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Connecticut western news., 1917-04-19
ARBOR AND BIRD DAY.

Governor Holcomb has designated Friday, April 20th, as Arbor and Bird Day, and in his proclamation says:-
 In the storm tide of human affairs we are prone to forget how much we owe to our old mother Nature. Her breast it is to which we look for nour. ishment, and in heI beauty we find sur- cease from troubling. How gratefully, in these days of turmoil we raise our eyes to the immutabIe hills, how soothingly the soft greens and browns of earth's cloak fold us about, how restfully come the myriad voice that speak in ssthe soughing of the winds in the pines, the whispering of the leaves and the ruatling and twittering of the little wild folk of the woods! What a dreary world it would be shorn of all this beauty! The hand of man has done much to dim this our rjghtful heritage It should be our task unceasingly to strive to restore the injury that has been done and to stay that which else will surely come. That a realization of this may be. very forcefully brought home to us, the Legislature has re- quired the designation of day for it's consideration, and I do therefore, name Friday, the 20th, day of April, as Arbor and Bird Day in the hope that then the people of the state, and particularly the pupils in it's schools, will lay aside their wonted tasks for little, think of the gifts which Nature offers to us so freely and consider whether it be not our duty co do all we can to preserve them for future generations.
Connecticut western news., 1917-04-19
NEW RAVENS EARNINGS.

An examination of the returns of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad for February, which were made public today, indicates that the New Haven made much better report than for the same month in 1916. Many roads have shown decreases for both January and February in Net Corporate Income. while the New Haven returns for 1917 show an increase for February of $240, 900 over 1916-and for the two months ending February 2s an increase of $756. 900.
 The balance or deficit after fixed charges on the New Haven for February for term of years is as follows:
 February l913-deficit $421.130. 51 February 19l4-deficit TIT, ,436. 04 February l915-deficit 5S,120.54 February 19l6-deficit 557, 1855. S9 February 1917-defcit SIT, 7,050. 53
 February is short month and the company for a number of years has not earned its monthly proportion of fixed charges in that month, February 1917, however, is better than any February in the last five years except 1915, since which time most wages and nearly..all prices of materials have advanced, .es- pecially coal. Included in February 1917 there were additional labor ex. penses of $l36, ,21742 because of the Adamson Law.
Connecticut western news., 1917-04-19
A TIMELY WORD.

So far as the Tribune IS concerned it welcomes a sensible censorship, but, law or no law, if the embalmed beef scandal is repeated in this war in which we are about to engage; if ty- phoid camps are erected again, and if men willing to sacrifice themselves for cause are sacrificed without cause, the facts will be told and the responsible editors will accept the penalty. Chi. cago Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1917-04-19
WAR CHANGES DOGS NAME.

James Hart. an employe of Uncle Sam in the postal department at the Winsted office, is the owner of an Eng fish bull dog, which, until recently has answered to the name of Kaiser. In renewing the license MT. Hart had the name changed to Uncle Sam on the records of Town Clerk c. W. Winslow.
Connecticut western news., 1917-04-19
Edward Arnreim of New Brupswi

Edward Arnreim of New Brunswick, N. J., was born in Germany and has not been naturalized, but he should be allowed to take out his papers. Some- body stole his American flag so he had one painted on his house and to be sure that everybody saw it, he made it eight by ten feet in size.
Connecticut western news., 1917-04-19

Thousands of oysters perish in the sea by the attacks of strange enemy called chona, kind of sponge, which burrows into and gradually destroys the shells, causing them to fall to pieces.
Connecticut western news., 1917-04-19

Why scold the New York youths who are accused of getting marriage licenses in order to escape draft? Perhaps they are only looking for little intensive training in fighting.
Connecticut western news., 1917-04-19
WAR HATH HER VICTORIES.

Another thing about the greatest war in the history of creation is that it is so tremendous it can make the colonel stop denouncing an American adminis- tration which isn't his own.-Hartford Times.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01
Classified Advertisements
Received Too Late For
Classification.

