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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Big Ben WINS just reaching the edge
of the wood. The trees were becoming
sparser. The hills dipped into a level
valley. The penitentiary was only five
miles away. And through the trees Big
Ben could see the white and dusty
highway that wound over field and
mead until it passed under the grim
brick walls, already looming ominously
in the distance, the very incarnation of
relentless fate.
Big Ben cursed himself for a fool.
He looked down at the little sleLping
child and laid her softly upon the
grass. He took three steps backward
and looked at her again.
Maisie half opened her Eyes and
smiled. "Big Ben I" she murmured.
Swallowing a curse, Big Ben strobe
to her and raised her in his arms again.
After that he went doggedly toward
the high road.
Presently he saw a horseman riding
toward him. Big Ben swallowed hard.
He hesltated then, with firm steps,
he walked straight for the beast and
Its rider, who, as he approached, re-
solved himself into the familiar form
of the warden.
Big Ben was hnlting now in front Of
the warden, Travis, who held n pistol
In his hand. But he did not point 1t at
Big Ben. He let it fall back into the
holster.
There were tears in Travis eyes as
he took the little, sleeping girl out of
Big Ben's arms and held her across his
saddle. He said not a word, but mo-
toned to Big Ben to walk in front of
his horse.
Dogged, silent, but strangely happy,
Big Ben led the procession back to-
ward the walls of the Jail. Suddenly
he heard an exclamation behind him.
big Ben ~ shouted the warden.
Big Ben looked round. Travis had
refined in his horse, and was looking
alternately from Big Ben to Maisie's
face.
"You darned foolp said the warden.
big Benz"
"Slr!"
I'm going to ride straight to the
penitentiary. You are to follow me. Do
you hear, confound your"
YES, sir" answered Big Ben.
Travis rode ahead at u gallop. Pres
emily he refined in and looked round.
Big Ben was following him.
big Ben, have you gone crazy?" de-
handed Travis.
1T looks like it, sir" answered Big
Ben.
big Benz"
"Sir!"
THE prisons head Is coming here
next month. He generally asks me If
| wish to recommend any prisoners for
the consideration of the pardons board.
II guess l may have a name or two
to put down."
Yes, sir" answered Big Ben.
The penitentiary doomed very neal.
Presently they were riding under the
grim walls. The gate opened before
them and closed grimly behind them.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

Fortunately for innocent noncom-
batants watermelons don't have very
a to fall when they get ripe.
Outside Of being hopper a kangaroo
has no more hops in its repertoire
than a frog has. However, a kanga-
roo's hops are much more hoppish
than those of n frog.
The Bath (Me.) three-masted schoon-
er Maud II. Dudley, which was built
81 years ago at a cost of $4,000, has
recently been sold for $4,000, after
having paid her first ewBsrs $Sl.464
In dividends.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

ydTU, II IhtIy K IUWI'
laid it on the block, and chopped
off it's head. Quite different is the
process now, especially in the West
and in Canada, where fattening
poultry has developed into more Of
q fine art than in the eastern states.
There is a difference of from
three to seven cents a pound in the
price paid for well-fleshed or fat
tened birds and that paid for poul-
try just Off the range. AS this
means a difference of from 10 to
80 cents on a five-pound chicken,
it is well worth while to fatten the
fowls.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

An automobile coal wagon has been
invented with four separate compart-
ments, so well balanced that they can
be dumped by hand.
A metal and rubber device that re-
sembles a mules foot in form has
been patented to be attached to the
ends of ladders to hold them firmly in
any position.
The percentage of urban population
In England and Wales has increased
and that OF rural dwellers decreased
every time that a census has been
taken In the Last ha& eeAhccv.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Thwarted EIeoance.

81 tell you" said Farmer Corntoss
sci, this military discipline is jesr
what my boy Josh needed"
'"rhey tell me his equipment wasn't
much"
That's what l refer TO. Josh was
gettin' altogether too. much in the NO
ton that he had to be dressed up In
fine clothes all the time
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Something In That.

l wish / had a pretty name" said
Betty. II wish my name was Alice or
Evangeline or something like that"
"Why, my DEAR" said papa. You
have the only name / eve heard that
will rhyme with pretty and what
more could You want5'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
BRIEF INFORMATION

The swallow has a larger mouth In
proportion to its size than any other
bird.
New Zealand is said to have min
eral waters Of far greater therapeutic
strength than any of the famous wa
tiers Of Europe.
One of the new furniture combina-
tons is a dining table in which the
leaves slide into the top and are con-
cealed by 1t SO II can be used as a
library table.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Civic Co-operators.

