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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
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gathered unto your fathers" it
will be The Herald, and not the
telephone pole, that will provide n
glowing obituary. Advertising In
this newspaper really counts. Ev-
cry member of the family reads The
Herald-begins reading it in the
postoffice, reads it on the way home
and continues the process by the
fireside. All the pages on which we
can place ads are pages that con-
tain local news; your ad could not
possibly be in a position more 10
your advantage.
The eeolored comic section has in
creased the cost of getting out the
paper and we shall have to advance
the price. The colored comic Sec
tion alone would more than eat up
all the money from subscriptions at
the old rate. The news price for
subscriptions in this county will be
the price charged by most weeklies
without a comic section-s2. But
before we advance the price we will
give every resident of Cassia County
a chance to come in at the old rate
of $3.50 per year-less than 8 cents
per week.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19

ven by the Burley Ag. boys for all
teams, coaches and judges. Dean
Iddings of the u. of I. acted as
toastmaster and Professor Bonnet Of
the u, Department of Agronomy,
presented a beautiful loving cup to
the winning team. Boise was first,
Burley second, Oakley third and
Twin Falls fourth. The Oakley
team consisted of Bill Mcbride, Nor
ton Bates and Grant Severe, coached
by L. w. Sanberg.
Bill had the honor of winning a
first in wheat and Norton a first in
potatoes. A choice set of samples
was brought back and placed on
display at the high school.
The Faculty Step Out
Wednesday evening, January 10,
the faculty went in a body and sur
prised Mr.. and Mrs. Briscoe at their
home. Besides carrying members
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19

Subscriptions have been coming to
The Herald Office at a rapid rate
during the past week. And they are
still coming and coming The stack
of newspapers that we put out ev-
cry Friday morning is an imposing
sight and it woud pay local mer-
chants to come in and take a look.
Some people who have had a glimpse
of our papers after two-thirds of
them had been mailed mistook the
part for the whole and still were i'm
pressed, saying they had no idea
that The Herald had such a large
circulation. II only they had seen
the entire bunch at one time!
And still some merchants believe
that the ideal way to advertise is
to tack signs on telephone poles!
poles are never taken
home and eagerly read. When
your child is born, you don't want
to see an announcement of the
birth tackled on telephone pole!
Years later, If this same child is
you don't expect the tele-
phone pole to herald the great
event! And when you yourself are
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
Students
Will Write News
PUPILS WILL WRITE SCHOOL
ITEMS FOR THE HERALD
EACH WEEK
Rooms Are Contesting for Record
In Punctuality-Tardi Ex-
pected To Decrease

A part of the sixth and seventh
grade language work from now on
will be composed of news items for
the Locust School News. Each week
an editor is appointed for each
grade according to his standing in
language work. All the pupils
make write-ups, which are handed
to the editor, who revises them if
need be and prepares them for the
paper.
The upper grade boys are hard at
work on the vacant room, making it
suitable for basketball.
The first pupil of the school to
have the mumps is Aloea McMurray.
She is reported doing nicely.
George Ellison, ]. B. Fairchild and
Elmer Craner, the local trustees,
have been remodeling the water sys-
tenn the past week. 1t works we'll
now.
The boys of the sixth, seventh and
eighth grades oiled the floors, Fri
day. They did splendid job. The
money for this work will go in the
athletic fund.
The eighth grade is working ear
nestly preparing for the county ex-
animation in history, which comes
Friday.
The different rooms are contes-
ting this month to see which will
have the best. record in punctuality.
The parents as well as the pupils
can help very much in eliminating
these habits of tardiness.
We have had very little sickness
among the school children this year.
Odessa Scow, pupil of the sixth
grade, has left for Utah.
Elden Tanner entered school last
week. He took up work in the
seventh grade.
Willard Morgan. previously pu-
pill of this school but in the Burley |
school, was up to visit Harold Nc
1vers. Sunday.
nc Ilinudly iOOn hclO tuc DCot /
'ecord for punctualiry last month.
Miss King, teacher of the interme-
late grades, is now staying at A.
= Martindale's.
The boys of the sixth grade lam
uage class are contesting against
he girls to see which can read q
tory and then dramatize it best.
Last week great excitement was
reated when one of The pupils call
d attention to a star shining in the
asst at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Rella Jenkins and Myrtle Catlin
the Grammar grade room have
either been absent nor tardy for
he first half of the year.
Half the school year is gone We
IL hope we can have better atten-
ance and better prepared lessons in
lie last half
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
Should Develop
ArteSian Water
IRRIGATION CAN BE EXTENDED
THROUGH USE OF GROUND
WATER RESOURCES
Goose Creek Basin, Oakley, Among
Sections of This Great State
Favored BY Nature