FOR SALE OR Harley
Davidson Motorcycle, with side car
and top. Three speeds. Ridden five
months. For sale or trade for Ford.
Reasonable. 342 South Main.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

the office of United States District
Attorney Clay Allen of Seattle, led to
the appointment of United States Dis
trict Attorney Clarence L. Reames of
Portland as special prosecutor, after
Attorney General Gregory had said
that the cases did not require special
prosecution.
Leaders of the prohibition move
ment here said Sunday that in all
probability their organization would
offer financial aid for the defence of
Gill, who was indicted by the federal
grand jury on the charge of conspir-
ing to violate the interstate COM
merce law by bringing liquor into this
state from California.
Laurence Colman, one of Gill's
bondsmen, who is a member of the
Seattle prohibition committee that
was organized in the last campaign to
urge enforcement of the dry law, said
that no formal action had yet been
taken by the committee looking to-
ward supporting the mayor in his de-
Tense but that he regarded the mayor
as having stood for the committees
principles and that in a few days the
matter would be considered by the
members.
Gill announced that he and Chief Of
Police Rockingham would interpose
no technical objections to the indict-
ments and that they would demand
speedy trials.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

H. G. Wells English author of note made recent
tribuon the the Saturday Evening Post entitled GLOW People
Think summarizing the contradictory
foreasng quarters pays special attention to the
present the United States and the
the feeling France and Eng
land with regard the The latter by compl
menary kindly he rather discounts by the
following pregnant reflections
And | will further confess that when Vscount Grey
answered of President Wilson and ex-Presi
Taft of American initiative to found a World Lea
que Peace by asking whether America prepared
to force, he spoke the doubts of all
thoughtful European No but American deep
y the idiosncrases Of the American population
can answer that question, tell how far the deusion
of isolation, which has prevailed in America for
several generations dispelled But if the
swer to Lord Grey Yes then | think history will
emerge complete justification Of the obstinate main
tenance of neutrality by America.
every country is mixture Of many strands There
is a Base Americas there IS a Dull America; there
Ideal and America. And l convinced that, at
present Europe and misjudges the possibilities
of the latter
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01
TWIN FALLS LOSES
THIRD GAME TO Bull
West-Enders Spring Surprise on Local
Men and ROmp Away With Game
Score 80 to %.

The strangeness of the Bull floor,
a good competing team, and an "off
night" for Twin Falls, accounts for
the loss of the third basketball game
Of the season to Bull by the score
of 27 to 49, The outcome of the game
was a great surprise for the Twin
Falls rooters who admit that Bull
was there with the goods.
The first half was a walk away for
Bull. Riggs, their star forward,
made eight fields goals within that
time, while Hall made three and Bay
miller one. OF the Twin Falls quin-
tet Boone made four field goals and
Neuman made two. Hall threw one
free throw and Neuman was credited
with three. The score for the first
half was 25-15.
In the second half Twin Falls show
improvement, but was unable to catch
up with Bulbs ten point lead. The
score for the second half, was 1912;
also in Bulbs favor, making the to-
tai score 1927.
The lineup for Twin Falls is:
Boone, forward; Neuman, forward /;
GLASGOW, center; McCracken, guard (;
Dewitt, guard; Strong, forward; Scott,
guard Bull lineup: Hall, forward +;
Rugg, forward; Baymiller, center
Mills, guard Woodward. guard; Ed
wards, forward.
The next game is with Rupert on
the home floor tomorrow night. The
boys expect to find the Rupert team
the hardest to down of any encounter
ed this season. The succeeding game
is to be with Bull on the home floor
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

other books. The second year the
number of books in the library will be
more than doubled. In addition to the
$50 books which will be added each
year it is expected many library pa
irons will donate books and in two or
three years Bull will have a fairly
large number of books for circula-
ton. When the interest is fully de-
veloped and the plan is carried out APP
plication will be made for a new Car
negie library.
The location for the library will be
determined as soon as it is assured
the plan will succeed It has been
suggested the books be placed in the
Women's rest room on Main street.
This location is central and easily ac-
cessible, and the cost of maintenance
would be small. Volunteers would be
called for to help index the books and
get the system under way.
feature of the proposed library
will be magazine and newspaper sec
ton. Boise, Twin Falls, and Bull
newspapers will be received regularly
and magazines will be on the reading
table. These will be solicited from
town people and publishers.
1t is probable the library plan will
be brought before the Parent-Teachers'
association at the associations next
meeting. In the meantime, the library
boosters are perfecting the plan and
feeling out the sentiment toward it.
If the proposition is not feasible in
Bull, other plans will be asked for,
and considered. The time is at hand
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01
MAYOR GILL OF SEATTLE
INDICTED BY GRAND JURY
Charged With Violation of United
States Law FOrbidding Importation
of Liquor Into Dry State.

