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Connecticut western news., 1917-03-15
KILOWATT HOURS.

"Kilowatt Hours" are what the aver age consumer of electric energy pays for when the bill is rendered each month, yet there are thousands of householders paying electric bills, who have no idea of what this simple unit of electrical measurement means. The reason for this is because the average man has no conception of how it is possible to measure power which is invisible, which has no finite dimen. sions, and which no physicist has ever defined in an acceptable way. It is easy for him to imagine what a cubic foot of gas is because of the fact that it must be stored in containers just like potatoes or coal and is piped from place to place like water.
 A motorist knows that a gallon of gasoline of certain standard Of test will carry him a certain number of miles and also that he can count on an average number of miles to the gallon with fair degree of accuracy. The kilowatt hour is just as definite a quantity to the electrician as the gal lon of gasoline is to the me Jrist, with the distinction that electricity cannot be adulterated or stored and that the tendency in prices of electric service has been revision downward instead of upward. It must be produced as it is used and the unit of measurement, the kilowatt hour, represents a definite amount of work that one watt of elec- trical energy will do in one hour Kilo, derived from the Greek, means one thousand. Therefore the kilowatt hour is the amount of. work one watt will do working for one thousand hours. Measured with the average watthour meter used by all central stations it is as definite quantity of energy as a gallon of gasoline with the difference that the average house cleo tric meter measures electricity with a precision which varies rarely more than two, or three per cent. The error is also usually in the customers favor, although the accuracy of the meter is periodically checked by meter tester and kept within as small fraction of error as is humanly possible.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-15
A NEW ENGLAND CONFLICT.

Ages before the bitter struggle of the whites and Indians for the possession of New England, a fiercer struggle for dominion was waged there between the ice and the sea. Huge glaciers, thousands of feet deep and hundreds of miles wide, came down to New Eng land from distant Labrador. For thousands of years struggle ragged be. tween the sea and the ice. First the ice was victor; it pushed back the sea for scores of miles. Then the sun joined issue and the ice retreated be- fore it's power, not steadily but with halts and with spurts of new vigor and stronger advance. One of these helts, before the final wane of the power of the ice, is recorded in peculiar ridge known as the Newington moraine, which runs through southren Maine and New Hampshire int Massachu- setts.
 This moraine is composed of gravel, sand, and stones secured by the ice from lands far and neaf and borne within it to its edges, where these fragments of rock were melted from its grasp and lcII lhoo Glle sed, lO D6 pOuHueu hHu shifted by waves and currents and strewn over the shores anu the shal- lows.
 Then the ice melted and withdrew, other great forces of nature entered the melee and the crust of the earth rose 100 feet or more. So the frag. ments of rocks that had been piled in front of the ice were lifted from the sea and now appear as long ridge, the sand and gravel of the sea floor be- coming sandy uplands. On the dry, smooth tops of these uplands farms were cleared and villages were built, the early settlers choosing to cultivate their sandy soil rather than to labor at clearing countless boulders from the richer hills on the west or at painfully tilling the ledgy ground on the east.
Connecticut western news., 1917-03-15
CHRIST CHURCH NOTES

The Woman's Guild will meet on Friday afternoon at Miss Norton's. The meeting will be followed by half hour Lenten service at o'clock.
 The Venerable Archdeacon Humph- rey will preach at the Lenten service next Wednesday at 3:45.
 Next Sunday morning by special re- quest the Rector will repeat his sermon of last Sunday evening on H. G. Wells war novel, "Mr. Britling Sees it Through" On account of the Union Evangelistic meeting there will be no evening service.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18
FROM EMERSON eooDRow.

