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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19

This is the largest retail store in
the world and covers one entire
block and half of another block.
There are employed at the present
time between 1900 and $4,000
people in this store, male and fe-
male. their ages ranging from ten to
eighty years.
Eighty people work in the shoe
repairing department; 80 in the
laundry, turning out each day
$4,000 pieces of laundry belonging
to the employees only.
There are soda fountains and
lunches for the workers, at cost.
There is a junior academy which pro-
yides academic training for employ
ees who were compelled to go to
work before finishing school. Here
they have from one to two hours of
schooling each day along with their
work.
There are stored here 10000 furs
with total value of $1,000, 100000
Some of these furs have been sent
from Switzerland, South America,
and from almost every other part of
the world.
This cold storage is done by the
ammonia process. They cool the
air and blow it into the refrigera-
tor, and one is chilled instantly
when entering this part The la
dies are provided with cloaks before
entering it,
Eighty-six elevators are used i'm
this store, and the longest sale aisle
in the world starts at Randolph
street, first story under surface of
ground, running through that block
under the street and also through
theh next block, making it two en-
tire blocks long.
There is a sub-subway railroad,
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19
MARION BEE HIVE GIRLS
HAD GLORIOUS OUTING

The Marion Bee Hive Girls enjoy
ed their annual outing last week in
the mountains at Bostetter ranger
station. They left home early Tues
day morning and returned Friday.
The girls were accompanied by Mrs.
John Alexander, Mrs. Joseph Alex
ander. Mrs. Esther Smith, and by
theh swarm leaders, the Misses Ma
bel Mabey and Louie Tolman Bish-
op Cranney and John Alexander al
so accompanied the party.
Camp was invaded by a severe
rainstorm Wednesday. The water
came down the mountainside in
streams and the beds on the ground
in the tents were soaking wet. The
rain was not expected and no ditch
es had been made about the tents.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19
V|PONT & CHURCHILL
PLAY GOOD GAME

The baseball game here Saturday,
one of the best of the season, was
won by Vipont from Churchill by a
score of 5 to 4. A number of
rooters and boosters were present
from each of the towns represented.
while Oakley people cheered the big
plays by both sides.
Vipont and Churchill are to be
congratulated on havings baseball
teams that acquit themselves so
well. 1t shows what may be accom-
plished when community really
wants to accomplish something and
then really tries to accomplish it,
When it comes to genuine boosting
and HARD WORK, vipont and
Churchill are hard to beat
The lineup for Vipont was: Harm
and Bates, pitchers; Bray, catcher;
Ahoiicys LOT DoSc, OoDOiHe, AHu DdSc,
Wardlaw, shrot-stop Larson Srd
base; Bailey. center field; Leo
Bates, right field; Crowther, left
field. Maths was present, but had
received a black eye during practice
and did not play
The lineup for Churchill was;
Elliott and Olson, pitchers; West,
catcher; L. Poulton, 1st base; Eli
OFT and Olson. 2nd base; Alan Open
shaw, short-stop; Mez Ellison, 3rd
base; j. Keane. left field Dan Iver-
son, center field; Tom Spargo, right
field.
The umpire was Milt Boam of
Churchill.
In previous game between Chur-
chill and Vipont, played at Vipont,
Churchill won by a score of II to 8.
1t seems that one of the Burley pa
pers got the numerals mixed in re-
porting this game.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19
THIS HAPPY
HUNTING GROUND

You didn't know, perhaps,
that wild ducks are beginning
TO obstruct traffic i'm the streets
of Oakley? A few days ago
two Mallards appeared ON Main
street, and, instead of walking
on the sidewalk, insisted on
keeping in the center of the
street.. This middle course"
proved their undoing, for they
were run down and Instantly
killed by an automobile.
The foregoing accident happened
late one night, and Ii is thought
that the Mallards became blinded by
the cars lights. Wild ducks are
more numerous here this year than
usual. Large flocks have been OBJ
served passing over our town almost
every morning and evening. A few
nights ago the writer saw a flock
that surely numbered at least 1876
These were headed south. but other
flocks have been seen going north
Judging from the fact that the birds
are travelling in both directions, it
is probable that these movements
do not indicate the beginning of the
autumn migrations.
1t has been suggested that the
wild ducks have been disturbed by
impatient hunters along Snake river,
and that this accounts for their un-
settled condition. The game war
dens will do well to keep a careful
lookout along the Snake. Pot-hun-
ters who are unwilling to wait for
the open season are the worst enc
mieis krue sportsmanship. Give
the d adequate protection and
they viii multiply and some of them
will come back next year.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19

