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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08

| A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Francis Lee, February 2.
Lee Padgett has returned to his
home in Bliss after spending a few
days here.
Mrs. Madeline Mahoney has NOV
ed to Oakley from Burley and is liv-
ing in the Halverson residence.
Miss Miller of the Albion Normal
faculty spent the last weekend here
as the guest of Miss Arta Matthews.
Among those fromBurley who at
tended the dance here Monday night
were: Vera Clark, Floyd Taylor, Dry
Cordell, Vernon Langlois. Gene
Hartwell and Week Taylor.
Claude Cornwall of Salt Lake City
was here the first three days of the
week. conducting the recreational
convention. Wednesday night
party was held in the high school
gym for all M. l. A. workers. An en-
joyable time was had by all present.
]. w. Simmons made a business
trip to Burley, Saturday. He also
accompanied his sister and her hus-
band, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Campbell,
Jr., of Providence, Utah, that far on
their way home. The Campbells
have been visiting here since the
Christmas holidays.
Large and enthusiastic crowds
have attended the splendid weekend
shows at the Orpheum the past three
weeks. Jungle Goddess" gets BET !
ter each week. The youngsters are
saving pennies and looking forward |
10 the picture show matinee as the |
big event of the week. School teach
srs and parents are enjoying the
wonderful programs as well as the
children. l
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08
Decision
ConcernsAll

A copy of the decision OF the Uni
for the Ninth Circuit, in the case OF
the Commonwealth Trust company
of Pittsburgh VS.. r. Glavin and
wife, has been received and upon
reading the same 1t is found that the
decision in that case follows very
closely the decisions in Oakley fore
closure cases.
Judge Dietrich of the United
States District Court handed down
decision in the Glavin case which
called for the payment of a percent
age of the principal, based upon the
acreage patented as against the total
outstanding acreage. plus interest
at the rate of per cent per annum
from the date of water delivery.
The decision of Judge Dietrich
was appealed from on the grounds
that Judge Dietrich erred in allow
ing interest from the date of water
delivery. The Circuit Court of APP
peals upholds Judge Dietrich's de-
cision in all matters and cites the
Oakley case in its decision.
This decision of the Circuit Court
OF Appeals necessitates the payment
or an amount per acre which is In
excess of the amount per acre agreed
upon in the general settlement plan
made operative on the Salmon tract.
The land owners on the Salmon
tract have started to form an Irri-
CATION district so that they will be
in a position to secure the funds
through a bond issue with which to
pay off their water contract indebt-
edness.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08
Fame Comes
Our Way

That Oakley scenery is attracting
attention beyond the confines of our
county is evidenced by the large re-
production of a "City of Rocks"
view given in last Sundays Idaho
(Boise) Statesman. The photo, and
presumably the article, was by E.
F. Rhodenbaugh, who has explored
the landscapes and geology of our
county.
We quote the article:
Down close to the Idaho-Utah
boundary, 22 miles southeast of the
Idaho town of Oakley road leads
up Birch creek with its picturesque
book cliffs of white, piaty quartzite.
The ascent is gradual and little mea-
dows hemmed in by rock walls are
passed on the way. Fifteen miles
out is a broad divide at an elevation
| of 6400 feet. From its crest vistas
open southwark where the famous
vipont mine is nestled on a noun
tainside. A few miles further on,
with almost no descent in grade, the
view to the east shows towering cas-
tellated rock pinnacles of great
whiteness They seem to stand be-
hind an intervening ridge. A side
road turns to the east and then
north, heading directly toward
veritable rock city of conical peaks
rising suddenly out of the almost
level plateau. The effect is start
ling. Into the very shadows of these
giant rocks the white road winds
There is plenty of room for parking
cars, but few tourists have as ye.
found this beauty spot.
For a mile to the northwest
stretches this range of miniature
mountains and another range curves
around to the northeast. Within
this broad enclosure the ground
slopes down to meadows and wa
ter hole and the road winds on like
a white thread in the direction of Al,
bion.
Fallen leaves of the sarvis bush
es and dried sunflower stems rustic
i'll the warm air. Tiny rabbits sour
ry into their refugees. Some of the
peaks are $50 feet high and too
steep to climb. On slowly crumb-
ling rock faces intricate designs
have been etched out and now stand
in relief. Great rock slabs lie in
confusion with cave-like spaces be-
meath. Wavy lines showing here
and there tell the story of vast up
yelling, plastic granite bosses which
became rigid after arching upward.
The everything strata have since bee
cleared away by wind, water and
frost and the gaunt rock ribs now
stand revealed
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08
MARION SCHOOL NEWS

