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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Wisconsin Women Have Rights
Equal with Men by Law.

Wisconsin women entered the jury
room Monday, July 18th. With the
signature of Governor Blaine to the
"Women" Rights" bill, passed by
the legislature last month, the ladies
acquired all the rights OF men, with
out some Of the obligations.
distractions to the rights OIL con-
tract on the part of wives are re-
moved in the present law. Women
may now be impanelled on juries, but
may be excused on presentation OF
woman's reason" because"--if they
wish
Wisconsin is the first state in the
Union where wome have equal rights
with the men, according to members
of the National Womens party. The
law provides that state officials and
courts shall "construe the statutes
where the masculine gender Is EN-
ployed to include faminine gender,
"unless such construction will deny
TO females the special protection
which they enjoy for the general
welfare"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Local Application of Short Skirts

Last Sunday we were In the
capital city, and in the evening sat
in hotel, overlooking the main
street, and had occasion TO watch the
passersby and noted dn particular
their clothes. And Watching the
crowds pass, some going to the pic
ture shows and Others to the ice
cream pardors, brought home the
fact most foreibly that to dress well
is an art and that apparently there
are many women who have not given
serious attention to the art. BY this
do not mean that they have not
not given much thought to clothes,
but attention to the way they are
worn. The suitability to the wIsarer
and the wearing apparel has certain
ly been neglected. The effect they
want Is one thing. They effect They
get is often quite tragic other.
In viewing that crowd the thought
was brought forcibly to our mind
that there is a distinction between
that which is charming In a fashion
and its exaggeration, which is cheap
and tawdry, and the w2ll-dresseo
woman never oversteps that line
Take as an example the present
mode OF short skirts. A skirt that
II too long is conspicuous for It's
awkward look, while the too shor'
skirt at once makes one the SUP
lect of ridicule. There Is O cor
rect length for every woman, and II
is for her to determine what tha'
length should be.
There is always something pathetl'
about the woman Of middle age wh'
tries to resemble the miss Of l6, witt
crisp ruffly organdie and sash enc
bows, and the frilly beribboned nat
OF the light girlish colors. The ex
tremely short skirts and the wals
open almost to the waist line %
front. Vanished youth cannot b.
made to return by this procedure
but only made ridiculous.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Press Congress News

An ancient temple at Napoopoo,
Island of Hawaii, in which Captain
Cook, discoverer of the Hawaiian Is
lands, lived during THE period in
which he was worshiped by the ma
tives as god, has been restored,
and will be among the numerous
places of interest visited by dele
gates to the Press Congress of the
World, meeting at Honolulu next
October.
According to the island legend, a
native priest, emerging from his
temple one sunny morning in 1779,
noticed two great ships, unlike any
thing he had ever seen before, in the
tiny harbor below. Strangely enough
a rainbow loomed upin the sky over
the vessels, and the priest, seeing
this, fell upon his knees and declar-
ed that the ships had come down
from the sky along the rainbow,
which, to the natives, was the path
way to the gods.
The landing of Captain Cook occa-
stoned the greatest excitement
among the natives, who believed him
to be the reincarnation of the god
Lono, whose second coming on earth
had long been foretold among them
The great temple of Lono was Of
fered Captain Cook for his residence
and he was installed with many
rites as the long-looked- god
Captain Cook met his death in Feb.
ruary of the same year that he
landed on Hawaii, at Kealakekua
which, i'm the Hawaiian language
means Pathway of the Gods" ant
near this spot monument, which
still stands, was erected.
Beneath the floor of the tempt,
of Lono were found hundreds o
skeletons of Hawaiian chiefs ant
chieftesses. Countless temples a
one time existed throughout the is
lands, but THE one at Napoopoo Il
among the very few that have beer
restored.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
The Passing of Mrs. Perky

