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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-25

office and club rooms Boisea City
Nationals bank building. Charles l..
Joy, presidents Karl Paine. vice presi-
dent; w. ]. Abs, treasurer w. ID.
Fisher, secretary and G. B. Graft, traf-
fic secretary.
ITO strangers in Boise: The Boise
Commercial club desires to assist you
in making your stay in Boise a pro-
fitable and pleasant one and invites
you to call at headquarters.
You will find our city a model in
health, comfort and industry and al
together a desirable place in which 70
locate your family, with unusual facili-
ties for business.
srFriendly criticism with a view of
improving our city win be welcomed
and appreciated" s aa
Plans for the reorganization of the
automobile club has taken on such a
favorable aspect that a meeting VII
be called at an early date by the COM
mittee to organize and start club that
will be one of, the best in the west.
With the scenery we have the num-
Der of people owning cars there is no
biggest and best automobile club in
the state. m~
With roads properly marked peo-
q pleofrom out of the city will motor into
Boise especially from the surrounding
towns and with the heavy travel to
yellowstone Park we have a chance
to divert large part of this traffic if
40 ,.lyi hot
attract tourists. The average auto
mobile driver would rather travel in
a strange country over a poor road
we'll marked than good road poorly
marked. This organization can not be
made a success IL you sit back and
wait for the. other fellows remember,
the other fellow is sitting around right
now waiting for you.
The Pioneer committee has started
in with the Pioneer Day celebration
which means success providing Of
course they receive your hearty sup
port Every city in the United States
is noted for one or more annual cele-
brations and this Pioneer day can be
made the biggest affair of it's kind
, ever pulled off in the west providing
Nne COlnullItee receives your support.
Cheyenne is noted for its Frontier
day, Atchison; Kan, for it's Corn car
nival; Mirchell, S. D., for its Corn Pa
lace; Idaho Falls for it's War Bonnet
celebration; Omaha for her Ask Ar
Ben, Pendleton for it's Roundup and
now Boise has a chance that does not
come to city her size very often of
which will bring back to the founders
of this country new hopes, new life. a
celebration that will show them that we
do appreciate their work and the grit
and perseverance which they displayed
and which has made this country what
ii is today. city of beautiful
homes, of fine buildings with a farm
ing country, that is the envy of the
whole west.
Put your shoulder to the wheel, tell
the committee this celebration can ne
made big success and that you will
be one of the hundred to see that it is
a success The Oregon Short Line will
advertise this not only along their
route but the Union Pacific will dis
play advertising matter that will cover
the whole United States. With the big
increase in auto travel we should be
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-25
Boise Commercial
ub,si%...Activities 81
By w. D.
FISHER
,Secre tary

able to attract a large number of tour
lists going to Yellowstone Park pro-
vided of course we have the roads
marked to Idaho Falls where they can
leave the Yellowstone road, come
through Sawtooth to HALEY and then
on to Boise.
On account of the recent bad weather
and the condition of the roads the get
acquainted committee has been I'M
able to hold their meetings in the
country, but plans are now being made
to start out again and a trip will be
made next Friday. These get-to-
gether meetings have been a big sue
cess, our business men are now begin
ing to realize that it pays to visit the
farmers, that it pays to know your
neighbor. We all have a struggle IN
this world and if the farmer and his
wife can feel that the business men
and their wives have just little true,
interest in them then they begin to feel
that the city of Boise is really honest
in it's intentions to make this the most
prosperous valley in the state. 10
those who have been too busy to go
will say 1t is your loss if you stay
away, the committee needs the sup
port of every citizen in this work.
without it the plan cannot be con-
tinued.
1t is certainly gratifying to see the
increased attendance at the clup, men
who have not been to the club for
months are now putting in their APP
pearance and the books show that
there are less designations by rs per
cent over any other year with an in
crease in the membership which shows
a gain of nine a week with no special
campaign on whatever. This is going
to be Bosses best and biggest year
providing too many don't let George
d. it"
We are glad to know Idaho is going
to have a real state fair although the
amount of money appropriated this
year means that we can not do, JUS
tice to real state fair, but it is all u
start. Secretary Henderson, and
others have worked night and day for
weeks and months and your en-
couragement will mean much to them
for the hard fight they put up not for
just q rev out Tor the whole state. Re-
member, 1t is your state fair and If 1t
is a big success after the first fair is
over you have a reason to be proud
to say that you helped, If you fail to
do your part kick yourself If the fair
does not suit you.
Our local dentists are trying hard to
land the state meeting which will be
held in June or July and the Com
mercial club has offered to assist In
every way possible to make this Il
success. Boise is the convention city
of the state and if we continue TO
grow in this line it means at an early
date convention hall or conventions
will go elsewhere.
Some Of the men who like to rake
in all the coin and have the other
fellows keep up the commercial club
might be interested to know that we
are going to furnish our members at
an early date with a list of the men
who are subscribers of the Boise Com
mercial club and later plan number
two followed by four other plans will
be put into use that will make someone
sit up and take notice. 1t gets very
old when a few have to do the work
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-25
1rettyas aPicture- *
MSg.ENery sign %Wrinklesmd)
W Complex BlernishesgoneF
How a muddy, sallow, aging
skin can be made wonderful
ly youthful and beautiful
through remarkable discov-

