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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07
MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS

The missionary meeting of the
congregational Ladies met with Mrs.
w. B. Brown, hostess, last week, on
Thursday, Mrs. George Evans in
charge of the program on India in
the form of a QUESTIONABLE respond
ed to by members present. Miss
Winters played a piano solo. and
Mrs. Brown sang two selections. Mes
danes Black. Trathen, MeKibbin and
Helm served refreshments. 1t was an
interesting meeting with good at
tendance.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07
FORMER MOUNTAIN HOME
MAN DIES AT BOISE

Isaac A. Constant, aged SO years,
died Monday at Boise hospital,
his death resulting from peritonitis.
Mr. Constant was formerly a resi-
dent of Mountain Home and was well
liked by those who knew him. The
remains were taken to Portland for
interment.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

]. Robb Brady and family came
in Sunday of this week from Poca-
tello, driving over in the Cadallac.
Mr.. Brady drove up to Dixie Sunday
evening and pastured the children
out for few days, then he went on
to La Grand, Ore, to meet President
Harding. The family will spend sew
eral days in Mountain Home and
vicinity.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07
SUNDAY SERVICES AT
THE NAzARENE CHURCH

1880 a. m.-Sunday school.
p. m.-Young peoples meeting.
s p. m.-Song and praise service.
8 p. m. Thursday-Prayer meet
ing.
$3.50 p. m. Tuesday = Cottage
prayer meeting at the home of Mrs.
Magden.
Everyone invited.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Francisco Agasuisa of Duck Val
ley was taken to st. Alfonso's hospi-
tai in Boise Sunday morning by Dr..
Mather where he underwent an OPP
GRAFTON for intestinal obstruction Of
the bowels.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

The young Indian boy from DUCK
Valley who suffered a broken arm
last week when horse fell on him
is at Mrs. Stanfield's recovering
from the fracture.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mrs. Jack Goul and daughter Vir-
GINA, accompanied by Mrs. Fred
Lindsay, visited over the weekend in
Boise. They were the guests of Mrs.
Goul's son, Dudley, and wife.
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Local and Personal

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C. H Stewart returned Saturday
night from Boise where he has been
on business interests for the past
two weeks.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

H. L. Braden left Sunday for New
York City where he will purchase his
fall and winter merchandise. He will
join Mrs. Braden at Cleveland, Ohio,
on his return trip and they will visit
Mr.. Braden's relatives In Pennsyl-
vania before returning home.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07
SUNDAY SERVICES AT
THE BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Miss
Jeane Groefaema, superintendent.
B. Y. P. U. at 7:15 p. m.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Miss Edna Casey is helping out at
the Electric Bakery until after the
Fourth.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mrs. r. w. Smith is improving
from her recent serious illness and
was able to sit up Sunday for the
first time since she was taken i'll
over two weeks ago.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mrs. Nora Isaacs returned Monday
from Grandview to help celebrate the
glorious Fourth.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson of Po-
catello arrived Tuesday to spend the
Fourth with the formers aunt, Mrs.
Mary Harris and family.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Harold Whitson is assisting at the
Electric Bakery during the Fourth.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07
BIG REDUCTION IN
Goodyear Tires

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has chopped the
price OF all their Tires and never before have they
been so moderately priced AS an index of the cut
made, we quite below the prices three of the most
popular sizes:
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mrs. George Poole has been MAX
ing her many friends and neighbors
happy this summer by keeping them
supplied with beautiful cut flowers
grown in her own yard We are in
debted to her this week for a bouquet
of the best looking pansies and we
appreciate Mrs. Poole's generosity.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mrs Tom Lindsay and daughter
Mrs C. f. Watkins and children,
Robbie and Buck, accompanied by
Mrs. ]. P Noyak and son Lawrence
motored to Boise Saturday night and
took in the bright lights.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mrs. Seth Harris and children re
turned from Rocky Bar last week
where they had been recuperating
for the past week. They expect to
return to Rocky Bar later and spend
the remainder of the summer.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

w. L. Seward returned on No 10
Monday from Guernsey, Wyo., where
he went Thursday of last week. He
was accompanied by his father, w.
F. Seward, who will visit this sum-
Der with his son and family. Bill
reports that the Wyoming hills are
now green and luxuriant, and the
cattle fat and sassy, but their num-
Der is now small
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Milk delivered to any part of the
city. w. ]. Love. SSt2
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mr.. and Mrs C. M. Johnson and
two sons Edgar and Harold of Pay
cite are spending the Fourth with
the formers sister Mary Harris and
family.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Fred S. Taylor came in this week
to spend several days visiting his
BROTHER, L. v. Taylor, and family.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07
FOR RENT