(Agnes Smith, reporter.)
Miss Beulah Holmes left Tuesday
for Salt Lake City where she will
make her future home.
We had cleanup day Friday
Fvarvone was busy laborlng.
Harold Picket has been absent
from school on account OF Deing ill.,
Martin Alexander was abscr,
from school, Tuesday.
Alva Read has been absent fror.
school the past week on account of
illness.
A basketball game was played
between Oakley district school and
Marion district school, at Oakley
high school gym Our boys showed
splendid work The ball ws passed.
excellently but our boys were not ac-
customed to the baskets and los.
out. The score was IS to 7 n Oak
ley's favor
The girls expect the rule book fer
basketball tonight. We hereby ex-
tend a challenge to any nearby
school to meet us in basketball.
Ray War; was injured by mash
ing his foot. Monday.
Boyd Hunting has been absent
from school on account of illness.
The water was off Tuesday. We
had to visit Robert Smiths place to
punch our thirst.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08

Lloyd Martin was a Burley caller
Monday.
Charlie Carpenter was here from
the oil we'll. Tuesday.
Chester Buffers was weekend
business caller from Moulton.
Farley Egbert was here from Muir
taugh last week, visiting his brother
Frank.
The Basin children" attending
high school here went home to at
tend the ward reunion, Friday.
Miss Emma Hardy taught the Sec
ond grade of the public school Mon
day during the illness of the teacher,
Miss Maysel McGavin.
Mrs. Ida Dahlquist has returned
from Pocatello where she has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Norma
and her son lie Roy, the
past month or two.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08
MARION FOLLIES WILL PLAY
RETURN DATE, FEBRUARY 13

The Marion Fallies made such a
hit at their first performance at tho
Orpheum that they have been per-
suaded to play a return engagement,
February IS, in Connection with the
picture, ''Uncharted Seas" Miss
Hortense Gorringe, director of The
Follies, states that several new num-
bers have been added to theprogram,
while some of the best numbers OF
the first performance will be repeat
ed
On the first engagement, every
seat in the Orpheum was taken, with
many spectators standing. N o
doubt there will be less standing
room February 13 than before.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08
OLD TIME PICNIC PARTY
ARRANGED FOR FEB. f.

An old time picnic party will be
given under the auspices of the
Stake Genealogical society. at the
high school building, at eight o'clock
p. M, sharp, February IA. Tickets
fifty cents. Everybody come ani
enjoy the party of the season.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-02-08

When baby needs a pair of
shoes, | wonder what store
ma will choose, for that par
tic'lar sizel When father
must dress up his folks, in
Easter h a ts or all-wool
cloaks, who wins this glad
some prize? What lucky
dealers get the cash that
people spend for plows and
hash; for clocks and lus-
cious pies? Just look these
very columns Ger; you'll
find an ad from every store
that's owned by Tradesmen
wise. They offer things you
want to buy at prices low
for values high; their goods
delight t h eyes. That
plans not new; they learned
the trick when Pharaoh had
but just one brick---"B e
Prudent---Advertise.
The daily worker., 1924-11-22
THE BRITISH ELECTIONS

been faced by both of their oppon-
ents. In such three-cornered contests
labor has had the advantage of the
fact that the capitalist vote is divided.
Now in 127 such constituencies labor
had to meet a solid capitalist
vote, with the result that many of
these seats showed an increased Ia
Dor vote but loss in representation.
1t is a sign of the weakness of the
liberal party that they withdrew their
candidates in 107 of these 127 cases.
The final election maneuver was the
"bombshell" note from the foreign Of
flee to Russia enclosing an alleged
letter from Zinoviev to the Commun-
list Party Of Great Britain. This was
termed by the London Daily Express,
capitalist newspaper which sup
ports trade with Russia, "the foreign
office election manifesto" The Zinc
view letter is an obvious forgery
MacDonald's part in the matter is am
biguous. 1t is impossible to believe
that this attempt by reactionary off,
cials to provide the capitalist parties
with election material has actually
changed many votes. Macdonald re-
manned silent for three days after the
publication of this most unconvincing
document, but from hundreds Of la
Dor platforms up and down the coun-
try the letter" was denounced as a
forgery.
II the work put in by the Commun-
lists during the election has been as
effective as it seems to us to have
been, we are good step forward to-
wards a Communist mass party in
Britain.
The daily worker., 1924-11-22

