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, 1925-01-23
FIRE IN THE CENTRAL
SCHOOL EXT|NGU|sHED
WITHOUT DAMAGE HERE


Fire, which at six o'clock Thurs
day evening threatened a serious
connagration at the Central school,
was extinguished by prompt action
by the janitor, Angus Morrison. Be
ing in the downtown district, the
blaze attracted several hundred PEG.
pie within a few minutes but the
fire was out before the arrival OF the
majority Of them.
Tho conflagration started in the
waste paper chute and vas noticed
first by Morrison who was working
on the top floor. He promptly turned
on the hose. had his wife telephone
for the fire department and had
the fire under control before the lat
ter could arrive.
, 1925-01-23
Market Gossip
Oil Summary.

80
Standard Oil OF Indiana iucrca.-
cd gasoline ono cent a gallon.
Humble OIL advances East Central
crude oil 10 cents a barrel to si.5o.
The Texas company met advance.
Offering OF sl2 1905 900 MID Con-
tinont Pete. corporation first mort
gage 10 year sinking fund gold
bonds at e7s and accrued Interest
to yield over 6.34 per cent TO ma
lurity.
Phillips Petroleum contracts sals
OF about 10 900 barrels crude to Al,
lantic rofineries. Production In
Mid Continent approximates $1,000
barrels daily.
cosden and company report for
nine months ended September 80.
1924, shows net income Of t~l.o47,2a2
after depreciation and depletion but
before interest and federal taxes.
Standard oil OF New Jersey I'D
vanced price of gasoline , cents a
gallon in North and South Carolina,
virginia., West Virginia, Maryland.
District OF Columbia, and ~ cents
In New Jersey. This brings tank
NdbVV lfi'tp loul SonlpanJ ,
territory, 16 cents net.
Magnolia Pete. company has ad-
vanoed crude oil in Oklahoma. Ar
kansas and Texas 80 cents u barrel
for highest gravity oils, Lower
gravities also wero advanced and IA
new schedule OF grades posted. New
prices are under rs gravity. rs cents
barrel.
Corning crude advance 20 cents
a barrel.
output OF WORKMAN pool has de
creased TO 5000 barrels a day. It
recently was above 100, 900 barrels.
Standard OIL OF Kentucky ad.
vancos gasoline 2 to J cents
throughout Its territory.
Thought that the Shell Union Oil
dividend will be increased or an OK
ira dividend declared at tho end OF
the February sra quarter,
Bradford district Pennsylvania
crude oil advanced IS cents a bar
rel.
, 1925-01-23
WOOL TRADE SHOWS
! HESITANT TREND IN
WEEK JUST ENDING
Testing Tim eFollowing Rapid Increase in Prices
at Hand in Large Markets; Current
Business is Small

BOSTON, Jan. 23.-rhe Com
nerciai Bulletin will say:
The wool markets OF the world
are In a somewhat hesitant frame
of mind at the moment. the testing
time for which many have looked
forward. having arrived. It remains
to be seen whether the strong sta.
tistical position Of wool or the re-
sistance of buyers. Cue to the pres
ent high price level, will prevail.
Current business on Summer street
is of minimum proportions, al.
though the manufacturers are by
no means disinterested in tho cur
rent offerings.
THE foreign markets are fairly
strong as. regards cross bred but
somewhat vaccilating on Merinos.
, 1925-01-23

The London sales are draggipg
along in a very dull name with
heavy Withdrawals OF spectators
woods. London. still. however. Is
slightly the dearest market in the
world. Little new is heard from
the west where the National Wool
Growers convention has been oc-
cupying the thoughts OF the grow.
ers almost exclusively.
initial showings Of heavyweight
goods by the American WOODEN com.
pany r expected either February
8 or 0. with prices likely to show a
five to 10 per cent advance over six
months ago on the present cost OF
labor and raw materials.
"Mohair is steady on limited re-
quest"
, 1925-01-23
SERVICES At :
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN !
CHURCH ARE FEATURED

