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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09
SALE OF SUGAR TO BE LIMITED.

The following are excerpts from a
letter received by the Fall Greek gro
Gerry department from r. F. Bicknell'
federal food administrator for ldaho
asking them to sell no more thai TWEEN
ty-ive pounds of sugar as a maximum
to each family at a single purchase;
ITO the Retail Grocers of Idano'
We wish TO ask the retail grocers al
this time. and until the first OF the
year or until shortly thereafter when
the new crop of sugar will be on the
market. TO sell only twenty-five pounds
as a maximum TO each family at a
single purchase.
There is a great deal OF hysterla
over the sugar question. If every
bodv will be reasonable and there Is
no boarding there will be plenty OF
sugar for all of us especially out here
in the west where the situation Is not
as acute as in the east.
The Wholesale grOcers have agreed
to sell to no grocer who does not ac'
cede TO this request.
This is a time when all of US mus
lcooperate most heartily. 1t has beer
a great pleasure in this work to hnC
the people as a whole ready to do theil
share and more.
sincerely yours,
"R. F. BICKNELL.
Federal Food Administrator 10
Idaho"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09

Now having erected these five enib-
NAUTICAL columns, Captain Hit juggies
them until he uncovers the hidden
message. thus:
I'm the table for column l the letter
G occurs 9 times" be says with an air
of a man having found something that
is perfectly plain. Let us consider it
tentatively as E.
Then, if the cipher alphabet runs
regularly and in the direction of the
regular alphabet. c q times) is equal
to A. and the cipher alphabet bears a
close resemblance to the regular fire.
quency table. Note that TUV equal
to RST) occurring respectively l, l,
and 5 times and the non-occurranc OF
B, L, NJ, r, S, q equal to q, j, X, P,
@, and Y respectively.
"In the next table L occurs 10 times,
and taking it for E with the alphabet
running the same way, A is equal to
II. The first word of our message,
CT, thus Becomes AM when d%eciphered
with these two alphabets, and the first
two letters of the key are CHI.
Similarly in the third table we may
take either F or o for E, but a casual
examination shows that the former is
correct and A is equal to B.
In the fourth table / is clearly Z
and A is equal TO E.
THE fifth table shows that T is
equal to IA and ] is equal to 9. If we
take ] as equal to E then T is equal
to 0. and in view of the many Els al
ready accounted for in the other col
umns this may be all right. 1t checks
$500 "a 800 ,vD1r- Tho lauf fhrQQ
alphabets to the second word of our
4. message, OSB, which deciphers NOW.
2 Using these alphabets to decipher the
} whole message We find it to read:
! IN. B. Am now safe on board a
l barge moored below Tower Bridge,
where no one will think of looking for
me. Have good friends but little mon
ev owing to action of police. Trust
little girl, you still believe in my limo
' cence although things seem against
( me. There are reasons why | should
not be questioned. Shall try to EN-
n bark before the mast on some outward
n bound vessel. Crews will not be scru
tinted as sharply as passengers
d There are those who will let you knoy
IS nv movements Fear the police ma.
q tamper with your correspondence, bu
Is later on, when hue and cry nave die
down, will let you know ALL
n 1t all seems simple to the man VII
h follows the idea closely, but Capital
h Hit proceeds to make further revela
e. tions of the art. He adds:
v The key to this message is CHBEt
ID which is not Ineligible as a wore
Is but if put into figures, indicating tina
II the I'd. It'll, list. 4th and 9Th letter be
IN yond the corresponding letter of tn
message has been used as a key it be
comes 27145. and we connect II vii
e. he. personal which appeared in tn
It. same paper the day before reading:
of AN. B. Will deposit e27 las. .
ne tomorrow"
rs This is only one of the many met
lis DDS for getting under the hide OF
y coded message that u bright ms
ok of the army and their cousins OF Il
es, state and navy departments ha'
on worked out through years OF stu'
lot and application.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09
RED CROSS KNITTING DIRECTIONS
The Ladies Are Requested to Cut
These Directions Out for Future
Use.
General Directions.

