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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-01

DISTRICT No. 2
Consists of Adams, Washington,
Boise, Canyon, Gem, Ada and
Owyhee counties (outside Of
Boise and South Boise), and
bordering Oregon counties, to-
gether with all r. r. D. routes
in these counties.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-01
7 He GIFTS
which will be won
during this lib
eral offer:

One 1917 Chalmers,
St215. 5-passenger, six
cylinder touring car.
One 1917 Buick Sit35,
5-psssenger, six cylin-
der touring car.
One $197 $735 Over
land. passenger, four
cylinder car.
Ore 1917 $685. Max
well, 5-passerger. four
cylinder touring car.
Ono 1917 $575 CheVro-
let 5-passenger. four
cylinder touring car.
Four $50 elegant
Victrolas.
Four 500 handsome
Diamond Rings.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-01

date-for the work done during this
time will, in all probability, decide the
winners. YOU HAVE THIS POSI-
TIVE ASSURANCE-THA IF YOU
WORK YOUR CHANCES FOR sue
CESS ARE AS GOOD AS THOSE
OF ANY OTHER CANDIDATE. but
THAT YOU MUST WORK IN ORDER
TO WIN. for there arc many who APP
preciate these splendid and valuable
gifts. and are going to put forth their
very best effort TO claim them. THIS
EXAMPLE NIGHT WELL BE FOL
LOWED TO THEIR PROFIT. BY
THOSE WHO WANT TO WIN
AND HO WPROuD YOU WOULD
BE. MISS CANDIDATE. If AT THE
FINAL PUBLIC COUNT OF VOTES.
which count will be in charge of we'll
known local business men YOU WERE
ANNOUNCED AS THE WINNER OF
ONE OF THE HANDSOME 1917
TOURING CARS. Well, the chance
is before you and YOUR BIG oPPoR-
TUNITY TO REALIZE THIS AMBI-
TON Is THROUGH THE LAST.
BIGGEST AND BEST CLUB OFFER
OF THE CAMPAIGN. NOW IN Eff
Feet.
Subscriptions may be turned in any
time now and they will count on the
Big Offer. All new subscriptions of
six months or over turned in UP to
Friday night, December Sth. will count
on this offer and earn extra votes.
ANOTHER FEATURE or SECOND
PAYMENTS.
Then. again see what these Second
Payments do for you. Suppose the
First Payment was for three months,
new and earned you 1000 regular votes
Then, say, for Instance. that you Sc
cure this same persons additional
nine months subscription, making a
year in ALL The regular votes on
new yearly subs 'rir ton are $4,000. So
your nine months subscription would
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-01
LAST COUPON NEXT MONDAY.
CLOSING OF NOMINATIONS,

Next Saturday night. December End.
the nominations will close. This means
that after next Saturday night no
more nominations will be accepted and
the battle win then be fought out
among those whose names appear in
the issue Of Sunday, Dec. Srd.
There is still time for candidate
with energy and determination to en-
ter and win. If you have in mind some
young woman whom you would like
to see win one OF these handsome gifts.
SEND IN HER NAME BEFORE
NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT AT S
O'CLOCK. There are plenty of oppor-
tunities in all districts for earnest
women to enter NOW AND WIN, a.d
any earnest woman with ambition
would surely find it worth her while
to enter and work earnestly from now
to the finish, especially in cases where
others thought they had won and were
lying back; without effort. waiting for
the finish.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-01

Anna Louise Scott. Twin Falls. l75. $50
Rebecca Ivers Richfield ........174,9So
Breilla Abbott, Rupert ....174,060
Mrs. w. H. Grove, Mountain
Home Observation-Disclosures. 1920
Gladys Jones. kimama.. ........ .172. 450
Mrs. f. A. Harris Burley. ...... III $50
Lydia Wardrop, Fairfield. ..110, 490
Audrey Martin, Soldier. ......... 1863, $40
Roselyn Martin. Bellevue. 16S, go
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-12-01
SECOND -AYMENTS- SOMETHING
IMPORTANT