Following are extracts from letters
received by Edward Goodrow of Boise
from his son Emerson, 10th engineers,
formerly of the Second Idaho infantry:
Philadelphia, Oct. Five are in
Philadelphia this morning. We passed
through Washington, d. C. last night
and have been close to the ocean Ill
the morning. 1t is foggy and damp
here. We will reach New York some
time this afternoon.
Hampstead. n. Y. Oct. Give
started from Charlotte about six days
ago and have been here three days.
don't know how long we will stay here,
but ! don't think very long. This IS
a large camp but is just a temporary
concern. l think we will stay here
just long enough to get all the things
we need. / would like to go over to
New York City before we leave. This
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION OF
TIME APPOINTED FOR PROVING
Mi Err

In the probate court OF the county of
Ada. state Of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of John f..
Treadwell deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said court.
made on the 9th day of November.
1917. notice is hereby given that Tues
day the goth day of November. 1917.
at 10 o'clock a. M. of said day, at the
courtroom of said court. at the court
house In the county of Ada, has been
appointed as the time and place for
proving the will of said John +. Tread
we'll, deceased, and for hearing the APP
plication of Charles F. Koelsch for the
issuance to him of letters testament
tary when and where any person in
terested may appear and contest the
same.
Dated November Q. 1917.
R. H. DUNLAP, Clerk. :
Adv. Ms
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18
COMFORT CAR THE
name APPLIES TO
THE HUPMOD|LE R
Light but by No Means
Small, With Wheel Base
of liz Inches Has Roomy
Tonneau.

The Comfort car" as it's makers
designate the new Hupmobile series
'R'', is now on exhibition in 800
cities, having been announced to the
public for the first time Nov. Is. 1t is
light car although by no means a
small one It's wheel base is 112 inches,
but it's tonneau is equally rs large and
it's driving compartment Is actually
longer than in the preceding model.
The new car is distinctly a Hupmo-
bile, yet there is about it such degree
of individuality that motorists may not
Immediately appreciate the family re-
semblance. The windshield has been
slanted and a slightly sloping speed
line from back of rear seat to top of
radiator is incorporated in the body
design. The color is "Hupmobile"
blue, somewhat lighter than in pre-
vious models. The hood, tenders. and
running gear remain black as before.
BY means of the perfected "floco" pro-
cess now in use in the Hupmobile
factory, an absolutely uniform finish
of high luster and extreme dura bility
has been attained.
The term comfort car is derived
primarily from the unusual degree of
riding and driving comfort produced
by improved cushions and seat con-
struction, spring suspension and I'M
usual ease of all control opera lions.
But that comfort in this case has also
a much wider application is instantly
apparent. 1t is needless to emphasi
the fact that appearance, performance.
economy of operation, and durability
are all comfort qualities when view
ed from the standpoint of mental sat
isfaction
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18
! COMPANY SPLIT w.


Richard Heller. a member of COM
pany H, Second Idaho writes his par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. f. II. Heller, in
part as follows from Camp Mills:
Il have time to write you few lines
before going out to drill. l am feeling
fine. The weather isn't very good here
either but | can stand lots of bad
weather. We are getting ready pretty
fast to go across the pond. They are
issuing us clothes, blankets and
equipment and we had another ply
steal examination. There were six
turned down out of H company but |
wasn't one of them. | think I will be
in headquarters company from now
on. Fl company has been split up Ov-
err 100 men go out of Fl company into
r company, but the captain told me
that he had recommended me for
headquarters company and he is to be
captain of this company. ] will have
1t pretty easy if | get in.
Il took out 800 worth of liberty
bonds and $40 of this months pay was
taken out. You see they hold out $40
every month and at that rate it will
take me 10 months to pay for the two
bonds. They are being held at the
war department until they are paid
for"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
In the District Court of the Third Ju-
dical District of the State OF Idaho
in and for Ada county.
In the matter of the petition of the
Emmett Sheep company, for its vol
untary dissolution.
To all those whom 1t may concern:
On the first day of November, A.
D.. 1917, the Emmett Sheep company,
by its attorneys. Martin & Cameron.
whose offices are In the Boise City Ma
tional Bank building. Boise, Idaho, by
due and regular order of the above en-
titled court filed with the clerk OF
said court its application or petition
for an order of said court dissolving
corporation; setting forth that at a
meeting of the stockholders called for
that purpose. the dissolution of the cor
poration was resolved upon BY a two
thirds vote of all of the stockholders:
that all claims and demands against
the corporation have been satisfied and
discharged: that the corporation de-
sired to wind up Its business; appor-
ton it's cash on hand among it's stock
holders and be lawfully dissolved.
Said application will come on to be
heard before the above entitled court
on the 10th day of December, A. D.,
1917, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, or
as soon thereafter as counsel can be
heard at the county court house in
the court room thereof, in Boise, Ada
county, Idaho, and any and all OBJ
jections to said application, II any
there be, will be heard by said court
at the said time and place
(SEAL) STEPHEN UTTER,
Clerk.
BY THOS. E. POWELL.
Deputy.
Martin & Cameron, Boise City Ma
tional Bank Rldg.. Boise, Idaho. at
torneys for Emn 1T Sheep company
Adv N30
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18
'How to Transform Faces Involves
Secrets Few People Know About"
Says Vale ka Suratt, the
Movie Favorite.
BY vALEskA sURATT.

