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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
Christmas Fund Is Being Raised
to Saue Farm to Greatest Hero

MEMPHIS. Tenn, Dec. 17.-(Specian
If the Merriest Christmas feeling keeps
on spreading Sergt. Alvin e. York is
going to wake up some fine morning
and find that the mortgage on his
farm and one room cabin up in the
Tennessee mountains has dun evapo.
rated That's what York would say
himself Several of the men of his
company who spent several days pry-
ing Yorks story out of the big, bash
full, red headed mountain boy said that
was about as far as the sergeant
would go in speaking of his single
handed fight with the gunners Of the
German machine gun nests.
"Ah crawled up on EN- the ser.
geant is reported saying, and All
asked them most pleasant and polite
like TO please quit pesterin' cause All
had my gun on 'em and they shot an
All shot an they dun evaporated'
Patriotic Americans from all sections
of the country are contributing to a
fund started in New York TO raise the
mortgage on the farm OF York, de,
clared by Marshal Foch to have beer
'the wars greatest hero" York cap
/ tured unaided 132 Germans in one af-
ternoon, but he finds it not so easy to
make farming pay in the Tennessee
mountains. 4 part payment on the
farm was made hy Tennessee cham
ber oC commerce when York returned
/ from the war. But York must pay
the rest Of the purchase price.
For his war service York received
! the congressional medal, the highest
honor that q grateful country can pin
on the coat of its hero sons. Sergeant
York got the congressional medal from
his country. And that's all he got
York is second elder of his church
up there in the mountains and leads
the services on Sunday
York is a stubborn man. He took
his Bible with him when he was drag
scd into the army, and he stuck tight
TO the text Chou shalt not kill"
York's captain took him in hand
Every night he had York marched over
to his tent under a strong and desper-
ate guard armed 10 the teeth The first
time York came he thought the cap
tain was going TO pull gun on him,
and he made up his mind to die game.
But the captain pulled a Bible and
York promptly reached down in his
pocket and pulled his Bible.
Text That Finished Objeciing
Then the captain and York read
Bible texts back and forth to each
other. The first night 1t was a draw.
The second and the third and the
fourth nights the duel ragged with
honors even. But the fifth night the
captain read the verse II say unto
YOU that ye are the watchman on the
city walls. And II the enemy break in
and the people OF the city are slain
their blood be on the watchman's
head
York stood up with the tears in his
eyes. You win, captain said the
conscientious objector
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
CORN MAY BE BURNED
Kansas Farmers Make Threats 10 Beat
Coal Profiteers at Old Tricl,

STOCKTON. Kau.-Farmers in this
vicinity are circulating an agreement
which binds the slgncrs TO boycott the
coal dealers by burning corn this
winter instead of coal.
Several dealers are Offering % cents
q bushel for this years corn crop.
sheled and delivered Coal is retailing
at slj ton.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
FIREMEN HAVE BRASS BAND
Cleveland Also Has Police Band Of
ij pieces; Lots OF Music

CLEVELAND, O.. Dec l7.-Geve-
land now has u band composed Of
members of its fire department 1t is
composed of twenty-six pieces and
plans are under way to increase this
number to forty-six. This city also
possess police department band Of
approximately ~ pieces.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
PERU MOBiLIZES HER TROOPS
Seven Regiments 90 10 Province oI
Tacna. Agents Announce

EUENOS AIRES, Dec l1.-Peri'
has drcrced the mobilization Of 3sS
officers and 1900 troops and Is
sending seven regiments to Ticao il
the province Of Tacna. An announce
ment by the Peruvian government to
this effect has been telegraphed the
newspapers Ia Nacion by its cores
pondent IN Ia Paz in Bolivia
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
HOLD-UP USES BLAZING.
GASOLINE TORCH In CAB

CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-The police blot
ter recording the nights holdups show.
ed new departures by robbers in their
methods Of overpowering victims.
Henry Kunz, taxicab driver. was
forced 10 give up his cab and money
by bandit who pointed blazing
gasoline blow torch at his head. A
gang with a moving van took $500
worth Of valuables from the homes of
Mrs. Gertrude Hayes and two neigh.
bors while a lone bandit armed with
an army saber forced Charles Sckue.
sekben to hand over s31
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
Harrington is Confident
of Support for Strikers

SPRINGFIELD, H., Dec. l7.-Bal.
lots for a referendum on the ques-
ton of continued support of striking
Kansas miners. will be placed in the
hando Of Illinois miners within a week
Frank Harrington, president Of the II
lnois miners, announced Thursday.
President Harrington said he was
confident the referendum would re-
affirm support for Kansas strikers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
F0CH is CRITICIZED
FOR STAND ON BOOZE

PARIS, Dec. 17.-Marshal Foch is
criticized by a writer in the Parid
Ouevre for making the public AMI
nouncement, before departing for thd
United States. that he would take|
no wine with him because he prefers
to drink water.
"They say that because Of thid
fact he has been widely acclaimed byI
prohibitionists. says LOuevre. "Al1
right But to be the Ambassador OF
the great wine-growing regions OF
Burgundy, Champagne and Bordeaux
and TO say L prefer water is dis1
courteous if not renegade.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18
Then the Change

lnen Iht tnanSt
York drilled so furiously that he
soon made a corporal and was re-
earded as one of the best and most
faithful soldiers in the company. He
was recommended for sergeancy
even before he went out that morning
up the Argonne cleaned up five ma
chine gun nests, Killed twenty-five
German gunners with his own hands,
and marched in 80 prisoners, includ.
ing a major.
lie was offered not long ago $4,000
cash and big royalty to go into
the movies. lie was to return 10
France and a company organized TO
represent American ana German sold
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-12-18

Loi" ''i Nc'> 'HaihitSo JOH
LONDON, Dec. 17-Lord Peel has
been appointed Minister OF Transport
to succeed Sir Eric Geddes, brother
OF the British ambassador at Wash
inston There is no salary attached
to the office.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
The Old Home Town.

The world is wide they tell us.
But after all Is said the world for
most of us is confined in the limits
of the Old Home Town. The infre-
quent visits to the near or perhaps
distant city only tend to bind our
heart strings more firmly to the
little city we call Home. The tow
ering skyscrapers can never take in
our deep affections the place held
by the arehitecturally impossible
two-story brick that has for years
graced the principal corner In the
old home town. It's crumbling and
discolored walls have for us a mean
ing deeper and more tender than
place Of the finest marble. To the
eye Of the stranger our little
churches have nothing inspiring
but to the folks of the old home town
their spires for many years have
pointed out a higher and better way.
The old school house with its
straight and sober lines is vividly
suggestive to our eyes CT the in
huence that nodded our youth. and
piloted our steps In after years. To
the sophisticated stranger 1t brings
but a passing smile. But he does
not know the life chapters OF the old
nome town. To the passing visitors
is people may seem strange, but to
us they are friends and neighbors.
We have seen them tried through
the years, With faults from time
to time, they are still the best peo-
pie in the world, the people OF the
old home town. Its life is their life
and only the ignorant can censure
We love the old home town because
we know it, We are not unaophisti-
Gated, the idle opinion to the con-
trary. We know the world and have
tasted its joys and sorrows. We are
not strong for pretense in the old
home town. We live our own life
in our own way. And because we
know the old home town and Its peo-
ple we wish to be there. We know
its ambitions, its romance, its Joy,
It's grief. And we know that when
the years have rolled by and we
reach the end of The chapter that 1t
is in the old home town that we shall
be held in kindly remembrance and
have better things said of us than
we deserve, and II will be because
we have been in and of the old home
town. Its life has been our life.
We are willing to see all the world
but that no place can be In our af-
feotfons what the old home town has
been.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
CHICKEN SEASON
HONORED MONDAY
Local Hunters Went Out in
Numbers But in Most
Cases Brought Back
Small Bags.