Here IS the source of many votes for
you. one that may bring you a large
share of the extra votes offered now,
and also bring YOU a handsome gift at
the finish - SECOND PAYMENTS.
You know Il person who subscribed as
NEW at the start of the campaign
is NEW throughout. even if he or
she should maze several payments
Lots of candidates have specialized on
three months subscriptions. Now. if
YOU can follow in the footrteps of these
and where othe. have secured small
subscriptions, you can secure addition
al payments, don't YOU see where yonr
efforts ere bringing youn-To the
source of many new subscriptions.
Suppose Mr.. A has given another can
didate a three months subscription.
BY this time he IS fully acquainted
with The Capital News as real news
paper and will be ready to subscribe
for a longer period. II YOU secured
this Second Payment for six months
or a year, this will add to your total on
this biz offer and increase your
chances Of success. FOR ONCE A
Ut5CRIBER Is H.TW HE is NEW
THROUGHOUT THE CANT AICN.
LAST COUPON NEXT MONDAY.
In next Mondays issue VIII appear
the LAST COUPON that will be
prin ed during the campaign These
daily ten vote coupon viii be good
until the following Thursday evening.
Dec I, at o'cloyi <. UT THEY WILL
NOT BE COUNTED IF RECEIVED
AFTER THIS TINE. This applies to
all. Remember. the daily ten vote
coupons expire Thursday exenlng. Dec.
I, at o'clock. This meanj that every
canddat,, both those in the city and
those outside the city. MUST HAVEI
THEIR COUPONS BY THIS TINE
IN ORDER TO HAVE THEM
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
CARRIED HIS BOOZE
IN HOT WATER BOTTLE

All kinds Of schemes Of blockade
e9aung" ara being employed to get
HWar mo dry" Virginia IN defiance
70 It's prohibition laws. but Chief
Felner Of Beryvillc. Va believes
ne has unearthed the latest method
The chief was tipped off the other
day that certain Washingtonian
would lard at Berryville with more
than q quart of whiskeY the maxi,
mum allowed by law lie made an
Investigation Of the tip" and discov-
cred that the man brought in big
supply OF liquor in hot.water bag
strapped 10 his stomach. Visitors at
Berryyille with a big waste line
mad better keep a sharp eye out for
chief Feltner in the future.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
THE DEMURRAGE RATE
SCHEDULE SUSPENDED

A revised schedule Of demurrage
rates fled with the public service
commission early in December by the
railroads operating in West Virginia.
has been suspended for 100 days. This
was done because Of numerous com
plants lodged with the commission
by shippers from various parts of the
state When flied the schedules were
to have been operative in 80 days
The commission Will make an inyes.
tigation and hold hearings 10 determ-
inc whether the complaints made have
sufficient basis on which to refuse to
adopt the proposed changes. The
free hours; charge of 81 for the
new schedules provide for f0rty-eight
fast day thereafter. 81 for the sec.
cad day. SO for the third day and IS
for each the fourth and succeeding
DAYS the ear is kept by the conslg-
nees.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
wAlTEp TOO LONG.

Because the law provides that no
compensation shall be awarded when
application is not made within six
months after the death upon which
claim is based, the workmen's COM
pensation department this week re-
fused to compensate the widow and
four children of R. n. West, of poca-
hontas, Va, who was killed by fall
of slate in a mine of the Consoiidat-
ed Coal Company in the Pocahontas
region, about seven months ago.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
WHEELING MACHINERY
FOR MUNlTi0N PLANT

Agents of the British government
were in Wheeling arranging for the
purchase from the Wheeling Mold and
Foundry company of the machinery
used by that company in making
shells. All contracts have been com.
pleted il is stated and that the com.
pany will have no further use for
machines. The British are willing TO
buy them for great munition plant
now in course OF construction in
Canada
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
PROPOSED INCREASE
IN POSTAGE TO FAIL

House leaders predicted Wednesday
that the proposed increases in pos.
tage rates on second class matter
now included in the tentative draft
OF the postoffice appropriation bill,
never would be enacted into law
Chairman Henry Of the rules com
mittee said he believed publishers
had made out a good case against the
proposed increase, that they would
be given the fullest hearing before
any rule was reported on it. and
that he had no desire TO gag de
bate on the proposition on the floor.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
TRANSPORTED GIRL
FROM MARTlNSBURG

Pleading guilty TO charge of vio-
la.ins the white slave laws, Leroy
Leimbaeh was sentenced to SIX month
in Jail by judge Rose in the Federal
Court in Baltimore He was accused
of transporting Susie Lord from Mar.
tinsburg to Baltimore Md, on May
IL
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
CAN ANY ONE BEAT IT

Mr.. Thomas II. Speck, of near He'd.
Eesville, butchered five porkers
Thursday that netted him 1856
They were March pigs and Mr. Speck
would like TO know if any one could
beat his record
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
BiENNEmANN RESIGNS.

