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ample. II is "A trade all b. itself.
one enlisted mar of the sigma! Corps,
now retired on half pay, H. employed
by the Government at a high salary
as a cable electrician. lis retired
pay is just 50 much extra money.
In Alaskan waters the Signal Corps
has had a forin!d thlc job ot deep sea
cab.e work Ia tackle. That j. "A egion
of volcanoes and earthquakes, and
every nov and then the submarine
wire from Sitka To Valdez. 60" miles
long. snaps 5 m"whcre. Then the
problem is to find the severed ends.
piece them ont with u few miles uf
fresh ytulc md do some dinicu,t
splicing, perhaps in a heavy sea-
way.
The radio work i Of two kinds. at
wireless stations and in the field, There
are ten stations in Alaska. which. IA
well 80 the cables ana tclcgraphs. are
operated 10y tie Signl. e rps. others
are located at large army posts such
a. Fort ~l.raNCuworih and Fort Riley,
and at the great forts along the sou-
coast. The operators are enlisted men.
whose business II Is also to look after
the mechanical and electrical, equip
ment . the stat II Is likewise
their dLty to operate the portable
wi"c.oss outfits, which, carried on
mulchaok or wagon, accompany troops
in the field. nuc such outfit has been
insta ltl on an accop,ar". AMI i IS
the TASK uf an unlisted maa to
send messages from a Il while in
fight.
Up to the present time The enlisted
mcH Of tho signal Corps have not
been trained a. pilots Of Hy.ua ma
chimes. this duty being assigned TO
officer. liut they act a. assistants,
the soldier "oiuS along with t." officer
for the pup s., - making notes Of
things seen and drawing sketch maps,
while Watching thu behavior Of the
engine, the .tsu.enc supply and the
ind Gator which shows how fast the
propallprs are revolving.
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man who qualities as n competent
operator of wireless receives a diploma
on graduation.
The enlisted man who is graduated
as an electrical sergeant possesses a
technical education that will assure
him a we'll paid position in civil life
at the conclusion of his time of SER
vice. His ordinary business consists
in operating and repairing the electro
cal equipment Of s%cacoas fortifica-
tions. Later on If he remains in the
service he may become an engineer Or
may even rise to the dignity of a mas
ter electrician.
one should realize that all these
army schools are absolutely free.
There are no tuition or other fees to
he paid. The young soldier while he
is learning draws a and allowances.
which include food and clothing. Dur
ing the progress Of his education he
has practically nc other duties to per-
form.
These schools equip young men to
fill responsible and good paying posi-
TORS in civil life when their terms Of
enlistment have expired. They are
then at liberty to go back to the in
du.trial world with greatly enhanced
earning capacity. The Government is
even able to help them In securing
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hundred dollars. He wanted to buy
instruments and apparatus Of mis- W
IN order to car y on his experiments.
lie had a little money of his W but
he did not have enough.
II recall ule incident which hap
pened while Edison worked in the
office, and after it happened ! recall
that for the moment II made mt wish
that ! had given that 500 to Edison
when he asked the for the loan OF IT,.
Down in Glasgow. Ky. they had or
ganizod u company to bore for oil,
and the men promoting II were selling
the stock in Louisville tor s. "A share,
the face value OF the stock certificate
being $40, one morning "A telegram
came from Glasgow to tho selling
agent in Louisville reading:
I'VE have struck oil, Advance the
price from s. to $40 a share to-mor-
row
Every operator in the office. in
Guiding Edison, knew about this tel
esram in a short time after 1t was re-
Ceived, | happened to be the messen-
ger who was to deliver II. but | did
not rush down to the office Of the
agent of the Glasgow oil Company
with the message. Instead. | rushed
down home and told my mother to
borrow ali the money she could raise
and scrape together and to buy Glas-
COW oil stock with 1t, as it was going
up from s. to $40 in he morning. |
got all the money | could scrape up
besides that which | had saved and
bought oil stock; so did "A number ~
the operators and other employees ~
the office, but Edison did no par
tlcipate.
