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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26
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When the Railway Home Guard was
organized Doris Brown was inclined to
be critical.
ut will never do me any good OF
you, either" she told Pete Alberts, one
of the high privates in the rear
ranks. 81 don't see why in the world
you wanted to join"
Il didn't want to, exactly" Pete
FASTENED to assure her. But l felt
that the city needed protection.
"Humph A lot of protection you
could give us. What do you have to
do?"
my especial duty is to guard the
approach over the East Milton avenue
bridge" Pete explained with dignity.
''As soon as a summons comes | am to
seize my revolver, club, badge, flash
light and whistle and beat it to the
bridge. Then am to refuse to let any
one enter the city until I receive or
ders from police headquarters.
Doris smiled ever so family.
"Why did they give you the Milton
avenue bridge?" she asked.
Because it's only five minutes from
my house. And they probably knew
that | had an especial grudge against
someone living on the other SIDE"
81 suppose you mean Jim?"
''You supposed right. Are you going
to let me come to see you tomorrow
night?"
81 can't; someone else is coming"
"Jim, suppose"
"You supposed right" Doris smiled
mockingly.
When Pete went home that evening
he smiled happily. Something seemed
to tell him that he was going to see
Doris within twenty-four hours. To
be perfectly frank, Pete had received
inside information that the Home
Guard was to be called out the next |
night, and plan had entered his mind |
which argued i'll for Jim Stone.
The inside information proved to be
correct, for at exactly Z 80 of the eve
ming in question Pete received a tele-
phone call to report at once at his
station. He seized his gun and other
and joyfully departed
upon his mission.
1t was a dark night and the bridge
was hidden in the shadows. For 20
minutes Pete sat upon the iron railing
waiting for someone to approach.
Finally his patience was rewarded.
"Halt !" he cried.
The approaching figure halted.
"What's up?" he asked wonderingly.
sim member of the home guard
and I've been instructed not to let any
,ne pass until I receive further orders
You'll have to go back"
The light of understanding came
to the challenged party.
"Oh, hello, Pete" he said. "I'm
i'm Stone"
II don't care if you're President Will
on. You can't pass" Pete said.
'But you know me. I'm not a Ger
ian spy or anything"
II didn't say you were. But I'm
olice officer now, and orders are or
ers."
you're crazy, Pete" he exclaimed,
you're not supposed to hold
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26
VIII Invade Moscow

At a meeting of the Lewiston Com
mercial club on Tuesday it was de-
cided to send a delegation to Moscow
in the interest of the coming live
stock show. The following committee
was appointed to have charge of the
matter: ]. ]. Wilson, chairman; Roy
A. Gage, E. E. Teachnor, Alex Kas-
berg and L. M. FOSS.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26
5be Exchange Table
A Bouquet from Deary

Saturdays edition of the Daily Star
Mirror was in the nature of special,
dedicated to the soldier boys, to edu-
cational matters and the county's in
dustrial and agricultural development.
1t was we'll edited, profusely illustrat-
ed and perfectly printed-Latah Coun-
ty Press.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

Have you rooms, apartments or
house to rent? Let our class ads find
tenant for you. We are receiving
several inquiries daily from parties ex-
pecting to come here for school year.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26
LOST AND FOUND.
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DO YOU NEED HELP?

+ The Star-Mirror will run, j..
X free of charge for the next 20 !.
\ days, all want ads for university /.
!. or high school student labor. II F.
X you are in need of help and can !.
i. use student labor for any pur- !.
X pose, call at The Star-Mirror Of !.
!. flee or phone 100 and let your :,
!. wants be known. The Star-Mir- j
\ rOr is granting this service for j
X the purpose of assisting a great J
!. many young men and women to :!
!. obtain an education who can .
4 not have this advantage without !
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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26
CLASSIFIED ADS

Rates-Five cents per line per in
sertion. About five and half aver
age words make a line. Minimum
charge for first insertion Csc.
Rates by the week, per word, one
week SC, two weeks &c, three week.
loo, one month 12c.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26
ADVERTISING
No. Al
No. Al
Report of the Condition of the
FIRST TRUST & SAVINGS BANK

