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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
FEAR SUFFERING
 THIS WINTERIN THE HOLY LAND
Want of Fuel and Light Ex- pected to Be Cause of
 Great Hardship.

London, Dec. 23.-Advices received here indicate that this winter is look ed forward to with the greatest dread by relief workers in the Holy Land, The food situation is no better than it was year ago, and the greatest suffering is caused by the want of fuel and light.
 The cold in Jerusalem during Jan uary and February is intense, and the scarcity of fuel is so severe that it is difficult to have fire even to- cook with. Petroleum, formerly brought in abundance from the Russian oil- fields as we'll as from American sources, is not to be purchased at any price. Coal, formerly obtained from France and Wales, is nowhere ob- Ftainable even in the smallest quanti- ties. The only fuel remaining is wood, and very little of this is to be had, and that at a very high price. Even before the war the wood supply had become very scanty owing to neglect of proper forestry work and the lack of forest laws. In many dis tricts even the fruit trees are being cut down to provide wood requisition- ed by the government for the opera tion of trains.
 AILuOuSn the harvest CIrOugnOuG Palestine has been fairly good, the people have derived little benefit, ow- ing to the requisitioning of all the crops by the military authorities. Sugar has long been practically lun- obtainable. There are no stores of food available for the peoples of the towns this winter, but the peasants in the country districts have in many cases been able to hide a part of their crops from the military. In the towns, the Restitution and exhaustion is so severe that actual starvation seems the inevitable lot of consider able part of the inhabitants.
 The Turkish governments intro- duction of paper money has caused great hardship. The inhabitants of Palestine are unused to such money, and have no desire to become accus- toned to it. In spite of the most stringent government regulations against any, preference being shown for coined money no shopkeeper will give change for paper money, and change is only to be obtained secretly at a heavy loss to the owner of the notes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
BUILDING NOTES
Ea,xNislIs6 Hs0,

Building permits representing III value s74,00O, were issued by the board of building commlssloners las' night.
 Open shed. east side of Main street. for Locomobile Co.,
 Store front, north side Of Falrnelo .yenue for Thomas I. Sullivan.
 Alterations, south side of Jane street for J. E. Waterbury and J. An munsen.
 Private garage, north side Of Roc ton avenue, for Filomena Marcelle.
 Remodel store front, east sic.s ct Pembroke street, for Frank Gia- quinto.
 Addition to garage, south side of Crescent avenue, for Wheeler & Howes Go.
 One-family dwelling, east side ot Park avenue, for Mary McGrath.
 One-story public garage, south side of Johnson street for t'rancls Oplegening.
 Private garage, east side of Grand street for o. Mathsen.
 Twdo cottages, south side of Mar ion street, for Theresa Neal.
 Private garage, north side of flaw 'ey avenue, for Johanna Hansen.
 Frame addition. in rear of store,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
CHRISTMAS IN
 THE TRENCHES

The first Christmas of the war was marked by temporary cessation of the struggle on the western front, and Britisher,s Gaul and Teuton feasted tranquilly, with no fear that shells or bullets might disturb the festivities Last year the spirit of the warriors was different, and they were as ready to slay the enemy on Christmas as on any other day. Mon- days celebration in the trenches will certainly be punctuated by the hiss of bullets and the explosions of shells, but that will not prevent the soldiers from making a merry day of it. Few indeed are the soldiers who will not receive a parcel from the home folks. The gifts most favored in England and France are cigars and tobacco, food delicacies, and wearing apparel. Many a poor woman has been saving her pennies and centimes for months to buy tobacco, food or clothing for "her man." while the officers and sol diers whose relatives are wealthy or well-to-do will be the recipients of enough edibles and "smokibles" to stock small shop. Following the precedent of former years, these will share their Christmas booty with the less fortunate. In Paris and London there will be little of the extrava- gance of peaceful years, in gifts and entertainments, for it has become the unwritten law that those with money to spend at Christmas must spend it on Tommy Atkins" Even the kid- dies are sending their Christmas candy to fathers brothers or unc1eS at the front. The buildings, cakes, tarts, and other Yuletide delicacies of the various warning peoples, will give zest to the Christmas dinner of the fighting men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
MOVIE BUSINESS
 MAKING STRIDES THROUGHOUT CITY
Opportunities Said to Be Numerous fer Estahlis..
 ing Theatres.