FOR Rents or rooms, singly or
for light housekeeping. Mrs.
Dearinger. s4tf
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07
FOX SALE

FOR SALE-Two good heifers, with
heifer calves. See Jack Goul. s7tf
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

DR.. Mather operated on /. c. Con-
slant of Grand View last Wednesday
at the Harley home for appendicitis
and while the patient was in a crit
ical condition, he is resting easy at
this time and hope is entertained for
his recovery.
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Local and Personal

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Born to Mr.. and Mrs. p F. Trout
ner, of Hammett, last Sunday, June
the Gath a fine baby boy.
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Mrs. S. E. Reed left last Thursday
for HALEY where she will visit for
several days with Mrs. M. Pinney.
She was accompanied by her daugh-
ter-in-law Mrs. c. NJ. Reed of Glenns
Ferry.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-07-07

Mrs. M. l.. Davis of Boise is visit
ing over the Fourth with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Frank Barrett and family.
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C. H. Stewart returned Saturday
night from Boise where he has been
on business interests for the past
two weeks.
Harold Whitson is assisting at the
Electric Bakery during the Fourth.
Miss EDNA Casey is helping out at
the Electric Bakery untll after the
Fourth.
Mrs. Tom Lindsay and daughter
Mrs. c. f. watkins and children,
Robbie and Buck, accompanied by
Mrs. j. P. Novak and son Lawrence
motored to Boise Saturday night and
took in the bright lights.
Mr. and Mrs. c. NJ. Johnson and
two sons Edgar and Harold of Pay
cite are spending the Fourth with
the formers sister Mary Harris and
family.
Mrs. M. l.. Davis of Boise is visit
ing over the Fourth with her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Frank Barrett and family. |
Mrs. S. E. Reed left last Thursday
for HALEY where she will visit for
several days with Mrs. M. Pinney
She was accompanied by her daugh-
ter-in-law Mrs. c. NJ. Reed of Glenns
Ferry.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Trout
ner, of Hammett, last Sunday, June
the Gath fine baby boy.
DR.. Mather operated on L c. Con-
slant of Grand View last Wednesday
at the Harley home for appendicitis
and while the patient was in crit
ical condition, he is resting easy at
This time and hope is entertained for
his recovery.
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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26
MURDER CASE
TRIAL OPENS
IN COURT HERE
Kasimir Schneider Placed on
Trial Charged with Stay
ing His Wife

Trial of Kasimir Schneider, char
gcd with the murder of his wife by
poisoning her, opened here in dis
trict court this morning.
Examination Of jurors was slow
and it appeared that the entire day
would be required to obtain the jury
States Attorney +. S. Allen is pros
ccuting the case, assisted by John +.
Sullivan of Mandan, retained by re-
lativcs Of Mrs. Schneider.
Schncidcr's wife died at her home
here on the south side several
months ago. No physician was in at
tendance The coroner ordered the
stomach sent to the state university
laboratory at Grand Forks for cX-
animation, and il was reported that
enough arsenic was found in her
stomach to have caused death.
Thcreupon the arrest was made on
order of States Attorney McCurdy.
Schneider resisted the charge on
preliminary examination, which was
held before Justice Cassclman, p. ID.
Norton and C.. +. Kelsch Of Mandan
defending him. Schneider maintain
ed his wife had been i'll and that
her death was from natural cause.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26
VALIDRTY.0F
FUTURES ACT.
BEFORE COURT

