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tary's hands III day. going back
home" There were entertainments,
lectures, religious meetings, Bible
classes and educational classes in some
tent every day. and it is in the Y. NJ
&. AS favor that the entertainments
and the religious meetings were closer
rivals than any others.
When the naval militia was called
to guard the approaches to New York
city the Y. NJ. c. a. offered its services
at once. bedrooms. writing material
rooms to write in, baths. and all kinds
of comforts and conveniences The
Brooklyn navy yard branch of the y.
NJ. G. a. became headquarters, and an
entire company now lodges there. gets
its food there, and the guard was even
mustered there. Guardians of the Will
liamsourg bridge are cared for at the
eastern district branch, much to the
pleasure of the commandant. who ad
mitted that the building used for this
purpose previously was insanitary.
The Y. NJ. G. A. is ready, and has been
for some time, to continue the work
begun on the border and to go on with
IT in whatever proportion conditions de-
mand. They are waiting only for
telegram to show their hand" They
are confident that their plans will in
spire men who are able to give money
to the cause with confidence, and they
do not anticipate limitations. One
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for the temptations of an army in the
orient were not only waiting but seek
ing, and Jessop went to work while the
iron was hot. He got hold of a public
garden and in a very short time he
saw thousands of men writing letters
back home" thousands of men placed
in commodious positions where they
could enjoy one of the many entertain
ments now put on for their benefit. On
one of the first afternoons the place
was open 10000 cups of tea Were sold
The military authorities turned over
large building which had been in
operation as a board of trade. and at
the time of transfer was 4 hotel They
also gave $1,000 to the association to
equip it with beds and other furnish
ings-
One hundred and fifty miles from the
Nile, in the Libyan desert. there is a
secretary in a British camp, There are
the very toughest of rations terrific
heat, and as one of the worst hard
ships, even the water is portioned out
The sand is terrible to march through
and the dread duilness of desert life is
killing. This secretary is a soldier, u
soldier of the Y. NJ. C. A.
Among scattered camps secretaries
travel by camel, and boats on the Suez
now fly the symbol of the association
as unchalienged as the Red Cross.
Some Of the secretarial force abroad
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war and the millstones lay at the site of
the mill for many years.
After passing the Surratt-Condon
mill site the road passes through the
ancient Addison tract of Pasture and
Gleanings. wooded hillside bordering
the road on the east and low meadow
land on the west. The old tract of
Pasture and Gleanings is now cut up
into lots for homemakers and home
seekers. and quite number of new
houses have been set UP on it. The
road passes on across the southeast
boundary line of the District by Rose
croft the home of John E Powell. one
of the beautiful homes in the environs
of Washington. Then it continues it's
course southerly through woods and
between hills, winding this way and
that way to find the easiest grades. and
passes by a landmark of the section
called Gregory's store. This road ends
on connecting with the old road from
Silver Hill to Addisons Ferry, by way
of ST. Barnabas' Church, Grimes store
and OXon Hill mansion.
The road no longer runs down to the
ferry, but turns south where the ruins
of OXon Hill mansion lie among the
vines and trees and goes on to Broad
creek and Piscataway If. instead of
turning into the New Cut road below
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thousand secretaries of association
branches have been selected to go
forth to the work. besides four men
from every station. experienced men
from the North American Association.
There are 1000 stations.
The secretary said: "our program is
prepared / wish to touch upon what
the Washington branch has done i'll
instance, our 5000 men taking physi-
cal exercise. scientifically. That is to-
ward physical fitness. and. therefore,
war fitness.
These men are from every walk in
life, professional men, 1aborers. all
kinds and manners of men. All join
together in this physical training. [
want to make a strong point of the fact
that the association here is at all times
and under all conditions the welcom-
ing headquarters for enlisted men. We
keep open house for all soldiers. All
that man needs to do TO get hospi-
tality at the Y. NJ. c. A is to wear such
a garb. We have some sort of enter
tainment every night, moving pictures
being the favorite."
