EVENING CAPITAL NEWS AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Published Every Afternoon and Sunday Morning at Boise, Idaho, a City of 20,000 People, by THE CAPITAL NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY. LTD. RICHARD STORY SHERIDAN. _ General Manager. GUY FLENNER Managing Editor. Entered at the Postoffice at Boise, Idaho, as Second-class _ Mall Matter. r?hones—Branch Exchange Connecting All Departments. Call 24 or IS. Society Editor 126». Wheat and Prosperity. n MERICA, thanks largely to her tre //\\ mendous wheat crop, is on the high LfW road to prosperity. It has been conceded for years that agri culture was the backbone of our national wealth, even in a so-called industrial age, and that the wheat crop was the great de terminator of business conditions. The winter wheat crop is now estimated at 837, 000,0U0 bushels, a gain of 152,000,000 bush els over any previous crop. Together .with the spring wheat, which will probably run from 200,000,000 to 200,000,000 bush els, there will be a total production of far more than a billion bushels, taking care of all our own needs and almost certainly leaving an export surplus of no less than 400,000,000 bushels. Were there not an assured market for the surplus over American needs, this would mean that the government price of $2.26 a bushel would entail a tremendous financial loss to the country. This condi tion has been feared by many,'and has been undoubtedly the cause of much-delay in stabilizing business conditions. This fear should now he abolished, for we are as sured not only a record crop but a record market for it. Europe is still too war-torn to feed her self. The Australian crop is short. That of Argentina is as nothing compared with the needs abroad. Russia, grain center of the eastern hemisphere, which should feed herself and the rest of Europe, is given over to disorder and bloodshed. This means that, far from being a loss, the American crop will be immensely pro fitable, that the government instead of giving the farmers a billion dollars or so as a mistaken bonus for an unused sur plus will be able to find a market for every bushel raised. To those who have been waiting for a sign, this should be the answer. The foundation industry of the country is in the healthiest condition of its history. Other branches of industry should take heart and go ahead. The Right Spirit. 'HE directors of the Boise Commercial club received a letter from an army officer in France asking if the club would be responsible for obtaining posi tions for soldiers still overseas who return to this city. It was stated that detailed information would he furnished as to each man. The club directors did not await the slow process of the mails, but immediately cabled: "YES!" The club has also interested itself ac tively in procuring positions for soldiers W T ho have already returned. That is certainly the right spirit; and it means something with an organization composed of several hundred men. They Fought; They Work. n STRIKING feature of the Victory //\\ loan campaign in Idaho is the active Uu participation of soldiers who saw service overseas. They offered their all to their country. They went across and fought. Now they come home to help pay the bill. Really, they had done enough. The rest of it should be solely up to those who could do nothing more than help financially. _ It is distinctly to their credit, however, that they have not rested on their service laurels. With such an example, with such a vic tory, with such a saving of lives and trea sure by the speedy ending of the war after America got into it, how can any hold back who can possibly loan to his government on a proposition that is safe, Temunerative and patriotic? PUTTING IN THE PUNCH. By PEPS. FRENCH motto: "As we Clemenceau bo shall we leap.' 1 A LIST of the loan sharks with their Victory loan purchases would also be readable. NOTE that the other Tootin' envoys have arrived at the peaco conference. MEXICO seizes an American schooner. O, very well— also Vera Cruz. Mexico hasn't yet saluted the American flag, you know. OF COURSE, Sir Thomas Lipton is glad we are all tea-totalers. ''WHAT is the best cure for love?" inquires Miss X. Rather she had asked Annie Laurie or "The Crab," but the best answer we know Is experience. THIS promises to be a dandy building year if the other kind of hammers are not used. EVEN Uncle Sam may not want to take the gin" out of "ginger." IN THE interest of a more respectful attitude towards mathematics and money why not say "Williamions" in stead of "billions." IT APPEARS that the Jap idea of racial equality will have to be confined to the movies. FELLOW we know' yells about the high cost of living and