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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-11-29

GAINESVILLE. When Mr.. Paul was
bringing a load of lumber from
GAINESVILLE recently to be used in
the building, his truck stuck going
up the hill near Louis Shiliing's and
in trying to get it started it turned
over breaking it up quite bit Mr.
Paul escaped any serious injury.
IRA Wallace has moved his fam
lily from Mrs. Pauline Gibson's farm
to a house on w. ID. Miller's farm.
Yes Sines has moved his family
from the Fred Lyons place to Ed
Oglevee's house in Bristol township.
KNOXVILLE
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. I. r. Barnes
(Laura Ray) Saturday, Nov. "a, a
TX pound son named Howard Ray.
Mrs. Eva Morris is the nurse. Both
mother and son getting along nicely.
Wickersham and Foster took in
quite lot of turkeys last week for
the Thanksgiving market, paying
40c per pound for them
Don't forget the parent-teachers'
meeting at the high school auditor
ium Friday night, Dec. Z.
from his recent illness. as to be able
to come here to the store Saturday
Farm Residence Catches Fire
The farm residence owned by Carl
Dewitt and occupied by James Sher-
man, caught fire from an overheated
stove. The alarm was given and
Mr. Dewitt arrived just in time to
aid Mr.. Sherman. as the house would
have been entirely consumed. 1t
was insured in the grange and the
damage was promptly adjusted.
The entertainment and social at
Emery Saturday night was well at
tended, considering the weather.
Clarence Dewitt is now full fledged
auctioneer, as he sold the boxes.
G. A. Stegner spent part of last
week in McConnelsville on the petit
jury.
Sunday school next Sunday night
at o'clock
There will be a home talent play
in three acts at the high school
building Saturday night, Dec. /.
Everybody come and help the stu
dents in good cause.
BRISTOL
Mrs. Lizzie Anderson who has
been very poorly again, is now some
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-11-29

I1AsCAASN
Glen Evans of GAINESVILLE visited
over Sunday with bis parents Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Evans.
Mrs. Rosa THORNLEY, was the sup
per guest of Mrs. T. J. Dyke Monday.
Mrs. Anna Johnson visited with
Mrs. C. w. Thornley, last Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Thornley,
Mrs. c. w. Thornley, and Mrs. Arley
Johnson and children Dale and Ina
were dinner guests of Mrs. John
Pearson of Beverly.
Misses Rose McDermott and Muir
iel Creighton of Stockport visited
from Saturday till Monday with
Misses Doris and Luanna Walker
and attended the entertainment at
the school house.
The entertainment and social at
the school house was a success, and
all report a good time.
E. O. Ball spent over Sunday with
his family here.
Miss Helen Ball spent Sunday with
Mrs. John Kinney.
The entertainment at Brokaw
school house was well attended.
The cake was won by Miss Helen
Potts. teacher, as. prettiest girl,
bringing $44.46. The box of candy
brought 72c,and was won by Dayton
Hoover as the homeliest young man.
The pies and boxes brought $19.10,
making total of $64.28. The pro-
gram was fine and all report a good
time. The proceeds are for the
school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benton Grubb of
Stockport spent Saturday night and
Sunday at j. J. Johnson's.
Sanford Lane, M. b. Cunningham,
Fred Thompson and Clarence Walk
er were callers in Stockport Mon
day.
Roxbury grange gave an oyster
dinner to the members and their
families Saturday.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-11-29
NEWTON RIDGE

Mrs. Anna Bishop spent few
days last week in McConnelsville on
the jury.
Miss Edna Hambleton was the
guest of her nephew Wendell Tomp-
kins, and family, at the Chas. Har-
kins home last week.
Mrs. G. w. Thompson spent
Thursday in Philo, the guest of
Paul Thompson and wife.
j. A. Simpson and family attend
ed the farmers institute at Penns-
vile Wednesday evening and
Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. Spencer were
over Sunday guests of their daugh-
ter Mrs. VIM. Kent, and son c. q.
Spencer, both of GAINESVILLE.
Mrs. Alice White of Big Bottom
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-11-29
he had on leather boots.

