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The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
Ace OF Discretion.

Youth has its cOmpensations, but
personally we are glad to have passed
the age when we thrilled at the sight
of gent in a silk hat and fur collar.
Galveston News.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20

Try TO follow the sacred way to
truth. and you will never deceive your
self or others.-Goethe.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
Away With Him.

I do not care for Ezra Swat.
He is all bluff and blow.
And though he claims to know lot.
It mostly isn't so.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
Whv rhev DOME sneak

Doris-"Most people admire my
mouth. Do your Jack (absent-
minedly)-"I think it is simply i'm
mense!"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
Ramed.

Step down." the prosecutor said,
His language had a sting;
So cleverly the witness lied
He hadn't learned a thing.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
RIahtoI

Young MultirOx-Tll never forget
the time 1 proposed to you.
Miss Mainchance-Rig old dearI
I don't intend to let you forget il.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20

The best of life is that it is full
of beginnings, that every today is a
clean page.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20

japanese people attain their full
heights at an earlier age than do
Caucasians.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20

NO AMUSEMENT FOR HER
Hubby: It's wonder you DOM
get oulja board.
Wiley working from morning I'M
ell night: Not 1; II looks too much
Ike flatlron.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
lust SUITS HIM

JUST SUITS HIM
SquIrreI-So you don't like the
elevated?
Mole-No indeed, the subway for
mine.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
n You Have 4 pa

try vacher-BaIm. Keep it handy, and
avoid imitations.-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
8OYearSO Old
Was Sick
Now Feels Young After
Taking EatOnic for
Sour Stomach

81 had sour stomach ever since had
the grip and it bothered me badly
Have taken EatOnic only a week and
am much better. Am 80 years DID,"
says Mrs. John Hill.
EatOnic quickly relieves sour stom-
ach, indigestion, heartburn, bloating
and distress after eating because it
takes up and carries out the excess
acidity and gases which cause most
stomach ailments. If you have "tried
everything" and still suffer- do not give
up hope. Eatonic has brought relief to
tens Of thousands like you. A big box
costs but trif1e with your druggists
guarantee.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20
A Question

One of the questions we have long
wanted to ask is: who takes care
of the dentists teeth?"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20

Fortunes of War.
"What Is Flubdub holding forth
about?"
THE fortunes of war"
81 see. He made his In sugar."
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20

A fox is always counting hens
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-05-20

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17

inr porter. ha,ing delivered mis-
charges baggage IN her section, was
returning for another tip. Webster
reached our and aceosted him.
''Ienry." he said where did you
stow that young lady's hand bag
gager'
Lower Six. Car Nine. sab"
IL have weakness for colored boys
who are quick AZ figures" Webster de.
elared. and dismissed The porter with
the grntuiiy. He turned To Jerome.
"Neddy, | feel that ! am answering
the call 10 great adventure" he de
clared soemnly.
II know 1t, Jack Goodbye. son.
and God bless yoil If your fit OF in
sanity passes within 10 days. cable
me; and II you re broke. stick the Co
dorado Con. for tn. cable tolls
Good old wagon" Webster replied
affectionately. Then he shook hands
and climbed aboard the train The
instant he disappeared In The vesti.
bule, however. Neddv Jerome waddled
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17

