Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1918-07-13
STORES TO CLOSE
At EARLIER HOUR
Food Administration Orders
Closing of all Stores and
Stands at Earlier Hour
Than Formerly.


/ ginning next Monday, may not open
their places of business before s
O'Clock in the morning and must
close them at in the evening, ex
eept on Saturday when they may re-
main open until 3 at night. Drug
stores and soda fountains will open
at in the morning and will close at
. every night except Sunday, when
they may be open for business only
from o'clock in the afternoon until
8 O'clock at night.
Restaurants and hotel dining
rooms are the only places of busi-
ness that may open earlier than
o'clock in the morning. They may
serve meals or lunches from o'clock
in the morning until 3 o'clock at
night and must remain closed from
8 o'clock on each evening
Mr. Bieknell was asked Wednes-
day night how his order would effect
combination cigar stores, pool rooms
and soda fountains. He said the
pool halls could remain open and
that tobaccos were not included in
the scope of his order, but that such
places of business would have to stop
serving from their soda fountains at
8 o'clock every night
The application of the order to
fruit stands which serve soft drinks
and sell candies and magazines was
asked about, and Mr. Bicknell said
these places as yet, are not included
under his order except that they will
have to stop selling soft drinks at
the hour of g. The order may be
modified or extended after 1t is in
operation. he said
Chinese noodle houses and SINH
lar all night eating places will be
closed the same as any regular restau-
rant or lunch room, says Mr. Bick-
nell
This order,". said Mr. Bicknell,
was issued after a canvass of the
state had disclosed the fact that prac-
/ tically SO per cent OF the merchants
and those interested in the new clos
ing hours were in sympathy with the
Regulations isued; but they did not
care to take the steps individually as
long as competitors were allowed to
remain open a longer time. have
therefore put them all on an equal
basis and ] figure | have thereby eff
fected a marked conservation OF en-
ergy of man and woman power, and
have cut down the operating expense
to the merchant materially in light
ing and heating bills"
The order as issued to all county
chairmen reads as follews: Food
administration closing orders to
stores apply to the entire state. On
and after July Is all merchants and
storekeepers are directed to observe
the following opening and closing
hours: With the exception OF drug
stores, soda fountains and other soft
drink stands, all stores will open for
business at s o'clock in the morning,
and close at 6 o'clock in the evening,
daily except Saturdays, when they
may remain open until o'clock in
the evening.
Drug stores, soda fountains, and
other soft drink stands will open at
\ s o'clock in the morning and close at
\ 3 o'clock in the evening daily except
Sundays, when their hours of doing
business will be confined between the
hours of ] O'Clock in the afternoon
and o'clock in the evening.
"All restaurants, hotels and others
serving meals or lunches of any de-
scription shall be required to keep
Itheir places of business closed from
8 o'clock in the evening until 3
O'Clock in the morning and they must
lconfine the service of their meals and
lunches to the intervening hours. In
other words their hours of business
will be confined between the hours of
s o'clock in the morning and 8 o'clock
In the evening.
"All county administrators are d.
rected to see to 1t that these rules
governing the hours of business for
the various classes named are strict
ly complied with and are to request
the cooperation of their citizens In
helping to police these regulations
Get In touch Immediately with the
officers of your defense council with
the view of enlisting their co-opera-
tion in enforcing these regulations.
The purpose Of this order lis not only
to conserve food but to conserve man
energy thereby promoting greater
efficiency In the man and woman
power OF Idaho"