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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23
Theatre War Tax Off.

Instructions regarding the use
of tickets under regulations to be
in effect under the provisions of
the revenue act of 1924 applying
to admission taxes have been is
sued to collectors of internal reve-
nue. bureau.
Under the new law no tax is to
be imposed on admissions of so
cents or less, but the tax Of cent
for each 10 cents or fraction there
of is to be continued on all admis-
sions in excess of so cents.
"The fact that there are being
sold at the same time tickets to
the same place at higher price
has no bearing ON the taxibility
Of tickets selling for SO cents or
less" says the internal revenue
bureau in it's instructions. I'm this
, connection, it should be borne in
mind that the tax applies to all
admissions in excess of SO cents
at the rate of / cent for each 10
cents or fraction thereof OF the
whole charge.
There is not a general exemp-
ton of SO cents ON each admis-
sion. Thus, on an admission
charge of 60 cents, tax of cents
should be collected
1t is announced that theaters
and other places of admission may
use supplies of tickets on hand
and which do not show the correct
price under the new law, until
Sept. |, but not after that time
The correct price, however, must
be charged. For example, ticket
marked, Established price 80
cents, tax paid 3 cents, total 33
cents, must be sold for 30 cents
Under the revenue act it is re-
quired that the price shall be
stamped on the tickets Prairie
du Chen Press.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23
Paws 1928 Yearly.

Alfalfa is the greatest factor
in the production of homegrown
hays, and there is nothing that
comes so near the solving of feed
problems at home" states L. F.
GRADER of the agronomy depart
ment, Wisconsin College of Agri-
culture.
The day is fast approaching
when the Badger farmers will not
have to take out of their hard
earned savings $28,0O0,00O each
year to pay for feeds that have
been shipped in.
"The average for feed on each
farm in Wisconsin last year was
1928" says GRADER.
Back in 1909 there were $4,000
acres of alfalfa in Wisconsin. Just
10 years later it increased to TO-
coo. acres. Then took a jump to
$4,000 acres in 1921; from 1928
to 155,000 acres; and today the
Badger state has $4,000 acres of
alfalfa
GRADER reports that this season
has been ideal for the new alfalfa
seeding.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23
Potato Acreage Cut.

The potato acreage in Wiscon-
sin this year is s per cent less
than last year, based uopn the
estimates announced today by the
Crop and Livestock Reporting Ser
vice at Madison. 1t is explained
that alternating low prices and
small yields for the past four
years have turned Wisconsin farm
ers somewhat away from potatoes
as cash crop. Difficulty in hir-
ing competent farm help has also
caused some farmers to reduce
their acreage. The reduction is as
much as II per cent in the Bar
ron-Chippewa and the Waupaca-
Portage districts. In the region
about Milwaukee the reduction is
only 3 per cent. The acreage Of
the State is placed at 100000 acres
compared to 272,000 last year and
$4,000 in 1922.
The stand of potatoes in Wis
consin is uniformly good, and the.
condition of the crop in the United
States is the same as last year.
The acreage in the United
States Is IL per cent less than a
year ago. The Eastern States
have generally increased their
acreages, New York, per cent;
Maine, 5 per cent; and Virginia, 5
per cent. The Western States, in
common with Wisconsin, have cut
their acreages, Minnesota, 8 per
cent; Michigan, 4 per cent; and
North Dakota, 3 per cent.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23
Not A Panacea.

