Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-02-26

Silver State.
When woman gets letter from
her kin, her husband waits anxiously
till she gets through reading it, to
learn who is coming this tlme.-En-
nett Qdaho) Examiner.
The poor liz old" punchboard Ii
next to get the reform ak. District
attorneys of Oregon, in convention at
Portland last week, decided to wage
war upon them.-Vale (Ore) Enter
prise.
There is just one man who is as In
dependent as a "hog on ice" and you
can't say much to him except in
friendly way He's the man who lives
in house of his own, all paid for
Meridian Qdaho) Times.
Many of us who don't own Boise
project lands were entirely eligible to
attend the recent water users meet
ing Haven't we qualified by being
water users ever since the prohibition
law went into effect?-Caldwell
Qdaho) Tribune.
The auto is becoming more and
more safe. Drivers are more and
more careful But there are still care
less drivers and careless pedestrians,
and tNen if the lions share of the re-
sponaibility does lie with the driver,
society will not go amiss by protect-
ing both classes,-BOise Qdaho)
State sman.
ThHt bank in Yerington that is Civ
ing each newborn child a bank. ac-
count of 81 would need some bank-roll
If that proposition were extended to
Elko county. We are tOld-mind you,
merely told--that the stork will be
some busy bird this year bringing
babies to the Countrywide (Ney.)
Free Press.
just because Some scribe indulging
In poetic license might happen to re-
mark, anent the Benjamin Franklin
anniversary, that the distinguished pa
troit sis sleeping in Philadelphia" is
no reason for any outsider to get up
to inquire, "Well, what else would he
be doing there" No, sir; nothing like
lt--Hutte (Mont) Miner.
Still there's probably too much COM
petition among the breweries in some
sections of the state, and it is said
that farseeing bootleggers predict
sharp break in the price of hootch I'M
less something Is done to curtail the
production thereof, which at present
is rapidly increasing In volume
Bingham (Utah) Press-Bulletin.
Why wall and shed oceans of pes
simistic tears over conditions that are
not half as bad as the faint-hearted
pretend? This country is built on q
foundation of optimism, with every
grain of sand in 1t 100 per cent grit.
You should be the same way-too
much "grlt" to give up. Start things
moving again.-Eden Qdaho) Eagle.
So worked up are some Of our
goody-goody, publicity-loving legisla.
TORS over the health and morals of us
moor sinners that they are now taxing
their brains, (?) forming laws to pre-
vent chimneys from smoking the pro-
hibition of the sale of smoked hams
and the arrest aud Imprisonment of
all persons who hereafter look at the
sun through smoked glass.-ParK City
(Utah) Record.
News dispatches indicate that
great influx Of immigration Is to be ex-
nected soon from foreign countries,
and especially from some Of the Ger
man states. We have plenty of room
In this country for reputable and law
abiding citizens from any other coun-
trv. but our doors should be religious
" closed to troublemakers of every de-
scription. We have too many of that
breed here now for our own good
bancroft Qdaho) Standard.
THE fellow who kicks his home
town shouldn't complain IL he finds
that In time the town begins to kick
him. Kicking is not a profitable pas.
time , best, and people would do well
70 keep this fact in mind when they
assume to emphasize their own judg-
ment against that of an entire COM
munity.- Winnemucca (Nev.) Star.
We overheard one Hazelton citizen
saw Yesterday that his children have
the "galloping consumption" They
lust eat and run.-Hazeiton udafo)
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