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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
THE HIckEYvlLLE CLARION.

Mr. Amry Hicks. who went to make
his fortune six months ago, having
washed his hands OF this place for
ever has returned and accepted
position as first assistant chambermaid
at Amos Butts livery, feed and sales
stables.
Hank Purdy, one OF our local phil
anthropists, has fingered out scheme
to beat the penny in the-slot peanut
machine in the office of the huttel. He
has bored a hole in a one cent piece
and tied a silk thread to it. After he
works the machine eight or ten times
and gets a peck etful of peanuts he
yanks the cent out and puts it away.
Constable Ezra Hand who has been at
work on the case, has been consider
ably baffled as Hank has worn a
false mustache and blue eyeglasses
while doing the work. The constable
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
Why Not Cheap Power.

Sunday Capital News From time
to time there has appeared in the col
umns of the Capital News articles con-
corning power at Acknowledging
power-power that could be sold at
practically cost of production. Each
time such an article has appeared we
farmers throughout the county have
been deeply interested and have ear
nestly hoped that something would be
done Always we have been disap-
pointed. Always the subject has been
dropped.
We are mystifed. We cannot under
stand how matter of such vital i'm
portance to the people of Boise can he
treated with such seeming indifference.
Hard as it is to understand why this
important matter is so neglected by
the people of Boise, 1t Is harder still
to understand why many farmers dc
not realize that the municipal owner
| ship of a lease and the use of power
by Boise City and it's people would be
a great and direct benefit to the farm
ers. l cannot understand why the
farmers living on lands watered by the
project do not earnestly endeavor tc
arouse the people of Boise and CO.
operate with them in securing this
cheap power. Surely the farmers know
that every cent paid by Boise City OF
such a lease would be credited to thu
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
THE DARDANELLEs CAMPAIGN.

The Dardaneles campaign, which began almost year
ago has just ended in absolute failure Shortly after the
movement was undertaken it announced on high au-
|thory that by Easter of last year ConstantnOpe would
have fallen. But it discovered that unsup
ported naval attack could accomplish nothing Then the
|eXpedtonary force sent after all the world had been
warned that the Turkish capital the goal No Drawer
sacrificed than those British soldiers many
|of them troops who marched CALAMITY to death
the Galpo peninsula They did all that could have been
expected of Them and mor If be true has recently
been said, that more determined assault several
months ago would have carried the day the fact but
heghtens the tragedy. General Hamilton former COM
nander of the expedition has said that had adequate
Inducements been sent victory would have been assured
But it that could, at the time, be
Spared
That there frightful laundering all the world
knows. There WILL of course be determined effort to fix
he responsibility Mr. Churchill, then first lord of the
admiralty has been severely criticised the author of the
lfated campaign But he insisted that Admiral Lord
Fisher must bear part of the blame All that is now
is that the movement whoever ordered it. and how
it conducted has failed terribly, and that many
lives have been needlessly sacrificed. For there
not been any indirect results of value it
hought there might be- The pressure the allies in the
Balkans not noticeaby relieved.
Nothing is yet known to the destination of the
orces withdrawn from the peninsula Wherever they &c
hese men, who have been through such terrible test will
i've good account of themselves. The blame for the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
Letters From the People

project and deducted from the amount
water users will be called upon to pay.
Complaints are constantly made that
the people of Boise and the people liv-
poses and that the development of
both town and country are thus him
dered. Does not the securing and de-
velopment of this power afford a splen-
did opportunity for team work? Sure
ly there can be no opposition In either
quarter to this enterprise which will
be so beneficial to both town and
country.
Can it be that cheap power does not
appeal to the people of Boise. While
on a visit to Burley recently, I noticed
what seemed to me an extravagant use
of street lights. On inquiry, l learned
/ that the cost of power was so very
low that the town could we'll afford the
lavish use. Houses were very general
ly heated by electricity and, in many
homes. electric power was used for
cooking. Every room in the hotel al
which | stopped was electrically heated
This very general use of electric power
is due to its cheapness 1t is obtained
from the government projects-just az
1t can be obtained here.
Parties who have earnestly endeav-
ored to get the city council to take
some action in this matter have told
me that sufficient power can be gen
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