Nearly every able bodied man in
Mountain Home went out Monday
for the opening day OF the chicken
season. Chickens are unusually
scarce this year and nearly all the
hunters returned with very small
bag. d. A. Utter, r. N Macdonald,
Guy Henderson, Geo Cate, Bin
Bach, Slim West and Geo. f. Lee
made up one party that went to
Castle Rock Sunday night and
hunted near there Monday morning.
From there they drove to Fairfield
to the Settlers celebration and on
Tuesday hunted on the south side
of Camas prairie from Hill City to
the highway. They returned Tues
day with a total of about forty
grouse and sage chickens killed.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
BALL PLAYERS
PUT UP GREAT
SUNDAY GAME
Local Scrub Team Gives
Regular Organization a
Run for Their Money,
Score Was s to 5 for
Regulars.

That Mountain Home possesses
ball players was shown Sunday
when the local team was challenged
to a game by pickup nine of town
boys and accepted the dare. The
final score was to in favor of the
town team but the scrubs were loud
in their allegations that they were
check -racked out of the game by
sharp practice on the part of their
opponents. 1t is alleged that some
one followed Tom Grayson on an
early morning fishing trip and
closed the gas feed on his car,
thereby delaying him so that he was
unable to get home in time for the
game. And Tom was depended on
to do the pitching for the scrubs.
Then, 1t is further alleged that
George McGrath was left in charge
of Tex Riley's pastime and that Tex
failed to return and relieve him so
that he could show up And George
was the dependable second string
pitcher. Bill O'Neill had to go in
and pitch the game and it is claimed
by partisans of the scrub team that
he struck out more men than War
ner of the opposition was able to
stop with three. THE game was fea-
tured by fifty seven errors and a
home run hit by Art Williams in the
first inning. Art was only able to
make third on it, but his friends
claim it was a homer, as good as
Ruth himself, could produce. After
the Williams home the town team
went up in the air awhile and the
only reason the scrubs did not make
the traditional hundred runs was
that they lacked the ball players to
take advantage of the situation.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
HAMMONDS Will
START WORK soon !
ON PLACER MINE
Owners of Great Grave
Beds at Featherville Max
ing Preparations ! or
Large Scale Mining Op-
erations.

The Hammond Dredging company
has had a number OF representatives
In town for the past few days attend
ing to preparations for erecting q
large dredge near Featherville this
fall and working the gravel on their
placer claims on large scale. II is
stated that 1t will require 225 men
to move in the machinery and DO the
preliminary work toward gettlnS
outfit ready for work Representa-
tives of the company stated that the
dredge being shipped In had been
already loaded in California and
would arrive with in few weeks.
The Hammond Dredging com
pany, OF which Capt, Rupert Winter
has been the local representative
for a number of years, owns q large
area OF placer ground near Feather
vile and several years ago sent tn a
small dredge with which consider
able amount of test work was done,
1t is stated that the ground is ex-
tensive and rich enough to make a
several years job for the big ma
chine now on the way. In years
past the northern part of this coun
ty produced fabulous amounts OF
placer gold from gravel beds lying
so close to the creeks and rivers rs
to make 1t practicable to do the
work by hand, but with the exhaus-
tion Of these fields the mining in
dustry languished and for the past
twenty years only very small
amounts of the yellow metal have
been produced. 1t il hoped that
with the advent Of improved and
powerful machinery the mountains
will again begin to disgorge their
wealth.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
The Leisurist.

For the past few years it has he
eorne fad for towns to have free
camping grounds for tourists. Where
possible cool and shady places have
been selected. Water for drinking
and domestic use has been piped to
the grounds, washing and cooking
facilities have been put in and all
free. The idea has been that these
tourists would find it so attractive
that they would stop a few days and
would necessarily buy more or less
in the town near the camp, and that
some would locate permanently.
This has no doubt proved true to
some extent, but Scrihner's for Au-
gust has an interesting article on
the subject from different angle
According to that authority these
free camps and free living facilities
are creating a race OF nomads or gy-
psies in everything but blood. The
camps afford pleasant cheap and
easy way to live, Hundreds of peo-
pie with a car and a little money
now put in their summer travelling
from camp to camp. They stay in
one place enjoying the free convent
ences until the novelty or their well
come wear out and then move on
to another. II they do not have
funds to carry them through the
summer, as many do not, they plan
to strike a given locality where the
grain, hay, fruit or some other har-
vest is on. There they get few
days work and have enough money
for another months rambling.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
Weather Condi ions.