Farmers are not going to solve
their marketing problems by work
ing alone. Neither is cooperative
marketing, as valuable as it may
be, the panacea for all of his econ
omic ills.
His taxes will not be reduced
SO long as enormous amounts Of
taXfree securities continue to be
issued and permit wealth to es-
cape taxation.
Some think that the whole econ
omic difficulty of the American
farmer could be righted if cooper
alton could be substituted for
other methods Of selling. Because
of this, these people feel that the
federal government should become
the sponsor and promoter of indi-
vidual associations, paying out of
federal funds the cost of organic
ing these associations and prac-
tically all the costs of operating
them.
The department Of agriculture
shows that the essentials of sue
cessful cooperation include organ
ization along commodity lines, the
obtaining of sufficient tonnage
definitely secured by legal con-
tracts, the securing of able, hon
est business administrators, and a
complete and satisfactory fnanc-
ing plan, and the incorporation in
to the whole scheme of a few sim
pie fundamental cooperative ideas.
Elk.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23
NOTICE OF SEPTEMBER
PRIMARY
SEPTEMBER 2, 1924
STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
OF VILAS-ss.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, COUNTY
OF Villas SIS.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that at a primary to be held in the
several towns, wards, villages and
election districts of the state of
Wisconsin on the first Tuesday of
September, A. d. 1924, being the
second day of said month, the fol
lowing officers are to be nominat-
ed:
A GOVERNOR, in place Of John
J. Blaine, whose term Of office will
expire on the first Monday of Jan
uary, A. d. 1925.
A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR,
in place of George F. Comings,
whose term of office will expire
ON the first Monday of January,
1925.
A SECRETARY of STATE, in
place of Fred Zimmerman, whose
term of office will expire on the
first Monday Of January, 1925.
A STATE TREASURER, in
place of Solomon Levitan, whose
term of office will expire on the
first Monday Of January, 1925.
AN ATTORNEY GENERAL, in
place Of Herman L. Ekern, whose
term Of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, 1925.
A REPRESENTATIVE IN CON
GRESS for the Eleventh Congress
sional District, comprised of the
counties of Douglas, Bayfield,, Ash
land, Iron, Villas, Burnett, Polk,
Washburn, Sawyer, Rusk, Price
Taylor, Oneida and Lincoln.
A STATE SENATOR for the
Twelfth Senatorial District, com
prised Of the counties of Ashland,
Iron, Villas, Price, Rusk and Saw
yer.
A MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY for
the Assembly District comprised
of the counties of Iron and Villas.
A COUNTY CLERK, in place of
Mary Hong, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of
January, ID, 1925.
A COUNTY TREASURER, in
place Of Charles H. Adams, whose
term of office will expire on the
first Monday of January, A. d.,
1925.
A DISTRICT ATTORNEY, in
place of George E. O'Connor, whose
term of office will expire ON the
first Monday Of January, A. d.,
1925.
A SHERIFF, in place of Charles
H. Blohm, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. D., 1925.
A REGISTER OF DEEDS, in
place of Fern Scott, who term of
office will expire on the first Mon
day of January, A. d., 1925.
A CLERK OF COURT, in place
Of Hunter Case, whose term Of of
flee will expire on the first Mon
day of January, A. D., 1925.
A COUNTY SURVEYOR, in
place Of w. ]. Walsh, whose term
Of office expires on the first Mon
day of January, A. d., 1925
A CORONER, in place of Albert
A. Denton, whose term of office
will expire on the first Monday of
January, A. D., 1925.
Given under my hand and Of
fetal seal at the Court House in
the village of Eagle River, this
Nth day of July, A. D., 1924.
MARY HOUG,
(SeaD County Clerk, Villas County.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

The Samoan native governments
IS based on patriarchaI commnn
ISM. The head of the families has
absolute jurisdiction over he
group. .
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

1t costs from fifty to one hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars to
drill an oil well, and by no means
is every well an oil producer.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

A common tern banded as a
nesting on the coast of Maine was
recovered four years later in the
delta of the Niger River, on the
west coast of Africa.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

A banker named jenkins had a
mandatory of antiquities in
Rome in the late eighteenth CEN
tury. He supplied foreign visitors
with mtaglios and canoes made
by his own workmen, whom he
kept in a part of the ruins of the
Coliseum.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

The worlds railroads, if placed
in a single line, would reach to
the moon and back and encircle
the globe nearly eleven times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

Wet leather, dried by heat, is
practically worthless, according to
tests made by the United States
Bureau of Chemistry.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

American investments in the
Philippines increased slightly dur
ing the year 1923 compared with
1922, and the Chinese more than
doubled theirs.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

Robert Bridges, poet laureate of
England, who resided for several
months recently at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, is, as far as can be as
certained, the first poet laureate
to visit the United States.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