that the newspapers and magazines OF
the land are taking such united atti-
tude in opposing peace arguments and
abusing those trying to swing senti-
ment favoring peace, and instead try
ing to boost war sentiment and milf
tarism and preparations for war? Is
this attitude on account of the millions
in blood money being spent in the
country for war supplies and the arti-
fetal prosperity they are boasting so
much about bringing on slaughter and
destruction? 1 am quite sure this mil
tary argument at this time is bad med
icine. 1t is not fooling people who do
part of their own thinking and is caus-
ing bad feeling in afflicted nations al
ready with an overdose of war prep
aration. F. BENJAMIN.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

on him when II came to a question
of Real Ability. Then why were they
Chosen and he left TO Stagnats?
He noticed that all OF the Lucky
Ones seemed to be Pleasant-Spoken.
Likabls Chaps who had many friends
and were always ready TO turn Mere
Acquainta noes into Real Friends. They
were Cheerful and Sociabie and
Chubby" And, without making IL .
Regular Business they endeavored to
Meet and Know men of Position and
Fat Bank Accounts. But, they were
not Snobs about II. They were willing
to Meet and Be Pleasant to everyone
who Came Their Way with anything
like Proper Credentials.
And the Whole Stunt of Glad-HAnd-
ing Seemed to Work Out to their
Benent.
Now this Crouch wasn't Bonehead
nor was he a 6imp. He had simply
been Laboring under a Delusion. 1t
didn't Come Natural for him TO be So
ciable so, since he couldn't see where
It was going to Get Him Anything. he
hadn't Bothered to Put Himself Gu.
to Meet People. OF course he wac
Human and of course he felt the Need
of Companionship; but. heretofore. he
had Confined that Impulse to a LAM
tied Number, so he realized he had
been Sleeping on his Back. and he
Turned over!
Now he sees the Error of his Ways
And He's trying to Make Up for Lost
Time.
Moral: "a Word to the wise Ia
sufscisnt"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
ct HERE, those nuts are safe!"

0T HERE, those nuts are safe!"
exclaimed q little squirrel.
u after he had carefully slowed
away a big pile in a hole in the old
hickory tree, and they are where
can find them too! That's ono good
thing about a shell bark hickory
tree-the bark is so funny that the
tree is easy to fnd!" And then the
squirrel happened TO think: Il won
der how the bark got that wayR
wonder"
Whats that you wonder7" asked
a bird who stopped on branch close
by.
81 was wondering about the hick-
DRY bark" said the squirrel. DO
you happen to know how the bark
became so loose and curled up?"
THAT I do" replied the bird. 81
know, because / asked the North
Wind only the other day. And he is
the fellow who curled up the bark.
Listen! I'll tell you what he told
me-"
So the little squirrel sat down on
his launches on the branch nearest
the bird; and this 10 the story be
was told:
"Once upon a time." began the
bird, the North Wind thought 1t
would be a very clever thing II he
stored UP his icicles and cold breezes
some place where they would be
handy, so that II he suddenly wanted
storm he wouldn't have to send
clear up to the North Pole after 1t.
But where to store them was the
question. At last he discovered a
nice deep hole in a hickory tree and
there he packed away seven tiny
north breezes and five snow fiurries.
Then he went on a journey to an
other part of the country.
"Iust when everybody thought he
was safely out of the way for at least
five days, the tricky old fellow, laugh
ing in his sleeve all the while, turned
back to get his stored-away storms
and surprise everybody. Isn't that
just like him?
when he came to the forest where
the breezes and the storms were hid.
den he discovered that all the trees
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
Satisfied.
I amt runnin'

Satisfied.
I'm glad I amt runnin'
To be the president,
Bekuz l stole a boss once,
And no one cares a cent.
My past they're not undertaking.
The public can go hang;
l smoked a cigaret once.
md no one cares a dang.
I used to play the banjo,
And no one seems to care;
They've not dug UP this scandal
md chased 1t to it's lair.
So long as amt running
No probers are about,
And there are things about me
They never will find out.
Let others seek the office,
I'll stay up on the shelf;
The details OF my dizzy past
I'll keep right to myself,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