THE manager Of the office heard
in u day or two that We were specu-
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There are only 1.:l2 men in the Sig
nal Corps. this bcing the limit of is
enlisted strength fixed by law. Ac-
Cordingly a recruit desiring t. enter
This branch of the service may not
find a vacancy at the moment. There
are plenty Il other opportunities for
him elsewhere. however.
He may. for instance. obtain an as
sigument To- the Corps of Engineers.
which is another f rec Of specialists.
In that corps facilities Will he placed
AT his disposal for the study Of civil
and military engineering. surveying.
map making. l.thography. the install
latiun of electric power plants. the
operation of power machinery. mason
work, carpentry and plumbing and
pipe fitting.
\ trade school for teaching these
trades * permanently maintained AT
the Arsenal Barracks, in the city of
Washington. the instructors being Of
Hocrs of the CORDS. other schools,
more or less temporary. are conducted
at various army posts. wherever
tro ps may happen to- hr stationed.
II is required of a military engineer
that he shall be a sort of jack of all
trades. lie must even bee an,e TO run
a locomotive at a pinch. 1t may Ice
demand, Il of him that he shall ourratc
= flour mill or a Sdwmlll, L. feed
troops r meet a demand for lumber.
which latter may b" needed in guam
titles at short notice for huilding
bird ;es, for emergency repairs, &c.
As Tor plumbing and pipe hitting. such
Work Is constantly required at mill
tary posts anr in permanent camps.
Even in time OF war and I'm an en-
einy's territory an cncampment might
hu sufficiently permanent to call for
the installation { a system of pipes
for water, with pumping machinery.
The branch "g the army which has
~ do with IN" manufacture and supply
of yun and ammunition employs ui'i-
GERS who are of necessity trained spe-
C~ialists, But it utililcs the services of
no enlisted men for technical duties
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million papers, moro or less, are
banked up in front # the door. The
hall is ohoked with them. Where
did they all CONF from anyway?
How did this happcu?" you demand,
light b. ginning to dawn on the situa-
tion. Didn't | tell you to stop the
papers until We came home
The wife hangs her head. BY al the
signs of conduct she is on the verge of
tears.
yes" she sohs. hut We lef, IN such
a hurry | forgot t. tell the nowsman
rot to bring them
And the double dyed, gOl dinged
fiend has been showing them under the
door since the first of June. Can you
beat IL Why. ! didn't know that 50
much news could happen in a ccntury,
let alone a summer, So YOU forgot,
ch? Well, all | can say is, some folks
ought tn have their brains examined.
Nobody hpme,"
whats the light shining back
there asks the wife in a sudden
panic Of fear.
Looks like 1t was from the bath
room
III hfil, ' hHpN N'lll'lWhN ~ III
our house. Please come out, George,
until w find a policeman. They
might shoot YOU"
The possibility of any II poaching
on your property arouses your sense
of husbandry. They will stca, into
Npur home and help themselves to
Nuu" belongings, will they? You
stalk forward, picking a walking
stick from the hail rack as YOU pass.
Come out of there you shout
pushing open the door, \ blaze OF
electric lights IL your only answer.
II there "A only "A hole into which
you could crawl and die without
facing II rertain pair Of accusing,
mockinG eyes, No use mincinG mat
tiers. You were the last one to leave
the house and YOU forgot to switch
off the lights,
The crownlng crush Comes when tho
poatnian arrives harin, an urgeni
call from the electric company, And
You did not stop at one light, mind
you, Three Ct them, blazing away
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Trade Schools of Army
Fit Men for Civil Life

The enlisted nan in the Signal
Corps. If assigned to such duty,
learns all about the mechanical care
of flying machines and acquires an
incidental training in the handling
and repairing of gasolene engines. In
any case he will be taught how to
make and repair. as well a. TO operate,
various kinds of electrical apparatus.