uses a 575 pole to catch 10 cents W'orth of fish. KULTUR. Out on the hillside, where the breezes blow, Where the wild birds sing and the violets grow, Where the stars peep down from far o'er head, Three little crosses lie head to head. There is Pierre and Celeste and Mlonet; And a mother's tears are falling yet, While her heart goes out to the side of the hill, Where her three little babes lie cold and still. They were playing one day by the cottage door, When high in the sky^came a whirr and a roar, A Boche plane sailed far o'er head. With Us Maltese cross, which glowed dark and red. A flash and a roar, the plane was gone. While three little forms lie rent and torn. Far o'er head it sailed away While the light has gone out from a mother's day. Celeste and Pierre and Mlonet. Your white crosses rise on the side of the hill, \\ here the violets grow and the grass is still, Wet with the dew from the Heaven's blue And the tears of a mother, with love so true, Murdered by kultur, one by one, Sacrificed to »he hate of the hun. Boise, Idaho, April 27, 1019. —ALBERT H. WILSON. KEEP YOUR LIBERTY BONDS (Leslie's.* Of all the mean and contemptible games played upon the unwary none is worse than that which Induces the small holder to part with his liberty bonds at less than tl-.eir real market value or in exchange for worthless stock. One of the finest features of the government loan cam paigns has been the support of hundreds of thousands of small investors who never before owned a bond. But the sharks have been preying upon their ignorance. Everyone should know that If he sells a liberty bond after the Interest date, he should be allowed the accrued interest in making the sale. If he took it to the banks. Ibis would be done. The shark, however, gives the un initiated seller what appears to be a little more than the market price, but which really is less because the buyer, not the seller, gets the Interest. To sell a government bond paying 4(4 per cent interest for a speculative in vestment of any sort is the height of folly. The man with a few hundred dollars can't afford to make specula tive investments—a lesson which thousands of liberty bond holders have learned to their sorrow. The govern ment isn't mercenary when it tells the small investor to hold on to his liberty bonds. The advice Is for his pro tection. Another primary lesson for small bondholders to learn ia that registration of bonds protects them from theft or loss or destruction of the bonds. By this method a gov ernment check for interest, made out to your name and address, will come to you every six months. Any bank will attend to the registration of your coupon bonds. Keep your liberty bonds. Buy victory bonds. You will never regret it. RIPPLING RHYMES. MY GARDEN (Copyrighted.) By WALT MASON. My garden sass begins to grow, with ring-tailed squashes in a row, and onion sets in line; the valued plants are looking pale, the Brussels sprouts, the luscious kale, but weeds are doing fine. If weeds were only good to eat, my garden plot would be a treat, a sight for jaded eyes; If jlmpson weeds were good to boil, and didn't taste like castor oil, my crop would be a prize. If beans would grow like cockle burs my girls would all be wearing furs, and loaded with long green; and I'd be strictly up to date and ride around the town In state in my own limousine. If cabbageheads would only thrive, ns thistles do, and keep alive in times of drouth or flood, I might enjoy this sowing seeds, and wrestling with the husky weeds, and clawring in the mud. I have to coax tomato plants, protect them from the bugs and ants, and shield them from the sun; I have to nurse them day by day, and then they wilt and fade away, their course too quickly run. My beans have gone to king dom come, the radishes are on the bum, they shriv eled In two days; but gorgeously the milkweeds grow; If they were worth two cents a throw they'd be blamed hard to raise 1 Hi IE" Efforts *>f St. John's Congrega tion to Raise Funds for tfie New Cathedral Proving Very Successful. Bazaarvllle, the magic city at 824 Idaho street, where men and women ot St. John's cathedral congregation and Bolseites generally are striving to raise funds to assist in the completion of St. John's cathedral, is, in the language of the street, "some busy pla ce." I he dining-room, where reasonably priced meals are served at the lunch and dinner hours, has at times been crowded to congestion. Extra tables have been provided and the patrons are being handled nicely now. At the flower and French doll booth Mrs. James E. Bruce, Mrs. Reilly At kinson and others, with the assistance of a corps of flower girls, are doing herculean tasks to help increase the cathedral building