january worn.
Through diaphanous pajamas
The winds of winter blow
AS l. shivering go
To the realms below.
Even so.
I've been routed from my slumbers,
For my mission, 1t is chill;
My wife's voice. a voice that's shrill
Has repeated oft the shout.
Hustle down, you lazy lout;
Yes, the furnace fire is out
Then my knees, they knock together,
It's some frigid. is the weather,
And 1 tackle my old furnace
With a feeling of despair,
For it's full of stubborn clinkers,
And the frost is in the air.
Then comes floating down the stair
one fond voice I'll ne'er forget:
Amt you got 1t started YETI
Then l shake it like a demon
Till my elbows rack with pain.
But l find there's nothing doing.
So I crank her up again.
Then I burn up old newspapers
And a barrel and a chair,
And a table and all other
OF wife's furniture l dare.
If I'm lucky and naught happens,
And my plans all come out right,
most always have my furnace
Going pretty good by night.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
An Editor,a soIlIoauy.

An Editors SoIlloquy.
There are moments when the life of
a country editor hardly seems worth
living; fleeing moments, perhaps,
but intense moments, nevertheless. The
editor of the Sunfield Sentinel expert
enced one of these moments recently.
according to the following, which is
taken from his valuable paper:
when a girl with a face like a
cream puff marries youth who never
earned dime outside a shooting gal
lery, the editor has to paint the bride
a radiant vision of blushing beauty
and the groom as rising young bus
mess man. or else disappoint an ex-
pectant circle of delinquent subscrib-
ers. II the editor fails to spread q
two column obituary over promi-
nent citizen, who never paid gro.
Gerry bill outside of the justice court
he is liable to be waited upon by some
two fisted relative of the deceased
with an Infatuated air and a punch il
either hand"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

"Once upon a time" began the bird,
"the North Wind thought IL toonld
be uery clever thing II he stored
up his fcicles and cold brcezes some
place tohere they pouId be handy
couldn't find the hidden breezes and
storms.
HE hunted all day and he hunted
all night; but never a hidden breeze
or storm did he find. That made
the old fellow very angry, and he
ragged and ranted through the woodsi
Finally. though, he gave up the
hunt and sent north for more
breezes. These he hid as before.
But this time he curled up all the
bark of the tree by blowing his cold
breath on it. 'Therel' he said, as he
saw it curled up and loose. Now
guess l can find that tree when I
come back,' And ever since then,
those hickory trees in which the
storms and the breezes are hidden,
they and all their children, have
curled up bark just like this'"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

~ VINO was KNOWN AnlOnk lHObO
"a who simply Had to Come In
V1 Contact occasionally with him
as a Grouch-and a Double-Crusted,
Iron Rivetted One at that. No matter
what the occasion you never saw him
Splitting any Glad Stuff. He wasn't
even gociabls. IT was all but Safe
Bet that he hated even Himself.
He never Smiled. He never
Chummed Around with The Boys. He
wasn't chubby" and. apparently, he
had no Friends. From all OF which 1t
may be Inferred that he was left
pretty much to the Company OF his
own sombre Self.
There were n few chaps who knew
him well enough to Say Word or
Two to him now and then when an
unkind Fate threw them Together
but you could count on the fingers OF
One Hand, minus the Thumb, the num-
Der of fellows who ever Sought him
Out and called him by his First Name.
In short. this gloomy Young Chap
was a Crab.
OF course, II he wanted TO Act that
Way II was. strictly speaking. his Owr
Business. He wasn't old enough tc
have been Disappointed In Love mol
was he q member OF the Alimony Club
II he had an Alih he never told any
body About IT. 10 he kept on witt
the Funeral Stun and thereby Gum,
med the Game.
II took him q Long Time to Ge
visa In fact. even nov, he hssn'
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
DAILY LESSON IN HISTORY.


One Hundred Years Ago Today.
1St6-The widow of Alexander
Hamilton petitioned congress for
a continuation of the pension
received by him as an officer
of the revolutionary war.
oeventy-fiv Years Ago Today.
1S41-President Bustamente
of Mexico was engaged in con-
flict with the northern states,
which had declared their in
} dependence OF the central gov
} eminent.
Fifty Years Ago Today.
} 1s66--The senate called upon
} the president for the correspon-
} dence between himself and Chief
} Justice Chase relative to the
, case OF Jefferson Davis. who
, was still kept in custody at
D Fortress Monroe.
, Twenty five Years Ago Today.
, 1S91-The Indian war in tbs
0 northwest was virtually end
. ed by the submission Of several
. thousand hostilcs to General
. Miles at Pine Ridge.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

entirely Woke Up. But he's using an
Alarm Clock and he Hopes for the
Best.
You see, fellows all around him
kept on being Boosted up the Ladder
and in the Region of Their Pay En-
velopes, while he remained Lashed to
the Mast at the Same Old Job. And
lots of these Chaps. he concluded after
Conscientious Thought hadn't . Thing
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
[OK1o5Pur
|f !. @E(
II Rou KMoulton

has seen him workin' the machine sew
eral times, but on account of the false
mustache and eyeglasses he has hest
tated to step up and make arrest for
fear he might get the wrong party.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
The New Sunset.

