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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
THE ANNUAL SCHOOL EXHIBIT

THE ANNUAL SCHOOL EXHIBIT
The annual school exhibit was
held Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day Of last week The plan of ex-
hibition was greatly modified this
year, the work of each grade was
displayed in the individual rooms
The exhibit is the only method by
which the parents can realize the
Improvement and progress accom-
plished each year by the students.
Here, not only the best work done
by the student is shown but also his
daily work and average.
The rooms were very artistically
decorated, paintings and drawings
by the art department, samples of
writing by the penmanship depart
ment and examples of the grade
school curriculum were very COM
mendable.
During exhibition week demon
STATIONS were held in the evenings.
The entertainment of Wednesday
evening was in charge of the first
four grades, Friday evening was in
charge of the high school and Thurs
day evening was in charge of the
sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
The tiny tots gave a very interest
ing penmanship demonstration and
the old fashioned spelling bee made
us think of the olden days and the
debate held on Friday evening was
enjoyed by all who attended.
The question at issue was: Re
solved that the U. S. Government
should recognize the Soviet Govern
ment OF Russia Immediately. Those
on the negative side, Mae Clegg,
Kenneth Dick and Aida Sessions
won over Charles Helm, William
Wheeler, and Russell Vance on the
affirmative side. The judges were
Mr.. Joe Bennett Mrs. Wetherell and
R. P. Harmon.
Appreciation was shown on the
part of the parents by the large num-
Der of attendants. The exhibit made
a very favorable impression on all
that were present.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
NOTICE

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that
the Board of County Commissioners
of Gilmore County, State of Idaho,
will sell at public auction to the
highest bidder the following de-
scribed property, to-wit
One Buick Roadster Automobile,
1918 Model, Factory No. 49595, Mo
tor No. 5OSsS1. Car heretofore used
by Assessor.
Terms of sale will be cash.
Place will be in front of County
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
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BIDS FOR sPRINKLING STREETS

viii be received by the under
signed, up to 8 D. m. Tuesday May
4, 1925, to sprinkle the streets Of
sprinkling District Number One.
g'he Village Board reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
A. F. ANDERSON.
Village Clerk.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
HIGH SCHOOL QUILL

Some are born great, some
achieve greatness and some have
greatness thrust upon them" The
name of the writer of this quotation
is anonymous to me but that does
not matter now.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
GRANDVIEW
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Some twenty of our people met at
the Grange Hall Monday evening to
reorganize the Grand View Fair AS
ISOLATION. The officers chosen in
eluded Mrs. NJ. spang, president,
Mrs. M. Jenkins, secretary, S. A.
Mullenix, treasurer, and an execu-
tive committee consisting of the
chairman of the eleven committees.
This committee will meet with Mr.
Ingham, chairman, next Monday
night to consider and arrange plans
and competitions among which will
be prize for the best garden, for
the most Improvement in house and
yard and for the largest number of
Maybe eggs. The Gun Club has
taken this competition over in the
interests of the small birds and the
fruits and chickens which are the
victims of the Magpies Over 1900
eggs were brought in last year and
some over 1000 are already secured
to date.
The Fair will be strictly one of
display and encouragement of our
agricultural and home interests and
along the line of live stock, poultry,
field and garden crops, flowers, home
economics, boys work, girls work.
Also it is expected that specialties
in the line of farm machinery, farm
household helps will make display.
Fine stock, more especially dairy cat
tie, will be invited from outside and
opportunity for sale of same will be
afforded.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
GIRL RESERVE MEETING

A meeting of the Girl Reserve was
held on April 81, for the purpose Of
electing officers for the coming year.
Those of the new cabinet are:
Helen Harmon-President.
Alma neutrality-suspicious..
Gladys Goodall-Secretary.
Anna Yturri-Treasurer.
At the close of the meeting Miss
Flack gave short talk on the 1925
Payette Lake Conference.
Press Committee.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Since our last impression the Bru-
neau water stage has receded very
perceptibly. Its banks are still com
ortably filled, but it no longer floods
the adjacent bottoms and its behav-
ior is in all ways respectful and
proper. 1t is even held that bold
spearmen have impaled such vast
numbers of carp to occasion the
sudden recession. Who'd have be-
lieyed such a cause could have pro-
duced such an amazing condition?
Who'd have believed, by the same
token, this or any age could have
produced such darned liar!
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
o. e. NoRELL.
Justice of the Peace.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETI-
ton for Formation of Mountain
Home Irrigation District