For several weeks special atten-
ton will be given In the First Pros
byterian Tabernacle to the evening
services, with programs OF great in.
terost to the public. Sunday, Jan.
25th the subject will be Immortal
ity and Every Day Life" On Feb
ruary LIST the elders OF the church
will conduct the service. Business
men are especially invited to this
service. On February s the West
minister Guild will have charge. The
Guild has a large membership of
business girls and teachers and has
much fine intent among their mum.
Der. February 10 will be Ladies'
Aid night. with a fine program show
ing what tho women OF the church
are doing. This society has the
largest membership of all tho socie.
ties of tho church. Members will
have part In the program. Febru.
airy 22nd there viii be a sacred mus.
ical by the large choir directed by
Miss Jessie Mao Agnew, with Mrs.
Edna Thomas accompanist. All
services will begin atr7:30 p. m. and
will include fine musical numbers.
For results try a Tribune Classi.
, 1925-01-23
CASPER YOUTH CAUGHT
WITH STOLEN AUTO

Joseph Feete. North Casper youth.
arrested last night by the Eheriff's
office while he was joyriding In an
automobile belonging to Hal curran,
local attorney, is being held and
grilled today to find out II he has
had any connection with the two To-
cal grocery store robberies this week.
Peete was caught last night a mile
west Of Evansville and Is said to
pave implicated Joseph yaIdes In the
car theft. Valdez was arrested at a
local dance hall a short time later
and is also being held In connection
with the robbe1es.
Peete has been in trouble with the
authorities before and is now out on
a parole from the district court.
, 1925-01-23
Oil s. Finance :: Bonds 3 Stocks !: Grain s. Livestock s. All Markets

fixed. Then. climbing into
cockplts. we settled down for a
vacation near longitude 5 deg
and 2 minutes west and so deg
and 40 minutes north.
"We were Just about midway
tween the nearest points from wi
help might come. Our oil PIT
could hardly have picked out a II
remote spot In which to let us do
Knowing the approximate locati
Of both the Blllingsby and the r
mond. Ogden and ! figured that
very earliest we might expect /
would be late In the Afternoon.
course. II fog settled down over
there would be no telling when
would be picked up. Fearing I
fog might nus US to be marooi
for several days, we decided lot
drink our meager supply of fr
water and not to eat u emergei
rations until driven to It by hun
and weakness.
ut was exactly 1886 a. m. wi
VIC landed on the water. Two no
went by during which we saw
living thing. not ave a porpois'
only those cold. gray swells II
kept US from having a homer
peace. The waves looked mo-
tain high as they rolled toward
Only the superb workmanship q
the strength OF the materials VIII
Donald Douglas had put into tn,
cruisers prevented tho Boston FRI
being knocked TO pieces within
hour.
"The first sign OF life that we s,
was n sea gull. As II swoop
down to have a look at us we {.
a bit like Noah and the inmates
tho ark must have felt when I
dove came back the first tin
Hank remarked that We must
near land or we would not be soeil
any birds, but I pessimisticaily 6
sured him that gulis fly many hu
dreds of miles out to sea-
Missed by Rescue Ship
Nevertheless 1t was oomfortii
to even sec one bird and we felt TIL
wo at least had one friend in N
part Of the world. As We drift
about tho ocean tho waves won
carry us farther away from 4
bird. But after we had drifted iii
yards or so the gull would taxi c
and come alongside again.
II urged Hank to get a bit
sleep because / knew that we mig
have TO take turns all through Il
night. So he curled UP in his coo
pit while I kept a lookout. Abo
2 o'clock. away Off on the horiI,
to the starboard, 1 saw a wisp
smoke, Shouting to Hank
crawled out on tho top wing NJ
waved n sheet OF canvas while
fired flares with the Very pistol. 4
though this boat remained In sig
for a half an hour, and although '
slgnnlled frantically ali that tim
our efforts were In vain.
up to this moment our spiri
had been high. We had felt su
that It would not DO long before
boat would pick us up. But nc
we realized that a ship had to
fairly close In order TO see US, b
cause we were such q tiny spes
bobbing about o1t there on that grs
expanse OF water. A drizziy RAJ
and fog started closing In on
from the northwest. and the wir
was picking UP fast. SO VIC bega
to wonder Just what our fate W.
going 10 be. Never IN our lives ha
either OF us felt SO lonesome. so u
teriy helpless, Had we been
m%idoceon in a rowboat It wouldn
have been SO bad, because than "
at least could have kept our bod,
warm and II minds occupied /
rowing"
, 1925-01-23
SUGAR