SEATTLE-The long expected in
dictments against Mayor Hiram c.
Gill, Chief of Police Charles l.. Beck
ingham and Former Sheriff Robert T.
Hodge. charging conspiracy to violate
the interstate commerce and federal
liquor laws, and acceptance of brides
we're returned by the United States
grand jury Saturday and warrants
were placed in the hands of deputy
marshals for the arrest of these de-
PENDANTS and ten others who were in
dicted.
AS soon as they learned of the in
dictments Gill, Rockingham an De-
tectives Peyser, Doom and McLennan
went to the federal building and gave
$500 bail each. ExSheriff Hodge is
said to be arranging a bond. The
Billingsley's and Pielow and Frazier,
transformer, are already under bond
for earlier indictments and new Sc
curity was not required from them
Mayor Gill, who had looked fo~ tie
indictment issued a statement early
in January, in which he defie1 his
enemies and declared he would prove
his innocence Of any charge made
against him. Mayor Gill's attack on
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01
FIVE THOUSAND DAYLIGHT
SAVERS IN MEETING
Convention Gathers Today in Effort
to Conserve Extra Hour OF Day
Light in Twenty
limited Pressl

NEW YORK, Jan. 30-Five thous-
and delegates to the National Daylight
Saving convention came here from all
over the country today to see If they
can't get Father Time to shoulder his
scythe and walk back sixty minutes
the first of May.
It will be explained to the old man
that he can run and catch up with the
hour again September 30. The idea,
he will be. informed. is to make use
of the added hour of daylight we
have between those dates. We can
get up an hour earlier, go to work an
hour earlier, quit an hour earlier
and have an extra hour of daylight to
have a good time in.
1t may be news to a lot of folks to
know that in Cleveland and Dayton,
Ohio, this daylight saving scheme has
been in force for two years. Every
body knows it was used throughout
Europe and in Canada last year with
good results.
The Old Man With The Scythe will
have plenty of evidence presented to
convince him. Borough President
Mark of this city will introduce each
of the speakers, among whom will be
Representative William p. Borland of
Missouri whose bill making daylight
saving national law, is now pending
in congress.
Then President Marks will intro
duce representatives of practically
every civic organization in this coun-
try and delegates from England Scot
land, Russia, Poland, Holland and of
Canada.
Robert Garland Of Pittsburgh will
speak for the Chamber of Commerce,
Ex-Governor John X. Tener for the
health experts who want more day
light to fight the white plague; John
Brisbane and others also will speak.
Columbia Universitys astronomer,
Harold Jacoby, will speak scientific
ally to the venerable gentleman and
]. S. Whitehouse, a member of Parlia-
ment from London will argue with
him, George AIDE Of the National
Lawn Tennis association will speak
on the added time for recreation af-
forded by the plan. S. p. Hale Of the
Standard Time Committee of the
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce will
tell how they like the idea in Ohio.
All the speakers will stress the
point that this plan will save the
country 500, 900 in light and pow
er expenses during the summer
months. This is expected to knock
the old man off his seat.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

FOR SALE-Have several second
hand cars to sell for cash or will
trade for horses or cattle. Aaron
Motor Car Company.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01
BULL TO HAVE A
PUBLIC LIBRARY SOON
Movement Started to Form 0rganiza-
ton to Select Books and Get Com
munity Cooperation.