The New Sunset is a beauty The
large size gives opportunity for more
artistic Illustrations. Capital News
readers can secure a years subscrip-
ton to Sunset by paying for the Cap
ital News for one year in advance.
Order by mail or telephone, 234, and
a collector will be sent II
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

failure wherever rests certainly does not rest on their
shoulders It is simply another case of that muddling
which many Engishmen to feel is almost essential
to the conduct of Muddlng is criminal when 1T re-
suits in the needless slaughter of brave men, and brings
no other results.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
S{,Bedgi|'iH!61 a!! !!
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The Story Of The Shell Bark Hickory
ctarainsrslajudscs!

were hickory trees. And all looked
exactly alike. Why he hadn't no
ticed that before he didn't know
but he hadn't, that was surei So he
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
One Year Ago in the War.

One Year Ago in tho War.
Jan. 10, 1s15-Berlin claimed
that French casualties north
and east of scissors were TO-
600 killed and captured; French
declared that only three bril-
gades were engaged at scissors
and therefore that Berlin's fig
ures were wrong; Germans re-
occupied portion of trenches lost
Jan. IA, French official report
admitted, but claimed slight
gains at Arras; British took
Ewal1opmund, German West At
RIGA, from the Teutons.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
Dinner Stories.
1. i. i. i. j. !. i. !. !. /. j. :;

Il hear old Van Geld is down with
nervous prostration brought on by
business worries l don't see what
he's got to worry about. He's got
eighty or ninety million dollars
1T isn't the money that he's got
that's worrying him. It's the money
other people have. He's afraid he
won't be able to get 1t all away from
them before he dies"
When the ballplayers are down
south in the spring the old players
do not take any chances with their
pitching arms, letting the youngsters
prove their energies instead. One day
at Little Rock, where the Detroit team
was playing an exhibition, old Red
Donahue, who in his day was the
sharpest- tongued man in baseball, was
tossing them over and letting the Lit
tie Rock batters hit it at will. to the
great delight OF the spectators.
"Oh, Red, you're easy, easy, easy.
shrieled one very wild fan who was
getting on Reds nerves.
I'm not half as easy as you are,
retorted Red You paid so cents to
see me do 1.-THE American Boy
On board OF one Of his majesty $
ships two seamen were hotly engaged
in an argument as to the class Of ami
NAL q hog belonged, one Of them as
sorting 1t was a sheep and the other
equally certain it was pig.
Not being able to agree, one OF
them turned to an old salt, who was
standing close by, saying
Here. Bill. you've knocked about
a bit. What is a hog? Is ii pig or q
Sheep"
whereupon Bill. after due consider
alton. replied;
well, to tell the truth. chummy,
don't know much about poultry"
The election OF officers OF the Boise
Valley Irrigation Ditch Co, will be helt
Monday Feb. Z, at 2 p. M, at the Coz
school house. near Saxton station. l.
you cannot attend send written proxy
to avoid expense of calling another
election.
(Signed) EDNA E. LEONARD.
Adv-J20 Secretary.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

Jan. 19-20-Idaho State
Grange, Wendell.
Jan. 1920-21-Idaho State
Seed wers' association,
Caldwell.
Feb. -3-4-Idaho State Hor-
ticultural association, Twin
Falls.
Feb. 14-15- 16-First State
wide Farmeri Conference,
Boise.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

But we doubt whether dumdum bull
let's made in Connecticut would contain
genuine powder.-St. Joseph (Mo.)
Gazette.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16
The Crouch

80 HERE was once a Young Chap
III who was known among those
"a who simply Had to Come In
VO Contact occasionally with him
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-01-16

