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Connecticut western news., 1917-08-23
SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT. 4
Committee Confers with New Super
 visor at Saturdays Meeting.

The members of the town school committee met H. E. Chittenden, the newly appointed supervisor at Dr. Lees office Saturday afternoon.
 MT. Chittenden comes 10 this super. vision district, which now includes Canaan, North Canaan and Salisbury, after six years spent in the state work. For the past few years his district has comprised Goshen, HarwiEton, Middle bury and New Hartford, making his home Tn Torrington.
 He is a native of Connecticut, a graduate of Yale, and before coming into the supervision work was a teacher in New York. He is married and has one child. Already he has made inquiries regarding securing a house in Canaan, as he would like to make his home here, from which it would be more convenient to reach all parts of his territory.
 MT. Chittenden reported that the list of teachers for tine coming year would be as follows:
 District No. l, Miss Catherine Fin negan, Miss Laura Avery, of Old Mys- tic.
 District No. 3; H. W. Strayer, Miss S. J. Roraback, O. D. V. Barnes, Miss Theodora Scott, Miss Ellen Lindell, Miss Ruth Gaylord, Miss Mary O'Reilly, Miss Martha Wilbur, Miss Anna Waters, Miss Catherine Hamer.
 District No. B; Miss Charity Jen. nings.
 District No. 4; Miss Esther Lowe.
 District No. 5; Miss Augusta P. Lawrence.
 The new teachers are Miss Scott, who comes from Westtield, Mass, she will have charge of the commercial work and music in district No. 2.
 Miss Anna Waters of Danbury takes Miss Emma Kegler's place, she is a graduate of the Danbury Normal School and has substituted jr Canaan several times during her Normal course. . Miss Catherine Hamer of North Adams, is sister of Miss Ellen Hamer, who was teacher in the Canaan school Il few years ago She will take the grade taught by Miss Ostian1er last year. ,-. x
 Miss Augusta Lawre "e of Norfolk who takes No. schuol. is d graduate of Gilbert school ana is HOW attending the summer school at Danbury. s.,.
 The school house at No. districtis to have new floor and new single desks hate been purchased. aes <
 After discussion and careful consid. eration it was thought best to make no change in the dare for opening the schools.
 Dr. Lee reported that from his obser. vation most of the school children had been vaccinated or would be vaccinated before school opened. The parents had appreciated the importance of having this done, so that it seemed that but few of the scholars would enter this fall without having been vaccinated.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-23
WOMEN VOTERS.

The following is a list of women of North Canaan who may now vote at the primaries.
 The names given below are from the list of Mrs. Frank Hitchcock, town chairman of North Canaan. and Miss Ella filling, district chairman of East Canaan. The district chairman's work for No. 3 has not been sent in.
 North Canaan
 B. A. Hitchcock, Ella Brown, Anna Brown, Jessie Herriman. Mary Graves, Rose Imhoff, Alice Ford, Katherine Briggs, Ella Briggs, Rachel Weaver, Julia Weaver. Mary Black, Mary Tin. ker, Sarah Adam, Regina Adams, Eula Saygers, Florence Humphrey, Beatrice Humphrey, Meta Ross, Selma Lindell, Ebba Lindell, Hattie Coons, Margaret Flynn, May Boinay, Emma Anderson, Annie Ganci.
 East Canaan
 Ella filling, Martha Fuller, Florine Stevens, Elsie Stevens, Kitty Stevens, Ella Garfield. Mary Gaylord, Ruth Gaylord, Bessie A. Gaylord.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-23
East Canaan
MEN QUIT WORK.

About 20 Italian laborers at the Peirce and Freeman branch, 15 or 20 at the Garfield branch, of the New England Lime Co.,, and several men at the Allyndale Lime Co.,, at East Canaan, quit work Monday afternoon, because, it is reported the company re. fused to furnish them W ith beer.
 It is understood that the companies do not seriously object to the men using this beverage, but they refuse GO establish precedent by purchasing beer for them. It is expected the men will respect the companies stand in the matter, and that they will effect a amicable settlement at once.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-23

two weeks ago and it is thought that he bought the revolver at that time Monday and Tuesday he practised shooting with the weapon at the Smith place. He was we'll thought of by the Smith family.
 On Domis person officers found $160.08. The sum of $142. O5 was intact.
 At the time of the assault, Hiram Smith, father of Miss Smith was in Norfolk delivering milk at the Hill. hurst hotel; Lester Smith, a brother, was having in Colebrook Center and J. H. Smith, another brother, was working at the McClave farm in North Colebrook.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-23
NOW IN ARIZONA.