One of the secretaries doing war
work abroad is a man who used to be
an errand boy in a Washington depart
ment store. Another American, Will
liam Jessop. has been in Cairo, Egypt.
for several years. helping establish
station. He anticipated the day when
soldiers should come to guard the SueZ
which he realized was ground for
strategy, and the sesame not only to
the riches of India, but the whole of
Australia, Then all at once, sc, 900 Aus
tralians arrived in Cairo to camp in
the neighborhood of the pyramids.
There was vast need of a y. NJ. c. A,
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grown with trees and wild shrubbery.
there is a road which strikes off to the
left or southeast 1t is the road that
most persons travelling south or north
in that part of the District use-the
new-old road named by engineers and
map makers the Livingston road and
called by the old settlers in the region
the New Cut road.
1t crosses the valley of Oxon run. where
long before the civil war stood Surratts S
mill John Surratt, ST., and his wife,
whose maiden name was Annie Jenkins,
lived in n frame house near the mill and
the Surratt children, according to the be-
lief of the Rambler, were born there. The
house burned down. though the mill sur
vived and soon after, the Surratt family
moved to n point where the road from
Washington by way of the Navy Yard
bridge. Good Hope, Redd's Corner. I b
and Brandywine to the Patuxent river or
the lower Potomac river was crossed by
an ancient road running from the village
of Piscataway to the Marlboro road, that
road which runs from Washington to
Marlboro by way of Forestville.
The Surratts. where they settled at the
crossing of the roads. opened II tavern
and the place soon came to be called Sur
rattsville, 1t is SO called by all the old
residents in that part of the country to-
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are from the most famous universities
of the world; Princeton, Oxford and
Cambridge are we'll represented. and
there are several Rhodes scholars
There are more than sixty Y. NJ. c. A.
centers in Egypt alone. and, because
OF conditions arising out OF the war,
there are perhaps twenty centerS along
the Suez canal. with almost forty sec
retaries. Superintending these far
scattered camps is an enormous task
When one considers that the canteen
department has to be supplied by
camel caravan, that the sales ranging
from to 5 cents reach sl00,000 month
1y and that the desert branches of the
association greatly facilitate these mat
ters for the army, 81 little of the wide
ness Of Y. NJ. c. A. work on foreign
shores can be imagined.
On Salisbury plains. the great train
ing center of England. many thou
SANDS OF soldiers come to association
centerS as guests. The usual cup of
Yea. roll and some jam. with a place
10 write letter back home then some
merry entertainment. coupled with n
sympathetic talk, according to one
soldier out of London, makes a man
feel like new"
The International secretary of France
ana Italy of the war prisoners aid di-
vision, Dri II. Davis, said of the as
sociation in a letter: we are trying
10 break the monotony for men who
are prisoners of war. We have dis
ent languages. TO prisoners. We have
small circulating libraries reaching out
INTO the remote districts and little pub
Hc nails erected in isolated camps To
most All OF the zoe depots for prisoners
IN france ana Italy and to many work
ing squads We have taken a part if not
all' the instruments necessary for q
small orchestra
Ihe association work for Italian
soldiers began in very small wav.
over q year ago, i'll some of the cities
IKE Rome, Naples and Milan About
hlhe months ago in fear and trembling
We opened small room for soldiers in
naples soon the place was crowded
sometimes standing room on the side
walk Is at n premium. Some soldiers
walk hve miles and others come twice
as iar Dy street car to get their letters
or write one"
There are two negro secretaries who
nave sailed from America to be with
the British colored troops in Africa
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thing more than good intentions. When
our troops moved to the Mexican bor
der the association knew Just what to
do and how TO do il without any guess
work. so il has become an institution
IN the army.
When we reached the border one OF
the secretaries came and asked per-
ing. We gave the permission with
mental reservations. because of the diff
cuities in obtaining lumber. But within
:, few days the building was up. 1
don't know to this day where that
lumber came from. Weeks passed be-
fore the lumber for our mess tents
arrived The association understands
the soldiers needs. i like the way
the men were made to feel at home
l like the manner in which the sec
retaries met the difiident young man,
who was not overawed.
The leaders were not holier-than-
thou men. but made every effort to be
helpful without being obtrusive. They
we're wonderful power for good. If
america goes TO war, money can be
turned over to the Y. NJ. C. A with
very confidence that ii will be ex-
pended scientifically and along lines
most acceptable to soldiers"
One Of the buildings in a border camp
r5,rned down and soldier was heard
TO renIark: There goes the only place
Evening star., 1917-04-15
The Two Bills.

MICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL. at a
luncheon at Atlantic City, was con-
demning the bellicose and bullying
nature of the kaiser.
From the time he mounted the
throne" he said. from the time he
ousted Bismarck and imprisoned his own
mother in castle, he showed what
dangerous bully he was
His memory in history will be like
the memory of that other Bill, an East
Side one, to whose widow a neighbor
said:
so Bills dead
Yes, he's dead
II suppose he's hittin' the harp with
the angels now.
More likely said the widow. he's
hittin' the angels with the harp"
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through these coal fieIus. which run
from the railroad eastward for dis
tance of about one hundred miles Some
of the coal veins are forty feet thick
and the coal is practically inexhausti-
Bile. The Matanuska coal fields, as I
have said. are already supplying An
chorage and they will soon be sending
coal to that section of the road which
is building north up the Susitna valley.
They will eventually furnish fuel to q
large low-grade mining district west Of
Broad pass. The gold there is quartz
and fuel is needed TO run tho ma
chinery. There are other mining dis
tricts along the line of the railroad,
which are already being exploited. and
the coal of Matanuska will greatly
benefit the mining camps on the Kena1
peninsula.
In addition to the cheap coal supplies
TO be furnished by the government rail-
road, Alaska Is much interested in o
road which is being built from a point
on Controller bay to the Bering river
coal fields. This coal is equal to the
Matanuska coal and its resources are
beyond estimation. 1t is the field which
the Guggenheims were popularity sup-
posed to be gobbliIg when the great
excitement about conservation In Alas
ka began, and IL Is. to certatn extenk
accessible to Cordova and the Copper
River railroad. The road now under
construction will be about AfeeaA miles
long and the work Of grading has boeo
FRANK G. cARPENrEA
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day. John Surratt, ST.. was appointed
postmaster there. and John not being
very strong in letters. most of the postal
business was attended to by his wife,
who had been to boarding school in Alex
andria. Long ago--it must have been
soon after the great tragedy of 1S65-the
Post Office Department changed the name
of the post office to Clinton. If there was
any particular reason for adopting the
name Clinton the Rambler does not know.
The Surratt mill was taken over by a
newcomer in the Oxon Hill neighborhood
He was tail, red haired man named
Condor Conlin. AS the Rambler re-
calls the name. it was Condon At any
rate, his first name was Patrick. and the
Surratt mill thereafter came to be known
the country round as Condon's MILL or
Conlin's mill. The miller built a large
brick house in a grove of chestnut trees
on hillside on the south side of the
branch. and that house stands today. You
get good view of it as you cross the
branch and pass the old mill site. The
house was long the property of Frank
Wahler, a dairyman, but who lives there
today, the Rambler does not know. Con-
don's mill was burned during the civil
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Just as in Life.

n DOTH HARRINGTON said. in New
~ York, the other day:
The average man treats spirilualism
as joke. An illustrator found out re-
Gently that ] was interested in the sub
Ject, so he rushed upon me with "A story
about a widow who tried to get in touch
with her deceased husband
ihe medium. after a good deal of
futile work, said to the widow:
The conditions this evening seem nm
favorable. | can't seem to establish COM
munlcation with Mir. Smith, ma'am.'
We'll. I'm not surprised said the
widow. with II glance at the clock It's
only half-past eight now, and John never.
ala show up till about ) am"
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the ruins Of Fort Carroll and going by
Condon's mill and Rosecroft, you had
and Bald Eagle Hill. you would have
come out where the road from Silver
Hill turns south at the Oxon Hill man
sion ruins. for on turning south you
turn into the ancient Piscataway road.
The older road has been abandoned
ior stretch OF q mile or more where
Il descended Bald Eagle Hill. crossed
Oxon run near its mouth and climbed
Where the old s11er iran tns Ferry
road strikes the Piscataway road at
the mansion ruins a trait leads down
the ridge and across the f1atlands to
Oxon Hill mansion tract passed from
the Addisons to Thomas Berry. and
then his son. Owen Berry. and the ferry
came to be called Berry's Ferry. The
ferry rights We're let to man named
Fox, and before the civil war it came
to be called Fox's Ferry, under which.
name 1T is known today, though there
is no ferry across the river at that
point except small boat propelled by
man power or by sail when the wind is
favorable.