ton for Formation of Mountain
Home Irrigation District
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the petition of John w. Morton. ct
al, for the organization of an irri-
CATION district to be known as the
MOUNTAIN HOME IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, has been set and will be
heard by the board of county COM
missioners at their Office at Mountain
Home. Idaho, on the 18th day of
May, 1926, at 2 o'clock p. m.
1t is proposed by said petition to
purchase the irrigation systems of
the Mountain Home Cooperative IT.
rigation Company and the Gilmore
County Irrigated Farms Association,
in Gilmore County, Idaho, and the
lands covered by said systems are the
lands proposed to be included in said
district.
BY order of the Board OF County
Commissioners of Gilmore County.
Idaho.
Dated this 14th day Of April, 1925.
S. B. BLACKWELL,
Chairman.
(sEAL) F, NJ. HOBBS,
Clerk.
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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

ficials in bringing such offenders to
justice and best Of all we can, by
constant cooperation with the work
of the forest organizations, make of
every week, a Forest Week. -
Esther Longfellow
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

At the high school meeting it was
voted that we have four instead Of
three teachers next year as the num-
Der of primaries is increasing be-
ond the ability of one teacher to care
for them. This makes it necessary
to fit up another room which will be
commenced as soon as the present
term of school ends. Dr. Erken
beck was elected to succeed himself
on the Board.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
ATHLETICS

We are again looking forward to
a second tennis tournament with
Hammett. The next will be held on
May third. We expect to give the
teams from Hammett more opposi-
ton.
The opposition must come through
constant practice The practice is
to consist in learning to put over
swift serves, to cover all balls and
to make speedy returns.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Durham Smith, son of Georgia,
but a resident of Idaho since the be-
ginning of the present century, visit
ed in Bruneau during the week end,
returning to Mountain Home Sunday
Afternoon. He is decidedly enamour-
ed Of Bruneau, which he believes I'M
matched by any similar area beneath
the vast blue dome. A man of ex-
cellent discrimination is that same
Durham.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
GRADE NEWS

Mrs. Caldwell visited Miss Dolen's
room last Friday where she gave the
students short talk on China and
Japan. She had a few vases and pic
lures which she showed them.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Grange meeting Tuesday night
with new members to be initiated.
The ladies and children Of the Sun
day school are preparing an elabor-
ate entertainment for Friday with
ice cream, etc, to follow. This is
in an endeavor to clear up the debt
on the parsonage of the church and
from present outlook it appears that
about Dec. 81, we may have burn
ing Of the mortgage celebration.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Doris Norell and Marjory vande-
grift received a half day holiday for
having a perfect attendance.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Henry Johnson Tuesday morning
en- route to Mountain Home from
the Diamond A told of a four-inch
snowfall at that place, an evidence
of which in the form of unmelted
stuff covered the bed of his truck
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

The Joss Bros. have bought the
Geo. Whitson place and have put in
a herd of twenty-five dairy cows to
add to the increasing dairy herds of
the Valley and the output of the
cheese factory will be correspond
ingly increased.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

VS..
r. ~ Macdonald, Defendant.
The State of Idaho sends greetings
to the above named defendant:
You are hereby summoned to APP
pear in the above entitled Court to
be held at the Office OF o. e. Norell,
at Mountain Home, Idaho, in said
precinct, in the above entitled cause
at 10 O'Clock, a. m, upon the 18th
day of June, 1925, and answer plain
tinf's complaint on file in said Court,
or plaintiff will take Judgment
against you as prayed in said COM
plant.
This action is brought to recover
the sum OF One Hundred Twenty-Five
and 1890 ($125.7S) dollars, fur
nished &c the defendant by the plain
tiff between the Goth day of July,
1923, and the 2Sth day of February,
1924, and for costs Of suit.
Witness my hand this 30th day
OF March, 1925.
o. e. NoRELL.
Justice of the Peace.
r. w. Beckwith,
Attorney for plaintiff, residing at
Mountain Home, Idaho.
AS-MS y
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Stanton Park were
Boise visitors on Wednesday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Alida-He said l had perfect
rosebud of a mouth.
Norris-That's all right but
thought rosebuds were usually
closed.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
MRS. CANNON
WEEKS HOSTESS

Mrs. 0. e. Cannon entertained a
number of her friends last Saturday
afternoon at a bridge party After
the usual rounds of cards delicious
refreshments were served and prizes
were awarded to Mrs. Reece Harmon
and Mrs. Roscoe w. Smith.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

We regret the loss of Mr.. R. Kin
kaid, one of our older settlers, who
has sold out and gone to Middleton
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Helen IA man with lots of
money wants to marry me but l love
poor man, whatll l do?
Bess-Marry the one you love and
give me the name and address of the
other one.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