E. e. Jackson visited relatives
here Monday.
Earl Worrell motored to Mur-
taugh Sunday.
Clifford Morley of Twin Falls was
here Saturday.
Steve Paskett was here from vi
pont this week.
Mss La Rette Dahlquist is visiting
relatives at Buhl.
Alvah A. Tanner was Twin Falls
visitor last week.
o. p Bates has moved his family
back from Vipont.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Dayley We're
Burley visitors Thursday.
L. p. Oldham of Churchill was
here on business Monday.
Dewey Hale was host at a hay
rack party Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs Billy West of Chur-
chill are heer for a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. James w. Poulton
of Burley visited friends here Mon
day.
Andy Shangles was donw few
days last week from the Horseshoe
ranch.
Martin E. Olson of Golden Valley
was in town twice this week on
business
Mrs. r. G. Martin is visiting
few days at Burley with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Ralph Pringle.
Mrs. NJ. A. Dayley and Mrs. Sill
via Fairchld were Burley visitors
Wednesday and Thursday
Miss Nordica Dahlquist has re-
turned from Buhl where she visited
her sister Mrs. ]. L. Dayley.
A party was given Mrs. H. c.
Burris Monday evening, by a num-
ber of her friends, in honor of her
sixtieth birthday anniversary.
Monte Kirkpatrick, after a brief
and well-earned vacation spent at
is back again at his old
job, carrying the mail between Oak
ley and Moulton.
While Erwin Hardy was cutting
hay Saturday, one of his feet was
caught in the machine and badly
crushed. The ankle joint was dislo-
Gated and several bones in his foot
were broken.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19

Mrs. Maude Halverson left We'd
nensday on a business trip to Salt
Lake City.
Cucumbers for sale-Place your
order early with H. A. Butler. Ad-
vertisement.
Mrs. Albert Tolman is reported
getting along nicely in the hospital
at Salt Lake.
Mrs. M. H. Thompson of Salt
Lake City is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. d. F. Ottley.
DR.. and Mrs. T. ]. d'Apery of
Philadelphia were guests last week
at the home of DR.. and Mrs. Rains.
Mrs. Rhea Jones left Wednesday
for her home at Weiser, after visit
ng atthe home of her parents, Mr.
md Mrs E. V. Gorringe.
Mrs. Frank Wilson and Mrs. Bra
zee Hawkins, of Burley, and Carl
Hawkins weer visitors at the home
of L. A. Critchfeld Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs Ben Homer of Bur
ley visited friends in North Oakley
Friday. On ther return they were
accompanied by Robert McMurray,
who is just now recovering from the
effects of a broken leg and measles.
Robert will visit friends in Burley
a fewdays.
The meeting of the Relief socie-
ties of Osklera sour wards was held
at the Fourth ward meeting
house. An excellent program was
by the Fourth ward socie-
ty. Next Tuesday the societies will
meet at the First ward chapel, and
the program will be given by the
First ward society.
The open season for sage grouse
began Monday. Even on the day /
before, Oakley was crowded with
people from all parts of southern |
IDAHO on their way to our happy
hunting grounds. Many local MIN
DDS set out with gun and bag early /
Ionday morning, and most of them /
.ot as many feathers as the law al !
owed. They reported many chick
ms, but a shortage of young ones.
ome think the shortage in young
hicks is due to the damp spring.
lest of the visiting hunters got
heir bag limits.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19
PROSPERITY is HERE

The dry farmers are beginning to
receive money for their wheat
This signifies the return of Prosper
ity to Oakley valley Right now
Prosperity is small stream, but as
the weeks pass it will grow and
grow until it becomes a mighty
flood big enough to drown all the
little imps of pessimism.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19

First publication August 10, 1921.
Final publication Sept. 8, 1921.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19
HIGH SCHOOL GIVEN
GLORIOUS BOOST