Settled summer weather with de-
cidely high temperature prevailed
throughout the state, in fact in
some localities it was the hottest
week of the season. No general
rain occurred and many districts
were rainless, but in few scat
tered. localities thunder showers
gave some relief from the heat and
drought. In most instances the
amounts of precipitation were small
The weather was entirely favorable
for all irrigated crops, the heat be-
ing particularly beneficial to the ma
turing corn crop, but in the dry farm
sections the long continued drought
and intense heat of tile past week
caused a marked dete rioration in
crop prospects. In the panhandle
especially crops are suffering from
the heat. The range Is drying In
all the grazing districts but dry feed
is plentiful and stock are thriving
for the most part. Lambs are be-
ing shipped from several points.
Early potatoes are being marketed
in car dots from the commercial dis
tricts. Prunes and apples are max
ing good progress. In the early val
leys prunes are beginning to ripen
and picking will soon begin.
Farm activities, mostly haying,
grain harvesting and thrashing'
went ahead with practically no inter
ruption on account Of the weather.
1t was splendid harvesting weather
and grain and hay are being taken
care of in the best of condition.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
Press Congress News.

Honolulu, Hawaii, Howard D.
Case, publicity ger.-Thrills
occasioned by riding the surf in out
rigger canoes or on native surf
boards, or standing on the rim of
the continuously active volcano of
Kilauea and gazing down into the
roaring, tossing sea of molten lava,
have an active rival in the keen ex-
citment that accompanies the hunt
ing of the shark in the waters out
side of the coral reel that encircles
the island of Oahu.
Newspaper men and women who
are coming to Honolulu in October
as delegates to the Press Congress
OF the World will find that shark
hunting goes hand in hand with
other sports, and although intense
ly exciting, is in no way dangerous.
The shark hunters go to sea in a
launch or sampan which tows dead
white horse. When the fishing
grounds are reached, the boat be-
gins to circle about, and soon the
fins of sharks may be seen cutting
through the water
Ii one is an expert, he may har-
poon a shark as it turns over to
strike, or he may try his luckwith
a high powered rifle. The shark is
furious figter and, once harpooned
or caught with hook or line, dis
plays amazing strength. But he
nnally tires and is gradually hauled
aboard and then dispatched.
There are few Hawaiians liv-
Ing today who care to meet a shark
In the open water and fight him as
MS ancestors did. In the olden
days Hawaiian armed himself
with a hard, wooden double pointed
Javelin about Is inches long, and
with the center portion large enough
W peFhit good grip. He then let
himself down into the water. AS
the shark approached and turned
over to strike, Its great jaws open
to their full width, the Hawaiian.
with quick movement, thrust the
1ayelin between the jaws. one point
penetrating the roof of the mouth
and the other the lower jaw. The
shark, thus unable to close his
mouth, and helpless, was either
speared or allowed to swim aways
as the Hawaiian chose.
There were some daring fisher
men who would attack a shark sim
gle handed, armed only with a short
dagger or spear, and depending up-
on mis- agility in the water to avoid
ehe monster until the time came to
strike.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
Motor Commandments.

