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The Dickinson press., 1917-01-20
Mothers Doll Story
The Snow Fort

A little boy, Bobbie, once went to
play in the snow.
Come on, Sport!' he called to his
toy puppy dog, Fido.
So Fido wagged his flannel tail and
parked q wooden bark that made the
nursery seem just like a zoo.
Then Bobbie stuffed him in a big
overcoat pocket. and off they ran to
have fun.
Great soft white fakes kept falling
till the yard was full Of them. Soon
Bobbie tossed Fido right into q snow
The Dickinson press., 1917-01-20
Hunt the Whistle.

A whistle with a string attached to
it is fastened to the back Of n Of
the company secretly and without his
knowledge. He is shown another whis-
tie and is told the game is that he must
find who has the whistle. The players
now gather around him. When his
back is turned some one behind him
grasps the whistle, blows it and drops
it quickly. When he turns around some
n behind him blows the whistle. So
he is kept turning and turning around
and around in hope Of finding the whis-
tie which he supposes to be passing
from hand to hand around the circle.
-Happyland.
The Dickinson press., 1917-01-20
Fighting Evil.

The most truly religious thing that
a man can do is to fight his way
through habits and deficiencies and
back to pure, manlike elements Of his
nature, which are the ineffaceable
traces of the divine workmanship and
alone really worth fighting for.-Weiss.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-14
CANNING CLUB GIRLS
 UTILIZE SURPLUS

Recent compiled data Of the work accomplished bt the canning club girls of the state shows that a grand total Of 5363 quarts of canned pro- duets was put up. or this amnnnt lEas F quarts were canned vegetables. This fact is particularly significant for the reason that vegetables are con sidered very hard to can The total value of all products based on uniform prices ia S2.nIl-75. and according te he girls cost records. including labor. cost ot products. p4rs sugar. rubbers etc. .he total cost of production was +30@.}- CT 2 trifle over 164 ccnta Dor nuart. leaving a net profit of sI.- it9i5. Sixteen and three f0urths certa per quart cost of production is unusually high. but this can be ex- nlaired by the fact that in a great many instances the sroducts aD tt were not grown at home. but pur- chased on the local market
 While the above is an attemne to place an accurate dollar and cent value on the work it IS not reaaan- bic to suppose that all of the bene- Its derived can be measured in that manner. How can we measure th. value ot the work to the girls men tally. physically and morally How can We measure the good that it has done In the home and the influence | has had on the parents. first. to see thinEs m new light for the future welfare of the children. and second. 10 convert them to the new ways of doing things
 l.. S. PARKE
 State Club Leader U. of 4.
Arizona republican., 1917-01-14
CASA GRANDE

Mrs. 3ickley has been Phoenix visitor during this week. looking up the cotton question. She is enthusi- astic and intensly interested.
 Heiner Sehewel of Florence. he big Ford man of Pinal county. was look ing us oyer and sizing us up on Thuraday. He does not seem to know ny fords should come down while eNer3t other necessity goes ID.
 C. H Thomas of Los Angeles and L. r. Townsend of Phoenix. were Casa Grande visitors on Thursday.
 t. shannon. one of the progressive men of our county ard q solid busi- ness man, was in this busy little berg on Wednesday.
 J. L. Cox and wife were delighted by the arrival of their daughter Bertha, this week. Mrs. Cox will re- main with her parents for some time
 Among the several houses recently built In our growing city is the homc of Prof. Carl $. Gungh, the up- to- date band ma ster of Casa Grando He has q beautiful and roomy house just ready 10 tc painted. When completed. there will he few better or handsomer homes in this city.
 Miss II. l.. Hagaman a1 old friend Of McKinley's is here from Oakville. Ontario, to spend the winter She Is enjoying the Arizona winter weath CT. This is her first trip to the south west
 That cotton planting will make q large advance in the Casa Grande valley is evident. over 800 acres have already been signed up and about 400 acres more of good land under pump water the surest in the world, is available. Any person in- terested in getting good cotton land will benefit themselves by coming here are looking the country over, We think additional land under water can be had at the Toltec also. Some good leases can be obtained by en- terprlsing farmers.
 A. J. Vance has signified his in- tention to build q cotton gin here in Casa Grande in time to be ready for the present seasons cotton crop. Enough cotton has been signed up to make sure this measure On Wednes- day night the chamber of commerce passed q resolution asking the town board to provide q suitable sight for this industry. It is believed that the council will attend to this act Its next meeting.
 A meeting of the Phoenix Presby tery was called to meet in Casa Grande on Monday January at l
Arizona republican., 1917-01-14

