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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14

British soldier is certainly summed up in a rolicking medley of the solemn and the nippant, rattied off on the march to one of the most famous Scottish stu dents song tunes. It is by way of being a popular version of the burial service, but there Is nothing irreverent in the spirit of the singers. It possesses just one verse which is ever fresh It goes: The bells of hell go ting-a-ling-a-ling
 For you-but not for me. For me. the angels sing-a-ling-a-lin
 They've got the goods for me. O. death; Where is thy sting a-ling- -a-ling. o, gravel thy victory?
 So. ting-a-ling-a-ling; they'll ring-a-ling-
 a-lngl
 When you're dead.
 Perhaps, this little ditty Is the British soldiers answer in song to the Prussian's solemn hymn of hate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
New Inventions

The January issue of the Popular Science Monthly bears witness to the fact that inventors are just as busy invent ing as ever. Among the most recent in- ventions are the following: A wrestling dummy for gymnasium practice; a life preserver which keeps it's occupant afIoat and warm an instrument which en- ables you to see the sounds that you sing; a periscope attachment for field glasses; a combination Christmas tree holder telephone stand and tabouret: a rain alarm to make the hired girl get up and close the windows; a machine that messages your pains away with air: and a mechanical telephone operator which takes down the number of a call or . message when you are out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Before or After Taking

Llm, Tn cartoons Magdzlne.
 Asking the blessing has reached a
 point where 1t is more a habit than a Christian duty, mere matter of form,
 as it were. Sometimes we are in hurry to catch train and have little time for preliminaries. Wouldn't it be well, therefore, to ask one long blessing at the beginning of each week and let that suffice? Isn't 1t overworking the Lord to ask Him to bestow blessing
 three times 2 day with all the rest of
 His task? I have seen men so set in this habit that they would, open a meal with grace and close 1t by cpssing
 the tough meat or soggy biscuits Tn such cases 1t would be more fitting to ask the blessing at the tail end of the meal, if it deserves it, for surely we would not ask the Lord to bless an unpalatable or unwholesome dinner. That would be hypocricy While do not entirely disapprove of the grace habit, I do think that we ought to try out the meal before we make much of Chris- tan demonstration over 1t. Of course, that is merely an cpinion-a gratis one. at that!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14

The spirit of all the war songs of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Building Union of South Africa

Building Union of South Africa From 'Botha of South Africa" in the
 American Review of Reviews.
 The reconstruction problem that faced the Boer republics in 1903 was quite as se- rious as that of our southern states in 1885, In both cases there were compli- cations of race and tradition that added
 mmeasurably to the difficulty of solution. In America the north tried to impose its own plan of reconstruction on the strick- on south, and failed In South Africa, England attempted something of the same kind, and but for the CO., operation of few broad-visioned leaders among the Boers, she, too would have failed. All the Miners and Merrimans and Selbornes that England could have sent to the Cape, however good their intentions. could not in 14 years have put South Afri- ca where she is today without the help of a Botha and Shuts. working from purely patriotic impulses for the re-crea- ton of prostrate home land.
 Botha's close association with the Eng fish for many years before the war had shown him the possibilities of growth under their colonial system of self-govern- ment. Looking into the future he saw a great South African population working the mines and the farms. remote from the worlds clashing interests, prospering as it had never prospered under the rule of Kruger and Steyn. In short he had caught the vision; it remained for him to do his part in making it come true.
 By the time the Transvaal was ready to begin the experiment of self-sovern- ment, in 1907, it had in Botha leader, respected alike by English and Dutch, who could be counted on to rally all ele- ments to the support of the new colonial state. It was foreordained that he should be the first premier, and his co-operation with Lord Selborne, the governor gen. eral, laid the foundations of the Union of South Africa which went into effect in 1910. This is a real union of four colonies rather than federation. and governs a population of a million and quarter whites and five million blacks, scattered over an area somewhat larger than Ger many and Austria Hungary combined or the aggregate areas of Texas, California and the state of New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
Continued from Page Two,

