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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
DRILLING RESUMED
At CITY WELL
Quite Likely That Opera
tions Will Be Resumed In
The Next Week At The
Municipal Well

Members of the city council Sc
cured the services of A. M. Piper, OF
the Bureau of Mines and Geology OF
the University of Idaho to make a
report on the artesian condition in
this section the forep6rt of the past
week. Mr.. Piper made an exhaus-
tive survey Of local geological con-
ditions and stated that in his opin-
ion that there was about an even
chance of securing a coed flow at the
well and that it seemed folly to aban-
don the hole when they were within
striking distance in view of the large
expenditure that has already been
made. He also made a trip to the
hot springs north of town and stat
ed that the source of supply was
from a large hot pool which reached
the surface through assures in the
rock and that should this flow be
encountered the stream would seek
the same level as at the spring,
which is $40 feet higher than the
city we'll Mr. Piper, when ques-
toned relative to the more shallow
flows which have been encountered
in the well, stated that in his opin-
ion they were not worthy Of consid-
Grafton as during the dry season
these flows would also be depleted
and no assurance could be given OF
a permanent flow.
The Village Council have before
them now proposition made by
James .O'Connor, the driller at GER
tain figure per foot with the guar
antee that he would leave clear
hole and would be able to clear out
The pipe and bit that are now inn
Dedded in the bottom. 1t is the plan
should the work be continued to
-eam the hole out to 10 inches and
his would facilitate the recovery Of
he lost tool and the damaged pipe.
It is likely that meeting Of the
,ity dads will be held within the
lext few days at which time their
uture action will be definitely de-
ided.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
ASK FOR CLOSING
OF NEARBY STREAMS

Petitions were presented this week
by the Izaak Walton League to the
State Game Warden asking for the
closing of Canyon, Syrup and Long
Tom Creeks to fishing for the next
two years. The petitions were
signed by every property owner
along the streams and an effort viii
be made to secure fry to re-stock.
This move was taken by local sports
men owing to the fact that the
streams dried up last year and the
supply of fish necessarily greatly de-
pleted.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
DISTRICT ELECTION
ON JUNE 18TH
Election Solely For Purpose
Of Formation Of District
And Election Of
Directors

There seems to be some miscon-
ception locally relative to the real
purpose of the election which will
be held on June 18th by the water
users of the Mountain Home Irriga-
tion District. This election is sole
ly for the purpose of authorizing the
formation of the district and for the
election of three directors who Will
act in the capacity of a governing
board, and not for the purpose Of
authorizing any bond issue.
After the election of June 18th,
should the water users decide to
form the district and elect their Of
ficers, there will be another election
held, which will be called by the di-
rectors for the authorization of a
bond issue for the purchase of the
Gilmore County Farms and the Noun
tain Home Cooperative irrigation
systems, should the owners of these
systems make proposition which
is considered for the benefit of the
consolidation.
t. The coming election is the fret
step and will provide only way for
taking over the systems providing
they can be secured on satisfactory
terms. In practice it has been found
that an irrigation district lis the
most practical vehicle to maintain
an irrigation system. Don't forget
the date of the election, June 18th.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
CAMPAIGN OPENS TO-DAY
TIME NOW TO GET BUSY
Few Are Active--Others Are Waiting None
Should Lose Amy Time For 1t Is Valuable
If You Have Been Waiting Join
Active Ones

for the whole campaign will be
found on page six in the advertise
ment. Ask for votes when paying
your subscription at the Office
HOW TO START
You viii find on page 6 a Nomin-
alton Coupon. Clip this out and fill
it in with your name and address,
or you may send in a friends name.
This starts you off with 10000 votes.
You will also find an Opportunity
Coupon good for 100000 votes when
sent in with one of your first sub
scriptions. Only four of these al
lowed to any one candidate. This
Continued on page two)
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
LOCAL ATTORNEY
DIES SUDDENLY
j. G.. Watts, Well Known
And Honored Resident
Dies On Sunday
Morning

