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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-03

pense of such improvements, and the
total issue shall not exceed S1O430
less the assessments so paid.
Section 10. There shall be plainly
written, printed. or engraved upon
the face of such bond issued under
the provisions and authority of this
ordinance the following; "The holder
of any bond issued under the authori-
ty Of Chapter so, Session Laws OF
1911 of the State of Idaho shall have
no claim therefor against the city,
town or Village by which the same
lis issued in any event, except fci the
collection of the special assessment
made for the work of improvement
for which said bond was isused, but
this remedy, in case of non-payment.
shah be confined to the enforcement
of such assessment
Attest. Approved:
F. G. Ticknor, Stanton Park,
Clerk. Chairman.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-03

to work a long time on the ark. II
was uphill business, too, at best, to
90 on sweating and toiling day after
day toiling under the hot sun, out
there on the dry land, while the ham
mer and anvil club sat around spit
ting tobacco juice on his boards,
whiting up his soft pine with old
jacknVes and telling him what fool
he was to expect big rain in
country that was too dry to grow al
falfa. But he kept at it. Finally the
flood came and every mothers son
of the croakers was drowned This
IS the only instance We know of,
aither in sacred or profane history
where the knocker got Just what was
coming to him.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-03
HAY WILL GO HIGHER
w. G. schoItz Predicts Excellent Mar
ket-Advises not to Contract.

Boise. May 23.-To the hay grower
of Idaho. Reports are reaching bhls
office that certain sheep interests
are already beginning to make con-
tracts with growers for the 1916 al
falfa crop, at prices which show that
the sellers are ignorant of the real
value of their product. This state
ment is not made in criticism OF The
sheepmen as they are not to be
blamed for buying as cheaply as they
can. Just so they do not Wilfully mis-
represent market conditions 10 the
grover. The farmer ii placed IN
the same position, would unhesitat-
ingly drive an equally close bargain.
This department desires, however, toI
assist the growers in securing a
more equitable price for their hay
this season than most OF them s cured
Last year.
The thousands of acres OF alfalfa
land that was ploWed up last year
and put into grain, combined with
the great reduction in yield through i
water shortage, resulted in hay
market condition that sent prices in
the Pacific northwest last fall and
winter up 10 figures that caused
much regret to those growers who
nolisnly contracted their tonnage
earlier in the season al Sc, 50 and
even 81 per ton. This office last
season received orders for many hum
as oil tons of alfalfa at $12 and
$15 per ton on board cars, much OF
which 1T was found impossible to
supply; and although we of course
cannot at this time predict what the
market will be the coming fall, the In
dications are all very favorable to
the grower
A survey of the field is at present
being made, ana uipll CHlS IL COln-
pleted all growers are urged to
make no contracts with feeders or
speculative buyers.
While 1t is not the desire of this
department in any way to "holdup"
The sheepmen through unjustified in
ilation OF priels, it must surely be
by all fair-minded persons
hat the hay growers as whole have
lot had their share of the benefits
brought about by recent market con
Litions.
w. G. SCHULTZ,
State Director of Farm Markets.
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of such improvements or to more
than $10430, which aggregate amount
shall not include the interest cou-
pons attached to said bonds.
Section A. Said bonds shall be
dated the first day of January, A. D.
1916, and shall become due and pay
able ten years from date, but the
right is expressly reserved by the
Village of Mountain Home to redeem
said bonds, or any number thereof,
at any time after one year from their
date
Section s. Said bonds shall bear
interest from their date at the rate
of seven per centum per annum, in
terest payable semi-annually on the
first day of January and the first
day of July of each year according
to the terms of the interest coupons
thereto attached.
Section 6. The principal and in
terest of said bonds shall be payable
in lawful money of the United States
of America, on presentation of said
bond or bonds, or proper coupon or
coupons, at the office of the Village
Treasurer of Mountain Home, Idaho.
Section Z, Said bonds shall be
signed by the Chairman and attested
by the Clerk of the Village of Noun |
tain Home, Idaho, and the coupons
attached TO said bonds shall have |
printed thereon fac-simile of the sig
natures of said officers.
Section 8. Each bond shall pro-
vide that the principal sum thereon
named, and the interest thereon, shall
be payable out of the Improvement
fund created for the costs and ex-
Denses of constructing the Lateral
Sewerage System in Local Sewerage
District No. 2, and not
Section g. 1t is further ordained
~ the Chairman and Board of rrus- F,
ees of the Village of Mountain
lone, Idaho, that to pay the interest
m said bonds and to create sink
ng fund sufficient to discharge them
4 maturity, the Board of Trustees
hall assess, or cause to be assessed
" the proper committee, the cost
nd expense of improvements to be
lade i'm said Local Sewerage Inn
rovement District No. 2, as pro
ided by Ordinance No. 1856 of said
'illage, against the lots and parcels g,
land included within the boundar- ,
IS of said district which, under the ;,
rovisions OF law and said Ordinance
10. 1856 shall be liable therefor and :,
ne sum so charged and assessed
gainst each of such lots or parcels
land shall be paid in ten equal
nnual installments. together with
interest on the whole sum so charged
the rate of seven per centum per 3
mum, and each year thereafter. one Il
said installments, together with d
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-03
MAKE FARM HOME MORE
ATTRACTIVE