Report of the Condition of the
FIRST TRUST & SAVINGS BANK
at Moscow, Idaho, in the State of Ida
no, at the close of business, Septem-
Der 18th, 1917.
RESOURCES
Cash on hand. ....$ 40,300.72
! Due from banks. ........... 1873, 171.77
Checks and drafts on other
banks 2,498.29
Other cash items. 26OO5
Loans and discounts. 49,. 553, 692 20
Overdrafts ........ 2,OS254
Stocks, bonds and warrants 11,419.37
Claims. judgments, etc.. -. $500
Banking house, furniture
and fixtures -...... 100000
Other real estate ....... 100000
Total 1925 ,05994
LIABILITIES
Individual deposits subject
to check 1896, S29S3
Savings deposits ...... 296,31080
Postal savings deposits. 49,. 2,525.66
Time certificates of deposit 145, 1882
Cashiers checks ......... 12,662.68
Certified checks ..... 52100
Due to other banks (depos-
its) 4,644.S2
Dividends unpaid ........ 1000
Total Deposits ......... 1858, 688.11
Capital Stock paid in. IS 100000
Surplus ......... 100000
Undivided profits, less ex-
penses, interest and taxes
paid 6,3O2.37
Other liabilities . 6946
Total ...................$ 1925, 059.94
State of Idaho, County of Latah, SIS.
I, w. E. Cahill, Cashier of the above
named bank do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true' to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
W. e. CAHILL, Cashier. |
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 25th day of September, 1917.
/ certify that I am NOT an Officer
or Director of this Bank.
C. l.. THOMPSON, Notary Public
CORRECT-Attest:
H. MELGARD,
M. E. LEWIS,
O6 Directors.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26
SITUATION WANTED.

HIGH SCHOOL BOY FROM COUN-
try wants to do chores, etc., for
board and room fright wages. Call
Star-Mirror. 05tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

Your most progressive neighbors
take the Star-Mirror.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

There's a good position for you
but it's not waiting" for you. You
must advertise for it-or some body
else will secure it. Try classified ad.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

II you have anything to sell the
classified ad columns become "sud-
denly important" to you.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

FOR SALE-.7k ACRES WE'LL I'M
proved with seven-room dwell
ing, barn, chicken house, water
piped to barn, good orchard and
small fruits, balance in crop, alf-
alta, oats, potatoes. Adjoins city
limits. Call Star-Mirror Phone
1O9. 18tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

FOR SALE OR TRADE-MODERN
Groom house on II lots, well i'm
proved; will sell for cash or will
trade for Seattle city property or
property near said city. Inquire 2O5
Almond st. 41tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

FOR SALE OR TRADE-LOTS 4, 5. 6.
Block 8, Danals Addition to Troy.
Will trade for anything. Call or
address Star-Mirror. 55tf
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26
ADV ERTISING

Read Today's Classified Ads.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

Should think there would be danger of. collisions be-
tween the airshps and the cost of living Maybe the
cost of living has the right of way
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

ho, at the close of business, Septem-
Der 18th, 1917
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

1t is suggested that economic in the use of
periods-write it US instead of U. S.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

Uncle Sam must have failed to send enough salt
along. Some of the Sammies in France described
as fresh"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-26

will have little to about the terms when peace really
comes.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
GuatemaIa's Fete Day,

All Guatemala celebrates the feast
of Minerva, the most elaborate Observ
ance in it's calendar. The revival OF
this feast, educational and patriotic
in it's motives, is the idea of the pres
ent president, Senior don Estrada Cab
rera. Like it's Roman precursor, it
marks the close of the school year,
and prizes are awarded for excellence
in scholarship. One of the prizes
500 gold and a trip to the United
States-was given by an American
company for the best essay written in
English. Ceremonies intended to in
culcate love of country and devotion
to duty form part of the celebration.
There is also an exhibition of the prod
ucts of the republic held in connection
with the annual event. OF the ex-
hibits this year, coffee, sugar and sugar
cane deserve special mention. Ameri-
can-made plows and disk plows spe-
cially adapted to sugar-cane cultiva-
ton were on display.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
Christy District
Robert Ruggles is ill of Group.