Not so long after the motion pic.
ture came into being two brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright. in the
face Of ridiculc and disbelief, con.
vinccd skeptical world that hcav.
ier-than.air machines could fly and
that the law of gravity was not i'm.
mutable. Somehow we three of tho
greatest inventions Of the age togc-
thcr; motion pictures, aviation and
radio. And, in the last analysis, the
motion picture has proven great
publicity medium for the other two
During the early days Of the aero.
plane it was only the news-reel
which pictured the soaring plane,
but latterly many photodramas have
included in their plots some certain
scenes which call for plane flights.
In Zone Week Of Love- the SELF
nick production, co-starring Elaine
Hammerstcin and Conway Tcarlc.
which opens at the Capitol theatre
tonight, not only is the aeroplanc
utilized to degree, but actually
the entire plot hinges, on an aero.
plane crash. The story has to do with
a wealthy society girl, Beth Wynn,
portrayed by Elaine Hammerstein,
who, firing of the hoIlowness of
society, seeks some new thrill and
finally agrees to marry Franklin
Fraser if he can defeat her in an
aeroplane race.
The race is staged and Beth gets
lost in the fog and. after narrowing
experiences, crashes itno a hut over
the Mexican border and finds her.
self in the hands of outlaws, one
American and several Mexicans. They
gamble for her and the American
Buck Farnley, Conway Tcarlc), wins
her and takes her with him to his
hut in the Businesses Of the Mexican
mountains. His attempts to win her
form the basis of the story and it is
one which holds the spectator spell.
bound through every scene.
Zone Week of Love" is from an
original story by Edward j. Montag-
ne and George Archainbaud and was
directed by the latter. 1t was created
especially to offer a satisfactory
vehicle to Miss Hammcrstein and
Conway iTearle and both stars are
ideally cast. The role Of Buck
Fearnlcy is of the virile type in
which Tcarlc cxcels. while Miss
Hammerstein as the petted and pam.
pered child of wealth outdoes any,
thing she has yet offered to the
screen.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26
MACCABEES
ORGANIZE

Zap, N. d., Feb. ga new Tent
Of The Maccabecs was organized at
Zap on Thursday the 22nd of Fcbru.
airy by Deputy State Commander
Stocks assisted by State Comma nd cr
d. Mcnamara, with 81 Charter men,-
bcrs. 49,.
The following officers were elect
ed: n.t
Past Commandcr-Ro Robert NJ.
Stroup.
Commandcr--David f. Fast.
Lieut.. Ralph Batch
elder.
Record kcepcr-John b. Field.
Chaplain-O. H. Chilson.
Physician-Dr. G. c. Smith.
Scrgcant-Arthur Zimmerman.
Master at Arms-Louis Kupka.
First Master of Guards-Lcland
Felix.
Second Master of Guards-Wm. G.
Hoffner.
Scntinel-Orvillc> G. Neville. r.
Picket-Obed E. Olson.
Trustees for one, two and three
years-R. M. Stroup, J. B. Field and
Hans Shorthand.
The name Of the new Tent is
Zap" After the meeting an oyster
supper was served at the Western
Union Hotel.
Several of the officers made good
talks for the good of the Order.
The meetings will be held on the
second and fourth Wednesdays of
each month. A drive for fifty new
members was started.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26
big TIM" MUST
SERVE SENTENCE

Washington, Feb. 26.--Timothy
big TIM Murphy. who started
from Chicago yesterday for Leaven-
worth, Kansas, not have his So
journ at the federal penitentiary
there interrupted by review of his
case by the supreme court.
The petition under which Murphy,
Vincenzo Cosmano and Edward C.
Gierum, all convicted in connection
with mail robbery at Dearborn
street station in Chicago, in 1921
sought to reverse the decision of
the lower court, were denied by the
higher court today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26
Story of North Dakota
Boy Whipped tor
Death
CONTINUED from Page Ons)