Motion picture exhibition in Bridge port is taking rapid strides forward in all sections, according to reports made by theatre owners in Bridge port. Not only in the central thea tres but in the "neighborhood" sec- tions the increase of patronage has been proportionate with the rapid growth of housing facilities.
 In North Main street the business is said to have assumed large and constant propositions with the result that plans are now being drawn for the enlargement of the Elite theatre, to include gallery and possibly a stage for the introduction of vaude- vile.
 Good opportunities for theatre erec- tion are said by those closely connect ed with the business to present them selves in the East and West Ends where established houses report large nightly attendance with pictures only.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

Christmas in Europe this year will be almost exclusively a soldiers Christmas" for civilians of all ages, ranks and conditions have contribut- ed so liberally to the various holiday funds, or in purchasing gifts for rela- tives and friends at the front, as to have little left to spend on themselves. All must commend this as true ex
 hibition of the Christmas spirit, but the oldsters will still sigh for the old fashioned Christmas of their youth such Christmas as was described by an octogenarian Eng1ishman in a London paper a few years ago.
 . 'I see the snow sparkling in the sunshine, and hear the musical ring of the skates. The punch bowl pours forth it's incense of fragrant steam; smell again the savory meats, and my heart beats to the tap of dancing feet. Those were the days when the railways were in their infancy, and the coach still rattled through the village streets to the merry sound of the horn, or numbered through snow drifts in a cloud of steam. Here and there were railways, on which third class passengers shivered in open wagons, without windows or lamps; while their 'betters' travelled in their private carriage slung on trucks. The old hostelries still fourished through the length of the land, with their red-faced, jovia1 landlords and trim serving maids. *+ And the Christ mas dinner! We dined at five and supped at ten in those days. Goose and turkey and 32-pound ham. a monster plum pudding. and toasted cheese-to mention only a few of the seductive items. Then followed two steaming bowls-one of wassail, with crabapples and cherries floating in it, and the other of punch-such as stimulated MT. Wardle to exclaim, Fill up! It will be two hours good before you see the bottom of the bowl through the deep, rich color of the wassail And now for a song!'"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
Sir Ernest ShackletOn
 Sails For South Pole

Dunedin, New Zealand, Dec. 23- Sir Ernest Shackleton, the explorer, sailed today from Port Chalmers for the Antarctic on board his auxiliary ship, the Aurora, in an effort to res cue the members of his Antarctic ex- petition marooned near the Ross Barrier There are 10 men in the party which the explorer will attempt to reach. Captain Macintosh and nine of the crew of the Aurora. They had only a scanty supply of provisions when twenty-one months ago, the Aurora broke away in blizzard, leaving them stranded and nothing has been heard from them since.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
THE BIRTHDAY OF AIDA"

Giuseppe Verdis "Aida," which has become one of the most popular of all operas, was first sung in Cairo, in the new Italian theatre which had been built in that city by the Khedive Is- mail, to commemorate the opening of the Suez canal. This Sunday will mark the forty-fifth birthday of Aida" as it received it's premiere on the night of Dec. 24, 1871. One of the most cosmopolitan assemblages ever gathered in an opera house. Europeans of all nationalities, Amer
 cans. Africans. Asiatics. white.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
BABIES AND DOGS

NEW YORK landlord permits his tenants to lead their A dogs the front door, but requires them remove their babies the exit created for garbage One fond parent resenng classification which puts his baby out of the leash and into the catalogue with garbage brings asking the courts to order for baby and carriage through the front door
 court might appropriately further, giving baby not only right the door, but the right to take precedence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23
WHAT IS THE GOAL?

