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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

TIME most delightful part of my
life was that age when boys n
girls freely mingle with eacl
other as friends, half boy anG
girl, half man and woman.
There was one Thanksgiving when
the head Of our large family invited
every member that could be reached
to spend a week in his large country
house, including Thanksgiving day.
Those of-us of my generation went
jim for a good time together. The girls
were of that age when a taste for mis-
chief predominates. One night when
/ was getting ready for bed 1 found
the legs of my pajamas sewed up.
When / a ripped the sewing, got
them on and tumbled into bed l found
the sheets scratched. l had turned off
the light, so, %springing out of Bed, 1
tiptoed hastily to the door, opened it
and was in time to grab the last of a
bevy of girls who ran away in the
darkness.
Throwing my arms around my cap
tive, / gave her a smack, she strug-
Cling to be free, then let her go.
Slipping back into my room, 1 turned
on a light, and there, sticking onto
the breast of my pajamas, was an
elongated pin Of chased gold set in
the center with a single sapphire.
The problem was to identify the girl
I had kissed by discovering the owner
of the pin. I consulted with my men
cousins, and it was decided that /
should put the article up at auction .
at the Thanksgiving dinner, bids to
be accepted only from the men.
Accordingly when the nuts and cof-
fee came on I took the pin OF of my
vest pocket and, holding it up before
the company, said: 81 found this ar
ticle recently and would be happy to
return it to the owner If he will claim
1t and prove ownership"
Z / swept the board with my glance,
but saw no sight of a ~give-away on
any girls face. Then l continued:
"Since there is no claimant for the
article, / will put it up at auction, re-
serving the right to bid to the men
present of my OWn generation, the
proceeds of the sale to go to charity"
/ called for bids, and n Of my
cousins, Jack Somers, bid 25 cents.
was an exclamation Of disap-
probation for such ar offer, and when
OF my confederates bid 80
cents 1t was repeated. The gem alone
could not have been worth less than
$26. When every man who was per-
to bid had done so, $2.75 was
highest offer received.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
BEING Thankful.

Thanksgiving is not a day, it is a
habit. We cannot be thankful on
Thanksgiving day unless we have been
learning how every day in the year.
Here are some simple rules: Walk
on the sunny side of the street; live
as much as possible in the best room
in the house; think about your friends,
not your enemies; talk about your
good luck, not your bad. These are
some Of the ways of acquiring the
spirit Of cheerfulness which is the
only soil in which the flower Thanks
giving" will grow. y
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
THROW OUT THE SERVICE FLAGS.

1t may not be generally known but every family that
has sent a son or daughter into the military service of
the nation is entitled to display a service flag. This
includes nurses as well as soldiers and sailors.
1t would not be amiss to have these beautiful flags
displayed. The University of Idaho is planning a SER
vice flag which will carry in the neighborhood of 200
stars, one for every student now fighting for the ideals
of America.
Let the families of the community throw out their
service flags. Just now they are emblems of special
honor.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
LAKE NOTES

A chorus of between rs and 100 SOL
diers, trained by E. Festyn Davies, will
give a Christmas concert in Tacoma.
The men are now training for the af-
fair. Among the men of the 91st di-
vision are former choir leaders, mus
ical directors and other professional
musicians. Davies said today that
some of the best singers on the Pacific
coast are in training here.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

"ANYTHING ON WHEELS" MAY BE
sold of it is still useful, for its act
ual cash value, through advertising it
in the classified columns. Used cars,
if not yet passed useful service, are
marketable-so are business vehicles
of all sorts. To take such articles to
is to advertise them.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
All Should Be Grateful.

ed grain in the fields, the heaps of
yellow pumpkins, the stubble of the
cut corn and wheat, even the blue
gray of the November sky which bends
low like a benediction that speaks
of righteousness, of fruition, of Gods
ire 1t is the universal thanks
giving, the uplifting of all his crea-
lures hearts in praise.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
CLASSIFIED ADS

Rates-Five cents per line per in.
sertion. About five and a half aver
age words make a line. Minimum
charge for first insertion 25c.
Rates by the week, per word. on
week SC, two weeks Sc, three weeh
tnc one month 12c
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
FOR SALE-ResI Estata.

