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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
DOES 1T PAY7

Does it pay to get to frettin
Bout the joys you are not gettin'--
AS you bump along your way?
II your best you have been dom
Does it pay to get to stewin'-N
am aslSin'-does 1t pay?
Once I knew a dreadful sinner,
Who just kept gettin' thinner
Said He'd die some day, he bet!"
He was always mopin', sighin'-
Couldn't grin for fear of dyin'-
The poor cuss is Twin yet!
He's still Twin and is grievin'
Bout the world he'll soon be leavin'-
For he's never feelin' WELL
He was ninety last September
And he says he can't remember.
When he wasn't dreamin' he'll!
Don't you see the chump is wastin
All his youth and never tastin'.
Any joys of life a bit?
And his silly, senseless, worry,
Bout his dyin' in hurry
1t is surely time to quit!
So I'm sittin' here and thinkin,
While I'm noddin' and a blinkin'-
OF the troubles of today;
If my best have been dom,
Does it pay to get TO stewin'--
am askin'-does 1t pay?
EARL wAYLAND BOWMAN.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
TRACKS IN NEw-FALLEN SNOW

All day, all night the snearing man
Had clipped his cleecy, snow-cloud
sheep
And cast the glossy wool knee deep
In shining piles DER all the land.
The herding winds the light snow
tossed
And buried every path that crossed
The plain unmarked. Not house arose
Or tree to guide one through the
SHOWS.
lone man stopped beneath a lead.
He staggered; and he saw no road
He knew the course; so fixt his eve
Upon crag that doomed it's high
And beetling broad and brown. He
kept
His sight answering as he crept
BY slow and dragging step until
He reached the shelter Of the hill
Where he lay down to die.
The path
He plowed was safe and straight. He
moved
Not to the right or left that day.
Then others found the trail he proved;
Them marching millions trod the way
The man unknown to fame had made
Thus it became the track of trade.
j. d. GILLIAN.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
BED TIME TALES
An Intruder
By CLARA INGRAM JUDsoN

FOOTSTEPS! Soft, padded footsteps
coming toward them through the
wood! Bushy was so frightened he
got great lump in his throat, and
Father and Mother Beaver couldn I
even look at each other they were
that scared. Their hearts went
"thump, thump, tbump, thump:" just
that way. And back in the corner
OF each beavers mind was the
thought, Can that be one of the
Great Big Black Bears? But before
they had had time to run away, who
should step out of the shadows but
Policeman Billy Raccoon.
Mother Beaver was the first to get
her breath. "Such a fright as you
did give us!" she cried. I'VE heard a
step in the woods and we didn't one
of us think it sounded like your step
we thought 1t must be-well-er-
bear or something like that"
Policeman Billy laughed and
laughed and laughed till he actually
rolled on the ground he laughed so
much. Then he wiped his eyes, sat
up and apologized like a gentleman.
II do beg your pardon for laughing"
he said, "but 1t struck me SO
funny that | should be taken for a
bear! You see, before you have al
ways seen me when was on duty.
Then / walk so quietly you can hard
ly hear my footsteps. But tonight
is my off-duty night and. may walk
any way / please. So I'walk heavily
just for fun. never thought of
soaring any one"
Such laughing as there was them
For the beavers were sensible enough
to see joke even IL it was on them
selves. Then, when they had settled
down a bit. they asked Policeman
Billy to stay for the party: they
showed him where his place was set
anu ne was mighty glad to have been
remembered, you may be sure Of
that.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
SOWING AND REAPINe.

Editor Evening Capital News.
Charles Becker recently put In n n,eo
in favor of Germany against England
and says that 80 per cent of the peonle
there are against war. Most peonle
here would prefer war to militarism
dominating the earth. Who was our
friend at Manila. England or Germany
Have the English blown UP our build
ings, burned millions of dollars worth
OF our property. plotted against our
government under cover of friendship
ana murdered hundreds of our citi-
zens7 II 1t took a province OF China
to atone for two German missionaries
murdered by bandits. about how much
does Germany owe us? The poor peo-
pie of Germany for the past 40 years
have been compelled to live on bonny
clabber and potatoes in getting ready
for this war and now the kaiser would
fasten his German culture" on the
world. That sentiment about the Gun
derdog' comes in poor grace after the
disgrace OF the ages in the treatment
OF the Belgtans. The kaiser should
have remembered that "they who sow
the wind shall reap the whirlwind" and
AS man soweth so shall he also
reap"
]. r. STOUT.
Caldwell, Idaho.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

bles in his shoes;
if he is found pro-
viding b ooz e, he
takes a Journey to
the pen, and never
will get out again.
T h e m an W h o's
found transporting
gin is by the bal
lifts gathered in:
the cadi strips him
of his kale, and
g ! V e s h | IN fifty
years in Jail. An
empty b ottIe in
your hall, a cork
screw hanging on
the wall. is nrnof
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

