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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14
Tom Fred
LINDSAY BROTHERS
Publishers
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WHAT ARE WE COMING TOE

Now we read where bunch of
New York actors have started to pro-
duce play in which the hero is. a
white man and the heroine a eolored
girl. 1t is love romance of white
man for a negro woman, and leads to
their marriage To make it as real
istic as possible, a negro girl plays
that role, and white actor plays
the role of her lover. The balance
of the company is about evenly
divided as to color That may be all
right for New York. They may ap-
prove of such stuff, and they are
probably willing to spend their mon
ey to see such show or no one
would have put up money for its
production. But here in Mountain
Home we believe we think more of
the colored race than that. In fact,
we think so well of the colored race
that we don't believe we would have
asked any colored woman to drag
herself down to the Shiny level of
the class of white people who are
willing to play on the same stage
with her.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14
A SAFETY SLOGAN

Sometime ago the American Rail-
way Association offered prize for
the best slogan to be erected at
railroad crossings over the country,
and the award has Just been made.
The prize-winning slogan is: wait,
You May Lose" It is impressive, if
you will study it for a moment, for
most accidents at railway crossings
come through the driver trying to
beat the train. Now, when they APP
preach crossing, and while debating
whether to enter a race with the
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14
ARMORED CARS AS
BANDIT CHASERS

Armored Ford cars as bandit chas-
ers are the latest police Innovation.
Gen. Smedley D. Butler, Philadel-
phias dynamic commissioner of pub
lie safety, is the man who introduced
them.
Before he took office few weeks
back, the Philadelphia city council
voted General Butler $4,000 with
which to purchase an anutmobile fol-
his personal use.
But when statesmen for high
priced cars appeared and tried to in
terest him, he made it plain that he
intended to spend the money in pur-
chasing small, light cars for use as
bandit chasers by the police depart
ment.
The Ford runabout was his choice
and it wasn't long before an enter
prising Ford salesman had a car
ready for the Generals inspection.
Now the Philadelphia police have
six of these armored Ford cars and
under General Buffers plan this
number will shortly be augmented
until there will be ninety of such
bandit chasers in service.
The entire shell of the body is
lined with Is inch special steel and
the space between the armor plating
and the outside of the car is packed
with loose cotton and coarse hair to
retard the velocity of bullets. Armor
plate also covers the cowl and runs
up as high as the lower portion of
the windshield. The upper portion
is in two sections of bulIet-proof
glass and wind-wings have been pro-
vided on either side, these also of
bullet-proof glass.
The Ford engines are specially
equipped to afford increased speed
and tests made show some interest
ing results. In one test to show ac-
celeration and power developed for
hill climbing, a mile was covered in
one minute and thirty-one seconds
from standing star. On a country
road the car attained a speed of more
than sixty miles an hour and in
city street test covered 2,S2S feet at
a speed of approximately seventy
miles an hour.
Ford cars have been in use by
police departments all over the coun-
-ry for years and recently there has
been rapidly increasing tendency
n the larger cities to use them in
place of motorcycles since they are
ess conspicuous, and afford greater
protection and comfort. Portland.
oregon, is one of the latest cities
o adopt the Ford cars to replace
motorcycles and now has twenty
hree of them in operation. Cleve-
and Heights, O., and Cincinnati are
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

train, the slogan shouts out: wait,
You May Lose" Just four words,
but as full of truth as passage from
Holy Writ. Far stronger in warning
power than stop, Look and Listen"
or watch Out For The Cars" Just
four small, simple little words, yet
words strong enough to cut down
the population of our cemeteries and
save many heartaches if drivers only
heed their powerful warning; wait.
You May Lose"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14
Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in run down" condi-
ton will notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are in
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is local disease. it is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists OF an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application, and the
Internal Medicine. Tonic, which assists
in improving the General Health.
Sold by druggists for over 40 Years.
f. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14
End Of school courtshIn.

One day was going home from
school with my beau and his sister.
On the way he told me he didn't want
me to go home with his sister because
| was so ugly would scare his moth
er. My love ended then and there
Chicago Journal.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

One nice thing about a few of our
public men is they stick to what they
say instead Of whining about being
misquoted.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

We all make mistakes The trouble
is that too many of us think that
only our own mistakes are pardon
able.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

According to George Hammond
some people try to get by by soldier
ing on the job and others by stepping
on the accelerator.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

The average husbands idea of
showing his authority, smokers Milt
Helm, is to either slam the door or
kick at the cat.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

Sometimes it strikes me-" says B.
u. Smith, "that about the only way
to save money is to quit buying the
things you enjoy"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14
Shootin' at the Moon
Soc ct tuum damum.-Pliny

