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The Coconino sun., 1917-05-04

Here is what the new selective draft army law, approved by Cong ress, means to the nation:
 Every male citizen of the United States, regardless of his physical con dition or occupation, whether married or single, if he is within the age linn its set by the law, must register on the government roll. The President will call upon them to do this by pub lie proclamation immediately and will at the same time announce the regis tration officials who will probably be postmaster, revenue officers and other Federal officials throughout the coun- try. Severe penalties are provided for noncompliance.
 The minimum age limit is twenty one years. The maximium is not yet finally determined. It will be some where between twenty-seven and for ty years to be determined by con ferees of the House and Senate. The number from each State will be ap- portioned according to population.
 Out of those who register the gov ernment will at once select 500,O0O men and President Wilson is author ized to select 5OO,OO0 more whenever he desires to do so.
 /. These men after registration will be exempted. Legislative, executive
The Coconino sun., 1917-05-04
WHAT SELECT|vE DRAFT LAW
 MEANS ID THE UNITED STATES

and judicial officers of the United States and the several States, persons belonging to religious organizations whose creeds are against war and preachers of any religious denomina- tion-
 Furthermore, the President may in his discreation exepmt or draft for partial service, customhouse clerks, persons handling mail, workmen em- ployed in arsenals, navy yards and armories,. persons engaged in indus tries necessary to the maintenance of the military establishments, pilots and mariners of merchant vessels, persons having dependent families and all persons who are morally or physically deficient.
 The new law also authorizes the President to raise by the volunteer system and for the war only enough men to raise the regular army to 2S7,000 men and the National Guard to 625,O00 men.
 The law, it is estimated, will give an army of approximately 100000 we'll trained officers and enlisted men by next spring.
 Boys less than twenty-one and more than eighteen years old probably will be allowed to volunteer and will be accepted if physically fit.
The Coconino sun., 1917-05-04
Taking No Chances

Two little girls were told by their teacher to design specimen of mil Bnery. When both drawings were finished, one child whispered to the other: "How do you spell millinery"
 'J ain't a-takin' no chances" came the whispered response, I'm just a. goin' 10 put down 'h-a-t.'"
The Coconino sun., 1917-05-04
Quite a Joke" Is Right

Everyone in the village is laughing about the wedding of Cyrus Spellman and Clara Whipple. They went to Denver on their honeymoon and visit ed three weeks with MT. Spellman-s relatives, and when they got back Town Clerk Hale discovered that he had accidentally given them an auto- mobile license. That was quite joke on them.-Ex.
The Coconino sun., 1917-05-04
Her Mouth and the Canyon

From a letter from an Emporia, Kansas, girl tp an out-of-town chum: "You know grille, I landed him in spite of the fact that he said my mouth reminded him of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado"
The Coconino sun., 1917-05-04
The Value of Home Teaching

, Eth el," said her mother, 'have you been al my preserves again?"
 Ethe at once became very busy ar ranging her dolls hair. Mother" she replied, "when you were little girl didn't grandma teach you, same's you have me, not to be too 'quisit- i've 2"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
aThe Eyes of the World

Two or three years age Harold Bel,
Wright, the most popular of living
writer's, whose eight romances, in
Guiding 1.-The Shepherd of the Hills
"The Winning of Barbara Worth" etc.
have had a total sale of nearly eight
million copies, added to his galaxy OF
best sellers, 1.-THE Eyes of the World
This story of adventure and rom
ance in the cities n mountains of
Southern California has been put into
elaborate pictorial form for the theat-
err by The CIune Film Producing com-
pany, and the announcement is made
that the production will be shown in
this city at the Strand theater ON
Thursday and Friday, August 2 and 3.
For six months past the entire re-
sources of the great Clune studios in
on the elaborate filming of Wright's
story. 1t is promised for this work
that it is the finest translation of a
current popular romance ever pre-
pared for the screen. 1t is in 10 Sec
tions and an entire after
noon or evening in its showing. The
scenario for the work was prepared
BY the noted author himself, who also
gave his personal assistance to the
d~ay-by-day work of interpreting his
characters for teh production.
Wright's novel contains much of
the kind of material out of which sue
cessfuI motion pictures are made and
it is promised that the photographs
which form the background of the
film version compose a magnificent
panorama of the outdoor gIories of
Southern California.
Among the we'll remembered people
of the story are Willard, the convict;
Oakley the forest ranger; Sybil, the
mountain girl; Mrs. Tame, the fash
siren, who attempts to snare
the artist, King; Mr.. Tame, the
roue; Rutlidge, the bull-necked
art critic; Myra Willard. the SCARED
victim of the vitriol thrower, and
Lagrande, the cynical ~author-friend of
he artist.
THE Eyes of the World" has an
elaborate musical score which is
by their own musician, an ex-
,ert.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
SEED or Japanese grass SEED to plant