THAT place is for we-Gon't-know.
who" laughed Mother Beaver, and
she explained that there had been
six of everything in the set of dishes
and that they had wanted to use
them ALL
"Oh, ho!" cried Policeman Billy.
and he jumped up hurriedly, Il know
somebody who would enjoy using
those dishes-just wait a minute!"
and before they had chance to ask
who, he had disappeared into ths
woods.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
WF1ATCHAMA
COLUMN
UNlNTENTIoNAL JOKE,

A son OF Germany was discussing the
bulletins In front of the. Capital News
office dealing with the downfall of the
Russian monarchy.
Il see it says it dot the kaiser sees
der handwriting on der fall!" he ex-
claimed.
A panied expression passed over the
old fellows face when the crowd
laughed.
IN BOISE AND ELSEWHERE.
She had a roomer
For q spell;
Soon was spelled "rumor"
Amt lawful
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
HE NEEDS HELP.

In church in Ohio the minister
gave GU the hymn, 81 Love to Steal
Away" etc. The regular leader of
the choir being absent, the duty de-
volved upon a young fellow of a timid
nature. He commenced, II love to
steal" and then broke down. Raising
his voice a little higher, he then
sang, Il love to steal" At length,
after desperate cough, he made Il
final demonstration, and roared out, 81
love to steal"
The effort was too much. Every
one but the parson was laughing. He
rose, and with the utmost gravity, said:
Seeing our brothers propensities,
let us pray"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

mat you've defied the law--for you a
cell, with moldy straw. The man
whose breath suggests drink-fonr
myers, say, Of old red inks hunted
down, with horse and hound, and
locked up in the village pound. And
II your nose is red, dry man, you'd
better bleach it while you can: In
Kansas noses must be pale, If people
would stay out of Jail. oh, where are
our God-given rights, since we can't
stew ourselves o'nights? Where was
the sense in Bunker Hill. IL we can't
pull a cork at will? And while for a
reply I pause. the victims OF these
Kansas laws, seem prosperous and
happy. too. and ask no sympathy from
you.
Copyright by George Matthew Adams)
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
A FEMININE WAY.

In the bureau of the census at
Washington acts against the law are
recorded under a few general heads.
such as murder, burglary, etc.
An officer of the bureau tells of a
woman clerk who was puzzled by an
entry she encountered in one of her
slips. The crime as set down was
running a blind tiger" After due
reflection the woman placed it under
the head cruelty to animals"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

to be left partly in private control.
The right to control public utilities
is an established tenet born of the
demands of new conditions, but the ap-
plication of the new principle. TO be
effective. must be extended to the
control of the labor forces which are
the most important factor in the oper-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
UNANIMOUS.

Now, Pat" said magistrate to
an old offender, what brought you
here again? %
Two policemen, sor," was the la
comic reply.
Drunk, I supposeT queried the
magistrate stefnly.
Yes, sor,',. said Pat; both ov
thim."
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
The OPEN FORUM
CONTROL RAILWAY

CONTROL RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.
Editor Evening Capital News: The
great artery Of commerce. our railroad
system, is public utility of prime inn
portance to the life OF the nation. The
railroads are essentially a department
OF government which has been neg
lected in our progress and permitted
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