Another Farnunl In Photoplays
 Love Never Dies" showing at the Columbia today introduces Franklyn farnlm SIS new leading man in the Bluehird photoplays Mir. Farnum is supporting Ruth Stonehouse the star In this wonderful story inspired by MenGelssohn's Spring Song" Mr Farnnm is brother of William and Dustin Faruum two names familiar to fans who Ylll be glad to welcome 2 third Farnum to the screen. Like his brothers. Franklyn Farnum has made an euyiable record during hls appear ance on the legitimate stage His youth and maniiness fitted him So ex- actly t0 the leading role of Love Never Die" that he was secured eape- cially to support Miss Stonehouse in lhis feature as well as many others that will be produced in Inc very near future. In Love Never Dies lie makes an ideal type If hero interpreting The role Of vialiuist who played as a child his favorite instrument that his little sweetheart might dance upon he village green to tho music of spring Song The passing years carried the little sweethearts apart. uut they met later under unusual cir
 
 of their childhood affection for each other, that there was opposition 10 thciT fervid love plans made no differ ence to them. and i1 spite of fractured ethics. they lived through many happy months If blissful hove Then came q sudden change. aud more years of separation and heart aches. especially for the girl who lived to lave~her one and only love In accomplishing the happy ending the Bluehlrd company has photographed some beautifully artistic scenes. and created an enter tainment of vital force and impelling interest. through scores If gripping episodes This phWoplay will be fol- lowed on January 18th hy eIntoler- ance. D. ". Griffith's massive pro- duction. which will be shown for two days. Mabel Taliaferro in The Sun beam, which contrasts vice and Hir- tue. will be the offering on January 18th and 18th. followed or Saturday by Bluehird photoplay. The Price of Silence. which carries Il mighty punch. in every act
Arizona republican., 1917-01-14
GASOLINE STANDARD
 SOUGHT BY CHEMISTS

The federal bureau of mines, at
 WaShineton, is enlisting chemists and
 mineralo@ists in an effort to define a
 United States standard Tor gasoline
 Among those who have been invited
 to submit their criticisms of pro-
 posed classification. together with
 suggestions for improvement of the tentative standard, is Daniel Huff, chief chemist Of the Packard Motor Car company.
 The hdreau of mines will find readv "o-operation from many sources" MT
 Huff said. Tt must appear to re- liners. .o manufacturers of automo- piles, and to motorists generally as quite desirable that a high standard he set up and approved by the gov ernment.
 There is being marketed generally nowadays fuel of low gravity. It is by no means as satisfactory as the gasoline We were furnished five or six years ago, before the tremendous dcnand of the present day was felt. A continually increasing percentage of this fuel fails to VaporiZe at motor temperature-a about 225 degrees.
 T should like to see the federal government establish higher stand ard than the gasoline now in use Instead of q classification including several qualities. the standard finally adopted should be an approval think, of onlv one grade It might we'll be designated Motor Gasoline. A complicated classification would con fuse motorists and cover deceitful practices. l should set the standard at ga per cent meaning that is vaporizing test 95 per cent of the fluid sold as IT. s. Approved Motor Gasoline would distill pure gasoline at lS0 degrees ccntigrade.
 "Of course even with sich a stand ord and a public educated to demand it. there still would be many who would huy lower quality fuels That would be their own affair. between them and their own motors
 Moreover, the automobile manufac- turer still would be responsible for the invention and improvement of mechanical aids to efficient use Of fuel Good carburerion always is es- sential Added advantages are to be gained from certain refinement. such IS those incorporated in the new aodcl Packard Twin Six engine. Pack l ard engineers have transformed the i 'as intake into q short. hot conduit l With separate passages leading to l 'ront and rear cylinders. They have ! stationed the thormlstat at the radi- l ltor inlet. where it acts most eff 1 'ienIlN In bringing the temperature | Y the motor up to the point at which | he engine runs test. The carhuretar 1 s set low between the cylinder ! 1locks where f is warmed by the ra- iiatlon from the cylinders.
 Superior engine design and con l 'taruction alNaN.s will tell what eyer he type of fuel used but it may 1ever count sc much as in the pres t 'ui daS wher low gravity gasoline Is | Il general use"
Arizona republican., 1917-01-14
Music and Drama
tcontinued from Page Five,

