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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20
MASQUERADE LAST
FRIDAY EVENING

A fairly large crowd off maskers
attended the masquerade ball, given
last Friday evening in Standard Hall
under the auspices of the Mountain
Home Civic Club. Prizes were
awarded to Mrs B. q. Smith and Mrs.
Milton Helm for the most artistic
ladies costumes; to Mrs. E. F. Bick-
nell and Mrs. G. L. Whorton for the
most comic couple; to Lawrence No
yak for the most artistic mems char
acter and to G.. c. Zacher for the
most comic character A lunch was
served in the Legion Hall by the
ladies at midnight.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20
CASTLE CREEK
RANCHER IN TOWN

Fred Henderson, well known
rnacher of Oreana, was a local
visitor last Tuesday. On the return
trip Mr.. Henderson took back a truck
load of supplies to his ranch. While
in the city he disposed of a load of
chickens to the local markets. Mr..
Henderson states that the snow in
his neighborhood has practically
dried up and that the roads are in
very good condition.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20
WILL OPEN
FUNERAL PARLORS

W. D. Taliey, wife and three chill
dTen, will move to Nampa next week
from Mountain Home. Mr.. Talley
has sold out mis- undertaking busi-
ness and win open up here as soon
as suitable room is secured. He
formerly resided in Colorado City and
spent five years in Salt Lake before
going to Mountain Home.-Free
Press.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20
EAGLES INITIATE
LARGE CLASS

A class of nine candidates were
initiated into the mysteries Of the
Fraternal order of Eagles at their
meeting last Tuesday evening. Those
who were fitted to a pair of wings
at that time were the following:
w. H. Hiatt, w. H. Grove, John
Seuhen, John Hickman, Jr., Milton
Tyler, Arthur Tye, Richard Monas-
terio, and Vernon Davis.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20
LIVE WIRE
CLUB MEETING

The Live Wire Club met at the
home of Miss Doris Norell last Fri
day evening The meeting WAS called
to order by the president after which
a short business meeting was held.
The guests played games until a
late hour. when delicious refresh
ments were served by the hostess.
All reported an excellent time.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20
BOYS TAKEN TO
ST. ANTHONY

Sheriff A. A. Stevens left last We'd
nesday morning accompanied by the
two Glenns Ferry Lads, who were re-
Gently judged delinquents In Judge
Manion's court in this city and COM
mitted to the Idaho State Industrial
institution. The boys were accom-
panied on the trip by their mothers.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20
CHANGE IN OWNERS
OF REFUND CASH

M. A. Gillian, the local manager
and G. E. Labelle, of Boise, have pur
chased the Interest of o. D. Heller,
off Gooding in the Refund Cash Gro
cery of this city. The deal was closed
the last week end
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20
MRS. M. E. HOUSE
ENTERTAINS

Mrs. NJ 2. House was pleasant
hostess to the members of her bridge
club at her residence last Saturday
Afr the usual number
Of rounds of cards scores were award
ed to Mesdames X. H. Bennett and
j. W. Rowett.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-02-20

Frank Farley and family spent
in Boise with his parents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11

"There's another odd trait of these
British East African dogs was tell
ing you about. Their brood-nests are
made in hollows in the earth, deep
under ground. There two or more
females club together to occupy the
same burrow and to bring up their
pups together in it.
"That doesn't take after the ordi-
nary dog or the wolf, but the fox. The
dog and the wolf, in wild state, will
make their brood-nest in hollow
tree or under a windfall or in cave,
but they won't usually go under
ground. The fox does this-usually
stealing the use OF some woodchuck's
burrow. And the fox is only a very
distant cousin to the dog or to the
wolf. That's why it surprised me so
to learn that the wild dogs out there
dig burrows and bring up their babies
underground, as no other dog will do
If he can help it..
perhaps it's done for fear the lion
or the leopard will try to get back at
them by killing the helpless pups If
they are left exposed in an ordinary
den above ground.
"But there are wild dogs In some
wildernesses Of the world that used
to be tame dogs. A friend of mine
who spent year with surveying
party in the black mountains of Ha-
wall told me about strange tribe Of
wild dogs that live there-dogs that
live on the wild goats and other game
they can catch among the volcanic
mountain ranges. He saw only three
of them, he says. for they are crafty
and furtive.
isHe made inquiries about them and
he found they are all descended from
two or three collies that were brought
over from the United States many
years ago by immigrants. They were
tame collies and clever.
"Their masters died or else moved
back to the States and deserted their
dogs. The collies had to starve or
else revert to the Wild. They went to
the inaccessible mountains and there
made their living easily by running
down goats and deer. They multiplied
and in a few generations they were a
tribe of dogs as wild as those in Brit
ish East Africa. Do you blame them2!
I do not. Put bunch Of humans on
a desert island and leave them there
for few generations, and you'd find
they had reverted to savagery. It's
happened once or twice, so a college
professor told me-"
Copyright by the Mcknight Syndicate. Inc.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
DOING THINGS BETTER
THAN THE OTHER MAN

