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Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29

Juneau.-Fhe steamer Boxer, Of the
United States bureau Of education
was here recently preparing to 60
south after her first season OF service
az floating industrial scho OIL
Throughout the winter the Boxer car
rled 10 students, Eskimo lads who had
distinguished themselves In the seventh
and eighth grades Of the government
schools near their homes.
The young Eskimos were taught
navigation, gas engineering and radio
telegraphy.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
OIL NEWS
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treasure SEATE ACTIVITY
ETzYkEcOU UNzED

The Midwest Refining company has
acquired more acreage on the Big Lake
structure of the Lake Basin, scene OF
Montana's newest oil discovery, 80
miles northwest of Billings, when q
drilling agreement invilvIng 200 acres,
well up towards the top in sections Is
and ID, mile and a half from Hepp
No. I, was entered into with F. G. Ost-
land Of Minneapolis, who secured the
lease some time ago from the Harrison
OIL and Gas company.
Operations at the Hepp wen are held
up awaiting arrival of new control
head. The control formerly installed
was broken and hurried call was sent
to other fields for another. The hole
Is stNl full OF water pumped in to kill
off gas pressure so as to render ce-
menting Of the six-inch casing more
easy. Rigging up for Moddrell No. 2,
a Midwest offset OF the Hepp well, is
continuing rapidly.
Interest IN the structure continues
as keen as the first day the well was
brought in. New arrivals at the holes
attest to interest Of other oil eenters
IN the discovery.
The impetus given development in
the Kevin-Sunburst field In the LAST
few days by the completion of me Fos-
fer-Sweeney well near sunburst, and
the Van Nicer wen. was further stimu-
lated when the Dakota-Montana No. |
2 was drilled into production. Excite
ment which began to grow with the |
completion OF the Sweeney well was
perceptfbly increased when the Van
Meer well was brought in, but when /
the Dakota-Montana began to hurl oil |
over the crown block there followed
the greatest stir the field has known
since the Kevin and Sunburst discov-
cries were reported.
The Gas Products company has
brought In another gasser on the Beck
nan farm on the outskirts OF Baker.
Gas was struck at the depth of 800
'eet making this the shallowest gas
we'll in the Great Baker field. This
.0mes as somewhat Of surprise as
he well was drilled on the western +
ide Of the anticline where II was sup
'osed If gas was found at all, IT would
e at greater depth than where gas
as been found IN the field. II plainly
roves as has been stated many times
y those in a position to know that
here are a great many surprises in
tore when this great field is develop
d. The Great Baker dome has never
nrned out a dry hole yet although
here have been about IS wells drilled
} date.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
SECRET AGENTS SET ON
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Witnesses Tell Of Activities q De
partment Of justice
Agents

Washingt0n.-The senate Daugherty
committee has been told that repre-
sentatives Of the department OF jus.
tice not only had sought to frame
Senator Wheeler. fits prosecutor. but
had spied on its members and its wit.
nesses and had spirited away the IA
nous diaries Of CASTOR B. Means,
working with It as an investigator.
One Of the witnesses was w. o.
Duckstein, who said he knew about
the whole proceeding because his wife
is secret agent OF the department
It was she, he said. who identified IN
his presence on the records OF Means
after they had been secured by a ruse
description OF extensive detective
operations conducted by the depart
ment OF justice with regard to Castor
B. Means was given the committee by
r. p Burrus, a special agent Of the
department.
Duckstein, whose wife IS a secret
agent Of the department, and author
Of the famous MARY" message that
figured in the OIL inquiry. then told the
committee that screw Of operatives" !"
men and women, led by Walter Petit
and man named O'Brien and claim.
ing to work under direction of Hiram
C. Todd. special assistant to Mr.
Daugherty, had been used to spy on
committee members and witnesses He !
declared Petit and O'Brien said they
'were going to railroad CASTOR Means
10 the penitentiary." and frame Sen
ator Wheeler" the committee prose.
tutor.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
Moden camp e peer Lodas

Tourists visiting the Deer Lodge
camp win find many OF the comforts
and convenlences had In their homes
telephone. To meet the needs Of the
women travellers. electric irons and
standard size boards were put In the
rest room. An automobile washing
machine has been set up near the river
bank. Travellers find on their arrival
here. a grassy plot shaded with many
trees and bushes. on which TO make
their camps In addition there are
five brick cooking stoves. large sup
ply Of dry wood and plenty Of hot and
cold water.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29