WITH few cents in money, and
" a few minutes of trouble, any
woman may bring about a very
remarkable change in her personal APP
pearance. ! know of many cases where
a remarkable transformation occurred
literally over night. Any woman can
try this simple wrinkle formula max
ing it up at home herself Besides, it
is more economical than any of the
creams you can buy at the stores. Get
from your druggist two ounces of ep-
tol for about fifty cents, and mix it
with two tabiespoonfus of glycerine
in half pint of water. This cream
should be used liberally-much de-
ponds on that and il should be used
every day. 1t Is exceedingly effective
on crows feet. sagging flesh and deep
lines in the face.
BADLY-You will never realize how
maryelously easy it is to remove
superfluous hair until you moisten
the hairs with little sulfo solution
and see how they just crinkle up and
dissolve away almost to the roots. 1t
is just rs though you were to apply
a delightful face cream to the skin
and then wipe it off-no danger, no
spotting. with skin left clear and
smooth. 1t is really the only way
The sulfo solution at any drug store
will cost one dollar, and is certainly
worth a great deal more.
DESIROUS-Insidc of week You
should notice decided difference in
the length of your hair and an un-
usual glossiness and vigor by, using
my formula. as follows: Mix one
ounce of beta-quinol with one pint Of
hay rum. or else half pint each of
water and alcohol IL preferred II is
not oily. Rub into the hair every day
with the fingers. l can assure you
of splendid results. Yes. it is true
] am known as the only woman on
the American stage who does not need
20 use hair makeshifts of any kind
-rm particularly proud OF the wealth
and condition of my hair. and l know
amy woman can obtain the same result
II she will merely make up her mind to
do IT, and do 1t. You will have no oc-
casion for complaining about the
masses Of hair coming out on your
comb. OF poor. sick hair and thin spots
Use this formula and you will very
quickly see the enormous difference.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18
LETTEGCfTom the
e0ISmme SERVICE.

is IA wet country, but not for SOL
diers. There are large aeroplanes sail
ing about the camp all day long. There
Is a school for them here. We passed
through some pretty country coming
from Charlotte. Coming through Bal
timore we were on elevated tracks.
saw the big ships as we passed over
some of the large rivers. People are
different here in this country and like
il better than the south.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18

shampoo and head wash you can get
All fatty accumulations on the scalp
dissolve away Immediately, and il
helps hair to grow.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18

manufacturers concerning the series
"R. Yet with the motor showing a
horse power only slightly less than
the previous motor and a car bUO
pounds lighter increased performing
ability is undoubtedly possible.
Yhe new Hupmobie remains in the
same general price class that it has
occupied for the last, several seasons
but will sell at a figure considerably
below that set on the preceding model
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18

lacking. it is safe to say that the Hupp
Motor Car corporation would not put
out car that would fall below the
high material and manufacturing
standards which they themselves had
so much to do with establishing in
the automobile business.
Is per cent better performer on
all points than the Immediately pre-
ceding Hupmobile model is the some
what startling assurance given by thu
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18
Hopeful That the Day Is Not
Far Distant When They
Will Hear. the Strains of
the Marseillaise.
Old Men and Women Who
Once Lived Under Flag of
France Praying for Day
Of Their Deliverance From
German Rule.
BY HENRY WOOD

