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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
ASK CONGRESS TO
SET ASIDE LANDS.
FOR DITCH RIDERS
Bill Introduced by Congress
man Smith for Segrega-
ton of Five acre Tracts
Along Canals.

Congressman Addison T. Smith has
introduced in the house of representa-
tives of the present congress bill au-
thoriZing the secretary of the interior
to permit the use by any citizen or
association organized for the purpose
of furnishing water for domestic. irri-
CATION, public or other beneficial use,
tracts of five acres of ground for the
erection thereon of dwellings and out
buildings for the convenience of ditch
riders and other employees engaged in
the management of canals and reser.
voirs. The bill is known as No. 723i
Copies of it have been received in
Boise.
In presenting the purposes for the
introduction of such an act, and point
ing out it's necessity, Congressman
Smith has written a letter to Franklin
X. Lane, secretary of the interior, ask
ing his support in its behalf. In this
letter Congressman Smith says IN
part:
NECESSITY FOR ACT SHOWN.
The need Of this legislation is ap-
parent to those acquainted with con-
ditions in the west. / know of one
| Carey act canal system which contains
nearly 1000 miles of canal and laterals,
many of which run through rough, des-
ert country which can never be re-
claimed or occupied. 1t is necessary, in
order to properly protect these canals,
that the ditch riders and superinten-
dents reside along the rights of way
| in such sections of the country, ana
there is no law under which the nee
| essary land can be secured for the
| buildings to be occupied by such en-
| ployes, together with a corral for their
! horses
1T is the policy of the irrigation
companies to prefer married men for
these positions as they are more con
tented and are more likely to stay on
their frontier posts. The women in
the family object to living on the right
ofway, fearing that their children may
| fall into the canal, and for this reason
it has been difficult to secure the
right kind of men for these RESPONSE
BILE positions. The irrigation com
panies plan to build substantial houses
costing from $500 to $4,000 for Their
superintendcnts and ditch riders in
the event this law is enacted. Under
existing conditions, the houses are, OF
course, inexpensive and unattractive.
/ Where these canals run through j
settled country, land needed for the
homes of ditch riders can be purchas -
from the settlers, but the proposed Law
Is intended to meet the difficulty the
canal companies have encountered II
securing permanent building site
along their right ofway over the pub
lie lands"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
Doctors Throughout United States
Dispense Bi-nesia for INDIGESTION

the formula from which anyone can
prepare IT being printed on every label.
no matter how bad your case may be-
no matter how many remedies or treat
ments you may have tried-you shoul
give Bi-nesia trial. Get fifty-cent
package from your druggist today and
after your next meal take a teaspoon
full in little hot water and note the
freedom from the pain that usually
follows taking food. Take it the next
time you have that terrible pain in
your stomach; then look at your watch
and note how quickly the pain disap-
pears And best of all, remember this,
i'm the test fails 1t costs you nothing.
for every package of either powder or
tablets contains a binding guarantee
of satisfaction or money back
IMPORTANT - The Binesia mentioned
above is harmless but wonderfully effective
remedy which you make at home or any
druggist can prepare for you by mixing u
ounces bisoma carbonate with / ounce mag.
nesia carbonate. II, however, you wish guar.
antee of satisfaction money back, be sure
to ask for an original package of Bi-ncsis.
Adv
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
OLD SOLDIER GIVES RECoMMEN-
DATION

Gustav Wangelin. commander Of G.
A. r. post, Pinckneyville. H.. writes:
Il highly recommend Foley Kidney
Pills. which l prefer to all others |
have used and consider them Johnny
on the spot" Foley Kidney Pills give
quick relief from backache. rheuma-
tic pains. stiff, swollen joints, Ian
guidness, pains in groin and muscles.
all other symptoms of kidney trouble
and sleep disturbing bladder ailments.
They assist nature In restorin,
strength and vitality. Whitehead
Drug Store. Adv. T. n. q
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

during those years. The facts as found
will be given out for their face value.
THEY promise To be highly entertain
ing.
The first shift in the auditors Of
flee goes on at = o'clock in the morn
ing and finishes at in the afternoon:
the second goes on at In the after
noon and finishes at a. M: the third
goes on at ! a. m. and finishes at 8
o'clock the same morning.
LEGISLATURE TRIED BEFORE.
1t IL quite generally conceded that
the work the present state auditor has
under way should have been started
long ago. Others thought so, too,
Eldging from the legislative records.
for various legislatures in this state
have appropriated fui Is for the plr-
pose of starting II. Much of this mon
ey seems to have been used for other
purposes than probing into the land
department affairs. Some of II went
into expensive land department book S
and files. much of which was never
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
HOTEL ARRIVALS