Mountain Home and all of Elmore
County was greatly shocked last
Sunday morning when the news was
received to the effect that our well
known townsman, Attorney ]. G.
Watts, had passed away during the
early hours at his home in this city.
Mrs. Watts had gotten up to pre-
pare breakfast and upon calling to
her huhband was unable to arouse
him and after calling in neighbors
it was found that he had passed
away possibly four or five hours be-
fore the discovery was made. He
was victim of paraletic stroke.
James G. Watts was one of the
pioneer attorneys of Idaho, being at
the time of his death 81 years Of
age and resident OF the state since
1890. He was always prominent in
community life, having served one
term as senator from Owyhee coun-
ty and city attorney for this village
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
RIsHop coNFIRMs cLAss

Bishop Conan was in Glenns Fer
ry Wednesday and confirmed a class
of three, c. D. Wicher and Elizabeth
and Kathryn Frietag. The Bishop
delivered an interesting talk to the
parents and children. A 6 O'Clock
dinner was served at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Montgomery. The
guests were: Bishop Conan, Father
Michael of Mountain Home, Father
Beuchler the resident Priest, and
James Purtill, one of the trustees of
the church,
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
RETURNS FROM
CONVENTION

]. S. Bennett returned Saturday
from Pocatello where he attended
the Grand Chapter OF Royal Arch
Masons as the representative Of the
local Chapter here, He reports a
most interesting and instructive
meeting and while there received the
Council and Super Excellent De-
grees. Pocatello being the only place
in the state where the latter Degree
can be conferred.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
BONDING CASE IN
DISTRICT COURT
Greater Part Of Week Con
sumed In The Introduc-
tion of Records in the
County Case

The time of the District Court
since last Monday has been taken up
with the introduction of records, fl
es, cancelled checks and volumnious
other matter from the Office of the
county treasurer during the term Of
Florence E. OMAHA, in the case of
Elmore County versus Miss OMAHA
and her bonding companies for the
recovery Of a shortage in the funds
of that Office aggregating $9500. Ow-
ing to the fact that there IS a dispute
between the two bonding companies
as to just where the shortage oc-
Cured whether in the funds Of the
treasurer or the tax collector, it has
been necessary for Gilmore county to
take the matter into the courts in
order to recover.
Very little of interest to the or
dinary layman has taken place dur
ing this suit as it deals mostly in
figures and the story is told more
through the records that have been
submitted than through Individual
witnesses, in fact nothing has been
brought out by any of the witness
es OF sensational character and
each session has been uninteresting
and dry as the evidence has dealt
almost exclusively with figures, Of
flee routine and legal technicalities.
The first witness called was Coun-
ty Auditor f. NJ. Hobbs followed by
Deputy County Treasurer Bert Smith
James O'Neill and G. c. zacher, both
of whom were employed in the of
dce OF Miss OMAHA during part of
her term. These gentlemen identi-
fed records, which were submitted
as exhibits In the case and gave a
general resume of the routine OF the
)flice work. Mrs NJ. %, Longfellow,
who proceeded Miss OMAHA in the
,fIice OF County Treasurer was CALI
ID to the stand and she identified a
receipt which she had received from
Mss OMAHA for the funds of the Of
Ice at the time that she turned them
yer to her successor. On Wednesday
.fternoon Roy Defenbaugh, one of
he county's auditors was on the
tand. r. w. Smith and Mrs. Ruby
brady were also witnesses as was
Deputy County Auditor Frank w.
,ttenheimer.
In this controversy, Miss o'Malia
represented by l.. B. Green, the
'idelity & Deposit Company by F.
:. Wyman, OF Boise; the National
urety Company by Hawley & Haw-
~, of Boise, whose firm Is represent
d by o. w. Worthwine and Sam s.
,mffin. Mr.. Wyman is accompanied
y the Adjuster of the Company, Mr..
inney and also Auditor Howard
nell, of Nampa. The case Of Eli
Iore County is being presented by
ounty Attorney r. w. Beckwith
nd b. w. Oppenheim, OF Boise.
Attorneys in the case predicted
lat all of the evidence would not
= submitted to the court before
ext Saturday and possibly would
-ag over until Monday.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
0. E. S. CELEBRATE ANNIvER-
SARY