HAWKINS is very much concerned
IL about his sons future and the
sort of education he should have in
preparation for it. He has talked to
me good deal about 1t, and can
gather from the drift of his conversa-
ton that he Is Of the opinion that
some lines Of work offer very much
greater opportunities for advancement
than do others. He thinks that If he
can get the boy started into the latest
excursion in education his son will
surely have the open sesame to sue
cess.
what is the best thing for boy to
study now?" he asks me.
"There are no best things" l reply.
1T isn't what the boy studies, 1t is
how he studies; it isn't what he takes.
but how he does It. If he can do some
thing better than his reighbor is do
ing it, he will succeed"
Hawkins looked surprised and al
most disappointed. He was looking
for sure thing. He had evidently
L.
about writing a better book, or preach
ing better sermon, or making bet
ter mouse trap than the other man.
Sixty or seventy years ago Sarah
Nelson in little town in northern
England began to make gingerbread
to help support her family. She lived
in little three-roomed low-ceilinged
cottage in which one could hardly turn
round. Her family still lives there.
In some way she learned the knack Of
making better and more toothsome
gingerbread than anyone had yet
made. Her fame spread; people came
from long distances to buy her wares.
She became known far and wide, and
she prospered because she had done
something better than her neighbor.
Ii is generally said these days that
young people have no interest in re-
igion. that they are irreverent, and
that few of them go to church. Pos
sibly it is because the ministers have
not learned to preach. the better SER
mon than their neighbors.
A great preacher came recently to
the community in which live. Peo-
pie came to hear him from curiosity at
the outset, but those who came once
came again and again. People Of all
religious creeds, and Of no creed, peo-
pie Of all nationalities and Of all ages.
and young people especially came to
hear him because he had a real mes
sage and he knew well how to pre-
sent it.
Ii Hawkins boy will only learn to
do something well, he will get on.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
WHAT'S IN A NAME?

"W HATS in name" Shake
w speare asks, and then replies,
"a rose by any other name would
smell as sweet"
Shakespeare was usually right, but
|. he slipped up on this statement. It
isn't true. If they'd called rose a
deutzia or a calceolarius or a schi-
zanthus, it wouldn't have been the
same flower, and ten chances to one
it wouldn't have had any odor at all.
The name is a part of the sweetness.
A name has ruined or made a great
many people or businesses or. prod
ucts.
When Casey set out to carry passen-
gers from Champaign to Sadorus he
painted the name Reliance" on the
side Of his Ford. He was a poor
driver, and he wanted to develop con-
fidence. There was very much more
suggestion of safety and comfort to
his prospective customers, and the
possibility of arriving at their destina-
tion intact than If he had called the
car "Old Ramshackle"
knew a man once who struggled
for% forty years against the handicap
of a name. His mother had named
him Percy when he was a rosy infant,
and the man really never got over it.
If he had been called Bill or Tom or
George he might with less effort have
amounted to something.
The people who named the old Eng
fish ale houses knew what they were
doing. There was nothing SO COM
monplace as Zones Refreshment
Parlors" or "Andy's Cafe" They gave
them names full of suggestion. They
realized the power Of the imagination
and the financial value Of connotation.
There was the BELL and the Bottle"
suggestive Of quick and efficient serv-
Ice. There was the BIRD in the
Hand" presenting the subtle caution
that the opportunity near by might
better be taken advantage of for fear
another might not soon present ITSELF
1t reminds one of the familiar Last
Chance" of old mining days In the
West There were the BLACK Boy
and the Screen Man" and "Windsor
Castle"-names full Of mystery and
romance and with an appeal to the
Imagination which drew the weary
thirsty traveller toward the comfort
Of the house.
Dickens recognized the value of
names. Bill Sykes would have been a
different character If he had had a diff
ferent name, and Paul Dombey
wouldn't have been Paul If Dickens had
called him Augustus or Simon. His
strange weird characters are always
fitted with curious names, and the
name becomes real part of the char
acter.
Shakespeare was wrong. There Ia
a tremendous amount In name.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
Well, hero and heroine have
met. And Of course that card
will come In handy later.
tro BE CONTINUED,
Ears That Tell Ages