he had on leather boots.
Ohio State Grange meets at Tole.
do Dec. 11-12-13.
The abutment on the west side OF
the new Campbell bridge was fin
ished Sunday.
Philip Yauger mention of whose
condition has been made, seems to
be failing very rapidly. He suffers
from weakness.
w. T. Flanders, civil war veteran
who has been a victim of creeping
paralysis, has not been so well the
last week.
Hunters and trappers report that
skunks have gone to town.
Earl Wilson and family have NOV
ed back from town and are living in
the Dr. Hall house now owned by
C. c.. Wilson.
We note by our record that there
have been seven funerals at Meigs
this year and all of the people out
of Bristol township.
Elmer Henderson of the custom
department of the Cleveland p. O.
comes home this Monday to spend
the week with his father w. T
Henderson and other relatives and
friends, and hunt the cotton tail
s. l.. Wilson had gone to see Q
sick friend and remained over night
The folks knowing that he had nc
regular hours did not call him till
late, when they found him dead.
The report that It. J. Nicely was
dead, which circulated in this neigh
borhood Saturday was exaggerated
a bit 1t probably started from the
fact that he was much better.
The present game law seems to
be causing quite bit of feeling. Or
rather the actions of some of the
hunters. The carelessness of some
hunters will probably put stop to
ALL Then and not till then will the
law be changed to suit the farmer.
Guy, little son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Radcliff, is on the sick list.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-11-29

better.
The aged Miss Brown who makes
Knox, is suffering with rheumatism.
Mrs. Emmett Duvall spent few
days recently with her daughter
Marie Chambers.
j. w. Mcdowell and wife visited
Saturday with Mrs. Rebecca Fow-
Ter.
Miss Elsie Hosom visited the lat
ter part of the week with Beulah
Chambers.
Oval Haines and wife visited Sun
day with the latter's parents, Lee
Anderson's.
Donovan Gilliland who was Sc
verely hurt at school a few weeks
ago, is improving.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1923-11-29

BRISTOL
Mrs. Lizzie Anderson who has
been very poorly again, is now some
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
REUSS TRIAL
OPENS MONDAY

The trial of William o. Reuss
Mauvie Reuss, William C. Reuss and
Clarence w. bingham opened Mon
day of this week in the federal court
at Boise, and will probably last ten
days. The defendants are charged
with using the mails to defraud.
The Indictment sets forth the
charges that the defendants orgnized
what is known as the Elmore Copper
Copper Co., operated through the
mails for the purpose of deceiying
the general public, that the company
kept no books of any consequence
and there was no record of where
large sums of money had been ex-
pended. The company was organized
with a capital stock of $4,000, 900,
shares at 81 par value. The defend
ants are also charged with selling
lots in the townsite of Elmore City
through Misrepresentation.
The Reusses are well liked in
Mountain Home and vicinity, being
looked upon as wide awake and up
and coming, and it is generally
hoped that the charges of the gov
ernment will prove to be unfounded
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
JOHN F. GAINES
GOES UNDER KNIFE

John F. Gaines was taken serious
ly III Wednesday afternoon, and was
at once rushed to st. Alphonso's hos
pital at Boise, where he was operat-
ed upon at once. When he became
i'll he at once consulted DR.. Hamilton
who after an examination Of the pa
tient decided an operation was inn
peratiye. The patient was accom-
panied by the doctor, G. c. zaeher
and w. w. Fountain, and the trip
over the muddy roads to Boise was
made in the record time Of 55 min
utes from the Faraday Garage
Mr.. Gaines is doing as well as can
be expected at this time, but the at
tending physician states that a sec
ond operation will be necessary to
entirely overcome the trouble. Mrs.
Gaines and their Oldest son are at
the patients bedside.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
FISH DIE WHEN
WATER CEASES