.OWYHEE = Edward Land Mills,
Salt Lake; A. J. Ourkee and wife.
Nampa; Mrs. P. s. Turner, Mrs Mary
T. Storie, Anna Storie. Gooding; A. c.
Barron. Salmon; Britlonart Wolfe,
Twin Falls; w. w. Thompson, Rupert
Mrs. M. Slawson. Nampa; l.. J. Ell
rod. Pocatello; George w. Bloom.
Pumpkinville; Charles Forbes, New
York Blanche skipper, Mountain
Home; O. NJ. Elliott, Lewiston: J. VIII
Prater, Spokane H. l.. Talkington
lewiston; Florence Zumnof, Wallace;
Lura Butt. Kellogg; J. E. TurneE Pay
cite; J. f. Turner, Payette; j. Fred
Williams, st. Anthony; Joe friedman
New York; Henry Suzzallo, Seattle;
F.. Fl. Lindley, o. H. Soulue. Moscow;
C. G. Manning, Bull; Worth Mont
gomery, Mountain Home; f. w. Deck
err, Malad; Dewey Lund, Malad; J. B
F'rindly. Hepburn.
IDANHA-B. n. Miller and wife
Rexburg: A. F. James and wife, Good
ing; d. w. Kennedy. Clay; c. f. John
son. Melba ]. d. Little, Howe; Andrew
Little. Emmett; George G. Griffith
Texas; Soldier Burk, Fort Douglas
Utah: Mrs. Charles w. Abbott, Miss
Bertha Parrish, Charles w. Abbott
Hagerman; Charles c. Cary, P. B
Faraday. Mountain Home: F. X
Beans, Chicago F.. ]. O'Neil J. A
O'Neil, Mountain Home; Soma T. Saw.
cry. Gooding; Will T. Montgomery
Mountain Home; d. w. Stone. Med
ford, Ore; Charles Hinton, Homedale;
Grace Faulconeo. Mrs. J. C. Thompson
Blackfoot; Ernest Fenwick; Thomas
Fenwick, Joseph Fenwick, Rober'
Hemingway, Roy Elmer, Jordan Val.
ley: Fred c. Mcclellan, Cascade
Ralph E. Maricle. Gooding.
GRAND-G. r. Russell, Edward p
Russell Parma; Clara Ellis, Idaho
City; Mrs. j. n. Greenstret. Mountain
Home: G. 3. Mains, Emmett; Woo
Kimball. Horseshoe Bend; I. s. Flag
Ter, Emmett; f. C. McGregor, Cas-
cade; ]. w. Briggs. Mr.. and Mrs
Sheppard Morgan, Mountain Home
| Mrs. T. J. Maryland. Cascade; ID. ]
MCGOWAN. Mountain Home; Johr
Blum. Idaho City; H. f. White
Princeton. Ind; o. X. Lawson, Ec
Keene. Idaho City; James Garbutt
Grandview.
BRISTOL. c. Clark and wife
Portland A. H. Butler, Meadows
Herbert Anderson. Carolyn Adams
CALDWELL; A. J. Mitchell, Donnelly
Marion Barns, Rupert; Rev. and Mrs
G. w. Barns, Rupert; c. G. Goodwin
Payette: II. HEARTFELT. Twin Falls; J
Leroy Gress, Grandview; P. ]. Farley
Hazel B. Reed, Eva Morton, Gooding
Mrs. James F. Orr, Glenns Ferry; T
P. Graham, Kuna; ]. F. Baker, l.. R
Alb, Gooding; NJ. F. Hawk. Wendell
Mrs. H. w. Smith, Kansas City; T. c
Crane, Centerville; A. A. Kenisor
Mountain Home; Maude Gregg. Coun
Gil; r. U. Howell. Rupert; Ben Waig
and, Nampa; E. NJ. Hubert, Meridian
George Brandon, Wilson; John w
Smith, Nampa; ]. f. Keith. NJ. r
Maxfield, Wilder; John Mahen, Seat
tie; Roy Mardin, oreona; Everett
Evans, Castle Rock; Mrs. Jenni
F'reng, Alma Freng, Lewiston: Mrs
w. A. Johnson, Mountain Home.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
Usually Gives instant Relief From In
digestion, Gsstritis, Dyspepsia,
Acidity and Gas.