The house formerly occupied by
Keats, the poet, in Hampstead, is
to be taken over and maintained
by the local borough council.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

The building of the Great Wall
Of China was begun pa B. C. It's
length is 1,400 miles and the
height varies from Is to 80 feet.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

1t was formerly the custom in
France when the president spoke
at public banquets for the audi
ence to remain standing during
the speeches. This has been abol-
ished by the new president, NJ.
Doumergue.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

A silver penny of the days of
Edward | Q772-130D was found
recently on the top of Large Law,
a hill in Scotland.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

CASTOR Doumergue, the new
president of France, is Calvinist,
which is similar to being a Pres
byterian in the United States.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was
born in Edinburgh and Richard
Doyle, the famous Punch artist,
was his uncle.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

Russia has purchased between
S35,000,000 and S4O,OOO,OOO worth
of cotton in the United States
since the first " the year.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

SEE THE 1925 MODELS
AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23
HORSE SHOW

STOCK PAVILION - MONDAY,
TUESDAY,, w e ONE DAY.
THURSDAY and FRIDAY NIGHTS
8 p. m.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23

News Want Ads bring results.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23
AUTO RACING!

TUESDAY and SATURDAY 2 o. m.
Worlds Fastest Dirt Track Drivers
and cars.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1924-07-23
TIE FARM on PARADE
$40, OO0.W RGa Prizes for

HARNESS RAG ING!
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURS.
DAY, FRIDAY-1st Race at o. m,
$4,000 MATCH RACE FRIDAY
Single @, Sir Roch, Margaret Dillon.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
SHOULD DREDGE
BE ALLOWED To
RUIN BOISE RIVER

The South Park Dredging Co,
California corporation, operates a
gold dredge on the Feather river
above Featherville. 1t employs per-
haps ten men on this machine. The
muck from the dredge has ruined
the south fork of the Boise from
Featherville to the Arrowrock reser-
voir. Fishing in the stream is
thing of the past and the beauty of
the stretch of water is seriously inn
paired
What we would like to know is
whether or not the company could
be forced to put in some kind Of set
Ting device to give this beautiful
stream a chance to come back?"
We can assure the State Fish and
Game Department that we are back
of them in any effort they may make
to abate this nuisance.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
TRIAL OF FRANKS
SLAYERS CONTINUES
IN CHICAGO

Chicago. The states mountain
of evidence" which Robert e.
Grove, states attorney, expects to
send Nathan Leopold, jr., and Ric-
hard Loeb. kidnappers and slayers of
Robert Franks. to the gallows, is
complete. the states attorney an
nounced Tuesday night. Te will
close his case as soon as court con
yenes Wednesday, he said,
If the defense attempts to intro
duce the testimony of any alienists
as to the mental condition of the two
millionaires' sons who have pleaded
guilty, Mr.. Grove said he will inn
mediately demand that jury be
called to determine whether the
slayers are mentally responsible.
When court adjourned, the states
attorney had announced that he had
but one more witness, who would
take but five minutes. The witness
was to have been an assistant states
attorney who was to have testified
that Loeb was crying a short time
before he confessed
The evidence, intended to show
that at least one of the youths. upon
occasion, was not the emotionless be-
ing that each of the accused has ap-
peared throughout much of the trial,
will not be placed on the stand be-
cause the states attorney fears he
may thereby give the defense an
opening to introduce testimony re-
garding the mental condition of the
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
DALE VANDEGRIFT
SUFFERS INJURY

Dale vandegrift was the victim of
a serious injury last Friday, when,
while out horseback riding in the
vicinity OF Atlanta, the animal
shied and Dale fell off, the horse
stepping on his left leg just above
the knee and infiicting a wound
which necessitated ten stitches to
be taken. Dale, in company with
several other boys, was near the
Bennett camp when the accident
happened, where he was taken at
once and the wound dressed. The
injured boy was rushed back to
Mounain Home, where he was given
medical aid Dale is a good sport
and is now able to walk with the aid
of crutch and hopes soon to be him
self again.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
DONNELL HOUSE
BURNS THURSDAY

