WERE MEN, AND GENTLEMEN
cowpunchers Of the Old West Have
Been Rightly Depicted In the
Pages of Romance.

"The old West" says Edgar Beecher
bronson, author of "The Vanguard,
was just as romantic in real life as
it appears in fiction. Possibly 1t Is the
only case OF romance standing the test
of ones being actually on the spot.
And the cowpunchers were gallant as
courtiers.
There is a story Of the Cheyenne
coach when a man. a gentleman he
called himself, from big Eastern city,
got exceedingly drunk and started to
annoy girl school-teacher who was
going out to the school,
"a cowpuncher who was the only
other passenger on the coach, prompt
ly showed a gun in his face and made
him behave himself. Living out there
in the open, the only good women they
could remember were their mothers
and sisters, and that's what good wom-
en- represented to them always. So
some of the Western fiction isn't too
romantic, after ALL"
Mr., Bronson may be regarded as an
authority on the matter, for he was a
working ranchman for IA years.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
COMING SURE.

Richards & Pringle's famous Geor
gia Ministries, which come to the
Standard Theatre on Saturday, Feb
ruary 9th promise the best show that
they have ever brought here, and that
is prom sing much, for this well-known
company has been coming here for
years, and has never disappointed.
They have always brought a show alb
soutely clean and meritorious.
This season they bring a large COM
pany headed by Clarence Powell,
Tom While, Bonnie Sparrow, Whit
ney Viney, Arthur Wright, Dave
Smith and eight other well-known
comedians.
The vaudeville portion of the pro-
gram has received unusual attention.
and will surprise. Fred Simpson has
charge OF the band, consisting of
twenty-five musicians, and they will
be heard upon the principal streets
at noon.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
Historic Painting Spell.

Prince Oscar, the kaisers fifth son
who has just returned to duty with the
German army, left the fighting line
after an engagement in which he saw
the officers about him slaughtered by
Turcos and himself collapsed from
what has been pronounced a severe at.
tack of heart trouble. In the Mexican
war Brig. Gen. Franklin Pierce of New
Hampshire tainted while in action
from the pain of an injury sustained
VIXEN his horse fell on him. This in
unmanly fainting at a
time when other people were getting
used numerically to make
Pierce a target for ridicule In later
years when he ran for the presidency
Hartford Times.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
w. c. GREGORY,
Secretary.
MOST NATURAL OF QUERIES
Was Ever Made Was, as It
Good to Eat2"

In Farm and Fireside Herbert
Quick, editor of that publication,
writes an editorial in which he brought
out many interesting facts as to the
use of various meats as food. Follow
ing is an interesting extract from his
article:
Whenever we boys found anything
animal, vegetable or mineral--almost
which looked not absolutely repul-
sive, our first query always was, Is it
good to eat?'
That Is the oldest question in the
world. Every animal asks it dozen
times a day, and let's sight and smell
answer it. Now that war is making a
worldwide scarcity, is it good to eat?'
becomes a worldwide question for the
human beast.
Take the whale, for instance We
have been wasting the meat of the
whale all the many years during which
we have been slaughtering this largest
of mammals. Why? The whale is
swimming beast which suckles its
young and lives on clean food. Now
there is a movement on foot to begin
the canning of whale beef, to be sold
at low price to those who have the
open-rfindedness and strength of pal.
ate to tackle it.
I'm Japan the meat of a red dog is a
great delicacy, and dogs of other col
ors are preferred to beef, mutton or
poultry. Pork is looked upon by the
Japanese with much the same lack of
appetite with which we regard the
meat Of the dog or horse.
Horse beef was not eaten in France
until after the great siege of 1871.
Now 1t is a regular article of com.
MERGE"
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
RETAINED FAITH IN GHOSTS
Englishman Of High Position One OF
the Few Who Believed In Such
Visltations.

