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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27
TOO MUCH
EFFICIENCY
A CLEVER SERIAL STONY.
BY IA ]. RATH.
Author Of when the Devil Was
Sick" "One-CyiinAer Sam" etc.
CHAPTER XVII.
FATHER AND !.
a CLEVER SERIAL STORY
BY WALTER {

BY WALTER G. DOTY.
TN Fathers house, call to mind,
1 The carpets were the cheapest kind
The furniture was plain, but good,
And made to last as such things should
Dads luxuries were very few.
Once in four years his suit was new,
They didn't paper" every spring,
Nor did Caruso nightly sing
Inside box that had catarrh.
Nor was there any motor-car.
Our house Is furnished In the best.
Each year the whole things newly
dressed,
My pay is bigger by far than Dads,
But gasoline eats up the scads;
And I'm in debt from year to year
A thing from which wise Dad was
clear.
We scrimp and manage" all the while
Then spend it all on empty style.
With Injuries my LIES replete,
But Father had lots more to eat!
SYNOPSIS of PRECEDING Chaptera-
John w. Brooke, owner Of
large hardware mandatory has
the concern reformed by the Econ
omy and Efficiency Corporation,
Ltd. President Sherwood, of that
concern. boasts that there is no
business on earth that he can't i'm
prove, and Mr.. Brooke challenges
him to "efficiencyize' an American
home. Sherwood takes up the
gauntlet, with the result that Brooke
goes on vacation, and Henry
Hedge, efficiency engineer, is made
head of his household and father"
Of his three children-William,
aged $wenty-two; Constance, aged
twenty, and Alice, aged fifteen
during his absence. Hedge takes
hold vigorously, and gets himself
cordially disliked by all three, who
are unused to authority. On tour
of inspection. Hedge visits tho
gymnasium. just in time to get
bumped by vigorously pound
ed punching bag at the hands, or,
rather, fists. of Constance. The
bag is inscribed; III. Hedge, e.
e.
Hedge continues his campaign
of reform by an attempt to abolish
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27
WHATCHAMA
COLUMN
OUR IDEA OF NOTHING TO
WORRY ABOUT IS A STUDENT
STRIKE AT COLUMBIA.
OUR OWN HEALTH TALKS.

OUR OWN HEALTH TALKS.
(By Old Doc Potts, LII. D., 8. r. O.,
c. Q. d.
learned healthist has just issued
a pronunciamento upon the subject of
proper sleeping. He assumes that peo-
pie have time to sleep. which perhaps
they do in some remote sections of the
country. But to these he does not ap-
peal. He urges proper sleeping for
people who live in the great metropol-
itan centers.
He says the proper way to sleep and
get the most out of the snooze is to
do it in hammock, even if the ham,
mock must be swung between two fire
escapes.
With all respect to the eminent
scientist, it can't be done.
All sailors in the navy are consid-
cred heroes. In times of peace they
arc heroes because they try to sleep In
hammocks. You have often heard that
the navy Is wideawake. Well-that Is
the reason.
A hammock in which you are trying
to sleep is the most active of all in
animate objects.
1t seems to twist and writhe of it's
own accord when there is no provo
cation. You may lie perfectly still
and move nothing but your lungs, but
the hammock keeps on twisting and
turning. When it finally tips over,
you can't get free of the thing and
make clean fall, for one arm and one
leg have somehow pushed through it
and you struggle like Siberian
weakfish trying to escape the net.
Every effort leads to further en-
tanglements, and with both arms and
both legs firmly pinioned you land on
the cement floor.
Then you pass theSrest of the night
trying to get out of the hammock,
which has come down with you, upon
you, under you, around you and in
your midst. Persons in this predica-
ment often have to wear the ham
mock to breakfast and then bride
some member of the family to cut 1t
off with shears.
The editor of this Pillar of Protest,
who has wife, two small children and
globe Of goldfish depending upon him
for support, HOPES to have turkey
for Thanksgiving. Note the word
hopes" is capitalized. The bankers
would probably tell us that hopes can't
be capitalized, but file on them. They
mean nothing in our sweet young life.
Any turkey looking for a good home
can find us in Elmhurst, New York
city.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

