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The Prescott daily news., 1916-12-16
Father and Mother
 Christmas

TT was that sanguine Celt, the
 late William Flynn. says
 writer in the Indianapolis News.
 who remarked on the morning II: of March IS, the day following St. the ovation to the memory of & Erins patron saint. when Mir .k: Flynn had ridden at the head A5 of the procession, An now. ;S: gentlemen, 'tis this day we'll be- ~ gin 10 get ready for St patrick's 4s2 day-sure it's only year :I: away"
 K Of Father Christmas. with his lN arctic whiskers, we neither seq :R; nor hear until about six week Gs before the twenty-fifth day of .@. December. and then he >nmc times presents himself as pure. tp ly commercial character fam x; hoyantly in the public eye
 E. Mother Chris tmas. of whom eN we rarely hear, dear, kind heart ;R; ed, modest dame, who doe; %s good by stealth, is on the job :I. 364 days in the year, putting , this and that aside in som S2 cryptic corner 10 be brought :H: from it's hiding place at the hal Es lowed and gracious tmc W. & call Christmas. Whatever th :R; Pilgrim fathers may have ~s brought to this country they ni1lNr l,t.nI bt h , friyo'ouS fanc,cs we now tUinr F} ahout the day that celebrates x: the birth of the babe at Bcthle EI hem and the m irvclOuS mess l"c
 or rCGCC on cath. good wp, = v; mon Tho tcudrrcr tlin"s at A taching to the time came many. ~: many years later and arrived ,., as fir s the mi ld'e vet wls tES concerned. somewhere along ip ;k: the tfties with the early Ger K man immigrants.
 1 The first Christmas tree ever x; set up in this city was at tho %S home of d humble German Oh v: the south side. All alight with r.iL candles, it excited the GrcateSt Tr atteHtion in this community, aEd x: in the procession of Christmasrs E5 that have followed this singl ~. tree has been multiplied hy :N; thousands.
 tS Ire tree, with it's ligh au3 :w: adouin-. k an ancient custoa r.11i. in Germany. coming down from, TH the middle ages In this new $&; country we have no traditions. 15S Inc fine old customs cNccpt such .'%. as our immi-lants have bee. ~ sind enough Ja bring over .tu. 1s them, and truly none er thu, N i@ as wholesome fnI plco s'o- us. rt. hose that are attached to ~ Christmas eve and Christmas ;N; day. We have ~omc trouble 4.s perhaps at times in flaming our y%, lips to pronounce the ramcs that ;:,+ cote Co US from abroad for l'a z. 'lCr ChristmaS. lt is not cas x: for Us to say Kris Krincle a.3 cE, /Wh>u We have said il We hlv, 1f but given the beautiful tarm ": "kriSt Kiudlciu," infant Cr,ist &s after badly twisted fashion ., The French, who Use the term x; "ic petit Jesus" the inian, Es Jesus, dc much better NC #: save ourselves, however, Wi.A r.. the designation santa Cha Is lE which is Dutch for St. Nicholas
The Prescott daily news., 1916-12-16
Wrapping the
 Gifts

Are you among the forth. nate number who have com. pleted their Christmas Dur. chases and have them au neatly and daintily wran. ped and labeled and placed i'll a large box or a drawer to : await the proper moment when they are to rc started on their way by nail. mes. Scngcr or, perchan c, person. al delivery? If you are not , what are you doing with the little gift which you pur- chase or complete each day and add to the growing pile? Are you carefully wrapping :. each one after incl0sing a pretty Christmas greeting card with soft white or gay : ly decorated Christmas pa. per- One cannot help but feel that those little remem. brnnceS which are received all thoughtfully and artisti- . cally wrapped with bit of holly or poinsettia paper and bound with red, green. white or holly ribbon and choicely labeled and sealed with the . numerous attractive little Stickers which come for this purpose. mean more fin their s detail of taste and care than all the handsome and won- dcrful gifts which time and money eau produce without these final touches. Then !, make the offering as sim ! pie and inexpensive as you choose. but if you would con vcy to your friend an atmos- \ phere of thought and remem- : brance take Il little time each Y day to complete the arrange ment for each friend before s laying 1t aside with the other gifts. Not only will the prep aration of tho gifts take on additional interest to you, but It will make the last !. days of hustle and excite \ mcnt less arduouS. and then. too, you will not he piling a into the postoiiicc or the eX press office all your various :. bundles Ut one time, but will ! h" pr"narcl to start many : of thera on heir way in ad. : vance If the last rush and i thus avoid the often iacvita ulc delay which mean, u2lat eel greetings and, worse thaa all, packages which give the , appearance of haSty arrange ment and lack of thought
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The Prescott daily news., 1916-12-16
Christmas In
 Newfoundland