,.,,,,,. rom Effn ; isie; wherefore Mr..
I Cafrerty had been imported at price
Of IS a day gold. Result-a marked
! ymprovement In the road he'd and con-
seouently the train schedules, and the
/ ultimate loss OF the Cafferty soul.
Something in the climate Of Sobran-
to must have appealed to a touch OF
lsissez faire in Don Juan's amiable
nature. for in the course of time he
had taken unto himself. without bell
or hook. after the fashion Of the pro
lotariat OF Sohrante. the daughter Of
one Esteban Manuel Enrique Jose Ma
ria Pasqual v Miramontes. an estfma-
hle peon who was singularly glad To
have his daughter of his hands and no
questions asked. Following the fash
ion Of the country, however Esteban
had forthwith moved the remainder of
his numerous progeny under the man
tie OF Don Juan Cafetero's philan-
thropy and resigned position which
for many years he had not enjoyed
-to-wlt: sailing and packing green
hides at a local abattoir. This fool
hardy economic move had so incensed
Don Juan that In a fit of pique he
spurned his father-in-law 1--WE must
call Esteban something and so why
split halrs?) under the tails of his
camlsa. with such vlgor as TO sever
forever the friendly relations hlther-
to existing between the families Mrs.
Cafferty (again we transgress. but
what Of it?) subsequently passed away
In child birth, and no sooner had she
been decently buried than Don Juan
took week off to drown his sorrows.
In this condition he had encoun-
tered Esteban Manuel Enrique Jose
Maria PasquaI Miramontes and
called him out of his name. In the
alteration that ensued Esteban fully
convinced that he had received the
nuh end of the transaction from start
to finish, cut Don Juan severely: Don
Juan had thereupon slain Estehan
emerging from the railroad hospital a
month later had been tried by So
brantean magistrate and fined the sum
of $4,000 legal tender of the republic
of Sobrante. OF course. he had paid
II or within six months from his
wages as section boss hut the mem
DRY of the injustice always ranked
him. and gradually he moved down the
scale OF society from section boss to
day labOrer, day laborer to tropical
tramp. and tropical tramp to beach
CONNER. in which latter state he had
now existed for several months.
To return to Mother jerks
peHore Don Iuar. could even utter a
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17

rapidly down the track TO Car 8
climbed aboard, and made his way tc
Lower q The young lady in the green
tailor-made suit was there, looking
Idly out OF the window.
Young lady" Jerome began. may
| presume 10 address you for mo
menl on a matter of great importance
TO your Don't be afraid of me. nv
| dear. I'm old enough to he your In.
Their. and besides. En- one of the incest
old men you ever met"
She could not forhear a smile
VERY wei. sir" she replied.
Neddy Jerome produced pencil amt
card, Please write your name ON this
card. he pleaded "and ri telegraph
What ] want to say TO you. Thcrell
ne man coming through this ear In
a minute. and don't want him 10 see
me here. Please trust me. young
lady"
The young lady did not trust him
however although she wrote on the
card Jerome thanked her and fed
MS fast as his fat old legs could car.
ry him. Under the station are h.,
read the card
Henrietta wilkins" he murmured
by the gods. one would never sns.
pect name like that belonged 10 a
race Ike that. BY jingo. II would he
strange II that madman persuaded her
10 marry him. ! hope he does. If
I'm any judge of character. lack Wah.
ster won't he cruel enough IN chain
that vision to Sobrante; and besides.
SHE'S liable TO make him decide who's
most popular with him-Henrietta or
bllly Geary. II she does III nlay
Geary to lose. Well Needs INNS,
"hen the devil drives" And no on
tered the station telegraph office and
commenced To write.
An hour later Miss Dolores Rnay
alias Henrietta wilkins. was handed
TINS remarkably verbose and truly
candid telegram:
Miss Henrietta wilkins, Lower a
Car D ON hoard train -
DO you recall the bewhiskerea
ragged individual Won met ON tho :
y. l.. \. X :. L. train in Death val.
'eN ten days age? He lifted his hat
10 yoh tonight, and you almost killed
MN with look, 1t did not occur 10
MN that you would NOT recognize him
'hSguiSed as gentleman. and he llft.
ed MS hat on impulse 10 moi hold II
against him The sight of you again
SCI MS reason tottering on its throne.
and he told me his sad story.
This man. John Stuart Wehster ,s
s'n@'e. forty fine and crazy
- March mare He Is In love with
YOU N"n might do worse than fall,tn
nv" WIN him He is the best mining
'i- 'heer IN the world. and he is now
"eard the same train with Won. on
- T." Vow nrl"ens. thence 10 take |
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17
CHAPTER ~.

