Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-12
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Mrs. e. J. Colthorp is spending tn
week visiting in Boise.
FOR RENT-Two coy rooms, on
and one-half blocks from the pos
office. Phone SO
FOR SALE-Thrty pure bred But
Orpington hens VIII sell cheap
taken at once. Mrs. d. Bruneau.
Mrs. Mary Latimer left Tuesday 10
Syracuse, New York, for thre
months visit with home folks.
l.. l.. Waller came in from Bois'
Wednesday. called here by the deaf
Of his daughter, Mrs. Riley Turner
E. F. Atwater of Meridian. one o
the largest producers of honey in Ida
no, was i'm Mountain Home Thursday
Il. M. Booth, engineer for thu
state highway commission, came 10
Thursday evening from Boise to at
tend the good roads meeting.
b. Il. Tuck, who arrived from Cali
fornia last fall, and located ON tht
Harvey place west Of town, LEFT
Thursday evening for Roberts, Mon
tana, where he has extensive farm
ing interests to look after. Mrs
Tuck left a few days previous.
III. Hall, an adjuster for fire insur
ance companies. was in Mountain
Home Thursday on his way to Ham
mett TO adjust the loss sustained by
the MedbHy Mercantile Co. In the
fire which destroyed its stock Of
merchandise last week.
Flood waters have compelled the
irrigation company to temporary aban-
don their offices at the fair grounds
farm, and and Office has been estab.
ilshed in the front part of the Re
publican office. where those having
business with the company may find
Its officials until such time as the
spring floods no longer menace.
The good roads meeting Thursday
night was held at am opportune
time. The necessity for roads that
will not be affected seriously by a
spring breakup was never more ap-
parent than now. The almost i'm
passable condition OF the roads and
the high water prevented farmers
from attending the meeting.
VIM. Pickrell, a FORMER well-known
resident of Mountain Home, was
attending to business matters here
Saturday. MIR. Pickrell was recently
appointed receiver OF the Russell 4
LIANT stock of merchandise at Glenns
Ferry and is winding up the business
of that concern This is the store for
merly owned by w. T. Orr.
A gentleman seeking a location for
a moving picture house has been in
town this week looking the Mountain
Home field over. The town has, In
times past, had four different amuse-
ment places of this kind and but one
survives. The impression prevails
that there is room for but one good
show house.
John r. Jones, accompanied by
Mrs. Jones, stopped in Mountain
Home Friday while ON their sway to
Boise. MIR. Jones last week dis
posed OF his interest in the Ameri-
can Falls Press, with which he has
been associated the past three years,
and he is nov looking for another To-
cation In which to again engage In
the newspaper business.
H. M. Broadbent, head of the Ham
NETT schools, was in town Monday
evening, bringing the information that
Medbury valley has the appearance Of
a lake since the thaw set I'm. Sailor
creek, which drains great portion
of that vast section of territory be-
tween Snake river and the Owyhee
range, lis now roaming torrent and
Its muddy stream has such volume
and impetus as to shoot half way
across the Snake before mixing with
the waters of that river.