Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-07-16

j. Bryan, the Democratic and Popu-
list nominee, on the platform of
government ownership of public
utilities, and the free and unlimited
coinage of gold and silver at the ratio
OF l6 to /; and William Mckinley,
the Republican nominee, on a plat
form of the monetary value Of silver
being fixed by international agree
ment.
Owing to the attitude of the Ma
tional Republican convention on the
silver question, the Republican party
OF the silver states became divided,
the silver Republican wing support
ing Bryan and the regular Republi-
cans, greatly in the minority, sup
porting the national platform.
In state and county matters, a
union of the Democratic and Popu-
list forces was effected, under the
name OF the Peoples Democratic
party" The following county tick
ct was nominated: Senator, Alex
Urdahl Cpl; II. S. JONES (P.) for
representative; sheriff, w. M. Stock
ton. CD; assessor, James O'Neil
CPD; treasurer, c. w. Howeth CD;
probate judge, Bart Clinton (D.);
coroner, l.. M, May (P.); surveyor,
S. G, Rhoades Cd; commissioners,
Geo. e. Butler (P.), Robt Griffith
CD, Thos. r. Stevenson CD.
The two wings of the Republican
party made a union on the county
ticket, but nominated separate leg
islatiVe tickets, the silyerites NOM
mating X. F. Whitney for senator
and |, f. Heron for representative,
and the gold wing nominating w.
Z. HOWE for senator and Fred H.
Davis for representative. The fol-
lowing county ticket was agreed up
on by both wings: Sheriff, G. w.
Burns Is. R.; assessor, Charles
Hopkins (R.); treasurer, r. N.
Griffith (R.); probate Judge, Jos.
t. Sprague Is. r.; coroner, DR.. J..
j. Armstrong (R.).
DR.. VIM. f. Smith of our county
was honored with the nomination of
presidential elector on the Peoples
Democratic and Silver Republican
state tickets.
"a T. N0PASp DClAlORl dAlG Jl1hOl
carried the state by an overwhelm-
ing majority, and with the exception
of the nominee for sheriff, that tick
ct carried the county; c. W. Burns,
the Republican nominee for that Of
flee, being the only one elected.
In the fall of 1896 occurred two
murders, the first committed in the
county. On the night of October II,
John Kensler, a well known farmer
and stockman, residing east Of
GlennS Ferry, on King Hill creek,
was murdered by his wife and hired
man. This was a great criminal
sensation, of which particulars will
be given hereafter.
The second homicide was the kill
ing of James Whilla, neal the Glenns
Ferry round house, by a hobo known
as "Frenchy." A party Of hobos, on
the night of November S, were sit
ting around a camp fire near Glenns
Ferry, among whom was Whilla, the
victim. "Frenchy" came by to the
fire, and was ordered away, Whilla
telling him to go and build a camp
for himself. "Frenchy" went off,
but about midnight, when all were
asleep around the camp fire, he re-
turned, and seeing Whilla asleep,
fired two shots at him from a re-
%volver, one taking fatal effect, one
of the bullets penetrating the right
side of the body through the lung,
inflicting a wound that ended Will
las life in a few days. The muir
derer made good his escape, aided
by the darkness of the night, and
every diligence was made by the
officials to locate him, but he was
never found.
CHAPTER XVI
The first and only bank smashing
in Gilmore county occurred in No
vember of 1896. The Gilmore Coun-
ty Bank of Mountain Home went
under, carrying with 1t the mercan-
tile house of Geo. S. Rice & Co. At
ter undergoing a receivership of
two years, the affairs Of the con
Germ were wound up, it paying the
creditors about 70 cents on the dol
lar.
On the second Monday of Janu-
airy, 1897, the newly-elected county
officers took charge of affairs. The
commissioners-elect, Butler, Griffith
and Stevenson, met and organized by
electing Stevenson chairman of the
G. w. Howeth, who had been re-
county treasurer, declining
to qualify as such, f. p. AXE was
appointed to fill the vacancy.
Sheriff Burns re-appointed r. A.
as undersheriff, and /. f..
Mann as jailer.
Assessor and Collector Jim O'Neil
appointed j. A. Purtill as deputy.
j.. A. Purtill was succeeded as
postmaster by w. J.. Turner, as
Mountain Home, and James Mullan-
ny was appointed postmaster at
5lenns Ferry, to succeed Mrs. VIM.
The effects of the panic of 1893
,eing yet felt, Glenns Ferry became
camping ground for all sorts Of
awless characters, who drifted
by the box, car route, and
)urglaries and %robberies generally
,erpetrated against the property of
he Short Line Railroad Co, became
requent, until the citizens cooper
ting with the officers of the law, I
" strict measures, abated this law
ess condition.
II. s. JONES, who had been elect J
d to the lower House Of the state