cry of osmosis of the skin.
When you see a woman past thirty
with no horr'd crowsfeet or pouches
around her eyes, no enlarged nose
pores, no deep lines or burrows about
the mouth, and possessed of a clear,
velvety complexion, you can be prac-
tically certain that she knows beauty
secrets not possessed by. the average
woman. She may have as much cause
for looking old and careworn as any
body, yet she is able to go on year
after year, with never sign of wrin-
kles or complexion blemishes, all the
while preserving a fresh, youthful ap-
pearance. And there is really no reason
why any woman between thirty and
sixty should not look from Ave to At
teen years younger than she really is,
by simply knowing the secret of just
what to do. 1t ought to be a matter of
pride with you to keep your complexion
clear and your face youthful as much
as it is to keep your hands and nails
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-25


clean. But you can
not hope to be beau
tiful and attractive
unless you give your
skin full opportunity
to act freely and re-
new it's youth. No
matter y h a t yonr
age; no matter how
coarse, harsh and I'M
slightly. your COM
plexion, nor w h u {
you have tried UNI
successfully, the mo-
ment you produce
osmosis of. the skin.
you will look young
err and far m ore
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-25

beautiful. Many a wrinkled hollow
checked faded looking woman has re-
gained her charm and awakened to find
herself pretty as a picture with every
sign of wrinkles and complexion blem-,
lshes gone through this wonderful.
simple method. Watch what It does
Ter youi Merely wash your face in
warm water at night. and rub in a tea
spoonful or two Of any good roseated
The sbexe ,isisas Off series Of arti'
sinone Mareix, Of Paris, winner Of two
Paris, the other in England. Mile. NJ
svery case with the products recemmen,
fund the amount paid for them, provid,
time you make your purchase. Her
West 22pd st., New York. Creme To-
r,snsip1sd sfq be ,gbtsInsd absolutely sol. !
nssnt store in this city.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22

Columbia leads in the intercollegiate
chess tournament with Gig points and
other colleges in order are Harvard,
Yale aud Princeton.
Earl Craddock of Anita. Ia, claim
ant to the world : wrestling champion
ship, yesterday donncd the uniform of
private in the National army.
Because all OF the high grade players
are now in the country S service the
annual covered court invitations tennis
tournament of the Longwood Cricket
club will not be held this year.
Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the
champion Chicago Americans, who made
contributions totaling $1,000 to III"
Red Cross, yesterday gave 81 900 to the
war camp fund of the Knights of Co
lumbus.
Latest reports say that William
("Wild Bill - Donovan, manager of
the New York Americans for the last
three years. viii be manager of the st.
Louis National league club next sea
son.
Miller Higgins, manager of the New
York Americans, was III conference yes
tcrday with Business Manager Quinn Of
the st. Louis Americans over the pur-
| chase Of Derrill Pratt, second basemm
! for the St. Louis team.
Spike Davis, formerly prominent on
the local baseball diamond, has taken q
| contract 10 wash the windows of tn
| Hooker, Corscr & Mitchell overall fac
tory, being assisted by c. s. Daniels
job Long and Leon Walker.
An intercity sparring tournament fol
the benefit of the army and navy ath
/ letic equipment fund, will be conducte,
/ by the Boston Athletic association il
/ Boston Jan. :. 1t is expected tina.
there will be several entries from New
York and Philadelphia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
.CONsCRIPTS TOO BIG
FOR ARMY CLOTHING
That Was One Reason the Situation at
the Camps Looked So Bad, Ac-
cording to Gen. Sharpe.