the American countries, none
 perhaps has more picturesque
 Yuletide rites than little New
 foundland. Even in summer R Newfoundland is seldom tour & iSt land-the men who come to S fish or hunt aren't apt to over X throw native cuStoms-and in H: the winter strangers to the out "A post" towns are few and far be A between, wherefore a Newfound " land Christmas remains today X much as it was when the first M settlers to England's oldest col N Ony came.
 M There were the old time chim- E ney and the great open fireplace S& the fishermen are largely of X English descent, and so there is S the burning of the Yule log.
 & During Christmas week, for H example, such fishermen as n were not busted doing their 4 fishing for the church"-that's 4' to say, dropping their nets and X bringing their catch to be sold G for the benefit of the village X as mummers. Bands of these E StrollCrS would meet at the R homes of the different employ I CTS of fishermen, and there were S festivities, ending in dancing. K It took one back in fancy to E the old feudal times in England, n for the employers are to these n fishermen as So many lords. 4 whose slightest request is their ' law. Once year at Christmas G tide the discipline is relaxed, S and the lowly fisherman might
 even enter the homes of their
 masters and make merry. 0 There on settle. beside the X fire, sits the fiddler dispensing 1 music for tho occasion. Host and ' hostess stand before the table sE and provide the good things "A There are Scotch whisky, port N wine, rum drinks first, always; f' then cake and bread, n whole [x ration of Dacon-other daintieS N galore Every home in New 1 foundland holds open house this sS day.
 3 After the fcastng the older A folk withdraw to one side to N tell tales of their lives on the s seas. Now and then the parish sS priest drops in to wish all the E con p.ire Us cf the day The d young folk proceed to dance or 'S To Ian and devise costumes for E the dances to follow. Every .l evening there is some frolic H or entertainment Ion" in the B towns, and as the days go by x each of tho mummcrs appears S: salbed iu d fantastic costume. sS But il is not all indoor fun 1E that they hold in Newfoundland . through Christmas week, bitter aS cold theugh it be. There are E outdoor parties and singing con- A tests, etc.
 N Along with the fishing for the Y' church. as already described, it LS is quite the custom in the "out- 9 port towns for all the villagers ss to "chip in" and present the N parish priest with a giant load
 
 2 of wood Felix ]. Koch in Gin. a cinnati Commercial Tribune.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-12-16
r our Ancient Christmas
 Carols
By Meredith Davis

TSHE ancient Christmas carol E Holy Night is German in it's origin and is considered by
 ,,onY. ,,,pco,,a (, l,o th, ,,,nct
The Prescott daily news., 1916-12-16

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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-29
RITCHIE TELLS why FRONTAGE TAX
Plan should BE BENEFITIN MANOA

says. Coast bond houses grab up
these Improvement bonds as fast as
they can get hold of them On one
Of my last jobs. in Santa Barbara. the
i.umberman's Trust Company of Port
land. Ore. bought a 100000 issue and
paid a $1,000 premium. Those bonds
carried bur AZ per cent and under.
stand the Manoa bonds will bear 6
per cent There really ought to be
handsome premium for the city in
the sale" @. :+
The Lumbermans Trust Company
has written three letters to Mayor
Lane asking for details of the improve.
ment bend issues. and in their last
letter. asked to be notified by cable
as soon as the sale date of the Manoa
bonds was set, as they intended to
send man over here to bid on them.
Byrne & Mcdonald another San
Francisco firm that Mr.. Richie mem.
toned as eager bidders for improve
ment bonds. has also manifested con-
siderable interest in the coming local
issues,
"Ifeit was a small contract would
take chance and go ahead with the
ed Mr.. Richie asserted, when asked
when he thought he would be ready
to have the first shovelful of earth
turned. large as it is. l do not dare
to take that risk 1t would not be
good business. This IL the first pro-
iect to go through here under frontage
improvement laws and there may be
technical troubles with the prelimin.
airy proceedings. or with the law itself,
that will hold up the payment of mon.
ey TO the contractor unless great care
is exercised
Test Case on Validity.
"A test case must be brought first
to determine the validity of the pro-
ceedings Air. Cristy. the deputy
city attorney, assures me that attor.
neys for the local bankers who intend
to buy the bonds will start the pro-
ceedings as soon as the bond issue is
ordered by the supervisors. which will
be about five weeks after the final
passage of the assessment ordinance,
| presume. freakish Judge, an alb.
surd technically, or any one of a
hundred things might hold up the
work. do not expect it will, but
must play safe, for there is consider
able money involved
"Of course II the property owners
pay up the greater part of the assess
ment at once it viii help considerably,
for it win diminish the bond issue by
just so much and make the money for
payment available so much the sooner.
AS socn as ! am perfectly certain
that there will be money available to
pay for the work, / will start it"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-29
Central Committee Tells lar
rett to Take His Claims to
County Committees