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Pessimistic Pete says it's a grea
) life if you don't weaken, with sur
taxes, subtaxes, cab. taxes and jus
plain taxes.
i One nice thing about a few of GU
public men is they stick to what the,
say instead Of whining about being
misquoted.
According to George Hammond
some people try to get by by soldier
ing on the job and others by stepping
on the accelerator.
We all make mistakes. The trouble
is that too many of us think that
only our own mistakes are pardon
able.
The average husbands idea OF
showing his authority, smokers Milt
Helm, is to either slam the door or
kick at the cat.
There are lot of things that are
easy to explain-if it isn't to your
wife that you have to explain them.
Sometimes it strikes me-" says B.
y. Smith, that about the only way
to save money is to quit buying the
things you enjoy"
Russia has one thing to be thank
full for-she has no friendly nations
standing by to throw monkey
wrenches in her machinery.
Ralph Osborn says that the
grouchier an old bachelor is the more
willing he is to give your children
the spanking he always thinks they
need.
Always be punctual when you
make an appointment. 1t gives you
a chance to take long rest while
waiting for the other fellow to show
up.
If some of the women we know
around Mountain Home were to run
for president they'd save their hats
and throw their powder puffs in the
ring
A magazine writer says we need
a new religion. Let's not do any
thing rash until we've tried the old
one.
One nice thing about being
crouch is neighbors won't ask you
to keep the baby while they go to a
picture show.
There may be some perfect men in
Mountain Home but we never knew
one who was so much that way that
he changed his shoestrings before
they sawed themselves in two.
About the only tax-free securities
/ poor man can collect is his trea-
iure in heaven.
Nowadays men speak two Ian
;uages ~ the one used in ordinary
and the one used in
alking to their flivYers.
Most Mountain Home men can
make both ends meet. But only a
ew can make them lap over so they
an tie a hitch-knot in them.
The Kansas City woman who was
lwarded one cent damages for kiss
feels that it doesn't pay to
.dyertise.
Most any first-class whittier can
hink up a hundred things a fellow
ught to be able to make a fortune
ut of.
We heard Mountain Home man
ay yesterday that a pessimist is
elbow who, when offered the lesser
t two evils, takes both.
Old Doc Cook made the mistake
having too little oil and others are
taking the mistake of having too
luch of it.
They say there is a new counterfeit
100 bill in circulation. Who but
ootlegger will ever get hold of one d
{ them? Il
You can't judge the quality of ?
fountain Home mans religion by u
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

Russia has one thing to be thank
full for-she has no friendly nations
standing by to throw monkey
wrenches in her machinery.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

There are a lot of things that are
easy to explain-if it isn't to your
wife that you have to explain them.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

Ralph Osborn says that the
grouchier an old bachelor is the more
willing he is to give your children
the spanking he always thinks they
need.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

Always be punctual when you
make an appointment. 1t gives you
a chance to take a long rest while
waiting for the other fellow to show
up.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

Pessimistic Pete says it's a great
life If you don't weaken, with sur
taxes, subtaxes, cab, taxes and Just
plain taxes.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

If some of the women we know
around Mountain Home were to run
for president they'd save their hats
and throw their powder puffs in the
ring.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

A magazine writer says we need
new religion. Let's not do any
thing rash until we've tried the old
one.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

One nice thing about being a
crouch is neighbors won't ask you
to keep the baby while they go to a
picture show.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

Our idea of hard luck is to ask
some fellow to sing you know can't
sing, and then have him consent to
do so.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

What has become of the Mountain
Home father who put on his war
paint every time his daughter put
on some of the drug store kind?
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-03-14

Four million autos will be bull
this year. Better pick out your
parking space early.
Evening star., 1924-04-06
l'a"r" hA Nr.,ln

The first railroad fire
engine constructed to fight
forest fires. 1t has been put
into service on the Southern
Pacific railroad and will be
used through the mountain sec
tions of California.
lnl'lwooI * Underwood.
Evening star., 1924-04-06

Spring came to the United
States Capitol by the official
opening of the base ball season.
Senator Pepper of Pennsyl-
vania joined the game of the
Senate pages in the Capitol
grounds.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
Mante.i-Boarsi or Lodging

wanted with garaEe privileges Brst Of rgferencrs Write. Box ss. Herald.
 y0T7yC WAN-,iesfres i5rard and room in rrIvafs faInfir. Address. Box %. Herald
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

mahogany. good order. Sla5.00. Must be sold at once. Address. Mr. Hinke, All Arch St. lst floor
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

PLAINYILLE-R Real estate and mortgage loans. skinner Smith Co.,, Inc, Eeri block. Plainyille and Madison. Conn. Phone il-4
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
Farms for Sale

MAPLE HlIL--two well located lots for sale, price reasonable. Apply, ll3 Maple St. Phone 1l37-4.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