To ascertain the age Of horse. II
not too old. it is usual to examine its
teeth. To tell the age Of fish, re-
CARELESS of age, you look into its ear.
In the internal ear of fish there
is a little bony pocket In this pocket
Is tiny stone called an otholith, which
rolls about as the fish tips this way
and that, and SO helps 1t to know If
it is right side up. AS the fish grows
older, says writer in English Me-
chanics, the otholith grows larger, and
the age of the fish may be determined
from its size.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11

then as If propelled by some Invisible
force both went hurting in graceful
curve directly for the floating bag. 1t
seemed for an instant that Dick had
overestimated the distance, and some
thing approaching sigh escaped the
girls lips; but second later it was
changed to an exclamation of pure de-
light.
"Oh, you've got tv' she cried, clap
ping her hands.
The, hook had caught in the lacy
mesh, and as If he were hauling a
trout out of the stream Dick lifted the
bag from the water, and swung it with
| in reach of the eager owner.
IF you'll unlock my CATCH" he said,
smiling. "I'll be obliged"
Before she had the dripping bag
clear of the hook, Mr.. Blake was
mounting the steps to the dock. A
near view of the mans face was not
friendly. He was clearly annoyed.
"That was lucky throw of yours,
my man." he said "Of course, you
know fishing is forbidden on this dock,
but as you've done Miss Cutler a serv-
Ice we'll overlook that"
| He fumbled in his pocket and drew
out bill. "I'lI reward you for saving
the bag" he added "But you must
positively leave the dock, and not re-
turn. Here. take this!"
| D;nl- r~Io,noI F~o.s, khn ,,,ov,sc 60 M T.,
the bill extended to him, slow, slum-
berous anger in his eyes. Then he sud
denly smiled and took the bill. Crum-
pling it in his hand, he made wad OF
it, and deliberately thrust the hook
through it.
"This might be good bait for suck.
ers." he remarked. Anyway, I'll
try IT,"
He flung the money-baited hook back
in the water. and calmly reseated him
self on the pier. Mr.. Blake glared
furiously at him, his eyes glinting dan
gerously; but before he could speak
Alice Cutler was up the steps and BY
his side. Dick could see by the amuse
ment in her eyes that she had wit
messed the whole proceeding.
'Oh, let him fish here as long as he
wants to, Mr.. Blake" she exclaimed
impulsively. II owe him that much
Dick smiled into her eyes, but wher
she fumbled into her bag for some
thing his face grew red and hot.
"Now please don't use this for bait,
| - a
some day you may need It. It's more
than q card of introduction. I'll re
deem it in any way you ask at any
time"
| Dick looked at the white piece OF
pasteboard thrust into his hand. Il
was an ordinary visiting card. with hel
name engraved neatly across the face
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
In Valhalla and Out
By
George Ethelbert Walsh
Ocphtr y W @ spmn) sh

"Oh, dear, 1t will sink before they
get here"
At this juncture both were startled
by voice that seemed to come from
the air directly over their heads. Dick
had risen from his hiding place, and
stood in clear view on the end Of the
dock.
81 think I can get 1t for you" he
announced calmly.
They glanced up at the tall, 1.-THE
figure, as If it were an apparition, Mr..
Blake frowningly and Miss Alice with
the light of expectation in her blue
eyes; but If either thought to see him
plunge recklessly into the river the
disappointment was mutual.
Dick was calmly gathering in his
line for cast. In more than one
casting tournament he had won out
against all contestants. The bag was
floating down on the tide, fifty feet
away, sinking gradually below the sur
face as the water soaked In it.
The long bamboo pole was not the
kind he would choose for a casting
tournament, and lacking all pretense
of reel to control it, the line was
liable to whip and snarl in the wind /:
but there was heavy sinker on the
end, and Dick gagged this against the
wind before he threw.
The two below watched the hook
and sinker describe an arc in the air,
hesitate moment over his head, and
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
Science Has ReDealed
Wonders of UniUerse