Sioux Fails s B-Boctors and
field Representatives OF the United
States veterans bureau were on their
way to Minneapolis. May q with
measurements OF the remains Of a
war veteran buried as arthur Frazier
at Nlobrara, Neb. The measurements
will De submitted at once TO archaeolo-
gists at the University OF Minnesota
who win De asked to deduce whether
the body buried Is that Of an Indian.
n Il Is not, the body cannot be that Of
Frazier. Indian World war veteran.
whose friends inszt be Il alive
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
JAPANESE PAY TRIBUTE
TO AMERicAN FLYERS

Tuksa-TAe AEerScan army around
gAeEsrtE f1yezx asfer a buzy rUund oi
enaEreMEnz.ezr h Takso. during which
sAex rprespps zsrA praise for their &C.
<uzp1ssAmeGf n crossing the Pacific,
BEf My * sar Kaxz@igaurO with the
s1uEgncemezs tknt they would be glad
- -gee hack - work- In preparation
4sg ne resxEB<scn a. their hight
xzpMzsee. Bxstfsh and American Of
fsrhaAs tusn<d in paying tributes to the
avazsnRs amer their arrival here from
KaszmsEanra. where they landed May
- TAelr planes were left at Kas-
@ieaurz-
An elaborate japanese banquet at
ne fzmous Maple club. at which Lieut..
Gen. YashEmitsu, chairman OF the jolnt
army. and. navy reception committee,
was host. concluded Tokio's program
Of entertainment Officers Of high
rank in the army and navy were pres
ent, as were also members OF the staff
Of the United States embassy.
General YashimItsu congratulated
the aviat0rs on the success OF their
flight thus far. American ambassador
Woods also spoke.
The flyers were received by Prince
Kuni, honorary president OF the inn
perial aviation society. The prince
congratulated the Americans on behalf
of the imperial family
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
chInese RandIts kIlI AmsrIean

PekIng, Chlna.-The reported mur.
der by bandits near Nangwa Fuklen
province. of Jay Dinsmore. an Ameri-
can lumberman OF Seattle. has been
called to the attention OF the foreign
office by the American legation
Dinsmore. II Is reported. was shot by
bandits and died two days later. His
body was taken to Foo Chow. Klangsl
province.
A Briton named Mckay, who was
captured, Is still In the hands OF the
outlaws.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
pIsessea Spread In RussIn

Leningrad. Russia. - Malaria and
other diseases are spreading alarming
ly throughout Russia. There is an
acute shortage OF quinlne and other
essential drugs and the authorities are
finding It difficult to combat cpl
denies. According to a report present.
ed to the archaeological congress
here there were more than 100000
cases OF maieriH in Russia last year:
also 10000 cases OF spotted typhus,
100000 OF recurrent typhus, and $4,000
OF scurvy. The large stocks Of Quinine
and other drugs left by the American
relief administration on It's withdrawal
have been exhausted and the Russian
sanitary officials are forced to make
new purchases abroad.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
ItaIy,s Unknown Laid 70 Rsst

Rome. - With impressive military
and civil ceremonies of solemn splen-
dor, ftaiy,s Unknown Soldier was laid
to his final resting place May %, under
the altar in the center OF the Victor
Emmanuel monument. The sound OF
military drums and mournful music
resounded as the coffin was removed
from the Eestibule OF the monument
where It had been placed temporarily
last December TO permit completion OF
the entire monument. Borne by rep
resentatives of every branch OF the
service the coffin was carried to its
final resting place.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29

An assay received In Butte from tt7
Lee Mountain property at Rimini
shows values totalling about 500 a
ton. The exact assay figures were
1871, lead Il ounces In silver. $500 In
gold and 90 per cent arsenic.
The property, which comprises 16
adjoining patented claims are con-
trolled by c. W. Geddes Of New York,
who is at present at Rimini. The ore
received in Butte was encountered In
the main tunnel about 1.4O0 feet from
the portal and is 600 feet below the
surface.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
Raheln nurn arldnea

Nogales, ArIz.-Rnmors Of minor
revolutionary movements in northern
Sonora are current, coincident with
reports Of the burning OF three railroad
bridges between Nogales, Sonora and
Cananea.
The fires were Of incendiary origin,
according to railroad officials, who
have annulled trains to Cananea until
new bridges are constructed.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
Unfsrmsnted wInss For SYNAGOGUE