fond. Toduy Elsie Sidenfaden, Rose Regan. Helen Black Inger and Evelyn Jones will furnish lads and laddies with boutonieres and corsage bouquets W'hich are a joy to the eye. Mrs. Bruce w r ants everyone to have a set of the French twins, An nette and ltintlntin. If you haven't seen them, you've missed something. SPANISH WOMEN HELP. Among the women of Spanish birth or ancestry who are helping with the Spanish features of the dining-room today are Senora Ramon Yriondo, Mrs. George H. Wyman, Senora Lucia Lo pez and Senora Elena Fornurla. To morrow the recipes for the Spanish dishes served today will bo published in the Capital News. Senora Yriondo has promised to tell the publicity com mittee all about them. Senora Pilar Echevarria Pappadakes, an expert in art-embroidery, has made a beautiful dresser scarf of French embroidery for the bazaar. It may be seen at the country store and post office booth. Mrs. N. J. Eiden, one of the pro prietors of the Apron Shop, said: "Business yesterday was fine and our shop is rolling up shekels for the building fund, but we still have many beautiful as well as useful aprons on our shelves, as well as other merchan dise, some of which may be won In guessing games." TONIGHT'S PROGRAM. Tonight at 8:30 St. Teresa s Glee club and talented musicians will give the following program in the entertain ment hall on the second floor uf the bazaar, after which dancing will be enjoyed by the guests of the bazaar: Chorus, St. Teresa's Glee club; vo cal duet, Mary Baxter. Hermlna Ca ron; vocal solo (Lynes), Miss- Mary Shurtz; vocal trio (Thomas-Salter), Misses Paula Gramkow, Ethel Fen wick, Hermlna Caron; vocal duet (Neuland), Misses Ethel Fenwick, Mary Baxter; vocal solo (Mawson> Marks), Miss Rosa Bayer; vocal duet (Glover), Misses Paula and Erna Gramkow; quartette (humming ac companiment; Nevin), Misses Bayer, Baxter, Fenwick, Caron; vocal solo (Penn), Miss Paula Gramkow; Sex tette (Foster), Misses Gertrude Red mond, Laura Lloyd, Margaret Kimmel, Hermlna Caron, Mabel Shrum, Mildred Say. The accompanists of the evening are Misses Elizabeth Clark, Pauline Thomas, Catherine Rock and Cath erine Payne. Murray Buchanan, a former marine corps man, Is having much success operating a bazaarette at which boxes of candy may be had as premiums. H« is assisted by Leslie Hayford, and both vie with each other in seeing which may hawk the wnres loudest and add coin of the realm to the build ing fund. ATTORNEY GÎIÎERAL AGAIN RULES ON THE SCHOOL FLU QUESTION In an opinion to Dr. E. A. Bryan, commissioner of education, relative to the colleetion of tuition for high schools during the period when students were forced to bo absent from schools, At torney General Black says: "We are of the opinion that the law contemplates no tuition shall be col lected save for the actual time a pupil is in attendance at school, except that fractions of a month are counted as a full month. We do not think the rea son for closing the schools (the flu) affects this question." FIRST ATHLETIC CLUB APPLIES FOR LICENSE TO PUT ON BOXING MATCHES The Boise Athletic club was the first organization to promote regulated ath letics to apply for a license to the state commission. The commission him been called to meet in Boise by Gov ernor Davis on May 6 and organize. The Boise Athletic club furnished a bond of $5000. It will promote wres tling, boxing and other athletic events under the rules of the commission. The officers of the Boise Athletic club are given as follows: Nick Col lins, president; Tom Powell, vleo-prcH ident; Robert McAfee, treasurer; Chus. Mack, secretary. SHOW REPRESENTATIVES. Sydney Landcraft, special agent for the Greater Almo Shows, which will be In Boise from May 12 to 17, ar rived here this morning to look over the grounds and make preliminary arrangements for the housing of the big delegation accompanying the shows. Grounds on South Ninth street have been obtained for a show place. EXAMINE MINISTER. Archdeacon Stoy of Pocatello, Rev. Mr. Darner of Nampa and Dean Al ward Chamberlaine, constituting the examining chapter for the Episcopal church of southern Idaho, are today conducting an examination of Rev. Mr. Lewis of Idaho Falls Into the priest hood. • V ++++++++*++*++** ♦ ♦ MA3S MEETING CALLED ♦ FOR TOMORROW NIGHT ♦ The city administration has ♦ called a mass meeting to he ♦ held at the Pinney theater to ♦ morrow night for the purpose ♦ of perfecting a general organ!