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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
WHAT THE PRESS OF THE
NATION SAY
NEW ZEALAND CENSUS.
(Sun, New York;

mi, toun, New York;.
Inc New Zealand government Stats
.ics relating to the census of 1915 have
JUST oeen made public. In classifving
dwellings by the number of rooms the
figures show that out of 22s,42S pri-
Sate dwellings in New Zealand 9OOo
mad one room, $3.50 two rooms 10, 200
lnree rooms, $4,000 four rooms So0o
i've rooms and 10000 eight rooms
Country districts account for most of
the small houses. The overwhelminq
prominence of wood in the construc.
tion OF dwellings in New Iceland 10
SHOWN by the fact that $4,000 were
constructed of wood, 1000 of brick
l2s0 of stone and 1850 of concrete. In
many counties there was not a single
dwelling built of brick or stone hut
these districts were in the back blocks
or New Zealand, where there are but
rev houses. OF the total dwellings,
and tenements 1890 are being rented
l2,o00 bought on time payment. 81, :.
o0O bought on mortgage and $500, the
unencumbered property of the occu-
pants. In the Auckland METROPOLITAN
area $4,000 homes are rented, 16. 900 are
held under mortgage and 5000 are un-
encountered.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
ALAsKA's RESOURCES

r. IMPORTS from Alaska in October,
IL totalled more than twice the origi-
nal purchase price of athe territory,
which was $7.200,000 according to fig
ures compiled by the collector of GUS
toms for the district. In this single
month, $14,5o9,44S worth of products,
exclusive of gold bullion and a cargo
of sealskins valued at 100000, were
shipped from the northern territory to
the outside, while tho United States
shipped into Alaska goods valued at
s5ss,664.
The largest item in Alaskan trade Is
salmon. In fact the canned salmon
shipped from Alaska during October
was valued at six times more than the
value Of all other products. The fig
urcs show that 64,717,312 pounds of
canned salmon. valued at s12,77s,666
left the northern ports for Seattle and
other sea ports during the thirty one
days of October.
Copper ore was second in Importance
as a trade product, the territory ship
ping 4.210,274 pounds of ore valued at
$92s,642. Oils, animal and fish. were
third in Importance, the amount total
ling 440,540 gallons valued at $3.50, 1884.
Interesting sidelights are thrown on
Alaskan industry by the report, which
shows that $40 tons of fertilizer was
exported. Furs of all kinds, exclusive
Of sealskin valued at s1o,150 were i'm
ported and the ldppered herring was
valued at s1O1,s $40. Shrimps, valued at
1920 are included In the list.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
RIPPING RHYMES
THEN GO AHEAD.
BY WALT MASON.

Long years ago Dave Crock EFT
said, BE sure you're right, then
so ahead" And this is counsel
safe and sane; we'd save ourselves
all kinds of pain. IL each would
paste IT on his head, and do as
good old Davy said. In these ex-
cited, troublous times, we go ahead
with breaks and crimes. nor query,
as we whoop along. rs this course
right, or Is 1t wrong?" We tread
on tother fellows toes, and crush
his hat and spoil his nose, In our
mad rush to gain bone or boost
some interest of our own. Old
customs and old methods droop.
and presidents are in the soup;
we mutter deep contempt for laws.
and Self becomes our only cause.
If can get what / desire. care
not If your homes afire. This Is
the spirit OF the time, and precepts
are not worth a dime. We do not
care II we are right when we kick
up useless fight; we do not care
II We are wrong, so that our bank
account is strong. And Davy
Crockett sleeping lies; he left be-
hind message Wise; but wisdom
has not present lot In this mad
world Of ours ] wot
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

dollars. Even at this figure, 1t is be-
lieved 1t would have a ready sale
among American millionaires.
Its purchasers, however, may decide
to cut it up into a number of gems of
varying size. This would widen its
market and perhaps increase profits
on its sale. BY this process, not as
much of the diamond would be wasted
and in view of the popularity of dia-
monds and the unprecedented demand
for them, the smaller stones would be
quickly sold.
Other great diamond found in South
Africa are the Cullinan, 3o25& carats;
Excelsior 971&: Jubilee $40; Victoria
Nizan 457A; Victoria, 42S1A; Stew
art 2SS% Porter Rhodes $50; Star of
South Africa S312. All these weights
were in the rough.
The Cullinan was the largest Ola =
mond ever found in the worlds history
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
REMOVING OUR SOLDIER DEAD

