Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1922-09-29
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| court, charges her huDDy with only
buying one measly sack of -four for
the household commissary during
their married life. She also charged
him with biting her brothers neck,
and she was forced to go to work to
support herself. When the defend
ant bit Stellas brother and she re-
monstrated with him, he is alleged
to have said he didn't give a damn
if he killed him." This was too
much and caused the complainant
much annoyance. She wants $500
attorney fees and 1925 a month per-
manent alimony.
Ernest Phillips, living near Hal
ley, was held up and robbed at his
home recently, the robbers getting
about $35 in cash. The robbers de-
manded the farmers wheat money,
he having recently sold several hun
bred bushels, but he had been wise
and deposited it in a Fairfield bank.
The robbers left in their auto, but
Phillips got his rife and took a shot
at them. He believes he hit one of
the men.
Henry Krohn, "a dry farmer near
Rupert, is of the opinion that his
farm covers a reservoir of oil and is
anxious to get advice of biologists.
He says that oil is constantly on top
of the ground on two different tracts
of land. These squares constantly
remain moist. Touching a match to
the substance resulted in a slight ex-
plosion.
Mrs. Dorothy Clifford of Boise has
been held by U. S. Commissioner John
Jackson on a charge of illegal pos
session Of intoxicating liquor in the
Arrowrock rooming house.
F. E. Kelsey. drilling a well near
Weiser, has struck artesian water at
a depth of 1O6 feet. The flow is
small, being about $50 gallons an
hour, of pure soft water.
George B. Fraser, Associated Press
operator at Olympia, Wash, and a
former city editor of the Boise
Statesman, died recently at Olympia
If paralysis. = srsese
The 1922 Idaho State Fair at Boise
his week has proved to be the best
ret. The list of exhibits is large,
md the horse and auto races proved
-ery popular, One hundred and four
read of racing stock were entered.
Gooding county hog breeders made
grand showing at the Twin Falls
ounty fair last week. ]. P. Hunt
f Gooding showed IA head, getting
our firsts, four seconds and eight I
bird prizes. The Thousand Springs
arm showed nine Durocs, getting
wo firsts, three seconds and four
birds.
Fred Bauscher of Fairfield, a IA
ear-old lad, fell from his horse one
ay last week, landing astride
arbed wire fence. A 1O-inch cash
n the inside of his right thigh re-
llted, but the main artery was not
evered.
The Horn Silver group of mining
aims on Carey creek, in the Little
moky district, are said to be look
lg fine. In one case a three-foot
ai, of 900 hoe hoay onauad III
Ten acres of field peas on the
.enry Cox ranch near Fairfield have
lowed up in great shape. A yield
317 bushels was obtained, or 34.7
lshels to the acre. The market
rice is &c per pound. After deduct
e 80 bushels for seed and 12c per
lshel for threshing, Mr.. Cox net
d s47S.56, or $47S5 per acre.
So successful was Gooding's first
immunity sales day that another
being held this coming Saturday.
lmost every store is represented on
e list of bargain givers. The pub
city is being obtained through their
ide-awake newspaper, The Leader,
Id large four-page circulars, same
ling to 1000 families. Free movies
Id free gasoline are again among
e inducements. Some great bar :
inns are offered.
Gooding now has a new creamery,
e Marion Creamery Co. of Salem,
'egon, being the concern.
During the week ending Sept. II
cars of sheep were shipped into
,oding for winter feeding. This
ould mean $500 sheep received in T.
e week. Others are being brought i
daily. H. L. Harding last week X
Id fifty tons of alfalfa in the stack (
r 81 per ton to sheepmen. +
Two carloads of grass seed have \
en- shipped from Gooding this year. (
e car was red clover, being worth I
out $4,000 to the growers. The K
ler car was several different varie- (
s Of seed and brought the growers Z
out $500. The best yield re- X
rted was nine bushels to the acre z
% acres. The value per acre is
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