There will be high school at
Oakley this year-no doubt of it..
was wanted. Oakley district said
YES so loud that the word no doubt
was heard round the world-at any
rate, weehave no information to the
contrary.
The vote on the question of estab-
fishing Independent High School
District Number l, Cassia county,
Idaho. was as follows:
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19

1t is definitely settled that Oak
ley will remain an educational CEN
ter for Cassia county. People who
or any other kind of interests in
southern Idaho could not do better
than make Oakley their headquar-
ters. They will find here the best
type of educational advantages for
their children. They will also find
an abundance of glorious scenery in
and around Oakley-and the best
climate, summer and winter, in the
world.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-19

Churchill plays Hepburn at Chur-
chill next Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. George ]. Koch returned Sat
urday from short visit to Salt
Lake City.
Mrs. Frank De Klotz of Filler was
the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Sam
Haight, Sunday and Monday.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-18

waukee railroad to dispatch special
train crew from Lewistown to High
wood to move the wheat. Twenty one
cars Of wheat were billed from high
wood on that date and it is believed
that this is the first time that this con-
dition has existed in the state.
During the first Is days of Septem-
Der. IS cars of wheat were shipped
from Highwood. averaging L. 400 bush
els q car. At this point farming opera
lions interfered with marketing of
wheat but the Indications are that more
than a half million bushels of wheat
will be marketed as compared to 5oo,-
600 bushels which was marketed last
year with 1871 inches of rain.
Livestock.
In livestock the Highwood area pro-
duces some of the best bred stock in
the state. In the upper Highwood. along
the beautiful Highwood creek, are found
some of the best stock ranches in the
state. The Elk Run ranch, with its
celebrated herd of Herefords, the Ford
ranch, and many others are among
purebred breeders to be found along
upper Highwood creek. The large
grazing districts adjacent to these
ranches furnish ample summer pasture
for the stock. Each owner is permitted
certain quota of stock on the forest
reserve.
The town of Highwood. which is one
of the busiest of its size in the state, is
fast becoming a summer resort. The
scenic beauty of upper Highwood is
attracting many Great Falls people to
build summer cottages. Highwood is
located at the intersection of the High
wood creek and the Milwaukee railroad.
1t is pleasant and prosperous place to
live. having two hotels, two banks, three
elevators and numerous other business
enterprises.
Community Fair.
This year Highwood held its first
community fair. 1t was a~grand success
and credit to any community. In
quality the exhibits which included
boys and girls poultry and pig clubs,
sewing. dairy and farm products. was
not to be excelled at the state fair.
Highwood and surrounding area of
fers to the good citizen, the good farm
Ell, wonderful opportunity for success.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-18
Tobacco Prices
Will Continue
High, Belief

In spite of the fact that chain stores
in the larger cities are engaged in a
ruthless price cutting war in the re-
failing of popular priced cigarettes,
leading manufacturers are not yet
ready to predict permanent revision
Of prices.
So long as the leaf tobacco market
continues to hold to the present top
figures and revenue taxes continue at
the present schedule, it is declared, it
will be impossible to reduce manu-
featuring costs to point where lower
prices can be announced.
This opinion is based on the pre-
vailing prices for leaf tobacco traded
in since August, when the local ware
houses of the famous southern to-
bacco districts opened their doors for
the 1922 season. Curtailed tobacco
acreage and an unfavorable season
are said to be responsible for the
present high market.
Aging Process Costly
AS is well known, the processes of
cigarette manufacture involve from
two to three years of aging or season
ing, so that prevailing factory costs
must be based on the purchase price
of tobaccos bought in the high markets
of 191S-19-20. Latest quotations, more
over, indicate rising tendency in the
1921 market. with averages that will
come close to equaling the best prices
of the preceding three years.
For example, in the leading markets
of Virginia and North Carolina, which
include Danville. Wilson, Winston-Sa
lem, Durham and other prominent
trading centers, the average opening
price on September 20 for leaf to-
hacco vac c1osa Tn EO5 a hundred
pounds. With the exception Of slight
slump during the first week, average
prices have steadily climbed to levels
ranging between $50 and $50. Many
piles" of fine grade tobacco have been
sold for so to so cents a pound while
a number of farmers have averaged
10 cents for their entire crops of to-
bacco. Keen competition is reported
in the bidding for the better grades.
1921 Prices Equal 1919
Prevailing averages for 1921 bid fair
to equal those for September of 1919.
when prices were thought to be I'M
usually high, Notwithstanding the bet
ter quality Of the 1919 crop. Some
idea of the trend can be gained by the
fact that in December of that year a
top average figure of 53 cents per
pound was reached in North Carolina
This compares with low average of
1915 cents in 1910, according to crop
reports of the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
Present price cuts in retail stores
are thought to be the result of keen
competition among chain stores and in
dependent retailers in merry scram-
BILE for increased volume and quick
turnover with little or no profit. z
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-18