In the design and construction oil
the farmhouse the question of utility
alone should not be the determining
factor The first thought should
be the making of a home. The
amount of money to be invested in
the building of the home should not
be determined by its relation in size
to the balance of the plant, nor by
the amount that is necessary merely
to provide a shelter, but the amount
to be invested should be that which
the owner may reasonably afford
without financially cripplimg himself
f. too severely The average city dwell
Ter in buying a house for home does
not proceed solely on the basis Of
What he can expect to secure In
case 1t is ever desirable to place the
house on the market He ia not
likely to consider the purchase of a
nome as a financial investment, but
as social one, which Awill enable
MN 70 secure for his family the
comforts and conveniences that he
could not secure in a rented house
and to have for his family a genuine
nome, genuine home life. If he
is able when the time arrives 10
dispose OF his property to financial
advantage, we'll and good. if not he
considers and properly so that he
has made a good investment from the
social side,
There IS no panacea that will c,ro
dhe yearning for city life evidenced
by the country boys and girls of 10
day, but there are certain conditions
which if established will add ma
terially to the attractiveness OF uff
In the country and should Therefore
prevent them from flockng to the
citles merely to avoid life ON the
farm 1t is not to be expected that
every person reared on farm viii
desire farming as a life work nor ia
1t necessarily desirable that they
should do so Many of the boys will
feel calling to one or another OF
The professions and it is probable
that if allowed to follow their bent
uhey VIII be far more successful and
contented than if overpersuaded to
stay with the farm, The problem is
not to force the boy or girl to re
main on the farm, but to assist then
In every way in making an intelligent
choice Their choice can not nos.
'lbly be intelligent unless they are
familiar with farm life under III.
best conditions. e. r. Mccormick.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-03
ORDINANCE NO. 1853.

An Ordinance Providing for the lssu-
ing of Bonds by the Village of
Mountain Home, IDAHO, for the
Construction of a Lateral Sewer
age System for Local Sewerage
District No. 2, Said Bonds to be
Known as Especial Assessment
Sewerage Improvement Bonds
District No. 81; Providing What
Property Shall be Liable for Pay
ment of Said Bonds, and the Man.
ner of Levyine Assessments for
the Payment of the Same and the
Interest thereon.
Be it Ordained by the Chairman and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Mountain Home, Idaho;
Section 1. That there shall be is
sued by the Village of Mountain
Home, Idaho, for the purpose of pay
ing the costs and expenses of con-
lateral sewerage system
Tor Local Sewerage Improvement
District No. 2, of said Village, as
provided by Ordinance No. 1876 of
said Village, negotiable coupon bonds
OF said Village which bonds shall
be known and designated as "Spe-
cal Assessment Sewerage Improve
ment Bonds, District No. 2, of the
Village of Mountain Home, Idaho
Section 2. That all the property
l'aoie Tor assessment within the
boundary lines OF Local Sewerage
Improvement District No. 2. of said
village OF Mountain Home. Idaho,
as described and provided by Ordi-
nance No. 1856 of said Village, and
10 the amount assessed against each
lot or parcel of land in said district
as shown by the approved and con-
ilriled assessment roll on file with
me Clerk of said Village, except as
hereinafter provided, shall be liable
Tor the payment of said bonds
section 3. That said bonds shall
De numbered from One ID inward
shall be in denomina-
tons of $500 and $1,000 and fractional
parts thereof when necessary. and
snail not be issued in the aggregate
'ot u'ore than the cost and expense ,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-03