Results are sure 10 follow if you use Herald classified ads.-adyt
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
BUSINESS SERVICE
Barbers, Hairdresscrs, Masscusrs
Bnilding and Contract

< LAsHER-the old reliable con crete contractors. No job too large. no job too small. Tel 1905.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
FINANCIAL
Business Opportunities

MEAT MAEEET--afd gfocefy store. Pany
 going abroad. Good neighbOrhood. Will sal for s2.00a cash. 100 So. Main st. REST 4TIlANT -for sale. Apply mornings. ]. C. Meill. 1s7 Chestnut street. waiting station room. best Io- ration in this section. speak quick. b. 0. Coleman. sOuthingt0n, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
MERCHANDISE
Musical Instruments

PHoNoGRAPHS-On One mahogany Upright Sonora and slightly used Columbia at at big saving Terms to sut your con-, veniences. Selection Of records included. Henry MOrans 365 Main St
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

anoe of every description. See Cuilnins ham & Wininger. Rsaitora Neri Sldg- clainyiIle Tel I2O
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

Al condition. No dealers need apply. 1s2 West St. A. ". Els tyorth
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
NIusitaI Instruments
t;s;

COLUMBIA ufGigit mahogany IihoHo- , enrfis; sSeCial reduced prizes on every
 machine to make room for the new models CBnling n. records free with every tnachine. Q small amount oi casn l secures any Df them. balance on easy
 terms Widauer's t5S hsfn street. NEW- record ly "creatores Rand" The italian Book Store. Inc. t2 Washington i Hl1rc.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
Bmilding Lots for Sale

BUILDING LoTS-on easy payments in all parts of the city at prices much lower than will be asked next year. The W. L. Hatch Co. City Hall building.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

H,fses. Nehlclcs

TiTEEI-go0d frorssF, suitaule for farmer or prddier. also business wagons at
 White stables. asg Main Sf. Phone 5a1.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE,

FOR real estate and fire Insurance see The John Cooke company. Hough St.. Plainvile, Conn.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-17

KULPER PRINTING CO.-BOoklets. cata- ioguts, ptug Iafns advertisements. circB- lars. posters. office stationery. factory forms color work. Prompt service and good wOfE. 525 Main St.. Phone 777. ST TATEM ESTs-letter and bill heads. cir cular letters tickets name rards. etr. Typed or printed on the MuItigTaph. .. W. Cowles HIS Lyons St. Tel. 2455-Ie.
 The Herald often produces results through the classified ads.-advt
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-27

pay? OF course not the laborer,
for he is best able to pay in his
prime; but young man on the
farm. without much capital. finds
it next TO impossible to weather
the first ten years. II is one of
the reasons why girls are reluc-
tant to marry a farmer.
sure do wish the readers
would keep this column in the
forefront. Grab up your pen and
see for yourself how easy it must
be for a public official to satisfy
all the people all the time.
Very respectfully.
Gottlieb Vogel.
Grasston, Mimi. Route /.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-27
PROCEEDINGS OF
ASKOV COUNCIL

The village council of the vii
lage of Askov met for the organi-
cation meeting of the year in
said village on March Is, 1924.
All members present except Chr.
Sorensen.
All newly elected officers
except Chris T. Christensen, for
constable, took oath of office and
gave satisfactory bonds.
Bonds were set in the same
amounts as last year, viz: Treas
urer, $1,000; clerk, $500; justice
of the peace, $500; constable,
500.
DIR. p. N. Fenger was chosen
village health officer at the
usual salary of $25 per year and
he together with the whole coun-
Gil will constitute the board of
health.
l.. c. Petersen was appointed
street commissioner and Svend
Petersen was selected as fire chief
for another year.
1t was decided to continue the
publication of the village council
minutes in the Askov American,
at the price of 500 for the year.
The clerk reported collections
as follows: Town hall rent on
Sept. 10. 1923, Jan. Z, %, 80, Feb.
2, 4, 1924 twice on latter date)
50 each time, in all $14; dance
permits on Dec. Z, 2S and 81, 1923
and Feb. 90. 1924, 81 each, $4.
The council decided to have
regular meetings on the first
Thursday evening of each month
at the town hall.
Following bills were allowed:
Viggo Jensen, watching fire
at d. B. S. hall, March lis 200
Lars Christensen, watching
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-27

hand pocket. The main thing to
do is to be honest with the asses
sor. Don't mistrust your neigh
Dor; give honest figures and your
neighbors will do likewise.
A motion was made, seconded
and carried that the Chairman,
]. P. Frederiksen, appoint five
men who should at once select a
committee of three whose duty
it should be to further the re-
duction of taxes and possibly
arrange for future meetings,
and in general be alert to en-
courage the reduction of taxes
and check the economy of tax
money expenditures. The COM
mittee selected was as follows:
Holger r. Buck, Ludwig Mosbek
and Svend Petersen.
In general it was an enthusiast
tic meeting indicating that the
average taxpayer, who has here
tofore said: "0h, what's the use,
we can't do anything anyway,
is beginning to realize that he
must take an active interest even
though at times it looks like it
helps but little.
A collection was taken up to
defray the hall rent expense and
this brought Is cents more than
the required rent so the commit
tee already has some funds to
work with.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-27