find my spirits droop, l buy
can, and feel them rise. Bees
wax a. Blinken spend good yen to in
troduce their helpful broth, and so,
wherever there are men, their pro-
duct cuts a good wide swath. / buy 1t
by the dozen cans, consume 1t morning,
noon and night; i eat 1t out of bowls
and pans, and always find II strictly
right. Sometimes when / am needing
soup, by Beeswax and his partner
canned, toddle to the grocer's coop.
and ask him for this famous brand.
Sometimes the grocer says. "odsfish!
do not keep the Beeswax line: know
II Is a famous dish-but here is some
thing just as fine" Oh. then I pull the
igrocer's nose. and deftly stand him on
his head: such piffle. as you may sup
pose, will always start me seeing red.
The advertiser strives to make his
products merit understood; then
comes the imitator's fake, which he
pronounces Just as good" The thing
they wisely advertise is still the safest
thing to get; the men who make it are
too wise to fool their customers, you
bet.
Copyright 1917 by George Matthew
Adams,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

am 20, hdpe 4 children, do oil
~ o,0n ,oork. / am mono nursing s
ntonths old baby. Is months ago I
had scarlet fever phtch kept me bed
fast too and one-haf tDeeks NY fw-
gers are s,oeIled cpery morning and
sometimes my eyes are puffy. I hape
come sharp pain In the top OF my
heed. Sometimes my kidneys get
poorly. / get spells of depression
/ am happy bnt the children keep
me toorrIed all The time, and get
spells Of crying ohen they arc GROSS
/ hdoe had cold Qxtte q sohile. /
cough up some gray subsistence sohich
SCENE to come from the back of my
nose and drops do,on. Also CONT
sn,ell dnythinp toitho1t "smcIltng
hard" Sometimes I get angry at ths
children, of s0htch l try my best to
break myselt.. What con do to
make me brace Sp so that con con-
finac to care for my children.
Ans,oer-For one thing you arc
certainly a. tired a mother as you
are a faithful and an affectionate
one. For another you certainly have
chronic catarrh Of which you SHOULD
be cured And there Ii kidney trou-
BILE, this being often an aftermath
Of scarlet fever, and Of which you
may be hopeful of cure. Get thor
oughly examined and then you will
know just what you have to contend
with and 80 stand the best chance
Of being restored to health. You got
mp too soon after the attack of SCAT
let fever; six weeks would have been
none too long a time for the recov-
cry. II you could get away for at
least month with Just the baby you
are nursing 1t would indeed be we'll.
/ ~ in most cases very averss to
couns afing any baby to be taken
away frcm its dear mothers breast;
and yet yours would seem to be
case where that course may be advis-
able; o. this your family doctor
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27
OUR OWN PICTURE SERVICE.

All great newspapers are publishing
maps, showing the position of the bat
tleline on the western front as 1t grad
ually creeps toward Berlin. In order
to catch up with our mapping, we pre-
sent several pictures Of the battleline,
very lifelike and accurate and all belly
ing toward Germany, as they should.
Reading from left to right: France
Germany.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27
NHARsI0HTED.

10 1t possible for envy one to b osrcd
Of shor<st0 htedness BY operation, in
stead of toearisI glasses life fssef
Would such an operation BE- den1cr~
opsf l oonnot believe that pAsa -
many forms Of oItndness are osrs1 bv
operation sHch COMMON eye defeoe
a. nedrst0htednsss, or |orst0Ate6nssA
sds no other cxre tkon GIasseA
Observation-Disclosures n not Z
disease Of the structure or f1brs II
the visual organs; It % an srror of
refraction, an error in the focusing
Of the eye. In the perfectly emmetro-
pic (normal sighted) eye the rays
entering that organ are foeussed ex-
actly on the retina, whence the I'M
preston is conveyed correctly to the
brain. In the nearsighted (the
myopic) the eyeball Is forelcnsthen-
ed and the impression IL focused in
front Of the rstina and Is therefore
indistinctly received No opsration
Is right In straight cases Of myopia;
only glasses are appropriate. For
your comfort I will say that myopia
has tendency to be corrected With
the advancing years.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

pertaining 10 q
be
persona
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

Battlefront January Is, 1917.
Battlefront March /, 1917.
3-Battlefront July 70, 1917.
battlefront September 10, 1917.
Battlefront October IL, 1917.
On the extreme left OF the map will
be seen the River Seine, and on the
extreme right the River Rhine.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

A brewery in Mobile. Ala. is making
vinegar from watermelon juice, and the
rinds. seeds and residue are used for
cattle fodder.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