Thursday of last week the irri-
cation company shut off the water
which has been flowing from the
Camas reservoir into the bitches of
the system. Thousands of trout which
were in the bitches at the time were
left stranded by the receding water,
and were gathered in by many peo-
pie who were present for that pur-
pose. Gunnysacks loaded with hum
dreds of pounds were brought to
town, and nearly everyone had fish
for several days.
This year there were literally mil
lions of young perch in the canal,
and these, together with countless
small trout, perished. 1t seems un-
fortunate that the game department
could not have saved these young fry,
as they would have furnished thou
sands of pounds Of food in the years
to come. Should, however, the afore-
said game department catch some un-
lucky angler with one small trout
which was undersize, the conse-
quences would indeed be fearsome.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28

girls the consideration that we did
the coddling moth or the cholers hog,
and that it was about time that we
woke up and started to liquidate.
The one church movement would do
much to start this payment. He
stated that our boys and girls were
just as fine as the boys and girls of
any other city. Under the present
system they could not have the best
in the line of concerts, amusements,
etc., because the community in its
divided state could not afford them.
But with one big community church
the young people of Mountain Home
would be in a position to obtain the
best. He asked for the earnest CO.
operation of the people of Mountain
Home in this great enterprise.
Harry Watkins pronounced the
closing benediction.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
New HOSPITAL Opened

DIR. ]. w. Davis has opened tenn
porary hospital in the Warren room
ing house. The need of an emergen-
cy hospital has long been felt, and
the Doctor having charge of the rail
road patients and construction gangs
in and around the Ferry, has been
greatly handicapped in his work in
accident cases and cases of emergen-
cy and has thus solved the problem
for the time being. 1t is reported
that the railroad company this fall
will put up a small emergency hospi-
tai for its employees which will be To-
Gated possibly where the foreman of
the roundhouse now lives. This resi-
dence and that of the foreman of
the rip track are to be moved Short
ly to a position just south of the en-
ployes club and rooming house erec-
ted last fall.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
Elite visit Fashion Show

A host of the very "elite" of
Glenns Ferry made the trip Friday
last to Mountain Home (by train,
stage, car, and possibly horseback or
afoot for all we know, but they got
there just the same and that's all
we care about) to attend the Fash
ion Show staged by that progressive
and up-to-the-minute firm, Mont
gomery, Bunk & Co. From reliable
reports we gather that there were
some real nifty creations direct from
New York and Paris charmingly ex-
hibited by dainty models. We refrain
from describing the wonders of these
gowns and other articles displayed
for "Tom and Fred" would most as
suredly censor our description. But
why the blunkety-b -blunk
can't our merchants get together and
put on a similar show here and give
the men folks chance to pass on
the price tags before they have to
foot the bill for some unheard of
creation created in France? Besides
we believe in trading at home as
much as the folks do in Mountain
Home. Only last week there was a
big ad in our local paper showing
us where we can beat the prices of
Montgomery Ward & Co. (no rela-
tion to Montgomery, Bunk & Co., of
course) trading at home. Then why
go to Mountain Home to purchase
the latest styles from New York and
Paris when Glenns Ferry is 80 miles
nearer to both these places? And
take it from us we've got just as
dainty and charming models as they
have at the county seat, not to men
tion the high cost of freight over the
o. s. L. railway up the Medbury hill
and back again to the Ferry.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
MODERN BUILDING
WILL BE ERECTED
At GLENNS FERRY
Ferry Furniture Co. Will
Occupy Same
FASHION SHOW is
MAGNET FOR LADIES
Hospital Opened Up and New Build
ing Favored = Superintendent
Visits City-Rev. Tenney To
Fill Dates at M. E. Church
Glenns Ferry.

1t is understood that work will
commence almost at once on new
modern store building to be located
on Commercial street between Idaho
and First Avenues. This building
will be erected on lots just south OF
the Ferry Bakery, owned by Joe
Reubsam, and will be used by
him for his furniture business.
For many years Joe has been
in business on the south side
of the track, but recently sold
this property TO the railroad company
and has 80 days in which to vacate.
1t is probable that he will secure an
another site for his undertaking par
lors, as the one selected for the store
building is not suitable. There is
no doubt but what the Ferry Furni-
ture store will increase its business
considerably by this move, the old
building being in an out of the way
part of town and away from the
business section with poor window
display space. This change will make
this portion of town look quite like
a city as it is located opposite the
modern business block recently built
by Mr.. John McGinnis. Looks like
the business section will soon all be
moving and that our main street will
be on the highway rather than on
Idaho Avenue.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
Superintendent in Town

e. c. Manson, superintendent Of
the idaho division of the o. S. L. R.
r., was in town Friday in his private
car looking over the work on the new
coal shute The wreckers will
probably have the old building down
by the end of the week and will start
Immediately on the installation of a
new one of the very latest type.
This will, according to present plans,
be erected on almost the same spot
as the present building.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
VICTOR AGUIRRI ACQUITTED