released from Jail and moved on.
They knew nothing of convict labor.
And nothing more was heard from
him until late last year, II letter
came from Glen Thompson of Jet
more, Kansas, to the postmaster a:
Munich asking if Martin Tsbert had
any relatives in that vicinity.
Thompson had been through the
convict labor" experience too. His
letters when correspondence was
opened told the most narrowing tale
of brutal inhumanity conceivable.
Tabert. when his two days of grace
after imposition of sentence had
passed, had been assigned to- work
on convict labor gang for the Put
nam Lumber company, big opera
tor in the turpentine and yellow
pine districts of northern Florida
The company is WISCONSIN corpor-
alton.
Thompson slept in the bunk next
rto him and declared Martin was i'll.
He had boils on his feet and com
planned Of his shoes being too small
Asking for larger shoes or permits
sion to cut those he had drew for
him but blows and the ire uf Capt.
Higginbotham, state guard. the
whipping bost," and though the
hoy developcd assesses on his
groins which were lanccd, and a
persistent fever, he was forced on
at his work.
Tale Of Brutality
The Thompson affidavit continues
the tale of brutality which continued
until one day when Tabcrt was
turned in for whipping by Capt.
Willis, head of the numbering opera
tons. On n Friday evening the lad
was stripped thrown to the ground
and HigginbOtham dashed him with
thick rawhide strap 80 or so times.
When the boy rolled and writhed
under the blows the slave driver
placed his foot on his neck to pin
him down while the whipping con-
tinued. When the boy was released
and started. to pick up a bottle OF
medicine which had dropped from
his pocket he was struck again and
again fellcd by the blows. Saturday
he was too i'll to move and was
helped too and from work suffering
with raging fever. Sunday he was
permitted to remain his bunk and
given no care. Wednesday he died
His body was removed from tho filth
of his bed wrapped in cast off
clothes of "nigger" and four color
cd men told off to take the body
out and bury it. as.e. -
All of these facts are alleged to
have been verified by States Attor-
ney G. Crimson of Cavalier county.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26

ing room. A pair of corner china
closets give it a quaint charm, and
fire place across one corner adds
to its hospitable air. The fourth
corner is also cut across by the
kitchen door, giving the room an
unusual and pleasing shape.
Kitchen Aids
In the kitchen there are numer.
Gus built-in conveniences. A Sc.
parate lear entry with a window
in it is provided for the refrigera-
tor. From this entry the basement
steps are accessible, so that laun.
dry and ashes may be taken out OF
doors without intrusion into a
spotless kitchen.
Each of the four bedrooms up.
stairs has corner location, with
windows on two sides. Each has a
clotacs closet. and one has also a
built-in tray case. Near the bath
room there is linen case built-in.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26
VETERANS BUREAU STUDENTS ARE
MAKING GOOD RECORD IN COLLEGES

Ono man, Burton S. Oderkirk,
won outstanding honors as a mem
Der of the college livestock judging
team, which competed at tae nation
al dairy show and won first place in
competition with all other agricul-
tural teams in the United States.
Odcrkirk was easily the ranking
man on t.lis team.
Harry Eckman, a Veterans. Blu
reau trainec at the Minnesota
School of Agriculture won gold
medal offered by the Farmer OF
st. PAUL for winning first place in
the beef cattle class in "a stock judg-
ing contest participated in by 80 live
stock production students.
The Registrar of the South Da-
kota State College of Agriculture,
Brookings, South Dakota, says the
Veterans Bureau trainees who are
pursuing their studies there. "the
grades of the college vocational men
are rather distinctly above the aver
age"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26

Christopher Bramble, 1873 Monroe
ST., Brooklyn, N. Y, Chief Quar-
termaster U. S. Navy, retired, is
now an ardent champion of the
merits of Tanlac.
I'M stand by Tanlac to the very
last" declared Mr.. Bramble, "for it
has helped me back on my feet and
I am feeling like a new man now.
had suffered from stomach trouble
for two years and was in an awful
rundown condition. My appetite
went back on me and when l did eat
little something I would suffer
pain and misery for hours. My nerves
we're all out of fix, would lie
awake tossing and rolling until al
most day. and felt weak and tired
all the time. I had no energy to do
anything and just felt any way but
right
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26