Although only a few months have
passed since a chemical company of in
ternational standing first introduced
Bi-nesia to the medical profession Of
the United States, the number of those
who are dispensing it is growing by
leaps and bounds. and 1t is confidently
predicted that Bi-nesia will soon super
sede all other treatments for indiges-
ton, dyspepsia. gastritis, Ias, acidity,
etc. This remarkable growth in popu-
larity. while partly attriblted to the
approval of the medical profession, is
doubtless chiefly due to the fact that
Bi-nesia, which is obtained of any
druggist in either powder or tablet
form, possesses such genuine merit an
gives such universal satisfaction that
every package contains a binding guar
antee contract CT satisfaction or money
back. Another reason for its rapid
growth in popularity doubtless lies in
49, Feet that 1t Is not a secret remedy
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

used, but today adorns abandoned
vaults or other hooks and corners at
the statehouse.
State Auditor Van Deusen announces
that il will take some time to COM
plete the records but the months occu-
pied in il will find the first complete
one established in the history Of the
state.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

statehouse, but II is n fact neverthe-
less. Under the direction of Clarence
Van Deusen, state auditor, three shifts
of three men each, are engaged the
entire "a hours. They are creating n
new set of books for the state land de-
partment. Their assignment is to
transfer all entries and so complete
the department books that when they
are finished Idaho will have it's first
record of land office business from the
time of the states entrance into the
union up to the present-a period OF
81 years.
PROMISES FACTS TO PUBLIC.
The question has been asked: What
is the auditor doing in the investiga-
tion of the land department affairs :?
Summarized in a few words the above
Is the answer. However the state au-
ditor does not stop there. Later from
time to time. he will give to the pub
lie through the press some of the in
teresting II not peculiar angles this
land department business has taken
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
TO MAKE THE LOOP
SAFE FOR JACKIESn

Chicago, Dec. 27.-Twenty jackies
from the Great Lakes naval training
station today were patrolling the loop,
armed with rifles and bayonets, to see
that this district is made safe for
jackies."
Recent attacks by hold up men on
sailors resulted in this preeaution.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

COLD SPRING. n. Y.-Her husband
in the army, Mrs. Wallace Rockwell
is to do her own bit by serving on the
legal advisory draft board-the first
woman in the United States to under
take such work.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

the two years up to Dec. /, 1917. as fol-
lows.
1915 /. 26,21S.2S
1917 Ito December - $3.50. 25.S99.4S
$52,117.76
We lind that the company has ex-
pended for construction work during
the past two years as follows:
1916 ~. ................ S107, 670.22
1917 approximately $3.50. 206, 90
$312670.00
We find that there are open school
lands in the project for which water
contracts have not yet been sold to the
amount of 1898 acres.
Respectfully submitted,
c. VAN DEUSEN,
State Auditor.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

NEW ORLEANS, LA.-There will be
no masks next spring at the Mardi
Gras Mayor Behrman holds German
agents might take. advantage of the
concealment of features
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

Peasley Transfer & Storage Co.-Adv
Piano moving made easy. Call -
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
REPORT OF ENGINEER.

Boise. Nov. 6. 1917. State land board.
capitol building, Boise. Idaho. Gentle
men: As per your request, under
date Of Nov. /. herewith submit the
following:
On page 8, water supply, of my COM
plete report to you, under date Feb,
~, 1917, covering the project of
the Idaho Irrigation company. you will
note the average maximum amount
available to the Idaho Irrigation COM
pany Is 4o1.5o0 acre feet. assuming no
river or reservoir losses
After deducting these losses. as
stated on pages and 6, water sup
ply, in the above referred to report,
there is a balance Of 373,400 acre feet
upon which the company may depend.
From this amount, a distribution
loss Of 80 per cent must be deducted,
as noted on page 4, water supply. of
the complete report This leaves avail
able for actual delivery at the head
gates, the amount of 261,3sG acre feet.
The tabulation requested follows
Water Duty Resulting acreage
225 116.20O
$50 104,600
500 s7,1o0
Respectfully,
]. H. SMITH,
State Engineer.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR.