Robert Ruggles is i'll of Group.
Mrs. Glenn Jones, who has been i'll, is
better.
Mrs. E. II. Sweet is suffering from ton
silitis.
Ward Shattuck is convalescent from an
attack of muscular rheumatism.
Miss Bernice Atwell was a recent week.
end visitor at Mr.. and Mrs. Forest Mud
gett's.
Willis Ruggles, who had the misfortune
hurt bis hand quite badly, is doing
well at this writing.
Miss Althea Sweet is spending her
Easter vacation with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Emmett Sweet.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cephus Boardman have
rented one of the American Mineral Com
pany's tenements and gone TO housekeep-
ing.
Quite a number of the friends of H. S.
Manchester gave him surprise party
Tuesday, March 20, it being his 73rd
birthday. All enjoyed good time.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
He Loved Marie.

A sailor at the Seaman's Church in
stitute, just in from Cuba, came rat
Ting down the stairs the other day
with a heavy scowl on his face. He
approached the institute interpreter
and threw down this letter addressed
to a young woman he had met during
the trip: Dear Marie: The more 1
think of you the worse I love you. I
seen my sister and she says she will
teach you English in two weeks if you
cum here. Marie, love you awful
and send you $50 for you to cum here.
l seen your brother and he is wright
ing to you this minute. When l send
a girl $50 for anything I'm crazy. As
ever, Oscar" "Well," said the inter-
prefer. make that just like it is, only
in Spanish" explained Oscar, "and
charge everything to me. I'll be right
upstairs until 1 get married.
York Correspondence in Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
INSURANCE TESTIMONY.

Results of the medico-actuarial in
vestigution based on statistical data
from 43 American life insurance COM
panies covering an experience of %
years shows O that individuals who
took two glasses of beer or a glass of
whisky or an equivalent amount of
alcohol in any form, each day, showed
& mortality Is per cent higher than the
average of the group; (2) that the NOR
tality among those who had INDUCED
in occasional alcoholic excuses previ-
Gus to their application for life insur-
ance was so per cent higher than the
average, which means the loss of four
years to such lives; (3) that men who
acknowledged the habit of INDUCING
somewhat freely, but who were still
considered acceptable for insurance,
showed a mortality of Sc per cent high
er than the average.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
RAILROAD HAS SPOILED TOWN
Sterling, in the Austrian TyroI, No
Longer the Pleasant Hating Place
That 1t Was Years Ago.

STERLING is a town of the passer-by
a hamlet marked by the footprints of
20 centuries of voyaging great men,
The little town lies in the Austrian
TyrOl, on that railroad which in peace
times runs southwark from Innsbruck
to Verona. Nowadays few vOyagers
stop at Sterling, for the railroad has
stretched a days journey immensely
and thereby deprived the traveller of
most of those One-night hating places
that were one of the intimate delights
of old-time travel, if one may believe
the records.
Sterling was such a halting place
on the old coach journey from Ger
many over the Alps to Italy. Even
today it impresses you as a city that
might best be described as one great
inn. 1t is a typically German inn, in
spite of lying as it does on the Italian
slope of the mountains. Its looks and
it's habits and it's people are German,
though all the influences of Italian art
and Italian thought flourish only few
hours away. You may pitch chip
into the Bremen river in the morn
ing, and, if it escapes the perils of
navigation, it will be in Italy before
sundown.-Chicago Daily News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
To Prevent Iron Rust.

The one peculiar quality that all iron
or its products presents is the manner
of its furnishing by the air, or rather
the moisture and oxides of the air. This
tarnish, unlike that of other metals,
does not adhere closely to the iron, but
scales off and is commonly called rust.
Thus any object made of iron which
rusts is constantly exposing new sur
faces of metal, so that the process
goes on and on unless it is checked.
There are two methods of preventing
iron rust. One is to keep the metal dry
and highly polished, as a polished sur
face does not give place for any mois-
ture particles to adhere. Knives, tin
ware, stovepipes, ETC., which are kept
polished will not rust. The other
method to prevent rusting j. to cover
the metal with a coating of oil, wax,
paint or similar substance. For in
stance, metal parts that are treated
with oil or are lacquered or covered
with vaseline will not rust because this
oily coating prevents the air from
coming in contact with the iron.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
FROM COAST TO COAST
A Remarkable Chain Of Home TestmimonY,
And MorriSville Adds Its Voice to the
Grand Chorus Of Local Praise