one of the most delightful meetings ever held, when people from many states were welcomed.
 A wedding of interest this week was that of Miss Elizabeth Rylant and MT. Broxie Hilliard, which was consum- mated at the home of the brides parents by pr. H. H. Hibbs The lovely musical programme before the ceremony was rem dered by Miss Mabel Mccullough. Rib bons were held by Blanch McNeal, Ruth Hibbs, Thelma Rylant and Francis Ry- lant. Little Elizabeth Franks carried the ring in the heart of a lily. The bride was accompanied to the altar by her maid of honor, Miss Hattie May Shaw. After the ceremony reception was given the young couple by the grooms parents, MT. and Mrs. James Hilliard.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14

spend-the-day party Tuesday at the home of Mrs. J. w. Fender Her guests were: Mrs. J. R. T. Rives, Mrs. George Dewitt Mrs. Stevenson, Mrs. Annie Hunt Mrs. C. J, Holt and Mrs. A. D. Me- Kinney.
 MT J. F. Carlisle is ill.
 Mrs. A. Horton left yesterday for Chat tanooga to visit relatives.
 Mrs. J. D. Keith has returned to Argo after visit to Mrs. A.. D. Mckinney.
 Mrs. Carl Sheppard is visiting rela- tives in Mississippi.
 MT. and Mrs F. C. Spain and chil- dren have moved to their orange grove at Gulfport Miss
 MT. and Mrs. John Bragg left this week for Chattanooga, where they will make their home
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-01-14
London, December 30, 1916. So, button up your great-coats; Try to snatch a doze

London, December 30. 1916. So, button up your great-coats; Try to snatch doze,
 Where the ell we're going to
 No one knows.
 "'Oo'll ave a Woodbine?''
 Ush! Don't shout;
 Cos. if Wilhelm knows we'r comin'
 It will put ees 'ighness out.
 It was the 'going out of the British expeditionary force in the dark nights of August 1914. that inspired these lines. Since that time they have been sung with hearty sarcasm by many thousand British soldiers along the roads of Eng land, and in the trenches of Flanders, just before an assault on the German lines.
 One would have thought that the mys- terious glamor of that silent move the rumbling of hundreds of trains, the em- barkation and landing In France, the first shock at Mons-one would have thought that these happenings would have inspired something different, some thing about the glory of Old England or the clash of arms. But, not so No one knew where he was going; but all of them thought that when they did get there, it would put the Kaiser out.'
 ARE BUOYANT STILL
 The light hearted buoyancy of the Brit ish soldier that marked the early days of the war. has not diminished one jot There have been many hardships, many trials; and the men who first took that spirit to France have given their lives for the cause into which they romped
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03

Nels Smith, employed at the Claude
Sullivan barn in Mountain Home,
made Bruneau for several days the
past week with the mail, the roads
being in an impossible condition for
the regular auto stage burdened with
the daily mail and parcel post.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
OWNER OF MONARCH MINE
BIG ATLANTA PRODUCER,
DIES IN PiTTSBURG HOME,

T. M. Barnsdall, multimillionaire
oil operator of Pittsburg, Pa, and
owner of the Monarch mine at At
lanta, at one time big producer of
gold and silver, died at Pittsburg
Tuesday from a paralytic stroke, &C.
cording to word received Tuesday
night by Dan Kirby, manager of the
Monarch mine The wire stated that
Mr.. Barnsdall suffered the first strok
Saturday.
Mr.. Barnsdall was in this part of
Idaho early in December, at which
time he appeared in the best OF health.
He was a large man probably about
65 years old.
1t had been planned to begin ac-
tive production at the Monarch this
coming spring. Considerable money
had been spent in the past year get
ting out the ore and it is said that
experts had placed the value of the
ore now in sight at $40,000,000.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
PROMISE OF MUCH
BUILDING ACTIVITY
CONTRACT FOR NEW GARAGE
LET. NEW MORTON BUILDING
AND A DOZEN RESIDENCES.