Members of the Order of o. E. s.
celebrated the third anniversary OF
the lodge last Thursday evening. All
members and husbands were invited.
Many came in costume and a jolly
time was enjoyed by all present. A
banquet was served which consisted
of many good eats. Mrs. Joe Mon
roe, the matron, cut the cake that
displayed three red candles.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
RAsEBA.L GAME SUNDAY

The u P. Club baseball team of
Glenn's Ferry played the Pocatello
U. P Club team last Sunday after
noon on the home diamond The
score was 6-S in favor of the Ferry.
Music was furnished by the Glenn's
Ferry band.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
CHANCELLOR TO
VISIT K. OF P.

Archie Butler, county clerk OF
Lincoln County, was an arrival in
the city last Monday from Shoshone.
Mr.. Butler is making his official
visits to the Knights of Pythias
lodges throughout the state and will
visit the local lodge next Monday
evening.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
ARRANGE FOR THE
MASONIC PICNIC

A committee consisting Of w. M.
Winkler, VIM. Wilson and r. w.
Beckwith made the trip to Glenns
Ferry last Tuesday evening to attend
the meeting OF the Masonic Lodge
at that city and make arrangements
for the annual Masonic Picnic.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
IMPROVEMENTS AT
LOCAL CEMETERY

Inasmuch as considerable Of the
lawn was killed last summer as re-
suit Of the drouth, the cemetery
board has decided to re-seed the
greater part Of that property.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
EXCELLENT BAND

Much praise and credit is due the
boys of the Glenns Ferry band.
Through their efforts they have an
organization that any community
should be proud to claim. Every
progressive community in the coun-
try supports an organization OF this
sort and it is with considerable pride
that the residents of this city watch
the rapid progress of their band.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29
NEw sERvIcE STANTON

Work has been started at the cor
ner of First Avenue and Commercial
St. for the service station to be in
stalled by the Gen. State Oil Co.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-05-29

Continued on page two)
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
A Contemplate Insult

The part Of Cooidge address congress dealing with
question of the Philippines becomes all the offensive when
consider the fact that this there is in this country
mission striving realize freedom those haassed islands,
less brutal craftsmanship than that which characterizes the dollar
diplomacy the United States would have least
the courtesy due representatives another tho
unfortunate to be victims of Imperialism
When Fipino journey here pleading for liberation from
oppessOr the reply deprive legs
are that sometimes check against the arrogant
the general Here is the reply of Coolidge the Philippine
mission:
"From Indications
authority should be the will
efforts administration
which
people seItsovenment ultimate
Examples of such administration
the people those unfortunate islands quarter
The wholesale hanging rapne
the wholly delightful uplifting examples the government
of the United States
We who Cooldges address,
of the the islands
1t 1928 before the American chamber
Manila that Major General a. Wood governor general
the islands, said
Fuipinos rapidly approaching government
define stable namely, GOVERNMENT UN-
FOREIGN CAPITAL INVESTS AT
Evidently the Fpnos permit themselves
manaced that foreign capital ordinary
profit Then there opening fields profit
in the rubber industry which will convince Coolidge
preparation than formerly anticipated necessary
self government" foaIl
method the convincing
in of Philippine independence is for the Fpnos
and take by scOurgng the Tant Wood and his the
islands
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
injunction Judge Challenges Chicago Labor

will have to thing over again. The
injunction is too good a weapon for
capitalists to give up or to have any
limitations set upon. To them it
means little whether the injunctions
are issued by so-called good" or bad"
judges. The chief objects of injunc-
tions are to, whenever necessary, limit
or completely do away with the rights
of free speech, free press and free as
semblage of workers of their right to
strike and function as an organized
body.
The first Injunction were used mere
ly to restrict the right to picket struck
plants. Then, the judicial DEGREES at
tempted to abolish that right alto
gether. AS the workers resistance
became weaker the bosses became
holder and the injunctions were used
to completely prohibit strikes as in
the Hitchman case, and more outrage
ously in the case of the injunction is
sued by Judge Wi1kerson against the
striking railroad shopmen in 1922,
taxing away altogether their rights
to function in an organized manner.
The injunction evolution continued.
One case issued by 9udge Carpenter
in the Mitchell Bros. company case in
Chicago went to the extreme limit of
forbidding organizers to ask workers
to join the union, although there was
no strike in progress. And now Judge
Sullivan, finding an obstacle in his
way, simply declares the injunction
limitation law unconstitutional.
A Dangerous Tendency
It is not to labor's credit to make
attempts to pattern this outrageous
practice of the bosses. Recently the
Chicago District Council of Carpenters
applied in Judge Foells court for an
Injunction against the "Citizens Com
mittee." Once befor they made
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12