From north to south, from east to
west;
In every city, every community;
In every state in the Union
Rings out the grateful praise for Doan'a
Kidney Pills.
10000 representative peoples in every
walk of life
Publicly testify to quick relief and
lasting results.
And it's all for the benefit of fellow
sufferers.
In this grand chorus of local praise.
Morrisvile is well represented.
Well-known Morrisville people
Tell of perronal experiences.
Who can ask for better proof of merits
P. R. Davis, Brooklyn St, Morrisville,
says: "Some years ago l strained nv
kidneys doing heavy work. The kidney
secretions were of color and irregular in
passage. Ny back ached constantly and
when 1 stoopediovei, sharp pains caught
me. 1 was in bad shape for awhile.
Doan's Kidney Pills gave me the the de-
sired rehef.',
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy-get Doan's Kid
ney Pills-the same that Mr.. Davis
had. Foster-Milburn Co., Props, BsTa
10, n, Y.-AdT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
STRANGE Marine Creature.

The marine sunfish (Mola mola) is
one Of the strangest creatures known,
having its body Topped off just behind
its perpendicular dorsal and anal fms,
and being as high as long. With a
tiny mouth, an even stranger part Of
its structure is its diminutive spinal
cord, which measures considerably less
than an inch in a fish yard long. A
specimen Of this species taken three OF
four years ago Off the coast of south.
ern California was 10 feet 1 inch
in length and nearly IL feet in height
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
Funny, for Sure.

Vice President Marshall tells this
story of some Indiana friends who
boast the possession of a precocious
daughter:
1.-THE family was assembled around
the evening lamp, the head of the
house with his head deep in his news
paper Daughter, Of course, had to
interrupt him.
Father, wouldn't it be funny she
began, if there were no people in the
world, and no animals and no trees or
flowers or anything like thatY
"'Why, yes, Gertrude, that would be
funny the father answered, still hug
gng his paper.
The daughter was quiet for a mo-
ment and then, touching her father on
the knee, asked:
"'To whom would it be funny, ia
therY"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
JACK FROST PROVED POWER
Impressive Spectacle When Fifty Tons
of Rock, Loosened by Cold, Fell
a Thousand Feet.

Delicate frost tracings on the win
dow-panes seem to be the work OF ian
ciful and harmless spOrtiveness, but
The hand that forms them is capable OF
greater deeds and other kinds.
An official of the geological survey
tells of an experience that must have
been wonderfully impressive to the
spectator. He had been spending some
weeks in exploring the Yosemite Val
Icy and the great rocks ike Ell
Captain" that wall it in.
Standing one day Of late autumn
about the middle of the valley, he was
startled by report like cannon-shot,
which filled the whole valley with
echoes that roared and doomed, re-
piled and multiplied, in a long-con-
tinued, glorious tumult.
AS the deafening sound died away
in suIlen mutterings under the viz0r
Of EI Captain, the spectator was able
to distinguish the point of attack by
the long gathering descent of a vast
quantity of rock.
Inc IlISIL ItiN Dttu Il NVIi OlIC III CiAS
valley, and on the 1000 and 5000 foot
levels of the upper rim the temporal
ture must have dropped almost to
zero.
Frost, working quietly with his
Archimedean lever, had just succeeded
in shifting from the shoulder of the
Sentinel a trifle of so tons or so of
granite. For near thousand feet the
bOwlder fell sheer, swift and silent;
then, striking the cliff, it burst like a
bomb, scattered into a myriad flying
shards and splinters, and dislodged a
smother of fragments that trickled
down to the valley in a stream that
lasted for minutes.
Then from the spot where the bowl
der had struck, dust began to rise into
the sunny air, slowly building up like
a summer cloud and every bit as
snowy. 1t was the flour Of granite,
powdered instantaneously by the ter
rifle shock.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
PUNNING COMPLIMENTS.
Witty Tributes to a Pair of Famous
English Bellies.