Fox's Ferry also lived for a long time
under the name of 'Possum Hall. and
it enjoyed no particular reputation for
peace or morality.
After passing the site of Condon's
mill on the New Cut road and ap-
preaching the District boundary, a ce
ment bridge crosses a stream. This is
Barnaby branch. A dirt road turns
east from the New Cut road and runs
along the north side Of the branch. 1t
is a country of high hills ana deep
wales. where tons Of the vegetables
which Washington people eat are
raised. Spring had made but little
progress when the Rambler walked
that way last Sunday. though along
the branch the grass was turning
green. Finally the road strikes the
high fiat land of Barnaby. about which
the Rambler has previously written.
then plunges into thick woodland. and
at a quiet country schoolhouse, Barn
ably School. connects with the Wheeler
road, and together they Leads into the
the Chapel of st. Barnabas. Before en-
tering the woods the old Barnaby road
passes through one of the fairest mar
ket garden sections In the Washington
country. Much of the land was carved
out of the Addison tract Of Barnaby,
and wherever you walk the old brick
chimneys of Barnaby House, on
ridge to the north. are silhouetted
against the sky.
In this neighborhood live many men,
bers of the Owens and Cox families,
and the farm homes are very comforta-
BILE and prosperous. One OF the pio-
neers here was William Owens. who
came from Charles county and bought
a large block of this fertile land from
Anthony Addison. That was long be-
fore the civil war. The wife of Will
liam owens was Rachel Thompson. and
both these good people rest in the
Oxon Hill. They had a number of chill
dren. The first was Polly. who married
Thomas Cusick and lives a widow at
Congress Heights. Then there was
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p 7OW many people know what
ILL the y. NJ. c. A. is doing in
the war? one person. quite
. x ignorant on the subject. went
to the secretary OF the local branch,
Mr.. Cooper, and asked what part the
Washington organization would play;
also. what the national organization
had planned.
Learning that much had been accom-
plished in this comparatively new
movement. while United States troops
'were on the border. the inquirer heard
an interesting story. since it included
the beginning of the Y. NJ c. A. work
in connection with the army. sketched
in what the international association
has been doing in the European war,
and SO gave much light on what may
De done for our soldiers.
The work on the border really was
patterned after work on the other
side" said Mr.. Cooper There were
2G0 secretaries down there. having in
charge siXty-five buildings, most of
the money to build these, by the way,
coming from the Rockefeller Founda-
rion."
Mai. Gen. John F. O'Ryau, who com
border. had some things to say about
the Y. NJ. c. y. work. He was enthusi-
astic about what had been accom-
plished. Some OF the things he said
were: Good intentions do not go very
far in time of war. But the Young
Mems Christian Association had some
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Sarah. who married John Cusck, and
she lives a widow. in an old house shell
tered by fine cedars on the Barnaby
road. Then there was Betty, who mar
ried James Deans. She is dead. but her
husband lives in the old home just
little further down the road from where
Sarah lives among the cedars. Then
there was John NJ. Owens. who married
Laura Moore, daughter of Henry Moore
of Good Hope. and John is still tillins
the old Addison-Owens lands. and lives
In fine house surrounded by beautiful
gardens.
There was also Grafton Owens, who
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There is a narrow ridge extending
southward from the village of Con-
gress Heig for the distance of two
miles. and the average height of this
ridge is about $50 feet. Its slopes are
steep and in some places, especially on
the western side. the slope is so steep
that in seeking to describe it the word
.'escarpment' comes readily to mind.
Because of the height of this ridge and
its steep slopes il furnishes at many
points n broad and impressive outlook
over the capital and the Potomac The
southern tip of this ridge has been
called for time out of mind Bald Eagle
Hill There stands an old frame house
rising above roof, which for many
rears has been the home of Mrs. Nina
Vera Hughes.