A letter received from Nj. L. Blod- gett last week, from Cottonwood, Ari. zona, where he is now located says i'm part:
 am out here helping build enc of the largest Shelters in the U. s. A. !
 This is some country. | w. W's. Torantulas, Gila Monsters, Indians Mexicans. excessive heat and cloud, bursts give just enough variety to life to make one think the Cosmio Pike Is a H. of place for an unsophisticated Yankee. Gocd.luok to the News and it's readers. v .
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-23
REWARD FOR JOHNSON.

As will be seen by an advertisem ent in another part of this paper, a reward of 5000 will be given to the person finding the body of Philemon W. John. son, the missing Norfolk treasurer and librarian.
 The trustee wishes to collect some 5000 insurance in force on the life of Johnson at the time Of his disappearance last January, and is using this means Of obtaining evidence.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-23

Tie question of the waste of tra Il. ing involved Tn sendirE, 6s regu)a soldiers, doctors or dentists who hay, been drafted has been settled by an announcement from the war depart. ment. Drafted men of these professions may, after they have been passed by the local examination boards, apply for transfers to the medical or dental re serve corps.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24
IMMENSE RED CROSS DEP0TS
Sixteen Large Warehouses. Established
In France to Servo Needs Of
American Troops and Hospitals.

To serve the American troops and
the hundreds Of war hospitals behind
the French firing line and to reach the
thousands of French refugees the Red
Cross commission to France has estab-
lished system of 18 large warehouses
throughout France.
Six Of the new warehouses have
been located in Paris, which serves as
the center Of the distribution system.
Ten other warehouses are located out
side the capital. Approximately 49,
600 tons Of materials are now being
distributed monthly from these ware
houses by the Red Cross commission.
Every kind of medical supplies.
drugs and surgical instruments is car
ried In stock for the use Of hospital
STATS. Foodstuffs, clothing, building
materials, blowing implements and
tools are also being imported In large
quantities for the assistance Of French
refugees.
American college men, many of
whom formerly served as drivers in
the American ambulance, are direct
ing the work, while the force Of work
men Is recruited from veteran French
soldiers and Belgian men no longer fit
for military duty. '.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24
GIRL RUNS "sHINE PARLOR"
Declares That She Has Lots Of Gus.
toners, Likes the Work, and
Makes Good Money.

AS the man with the dust.cOvered
shoes climbed into chair In shoe
shining "parlor" in Fl. Wayne avenue,
relates the Indianapolis News, neat,
trim-looking cOlored girl came briskly
out Of back room.
"Good morning." replied the pros
pective customer. "Where's the shoe
shiner2"
"That's me. I'm the sinner"
us that so? Well, you are the first
girl ever saw shining shoes. Like
the business?"
Indeed, I do. 1t pays me well and
we are all looking for the money these
days."
"How did you happen to get into
this kind Of work."
swell. 1t was like this. My cousin,
who owns this place, runs u transfer
wagon. He is away so much he had to
have somebody stay here and answer
the telephone and look after the bust
ness. He tried boys for while. but
they are all gone to war or talking
about 1t and it was hard to keep them,
SO he gave me the job. This used to
be a shining parlor and so many men
came in asking for shines that 1 de-
cided to get into the business myself.
1t didn't take me long to get onto II,
and now have lots Of customers"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24

unpleasant experience in the past. He
recorked the bottle. placed it under
his arm, and muttered:
"YOu betcha Guess they won't like
this SO much! Sprinkle it In their ole
eyes"
It now became his purpose to make
his way cautiously to the front stair.
way, descend to the front hall, and
thence, by the front door, reach the
outer air. SO, with slow and noiseless
motions, he put himself once more in
possession Of his ak and carving knife
thrust the latter in the breast of his
jacket, and, though encountered to the
point Of difficulty by the ak, the gun
and the camphor bottle, returned to
the upper hall and began an advance
in force.
He went forward a dozen steps with
some confidence, then halted alb.
ruptly.
What stopped him was something al
together inside himself. In the dark
ness green vapor appeared Though
not at the other end Of the hall, where
he thought it did) and there emerged
from 1t the shocking figure of an
old man lying in the rain at the mouth
Of wind-swept cavern. The vision of
the sawdust box-spiteful, like all
other visions-chose this particular
moment to recur to the author of
"sHarold RamOrez."
He was standing by the portal of his
own bedroom. Gasping, he hoped
across the threshold, kicked the door
shut, and maintained possession of
his armory. though, perhaps, not of
his faculties, huddled himself upon
the bed and buried his face in the pill
low.
It Is not altogether discreditable to
boy in the dark that he sometimes
initiates an ostrich. But 1t is unfor-
tunate, because, when one Is already
in the dark, very little relief can be OBJ
tanned by closing the eyes.
Penrod, burrowing into his pillow,
could see the old man rather more
plainly than II he had allowed his eyes
to remvtn open. He saw him through
the pillow and through the wall; 1t
seemed that the old man was lying
on the hall rug just outside the
closed door, and that before long he
would get u2 and come into the bed
room and bend over the bed and
But the Imagination baked in ultimate
horror.
Without lifting or turning his face
Penrod managed to sQuirm inside the
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24