A new garage building Will be built
at once ON the corner where the
Central garage Is now located, the
contract having been signed up We'd
nesday Detween PeUe Gandlaga, the
owner OF The corner and Z. n. john
son. The building Will be 001l00 teet
DuIt OF Ogden pressed brick and
tl4e at a cost of approximately $4,000.
The building wlll be modern In every
respect and will be as nearly 40 pos
building TO be definitely announced
for this season, but all sigma point
to d very considerable activity in
building during The coming summer.
John W. Morton. who in addition TO
mis- hardware business, wlll again
handle the popular Dodge car and
has also taken on The agency Tor the
Page-Detro4t, The most popular Oh the
Sl. 200 automobile class. expects to
have new garage on the vacant
lots east of his present building. This
will be one story brick building
with plate gass frons ON both
streets, and in addition to being used
as display room tor the cars will
have complete repair shop, for fix
ing up any troubles OF tourists and
nicely fitted ladies rest room.
There will be at least one other
business building put up this season
but the owners are not yet ready to-
made any definite announcement. In
addition to this theme will be In the
neighborhood Of dozen new resi-
dences built at a cost of from $500
to $4,000 each.
The present outlook 10 that Noun
tain Home will make some rapid strd
TO the front in the next few months.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
GOODING AND SHOSHoNE
BOTH LOSE IN DOUBLE
HEADER CONTEST SAT.

The basket ball games last Satur
days evening We're both walk-aways
for the local teams. In the first
game the Shoshone girls were SO far
outclassed that the Mountain Home
girls could score almost at will. The
final score i'm this game was 20 to 2.
The second game was less of a
contest than the first. The Gooding
team Only had four counts to 46 for
the home team to the middle OF the
second half, when they stafted rough
house tactics on their opponents. 1t
only took a minute to find that they
lacked the weight and judgment nee
essary to get by so they quit the
field.
There wasn't any fight, just some
calling OF hard names, and one fellow
got slapped, but it hurts the repu-
tation of basket bail as good sports
manlike game.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
OLD CELL TIER
MOVED TU JAIL
CELLS WE'RE OUGHT WHEN
COUNTY WAS ORGANIZED. THE
PRISONER WHO ESCAPED.

c. e. johnson secured the contract
last week for moving the steel cell
from the old Jail to the new one, and
this week took it apart and shifted
it to the court house basement, where
1T will be necessary to cut hole in
the wall 10 get the steel sections
unto the Jail
The old cage contains three cella
and a corridor and was purchased
when Elmore county was first orga-
nized. 1t is made of soft steel and
is not considered 80 safe as the
modern chilled cages, with one ex-
ception it has always held its prison
ers safe. The exception occurred
during w. w. Fountains term in the
sherffs office. 1t seems that a
fellow in the horse sleeling business
had been getting away with some Of
Jeff Wilson's stock and having run
into the conventional way of the
transgressor, was occupying the num-
ber cell in the cage. Someone
slipped him a hack-saW and one might
he sawed the bars in the grill at the
back end of the cell and beat it,
He has not been heard of in Mountai
Home since that time.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
STATE ORGANIZER OF SCHOOL
BOYS AND GIRLS INDUSTRIAL
CLUBS TO SPEAK HERE.

On Tuesday afternoon, March 6, at
the school house, Miss z. Fowler OF
Canyon county, who 10 now the assst
ant state club organizer of Idaho
will give talk to our boys and
girls on the beneficial results OF club
work. Any one wishing to hear hei
addresses to the children viii be well
coined but in the evening at 1880 she
will address the parents. 1t Ia to be
hoped that there win be large at.
tendance at that time.
These clubs are making our boys
and girls more efficient and provide
recreation as we'll az education and
it is TO be hoped that Elmore county
wlll take as keen an in crest in this
club movement as other counties In
the state.
Miss Fowler was county superin
tendent of Canyon county for two
terms and it was due TO her untirlne
efforts and intense interest in clut
work that Canyon county last yea
was voted the banner county" tol
clubs Because OF the splendid re
suits obtained in her home count!
the University OF Idaho felt that sh.
Was especially gifted Tor this line o
work and SO gave her her present ap
po4ntment.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
SCHOOL NOTES

