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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

81 Moscow-James OConnor, pioneer
/ farmer. OF this section. realized $1,000
from 30 acres Of crop this year. Mr..
}C'Connor and his two sons were
1 among the pioneers in pea growing in
1 this section. They began raising peas
Il I'm summer failow and found that 1t
3paid them we'll, beside putting the soil
I'm better condition for fall wheat than
13f It had been summer fallowed. Last
Ayear they had 500 acres of peas and,
s6espite the dry season and a poor
yield, made big profita
4 Moscow--The plan to raise seeds in
markets, is meeting with much en-
Encouragement from the farmers and
from others throughout the northwest.
1Atah county farmers, who have been
asked to raise pure seed peas, beans,
potatoes, corn, grains, etc, for the
markets are taking kindly to the sug-
igestion. Letters of inquiry have
!. drstry from all sections of the north
west since the publication Of the story
of their work.
Juliaetta---A car containing 80 head
Of fat hogs was shipped to the Spokane
market by the Phelps and Feeds meat
market of this place and Melted the
tiEtOCkTdlSeTS 10 ~ ttUtS IouHu. i'oSS
.;lsm said to be less plentiful In this
section than usual at this time of year
Several days ago. julius Giese, prom
linent farmer and stock grower of FIX
I. ,.oge, sold six head of fat hogs for
i 1891. Two of these weighed 422t2
4 rounds each Robert Hull, also of Fix
trloge, sold four head whose aggregate
weight was 1920 pounds.
l Occur d'Alene-The striking miners
I OF the Occur d Alenes placed three OF
/ the big producing mines on the fair
Hist and continued three on the unfair
Hist
Those which were declared fair at a
4 meeting of the district union of min
Icrs are the Interstate Callahan. the
Informing and the Gold Hunter. When
1.-The strike was called, several weeks
Iago, approximately 900 men walked ont
3tcr these three mines, but under nor
tr,al conditions they employ about 100
men.
The three mines which were contin-
,ued on the unfair list are the llccla,
iEercules and Tamarack. Approx
lrately 500 men walked ont of these
mines, although under normal condi-
items they employ about 1900 men.
wallace-John Murphy OF Burke,
convicted in the district court of haV-
ling a pint of liquor in his possession,
was sentenced by Judge Woods to 30
ldsys in Jail and fined 800 and costs.
4. Charles johnson admitted transport
Ing seven cases of liquor and was
given 80 days in Jail and fined $50 and
costs.
Henry Neidermark charged with
having liquor in his possession, plead
led not guilty.
DominicF Flynn of Mullan, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon,
pleaded not guilty. He is charged with
striking Deputy sheriff o. F. Austin
J lef Mullan with a heavy wrench.
Moscow-"Cozy Cove" the first pre-
emption taken in Latah county, was
sold by G. ]. Munsor to Anton Jalstac
Iof Cottonwood. Mimi. for s125 pei
acre The farm contains LAG acres
four miles east of here and is well i'm
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09
FoRERUNNERs OF SICKNESS.

Meoical authorities agree that indi-
sestlon and constipation are the fore
runners Of half the ills of mankind.
In, III let mass of partly digested,
decomposing food poison YOUR whole
system. When your food Is being
properly digested, you are free from
pIiIoushess' gas, boating, sick head
acne. sour stomach, bad breath. coated
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

tongue. Foley Cathartic Tablets. a
wholesome physic, thoroughly cleanse
the bowels without gripping or nausea,
sweeten the stomach and invigorate
the liver.--Adv. IN
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

any more and the camp was closed
down There has been no increase in
the rate for board since 1914 and it is
authoritatively stated that it cost the
company $1.35 a day to feed the men.
The rates for board were raised to
S1.25 a day in all the large camps of
this vicinity on october l.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