n is most unfortunate indeed that
here should arise controversy ov-
81 the removal of the bodies of our SOL
der dead from the battlefields of
France. unfortunate because few like
to discuss SO delicate a subject which
carried sorrow into many homes.
France feels that it is more democratic
to have the dead of all nations who fell
in the common cause to rest together
in France and considers that it is its
sacred duty to care for their graves
with the greatest reverence
Relatives of the soldier dead in this
country are anxious to have the bodies
of their loved ones exhumed and re-
turned to the United States. 1t is i'm
possible for many of them to go abroad
to visit their graves but if the bodies
were returned home they could do this
consolation by being able to pay tender
tribute to the last earthly remains of
those for whom they mourn.
Another deplorable feature that has
entered into the controversy is the or
SANITATION in this country of a society
the object of which is to return to the
United States all bodies of soldiers who
died in battle or Of disease in foreign
lands. Literature it has issued attacks
the intentions of the French people and
government The charge is made that
France is opposing the return of the
bodies because it desires to make show
places of the cemeteries knowing they
win attract hundreds Of thousands Of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
THINGS WHICH ENRICH LIFE.
(The New Success).

(The New SuccesS).
You thought it was cruel fate
which tied you hand and foot in pow
erty and Kept you working to sup
port your dependent parent or your
invalid wife and children, when, you
were ambitious to write book or
to put upon canvas the picture which
haunted your dreams. But this very
discipline under straitened circum-
stances, this wearing struggle to just
get along all the disappointment
and obstacles were the fertilizers
which enriched the soil Of your life
and made the luxurious blossoms and
delicate fruitage of your later career
possible.
What seems to be stumbling blocks
often prove, later in life, to bestep-
ping stones. The humdrum drudgery
of life the disagreeable details which
chafe us and from which we try to
get away, are often our best school
masters Their drill and discipline,
prove our greatest educators and
benefactors, without which, perhaps.
we never could have done the thing
We longed to do.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

glorious dig at his wife. So when
he got home he said.
Dear, do you know why am like
donleyw
He waited a moment, expecting his
wife to give II up. But she didn't. She
looked At him somewhat pityingly as
she answered:
Y suppose it's because you were
born So"
"A homely bride and six lovely
bridesmaids.''
What about it?'
The bridegroom might make some
invidious comparisons
Never fear. In the present state OF
his mind you could marry him to a
hottentot and he wouldn't know the
difference"
i've no doubt about this case" said
the lawyers clerk to his chief "One
look at that fellow over there con-
vinces me that he is guilty"
Hush!" said the lawyer nervously.
That's the counsel for the Defense"
Gould you 'elp pore Teller, mum,
Mots been invalided out O. the army
with loss O. memory?"
Il don't believe it: you came with
quite another story last month"
Did l, mum? Well, yer can't want
better proof than that, can yer?"
The lady district visitor was trying
10 get friendly with little Johnny.
DO you think your mummy would
let me buy you. johnny" she asked.
Buy me what? An airgun?" asked
Johnny quickly.
mo! MOI" laughed the district Wis
ifor. Would she let me buy YOU from
her and take you away with me?"
She might" replied Johnny. But
money!"
We'll. about how much do Won think
she would ask for your"
Thousand pounds!" promptly an
Swered Johnny.
"Oh-but that seems an awful Iot
of money!" expostulated the lady. Are
you quite sure you're worth as much
We'll, p'r'aps not!" admitted Johnny
but, you see. there's six of rs and
IL mummy sold me it's break the set "
Wnlle two men were fishing to-
Sether, one fell in, and the other after
great efforts, succeeded in hauling him
OUT insensible. Scratching his head he
said audibly to himself:
There are 16 rules for tba +r..+
rcent of drowned people. hut tn,
them!" ohe oi
rs there one about whiskv7" as,ed
me nalr drowned man, quietly.
, Then don't worry about the other
.. BOSS Kin you raise my salafy?-
Why Jimmy?"
ing" e'ery morn
That's true, Jimmy but vou,vs ov-
CROOKED an important particular"
What's that. sir?"
You don't own the business"
An old-fashioned country LADY, ava
ier son We're driving into town in the
iamiiy buggy when a huge automo-
pie bore down upon them. The horse
was badly frightened and began 10
prance, and the old lady promptly
got out and waved wildly IN tho
chauffeur, screaming in her excite
ment.
The chauffeur stopped the car and
offered to help get the horse quiet
again. ao'e'
That's all right" said the bo,
VINO remained composedly in the car,
rage. can manage the horse. You
Just lead mother past"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

