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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-09-23
JOHNNY BEHIND THE :
ROCKS DEAD
Familiar EImore County Char
acter Passes Away
Dead Many Times.

Either Herb Blackman's memory
slipped q cog, or there were two John
nies-B Behind the-R Rock News from
Mountain Home a few days ago stated
that he was dead-no doubt Of it this
time. Read the evidence
John McKeown, for nearly 80
wears a resident Of Elmore county, an
swered the last cali at the hospital
here at midnight Wednesday.
Coming to this country many years
ago he took up homestead near Dixie
and lived there until his death. He
fenced the place and accumulated a
few head of stock and some good
horses. His estate is estimated at
about $4,000, $1,000 of this being in
cash in bank, all of which will, in the
absence Of any known Relatives, re-
vert 10 the county.
"McKeown was native of the bog
country of Ireland and came to this
country at least in the early forties,
his naturalization papers having been
taken out at Elmira, n. Y, in 1S48.
"He was a familiar character in
this county, where he was commonly
known as "Johnnie-Behind- the-Rocks"
title acquired by reason of his early
abode being under a massive pile of
rock. Next he built dugout and lat
er a little shack, but reverted TO the
dugout, where he lived in the utmost
filth and squalor. His place was at
one time the point where the stage
kept its horses, and ne has always
sold hay and rented his pastures, but
was never troubled by people wanting
meals. He was honest anG Of a kindly
disposition, always ready to accommo-
date a neignbor by loan of anything
he possessed, and always attended to
his own business and let that of others
alone.
about u years ago a negro, pass
ing through, stopped at Johnnie's
place for a few hours and volunteered
to help load and stack some hay.
While driving to the stacking point
with a load the negro tapped Johnnie
on the head with pitchfork, pitched
him OFF the load, left him as dead and
ransacked the dugout, securing $50.
Campers coming along later found
on his doorstep in a dazed
but able to tell them that
his money was gone The alarm was
given and the negro apprehended the
next day. The fellow was given seven
years in the penitentiary for his
crime.
'Why any human being will spend
his life as did Johnnie Behind-the-
Rocks" is beyond the comprehension
Of normal people He lived alone,
avoided as far as possible by all his
seIlowmen. an object, by reason Of bis
uncleanliness. To he Stunned. His
childhood spent in q wretcher hovel
such as are characteristic Of the boys
from which he came, the last weeks
# his life spent in hospital, were in
an probability the only hours Of clean (
mess that he ever knew. lie was 80
ears old. Would he have lived long
IT had he lived differently ?"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-09-23

,uai;t,, - po;I,,,,s
Frank Carter is assisting Haley &
w ~
Good Concord grapes, fine for Jelly
Juice or eating. At L. Obeimeyer
Miss OnsI Crouch. teacher In fbe
sweet schools took up her work on
Monday.
Mrs. Ida Mumford IS over from
Caldwell visiting her parents. Dir. ana
Mrs. J. w. Cook.
Miss Frances Iandery went to Va7
WICK on Saturday. She win teach
in the schools there.
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Mrs Harry Shropshire, while pick
ING frut Saturday, fell from laddef
and broke a small bone IN her hand.
Don't fail 70 see F. Pbilins Omen
helms great mystery story, "The
Black Box, at the Electric every
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. H s. Jenkins enter
tained coroenial marty Of IA sunday
ar d;rner nartv Mrs JapL;rs Was
assisted nv Miss Meta Edwards in
serving tbree-course dinner
Yopr horses will ba sbod RIGHT at
Pa+erson,s blacksn,i+b sbon All kinds
If machine WORK both Iiob+ and heavy
and sa+isfactorily handed
Wooor ronoir;ro, rao+lv done shon
- foo+ sc MI stroo+ Co., Mo,f;i
10, on,;o,o
James Fanderdasson, who has been
visiting his son Ralph and former En-
NETT neighbors on Smith Prairie for
month, returned home Monday. He
also made trip to the Arrow Rock
Gam while en- route home. he was ac-
companled back by his son Ralph.
Because the Underwood tariff bill
has failed to produce enough revenue
to meet expenses of government. it is
said to be the policy of the admins
-ration TO float a short time bond is
sue and to retain the special war tax
for another year The war tax would
nave expired bv limitation January l.
u @Oou' 'liiee 'HouSSiu unhappy |
ear 'iie iiie-I1'i ioieSSioh neiu ~
ne ueiUSioil' SoSuiu anu uislieii'iil1'
ils'' al ii"'ui i"DOi 49, 'iiei
80 80. = 49, - 80, 80 N-'J"n pa.
us and disastrous series of expert
nents on pigs ana patients it has
Iawned on an enlightened medlcal
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-09-23
BE CHARITABLE

