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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
BEGINNING OF NEW INDUSTRY
American VIII Establish Plants In
Honduras TO Make Alcohol
From Bananas.

An American has just secured con-
ceSsion from the government OF Hon
duras which is expected to be profit
able To him and the government. The
concession Is for the manufacture of
alcohol which Is government monop-
oily. There have been great losses to
banana planters In the past because
msnv of the lunches did not contain
q sufficient number Of hands" tn be
marketable, and have been thrown
away. Ii Is from this waste product
that the American, who has had expe-
rience in the industry, intends to make
alcohol. He has deposited S25,0 900 with
the government as IN evidence OF good
faith, and this Is to be credited toward
the export duties of three cents gal
Ion. He must also pay $1,000 II year
for the salaries of government inspec-
tors and must begin operations within
year His agreement provides that
he shall take all the bananas offered
up to 100000 lunches monthly. He
has also secured the right to build
sugar and paper mill near the distil-
lery. His plan is to aid planters in
restoring WORKOUT banana lands for
the raising of sugarcane to make sug-
ar, distill alcohol from the refuse and
make paper from the bagasse, the fiber
of the cane.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
Bird That Dances.

There is a bird in the birdhouse Of
New York Geological park that is a
bird of a dancer. He can do all the
modern dances. His name Is Cock
of-the-ROck, or the rupicOla cOtingidae.
He is a most peculiar bird. His aim
less leaping about meant next to moth
ing to the casual observers, who
thought that the floor of the cage pos
sibly might have become too hot for
his feet. But to Keeper Stacey the
same antics conveyed message Of
loneliness. you see, Cock of the-Rock
BIRDS explained the keeper, like to
dance. Down In British Guiana, where
this fellow comes from, the birds gath
er and dance in big circle. This bird
likes to think that he Is home and so
dances around, taking the part of the
whole bunch After he has danced
around in a big circle he thinks he's a
whole flock of birds" The Cock-of the
Rock is "a rare bird with beautiful red
and crane plumage. Unlike most birds
of this color, he has not faded TO any
noticeable extent since being made
captive.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
Useful in Locating Bullets.

Every hospital in the war zone has
some electrical equipment for locating
the bullets In wounded men, but a Ger
man has recently invented pocket in
strument for this purpose. 1t consists
of twO-pointed probe connected by
insulated wires to a pocket electric
LAMP. When the probe comes in con-
tact with a bit of metal closed cir
cult is formed which lights the lamp.
Flashes from the bulb also indicate
when the probe is approaching or re-
ceding from a bullet or bit of shrap-
mel. for these latter are more frequent
ly the cause Of wounds than bullets.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
Bio Demand for Steel Pine.

A notable romance of industry Is
found by Pittsburgh company in the
extension of the uses of iron and steel
pipe. The applications are continually
increasing. Among the purposes for
which the pipe is now employed may
be mentioned agricultural implements,
automobiles, bedstead and hospital
furniture, architectural work, grill
work, building columns, refrigerating
machinery, dry-kiln apparatus, eleva-
tor cars, fence posts, ornamental
fences, flagpoles, gymnasium, appara-
tbs, wheeibarrOws, work benches, or
numental gates, elevator grain spouts
invalid chairs, irrigation systems, safe
ty ladders, loom cylinders, warship
No lists, lighting and high tension poles,
playground apparatus, electric wiring
cOnduits, railway signal apparatus,
sprinkler systems, signal towers, and
for many parts Of the equipment of
mines, mills, thd other establishments.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
To BUILD SHIPS
AT COST PRICE
Bethlehem StG}I VIII Make OF,
for TO UnCIa Sam.
BIDS ON 10 IhCN NAVY SHELLS