]. w. Biennemann, expert account
ant and assistant statistician for the
public service commission for the
last three years, rendered his resig-
nation today and will engage in bust
ness in Charleston after January l.
His successor has not been named.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
SECOND CASE

For the second time in four month
Brunswick has a case of infantile
paralysis The patient is tho 11-year-
old son Of William Kline and the
ease is said not to be serious
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29
GETS MASON OFFICES.

Judge Harold A. Ritz, new member
of the supreme court of appeals of
Vest Virginia who will qualify be
tween now and January |. will occu-
ny the offices in Charleston which
We're recently vacated by Judge John
W. Mason, who preferred retirement
- going into a campaign for election
"a succeed himself. These offices are
heiaE made ready for the now Judge
who is OF Bluefeld.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29

Journal Wants Ads get tenants.
Journal Want Ads get help.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29

vapor treatments for cold troubles are
better than internal medicines, as the va.
pors carry the medication direct 70 the
lungs and air passages without disturbing
she stomach.
When Nick's "Vsp-O Rub Salve IS ap-
piled over the throat and chest, these va
pors, released by the heat OF the body, are
Inhaled with each breath. 25c. to $l.00
WCA,S- N7osgB;S ID,
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29

Journal Want Ads get jobs.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29

MartinSburd
Evening Journal
Job Printers
Martinsbure, ". Va.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29


cookbook- guide
newspaper
min h world outside
suggestions
impure goods and guides the clearly
advertising
hema friends about them i they make good
per appeal almost entirely
They advertised their
will e while S shopping.
of the house as has The Daily Newspaper
closing his door to the profitable Of trade.
Manufacturers seeking wider market thir product
Newspaper Publishers World Building
City
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-12-29

Journal Want Ads Find Sellers
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-03
Gilbert and Punch.

When the late w. s. Gilbert wrote
"The Yarn of the Nancy Belr' he sent
It to London Punch, but the editor re-
turned 1t as being too bloodthirsty, for
It will be remembered that 1.-The elder
ly naval man" had practically eaten
all Of the Nancy's crew except himself.
whereupon Gilbert sent the ballad to
Fun. which accepted it with delight.
Gilbert never forgave the insult he
considered he had received from the
editor Of Punch and consistently re-
fused to contribute to its pages up to
the time OF his death.-London Opin.
ion.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-03
BROS. HORSES
BURNED TO DEATH

Huntsville, Ala, Oct. 28.-Fire de-
stroyed 40 of Ringing Brothers fin
est horses here this afternoon, just
after the horses were taken out of
the parade and returned to their
tents.
The tent became ignited in some
unknown manner and it was impos-
sible to get the animals out. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-03

There is no utter failure In trying to
do what In good.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
CARE IN TABLE DECORATION
People ~ . Rule Don't Like to Play
Psek-a-Doo at Dinner, Says
MIoo Holman.

A few flowers are in good taste and
add charm to the dining table but the
whole greenhouse or garden should
not be used. They shouldn't fairly
scream out for attention. asserts Miss
Araminta Holman. instructor in home
art.
Decorations should always add
beauty to the article which they deco
rate" says Miss Holman. The flow
ers that are dainty, delicate and spar
ingly used are attractive on the table
in the dining room. A small fern IL
appropriate. The flowers are of less
importance than the food. the dishes
and the silver. One or two flowers are
usually enough. properly arranged.
Their tops should not be higher
than the tallest dish on tho table.
Persons seated for the dinner should
not have to play peek-a-boo around .
tall vase Of flowers"
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
New Mexico.

