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Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
EASTLAKE PARK
Improvement of St rect Car Service and Summer Theater.

Manager sherman of the Phoenix Street railway and Eastlake park has been devoting himself assiduoIsly to remodeling things at the park and inn proving the car service, that the Phoe- nix people who remain at home this summer may have a nrst-class amusc- n-ent resort and the best facilities for reaching it. He expects to open the park theater early in June with a first class eastern company of recognized standing and run summer theater that will be of a high order and en- tertaining.
 The pavilion has .lIan carefully over hauled, strengthened and put in fine condition, both as to stage and audi torium. There were some patrons last year who were timid about being in the building in the event of a high wind storm ard for that reason it has been strengthened in many particulars though it was never considered unsafe, and has been thoroughly inspected and passed upon by Building Inspector ". R. Norton. Three new arc lights havA also been placed in the pavilion, one over the stage and two in the audi torium so that in the event of a fuse burning out there will still be others and no danger of a dark house as has freuuently occurred heretofore. Each of the new lights is of 1000 candle power. The park itself is being put in the best of order. the natatorium has been whitewashed and the sides and bottom of the pool have been painted with white lead. One advantage of this is that patrons may see that the water is clear and clean. It has always been kept clean but by reason of the dark
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
Ii. B. HALLS PROMOTION
Assistant Supt. Salary and Allt " .nce
 Division Of Postal Service.

A great many people, who are well acquainted with H. B. Hall, formerly postoffice inspector in these parts will be pleased to learn of his recent ap- pointment to the position of assistant superintendent of the Salary and AL lowance department of the postal fer vice, with headquarters at Les An geles. He succeeds M. H. Flint. who has been appointed postmaster of Los Angeles.
 MT Halls new position is enc of probably half a dozen similar offices in as many divisions of the United States, and embraces the entire Pa4 cific coast. He will be responsible for the disbursing of postal funds all over the territory between Fl Paso and Alaska.
 Mir. Hall is we'll known here person. ally, and is known throughout the Pa cific states as an energetic end con- scientious officer of the government. his duties of postal inspector having kept him travelling over wide area.
 He was chosen to precede President Roosevelt's rarty during the chief ex- ccutive's tour of the Pacific coast. and arrange for his convenience and safety at prospective stopping places. When Hawaii was annexed. he was com missioned, with NJ. H. Flint. then in the position to which Mir Hall has just been appointed, to tour the islands to aid in carrying out the plans for the establishment of United States postal regulations in the new territory.
 MT. Halls successor in the position of inspector has not yet been an- nounced.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16

found someone that recognized the pie ture and subsequently the writer of the letter was located and the letter delivered.
 Another true story of a letter is re- lated by George E. Mowry, for many years postmaster of Phoenix, the cir cumstance taking place long time ago. letter was posted in San Fran cisco addressed to a man living in Phoenix. Ten years later. when the Southern Pacific Co. was overhauling an old mail car, the letter was found in an out of the way place where it had fallen through a crack, and had been riding back and forth in the car all those years. It war forwarded to Phoenix with the story of it's finding The addressee had in the meantime moved to Tucson, which fact MT. Now ry knew and immediately sent the let ter to him.
 To slightly change the subject some interesting deductions are made from the money order records of the post office department fors the year ending June 30, 1903. showing Phoenix to be the metropolis Of the southwest and the principal paying out office in this region, for as a rule small cities and country towns receive fFom money or der patrons much more than they pay out to patrons the surplus being sent to the larger cities on which orders are drawn by patrons of mail order houses, etc. Phoenix. however, like most of the large cities, pays out a great deal more than 1t takes in, by reason of the large number of tourists that visit the valley for either health or pleasure and whose resources come through the postofflce from their eastern homes. The surplus needed for this purpose is secured by drafts on the New York postoftice, that being the office on which the whole country draws when necessary. It is shown by the records that in the year ending July 30, 1903. the total of all drafts by Arizona post masters on New York was $109, ,495 of which S90,000 were the drafts of the PhSenix postmaster. The total drafts on New York, of all the New Mexico postothces, amounted to only $41,371.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
WOMAN TEACHERS DEPENDED