sively into municipal ownership. 1t
owns and operates a street railway
In addition to the lighting plant and
has a vast investment in docks, ele-
vators and other port improvements.
The official reports regarding these
enterprises make pleasant reading at
home so long as the tax levy is not
brought to ones notice. That is
rarely done in the home of govern
ment ownership. Elsewhere the case
Is different. So we find emblazoned
in large type across a full page of a
Spokane newspaper the legend: Sc
attle's tax levy is 72 mills-Spokane's
57.75 mills" The city with motor
iously high tax rate is bound to suf-
fer from 1t, soon or late, in a Stacking
of DEVELOPMENT.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

1t was cut into more than 100 gems.
The two largest of these were 516h
carats and 800 S-16 carats, which re-
main today the largest cut diamonds in
existence. The gems made from the
Cullinan are now among the English
crown Jewels
The Excelsior, the next largest dia-
mond ever found, was cut into many
jewels. The Jubilee was cut to sin
gle gem of 239 carats and Is regarded
by connoisseurs as the most perfect
cut dimaond in existence. The larg-
est diamond ever taken from the fa-
nous mines OF India, now exhausted,
was the Great Mogul. It was 1877 car
ats in the rough and cut to 2SS carats.
1t has mysteriously disappeared from
history. The Or1off 194% carats; the
kuh-iNur 106116 and the Regent
1861. all cut, are the other largest
Indian 1iamonds
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

OF tlCkto ifpeuueu tnere. InenCe tne
message flashes through the blood
stream or through the nerves to the
medulla oblongata or brain. to pass on
through other passageways TO the
glands. membranes, cartridges and elias
tic tissue of the lungs. which inhale
in short spasmodic movement the air,
which is suddenly expelled In a violent
backfire or explosive expiration.
To speak of central cells" centre OF
sneezing'' or nerve energy originating
In the central nervous system" is all
poppy-cock. Centres" so-called. are
merely the gathering places of bundles
of nerves which by chance are closer
together at that point than at another.
You might just as we'll think of your
busiest narrow street. the centre of the
shopping district. where more persons
can be reached and influenced. as the
source and origin OF human life.
Plainly then, a sneeze Is much like
other human movements. 1t begins as
an impression upon n cense. This pro-
duces sensation. which serves notice
In various ways via blood or nerves or
both that there is something doing"
The muscles and other elastic tissues
OF the lungs. throat and nose take warn
ing and try to shake of the cold"
dust, bacteria or other irritant. The
upshot of this is the sneeze.
sneeze is to the nasal lining what
Jerk of the leg IL to a pinch. A burned
child pulls its hand from the ffe and
the inhaled air. full of pepper tries to
pull itself from the nose and lungs. or
rather the nose and lungs try to shake
on the irritant and just as broncho
seeks to dislodse its unwelcome guest.
Obviously. one OF the best ways tc
check a sneeze is to get rid OF the irri.
tant in the nose or afr by means of NJ
a. 49, - 80
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
OPERATORS COAL PROFIT.
nG0N behalf of the public, al