| WV Wv ~ thUIf NAV OHLLLO
No Chance For Profit In Them Under
| Present Tests, Grace Says-Possibe
| Explanation o, the Pro es Made by an
English Firm Which Bios Under Az
! American Manufacturers.
Speaking recently before the Terra.
pin Club of Philadelphia, Eugene G.
Grace, President OF the Bethlehem
Steel Company, said in part
In peculiar sense Bethlehem Steel
serves the American people.
For example, though we have been
able to obtain III Europe almost any
price, we have adhered. in our charges
to the United States Government, 10
the basis of prices established before
the war began. ~
We agreed If the Government would
abandon its plans 70, Federal plant
to make arnor TO. ou navy al any
price the GoDerHncat HScH might CON
slider fair.
Our ordinance limits .ra If ~. III.
posol If thp .p.,r.nr -, l,i,. ,r,....,.f ne,
cost nlus small r..,,i, nm, .,r.ua
the Government inyest.rnt and de-
preciatiou
One of the Sppci8I ncrrS of the new
navy is SiXfpen.uch g4us AIMS Sl>ty
feet lony and r., de a., ,o1Hug
1000 pound 81. . with sa.g go.ypI. ana
accuracy as 20 hit p 20 rant s.aaye tar.
get fifteen ln5Ip. away
We have uudyuaEen voluntarily 10
construct. AT cost OF S45u1ull
plant fitted to hulld sixteen inn suns
Under no GOV pIalaa ,!gcllf3.ia.. IS
can. orders which we ma,,lr.a,Np for
this plant nav even fnir return ON
the investment.
Considerable comment has been made
upon the fact that a British man0fac
turer recently bid less than American
manufacturers for sixteen and four
shells for tbp navy
am unable 70 state The basis unon
which tho ENGLISH hid was made #
should he remembered however that
this hid was for aNspecifc Shell sam.
Mos of which ara holm. saut ovar fnr
test-a test NOT vet uada
Two wars ago wa took an order for
24OO fourteen inch ar,nor.niarcino. shAIIs
st contract price nf S7fS oO0 to no
delivored within . certain tima mr. va
had to nav y LARGO nenaIty
a. hin, 49,. No., nm -,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
Hearty Breakfast In Prison.

breakfast at the Leayenworth
penitentiary, where many convict pris-
oners are confined, requires 1000 hot
biscuits, so pounds Of butter, 25 gal.
Ions of strip, 240 pounds of dried beef.
80 gallons of gravy and so pounds of
coffee according to an inmate writing
In recent issue Of New Era. the
prison paper.
This prisoner asks that with bis
cults at 10 cents dozen, butter at 80
cents a pound, strip at rs cents a gal
Ion, dried beef at 35 cents pound and
coffee at 20 cents a pound, how much
would the meal cost at restaurant on
the outside?
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17

No Chance For Profit In Them Under
Present Tests, Grace Says-Possible
Explanation O the Prices Made by an
English Firm Which Bios Under Az
American Manufacturers.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
LEAVE YOUR CARDS BY PHONE
Recent invention Leaves Record of
Call II There Is No One to
Take Message.

An ingenious apparatus for record
ing on IA receiving telephone the num-
Der of a calling telephone when there
is no person present to answer at the
receiving end of the line has been in
vented by Charles Il. Bedaux of Grand
Rapids, Mich.
THE telephone Is IA wonderful ma
chine when people are present at each
end of the line, but it becomes useless
Wt&n the person called is absent" says
BedauX. You call your doctor on the
phone when he is out You get no an
swer. You cannot leave your number
because there is no one at the re-
ceiving end Of the line. You wait
awhile and call again. Perhaps be-
tween your calls the doctor has come
In and gone out again. You cannot
reach him, nor can you let him know
that you want him to reach you until
such time as you can find him at the
other end of the telephone. This same
situation is duplicated hundred times
day in every department of life.
have perfected call recorder which
will obViate these difficulties"
With the ''Bedaux telephone call re-
corder, the person calling, receiving
noAanswer, will press on u button Sc
ries of short and long rings. These
short and long rings will be repro
duced on the new machine of the tele-
phone called in the form of dots and
dasheS that will represent the Number
of the telephone ca.l.ug
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
EnnIlsh Scouts Collect Bottles.

One resort OF English Boy Scouts
for lettering their resources is to
make collection of bottles, which are
purchased by pharmacists and wine
merchants. The troop Of St Edmond
Of Northampton, recently made a
search one afternoon with great sue
cess. About sixty houses were visited
Saturday afternoon between half past
two and half past five, and the bottles
which were gathered were taken to
the courtyard of the school which was
occupied by military authorities of the
section. At six O'Clock wagons were
secured to take the bottles to the phar-
macists and wine merchants, who we're
very glad to buy them. The scoutmas-
ter, the two assistants and only II
scouts earned in this way, for the
troop, $3.50.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
USE FOR SUGAR-BEET PULP
In France 1t Is Now Dried and Trans
formed Into wat Is Called
"Susar -Four"