Under the Chicago Industrial cth1
plan, $500 persons have enrolled as
civic co-operators, giving practical aid
In civic helpfulness. 1t is said that net
one instance of overofiiciOgsness or
meddlesome interference has been
noted since the plan was inaugurnted..
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

A|Ns Ch NhN mum III NH'
TO keep pace with the supply-ln fact. a little
ahead Of it, or it would not be found profitable to
import eggs from China, as was done a year or
two ago.
All over the country mammoth poultry estab-
lishments are s~pringing up. Not far from Chicago
is a large plant made famous by its White Plym-
outh Rocks and White Indian Runners. There are
100 acres on this farm, and houses are scattered
all over them. The man who owns this big plant
sells much Of his stock for breeding purposes, and
values some of his birds as high as $1,000. That
sounds like an unbelievable figure, to be sure, but
the very lowest price for which one can buy a
fowl at this farm is s.. The owner has made a
fortune, is a bank director and a business man
who can take rank with those who manage the big
industries of the city.
One thinks first of eggs in connection with the
poultry business, but growing and fattening
chickens for the table is almost as important q
branch of it as egg farming. Formerly no one
thought of specially preparing chickens for the
slaughter. The farmer simply went out into the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

JNNAs
Egg farming has reached a
point where it must be included
among the big business interests
of the country, and the coming
of the parcel post has already
given it added impetus. All over
the country big plants are SPRING
ing up, where chickens are
Matched by the thousands and
shipped far and wide. Other
plants are being established for
custom Matching, just about as
chicks have been Matched iii Egypt
since the days of Moses. Over
there the Matching is done in i'm
mense brick ovens, of which there
are some six hundred, in which
12o,OOO,OOO chickens are incubated
each eason Cancels dung is used
o fuel, and the operators have
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23
Worth rryinu Anyway,

You may not be able to make tho
world any better, but you might prae,
tice a little on your home town.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

o doubt the man who paid an even
$500 for n single hen, Lady Eglan-
tine" not long ago, will get his
money back with liberal interest.
The phenomenal value of this hen
lay in the fact that she had just
completed the astonishing perform
ance of producing 314 eggs in 1865
days. 1t is assumed that the prog
eny Of Lady Byzantine will also be
wonderful egg machines, for which
reason her eggs will command the
highest prices for hatchinp mr.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

poses; as a matter of fact, they are already SELL
ing at So apiece. To be safe, this is much of a
gamble, but hundreds of people will be glad to
take the chance. You see, the call these days is
all for heavy layers, for never has the demand
for eggs been so hard to meet. Sixteen billion eggs
are required to satisfy the Amer
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-23

cause broken eggs. although the point at
issue is that fertile eggs are less desir-
able for table purposes than unfertile ones.
One might imagine that with the ire
mendous extent of the egg business in
his c]oultry, the market would be glut-
ted. On the contrary, the demand seems
The Glenwood post., 1916-10-28

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
APPLICATION IS MADE
FOR WRIT IN BEHALF
OF ROBERT BRANDT

Alleging that Robert A. Brandt, now
serving an indeterminate sentence of
from 10 years to life In the Idaho peni-
Tertiary for murder in the second de-
gree, committed in Nez Perez county,
is Illegally imprisoned. Charles Clifton
has made application for a writ Of ha-
beas corpus to Judge G. p. Mccarthy
and asks the court to Ak a date AT
which Brandt may be brought before
the court and his case heard under the
writ applied for.
Mr.. Clifton sets out in his application
for a writ that the crime for which
Brandt was sentenced was committed
April 10. 1909. that he was sentenced to
a term of from 10 years TO life, Oct. 81,
1909, and that at the time he was SEN
fenced for the crime, committed IN
April. the indeterminate sentence law
had not been authorized. as it did not
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
TO INVESTIGATE
PUMPING CHARGES