The basket ball game between the
Shoshone high school girls and the
Mountain Home high school girls Sat
urday was the first game won by the
Mountain Home girls this season.
Our girls played well and had their
opponents outclassed from the begin
ming, though playing under rules
never used in Mountain Home before.
AT the end of the first half the score
was 12-1 in favor of Mountain Home
and at the end of the last half 20-2.
Shoshone scoring only two foul
throws out of about nineteen called
ON Mountain Home. Mountain Home
scored eight field throws and four
foul throws. The Mountain Home
lineup was: Center. Gertrude Groef-
sema, center guard Lucille Lee;
guards, Ruth Daugherty and Rose
Smith; forwards, Grace House, Hell
en- Pascoe and Edith Chatterton. A
return game is planned with Sho--
shone for March 10.
Miss Steeman's uncle, DR.. A. j.
Steelman OF Port Angeles, who was
In town a day last week spoke to
the students for few minutes at
the regular Friday assembly. DR..
Steelman suggested to the students
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
HIGH SCHOOL TEAM AT
GOODING. BOISE HERE
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT

The high school basket ball team
went to Gooding yesterday where
they met the Gooding high school
team in the evening. The Republi-
can goes to press 100 early to be
able to publish the score but the
high school has great confidence
that Their players will bring home
another scalp.
The Boise high school team will
meet the local players here next
Thursday evening for a return game,
the home high school boys having
beaten Boise at Boise last month.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03

that they might accomplish some real
good by encouraging their school
mates in time of need.
Allen O'Neill who has been at the
St Alphonsus hospital for The last
week is reported improving. The
sophomore English class and the
junior class both sent flowers to
cheer the patient.
Laura Collins who recently re-
entered school after having spent
some months training in a Pocatello
hospital has withdrawn again to go
to Canada.
The debate and declamatory con-
test, which We have been planning
for. are to be given next week
The debate wild be Wednesday night
in the high school asse mbly room
and the contest Friday night in the
congregational church.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
NEW OWNER FOR BAKERY

Fred Porter, who has been en-
ployed in the New Home bakery for
some time, las. week bought the
stock and good will from j. w. Hor-
ner and has taken possession Of the
business.
Mr.. Porter plans to make a num-
ber of changes in the arrangement
of the store and TO make the New
Home an up-to-date bakery and con-
feetionery store.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
THE IRRIGATION
DUTY OF WATER
An Able Paper Prepared by Competent En-
gineer on Subject of General Interest to
Farmers in the Irrigated Region,
JOHN C. wAEELoN, M. S, AeR. ENGINEER.

submitted the competition the $4,000 Silver
article $500 practical
Irrigation October 18th
1916.
editor merchant
number of articles submitted California
given Special
Wheelon carefully
he during
years
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03
HIGH SCHOOL WILL STAGE DE-
BATTING AND DECLAMATORY
CONTESTS NEXT WEEK.
STATE MEET In APRIL
WINNER OF EXCLAMATION CON-
TEST FRIDAY NIGHT TO REPRE-.
SENT SCHOOL AT CALDWELL.

The high school promise the public
two eyents of unusual interest: A de-
bate to be given in the high school
assembly room Wednesday night, and
a declamatory contest to be given in
the Congregational church Friday
night.
The question for debate 10 !: Re-
solved: That single tax on Land val
ues should supersede in Idaho all
state county and municipal taxes
constitutionaly granted and it also
being agreed that existing federal
taxes shall In substance be retained.
June Evans will open the debate
with the first speech for the afnrma-
tive, Grace House will give the first
speech for the negative. Frank Bum
garner and Purdy Eaton will close
the debate for the affirmative and
negative respectively. The young
men will also give the rebuttals.
The two speakers ranked the high
est by the judges will be appointed
to represent the high school in the
debate at Gooding on the seventh Of
March.
The subject for the debate is a
live question and one that will be of
interest to every taxpayer. Come,
out and see how the young people
will handle the question. The ad-
mission will be ten and twenty cents.
The defamation contest is divid-
ed into three classes: humorous, dra-
matte and oratorical. The winners
in each class will be given rank
and his or her name, rank and name
of selection will be sent to the secre-
tary of state declamatory contest.
We will then be sent word which
class we can enter i'm the state con-
test. The victor represents the
school at Caldwell April the seven
teenth.
HUMOROUS
The Little God and Dickey-Eva AXE,
Darius Green and the Flying Machine
Kenneth Boch.
Love Among the Black-boards- -Effie
Burt.
Sonnys Christening-Bertha Kraut.
The Day of Precious Penalties-Del-
ma Macdonald.
DRAMATIC.
Not Guilty-Bernice Bjornson.
The Soul of the Violin-Edna Boyer.
Sidney's Cartons Sacrifice-Chrs-
time Groefsema.
oRAToRlCAL
The New South-Gladys Hobdey.
The Southern-Mary McHenry.
Abraham Lincoln-William O'Neill.
There will be music furnished by
the girls glee club. The contest
promises to be one of the most in
teresting programs of the school
year. An admission of ten and
twenty cents will be charged In
order to defray the necessary ex-
penses.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03