In spite of the fact that High Sheriff
William p. Jarrett has demanded from
the Democratic territorial central com-
mittee the certificate of election as
national committeeman, John H. W:l
son, who claims that he, and not
Sheriff Jarrett, was the choice of the
Bourbon voters, declares that he will
attend the national convention at st.
Louis as national committeeman from
Hawaii and that he will go there with
the credentials
This is but enc of several recent de-
velopmepts in the squabble arising
out of the recent Democratic direct
primary election. Jarrett claims that
he is leading Wilson by a majority OF
some Sc votes. Wilson claims that
only two precincts en- Hawaii were
qualified to hold elections. and that
therefore Jarrett is away in the rear
as regards the number of ballots cast.
The supporters of Jarrett claim that
the people on the Island of Hawaii all
were organized and active Democratic
voters, but that the rules passed by
the Democratic central committee
we're never brought to their attention
that they knew nothing about these
rules; that they thought they were
holding their elections honestly and
fairly.
From the McCandless Wilson head
quarters in Pauahi street it has been
reported that, for some time prior to
the election, copies of the rules were
circulated among all the Democratic
voters on the Big Island; that they
failed to live up to them in the re
cent election, and that therefore, with
but two exceptions, the elections in
the various precincts were null and
void. ="
But" said one we'll informed
Democrat today, If any politician or
group of politicians intend to DIS
franchise these people by throwing
out the votes which they believed
were honestly cast, they might as we'll
keep quiet, for the reason that the
people of the territory will not stand
for any such crooked work.
"McCandless would never get 10
votes on the Island of Hawaii if he
ever attempts to engineer such prof
ect. he added.
In answer to Sheriff Jarrett's lie.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-29
SupeI intendent for Contractor
Shows Opportunity for City
to Make Progress

Proper effort ought To result in the
payment Of the whole assessment by
az least IS per cent Of the property
owners in the Manoa improvement
district
ENCOURAGEMENT OF mainland bond
Houses would bring about a eompeti
ton for the bonds that would give the
city handsome returns in $1,000 or
$40. 900 premium.
Work will begin as soon as IL is
evident that the money to pay for II
will be available In other words II
ManCa property owners come
through willingly and quickly when
the assessment is levied, work will
start at once.
Installation Of the storm sewers will
be the first bit OF construction to be
done. This can start at days no
Etice. Equipment for the grading and
paving is ali ready in San Francisco
awaiting cabled word from this side
to ship il. II will take possibly three
or four weeks after word is sent to
get the equipment here. but in the
meantime work on the storm sewers
will be going on.
/ sAIl this information was cleaned in
a talk with o. G. Richie, brother oil
r. r. Richie Of San Francisco, the
successful bidder for the Manoa inn.
provement work. He is to superin
tend the work here for his brother
He has been in the hospital for the
last three weeks and is not yet fully
recovered. Better TO be sick now
and get it over with. than to be sick a
few weeks from now when am liable
to be pretty badly needed, he laughed
when commenting on the work ahead
of him.
he says that as near as he can fig
ure work ought to start about the mid
die of June. That will give me the
best three months of the year to get
started In" he declared yesterday
Mr. Richie has had "A great deal OF
in Improvement work on
the coast and is not at all ayerse to
talking about it. ANY Information
i have Honolulu is welcome to-" he
declares.
Frontage Law Like CALIFORNIA;.
He says that the frontage tax law
prevailing here is very like those in
California, under which he has done
much work. Il have often collected
as much as 80 per cent of the whole
assessment, leaving but 10 per cent
to be collected in instalments, he
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-29
WILSON DECLARES HE Will CD
lost. LOUIS WITH CREDENTIALS

mand the central committee has re-
piled, in part:
.'In answer to all of the above
claims - / beg to advise you
that none of the several county con-.
mittees of the territory have as yet
certified to the returns of their re-
spective counties concerning said cleo
ton; that practically all of the mat
tiers set forth in your communication
PROPERLY come before the county
committee having jurisdiction of the
same, and this committee can only re-
view on appeal"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-04-29