The things we view in life are af-
fected by the kind Of glasses we wear.
consequently the accuracy OF our
knowledge in this world may be twist
ed and hindered by present environ
ment, education or experience. The
ancients saw the same sky as we do,
but they did not have the same rev.
citation, says the New York World.
They did not know the stars were 9th
err worlds. They thought they were
only specks of light. We know that
what we are seeing is world upon
world innumerable, right away into
infinity.
Some Of those wisps that we can
hardly see. except with the most paw
erful telescope-the light has ia IN
100000 years to come; the light +
we now see started before the
amids were thought Of. 1t is W :
derful universal You may say, "a {
that Is SEEN" Yes, 1t Is seen, but "a
very little would have stopped US 81 :
ing it. The air might have been pr-
manently opaque; we should not b
known a thing about all those wo
We should have thought this "
was all and any being better infor
than we would have said. "Wha
miserable idea Of existence those
pie have down tho L"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
The Ruby-Throat

The ruby-throat is humming bird.
It is the only hummer that makes its
summer home In the United States
east of the Mississippi river. Ere.
quently one is likely to hear that two
kinds Of humming birds have been
seen in some eastern garden. Well.
the ''two kinds" are simply the male
and female Of the ruby-throated spe-
cies.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11
uNKlND FATE

Here's a stirring story of love
and adventure by George Ethel
bert, Walsh. Oh, no; it's not the
ValieSlla of Scandinavian myth
ology, the Happy Fighting
Grounds" Of warriors slain in
battle. It's a tropical island and
the actors are Twentieth CEN
fury people, quite up to date.
And their adventures are just as
modern-and none the less ex-
citing because of that. No; no
buried treasure in this yarn; the
millions are in Wall street and
the buccaneers soperate in the
stock market. The heroine Is a
kidnapped maiden. The hero is
her brave rescuer-who receives
appropriate reward.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1925-12-11

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LIFE'S TRAIL
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK

Dean of Men. University Of Illinois.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-02-21

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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
San Antonio Girls
on Majestic Bill

Frank Fay, funny fellow. who
headlines fast-stepping bill of vaude-
vile at the Majestic Tbeater this
week. proved a prime favorite with
Sunday theatergoers, If long sustained
applause and continuous laughter are
criterions.
The headliner, however, had TO d.
vide the honors with Mildred and Luz
ellie Wiseman. The Misses Wiseman
were reared in San Antonio, and they
bring their lifting, carefree atmosphere
of the Alamo City to the stage.
Mildred tantalizes her violin to ex-
tract some tuneful, soul-stirring
strains. while Lucille's soprano voice
rounds out an net that brought down
the house Sunday afternoon.
To get back to Fay. He is a mon
ologist of the eccentric type, and his
witty remarks kept the customers
doubled up in laughter while he was
before the footlights Sunday evening
During the latter part of his act he
called upon two youngsters to add a
touch of variety to the skit. They
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Sius at Palace
Delights Audiences

Filled with thrills and action, "Tho
Unguarded Hour" starring Milton
Stills, provides excitement for the most
jaded of movie goers. at the Palace
Theater this week. Stills is presented
in a role that brings out the best in
him. ....
He takes the part of a conventional
foreign nobleman, hater Of women
who is the object of an American flap.
per's pursuit. The situations that
grow out of this setting are amazing
to the extreme.
The picture attains great dramatic
heights and is full of the ususual.
Some of the high spots Of the film
are the crash OF an airplane with n
wireless antenna: great fist fight
between Stills and two thugs and the
rescue of the heroine from drown
ing.
The locale Of the story is Sunny
Italy. Doris Kenyon plays the part
Of the flappcr sweetheart. The two
stars are supported by a capable
cast.
Four San Antonio firemen appear in
the prologue with some excellent quar-.
tet numbers. Director Don FelicC
has arranged prctty and clever
musical accompaniment.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
.S.A.PLAYHOUSES
OFFER VARIED
PROGRAMS
Comedy and Tragedy Stalk
Boards and Screens
This Week.