A case which interested several
Mountain Home people was tried
Wednesday in the justice court OF
o. E. Norell.
Victor Aguirri was charged with
operating a public dance on Sunday,
which is contrary to the state law.
The defendant demanded and re-
ceived a trial by jury, and after the
twelve good men and true had list
ened to the evidence of the prosecu-
tion and defense, they decided that
the defendant was not guilty.
The prosecution was conducted by
City Attorney Beckwith, while Les
lie B. Green defended Aguirri.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
Quick Work on Part of
Sheriff's Office
ARTIST SEEMS TO
BE MUCH WANTED
Bank Cashiers Suspicious Result in
Landing Behind Bars Man Sup
posed to Have Committed
Many FelOnies

As a result OF hunch which Ii
]. Dick, assistant cashier of the Firsi
National Bank, felt coming on hin
strongly, a man who is at present
known to the officers as N. o. Porter
now languishes behind the bars oil
the Elmore county Jail, with a charge
of forgery hanging over his head
Friday of last week H. j. Dick was
in his cage at the First National
Bank when a stranger appeared and
presented a check for $50 drawn on
a Washington, D. c., bank. Every
thing seemed to be regular, and Mr..
Dick, after asking several questions,
cashed the check. But for some rea-
son or other the incident remained
in his mind, and on looking over a
copy of the Bankers Journal he dis
covered the picture of a man wanted
for forgery which caused him to
think that he had been taken in.
Mr.. Dick at once called in Walter
Fountain, deputy sheriff, to whom
he stated his suspicious, and the two
went at once to the Mellen Hotel,
where the man and his wife had been
stopping. The couple had left when
the two gentlemen arrived, but they
found that they had been registered
there as Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Wright.
Mr.. Dick at once wired to the
Washington bank, but without wait
ing for a reply Mr.. Fountain at once
set out on the trail of the man. He
followed to Caldwell, where he found
that the wanted party had left for
Baker, and Mr. Fountain at once
wired the sheriff of that county that
Porter was wanted here. Ten min
utes after the message was received
by the Baker sheriff the couple ar
rived in the town and were at once
taken in custody and the Elmore
county sheriff's office notified
Sunday Mr.. Fountain and Mr. Dick
went to Baker, identified the sus-
pect, and brought him back to Noun
tain Home Monday, where a charge
Of forgery was formally made and he
was lodged in the county jail.
The sheriff's office at once got busy
and up to Thursday they had re-
,eived word that Porter was a much |
wanted man in different parts of
he country. He is alleged to have
served a term in the Illinois state
prison at Joliet, and is said to have
eft trail of bad checks behind him
or the past four years. His right
lame is said to be Newton w. Parker,
although he is known under several
Iliases.
The couple were travelling over
he country by auto, and after Port
RS arrest at Baker the woman drove
Jack through Mountain Home to
3uhl, where she is now supposed to
Ie.
Porter is a man about feet 3
inches in height, weight about 225
ounds; and is an exceedingly bright
nd we'll educated man. He talks
of his travels and would
IMPRESS the casual observer as a sue
essful business man.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
Ferry Man Marries

Oscar Tingwall, manager of the
grocery department. of Tingwalls
stores here, was married last week in
Boise to Miss Violet McManus of
Boise. The happy couple went to
Pendleton for their honeymoon and
are expected home shortly. They
have the best wishes of host of
friends.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
To Fill pates at M. E. Church

Rev. DR.. Tenney of Gooding Col
lege filled the pulpit of the Methodist
church Sunday evening and will hold
occasional services here until such
such time as a permanent minister
is appointed to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Rev. G..
E. Dorman.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
Continuation Finishes work

Ed Johnson, the contractor, is
nearing the end of his contract work
here and we understand will not take
any more for the present as he con-
templates leaving for San Francisco
as soon as he has completed the
present buildings, where he has a
contract to fill. He expects to re-
turn to Idaho, but whether he will
locate in Glenns Ferry or not is not
yet certain.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
Statesman Bureau at Wash
ington So Reports
SAYS COST OF
PLAN PROHIBITIVE
Cost of $6O,O52,OOo, or $lS4,7S per
Acre Over Double What Land
Could Bear-Idaho Getting More
Than Her Share of Funds