r. we read the signs correctly the railroad wage ques
ton is not settled but the solution has merely been
u delayed AS gratifying as it is to learn that the
strike has been called off before the spectre of graver
than ITSELF it is discouragng to realize that the
subject not disposed of it's merits and there
fore, not settled right.
If in the face of the fact that eght-hour law de-
cision pending before the supreme court and in the
midst of national crisis wholly separate and apart
from any domestic conditions strike be precpi-
atedy threatened to tie up the counys transportation
systems when most needed then may be regarded as
certain that side the other will not be bound by
any temporary concession compelled not upon the evil
dence, but upon the extraneous though overpowerng
pressure of public necessity framed by foreign enemy
According to the official announcement the railroads
agreed the demands Of the broherhoods irrespective of
the Adamson law despite any other consideration ex
cepng the glaring fact that the United States is tech
ncally at war with Germany, and may be actually
at and therefore, would require every ounce of it's
transportation energy All questions of hours and wages
were announced swept by the railroads into the melt
however but to retain their identity for the contempla
ton of the future.
So after all, there is permanent settlement and
when the outside pressure is removed the public will
be continually confronted with the possibility of sud
den and disastrous disturbance barring the interven
ton OF some such act the Adamson law, compulsory
that may indefinitely be the subject of legis-
ative attack and defense of nature to create inter
mittent uncertainty and throw business off it's balance
We may expect the subject to live in its ghostly as
pect therefore When it may be actively paraded again.
i'll full FORM let it be hoped may be buried with some
degree of pemanencyfor nothing settled until it is
settled right and this question be disposed of
until the public which is the great paymaster is taken
into the negotiations
The public only get in through law-and If the
between the railroads and it's employees continues it
is not prophetic statement but merely a common
forecast to predict that the will take the
whole business into it's hands 8
Meanwhile the public is be congratulated that there
has been settlement that will bridge over the interna
iona difficulty. GG
There never could have been a legitimate doubt Il
that both railroad managers and railroad employees
would rise Loyalty to the occasion should the country re-
luire their services the defense line. 1o
The present disposition of the subject is merely an a
added assurance. m
The nDENT E0DTTAT lsa
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
SAVE THE BABIES.

The baby needs fresh air quite
as much as fresh food in sum-
ner. Keep him out Of doors as
much as possible. Avoid getting
him in the sun on hot days. On
very hot days take him out early
in the morning and late in the
afternoon and early in tho even
ing. IL 10 often cooler in the
house, with the shutters closed,
In the middle Of the day. Take
the baby to the park, the beach
or the country often.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

Polk Directory OF Canyon, >;em,
Washington anc Adams counties now
off the Press. Write for particulars. r.
L Polk & Co. Globe Bldg. Seattle,
Wash.--Adv- Il
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

But" he said, Just as he was
reaching out for his first helping of
honey, you've another place set
Who else is coming to the party?"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
Uncle Walt Has for You
This Evening
BONE DRY.

In Kansas they have passed a law
the highest thing you ever saw-which
makes you felon II you try to keep IN
hand a flask Of rye The inintist tram,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

alton of the railroads. As the railroads
are public utility the laborers who
operate the railroads should be under
government control.
This principle is not new. The ships
of the seas are operated by sailors who
are under international control, and
any obstruction of traffic on the COM
mon seas is punished by the common
law of the civilized world. In our
country an act which would be mutiny
on the high seas would go unpublished,
eVen' II million people should be
starved by an embargo that would pre-
vent the shipment of food.
AS the right to regulate railroads is
an admitted function of government
the law should go further and make
the working man who is factor in a
public service system a public servant
just as the soldiers In time of war.
The principle of public utility control
Is not complete If our important ele-
ment Of public service is exempt from
control. This new governmental f,pc-
ton has not become a perfect working
system In the application to this great
est OF all public service organization.
A'4O AAioh SAhplOySu on the railroads
should be enlisted for their special SER
vice just as the soldiers are enlisted Il
tight our battles. The labor
ers who are such essential factors in
utility service should be enlisted in
some way that would enforce an effe,-
tive performance of public duty. The
sailor on the high seas is subject to
law that enforces the faithful per-
formance of his public duties. The
railroad laborers should receive all the
compensation he can earn in his haz-
ardous employment. This wage should
De assured by the government. but his
service should be regulated by public
demands. Conspiracy in the service
should be made treason. Enlistment
should be voluntary with ample com
pensation under private contract. but
compulsory as to public service while
on duty. NEWTON HIBBS.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

country and long trips. Phone "a.
Peasley Transfer q storage Co. q
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

Let us mount your head and tan
your hide. Limbert. 1875 So. 11tb.-
Adv. If
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19
MR., PEEVISH

They were at the theater, and the
young lady was immensely taken
with the leading man. watch" she
said, with what precision he steps
across the stage. Every stride is OF
exactly the same length"
Her escort was just a little jealous.
Yes" he said cruelty, IT imagine
that habit was acquired from walking
the railroad ties
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-19

Quails, part of the food of the Child :
rem of Israel when in the Wilderness
are still numerous in Egypt and dur
Ing their yearly migrations descend IN
swarms.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
FACTORY employees
BOOST "Y" WORK