seed or Japanese grass seed to plant
in the soil. The rest Of the garden
material can be picked up at home.
There are any number of arrange
ments for the garden that can be
worked out, and you can replant your
garden from time to time to make it
different. Fig. 1 shows a good plan
to follow for your first one. Pile up
the sand around the sides of the pan,
forming hills and hollows, and leave
an irregular-shaped space in the CEN
ter, and extending over to one side of
the pan, for a pond. Make a shore line
of pebbles around the pond, and scat
ter other pebbles here and there over
the sand.
One of the hills must be selected as
a site for a little Japanese house. This
house nay be made of cardboard.
Fig. 2 shows patterns for the walls.
The dotted lines indicate where the
pieces are to be folded. The strips
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
CHARGE STACKER
AGAINST HENSON
UNCLE SAM MAY HANDLE /. W. w.
FROM WASHINGTON Ar
RESTED HERE

Charles Henson was arrested by the
sheriff's office in this city Tuesday
evening on information from Whitman
county that he was an I. w. W. and hat
been operating among the farmers
over the line in Washington. He
claimed to be but 20 years old and
was proud of the fact that he, his IA
Their and his brother were l. W. WIS.
He had his card with him.
This was but the start. On being
questioned he admitted that he came
west from Illinois when he was 10
years old and that he had been 16
years in the west. He was therefore
charged with being a Stacker. He
was in Seattle at the time of the reg
istration and Immediately struck out
for eastern Washington, but was not
registered.
Henson will be held pending action
of the federal authorities. If he is
convicted of being a Stacker it will go
hard with him as the United States
government means business on this
score.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

outside OF the dotted lines are to be
turned in and pasted to adjoining sur
faces, III fastening the walls, founda
ton and roof together. Fasten the
walls upon a cardboard foundation
Gig. ~, and glue another piece to
their tops for the roof.
A high arched bridge must be built
over a narrow portion of the pond, as
shown in Fig. L. Make this of a piece
OF a p~each-basket handle Gig. -,
with a cardboard railing Gig. ~
tackled to each edge. The arch of the
handle will determine the curve of the
ratings.
The pair of lamps at each end of the
bridge Gigs. 1 and s. have four sides
and a bottom, cut in one piece like the
pattern shown in Fig. 6. Cut an open
ing in each side as indicated, and
punch a hole through the bottom for
the supporting post to At in. Fold on
the dotted lines, and paste the turned
in edges together.
There must be a bird house similar
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

INSTITUTIONAL ingenious Am
erican must again be given credit for
another revolutionary invention, this
time one which is calculated to upset
the whole theory of artillery battles.
The new invention, the name of
! which must be kept secret for mil
itary reasons, is based upon an inven-
ton perfected by the United States
bureau of standards, the decremeter,
an instrument which is used to tell
the location OF any noise producing
body by the decrement of the air waves
produced.
By means of the new invention,
which is now in actual use on the
French front, it is possible to tell the
exact location of a German cannon,
even when it cannot be seen or heard.
1t is possible to judge, even at a dis
lance of eight miles, SO accurately the
position of an enemy gun that a shell
can be placed within so feet of the
cannon aimed at.
The instrument now in use is set
up at a certain point on the French
line, and the actual distance to the
enemy cannon is judged by the de-
creasing air waves. From another in
strument at another point in the
French line a similar reading is given
so that with the two instruments and
the German cannon a triangle is form
ed. By determining the exact dis
lance from the two instruments to
the German cannon, its position can
be found. A she'll is fired from a
French cannon and the position at
which it strikes can again be de-
termined by use of the new American
If the aim is inaccurate,
it can be corrected until the German
is destroyed.
This instrument is so revolutionary
in it's practical application that when
it is placed into use along the entire
western front, officials say, the use Of
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
A Good Tine Necessary.