All the mines in the Mogollon dis
trict are active.
The Shiprock Oil and Gas Company
has been incorporated at Pennington.
The cleanup by the Socorro Mining
Company at. Mogollon for the last
half of May yielded twenty-five bars
of gold and silver bullion.
A period of oil exploration and de-
velopment is opening in New Mexico
and development work will be active
in San Juan and Eddy counties.
George E. Moffett, Of Alamorgordo,
a we'll known Otero county mining
man, has originated the Zorro Gold
and Copper Mining Company to take
over and operate gold-copper proper
/ ties that he has been working for sew.
seral years.
The quantity Of gypsum quarried in
the United States in 1915 was 2,447,-
Gil short tons, valued at $6,596,893,
about per cent less in quantity than
that in 1914, and a decrease in value
of about 4 per cent Arizona, Colo
RADIO, New Mexico and Wyoming are
listed in a government bulletin as
among the producing states.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
Colorado,

Silver continues to fluctuate above
and below "a cents per ounce.
Thirty-five cars of ore were shipped
from Rico camp during the month Of
April.
Interest in the Little Maude pros
pect on Ute mountain. in western
Montezuma county is increasing
Hay and Heron of Rico shipped
several cars of ore to the Durango
smelter from the Enterprise mine.
The dawn of new day in the Grip
pie Creek gold camp is evidenced by
the number of new companies which
are being incorporated on properties
there.
In Boulder county the tungsten
market is yet unsettled. The larger
companies have fixed schedules for
their leasers, but the general market
is confined to small lots.
. To show that the black metal Is
yet in demand, Boulder reports that
Arizona and Colorado mining men
have taken over the Blue Jay and
Burnt Mountain tungsten properties.
near Ward, for a consideration Of
100000.
The Isabella Mines Company, at
Cripple Creek, is mining highgrade
gold ore from the fifteenth level of
the Buena Vista stope. Two carloads
(sixty tons) shipped recently re-
turned $4,000. The crude ore sam.
pied close to $62 per ton and the
screenings at $50.
Reports from Durango set forth a
scarcity of available labor in the San
Juan mining districts. Silverton espe-
cially, is calling for miners, tool
sharpeners and others. There will
be more prospecting done in this sec
ton the coming summer than for sew
eral years previous.
The gradual decrease in the price
of spelter is explained in two ways.
First, the geological survey report
shows an American product for 1916
estimated in excess of 100000 tons,
whereas the usual output before the
European war was 100000 tons, or 80
per cent of the worlds supply.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
TASTE OF ~H0ME COOKING"
Woman Vine livss In Apartment Can
Have u u She VIII % LIZ
tie Planning.

Many . woman living In . two-room-
And-bath apartment and taking her
meals in an adjoining public dining
room yearns At times for something
homemade" and delicious: chocolate
layer cake. for instance: or scalloped
oysters, or old-fashioned molasses
cake. or soda biscuit. tender and pip
ing hot. and made rich with . little
shortening. One woman condemned
AS she expresses ito live in lux
urious hotel apartment most OF the
year. satisfies her housewifely In
stincts by getting Sunday might tea In
her own apartment by aid Of . channg
dish. . coffee psrcolator and . one
burner gas stove with . little oven
about a. big A. . baby's hatbox.
II 10 surprising how many delectable
things can be baked in this absurd IT.
tie oven. Out OF 1t come small layer
cakes. pans Of light biscuit, toothsome
little drop cakes, small pans Of piping
hot Sally Lunn and rich gingerbread
for the Sunday night supper. The lit.
tie oven bakes only Q small quantity
enough biscuit for four persons. twice
around. and layer cake which makes
six good-sized slices: but the Sunday
night opportunities to have Q taste OF
real home cooking are much approci
ated by privileged guests who also
dwell in boarding places.
No woman with fastidious taste
and thought for her neighbors-would
venture to cook steak or fry potatoes
In an apartment house. where odors OF
cooking are not supposed to permeste;
but creamed entrees. salads. baking Of
the sort referred to and various appe-
tizing scalloped entrees may be pre-
pared by aid Of channg dish and lit
tie oven Of tho sort. The small ovens
may be used on electric grills also,
and rare 10 tho woman who does not
enjoy an occasional cooking fest" to
keep her hand in at Housekeeping
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
TROUT Die IN bitches
WASHED INTO FARM ZELDA nv
HIGH WATER.
government Seeks Invention That
Will Effectively Protect Young
Fish From Death.