Employees of the Bemidji Manufac-
turing company have donated $42.5O
to the Y. NJ C. A. war fund. Fol-
lowing are the donations: William
H. Werth. 81; G. R. Martin 81; John
Doucher 81; Frank Patterson 81; T.
T. Andrews 81, Jesse Voleske 81,
Bert Towle 81, Louis Meyers 81,
Foster Campbell 81, Earl Towle 81,
Louise Hubert 81, Ray Towle 81,
Louis Werner 81, Victor Erickson
81, Pete Bertram 81, Arthur Breen
81, George Teeters 81, Otto Erick-
son 81, J. D. Head 81, George Rice
81. Henry Bertram 81. John Bert
ram 81, Alex Lind 81, Rev Luce 81,
Ed Revoir 81, George Floury 81,
Clarence Wintersteen 81, J. N. Nor
ris 81, H. w. Vandervort 81, Aldred
Kelly 81, Fred LaValley 81. A. M.
Johnson 81, George Latulippe 81, ).
Bertram 81, H. Graves so cents, ".
Hart so cents. Louis Shadow so
cents, Frank Carpenter so cents,
George Stage so cents, Ben Barnes
so cents. D. Butcher so cents, Dick
Gender so cents, J. M. LaFleur, so
cents.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
WEST DISTRICT s. s.
CONVENTION NOV. II

One or more delegates from every
Sunday school in the district is
urged to be present at the West dis
trict Sunday school convention to be
held IN the Methodist church No.
vember II. The afternoon session
WILL be from 2:30 to 4 o'clock and
the evening session from 7:30 to 9
o'clock. The program will be car
ried out as follows:
Afternoon.
Praise service-Rev. Backhurst.
Cradel roll-Mrs. Trimble.
"Workers Conference Regularly
held" Mrs. H. Bridgeman.
Report of delegates from schools.
Appointment of nominating COM
mittee.
Song by primary children.
"Word With Children Who Do
Not Attend Sunday School," Capt.
Crusberg.
Talk on the county standard-A.
T. Carlson.
Elementary work-Mrs. Fay Head.
Report Of committee.
Song.
Praise service-ReV. Hanscom.
Talk on home department-Mrs.
c. E. Battles.
Talk. on teacher training-Mrs. c..
Carter.
Talk on missions l.. P. War
ford.
Solo-Mrs. G.. C. Berglund.
Work Among the Young People" ="
Rev. Warford.
Talk on -temperance--Rev. Whitby.
Solo-Raymond Hannah.
Work in the Rural Sunday
Schools" Rev. Soper.
Congregation.
Benediction-Rev. Foss.
Pianist-Miss Alice Minnick.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
AFFAIR OCCURS ON
STAIRS, NORTHERN
NATIONAL; VICTIM
HAS GOOD CHANCE

that HenriOnnet mentioned another
matter Of a private nature which in
duced him to demand that Nelson
join the army and leave Bemidji.
Bullet Strikes Door.
up the stairway, it is said, and had
gone but a few steps when the gun
fire opened. At the bottom Of the
stairs when Nelson attempted to es-
cape the fusilade another shot was
fired and on the inside of the door
to the entrance there Is another bull
When Nelson reached the walk an
other shot was fired, it is asserted
Burch Sees Finish.
Standing on the walk, near the
bank entrance was c. H. Burch,> a
well'known cattle buyer. He heard
the shots and had scarcely time to
turn to ascertain what was the oc-
casion when out the door came Nell
son and Henrionnet. To Pioneer
representative Mr.. Burch says Hen
rionnet took another shot at Nelson
while both were close to him and
that he heard Henrionnet call Mel
|,son7as vile epithstys,Ti1e shptr wasa the
|elast ofiee nd \ Mr. f3iurcfi Says that
'after&it was fired, the revolver was
tossed upon the walk. He said he
was about to grab Henrionnet when
the revolver was tossed aside. Nell
son had already entered the bank
and Henrionnet then followed.
CHANGED His Nil
William McCuaig was in the Office
of the bank when Henrionnet sat In
a chair awaiting the arrival of the
police.
"What did you shoot him for?"
asked Mr.. McCuaig, he told a rep
resentative of the Pioneer.
II was going to make him enlist
but changed my mind" is what Hen
rionnet is reported to have answer
ed. 'I'll make a statement later"
or something to that effect, was
added.
n,.s AccIt:d ctts Seemed Seemed Jolly; s{enov,a-
pher for Koors Bros, met Henrion-
net few minutes prior to the shoot
ing and they walked along Beltramf
avenue short distance. She says
he appeared jolly and in good spir-
it's She was also in the bank be-
fore she happened to meet the ac-
cused and transacted company busi-
ness with Mr.. Nelson.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Henrionnet reside
with the mother of the accused, Mrs.
4. p Henrionnet. Both he and his
wife are young people.
Erskine. Nelson's Home.
The parents of the victim of the
shooting reside at Erskine, Minn.,
being prominent residents Of that
place. They have been notified of
the affair and will leave Immediately
for Bemidji.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
STEWART IN CHARGE
OF. COUNTY SCHOOLS
" IN "Y" CAMPAIGN