Austria with d method for producing
illuminating gas from sewage sedi-
ment.
Nitrogen for fertilizers is being pro-
duced in italy from peat that is too
low in fuel value to compete with coal.
A brewery in Mobile, Ala, is making
vinegar from watermelon juice, and the
rinds, seeds and residue are used for
cattle fodder.
Musk In it's pure state Is so radio
active that, if held close to the body
for time. 1t will produce sores SINH
lar to those caused by radium.
The so-called Arabian numerals, the
characters 0, l, 2, 3, 4, s, 6, Z, 8, 9, were
borrowed by the Arabs along with the
decimal system of notation from the
Hindoos.
According to the United States bu-
reau of standards, cloth measuring
tapes should not be relied upon to pos
sess an accuracy better than one part
in 5000 or 1000.
For two years Wisconsin has been
fighting forest fires by aeroplane in
stead of from watchtower. 1t is said
that at height Of 1900 feet an aviator
tant
An Engltshman has invented n
safety suit for ayiators which Ia COW
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

Nitrogen for fertilizers is being pro.
duced in italy from peat that is toe
low in fuel value to compete with coal
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27
YOUR HEALTH
ot
opportunity
Needs A Vacation
Needs A Vacation.
By JOHN B. HUBER. A. M. M. D.

should be the best Judge. Best
wishes.
Questions and AnswerA
RINGWoRM.
I hdoc rornd spot on NJ sksW
about inches N d4amsster. inside
the color u muddy; owd sxsros~dtsS
this Is rosh Ohtch u oery ttchy.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT - . oontas.
ious parasitic skin disease due to
the presence Of . microscopic veg
etable parasite. Twice . day wash
the part with tincturs Of SrssA
soap and hot water and then apply.
by means OF q oottontipped match.
fresh tinCture Of iodinA
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

AND IT'S SOME CONTEST.
The question Of the hour, in some
quarters:
Who is going to get that last drink
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27
Scraps of Everything

Experiments are being conducted IL
Austria with method for producing
illuminating gas from sewage sedi
ment.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

(To Be Continued.)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

Musk In it's pure state is so radio
active that, if held close to the body
for a time. 1t will produce sores SINH :
lar to those caused by radium.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27
}UncIe Wall Has f0r}
you This EVENING"
PIkERS.

PlkERS.
- 1EESWAX & BLINKEN make
XII good soup, which soup they
Id largely advertise: and when
find my spirits droop, l buy a
can, and feel them rise. Bees
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-27

The so-called Arabian numerals, the
0, /, 2, 3, 4, S, 6, Z, 8, 9, were
borrowed by the Arabs along with the
decimal system of notation from the
Hindoos
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-05-31
SUM MONS

State of Wisconsin, Circuit Court,
for Pierce County.
Henrick Henrickson, Plaintiff, vs..
Andrew Kinney, ---Kinney h S
wife; Hans O. A Gjelstad. --Gjel-
stad, his wife; Griffin H. Miller,
his wife; E. Kinney and---Kin.
ney, his wife; all unknown heirs and
next of kin of any Of above named
persons and any and all person rs
claiming under them or any of them
and generally all persons whom it
may concern, Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin-To the
Said Defendants:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within twenty days after serv-
ice of this summons, exclusive of the
day of service, and defend the above
entitled action in the court aforesaid;
and in case of your failure so to do,
judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of the
complaint; of which a copy is here
with served upon you.
The land affected by this action to
which plaintiff seeks to establish his
title is described as follows, to-wit;
The West Half of the Northeast
quarter(Wa of NE1) of Section Five
81, Township Twenty-seven (27,
Range Seventeen I'D We est, of
Pierce County, Wisconsin.
Varnum & Kirk,
Plaintiff S Attorneys.
P. O. Address, Hudson, st. Croix
County, Wisconsin.
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upon her arm. "it is precisely of your
work that wish to speak to you!
Your work is familiar to me. never
miss line of it, and knowing how you
delight in the outre and how inimita-
bly, you can describe scenes of Bo-
hemian life, l had hoped, since it was
my privilege to meet you, that you
would accept my services as cicerone
to some of the lesser known resorts
of Bohemian London.
"You certainly interest me-" said
Helen, and indeed this half glimpse
into phases of London life hidden from
the world, even from the greater part
of the ever peering journalistic ward,
was not lacking in fascination
continued on page 3
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-05-31
Instant Action Surprises Many
Here