The public utilities commission was
requested today to make a thorough
investigation into the complaint filed
by one J. b. Story against the charges
for electricity as made on pumping
projects in the vicinity Of Weiser by
hydro electric companies operating in
that section of the state and which are
in the merger corporation recently per-
fected in southern Idaho. The com
plalnt of Mr.. Story was originally re-
ceived by Governor Alexander and was
by the states chief executive filed with
the commission with the request that
an investigation be made. Accompany
ing the complaint was a clipping from
one of the local Weiser papers review
ing the complaints of some of the set
tiers
Story alleges that the settlers have
not been given the rate reductions
promised. He calls attention to the
alleged high handed operations of the
power combine" He wants the COVER
nor to use the big stick" on the al
legged combination. The article accom-
panying the complaint says that the
Sunnysde settlers and waterusers as
we'll az those of Crystal are indignant
since receiving notices from the power
concern for amounts due for power
used. 1t is claimed that prior to the
combination a 40 per cent reduction
was promised the power users; that at
n meeting of the power users with the
commission and Representatives of the
power company a 10 per cent reduction
was agreed upon to he given the users.
Referring to individual cases the
complaint alleges that George Jackson
and Messrs. Presley, Roberts. Jamer-
son, Cox and Cameron, all power users,
received statements from the company
the same this year as they did last. In
other words no reduction was shown;
that in the case of George Former, a
raise of $32 over last years statement
is shown. 1t is set forth that Bonner
paid s54 for power for a two horse
power pump to water six acres and
! s13S for another pump to water Is
acres; that Miles Cameron is required
to pay $140 for power to pump water
for 16 acres and the lift Is only II
| feet.
Speaking Of the complaint today
President Ramstedt of the commission
said:
THE waterusors Of power were Civ
en- the option of the old or the new
rate established as a result OF the
conference. In any case the maximum
bill cannot exceed the old rate"
The commission will make an inves-
tigation of the matter as requested and
file report with the governor.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
(!,,.f!.tyBII0G0'

Albert p. Crane and Mayme f. Gil
bert Of Nampa were issued license
to wed late Wednesday evening
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Wendell Atkins Tuesday at their
home, 1902 North Seventh street.
Gus Mueller underwent an opera =
ton at st Alphonsus hospital this
morning. He is reported as doing
nicely
The winter picnic which was to have
been held Friday at the First Metho-
dist church has been postponed until
Feb. 49,
Nanhoe lodge No. 3, knights of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
After Laarir pe-What7

Coughs that hang on" after lagrlppe
exhaust the strength and lower the
vital resistance. f. G. Prevo Bedford.
Ind. writes: AN attack of lagrippe left
me with a severe cough. ! tried every
thing lost in weight and got so thin
it looked as If | would never get we'll
I tried FolCy's Honey and Tar and two
bottles ured me. | am now well and
back to my normal weight" Foley's
Honey and Tar gets right at the
trouble. II Is a safe, reliable remedy.
Whitehead's Drug Store. Adv-T-T S
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
DEPOSIT IS MADE
BYBONDHOLDERS
With THE STATE
Agreement Entered Into in
Regard to the North Side
Prof ect Is Complied
With.

There was 100000 in gold bonds de-
posted with the state of Idaho today
on behalf of the bondholders of the
Twin Falls North Side project TO guar
antee completion of the irrigation
system as per the terms of the agree
ment entered into between the state
land board and the bondholders repre-
sentatives. The transfer of the securi-
ties was made by Manager Shepherd
who is operating the project on behalf
of the land board. The securities were
placed with the state treasurer They
will be returned to the bondholders on
final completion of the project which
will be within the next year or so.
Two weeks ago the state land board
decided to take action in regard to the
depositing of these deposits to ascer-
tain why they were not deposited. The
bondholders were served with notice
they must appear before the board and
show cause on Feb. s as to why the Sc
curties had not been deposited. 1t
was some time prior to that an agree
ment was entered into between the re-
representatives. of the bondholders and
the land board that such bonds would
he deposited and the company would
to perform the required work, or such
of it as had not already been perform
ed since the last reports We're made on
the project. The bondholders were
given the right to make such improve
ments in the Jerome reservoir as they
saw fit and make such other improve
ments as are necessary. The project
must be completed under the terms of
ba l,tr
The representatives of the bondhold-
ers did not deposit the securities as
agreed upon Immediately and the land
board then served notice they must
show cause why the securities had not
been deposited. The result was that
the bondholders came in today with
the securities and at a meeting Of the
board they were accepted.
Members of the land board are hope
full that the depositing of the securi-
ties viii settle many of the difficulties
confronting the north side project and
that the work of completing the irri-
cation system will he carried on until
it is finished. The settlers on the pro-
ject have been demanding action. The
hondholders arc anxious to have the
project completed and IT Is believed
that it viii be within the time speci-
fed. In the event it is not and the Sc
curitics are forfeited thereby the state
may then dispose of them and use the
funds raised thereby to finish the
work.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
DEATHS-FuNERALS