NEW YORK. Jan. 2s-No changes
were reported In list prices OF re-
fined sugar which ranged from 500
to se.25 for fine granulated. but some
business was accepted below these
levels. Trading was light. Refined fu.
lures were nominal.
, 1925-01-23
HURl LIQUOR
FROM AUTOMOBILE ON
OFFICERS APPROACH

When traffic officers slipped up
on a car driven by two youths still
In their teens. last night at C and
Mckinley street. they expected to
arrest them for driving with only
ons light.
The car stopped. q crash OF glass
was heard and the officers assert
n OF he lads threw a gafion jug.
containing liquor on the pavement,
Both arc being held on the more
serious charge Of violating the Il.
quor laws.
Total arrests for traffic violations
yesterday afternoon and evening
amounted to 10.
, 1925-01-23
POTATOES

CHICAGO. Jan. 2a,.-Potatoes
early morning trading moderate:
market firm; receipts 72 cars: total
L. s.. Shipments oa6; Wisconsin
sacked ana bulk round whites
Nlo1i.20; fancy shade hisher;
North Dakota sacked round whites
N,foi Idaho sacked russets s2..4s
qSs.6o.
, 1925-01-23

OF from Scspa Flow. TAXED over
tho submerged banks of tho soup.
pered German fleet. and amid tho
cranking the movie cameras. the
shrill whistles OF steamers, and the
cheers Of the weather beaten ork.
ney fishermen. they flashed over
cirkwail. and wero off for Iceland.
There was a stiff breezee on our
tall and were were clipping It off at
, 1925-01-23

n hundred miles an hour" said
Les" Arnold. Leigh aiwayr flew
at our right and kept the Boston n
few yards astern. By turning u
heads Just tho least bit we could
keep tab on Wade and Ogden.
But about II o'clock / glanced
around. and the Boston had vanish
cd. 1t had besn there just a mo.
ment before. 30 we looked around
, 1925-01-23
MONEY

NEW YORK. Jan. 2a,-can mon
ey firwsr; high 9; low 0; ruling rate
3; closing bid q; offered at az: last
loan 8; call loans against accept
ances az; time loans steady: mixed
collateral 5000 days 3h93x; As
months 3% o.; prime commercial
paper 3h Q3%.
, 1925-01-23
Globe CircLer
Is ForcedDoun
In Rough Sea
Companion Plane Carries Mems of Dis
aster to Destroyer in Securing Aid
for Helpless Crew
by LOWELL THOMAS.

Copyright, BY tho Chicago Tribune Newspapers Syndicate and the No
Ciure Newspapers syndeata
Anxious to catch up with Nelson and Harding, who had
flown through to Iceland after their miraculous escape from
death in the fog, Flight Commander Smith and Licuts.
Wade, Arnold and Ogden were up early next morning.
From the appearance of the sky at Kirkwall it was an ideal
day for flying, and at 9:18 the Chicago and Boston took
, 1925-01-23
SILVER

NEW YORK. Jan. ss.-Bnr sIl.
yer 6sx. Mexican dollars s2ts.
, 1925-01-23

CHICAGO. Jan. e3.-Butter high
or; creamery extras 37c; standards
37c; extra firsts ss15she; firsts
34h So c; seconds 324s5hc.
Eggs higher; receipts 1855 cases;
firsts 5th ab5ei ordinary fIrsts 5oa
bic; refrigerator firsts s4045c.
, 1925-01-23
Flour.