Denver, Colo.-Unfermented wines
viii be used in a Denver Orthodox
synagogue in the future, and rule
prohibiting the use Of fernented wine
win be promulgated, according to an
nouneement by Rabbi C. n. Kauvar of
Beth Ha Midrash Hagodal.
Rabbi Kauvers announcement fol-
lowed closely that Of Dr. w. S. Fried
man. pastor Of Temple Emmanuel, a
reformed Jewish church.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29

Minneapolis, Minn.-Beet sugar man
ufacturers. from the west and central
west states win attend the annual
meeting Of the United States Beet
Sugar Manufacturers association to be
held here June 3 10 s.
Localities in which sugar beets are
grown and refined. Minnesota, Michi-
gan, Ohio, Wisconsin. Iowa. Nebraska.
Colorado. Utah. Idaho. Montana and
California, win be represented.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29

N an effort % develop the copper
belt at the MontRna-fdaho line the
Richmond Consolidated company Is
driving . tunnel near Adair. Montana.
which II Is thought should tap the vein
500 feet below the surface. AZ pres
ent the. tunnel Is IN more than 1000
feet ard Il is expected to nIt the vein
within ten days
The Richmond and ether adjacent
properties have been surface sh0wines
and IN the event that the vein has an
ereased ln Ei2e and s2inaa wath depth.
Azontsne wa have = new eoppar rssa@
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29

Work on Custer Highway. - Con-
structlon work has been commenced on
ne second section OF the new Custer
battlefield Hiway recently contracted
70 the Pioneer Construction company
= Bozeman. This section Of II miles
extends from the Custer battlefield 10
r.o0ee Grass, and Il 70 be gravel sur
rared road. Every effort Is Delmg
made 90 ellminete railroad crossings.
.wa che new road win follow tne Bur
IIn3tuu tracks for TIE satire distance
EVhen Tits sscsion is completeo. 30
.wslsn 81 kfAz @lway. from Hardin te
,s.slss Grass ms1 b< Kxayelsd ruad
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29

Washington.-Turning aside tenn.
porarily from the examination OF wit
nesses relating to corruption charges
the special federal oil grand jury has
received some technical Information
regarding the Teapot Dome.
A. W. Ambrose and F. p. Tough Of
tbs Interior department were ques-
TONED and the jury then adjourned.
The lat OF Witnesses IL Row fairly wen
exhausted and II the prompt attend
ance Of soms Of those sought can be
secured the Inquiry probably win be
concluded soon.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
Ersa state RatltIs. Elr.t 80,

Geneva. = The Irish Free State.
which was elected member Of the
League Of Nations last September, has
just ratified Its first league convention.
Michael McWhite. the permanent Irish
representative here, has informed the
secretariat that the Dublin government
has officially approved the treaty for
the suppression Of the traffic In OBJ
scene publications.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
cenvIeta Escape from Prlson Earm

GoHVIcFa E1cap6 TToFU FTIEo0 F0FWI
Equipped with a rifle. two pounds
OF ammunition and 25 pounds OF pro-
visions, two convicts escaped early
May 20 from the state prison farm
at Deer Lodge. Both men were serv-
ing identical sentences for grand lar
ceny and had been In prison the same
length Of time.
They are c. G. Mercer. sentenced in
Wibaux county to from four to eight
years. and George Palmer. Yellowstone
county, four TO eight years
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29

An election has been called by the
trustees OF the Superior school dis
trict to vote on a bond Of 10000 TO
erect q new auditorium and gymnasi-
nm. According to the plans It will
be OF brick and will be erected near
the present school building.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
sIu nlrInlhIs EIIea AoaIn

Lakehurst, N. 1.-THE big dirigIbie
Shenandoah, pride Of the United
States navy, May % successfully COM
pleted It's first test flight since Janu-
arv 16, when the big ship was torn
loose from it's mooring mast here dur
Ing a violent storm.
Belt Valley times., 1924-05-29
QUOTATIONS or INTEREST TO
MoNTANANs.

