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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25
MARK TWAIN KNEW

Possibly they didn't write as
much slang in old Mark Twain's day
as our modern writer's indulge in,
but humor was real humor then,
and the kind that we can still get a
laugh out Of The other day we
picked up neighboring paper and
found therein an old Mark Twain
story we believe Mountain Home
readers can find time to smile at.
1t is to the effect that while he was
eriting a little Mississippi weekly
paper Twain received a letter from
a subscriber stating that he had
found a spider in his paper, and
asking if that was sign of good
or bad luck Mark Twain replied
through the columns of his paper:
Finding a spider in your paper
was neither good nor bad luck for
you. The spider was merely look
ing over your paper to see which
merchant is not advertising so that
he can go to that store, spin his
web across the door, and live life
of undisturbed peace ever after
ward"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25
wHITsoN-TEDDER

News comes to the Republican OF
the marriage of Harold A. Whitson
to Miss Sue Tedder, at Los Angeles
on July 10.
Harold Is the son of J. D. Whitson
of this city, while the bride is a
former teacher in the Mountain
Home schools. having taught here
two terms. She is bright and low
able girl, and Harold, who is also
well known and liked in his home
town. is due for congratulations
from his many friends.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25
QUESTION OF POWER RATES TO
THE COURTS.

Boise, Idaho. There seems 10 be
no question that the whole sub
ject of southern Idaho power rates
and associated issues will be re-
viewed by the courts. The latest
order of majority of the Idaho pub
lie utilities commission, requiring a
hearing with 1919 decrease as the
objective, within a short time of the
action of the commission in fixing a
new schedule. seems to leave no
doubt about it.
In order to give the Idaho Power
the state, providing 1t could rustic
company 7qo on valuation fixed by
the business, the commission ad-
justed,, or leveled, rates so as to in
crease the total income around S40,-
900 a year, if the business could be
secured. 1t is claimed a 10q6 cut
would reduce the income much be-
low the 7q6 basis This interest is
fixed officially by the commission
the company not being permitted to
increase it's percentage of earnings
during periods of general prosperity
and being placed in a position where
it would have to produce enough
business, and make necessary and
commission-ordered betterments and
maintain the required service, to
possibly make that earning in
periods of general depression. I'm
doubtedly, therefore. the case will
go to the courts to be finally dis
posed Of
Commissioner Graves in dissent
ing from the order of the majority
of the commission declared the ord
er to shcw cause why its own rates,
fixed few months ago. should be
revised before those rates had been
given a fair trial, ''forfeits to the
commission any right to be con-
sidered seriously excepting as a
stopping place on the way to the
courts"
Mr. Graves pointed out the large
amount of money invested in better
ments to serve consumers since the
commission undertook revision of
rates. He also gives the average
rate in cents per kilowatt hour re-
ceived by the company as follows;
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25
MRS. TALLEY'S
FATHER PASSES

William Talley received a tele-
gram from Mrs. Talley Tuesday of
this week announcing that her faith
er, A. b. Zimmerman, had just
passed away. The deceased had
been in poor health for some time,
and his death was not unexpected.
Mrs. Talley has been at Fruita,
Colo, since receiving word that her
fathers condition was serious.
The Timmermans visited with the
Talley family for three weeks about
a year ago, and have some warm
friends here.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25
THAT WAS YEARS AGO

Musician (doing badly. "Ah, gen.
tlemen, if we all ad our rights, /
should be ridin' in me own carriage
SIS l ave done before"
Skeptic: Yes, but your poor old
mother couldn't push you now"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25
GoINGl GOING! GONE

The Magician: Now then, young
man, let me have your watch. First
1 will make it disappear, and then
will bring it back to you again"
The Victim: ut disappeared
three months ago, professor, so all
you need to do is to make 1t come
back.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25
MRS. SMYLIE WAS
UNABLE TO PREACH

Mrs. Smylie was announced last
week as the one who would deliver
the semon at the union service at
the Congregational church, but ow-
ing to an attack of asthma she was
unable to fill her engagement.
The Rev. DR.. Mason delivered the
sermon in her stead.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25