Diversity reigns this week in San
Antonio show houses. Both vnude-
vile and picture shows supply enter
tainment which would excite and
thrill the most jaded and cynical OF
theatergoers.
At the Majestic Frank Fay. the
funny fellow, and the Wiseman sisters
captivated the audience with their
skits.
Despite n quantity OF posing. Milton
Stills Is enjoyable in The Unguarded
Hour" and Doris Kenyon supports
him ably at the Palace. Tho city fire
mems quartet was deserving of the
applause it received Sunday.
Rudolph Valentino, supported by
Nita Naldi, is seen in his latest con-
tribution to the silent drama, at the
Empire, in Cobra"
Simon the Jester" at the Rialto is
n circus drama. Eugene O'Brien plays
the lending role. If you like Eugene,
you'll like the show.
Reginald Denny furnishes laughs
aplenty at the Princess this week in
"The Fast Worker"
"Sooey San" Is V. Il. Siner's Sc
lection for the week at the Royal,
featuring the Royal Follies Company.
Jack Hoxie holds up the screen half
Of the program.
"The DEVILS Cargo" showing Wal
lace Berry, is scheduled for return
showing at the Plaza this week.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Empire Shows
Valentino Picture

Empire Tbeater this week is pre-.
senting two OF the screens most pop
ular exponents OF the wiies and ways
Of modern romance in its feature of.
fering.
Rudolph Valentino, supported by
Nita Naldi, is being shown in his la
test contribution to the silent drama
The play is entitled Cobra" and
draws its name from the words of the
star, who in the role of q young Ital.
ian count, declares that some won n
have a fascination for him as a cobra
fascinates panther.
The first part of the play presents
some quaint scenes of Italian life with
a portrayal of the early tendencies
Of the. count, toward a life Of TO
nance.
1t then turns to New York, where
he finds his true love among the many
budding romances of the New World
metropolis.
Valentino as the count and Mia
Naldi rs the woman who fascinates
the young count as cobra fascinates
n panther, give their usual interesting
Interpretation Of the parts TO which
they are assigned.
The play Is full of action and has
its humorous touches 10 relieve its
strongly dramatic current Of life.
Bassett's Band presents an inter.
esting novelty in Interruption, and
Norman Stocker and William Muth
unite in giving another novelty called
mighty Blue"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
Strange Plant, Growing
Here, Demonstrates
Fertility Of Soil.

Nothing new under the sun, Ell?
Well take a look at this strange
plant. growing in the yard Of Mrs.
X. u. Davis, 24S Gladstone avenue.
It's cactus, but a species entirely
new to this region, the nome OF the
cactus.
/ Its growth shows the fertility of
San Antonio's soil The plant is now
seven feet tall, and is still growing.
In time Mrs. Davis believes it will
reach height Of 40 or so feet.
The plant originally came from
Belgium and has been carefully tended
by Mrs. Davis. Next June it is sched-
uled to bloom. these plants blossom
ing when they arc seven years old
and continuing each season thereafter.
The blooms are q bright crimson,
Mrs. Davis said.
Mrs. Davis hobby is plants and
flowers. Among her many specimens
she has n cactus devoid of thorns. 1t
is known as the Redbird cactus be-
cause Of its blossoms which are strik-
ingly similar to a red bird.
Aside from her cactus beds Mrs.
Davis has winter blooming roses in
profusion.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1925-12-07
REMAND 3 TO JAIL
IN DEFAULT OF BAIL

Grin J. Hardy, Homer L. Getchell
and Harry McBain, held in connection
with the robbery of II. D. Warren, ser
vice car driver, at Fort Sam Houston
Sunday, were .remainded to Jail in
default of $1,000 bond each, set by
United States Commissioner Il. L. Ed
wards.
The three were charged with rob-
berry on a government reservation.
The men were taken before Com
missioner Edwards. Sunday morning,
and all waived preliminary hearing.
Grin ]. Hardy, charged with I'M
lawfully possessing altered obligations
of the United States, was placed I'M
der $1,000 bond by Commissioner Ed
wards, Monday.
Hardy was arrested by postal in
spectors and Ed Tyrrell, in charge OF
the San Antonio office of the Secret
Service, following the recovery of S135
worth Of war savings stamps. An eff
fort to dispose of the stamps at an
East Houston street loan office is
alleged to have been made.
Jim Hum. charged with possession
of property designed for the manufac-
ture of liquor, made $500 bond before
Commissioner Edwards, Sunday.
HUM was arrested as the result of an
automobile accident in the 1000 block
of Nogalitos street. On the bed of the
truck he was driving prohibition
agents found 70-gallon still and cop
per coil.