The state of Oregon has issued a
set of commandments" that lit the
case. and if followed by Mr.. Gener-
all Public would eliminate a great
many of the troubles of the motorists
who drive behind or ahead. Here
they are:
Thou shalt not run over and kill
they neighbor.
Thou shalt not coyet they neigh
boris automobile or any part there
of.
Thou shalt give they neighbor
one-half the road at all times.
Thou shalt always drive in a care
full and prudent manner that they
neighbor may extol thee.
Thou shalt permit they neighbor
to pass thee on the highway when
he is in a hurry.
Thou shalt love they neighbor's
dog, his OK, his servant and his au-
tomobile and avoid injury to them.
Thou shalt approach railroad
crossing with fear and trembling
when they neighbor rideth with
thee.
Thou shalt not blind thy neighbor
with glaring headlights whilst ap-
him from an opposite di-
rection.
Thou shalt not bear false witness
against thy neighbor in case of an
accident.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20

Junior was in the habit of COM
ing to the table with a dirty face
and, of course, had to be sent away
to wash. One time his mother,
nearly losing patience, said Junior,
why do you persist In coming to the
table without washing? You know
l always send you away"
We'll" said Junior, meekly,
"once you forgot"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
SETTLERS MEET
FOR GOOD Time
Camas Prairie Folks Gather
in Great Numbers at Fair
field for Day Of Genuine
Fun.

There was large attendance at
the Settlers Day celebration in
Fairfield Monday. The visitors
were mostly from the prairie and all
entered thoroughly into the enjoy
ment of the occasion. 1t was much
in the nature of harvest home as
the crops of that section are either
harvested or assured
w Y. Perkins delivered an ap-
propriate address of welcome and
this was followed by an old-fash-
ioned barbecue at which one entire
steer and quarter of another were
consumed in addition to many other
good things.
THE street sports of the afternoon
included mems free-for-all, 100
yard dash, won by Jack Reynolds;
a four-man relay, and a six-mile au-
tomobile race.
The wrestling match between Jack
Reynolds, las pounds, of Cedar Ra-
pids and Johnnie De Bold of Van
couver was won by Reynolds. De
Bold got the first fall in 81 minutes
with scissors and armilock; Rey-
nolds took the second in Is seconds
with leg spread, and the third in
20 minutes with a head scissors
hold.
c. M. Nicholson of Nyssa, Oregon
arrived in town Thursday for a visit.
June Evans of Castle Creek visited
in town the first of the week.
Florence Hill, Lucille and Helen
Wolfe of Twin Falls are visiting in
town this week.
Mike McFarney, who is i'll at a
Boise hospital is reported to be i'm
proving.
Frank Ottenheimer and family
and Chris Hendricks and wife are
vacationing at Featherville.
Mary White has returned to her
duties at the auditors office after
two weeks vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Barber went
to Featherville last Sunday and
spent the day.
Ernest r. Magden and Sarah
Elizabeth Smith were issuer a mar
riage license Saturday and were mar
ried by Rev. G. e. Mason the same
day.
Sheriff Stevens went to Clenns
Ferry Saturday and got Fred Hold
erman who beat up one of the Gov
ernment foremans on the King Hill
ditch, he is lodged in the county
Jail for 80 days.
Grover Tanner and mother and
Walter Tanner and wife returned
Monday afternoon from an auto trim
to the Yellowstone park. They re-
port bad weather most of the time
with the exception of three or four
days.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20
BOOZE DEALER
MAKES EFFORT To
DESTROY STOCK

William Sayko, a resident of the
Bruneau country, tried to get
through town Monday evening at
about nine o'clock with supply of
bootleg, probably for delivery to
Boise customers, but was captured by
Marshal Englehart at Albert's gar
age and landed in Jail. When Sayko
discovered that he was to be arrest
ed he threw a monkey wrench at
one jug and broke it, and then
pitched another from his car, but
the latter hit in Ford standing
near him and failed to break. There
was captured full gallon jug and
another half full which will be used
as evidence against him. Sayko was
arraigned before General Utter,
waived hearing gave bond for five
hundred dollars for his appearance
at the next term of the district
court. This is the first bootlegger
caught in town in several months.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-08-20

Plans are being worked on for a
power line to the upper country from
Mountain Home. 1t is stated that
If construction is started this fall
about seventy-five men will be en-
ployed and that the work will be in
charge of Mr.. Redman who was III
charge of the work done by the
Phoenix utility company last year