acre luCuSS.
And yet / have heard farmers testi-
ty in court IN the honest effort to
project their own interests that their
success depended on water duty OF
from oO 70 ~ acres TO Uhe second
tlJw.
NOW tuAt We have learned Just What
al aeIe linen ol water means lu uepLA
ARD weight, as WeIl as its relation
to tAe production OF crops, let us See
gusL what the above expression mean
al acre inches. A duty OF ~ acres
" the second loot uoW mean that
during tue ordinary irrigation season
Ot six months. each acre ahall be sup-
Piled With W acre inches or about
L0ur times as much as the maximum
leld ot crops can utilize.
A 0uty OF SO acres 10 the second
loot TOW means OF Inchea.
"A duty of IOO acres 10 the second
loot IIOW means ~ acre inches.
"A duty OF 100 acres to the second
tUot tIow means 29 acre inches. or
practically twice as much as the
maximum yleId oil crops can utilize.
we are not deceVlng ourselves
mere; because we are seeing AZ
oushels OF wheat per acre taken from
many OF our mountain valleys every
two years when the total precipita-
ton mas averaged but IL inches per
year for 20 years. Assuming that
one-haR of this moisture eVaporated
direct from the soil surface during
the non7growlng season, we can un-
acre inches available for this crop OF
40 bushes per acre Is 1t any Won
der that the studtous irrigator is
as,ounded at this wanton waste of 90
valuable an element.
there are two portions of our COM
munity that are deeply interested In
this subject; the man who has more
land than water; because he can use
more water to advantage; the man
who Is using more water than his
crops can use to advantage, (for the
reason that he has convinced the
court or jury that he is entitled to
it,; because these excess waters are
dong his land much more harm than
good. Why more harm than good?
because of the tact hat water is the
most potent and tmportent element
IN all of natures great laboratory,
it's great function 10 its ability TO
gather, to hold and to convey all
kinds Of soluble materials good, bad
and indifferent. Put water into the
top of barrel of wood ashes and
catch the water from the bottom Of
the barrel, analyze the water and
pour it into the barrel again, and
When you catch and analyze the water
the second timu, you find 1t carries
more lye In solution than 1t did the
first trip; it lost uotbing, but gather
ed, held ~, coG.e!.G more Sohds
than before. Cdtca the waste waters
from an irrigated tarm In ca rh.
ment ditch aud -" hem and drain
them apoA auotLe' equally fer lie
farm for use in irrigation; gather
these waters again and analyze
them and you will find that they
have gathered more soil ingredients
than they contained when leaving the
other farm. We need not worry
ABOUT the water the crops utilize,
but we must watch the ecess waters
that leave our farm as we can be
sure that they are carrying away
plant foods that we cannot afford to
spare.
From the time the rain drop in its
purity falls upon the mountain top
and enters the soil 1t begins Ito
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03

The jolly Bunch card club met with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Brady Tues
dsy evening.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1917-03-03

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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-09-14
Asked to Stop Bootlegging

Max Nordhaus and w S. Oes-
treich. representing the Albuquerque
chamber of commerce, came here from
Albuquerque yesterday to ask Gov
ernor Lindsey to aid in suppressing
bootlegging there. They conferred
with the governor this afternoon,
aud the executive told them that he
would at once request from the at
torney general an opinion as to his
authority to use war emergency funds
for such purposes. Stated also how
ever, that in the event it was held
that the funds could be used he
would authorize no expenditures un-
til convinced that the Albuquerque
and Bernalilo county authorities
were doing all in their power to
suppress the illegal liquor traffic
Bootlegging has become a menace
to the New Mexico troops at Al
buquerque, and the trip of Messrs:
Nordhaus and Oestreich was decided
on after a conference with Col. Abb
bott. commander of the New Mexico
regiment.