Ella Hunter Perky, wife of Judge
X. l. Perky, and ONE of the most
prominent and beloved women of the
state. died Sunday afternoon at b
o'clock at her home in Boise, after
an illness of two years. Mrs. Perky
was leader In state educational
and city charity work. Her death
came as a distinct shock to her large
number of friends. Death was caus-
ed by heart disease. To the end
Mrs. Perky was. brave and courage
Gus. She is survived by her husband
her daughters, Mrs. Esther WOOD
house of Bloomington, WIS; her
mother, Mrs. ]. A. Hunter; a sister,
Mrs. j. E. Newcomer, both OF Los
Angeles, and Hhrse grandchildren
All were with Mrs. Perky at the time
Of her death.
Mrs. Perky was 81 years oil age
she was Dorm DIT Foit
Ohio. February 6, 1870. Mr.. ana
Mrs. Perky were graduates OF the
Ohio Northern University, and were
married April IS, 1891. AT the time
off her graduation, Mrs. Perky re-
ceived the highest scholastic honors
ever conferred upon a graduate OF
that institution, and she was asked
to become a member of the faculty,
Mrs. Perky, with her HUSBAND
came to Idaho, and he practiced law
In Mountain Home for several years
Two children were born to them
Martha Lenore being born in Noun
tain Home, April 80, 1899, ana dleo
the following September, the remains
being moved from this cemetery ias'
Tuesday to Boise, to be inferred De
side that Of the mother. The othel
daughter, Esther Perky Woodhouse
survives. Mrs. Perky and her nus
band and daughter moved to bois'
in 1906. 4 She is cousin OF Mrs M
e. Longfellow.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
The. vacationist

The annual vacation is a great
strain on the endurance of the av-
erage vacationist. We ought to be-
gin several weeks In advance of our
annual vacation training for the
avent. 1t is a pretty serious thing
to Jump suddenly from life of in
dolence and soft luxury and softer
food and still softer muscles to a
life of activity and rough edges and
tough food and great muscular exer-
ton. Trouble with the vacation
habit is that the people who need
it the least have 1t the worst.
mean people who never do manual
labor, but who just use their wits to
live by.
Now. a three weeks vacation ev-
cry year Is a fine thing for po-
liceman, if he knows enough to go
and sit down somewhere, or fer a
DOOkhOHUtT, IL HC huOWD NhONOG
go out and walk about IL or 10
miles a day, or for school teacher,
If she is similarly endowed. But
for the work dodging specialists a
vacation is pretty sure to prove a
handicap, unless we know enough TO
spend THE vacation saving wood or
raking hay or otherwise striving 10
restore the function of those muscles
we hate to use in our regular Jobs
The CHEEKY hum of the mosquito
lulling the dog. tired vacationlst u
sleep, the monotonous click Of the
cricket, the hoarse squawk oil tht
night hawk patrolling the zenith anu
the musical honk of the hliyvers tha'
pass in the night all combine 10 lm
prove sleep when the three Weeks
strain is over.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Uncle Sans Gold Store Is Counted

Employees of the United states
assav office in Wall street Saturday
finished weighing and testing the
myriad grains of gold and count
ing the certificates that comprise
the huge sum of fifteen hundred nal
lion dollars, about one-fifth OF ohe
worlds supply.
Besides this amount, there -
eight hundred and seNenty-two NH
lion dollars worth of gold ID d
sealed vault, which had previously
been checked.
Tho enormous hoard, the largest
ever assembled in ONE DulldihS IN
history. will continue TO swell ior
some time. financiers said, as near
" every liner arriving here has a
consignment for liquidation IN TINS
country.
The count was neoessitated Dy d
penddng charge in superintendehtS'
Representatives of Verne NJ Boyle
who Is relinquishing the position
and Isaac H. Smith, who succeeus
him. During the month and nan
since the count was begun con-
stant flow Of yellow metal mas po"
ed into the office.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
WORK STARTED ON
new CEMENT FLUME
IN HAMMETT CANAL
New Structure Around Hill
Will Be Finished Before
Winter and Will Assure
Water Supply Next Year

Construction work was resumed on
the King Hill government irrigation
project the first of July, at wnich
time water was shut out of the Colo
Springs flume to permit its rebuild
ing with concrete. A cement shed
was erected near Hammett and TWO
trucks were put to work the latter
part of May, hauling in the cement
for construction work. A crew OF
men at King Hill have been build
ing forms for the new concrete
flume for some weeks, and they are
now being hauled to the scene or the
work. The government is using a
drag line excavator to tear out the
old wooden flume and to form the
new bed for the concrete work.
About 100 men and 80 horses, be-
sides "a number of trucks, are being
employed on the work.
The Hammett extension of the
King Hill project was built in 1903
and 1910 under the Carey act, and
was known as the King Hill exten-
sion project. 1t was promoted by l..
G. Bradley and Gaylord Thompson
of Lewiston. The project went
broke with the original King Hill
project, and for several years was
precariously conducted until 1t was
sold at receivers sale and bid in by
the state. At that TIME the govern
ment took over the two projects, and
for the past four years have been
rebuilding them. With the recon-
struction of the Cold Springs flume
the entire project will be in shape
to make satisfactory deliveries Of
water to the farmers, and new era
of prosperity should come to the
King Hill and Hammett sections.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
PRO 0 HIBITION
SLEUTH DESTROYS
M0ONSHINE PLANT
After Long Vigil, Gives Up
Hope of Capturing Distill-
er, and Puts Still Out of
Business Local Shortage