Day was dawning in Buenaventura
republic of Sobrante. as invariably II
dawns in the tropics without extend.
ed preliminary symptoms. The soft,
silvery light of fun moon that had
STAYED out scandalously late had
merged imperceptihly into gray: the
gray was swiftly yielding place to a
'"iht crimson thai waS spreading and
deepening upward aihNarl the east.
In the patio of MoIhey jerks estab.
I 'shlnent in the Gale de Concordla
| NO. ID. the first shafts of morning
'lght We're tiltering ohiquely through
the orange trees and creeping in uh.
der the deep, Gothic-arched veranda
nanking the western side of the ma
no presently, through the silent
reaches of the Gale de Concoriia. the
wound OF prodigious knocking and
humping echoed, as Of some fretful
Individual seeking admission at the
street door OF III Buen Amigo. by
winch euphonious designation Mother
jerks caravansary was known to the
puhlic of Buenaventura. In the seq
ond story, front window slid back
ana woman's voice husky with that
huskiness that speaks so accusingly
OF cigarettes and alcohol, demanded
"Quien es? Who is il? Que ouiere
ustedF Wot do yer want?'
re might dispinSe VIII that nara.
queet conversation whin addhressin'
the likes ay me-" voice replied D"Tis
me-Caiferty. I have cablegrsm
Leher give me 70 deliver"
Gawd's truth! Would yer wake
the ole 'ouse with yer 'ammering
All right. I'll not say another
word !"
Without the portal stood Don Juan
Catetero. of whom a word or two he.
fore proceeding.
10 begin. Don Juan Cafetero was
moi his real name. but rather free
spanish translation of The Cae,ic
John Cafferty Mr.. Carferty was an
exile OF Erin with horrible thirst
tie had first arrived in Sobrante some
hNe years before. as section boss in
'he employ Of the little foreign-owned
narrow-gauge railway which ran frm,
huenaYentura on the Caribbean coast
10 san Miguel de Padua, up-country
wnere the nitrate beds were located
'r'or to his advent the railroad peo-
PIE had tried many breeds of section
moss without visible results until a /
lineage man. who had come IN So
or"nte 70 install an inter-communlcat-
ing telephone system in the govern |
"'ht buildings, suggested 10 the su-
iFfln'"nhe9t "f fhr road. who WAS a
an. nat the men made far bosses
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17
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IN1EKI;Ql!1!!77di11la:c1tzzdzu1A&
no ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

natunnal greeting. mother Jeuks iaru
finger to lip and silenced him. go
back to Leber's and return In an hour"
she whispered. Il ave my reasons for
wantin' that bloomin' cablegram de-
livered later"
Don Juan hadn't the least idea what
Mother jerks reasons might be, but
he presumed she was up TO some chi
canery, and so he winked his blood
shot eye very knowingly and nodded
his acquiescence in the program.
When he had gone. Mother jerks
went behind the bar and fortified her
self with her mornings morning
which rite having been performed her
sleep-benumbed brain livened up i'm
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17

nieIi. 49,.
Cords truth % the lady mur,nn...
AN me about 10 turn him adrift for
the lawst fortnight! Well for i'm !.
alters hadmired the picture O. mn,
T"inted Emery. as was the smith, l..
age or MS own rawtner. E51nss
ELS bells But that was a BIT Of :,
tight squeak Just as Pm fully con
WINGED 'e's beat it an I'm left oldlu'
the sack. all along O. my kindness Of
cart, e gets the cablegram 'e's heeD
lookin' for this two months past an >
alters claimed as 'ow any time e got
a cahlegram it'd be an answer to is
letter, with money to foller My word
but that was touch an go"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17

