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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
UNION PACIFIC POLICIES

President Gray of the Union Paci.
fic, through advertisements in the
press of Idaho, has given the public
valuable information as to the pro
gram and policies of the system he
heads. That is about the first time
the public has been taken so candidly
into the confidence of any great
transportation system and it koes
without saying that the public APP
preeiaes it-for the public, after all,
is partner in the enterprise.
The information impaired by Presi-
dent Gray again italieizes the de-
parture of all corporations from the
public be damned" attitude of old.
But the Union Pacific is not only
giving information, through its presi-
dent, but also, through him, en-
enlargement to our industries and
positive help. Construction begun
this year in Idaho alone and which
viii continue throughout 1924 will
aid materially in restoring normal
conditions in our state. The Roger
son-Wells line, to be built next year,
and the main line into Boise, on
which work has been started will
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
Worry never removes trouble.

No good dancer ever steps on the
same lady's toe twice in an evening.
The fellow who knows how to do
everything seldom has much TO do.
At last the secret is out and we
know why some extraordinary in
teligent women never marry. They
are not asked.
When a man is defeated for office
it is pardonable for him to question
the intelligence of the voters, but he
should never annex a crouch.
We can't quite understand why
Sir Thomas Upton is so keen to win
that American cup. The darned thing
is quite empty.
Yes, we'd like to take a flyer and
invest a nickel in German marks
were it not for the fact that we have
not sufficient space for storage.
The wiser the man the greater the
fool when a pretty girl has him in
tow.
The safest way for a young man
TO ask the old man for his daughter
is to hit him when he is wearing
slippers.
Never consider a man fool, just
because he acts the part. For how
else could he keep in the modern
swim?
Some men get it in the neck when
as matter of fact they should mere
ly receive it on the spot where the
boot is supposed to land.
Some people are beginning to in
list that the more a fellow knows the
less he gets paid for it.
If your job is soft snap, make it
a hard one. Less people will be wait
lng to grab it away from you
Foreign dispatches state that
Japan has felt about 1900 earth
quake shocks since the great disas-
ter. But shucks, that's nothing. In
high society some of our American
families pull off that many in a
week.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
From MIC Nuggett

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Paul Fromm of Riddle passed
through Bruneau the first of the
week enroute to Mountain Home af-
ter a load of lumber for a new house
he is building at his ranch. Charley
Breymann was with him. They re-
turned today.
Mrs. M. r. Longfellow and daught-
er Esther of Mountain Home were
guests at the Pascoe home here last
Sunday afternoon, returning in the
evening. Miss Esther, whose mar
riage is announced to occur during
the present month, will move after
the wedding, to Chicago, where her
husband-to-be, is employed as an
electrical engineer by a large corp
Grafton of that city.
Jesse McMillin, threshing grain on
his Shoofly forty last week, harvest
ed So sacks of wheat off four acres
and about 8 5 bushels of barley from
each of nine acres thus planted. Drill
ling a well on this tract with an am
pie flow of good artesian rendered
Jesse's a mighty valuable claim we
are happy to learn.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
BRING ON SPECS
THE CROAKER
BY Guy Flenner