In writing a short editorial on
political matters the Long Prairie
Leader ends with this sentence:
1T is always best TO be straight
forward and honest--even in a
political platform" To be sure
the Leader is right when it says.
1T is always best to be straight
forward and honest. But it
would have been better to have
ended there and not have any
sort of halfway exception. If
we look upon politics as being
a little bent" and slippery
rather expect il TO be such-and
continue with that attitude by
making remarks as "0h. that's
politics" and the like, it will con-
tinue to be largely in the hands
OF the slippery KIND and not con-
Quoted by men Of the highest
type. If politics is not always
straightforward and honest il is
up TO the people to make it
such and not Just shrug our
shoulders and pass il up with the
remark, "oh, that's politics
for with that attitude we VIII
make no improvements. AS a
rule we get only what we de-
serve and work for. Politics
seems TO be distasteful word
TO many but il should not be so.
II is government and the more
interest we take in il the better
il is bound to be.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-27

A recent news dispatch stated
that federal prohibition agents
in San Francisco had tapped
wires to get information leading
TO the arrest Of moonshiners. It
seems that there is no limit of
tricks and schemes and shrewd-
ness that the agents have TO
resort TO in order to catch the
manufacturers and distributors
of the illicit brew, but would it
not simplify matters materially
if all the drunks and near-drunks
were arrested and when in the
hands of the law make them tell
where they procured the goods?
If they would not come out with
the language then let them have
the same fine or Imprisonment
tmostly the latter as would be
melted out to the manufacturers.
IL such a plan would be feasible
and could work out lawfully it
would soon put crimp in the
manufacturers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-27
Opinions of Others
WANTS LOANING SYSTEM
ALTERED

Editor Askov American:
Can our loaning system be
altered, so as to prove beneficial
to the borrower. and not upset
the present economic status7
| have in mind a newly married
couple who have no funds. but
want a home of their own.
Under our present system, the
first ten years are almost impos-
sible, and il one fails, then il be-
comes next to impossible TO ever
become the owner of home,
Whereas on the other hand. il
one makes good, then there are
but two courses to be pursued
namely: either TO continue and
become rich. or to relax and de.
teriorate Example, was
forced To extend myself to the
extreme limit TO retain what
own, while now. with the pros
pect of coming out o. X. l car
either maintain the pace | have
thus far been following, or else
slack up and become a sluggard
At the outset | had To meet {
payment of SS50,00 a year. with
the land absolutely non-produc
ing. whereas now with the lane
in more or less productiv,
state.-should retire the mort
gage-what will do with all the
money!
| Therefore can not the loaniny
system be altered so as not I,
compel a man to demolish hi.
health in the prime Of life, il
order to secure a home' CoulS
not method be promulgated
whereby the payments increas,
with the ability of the debtor I,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-03-27
TAX DISCUSSION
DRAWS FAIR CROWD

In the neighborhood of IS men
attended the taxation discussion
meeting at the ID. b. s. hall Sat
urday evening. and for nearly
two and a half hours the various
speakers were listened to atten-
lively. Holger r. Buck intro
duced the subject by giving a Is
minute talk on the fundamental
principals of the single tax.
maintaining that this method of
taxation should be adopted.
Anker NJ. Simonsen responded to
this by argueing that the single
tax is impractical and that the
present system of taxation is the
best and most logical. From
then on anyone could express
his opinion and many took ad-
vantage of the opportunity.
IL was brought out that there
were three channels through
which it might be possible to
lessen the tax burden; namely:
through organization, reduction
of expenditures and equalization.
Considerable discussion was de-
voted TO the last method equali-
zation. From the personal prop
erty tax list published several
weeks ago il was shown that in
the village of Askov for instance
there were only 81 assessments
while il was maintained that if
an actual inventory was taken of
each residents personal property
nearly everyone would pay some
tax. and not only that but they
would be paving in proportion TO
what they really had. Further
il was shown that out of the 81
assessed only Is showed any
money and credits, yet it is
well known fact that if the as
SCISSOR obtained the actual figures
from the bank and the books of
each business house nearly every
one would and should pay at
least a small amount and quite
a number would show big
amount in the money and credits
column. Ii doesn't make much
whether we pay our
taxes out of the left or right |