A recently invented folding porch
gate for the protection of children can
be folded out of sight into pillar
when idle.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Ask your grocer ror Stepann.s liar
vest" Bread. 1t Is of the highest ousl
ity and always uniforr,.-Adv,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Grangeville. - Dagnald Holsclaw
prominent in this city, was arrested by
Sheriff Eller and is helS in the county
Jail pending developments under Il
been employed at the post office for
several months 1t is said that the
charge of burglary Ilolsclaw has
on the alleged theft of several Valu-
able ARTICLES from the residence of
Il ncighbor. Hoisclaw is populer in
school and social circles and the news
OF his arrest has created "A sensation
here. Holsclaw was a member of the
$. A. T. c. corps at the university
at Moscow last year.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Grangeville.-Lloyd A. Wisener, post
master, sent his resignation to Wash
ington, ID. c., to take effect within
the next two weeks. Mr.. Wisener
will go to Chicago. lie was editor Of
the Idaho County Free Press. a local
paper prior to taking up his duties at
the post office several years ago. Sew
eral candidates for the post master
ship are already in the field,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Priest River-When notice was Civ
en- out Wednesday at camp No. 10 of
thfe Humbird Lumber company, about
miles north of here, that the rate
for board would be increased from 81
day to s1.25, the greater part Of the
40 men working there refused to work
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Wallace.-Eli DurEnen, charged with
perjury in the district court has been
released, following the introduction of
the states testimony. A technically
in the swearing of Durunen by the
deputy game warden who issued a
resident citizens fish and game license
to him, was the loophole through
which he obtained his release.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Lewiston-One of the best known
and finest ranches of Idaho, located Il
miles south of here on the Waha
prairie has been sold for $S1,50O to
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Wright and sons
of Nez Perez.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Genesee ldaho.-The Red Cross Ia
dies of this place gave ball and ban
Duet Friday night in honor of the 200
boys who have served in the Uunited
States army and navy from Genesec
and immedi' vicinity, all, with few
exceptions nug being home. Most of
the boys who have not yet returned are
in Siberia and one, Captain Robert
Montague has been returned to France
after having reached America.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Lewiston, Idaho, Oct. s.-Victor
Nordby, months old, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Nordby of Genesee, has
been awarded the first prize as the
most nearly perfect baby among those
entering the baby show at the recent
fall fair. Victor is 25 inches tall,
weighs l. pounds, and in other re-
spects measures very closely to the
standard of perfection set by the
United States children's bureau.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

proved. The farm was taken by A. A.
Lieuallen as presumption claim more
than 40 years ago. Mr.. Lieuallen later
filed las homestead, on part Of the
land where Moscow now stands. Mr..
Munson bought the land for few dol
lars an acre 80 years ago and has re-
sided there continuously since.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

LewistonAA federal commission,
COMPOSED OF d. e. Smith of the de-
partment of the interior, Charles f,
Cox OF the indian field service, and
DIR. Jacob Breid OF the Iapwai In
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-09

Moscow-A thorough. soaking rain
that will enable farmers to begin
blowing and other fall work, has fallen
here. This is the first time that the
ground has been really wet since last
May. While more rain is needed 10
make blowing easy 1t Is beheNed that
blows can be run now, for the first
time in months. The rainfall of the last
two DAYS will mean a greatly IN
creased acreage of fan wheat.
The sun., 1919-03-30

maintained up to a distance OF $50
miles. Since then other Spanish ships
have been similarly outfltted. And
now We come nearer home.
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still 1t IL perfectly controlled by the
varying waves impressed upon the
transmitting disk by the voice OF the
sender. The local battery that Is
called into service by the action of the
speaker is OF tremendously greater
power than the kindred battery
which served at the relay stations to
make transcontinental telephony by
wire possible.
OF course, the measure of this store
OF electrical force differs according to
the ultimate vocal range desired, and
the equipment for sending messages
from aircraft to aircraft or from fly
ing machine to the ground is puny in
comparison with the other installa-
lions which have made it practical bic
to communicate between a shore sta
ton and a distant ship, vice versa,
and from this continent to Europe.
Something over two years ago the
Compania Iberica de Telecomunica-
cion OF Madrid began the building and
testing of a combined wireless tele-
graph and telephone apparatus for
seagoing service. The company oper-
ates under the De Forest patents. The
first Of these for mercantile service
was placed aboard the steamship Rey
Jaime I. early last year. and proved a
success. By means OF 1t, II was FEAST
BILE to cover a radius of 400 miles
when working 1t as a radio telegraph.
while vocal communication could be
The sun., 1919-03-30