Some time ago it was stated in
all seriousness that dairying could
not be made profitable in Idaho be-
cause of a list of "can'ts" longer
than a movie serial. But today the
COW is bringing Idaho back. She has
been proven to be the best paymas-
ter. The list of "cant s' is only a
fash on the screen, soon to be for
gotten.
With equal forcefulness it was de-
clared that lettuce growing at a
profit was also impossible here. Yet
the records show that in 1922 there
were 1872 carloads of Idaho head let
tuce distributed in rs states at a nice
7rofit to the growers through the
wonderful marketing organization
maintained by the Union Pacific,
which estimates this year the distri-
button will be double that of the pre-
vious year.
Five years ago a few men an
nounced a plan whereby people who
wanted to get their coal cheaper
could do so through cooperation. A
property was acquired in Spring Can
yon, Utah. Many said it couldn't be
done, the chorus being led by other
coal producers. But it has been done
and in four years of active operation
this company has saved to its 5000
stockholders in Idaho and Utah
$750,000 (three quarters of a mil
lion) in their coal bill and it's prop
critics have been extended and en-
larged to giant proportions.
The croakers in Boise said that it
was impossible to get the main line
of the o. S. l.. through their city.
but a young man who is secretary of
the Boise Chamber of Commerce.
started a campaign three years ago.
He flooded the Union Pacific execu-
tives with facts and figures. He and
his eo-workers aroused the local in
terest, which was some job, and to-
day contractors are on the ground
and work is under way.
There was never a chance of get
ting a railroad from Idaho to theI
markets, we were told, but
the ROgerson-Wells line will be built.
One could go on with illustrations
beans, onions, ete.,-of the
can't" spirit, but the will" spirit
took it to the mat, put the strangle
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
AS ANOTHER SEES US

A friend talked to us for an hour
the other day about conditions in this
tOwn-as he sees them.
He is a man with an open mind, a
quiet student of community affairs,
and sees men, women and conditions
as they are.
Perhaps to a certain extent he is
mOraliZer, but in his mOralizing
he puts his finger on the spot.
He mentioned numerous highly
respected citizens who are in the
prominent class, but whose promin-
ence seldom impels them to do any
thing exceptional for community bet
terment.
In contrast to them he mentioned
Others who are more humble in their
mode of life, yet who are energetic
and determined workers for the pub
lie veal
He deplores the lack of co-Opera-
ton, the petty jealousies, the reli-
gious chickering's, and the growing
formation of close corporations and
social cliques.
He sees in this town the good that
comes to our community accom-
plished by the efforts of few, work
ing regardless of fractional differ
ences, while the many are compla-
cent, or Indifferent, or willing to
have others do the work for them.
He sees, also, a community that
should be well up toward the head
of its class, yet in reality one that
is just drifting along - good. but
not as good as it should be; not bad,
but decidedly worse than it should
be.
And why are conditions as they
are?
He summarizes thusly:
There are not enough Georges in |
our midst-not enough people who |
are willing to forget self for a mo- |
ment and do something for others. |
The town, he says, is full of brains,
but those brains are devoted almost |
exclusively to the advancement of |
personal interests and pleasures.
He comedies the right of any per-
son to achieve the distinction of be-
prominent Citizen" but |
that prominence, he thinks, carries
It's penalty in the way of proportion
ate community obligations.
He hopes to see our prominent |
citizens emerge from their comfort
able retirement and put their should
ers again to the community wheel.
It needs the weight of their influence
10 whirl it at a healthy speed.
Too many of the little fellows are
working, he thinks, while too many
Of the big ones are looking on.
And lastly, he thinks, the commun-
ty needs the united efforts of big,
little, old, and young.
He is too modest to publish his
yiews himself
We are briefly airing them for
him.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12

hold on it and the thing has been
materially weakened.
Maybe the "cToaker" performs
some little service, however, for he
has supplied such abundant evidence
OF his mistakes of judgment that the
public feels perfectly safe in going
the other way.
But we don't think the croaker
helped in making the great mines of
the north such a monumental factor
In the upbuilding of our state. The
other fellow cOppered the croaker's
bet, and Idaho won.
The marvellous timber develop
ment, bringing into existence great
plants and large payrolls. might have
been 'crOaked" if far-sighted enter
prising men had not discounted the
combination raven and magpie that
sat above the chamber door of Ida
hos progress and that is still sitting
there. The thing the "crOaker' does
best is to sit
If Idaho had been approved at any
time by the croaker classes, the state
might have been in danger of re-
naming a combination desert and
wilderness.
The Men Who Do" approved it.
however, and Idaho has been moving
right along. This is a good state
It will be a better state in proper
ton as we quit kicking and croak-
ing and do more work.
We've got to believe in Idaho first
Of all; and to do so we should close
our ears and eyes to the steady flow
of blue funk from the mouths and
pens of men who tell us that every
thing is headed straight for the bow
vows out here.
Relief? Yes-for agriculture es-
pecially, and here and all over the
country; but retreat, quit? Who's
for that?
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
akers Of Koueralls, Keep Kids Klean