strawberries in the yard took curious,
changing shapes, and Penrod kept a
wary eye upon them as he threaded
his way to the kitchen door.
It opened to his hand, revealing
nothing save by reminiscent odor; but
there was a dim light in the dining
room. Thither he proceeded, his I'M
nerved condition being at once i'm
proved by the sight Of viands and vege-
tables, for there was plate upon the
table at his accustomed place, and
food plenteous, though grown cold.
A conjunction of suggestions, oc-
curing as he ate, recalled something
like an echo Of Della's voice; gradu-
ally he became susceptible to an i'm
preston that his father and mother
and sister had not dined at home.
Then abruptly it struck him that he
might be alone in the house.
"All alone in an empty housew AS
the words formed in Periods mind, 1t
was as If husky voice had uttered
them somewhere overhead. He was
SiiCSouSiy SIdTlleu.
IAN empty house!" ..
At the upper end Of the table was
q part of cold ham, beside which lay
large, hOrn-handled carving-knife |;
and Penrod, after swallowing dryly
once or twice, lunged suddenly at this
implement, grasped it, and stood upon
the defensive. He remained in tense
attitude, listening; and there was no
sound either within the house or with
out; nothing could have been more
ominous. Finally, carving knife in
hand, he went back to the kitchen,
where he had left the Ak, and returned
to the dining room doubly armed.
Again he stood to listen.
Suddenly Penrod whirled straight
about, with ak and carving knife both
lifted to strike at something behind
him.
Nothing was there except the side
board, so he 'b6ut-faced suspiciously
again. Then, laying the ak upon the
table, but keeping the knife in his
right hand, he stepped upon chair
and extended his left hand to the gas
fixture, meaning to turn the jet on
full. But he pressed the key in the
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24

This tabled point, in the case of Pen
rod, was becoming more and more SEN
sitive every moment. He suffered from
an unpleasant conviction that he was
surrounded by vital dangers which be-
came the deadlier for each slightest
movement that he made. These dan
gers were, all the more deadlier be-
cause they were underlined; the inscru-
tible darkness held Secrets-and, put
ting out his hand to feel the wall near
the kitchen door, he encountered one
of them. His fingers very, very brief
ly closed upon something that felt
like head Of wet, cold hair. It sank
from his touch, and there was q thick
sounding thud upon the floor.
"Oof ~ .moaned Penrod, the question
Of going out through the kitchen thus
definitely settled, and when he became
again conscious of his whereabouts he
was on the second floor at the top of
the back stairs.
Mops had driven greater than Pen
rod.
He was sorely shaken, but not dis
posed to linger in the vicinity Of stairs
that led toward a kitchen inhabited by
surprises Of this kind. He fled into his
fathers bed chamber, bruising him.
self variously in the passage thereto,
and, abandoning his weapons for the
moment, slid his hand along the wall
until it came to q forbidden object
that hung there.
It was IN Enfield rifle, muzzle-
loading relic. last put to use by Pen
rods grandfather on day In the year
1863, and it was truly unloaded. Pen
rod got 1t down, pointed the muzzle
waveringly in the general direction of
the door by which he had entered, and
whispered feebly and TREMENDOUSLY:
"Now let's see whu-what you were
goin' to do so mum-much
He maintained this attitude until the
weight of the extended rifle became
insupportable; then he grounded arms
and leaned against bureau, breath
ing even more vehemently than before
His elbow touched bottle; he seized
upon it and smelled the contents-spir-
It's of camphOr. Suggestion was i'm
mediately reused by the memory Of an
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24