NY HAT IS the about? Where the nations going?
 w America asks for a statement. Surely the bellger they want and what they determined to with the alternative of defeat The definite state aims would be immensely helpful If Europe knows fighting it should have difficulty in formula
 what it knows
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

Proposed increases of about per cent. in freight rates on lumber from Chicago, St. Louis and other points to Montana destinations were disap-. proved by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

Secretary of Labor Wilson has or- dered the release of Baron Robert E.. Oppenheim of Paris, who has been detained at Ellis Isand since his ar rival in New York last Sunday on the steamer NoOrdam.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

dog that wishes pass out at the tme New York apartment house need spunk If they had
 their aying would long since have been Babies before dogs.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

Raymond McCune of New York and Charles s. Miller of Delaware were found guilty in the Federal court at Wilmington, on charges of using the mails to promote a scheme to defraud
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

Representative Daniel J. Riordan of New York assured Robert N. Harper. chairman of the inauguration com mittee, that Tammany would partici- pate in the inauguration at Washing ton on March 5.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

Capt. w. C. Matt, of the Richmond fire department, was killed and two other fremen were seriously injured by falling from ladder while fighting a fire which destroyed the Imperial Coffee Co.'S warehouse at Richmond Va. ses-t3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

north side of Stratford avenue, for C.. Gardella.
 Frame addition, south side of Hows street, for Maria Romano.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-23

The Montreal Trades and Labor Council has adopted a resolution urg- ing the American Federation Of Labor to protest to President Wilson against the Belgian deportation.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-09

Young man-if you want to rails
crop of life's chickens. don't us
your nest egg for cake.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-09
SEND WOOD CARRYING
FROM VENICE, ITALY

L. w. Felter received through the
malls this morning from the students
of toy's Industrial school in Venice
Italy. an ornately carved wooden
card receiver some fourteen or six
teen long and three and half inches
broad. which he prizes veiy Mighty.
The receiver is the handiwork of the
students and was sent to Mr.. Felter
in recognition of a visit he made to
them a few years ago and the fnan-
ciaI assistance he has extended to
them since that time.
There is carved at the top of the
receiver two dolphins. symboIizins
the ma atime Importance of Venice
and below them three ranels for the
card holders. each of them. about
two and a half inches square. The
first Of the panels shows the famous
winged lion of ST. Marks: the second
the fountain in the court OF the Doge's
palace. and the third the bridge across
the Rialto. or Grand Canal. The
panels are carved in dark wood not
unlike walnut in hue and texture, al
though the main part OF the receiv-
er is made of lighter wood.
The student body of this Venetian
Industrial school is recruited from
among the orphaned Toys of the city
and the waits in its tenement and
congested districts They are tausht
helpful trades and the foundation
laid for them to become patriotic and
useful subjects Of his majesty, the
king OF Italy.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-09
NO SPRING ELECTION
IN SOUTH CANON

At a special mass meeting OF the
qualified voters of South Canon at the
town hall last Friday night it was
unanimously decided not TO hold the
usual municipal elections this spring
and to permit the terms of office of
Aldermen ]. w. Mckinley, Fred
Rouse and Luther Van Slyke. which
would otherwise expire this year,
to hold over for another twelve
months.
This action was taken for the pur'
pose of saving the money necessary
for conducting the election. which
would amount to approximately $780,
for use in street improvement.
South Canon is doing a lot of inn
portant road work. ON Ninth street
and the money saved by Withholding
the April elections will be expend-
ed there.
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the herd are now in a corral at
Steamboat Springs and the remaining
six will be rounded up within the next
few days. What DISPOSITION will ne
made of the elk after they reach here
has not been fully determined, al
though it is expected the greater part
of them will lie liberated in the foot
hills near town where the best PAS
turage is to be found. Three or four
of them will be placed in specially
arranged pen in the State park, oDpo-
site the penitentiary, where. they will
be an attraction in connection with
the zoo which the chamber of COM
merce hopes to establish there.
Two rolls of wire fencing, each
forty yards in length. have been or
dered for the construction of the elk
pen in the park The elk at the park
will be kept within a stron3ly built
twelve-foot woven wire fence.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-09
MRS. H. {. ARMSTRONG DIED
IN FLORENCE SATURDAY