result in the expenditure of millions
In our state and in continuing bene-
fits to a large territory. The opening
of Idaho's products to southern mar
kets via Wells, New, is one of the
most important developments for the
state in years.
For these and other reasons Presi-
dent Gray will go down in our indus
trial history as one of the most far
seeing, fair minded, public spirited
rail executives of this country.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12

The fellow who goes back on his
friends can never understand why
he has so few.
Mussolini has taken Italy. but
italy has not married the whole Mus
solin family" That was the unique
remark of a brother of the Italian
dictator, made in France, when asked
why he was not filling a soft berth
at nome. But of course, he is not
an American politician,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS

Is often caused by an inhamed condition
OF the mucous lining of the Eustachian
1ube. When this tube is infamed you
have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing. Unless the inflammation can
be reduced, your hearing may be de-
stroyed forever
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
do what we claim for it-rid your system
of Catarrh or Deafness caused by
Catarrh. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
has been successful in the treatment OF
Catarrh for over Forty Years.
Sold by all druggists
+. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, O.
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Hitting the High Ones
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Walter Fountain was considerably
amused about two weeks ago when
he read the description of Newton
w. Parker, alias N. o. Porter, alias
d. NJ Wright, and so on, in the bull
letin issued by the Burns Detective
Agency. The statement in this de-
scription which caused Walt to
chortle with glee was "Can be easily
identified" Yessum, that's what it
said, yet this clever handwriting ex-
pert had successfully eluded the au-
thorities all over the country for four
years, leaving behind him a bunch
of checks and ficticious securities
which caused bank cashiers to weep
and tear their hair. It remained for
a deputy sheriff and a bank cashier
in a sagebrush town to put an end
to the career of this man who was
so "easily identified"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
SAVING MONEY

The old saying, Money Saved is Money ia ed
is even more true today than when it first ut
tered.
And the young man or woman who would Ike
to get ahead in the world, who wants to be finaa-
cialy Independent at sometime in life can find no
more certain way to accomplish it than to start
Savings Account with this Banl-and start it NOW
The first deposit may be any amount you wish
to make it. The big thing is to start We will be
glad to talk this matter with you at your con
venience.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12

It's patriotic when aimed at the
other fellow-persecution when you
are the mark.
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Howdy, good friends. Another ex.
tinct species is the sensible senti
mentalist.
AMERICA
Americas a better land
Than any land / know
Americas a land worth while
God grant we keep it so!
Detroit Free Press.
Americas a grand old land
| love the U. S. A.
1t is the grandest place to live
In all the world, I'll say.
Hastings, Neb. Tribune.
/, too, am glad I'm safe within
Our Uncle Sammy's gates;
Because this is the greatest land
In the United States!
Babies make lots of noise, and
some of them, remarks the Mountain
Home crouch, keep right on at it
until they grow up and die.
Gladys says: Indoor sports are all
right, and like them-that is, when
they have sense enough to go home
at a reasonable hour.
A great vocabulary isn't essential.
Think how many pages a lawyer can
cover with the words whereas" and
aforesaid"
An optimist, in the opinion of D.
M. Braucht, is a man who gets
tickled at what a hard time he has.
The man who wrote on the Gin
Gin-Ginny Shore" must have lived
in New Jersey.
There are two good points. says
Billy Bach, about vaeation-the be-
ginning and the end.
PROGRESS
Mother sits at home, persuing
Books of poetry-high-br
MaZie's seventeen, and using
Fathers night-key now.
Almost every man likes to putter
around home and women who can't |
stand putterers have no business get
ting married, warns a Mountain
Home matron.
MatrimOny has a lot of humor in
it. When husband and wife peek at
one another that way, they call it
a kiss.
A street safety zone is a marked
off place of refuge which the motor
list dares the pedestrian to try to
reach.
BRING ON SPECS
AS down the street he took his stroll,
He cussed, for ali he is a saint,
He saw a sign atop a pole,
And climbed it up (near sighted
sOuD It
So he could read-and read ''Fresh l
Paint" I
Dignity goeth before a banana
peel.
Some people think twice before |
lctino and tbap fOrpaf 70 oat IL
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PROGRESS