East Gallatin river from southeast, Gal
latin county, Mont. (Not SteeD. >
TUSCOR: Creek, tributary to CLARK
Fork from the west at Tuscor, Sanders
county, Mont. (Not Dry. :.
TWO: Lakes. 80, 2, % west, Ravalll
county, Mont. Not Twin.
Uncle Sam Guict
UNCLE SAM: Gulch, west side Cat
aract creek, Jefferson county, Mont.
VIRGINIA CITY: City, Madison
county, Montana. (Not Virginia..
WARD: Greek, rising near Wards
Peak, tributary to st. Regis river, be-
tween Buford and Henderson, Mineral
county, Mont. (Not Nine Mile).
WARLAND: Greek tributary to
Kootenai river from east near Warland,
Lincoln county, Mont. Not Bristow).
WEEPING CHILD: Greek and hot
springs, Ravalli county, Mont. (Not
Sleeping Child).
WEST FORK MILL: Greek, tribu-
tary to Mill creek, Park county, Mont
(Not Cameron nor West Fork.
WHITE TAIL: Greek, Lewis and
Clark county, Mont (Not CarmichaeD
YAAK: River, northwestern Montana
and Canada. (Not Yaac, .Yaht nor Yak
YOGO: Peak, Little Belt mountains,
Cascade, Fergus and Meacher counties
Mont. Not Yogo Baldy).
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-18
Rivers, Lakes, Mountains, Counties;
Towns; Very Frequently Misspelled
Now Definitely Designated BY u. 5.

Lost Horse nor North Fork of Lost
eO'NEILL: Greek. heading near
Ashley lake, Flathead county, Mont.
(Not Lost.)
PINE: Greek, tributary to Trail
creek from west, Park county, Mont.
| (Not Coal Pitt
PORTAL: Greek, tributary to Cal
tlatin river from southeast, Gaiiatin
county, Mont. (Not LOST
| RACETRACK: Peak, at the head
! of Boulder creek, Granite county, mont.
| (Not Mount Powell.)
into Flathead river, Flathead county,
Mont. Not Sannah.)
RUBY: River. tributary to Beaver
head river. Madison county, Mont.
| Not Passamari, -RuDy,
Reimbursement nor Sinking ater:)
ST. MARY: Lake and river, Glacier
county, Mont. (Not Chief Mountain.)
| SALT: Creek. flowing into Soutr
Fork Bitterroot river from east, Rayal-
| Ii county, Mont. (Not Lick.)
Silver Bow Not SiIverbow
SILVER BOW: County, Montana.
| (Not Silverbow).
SIMS: Creek. draining Elk lake and
tributary to Vermillion creek from
north, Sanders County, Mont. (Not
Elk.
SKALKAHO: Greek, from it's source
| to junction with Bitterrot river, Raval-
/ Ii county, Mont. (Not South Fork Skal-
| kaho).
| SLADE: Greek. tributary to Moore
creek. Madison county, Mont. tNot
tMoore).
SMITH: Lake, Flathead county,
Mont Not SEDAN.
SMITH: River, Cascade and Meach-
er counties, Mont. Not Deep Creek.
SQUAW: Peak, on divide between
Ninemile creek and former Flathead In
dian reservation. Missoula and Sanders
counties. Mont. (Not Skiotah).
STEAMBOAT: Mountain, Lewis and
Clark county, Mont. (Not Dearborn)
STONER: Greek, flowing into Flat
head lake from west, Flathead county
Mont (Not Big1.
SWEET GRASS: County, Montana.
Ttmarack Greek
TAMARACK: Creek, tributary to
Clark Fork, four miles north of St
Regis Mineral county, Mont. (Not
Four Mile).
TAYLOR: Greek, tributary to Gal
latin river, about three miles above Ell
bridge, Galiatin and Madison counties
Mont. mot Dodge nor Taylor Fork)
THE HELMET: Peak. Madison coun-
ty. Mont fNot Mount Washington.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT: Pass. III
Rocky mountains, extending 81 miles
along the south boundary of Glacier
national park. and followed by the
Great Northern railway between Ola
cier station and Bolton, Ffathead
county, Mont (Not Belton).
THREE FORKS: District and town.
Gallatin county, Mont. Not Three
forks.
TIMBERLINE: Greek, tributary to
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-18
Big Yields at Elmighwood the Rule, Not Exception
Over 100000 Bushels Wheat Harvested i'm 1921