A SON OF Battery Dan" Finn IS
~ the first soldier to be honored
In this city by the remaining
Of a square. 1t lies. according to the
resolution adopted by the Board of
Aldermen. at West Broadway, Varick
and Franklin streets in the First AS
sembly District, and is to be known as
Finn Square. after Philip Schuyler
Finn, who was killed in action Alder
man Bernard Z. Donnelly was sponsor
of the resolution. 1t passed without
opposition, and enrichcs the traditions
already deeply grained of the First
District Firms, founded by Battery
Judge of. by and for the people.
1t is written that he whose heart
beats strong and cheerfully has left
hopeful Impulse behind it in the world
and bettered the tradition of mankind"
and on this count there Is an object
lesson to be taken from the Firms.
Theirs Is the great heart, and none
knows 1t more truly than the voters
OF the district in which the voice of
Battery Dan" was once the gentle law
and where his son Dan is now the po-
litical leader.
Every one knew and loved Phil Finn.
He grew up and finished his twenties
before any one thought he had grown
up. He had his fights and fun, his
hard knocks and personal victories.
enjoying 1t all hugely because in the
district councils the notion was never
quite overcome that as Battery Dang
youngest son he was entitled TO play
far and free. Yet such was his nature
that he laughed and sang his way into
the hearts of the community.
How Phil Finn Died.
Phil Finn was buried by a minnen-
werfer with seven other boys of the
old Sixty ninth, all from the First
district, in a trench near Luneville,
France, March 7, 1918. Joyce kllmer
later heard of the incident and wrote
poem of the seven graves. Joe
O'Neil, one of the boys OF that action
who came back. told John Finn. Pills
| brother, that Phil courted death that
day. 1t was pretty hot in the trenches
| The "minnies" had been coming over
| In a stream, the range terribly accu-
rate.
A Captain and twenty-one men were
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The Voice of a Clock

limit to tho left is marked by tho
took" I'm pendulums Of all lengths.
lie found that owing to the fact that
the anchor of the cscapement mech
anIsm is above the rotating escape
ment wheel and In the same plano
with it, the conditions under which it's
arms strike the ccgs of the wheel are
not the same for both arms
one of the arms of tho anchor
strikes a cog of the wheel moving up
ward, in n direction opposed to that
of the anchor. while the other arm
strikes against the cog while IL In
moving downward. nearly in the same
direction an the anchor, The result
oe the unequal conditions under which
the two arms of the anchor engage
tho cogs of the es"apcment wheel Is
naturally an acoustic difference in the
sounds produced by the contact Of the
purtS.
The sun., 1919-03-30

the pledge OF secrecy. But in the main
1t is a record of the scrapping of COM
mercialism-i. e.. conflicting business
lnterests-and OF the promoting of pa
triotic cooperation to the end that We
might be the better able to outwit or
to wage war aggressively upon the
Teuton forces.
Before the wireless telephone was
available email craft cropping for u
boats. especially during periods of fog.
were wofully handicapped. and 1t was
next to impossible for them to do their
hunting in groups with anything like
coordinated efforts. They were more
apt TO collide with one another as they
sped along than to hem about and to
run down the elusive submarine. The
The sun., 1919-03-30
First Honor of Its Kind Is Bestowed in
Memory of Battery Dams" Son Who
GaveLife in Effort to Rescue Comrades

Phil was about to duck to safety when
he saw the legs of one poor devil
sticking out from the fallen wall. He
at the body when the second minnie"
came over. 1t buried him and the
seven who had stayed at his call for
help.
Johnnie Hogan brought back a COM
pass to John. The family all have re-
membranes. 1t seemed to them that
Phil did not expect to return. lie left
his watch. his pictures, a score of
fnicknacks to his relatives and chums.
When he left he said:
They'll get me. but I'm going to get
some OF them first
Pills last letter home contained a
special paragraph for his mother He
wanted the other boys OF the family to
do everything for her. because she had
been all the world to him. 1t was writ
ten Feb. 20, just as he was ordered into
the advanced trenches. 1t arrived the
day a memorial mass was being said
for him at the Church OF st. Alphonsus
at Canal street and West broadway.
Later in y. s. is, where he went Ia
school,, special exercises were held in
eulogy OF him at which Congressman
Dan Riordan, Senator James J. Wal
ker. former Senator william Caffrey
Assemblyman Peter Hammell. Alder
man Donnelly. DR.. James Lee, the
school superintendent; John Ryan OF
the Park Commission and others paid
lip service TO his memory.
Twice a Volunteer.
Phil was u volunteer twice over. He
volunteered from Company A. It'll
Regiment. to Join the l65th Regiment
which was being filled for early ser.
vice in France, and he was one OF the
first 200 OF that outfit who offered to 81
into the trenches with the French to
get their baptism OF fire. He was a
big soldier, feet and a fraction Will
his shoes off. and a great kid wher
Battery Dan" took him around the
Southern circuit to Marlin Springs Il
see the Giants at winter training. oil
| TO New Orleans. where he offered L
The sun., 1919-03-30
Great Aid to Afrmen.