Using an unsigned printed circul-
ar for an article on the Y. M. c. A.
anent the county school work In the
raising of money for the war fund
of the "Y," and taking into consid-
Grafton, the campaign in the city
schools, the Pioneer on yesterday got
the matter all "balled up"
The circular, addressed to the
schools of Beltrami county, are to
be signed by w. B. Stewart, county
superintendent Of schools, and is not
included in the work of the Bemidji
schools.
w. E. Dean has been assigned to
the Bemidji city schools and is In
charge of that work for the Y. M. c.
A. campaign lnerein, he having been
appointed for that work, having OBJ
tained the sanction Of the city board
of education.
With the many rings going at the
same time beneath the same tent 1t
is difficult at times to keep in the
groove.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
Bio l AXE FarmerSV Vote To
Hold Big Loyalty Meeting

ters of general interest to the COM
munity, such as establishing mail
route, building potato storage
warehouse along the M. & I. road
near Cherry's crossing, assist in con-
structing the sawmill now we'll un-
der way and complete the dragging
of the road on the mail route.
They also discussed the co-opera-
tive hauling of wood products and
have among their members secured
the promise to furnish twenty-three
rcaloads to Bemidji manufacturers.
The following were named a COM
mittee to solicit funds for the Y. M.
c. A.: Mrs. H. Hanson, Mrs. Elmer
Alton, J. E. Swenson and G. I. Good
manson The hour set for the patri-
otic meeting is o'clock in the after
noon
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
MoreSa1lnlieS
Are Killed j. |! ! ! In
Hot: !! Of She!|ing 5 /
.t1':lE =,
(By United Press)

Il sAmerieapaF Field HeadQuaEters.
France, Nov" 4 5:-A few more Am
orleans were killed and wounded dur
ing the hot Smelling to which the
Germans subjected the front line
trenches. One American soldier was
killed by sniper. A German shell
wounded several.
The Americans achieved brilliant
patrol work, patrol ambush work in
which one German was killed and
two wounded.
Battle activity is increasing all
along the sector occupied by the
Americans.
Toll of First Raid.
Washington, Nov. 15.-Three Am
orleans were killed, II are wounded
and II more are missing as the re-
suit of the first German trench raid
November 3, according to the revised
official list made public today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15

More than one hundred men, wo-
men and children were present at a
meeting of the Big Lake Farmers
club at the homestead of Charles
Bloomquist on the shores of Big
Lake, Wednesday. The regular busi-
ness session was turned into splen-
did patriotic demonstration, when a
motion was passed to appoint COM
mittee to solicit Y. M. C. A. funds.
This was followed by demand for
a patriotic meeting, the date being
quickly set for Sunday, November
1S, at the Swenson Lake school
house. The meeting was assured by
r. L. Given and E. H. Denu that
speakers would be provided and a
program prepared.
The club took up number of mat
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-11-15
FIRST STEPS TO MOVE
FOR DUNN'S NEW TRIAL

Minneapolis, Nov. 15.-The first
steps in the appeal for new trial
for Frank J. Dunn, who is now serv-
ing a life sentence at Saltwater for
the murder of his wife, were taken
in Ramsey county district court yes
terday. ..ss,,..ss, i, 49,; ...>..,..
"a, Official records Of the trial, which
was held last sumner, were pro-
iduced before Judge Hugo @. Hanft,
Who prestdsd at the trial, and were
formally approved s..tsiss;
q 3! u. !! s.II s,i 81
SDoug glas: Kenhedy 1snnedy, Rc
are acting in the appeal for Dunn,
said that the motion for new trial
would be filed within two weeks.