To the Editor of The Republican, Sir: The report of the Mosley Educa- tional Commission of England to the effect that cnly men should be en- ployed as teachers for boys above ten years of age has been followed by a similar report from the Male Teachers Association of New York city.
 The evils resulting from the employ ment of so many women teachers, ac- cording to these superior male teach CTS, are many. Prof. Armstrong of Lon don tells us that woman, having bean the slave of man through her entire ex- istence. is incapable of teaching boys. but is all right for girls. We wonder how such inferior mothers can produca such wonderful sons, and espec'a ly when we consider that a boy inherits as rule, the personal and intellectual traits of the mother and the daughter those of the father
 The New York association complains that the "feminizing of the teao hing force" is the cause of there being SO few boys in the high schools; that tire maintainance of so many unmarried teachers tends to decrease the number who marry, thus preventing them from undertaking their natural work in the world; that men appeal to the boys sense of justice and right, while the woman appeals to the Child through sentiment
 They complain of the loss of SOC al standing on account of teaching being feminiZed profession. The lower wages paid women teachers is the req son for their being employed, but they noint out that the loss to the boy in self-reliance, courage, high purpose and manly character far outweighs the less wages paid the women. They recom- mend the increase of their own sala- ries, but not those of the women, to the end that men car afford to devo,e their life to the profession.
 We wonder it has never occurred to these men that the easiest and most effectpal way of ridding themselves of
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16

masonry of the bottom it looked stag nant and murky.
 IL is admitted by the railway man agement that the car service to the park in previous summers has been poor, owing to misfortune mainly, the breaking of machinery at the power house, etc. so that when a patron went to the park there was never assurance that he could get home again till 12 or o'clock in the morning unless he got in hurry and walked. This year, however the best of street car service is promised. The track through the center of the city is being relaid with new rails and ties, the cars put in good order and it is promised chat this summer there will be plenty of cars used to handle the crowd. But better tban all is the fact that the power house is now equipped with a double power plant so that should an accident befail an engine or dynamo in use the duplicate plant can be put in commits sion in moment There will, there fore, be no delay by reason of long waits for street cars. The company has spent several thousands of dollars in improving it's car service and light service at the park and has done so as business investment in the belief that if the people are furnished what they want in an amusement way they will more than make good.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16

the women teachers is to put all their force into securing the passage of q law requiring equal pay for equal work in the public schools, irrespective of sex. and then if the people prefer to have men teachers over their boys there will not be this barrier of wages It would then be the one best fitted to fill the position, rather than the one who could be obtained for the least money, who would secure the position The women know would be only tco glad to take their chances on this basis.
 This remarkable report closes by say ing 1t is wrong to give education over to class. If this association thinks it wrong to give education over to a class, would like to ask what they think about giving our government over to a class. Women are obliged to submit to a far greater wrong through having the government, which they not only help to support but whose laws they must obey, given over entirely to q class, and one of the injustices to which they must submit through tn s injustice is teaching in the pubic schools for from one-half to two-thirds the salary paid man for the same work, but we never hear a word of protest from the Male Teachers Asso- citation against this injustice. If they wish justice done to themselves they had best first exhibit a little of it tow ard their sister teachers.
 Elnora M. Babcock,
 Dunlkirk N
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
POSTOFFIcE STORIES
Interesting Incidents in Which the
 Phoenix Office Participated.

There are thousands of curicus a~d sometimes funny things occurring in the conduct of the postofIice department. as there probably are in all the de- partments, that illustrate the efficiency or the system It is probable, tco, that these incidents have a great deal to do with showing from time to time where Improvements can be made, and are made, in the system. Two dead let tel" incidents in which the Phoenix postoffice figured are Cf sufficient in- tecest to bear relation
 A letter that reaches the dead letter office, as everybody knows. is returned to the writer after perusal if the ad- dress of the writer can be learned and if not it is destroyed unless it contains valuables. Not very long ago a dead letter was returned to assistant post master Galpin for delivery to the sender if the sender could be found. There was no signature to the let ter, but it contained a photograph of woman. presumably the writer or some friend of the writer. That was the only clue. The face was unknown to MT. Galpin so he turned the phcto- graph over to the general delivery clerk with instructions that when any woman resumbling the picture called for mail she should be sent to him. It was only day or two till the woman called, was sent 10 MT. Galpin and got her letter back. It had been inad- vertently addressed to Chicago when it should have gone to town in Wiscon- sin.
 The ether incident referred to was similar in some respects. It was a letter returned from the dead letter office, and had enclosed the picture of a dead Mex ican child, taken in 9. coffin just before the funeral. There was no signature to the letter but in describing the hcme of the writer it was mentioned that it was a certain distance east and a certain distance south of the Casa Loma. MT. Galpin knew of only one Casa Loma which is the big hotel at Tempe, so he forwarded the letter to the Tempe postmaster, who finally
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
ABOUT THE HOUSE.
HintS to the Housewife on Pretty
 Furnishinus,