nG0N behalf of the public al
ready overwhelmed with the
his.. cost of living. l earnestly urge
that the coal operators be not per-
mitted to impose an additional
charge on the public until a care
full examination has been made of
their income tax returns filed with
the treasury department for 1917
and 1918"
This warning was contained in a tel
egram signed by William G. McAdoo,
former secretary of the treasury, to
Fuel Administrator Garfield. 1t is as
significant as it is timely. The opera
tors have maintained in the coal strike
controversy that if they are forced to
raise the wages of, miners they will be
forced to raise the cost of the price of
coal to the consumers. They are dead
10 sked with the miners and the nation
al cabinet considers the subject of such
importance to the nation that it is con-
sidering it today.
McAdoo makes the startling declara-
orators have ranged from 100 to 500
per cent. He ought to know for he was
head of the treasury department when
the reports of the operators came in.
He charges such profits were made by
the operators in 1917 and intimates
that the later reports, which came in
corresponding profits. 1T would be
a grave wrong" says McAdoo, ito per-
nit them (the operators) to take from
the public additional profits in the form
Of Increased prices
McAdoo is right and IL the reports
OF the operators substantiate his
claims, they should be positively pro-
hibited from collecting additional sur
plus from a public that is being de-
prived of one of the greatest necessities
Of life, fuel, but which must constantly
meet awaiting prices. The public has
had to bear the excess profits long
enough. 1t is about time the operators
were carrying some of the burden. Nc
Adoo says that If the profits We're even
measureably as great in 1918 as in 1877.
the operators can well afford to pay
the increased wages to the miners and
still have larger return than they are
Justly entitled to. He holds the Ameri-
can people are entitled to the full facts.
In regard to the profits Of the operators
and that the income tax returns made
by them should be published.
The coal strike situation is critical.
Already many public schools, manufac-
turing plants, etc, have been forced to
close down because they are without
fuel. The nations supply is growing
short while the operators and miners
debate their differences. The coal strike
never ohould have been called but the
mine owners are rapidly losing the
sympathy the public might have had
throws al entirely new light on the ac-
tivities Of the operators. They have
not only been making exorbitant profits
which the consuming public has had to
pay for, but they promise to continue
to ride the good horse to death by
charging up what increase in wages
they concede to the miners, to the pub
lie. There ought to be some way of
reaching this kind of profiteering.
1t must be stopped, for the people will
not continue to tolerate such practices.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
:: PEPS !:
OLD IRVING DAVIS SAYS:

life.
Women are not very wealthy in their
own right, II the old saying SILENCE
is golden" still holds its own
They say that love is blind! Well.
divorce is SOME eye-wash
1t depends, when men talk about a
woman's looks" whether they arc
speaking of her face or to her face.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
Answers to Health Questions

MRS. r. b. h. Q-would you kindly
let mo know n powdered milk reRener-
atec with water Is safe food M IN
fants and invalids? VIII you give me
an easy test to find out when the milk
Is dilution % powdered milk with
water or with raw milk?
A-The milk powder which Is manu-
featured now I'm increasingly large
amount has apparently lost none of It's
nutritfva valae and but little Of IT.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
EXTEND ITS LIFE.

NIdSle, bFOOhlyD).
Congress should lend a willing ear
TO the request of the attorney gem
eral that the life of the Lever act be
extended for period of six months.
Its provisions have enabled him to
meet the emergency caused by the
coal strike. Without them the gov
eminent would have been powerless
to at least partially avert conse-
quences worse than those of war.
without them, there would be moth
ing to prevent the profiteer from
running amuck. Nor is there any
assurance that a six months extern
sion Will suffice. 1t is little less
than certainty that other emergen-
cies are to come-there is no scarcity
of possibilities, more or less sinister.
to be provided for. The shortest an
swer to all the objections to the re-
quest is that the reflexes OF war
must be dealt with, with rigor. il
necessary. 1t scarcely needs to be-
added that an abuse of the powers
the Lever act bestows is unthin<-
able. They will be used, not to per-
secute but to protect.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
Secrets of Health and Happiness,
What a Sneeze Really Is,
d.What to Do About It
By DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG
A. B., NJ. A, NJ. D. (Johns Hopkins University

NR. A. p. BRUBAKER, Philadelphia investigator,
| in his research upon the humble sneeze, found
that when you sneeze you explode spasnodcally
a series of outward breaths followed by spasm of
inhalations. On the whole, the behavior of sneeze
powder, bacteria, pollen Of vegetation and microbes is
capable of mpressing the nasal lining enough to initiate
a sneeze. Internal sources such the emotions par
tices in the blood and lymph and similar factors NAV
also promote a
An impression adequate enough to excite the cir
cult of sneeze generally calls the tear glands and
nasal membrane to emit the fluids there made
The physiology of a sneeze, therefore BEGINS who
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
A BAD FAD" FOR SEATTLE.
(Oregonian, Portlal

NOfCboIIdII, OF tIdIuJ.
1t Is a common accusation against
municipal ownership that official
statements are rarely true index
of the prosperity of the enterprise
Under our system of city government
1t is not surprising that this should
be true. The city officials that ad-
minister public utility affairs are In
office by sufference Of the persons
served-the consumers. Juggling of
figures that makes a favorable show
ing, the falsity Of which is difficult
to detect, tends to prolong the In
cumbency of the officials. II has
heretofore been asserted that In Sc
attlesa low lighting rate granted the
individual consumer has been offset
by overchargfng the general public
for street lighting.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
ANOTHER OMEN.