Robert H. Benson, whose death Is re.
corded, was one of the few remaining
men of high intelligence and education
who believed in the old-fashioned
ghost. 1t may have been his opposi-
ton to modernism, leading him to re-
nounce the faith of his father, the arch
bishop of Canterbury, in favor OF
Catholicism, that impelled his prefer,
ence for haunted houses of the old
style, with malignant apparitions
tramping on the stairs and clanking
chains in the deep watches OF the
night, and dissipating themselves in
revelries that include groans, means
and the passing of cold fingers across
the throats of uneasy sleepers. The
manifestations" of Professor Hyslop
and his mediums were not at all Mgr
Benson's ghosts. And he had moth
ing in common with Sir Oliver Lodges
hope of establishing intercourse with
disembodied spirits across the ether,
or with Henri Bergson's elaborate te,
lepathic arguments.
But he was willing to consider theo-
ries of ghostly visitations that would
not impair the old-fashioned concep
ton. A ghost might, for example, be
the effect of some violent emotion
which, like an aroma, still fingers
round the scene of its original genera
ion and penetrates the consciousness
/ visitors, Or it might be the astral
1ody" believed in by the theosephists.
scientific help was not needed to &C
cunt for ghosts in these ways, and
psychologists were dispensed with, ex-
apting when they yielded to Hamlet's
II Macbeth's conceptions. Those con-
aeptions are in fact, more comfortable
and satisfying than the scientific spec
ulations of the modern "highbrows. -
New York Times.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
CRYSTAL THEATRE
Program For Week
Monday, February I,

Monday, February l.,
Vita. Drama The Butterfly" 2
parts.
Telegraph Comedy. Getting the
Sack" A regular rip reel.
Tuesday February
Million Dollarr Mystery episode
No. 10, reels.
Bio. Comedy, Getting the sack"
A regular rip reel
Wed. and Thurs. Feb. 3 and :
Vita. Comedy. Miss Tomboy and
Freckles, l reel
Lubin, Drama, 'The marriage Wa
ger, 2 reels.
Thursday, February a
"St. Elmo" Big 6 reel Dramatic
Product ton. 10 and 20 cents.
Friday and Saturday, Feb Sc
Kelem Comedy. Lizzie, the Life
Saver l reel.
Vita. Drama Leila, the Rat, reel.
Selg, Drama, Hearst Selig News
Pictorial 1 reel.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS MEET
ING.

Notice is hereby given that the
regular annual stockholders meeting
of the Mountain Home Cooperative
Irrigation Company of Mountain Home
Idaho, will hold at the office of the
Company in the town of Mountain
Home Idaho, ON Monday, the Fiji
teenth day of February, 1915, at the
hour of IL o'clock noon of said day.
The Fifteenth day of february being
the third Monday i'm February 1915,
at which said meeting all stockholders
OF said corporation are requested to
be present in person or by proxy.
The said meeting is called for
the purpose of electing board of
Directors for said corporation and for
the transaction of such other business
as may come before said meeting.
Dated this 3rd day of February,
1915.
w G. GRENIORY
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Extensive repairs are being made
on the Evans hotel building by Mr..
Mellen who aims to remodel the
building i'm every particular and is
installing a furnace which lis ex.
pected to be in running order by
March first. When completed this
popular hosiery win be modern i'm
every detail and provide every COM
fort for the travelling public.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

For sale-Five room house, lot and
furniture; located at Glenns Ferry;
main street; corner lot; consideration
$1,000; worth $4,000. Must sell i'm
Lrder TO place my son, who is in
Jhe state hc spital, in a private insti-
tuition. Mrs. Matte Roberts.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

George Manning, the genial repre-
sentative of the Idaho Statesman, wa
CALLING ON subscribers in this city
Thursday. Readers of the States
nan are always ready with the glad
hand for Mr. Manning and willingly
dig up for their subscription.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Mrs. l.. B. Green, chairman of the
Legislative department of the Idaho
of Women's Clubs, is at
tending sessi ems of the legislature this
week in Boise, in the interests of
bills that have been endorsed and
by the Federation.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Mrs. Maroni Johnson was on the
sick list the first of the week, suffer.
ing from ptomaine poison supposed
y caused by eating salad containing
canned salmon, at the feast of the
Rebakkas.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Mr.. and Mrs S. p. Noble and Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Dryden returned
by way of Mountain Home Tuesday
to their home in Bruneau from Cald-
we'll where they attended the funeral
OF Mrs. Thomas Dryden Senior who
died recently i'm a sanitariium in
Portland.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