Furnishings.
 There is a beautiful new panne vel vet. with cotton back. which comes fifty inches wide. and makes a fine frieze decoration. A stretch of the goods along the side wall of the hall will not only give decorative effect, but will make the hall seem lighter. This panne comes in exquisite colors, and is an inexpensive medium for making handsome draperies, as it has a tapes try border Of forty two inches.
 Some of the pannes have stripes with a simmer of gold, whichmakes them especially desirable for doorway hang ings in a dark hall with frieze of the same material. Colonial yellow is d good color scheme for such a hall. as it gives the effect of sunlight without having the warmth Or red or the glare of green.
 Rope oort.eres still continue to be popular. They are shown in gradual colors. deeper above and shading light CT at the bottom They can be dyed to produce the desired color effect where curtains cannot be purchased to match the paper.
 The prevailing style of double-fa faced curtains, which are used for windows and doors as we'll. is a good one. Two kinds of material are fagoted together. or joined by strips of embroidery. This enables the housewife to carry out the general color scheme of a room.
 Cretonne is a material which seems
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
Indigestion, Constipation, Dyspepsia and Weak Kidneys

are foes to g O O q health. Cure them at cnce by taking the Ritters. r. n @ V CT ia il g even in the m O S | S evere cases. Doctors endorse it. Try a bottle. It is also unequaled as a preventive Ague.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16

The Shrewdest buyers in Phoenix patronize Dowds, the little drug store with the little prices. Opera house block.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16

 to be full of uses and possibilities, and is growing in favor. For summer de- corationsit is unsurpassed for draper ies. canopies, counterpanes and dress ing tables. Some of the newest ere tonnes look much like damask. Their suhdued colorings give rich appear ance.
 The colonial lace curtain is new. it has the appearance of patiently made needlework of the Brussels pillow lace type of 1900, known as the Point d'An- gleterre. These curtadns are especially pretty and appropriate for rooms fur nished in old mission, Dutch or colon- ial styles.
 Khaki has great deal to recommend it to the economical housewife for cov- CTS for furniture, and indeed for uphol-
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
BUSINESS woMAN's HONESTY

The frank confession of forgery by Q young woman employe of the Aetna Security company is both a painful revelation of individual dishonesty and, if taken in connection with other re- .cent disclosures of dishonorable acts by women in mercantile life. unpleasantly suggestive of a decline from standards of financial honor once admittedly su- perior to mans.
 Within a half year the woman en- beZzler has appeared in the news of the day at intervals if not with almost masculine frequency. Some of the worst allegations of usury at the timc of the district-attorney's crusade against loan sharks last winter were directed against women. The woman forger has so far been rare, but even her infrequent appearance in the re- grettable role points to possibilities of development which will be regarded with apprehension. Is Mrs. Flora Me Donald Thompson's charge that woman in industrial life is "a frightful failure to be followed by the intimation that she isn't honest?
 The facts in proof which the critics can cite will unfortunately seem more convicing to some because of woman ; relatively smaller representation in tho commercial world. The percentage of dishonesty among men in business em- ployment is from long experience pretty well established. Among women the data for it's exact determination are as yet so incomplete that each individ- ual contribution to them will be given an importance doubtless out of all pro- portion to it's real bearing on the Ques tion.-NeW York World.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16

stery of any sort It has all the quail ties of washable linen, combined with the beautiful sheen Of silk. As it launders well, it is admirably adapted for summer drapery purposes, and may be even used for curtains. Its color Of light brown or ecru does not easily soil. and for this reason it is useful for table ana ottoman covers and cushion tops.
 A Eew covering for the shelves of china closets $ os embroidered lawn. in colors as well as in white. IL is de- signed to go over the edge of the shelves in place of the once popular but inartistic oilcloth or paper. IL Is decorative enough to appear in the din ing room behind glass doors and orly costs from to 12 cents a yard.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16
HORSES WANTED.