Flour.
MINNEAPoLIs. MINI, Jan. 20.
Flour 10 TO zoe higher. family
patents Q .90a10.1o. Bran. $4,000
u. 90.
, 1925-01-23
NEWS AND QUOTATIONS BF LEASED WIRE
WHEAT PRICES
SCORE GAINS
Advance Of Cent a Bushel
Witnessed on Opening
Sales Today

CHICAGO, Jan. ea.-Fresh record
breaking high prices came quickly
in the wheat market today, a jump
of a cent q bushel being witnessed
at the very outset. Overnight ad-
vances in quotations at Liverpool
and Buenos Aires, together with re-
ports Of immense Russian buying OF
flour at Bremen gave new strength
to the market hero and brought
about active general buying. Al
unusual proportion OF the purchas-
Ing here, however, WAS In small lots,
and this circumstance tended to
o caution In some quarters
heretofore friendly to the upward
movement OF values. The opening,
which varied from unchanged fig
ures to 10 higher. May 1891 a Lea
and July N.To@1.7oh. was followed
by an all around rIse which carried
May to s1.s4&.
Subsequently. the market scored q
sharp additional upturn. May reach
ing s1.36. All deliveries OF wheat
and y as well went above any
peak heretofore attained this season.
Realizing sales. though. led to n re-
action at tho last. Wheat closed UNI
settled at Nc net lower to 1c gain.
May N.a3& G1.s4. and July s1.ss%
CLIO.
Selling on the part Of houses with
country connections weakened the
corn market. After opening I'M
changed TO so off. May st.35ib@
1.s5x. corn rallied q little. but then
underwent n decided general set
back.
Oats traders took their cue from
the action OF corn. Starting un.
changed TO Nc up, May 62M @e2hc.
tho oats market DOT declined 4 q
moderate extent.
Provisions held about steady.
Notices Of orn shipments both
from Iowa and Illinois increased,
Corn closed 2hc to $40 net
Open. High. Low. Close
, 1925-01-23

For resul,s try a Classified sd.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
SHEEPNEN CONSIDER
RANGE PROBLEMS
Local Owners Confer With
Forest Rangers At Meet
ing Held In This City
Last Saturday

About twenty local sheepmen
gathered at the MeIIen Hotel last
Saturday afternoon in conference
with Supervisor M. S. Benedict off the
Sawtooth National Forest with head
quarters at Haley and Supervisor
Mark Mean, of the Boise Forests, at
which time the problem of consoli-
dation of the ranges were taken up
At the present time many of the
sheepmen hold grazing permits with
the national forests, which are wide
ly scattered over the public domain
and it was the desire OF the forest
official to induce the owners to agree
to changes which would more nearly
consolidate their ranges. Little was
accomplished along this line we have
been advised.
One important rule was adopted
and that was to the effect that a
holder of permit in the national
fores must be commensurate holder
Of real estate
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
CLEANUP STARTS
NEXT MONDAY
City VIII Furnish Convey
ance to Get Rid of Ac-
emulation of
Rubbish

Next Monday morning the first
gun viii be fired in the annual clean
up campaign week in this city. This
period will exist from the goth until
the 25th and the village council hope
to secure the cooperation of the
entire populace in this enterprise.
The plan as now outlined is to have
the various property owners in the
city clean up their premises and on
Wednesday there will be available,
truck, free of charge, to haul the
garbage out of the city. Each prop
erty owner may have two barrels of
garbage handled by the truck. Clean
up campaigns are annual events in
practically every city in the United
States and in every instance the re-
suit has been most beneficial and it
goes without saying that Mountain
Home property owners will be no ex-
ception.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
DEATH CLAIMS
MRS. WETHERELL
Has Been Resident of Noun
tain Home Since 1910
Leaves Host of
Friends