Every block has its alley, that's
why Clayton has a part in his hair.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01
BRUNEAu
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SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION
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In the Justices Court of Mountain
Home Precinct No. 4, Gilmore
County, State of Idaho. Before o.
r. Norell, Justice of the Peace.
Henry II. Eaton, Plaintiff.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

During the week we expect to
have elimination tournaments among
the students who come out for ten
mis-. The elimination will be caused
by losing two sets. This applies to
doubles as well as the singles.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-01

In the District Court of the Third
Judicial District of the State Of
Idaho, in and for Gilmore County.
James H. Brady Investment Co., a
corporation, Plaintiff,
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-05-28
Neglected fabrication
Cause of Many Squeaks

Squeaks which are hard to locate
are sometimes caused because the
spring leaves and shackles are not
fabricated. Usually there is a grease
cup or an oil hole on the shackles,
and many drivers remember to oil
here, but fail to recall that there are
bearings between the leaves of the
springs which also need fabrication.
When the car has been driven for
several months moisture is very apt
to work in between the spring leaves,
producing rust, and soon there is a
squeak There are number of ways
Of lubricating the spring leaves. There
are clamps which open them up to
permit the application of the oil and
graphite, there are inserts which pro-
vide fabrication for almost the life of
the car, and there is a device which
clamps on, which furnishes a minute
quantity of oil through a felt pad.
which is supposed to keep just enough
oil between the leaves for fabrication
and not enough to drip or collect dust.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-05-28
Estimated Annual Road
Cost Is S10,5OO.O0O

IF we should spend $1O,50OOO0
annually for the next ten years, we
could maintain in Kansas $500 miles
of state roads in an acceptable man.
ner with first class bridges and cul-
verts included" in the opinion Of
Prof. L. e. Conrad, of the civil en-
cheering department of the Kansas
State Agricultural College
Annual expenditures come under
three gs-maintenance, new
construction, and surfacing," Profess
sor Conrad explained
'The type of road, weather con-
ditIons, and character of traffic all
affect the item of maintenance. GRAY
Ell roads have big advantage over
the dirt roads for they are 365 day
travel ways. An average annual
maintenance appropriation for dirt
roads for the whole state is $500 per
mile.
1.-The cost of the other two items
will, of course, depend upon the
amount of work done. This type of
work varies widely in cost. 1t may
be from $1,000 to thousands of dol.
lars per mile"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-05-28
MOTORISTS WILL
AVOID ROAD EDGE
Much Depends on Width Of
Road, Curves, Grades and
Other Conditions.

prepared by the United States Department
of ARrcuture.)
Does the average motor car driver
keep to the right of the road as far
as possible or crowd over to the mid
die? The United States bureau of
public roads finds that the answer
to the question is affected by the
width OF the road, curves, grades,
slope Of road surface, and condition
of the surface adjacent to the pave
ment. This conclusion Is based on
observations of the habits of drivers
on highways of various kinds, widths,
and location. Points were selected
for observation and the width of the
pavement was marked off with white
paint into one-foot sections so that the
position of passing vehicles could be
observed.
Road Position Preferred.
In most cases the cars were not
passing other vehicles at the instant
of observation The investigation,
therefore, indicates the road position
preferred by the average driver. Few
0ntOhOODC OltNCAC pIClCA ROOlAlOl
closer to the edge of pavement than
21a feet and on meeting other cars
the average driver will sacrifice clear
ance rather than drive closer to the
edge that he instinctively feels to be
safe.
Truck drivers who, as a class, are
sometimes accused of being road hogs
are found by the bureau to be not
guilty. Most of them were observed
to drive foot closer to the edge Of
the pavement than drivers of motor
cars and under all circumstances they
adhered more closely to the side of
the road
Eighteen feet is found to be the
minimum width of roadway which will
permit passenger vehicles and trucks
driven in the preferential positions
to pass in safety and with reason
able amount of clearance This will
allow a distance of OF feet between
the outer wheel and the edge of the
road for automobiles and 1S feet for
trucks with 10 feet clearance be-
tween vehicles.
Shift TO Inside.
Observations on curves showed that
there Is a general tendency to shift
to the inside of the curve, particularly
by the traffic moving on the outside.
Improper banking of the road surface,
poor shoulders and steep embank-
ments on the outside of the curve all
tend to make drivers crowd to the
inside. White lines in the center of
the road were found to be very eff
fective in keeping traffic in its proper
channel
report on the investigation has
been issued by the bureau and it is
felt that the data will be helpful to
engineers in deciding on road widths
and other problems of road design.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-05-28
SYSTEM OF PAVED
ROADS NECESSARY