An officer of the federal prohi-
bition directors department last
week located a moonshine still and a
barrel of mash in dry gulch near
town, and for nine weary, sleepless
nights he lay In the adjacent sage
brush and with his eagle eye fixed
on the dilapidated cabin that housed
his find, he watched and waited for
the return of the distilter who was
producing the clandestine JOY juice.
At the end of the ninth night the
government representative gave UP
his useless vigil and after smashing
up the autfit came back to town and
told the world. 1t Is stated around
town by those who claim to be In
the know, that the still raided and
wrecked was the home OF the ever
popular dog poison brand of fusel
oil, and 1T has been noticed that this
brand has almost disappeared from
the usual trade channels and that its
commanding position on the local
market has been taken by the other
brand which was named for its dis
tinctive odor,
The government representative, ia
telling of his find last week, stated
that the water for the mash had
been taken from a stagnant pool COW
cred with green scum and that the
top Of the barrel was uncovered ex-
cept for an inch of flies and bugs.
II is rumpred that during the
forced dry spell following the de-
struction of the still another local
dispenser of bootleg made trip to
the outer world and returned with
carload OF honest st-to-goodness whis-
key-Old Grow, Old Taylor, and 9TH
er brands whose names have become
only a legend in the curbstone tales
of Mountain Home.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Hendricks -Kinsey

A very pretty wedding took place
on Tuesday, July 10, at Frultianu'
when Esther Jane, the eldest daush-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. kinsey'
twas united in marriage to otto W.
Hendricks of this city, Rev. louu
officiating.
Before the ceremony, Mrs. L. u
Gillian sang 20 Promise Me, ac-
companied by Mrs. James Gordon
Smith of Fruitland. The bridal cou-
pie entered the living room to the
strains of Mendelssohn's wedding
march, led by little Betty Jane
Lackey who carried the ring In a
tiny pink basket. The bride wore
charming gown of cream lace over
white satin and carried a bouque'
of sweet peas and baby's breath. Al
ter congratulations, Mrs. Gillian
sang Because" and Mr.. ]. g. smlun
sang "At Dawning." the nappy
couple were the recipients OF many
useful and beautiful gifts.
Mr.. and Mrs Hendricks returned
to Mountain Home, and will be az
the Query home until the pride
groom has his home remodeled and
furnished.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Rebekahs Install

Thursday evening the Rebekah
lodge held its regular meeting, and
installed the following officers: Es-
ther Mast, noble grand; Laura
Vance, vice-grand; Mary McWil-
liams, recording secretary; Oda
Temple, financial secretary; Bessie
Edgar, treasurer; Mary Harris, right
supporter to noble grand; May Nor
dyke, left supporter to mobile grand /;
Nellie Boyle, conductor; Maud Bar
rett, warden; Jennie Gaines, chap
lain; Dorothy Evans, night support
er to vice-grand; Nancy Price, left
supporter to vice-grand; Sarah d.
Reed. inside guardian; Catherine
Crigler, outside guardian; Delma
Macdonald, musician.
Mary Smith and Willie Galloway
installed the new officers. Mrs.
Smith. in an appropriate address,
presented the outgoing noble grand,
Sister Eta Fountain, with a three
link and dove Rebekah pin, in appre-
ciation of her faithful and untiring
efforts for the order, and having
served two terms as head of the
lodge.
The refreshments committee serv-
ed very appropriate lunch of iced
lemonade and waters after the regu'
lar meeting.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Presidential Visitors.