who have remained true to the nation
al cause, as well as the radical intel
ligentzia, have nothing left but to
follow the working class whose fight
is wrecking the forces of imperialism
THIS working class, mercilessly ex-
l. plotted, especially by foreign cap
ital and laboring under the double
yoke of class and national oppression,
is revolutionary in spirit, and has
displayed splendid fighting capacities
right from the start. It's determined
struggle, more than anything else,
awakens and puts into motion the
Chinese masses, reverberates far
beyond the boundaries of the particu-
lar city or province, arouses the entire
vast country, moulds its public opin-
ion and transforms the Chinese mass
es into a Chinese nation. There is, of
course, no contradiction in the fact
that this same struggle of the working
class results also in rapid differen-
tiation and division within this nation
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12

mendation for judicial elections fol-
lowing shortly thereafter to elect
good" judges in place of bad" judges
on either of the old capitalist tickets.
This dispite the fact that the only OPP
position ticket in the field, that of the
socialist party, contained full slate
of candidates, majority of them trade
union members, some of them having
formerly been on the Federation Ex-
ecutive Board. Since that recommen-
dation some of these good" judges
who were actually elected, have shown
their ability to- use the injunction
weapon as efficiently as any of their
predecessors.
The Injunction limitations act
adopted by the Illinois legislature last
year records another effort precisely
as futile. The expert lobbyist Jimmie
Walker, president of the State FEEDER
alton, worked diligently for consid-
cradle time to have such bill adopt
ed. 1t became a splendid opportunity
for number of capitalist Legislators
to put an appearance OF favorable to
labor" They had been in the game
before and knew that even if such a
bill was enacted it would mean only
a scrap of paper in actual practice
And that is today the great achieve
ment of Jimmie Walker and those who
helped him.
Bosses "slt Pretty"
The bosses knew that they need not
fear defying such legislation brought
about by the result of lobbying and
they let Judge Sullivan proceed with
out any apprehension. 1t would be an
entirely different matter, however, if
this legislation had been brought about
as a result of the mass pressure of the
workers by the workers acting polite
ally independent of the capitalist par
ties. The bosses would use far great
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12

similar application without success,
the Honorable" Judge merely de-
clared that many of the things done
by the defendant CtCitizens Commit
tee') had better remain undone. AL
though the odious record of this So
called "citizens" outfit is we'll known,
attempts by labor to adopt the ipjunc-
ton practice can only have serious
reactions. For not only is the injunc-
ton weapon extremely dangerous in
it's direct application against the work.
ers, but also on account of the recog-
milton it gives to the capitalist con-
trolled courts to become partners in
the settlement of industrial disputes.
The Kansas industrial court, Gre
ated by Governor Allen, was conceived
on precisely the same basis, even tho
it went one step further and assumed
complete jurisdiction in settling indus
trial disputes. 1t was hailed as a saw
Tor by the parasites everywhere. Gov
ernor Allen was boosted as a new
Mussolini, one who would finally re-
lieve the bosses of any worries in con-
nection with strikes, because such
would no longer take place. The
working class chains were forged
complete.
What Are Good Capitalist Judges? Z
That industrial court law was de-
feated only by the hGroic struggle of
the coal miners, under the leadership
of Alexander Howatt. Aside from this
one glorious example little or nothing
has been done by the trade union
movement to defeat the injunction
practice. It is true that almost two
years ago a Labor Committee on In
functions" was created by the Chicago
Federation of Labor, under the official
tutelage of Samuel Gompers. After
much hard" labor this committee
brought forward nothing but a recon-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
ARTICLE TX.
BY L. HELLER.