WASHINGTON, Dec. z2.-Clothing,
shoes and food supplies for the Amen-
can army were investigated yesterday by
the senate military committee, turning Its
general inquiry into war preparations to
the quartermaster generals department.
1t was developed that millions OF dollars
We're spent just before the United States
entered the war to provide for the great
army since raised
Maj. Gen. Sharpe, Quartetmaster gen
cral now a member of the new war
council, and soon to turn his office over
to Maj. Gen. Goethals, was before the
committee all day, and for an hour OF
that time answered confidential questions
behind closed doors He was closely exam
med especially regarding the admitted
shortage OF overcoats, which, he said, was
due principally to late deliveries of large
orders.
Except for overcoats and a few other
winter garments, of which,, he stated,
complete stocks would be in camp by Dec.
81, the General declared there is no cloth
ing shortage.
Shoes also, Gen. Sharpe said, have been
| provided in ample quantities per capita
| but the average drafted man OF th'
national army has proved to be SO mucf
| larger physically than the regulars ant
guardsmen with whom the department
| had to deal in the past that many of The
| shoes and overcoats as well proved useless
| Manufacture of the smaller size has beer
stopped, but the situation has resulted IL
some hardships for the drafted soldier
before it could be corrected
Senator Weeks said that Nov. Is Their
We're 10000 men at Camp Devens withou
overcoats. These We're not ready, 1t wa
explained, because the manufacturers ha'
not turned them out One trouble Wa
that even with overcoats enough the
often did not fit Maj Hardeman, assist
ing Gen. Sharpe, said that in some case
the wrong sizes We're shipped Senate
Weeks sad an effort should be made b
the war department to fix responsbillt
in cases like these Senator Wadswort
brought out something Of the same cond
tlons as to shoes At Camp Custer, h
said, on Dee 10 half OF a command wa
sent out to target practise and then sen
back and changed shoes so that the othe
half OF the command could go out
Speaking of shoes, Senator Weeks saiC
Mr.. Bliss of the Regal Shoe company
having no contracts with the government
had examined some 10000 men at Cam
DeVens and elsewhere and found so p{
cent with shoes too short. He had rcpor
ed this TO the War Department. but n
change had been made in the specific
tlonS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
EAST DOVER.

Laton Snow and Carl Metcalf have
traded horses.
Carl Brown has new pair of horses
which he bought of c. E. Ingram of Mari
boro
There will be Christmas tree and ex-
ercise at the Baptist church Tuesday eve
ning, Dec. %.
Mrs. Q. C. Bolster and little daughter
left last week to visit relatives in Prov
dence, Il. /.
Mrs. Mary Burnes, who works in Put
ney, spent a few days in her home in
Brookside this week
Katherine sherman Of Leland and Gray,
Townshend, came Saturday to spend the
holiday vacation in her home here
Mrs Charlie Hall of Montague, Mass.
came last week 10 help care for Mr..
Halls mother, who is Ill at George Rob
ertss
Earl Yeaw started out this week with
his gasoline engine and saving rig to cut
up the wood piles Merrill Hall is work
ing for him.
Mrs Alice johnson. who finished her
term of school in Stratton last week, re
gan the winter term of school on North
street Tuesday.
Mrs a. IL Farnum, who taught SIX
weeks as substitute for Miss Marion
Howe in the North Street school, finished
Saturday, Dee s, and went to her home
in Newfane
On account of the snow storm. accom-
panied by wind, last Friday and Satur
| day blockadng the roads, Frank Gout
| who carries the cream from this place L
Eewfane. was unable to make the TIN
| until Monday. Mr. Gould has carried the
| cream the past 10 years and he says last
week was the first trip he has missed
| in that time
| The snow storm of last Thursday night
| Friday and Saturday, with the wind ane
snow drifts, made us think winter hac
really come The stage which went Il
West Dover Thursday evening wa,
stalled at that end Of the route unit
Monday morning With the train lat,
and the going bad the evening stage from
| Wllliamsville station reached here in til,
morning hours Saturday and Sunda,
| morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
WILMINGTON.
Storm Holds Up Stages.