This is an important part of the In
%structiun given in a technical school
maintained At Fort LcavenwUrth.
At this school the soldier students
are called upon to tackle all sorts Of
problems In the laboratory. They I'M
dergo regular examinations at inter-
walls and on graduation receive %certif-
Gates which are in effect diplo mas.
The school just now is temporarily
broken up. owing to the troubles with
Mexico, both teachers and pupils be-
ins in camp along The border.
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Aged Telegrapher Who Worked With
Him in Louisville Discloses Un.
written Facts of Inventors Start

would not know what to do with the
vast amount of money he might have
made had he shared in the prohts
from the inventions OF Mr.. Edison.
He has no regrets on the score OF
monetary loss, but he wishes that ne
had not taken the advice OF his SUI
perior officers and had given Mr..
Edison the 800 he wanted to bor-
row. Just to he his partner and to
share in some " the great honors
which such an association would nave
brought him. Chevalier and Comman-
der Of the Legion Of Honor OF France
and recently called upon by the Gov
Of the United states 10
head a commission OF inventors to pre-
pare for national defence. Thomas A.
Edison is honored the world over.
When Tom Edison. as they called
him. blew into the Western Union
TELEGRAPH office in Louisville in 1855
and got q job as operator the other
operators at first set him down as
a queer country gawk who knew
nothing. but their minds were soon
~disabused. for they soon found out
that he was a first rate operator.
do not know where he came from
direct to Louisville. bust he was born
! ir Milan. Ohio. in ls47. and this would
have made him about 10 years OF
age at that time.
HE wore a suit Of clothes which
seemed to me to have been made OF
, the linsey woolsny homespun which
the country women wore before the
civil war. His suit could not have cost
more than n dollar and a half. ]
! never knew him to have a change OF
outer clothing during the tive years
he worked in Louisville. Winter and
summer he wore the same suit-the
one he came to town inland seemed
totally unmindfu. of his dress. but his
face was alw..s clean. as was his
shirt.
Edison was an expers operator
even at hat time. Every n in the
office had to acknowledge that be-
fore N had worked a week He o o
the press reports for the newspapers
and that required the services of a
good operator. At midnight. or shortly
thereafter, 30 came in. thirty
meaning the end. and the office was
then closed until the following morn
ing. but the office was not closed for
Edison. II was then he began 10 work
real hard. He took dow several oi
the Telegraph instruments from theii
~fastenings on the desks and placed
them on the floor. connecting them
with telegraph wires. He began
permentinG on his scheme for sending
more than message at d time over
"a single wire. He would try to en-
plain how this might be dom whei
his fellow operators would listen &c
him. but they nearly all believed him
To Ice 'dafy' and they gave his theo-
rics very little attention.
The image of the ofice caught
him one time experimenting. just he
fore the office was opened for business
in the morning. with ali of the in.
struments out on the floor. Although
Edison placed the instruments hark ir
their proper pieces within a wonder
fully short tir'~ - Informed
him that he did not want the instru'
ments disturbed thereafter and in
structed him MT to remove them OF
penalty o being discharged. This wa:
when Edison struck me for that on,
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- ACHARY TAYLOR UNDER
WOOD. retired telegrapher,
l. who lives at 1909 West Jefer-
son street. Louisville, ny. is
a firm believer with Mr.. Dooley that
opportunity knocks at yer dure but
vance" and II you do MT respond
your chance is gone forever.
MIR. Underwood once had the oppor-
tunity OF sharing In the profits OF
some of the 800 or mere inventions
for which Thomas AlNa Edison has
been granted letters patent in the
United States and in other countries.
bur he did not embrace II. Opportunity
knocked hard at the Underwood door
only nee. and it va Thomas A. Edi-
son who did the knocking. but Mr..
Underwood let him get away.