Mother sits at home, persuing
Books of poetry igh-brow;
MaZie's seventeen, and using
Fathers night-key now.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12
MOUNTAIN HOME REPUBLICAN, FOUNTAIN HOME IDAHO
Shootin' at the Moon

Soc ct tuum damum.-Pnny.
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Howdy, good friends. Another ex-
tinct species is the sensible senti-
mentalist.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-10-12

Babies make lots of noise, and
some of them, remarks the Mountain
Home crouch, keep right on at it
until they grow up and die.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-10
SCOUTS SAVE MOTHERS LIFE

Ask scout who, through his knowl-
edge Of first aid, has saved his moth
cr's life. IL scout training counts.
At their home in Des Moines, Ia, on
q recent evening A. l. Foreman and his
scout sons. Kenner and Charles, heard
a sharp crying out from the bathroom
upstairs. Mr. Foreman and his sons
rushed to answer the call and found
the mother lying over the edge Of the
tub. one hand rigidly clutching the
electric heater. 1t was apparent that
Mrs. Foreman, while standing In the
water, had grasped the heater. A COM
plete circuit had been established, and
before the heavy voltage of electricity
had passed through her body, render
ing her unconscious. she had been able
to call for help.
Mrs Foreman was apparently dead !;
no pulse registered. The scouts, how
ever, promptly started giving their
mother first aid, to induce respiration.
For several tense minutes they worked
without noticeable results. Then her
pulse began to beat feebly and by the
time physician arrived she had part
ly revived. It was three hours before
the patient regained complete con.
seriousness.
The doctor stated that the boys
emergency measures had, without
doubt, saved their mothers life.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-10

OLD MAN WEATHER

Old Man Weather was much
amused. He was around, Of course.
He always is around. He has such q
lot Of business to attend to at all
times
He saw a little dog running along a
street, getting out of the way Of peo-
pie. going to play with some other
dogs who lived further down the
street.
The little dog knew just where he
was going, oh yes. he didn't need to be
told. He knew just as though he were
a boy going of to play with some Of
his companions No one need tell him
the way. He knewi
Old Man Weather watched him and
as he watched him Old Man Weather
almost forgot about his business for
the moment. Although he has such a
lot Of business to attend to still he
does rest bit at times.
1t Is then that people find Old Man
Weather SO undecided about what he
Is going to do next.
Well, after the little dog had gone
on, Old Man Weather began to think
Of his business affairs, and 1t was then
that he was so amused.
OF course he knew that there were
big weather bureaus where they
studied the Wind and the Clouds and
the Sun and the condition Of the At
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-10

around the edge. Almost without ex-
ception one sees the popular fox scarf
as an accessory.
For suits similar to the one shown
in the Illustration polret twill Is the
preferred material. A welcome note
In this elegant model is the bell sleeve.
for In summer time a tight cuff pre-
cludes the practicability Of wearing 1t
over a crushable lingerie blouse. The
lapover skirt is another feature
worthy Of mention. as shown in this
suit, for 1t is a very pleasing style.
A distinctive model which departs
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-10
boy
SCOUTS
RI
Conducted b. National Council Of the Doy
Scouts Of Amsrica-)
SCOUTS LEARN LEADERSHIP