F. NJ. Hobbs, county auditor, and
George e. Butler, commissioner from
the Third district, with Bob Nor
dyke at the wheel of his Studebaker,
went up to the up river points We'd
nesday afternoon. The former was
delivering the election supplies for
the coming primary election.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-07-25

Mrs. NJ. E. Longfeilow and
daughter Esther, who have been
spending their vacation period at
HALEY, returned last Friday.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04


81 1922 "a 1928 laboratories United
classified Certified Testing
lin
collections
the including 800 different seeds 200 seeds and 1914
varieties of wheat.
The following few showing the
thousands
sample testing
since meadow fescue is than wheat grass
and lambs quarter. No aike
distinguishing
generally
of instances
which milling qualities
headed out and the heads
When the
winter the
laboratory
wheat
laboratory called
The farmer who plants duum wheat when he thinks he
obviously profit
this
altogether probable
Bozeman to tell them the truth about their seeds
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04
FERGUS FARMERS HAVE OWN
FOR MARKETIN THEIR HOGS

The loading of two cars of porkerS
from Fergus county was noted the
other day, one car being loaded al
Suffolk, and the other at Winifred
The farmers of those sections, while
they have not yet formed a regular
cooperative shipping association
handle the consignments in the same
manner as in the case where those
associations do exist.
Through this joint method of mar
keting, the farmers of the Winifred
section have shipped out two cars
of hogs during the last two months,
while this last consign ment was the
third community shipment from Win
fired. Under the plan of shipping
followed by the farmers of those sec
tons, the stock, after Reaching the
loading stations are handled by one
man, a small fee being charged for
his work in this connection.
The hogs are branded by clip
ping the HEAR with shears, and no
trouble has been experienced in sort
ing. 1t seems possible that in a COM
paratively short time the big ship
ments from those two sections will
exceed the number of cars of cattle,
with indications pointing in other
parts of the county before a great
length of time.
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AS we sow, so SHALL we
REAP SELECT GOOD SEED
IS A 5 YE SOW, 50 SHALL We REAP" is stateme

the undamenasts' and the "modernis can find little
4 - be an
part OF the farmers business know What kind OF seed he is
careful about the kind Of seed they selling and the farmer who buys
for Marquis wheat sometimes be durum alfalfa is found to
clover occasionally wit
nesses to the fact that all seed does not grow as intended
while before we reach the millennium when only pure seed
be sod pretty
he is going reliable where he
find out whether his seed is good, bad indifferent
the
will
and regulations in defining seed.
A
following with alfalfa seed
PureS eedG Hard eedl
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04
ANOTHER VERSION
OF THE TRIAL OF
GEORGE IVES

Continued from Feature Page.)
his colleagues. Richie died al
Missoula.
A fourth man, Colonel Wood OF
Georgia, is often listed with the at
torneys for the defense, but seems
rather to have interrupted the pro-
ceedings frequently, with desire
to advertise himself. According to
Colonel Sanders. Wood divided
his time between mining, speculat-
ing, carousing, and preaching the
gospel to congregations yet ruder
than he"
Alexander Davis, of whom we
know little, later joined the de-
tense.
Of the pleas advanced for the
acquittal of Ives, one has been pre-
served that is certainly original. 1t
was that of Richie, who stated the
obvious fact that Tbalt was dead
and could not be resurrected. Ives,
on the contrary, was alive. Every
one knew he was clever fellow,
and little wild, and no
one could tell the circumstances
which resulted in the death of ''the
Dutchman." This reference to
Tbalt's nationality was not with
out a purpose to influence the
crowd, largely made up of Missou-
rams, who hated the Germans for
having kept Missouri in the Union.
This plea was Ritchie's last intel
igible effort during the trial.
Ives, it is said, behaved better
han the lawyers who strove to
ave his life. After he had been
by vote to be hanged, he
sked Colonel Sanders to postpone
lis execution until the following
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04

day, as he wished for time to write
to his mother and sisters.
Colonel Sanders surmised this
request would be made, and was
prepared to refuse it, when this
task was made easier by x. Beid-
ler's remark: Colonel, ask him
how much time he gave the Dutch
man." This appealed to the crowd,
and soon the fate of George Ives
was sealed on the improvised gal
lows, where he hung with broken
neck.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04
Polytechnic Radio Has Record