This grocer's story surprises To-
cal people: II had bad stomach
trouble All food seemed to sour
and form gas. Was always consti-
pated Nothing helped until tried
buckthorn bark, glycerine etc., as
mixed in Adler-i-ka ONE SPOON
Full astonished me with its IN
SLANT action Because Adler-i-
ka fushes the ENTIRE alimentary
tract it relieves ANY CASE consti-
patton, sour stomach or gas and
prevents appendicitis 1t has
QUICKEST action of ANYTHING we
ever sold c r Taggart, Druggist.
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again, Mr.. GianapoI1s.

again, Mr.. Gianapons.'
He was distinctly encouraged by her
tone. He bent forward confdentially.
"The night is young" he said, and
his smile was radiant. MAY l hope
that your expedition does not termi-
nate at this post box?"
Helen glanced at him doubtfully
and then down at her jersey. Clan
apolis was unfeignedly delighted with
her naivete.
Surely you don't want to be seen
with me in this extraordinary ccs
tuner she challenged.
MY dear Miss Cumberly. it is sim
ply enchanting, A girl with such a
igure as Yours never looks better than
when she dresses spOrtily!'
The latent vulgarity of the man was
escaping from the bondage in which
ordinarily he confined it. A real pas
sion had him in it's grip, and the real
Gianapolis was speaking. Helen hest,
tated for one fateful moment. 1t wal.
going to be even worse than she had
anticipated. She glanced up at Palaces
mansions.
Across a curtained window moved a
shadow, that of a man wearing a long
gown and having his hands clasped be-
hind him. whose head showed as an
indistinct blur because the hair was
wildly disordered. This shadow pass
I'd from side to side of the window
and was lost from view. 1t was the
shadow of Henry IerOuX
Il am afraid ! have lot of work to
do" said Helen, with a little catch in
her voice.
"My dear Miss Cumberly," cried Gil
annapolis eagerly placing his hand
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-05-31
SYNOPSIS

Henry Leroux, novelist, is visited by a
strange woman, bordering on collapse,
who is murdered in his fiat while he had
gone to summon his friend, Dr. Cumberly.
Detective Inspector Dunbar is summon
ed and questions Leroux, DR.. Cumberly
his daughter, Helen, and Mr.. Excl, a
friend. Mrs. Leroux is away, supposedly
on visit
Caster Max, famous French detective
arrives disguised and under false name,
to ASST in the case. On the way he meets
Denise Ryland, friend Of Mrs. Leroux and
whom she was supposed to be visiting.
Denise disabuses Helen on this point.
soames had secured employment with
Leroux through a Greek, M. Gianapolis,
acting for a mysterious Mr. King. He is
subsidized.
Soames had acted as a go-between and
a spy upon Mrs Leroux, delivering mail
for her when absent to Gianapolis.
Soames, after escaping from Leroux's
fiat, is regularly employed by Mr. King
through GianapoliS as attendant In the
onii1n Joint.
Max calls upon Cumberly, reveals his
identity and discloses the workings of en-
international opium syndicate controlled
by Mr. King and tells that Mrs. Leroux is
q victim.
Through Cumberly Max obtains an in
PRODUCTION to a patient, Sir Brian Malpas,
NJ. p, who is addicted to the opium habit.
Denise and Helen attend tea in an
artists studio and meet GianapoliS and
Mahara, a girl secretly connected with Mr..
Kings establishment.
Dunbar suspects the butler, Soames. who
has suddenly disappeared. Helen recog-
niZeS the dead woman as an acquaintance,
Mrs. Vernon.
Dunbar visits Mrs. Vernon's solicitor
and learns that Vernon, recently dead,
had quarreled with his wife on account Of
her occasional disappearance
Mahara, who loves Gianapolis, becomes
jealous of Helen and threatens Gianapo-
lis
Max while pretending to be under the
influence Of opium makes many observa-
lions in Mr.. Kings establishment.
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"Soames!" exclaimed Inspector Dunbar.
"Soames, by heaven!"
the night-mon Dieu, what a night!-I
saw nothing of the establishment"
"But you must know where it ISL
cried Dunbar
II was driven there in a closed
limousine and driven away in the
same vehicle"
''You got the NUMBER"
''It was impossible. These are clev-
er people. But it must be a simple
matter, inspector, to trace a fine car
like that which regularly appears in
those east end streets?"
every constable in the division
must be acquainted with it," replied
Dunbar confidently. "Ill know all
about that car inside the next hour"
IF on Tuesday night you could ar
range to have it followed" continued
M. Max, sit would simplify matters.
What / have done is this: / have
bought the man Soames up to point.
But SO deadly is his fear of the mys-
terious Mr.. King that, although he has
agreed to assist me in my plans, he
will not consent to divulge an atom Of
information until the raid is success
fully performed"
''Then for heavens sake what is he
going to do?"
'Visitors to the establishment Git is
managed by a certain Mr.. Ho Pin;
make note of him, that Ho PIN, hav-
ing received the necessary dose Of
opium, are locked in for the night.
On Tuesday Soames, who acts as valet
to poor fools using the place, has
agreed, for price, to unlock the door
of the room in which shall be-"
"What!" cried Dunbar "You are
going to risk yourself alone In that
place again."
II have paid a very heavy fee," re-
piled the Frenchman, with his odd
smile, "and it entities me to second
visit shall pay that second visit on
Tuesday night, and my danger will be
no greater than on the first occasion"
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Continued from May 24)