tain Home, Idaho, and the coupons
attached to said bonds shall have
printed thereon fac-simile of the
signatures of said officers.
Section s. Each bond shall pro-
vide that the principal sum thereon
named, and the interest thereon, shall
be payable out of the Improvement
fund created for the costs and ex.
peness Of constructing the Main
trunk Sewer and Disposal Works in
Local Sewerage Improvement District
No |, and not otherwise.
Section 8. 1t is further ordained
Dy the Chairman and Board of Trus
tees of the village of Mountain
Home, Idaho, that to pay the inter.
est on said bonds and to create a
sinking fund sufficient to discharge
them at maturity, the Board of
Trustees shall assess, or cause to be
assessed by the proper committee,
the cost and expense of the improve
ments to be made in said Local
sewerage Improvement District No.
|, as provided by Ordinance No. 1876
OF said Village, against the lots and
parcels of land included within the
boundaries of said district, which, un-
der the provisions of Law and said
Ordinance No. 155 shall be liable
therefor, and the sum so charged and
assessed against each of such lots or
parcels of land shall be paid in ten
equal annual instalments. together
with interest on the whole sum so
at the rate of seven per
centum per annum, each year there
after, one of said installments TO-
gether with the interest due thereon
and on all installments thereafter to
become due, shall be collected in sue
manner as shall be provided by law
and the ordinance of the Village of
N"iA't'ih IiohiS lOl Tue correction OF
assessments Tor such Improvements
IN cases where no bonds are, fused.
provided, that the owner of any lot
Or parcel of land charged with any
such assessment, may redeem the |
same from all liability for usch as
y ss1nent, and from amy and all liza |
lility for the payment Of said bonds,
n any part thereof, or the interest
hereon, by paying the entire assess
nent charged against such lot or
'arcel Of land without interest,
within thirty days after notice
o him of such assessment, and
n determining the aggregate amount
Il bonds to be issued the assess
1ents so paid shall be deduct
d from the total cost and expense
t such improvement, and the total
ssue shall not exceed $97SS less
he assessments 90 paid.
Section 10. There shall be plainly
'ritten, printed, or engraved upon
ne face of each bond issued under
ne provisions and authority of this
rdlnance the following: The holder
amy bond issue under the authori-
7 of Chapter 80, Session Laws of
Dl1 of the State of Idaho shah have
o claim therefor against the city,
,wn or Village by which the same {
issued in any event, except for
objection of the special assessment &
AIDE for the work of improvement +
II which said bond was issued, but Y
lis remedy, in case of non-payment, S
TALL be confined to the enforcement a
such assessment.
test: Approved:
f. G Ticknor Stanton Park, il
Clerk Chairman. q
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-03
THE BEST STORY IN THE BIBLE

DO you know what we think 10
the best story in the Bible? asks an
exchange. ii may surprise you, but
us that one about Noah and the
Hood. We say this even in the lace
OF educated folks who turn up their
noses and declare the flood story
Fake. You remember that Noah had
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-06-03
Village Ordinances
ORDINANCE NO 157