| the steamer ~ buenaventura. SoDraB-
te. G. A.. whore he Is 20 meet another
lunatic and finance a hole in the
ground do not want him 10 go TO
Sobrante Tf you marry him. he will
not II you do not marry him. you
still might arrange to make him listen
| to reason. n you can induce him TO
come to work for me within the next
~ days. whether you marry him or
not. ! will give you 5000 the day he
reports on the lob Please bear IN
mind that he does not know am do
ing this II he did. he would Kill me,
but business Is business. and this Is a
plain business proposition. am put
ting You wise. so you will know your
power and can exercise It II you care
10 earn the money. IF not. please for
get about IT, At any rate. please do
me the favor 10 communicate with me
on the subject. If at all interested.
Edward +. Jerome. President Colo
Engineers Club"
The girl read and rcread this tele-
gram several times and presently q
slow little smile commenced to creep
around the corners of her adorable
mouth
81 believe that amazing old gentle
man Is absolutely dependable" was
the decision at which she ultimately
arrived. and calling for telegraph
blank. she wired the old sehemer:
give thousand not enough money.
Make II $4,000 and I will guarantee
10 deliver the man within 90 days.
stay on this train to New Orleans.
"HENRIETTA."
That telegram arrived mt the Engi-
neers' club about midnight. and pnr-
suant to Instructions. the night bar
keeper read II and 'phoned the con
tents to Neddy Jerome. who prompt
ly tclephoned his reply TO the tele-
graph office. and then sat on the edge
of his he'd, scratching his toes and
meditating.
That's n remarkable young wom-
an" he decided "nnd business to her
finger tins Wen, I've done my part,
and It's now up Ia Jack Webster to
protect himself in the clinches and
About daylight n black hand passed
Neddy Jerome's reply through the
berth curtains to Dolores Ruey. She
read:
accept. When You deliver the
goods. communicate with me and get
your money.
"JEROME."
She Struggled back among the Dill
lows and considered the various as
poets of this amazing contract which |
she had undertaken with a perfect |
stranger Hour after hour she lay |
here, thinking over this preposterous |
situation. and the more she weighed |
I, the more interesting and attractive
he proposition appeared. But one
troubled her. How |
would the unknown knight manage an
Or IL he failed to man.
lge 1t, how was she to overcome that
obstacle?
"Oh, dear" she murmured, 81 do
rope he's brave"
She need not have worried. Hours
'efore, the object Of her thought had
ettled all that to his own complete
"a abstraction. aud ms consequence was
leeping peacefully and gaining
trengtb for whatever of fortune. good
II III, the morrow might bring forth.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1921-02-17
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER John Stuart Webster
mining engineer. after cleaning up "A for
tune In Death Valley Calf boards 4
train for the East. He beffiends a young
lady annoyed by masher. thoroughly
trouncing the pest"
CHAPTER il-At Denver Webster re-
ceives letter from Billy Geary, his clos
est friend. Geary urges him TO come to
Sobrante, Central America to finance
and develop mining claim. lie decides
to go.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30

Sealed bids for said bonds will be
received, opened and considered by
The Board of Highway Commission
ers OF Smiths Prairie Highway Dis
trict, Gilmore County, Idaho. at a
meeting thereof to be held al the res
idence OF Secretary, August 8, 1921,
at 2 p. m.
Bids must Name the best terms at
which bidders will purchase said
bonds.
No bid will be considered for less
than par value of said bonds, with
accrued interest added thereto date
Of delivery.
Bids must be unqualified and un-
conditional, and each bid must be
accompanied by a certified check for
IVY OF the amount of bonds to be
sold, payable to the Secretary OF Dis
trict.
Said bid check must be free from
all restrictive endorsements and
conditions.
The Board reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated at Prairie, Gilmore County,
Idaho, this 18th day OF July, 1921,
by order OF the Board of Highway
Commissioners, Smiths Prairie High
way District, Gilmore County, Idaho.
PHELE T. McPROUD,
toeal Secretary.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30
NOTICE