Nearly a half century ago Thomas
\. Edison and Zachary Taylor Under
wood were very intimate friends, 80
intimate hat Mr.. Edison wanted to
borrow 500 from Mr.. Underwood. For
this loan Of 500 MIR. Underwood was
to share in the profits which Mr.. Edi-
son then confidently believed would
eventually accrue from his inventions.
p~dTlltuldIls tHt u'uDle tTdUslflltttT,
the quadrupleX telegraph, sextuple
telegraph, the alkaline storage battery,
quadruplex and sextnple telegraph
transmission. and many other inven-
tions which have to do with biography
and electricity. All Of these prospcc-
tive inventions were I'm MIR. Edison's
mind while he was employed as a
telegraph operator for the Western
Union Telegraph Company, on the
south side OF Main street. between
Second and Third streets. in Louis
vile. ny.
This all happened in the years
1s66-lS67. Mr.. Edison at that time
did not have sufficient money To pur-
chase the necessary instruments with
which he desired to make the expert
ments for improvements in telegra-
ply. At the same time Mr.. Under
wood was n clerk and messenger in
| the telegraph office. He was IA frugaI
boy. and had saved some money. in
that particular being like unto an
, other Western Union messenger boy
ANDY" Carnegie, although MIR. Tn
derwood Is not a canny Scott. hut n
| native kentuckian. q kinsman OF for
: mer Congressman. now United States
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Uncle Sam Offers Soldiers Splendid
Chance to Become Skilled Work.
men While in His Service

Part Of the business Of the Signal
Corps is the installation and operation
Of wireless stations, telephone systems
and telegraph and cable lines and Of
fees. There is opportunity for the en-
listed man to become proficient in any
one of these important professions. In
many instances young men, after a
single enlistment in the corps. have
left it 50 well equipped with practical
and technical knowledge as to enable
them at once to command situations
In civil life at high salaries.
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Home. home, sweet. sweet home,
There's no place like home.
he il ever SO humble,
There's no place Ike home.

mere : no place Ike nome.
he it ever SO humble,
There's no place like home.
IT HE va~cationists have come back
to town, singing their merry
r%oundelay, and meaning 1t.
At least they mean it, every word,
until they pass beyond the make
believe par!an marble hall with
its smattering of almost palms and
its scattering of nearly Oriental rugs
whose purpose 1t is to give the place
an air Of %opulenCe. They enter their
" particular cliff dwelling with the
words and meaning OF the home,
sweet home" ditty surGinG through
their hearts and putting a spring into
their heels.
They enter laughingly. Then it is
they are rudely forced to realize that
the 'goof" who wrote "A certain Justly
famous line about the distance that
lends enchantment was "A pretty smart
sort Of a fellow.
Once inside, the homeComers begin
to look around for their favorite hall
boy-yOu know, the one with the
burnt orange complexion and the dis
play of china that makes You think
Of the table when it is set for COM
pany.
Alas and a~lackaday, Like all per-
feet paragons the boy with the broad
smile has gone to greater things a
two dollar "A week more job. and the
privilege Of collecting the telephone
tips in an adjacent Parian hailed pal
ace, In his place is a sad faced youth
with the continual look of one who
has just swallowed "A green p,rsim-
mon,
We wish to he taken 10 the third
floor, Mr.. SimmOns's apartment" you
explain.
MIR. and Mrs. Simmons are away
for the summer" comes the sullen
response.