The drying OF fresh Sugar-heet pulp,
thereby transforming it into what Is
called "SuIur flour is now being un-
dertaken ii uor l4N France rs a COM
mercial propositions The purpose of
thiSNproccss is much the same as the
deSiccation OF Gnaaees, which has been
described in Popular Mechanics Maya
zine, uumelE, to eliminate the moisture
from the vegetable matter so us to re-
duce its weight and make 1t possible
to preserve part of all of the food
value for some time. This new sugar
flour has certain amount of sweet
ness and can be used in cases where
pure sugar is not required, as, for ex-
ample, in certain brewing processes,
In making special breads, feeding stock
and the like. In preparing 1t, fresh
beet pulp is poured into the top of
tower, where it comes in contact with
warm air and then is delivered into
rotary device on set of gratings,
placed one above the other. Next it
is subjected to hot air and eventually
reaches air heated to 24S degrees. A
ton Of beets will yield 800 pounds Of
-four. 1t is thought that other drying
processes may be invented which will
make it possible to utilize many other
Industrial residues which are now
thrown away. - Popular Mechanics
Magazine.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17

Such was the experience in the light
of which we were called oNon recent
ly to bid for sixteen-inch shells.
We bid on these shells approx
mately the same rate per pound as
that Of fourteenineh shell contract
of one year ago upon which the Gov
eminent awarded contracts
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
Line Routes Through Panama Canal.

The passage through the Panama
canal recently OF the passenger steam
ship Remuera, Of the New Zealand
Shipping company, on the way from
Wellington to London, marks the es-
tablshment of this important line
through the canal. It's route has for
merly been around the Cape Of Good
Hope on the outward voyage from
Great Britain and around Cape Horn
on the homeward lap, the vessel going
completely around the world on each
voyage, The old route totaled 1926
miles; the new route will approximate
100 miles via Tahiti and Colon, or
II, 450 miles If the steamer sails d.
rect to Balboa from Wellington and
goes by Norfolk on the way from
Colon to Plymouth.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
Color In Lighting.

The Importance OF color in lighting,
which seems to have been little CON
sidered, was dwelt upon by NJ. Luck
iesh in late paper to the American
Illuminating Engineers society. The
eye is synthetic, giving color sensa-
tons from mixtures of light Of differ
ent wave lengths. Colored lights may
differ in hue, depending on wave
length, in saturation and purity, due
to the presence or admixture Of white
light, and in luminosity, varying with
intensity. Color mixtures may be meas
ured from the contained primary col
ors-such as red, green and blue. The
colOrs near the red end Of the spec
trum, especially suitable for rooms Of
northern exposure, give an effect Of
warmth; colors near the violet end are
cold, adapted for rooms facing south.
Artificial daylight can be had from
stftable absorbing glass.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17
Where "er'er Turk" Comes From.

In proportion to land occupied for
raising high grade turkeys Rhode Is
land ranks first, with Massachusetts in
second place and Connecticut going
higher every year, In the raising of fine
birds and eggs for sale to poultry fan
ciers
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-02-17

of one year ago upon which the Gov
ernment awarded contracts
We have not the slightest idea what
profit there will be in the making OF
these shells We do not know that
there will he any There is no certain
tv that 1t would he possible for us to
deliver a shell to meet the test
For officers in the Navy to assume
that any bid made under such condi-
tons is "exorbitant' is utterly unfair
We bid on the new battle-cruisers
sums which Navy department experts,
after examination of our books, found
would yield a profit OF less than ten
per cent. We agreed TO assume risks
for increased costs Of materials and la
Dor, that made il possible that these
contracts might yield no profit what
ever.
The costs run beyond the amount ap-
propriated by Congress on the basis Of
the cost estimates made q year ago
And because shiphuiders could not
alter the inexorable cost facts and re
duce bids TO early estimates OF the
Navy Department. the prices are called
"exOrhitant
1t would be real advantage to be
relieved Of this naval construction The
profit from ii cannot possibly amount
to much. and the responsibility is enor
nous.
We have determined to make this
offer to the American Government.
IF yon will build two If the battle
cruisers in Government navy yards
we will build the other two at the as
certained cost Of building the ships In
the Government wards without add
tona expense or commissions of any
kind We will also contract to have
our ships ready for service ahead Of
the Government ships"
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MY COLLECTION.
Continued from page one)