Notlce is hereby given that the
Board of Commissioners of Smiths
Prairie Highway District. Elmcre
County, Ida, intends to issue, nego-
tiate and sell Smiths Prairie High
way District, Elmore County. Idaho,
bonds in the aggregate amount Of
$~25,O00.OO, of the denomination Of
$4,000 each; said bonds to bear in
terest at not to exceed So per an
mum; payable semi-annualIy. on the
'flrst days OF January and July of
each year; to be dated April /, 1920,
u 70 become due and payable 1917
OF total amount issued in fen annual
installments beginning January tst.
1881. and ending April /, 1910, Roth
principal and interest of said bonds
Shall be payable at the Chase Ma
tional Bank, in the City and State Of
New York.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30
Serial O20756
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department off the Interior, U. 5.
Land Office, at Boise, Idaho, June
80, 1921.
Notice is hereby given that Robert
M. Anderson, of Bennett, Idaho, who,
on February 10th, 1919, made Addi-
tional Homestead Entry, Act Dec, 20,
1915, No. 020756, for Sc u NE ",
SEA, Sec. 25, T. | N, R. 8 E, and
WkSEA, EBSWA, and Lots 2, 3,
and 4, Section 80, Township North,
Range 9 East, Boise Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make g.
year proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before d. A.
Utter, United States Commissioner,
at his office, at Mountain Home,
Idaho, on the 9th day of August,
1921.
Claimant names as witnesses: Ru-
dolph Larsen, Of Bennett, Idaho;
Joseph N. Anderson, of Bennett,
Idaho; George V. holland, of Bennett,
Idaho; and Harry Mellen, Of Noun
tain Home, Idaho.
FRANK S. HEIR,
Jy9-A6 Register.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30
Serial 025094
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION--ISo
LATED TRACT
Public Land Sale

Public Land Sale
department Of the Interior, U. S
Land Office at Boise, Idoha, June
~, 1921.
Notice Is hereby given that, as di-
rected by the Commissioner of the
General Land Office, under provi-
sions of Sec. 2455, r. s., pursuant
to the application Of John Timmons,
Of Mountain Home, Idaho, Serial No.
O25094, we will offer at public sale,
to the highest bidder, for at not less
than $500 per acre, at 10 o'clock
a. m, on the 23d day of August,
1921, next, at this office, the fol
lowing tract of land: NEASWA,
NRSEA Sec. 8, NWASWA Sec. 2,
T. 2 s., r. 8 e., B. M. This tract
Is ordered into the market on a
showing that a greater portion there
of is mountainous or too rough for
cultivation"
This sale will not be kept open,
but will be declared closed when
those present at the hour named
have ceased bidding. The person
making the highest bid will be re-
QulICu W iihCuIdlC pay W Lie NJ
ceiver the amount thereof.
Any persons claiming adversely
the above described land are advised
to file their claims, or objections, on
or before the time designated for
sale.
Authorized by &c, of 6-22-21.
FRANK S. HEIR,
Register.
FRANK B. KENYON,
iv16-Ag20 Receiver.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30


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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30

Floyd E. Hoobler of Boise and
Miss Laura Wright TO Caldwell were
married last Wednesday by Rev. Y
A. Taggart at the congregational
parsonage, in Weiser. Floyd is well
known here, where he lived for q
number of years. He has taken up q
homestead near Eugene, and the
young couple expect to make thed1
home there.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30

C. H. Mckinney and family passed
through town Monday from Bellevue
on their way to Boise. Mr. Mcblr'
ney was at one time a resident neie'
being associated in the humber ousl.
ness.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30

ID. b. Hyde of Bruneaa was =
town Saturday on his way 10 90
vannah, Mo-, to take treatment lo'
a cancer.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-30

George Dunkel made final PROOF
nm his homestead before the land
commissioner Wednesday afternoon.