President Harding probably re-
ceives more unusual guests than any
one man. Recently he was visited
by Chief and Princess Buffalo Bear
Sioux Indians, of South Dakota. They
called to urge that day be sci
apart as Indian day to honor the
American Indians who fought in the
World war. The Indians brought
presents Of moccasins for Mrs. Hard.
ing and the head dress of a chief for
the Great White Chief.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Victim of Evil Associates"

A Boise judge, finding a young
man guilty of petty larceny, said to
him the other day: you are a vic
tim of evil associates" +" 1t is a much
used phrase, "the victim of evil asso-
ciates." The down and out, the dis
Greet woman, all cry out, "It isn't
my fault; got into the wrong bunch
evil associates did it."
The very words "evil associates"
are an admission that some people
are almost wholly bad, not irreme-
diably bad, perhaps, but in their
present state pretty far gone. But
do you think so? What about our
saying that there is so much good
in the worst of us and so much bad
in the best of us"-does it permit
us to separate the sheep from the
goats in life and say; These peo-
pie here are good and fit to associ-
ate with. Those people are bad and
must be avoided?" And if it did,
would not such separation be the
one way to make the "bad" people
worse and the "good" people conceit-
ed, and perhaps hypocritical?
After all, isn't the plea of "evil
associates" on the part of somIaone
who has erred bit of cowardice and
an effort to pass the buck? And
wouldn't 1t be better to admit to
ourselves that we all have some re-
sponsibility in regard to our COM
panions, and that If we fail to exert
a good influence in the presence of
bad influences we ourselves are at
fault. And If we run away from
bad influences, letting our former
comrades go their way to crime and
unhappiness, If they seem to be
headed that way-are we not as
grievously in error?
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
fire THURSDAY THE
FIRST NIGHT BLAZE
OF PAST TWO YEARS

A number of Old sheds in the rear
of the John Brady residence burned
to the ground early Thursday morn
ing. The fire department arrived in
time to prevent the fire from reach
ing the house. or any adjoining
buildings. This is the first night
fire to occur in Mountain Home for
more than two years, and it is a
curious coincidence that the last one
was a trush fire on property belong
ing to Mr.. Brady in the next block
from Thursday mornings fire.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
BOXING SHOW AT
GLENNS FERRY WAS
LACKING in CLASS

More than forty Mountain Home
people went to Glenns Ferry last FRI
day night to take in the boxing bouts
nut on there under the auspices OF
lack ellis. As boxing bouts, the
entertainment was strictly on the
fritz. the only bout worth seeing
being between Mountain Home boy
and Bill Lambert, Glenns Ferry's
fayorite son. The main bout of ten
scheduled rounds between Jack Gill
lis and Jack Carpenter ended in the
fifth with Carpenter knocked out.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
Storer-0 0ttenheimer

Saturday evsning Miss Ruth
Storer and Hill Ottenheimer were
united in marriage by Rev. Brown
of the Baptist church, at the home
of the brides sister, Mrs A. A. Stew
ems. THE only guests were immedi-
ate relatives of the contracting par
ties, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ottenheim-
er and Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Stevens.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
SMITHS PRAIRIE
July IS. 1921.

July IS, 1921.
The residence Of 0. G. McProud
burned to the ground Sunday. They
saved some furniture and bedding for
one bed, but their clothing was up
stairs. and the fire started there, so
they saved nothing but what they
had on. The origin of the fire Is mot
known.
The celebration lasted two days,
and every one seemed to enjoy them
selves.
The Prairie people are planning on
a big time on "Old Settlers day"
August 18th.
Warren Simmons was laid up 70
rest in Emmett July 2, by the SIDE
OF his little son Willie, who died In
Salem little over year ago.
Mrs. Simmons and children return
ed to Prairie last week, accompanies
by her sister, Mrs. Hess and family.
The hay crop is exceptionally
good this year, but help is very naru
to get.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23
STOCKINGS WERE MADE TO PUT
FEET IN
(By ROGER w. BABSON) J