Do no refuse your growing boy 0
girl legitimate pleasures. Young
folks. who are kept down do not sta,
there long. Encourage your boy O.
girl to have a good time in the RICH
way, and know who his or her chum'
are. Invite these chums to your home
and let the young folks sing and play
and have a good time together. Boys
and girls between fifteen and twenty
need looking after, and a good mother
means more to young folks between
those years than all the rest of the
world combined.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

was nearly so years in perfecting its
military efficiency. In less than foul
months the American republic has
made such strides as to indicate that
in less than two years time the
boosted superiority of German efficien-
cy will lhave been discredited. There
is such a thing as American effic-
iency, and time will prove that German
efficiency a not withstand it, fight
ing as it is for liberty, justice, and
humanity.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

little politics, but if he would investigate he would
find the 1. w. w. are not voters. The substantial
unions have my sympathy and will be given every
consideration. That is my record on the labor
situation. But when these ]. W. w. stand on the
street corners and preach their revolutionary doc
trine they are going a little too far, in my opinion"
This situation in Spokane today recalls the situation
in Chicago 80 years ago when Mayor Hopkins of that
city and Governor Altgeld of Illinois, two trucking pol
iticians, refused to interfere with strikers even when
they were blocking traffic, interfering with the United
States mails, destroying property and endangering hui
man life.
Then it was that Grover Cleveland, then president,
right thinking people everywhere, when he ordered
United States troops to Chicago and stamped out the
treason.
In the present instance the officials of Spokane are
standing on thin and slippery legal technicallties. They
seem to forget that this nation is now in a desperate
war; that a distemper that could be passed over as q
nuisance in ordinary times is now rank treason to the
nation.
1t is the weakness of the ordinary city government
that it developers political "wobblies" who seem to know
nothing but to cater for votes and jobs; who are as
shifty as the sands when moral courage is demanded;
and who add fuel to the flames of disloyalty and Grim
ira:ity by their trucking and their cowardice.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

to that shown in Fig. /. Cut and fold
the sides in the same manner that you
did those of the lamps. Make the
root of a square of paper Gig. y, fold
from corner to corner as indicated by
dotted lines. and pinch up the corners
as in Fig. g..
There must be a number of ducks
in the pond, and these are easily made
as shown in Fig. 8. The bodies are
halves of corks Gig. 10), and the
necks and heads are made of card.
board and fastened in slots cut in the
round side of the halved corks.
With these suggestions to show you
how easily q garden is built, you can
use your own ideas for deyising other
garden accessories.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

Germany efficiency has been held u
as a 9oglee of excellence unattainabl,
by "a democracy. The accomplish
ments of the United States since Apri
9th last refute the truth of the claim
In She short space of time since tina
day Ene United States has accom-
plisireo the following:
Declared a state of war as existing
between this country and Germany;
Seized 81 German ships and begun
repair work on them:
Authorized unanimously a war fund
of So 1000, 900, 600;
Appropriated $500, 000, 900 for mer-
chant shipping mi as much for air
fleets;
Agreed to loan our allies So, 900, 000,-
900 and advanced them a large pro-
portion Of that sum-;
Passed a selective draft law and in
a single day registered nearly 10000
900 men for military service;
Enlisted 600, 900 volunteer soldiers
in the Regular Army and in the Ma
sional Guard of the states;
SEM a commission to Russia to aid
democracy there and a body of rail-
road men to Russia and another to
France to advise and assist in railroad
transportation in those countries;
Begun the construction of 80 camps
FOR our soldiers;
Sent to England a fleet of destroy
troops;
Authorized and now enforcing en-
barge whereby our enemies will re-
ceive no more food or material from
us;
Passed a food conservation law;
Organized many voluntary commits
sions and boards who are aiding the
government and the people in the
speeding up of work, conservation of
food, and other national movements;
Drafted by lot 6S7. 900 men for mil
Srary service;
While the government was accom-
plishing these things the American
people nave loaned the United States
$4,000, 000, 900 and offered. s., 1000, 000,-
900 more, over 1000, 900 citizens sub
scribing to the loan.
IN addition they have given over
800, 600, 900 to the American Red Cross
and 49, 0 0 900 to the Young Mems
Christian Association.
All these things were accomplished
while our soil was not invaded or ev-
threatened with invasion and with
out any disturbance of business con-
ditions. All was done with the calm
determination and judgment Of an
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
WHERE CITY GOVERNMENT FAILS