Owing to the severe storm the stages
to Brattleboro and West Dover were
unable to make their regular trips Fri
day and Saturday H. W. Jefts, the
West Dover driver, made his first trip
Sunday. Arthur Stearns, the Brattle-
boro driver, went as far as Marlboro
and came back Tuesday
The r. +. D. driver, Ernest Carpcn-
ter, was unable to make his trips until
Monday, when he went over Higlev
hill and Castle hill.
L. A. Brown was in North Adams
Monday.
Harold Houghton is working Tor
Walter White
Miss Mary Brown was in North
Adams Monday.
John Howe is making new snow
roller for the town
Miss Goldie Powers is working for
Mrs. Joseph Damour.
Harold Allen was in Read5boro
Thursday on business
Mr. and Mrs. c. A. Cutting of Jack
sonville were in town Tuesday.
Miss Florence Clark is visiting in
Woodbury. {Nt.) over Christmas
John johnson has moved his family
into the house with George Scheibel.
Clinton Hall has been in town in
the interests of the New England Pow
| err Co.
C. W. Terrill returned Thursday from
Canada, where he had been visiting his
sister.
Ralph Wilbur, formerly farmer on
Martin Brown S farm, was in town
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs Sharon Barnes are liz.
| ing with Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Barlow
where Mr.. Barnes is employed.
Miss Maud Macteer went home e
Hoosac Tunnel Thursday, where she is
confined to the house with cold.
Miss Harriette Alvord, who has been
teaching in Searsburg, has finished hel
term of school and returned home.
On account of the storm the Christ
mas sale at the Universalist church was
postponed from Saturday to Wednos
day.
! Miss Sanford. trained nurse. who hai
been caring for Mrs. H. L. Fox sine,
her return from the hospital, returned
/ to her home in Brattlel,oro Tuesday.
Carl Barnard S pair OF horses becam
frightened when the snow came Off thu
roof near Frank Smith s barn and raj
to Mr.. Barnard s stables. No harm
was done
On Friday morning the passenge
train which is scheduled to leave Vii
mington at 7.45 did not leave unit
about 10 o clock, waiting for the snow
pillow to come from Readsboro and opcl
the tracks.
John Fox, who, with his mother, Mrs
NJ. d. Fox, has been visiting f. II
Fox, received q hurried call from tn
draft committee, calling him home t
Stanton, Mimi Mrs. Fox viii renal
a while longer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
WHITINGHAM.

Christmas exercises will be held III
the church Friday evening. The Whit
ingham and Gillett schools win furnish
the entertainment The Sunday school
will furnish and decorate the tree.
Before the Christmas canvass of the
Red Cross our branch had member
ship Of It's, with a quota Of 1870, max
in5 membership Of Is in excess Of the
quota instead Of shortage as an
nouneed. Rev. G. \. Bartlett is can
wasting the town for new members and
a rally was held Tuesday night in tn
Baptist church. At that time % new
members had been secured. Rev. NJ.
Bartlett attended a meeting Of the
New England branch Of the Red Cross
in Boston last week, returning Satur-
day night.
4 very unusual and severe storm
for December visited this locality. Last
Thursday night about S inches of snow
! fell, accompanied BY northeast wind.
which continued until Friday forenoon,
when the wind shifted into the south
! west and blew most Of the time until
Sunday morning. This made every
road inpa sable and it was several
days before they were opened ant
even now traffic is very slow, as there
IS about three feet Of snow in the
woods and drifts of various depths iii
| the open. Our oldest inhabitants saw
they never saw the equal for this time
| of year The almanac says winter be-
| gins Dee. p.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
ADJUSTMENTS.
Motion Picture Attractions.

Today the Princess theatre presents
Mildred Manning and Mare Mac Der
mott in the Vitagraph feature, Mary
James Pa. also one of the Mack Sen.
nett comedies, Are Mattresses Safe (?
with Ben Turpin, Louise Fasenda and
Slim Summerville. On Monday Vivian
Martin will be seen in The Sunset
Trail.
Today the Empire presents Nance
O'Neil i'll Greed, the third play, in five
acts, Of the Seven Deadly Sins, also
Love, Luck and Loot comedy, and
jolly Tars, comedy. On Monday vii.
liam Fox presents Gladys Brockwell in
To Honor and Obey, five-act drama
Love and Logs, two-act Fox film com
cdy with an all-star cast, also will be
an attraction.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
GRAFTON.
Pastor Going Overseas.