lick Jack johnson, or to Hot Springs,
Ark. where he humored old Battery
Dams" infirmities and made the Judge
OF the People laugh himself into health
again.
Phil was not much in the way OF
politics. He held Job in an electrical
engineering bureau at Albany for a
time, but he preferred living in New
York. and before his enlistment was
N a textile house on lower Broadway.
Every other night or so he ran into
the Huron Club at 221 Hudson street
where the boys OF the district hang
out. The sound Of his great laughter
is in the walls, the boys say, and now
and then they can hear it. None of
them can talk very eloquently about
Phil They choke up for missing him.
The square they have named is not
imposing. 1t lies in the centre Of n
commercial district. with the Sixth
avenue l. straddling through it, The
subway yawns briefSs4. its loCA stop.
just under the l. structure. Two new
Zig Office buildings and a little section
OF repaving have freshened the general
appearance, but most OF the bordering
walls are old and musty. On Franklin
street, just around the corner, where
Phil was born, old flagstones greet tho
heel, but no street Is more beloved
than that, when 1t is remembered that
Phil in knickerbockers played there.
Rough Board Markers Put Up.
Rough new board markers proclaim
Ing the new name OF tho square were
put up two days ago. Later the blue
and white signals will be installed, but
1t seems better Just now. while the
thing Is fresh In the hearts Of the First
District. that the signs are just boards,
new and rough. In France that Is the
way his grave is marked, by rough
boards and the name Philip Finn.
Pills grandfather was a noble
man of the same sort. lie sailed out
OF the Bay of Galway, ireland. but one
night there was shipwreck. and
Sailor John Finn rescued fifteen lives.
In saving the sixteenth. he was him
self drowned. In tribute 10 that hero
ism, rock in the Galway Channel to-
day bears the name Finn rock. Gal
way and West broadway. Finn and
Finn. Phil. the soldier, has spurred
on into the unknown. but his memory
is bound up with the future. Perhaps
he is talking it over with old Battery
! Dan" up beyond the stars.
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Produces the OsciIIion.

It Is not the purpose of the present
article to deal with the successive
stages by which DIR. de Forest trans
formed his audion into what is now
known as the "oscillion." The point of
especial interest is that he has sue
ceeded in producing another gas filled
tube. with special features therein.
which causes oscillations or wireless
waves Of high power. These. when
propagated by the antenna OF tho
wireless system. send their impulses
far and wide through the transmitting
ether.
In substance, he Is virtually revers-
ing the operation OF the audion. Des-
pite the fact that the later and larger
tube is robust in its functional vigor.
The sun., 1919-03-30

A SON OF Battery Dan" Finn IS
~ the first soldier to be honored
in this city by the remaining
The sun., 1919-03-30

GIN lol iISNi llCk, uke a
watch? Is there really any distlnc-
ton between the alternate sounds, or
Is It matter Of psychology Attep-
ton to the problem has been given by
an investigator, whose conclusions are
most interesting.
The general opinion, according TO
him. has always been that 1t was
merely a matter of chance whether
the tick" accompanied the left and
tho took" the right beat of the pen
dulum or vice versa, The first impor-
tnnt discovery this authority made
was that the tick" always marks the
moment when tho pendulum reaches
the extreme point of detonation from
the perpendicular on its beat to the
right. while the reaching of its swing
The sun., 1919-03-30