wrong direction, and for the second
time within that half-hour Penrod's
light went out. To person in his
condition it was a disaster, and, ut
tering an exclamation of horror, he
stumbled and fell from the chair with
light crash.
He was up again in an instant, cut
ting the air in all directions with the
carving knife; then he CROPPED for the
ak, found it, and stood still once more,
on the defensive, listening intently; ex-
pecting the worst and painting, with
an effect, upon that stiffness, almost
uproarious.
He moved about, and cautiously felt
his way round the table and debauch-
ed to the mantelpiece, where matches
were sometimes to be found In a small
porcelain slipper, madly believed to
be decorative.
A chill struck to his spine at verit-
able sound behind him. This one was
a faint creak, the result Of some cap
Hilary action in the wooden floor, but
so far as Penrod's nerves were con-
cerned it might have been shot.
Wheeling, he struck frantic blow
with the ak, which, completing fine
curve, miraculously failed to ampu-
tate the wielder's left foot at the
ankle, but, as an incident, permanent
~ relieved all members Of the house
hold from troubling to put any more
matches in the porcelain slipper.
Thereupon Penrod decided to 60
outdoors. The decision itself was a
simple matter; action upon 1t was de-
ferred because of extreme hesitation
to move, at all. But after gruesome
period of inertia he began to tiptoe
backward in the direction Of the door,
keeping his eyes, ax and carving knife
warily toward where the villainOus
creak had sounded. Thus retrogress-
ing, he presently found himself in the
side hall, which separated all the front
part Of the roomy, old-fashioned house
from the dining room and kitchen.
The doors leading to the forward
rooms were closed, and the thought of
opening them filed him with horror;
in his minds eye he saw them, gaunt,
huge, full Of black shapes Of furniture,
lurking places that might conceal
anything!
An empty house in the nighttime
has few attractions for a boy. In
closed darkness sickens his soul and
likewise has a discouraging physical
effect; climaxing in the p.t Of his
stomach-which Is the seat Of courage.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24

all the empty rooms md vacant halls
and passages. BURGLARS had opened
the door and looked sc him.
Stop! Had they only looked 81 Elm?
Had one of them come in the room
when the door opened? Was he there
now?
Or was 1t the old man?
That finished Penrod.
With a SCATTERING yell of terror he
sprang from the bed. clutching all his
armory somehow and anyhow; got the
door open, plunged blindly through the
hall and down the front stairs to the
landing, where he tripped over The
stock of his gun and fell oil the rest of
the way. believing outrageously and
accompanied by the rifle, the camphOr
bottle and the carving knife and the
Ak. .
It sounded like the Elffel tower fall
ing downstairs. .-..
He came to pause in sitting pos
ture at the foot Of the newell. The
hall was brightly lighted. So were
these rooms issued sounds Of sudden
confusion and disturbance. His moth
err rushed to him through the near
est door.
"PenrOd! What on earth"
Then through the open front door
came Margaret and four young men
who had been spending the evening
with her on the front porch.
Then. following Periods mother,
came three Of Periods aunts. one
uncle, and eleven other alarmed ladies
and gentlemen, most Of them holding
cards in their hands.
Then through the door of another
room came Periods father, three Of
PenrOd's uncles, one aunt and the
eleven remaining members Of the
Thursday Evening Bridge club, the
hospitable superintendent Of which
organization had occupied most of
Mrs. Schofield's time that evening aft
err her return, with her husband and
daughter, from dining with an elderly
relative.
Over the banister above leaned
Della Tin extreme negligeel, and Della
likewise demanded to know, What on
earth! Then, by means Of the back
hall and the back stairs, Katie and
an alleged cousin, who had been sit
ting quietly on the back porch, Joined
Della. Katie also wanted to know,
What on earth!
"What Is the matter, Penrod?" his
mother walled.
Penrod coughed, gulped, and an
swered feebly:
"Just-playing
"But what made you get up?" his
mother cried.
"Get up-whereW
"Out Of bed! slipped away and
looked in your room awhile ago and
you were sound asleep. What did you
get up and dress for and
~ was just pretending"
"Pretending what?"
"Just pretending"
He answered absently and in a pre-
occupied tone, his mind having some
what centered upon the number Of
human beings in the circle about him.
AS his mother remarked afteward,
there were more people in the house
that evening than she had entertained
for years. Including the family and
Margaret's callers there were 33. she
said.
At that she forgot to count Penrod
and Della and Katie, and Katie's
cousin.
Altogether there were 81.
"Mom-muh?" Penrod began us he
rose from the floor.
"You put those things away" COM
manded his father.
"Mom-muh?"
"And then you go straight to bed!"
his father concluded sternly.
"MOm-muh, aren't you going b
have Ice cream?"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24
War Economy.