MOSCOW, IDAHO, JAN. IT
1923.-"A potentially valuable but
but as yet poorly developed irriga.
tion supply of the state of Idaho is
it's store of artesian and other
ground water" said a paper by Ar
thur M. Piper, hydrologist with the
state bureau of mines and geology,
before the Idaho Irrigation con-
gress at a recent meeting at Boise.
Mr.. Piper was unable to be present
at the session and his paper was
read by R. e. Shepherd of Jerome,
president of theTwin Falls North
Side Land & Water Company.
''This situation was called to the
attention Of this body at it's Nampa
meeting in january, 1921, by
Francis A. Thompson, director of
the state bureau of mines and ge-
ology. Later that same year II
program of systematic surveys of
the artesian and other ground wa
ter conditions in Idaho was inaugu-
rated by the three cooperating or
ganizations; the United States ge-
survey, the state bureau of
mines and geology, and the state
department of reclamation. During
the summer of 1921, surveys were
carried on in three serapate areas.
The United States geological survey
co-operated with the state depart
CATION of the ground water resour-
,es of the Mud Lake region and with
he bureau of mines in completing
surveys of the Pahsimeroi valley
md of the Goose creek BASIN"
Mr.. Piper discussed at length the
conditions favorable to the accum-
llation of artesian water bodies.
"In the first place an artesian wa
er survey must prove or disprove
he existence of a competent artesi-
IN basin satisfying all the condi-
ions outlined 1t gains it's infor-
nation as to the character and |
tructure of the aquifier by studying |
he rocks in the region wherever |
hey crop out"
Reports of findings on projects al
eady completed, summary reports
I which have already been made
ublic, were contained in the paper
of the Goose creek ba-
in in the vicinity of Oakley, the
ahsimeroi valley in Custer county,
nd the Mud Lake territory which
cludes all of Clark and part of ad-
acent counties, and the Bruneau
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
More Students
At Normal School
LARGE GROUP OF MODERN
BUILDINGS WITH 81 ACRES OF
CAMPUS AND GROUNDS
Institution Is Situated in Beautiful
Mountain Valley of Sunny
Southern Idaho

The Administration building wa:
built in 1895 and is three stories
high with full basement. In this
building are found the Auditorium
the society halls, the President and
Bursar Offices, the library. the sci
ence laboratories, and several well
equipped recitation rooms. The gen.
eral equipment OF this building in
the shape of furniture and fixtures is
the equal of any of the standard
normal schools in the country.
The gymnasium was built in
1909 and is perhaps one of the best
gymnasiums of any of the state in
stitutions. 1t is thoroughly equipped
with all kinds of modern apparatus,
running track, and floor space
large enough for basket ball, indoor
baseball and tennis. 1t has its own
heating plant and there are shower
baths for both young men and the
young women. 1t is stone and
brick structure.
Hansen hall is a stone and brick
structure, three stories and built in
1905. 1t is the home of the young
women and will accommodate about
one hundred. In Hansen hall is also
the dining room for both the young
women and the young men of the
The furniture and
equipment are of modern and up-to-
date type.
New hall was built in 1861.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
Hold Exams
0. H. School
BURLEY HOOPSTERS
HERE TUESDAY, JAN
UARY 23
Surprise Party Given Mr..
and Mrs Briscoe, The
Newly-Weds