Boise, Dec. 16, 1917. Hon. M. Alex
ander, chairman state board land COM
missioners. Dear sir: Pursuant to in
structions of the state land board, the
writer begs to state that accompanied
by his deputy, Mr.. Wood. we visited the
Idaho Irrigation Company at Rich
field recently to ascertain the amount
of contracts outstanding. and the
classification of same, and the report
herewith being the result of our exam.
nation.
Every facility at the disposal of the
company was very cheerfully placed at
our disposal and great deal Of val
liable data was gathered, due to the
friendly position taken by the COM
pany.
We also enclose affidavit of NJ. r.
Kays, relating to the project. and same
Is respectfully submitted to the state
board of land commissioners.
Respectfully,
c. VAN DEUSEN,
State Auditor.
Dec 1s, 1917. We find the following
net acreage of contracts outstanding
to be up TO, and including, contract
2499, which was the last contract
which had been written at the time Of
our examination, to be as follows:
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
HOLDUP WAC MAKES
JERSEY POLICE MAD

New York. Dec. 27.-Jersey City has
who has got the police so darn mad to-
day they've sworn to get him at all
costs.
The joker called the police flat
feet" in an open letter mailed the
newspapers and several of his victims
in recent weeks report he lectured
them severely on honesty being the
best policy when they tried unsuccess
fully to conceal some of their wealth
sought by the holder-up.
What makes the robbers actions
puzzling is that his operations have
been confined to relatively poor people
and his hauls have ranged all the way
from l cent to $50-never more.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

Cecil & Cecil. Chlropractors, Nc
Carly building. Nervous troubles and
Of women and children a spe-
cialty.-Adv. If.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

LONDON-Such is fame. Denying
a rumor in the house of commons that
the British government had invited
Billy Sunday to visit this country,
Chancellor of the Exchequer Bonar
Law, had to admit he didn't know who
this William Sunday was"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

The Ford Agency now In their new
quarters. Eleventh and Front streets
~ .ApV-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
AUDITORS REPORT.
VFR|F|ES RECORDS
OF THE LAND BOARD
Total of SO, 457.8l Acres I'm
der Idaho Irrigation Com
pany's Project Covered by
Contracts.

The report of State Auditor Clar-
Of the land department showing that
Ss,457.s1 acres of land are covered by
contracts on the Idaho Irrigation COM
pany's project. The report of the state
engineer shows three acre feet of
water delivered at the headgates. The
land board some time ago passed a re-
solution prohibiting the company from
the further sale of water contracts as
the available supply of water Is all In
use.
The following are the reports of the
state engineer and state auditor as
submitted to the land board:
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

Mickey Livery. 1909 Main. Phone
2sS. Adv. tt
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

e
Which sum is the amount of irrigable
lands Of ell kinds and descriptions, for
which contracts have been written up
to date, divided into the following
classes:
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27
Telegraphic Tabloids

CHlCAGO-A happy quartet that
stood in "A Cicero saloon yesterday with
one foot-their wine glasses and their
voices slightly elevated, are today in
Jail. Their song contained obscene ref
erence to the president-and a federal
officer happened to drop in.
CHICAGO-When F. C. Barnett
heard the friendly voice of sympa-
thizer ask in trouble ?'-He got out
from under his unwilling jitney, looked
up and into revolver and passed
over $40 to the sympathy bandit"
DALLAS, TEN.-Santa Claus has
made his biggest 1917 mistake here, it
developed today, when a Dallas house
wife asked a department store to ex-
change a set of furs for washing
machine.
BRENNAN, TEX-Six farmers of
German descent wouldn't join the Red
Cross. A committee of Brennan citi-
zens held a meeting, purchased buggy
whips and flogged the six men when
they came to town.
CHICAGO-Judge Arnold of the
juvenile court declared today that de-
linquency among boys has increased j
per cent in the last year because war
has stimulated their imag ination TO
deeds of violence"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

s1S4,6O9.20
OF this amount the company has
been reimbursed by the settlers for
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-12-27

We find that the cost of mainten-
ance and operating expenses during the
past two years to have been as fol-
lows:
1916 s4,609.20
1917 approximately ...... 100000
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-29
RILEY WAS SENSITIVE.
Why He Stopped Recitins One of His
Poems In p,,l,{;c

Poems In Public.
AS an Illustration Of Riley's sensi
tive nature" said Melville e.. Stone,
Jim and I went alone to the theater
to see Sol Smith Russell, who also be-
longed TO the Saints and Sinners Cor
ner. lie was playing The Poor Rela
ton In the play was a scene where
Russell took a young boy and put him
IN a bnrrel while he removed his tror.
sers to mend them, The audience
roared with laughter at the comic Sit
uation. Next to me in the box sat
James Whitcomb Riley, sobbing as If
his heart would break. He saw no
humor in the plight Of the little boz.
To him it was pathos.
He, like Eugene Field, was devoted
to children. He loved them, but be
loved them art~istically. / am not sure
that pefsonally-that is, mind you
hanging to a mans eoattails-they Ell
Their OF them wanted children around.
They lacked the patience necessary for
daily contact with children. Riley and
Field could write Notwithstanding verse
in respect of children and put into
them an inordinate amount of human
sympathy, but so far as know this
was at arms length from the young
sters themselves, especially in Fields
case. Riley vas eve exceedingly sym.
pathetic One evening Jim was recit-
ing his poem, "A Happy Little Cripple,
before q large audience. He had scarce
ly bnOylu Yba lipoc-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-29
CHAMPION TREE FELLERs.
Beavers Are More Expert Than Che
Best Lumheriaeka.