Scouting Is often called a school of
leadership, because 1t teaches a boy
resourcefulness, self-confidence and In.
itiative.
This training Is showing itself promi.
nently in the field Of school work.
where scouts In many sections Of the
country are winning high honors.
When the names of this years
Rhodes scholars were announced, that
u.s. the 30 college boys selected from
all over the United States to receive
a scholarship to attend Oxford univer-
sity as representatives of this coun-
try, because of their high character,
intelligence and all-around physical ex-
cellence, the Boy Scouts of America
wrote to these students and asked,
Have you been a scout?" because they
are just the type that scouting aims to
develop.
Out Of those replying. one-half said
they had been scouts, and the other
half. with one exception, said they re-
GREETED deeply not having been able
to Join the movement. In almost every
case this was because there was no
scout troop near home. All but two
of the letters declared that scouting
L. of fundamental value In training
boys.
The leadership training Of scouting
is also emphasized by the Conewago
(Pa.) Scout Eagle, in citing the num-
Der of boys In the organization who
have attained positions Of honor in
the local high school: The valedic-
t0fian Of the graduating class; another
honor man; the captain Of next years
basketball team. succeeding the pres
ent scout captain, who graduates this
year; the editor-in-chief Of the school
paper for 1923-24, and its business
manager; also the present editor-in-
chief Of the school annual-all are
members of local troops.
The Conewago Eagle further states
that in the past three years the scouts
have given the old high six captains,
five managers and have produced more
than sixty varsity players in soccer.
basketball, baseball, tennis and track.
Three classes have selected scouts as
their presidents. Two presidents Of
the athletic association were scouts.
Three editors-in-chief of the high
school annual, one business manager
and twelve members Of the staff have
belonged to the organization also
during these three years the school pa
Der has had from the field Of gcOuf-
ing two editors-in-chief. a business
manager and twenty-one members Of
the staff. Representatives of the
movement are seldom missing among
the honor graduates" concludes the
Eagle, land this year from scouting's
ranks comes the highest honor stu
dent"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1923-05-10

Uugnly zone, score WITH cross on TOD
and push back the skin, insert a piece
of butter and serve at once.
When 1t is hard to think Of anything
for supper serve baked potatoes and
sliced cold meat or Goldfish gravy.
A supper dish for q cool night or Q
good dinner dish Is:
Fish chowder-Fresh fish cut into
small pieces may fe used in this dish,
or Goldfish that has been freshened and
softened in water. Take a quarter Of
a pound of salt pork, cut II into dice
and fry In the chowder kettle until
crisp and brown. Add six small onions
sliced, stir until a golden brown. add
six or eight medium-slzed potatoes
sliced thin. and sufficient water to
cover and cook the vegetables. When
they are nearly tender add the fish;
II fresh, cook until It loosens from the
bones II Goldfish few minutes cook
ing will be sufficient.
Add one quart hot water, six milk
crackers soaked In milk and seasoning
as needed. Serve hot. Once tried this
will be dish that the family will ask
for again and again.
Pork Chops and Parsnlp stsw-Put
six or eight pork chops into sauce
pan with FIVE good-sized parsnips
which have been washed, scraped and
cut into one-incb pieces; add i've diced
raw potatoes, orc onion; season with
salt, pepper, md cook slowly for
twenty minuter1 thicken with a little
flour. cover clorely. adding moisture
as needed and cook two hours.
Filling for Pineapple Pls.-Scald q
can of pineapple in a double boiler.
Sift six tablespoonfuls of cornstarch.
one-half teaspoonful Of salt. and one
cupful of granulated sugar; stir into
the pineapple and cook until the
starch Is thoroughly cooked. Now add
two tablespoonfuls Of butter and the
Juice Of half a lemon. Pour into the
baked shell, cover with a meringue
and brown lightly. Serve cold.
Oatmeal 0ems.-Take one-Quarter
cupful Of honey. one cupful Of sour milk.
one egg. one cupful Of graham flour.
little salt. onehalf teaspoonful Of
soda mix well. then add three table
spoenfuls of melted shortening. Pour
into gem pans and bake In a moderate