Preliminary arguments in the $500,
900 libel suit brought by John A.
Patten and z. c. Patten, Jr.. owners
of the Chattanooga Medicine company.
was continued in Chicago.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03

ont army shoe IL not strong onougn
70 stand the wear and tear OF service
In campaign. He urges a shoe vi
stronger uppers and thicker soies, with
nobnails and water-proofing
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
OFFICERS TEST RIDES
ARE CALLED FAILURE
General Darlington Recommends
That Practice BE Abandon
ed, Saying It Is Useless.

The annual test ride for field officers
has failed to accomplish any good
purpose and should be abandoned" In
the view OF Brig. Gen. K. A. CARING
ton. inspector general OF the army, in
his annual report today. The daily
exercise now required under the direc-
ton of the post commander is held sui
ncient to keep officers serving at posts
in trim. For other officers, General
Darlington believes n certain amount OF
exercise each month would be more
beneficial.
General Darlington also recommends
that officers more than forty-five years
old he exempted from the obstacle ride
as he holds 1t subjects them to un-
necessary risk of injury.
"Onicers who have taken this ride
for a number OF years and who have
arrived at the age Of forty-five should
be- sateguarded against accident and
excused from the ride" General Gar
lington's report says, especially as the
older officers would, in case of war,
be eliminated from reRimental duties.
II Is illogical to subject officers of
many years service to the same physi-
cal tests as are applied to those pos
sessing the elasticity of youth. The
field officer is now subject to the same
test as the Junior officers in the OBJ
stacle ride, and, in addition, takes the
ninety-mtle test ride"
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
DR.. A. R. MILLER
RECOMMENDS "ORECO'

Dr. A. r.. Miller, corner High and
Clifford streets, Detroit. Mich, one u
the most prominent physicians in th1t
locality. says: "I had a patient with q
stubborn case OF constipation, head
ache, dizzy, and complaining Of gas M
the stomach all the time had tFi, 4
her on q number of things with only
temporary relief. AS long as she wou 4
take medicine she would De all right.
but the troubles would return as soon
MS her medicine gave out. Finally
told her to get q bottle OF Drcco. T1ie
first bottle helped her wonderfuily. II
is over two months now since she h:l-
ished her third bottle. and none of hsr
troubles have returned, showing she. 3
curcd, have recommended IL to sew
eral patients with equally good results
DR.. Miller ranks high as q pnybtcian.
and words of praise from Tim ereal >
worlds for the merits Of Dreco.
Any sufferer from the ailments 20
common today such as catarrh, rteurIna-
tisIn. kidney or liver troubles. indige =
tion, should go at once to one OF tl,s
O'Donnell Drug Stores and get a bottle
and begin taking It at once. Health is
yours IL you only heed the advice II
others who have benefited hy Uraco.-
Advt.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
FORTUNE IN FEES FOR
NEW YORK ATTORNEY

NEW YORK. Jan. 3-Cornelius J. Sui
Ilvan, OF the law firm OF Nicoll, Ansble,
Lindsay & Fuller, has been aE1Nointed
by Supreme Court Justice Platzek to
succeed the late Andrew Freedman as
committee OF the property OF Mrs. Ida
A. Flagler. divorced wife Of the late
Henry M. Flagler Mr.. Sullivan will not
act alone, however, bat with the Guar
anty Trust Company. He is directed TO
fiie A bond for s. 100000.
Mr.. Sullivan's appointment will mean
the payment to him of many thousands
of dollars in fees. Mr.. Freedman. who
was appointed in 1904 by Justice Glider
sleeve was awarded an extra allowance
Of S25 900 In his last accounting this year,
and IN 1914 got $4,000 in addition 10 the
usual commissions. 1t " estimated that
ne received more than {2O0.OOO in fees
and allowances during the eleven years
he acted. Although Mrs. FlaSler Is now
81 sixty-hve years old she is I'm the best of
health and enjoys driving, motoring,
and walking.
When Mrs Flagler was first commit
ted the fund set aside for her by Mr..
FlaEler. consisting largely OF STANDARD
oil securities. amounted 70 &, ,O00.O 900. The.
last accounting showed that II had morn
than doubled.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
BUSINESS BLOCEIN
.GORDONSV|LLE BURNS
Blaze in Virginia City Checked
Only With Dynamite-Loss
Probably $150,0o0