The house of Mr.. and Mrs. G. S.
Donnell, about -four miles southwest
of Mountain Home, was totally de-
stroyed by fire last Thursday after
noon, together with its entire con-
tents.
The family had been lying down,
and had left a gasoline stove burn
ing. Evidently the range had ex-
ploded and the members of the
household only awoke in time to
barely save their lives. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Donnell were painfully
burned in escaping from the burn
ing building.
Mr. and Mrs. Donnen lost practi-
cally all of their household effects,
and the loss is but partially covered
by insurance.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
CHARLIE BRYAN
DON'T CARE FOR
DEFENSE DAY

Washington, July S0.-Governor
Charles w. Bryan of Nebraska "has
drawn rather extraordinary infer
ences from what seems to be a per-
fectly clear document" the war de-
partment declared Tuesday in a
statement answering the governors
criticism of the Defense day" pro-
gram for September -.
Governor Bryan's statement say
ing that he does not favor any plan
contemplating mobilization Of the
civil or Industrial resources Of the
country or anything else that sayors
of a national holiday devoted to pre-
)aration for war, drew the reply that
such differences are source of sur
prise to the war department.
The statement asserted that the
commanding officer of the Seventh
corps area on May 81 reported that
Governor Bryan had expressed his
iesire Ito cooperate with the de-
Dartment TO the fullest extent"
President Coolidge earlier in the
day made known that he probably
would not reply TO Governor Bryan.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
is LITTLE VALLEY
A PLATINUM FIELD?

Residents of Mountain Home and
vicinity who have staked out claims
in the section contiguous to the well
being drilled by j. r. Prentice are
enthusiastic over the prospects.
Some of the boys have brought back
bottles containing the white metal
being found there, and which is be-
lieved to be platinum. Nitric acid
tests fail to dissolve the metal, but
up to date we have heard of no re-
port being received classifying the
product of the well.
OF one thing there is no doubt
if the metal turns out to be
platinum, Little Valley will prove to
be the greatest producing section in
the world, as the quantity in the
depths seems to be unlimited.
Mr.. Prentice, the discoverer of
the field, is going right along with
his knitting, and feels that he and
his associates are rich men. Jim
Kite, Charlie Warren and Others are
playing the same huneh, their crowd
having staked full qu2rter section.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
GOLD COMES FROM
SHOOFLY SECTION

Monday of this week w. l.. Turn
er brought into the Republican office
a small vial, the contents Of which
hurt our eyes to look at. The small
receptacle was filled with black
sand, which contained gold galore,
the particles ranging from the -four
size to pieces as big as grains of
wheat.
Mr.. Turner informed us that the
gold came from a well which Mr..
Coberly is drilling for DR.. Neiswang-
er on Shoofiy creek. The precious
metal was brought up from q 9epth
of IA feet, and the contents of the
vial, so Mr.. Turner informed us, was
washed out on a shovel from one
bailing,
Looks very much like the country
across the Snake river will soon
prove to be one of the best mineral
regions in the world. The lack of
water for placer mining is at the
present time its greatest drawback,
but this will undoubtedly be over
come in time.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
JOE BONECHER rs
HOME FROM ORIENT

Joe Bonecher, who went to Manila
with General d. A. Utter on land
business deal, returned Friday OF
last week, coming back on eae Of the
Empress boats to Vancouver, and
thence by rail to Portland, where he
spent two days, and then home. His
little playmates were all glad to see
him again. The Orient evidently
agreed with Josephus, and the little
boy only weighed 19O pounds on ar
rival. He is now at work helping
the brothers harvest their crop Joe
likes the Philippines, and believes
that there is a great chance for a
poor man there. 1t is quite likely
that he will return there at an early
date. General Utter was due to ar
rive in Frisco on the President
Cleveland, the date of her arrival
being Aug. 5.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
SHEEP SHIPMENTS
TOTAL UP BIG