ttontinued from Page f4ve1 catching the diamond smuge}ers Who ply their trade in tie cpyos end oays of the tropical islands of the srlep
 This Is q ptcure that Nlll round out a fine week Incidentally the Hlp is dolling up aa no fhc8ter in Arizona Already it has installed many com forts for it's patrons and the ned Is not Set. The management annoIaee- several innovations in the very ln- mediate future
 For the winter trade while the leg islatoss are here the picture program Yill be aueumeniel with some of tho finest feature material obtainams. fhe immediate bookings include lala Wives" Whicl has been Hren1 hem away fer several weeks u Broad Waf iheIter in I.os Au.eles- Marvel n@s Aueisie' # another thlt is boa'lel while geVcral that are considered reui hits in ihe stropoiis are now being lined Un for .rnmaliate 4huHing To Those that recall C4hitia Ma iste Has D. m It's object was 10 receive the minister uf .his church rom the Congregational conference of Arizona and i1 place him formally in charge lf th.s opnsre=aiiou Members of the nrcsl Ntefy from aw were I.rt. Dirk Law Sacst.u md Eev A. J Irwin and ts' j. N Henderson If Florence. The Rev Harlan r. Cory of Webb. Arizona synodlcal missionary was al- go present
 ?. D. Cameron. one of the old Ari- zona settlers died ai his home ir Plea cha last Sunday and was buried In th" is' burial pl % on Mondag at o'clock. Fer many years he has been in the employ of the railroad comfanF in one catacity or another Al tte time of his death he was day pump man at Picacho where ne has been fo" four and , half years. com Ing hete from WHcIx. Seven years ago Hu accident cauaed the loss of an eve From this accident he never fully rallied bat was in the hospital a large portion of each year tll his death. He leaves T wife and one son to mourn his departure
Arizona republican., 1917-01-14
Another Farnun In Photoplavs

the wonderful giant who vas another Goliath.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
The Dutch Christmas

A little Dutch girl was told t
put out her wooden shoes an
Santa Claus would give her a pre-
ent.
Christmas came and she put OF
the wooden shoes. The next m0rl
ing she found nothing in them. Sh
felt very sad about this because a
the other children in the neighbo
hood had received things froi
Santa Claus.
The next night she again put OF
her shoe and in the morning sb
found little bird in it. She Gale
that her present from Santa Clau!
Ever after that on Christina
Eve she put out her shoe for SAINT
Claus to fill.-Contributed by l.;
retta Armel, West Ward Schoc
Columbia City, Ind.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
DO NOT WASTE