SALE OR TRADE-A MODERN
house and two acres of land, just
north of city limit. Will trade for
horse, cattle, a Ford or Dodge car
Write r. R. No. 8, Box 80, Troy
Ida. Farmers 9239. 47-5e
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR SALE-7h ACRES WELL I'M
proved with seven-room dwell
ing, barn, chicken house, water
piped to barn, good orchard an6
small fruits, balance in crop, alt
alta. oats, potatoes. Adjoins cit,
limits. Call Star-Mirror. Phon.
109. 18tt
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
BUSINESS CHANCES

l HAVE A WOOD CUTTING PROPOSE
ton 3 miles east of Moscow. Can
furnish house to live in. Write
E. R. Fuller, Lewiston, Ida. 21tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR SALE CHEAP CLOTHES
ringer, good dining room table,
wood heater, bedstead, springs and
mattress. Call 209 E. Third ST. sos
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR RENT-MODERN NINE ROOM
rooming house IN South Main
Phone 1881, or see L. e. Brooks.
38-tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
NEW MARRIAGE SCHEME IN GERMANY.

Reports reaching the vatican say polygamy is en-
couraged openly by the military authorities of Ger
man, says the Rome correspondent to the New York Sun.
The Catholic clergy recently came into possession
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

WANTED-50 WOMEN AND MEN TO
take sickness and accident insur-
anoe in the Standard Accident In
surance Co. The best insurance any
n can get. No doctors examina-
ton required. Special policies fo1
teachers. Two months time to pay
the premium. Jno. F. Schroeder.
127 E. Sd ST. Phone 1861. 50-7
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR SALE = DRESSED GEESE,
ducks, chickens. Phone 1927. 51-2
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

WANTED = GIRL FOR HOUSE
work. Mrs. C. H. Patten, Phone 1872
47-3
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR SALE = GOOD AVAILABLE
range, also some pigs. Phone
Farmers 934x2. soft
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
FOE SALE -MiscellaBe0us.

FOR SALE-16-IN. RED FIR AND
tamarack. Phone 13N. 52tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
SITUATION TED.

WANTED-A PLACE TO WORK FOR
board and room and attend public
school. Call 222L. sos
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

Groom house on II lots, well i'm
proved; will sell for cash or will
trade for Seattle city property OF
property near said city. Inquire ZOE
Almond st. Att
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
HELP WANTED.

WANTED-COMPETENT GIRL FOR
general homework. Apply Mrs.
Mark P. Miller, corner Polk and c
streets. Wages $500 per week. 49tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR RENT-GOOD ROOMS, CLOSE
In. Call BAY. 76tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
LOST AND FOUND.

FOUND - GENTLEMAN'S RING.
Owner can have same by describ-
ing property and paying for this adv.
Phone 130Y. 52-3
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
FOR RENT-Houses

FOR SALE OR RENT-SEVEN-ROOM
house, corner 9Th and Logan, ~
acre of ground. A bargain. Tele1
phone or see A. L. Morgan. OFT
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

SALE OR TRADE = 100 ACRES
timber land near Cora. Land till
able after timber removed. Address
Star-MirrOr. 55tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR SALE-OVERLAND ROADSTER,
As H. P. motor, electric lights and
self starter. First class condition,
$275. Call S%ullivan's Garage. 67tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR RENT-OFFICE ROOMS IN THE
First National Bank building. Call
at the First National Bank. O5tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR RENT = A DESIRABLE ROOM,
hot and cold water, furnace heat
425 E. Third, Mrs. David Urquhart.
5tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

FOR SALE OR TRADE-LOTS 4, s, g.,
Block 8, Danals Addition to Troy.
Will trade for anything. Call OF
address Star-Mirror. 55tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
FOL RENT-Rooms

FOR RENT-APARTMENT PHONE
1907 or call 124 East Seventh ST.,
one block off Main. 37tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27
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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-11-27