The Billings Polytechnic institute s
radio receiving station recently pick
ed up message from ]. A. Partridge,
London, England, a distance of 6,1O9
miles, the achievement breaking all
former amateur radio records. A
special cable to the New York Herald
from London says:
u. A. Partridge, one of the fore
most British radio amateurs, has OBJ
tanned contact with an American sta
ton far beyond any hitherto reached
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04
HEREFORD SALE
AT GREAT FALLS

IN APRIL "a, 1924, at the Mon
tana Livestock Pavilion at Great
~ Falls, the Elk Run Ranch OF
Highwood, and the Wales Ranch OF
Spion Kop, will sell at private sale
so head of registered Hereford cat
tie. The proprietors of these two
great breeding establishments need
no introduction, being, respectively,
w. L. Velie, the automobile manu-
facturer of Moline, Illinois, and l..
Chatterton of Spion Kop, president
of the Montana Hereford Breeders
association.
This being the first auction sale of
these two ranches, the managers have
spared no effort to make it note
worthy event in Hereford annals. To
that end they have entered thirty-two
bulls and twenty-eight cows, of the
blood most fashionable in Hereford
dom, including that of Domino, Beau
Picture, Perfection, Don Perfect,
Beau Baltimore, Repeater, Beau
Blanchard, and other great history
making sires.
The animals entered will be the
progeny mostly for the Wales Ranch
of Royal Perfection (756405), by A.
B. Cooks great bull, Beau Perfec-
ton 9th; Manly Picture 9Th (9O2,-
591), by Velies Manly Picture; and
Grandview (695871), bull by Gud-
CELL & Simpsons Beau Picture, which |
has been used with success in the
Chatterton herd. For the Elk Run |
Ranch, Manly Picture (557976),
Bright Picture (68429S) and other
we'll known bulls.
AS special attraction the Elk Run
ranch will offer one of their herd
bulls, Bright Picture (684298) sired
by Manly Picture (557976) out of
Bright Duchess list (438805) by
Domino. This bull is now six years
old and in prime breeding condition
"a tried and proven sire. A great
number of his daughters and half
sisters left on the Elk Run ranch
some 35 in all-preclude his being
used there any longer. This will
therefore be chance for some pure
bred establishment to obtain tried
sire, worthy of a place as herd bull
in any herd.
There will be two-yeaI-Qld bulls
ready for service for the stock man;
herd bull material for the registered
COWS with calves at foot, and young :
bred heifers.
These cows are being sold at a E
time when, from the purchasers
prices have never been !
more attractive, and yet they are 2
thoroughly representative of the best
from the Elk Run ranch and the '
Wales ranch. 7
The terms of the sale will be cash h
and there will be no by-bidding. Any
animal that goes in the ring will be Il
sold at the price the stockmen place v
upon it. Therefore, this is an OPP g
portunity to buy cattle of probably r
the best quality ever offered at an "
auction in Montana, at exactly the n
price the stockman thinks they are
worth. 1t has been a pronounced h
feature of the last two years that the n
cattle of great quality have sold for -
high prices at Chicago and other mar -
kets and that the medium or low a,
grade kind have practically been ;s
given away. The use of such bulls h.
rs will be sold at this sale will in a D
short time, used in a herd, produce =
he kind of cattle that bring the n
highest prices.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04
Miles City-PhvlIis Cilmore %

Miles City-Phyllis Gilmore, age
10 months, of this city, scored 100
points at the baby's clinic held here
under the direction of Mrs. Ann X.
Warning, district field nurse for the
state board of health at Helena, being
declared perfect baby, which is
considered unusual by Mrs. Waring,
who says that 100 per cent babies are
rare.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04

by enthusiastic amateurs here. He
received word today that a message
transmitted from his Woodshed sta
ton at Wimbledon, ON the outskirts
of London, had been heard by G. E.
West at Polytechnic Institute, Mon
tana. This sets distance record of
about $3.50 miles"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04
Don't Forget cutlcura TaTcum .