Let DO Not Waste"-be your mot
to. II every one would have this
for his or her motto, we could feed
many more of our allies. Do we
ever really stop to wonder what
our soldiers are eating? Think of
this when you go to eat a fine meal.
Why are we asked not to eat meat,
wheat and sugar so often? Because
our soldiers require these things to
keep them strong and healthy AL
so because these things can be ship
ped easily. If everyone would try
not to waste. we would get along
better One family may waste
enough to feed another small fam
lily. You can do your bit in this
way. Try it.-Luella Masters.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
SAVE EVERYTHING

l think we should save all th
food that we can because we don
know how long this. war will las
(although I hope not very long, w
should save all the meat wheat an
sugar that We can. We shout
have meatless day and one whea
less day a week at the least.
have been saving the tinfoil an
then put in the tinfoil box in m
assembly room. l have signed tn
pledge, not to buy more than fix
cents worth of candy a week I'll
the Christmas holidays. Althoug
I don't eat very much candy. W
don't eat very much candy and the
eat some popcorn instead OF s.
much bread-Clara Mote
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

ger; few feet away from it is
the Chapel of the Magi, where the
three wise men came to adore him,
and offer their gifts. 81
The walls of the grotto are GOV
cred with richly embroidered cloth
and many lamps hang from the
ceiling, the gifts Of kings and
princes.
The great festival of Bethlehem
begins on Christmas Eve at 10
O'Clock there is a solemn mass at
the church of the Franciscans. To
wards midnight a long procession
starts from the church for the grot-
to of the Nativity led by the monks
and clergy with the patriarch fol-
lowing. After him comes the con-
sui Of France who protects the sac
red places of the Holy Land. The
people follow next with a band of
soldiers closing up the rear Each
one in the procession carries a wax
candle except the patriarch, who
hold a wamen infant to represent
the Christ-child. The celebration
ends shortly after two O'Clock in
the morning-Austin Brokamp, st,
Mary School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

(NHRlST into this world mankind and
~ bring them eternal joys.
T E came His own, but His received Him
Everywhere the "No room"
ID OUCH and cold the Manager that Graded the
IN Lord and Savior of the universe.
T T was the worst season of the year. the road
bad and the weather cold
CFEPEERDS called first to the the first
~ Christmas night.
THIS the place eternity
had chosen for the birthplace of His only Son.
and Joseph knew the prophecy Michaeas that
1VA Bethlehem to be the birthplace the Messiah
A COMPANY of shepherds watching in the field
"A Mary and Joseph took refuge in the
g o He began the very night He born
~ to value poverty and to comfort the poor
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
RED CROSS WORK

I recently heard from a friend
who is Red Cross nurse in
France. She said it was very cold
and her heart went out in pity to
see the poor little French children,
haIf-starved and freezing, for they
had very little clothing or food
My friend asked me to show my
patriotism by saving.
The Red Cross women have
formed organizations and are try.
ing to help soldiers and all those
who are robbed by the Germans
Geneva Schneider.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
A TRUE STORY

Roberts little baby sister WA
three months old. His mother ha
told him that sometimes babic
cried for exercise.
One day Marjorie began to O.
and as her mother was busy 81
told Robert to rock her.
We'll, mama, said Robert, didn
You say that babies cried for exc
cise?"
Eyes" said his mother.
well, let her exercise then" sal
Robert and was gone in a minute
Bessie Pence, 6B, Columbia City.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS

In the beautiful story Of the first
Christmas as told by the evangelist,
we read that the Mali were led by
bright star to Bethlehem, where
they found the child with Mary His
Mother, and having worshipped
Him they offered Him gold, frank
incense. and myrrh, and here doubt
less we have the origin OF the prac.
tice OF gift-making in the holiday
season.
Some Christmas customs, it is be-
lieved had their beginning in Pagan
ages. 1t was about the time of our
Christmas celebration that the
Druids of old performed solemn re-
ligious rites in which the oak and
the mistletOe were prominent. The
mistletoe was used as a charm
against sickness and evil spirits.
With the mistletOe we usually blend
the holly and there are pretty
legends clustered about the red
berries, one of the stories tells us
that drop of the Christ-child' S
| blood at the time of the circumcis-
ion fell upon the green plant, hence
the red berries.
The trimming of the evergreen
tree is a special Christmas custom
and halls from Germany. We find
records of it in Strassburg as early
as the sixteenth century. There is
a legend which tells of a knight
| who travelled through the woods on
Christmas eve was startled at the
sight of fir tree decorated with
lighted tapors, some were erect
others inverted. and on the very top
of the tree an infant with a halloW-
ed head The knight appealed to
| the Pope for an Interpretation and
it was decided that the tree might
represent the church, and the
candles he faithful and unfaithful,
and the infant, the figure of Christ.
Herbert Markle, st. Mays
| School.
The Christmas tree was not in
! troduced into France until after
eighteen hundred, but it is said that
now fifty thousand trees are used
in Paris alone on Christmas day.
| Eugene Field relates a pretty leg
end OF the first Christmas tree. He
tells of how at the birth of Christ,
an angel was sent into vast forest
| to guard certain little tree, and
after protecting it for three and
thirty years, it was hewn down and
made into the Cross on which our
Lord was crucified.
There is a novel custom in Swe-
den which we have yet to adopt; in
that far off land pet lamb is trim
med up and laden with the family
presents, then turned loose in the
field or garden while the members
of the household run after it. Sure.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22

ly, they believe that IF thing
worth having, 1t is worth goin
after"
In this the twentieth century, Ou
customs combine those of all tn
ages, for we have the holly an
mistletoe, the Christmas tree an
gift-making, the plum-pudding an
Santa Claus.-Paul Mulligan, S
Mary's School
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
LETTER TO AUNT MOLLY

Richmond, Ind, Dec. Is, 1917
Dear Aunt Molly
| don't like this winter. Last
Sunday it showed SO much that We
could hardly walk around the school
house. Our sleds were covered
with snow.
Did it snow at your house? | hope
1t didn't.
Our hack wheels would ring like
bells. You could hear the wind
roaring Down at the school house
the snow came in througs the win
DAVIS. The snow lasted all week
Your friend, Charles Lanier.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-12-22
BETHLEHEM TO-DAY

The modern town is beautifully
situated On the sides and summit
of semicircle of hills. All about
it are olive groves and vineyards,
pasture lands and grain fields. 1t
is in truth a House of Bread"
There is no more prosperous look
ing town and region in all south
ern Palestine. The town itself,
it's eight thousand inhabitants, lies
a little off the fine carriage-rOad
from Jerusalem to Hebron, and to
reach it one has to drive up a rath-
er steep and rough road running
between garden walls and number
less buildings. AS one gets into the
town the road grows narrower, I'M
til at last its width would not per-
NIT two carriages passing each
other. For this reason the authori-
ties compel all vehicles to enter
the town by one street and leave it
by another. w.
The chief object in visiting Beth
lehem is to see the spot, where,
according to the traditions of cen
turtles, Jesus was born"
AS one approaches Bethlehem.
the most conspicuous building we
see is the monastery connected
with the Church of the Nativity. It
stands at the east of the village
and looks like an old fortress.
The houses of the town are low
and the roofs almost invariably
flat. The Church of the Nativity
is not itself large building, but
the converts connected with it COW
er a broad area. The church meas
ures about a hundred and twenty
feet in length, by little less in
breadth. 1t is one of the Oldest
churches in the world as it was
erected in the beginning of the
fourth century.-Russell Burke, st.
Mary School.
The grotto OF the Nativity, di-
rectly beneath the church, is about
forty feet by twelve, and the cell
ing ten or twelve feet high. At
the entrance to the grotto stood
two Turkish soldiers to maintain
order. There are two stairways,
one used exclusively by the Greeks
and Armenians, and the other be-
longs to the Latins.
Near the foot of the stairway,
there is a niche in the wall of rock,
and in front of it marble slab set
in the floor, with a silver star in
the center, on the star is this in
scriptiOn:
Here Jesus Christ was born Of
the Virgin Mary"
Over the star sixteen lamps of
silver are burning and they burn
here from year to year
The Chapel of the Manager is a
little to the right of the place of
the Nativity and is recess cut in
the rock. The tradition is that
Christ was once laid in this man