At the southwest base of Bald Eagle
HiIi on the fiatiands extending to the
river at Marbury Point or Shepherds
Landing. opposite the north end of
Alexandria, is the Home for the Aged
and Infirm called Blue Plains, that be-
ing the name of the tract which was
patented early in the second half of
the seventeenth century. Along this
road. which runs on the crest of the
ridge. are the remains of two of the
earthwOrks which formed part of the
civil war defenses of Washington.
The northernmost of these is Fort Car
roll and the other is Fort Greble. Soon
after passing the ruins of Fort Carroll,
where the earth is tumbled in irregu-
lar mounds and ridges, and marked
with deep depressions. all tangled over
with green vines and briars and up
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died recently. and the Rambler as he
writes this looks across the fields to his
big yellow frame house with village
of outbuildings all set around by fruit
trees that, with one warm week. will
be in blossom. Even this does not com
plete the list of the children of William
and Rachel tThompson) Owens. There
was Margaret, who died many years
ago. Israel was another of the chill
dren. He married Ida Thompson. and
they live in the neighborhood close to
st. Barnabas' Chapel. There was Cora.
who married first William Goddard. and
second Phil Miller of Surrattsville,
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NEW CUT" road may be an old

a NEW CUT, road may be an old
IN one. How long the descrip-
IN tive epithet, or the designa-
q - tion New Cut road" will hang
TO an old road no man can say. but it
will often last as long as the road to
which it once may have been appro-
priately applied.
The Rambler might cite numerous
facts in support of this but the thing
which concerns him now has to do with
that New Cut road which is described
on maps and signposts along the way
as the Livingston road. 1t was built
before the civil war, and on Boschke's
map of the District. which was made
during the years 1856, 1851, 1858 and
1859. and which is preserved in the Of
fee of the surveyor of the District. one
may see tract of land marked Mrs
y C. Livingston The New Cut road
passed this land. or possibly passed
through it. and the Rambler has "a
sense of certainty that the owner OF
the Livingston land gave the name TO
the road Last sunday the Rambler
asked woman living in that neighbor-
hood woman on whose head a good
many springs have shed their bios
SONS a question about the Livingston
road cob. yes" she said. after col
lecting herself and making an effort at
memory, you mean the New Cut road
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7OW many people know what
the y. NJ. C. A. is doing in
| the war? one person. quite
. ignorant on the subject. went
Arizona republican., 1917-11-11

The Caltest Ribbon Noveltls for Gifts Yes you the wonderful showing of nifty little thing made of fancy ribbons
 So splendid suggestions store for you Korcks ribbon counter
 Here fancy ribbons 9c and 49c in various widths m matched colors for fancy work Main floor.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-11
Fui7 Visitors WELCOME
To Phoenix
 To The Fair To Korricks'- And listen to this

-Nake use of the rest room we have for you Read the leading magazines while you wait for your friends Here are public phones, FREE sta- tionery and FRED souvenir cards And remember U- s. Post Office Station No. Is located in our build ing on the main floor. All regular postoffice business trans acted
 When one comes here once, he is sure to learn something, and he wonders why be did not come before and see what modernixed store-keep- ing Is
 Its fair to say that this is a well furnished store, with sales large large enough to require new goods dsily-which keeps the store fresh The attendants are all human, but none above their business when they show the welcome which is a clearly settled part of their duty.
 CHAS. KORRDCK & BRO.
Arizona republican., 1917-11-11

resident wonderful searched every bought Nfor all of represents Il that offered him. he just 40 suits and should see them WE GAN HEAR YOU SAY THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY THE EVER, SUCH UNUSUAL PRICES
 Who could suit s25 one the materials Broadcoh Popns Oxford cotne, Burella.
 --Many arc trimmed with fur.
 -Colors beet-root, brown green black --Belted plai with button
Arizona republican., 1917-11-11

Yas ought to have Nctv Gloves, too tor the Fair Here are French kid gloves at $3.00 A splendid quality soft imported kdwo tone, novelty broidered back. black, white, ivory and tan Cape gloves for street $50 full pique clasp novelty stitching, white, ivory and tan.
 Bownes silk gloves at $15o silk lined heavy quality now,