General Directions.
Stitches Should not be cast on too
tightly.
Knitting should be done evenly and
firmly and all holes should be
avoided.
Joining should be done by splicing
or by leaving two or three inches at
each end of the yarn to be darned in
carefully.
All knots, ridges or Jumps should
be most carefully avoided. especially
in socks. as they are apt to blister the
feet.
WashclOth.
White knitting cotton medium
weight 1 pair Red Cross needles No.
l.
Cast on 10 stitches, knit back and
forth plain until cloth is about 10
inches square and bind off. Sew a
loop of tape to one corner
Hot Water Bottle Cover.
White knitting cotton medium
weight l pair Red Cross needles No
l..
Cast on So stitches. knit ,, purl ?
and repeat until the work is 4 inches
deep. Then knit back and forth plain
for 91s inches more or until entire
work measures 1872 inches. Next de.
crease 2 stitches at beginning and 4.
stitches at end of each needle unit
there are sixteen stitches left anC
bind off. Make another piece in SAM
manner and sew together. Attach
2O-inch piece of tape to seam at on
side of ribbing to tie around neci
of bottle.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER EXECU-
TI0N.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF Tile
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND
FOR POWER COUNTY.
Gem State Lumber Co., a corpora
ton, plaintiff. VS.. c. E. H%olbFook and
Mabel Holbrook, his wife. defendants
Under and by virtue of a writ OF
execution issued out of the district
court of the fifth judicial district OF the
state of Idaho, in and for the county
of Power, on the 9th day Of Septem-
Der. 1917, in the above entitled action,
wherein Gem State Lumber Co., a cor
poration. obtained a judgment upon
certain promissOry notes mentioned IN
plaitiffs complaint and the abstract
OF said Judgment was duly filed on the
18th day of June, 1917, in book l of
judgments at page 410 of the records
of Power county, Idaho. I have levied
upon and attached all the right, title
and interest of c. E. HOlbrook and
Mabel Holbrook, formerly Mabel Tay-
som. in and to the following described
property, to-wit:
The southwest quarter of the north
east quarter and the west half OF the
southeast quarter, section q, town.
shin 10 south, range 81, E. B. NJ.
Notice is hereby given that on sat
urday, the 14th day Of November, 1871
at the hour of 1900 a. m OF said day.
in front of the building used as a court
} house in Power county, in American
! Falls. Power county, Idaho, l will In
: obedience to said writ sell all the
( right. title and interests of C. E. Hol-
brook and Mabel Holbrook, formerly
Mabel Taysom. in and to the above
/, described property, or so much there
, of as may be necessary to satisfy
plaintiffs decree with interest thereon
and costs, to the highest bidder tol
cash. lawful money OF the Unltec
States.
Dated this 18th day Of September
1917.
Il Sheriff.
BY FRED WALWORTH, Deputy.
O. R. Baum, W. c. LoofbourroW, AT
torneys for Plaintiff, Residence, Amer
4 lean Falls. Idaho. lO-ls-zo' liz
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09
Aida n. JONSON.
ELOF K.
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER EXECU-
TI0N.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
FIFTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF
THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND
FOR POWER COUNTY.
Bert Crowley, plaintiff, vs.. Mabel
Taysom, Defendant.
Under and by virtue of a writ OF
execution issued out of the district
court of the fifth judicial district Of
the state of Idaho, in and for the
county of Power. on the 25th day OF
September, 1917, in the above entitled
action, wherein Bert Crowley obtained
a judgment upon a certain promissory
note mentioned in plaintiffs complaint
and the abstract of said judgment was
duly filed on the 18th day Of Septem-
Der, 1917, in book l of judgments at
page 442 of the records Of Power
county, Idaho, I am commanded to
sell all the right, title and interest Of
Mabel Taysom, now Mabel T. Hol-
brook, in and to the following de-
scribed property, which 1 have levied
upon under said execution, said prop
erty being described as follows, to-
wit:
The east half Of the northwest quar-
ter Of section p, township 10 south,
range 81, E. B. NJ.
Notice is hereby given that on Sat
urday, the 14th day of November, 1917.
at the hour of 1900 a. m. of said day,
in front of the building used as a
court house in Power county, in
American Falls, Power county, Idaho,
l will, in obedience to said writ sell
the above described property, or all
the right, title and interest of the said
Mabel Taysom, now Mabel I. Hol-
brook. therein, or SC much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy PLAINTIFFS
decree with interest thereon and costs.
to the highest bidder for cash, law
full o Of the United States.
Dated this 29th day Of September
1917.
D. B. JEFFRIES.
Sheriff.
By FRED WALWORTH, Deputy.
o. R. Baum, ". c. Loofbourrow. At
torneys for Plaintiff, Residence, Amer
lean Falls, Idaho. 1O-l9-26; ll-z-s
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09