A small blaze in the paper parti.
ION at the TURNER home. caused the
fire alarm Monday morning and call d
out the department. No damage re-
suited while the boys gained some
healthy exercise.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Miss Myrtle MoDonough and broth
err David, drove In from Castle Greek
Thursday and after a visit OF a few
days with their cousins at the Evans
Hotel will continue to Boise for a
business visit.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

The big shoe sale at Pearson 8
!Cses today alter a successful two
eeas lively bushes in which Mr..
PEARSON has been assisted by Albert
White.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

H. H. Miller, Paul Carlysle and
The latter's sister, Mrs. E. Verbeck
drove over from Bruneau Friday eve
ming and were guests at Mrs. Pink
SONS till Sunday when Mr.. Miller
md Mrs. Verbeck returned to Bru--
neau while Mr. Canlysle made a trip
to Arco, returning Friday.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30
CATHOLIC CHURCH

Regular services will be held on
every first and thild Sunday of the
month.
Mass at ten o'clock, Sunday schoo
at three O'Clock.
Benedlctlon at 7:30.
Rev. f. l.. Lobell, Pastor.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

A good place to spend your even
ngs is the Crystal Theatre. Good
lean comedies, dramas and educa-
tionals, and beginning this week,
pictorial weeklies.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Wheat land for sale or exchange. No
irrigation, water can be had fun paid
up right for $3.50 per acre. A num-
Der of farmers produced 40 bushels
of wheat last year. Price $500 per
acre. Improved land irrigated about
the same price. Box 265 or see
me at house. r. w. Edwards.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

The management of the Crystal
announces that beginning with EST.
Elmo" February 4th there win be
shown every 2 weeks a big special
feature. Following st. Elmo are:
February 18th walls of Jerico,"
March Bird 1.-The Idler" and others
just asl strong.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Mr.. Charles Shedden and Mrs
,arah Sheddem OF Rock Springs, Wy.
IN ng. brother and mother of Mrs
}. e. Mason are visiting her i'm
Mountain Home.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Mrs. La Brier who has been a
guest since THANKSGIVING at the home
OF her mother, Mrs T. e. baltimore
is in Boise this week for medical
treatment for her ears.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

MIR. and Mrs Goodall who were
guests for two weeks at the home of
Mr.. Goodall's brother, j. A. in this
city, returned Saturday to their
home in st. Paul, Minnesota.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

H. A. Halvorsen left Friday NOR
ing for eastern cities to select the
spring and summer stock for the
Montgomery Bunk big department
store.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

A sheepman in the employ of the
Florence Live Stock company ran
amuck with a Large carving knife
Thursday and was taken before Judge
Norell who fined him SIS and costs.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Don't forget the big bill at the
CrJ s,al Thursday night, February 4th
st. Elmo" with am all star cast and
nigh priced stage settings and seen
c effects. Six big reels of clean,
wholesome drama. First show 7:30.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Sheppard Morgan went to Boise
Friday evening to attend meeting Ct
the cattle men, which was called to
consider proposed legislation affect
ing the stockmen.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

John Bonecher, who recently moved
here from Ogden and purchased a
piece of land three miles east of
town, returned this week to Ogden
and will bring back number of
milk cows with the intention of en-
gaging In butter making and dairy
business.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

Miss Lois Swan has been taking a
rest tbs week while the school
building att Reverse, where she
teaches, has been undergoing needed
repairs.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1915-01-30

A. M. Bennett, Frank Ross and
John Benham, prominent residents of
Bruneau, were business visitors in
Mountain Home Tuesday,.