Before we pass judgment upon
another let US stop and think if we
have ever been placed IN cucum-
stances as difficult as his. Not
always can we know his circum-
stances, but often there is enough
apparent upon the surface, if we
would but look for 1t, to make US
check the harsh words that rse to
the tongue.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-09-23
EMMETT NEWS.

Phoenix paints and oils at Reilly's
McGowan Bros. are showing a fresF
and complete line Of cookies.
HI. Fest left Friday for Portland
with a carload Of hogs and returned
Tuesday.
Roger Knee viii leave next week
for Grand Island, Neb., to resume his
studies in the business college there
Charles Cantral, John Carpenter,
John Hargrave and Will Basye left
Monday to hunt big game on Salmon
river.
We have plenty Of coal for all pur-
poses. Try some of our nut coal
fine for summer use. Fruit Growers
Association.
DR.. r. E. Rose severely sprained his
arm yesterday morning while crank
ing his car The blamed thing kicked
like a Missouri mule.
The small home can frequently be
heated by one stove. Get Coles High
Range and both cook and heat. Sold
by Hawkins, Hardware.
Mrs. Bertha Milhollin of Guthrie
county, Iowa, arrived last Thursday to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
w. Reed and other relatives.
Mrs. James Chisholm arrived Sat
urday from LaGrande, Ore, to visit
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Crabtree, and attend the festival
Frank Russell and Thee. Nelson,
who have been working in the hop
fields of Oregon, returned home Sat
urday. They report that the hop crop
is light this year.
H. C. Wilson of the Ford garage
has returned from Boise, where he had
been taking treatment for an liberated
eye, from which he had been a severe
sufferer. He is much improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. J. Phelan came
down from the forest station on Dead
wood creek Friday. Mrs. Phelan and
the children will remain during the
school term. Mr.. Phelan returned to
his. work yesterday.
A familiar face among the teachers
of the city schools is Miss Ella Bre-
shears, who for several years was one
of Emmett's most efficient and popu-
lar teachers. five or six years ago. She
has taken rooms in the home of Eli
Lanktree.
Mrs. A. Wilkes, who with her hus
band, has been located on their ranch
near Rathdrum since last spring, re-
turned Monday and is delighted to
be back in good old Emmett" She
declares she will never wander away
again. Mr.. Wilkes will remain at
Rathdrum until some disposition is
made of the ranch.
George A. Rogers, who lives across
the road from the power plant at
the dam nine miles southeast Of town, +
was very painfully scalded Tuesday .
evening as he was serving supper at .
his place. MIR. Rogers was carrying +
a bucket of hot coffee from the kitch-
en- to the dining room when he slipped .
in some way and fell. A man sitting
by the door threw up his arm to keep /
the bucket from falling on him, and
hit the bucket in such way as to
throw its contents in Mr.. Rogers face.
Dr. Vadney was at once called and
made the sufferer as easy as could be
possible.-Sweet Sentinel.
Place your order now for peach
crates. Denney & Co., Emmett:
Jap-a-lac, all colors, at Reilly's.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-09-23
AVOIDING Temntation.

Cholly = Quick, This way, Here
comes my tailor, Algy-I never knew
You to dodge your tailor before. Chol-
ly-NaaS, but this time have money
and might be tempted to pay him.
New. York Weekly.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-31
AAAAAAA&iAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' 6.00 Sly l And How the Deficiency Was Made Good. }
 By EUGENE A. voeT Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.
By EUGENE A. vocT
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co.