HOWEVER, the conditions in China,
IL from the point of view of the re-
lationship of the class forces, largely
resemble the position of pre-revolu-
tionary Russia. Precisely because
such an overwhelmingly important
place in the mining, metal, railway,
shipping and textile industries and in
the banking. is held by foreign cap
ital, precisely because of all this, the
Chinese industrial bourgeOisie is so
weak. The Chinese industrialists quite
frequently function also as compra-
doris, that is middle-men, catering foi
the foreign capitalists and finding thi'
an additional source Of self-enrich.
ment.
This double role played by the
Chinese industrial bourgeoisie lessons
its Importance still further in the ma
tional movement. For it is clear that
only a really industrial bourgeoisi,
can become the promoter of a nation
alist emancipation movement, Will
the comprador capitalists are onl
humble servants Of Imperialism. Thi
weakness is the only explanation O..
the political popularity Of China.
where the native bourgeoisie has not
as yet produced any definite political
organization with a definite program
and platform, comparable even with
those OF India and Japan Yet the
growing power Of the commercial and
industrial capitalists finds its political
expression In their ever-growing con
troll over the party of the Kuoming.
tang, whose right wing has been
breaking loose from the national
revolutionary movement and seeking
a compromise with Imperialism. Tho
small In number, these elements are
very powerful. They constitute the
nucleus Of the Chinese chamber OF
commerce in Shanghai, which even
as far back as NJune, was already
trying to find the means whereby they
could put an end to this troublesome
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
The Manifesto Against Coolidge

The manifesto Of the Central Executive Committee of the
Workers Communs) Party published yesterday THE DAILY
WORKER besides being devastating reply the pgy president
who megaphOne Imperialism indicates the
political maturity of the Workers Party Masteru in its analysis
written any worker
the manifesto deals with every point enuncated by the president
rips the veil of patudnous lies the speech
and farmers.
TO be Immediately published in fOurpage eafe it should be
distributed by the millions the workers and farmers of the
United States, that they party
tends their interests against the vicious being prepared
by the rapacous capitalist class.
The Coolidge that extends the entacles of
peram of the earth There the
challenging should reach the colonial translated their
language
As opposed the Coolidge the perpuatiOn of the
rule of the capitalist class the Workers (COmmunst Party
the exploited program that starting
point for effective resistance that will eliminate that
ton of force necessary the political capitalism
in this country tottering its fall.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
BY AG. KoNoNovA.
white.Russlans baltic RaIIwax.vl

NWnite-huSsian Baltic Railway
+ WAS born in Moscow in 1881 My
4 mother was aundress and had
cur children She was widow and
had naturally a hard time of it.
at thanks to my mother | was able
0 study and went thru the municipal
school. When | was twelve years old
started work also in laundry.
married when ] was %.
My husband was a working man, and
like most working men under the old
regime, was wont to drink He was
very quarrelsome When children
came, our misery was great Quar-
rels and even fights were the order Of
the day, and in fact my life was as
dull and hard as the life of most work
ing women. In 1914. my husband died
and left me with four children to
bring up. But did not despair, for
he had never been a good bread-win-
ner. did laundry work at home.
THEN came the great year-1917.
To us workers, this is memorable
year. We turnedianother page of our
lives, and then there came the strug-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-12-12
The Trapper Boy.

like mass peasant organization
A great part is still played by the
very large petty bourgeoisie of the
Chinese cities. composed of impover-
ished artisans, small traders and to
some extent, of the proletarianized
intelligenzia who supply the main
forces of the Kuomingtang party. The
recent events have. shown that these
small business men of the city, consti-
tuting the majority of the urban
population, follow the lead of the
proletariat. The commercial and in
dustrial bourgeoisie, both on economic
grounds (the common interests, be-
tween the compradors and the foreign
capitalists) and on political grounds
(the fear of the growing consciousness
and organization of the working class)
are rapidly and resolutely quitting the
nationalist revolutionary movement,
thus deserving effectively, to the
camp of Imperialism. The petty-bour-
geoisie and those of the middle class