10000 200

II is found that in any text the vow
els A 10 U represent 1887 per cent
the consonants L n r S T represent
81 sc per cent, and the cOnsonants j
K o X q stand for only LIT per cent.
One doesn't want to shy away from
thes figures as being dry and dull, pc
cause they form part of a story as IN
teresting as any detective narrative
Doyle 60
that was ever penned by a conan
For the usual purposes of figuring
sspher the first group is gwen the
value of 40 per cent, the second 81
nor cent. and the last 2 per cent. AND
then one is introduced to the order OF
-freouency in which letters appear In
ordinary text. 1t is:
ETOANI S H D L NJ r
W GBV TX ] Y Q.
Tables are then made for kinds Oh
matter that is not ordinary, taken IRON
various kinds Of telegraphic and othei
documents, which will alter only
silently he percentage values of th'
letters as shown in a table from or
binary English.
Having gone along thus far, the ex
nor. (sures how many times he cal
exne1 to find two letters occurring 10
eetheF. These are called ~digraphs' an
one learns that All will show up ono
in a thousand letters. while HA vii
he found twenty-six times. Thes
double-letter combinations form a sep
arate table all of their own, n IN
common ones are set aside, as TIL, I'll
ON OR. etc, so they can be readli
Guessed or automatically figure
against any text.
rabies of frequency are figured OF
for the various languages-partlct
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09

Now the man Who IS dolnS tHt
studying takes a squint at this result
and he sees that the dominant factor
all through the case is the figure ., so
he is reasonably sure that five alpha
bets were used. and that the key-word
had, therefore. five letters. so he
writes the message in lines of five
letters each and makes a frequency
! table for each one of the five columns
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09

he has formed. and he gets the follow
ing result:
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF POW
Err COUNTY, IDAHO.
In the matter Of the estate OF Carl
Jonson, deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the under,
signed executors o. the estate OF Car
Jonson. deceased. to the creditors. anc
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09
L G o
A Z T S r \
M A " II M n G.

And reading down each column in
succession you get Il am leaving this
morning"
After passing over several simple
ciphers as not classy" enough to en-
gage the readers attention, the writer
takes up on of a much more compli-
Gated nature which, however, did not
get by Uncle Sans code wizards. Fol
low the deciphering of this example
by Captain Hit:
I'M. B. Will deposit e27 las. 3D.
tomorrow"
The next day this advertisement in
cipher appeared:
IN. B. CT OSB UHGI TIP IPEWF
H EVIL NETTLE FJNVX XTYLS
FWKKHI BJLSI SO Vol BKSM
XMKUL SIX NYPONPN GSW OIL IEAG
NPSI HYJISFZ CYY NPUXQG TPRJA
VXMXI APP EHVPPR TIL WPPNEL.
UVZUE MMYVSF KNTS ZSZ UAJPQ
DLMMJXL JR RIA PORTELAGJ
CSITLTWNI XMKUHW XGLN
ELCPOWY OIL. ULJTL TLBWTPZ
KID X ZISZNK OSY DL
RYJUAJSSGK. TLFNS UVD w
FQGCYL FJHVSI YJL NEXV Pc
WTOL PYYYHSH GQBOH AGzTIQ
EYFAX YPMP SQA CT XEYVXNPPAIl
Nv TLFTWMC Flu WBWXGUHIWU,
THWG HSI YJVTI BJV XMQN SIX
DOB LRTY QTXNISVZ. GIFT All
UOSJGJ OHZ XFOWFV BKAI CTWf
DSWTLTTTPKMRHG IVX QCAFN
TIP DIS JBF EST JSC MCCF HNGh
, ESBP DJPQ NLU CIV ROSB CSM'
Now Just off-hand, the average mar
: would shy away from this cobinatioI
as a bit of news that he really did no
5 care to read. But to the cipher tiel'
: it was a thing of JOY, and it illustrate
one of the many cases that they ar
| called upon to read, and the method
by which they work.
As a starting point the cipher ma
, assumed that the text was in Englls.
d because he got it out of an Englis
i but he did no stop there
, He checked il from a negative view
Il point BY finding the letter W in 1t, an
{ bv finding that the last fifteen word
u of the message had from W to gu
letters each. which would have bee
impossible in German.
&c Then he proceeds to analyze. III
" message has los groups that are pr
a sumably words. and there are 40 lie
Y ters in it. This makes an average
"A letters to the group, whereas OF
- versed in the art normally eXpec
c. about five. There are ninety vowe
~ of the AEIOUU group and seYent
n eight letters JKQXZ. Harking ba'
. to that first statement of percentage
- il is certain that this is a substitute
cipher because he percentage does n
W check with the transposition average
IA The canny mar with the sharp pen
16 then looks for recurring groups a
4 similar groups in his message ana
.- finds that they are:
10 AHWG All BKSM BkAl u Civ
II CIV DLMMJXL DL ESi
IT FJNVX FJHVSI NPSI NPUXQG o.
6 OSY HOSP OIL OIL PORTLELOGJ
2 so SOA TIP TIP TLBWTPZ TLFl
3 TLFTWMC UvZUA UVD wv SINK
? XMKUHW YJL YJVTl. -.
4 Passing along by the elimlnatl
w route he refers to his frequency taD
mt, TO see how often the same letters
emit cur. and he finds that they are
J out of proportion. and he can proc
mt. to hunt the key for several alphao'
ON He factors the recurring groups
be- a small boy doing a sum in arithm'
in when he wants to find out how mi
i've numbers multiplied by each other
produce a larger one. The number
letters between recurring groups
ing words is counted and dissected IN
the uica.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09