Mrs. II. f. Armstrong, widow OF the
late Ed S. Armstrong, died at the
home of her adopted son. VIII Foster
in Florence last Saturday evening
from pneumonia after brief illness
Deceased was about seventy years OF
age and was for many years a resi-
dent OF Caron City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Armstrong. the form
er of whom died here November ?
1912, came here about 1876 from Hill
side. Before that time they lived in
silver CHI. Mrs. Armstrong was a
devoted member of the Methodist
chsrch the greater part OF her life.
About two years ago she removed to
Florence to make her home.
The remains were brough, here
from Florence Saturday night and TAX.
en- to Wilson's undertaking chapel and
the funeral will take place from there
at ? O'Clock Wednesday afternoon,
The obsequIes will be conducted by
Rev. W. J. Kidd. pastor OF the Metho-
dist church at Florence. Burial will
be at Lakeside cemetery. Mrs.. Arm
stronG was stricken with pneumonia
on Thursday and died Two days later
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-09
ELK WILL Be HERE IN
A COUPLE OF WEEKS

The herd of elk, which the cham
ber OF commerce is planning TO brin
to Canon City from Routt county,
will arrive here in the course OF III =
next two or three weeks IL the CON.
mittee having charge of the matter
completes its arragements by tha;
time. There are twenty-five head %
elk in the herd and considerable
outlay of money will be necessary Ia
make the undertaking a success.
which will have to be raised by public
subscription. The enterprise. how
ever. is one OF great interest to the
community and there ought to be no
serious difficulty in obtaining the re.
quired fund.
w. h. Frazer. state game and fish
commissioner. has given the elk to
Canon City and the only cost will be
the railroad transportation charge !,
which will not exceed one hundred
dollars. 1t will be necessary to fes d
the elk until there Is sufficient graz
ing in the hilis for their sustenanc ,
and the outlay for hay and other
proyender, and taking care Of them
until spring. bnitiing strona penss
and fixing up quarters at the zoo.
viii. Il is estimated. be some
thing like two hundred dollars
more.
Mr.. Frazer writes hat alnstssn Of
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ATTENDED MEETING OF
COMMISSION IN DENVER

County Commissioner w. A. Chap
son and w. II. Pigg OF t.ls city and
]. V. McCandless OF Florence went
to Denver the first of the week where
they attended meeting of the Colo
RADIO state Hiehway Commission on
Tuesday. The meeting Of the high
way commission was called for the
purpose OF discussing the annual dis
tribution Of the state road fund
among the various counties OF the
state. The apportlonment VIII be an.
nouncsd by The commiasion in the
course Of the next fsw days.
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will not exceed one hundred dollars.
After a. discussion of the proposition
the chamber OF commerce unanimous
ly voted to take the entire herd on
that basis; some OF them to be placed
in theNzoo collection in the State rark
opposite the pen.ten larry and the re-
y SosJer to be liberated in the hills
- Bldr" city. A committee, con-
sisting o.. ozier. Geo. A. Sale
and A. E. Wilson. was appointed by
the president of the chamber to fin
ance the undertaking. An amount
approximating one hundred dollars
was subscribed at the luncheon. As
the elk will have to be fed for a
couple OF months after arriving here
considerable sum of money Will be
necessary to assure the succe OF
the enterprise. II is computed that
at least three hundred dollars will be
required to finance the proposition
John Shaw. Jr.. chairman of the
good roads committee OF the chamber.
reported at the luncheon today on the
highway work that has teen done dur
Ing the last few weeks in the vicinity
of Canon city ard What IL is ho1ed
to accomplish in that respect In the
near futFe. He mentioned in par
tieular the practical completion of
the work around Soda Point; the re
pairs and improvements being made
ON Ninth street. tie improvements
being made on Hacomher hill on the
Florence road and the conversion o.
the old Canon City and Cripple Creek
railroad grade into an sntcmosile
highway. Mr. shaw stated that about
So 500 would be available for public
highway extensions and Improvements
In Fremont county during the year
1916. IL was announced at the lunch
con that committee from the city
council would cooperate with the
chamber OF commerce in inyestigat
ing the matter OF the improvements
Of the Canon City and Cripple Greek
road. which Is In bad condition.
Theodore 81. Harding. ehafrhEn OF
the committee having charge OF the
establishment of the automobile bus
line to the coal camps. made a re
port on the very gratifying work that
had thus far been done in relation &c
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-09
GOD BLESS OUR HOME