oJIdy cdIule' duuy seemed uu
usually restless that night for b,
smashed every window in thu
, cabin, Bob said. Bob was scarce
too. 1t seemed strange that Pad
dy should do such a thing al
that. He was such a peaceful
man befoer he died. But the
windows are broken. | saw them
myself a year ago.
Johnny behind he-Rocks would
have the place of honor in my
book, for Johnny is the oldest
and most typical representative
of the wild and woody" days in
Idaho. Strange tales are told of
the time when he lived in a hill
side cave; and now and again It
is whispered that there must have
been a mystery somewhere back
OF it all, for Johnny steadily re-
fused to talk of the days of his
youth. Johnny was over ninety
years old when he died; and in
his coffin, my father said, he was
one of the finest looking men he
had ever seen. You would never
have recognized this fact before.
Honestly, he sent his shirts to
the laundry and washed his cary
Ing knife SO seldom that not
even a cowboy would take dinner
with him on a bet lie built him
self a house before he died, but
he found 1t so unhomelike that
he moved into the cellar with his
pigs and chickens. But there
Was never a kinder hearted man
IN the world than Johnny behind
the-Rocks. He'd do anything in
the world for you if you would
let him; and he was a great lover
OF horses.
Then there is Sloan, who is
afraid OF women, and Mr.. tarber,
The rheumatic old store-keeper at
the Plne post-Office, who would
rather crate to the stage passen-
gers on Socialism and the Brother
mood OF Man than try to sell his
wares. There are others too. Il
can not tell you all OF them. 1
lear that l am already subject to
LIBEL. but before | close | must
ten you OF my tavorlte. Cat Creek
D0D Is his name. lie lives In a
log caDIn, a real log cabin with
Undetermined walls and a floor
Full OF CRACKS. The barn, the hay
Sned, and the fence are all made
Oh logs, and the well Is the old
Iaeuloned KIM that inspired The
Old OaAen bucket. Cat-Creek
DoD came to Idaho when the
NILS were BLACK with cattle,
anu he mas been there ever since
J4y my TO strike IT rich In
so4u mAneS; but aS yet he has
noG qulIe succeeded. de may
some DAY, though. One can never
teA. DoD has a wonderful VacaU-
u4ary ana he likes to talk. Lila
principal philosophy Is that 1t
pays neither TO worry nor work,
ana lie never fails to practice his
1 have always liked
Dob, though, because he is very
and has a high re-
spect tor ministers. He knows a
lot ABOUT the Bible too, even if |
his interpretations are not al
ways orthodox. Beneath Bob 8
picture l should write his favor
lie greeting, a by-word In that
well! Well! Well +! Gee
christopher! - One day my
brother and | rode over to Bob 8
place, and as soon as he saw us
coming he started in with We'll!
Well =" Turning then to his
friend Donald, the big, fair haired
ocotchman-alsO, by the way,
good specimen for my book he
said, Here come some members
of the Holy Family. You d bet
ter be careful, Donald. And
. x,oo1,ol -. H. i
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FOR sALE-ReAL ESTATE

ADDITION LOTS - IF
you want some very choice lots on
University or Mcleod Avenues at a
real bargain for cash. address Box
1913, City.
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LIVESTOCK.
St. Paul.

Estimated receipts at the Union
stockyards today:
Cattle. $500; calves, 500; hogs, H.
600; sheep. 1000.
Cattlc-Tradc was restricted by
hardness Of trains due to the storm.
Less than half the estimated receipts
were In the yards. This helped to
steady the market somewhat after n
bad close Tuesday. The prospect is
for light runs the balance Of the week
as the storm reached into a territory
that usually contributes heavily to this
market.
Hogs--Delaycd arrivals Of stock Ct
fectei the hog market today. Prices
were about n dime higher.
Shcep-Four loads of sheep and the
usual odds and ends comprised the Of
ferinEs on the local market today, but
they were delayed in reaching the
market.
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Notice Of Probate Of viii.