Charles Ray Sullivan, aged % years,
died this morning ut 8 o'clock at the
home of his mother Mrs. e. S. Kim
zey sos South Thirteenth street. Mr..
Sullivan met with an accident by
which his leg was broken on Jan. q.
and complications set in which caused
his death. Besides his mother he
leaves four sisters. Mrs. Walter w.
Vance, Mrs. Chester T. Guyman, Miss
Laura NJ. Sullivan and Miss Mary e.
Kinney. Funeral arrangements have
not yet been made
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03

go into effect until May 6. 1909, 10 days
after the crime was committed for
which he was sentenced.
Brandt has served six years and
three months and with the time al
lowed for good behavior, the writ states.
has served a sufficient length of time
to complete the 10-year sentence. which
was all the court was authorized to
give at the time OF sentencing him, and
he therefore asks that he be released.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
Cut This Quit Is Worth Money.

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with be and mail 1t to
Foley & Co, Chicago. ILL.,, writing your
name and address clearly You will re
retye in return trial package contain
ing Foey's Honey and Tar Compound,
for lagrippe coughs. colds and Group;
Foley Kidney Pills, for lame back. weak
kidneys, rheumatism, bladder troubles
and Foley Cathartic Tablets, a whole
some and thoroughly cleansing cathar-
tic. for constipation. biliousness, head
ache and sluggish bowels. Whitehead s
Drug Store. Adv T I'll :
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03

Miss lzora Dansdon, corporation
clerk with the secretary of states de-
partment, is i'll at her home with an
attack of tonsilitis. Her condition is
improving.
There are two feet of snow stand
Ing in the Hagerman valley, an un-
precedented record, according to Sam
Johnson, a member of the Hagerman
highway commission who was calling
On state officials today
State Game Warden Jones announc-
ed today that he had directed deputies
to feed the deer marooned along the
Boise river some 80 miles from this
city. The deputies are breaking trails
to the deer and expect to save them
all.
President Ramstedt Of the public
utilities commission and Commission
er Graham are back from a trip to
Idaho Falls and Lorenzo. They en-
countered all kinds of bad weather de-
layed train traffic and snowstorms.
The applications for certificates of con-
venience and necessity to install gas
plants at Idaho Falls were investigated,
a hearing had and the matter taken
under advisement. The question of
establishing a station agent at Lo-
renzo was also investigated. Mr.
Barber. clerk and stenographer with
the commission, also made the trip
and returned to Boise at the same time
as did the commissioners.
The adjutant generals department is
in receipt of a copy Of resolutions
adopted by the Twin Falls declaring
for military preparedness very similar
to the resolution adopted by the Boise
Commercial club. In addition the Twin
Falls resolutions call for the establish
ment Of an aviaIion corps and aviation
school 10 be maintained in connection
with and made a part of the Second
infantry. Idaho national guard
Governor Alexander today appointed
three new members of the state live
stock sanitary board, the appointments
to become effective for two years on
and after Feb. %. 1916 They are:
William Winehell Of Soda Springs J. b.
Hit of Malta, and Jay o. Rhoades of
Pollock.
Adjutant General Crow, who left sew
eral days ago for Twin Falls. making
the trip prior to the storm, telegraphed
the adjutant generals department he
viii return home some time. He is
showed in at Twin Falls.
State Chemist Jackson stated today
that after Il thorough examination of
the food forl arded to him from Good
ing. taken from the Henderson home,
from eating part of which it was
thought possible Floyd Henderson had
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03