An Ordinance Providing for the Is.
suing of Bonds by the Village OF
Mountain Home, Idaho, for the
Construction of a Main Sewer and
Disposal Works for Local Sewer
age District No. I, Said Bonds to
BE Known as Especial Assessment
Sewerage Improvement Bonds, Dis
trict No. ~; Providing What pro-
perty Shall be Liable for Payment
of Said Bonds, and the Manner of
Leyying Assessments for the Pay
nent of the Same and the Interest
Thereon.
Be It Ordained by the Chairman and
Board of Trustees of the Village of
Mountain Home, Idaho:
\ Section I. That there shall be is
sued by the Village of Mountain
Home, Idaho, for the purpose Of
paying the costs and expenses of
constructing a main trunk sewer and
disposal warks for Local Sewerage
Improvement District No. /, of said
Village as provided by Ordinance No.
1875, of said Village, negotiable cou-
pom bonds OF said Village, which bonds
shall be known and designated as
Special Assessment Sewerage I'M
proyement Bonds, District No T. of
the Village of Mountain Home, Ida
no.
Section 2 That all the property
liable for assessment within the boun-I
Diary Lines of Local Sewerage I'm
proyement District No. 1, of said
Village of Mountain Home, Idaho, as
described and provided by Ordinance
No. 1855 of said Village, and to the
amount assessed against each lot or
parcel of land in said district as
SHOWN by the approved and confirm-
ed assessment roll on file with the
Clerk of said Village, except as here
matter provided, shall be liable for
The payment of said bonds.
Section 3, That said bonds shall
De numbered from One % upward,
cohsecutlyely, Shall be in denomina-
lions of $500 and $1,000 and fractional
parts thereof when necessary, and
s'la'i not be issued in the aggregated
lof more than the cost and expense
OF SAID improvements or To more
Than S97SS, which aggregate amount
ShalI not include the interest coupons
attached to said bonds. i
Section A. Said bonds shall he S
dated the first day of january A D II
1916, and shall become due and nav II
able ten years from date. but the II
right is expressly reserved bv tbe $
Village of Mountain Home to 20. IC
deem said bonds, or any number h
thereof at any time after one yaar {
from their date 4
Section 5. Said bonds shall hon
interest from their date at the rate
OF seven per centum per annum in.
terest payable semi-anuually on the !
first day of January and the first
day of July of each year according
to the terms of the interest coupons
tn reto attached !
Section 6. The principal and in. ;
terest of said bonds shall be payable
in lawful money of the United StateS
of America, on presentation of said
bond or bonds, or proper coupon or
coupons, at the office of the Village
Treasurer of Mountain Home, Idaho
Section T. Said bonds shall be
signed by the Chairman and attested :
by the Clerk of the Village of Noun f
The Spectator., 1916-02-29

beach and into the village which served as headquarters for that DOT tion of the island. Here he was brought before the chief. From the look of him and his subjects, Count Frederick fancied himself to be on an island somewhere off the African coast.
 Whether these people were friends or foes he could not tell at first, for he understood neither their language nor their gesticulations, but it oc- cured to him that whichever they might be it would not be amiss for him to impress them with feeling of his own power. He could not tell whether or not they were familiar with the effect of firearms, but re- called all he had read of the terror inspired in savage minds by the use of such weapons. He drew from his pocket the pistol which he had car ried, and looked about him for some object at which to aim.
 A wild duck was floating in the la goon not far away, and at this Count Frederick took careful aim, and fired with the extraordinary good luck to kill it outright. This feat brought out most ludicrous activity amongst the natives. In consternation they flung knees, and laid their foreheads upon the earth even as Man Friday had in
 the presence of Crusoe of old. Obvi-
 ously they were not disposed to curry favor with him now and not to attack him. As for himself, possessed only | of such ammunition as remained in
 his single cartridge clip, he assumed such an attitude as he fancied would best display him as a conqueror-al- | though in truth he felt himself far | from such.
 They led him through the village to l place where he was offered food and | water-both now imperatively craved | by his starved body.
 Unable to understand what was de sired of him, and indifferent as to the
 meaning of the colloquy going on
 about him, for some time his interest | in life and it's affairs was so lax that he paid no attention to anything that
 was happening. At length, however,
 he noticed something which caused
 him to take sudden and eager inter- est in his surroundings.
 Two men came running, evidently from a distant part of the island and | evidently bearers of news of some i'm
 portance, as could be proved by the re- | ception given their hurried story. But | what was that story?
 There is a certain virtue in neces- sity itself There is a certain common | denominator in human emotions.
 There is perhaps certain unrecog- nized common denominator in human expression of human emotion-some | universal language, whether of word
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and the chief himself did not lack sign to his men. and the girl was dragged away. struggling as best she might. and flung into hut which she knew was to serve as prison.
 Here in a corner of the dark interior she covered in terror before the ap- partitions conjured up by her own imagination. She had not long to wait. The chief himself came. little suspecting the resistance he was to meot-that of an enraged and despair ing woman So valiant did Kitty prove herself in repulsing his odious ad- vances, that he was glad enough to give her up and make his way back to his hammock, leaving her to her own devices.
 Outside the hut Kitty could now hear loud cries. orders, shouts, ex- clamations, all the sounds of a crowd gathering-for what purpose she could not guess. The meaning of this also was not long left in doubt for her Again the door of her hut was dark ened, and again the natives intruded upon her privacy. Forceful hands dragged her once more before the chief.
 The latter, smiling his hideous pur. pose of vengeance, pointed to pile of firewood burning at the brink of a deep pit in the ground. He made signs to Kitty which she could not fail to understand.
 Yes. she saw it now-she was to suffer the most horrible of deaths, that by fire! These people either were cannibals or fiends. Perhaps they purposed for her soma rite of horri- ble religion.
 What could 1t matter to their vic
The Spectator., 1916-02-29
CHAPTER lxV.
The Unknown Countries.