A movement for a library in Bull
was started this week when several
Bull men decided 20 present a plan
before the Parent-Teachers' associa-
ton which would result in the opening
of a library this spring, says the Bull
Herald. The library boosters will ask
the associations sanction of their plan
before starting the organization.
The men interested in the movement
will make a canvass of the town and
ask $50 people to give book a year
for three or five years. This will start
the library with $50 volumes. The
books will be loaned out at five cents
volume and, according to library sta
tistics, each book will earn from TWEEN
ty-five to thirty-five cents year. This
money will be spent for reference and
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01
HOUiSter NeuS

Quite a number of Hollister citi-
Zens were over to Twin Falls Fri
day and Saturday to attend the big
horse sale.
The biggest snow of the season
fell Sunday night, being about z
or inches.
r. d. Mcbride of Twin Falls will
be among us this season as he has
rented Jess Sallee's farm and will
take possession on or about Jan. 20.
Mr.. Pennington, who came from
Oklahoma last year and settler on
the Salmon tract, has rented and will
farm Charlie Robinson's farm lust
south of the townsite.
An auto trailer turned turtle in
the streets of HOLSTER one night
last week but no one was hurt.
Jess Sallee is going to settle in
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

small house, shack barn and granary.
80 acres-Five miles from town !;
fenced; shack; waters WE'LL plenty
waste water.
40 acres-One mile from town; all
in alfalfa and clover.
40 acres-1A miles from town /;
eighteen acres clover; balance pillow
land; small shack.
Small payment down. Easy terms.
M. w. Johnson, P. o. Box Sc, or
Rogerson Hotel. Twin Falls, Idaho.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

Twin Falls for while till he finds
final destination.
Dave Kennison has been buying
some more horses lately, and will
probably go back to general con-
tracing again in the spring.
The HOLSTER water works has
been frozen for about week during
the cold weather.
John Nelson went to Twin Falls
Monday where he will help Theodore
Cheney get his things gathered up
and will move Wednesday to the
Salmon tract for the coming season
Mr.. Morte has been building a
house on Mr.. Beatty's ranch east
of town.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

for the library movement to be car
ried forward, according to the people
most interested in it, and they say that
enough interest is being shown to as
sure library.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Will sell
or trade for land near Twin Falls,
$4,000 stock of merchandise, fine bust
ness location. Snap if taken at once.
Address e. c. care Times.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01

FOR RENT-Two rooms furnished
for housekeeping. sol Fourth ave. W.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-01
LAND FOR SALE ON MILNER
SEGREGATION

Same Water Right as South Side
tract. Possession given Immediately
80 acres-One mile from town most
Morris tribune., 1917-01-12
lnvents New Potato Picker.

Elk River Star News: A potato
picker has been invented by Henry
Gorbin, OF Otsego, which is said by
those who have seen the model to be
what potato growers have long been
waiting for. This machine not only
separates the vines, but also the rock
and Jumps of dirt from the potatoes
and elevates the clean potatoes into a
wagon or basket.
Some of the farmers who saw it
work said they didn't think machine
could ever be invented that would dis
tinguish a rock from a potato but that
is just what this new machine will do
and it is so simple that it can be
manufactured as an attachment for
the ordinary potato digger now in use.
Mr.. Corbin has been granted a
patent on his invention, but he has
not decided as yet whether he will sell
the patent or form company and
manufacture the machine himself.
Morris tribune., 1917-01-12
A Foolish Burglar

From Sank Center Herald: Some
time during Tuesday night entrance
was forced into the Herald office.
Nothing was apparently disturbed,
and had the locks not been forced the
entry would not have been discovered.
Just why a burglar should decide to
burgle a country print shop is beyond
our comprehension, as about the only
thing that he could lug off would be
the good name of the editor. Before
the prices of paper went soaring sky
high the publisher might have as
much as 81 on hand, once in while,
but now, and just after Christmas,
too. But of course one can never
tell to what straits even a burglar
will be put to in these Democratic
times.
Morris tribune., 1917-01-12
Takes Long Walk Through Snow

Elbow Lake Herald: The record
long walk of this week will undoubt-
eddy go to Oscar Reilly. Last Monday
NOR ing he started from his home
about six miles north of Fergus Falls
on trip to Elbow Lake to make ar
engagements for renting a farm. Riley
stopped for time in Fergus Falls
and then continued on his way through
Wendell. When he reached Louis
Islands three miles north of Elbow
Lake his feet were rather sore, SO he
decided to put up there for the night
and continued his journey again Tues
day morning.
The whole distance is about thirty
six miles and of this distance he
walked all except two miles, when he
was able to catch a ride for that dis
lance. On his return Tuesday, he was
more fortunate, getting a ride with
G. M. Madison to his farm.
Morris tribune., 1917-01-12
Isn't This Fletcher Idea?