died, he could find no trace of poison.
He has so notified the Gooding phYsi =
clans called in on the case. II they de
sire he will examine the food for metal
poison, tests for which he did not make
at his last examination. Young Hen
derson died during n Sunday night
after he retired in. it was supposed
perfect health. His sister was also
seriously i'll but recovered.
For the purpose of attending two
conventions, Miss Bernice Mccoy, state
superintendent of public instruction
will leave for the east soon. She will
attend the conference of western school
superintendent at Denver Feb. II and
Is and the national convention of su-
perintendents at Detroit Feb 81 to 20
The first man in Idaho to be con
vcted the second time for violation OF
the prohibition laws, Antoine Anderson
sentenced from Fremont county. is now
at the state penitentiary. He has
started to serve a sentence of from one
to two years.
The state capitol building was COW
cred with a blanket OF snow yesterday
and today. The ianitors who have the
contract of keeping the walks and steps
Of the approach to the main entrance
clear Of snow have a Job on heir
hands They are struggling desperate
ly TO prevent the building from being
snowbound.
The school trustees OF Ada county who
met In the house of representatives. this
week in annual session elected the fol-
lowing officers: ID. &. Mullen, High
line, president; s. p. Hagler, Franklin
vice president; w. II, McBirney, Clo-
verdale, secretary. The executive COM
mittee is composed of ID. c. Mullen, II
L. Neal, S. p. Hagler. John V itlocll
and ". II. Mckinney. The trustees
divided the county into sub districts
The trustees of these districts are to
meet several times a year.
George w. Tannahlll has wired the
state game warden as follows from
Lewiston:
Game birds in this section in bad
condition. Can YOU send SIS or $50 to
c. e. Butler, president Nez Perez Coun-
ty Sportsman association, to assist in
buying and distributing feed Associ-
alton has been doing this, but funds
about exhausted"
Warden jones authorized c. E. But
Ter to spend $50 for feed and file vouch-
ers with the department.
The public utilities commission de-
cided today to postpone the date for
the hearing in the case of the attorney
general against the Meadows Light &
Power company, which was to be
heard Feb. 4, to Feb 16, due to the
weather conditions.
state Game Warden Jones received
the following telegram from +. :; Stoos
deputy game warden for Bonner coun-
ty; Back from three day trip in Skin
creek country. Saw 80 black tail in one
day. Two hundred in that locality
Snow deep, deer helpless. WIN perish
! if not fed. Hay cheap and availabl
Three hundred white tail in Moves ba
sin. They need immediate aid Await
instructions" To this Warden Jones
wired that Deputy Keene would arrive
at Boomers Ferry and assist him in
handling the situation.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03

This map shows the final steps by
which Montenegro, like her nearest
ally, Serbia, has now passed COM
pletely into the hands of the Ger
manic alliance. as well as the immi-
nence OF the occupation of all Al
bania. down to and perhaps including
Avlona. by the same powers.
The shaded portion OF the map
shows the territory in Austrian or
Bulgarian haaas.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
Stood by Her.
(From Judge.)

tFrOm JudBe.)
Congratulations! hear your
daughter is engaged"
Yes. 1t came as a surprise"
"Wen, now that II is really so, want
to tell YOU that there was never mo-
ment when l gave up all hope for YOU"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
Habit.
(From Judge.

IT TVIl JUWEt.I
Does he pay his alimony promptly?'
no: | have as much trouble in get
ting money out of him rs if | Wer,
married to him"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03

Now that peace has been declared In
baseball, certain of the frontiers of the
game are so changed you would hardly
know them.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
AGENTS WANTED.

RELIABLE agents in every county and
city in the states of Idaho. Wash
ington, Oregon. Wyoming. Montana
and Utah Steady position with op-
portunity for quick promotion to
right parties. Address Western
Chemical Sales Co. Suite 347 Soma
Block, Boise, Idaho. 10
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03
Wanted.

Quicksilver, small or large quantities
Idaho Hdw. and Plumbing Co.-Adv. &c
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03

order HTAWATHA COAL. phone 323.
Lump $3.50: stove 81: nut $3.50 II
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-02-03

Manicuring- Hotel Barber
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