What now of those to whom Count Sachio had so lightly given carte blanche to oblivion? Certainly there was left behind them no trace or clue which could give hint of the ex- traordinary circumstances now en- meshing them. They might all of them, Kitty. Count Frederick, Roleau, as well have been dead indeed and sunk at sea, so far as any hint of their fate was concerned. They had van ished from the earth. The ship that bore them had vanished from the wa ter as well.
 It was strange and unreal coun- try which faced Count Frederick when he found solid lend under foot once more. He turned to life and its hap piness only with dull apathy, a lag ging interest
 Frederick did not note that the faithful Roleau had become separated from him in the confusion following the landing of the boat. In truth. Roleau. exhausted as he was. himself had noted but little of what had gone on. Finding himself finally left prac- tically alone, he made off down the beach in search of food and water, while meantime Frederick was accom- panied by . party of natives up the
The Spectator., 1916-02-29
CHAPTER LxVl.
The CaVerns.

When Kitty Gray awakened to con seriousness upon the beach of strange land whither she had been carried by no purpose of her own, she looked once more into the face of peril. The savages who surrounded her showed no sign of pity or kindness. Upon the contrary, whooping and yelling. they fell upon her and dragged her in spite of herself toward their own village.
 This village had a ruler of it's own, no doubt chief for that part of the country.
 He was savage of peculiarly fierce and forbidding visage, and Kitty felt her blood run cold as she faced his evil gaze The natives, yelling in glee, practically cast her at his feet. Evidently they were giving to Caesar the things which they thought were Caesars-in this case. woman, the spolia opima of all wars and all con quests. The evil face of the savage monarch relaxed into grin which made Kitty shudder.
 What woman was this now brought by chance to the presence of this ogre? Surely he had never seen her like be- fore. Moreover, she was alone, a pris- oner, helpless. The progress of req son hereabouts was swift and simple.
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CHAPTER Lxvil.
In the Bowels of the Earth.

Count Frederick and his little band of warriors did not at once arrive up on the solution of the mystery of the strange white woman. The childlike caprice of the natives led him hither and thither, to this village and to that; so that a considerable time had elapsed before at length he found him. self upon the scene of the late fateful happenings. although himself at that time still ignorant alike of the occur rences and their cause. To him this was but one more savage village, one more set of difficulties, one more series of disappcintnents.
 They brought him, guarded by his own warriors, and hence for the time safe, into the presence of the same chief who had devoted Kitty Gray so ruthlessly to the sacrifice. To Count Frederick he was only one more say