From the Russian By !. YARovscHENKo

to his wife that will take at least Eve
years to finish. and we are not inter
ested in that outcome. Neither were
the young people. In Ave minutes
they were before the "Ccmmissar OF
Vital Statistics" had signed the mar
iiage register, and accepted the u
cense under the benign smile of the
big picture Of Trotsky that hung on
the wall.
This is romance, not a war story.
So we viii not pursue the tale Of
Kombrig and OlmpiAde any further.
Some of the soldiers insist that the
brigade has q new Commandant who,
except for skirts, wears the regular
uniform Of the Army. Soon marching
orders were received and Olympiade
braveIy broke with the life of her past
and took to the road with her soldier
husband.
She had her officer. She looked
well in a uniform. She was happy.
And in the village the poor peasants
sang as they sowed their grain-this
time the crop would be theirs.
Note: This story, with very slight
changes, is told in motion picture
form by the new Russian feature film,
"The Beauty and the Bolshevik,"
which can be rented by working class
organizations on very favorable
terms. For particulars address, In
ternational Workers Aid. 10 s. Lin
coin St., Chicago, Ill.
The daily worker., 1924-11-22

be- =
But it was. From fifty brass horns,
and behind them thousand lusty
throats, the tune that inspires work
er and peasant to great things, the
tune known as the battle song of the
rebelIious workers Of all the world ~
"The International!
Gone is the gravity Of the worker
and peasant smile is on his honest
open face. A smile from the young
mother. A smile from the gray beard
ed veteran with back bent with toll.
"A cheer from the young workers, who
already vision themselves in the proud
brown cloth of the Red Army.
Gone is the smile from the we'll
nourished faces of the wealthy farm
ers, the merchants. Gone are the de-
bonaire prophecies Of the steward and
the priest. Gone are rich old Kulak's
hopes for an officer for his daughter.
Even subaltern would do. Gonei
But are they?
All is activity in the village. Or
ders are posted. Two soldiers shall
be quartered in each house; they shall
adhere strictly to the political man
ual" which tells them that worker and
peasant must be treated with love and
respect 1t is easy to love your fel-
low worker. Sometimes it is easier.
The horses, too, are warriors. They
are well cared for. School and club
room are opened for the soldiers.
Chess and checkers are favorite pas
times, books and papers are passed
from hand to hand. From town to
town there rushes wierd horseless
wagon, an automobile" it is called,
the first ever seen in these villages.
Hundreds of leaflets are tossed from
this mAchine; they tell Of the work
ers' victory.
The soldiers make themselves COM
Portable. Workers welcome them
with open arms. The old women are
busy at the big stone stoves; daugh-
ters primp excitedly in front OF the
cracked mirror. Make yourselves pret-
ty, my maiden, Red soldier is good
husband. Perhaps an officer even?
Who knows?
The soldiers tell Of their exploits.
They help with the threshing, the rain
must not spoil the grain. They dance
on the village green with the bright
eyed maidens. These are happy days
in the village. The poor moujiks are
happy. Has not the army said, ''The
land is his who works it." They
have worked it all their lives. You
cannot argue with an army.
The daily worker., 1924-11-22