be found in it makes it rich in nitrogen
and increases the water holding capac-
ity of the soils. That the soils have
great water holding capacity is dem
onstrated by the fact that there never
has been crop faiiA-e in the High
wood district. The soils are rich IN
all the elements for maximum crop
When the 800 acre homestead act
became law, the tillable land near
Highwood was quickly taken up and
this acreage forms the usual farm unit.
Farming System.
No section of the state is better
adapted for dry land farming than this
district, according to D. W. Jones,
Chouteau county farm agent, but even
here is the most diversified system OF
agriculture in the county. Virtually
all of the farmers raise Turkey Red
wheat. Marquis. oats, rye, barley,
corn hogs, poultry and dairy products.
The county agent collected data on
comparative yields of summer falloW
and stubbled fields and found that on
1900 acres of summer failow the aver
age yield for 1921 was 40 bushels an
acre, while on similar acreage or
stumbled wheat grown by the same
farmers, the average yield for 1900
acres was 20 bushels an acre, and some
of the summer fallow fields included in
this comparison were damaged by the
incessant winds of 1920. One farmers
summer fallow field although partly
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-18

whom he joined-the story Of his new
ly acquired mustache. For many years
he had been an admirer of Douglas
Fairbanks and never missed one of his
pictures. Whenever they happened to
be in the same town, these two would
have reunion and talk about old times.
SO when Fairbanks grew his mus
tache for the "Three Musketeers," the
least McManus thought he could do for
his friend was to grow one too.
He obtained Mrs. McManus permits
sion and went out west pending devel-
opments and visited his old friend LATE
Young. publisher of the Des Moines
Capital. Soon the mustache began to
sprout and, with proper care and cul-
ture, it grew into that artistic bit of
adornment which is shown in the ac-
companying picture.
McManus is proud of his mustache.
Mrs. McManus is also proud of 1t and
so are all the other newspaper folk Of
New York.
He promises Internationally, how
ever, that in spite Of his fondness for
mustaches, Jiggs win continue to show
his bare face to the public, since Mag
gle would never consent to the change.
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-12-18

MORE THAN HALF million bush
ltl els of wheat We're raised within
radius of Is. miles of Highwood,
Chouteau county. during the season OF
1921. Highwood, which is claimed by
many to be "the oasis of northern
Montana" is situated 80 miles north
east of Great Falls and 20 miles south
of Fort Benton. The average field
run for the 1921 crop was from 20
to So bushels an acre, and no better
fields of grain were to be found in
any part of Montana. Eight farmers
in the Highwood area produced an ag-
gregate crop of more than 100000
bushels of wheat and scores of farm
ers grew from 5000 to $4,000 bushels.
The Highwood district is most for
tunate in its location so far as precip-
itation is concerned. More rain falls
in that area than in any section of the
county. This year, while the aver
age precipitation for Chouteau coun
ty was insufficient for paying crop pro-
duction, the Highwood. area was receiv-
ing ample rains for enormous yields.
This is not the exception but the rule.
Between 10 and IL inches Of rain fell
there during the months of June and
July. the average for the year approx
imating Is inches. In 1920, the av-
erage precipitation for Highwood was
1871 inches or near the normal for the
'high line district, while in 1919.
which was the driest season on record,