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THE most delightful part of my
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New-York tribune., 1917-07-01

On theleft AGER-
MAN AlRPLANE.
brought down in the
streets Of Paris by
anti-aircraft guns.
PboiJ G iHis,HgiorR
EffW Nsf.lts.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
War Restoring Kitchen to Its Pioneer
Place as Center of the Home
BAH. E. BARNARD

The has restored the kitchen it's pioneer the
Of the home rich nowadays according her
kitchen Stacker according her kitchen
For kitchen work has been losing its Importance in home MAX
cooking and found work
the home How housewives will confess II love to make salads
dshwahng" necessities and all kitchen
work. conscientious dhwasng becomes patriotic SERVICE Food
Hoover has told and how the little
ngs kitchen multiplied by the 20o000 kitchens this country
will enough food to feed suffering allies.
Many who for have been content to leave their kitchen
charge ediscovered that interesting place during
they canning and food for
bcy the ugey of kitchen work through the clearer glasses and
before that not the work but the
done that makes serve task After ALL the kitchen
only practical working laboratory in which the cook takes complies
compounds and -four turns them into other
wonderful laboratory Of the
body into heat and energy
To be able prepare food such that it wholly satac
tory the bod needs than it is real science Ou
democracy reaching down into home It rescun
people the depths selfshness and asne into which
fallen It reaching into every kitchen and transforming it into
place labor becomes and the simplest duty definite
trbution to the immense effort bring victory
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
United States at War With Germany as
Well as With the Kaiser


Let ourselves with whom We
not kaiser We with Germany Let not
the German overthrow their government
by the kaiser In Judgment must the German
people and the German before will have peace along
the lines laid down
face the fact that the German people have stood by their
government represented by the KAISER people have stood
before in the history Of the world They
feel they fighting for their existence That the problem
that united people behind their and behind
their representatives matter really resenu that
we control and dictate to them their internal affairs
We balefd of their choosing not Of
must be 5000 miles they must kept supplied with
arms renorcements It is huge
It be inzed If people know what is before them
they will bravey face it, ..
That the that look at this conflict These are the conditions
we face concang the facts and
cannot by Boosting that will it. To will
every Of Of and
that people and this nation get together
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
Government Controlled Railways.

The railways will have to remain in
private hands for period of time that
has no doubt been heightened by the
engagement of public credits to war
needs. But government ownership, we
believe, is coming, and the policy of
the government ought to be shaped
with this in view.
If we were to proceed Immediately
to naturalization we should have to
compensate the holders of railway
property in the measure Of their true
interest. This does not mean on a
basis Of physical valuation, inevitably
misleading in the case of any going
concern. Nor does it mean on basis
of securities outstanding. The par
values of railway stocks have never
had more than paper meaning. What
we should have to pay the railway
property owners would be the capital
value of the earnings they have had
reason to expect under private man
agement.
We should not take advantage of
the fact that all capital values are de-
pressed in time Of war or crisis.
Neither should we be so foolish as to
allow an imitation of the earnings the
rights to which we should have later
to extinguish. A fair capitalization of
average earnings through a period
long enough to fix the normal is what
we should aim at. Thus the private
owners would receive due compensa-
ton for their property and no more.
And while they continued to operate
it for our convenience until we were
prepared to take it over, they ought
to receive such earnings as would
maintain the property unimpaired
Nothing more.-New Republic. !
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
c HI.IR( IS I N As Ct UB
DEVELOPS THE SAVING HABIT.
The Princeton State Bank Offers
This Most Popular Form Of
Savings for 1918.
The Princeton State Bank is Ever
Alert to the interests of
This Community.