miles. Since then other Spanish ships
have been similarly QUILTED. And
now we come nearer home.
Invaluable to War Craft.
We had been at war with the Cen.
trail Powers but a short while when II
was made evident that It was neces-
sary to efficient service that our sub
marine chasers be able TO maintain
touch with one another by vocal
means even when separated a number
Of miles.
Flag or flash signals would not an
swer, for the boats. IL trailing a sub
marine. would be expected to act In
perfect concert. The chances of mis-
understanding had to be reduced to q
minimum, and wireless biography,
apar' from requiring skilful operators
on every craft, admitted of too many
slipups. Nothing would satisfy but
word f-mouth contact Here Is
where the wireless telephone came
into its own. and the De Forest Radio
Telephone and Telegraph Company.
the Western Electric Company, the
General Electric Company and experts
of the New York Telephone Company
all have lent their aid to the results
that have been attained.
The story is one that cannot be told
now in anything but mere outline, for
the Government has not yet released
The sun., 1919-03-30
DR.. de Forest Describes His Epoch Max
ing Apparatus Which Solved Prob
lens Long Battling to Inventors

audion, DR.. de Forest discovered that
the gas ions responded perfectly to
telephone currents. in fact quite as
well as to those of the far higher fire.
quencIes used In wireless. But this
was not all that was revealed to this
Investigator: he learned that the au-
dion had twofold powers--it received
puny impulses sympathetically and
was able also TO amphfy those voice
currents 80 that the transmitted
speech was reproduced perfectly and
with increased strength. In 1913 the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company purchased an exclusive IL
cense under all the De Forest audion
patents for wire telephone purposes
What is the nature Of this epoch
making fundamentally? DR.. de For
est thus describes his invention:
Tho audion amplifier consists OF a
small incandescent lamp bulb ex-
hausted Of air. containing in addition
to the usual filament. two thin plates
Of nickel about one-eighth OF an inch
from the filament. on either SIDE. Be-
tween the filament and the plates are
two pieces OF nickel wire bent grid
shaped. That is all. Can you imagine
anything more simple-more utterly
unlikely to operate as repeater Of the
telephone currents?"
The sun., 1919-03-30

in the trench when the fire opened.
The first shell than struck buried all but
seven. pil'~g tons # earth upon them.
The sun., 1919-03-30

wireless telephones with which We
equipped our chasers functioned beau
tfully. In truth. as one young COM
mander remarked after a year afioat
In an IS. c." Our wireless telephone
Is the only thing that hasn't given us
a bit OF trouble"
Great Aid to Airmen.
We were just beginning to feel our
own strength aloft when the armistice
was signed but even so the Germans
were amazed by the accuracy of our
battery fire and the uncanny precision
with which our field guns felt out
quickly the primo positions or vital
spots along the foes lines.
Previously well nigh all the airmen
The Washington herald., 1919-05-25
after JUDGES
FOR BIC FIGHT
Major A. ]. Drexel Biddle,
Of Philadelphia, May
Act as Outside Referee.

New York, May A-Reports have IL
today that Tex Rickard wants to do
something new when he stages the
bout between Jess Willard and Jack
Dempsey at Toledo next July 4 He
is considering the plan Of placing a
couple Of judges outside the ring to
give q decision. as is done in amateur
bouts In case the judges disagree,
the report goes. Tex intends the ref
cree to give a decision.
1t seems the good old American way
Of deciding winners OF bouts is about
to be man-handied. However, there Is
a ray OF hope in the refusal Of Lord
Lonsdale. English sportsman, to ae-
cept the offer of RIckard TO act as
one OF the judges. Major A ]. DrexeI
Biddle Of Philadelphia, II was report
ed. has practically agreed to be one
of the outside referees.
The matter Of a referee Is worrying
the promoter. There is difficulty in
finding a man who not only will be
suitable to every one. but also COM
petent to handle a bout of this i'm
portance without becoming ratified
Matt Hinkel. of course. is acceptable
TO the boxers. and competent. There
is strong opposition to him in Toledo,
and this may result in both boxers
and promoter deciding not to ask him
to serve.
1t is up to the boxers to agree on
a third man. but Rickard has left a
loophole for himself in the articles Of
agreement by Withholding the privi-
lege OF naming a referee