When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exquisitely scented face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume, rem
dering other perfumes superf1uous.
You may rely on it because one of the
Cutlcura Trio (Soap, Ointment and
>aicum). 25c each everywhere.-Adv
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04
San Francisco-Two handits one

san Francisco-Two bandits, one
OF tnem a cripple, entered the West
WOOD Park branch of the Mercantile
trust company here, terrorized Man
ager Nicholson, an assistant book
Keeper and a woman stenographer,
scooped up approximately $4,000 in
currency and escaped in big auto
mobile.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-04-04

Milwaukee-Dr. William Malone,
famous surgeon, dropped dead while
performing a major operation here.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
Use Sugar Cane Fiber
to Make New Wallboar1

Out of sugar cane fiber is now being
manufactured a new kind of so-called
insulating lumber" 1t is used as
sheathing, and the manufacturers
claim it is stronger than wood so
used.
Besides sheathing, this product
which looks like wallboard-is used
for stucco and plaster base, instead
of lath, roof insulation, sound deaden-
ing, interior and exterior finish. AS
insulation lit has the value of cord"
1t Is further described as "a rugged
manufactured board that nails direct
to studs and rafters. Weather or
rough usage does not readily harm 1t.
THE result Is a strong house-warm
in winter, cool in summer-and 25 per
cen 70 35 per cent of the fuel bill Is
saved" 1t comes in stock sizes, q Of
an inch thick, and 4 feet wide. There
are various lengths from 8 to - feet.
1t weighs about sixty pounds per 100
square feet.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28

iren came an enormous elephant. A
along swinging his great trunk as
though to say:
IF | get sick I'll know the place
TO come where there are lots Of chill
dren and where everyone seems to
be jolly and having fun. Yes, I'll
know the place for mel"
And then some of the children cried
out with JOY. The circus! The cir
Gus is here! The circus has come to
the hospital" And sure enough,
many of the circus people and crea-
lures had come to give a little circus
show to the children.
we're some clowns with their faces all
whitened and such costumes as they
worel
They did tricks and played jokes,
and were just as funny as they could
be, and there were some little people,
and they sat on the edges Of the chill
dren's beds and talked and told stories.
Oh, yes, the circus people gave a
had said to themselves: "The children
who are sick n come to the cir
cus-let us go to them. And they had
found out where most of the sick chill
dren we're in this big city hospital.
Ii was a very exciting day, but Ida
said she would never forget the sur.
prise she had when first she saw the
elephant walk right into the ward. She
lad never seen an elephant before, and
to see an elephant for the FIRST time
Is certainly something Of a surprise.
And that night, when all the chill
dren were sleeping soundly after the
beautiful day they had had, the Fairy
Wondrous Secrets peeped Into the
ward and unwrapped many little pack
ages which she scattered about every.
where.
When morning came no one knew
that Fairy Wondrous Secrets had been
q visitor that night. aud no one saw
the contents of the packages, nor the
packages themselves. But they en-
joyed these packages just the same.
For the packages were filed with
Good Luck, Good Cheer, and Good.
Health erv-Soon.
1t was one Of the Fairy Wondrous
Secrets most wonderful Of secrets. how
she was able to do up such packages.
And Ida seemed to feel lots better.
She wrote a letter to her pretty moth
er and her clever daddy telling them
how well she felt. But She didn't
know thai the Fairy Wordrous Secrets
had blown her a kiss az she was leav
ing the ward for the FAIRY Wondrous
Secrets had thought Ida was just about
all right!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28

ing such as is shown in the drawing.
The kitchen is easily accessible.
The kitchen is very well balanced.
The sink is well lighted and the kitchen
cabinet is placed so as to make its
constant use convenient. A work table
is placed in the pantry and is well
lighted.
From the plan of the second floor 1t
will be seen that four large bedrooms,
all about IL feet by II feet, furnish
ample space for the average family,
The bathroom is located so as to be ac
cessible TO the bedrooms, all of which
have well-spaced, large closets. All bed.
rooms are we'll lighted and well VEN
tilated. The attic is sufficiently light
ed to be used as a playroom for the
children or NAV be used as a store
room for trunks.
The foundation of the building Ia
built of brick and the size of the base
ment allows plenty of room for a store
room or q cool, protected room for pre-
serves and jellies. Adequate space is
allowed for bins for coal and wood. AS
you will see from the photographs, a
side door is provided accessible to
either the basement or the first floor.
In style, this house is of the two-stOry,
square, hip-roOf pattern, having dormer
windows to break the mOnOtony of the
roof, and is a style exceedingly popu-
lar in the suburbs of the big city or
located In the small town.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
Waterproofed Stucco
Is Durable Material