Beavers Are More Expert Than the
Best Lumherjaeka.
The most expert ~lunberjack is in
ferior to the beaver as a tree teller.
He cuts down trees in The most scien-
tiiic way. He can fell q tree so it viii
fall toward the pond where he wishes
to construct his home, thus saving
himself unnecessary work.
After the trees are felled the con
struction work begins. He works
chiefly by hight, for he is a nocturnal
prowler. The moon is his lantern, the
quiet of the night his Inspiration, his
sharp teeth are his Ratchet and chisel,
and his little paws are his means of
conveyance, his spade, his hammer
and his trowel. His hard, fiat hairless
and scaly tail is a propeller when
swimming and a balance when he is
cutting timber, for he stands on his
hind legs while gnawing down trees.
The beaver is a strict vegetarian,
and his diet consists chiefly Of barks.
tender shoots and water plants.
TO food low grounds the beavers
sometimes have to build u dam ex-
ceeding fifty feet in length. They
usually lay it out with the curve fac
ing upstream. The foundation Is built
of poles four or five feet long by an
inch or two thick. These they lay
crosswise, filing all creYices with mud.
The beaver digs up mud with his
fore feet, then holds it close to his
hrnnct S,y;Ah h;, Fo~, IN - l..
where he has started his dam, and
having deposited it in ITS proper place
beats the mud down with his paws
not with his tail, as has been believed
st. Nicholas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-29
YOUR LAST CHANCE

Recently we published in these
columns ar offer of The Youths Com
panion and NcCall's Magszsne, both
for a fuilyear. for only So 10, includ-
ing a MeCaii Dress Pattern. The
high price of paper and lux has Oh
liged McCall's Magazine to rails
their subscription price February 1
to 10 cents a copy ana rs cents a. yeaa
so thai the olfer at the above price
must be withdrawn.
Until March 81 our readers have
the privilege of ordering both publi-
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the choice ot any Is cent MEGA.
Dress Pattern. for only ~ 10.
The amount of reading, informa
don and entertainments contained IL
be fifty two issues of the YOUTH
Companion and the value of twetve
monthly fashion numbers Of MCCALL
at So. 10 offer a real ba gain TO every
reader of this paper.
The two at-oue-price offer includes
1 The YOUTHS Companion-52 issues.
2 1917 Companion Home Calendar,
3 McCall's Magazine-l2 numbers.
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st. Paul St, Boston, Mass.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-29
General Sale and Lease Notice

Notice is hereby given that sale of State
Lands will be held in the folio az Counties:
Gregory, April 18Th; Charles MiS April 18th;
Douglas, April i9th; Aurora, April 2ailJ; McCook.
April 2lst: Lake. April 2Srd Sphinx. ApriI 24th;
hdmunds. April 25th; McPhersar. April 10Th;
Brown. April 27sh; Hand April 2stH.
All sales will be made at pablo auction, at the
front door OF the Court House ii bic Counties
named, betweon tue hours of 10t0G D, M and SEQ
p. m All Unbiased lands remoiaipa unsold will
be offered for lelse on The day following The sales,
by the several CaInty Auditors. eNceuGin McCook
County, where he date of LEASING iR April 23rd.
and in. Hand comfy April 3oth. hctHrcn The hours
Of 10 O'clock a. m, and ) O'Clock i.
Dated at Pierre, January 81. l9i7.
n. &. ENiGEI,
Commissioner of School and Pantic Lands.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-03-29
Notice to Contractors

Sealed bids will be received at the
County Auditors office until 3 o'clock
p. m. April 3rd, 1917, for engine 80
phil elevated grader and blade grad
er on road work on the automobile
road in east half of the county. Bids
must be for engine and ali help re-
CURED in running engine and grader
per hour. Bids may also be sub-
mitted for doing this work per day.
J. P. Erickson,
County Auditor.