• ♦ zatlon of citizens on the forth ♦ coming election on bonds to <• : ♦ purchase approaches for the *i <« capitol, without which the 4* capitol will not be built. . '♦ + *** + *q-*4-4* + + **4. + . HEARING IN MATTHEWS F0LS0M ASSAULT AND BATTERY CASE IS ON The preliminary examination of Arch and H. Matthews, charged with assault and buttery upon the person of L. L. Folsom with intent to do great bodily harm, opened this morning be fore Judge Anderson. Warren Browing was the chief witness for the state. He testified having accompanied L. L. Folsom and W- G. Cleveland to the ranch where the affair took place. Arch Matthews, he said, approached Folsom and told him not to send anyone out after oats, as he would not give them without a written order signed by' Folsom for fear of being arrested on the charge of stealing them. He heard no further comment, he says, but that Matthews struck Folsom, knocking him down, and then battered him up considerably and that the elder Matthews, who had a willow stick, struck him. Folsom was rendered unconscious, he testified. The state closed its case after a physician had testified concerning Folsom's wounds after the battery. L. It. Folsom and W. C. Cleveland have been subpoened by the defense. Frowley & Koelsch represent the de fendants. START CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN. J. K. White, commissioner of public welfare, has started a statewide clean up campaign. He has Issued a request to mayors of cities and towns to back the movement and to keep It going during the entire year. COMMISSIONERS GO NORTH. Frank J. Clayton, president, and George H. Fisher, a member of the In dustrial accident board, left today for northern Idaho, where they will spend several days investigating accident cases pending before the board for some time. LAUBAUGH TAKES POSITION. Captain E. E. Laubaugh, who has been in the service, has returned to the city and taken up his new du ties in the department of public wel fare to which he has been assigned. RETURNS FROM NORTH. Miss Ethel E. Redfield, state super intendent of public instruction, re turned today' from the northern part of the state, where she has been spending the past three weeks on school matters. She also attended the Inland Empire Teachers' convention at Spokane. TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT. The special advisory committee named to arbitrate the conflicting claims in the case of T. B. Richurdson •versus R. S. Stanfield, heard evidence from both sides Tuesday afternoon and then took the case under advise ment. Charles Winstead and J. F. Colvin with George H. Fisher, a mem ber of the industrial accident hoard, formed the arbitration committee. Richardson was a herder employed by Standfield and broke his leg while on the range. He seeks to recover com pensation for time lost as well as for the injury received. SCHOOL LAND HEARING. W. G. Svvendsen, reclamation com missioner in the new state cabinet, has set May 9 as the date for hearing evidence in the controversy involving the delivery of water to state school lands within the Twin Falls North Side Land & Water company's pro ject. SELECT PAVILION PLAN. Directors of the Northwest Live stock show held annually at Lewiston have selected the plans of,architect It. S. Loiing for the new $22,500 pavilion and also authorized the erection of three cattle barns, the department of fairs has been advised. UNIFORM LA WC0M MISSION NAMED BY GOVERNOR TO REPRESENT THIS STATE Governor Davis announces the ap pointment of Miles Johnson, Lewiston; Shad I/. Hodgln, Twin Falls, and John AA r . Jones, Blackfoot, as Idaho members of the National Conference on Uniform Laws. The last legislature appropri ated $750 for this commission to spend in compiling the laws and to submit a report to the legislature. Governor M. Alexander also ap pointed a commission of which Sen ator Nugent was a member, but Sen ator Nugent was called to Washing ton and the commission did Utile work. The legislature two years ago failed to make an appropriation to meet the 1 old commission's expenses. The last legislature passed a number of uniform laws. They were drafted by B. AV. Oppenheim, who was em ployed by the legislature. ANNOUNCEMENTS Lowell Parent-Tenchers association will meet at the school house Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. "Children's Reading" 1» the topic for discussion, and an Interesting program is being prepared. Officers will be elected for the year and it is desired that all members be present. 1 PHONE 7J for baggage wagons. Prompt servies. Penalty Transfor & Storage Co.