''Soames,'' continued NJ. Max quietly,
she Is now known as Lucas, by the
way-is a man of very remarkable
unusual skull He has no more will
than this cigar"-he held the cigar up
between his fingers illustratively-"bu
Of stupid pig obstinacy that canaille-
saligaud-has enough for all the cattle
In Europe. He is like a man who
knows that he stands upon sinking
ship, yet, who while promising to take
the plunge every moment, hesitates
and will continue to hesitate until
some one pushes him in. Pardieu!
push! Because Of his pig obstinacy |
am compelled to take risks most un-
necessary. He will not consent, that
Soames. to open the door for us"
"What door?' snapped Dunbar.
''The door of the establishment Of
Mr.. King" explained Max blandly.
"But where Is it?"
cit Is somewhere between Lime
house causeway-is it not called so?-
and the riverside. But, although !
have been there myself, | can tell you
no more"
"What! You have been there your
self?"
"But, yes-most decidedly. / was
there some nights ago. But they are
ingenious! All, they are so ingenious,
so Chinese! l should not have known
even the little l do know If 1T were
not for the inquiries which made last
week. I knew that the letters to Mr..
Leroux which were supposed to come
from Paris were handed by Soames
to some one who posted them to Paris
from Bow, East. You remember how
found the impression Of the post
mark?"
Dunbar nodded, his eyes glistening.
FOR that discovery Of the Frenchman's
had filed him with a sort Of enviOus
admiration.
sWell, them" continued Max, 81
knew that the inquiry would lead me
to your east end, and / suspected that
I was dealing with Cinnamon; there
fore, suitably attired, Of course, wan
dered about In those interesting slumS
on more than one occasion, and con-
Guided that the only district in which
a Chinaman could live without excit-
ing curiosity was that which lies off
the West India dock road"
Dunbar nodded significantly at Sow
erby as who should say, What did
I tell you about this manf'
Therefore" continued M. Max, 81
shall ask you to have a party ready
On Tuesday night In Limehouse cause
way, suitably concealed. of course.
and as l am almost sure that the
haunt of Mr. King is actually upon the
riverside Il heard one little river
sound as l was coming away launch
party might cooperate with you In eff
fecting the raid"
"The raid!" said Dunbar. turning
from point by the window and look
ing back at the Frenchman. do you
seriously tell me that we are going
to raid Mr.. Kings on Tuesday night p
''Most certainly" was the confident
reply. 81 had hoped to form one OF
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SUM MONS

The State of Wisconsin to the above named
defendants and each of them:
You and each of you are hereby summoned
to appear within twenty days after service of
this Summons exclusive of the day of service
and defend the above entitled action in the
Court aforesaid; and in case of your failure so
to CO, judgment will be rendered against you
according to the demand of the complaint of
which copy is herewith served upon you.
The above entitled action il brought to
quiet the title 10 the following described
premises, situated In Pierce county, Wiscon-
sin. tO-Wit:
Lots Three. Four, Five and Six t3, 4, & 81 in
Block Sixty-seven (67) of N. N. & o. S. Pow
ellis Addition to kinnicknnick, now forming
part of the City OF River Falls, Pierce county
Wisconsin.
W. P. KNOWLES,
Plaintiffs Attorney
P. 0. Address: River Falls. Pierce county,
Wisconsin