Many sheep and lambs have been
shipped out of the county from Hill
City of late.
P NJ Gandiago of the Wood Greek
Sheep Co loaded II cars, which
were consigned to the Omaha stock
yards
Charlie and Robert Thomson also
loaded II cars at Hill City for the
eastern market.
Morgan Bros. shipped two car
loads of cattle from Hill City this
week
Arthur Stevens, who, in addition
to being sheriff of the county, is also
deputy stock inspector, was busy for
about three hours Tuesday of this
week at the Mountain Home stock
yards, checking over and inspecting
cattle shipment being loaded by d.
S. Simmons and others from Smiths
Prairie.
The dry weather is causing the
sheep and cattlemen to throw stuff
on the market which they would
ordinarily hold, but the prices seem
to be holding fairly steady.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
CITY DADS Go
AFTER WATER

The village board of Mountain
Home have been holding special ses-
sions during the past ten days, talk
ing over and figuring on legislation
which will allow them to go ahead
and obtain a permanent water sup
ply for Mountain Home.
At their last meeting the council
voted an ordinance which will call
for bond election to vote securities
to back up the drilling of a deep
well. This ordinance, which ap-
pears in this weeks Republican,
will authorize an election to be held
some time in September to authorize
this issue of bonds.
Many of our citizens were of the
opinion that the Board had the pow
er to go ahead with this expenditure,
inasmuch as an emergency now
exists, but the city attorney, r. w
Beckwith, advised that the regular
course should be taken to provide
for payment for the improvement to
the water system.
The village board have been doing
their best to get the water matter
Strengthened out, and large num-
Der Of our people believe that they
are taking the best course to give
Mountain Home an unfailing sup
ply-the deep well.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
ARBUCKLE
CAN COME BACK

Kansas City, July 3O.-Roscoe
Fatty" Arbuckle, former film come
dian, won over his hardest audience
here last night when he appeared
before the city council and pleaded
for permission to go on with his act
at a local theatre. The fat come
dian, who has been trying to stage
a comeback since his acquittal in
connection with the death of Vir-
ginia Rappe, asked the council for
forgiveness and a "chance to live a
clean, decent life and pay my debts. +"
Arbuckle's appearance was the re-
suit of a resolution introduced by
Mrs Margaret Shepard, woman aid
erman, barring the actor from local
theaters While the resolution was
being read, Arbuckle entered the
meeting room. Before a vote was
taken he asked for and received per-
mission to speak.
In a brief but earnest talk to the
council, Arbuckle told of his efforts
to beat back"
Il come to you as Mary Mag
asking forgiveness" h e
comedian concluded
The members of the council took
a five minute recess. They crowded
around the comedian and fired ques-
tions at him. When they recon
vened the resolution that would bar
Arbuckle from theatres here was de-
feated 10 to 5. Three of the four
women members of the council voted
to give Fatty chance.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
ENJOYING OUR TROUBLES

Most human beings seem just
naturally to enjoy misery. We don't
refer to those who really have bad
luck, but to everybody in general,
lucky or unlucky, rich or poor.
Everywhere we see somebody in
trouble-even if we look in the mir
ror. We envy our neighbors, and
that distresses us. We may be fool
ish in our love affairs, and our
hearts ache. We worry about debts,
the state of our health, the short
comings of our neighbors, about the
crops, the weather, or our jobs,
about clothes, bobbed hair, politics
or religion. Aud nothing worries
us more than to have some otherwise
iwell-meaning Mountain Home citi-
zen stop us on the street and tell us
that one reason he doesn't show his
advancing age any more plainly is
that he has always made it a rule
not to worry. 1t is hard to keep
from calling that kind of a man a
liar, because we know too well that
the people who never have worry
are so few they could hold conven-
tion in a sugar barrel and still not
crowd each other.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-08-01
NU CLUB MEETS
WITH MRS. HENDRICKS

The Nu Club met Friday after
noon of last week with Mrs Otto
Hendricks. For a time it was
thought that the club would vacate
for the summer, but it was decided
that if they could have good turn
out on hot day such as last Friday
that it would be folly not to meet
regularly. The ladies sewed and
embroidered, and the hostess served
a dainty two-course luncheon.