Spokane is giving a striking illustration these day
of the failure of city government in handling disorder
The mayor and commission there have refused to in
terfere with the /. W. w spoilers on the streets, taking
the position that they have no legal right to interfere
Sheriff George l. Reid Of Spokane county takes
different view and there is encouragement in what ht
has to say on the subject. There is punch" in it. Dis
cussing the refusal of the city officials to give relief
even when appealed to by a strong delegation Of bust
ness men, Sheriff Reid says:
"I am at a loss to understand the attitude of
Mayor Fleming in regard to the I. w. W. in the city.
I believe the city officials are wrong in not taking
active steps to suppress the seditious utterances of
Efese men.
The city officials are charged with the duty
of maintaining order in the city limits and 1 do not
wish to interfere. but if the mayor asks this office
TO cooperate we shall be glad to do so.
THE 1. w. w. can't stand on the highways Of
the county and preach the same revolutionary
doctrine they are allowed to give vent to on the
streets of Spokane. I have suppressed the trouble
makers in the county outside the city and think it
fs up to the mayor and city officials to do the same
lin The city.
81 guess the T. w w. took me at my word when
i said they would have to stop, because there are
no signs of trouble in the county. In several in
stances they moved on before my men got there.
Had they not done so they would have been dealt
with. I simply take the position that there is too
much work offered at good wages for a lot of these
men to be standing around and refusing to work
and interfering with men who wish to do so. If
they don't want to take the work they will have
10 move on.
, II don't know whether the mayor is playing a
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
HANDICRAFT
FOR GIRLS
By PERKINS

Copyright, by A. Nicely HaIl.)
A JAPANESE GARDEN.

Do you own a Japanese garden? II
not, you should get one right away, be-
cause 1t is the latest fad to have one.
First of all. o will need a shallow
baking pan in which to plant the gar
den. This may be round or square.
For soil you must have sand. and you
must also have some coarse pebbles or
pieces of broken stone. This can be
had for the asking some place where
a building is in course of construction.
Half a painful of sand and several
handfuls of pebbles will be enough.
In addition, you must buy some bird
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
American

earnest, patriotic people performing a
service for civilization and mankind
and maintaining the rights, the digni-
ty, and the honor of the greatest ma
ton in the world.
The German leaders derided Amer
ica's entry into the war as a bluff.
This is our answer.
The German imperial government
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
SEND A BUNCH OF BANANAS ALONG

Foc some time past The Mirror has been re-
ceiving marked copies of the New York Evening Mail,
an exceptionally interesting newspaper, by tie way. The
editorials marked for our special attention relate to the
banana as an article of food. OF course this is all part
Of the international propaganda in behalf of the banana
trust. 1t would be much more effective if the trust
would send along a bunch of bananas with each dead
head editorial it wishes reproduced.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
r

YOUR CHANCE IS IN CANADA = RICH
lands and business opportunities offer you
independence; Farm lands, $l1 to $50 acre; ir-
rigated lands, $35 to $50; Twenty years to
pay; $4,000 loan in improvements, or ready
made farms. Loan of live stock; Taxes average
under twenty cents an acre; no taxes on i'm
provements, personal properly, or live stock;
phones; Excellent climate-crops and live stock
prove it. Special homeseekers' fare certificates.
Write for free booklets. Allan Cameron, Gen
eral Superintendent Land Branch. Canadian
Pacific Ry, 23o Ninth-av.. Calgary. Alberta.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR SALE-7h ACRES WELL I'M
ing, barn, chicken house, water
piped to barn, good orchard and
small fruits, balance in crop, alf-
alta, oats, potatoes. Adjoins city
limits. Cali Star-Mirror. Phone
109. 18tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
Find II in Their Work,

When men are rightly occupied,
their amusement grows out Of their
work, as the color-petals out Of a fruit
full flower.@John Rusk1n.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
Usual Result.