The guns have stopped flringl "That
is good" says everyone. But is it
good? We wonder. Everyone won
ders. Soon the soldiers will come. Az
ter battle soldiers always come.
Lucky that the armies met twenty
versts away. Old VASTLY remembers
but what does it matter what he re-
members? Anyway, he tells of viii
lagos in which not a house was left
standing. Or a woman unharmed.
Terrible stories. Perhaps they are
only stories.
The rich landowners have been
cheerful these days. The fat priest
also. his paunch shakes when he
laughs, like a bowl of warm Nasha.
The poor peasants do not like these
signs They walk unsmilingly, re-
signed to the future. In other villages
when the Whites" came but per-
haps they are only stories.
Dust on the steppes. Music on the
air. The soldiers are far of. Five
versts, perhaps six. What matters a
verst more or less? Too far to dis
tinguish their uniforms Or their
martial tunes. From distance armies
look the same. 1t is when they come
near-let us hope that they are but
stories, tales told by idle women at
the fish market.
In the home of old Kulak the table
is spread with good things to eat and
drink AS fast as plate is empty
the servant brings something else.
This is fat land and has not been
touched by armies. But today! We
shall see The steward, he who
watched over the old baron's estate
these many years, is talking. About
the civil war, Of course. Now those
'Reds" will be overthrow. The good
times will come back. Perhaps the
baron might even come back-just
for visit.
The firing has ceased. Yes, yes, of
course, Kulak had heard it! Who had
not? Soon there would be jovial Off
GERS at his table. Perhaps one of
them might take an interest in his
daughter. His beautiful Olympiade.
Daughter of heaven. So she was. An
officer was the right husband for her.
Those good looks shoufd be set off by
a swagger uniform. An officer. Yes,
brigadier even. OF artillery-no,
cavalry. This was a country for
horseman. The glasses were filed
again and the wine was no more good
to look upon than the maiden's blush
es. An oficerl A brigadier, no lessl
The music came closer. What can
they be playing? Surely that is not
the Hymn to the car" What else
The daily worker., 1924-11-22
Continued from page y


who are not class conscious.
Macdonald issued definite instruc-
tions to the labor party candidates not
to fight the election on the Campbell
case or the Russian treaty, but to
fight on "the record of good work
done by the labor government" New
ertheless the treaty and the Campbell
case have been important issues in
the election and have served to re-
tain for labor the enthusiasm of ac-
tive workers who would otherwise
have treated the election as sham
fight between three completely capi-
talist parties.
The only points worth noting in the
election platforms are that labor did
not mention the capital levy or the
working class in its appeal to the
people" and that the tory party kept
the issues of the Campbell case and
Russia well to the front all the time.
The liberal party discovered during
the election a new agricultural pro-
gram on vaguely socialist lines and
tried to revive the old fear Of taxes
on food. Both these efforts fell very
fiat, and the liberal party lost heavily
in votes and seats.
Liberals Smashed.
With regard to the nomination of
candidates which plays a considerable
part in British election maneuvers.
owing to the method of election, there
has been either an open or tacit agree
ment between the liberal and tory
parties with regard to most of the
seats in which labor had hitherto
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
DEFEATING TUBE QUICKLY

When repairing pinhole in tube
all the air must be removed. To. re.
move the valve plunger will quickly
accomplish this, but provides an oppor.
tunity for dirt to settle on the seat
To hold the valve plunger down with
a match stick consumes time. A tool
for this purpose is made from valve
cap which is drilled at four -or more
places around the circumference. A
small hole is then drilled in the top
and pin inserted, SO that when the
cap is screwed in place the pin holds
the plunger down while the air es
capes through the h6les.-Aitomohils
Digest. se- =. y, ss.ss !
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
OIL PRODUCTION Low

From Each OF Americas $eS5, 900
Wells Only Seven Barrels A Day
On the first of January of this year
the number of producing wells in the
United States was 2s5,000, yet the daily
average production was only seven bar
rels for each, and this estimate is con-
sidered high. This slight average shat
ters the popular conception of what
an oil well does, writes Isaac f. Mar
cosson in the Saturday Evening Post.
During 1923 exactly 24,65S wells
were completed in this country. This
is at the rate of about sixty-seven a
day. OF this number 1913 brought
in oil, POLL were gas wells, while o.
S29, or more than one-fifth were dry
holes. As most people know, when
you drill for oil you sometimes get gas,
or both.
Another side light on the perils of
production may be gained from the re-
suits of three years drilling east of the
Rocky Mountains, classified as to out
put Out of total of 7S,502 wells put
down, 1884, or little more than %
per cent, were dry. Only 746, or less
than per cent, produced 1000 barrels
day or better. The major number of
producing wells-27 ,570-yielded only
twenty-five barrels or less.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06

creased prices paid for good-wills, dur
ing a recent debate in the Chamber. A
business sold in 1919 for $4,000 francs
was resold in 1921 for 100000, and
sold again in 1922 for 100000. Another
sold in 1921 for $4,000 francs brought
100000 in the beginning of 1922, and
was sold for 100000 at the end of the
same year. Another bushes was sold
three times in 1919 and 1920, starting
at 100000 francs, and going to 100000
and 100000.
Instances of how even the smallest
produce dealers have rapidly gained
wealth can be given from personal
knowledge. A man who once sold
poultry, eggs and butter in a market
place once a week, and for years
moved his commodities in donkey
cart, now has fine auto truck and
scours the country for goods. A wom-
an who three years ago hawked fish
from door to door in, a wheelbarrow,
today has built shop, with an apart
ment above, at cost of 100000 francs.
and has an auto truck to bring fish and
other supplies from the central mar
kets. Such people in pre-war days
made only a bare living.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
Of paying without discussion the price