(Tribune, New York;.
The election of a Republican repre-
sentative from the Fifth district OF
Oklahoma is another sign of the
times in politics. This district has
been Democratic since its creation,
under the apportionment, following
the last census. The Democratic plu-
rality in 1914 was 1854; in 1915, 5O92;
in 1918, 4123.
In a strong Republican year like
1918 the Republicans carried only one
of the eight Oklahoma congress dis
tricts. This year they could prob
ably carry four or five. A few
months ago King Swope easily cap
tured the Eighth Kentucky district,
which had been Democratic since the
war. Last week the Republicans
swept Kentucky. There would have
been the same story to tell In Mis-
souri, If that state had voted this year
In 1918 Italy obtained II per cent OF
It's sawed lumber from the United
States, along with three fourths of its
barrel slaves.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
AWAY Up IN "ov

There was young girl in the choir
Whose voice rose hoir and hoir,
Till 1t reached such a height
1t was clear out of sight
And they found it next day in the
spoir!
Walter Pulitzer
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

Don't blame the garbage man II he
is absent-minded and forgets you. He
is probably writing a play.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

Vham'ne value. On this point I cannot
give any definite opinion. 1t Will require
carefully controlled experiments TO de-
cioe the question. 1t is the general opin-
ION tfat heating milk for some time.
even at temperature OF rs deg. F., in
lures It's antireurltic properties and pre-
alsposes to scurvy and similar diseases.
l mink grown people may drink pow
defed regenerated milk with impunity. II
given 10 infants and children IL may be
used without harm IL orange Juice u
given between meals.
!
A READER OWL YOU kindly tell
me what would be good for excessively
oily hair?
A-As rule the oily scalp Is the bet
ter one. There are different degrees Of
oiiyness. Glycerine. crris root and wash;
Ing the hair frequently diminish the oil.
Giycer'ne .................. v ounce
I1ncture OF benzoin ....-.. dram
Rosewater.., ............... ounce
This is remedy to be used on alter.
nate nights.
g. Fl. c. Q-kindly tell ma what to A.
for liver spots.
we'll enough Informed to understand that
the liver has nothing to do with liver
spots, Disturbances of fermentation in
the skin are, however, concerned with
the reproductive glands Of men ana
women, with the adrcnal glands, with
the structure OF lower abdomen. Reason.
then, indicates that all such internal
disorders must be corrected before the
application of any freckle cure. or . 5,
dram OF salicylic acid to ono ounce Of |
alcohol may be expected to penetrate
the skin deeply enough to peel the tis- !
celebration away.
Dr.. Htrshbero tciH amsseer ovesttoas +
for readers Of this popcr on ,redicni. |
hvo<enfc and sanitation s1bjects that an I
OF GENERAL Interest. He cannot olscovs |
undertake to prescribe or offer 0dvjcs .
for individual cases. Where the svbJeof ,
Is not OF general imterest letters scgli Ss
Gasscsred personally. " stamped amd
addressed enrslope Is enclosed. Addrsss
ALL INQUIRIES to Or. Z. X. airsAhan. i
IN core Of tbs Office.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25
SAVING THE OLD KELLY.

Dear Roy-A very novel young man
in our neighborhood has very novel
way Of saving hats. The inside hat
band reads NOT YOURS"
~. L. B.
The Young Lady Next Door says:
What IL there is no coal? Can't we
burn gas or live in team-heated apart
ments?"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

The navy department after main
talning the secret all during the war,
recently announced the name of the
american inventor who conceived the
aeptn bomb which was the most ef-
iectiVe weapon against the German
ssupmarines. The man is Chester r.
Minkler of Newport, n. l. He is only
thirty-six now. He also is responsible
NJ ,he type of mine planted in the
nortn sea to hem in the German fleet
pom inventions were turned over to
.ne government without cost. Minkler
s anu ms aide, Harry Adams, risked their
ave. repeatedly testing the bombs.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

Walter Pulitzer says: zone reason
why money is called dust is because
most people are blinded by IT,"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

The production of petroleum In ia
pan has been decreasing each year
since 1914. although the domestic de-
mand has increased.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-25

Inc PHYSIOLOGY OF therefore begins