Will be at Ambrose corral, Phoenix until May 22, to buy work horse and mare from 4 to & years old; must be fat. F. D. Nicholson.
Arizona republican., 1904-05-16

You can not buy purer or better drugs anywhere at any price than you get at Dowd's, the little drug store with the little prices. Opera house block
The Newtown bee., 1904-08-12
BRooKF1ELp.
TOBACCO CROP LOOKING FINELY

TOBACCO CROP LOOKING FINELY. Alarge part of the tobacco crop is topped and making fine growth. So
 far there are practically no green worms, with but little damage from grasshoppers and none from storms. The United States Department of Agriculture in the crop report for July says there is decrease in the acreage of tobacco for the country of P per cent. This certainly is an encOurag. ing feature of the crop and it is hoped may remove the slump conditions of the market which have prevailed for at least one year.
 H. w. Andrews returned on Tues. day of last week from the St Louis Ex-
 position after an absence of about four weeks. Miss Flora Griffin is visiting friends and relatives in Bridgeport.
 Miss Rose Shannon of Danbury has
 been engaged to teach the school in
 East Iron Works, this being her fourth year in this school.
 Herbert Kellogg of Pittsfeld, Mass, spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs A. IS. Mansfield. Alonzo Bowdy, the committee in the Center district, has succeeded in rais-
 ing enough money by subscription to
 purchase new stove, pipe, etc., and place an $500 insurance on the school
 building.
 Miss Jessie Wilson of Danbury has
 been engaged to teach the school in
 Whiscon1er for the coming year.
 Miss Jessie Henderson and Miss
 Jennie Brown, who have been the guests of Mrs c. H. Taylor, returned
 to their homes, last week.
The Newtown bee., 1904-08-12
NEW MILFORD.
AN ENJOYABLE PICNIC.

AN ENJOYABLE PICNIC. Glorious weather favored the St Johni Sunday school, Tuesday, when they held thei1 picnic at Rocky River. A start was made shortly before 10 o'clock from the churct amid the noise of tin horns and the waving o1 flags in conveyances of various kinds. Rocky River being reached, the children lost nc time in starting to enjoy themselves and when the time came for lunch they did jus tice to the many good things provided All say this was one of the best picnics ever held Much praise is due to the rector, Rev J. F. Plumb, and the ladies of the parish for its success.
 The guests of the Park View house spent Tuesday at Lovers Leap.
 Fl. o. Harris is entertaining his brother, R. Harris, of New York.
 Mrs J. K. Bacon of Litcbfeld is in town.
 Ara ngements are being made for an organ recital at the Congregational church, Friday. the 18th. to be given by a celebrated organist from New York City.
 Herbert Penny of Trenton, N. J., is spend- ing a few days in town.
 Carl Northrop has returned home after a stay of two weeks at the shore.
 Mrs Merritt Hill, who has been staying at Branford for some time, returned on Monday
The Newtown bee., 1904-08-12
WATERTOWN.
BRIEF LOCALS.

The purchasers of the c. W. & T. F.. Atwood business took possession Au. gust 1. w. J. Munson operates the coal business, John Taylor the feed and MT Upham the lumber. The latter has lately moved from Water. bury to the Bryant residence.
 MT Dunn of the East Side has very sick COW which is receiving treatment by Veterinary James Black of this will lage.
 Miss Bessie Brewer has secured a po- sitfOn in Waterbury,.
 The new residence of MT Gray is fast nearing completion and is a shapely structure.
 A. w. Dayton and wife visited at J. B.. WOOlson's, the last of the week, land called at H. T. Dayton's, Sunday. Fred Foster took them to their home in Waterbury in his automobile.
The Newtown bee., 1904-08-12
STEPNEY.
BRIEF LOCALS OF INTEREST.