Don't fool yourself! Not every man who Is broke Is unworthy of his man hood.
 It's just the other way with the chap worth while, and Jack Ruford was almost as good, decent and clean a fellow as his sweetheart thought he was.
 Mabel Ainsworth-that's the girl with the unerring judgment-had father when Jack failed In business.
 MT. Ainsworth instituted proceedings with his daughter, Mabel, who loved Jack. broke or whole, and for reasons known only to the feminine mind did not hesitate to say so, MT. Ainsworth tried to reason.
 He was a lawyer in good practice, and his logic was excellent. Mabel re marked that she loved Jack. Her father began to intimate something heavy about filial love, duty, obedience, and so forth.
 Mabel repeated that she loved Jack. The father sought Jack and talked to the young man in manner for which Jack would have knocked the talk out of him had he not been Mabels father.
 Look at thisr' commanded Ruford and thrust, an open letter under the proboscis of his reluctant father-in-law,
 "Well, what Is 1t all about?" asked | Ainsworth after he had read t..e type. written lines.
 'Tt's this." replied Jack. more inpity than in ire. ''The Wetmore Drug com pany of New. York offers me the sole agency for Indiana, Illinois. Missouri and Iowa.
 "Yes. yes" interrupted Mabel's fa- ther, with offensive impatience.
 "Yes, yes-sir-when you talk to me. Mir. Ainsworthr' corrected Jack stern ly. "Yes, yesr' repeated Ainsworth without affirming anything in particu- lar.
 "There you go again" snapped the potential conqueror of the drug trade of four progressive states. "How many times shall have to tell you that it's yes, sir,' to me from you? Please do not forget that again, my dear MT. Ainswcrth. By the way. how much money will 1t take to buy your daugh. ter from you, with your aborigina! ideas Of paternal ownelship?"
 "Not an internal red cent" roared Ainsworth. "Nor yellow million nor stack of greenbacks as high as this postoffice-from you, sir! I'll sir youl Even if you had the ability to make any appreciable part of it, you couldn't have my daughter now for al! the money in the world. sir!'
 "Are you through?" asked Ruford calmly. The lawyer nodded violently. "All right. then" proceeded the young man. "Tm really surprised at you, MT. Ainsworth. And with your legal attainments too. Mabel is of age, You know that, know 1t and she knows 1t. Listen to me! I can walk down this Main street three blocks, turn into Locust and walk four and half more, stop at 416, enter. wait four minutes for a certain young lady to put on her hat and coat. walk out, up Locust one and a half blocks, ring bell, enter house, emerge married. And you know it!'
 q know itr gasped the hapless fa, ther.
 aA man who can do that, MT. Aims worth" proceeded Jack ~unfeelingly, must be handled with care. Let us, than fry kindness"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-31
ROSEMARY THEBY.

In "The Hard Roadr from-a beau tiful woman Miss Rosemary Theby the film star, Is reduced to shiverine bundle asleep on the sidewalk. It is quite difficult to imagine this lovely favorite to be the same as the bedrag gled little body which fades out at the close of the picture.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-31

TTAvE those decrying conviction on H circumstantial evidence gained
 anything in the years the ques- tion. has been agitated7 Does a man to whom felony has been fastened stand a better chance of acquittal now although the preponderance of mute evidence is against him? Suffice 1t to say that even the most eminent stu dents of criminal jurisprudence today will be swayed by circumstantial evi- dence. With such situation as a nu- cleus a melodrama has been worked up in "on the Stroke of Twelve"
 Harry Dunkinson avows that George Ade knew what he was talking about when he wrote "The Fable of the Cold Gray Dawn of the Morning After." :" "Ade must have watched his eharac- ters pretty closely" said Dunkinson, .for when woke up in the morning after my part in the play l had head ache that wouldn't come of, not even with applications of ice water"
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-31

And now comes the news that an. other baby has been named after beau. tiful Rosemary Theby, this time from Dallas, Tex.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-31

Herbert Brenon, the well known pro. ducer of "Neptune's Daughter" "Ivan. hoe," "The Heart of Maryland" and other successes, has written the screen adaptation of "Kreutzer Sonata" in which Nance O'Neil is being starred.
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-31

When "The Perils of Pauline" was started Pearl White was selected for the role of Pauline, and certainly no better selection could have been made. She took chances that very few men would have taken and today has the reputation among movie actors as be- ing the nerviest woman that ever worked in pictures. When the big new serial, the Exploits of Elaine" was first talked of it was early decided that she was entitled to the part of Elaine. Miss White jumped at the chance. Now I can show people that can really act" she is quoted as say ing. 7
The daily Alaskan., 1915-03-31
SCENE FROM ION THE STROKE OF rwELvE.s