According to the Washington cor
respondent of the Boise Statesman,
the plan of putting American Falls
water on the Mountain Home-Sunny-
side tract will be abandoned by the
Government, the cost of the same
being prohibitive. Says. the corres-
pondent:
Recent findings of engineers rep
resenting the reclamation service,
the Boise chamber of commerce and
other Idaho commercial bodies that
the proposed Mountain Home irriga-
tion project would cost $60,052, 900
or $1S4.7S per acre has put that
project in the interior department
discard, and there is no prospect
whatever that the project will be
recommended favorably to congress.
The per acre cost is regarded as abso-
lutely prohibitiye, for past experience
has shown that irrigated lands can
not stand such a charge, or anything
like it, and the department has re-
peatedly turned down good projects
where the estimated cost ran even as
high as $3.50 per acre.
In the Boise project, where the
per acre cost is less than $50, the
department has been flooded with
appeals from settlers, and in pro-
portion to population, this project
has been more active than any other
in seeking further extensions OF time
on payments.
Senator Borah, on his return to
Washington, said the farmers of this
project needed at least two years fur
ther extension of time
The soil and climatic conditions on
the Mountain Home tract are similar
to those on the Boise project, and II
the Boise project farmers cannot pay
up under a charge Of less than $50,
the interior department feels that
the new project would render farm
ers worse than helpless under a
charge more than 500 per acre
greater than those which are bur-
1ening settlers of the Boise project.
There is another reason why the
Mountain Home project will not be
favorably considered, although the
TEN of cost alone condemns it. The
government is now committed to the
American Falls project, now in its
initial stages, and this project alone
will more than exhaust Idaho's equit-
lble demands on the reclamation
und for several years to come, and
my effort on the part of the Idaho
delegation to have the Mountain
Home project adopted when the state
las just assured a project costing up
Yards of ten millions of dollars
would arouse opposition from sena-
ors and congressman from most
ther western states, who are clamor-
ng, thus far unsucessfully, for new
rojects for their constituents.
Already there is no considerable
utcry because so large a share of the
funds has been expended
n Idaho, and with the American
'alls project just getting under way
he idaho delegation cannot reason
bly, look for any more new projects
ntil some other states have been
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
SETTLING EARTH
OVER NEW SEWERS

This week the street department
has been busy settling the dirt in
the bitches containing the new sew
ers in districts and 5. Fire hose is
used in this work, and when the
operation is completed it is expected
that the ground will be smooth and
do away with the rough humps
which have been playing hob with
lrs.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
Hnnse Burns


One of the McAnulty houses on the
corner of Harrison avenue and Com
mercial street south of the track was
badly damaged by fire about noon
Monday The house was occupied by
Mr.. A. C. Allen and family and the
fire originated, it is thought, from
a defective flue as the first intima-
ton the occupants had that the
house was on fire was when notified
by some passerby who saw that the
roof around the chimney was smould-
ering. The newly installed fire alarm
phone at the roundhouse refused to
work and it was sometime before the
Fire department was notified and on
the ground. The alarm was given
by one o lfthe members who was pas
sing and saw the blaze and the truck
arrived sometime before the sound
ing of the fire alarm at the round
house. willing workers soon had
the contents of the house out in theI
street, but the fire had gained such
a headway that the entire center of
the roof was destroyed before being
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
McKEEGAN
SELLING STOCK

John McKeegan will on Tuesday
of next week sell at public auction
his fine herd of dairy COWS. A full
description of the animals will be
found in an advertisement in this
weeks paper, and here is a chance
Tor someone to get some good stock.
The sale will begin at p. m.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1923-09-28
Osteopsth Locates

Yes, sir, they all come to Glenns
Ferry. Dr. j. L. Galloway has moved
into the Glenns Ferry Mercantile
Co. building, where he will practice
osteopathy and will be pleased to
meet and become acquainted with
the people of this territory. The
sl9etor halls from the coast and has
bSa in Mountain Home for the past
few months, but evidently G1enns
Ferry looks good to him and we as