A recent writer, recalling famous
compliments to famous beauties, in
cluded two punning tributes to distin-
guished British bellies. 1t was Sheri-
dan who. when the charming Miss
Payne inquired soicitously concerning
his health, replied with the gallant
couplet:
IT'S true 1 am i'll, but L cannot complain,
For he never knew pleasure who never
knew Payne
The author Of the other verse is I'M
known, but it was addressed to Miss
Isabella Poyntz, a lady so beautiful
and popular that it was a standing
joke in her family to inquire when
the mail was delivered, Where is Isa-
bellas propOsalT If Isabella repudi-
ated the receipt of any such interest
ing missive her brothers feigned the
greatest establishment; if, as frequent
ly happened, she maintained blush
ing silence they did not miss the OPP
portunity for teasing
She finally married the Earl Of Exc
ter. 1t was brilliant match for her
and, in the social sense, a suitable one
for him, but since he was the son of
the artist earl who married a village
girl it is probable the suitability he
had in mind was of better kind. His
romantic father, who went a-wooing
incOgnito, and his lovely mother,
Sarah Hoggins, whose unpoetic name
Tennyson was careful not to mention
when he celebrated their cOurtship in
his ballad "The Lord of Burleigh,"
must surely have transmitted to their
heir their own unworldly tempera-
ment
Miss Poyntz, an exquisite blond,
was still young. fair and flower-like
when she accepted the earl but she
had already rejected so many eligible
suitors that some society versifier put
q punning complaint into the mouth
OF Cupid himself:
Men arm against my shafts in vain
That pierce all armor's joints,
But Isabel with gay disdain
Outdares them, Poyntz for points!
Youths Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
BEER MOST DEADLY.

DR.. S. II. Burger, a practitioner 80
years, 2S in Toledo, O., says:
Il think beer kills quicker than any
other liquor. My attention was first
called to its insidious effects when l
began examining for life insurance. !
passed as unusually good risks five
Germans, young busipsSs men, who
seemed in the best health, and to have
superb constitutions. In a few years
/ was amazed to see the whole five
drop off, one after another, with what
ought to have been mild and easily
durable diseases. On comparing my
experiences with those of other physi-
clans l found they We're all having
similar luck with confirmed beer
drinkers, and my practice since has
'heaped confirmation upon confrma.
ton"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
T
Temperance
Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union)
LABOR UNION vs.. SALOON.

From an address by Rev. Father
James Il. Cassidy of Fail River, Mass.
"Unionsm, as l conceive it, stands
for brotherly help. SalOonism stands
for brotherly robbery. Unionism' stands
for self-prOtectiOn. Saloonism stands
for self-destruction. Unionism stands
for self and brothcrly benefit. Saloon
ism stands for self and brotherly in
jury. UniOnism stands for conserva-
ton of strength and increase of wage.
SUlOOuism stands for the dissipation
and dininution of both. UniOnism
stands for the full dinner pail Saloon
ism stands for a pocketful of beer
checks Unionism stands for better
homes and the highest standard of
workmanship. SalOOnism stands for
wretchcd homes and ruined workman
ship. Well you know ii, better than
do 7, you whose homes it has made des-
oate whose wives and daughters it
has deYOured, whose sons and fathers
it has consumed, whose little ones ii
has fed upon. You know what the
H0IOOlL SldIuS IOI. LOU KNOW II SIdhuS
for the fattening of the few while the
many perish and die. But you viii say
to me: If the saloon be such a deadly
enemy of labor, why does not unionism
fight it? And l answer, sane, skilled,
disinterested, farsighted unionism has
always fought it and the more skilled
The members, the more deadly the con-
tlict. And organized labor is slowly
shutting off its wind and will eventual
lV destroy il
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
If You Could.

We cannot look into the mind of
anyone and unerringly see the mo-
tive which impels him to action. He
knows his motive, and the overruling
mind of the universe knows the mo-
tive, that underlies every act.
The wrong judgment of people does
more harm, causes more suffering,
than anything else in the world.
1t is like scattering small, feathery
seed in a cyclone wind. When the
fury has lulled, can you go over the
storm track and gather up the seed7
Can you give back the good name you
have destroyed or furnished? Would
you do it if you could?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1917-03-28
10 Stimulate Aviation.

In order to stimulate an increased
interest in aviation among the college
men of America, the Aero Club Of
America is to offer three medals in
each of 100 American universities and
colleges having an enrolment of from
1000 to 10000 students each. The 300
medals thus offered will be open TO
competition on the part Of 100000 stu
dents. The Aero club hopes to inter-
est a good proportion Of these in the
subject Of flying. The medals are to
be awarded annually for the best es-
says on various phases of the science
Of aviation.