In the District Court OF the Fourth
Judicial District Of the State Of Mon
tana. In and for the County Of Mis-
soula.
In the Matter OF the Estate Of Levi
G. Hardinger. deceased.
Pursuant to an order OF said Court,
made on the END day Of January.
1917. notice is hereby given that Sat-
urday, the 3rd day OF February. 1917.
at 10 o'clock a. m. OF said day. at the
Court Room Of said Court, at the Court
House in the County of Missoula, has
been appointed as the time and place
for proving the viii Of Levi G. Hard
niger, deceased. and for hearing the
application Of r. r. Jones for the
issuance to him of Letters Testa-
mentary, when ana wncre any person
interested may appear and contest the
same.
Dated January 90, 1917.
II. NJ. RAWN. Clerk.
BY w. H. PERRlOR.
Deputy Clerk.
ELMER f.. HERSHEY,
Attorney for Petitioner. l-23 to Ell
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FOX SALE-15 ACRES. CLOSE IN.
Water. alfalfa. fruit. Write owner,
2413 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley,
California
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Chicago.
Hogs-Rcccipts. $1,000. Strong. Is
to 20 above yesterdays average. Bulk
$ll55M1l: blight $ll.25Mll.So: mixed,
sl1.3On1l.5O: heavy. 1880 1875:
rough sl1.35mll.5O: pigs. $965m10.75.
Cattle--Recepts $1,000. Weak. Ma
tive beef cattle. s7.75Gl1.95: western
steers. $500 1915: stockers and feed
crs. s6m9.lO; cows and heifers, $50
1925: calves. $lO75ml4.5O.
Sheep Receipts. $4,000. Firm.
Wcthcrs, $lO.25m12.50: ewes, $1,000
10; lambs. $l1.75Ml4.a0.
Omaha.
Hogs Receipts. 22.500 Higher.
Heavy, sl.5Omll.75: bulk of sales,
s1l.35M 1850.
Cattle--Rcccipts. 1000. Slow. Ma
tive steers, $S.50m 1850; cows and
heifcrs s7m9; western steers. $7m
1850; stockcrs and feeders. $G.50dI 10. r
Sheep Receipts. $500. Strong.
Ycarlings, $l0.75M12.50: lambs, SEQ
H.25.
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Here Are a Few SAMPLES
IOts

$475 buys three fine residence
lots on good corner; close in;
west Missoula.
5000, easy terms. buys bcauti-
full 50x130s residence lot on Nc
Lcod avenue.
$1,000 buys the finest resi-
dCncc corner now available in
south Missoula, east; S2aXl30.
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HIDES AND WOOL

HIDES AND WOOL
CALIFORNIA HIDE AND WOOL
Depot, sos Woody st. Dealers in all
kinds Of hides. wool, sheep pelts and
tallow. Call up or write for prices.
Prompt returns made on all ship
ments.
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FOR Observation-Disclosures

MILLER BROTHERS, SUCCESSORS
to The Cold Spring dairy, will start
retailing milk on February l, 1917.
Give them a trial and no one will
ever regret it, Pure, rich milk; sat
isfaction guaranteed. Phone 1923
Black, or call at the corner OF Hig-
gins and Alder SITS, personally and
order will receive prompt attention.
worth $500. for $3.50; one dresser.
walnut, worth SIS. for $45: reed
rocker. worth $3.50, for $3.50: /
leather chair, worth sos, for $3.50.
$40 So. 4th west
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Houses

$500. monthly payments. buys
Broom plastered bungalow on
good lot 30xl56: south Missoula.
$3.50, $50 cash, balance SIS or
more per month, buys nice A.
room modern cottage and splcn-
did corner lot: south Missoula.
$500, 800 cash. balance
monthly, buys fine room modern
bungalow, In splendid condition.
together with extra large lot,
15X130: barn. chicken house.
fruit and shade; fine neighbour
hood.
$4,000, 800 cash, balance easy
monthly payments. buys fine
siN-room modern residence, close
in, central Missoula, west: nice
location and desirable home.
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WANTED - RELIABLE AND COM
petent solicitor for Missohla and
nearby territory. good pay and ex-
penses when out of town. Must be a
hustler. A. b., Muscular.
GOOD MIXER AND ALL AROUND
farm hand; steady employment. Adj
dress Hamilton Dairy, r. d. 8, Mis-
sOula.
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| WE INVITE
TOE INVESTING PUBLIC

To personally inspect our list OF
Real Estate Snaps and Business
Opportunities, At our expense.
Compare 1t with any 0lher list
in the city. then you won't have
TO be told where the greatest
number Of desirable investments
are being offered.
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THE CHEAPEST LOTS ON UNI
versity Ave. Terms il desired. Adj
dress Owner. Missoulian.
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NEW AND SECOND
hand. I pay highest prices for Sec
ond-hand household goods. Hans
Jensen. 1876 w. Main; phone SOS.
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Orchard Lands

ObNltOAu A<uuuuo
$1,000 buys good, level five
acres; some orchard and straw
berry bed: house. barn, fencing
and good water right; three
miles from city.
$l.750. on easy terms. buys
five acres with bearing orchard.
Groom plastcrcd house, good
barn, chicken house. pump. fine
water right and good location;
three miles from city.
Ranches
$40 per acre. will buy the
greatest bargain in n 4S0-acrt
stock and hay ranch within 10
miles of Missoula.
Don't take our word II you
are from Missouri or any other
state, we can show you. Give
us chance to deliver the goods.
o. h. S. Orr Realty Co.
Phone day or night, 27o, 1879, COS
First National Bank Basement.