They We're away, hut they are
back you urge, I'VE are MIR, and
Mrs, simmons
The new hoy looks you over with
II superciliousncss born Of extreme
authority. His rare r"s,s aoutely on
your bag, His expression Says as
plainly as If he had uttered The words
There is u burglars kit concealed
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lating In OIL STOCK n he went dow,
to the manager Of the Glasgow oi
Company's office and said:
81 want to know the mama
every employee OF the Western I',,o,
office who has been buying s,ocp
here since the price went up from 4,
to $40. / want to discharge eyo.r
n OF them for holding up ,h,,
message and taking advantage Of ~
fee information"
"'Oh. don't worry about that al.
the oil man. The poor fellows
have a hard time paying their frieoS.
back the money they borrowed +,
buy stock even IL they hold their iob,
II is again selling at s. We We.
mistaken about striking oil lust ,bs,
but we expect to strike 1t rich SOM
day. That despatch - ich tho bo,,
got was intended for circulation T.
helped us nightly
III they eve struck oil at cl,.
cow" sighed Mr.. Underwood e., ra,
not the company that ! took s,org
in" GUM
Reverting to Edison's pecuI,r,t.
and habits while a resident nf Io'.
vile ! N 1861. 'ir. Underwood saw.
Edison. although nearly all ~.
time absorbed in thought whI.
% or at leisure. was nev,r -.
busy to joke or to play pranks un"y
his fellow operators or upon o,ha..
He had a n Of dry himor ub,os
l can hardly explain. For instance
sit doy,n n, III. .a'np operator 10
m,rr,., a.. "o'uiich' Tor u few
other NOS, ~ ~ u' so I'M" an.
"a. -. '"''e AN" send over
,rai. 'n"' 'he chr'
Nosh,,,,n p.m.. Nv Louisville and
IN h,ro - "'i""S wanted
.u,y GA 10 . 49, 'p''"'"i rsii
,ard ,i. ""s one III" 10
80. -. WI" 'He tramp "r'
.e'' OUT I" Inc tram
-. o ""lH I" v" t"ld tha,
80. vac """''"' ana mat m
- ." :" '"'n " 'hs
....r. po'e" ~ dispute ne
h... u" suc'' message had
,,o...~s n''n. ne taken lie
nN'ee "H''Seti' "heh the tramp
a.. r 'oo'soie 10 the W l.
| lou,h h,,. - ~N
- "ouiu hiW"NS give The
Up s'"Ae h"'o MN over for
-! ." r'uis"h dellShtcd IN
..."" 'o"' !" 'his ana III other
az.
-. ""'' INV" ""'he'lim'S S'ooi
$50. .''"''' AN" coined
.S""' ope'"''hS eiectflc battery
"H' representing that a Shocs
-. "' ""ui" eur" fh'.'
| would benee, tho ,n,ine ''
tom Tho ono J.. 49, So
! directed IN ,,Lo h,,d -, "n
a,,,cbod ., "'"'"
battery. Tho o,o,.,nr 49,
gently .ur, 80, H.. '''' ''''
extent that III. ,o,ian, ~ Wv
| For This .mon .' H'''.
Tor course No - aa,lI
! shock NJ all ,ha atoo,.". .''
machine uas c,,,,,I. -
and soma ,f tho .,,o,.. '
ma ren,lv bo uf,o, ,,a. w.
when tho ,no,,,a, ,,n.
trio ruid ,n, u,.o,,.
edison ohserynd ,ho
battery from, ,.,. 60 |
amused n, tho u.a, - ''
,ior,s .,,,.a VI .N i'
said 10 the stree, foLor,
"'I can stand all ,bo
old machine can r,.Lo
trlc proof 7 am If .,
Won can nut on orI So,
nav mo n b,lf Ia,,.n u,
can make mo- sn,r,n /.
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profitable employment, FOR expert
cncc has shown that 70 letter Of
recommendation is more potent in Sc
curing a job than an honorable dis
charge from the army irdorsed with
the words. Character eXccllect."
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to run engines, the second is FOR the
grad" of electrician sergeant, the third
is for tho -rtic OF master gunner, and
the fourth turns out wireless opcr-
All Of the work done - If "A
practical character and the enlisted
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Tells of Lost Chance to
Share EdisOns Profits
n, EDWARD FITZPATRICK.