Fargo. N. d., Feb. 26.-At the
North Dakota Agricultural College,
Fargo, NORTH Dakota, the compa ra-
tive record of U. S. Veterans Blu
reau students and the regular stu
dents is very interesting There
were 876 regular students in attend
ancc during the fall quarter and
20 Of them ranked nigh enough to
win places on the honor roll. This
was trif1c under three per cent Of
the total number enrolled.
There we're also LOG u. S. Veter-
ans Bureau trainces enrolled. and
five Of thcm or approximately five
per cent were, on the honor roll. The
average standing of these five men
for the quarter, was SO 6 per cent.
At the last election of the Ora fits
men and Builders Club, every officer
named for this organization was a
Veterans Bureau trainee, which
shows the activity Of these men and
the esteem in which they are held at
this institution.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26

toned at prominent places. in the
City and West End. .- i-'
Years ago these men, who number
ed 1000, made sufficient money in Il
few years to start business on their
own account, but slakened demand
+ for the shining of isho schas depleted
their number to about 400 most o.
whom find it hard to make a bare
living. This is due partly to men
about town being less careful of their
appearance since the war; the fact
that there is less money in peoples
pockets. and that the streets today
arc much cleaner as II result of as.
phalt paving on sidewalks and maca-
dam in roadways
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26

Not only has Thompson's affidavit
been secured, but that of one Tom
Virgins another convict, and anoth-
CIR man-an cX-service man-whosc
back will bear to his dying day
great wclts an inch deep from beat
ings received
Today an action for $4,000 dam
ages against the Putnam Lumber
company of Jacksonville, Fla, has
been started in federal court in Tlori-
da, and criminal charges have been
preferred against both Higginboth.
am. the whippcr. and Willis, the
numbering boss.
The grand jury at Tallahassee
capital city Of Florida and in the
county where the murder occurred,
opened its sessions last Monday. Fc-
bruary 10, and one Senator Hodges
of the state legislature there and
retained by the Tabert family to as
sist Attorney Crimson was to have
presented the whole case before that
body if possible.
Indictment of Sheriff L. +. Jones
OF Leon county who sent back the
money forwarded to the sentenced
boy-three months in lieu of $50
fire-is sought. Jones, according to
sworn statements Of Attorney Grim
son presented as a part of the mass
OF evidence given the Legislature
here today in connection with the
presentation of the resolution, ad-
mitted that the Putnam Lumber
company paid him $50 for each con-
vict he sent them for a period of
three months.
Holds Sheriffs to Blame
Senator Hodges holds that the
sheriff is as guilty of murder as
Whipper Higginbotham, himself
Furthermore. he has more profes
sonal interest Of an attorney in af-
fairs Of his client, for the expose of
conditions under which convict la
Dor of group that to carry cut
Governor Hardee's recommendation
for repeal of the contract convict
labor law. The repeal was beaten
then.
Today Hodges is building up a
new case for the repeal of what ne
terms the most inhuman practice in
the history of modern country.
Gov. Hardee has Interested himself
personally in, the case of the death
of the youth farmer boy from North
Dakota who started out to see the
world and tasted only Of the dregs.
Today the North Dakota legisla-
ture has been asked to pass special
resolution seeking justice for the
murder of the boy. while up in Cav
alier county the county commission
crs have passed resolutions condem-
ming the atrocity and calling upon
the people of the county for contri-
buttons to fund to help prosecute
the case.
The Langdon delegation declares
that ,women's clubs, Commercial
clubs, business men and citizens Of
Florida to whom Attorney Crimson
showed the facts developed were
aghast at conditions and up in arms
over the affair.
And part of the funds to be raised
by popular subscription in Cavalier
county will go to pay for thousands
OF circulars which will be distribu.
ted to every woman's club, CONNER.
cial club, Civic and Commerce or.
ganization in Florida, and which
will tell the whole story The Ia
berts will endcavor to make the
lumber company pay. but they want
to make the brutal officials pay and
modern slavery systems be abolish.
ed.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-02-26
AFRICAN GRAPES
DRIED FOR TRADE

London, Feb. 26.-Speaking to
members of the staff Of the British
Empire Exhibition, Major Belchcr,
who has just returned from an
empire tour. referred to the big
trade in dried fruit in South
Africa. He said a large trade was
being done in dried grapes with the
United States. Inside every poe
ket were instructions for the erec-
ton of private distillery, which
probably accounted for the grow
ing demand by the Americans for
dried grapes.