Death claimed another well known
Mountain Home resident. Mrs. Rach-
ael Wetherell, who died at the home
Of her son last Tuesday evening. Old
age was given as the cause.
Mrs Wetherell was born In New
York state April 10, 1876. In her
girlhood days she moved with her
family to Wisconsin where on July
4th. 1868 she was married to Clarke
Wetherell Together with her hus-
band she came to Idaho in 1910 set
tling in Mountain Home. which since
that time has been her place of resi-
dence.
The deceased is survived by one
son, C. r. Wetherell. of this city.
Mrs. c. r. Wetherell. daughter-in-
law who has taught school here for
a number OF years. and one sister re-
siding in Los Angeles.
Funeral services were held at the
zacher Chapel, Wednesday at two
o'clock, Reverend Taylor officiating.
Interment was made in the Masonic
Cemetery.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
WOOL SALESAT
LOCAL WAREHOUSE
Sales Dates Have Been Set
For April 22nd and 29th
And May 9Th Many
Buyers Expected

VIII T. Montgomery announces
that the dates for the wool sales al
the local warehouses have been sci
for Wednesdays dated April %, and
20, and May g. A carload or more OF
sheep pelts will be offered on the
date of the first sale.
Mr.. Montgomery states that he no
titled a number of buyers and in all
likelyhood there will be a crowd Of
buyers as well as a number OF good
bargains will be offered by the sheep
men,
It IS estimated that there will be
in the neighborhood OF 100000
pounds of wool shipped from Noun
tain Home this year, making this
city one of the largest shipping
points for the sheepmen on the Ore
gon Short Line.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
NOMINATIONS FOR
VILLAGE COUNCIL
Last Minute Filings Com
plete Ticket Eighty two
Registered Election
April 28th

For a time the forepart of the past
week it appeared that there would be
a dearth of candidates at the coming
city election, which will be held on
April 27th. Wednesday was the last
filing day and it was not until almost
closing time for Village Clerk Ander-
son that the ticket had been com
pleted.
Early in the week petitions were
circulated amongst local business
men and the names of John Goodall
and o. E. Cannon were nominated by
petition These gentlemen, while
appreciating the courtesy, filed their
declinations.
About five o'clock Wednesday even
ing the name of ]. w. o'Daniels was
filed by petition, closely followed by
petitions placing in nomination J. W.
Morton and F. M. Hobbs, and just
before the clerks Office was closed
the names of John Goodall and Guy
Henderson were submitted on petit
tion. Mr.. Goodall stated on Thurs
day morning that he would accept
the nomination inasmuch as it was
the second petition on which he had
been nominated.
At the present time there are
about eighty-two voters registered.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
New Board of Directors and
Officers Are Elected BY
Local Civic Organ
ization

A meeting of the members of the
Mountain Home Commercial Club
was held last Friday evening at the
Office Of the secretary, A. f. Ander-
son. II. l.. Braden was elected presi-
dent and Floyd c. White. vice presi-
dent while r. w. Beckwith and Geo.
l.. Whorton were elected to fill the
vacancy on the board Of directors.
In addition TO making plans for
many civic improvements during the
coming year the chairman, r. w.
Smith, appointed committee CON
sisting of Ben Ross and Floyd c.
White to look into the matter of
the Improvement Of the railroad park
in this city. It was proposed that
be taken for the Inn
provement of the park but the mat
ter has been left up entirely to the
members Of that committee
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
KAAK WALTON
LEAGUE ORGANIZED
Local League Will Foster
Fish And Game Propaga-
tion and Will Protect
Game Generally