ACHARY TAYLOR UNDER
WOOD. retired telegrapher.
l. who lives at 1909 West Jeffer-
son street. LnmlsNille. XIV. Is
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gled free He picked up the lines and
drove on toward the ranch-a little
nervous now over the reception he
would get, but still laughing.
At the fork where the road to the
mountains left the main highway,
Haines flashed out his revolver in real
excitement. Another group of five
masked men had driven their horses
out of a clump of small trees. They
fired their revolvers as they surround
ed the blackboard. Then suddenly dis
covering that there was no woman pas
senger, they tore off their masks and
came up with quick eager inquiries.
Hal Haines turned pale. Perhaps
for the first time in his life the big
fellow knew what fear was-not fear
for himself, but for another
Boys there was another party on
the road. They took her. / took 'em
for YOU" he said in stifled voice.
Come on. Cabot, give me your horse;
take the rig back and tell Mrs. Haines."
His long 1.-the, form swung into the
saddle, and, filling their revolvers as
they rode, the band of testers, who
had suddenly turned SO grimly serious,
| dashed back toward town.
Two miles from Where Tom Patten
had swung Pauline to his saddle bow,
they picked up the hoof trail that left
the road and made toward the noun
| tains.
The men who had set out so gayly
| a few hours before rode silently,
| fiercely now. Mile after mile swept
behind them as they held to the trail.
Sometimes it followed the roads, some
times it broke over open country; it
reached the hills and at last the river.
IT stopped at the river.
Patterns band had ridden in the wa
ter upstream After a mile of it the
leader ordered three of them out on
five miles across country and separat-
ed, each taking different course.
Patten and one companion kept on
with Pauline
She was almost insensible now from
the fright and the pain of the long
journey.
The bandits rode without speaking
At last they left the stream on the
north bank and climbed into the high
er hill country. Pauline opened heI
eyes to find that they were skirting q
cliff on a narrow trail. They entered
a thicket and stopped.
Here we are said Patten fiis
companion dismounted and lifted Pau
line from the others saddle.
With swift and daring dexterity
born of fear, she flung aside his arms
and slrang toward the horse he hat
Just left She tried to mount, but hel
strength was gone; they were close
upon her She was seized and carried
back
They tied her feet with rope ant
seated her on a giant fallen tree, while
they cleared away tangle of bushes
and began to tug with their combined
strength at a giant rock which the
bushes had concealed.
The stone moved inch by inch unit
behind it Pauline saw, with chill
shudder, the black opening of cave.
She flung herself from the log ant
knelt before her captors. pleading pit
eously They cut the rore that bount
her feet and led her to the cave. One
wild, far-reaching cry she uttered be
fore the giant stone was rolled into
its place and she was left in darkness
Patterns companion removed his
handkerchief mask and mopped his
brow with it. 1t was the scanned, squat
brow of Hicks.
Ito be continued)
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ADVERTISED LIST.

List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Twin Falls postoffice for the
week ending Jan. 80, 1915. Parties
calling for these letters will please
say advertised Feb. 5. 1915
Anderson, Ed.
Butcher, jennie.
Chandler, G. B.
Corbin, Eddie.
Dopson, Frank.
Duvall, l.. A.
Felisc, G. ~
Gamble, John II.
Gildsie, Neimie l.
Harding, G. N.
Henderson, Harvey.
Howell, Leah.
Leonard, Bryan.
Moore, Ella.
Vaughan, J. G,
Murphy, w. l..
Mccoy, Nellie.
Mccoy, Leonard.
Provins, A. c..
Patten, Azalea.
Roberts, A. j.
Richardson, Dell
Roberts, DR.. j.
Taylor, Rosie.
Williams, Blanche.
VIM, James
Postage due on above letters one
cent each. Letters remaining at the
end of fourteen days will be sent to
| the dead letter office.
w. H. GREENHOW. Postmaster
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Wren the opportunity to step right
into . better position, with doubled
salary comes, you'll b in line for Il \
you watch the classified ada