One of our exchanges gives an
account of how Mr.. Bailey of Britt
Iowa., would solve the H. c. of l..
question by chewing food long time,
making it possible to exist on about
six cents worth of bread, meat and
potatoes day. This might be feasible
as long as he was able to find tough
steak and "sinkers" instead of fresh
bread, but if he should by mistake
get some tender steak that wouldn' t
hold together from a. m. to IL :55
a. m, the length of time, he says,
one should chew meat, the plan would
not work.
Mr.. Bailey can hardly claim credit
for working out ga chewing-food-
slow" plan, that will benefit his
. fellowman, economically or physically
for certain Mr.. Fletcher has long
ago made exhaustive experiments on
all phases of the mastication of food.
However, this is what Mr.. Bailey
has to say for himself:
At 7 O'Clock A. M, take piece of
beefsteak that you can buy for thirty
cents per pound at any market where
the butcher has never experienced
religion except in homeopathic doses.
Say one-tenth of a pound, which
Morris tribune., 1917-01-12
Hawk Flies 300 Miles

Chokio Review: A large hawk
caught by Eddie Hotchkiss of Red
Lodge, Montana. on August 10Th was
killed on October 29th on. Bogota
Plain, nine miles north of Bogota.
Bogota is the capital of the South
American republic of Columbia.
Hotchkiss caught the hawk in his oat
field and tied small bottle containing
his name, address, and the date and
released the bird. He has just re-
cieved letter from Luis FeIise
Rulda, of Columbia, telling of kill
ing the hawk and finding the bottle
containing his name and address. The
distance between Bogota and Red
Lodge, Montana, is over 300 miles.
Morris tribune., 1917-01-12
ESCAPE. FLAMES BY
LEAP THRU WINDOW
Two Men Have Narrow Escape
At Benson Church Fire: Run
Barefooted Thru Snow

From Swift County Monitor: The
fire department was called out shortly
after midnight last night to the old
Emmanuel church parsonage on the
corner of Nevada avenue and 18th
street to put out a fire which it is
thought started from the furnace and
which completely Quilted the house
and burned most of the household
goods and clothing of the occupants.
E. W. Edwards who occupied the
house was awakened by the smell of
smoke and called to W. V. Cruise who
rooms there to come down. Mr..
Cruise thought the fire did not amount
t. much, tried the stairway; but was
forced to go back on account of the
stairway being on afre. He threw
the blanket over his head, making a
second attempt and succeeded in get
ting thru the blaze, singing his hair
in doing 50. By this time practically
the whole lower floor was a mass of
fire and escape thru the doors was
impossible. Windows were broken
and both Mr.. Edwards and Mr.. Cruise
got thru a window with no other
clothing than their nightgowns. Both
gentlemen were quite badly cut by
broken glass. They ran thru the snow
in their bare feet to the neighbors and
turned in the alarm, after which they
were taken to the Merchants hotel
where their injuries were dressed by
a physician.
The fire spread so rapidly that
nothing was saved, not even clothing,
and it was only by the merest chance
that the occupants escaped with their
lives.
Morris tribune., 1917-01-12
COUNTY ATTORNEY
MAKES HIS REPORT
Annual Report Shows 80 Con.
victions from the 81 Cases
Handled by w. H. Cherry

W. H. Cherry, attorney for Stevens
county handled 81 cases in behalf
of the county during 1916 and returned
80 convictions, according to his an
nual report that was received Wednes
day by Attorney General of Minneso
ia, Lyndon A. Smith, of St. Paul
There were three dismissals, one
case that is pending and one instance
where there was no indictment. There
were six suspended cases.
The costs of these cases was
$173. 35 The amount received from
fines was $1O23. so. Following is a
statistical abstract of the County At
torneY's annual renort:
Morris tribune., 1917-01-12

would be three cents, and put it all
in your mouth at one time and chew it
until IL :55 a. M, when it will be
ready to swallow as a general thing.
Then take a potato at So. per bushel,
which would be worth about two cents,
and chew this until 6 p. M, After
swallowing this, take piece bread
from ten cent loaf, about one cents
worth, and chew this until breakfast
is ready. Chew very slowly. If you
have to talk with any one. remove the
cud until you are at liberty to chew
again. A man in this way can live
as cheaply as he chewses. The above
is balanced ration.