Sandy and Pat were discussing tho
economies Of their respective land
ladies. "Indade," said Pat. "the other
day saw that wumman O'Grady
countin' the peas to put In the broth"
"Och," replied Sandy, where ! am
the landlady melts the margarine an
paints 1t on yer bread WI q brush!''
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24
Exercise.

"Don't you think every man should
devote some time to physical culture?'
mot In my particular field Of ac-
tivity." replied Senator Sorghum. If
oil legislators went in for ply steal cul-
ture as well as intellectual develop
ment some Of these debates might end
in a personal encounter that really
hurt somebody"
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24
Very Much So.

"That singers voice has great carry
Ing power, hasn't it,
1T ought to have fe supports his
U,vn and his wife's family. TOO, on it,
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1917-11-24
Bad Marksnan.

Bad Marksman.
"What Is the chief aim Of Jobling's
existencew
Making money"
But he's always hard up"
quite true. His aim Is POOR"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-02-09

New Mexico labels rarely appear
an the articles on sale by the grocer.
the butcher, the habcrdasher. the
dealer in hardware. dry goods and
LET goods. In other words what the
people of New Mexico eat. wear. and
drink. is very largely imported from
other states.
The income. of the mines. live stock,
hay, fruit, etc, is sent away Ia build
~ industries IN other communtie, :.
Such II condition is no longer defensi-
HE in state that has ~ many and
varied resources ~ New Mexico.
Wheat is n standard crop and of u
rade high enough To make the best
Tour. The area adopted 10 wheat
l. extensive enough To grow the grain
necessary Tor many FIGURING mills.
Butter. cheese. aud condensed milk
imports IN 1916 totalled more than
5000. 10000. There never was a
better country for dairying than New
Mexico.
Poultry products We're imported to
the amount of $1,000, 0O0.0 IN 1916.
Every one knows how readily poultry
al all kinds NAV be raised in New
Mexico.
Fresh meats are shipped ia IN Al
large scale. Hardly meat market
N the state handles exclusively beet.
mutton. and pork fattcned ut home.
In 1916 210.OOO head of cattle and
Ss6.SsJ head oi sheep were -hi,p,d
ant To be- finished by enterprisine
feeders IN other states.
The erocers sell imported veeota-
Dcsl aud imported canned goods Even
onions are shipped in though New
Mexico crows prizc winning D,hia
onion, ard other standard varieties.
acck over the grocer's stock of
GODS and note that the greater pro-
priion could be proiitablv produced
IN ',N Mckee
Flour. butter, cheese. condensed
ilk, eggs, beef, mutton. pork, sugar.
canned fruits and vegetables. and 50
~ down the list can he successfully
PRODUCED in New Mexico. So can
iran, shorts, alfalfa meal. corn
chops. aud other imported feeds.
An increased production of these
thing, will not come of itself soon.
II will demand enterprise. II will re-
cure the concerted action of the
banker, the business man. the farmer.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-02-09

Administrators Notice.
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE
COUNTY OF LUNA, STATE OF
NEW MEXlCO.

In the matter Of the estate of Ethel
ena l. Doran, deceased.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
The undersigned administrator OF
the Estate of Ethelena |. Doran, de-
ceased, hereby gives public notice
that on Monday, the fifth day of
March. A. D. 1917, at ten o'clock in
the forenoon of said day, at the
Court House in the Village of Dem
ing, County of Luna, State Of New
Mexico, he will apply to said Court
for an order of approval of his final
account and report, on ca : 49,.
cause, and for his discharge as such
administrator.
JAMES II. DORIAN,
Administrator.
A. w. POLLARD,
Attorney for Administrator.
Jan 19-Feb 8.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1917-02-09
Notice of Nearing
No. lis
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE
COUNTY OF LUNA, STATE OF
NEW MEXICO.

In the matter of the estate Of Charles
c. Miller, deceased.
TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY con-
Germ, and especially to all who are
interested in the Estate of Charles
c. Miller, deceased, late of the Coun-
ty of Luna, State of New Mexico,
and to all heirs of the said Charles
{. Miller, deceased:
You and each of you are hereby
notified that a copy of the VIII Of
said Charles c. Miller, deceased, to-
gether with petition asking that the
said Will be admitted to Probate, has
been filed ut the office of the Pro-
bate Clerk of said County, and that
on the 9Th day Of March, A. ID. 1917,
at the hour of 10 o'clock in the fore