—A<*v t Mayor Leson and the members of the City Council hereby issue a call for a meeting tomorrow THURSDAY NIGHT at the PINNEY THEATER at 8:30 o'clock In the interest of THE CAPITOL BONDS The Boise Band will parade Be fore the meeting and play during the evening. EVERYBODY COME for when EVERYBODY BOOSTS EVERYBODY WINS My HEART ^My HUSBAND Adele Garrison's New Phase of Revelations of a Wife Why Madge Crept Downstairs to See What Dicky Was Doing A S I walked swiftly down the hail to the staircase I heard Dicky'e volco from the door of the library. Madge, oh, Madge!" he called softly. I knew he was afraid of awakening the other members of the household, by this time asleep. I Ignored the call absolutely, hurrytn* up the stops as fast as I could. My husband's voice sounded again, this time with a peremptory note through Its softness. "Come here, you little Idiot!" Through all my cold anger a note of that voice tugged at my heart, pleaded with me to turn. But the affront he had given me was too freeh. I steeled my heart and went steadily onward. "Then go to the—" The closing of the library door shut off the conclusion of the sentence, uttered with angry in tonation. And I was actually glad of the gruff tone. I was so angry that I wished no quick repentance of Dicky's to he able to mitigate my wrath. It Isn't very often that I allow myself to be swept by such a white hot flame of anger as consumed me when I Anal ly reached my room and locked the door behind me. Usually I can con trol myself, and before I have reached tho unreasoning stage my common sense comes to the rescue. 4 But In the half-hour following my tempestuous exit from the library I gave no heed to the warning little voloe that told me 1 was Jeopardising the success of Mr. St'*ckbrldge's carefully laid plans .by thus angering Dicky. I knew that he >was perfectly capable of throwing up {the whole engagement If ho 1st his tern per set sufficiently the better of him. 'but I didn't oare. So Intense was my anger and pride, that I believe I could have stood aside and seen him destroy everything X oherlshed. save only my baby, without deigning to utter a word of protest. Papers Being Tossed Arosad. I heard him como upstairs and go ts his mom, then the familiar sounds of papers being tossed around, sure sign that Dicky was hunting something he had mislaid. Then he came out of hts room, closing the door behind him. and wont downstairs. My curiosity began to get the better of my wrath. Was he so angry that he meant to take the last train Into the city and 6tay there during the whole of the next day'« planned festivities? I listened intently for tho sound of the closing outer door, but It didn't come, and after h long Interval X opened my door and eoftly crept downstairs and Into a comer of tho hall from which I oould see the library door. It was almost dosed, so that I could not saa Into the room, but • 1 could hear a constant rustling of neper, which was distinctly neither the In the Evening Is the Best Time ti Read turning pages of book, magasine or newspaper, and It was punctuated by a queer, soft, swishing sound, the mean ing of which I could not guess. Modge Investigates. Thoroughlj' mystified I crept back up. stairs, thankful at least that he had no thought of leaving the house. But what in the world was the meaning of his que*r performance In the library? There was no use in speculating, how ever. 1 tamed my attention to get ting ready for the work anent upon showing me how #\veet and considerate ehe oould be when she tried, had written me a dear little note offering to hang up my thing« for I me to avoid their rumpling If I would eend my dross case to her home as soon ss I arrived at school. Then I. os Is always my custom, mads ready as far as possible for my de parture the next morning. Every artlcte of the ctothfhg I was to wear was In readiness, laid out where I could reach It with tha least trouble. As I brushed •nd braided my hair I thought Ironically of the pleasure with which I had antic!. PAted wearing tho modish suit and hat which Dicky had Insisted upon my se lecting. I had not yet shown them to him; Indeed, tho suit had Just come home aftor minor alterations, and I had quite counted upon the pleased surprise which I was sure would be hts when he first saw them. As I turned out my light and crept Into bed I heard Dicky's footsteps upon the stairs again. He halted for a second or two outside my door, then went on to his own, closing It. I waitod until I heard his shoes drop on the floor, sure sign that he was really going to bod at last, end then sprang out of bed, put on a bathrobe and slippers, and crept noise lessly downstairs to the library. The torn manuscript had disappeared, and the things upon the big work desk were arranged differently than they had been earlier In the evening. With a sudden thought I opened tha compartment whore we keep the muci lage, library paste, scissors and other accessories. The bottle of library paste had Just been used, I oould plainly see that, and the adssors were still sticky. Dicky must have been pasting to gether the manuscript I had torn la anger.