With the French Armies Afield, Oct
rs. (By MailD-Letters of the most
touching character are daily received
In France from residents of Alsace and
Lorraine, telling how the inhabitants
of those two provinces are still await
ing the coming of the French armies,
and the return of the provinces to the
bosom of the motherland of France.
These letters as rule are sent to
friends in Switzerland, who in turn
send them on into France. Almost
without exception the writer's are old
men and women who ever since 1870
have patiently awaited for the day to
come when the Marseillaise would
again ring through the streets of their
native villages, and when the tricolor
of France would again float from the
flagstaff of the "Hotel de Vile"
PATHETIC LETTERS.
The following extracts are taken from
q number of these letters that have just
reached the military authorities of the
French army. The authenticity of the
facts are vouched for on the highest
authority.
- One of the older residents of
- realizing that he must die before
he would be able to see the entrance of
the French troops, called one of his old
comrades to his bedside and said:
"'Now the moment you see them
coming, you must hurry to the grave
yard and cry as loud as you can:
Charles, Charles, they are here! They
are here!' Then you will plant the tri-
color of France on my grave and after
that you will feel the earth about you
tremble with joy
Another old resident of - had
kept hidden a French soldiers cap. At
the moment that he felt himself dying
he had it brought to him, and expired
happy just as he had placed it on his
head"
Still another aged resident Of -
was going daily to the canal and talk
ing long walks up and down the bank
while waiting for the French to arrive"
las he had threatened repeatedly to
drown himself If he did not see them,
the cure has succeeded in persuading
him that when the French come, they
will enter from the opposite side of the
town, so that it is there that he now
takes his long daily walks while wait
Ing for them to arrive instead of near
the canal"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18

shampoo and head wash you can get
All fatty denominations on the scalp
dissolve away Immediately, and il
helps hair to grow.
MRS. B. F. SIT Is rarely you
tone for the complexion or the beta
quinol for the hair but IL 1t should
happen again that you can't get it,.
send the price, which is fifty cents
for either of them, to my secretary.
Secretary to Valeska Suratt, ThomD-
son Building, Chicago" and it will be
sent to you by mail at once.
PEPPERY-I told one of my friends
the other day she could get rid of
those blackheads in five minues. She
could hardly believe it. But at my
suggestion she obtained some powdered
neroxin from her druggist for fifty
cents, sprinkled some on a wet cloth
and rubbed the blackheads with II
They all vanishe l. You can do the
same.
TRYING-To see how this formula
drives away all skin spots is certainly
wonderful. You will be able to make
your complexion remarkably clear in
"A very, very short while by using II
freely every day without fail II /,
delightful. too. Get from your drug
gist one ounce of zintone. and simply
mix with two tablespoonfuls of gly-
cerine and pint OF water. You can
get the zintone at any drug store.
MRS, r. b. IA face powder more
'flighty" than a puff ball and in
visible. this is the extraordinary face
powder that has been produced after
my own formula to do away with all
chalkiness. 1t excels any imported
powder yet It is sold for only fifty
cents. in flesh. white or brunette, at
any drug store, and Is called "yaleska
Suratt Face Powder" Try it
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-18

England is planning to spend $780,
100000 within the next 10 years for
reforestation in the United Kingdom.
This involves an elaborate plan for
timber planting, especially in Ireland,
where large areas have been denuded
70 furnish mine timbers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-19
HE LET TIE BULLET STAY.
How Gariba!ei's Leg Was Saved and
His Health Restored.