A special meeting of the Congre
gational church and society was held III
the chapel Wednesday afternoon of
last week. At this time Rev w. w.
Evans rendered his resignation as pas
tor to engage in Y. NJ. C. A. work over
seas. Hs resignation was accepted
Rev. Mr.. Evans has been at Spring
field, Mass. the past month in train
ing. He viii sail at once for Russia
to have charge of some educational
work there Mr.. Evans and family left
town Wednesday evening for Worces-
ter. Mass, where Mrs. Evans and the
two children will stay with her par
ents for the present.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
ODD FELLOWS TEAM E WINS.
Takes Match from Team A by Score Of
1925 to 1,167.

Team + won from team A in the
Odd Fellows bowling league last night
by a score Of .225 to l,l67. All of
the scores were very low, Oaks being
high single roller with 80. Williams
topped the list Of three.string totals
with 26S. The scores:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22

Well, it seems that Hop was tell
ing Sarb a story, and it took him a
long time to get to the point. And
Sarb interrupted him, after a while.
!" You q make a good cashier, Hop,
said Sarb.
How so?' bit Hop, dutifully
You are never short in your ae
counts.
\ heart-rending groan, a stifed sob
and all was still-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
WEST WARDSBORO.
Christmas Entertainment.

One of the prettiest events in this
part Of the town for long time was
the Christmas entertainment given in
the Podunk schoolhouse last Thursday
evening by the teacher, Miss Lindsay,
and nine children.
The room was artisticallv decorated
and lighted with candles. The program
was we'll arranged and was credit
to teacher and pupils.
The "Holly Night as it was pre-
sented by Miss Edith and Marion Put
nam, with piano accompaniment by Miss
Lindsay and Cathedral chimes which
followed, was impressive. After the
main part of the program Mr.. and Mrs.
Santa Claus appeared and addressed the
audience with words of greeting, before
distributing presents from the tree,
which was decorated by the children
with their own work under the direction
of the teacher
Although the evening was stormy 80
were present and were unanimous in
appreciation of the work accomplished
by the school.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
Team c
1876 423 465-l 324
Totals,

The 10 high men in the Masonic bowl
ing league up to today are: Marks
96.17; Barber, 93.05; Locke, 92.04
Streeter, 9l.14; Thompson, 9o.03; Tracy
S9.l4; Skinner, $500; Wilson, S7.lst
+. Cain, S713; Wales, sol.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22

A Russian minister brought about
his downfall by revealing state secrets
to his Wife. And all the people she
told them to probably promised ne-
they d never TELL, ,4.s,. .ss,s,-ss4-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22
WEST DOVER.
Severe Cold and Snowfall |

During the past week the severest
cold period the old inhabitants recall
at the corresponding time of year has
prevailed here Not only this, but
very unusual amount Of snow for the
first half of December has fallen Traf
fic has been blocked, the mails have
been stalled and even those people who
were obliged to be out to travel on
foot had much to contend with in the
way of drifts, which sometimes en-
veloped them chest-deep. Some of the
houses were nearly buried in snow.
The snow began falling lazily Thurs
day, about nightfall, and the wind blew
so tierccly that after the stage came
in from East Dover, several hours late,
Friday morning instead of Thursday
/ night, and the Wilmington stage start
cd on its trip Friday morning, few
teams were seen on the highways I'M
til Saturday afternoon, when the snow
roller started on its round.
The stage road was opened that day
as far as the Wilmington town line
but no mail came through from Will
mington until late Sunday afternoon
Carl Howe, the driver of the stage
from East Dover, was at this end OF
the route from early Friday morning
after night of peril crossing the hill
until Monday morning. OF % scholar
in the village only 70 were in attend
ance at the forenoon session Friday
while for the afternoon session only
three returned. From Is inches to TIVE
feet of snow fell.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22

The French continue to call our sol
diers Sammies,' but we love France
so much that we viii take anything
off her.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22

Who is happier-the father of the
boy who has gone to do his duty, or
the father of the boy that is a slack
nr2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22

Tobolsk is said to be the Boston of
Siberia. One hopes that the ear that
was is enjoying his Tobolsk baked
beansOvitch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-22

The young man now in the canton
ment will ardently wish his mother
had taught him how to make a bed.