certain town, which may be called
Graniteville. The executor of his es-
tate found $4,000 lin gold stored
away in the house, and deposited Dit
with the Graniteville Trust Co.,
thereby increasing the deposits of
that company by $4,000. Shortly
after John Smith borrowed of the
trust company $4,000 of the amount
deposited in order to buy some stone
with which to build block of build
ings. The local granite company,
having outside income sufficient to
pay its operating expenses, deposited
the entire $4,000 received from
Smith with the Graniteville Trust
Co.; SO the deposit of the trust COM
pany became $1,000 greater. Soon
after Jones came into the bank and
borrowed $4,000 with which to buy
stone to build a block in another
part of the town, and upon receipt
of Jones $4,000 the granite company
made another deposit with THE trust
company increasing the deposit to
$13,700
The following day Mr.. Brown,
by means of a loan from the trust
company, bought stone, and the
granite company further increased
its deposit to $17,500.. This same
method of procedure WAS contiued
until the $1,000 in gold which was
originally deposited resulted in in
creasing the deposits Of the trust
company by $4,000 and the loans
by $4,000. Moreover, this $4,000
enabled the granite company to sup
pose 1t had $4,000 in cash on de-
post in the trust company and pro-
vided for the building OF several
stone blocks in the city. In other
words, the deposit of this $4,000 in
gold resulted in creating an appaR-
ent wealth in Graniteville of about
100000. This story shows not only
the risks of great increases in de
posits" but also the Importance OF
gold importations in times of string
ency, owing to the advantage OF hav-
ing on hand as much currency as pos
sible.
When the miser's estate was set
tied, this $1,000 was turned over tc
his only daughter, who had the same
boarding disposition as her father
She Immediately withdrew in gold
the $4,000 from the Graniteville
Trust Co. and placed the same in 9
safe deposit box, with the following
result: THE Graniteville Trust Co.
in order to show dts proper IRE
serve" was obliged to demand pay
ment OF all loans made to Smith
Jones, Brown and the other men
In order to pay these loans, all o.
these men were obliged to sell th'
buildings which they had erected
and In order to protect the price o
granite, the granite company wal
Obliged to purchase these buildings
which necessitated the withdrawal o
their deposits from the trust com
pany Thus the withdrawal Of thi
$4,000 in gold resulted in $4,000
decrease in the deposits OF. the trus
company, caused the $45, 700 OF casl
assets of the granite company t
} vanish, and caused half a dozen NOR
: citizens to lose their property an
, possibly enter bankruptcy.
! The $4,000 is back "in the socks
, socks that were made to put fee
: in.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Macdonald
entertained General d. A. Utter and
Geo. F. Lee at chicken dinner We'd
nesday evening. General Utter, who
poses as eonnoisseur of fried fowl,
claims that Mrs. Mcdonald has the
world beat at that especial art.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23

Fred Jackson and family, accom-
panied by Josephine Horgan, spent
the weekend in the mountains near
Pine and Featherville.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-23

Jim Weed and son Jack We're IN
Boise Sunday, visiting with MRS.
Weed. who is rapidly improving from
a recent operation.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-28
LONDON EXPECTS
RUSSIA'S ASSENT
Soviet Representatives There
Think She Will Obey
American Order.

LONDON. July 27.-"Russia will
not bubble over the question of q
few American prisoners when there
is a humanitarian issue at stake"
will be the tenor of Moscow's reply
to Herbert Hoover, according to re-
liable information here.
Maxim Gorky has already ac-
knowledged receipt of Hoover's
message and says the president of
the Russian Central Famine Relief
will also reply as soon as the Mos
COW government has been consulted.
Soviet Representatives In London
are confident that Moscow will ac-
quiesce without reservation, hint
ing that perhaps the American re-
lief agencies may furnish the con-
Meeting link whereby America and
Russia may eventually establish a
relationship similar to that now in
effect, between London and Mos
COW.
Stringent measures for rationing
food have been put into effect in
all Russian cities. Many villages
and towns in the Astrakhan and
Saratoff districts are now complete
ly deserted.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-28
FILMS TO DEPICT
SURGICAL FEATS
Berlin Discovery Shows Com.
plete Picture of Rare
Operations.
Especial c.sl. to The Washington Esr.id.)

Especial Gable to The Washington Hsraid.)
BERLIN July 27.-A cinemato-
graphic achievement, which un-
doubtedly has proved epoch making
has Just been demonstrated n Per-
Inns great charity hospital in the
presence of prominent physicians
and journalists.
The films showed every stage OF
half a dozen operations. The lens
of the apparatus is contained in a
spherical case which is suspenoeo
directly over the field of operation
ana the film ribbon, which often is
600 meters long, passes through
tube from the reel in an adjoining
room.
The pictures show an operation
precisely as seen by, the operating
surgeons eye. Even the threads OF
the closing stitches are Observable.
Indeed, the films give even a more
faithful and more complete picture
of every movement than can be seen
by those a-cund the operating table.
The possibilities Of the films for
teaching and for making 1t possible
for surgeons in the various coun-
tries to .cudy each others tech
niqne cannot be exaggerated. Is the
view Of leading medical nien here.