MlnneapolI eraIn Priesa

station hasis at points In Montana
:alging Solkc freight rate.
Wheat No. dark northern. 97c;
No. / northern. o8c; dark hard winter,
s8c; hard winter, SIC; corn, No. 2 yell
ow, 7s1sc: flax. No. /. 500.
Chicago Livestock
Cattle. top. s11. 40: average. $11O0;
,ofs, top. $3.50. average. 7.S0; sheep
Sat clipped lambs. $14.TS.
New York Mosals
Bar silver. ounce. e6Sc: copper, h.,
l2zkc. lead. INC.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
Party in Parish House

The children of the Episcopal
church school enjoyed a social party
in the Parish House Friday evening
last A large attendance of children
and parents resulted. These social
gatherings will in the future be Civ
en- once a month. Each child was
presented with a balloon and a novel
ty whistle. Games were enjoyed un-
der the direction of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs. Casterlin and fully 100 partici-
pated. Lunch was served at $3.50
and at $3.50 the children were dis
missed and left for home, all having
had a good time and looking forward
eagerly to the next event of this kind
which will take place the middle of
March.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
ENOUGH WATER
rs PREDICTED

A great many of our people have
been predicting water shortage
this season. We are informed that
Camas Reservoir at the present time
holds enough water to tax the capa-
city Of the ditch for a full seasons
run. A few spring rains will fill the
Long Tom and Rattlesnake reservoirs
and then we will be a lot better off
than Jome systems that depend on
small streams without any storage.
Let's hope that would-be pessi-
mists are mistaken. Several citizens
who have been here for long time
are predicting there will be ample
water and that there is no need to
be alarmed.
Rumors of no water in storage and
no snow in the hills tends to dis
courage the farmer and he hesitates
to put in a crop. Our advice is to
put your land in shape to retain any
moisture that may come.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
Fishermen's Dance

The Parish House Dancing Club
had an exceptionally fine time a
week ago Thursday, when they took
part in the "Fishermen's Dance.
The biggest fish were successfully
landed by Mrs. L. F. Sewers for the
ladies and Roy Wells for the gentle
men. The former received as a prize
a silver soup ladle and the latter a
silver meat fork. The next regular
club dance is fixed for Thursday,
Feb. 2S and the first dance in March
will be a balloon dance when valuable
prizes will be awarded. Thursdays
dance was so successful that the
members Clipped in and retained the
services of the orchestra until 2:30
a. m, the usual closing hour being
/ a. m.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
Having Hard Luck

Mrs. Ihle, recent conner to Glenns
Ferry from Gooding way, and whose
husband has been working here for
a number of months as a carpenter
on the o. s. L. r. r. improvement
and at present on the company hos
pital. has had more than her share
of sickness. Mrs. Ihle has been suf-
for some two years, having under
gone a very serious operation which,
though successful, had left her some
what of an invalid. A few weeks
ago she determined to join her hus-
band in Glenns Ferry with her lit
tie family of four small children
rather than keep the two homes go
ing and seemed much improved by
the change However, Friday while
doing some small job she lost her
footing and fell heavily to the floor,
fracturing her hip. Mrs. Ihle for
the past few days had been getting
around the house with the aid Of a
cane and hoped soon to gain strength
enough to perform the many duties
which fall to the lot of mother of
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
JUDGE GIVENS
HEARS PETITIONS
AT GLENNS FERRY
Sewer Case Argued and De-
cision Later
MOVABE SCHOOL
FEBRUARY 26-27
New Harness Shop - Club to Give
Play = Children's Party at Par
ish House = Other Glenns
Ferry News
Glenns Ferry.

Petitions were heard Monday be-
fore Judge Givens praying for seclu-
sion of certain acreages owned by the
petitioners from the village limits
of Glenns Ferry. About 35 people
were present at the hearing, which
was held in the Parish House. Ivan
Hiler of the firm of Eldridge & Hiler,
of Boise, appeared for the petitioners
and Charles Stout, village attorney,
represented the city. After evidence
had been taken the court took the
matter under consideration and an
nouncement of his decision will be
made later. The controversy has
come out of the proposed sewer and
the inclusion of this property in the
cost of the main trunk line. A great
portion of this property is said toI
be deriving certain benefits from the
village in way of city water, etc., and
it is likely that should they be sue
cessful in their case that this will de-
prive them of the use of the village
water, as they will then be outside of
the village limits.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
Committee Has Been Busy
Over Section
SENTIMENT SEEMS TO
BE CRYSTALLIZING
Many Attend Meeting for Control of
Alfalfa Weevil at Chattin School
Items of General Interest to
Readers in 0wyhee County
Grand View.