Organizers of the Izaak Walton
League circulated petitions last Sat
urday and already over twenty mem
bers have paid their dues for one
year to the organization, only ten
names are required to secure a char
ter. The names have been sent into
the headquarters of the League,
which is a national organization and
it is expected that the charter will
arrive in the near future.
This organization does much for
the propagation of both fish and
game in every community and it sup
ports the many projections Of both
that are dear to the heart of the true
sportsman. In addition to looking
after the restocking of the trout
streams many social activities are
engaged in.
New members will be received as
soon as the charter arrives and it is
hoped that roll of one hundred
members will be available in the near
future.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
JOINT BIRTHDAY
DINNER SUNDAY

Last Sunday afternoon Eta Ed
gar and Mary Lee Morton enter
tanned in honor of their fathers
birthdays which came but three day:
apart
The girls planned, decorated and
prepared the birthday dinner by
themselves. Everyone present enjoyed
the delicious meal.
The birthday cake was decorated
with a question mark made of can
dies instead of carrying sufficient
candles to represent the total age Of
the two men,
Those present~were: Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Robert Morton, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob
ert T. Edgar, Richard and Robert
Edgar, Eta Edgar and Mary Lee
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
COUNTY Agent
IS PROPOSED
County Commissioners Con
slider the Employment of
A County Agent for
Elmore County

At the regular monthly meeting
of the board of county commissioners
held last Tuesday the proposition OF
the employment elf a county agent
was called to the attention of the
board by R. II. Riordian, who is the
head of the extension department at
the University of Idaho. Mr.. Rior-
dian explained to the board the many
benefits that are derived from this
work and suggested that Elmore and
Owyhee counties combine in the en-
terprise, thus lessening the burden
of expense to both. The board took
the matter under advisement and
finally agree dto make a proposition
to Owyhee County in this regard.
Mr. Riordian made trip to Silver
City the following day and made ar
rangements for a meeting here be-
tween County Clerk Hobbs, and com
missioner John Benham, of Owyhee
County at which time definite date
for next week will be set at which
time the two boards will get togeth-
er and make their plans according
ly.
To those familiar with the work
that is accomplished by a county
agent, the necessity of such action
will be most apparent. One of the
biggest problems that the farmer
and the stock man has to contend
with in this section at the present
time are the squirrels, which are de-
stroying their crops as well as much |
of the public range. A county agent |
can Immediately upon his employ
ment inaugurate a squirrel poisoning |
campaign which will doubtless save
to the farmers and stockmen range |
and crops that will more than offset
the salary that will be paid to him.
This is only one o fthe many features
that are kept alive through the en-
ployment of, man of this sort for
he will be qualified to give advice to
local residents on many of their
problems of agriculture and live
stock.
This move on the part of the COM
missioners is indeed a commendable
one and without doubt they will have
the cooperation of the entireI coun-
ty in their endeayor to aid the farm
ar and the user of the public range.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1925-04-17
FACES WIFE
DESERTION CHARGE
Man Arrested at King Hill
On Warrant From Reno,
Nevada -Extradited
Monday

Sheriff A. A. Stevens made the
trip to King Hill last Thursday and
placed ] C. Duryea under arrest on a
charge of wife desertion issued at
Reno, Nevada. Duryea was brought
to this city and at hearing before
Justiie of the Peace Downs was
placed under bonds in the amount of
$500. Mr.. Duryea Immediately Sc
cured bondsmen and was released.
Governor c. c. Moore on Monday
extradited Duryea and he will be
taken back to the Nevada city for
trial
Duryea fought extradition, and a
hearing was held before the Cover
nor. Both Duryea and his wife, who
is the complainant, were present at
the hearing.
The chief contention is about the
custody of two minor children. one
girl 9 and one boy 5. They have
been with the father ever since the
act of desertion was commit
ted, July 10, 1921. and according to
he has taken good care of
them.
As soon, however, as he heard Of
his wife's intentions to have him
brought back to Nevada, he asked an
Idaho court to appoint a custodian.
This was done by Judge Dana e.
Brinek and the children will remain
IN Idaho.