One of the most pressing financial
problems faced by small counties Is
the construction of system Of high
ways to take care of the increased
traffic demands. There are more than
100000 automobiles in this country
and the number Is constantly lncreas-
ing. This means that hard-surface
paving is necessary-the sort of paw
ing that will stand the wear and tear
of automobile and truck traffic.
system of paved roads Is neces-
sary; paved roads connecting paved
roads, to furnish an adequate trans
portation service that will fit the bust
ness and social needs Of the country.
The radius of motor traffic must be
heightened; highways must be pro-
vided which will enable the use of the
automobile in all communities More
improved roads are needed to help
stabilize the nations prosperity
While the necessity for paved roads
is generally recognized, there arises
another question, that Of financing the
building of an adequate road system.
Officials of small counties often are
confronted with serious highway prob
lens. Increasing traffic wears out the
roads, maintenance Of roads is exees-
sive, and the assessed valuation of
the communities does not warrant ex
penditures for a complete system Of
paved highways.
Many such communities have adopt
ed a policy of building only three or
four miles of pavement each year. The
consistent following of such a. pro
gran results eventually in a well-de-
yeloped system of improved highways
The permanent nature of these i'm
provements lowers the maintenance
expense each year, thus enabling a
gradually increasing mileage Some
counties have found 1t advisable to
build single-track pavements or 10
feet wide, placing the pavement strip
to one side of the road, so that when
traffic demands 1t and funds Justify
the expenditure, the road can be
widened to full width by paving the
remaining one-half.
Successful road construction re-
quires, first, proper preparation of a
foundation or subgrade. This usually
calls for compacting the soil where
the pavement is to be laid, and drain
ing the roadbed so that water will not
remain under the slab. Sometimes re
enforcement in the form of wire fab
ric or steel rods is embedded. This
tends TO prevent slabs from cracking
and aids in keeping cracks which do
form from opening TO any appreciabIe
extent.
Cracks are no detriment TO a road
If properly filed with tar and given
attention from time to time in keep
ing such filling in place. The cracks
act as expansion joints, opening slight
ly in cool and closing in warm wealth
er. They have no effect upon the wear
ing qualities of the pavement service.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-05-28
New Highways This Year
Enough to Circle Earth

About $4,000 miles of highway, near
Iy enough to circle the earth, are
scheduled for construction this year
by the various state highway depart
ments, reports TO the bureau of pub
lie roads show. Maintenance OF 217,,
794 miles of road also is planned.
Approximately $405, 100000 was re-
ported available for construction and
S135.000,000 for maintenance by state
departments, while it was estimated
that counties would spend approx
mately $463. 100000 for road work.
Comparison Of funds available this
year with those for preceding years
Indicated. the bureau said, that road
construction would be at about the
same rate as in 1924.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-05-28
NEGLECTING SCHOOL
CHILDREN'S EYES

THE United States public health
4 service recently examined large
group of children for physical defects.
The examination. included 9,245 native
white children between the ages Of six
and sixteen, In South Carolina. Mary
land, Delaware and New York. Espe-
cially interesting are the results of the
eye examinations.
Sixty-three per cent were found to
have normal sight in both eyes OF
the remaining 81 per cent moderate
eye defects were found in 27 per cent.
The remaining 10 ger cent, or one out
of every ten of the 9,245 children ex-
amined had only one-half or less of
normal vision.
That schoolAlife and conditions were
responsible for part of this Is shown
by the fact that the number of chill
dren with marked defects of vision at
sixteen years of age was four times as
great as those at six years old. In
other words, ten years of school life
had increased the eye defects to four
times az many as when the child en-
tered school.
The most striking part Of the report,
however, is that which deals with eff
forts which have been made to correct
these defects.
Even among the older children, those
from fourteen to sixteen years old,
only % per cent OF those needing
glasses had them. OF the children hav-
ing one-half vision or less, only 10 per
cent had any kind of glasses. OF chill
dren having as low as 3 vision or
less in both eyes only % per cent had
glasses.
1t is not strange that these children
appeared dull and had poor records as
pupils. A child who can only see one
third or one-half of what he should see
would hardly be expected to be brill
liant student. Yet these children were
all probably being blamed and scoiden
by parents and teachers for being
stupid" dull" lazy" or vicious"
when their poor little eyes couldn't see
enough to get their lessons.
Sending half-blind children to school
lis expensive and stupid. 1t is just as
much the business of school boards to
find out If the child can see as it is to
build school houses and furnish seats
and desks.
Regular eye examinations of all
school children each year would sort
out the children with defective eyes.
School authorities should then impress
parents with the seriousness of neg
lecting defective eyes. so that all chill
dren needing glasses would have them.