Semester examinations began
Thursday morning and ended Friday
night. Many anxious fiutterings
have been noticeable about the high
school. The der boy or sweet girl
who has been going thus far in
school on his or her good looks or
reputation, is beginning to wonder il
either one of these accomplishments
is enough to put II over. Alas, no!
This is the time OF wedding and
burning.
Burley, the winners in the last
contest with Oakley high school,
will meet our boys In a return game
of basketball at the high school
gymnasium, Tuesday. January %.
The game at Burley was such des-
perate fight from the start off until
the last moment OF the contest hat
much is expected in the game when
it is held here. This will be the
best game of the season.
We want your patronage. Help
us win the game by your presence.
The seed judging contest held at
the State Seed show at Burley for
boys taking Smith-Hughes agricul-
ture was complete success. Teams
were entered from Boise, Twin Falls
Oakley and Burley. The contest
consisted in judging six samples
made up of wheat, barley, corn, al
boys were given ten minutes in
which to Judge and two minutes for
giving reasons.
In the evening a banquet was gi-
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
New Department Devoted to Former Oakley Residents
Once an Oakeyte Always An Oakleyite; By Boys
and Girls" We Mean All Between l and $50
FORMER OAKLEYITE
HAS STRANGE PET
RETURNS FROM LAND OF WON
DERS WITH WORLD WON
DER! PEOPLE AGAPE!
Beckwith May BRING Marvel to Oak
ley to Let Former Friends Here
Admire "Queenie Hammand'

Frank Beckwith, once an Oakley
resident, has lately returned from
South Australia with a world mar
vel. Our readers all know that that
strange land produces the marsupial
Ornithyrhnnchus Anatimus, more
commonly called the Duck Billed
Platybus." And our readers know
that that STANCE animal is half bird
and half animal; for it has brown
fur, but five webbed toes; a duck
bill, but a beavers tail; and that IT
lays white eggs with flexible shell.
The kids in Australia use these
eggs as shiny balls on the frozen
lakes down there when they play
their national winter game.
Well, the former Oakleyite has
that beat to a frazzle. He has a
marvel of marvels!
For Beckwth has little pet he
calls Queen Hammand, a marvel of
pig and hen mixed; it has the he'd
and ears of the pig; marsupial
pouches on its wishbone, and for
tail feathers, weinies! And for
wing feathers, slices VI baconi
He has only to trot over to a
cafe, and right behind his heels
comes Queenie, clu-grunting and
eager to show her
skill in tricks, for her captor has
spent the two years he has been
away in training his ani-bird, for
mixture it is. AS he SITS at the ta-
Die for breakfast, Queen Hammand |
comes at his call, and he reaches in
o her pocket and pulls out brace
If eggs. plucks off wing feather.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
BUTTE BREEZEs

Mr.. and Mrs. John Milton were
surprised by a number of friends,
was spent in games and dancing:
lunch was served at midnight.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Crofts, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Carson, Mr.. and Mrs. Barigar, Mr..
and Mrs. o. L. Milton, Mr.. and Mrs.
H L. Alger, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Molly
neux. Miss Josephine Martin, Miss
Nita Peterson and sister, Luella
Crofts, Miss Della Milton, Leland
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
SPLENDID TURNOUT
SECOND WARD M. l. A.
GOOD PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
GIVEN AT MUTUAL LAST
SUNDAY NIGHT
Second Ward Senior Girls Say They
Have a Big Surprise for Public
"OnIy Two More Weeks