BRIEF LOCALS OF INTEREST.
 Mrs R. H. Broderick spent Sunday and Monday at Milford Beach with her two sons, who are there for a stay of two weeks. E. W. Hawley and son, George, are building an addition, 2Ox3O feet, on to the south end of their barn and at the end of the addition are to build silo 20 feet high and 12 feet in diameter. They have just purchased a tive-horse power Palmer gasoline engine and a stalk cutter of Henry Sherman for filling their silos. MT Hawley and son expect to go extensively into the milk business
 THE BEE man was kindly enter tained to dinner, last Tuesday, at MT and Mrs F. w. Hawley's in Cutters Farms.
 Mrs L. S. Jackson and daughter, Julia Marie, of Bridgeport, were guests, last week, of Mrs N. J., Sterling on Elm street.
 Mrs Martin Pierce and children of New York are with MT and Mrs K. W. Hawley in Cutters Farms for stay of several weeks.
 Stephen French, merchant at the Depot, has good line of working shoes for the farmers; also full line of mems dress shoes in all the latest styles at low prices.
The Newtown bee., 1904-08-12
PUTS AN END TO IT ALL.

A grievous vail oftimes comes as a result of unbearable pain from over. taxed organs. Dizziness, backache, liver complaint and constipation. But thanks to Dr Kings New Life Pills they. put an end to it all. They are gentle but thorough. Try them. Only 25c. Guaranteed by R. Fl. Beers & Co.,, Newtown: Betts & Betts, Sandy Hook; w. G. Noble, New Milford; w. B. Hawley, Sherman; A. w. Twiss, Bethel; Connery Bros., Georgetown; G. D. O'Dell, Cornwall Bridge; E. Hawley, Hawleyville; R. F. Smith, West Cornwell; Peck & Co.,, Brooktield Center; w. J. Beehler, Brookfield; Allen Joyce, Roxbury Station, drug stores.
The Newtown bee., 1904-08-12
TRUMBULL.
AN ENJOYABLE PICNIC.


 About 165 attended the annual Sun. day school picnic at Beardsley Park, Wednesday, August 3. Dinner was served at o'clock, after which games were enjoyed. A fine time was report ed by all and great credit is due the committee, Horace F'airchild, Rev Judson Cross and Miss Hattie French, Friday night, the regular meeting of the Grange will be held.
 Mrs w. V. Garner and son spent Tuesday with Mrs P. B. Nichols. MT and Mrs J. M. Tucker and daugh- ter are spending this week at the lake. Rev Judson Cross is spending a few days in New Haven.
 Miss Blanche Munford spent Sunday in Bridgeport.
 The Misses Hurd of Long Hill and Mrs Owen of Meri0en are visiting at tho home of 0. B. Burton. It is rumored that the Henry Coan place is sold.
The Newtown bee., 1904-08-12
BETHEL.
MRS GEORGE F. CRANE.

Mrs George P. Crane died at hel late home in Brooklyn, last Sunday the result of paralytic shock which occurred about two weeks ago. The remains were brought to Bethel, Wed. nesday morning, on the the .49 train and taken directly to Center cemetery for interment.
 Mrs Eveline Dibble, widow of the late Hiram Lockwood, is spending 8 few days the guest of Mrs Taylor or South Street. Mrs Lockwood was for. merly a native of Bethel, Elmwood
 Miss Irene Judd is spending 8 week In Norwalk with her aunt, Miss Katie Camp.
 Mrs c. B. Marsh of New Milford has been spending few days with Mrs Seeley Taylor in ElDwOOd district MT and Mrs H. c. Judd were also guests of Mrs Taylor on Sunday. At recent gathering of young peo. Iple at the home of Miss May Cole in Elmwood 8 very enjoyable evening was spent in various amuSementS. At the :conclusion the party resolved it. self into an old fashioned country dance and adjourned to the barn floor and finished the evening in having a "OlAJ SOVu OIHlCs
 Lockwood, of Fountain Place, has a window full of shoes for ladies marked down to 89c. They are all right.
 Go to LOckwood's for your bargains in shoes for cash.-[Fountain Place, Bethel.
 Most of the farmers about Plum trees finished their oat harvest on Tuesday, which was the first fair day in nearly two weeks.
 Rev Henry L. Slack and family are spending short vacation at Ocean Grove.
 MT and Mrs H. Cornelius Judd and Mrs Sidney True and Mrs Samuel Wunderlich and children are spending few days camping out at Peach lake.
 Lockwood has marked down every pair of Oxfords in his store to make room for fall goods. Now is the time to get your bargains.-[Fountain Place.