all persons having claim against said
deceased, 10 exhibit such claims with
the necessary vouchers. within four
months Of the date of the first publica-
ton Of this notice, to said executors.
at the office of o. r. Baum. American
Falls, Idaho, which said office. the
undersigned selects as their place Of
business in all matters connected with
said estate Of Carl JonsOn. deceased.
Dated this p nd day Of October.
1917.
Aida n. JONSON.
ELOF K. JONSON, .
Executors of the Estate Of Carl jon
son, deceased.
II. P. Nelson. 323-7th St, Rockford.
Illinois, o. r. Baum and W. c. Loot
bourrow, Attorneys for Executors.
Residence. American Falls, Idaho.
1926; 11-2-9-16.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-09

A coal famine in Utah is predicted
in the report of the fuel commission
to the government.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-06-21

tend the graduation Tuesday of Miss
Katherine Palzkill at the Holy Rosary
academy.
DR.. w. A. Sears and family, Mr. and
Mrs P. P. McMurrough and Mrs Peter
Meuer and daughter Genevieve were
the guests of Mr. and Mrs John Ternes
at Ridgeway Sunday.
Mrs Wilma Grindell Luce of Platte
vile spent the week end here with rela-
tives.
Mrs Jacob Bauer of Chicago gave an
address to the Red Cross workers at
the Parish house Monday afternoon.
Mrs Calvert Spensley spent over
Sunday with her son George in Chica-
go.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Ayers of Neils
vile visited here Friday enroute to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-06-21

Darlington to spend several weeks
with their daughter Mrs Frank Lynch.
Mr. and Mrs John Gorgen, .Ir. and
family, Mrs John Gorgen, Sr., Mrs
Nicholas Miller and son Donald and
Miss Elizabeth Tonkin visited at Linden
and Dodgeville Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs Charles Ross returned
Saturday from Chicago. where they
had gone to meet their daughter Helen,
who has been attending school at Ferry
Hall, Lake Forest.
The many friends of Mrs w. S. Ross
will be pleased to hear that she is re-
covering from the painful injury to her
instep caused by horse stepping on
her foot about two weeks ago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-06-21