The Second ward M. l. A. had a
splendid turnout at their Mutual
Sunday night The preliminary pro-
gram was as follows: address by
Cyrus r. Huater ; poem, Rosetta
Robinson. The public is invited to
attend our Mutual meetings.
Watch the Second ward Senior
Girls and the result will be some
thing great. for surprises are al
ways in order. They have the big
gest Of the season for you-Oniy
two more weeks.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19

and Elmer Peterson, Eugeen Layton
Clarence Elquist, Floyd Bell, George
Crofts and Vance Milton.
Mrs. G. w. Layton and Eugene
were in Twin Falls, Saturday.
Mrs. Alpha Elquist, who has re-
turned from Grantsville, Utah, visi-
ted here Wednesday,
Miss Luella Crofts is spending the
week here.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF THE OAKLEY CANAL USERS
ASSOCIATION

The annual meeting of the Oakley
Canal Users Association will be held
in the Orpheum Theatre. Oakley,
Idaho, January 22, 1928, at 11:00
a. M, for the election of officers and
such other business as may come be-
fore the meeting. All settlers are
invited to be present.
J. c. De La MARE, Chairman.
b. F. COWLES, Secretary.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
4 X X X X X X K
If YOU'RE A KID, READ
THE FUNNIEs; If NOT,
READ THEM ANYWAY

For If you read The Her.
aid "Funnies", there's some
hope that you may become a
kid againi After all. adults
can learn more from kids
than vice versa. What fools
some of us mortals be, with
our stale and starched
ideas! The men who have
enriched the resources of
life, men like Shakespeare,
Moliere and Cervantes, have
never lost the child's capac-
ity for make believe. Their
gray matter remained fiexi-
BILE. They had so much self
respect that they could un-
bend and PLAY and then
have more self respect than
ever.
We believe that cheer
less dignity is an unnecessa-
ry evil!
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
Debaters Will Decide
What To Do About
Capital Punishment

A public debate will be held in the
high school auditorium, January so
at 1880 p. m. The question is RE
solved, That Capital Punishment
Should Be Abolished. The affirma-
tive will be represented by Wilford
Sagers and chosen colleague; the
negative by Wallace Ward and
colleague.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

SMALL GIRL WANTED TO CARE
for baby. Mrs. w f. Moss, r. F.
d. 3, Twin Falls, Idaho. (J19-26)
LOST A GOLD PENCIL. FIN
der kindly return to Eula
Matthews, Oakley, Idaho.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19

Bluebird Orchestra of Twin Falls
at Anona Hall, January 27, dancing
at $3.50 sharp. Admission
n cents war tax 8 cents; total, S5c.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
X K K X < X X X
STAKE QUARTERLY CON-
FERENCE WILL BE HELD
HI e RE JANUARY ~ -2S

The Stake quarterly con-
ference will be held Satur-
day and Sunday, January ~
and %, beginning with spe-
cial conference of the priest
hood, Saturday morning at
9:3O, at which all boys and
men holding the priesthood
are urgently requested to be
present. Special visitors
from Salt Lake City for this
priesthood meeting will be
in attendance. Please re-
member the time, 9:3O Sat
urday morning.
VIM. T. JACK,
Stake President.
81 - x x
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19
Our New Minister
Presented Tonight
SECOND WARD DRAMATIC co.
HAS INTERESTING PLAY AND
ACCOMPLISHED PLAYERS
Expected That Big Crowd Will
Enjoy This Excellent Home
Talent Production

The characters in "Our New Min
ister," to be presented tonight at the
Howells Opera House by the Second
Ward Dramatic Company, are as
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-01-19