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-24
SECOND GAME
FIRST

Chattanooga-Jantzen struck out Pit Ter singled to left. Harris singled to cen- ter. Hyatt walked. filling the bases FL berfeld hit to Clark and beat it out. Pit Ter and Harris scored on Clark's wild throw. Kitchens singled down the third base line and Hyatt scored. Messenger popped to Lindsay. Graff forced Kitchens at second. Three runs, four hits, one er- TOT.
 mingham-McDonald flied to center Derrick out, third to first. Meunel flied 1 to left No runs, no hits, no errors SECOND l Chattanooga-Mars flied to right 1 Jantzen out, pitcher to first. Pitler out | pitcher to first. No runs, no hits, nc 1 errors.
 | Birmngham-Coombs lined to left. Clark out, second to first Lindsay singled to center Caton singled to right. Smith forced Caton at second. No runs, two 1 hits, no errors.
 THIRD Chattanooga-Harris safe on Mcdonald error. Hyatt popped to Derrick. Fiber field walked Kitchens out, short to first Messenger beat out hit to short, Har- ris scoring. Messenger stole second. Graf singled to left, Elberfeld scoring. Mes senger scored and Graff took third on Coombs' wild throw to the plate. Mar shall struck out. Three runs, two hits, two errors. Birmingham-Watson playing short fol Chattanooga. Grimes struck out. McDon- aid out, pitcher to first. Derrick popped to short. No runs, no hits, no errors FOURTH Chattanooga-Jantzen out. third to first Pitler tripled to left. Harris doubled to center, Pitler scoring. Hyatt struck out Watson struck out One run, two hits
 no errors
 Birmingham Meusel flied to left
 Coombs struck out. Clark singled te right. Lindsay forced Clark at second No runs, one hit, no errors. FIFTH Chattanooga-Hauser goes in right field, Caton to center and Meusel tc left, Coombs retiring from the game Kitchens popped to Clark. Messenger out Clark to Derrick. Graff safe on Lndsay's error, taking second Marshall out pitcher to first No runs. one hit one error
 Birmingham-Cat doubled to center Smith walked. Black out, pitcher to first Mcdonald walked, filling the bases. Caton stole home. Derrick dou- bled to left, Smith scoring Meusel hit to third and Mcdonald was safe at home in the chase Derrick taking third and Meusel second on the play. Hauser popped to second, Clark out, first, unas- sisted. Three runs, two hits, no errors SIXTH ChattaIooga--Jantzen struck out. Pitler popped to Clark. Harris struck out. No
 runs, no hits. no errors.
 Birmingha m-Lindsay flied to center. Caton out, second to first. Smith singled to center. Black doubled to left. Nc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-24

by the Memphis management. This sympathy we cannot see. From all re- ports, Dolly was too good fellow to be a successful leader of a ball team and the Memphis officials rec ognized this. There was no use beat ing about the bush and waiting until the team was hopelessly out of the race before making the change. Dolly has nothing of which to complain, as he was paid the money his contract called for for one months services in stead of five
 Three loud cheers for the umpires. O'Toole and Breitenstein kept things moving yesterday to the best of their ability and promptly quelled demon- stration planned by the Kid to show his disapproval of a decision at the plate when Eddie Mcdonald pulled some of the stuff for which he is fa- nous. It was a neat play and aside from the work of O'Toole is worthy of mention
 It happened in the fifth inning with Meusel at bat and McDonald on third. The gardener hit sharply to Graf and Eddie started for the plate The third baseman's throw was so far ahead of him that Eddie pulled up and started back. In the chase Graf outran him but Eddie slid desperately and Graf overran him. Eddie was some five feet from the plate but he got up, dusted off his clothes and stepped on the plate, whereupon O'Toole called him safe, as he had never been touched
 Graf knew he had not touched Me- Donald but hoped that O'Toole had missed it. He was afraid to touch Mack again for fear he would miss him. Mack was too wise to jump to- ward the platter and let it be known that he had not been touched. It was quite neatly executed about the only play in the two games from a Baron standpoint that was satisfac- tory.
 Cecil Coombs was taken out during the second fray yesterday. Again he has sprung a charleyhorse that is playing hob with his legs. His bat ting will be sorely missed, too, as he cracked out four safeties in as many trips to the plate during the first fray. He was the only Baron who could get to Johnson Hauser was sent to right field, Caton taking cen ter and Meusel going to left. Moley is not certain how long the new or der will stand. Not long, we hope.