Of paying without discussion the price
asked.
Instead of looking forward to the
traditional life of hard work, with the
hope of retiring after saving enough to
pass his last few years free from toll.
the French dealer in meats or vege-
tables, for instance, expects today to
retire in five or ten years.
Shops Change Hands
Investigation in small towns or Paris
suburbs, where conditions can be more
easily watched than in the capital it.
self, shows that bread, meat and vege-
table shops have all changed hands
since the war, some more than once.
Many such dealers sold out after the
war and went elsewhere to live, think
ing it would thus be easier to keep
their financial status secret if the gov
eminent sought to extract a share of
their gains by war profit taxation. The
goodwill of these businesses advanced
by leaps and bounds with each sale,
thus forcing the last purchaser to sell
his commodities at very high prices.
Quotes Some Figures
The finance minister, Count de Las
teyrie, quoted some instances of in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
IPARIS VENDORS
/ MAKE FORTUNES
! in SHORT ORDER
Quick. Profits And Quick
Retirement Is Now
The Rule

PARIS, April 5.-(By Associated
Press. )-One of the contributory
causes to the present increased cost Of
living in France is the al parent de-
termination today of sellers of goods
to get rich as quickly@s may be. This
is relic of war days when. those able
to supply commodities could sell at
their own prices, and those who needed
these commodities got into the habit
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
CONTEST
RULES GIVEN OUT
Senior English Pupils
Only Are Eligible For
Citizenship Competition

Rules for the citizenship, essay con-
test to be held this year under the
auspices Of the League Of Women Vo-
tiers are as follows:
/. Contestants will be limited to
IL 'niors in the English departments
>. city high schools and the ac-
r.. ;ed county high schools.
2. Essays to- be from 800 to 500
words. Full name and school of author
must be written at the top of each page.
s. In grading papers clearness,
Aimplicity, conciseneSs, paragraphing,
pe' ling, punctuation and neatness, as
veil as the subject matter, win be taken
nto consideration. |
4. English department heads are re-
uested to select the three best essays
turned in and deliver these to judges,
are Of League Of Women Voters, Hill
nan hotel, not later than April 10.
Six Medals
B. Six medals will be awarded, three
or the three best essays in the city and
like number for the best three pro-
uced in county schools. A silver loving
Aup will be awarded the school attended
" the writer of the best essay in the
bounty schools; pennant to the Sec
nd best. The silver loving cup won by
Aillips High in the competition last
ear viii again be contested for in the
lily.
s. Anyone of the following subjects
hay be chosen: ,-g.71s
The American Citizen as Home
XIaker.
The Public School as Citizen
;uilder.
Health, Recreation and Citizenship.
Making Americans of Foreigners.
citizenship and Law Enforcement.
a The Australian Ballot.
The Short Ballot.
National Parties Today-TheiR Poll
es and Methods.
a Reading List
A reading list for these, essays given
1t by the committee include:
merican Government and Politics by
harles A. Beard; Principles and Prob
ms of Government, G. G. and B. II.
) aines; American Commonwealth,
ord Bryce; Modern Democracies,
ord Bryce; An Introduction to Politi-
\ i Parties and Practical Politics, p.
Ray; Short Ballot Principles,
ichard S. Childs; The Short Ballot,
vic Pocket Essays, National Munich
hi League, Democracy and. Education.
Miss Rosa Strickland is chairman Of
contest with Mrs. G. P. Beddow. CO.
airman.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-06
FOR AUTO TIRE DEALERS

with the rapid development and
option of the balloon tire motorists
already worrying tire dealers with
problem of taking old tires in
ade. When car owner considers
W feature such as this, and then
ntemplates the possibility of being
Sliged to discard five good cords, he
J ry naturally hesitates to place his or
for balloons. The tire dealers may
We to use their heads a bit. One
ggestion they might offer to prospec-
s'e balloon tire buyers is that they
deavor to sell their partly used cords
spares to motorists who still prefer
conventional tire.