ly Miss Bertha Duppler of this city
was the guest of Mr. and Mrs W. S
Ross from Saturday until Tuesday.
Mrs L. D. Harker, Mrs Charles Ire
week and Mrs William E. Prisk AM
son Edgar motored to Darlington Satur
day.
c. W. Reynolds, Mrs Ira Reynolds
Miss Val GundersoD and Miss Jan,
Gunderson motored to Galena to visit
last week, enroute to their home il
Chicago.
Five auto loads, Mr. and Mrs W. S
Ross and son Roland. Mrs Jacob Bauer
of Chicago, Dr. and Mrs Charles Ross
and family, W. P. Gundry, Miss Mary
R. Gundry, Mr. and Mrs N. h. Snow
Miss Lydia Stephens, Calvert Spensley
Mr. and Mrs John Lightbourne and
children of Bermuda visited al
Blanchardville Sunday and picnicked
on the way home.
Mr. and Mrs F. G. Ludden, accom-
panied by Miss Amy Vivian, visited
| their sons Homer and Vivian Ludden
at Fort Sheridan from Friday until
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs M. T. Salmon of Plum
Grove were recent visitors here with
their sisters Mrs Drew and Miss
Salmon
Mr. and Mrs John Smith, Sr., James
Smith and Miss Loretta Palzkill OF
Willow Springs spent Sunday here with
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs j. J. Heathcock were
here from Linden Friday and attended
the M E. Sunday school picnic.
Mr. and Mrs James A. Hoare went to
Mazomanie Monday for visit with
relatives.
Miss Maria Spensley and cousin Mrs
George Kissell motored here from Du-
buque Saturday and spent few hours
at Miss Spensley.'s home.
Miss Pearl Harris and brother Ellis
worth left Friday to spend a few days
with relatives at Dixon, Ill.
Miss Harriet Crawford of Galena
spent several days last week with hel
aunt Mrs W. S. Ross and Mrs Charles
Ross.
Mr. and Mrs G.. E. Martin and son
Wesley, Mr. and Mrs Robert D. Smith
and Miss Lucille Bauer visited Robert
Smith at Madison Sunday.
Mrs Frank Potter came from Galena
Saturday for a visit with her ole
friends and is the guest of Mrs N. T
Martin.
Miss Gertrude Bishop, who has been
teaching at Spring Green, is at home tC
spend her vacation.
Calvert Spensley went to Madison
Monday on professional business.
Mrs Annie Dunn and son John went
TO Benton Monday to visit relatives.
Mrs Nicholas Palzkill and daughter
Generose left Monday for Corliss, to at
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-06-21
MINERAL POINT OF TODAY
NOTES BY THE DEM
NEWS CATERER.

Mr. and Mrs John +. Hendra and
family and Mrs Robert Martin and
daughter Amy Of Minneapolis visited
at Madison Sunday. From there Miss
Philippa Hendra went to La Crosse.
Miss Josephine Hutchinson, who grad
uated from the University of Illinois at
Champaign last week, is spending her
vacation here at the home Of her father,
James w. Hutchinson.
Mr. and Mrs George Huxtable re-
turned Friday from attending the grad
uation of their son Harvey Huxtable
from the Northwestern Dental Univer
sity at Evanston.
Miss Bessie Yost of Toledo, Ohio, is a
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs W. j
Penhallegon.
Several friends of Miss Susan Penhal :
Logon rendered her supper at the home
of her brother w. j. Penhallegon
Thursday evening in honor of her birth
day anniversary.
Miss Willett Bennett returned last
week from Great Falls, Montana,
where she taught school, to spend her
vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Henry Bennett.
Misses Alice Dunn and Irene Nit
chell were at Darlington Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs F. E. Jewell and daugh-
ter of Bloomfield, Mr. and Mrs John
Bond and son Philip of Jonesdale were
week end visitors at the home of MI
and Mrs George Woolrich.
Lavop and Paul Jones are spending
two weeks at Darlington and Monroe.
Miss Roxie Shackley and Miss Leila
Woolrich visited at the Erwin Shackley
home near Jonesdale several days last
week.
Miss Florence Knight returned from
the u of w. Saturday to spend her
vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs
John Knight.
Mrs w. r. Woolrich and daughter
Jane left this Wednesday for Fairchild
to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs Andrew
Mylere.
Mrs Albert thinner is visiting her
parents at Kasson, MINI.
Mr. and Mrs William Evans and
daughter went to Apple River Thurs
day to visit relatives.
Miss Gertrude Ryan of Blanchard
vile was the guest of Miss Agnes
Mauger several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs Raymond Terrell and
son Wesley and Mr. and Mrs Charles
Grange and son Harry motored to
Wyoming Valley and spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs Harry Richardson.
Mr. and Mrs N. C. Miller, son and
daughter of Dodgeville visited relatives
and friends here Sunday.
Mrs James Thrasher was called to
Hibbing, Mimi, Sunday, by the death
of her sister Eliza.
William Whitford of this city died at
his home on Front street Monday after
noon at 30, after lingering illness,
aged "A years.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Tyrer are spend
ing a few days at Dodgeville.
Raymond Jackson, a graduate with
the class of 1917 from the law depart
ment of the u. of W. and enlisted in