The popularity and success of it's
Christmas club has been phenomenal.
This club gives everybody chance to
save regularly, for the bank is willing
to accept small amounts. Even boys
and girls are invited to become mem
bers, for it is well-known fact that
! the saving habit needs to be fostered
in this country. Once the youthful
mind realizes how rea1e easy it is to
save and how pleasant it is to have
money in the bank, the saving habit
will BECOME lifelong.
A large number of people, whether
their incomes are large or small, find
it difficult to "get ahead" financially.
They postpone the time when they
will start saving to provide for the
rainy day because they never seem
to have enough spare money to start
a bank account. The Christmas club
: is great benefit to the people in this
way, for they don't need any more
capital to get started than the first
small payment, and, after all, the start
is the important thing.
Although the first club payment is
due December "a, members may join
before that time by paying in. ad
! vance. The club runs fifty weeks, so
that each member will receive check
in time for Christmas shopping. When
payments are made regularly the bank
allows interest on the account, which
is always an encouragement to saw
ing. .-.. -
A number of plans are offered anc
members may select one or more Of
them. In the uniform classes one may
pay 25c, SOC, $1.O0 or $500 weekly
the totals amounting respectively t.
$3.50, $500, $4,000 and $4,000. An
other way is what is known as tn
progressive class, in which the pay
ment Increases every week. One O.
these classes starts at &c, next wee]
4c>and so on. The &c progressive clu1
natures at $3.50. Then there is
Sc progressive club maturing a
$63.75. These progressive clubs ma
l'be reversed, starting at the highes
amount first and finishing with tn
lowest. The SC reducing class start
at $3.50 and works down to SC, Will
the &c starts at $1.00 and comes dow
to &c at the last payment.
:, Ordinary books are not needed i
' carrying the Christmas club account
The Princeton State bank is using
patented card system, in which tn
record of payment is made by punch
Y ing cards. This not only gives tn
- depositor receipt, but also show
: exactly how much has been paid in t
i date, and does away with any pos
sibility Of error.
This attractive method of saving ha
; proven most popular.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
No News Means All's Well.


The following important informa-
ton is official:
Although the failure to receive let
ters from men in the service is not
pleasant to relatives and friends at
home the adage "no news is good
news" never was more true than at
the present. The report Of every
casualty at home or abroad is i'm
mediately wired or cabled to officials
at Washington, being relayed from
there without loss Of time to the emer.
gency address of the soldier or sailor
affected. It is also at once released
for publication in the newspapers. Nc
news of casualties has or will be helc
up.
No man in the service has received
orders not to write home; he has beer
urged, on the contrary, to keep ir
touch with relatives and friends. The
forces in France have at their disposa
post cards giving general informa
ton in regard to health and the receip1
Of letters and parcels, which may BE-
dispatched without payment of post
age. -...~ -........
Care is also taken to see that mai
intended for soldiers and sailor!
reaches them promptly. Where thu
regimental and company designation
of soldier is not known it may b.
secured by application to the adjutan
generals office, Washington, D. C. II
one week 1874 letters with insufficient
addresses were received at this office
| On 1882 the addresses were completed
and they were forwarded, 1913 were re
turned to senders, So went to the dead
letter office because soldiers addresse
were not given, and the balance wer
held with the view that addresse
might be completed later.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13

food munitions and material must be kept moving the acoas lumber
to the hpyar must be kept to the all
these possible must made without inter-
ference with the regular commercial traffic.
To do this, the railroads must increase their efficiency They
cannot rely altogether the shippers AS chairman OF the railroads
board feel state this efficiency will be accomplished
there has been disposition the part member Of the railroad
army to do anything but give his best
Congnees also by purchasing in the nearest market by
being the whole contents Of the punching their
orders make full carload lots and by unloading promptly
cooperation from the public harder to explain
What need above all thorough understanding the magnitude
Of transportation problem and the necessity for public cooperation
its solution
the public understand that passenger trains have been
eliminated for purpose onto equipment power and
absolutely needed to handle the tremendous freight
We the public understand that effort the mdl-
vdu family of will help solve the
portaion problem we'll the other economic problems
By using food and fuel economically by retaining from the OF
things unnecessary healthy by foregoing luxures which
rail transportation by supporting the against the
freight hauling nonessenas the people whole will
lessen the burden of the railroads and help this successful
conclusion.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
our Bumper Crops.