GoRDoNsvILLE VA, Jan. 3-As-
sisted by departments fIom Orange aud
Charlottesville. local fircp1en succeeded
early today in checking the blaze which
started Eo1n after midnight and swept
through tho business section of this
place.
Several buildings were dynamited in
an effort TO stay the progress % tie
flames which originated IN a building
on Main street occupied by a restau-
rant and cleaning and pressing shop.
The principal business block was wiped
out and the loss probably win reach
$3.50 Co.,
John Warren. who had rooms over a
Main street store, was overcome by
smoke before he could get out of bed
He was rescued in his night clothinc.
Mrs. w. T.. Bolton, wife OF n Chesa-
peake and Ohio dispatcher. was made
critically III from excitement follow
ing the loss Of all her household e.
fects.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
LAWMAKERS FLOCK
BACK TO CAPITAL
All Really for Long and Strenuous
Session Beginning Tomor-
row Morning.

Congressmen and Senators focked
back to Washington on every train to-
day. for the reopeninE of Congress to-
morrow. Everyone's mind is made up
that a long, arduous and exciting ses-
sion is ahead. Many predict the pres
ent session will run into the short ses-
sion. which convenes next December.
Big international questions, prepared
ness and revenue legislation are the
foremost questions with which Con-
gres will wrestle. Government owner
ship Of shipping. appropriations and a
vast array OF domestic problems, which
have found expression in thousands OF
bills, are to be considered.
Because of the sinking Of the Persia,
it will be difficult to hold down
speeches on submarine war in Senate
and House. The Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee will consider the Smith
resolution for an investigation into
British interference with American
shipping and the Lodge amendment for
an investigation into submarine attacks
on liners. Senator Hoke Smith is pre-
pairing again to assail British policy
toward neutral trade.
1t will be many weeks and there Will
be lengthy committee hearings before
the preparedness program assumes
much clarity. The Ways and Means
Democrats will at once tackle the reve-
nue. question. They are at sea as to
what to advocate.
The session will resume with a great
undeTcurrent of political discussion nov
ing. Presidential politics is talked every
where. The most interesting phase OF
it concerns the question:: Can Roose-
Welt come back?" Just how Bryan plans
to attack the Wilson Administration is
also widely discussed
The Washington times., 1916-01-03
Wants u. S. Board
For Enduring Peace
Senator Lane Would Have Com
mission to End War At
Earliest Moment.

A bill providing for a commission of
five persons to be known as the United
States Commission for enduring peace,
whose purpose will be to bring about
enduring peace at the earliest possible
moment, will be e'introduced in the Sem
ate tomorrow by Senator Lane Of Ore
Gon, and in the House by Congressman
ShallenbeTger of Nebraska.
The persons recommended for ap-
pointment to the commission are former
President Taft, William ]. Bryan. JUS
tlce Hughes, Chairman Stone of the
Foreign Relation Committee of the Sem
ate, and Chairman Flood Of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee.
The bill goes into details as to the
duties of the commission, and provides
IT shall be accredited to the various
belliserent powers for the purpose Of
informally aiding them in any possible
way whether by mediation or other
wise to end the war and bring about q
peace of lasting character.
The Washington times., 1916-01-03

puzsle-till he tries. Then he is so
angry because he can't that he uses
up resm OF paper and hours OF time
and finally goes to bed in a state Of
mind which inclines him to throw both
his wife and the cat out of the window.
Oh, yes, It's simple little puzzle
so simple 1t is almost ridiculous. But
II you want to know how hard simnle
little puzzle can be take a pencil and
paper and try your luck.
There's nothing intricate about II.
All you have to do Is TO trace a con-
The Washington times., 1916-01-03

tinuous line that will cross each of
the sixteen lines In the drawing once
but no more than once. Start any
where you please and draw a line
through every line in the diagram once
and once only.
Can Il be solved? The Times doesn't
know. The man who invented that
pesky puzzle says II can. Maybe he's
right. But it's TOO deep for a mere
newspaperman, for every man on The
Times staff has tried 1t and failed.
You try It. There's the drawing.
Take out a pencil and go to work. II
looks easy but. oh, my!