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Denver.-Tests of various devices
10 prevent fish from entering irrixa.
tion bitches are to be made by fores.
Try OFFICIALS. who say that thousands
OF trout placed in western streams BY
the government are killed BY being
washed out on the fields. There are
no less than 1000 irrigation project.
on or near the national forests, and
In pany places the loss of trout is
very heavy. The amount of water
used In irrigation, 1t is said, often de.
termines the advisability of artificial.
ly stocking the streams.
The government annually plants
millions of fish fry in the streams of
the national forests. Last year over
100000 were planted in Colorado and
wyoming alone. Where much of the
water is used for irrigation, unless
the bitches are screened, the trout en-
ter them and are washed out on to
the fields. While fish are said to
make good fertilizer, officials think
mat trout are too expensive to be
used for that purpose.
Most OF the western states have
laws requiring that the bitches be
screened. but they are seldom en-
forced. The farmers are said to dis
like the screens. because they col
lect drift-wood and trash-which
prevents the free flow Of the water.
A number of devices for screening
bitches are in use. and while two or
three have been found to be fairly
effective most of them are said to be
unsatisfactory. 1t is asserted that
this subject presents an excellent op-
portunity for. inventors, since a sue
cessful screen will be sure to be wide
ly used. Under present conditions Of
ficials are slow to recommend the
placing Of trout in streams where they
are apt to be led off into the irriga-
ton bitches.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
Denver Stirred at Call for Men,

All Denver is working to enlist the
Colorado National guard to service
able war strength. Business men, pro-
fessional men, ministers-all have
Joined hands to place the troops from
the Centennial state on a basis to vie
with any other state in the Union. All
day and into the night the recruiting
forces at the Chamber Of Commerce
headquarters and at other places are
busy enrolling men who would an
swer the call to the colors. Capt.
Davidson and Lieutenant Vaile, with
a band and many exhibits to show
what army life means, we're "whoop-
ing things up" and their labors were
rewarded. Many new recruits Joined.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

ing on Washington's campaign, for 1t
prevented Clinton from sending re-
endorsements to CORVALLIS.
CORVALLIS now saw the net drawing
around him. He sent messenger after
messenger calling for more troops.
None came. He was hemmed In. The
French fleet blockaded the mouth Of
York river. and September % the
French and American army marched
out from Williamsburg and spread
around the doomed town. Yorktown
in that day was only village of some
90 houses.
The French troops occupied half the
lines and the Americans the other
half. They began regular siege tao
tics. Parties Of sappers would steal
out from the lines at night and silent
ly build new parapets nearer the
British lines. 1t was risky duty. but
volunteers in plenty were found for
the work.
All Was Not Well.
The night Of October 6. Maj. Elijah
Favor. who had surveyed the ground,
commanded redoubt building party.
They stole quietly to within a quarter
Of a mile Of the British lines. A few
men stood guard while the others
worked. No one was allowed to talk.
The handles Of all the tools were muf-
fled SO that not the slightest sound
would be made. They were so close
that the call Of the British sentries
of Twelve o'clock and all's WE'LL"
came clearly to the ears of the Ameri-
cans. Had the British only known It,
all was not well.
When morning came the British
were nstounded to see the fort that
had risen during the night. Major Favor
had done his work well. His earth
works Ind been completed and two
cannon mounted in them. As soon as
the British saw this they began
furious bombardment, but 1t was fu-
tile. The American redoubt had been
well built.
The next night heavier guns were
placed in the American works, and
few nights later the daring Major
Favor built line of earthworks 20
close to the British redoubts that one
could almost hurl bail from one to
the other.
October IL the French and American
commanders decided to storm two Of
the strong British positions. They
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30

Battalion Leaves for Mexican Border.
Burdened with poncho rolls, cart
ridge belts, canteens and other para
phernalia of full field equipment, four
companies of infantry, constituting a
single battalion, entrained at the Gold
en- Rifle range and passed through
Denver on their way to the Mexican
border. Their departure marked Colo
radios first actual contribution to the
national defense in the present emer-
gency, and was carried out with as
little ostentation and display as pos
sible.
The Dolores star., 1916-06-30
Furnishing Small Rooms.

VOEus0OIuO O"ou U0O"os
In furnishing Q small room two nee
essary points must be considered:
First, that space IL gained by making
things as nat a. possible against the
wall: and. second. that stiffness is
prevented then by introducing q plant
or two. II the room il . living room
or . dining room. and breaking the
lines of the furniture by pulling out
Q table . little or turning chair.
A low seat 16 inches in height. rum
ming around . corner and along one
side of the room to some break of door
or window, saves space and furniture.
and adds q charming effect. It should
be upholstered. and have only an &C.
casional rather small and carefully
selected pillow. Low book shelves.
too. built against the wall, furnish
without furniture, but care must be
taken that they are not extended in
too continuous q straight line. A car
pet or rug Of q solid color also in
creases the effect of space.