Our bumper crops.
American farmers this year pro-
duced gross total Of SCI ,ooo. ooo, geo
worth Of farm products, equaling in
value the nations total expenditure in
one year of war.
The total, being the value Of all
crops, animals and animal products,
was $6,500,000,O00 greater than last
years and more than the combined
value of any two previous years.
There were record crops Of corn, oats,
rye, white and sweet potatoes, tobacco
and beans.
The principal farm crops will reach
more than $4,000, 100000 in value,
minor crops 50, 100000 and ami
mails and animal products, including
butter, cheese and eggs, about $500
100000. This years values are based
on preliminary production estimates
and prices paid to producers on Nov
ember l, as reported by the depart
ment Of agriculture.
Corn, the country's greatest crop,
accounts for about one-third of the
increased total farm products value of
this year. It is estimated at about
$4,659 100000 compared with $780,
100000 last year, $1,723,000,000 in
1915 and $1,577 100000 the average
for the five years, 1904. In point
Of quantity corn this year saw its
largest production, being 100000
bushels more than the 1912 record
crop, 6O8,OOO,O0O bushels more than
last year and 459, 100000 bushels more
than the 1904 fve-year average.
! Next in point Of value comes cotton,
with a crop valued at about $1,981,
100000, accounting for more than one
tenth of the years total value increase.
Of that amount $1,645, 100000 is es-
timated for lint and $336,000,O00 for
seed. Cotton lint last year was val
ued at $1,000, 100000, and seed at
100000, while the fve-year, 1910.
IA, average value was: Lint, $715,'
100000; seed, $128,000,000. Produc'
ton this year is about 100000 bales
larger than last ear and 2.84O,00(
bales. smaller than the 1904 five
|year average.
Hay is the next most valuable crop
with a total Of $1,390,000,000 com
pared with 81, 1852 100000 last year AM
$1,O56, 100000 in 1915.
Wheat, the fourth crop in point O
value, is worth more than a billiol
dollars for the second time in Ameri
can farming history. It's value is es
timated at 100000 compare
with $1,O25, 765,0O0 last year, $943
300, 600 in 1915, and $629,939, 900, tn
average value of 1904 crops.
The oats crop is valued at 1915, 900
900, compared with $656,OOO,OOO las
year, and the 1904 average of SAP
100000.
Potatoes passed the half billion do
lar mark, with total of 1862 ,000, 00'
as compared with $417,O63,OOO Las
year, $221, $4,000 in 1915, and $213
651, 900, the 1904 average.
Other important crops show il
, creased values. Barley, estimated t
l be worth 100000, is more tina
! double the 1904 average value Ry
with a value of $95,OOO,OOO, is wort
almost four times as much as it's valr
averaged for the 1904 crops, an
both buckwheat, with value Of $26
100000, and sweet potatoes, with
= value of $94,OO0,OOO, are more tina
double the 1904 average.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
Unclaimed Letters.

List of letters remaining unclaimed
at the post office at Princeton, Mimi.
on December 10:
Mr.. Tom Kelley, Mr.. Ollie Fall, Mr.
E. ]. Anderson, Mr.. Carl Adams, Mr.
Gust Adams, Mr.. Fred Baker, Gust
Carlson.
Please call for advertised letters.
M. NJ. Briggs, P. NJ.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13

A most healthful, up-building med
icine, gently soothes the liver and
bowels, helps digestion, sharpens the
appetite, brings refreshing sleep.
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea,
natures gift. Thorough but not in
furious. G. A. Jack Drug Co. Adv.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1917-12-13
Railroads and Public Must Work
together to Meet War S Demands
By FAIRFAX HARRISON Chairman q Railroad, Va, Board


During the coming months American railroads
will face the greatest transportation problem in their
history. The war demands have increased the rail
roads burden virtually overnight by millions Of tons
Of freight. Some conception Of this may be cleaned
from the fact that the additional service demanded
this year equivalent to carrying 100 tons
Of freight mile Moreover, frankly the railroads
will have to handle it with inadequate facilities Cars
locomotives, terminals all the other equipment track
space-cannot be built overnight. During the wal,