Thomas H. Ince's fob is found. He lost it last summer while directing g. scene in .sThe Bargain," A search at the time failed to reveal the ornament but recently MT. Ince went into the canyons to superintend a western dra- ma and by-chance stepped on his long lost trinket
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-20
SCHOOL
LUNCHEONS

The provision of warm luncheons
in school houses Is one of the new
ideas being tried out in many cities.
1t is costly, but the results are no
doubt worth 1t If city can afford 1t.
The subject of luncheons for school
children has long been a problem for
parents. AS towns increase in size,
school houses multiply. Probably a
larger number of children walk home
at noon than formerly, where the
two session plan Is used. They
should be encouraged to do so. A
cold luncheon is depressing ele-
ment in the life of growing child.
Many youngsters have been com.
ing up pale and scrawny from the
lack Of substantial noon meal. II
there are pastry shops and bakeries
near by, parents are apt to give the
children little money for their noon
meal. This may all go for lee cream,
candy, or thin waters. The substan.
tial cold ham sandwich from mothers
pantry was far better.
In the old fashioned country dis
trict school, the school house was apt
to be fairly near the homes and no
large proportion Of the pupils had
to carry their dinner. In these days
Of transportation of pupils and con.
solidation OF schools, great many
cold luncheons are carried. Where
this is being done, It would seem as
II parents at least would want to
subscribe to provide some hot soup
or cocoa, to go with the cold hand
out from the lunch basket.
Children's eating needs close sup
ervision. The hungry boy or girl at
the home dining table will eat plain
bread and butter with avidity and
relish, and II there Is no dessert
there Is little complaint. Give them
10 cents for luncheon, though, and
more than half of It goes for pies
or cakes.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-20
"ShakespeTe As a Social Savior Or"
By Prof. F. R. Arnold

came Mr.. Benson's pet hobby. The
world is becoming more complex and
critical has become degenerate, es-
pecially in Germany, and is to be
brought back to simplicity only by
study of SHAKESPEARE. The world
redeemed by SHAKESPEARE Is the cry
1T is subject on which could bore
You to distraction said Mr.. Benson
as he unfolded to me his favorite
theory that SHAKESPEARE has message
for every man of today, a solution
for every modern problem"
In his conclusion Professor Arnold
states, Through his work as an &C
tor and interpreter and as a manager
of the SHAKESPEARE festivals, F. r.
Benson is helping to bring about the
brotherhood of the English speaking
men,"
Professor Arnold is q frequent con-
tributor to the leading magazines and
newspapers of the country. 1t is
quite common to see his articles in
the Springfield Republican. He had
story In the Christmas News and
also in the Tribune's New Years is
sue. The work in journalism at the
Utah Agricultural College Is under
Professor Arnold and It is interesting
to note that practically every mem
Der of his classes has broken into
print.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-20
THE HOUSEWIFE
AND HER BREAD

The high cost of -four and advance
in price of bread in many places has
started some discussion in the wom'
ems clubs and the homes as 20 whe-
Their women today should make their
own bread or not. To many OF the
older housewives, buying 1t from
the baker or the grocer seems rather
shiftless. In their Industrious creed
and practice the bread board and the
kneading trough lay at the founda'
ton of good housekeeping. A bride
who could not manipulate the rolling
pin should never have been mar
ried.
Many Of the domestic economists
of the present day believe that home
bread making is fast going the way
Of the home curing of meats or grind
ing meal, which scarcely exist today
AS they lock at it, the food manu-
facturer saves enough by buying ma
terials in arge quantities to make
up for the cost OF the labor, so that
the housewife gets little or perhaps
nothing whatever for her laborious
hours in the pantry.
The old style baker often thought
first Of the number of loaves he could
produce out of barrel of flour. The
bakers bread one used to see thus
often had a certain spongy and elias
tic quality. 1t seemed as II the ma
terial had been expanded in some
way, to make 1t seem light, and civ
ing an erroneous impression of the
extent Of its food value.
Good home made bread never con-
veyed this impression, and has Ger
tain firmness that gives a pleasant
feeling of substantial quality.
The greatly increased sale of bread
prepared outside of the home must
have been due to realization by
food producers, that they must please
the public by good eating quality.
The old time home made bread, with
good butter, was very appetizing. A
hungry boy would eat 1t ravenously,
asking no sauces to make it more
toothsome.
During recent years bakers have
been learning from the arts of the
old time housewife and perhaps bet
tering her. A good business Is the
result. Ii the producer makes it
clear that his methods are strictly
he will find all the trade he
wants.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-20
THE CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD

People who receive the Congress.
sional Record, probably have the i'm
preston that recent issues of the
same have been much bulkier than
usual. The last number for the Con
Eress just closed came out March 10,
and 1t was predicted that II would
be the greatest collection of unspok-
en- buncombe ever put out at gov
eminent expense. There have been
protests against printing such a mass
of useless material, never delivered
in debate. But whichever party Is
in power, the abuse seems to grow
worse and worse.
This is the conventional rigma'
role. An obscure member from an
unknown district rises, with trem-
blings in his heart, to deliver a
speech that shall make the stock
markets tremble. Half of the few
members present are buried in the
newspapers or counting sleep. Most
of those would go out were 1t not for
a certain tact understanding.
The blushing statesman is allowed
TO pronounce a few sentences of his
speech on the understanding that
all the rest Is to be printed in the
Congressional Record. Innocent peo
pie imagine these lofty words OF
burning elOquence were delivered In
the hushed assemblage of the ma
tons solons. AS matter of fact
few beside the doorkeepers and new
ly married couples in the gallery
heard 1t.
There is a real need for an account
of the things really said in Congress.
The newspapers probably underesti'
mate the number of people who
would like better account of the
give and take of that body. A great
many brilliant and able things are
said, which intelligent people would
like to read about.
II the Record could be cut down
to the limits of an actual report, and
extracts from books, newspapers,
and political platforms cut out, it
would not cost So much to distribute
it. 1t could be circulated far more
widely, and 1t would be very gener'
ally read, Sometime the ruling pow
ers ought TO have sense enough to
make 1t real report, instead of a
means of fattering the vanity of
such congressman as use 1t for cleo
tioneering.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-20
FRED TURNER

In the death of Fred Turner, Cache
county loses one of her most con-
spi .uous ngues. Whether in public
or private life he possessed charac
teristics that attracted his fellow
man. A stranger looking at a crowd
OF men would always be attracted by
hia countenanCe, and his STEADY
poise, and general bearing, gave him
early recognition among his fellows.
lie was an interesting character, a
thorough student, and never accept
ed a responsibility without first de
Gliding to give 1t the best he had.
His fine qualities were perhaps best
displayed while he was sheriff OF
Cache county An ideal officer, thor
ough in his study OF the duties of
the office, and an artist In the exc
sutton thereof, his fame quickly
spread throughout the state and to
the present day Utah has produced
no better sherifs than Fred Turner.
For years Mr.. Turner was the
guiding hand in The Logan Republi
can. and here as in his other lines
of endeavor, he gave his best efforts.
What success the paper has achieved
is due more or less to the firm foun-
dation he laid and faithful service
rendered. AS a state official in the
Pure Food department he was recog-
nized as one of the most thorough
and competent officials. Here his
loss will be keenly felt.
His family are today receiving the
heartfelt sympathy of an appreciat
i've community, in which The Repub-
lican joins with full measure. Peace
TO his memory.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-20
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There is
only one way to cure deafness. and that is
by constitutional remrl Dep fne.. ia
caused by an inhamed condition Of the Inu-
cous lining OF the Eustachlan Tube. VIII, n
this tube Is inhamed yen have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when II is
enuley closed, Deafness Is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to It's normal condi-
ton hearing Will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by Catarrh
which is nothing but an inhamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
we VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars free
f. j. CHENEY a CO, Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists Tbc
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-03-20
Eastern Business Conditions

business conditions In Chicago and
other eastern cities are picking up.
There is more money available for
big building and producing PROPOSE.
lions, and there is every prospect of
an average year financially. took
great pleasure in boosting fer Utah
at the meeting, and general surprise
and admiration was shown when |
exhibited suit of clothes manufac-
tured in Provo and containing a per
cent Of wool which / purchased at a
price far below what / would have
had to pay for similar suit in Chi
cago. 1t was not thought possible
that a piece of goods containing so
much wool could be manufactured in
Provo at the price mentioned.
Vast interest is being taken in
the west this year and particularly
in the California fairs. This fore casts
a good share Of travel to pass thru
Salt Lake. which will bring w''N It
benefits to the estate IN haaEcial
way"