In years gone by familiar old motto hung many
homes, running something like this:
God Bless Our Home"
So much fun was poked at honlely old legend by
funny papers and magazines that has been rele
gated to the attic and rarely do you see It more
with the discardng of the motto has gone the spirit
of homecoming and saving uP-to buy home
There really may be connection between the discard
ed and the vanishing spirit of home oning but they
have gone out together.
In years gone by years thrifty people
everywhere had an ambition to own home Working men,
clerks, storekeepers professional office hodersa
who had notion of living long in communicated and
planned to buy home.
One the strongest recommendations for a few
years in any circle in life that he owned his
home.
business or professional considered good bus
his home.
candidate Office usually owned his home and
pared that fact before the in prominent
A clerk in Office a worker in any
branch of labor was considered to be of more value to his
employer and his community if he owned his home
coming the community considered it
good business in helping establish himself and
impression of pernanency by buying and living in his
home
Building and Loan Associations grew up thrived,
being supported almost entirely by those who paying
for honne-and by those who laying away order
that they might be able to buy home.
But the spirit vanished in a night, The old
motto. God Bless Our Home" pulled down
And the spirit which prompted people of all classes
and to plan for home OF their own has gnner
ing
motto taken the place the DID, 1t may not
yet have been given the stamp of pemanency by being
cheted framed and hung in the paror But the
is quoted by many. Who has not heard good friend
himself for owning his home by repeating
this legend:
It's Cheaper to Rent Than to Own"
And true as il may sound to some harmful
words uttered That spirit carried far will pau
perize the individual bring stagnaton the community
and stranele all national patriotism
An individual who does his own home is not
will community of rent
has but floating population and will thrive
Nation made up of few landlords and capitalists
and millions of will last.
Your own Canon City town knocker is home
owner
The Nations enemies, anarchists are not
home
The radical socialists discontented the tro-
bic making agtators home oners-hey pay rent
and the hand that takes its toll.
Here is worthy subject for and prayers;
work for the Chamber of Commerce and Town Council
One of the first things do building up this little
community OF ours is down the heresy, Its
Cheaper Rent Than Own. and to re-establish the
spirit of that old God Home" To awaken
confidence in our home the part of home
people To make this than it has been be-
FORE Home Owning Town. G. UH
.lrana
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the matter. He reported that sixty
four passengers had been brought in
to Canon City from the coal camps by
the bus line during the last four days.
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Some Women's Chrikuan NoFk on
Sunday consists in getting the chill
dren ready for Sunday school-anl
some leave that To the grandmother.
We all have our individual proh-
lens. Here is one Canon City
minister asks: when one OF my yes
trymen goes hunting on Sunday and
on Monday presents me with nice
brace Of ducks what should l do
with the ducksf-
a man who spends more for cigars
than he gives to his church doesn't
take his religion very seriously. does
he?
For real show OF art and under.
wear--those costumes shown at the
Opera House last Friday night. con-
sisting chiefly of hair ribbon and
parasol. beat anything we have yet
discovered In the Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
a fat woman's exercise often con-
sists chiefly in wishing that she was
thin.
Young man-if you want to raise
crop of lifcs chickens. don't use
your nest egg for a cake.
A Denver politician speaking OF one
OF his friends said. "He has pull
that would make vacuum cleaner
ashamed of its work"
Most every family needs at least
one tight wad to conserve the nnan.
ces.
A Canon City lady on returning
homo from fashionable luncheon
ono day recently remarked. "the most
attractive hosiery dinpalys are no
longer 70 BE- seen In the shop win
oown.w
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-09
SEEN AND HEARD

Some women.s Christian work on
Sunday consists in getting the chill
dren ready for Sunday sehool-anl
some leave that to the grandmother.
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