County seat-that Is what we are
all talking about. Saturday there
was a we'll attended meeting to hear
the report of the committee which
visited Silver City, Clatonia and
omedale-Messrs. Hinton, Mullenix
and Potter. The report was so fa-
yorable that arrangements have been
made for a meeting at Clatonia Feb.
20, and a committee from Bruneau,
King Hill and Grand View will be
present. Il is impossible to give the
names of those from outside this
place who will be present, but from
here those planning to go are Messrs.
Ed. Evans, Hinton, Blodgett, Mule
nix, Ingham, Verne Brown and 9TH
ers. A map of Owyhee county Civ
ing the location of each OF the vot-
ing precincts has been prepared
showing also that Grand view is
about three miles west of the north
and south center line of the county.
wich will be surprise to the peo-
pie who have supposed that it was
far to the east of the center.
The arrangements for the county
seat luncheon Saturday are well ad-
yanced and we are looking for about
thirty people, representing various
parts Of the county, to be present.
A presentation of the facts will be
made by several speakers, a list of
whose names cannot be given at the
present time. We will be glad to
friends from Mountain
Home also, for If this plan succeeds
It will make a great addition TO the
business and social relations of
Home and Grand View
i there are people in Mountain Home
who desire to be present It would be
If great help If they would send
heir names TO the program commit
zee, either c. e. Blodgett or ]. e. In
yham.
The notices required by law have
'een printed in The Nugget at Bru-
leau and posted in Silver City and
irand View.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
Moveable School

On Feb. 26 and 27 a movable
school program will be given by the
Extension department of the Univer-
sity of Idaho under the auspices of
the local grange. This is the second
year that Glenns Ferry has partici-
pated in a movable school and this
years program is exceptionally fine
and large attendance is anticipat-
ed. The lectures and demonstrations
which go to make up a successful
school of this kind prove invaluable
to those who participate.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22

Mr.. c. E. Corker, of Boise, was in
town Monday attending a session of
the district court presided over by
Judge Givens in the Parish House.
The case under consideration was
that of a petition from various citi-
zens having acreage within the cor
porate limits of the village and from
which they asked to be excluded on
account of the proposed sewer i'm
provement.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
FIX GROUNDS FOR
GUN CLUB SHOOT

The members of the gun club have
been exceedingly busy the past ten
days fixing up the range where the
shoots will be held. The traps have
arrived and. were tried out by the
enthusiasts.
Several new members have been
added to the list and it is expected
that at least twenty-five will take
part in the first shoot, which will be
held Sunday afternoon next, weather
permitting.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
Club to Give Play

Always in Trouble" is the title of
three act farce now in course of
rehearsal, and which will be given
at an early date by the ladies of the
Glenns Ferry Improvement Club. The
characters are being taken by mem
bers of the club, and the play is full
of laugh-proyoking situations. In fact
it is so extremely funny that those
who have been allotted parts have
much difficulty after rehearsal in
their facial expression back
to normal.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
New Harness Shop

C. w. Faris has opened harness
shop in the little store on Commercial
between Idaho and First avenue just
north of the Leeright pool hall. Mr..
Faris has had considerable exper-
ience in this line and expects not on
ly to repair but to make harness. This
is a new industry for our town and
the farmers will no doubt welcome
the additional service that Mr.. Faris
can render them in case of necessity.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
Store Changes Hands

The Ferry Drug Store, which for
number of years has been owned
and operated by Messrs Tom and Gar
ret O'Neil, has changed hands, the
O'Neil Brothers having sold their
business to Mr.. Spargur of Twin
Falls. We regret losing these two
progressive business men from the
community, but welcome most heart
lily the newcomer and wish him the
best of success.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
Trustee Returns from Utah

B. H. Cornell returned to Glenns
Ferry Monday from Utah, where he
was called on account of the illness
of his wife, who is living on the Cor
nell ranch there. Ben is just recov-
ering from a very severe attack of
pneumonia contracted while in Utah
and though fully recovered has lost
considerable weight. Mr.. Cornell is
an engineer on the o. S. L. R. R. and
a member of the village board of
trustees.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-02-22
BODY OF INDIAN
TO DUCK VALLEY

The remains of Peter Jackson
Lightfoot, who died in Denver Feb.
II, were brought to Mountain Home
last Sunday, in charge of Rev.
Schwab and Mr.. Albers, clerk, at the
Duck Valley reservation, and taken
to the latter place for interment.
The remains were taken care of in
Denver by the Walters Union, al
though the dead man had not been
a member of the organization. Light
foot has a brother at Duck Valley.