Half a century ago it was the belief
Of most surgeons that bullets lodged in
any part Of the body should be probed
for and extracted at all hazards"
The modern surgeon, who is able to To-
cate bullets with mathematical accu-
racy with the X-ray, often allows the
bullet to remain where it has lodged
unless there is some very special rea-
son for digging it out. And results
prove the wisdom of the modern sur
geon's attitude.
1t is an interesting bit Of history that
a famous Russian surgeon advocated
and practiced the conservative method
Of letting impacted bullets alone more
than fifty years ago and by this method
undoubtedly saved the life of the Ital-
ian patriot Garibaldi. The great SOL
der, wounded in the right leg and cap
tured at the battle of Aspramonte, was
placed under the care of several Euro
pean surgeons, who tried unsuccessful
ly to remove the bullet.
Az IudL tlule tue huSSldu Fl
rogof was stopping in Heidelberg, and
the Russian students at that university
raised the sum Of 1000 francs to in
duce the surgeon to examine Garibaldi
Pirogof refused the fee, but he visited
the patriot, examined his wound and,
contrary to the opinions Of all the other
surgeons, advised letting the bullet
ralone. He suggested removal to a dry
climate with plenty Of fresh air and
sunshine. The soldier took his advice
moved into a dry climate and recov.
ered.-Exchange.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-19
The Origin of Carrier Pigeons.

The origin Of the use of the carrier
pigeon is lost in obscurity, but the first
people of whom we have any record of
employing it are the Greeks. By them
it was used with great success, and the
knowledge they had acquired they i'm
parted to the Romans, who first used
it as a message bearer about 100 years
before the Christian era. About 500
years ago pigeons formed part of a
telegraphic system adopted by the
Turks, who erected high towers thirty
or forty miles apart. They were pro-
vided with pigeons, and sentinels stood
constantly ready to secure the mes
sages as the birds arrived.-London
Standard.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-19
A Statue That Never Was Built.

Mount Athos, in Turkey, was the spot
contemplated by a sculptor for the most
imposing monument that man had ever
had. The sculptor Dinocrates offered
to cut the huge mountain mass into
the form Of a statue Of Alexander
which should hold a city in the left
hand and in the right a basin to re-
ceive all the waters that flowed from
the mountain.
Alexander was much taken by the
plan, out rejected it for the practical
reason that there was not food enough
in the district to feed the Inhabitants
Of the proposed town. So the canal cut
by Xerxes to enable the ships to es-
cape sailing round the mountain re-
NAMED the greatest enterprise ever
achieved there.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-19
The Line of Life.

The line of life curves from the side
Of the hand between the thumb and
foreinger around the base Of the
thumb to the center of the wrist joint.
According to chiromancy (the pretend
ed art Of judging the character and
foretelling the fortune of a person from
the aspect Of the hand), If this line in
the left palm is regular and deeply col
ored it predicts a long and happy life;
tortuous, colorless, feebly marked and
broken it ill health and
short life; narrow, but long and well
colored, it indicates wisdom and In
genuity; broad and pale it is a sign Of
folly; deep and unequally colored it de-
notes malice.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-04-19
A FAMILY ORCHESTRA.
Has Your Home One, and, if II Has,
Does This Just Fit It?

Has Your Home One, and, 1t 1t Has,
Does This Just Fit Il?
When two people conduct an orches-
ira there is plot material. If the two
are knit by marriage ties the plot thick
ems. Endicott and 1 conduct q family
orchestra, he at the piano, I playing
second violin. l know more about mu-
sic than does Endicott; he is more mu-
steal than l. l keep the time; he has
the temperament. Temperament is
more noble than time, but time, I shall
always insist, has its place, perhaps
nowhere more appropriately than in an
orchestra. He at the piano can domi-
nate the situation more neatly than l.
In my position among the strings, how
ever, l can more readily organize a
strike.
The rest of the pieces are presided
over by our children, young people of
in1exible spirit and chromatic moods.
! Sometimes We doubt whether we have
| our troupe under the rigid control which
as parents we might expect to com
mand. The conductivity of an orches-
ira, says our son Godfrey, varies with
the distance Of the blood relationship
between artists and conductor. When
the children were little we held the
pleasant theory that a family orchestra
would draw us all close together, stand
ing always as a symbol of our perfect
harmony. That would be all right if
the harmony would only go to suit us
all equally at the same time. AS it is
u little band, in which observers find
so touching a picture of hearthside uni
ty, suggests sometimes all the elements
Of guerrilla warfare.-Atlantic Monthly.