The home built of permanently wa.
terproofed' stucco leaves little to be
desired. 1t is durable and offers beau.
ty and variety In its finishes, tones
and color schemes, is lasting In body
strength and requires very little for
maintenance. In the choice of this
material itais well for the builder to
carefully investigate and build with a
stucco known to be thoroughly water
proof, a feature of utmost importance
in determining the merit Of this ma.
terial.
Stucco can be applied to concrete,
tile. wood or metal lath-if the latter
is used it is well to back-plaster TO
guard against rust or %corrosion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
Choice of Contractor

Too much al cannot be taken ID
the selection Of a contractor to Dulld
your home. The fact that he has con
structed many homes Is not necessarily
a favorable recommendation. Good
will and consequent recommendations
OF satisfied customers is a builder,
best asset, and to thar end II is well to
examine SOME Of the buildings which
lie has built. preferably homes which
have been constructed for over two on
three years. as this length of time will
show up faulty constrn :tion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
BY WILLIAM A. RAoFORD

Mr.. William A. RaASord will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building. for the readers of
this paper. On account of his wide
experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is, without doubt.
the highest authority on all these sub
iects. Address: all inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue.
Chicago, Ill, and only inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
So many people have complained Of
the small space of the home on a 81
foot lot that this design should be very
appealing. In this large honey struc-
ture light and room have been the
chief factors considered in an effort to
combine space with comfort.
This building is "a feet long by "a
feet 6 inches wide, not allowing for
either of the porches. A large rear
porch is always an essential to the
housewife and if desired can be either
screened or glassed in, making an ad-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
Building Material
Made of Waste Paper

A new building material made from
waste paper and designed for ceilings
and wall Innings has been perfected
by a Swedish engineer, and production
on n large scale soon will be under
taken.
The raw materials are ordinary
waste paper such as accumulates In
cities. clay, and sulphate I've. the
cheapness of which warrants an mex.
pensive finished product.
The covering Is said to be fireproof
and durable; can be applied by un.
skilled labor. will take paper, paint OF
stain, and an ven be polished. 1t IL
a good ~nonconduct0r. and does not re
spond to the changes In temperature
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1924-02-28
DaddyyEyeninS
Fairy IalgMs
Nary Graham or
Bonner 80 tAl
IDA

Ida was i'll in the hospital. She
was not very i'll, but stlll she had to
be in the hospital for awhile.
Ida had imagined the hospital would
De a dreadful place with nothing in
Il bat mcdi line. And when she was
told that she would Lave 10 smell
some ether which would make her go
TO sleep, so she would not feel the
doctors fixing everything r ght so she'd
get well fast, she had a feeling the
ether might make her feel quite sick.
Some one had told her 1t would.
But to her great surprise she enjoyed
II. Yes, actually she enjoyed IL. II
was very sweet and quite pleasant,
and the doctors and nurses said she
was splendid the way she took II.
and that made il so easy for her TO
go TO sleep quickly.
When she awoke she had bandages
on her legs but she hardly noticed
those, for the hospital was so differ
ent a place from what she had i'm
agined.
In the first place II was filed with
children! Yes, there were any num-
Der Of children there, and the only
g~rown-ups were the doctors and the
nurses-except on Saturday afternoon.
when all the daddies and the mothers
came to call. Saturday was a most
exciting day.
There were always presents on Sat
urday. And everyone shared their
things with each other, which made
Il e as though this could not be
d. hospital at all. All tArough the
week there were so many children
with whom Ida could talk. Sud good
times as they did have!
And then, n day, came a great
surprise. At first it frightened Ida,
but when she saw that everyone was
smiling and laughing she knew there
was nothing for her to be frightened
about. But you'll never be able to
guess what the surprise was, so your
have to hear about it right away!
There, in the big ward OF the hos
pital, where there were so many chill.