Special numbers will be given be-
tween acts by Sarah Clark, Stella
Nelson and Boy Scout Troop One.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09
REPUBLIC OF ESTHONTA
 DISTRIBUTES ESTATE OF
 MOBILES AMONG PEASANTS
Frank Carpenter Visits Confiscated Mansions And Talks With Pioneer Farrners-Miions Of Acres Of Land Passing Into Hands Of The Peope-Tells Of Chat With Premier And Forecasts Future Of New Republic

apportioning them among the people.
 AS a result. Esthonia is practically a new country, held by new owners, and wIth tens of thousands of small farmers scattered over the great es- tates of the past. l might call 1t a pioneer country, for the estates are now In small holdings of 125 acres or so, some smaller, some larger, and every man has to fence in his aIlot- ment and build log cabin, or shack, or some other home in which to live. 50,OO0 New Fnrms Ceated.
 The old buildings on, the estates have been taken over and some of the large brick barns are now occu- pied by the new land holders await Ing the time when they can build in- dividual barns of their own. In most cases small tract of land has been left to the former rich owner and this often contains the mansion where he friends.
 In thinking of Esthonia as a pioneer country, however, one must dismiss all ideas of our pioneer days. America was virgin and covered with forests. It was as Nature made it, without any of the so-called improve ments. Esthonia, under the Balts, was better farmed than any other part of the Russian Empire. The Barons. were rich and they had the German thrift for which their cousins over the way are so noted They drained their lands and rotated the crops, using fertilizers of every description. They farmed with the best of agricultural machinery, and not few had factories and distil- leries. Some were stock farmers, and others had dairies. Some raised grain, and in the northern part of the country potatoes were so much grown that even now Esthonia is called the potato republic" The tubers grow here as easily as in Ireland and Maine, and are pro- duced in vast quantities for the making of alcohol. Every farm has It's distillery, and in normal times the country yields so much alcohol that it could give quart and half to every man, woman and child and have some to spare.
 O O O
 Over The Land By Motor Car.
 But let me describe my trip through the country. We left Reval on macadamized roadway and for much of the time our speed was 30 or more miles per hour. This does not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-09-09

seem fast at home, but in this land of few automobiles, 1t means a great deal. We were on one of the chief highways, and scores of peasant women were coming into Reval to market, driving single and double teams harnessed to the boat-like wagons which are the typical farm vehicles of the country. The horses all had great yokes above them, and they were harnessed by tugs to the front aXles and the hubs of the wheels. The vehicles were so stiff that they could not move quickly out of our way, and every horse was frightened by the gasoline demon rushing towards him. In many places they drove out into the fields to allow us to pass. and some of the women drivers got down and wrapped their shawls over the heads of the horses to keep them quiet as we went by. Now and then a shnft snapped as a horse whirled at sight of our car, and elk women driving colts left the road and went with their carts into the plowed lands ad- joining.
 The Farm Of A Wirt.
 About 10 miles from the city we stopped at the farm of a wirt, or small land-holder, one of the 50,000 mentioned above. This man had 80 acres of land and 1t was well culti- vated His house was a cottage of six or eight rooms, built of stone and roofed with straw thatch. About the straw rose the chimneys, made adso of stone but painted snow white. This is so of all the chimneys in city and country. It is said that the white plaster saves the chimneys and makes them last longer. There were also small barn of ston and sheds all roofed the same way.
 Introduced by the officials of the agricultural department, I entered the house. Three of It's six rooms were fioored with stone and the other three with rough boards. The stoves were of stone, each running from the floor to the ceiling, and from the sea the soil improves. consists of chalklike rock built up in thin strata as regularly as If laid by A mason. Much of the rock IS good building material. Farther back the furniture mean. One room was given up to the children for nur- sery. and I noticed an old-fashioned cradle with a baby therein. The farmers wife brought the baby out side and we photographed it.
 The soil of this farm was comgara- lively poor. Near Reval the country There is good pasture and the land grows large crops of potatoes ana grain. This farmer seemed to be content and he was sanguine as to his future.
 O o o
 On A Divided Estate.
 About 20 miles farther on we left the main road and entered one of the great estates which are TOW be- ing divided It contained about 5000 acres, much of 1t in very large fields surrounding mansion where the owner lived in about the same style as our rich southern planters of slavery days. The man was a Baltic baron who had cast in his let with the Germans during the war, and