$50 they are going to probe the stu
alton. What will happen then?'
"Then you'll know for certain there
Is nothing to be done about it."
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
Ant TO Come.

II expect it any day now with white
paper as high as it is" whats that
you expect?" "An embargo on pO-
etry."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR RENT OR SALE ON EASY
terms, 15-room furnished apartment
house, also 4-room furnished cottage
for rent Call 1917 Deakin. SIT
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

Somebody should whisper to those Russians: There
was a Duke Of Yorkshire who had 10000 men. One day
he marched them up the hill; then marched them down
again. And when they were up, they were up; and when
they were down, they were down; but when they were
half way up the hill, they were neither up nor down"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

Even if a woman is sorry she mar
ried a man. she can find some consola-
ton in the thought that she kept some
other woman from getting him.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

The man who wants to marry hap
PLY should pick out a good mother
and marry one of her daughters; any
n will do.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

Goose grease, they tell us, is $5.36 a pound in Ger
many. If they would kill their big ones they would have
good grease to burn and at their own figures.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
Yankee Invention Will
Help Conquer Germany

a%eroplanes as locaters of enemy artil-
lery will be done away with.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR SALE OR TRADE = SEVERAL
tracts of agricultural and timber
lands, scattered over Jackson coun-
ty, Ore. VIII sell cheap or will
trade for property in north Idaho or
for anything that we can use. List
of property WILDE sent on applica-
ton to P. o. Box 402, Moscow, Ida.
55tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR SALE OR TRADE-MODERN
Groom house on II lots, well i'm
proved; will sell for cash or will
trade for Seattle city property or
property near said city. Inquire 2O5
Almond ST. 41tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

Young potatoes sprouting in the ground. They have
taken too seriously all this talk about doing their "bit.'
We didn't mean the new ones at all; only the old dodgers
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR SALE-A REAL BARGAIN IF
taken at once. 500 acres, river run
ming through land, best farm land in
Idaho, 800 acres cleared. Will take
a second hand auto in trade. Price
$500 per acre. Write Box 206,
Shoshone, Idaho. 57-8
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
T0DA.S MARKET QUOTATIONS

The following market quotations are
the prices paid to the producer by the
dealer and are changed daily, thus Civ.
ing the public the accurate quotations
In all classes Of grain, produce and
meats. The quotations on grain and
hay aer received from the Mark P.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR SALE-THREE GOOD COWS.
Phone 273L. 55.1
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR SALE = GOOD MILCH COW.
Call 227J. SIS
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
FOR SALE-Live Stock.

HORSE AND BUGGY FOR SALE. A.
F. Carson, 108 Hays st. 1914
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
FOR SALE-ReaI Estate.

FOR SALE-10 ACRES ADJOINING
depot at Joel. All tiflable. Five
room house and other improvements.
Address Nick Hennen, Rt 2, Moscow.
57-2
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR SALE-5 DOZ. GOOD BROWN
Leghorn hens, good layers. Mrs.
Margaret Brooks at D. D. Jones
place, East D st. $3.50
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FOR SALE OR TRADE - SEVERAL
tracts of unimproved agricultural
and timber land, in Ferry & Stevens
counties, Wash. Enquire Star-Mir-
ror. 55tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01

FO RSALE-ONE PURE BRED HOI-
stein bull from John L. Smith herd.
Phone 82R or As. 53tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-01
FOR RENT-Rsoms

ROOMS FOR RENT BY DAY, WEEK
or month. Hot and cold water, fur
c heat, mo0ern conveniences.
425 q. Third st. 17tf