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nAzAAr and Social.

Much interest Is being evinccd at the
prospect Of the bazanr and social which
the Daughters OF the Temple of the
Emmanuel Baptist church will given on
Tucgday evening. December 18th. Al
ready b!g preparations arc being made
for the affair. which will be held at the
Suuth Side social house and countless
gifts which will be appropriate for the
holiday season will be on sale. The
Worldwide Guild will give the program
which will DO in the form OF a mission
arS drama. There will be no admission
and everyone Is asked TO attend.
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Officers Elect cd.

At the meeting Of the Ladies' Aid So
cicty of Thomson NJ r. church ycst"r-
day Mt the hnmo OF Mrs. {. r. Rendcll
in Lrno1. the following were elected
President Mrs. Drndcll and Mrs. Sarah
Earney sccrrtary-trcnsurcr. social
hour was also enjoyed. followed by the
serving of delicious refreshments. There
was n large attendance.
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Interpretive pancinl.
Farewell at windsor.

Mrs. II. NJ. kinb"rland will he the
honor guest At an affair al tn" Not"l
Windsor next Wednesday,. when thr
members NJ the Womam'S literary club
will meet To show their appreciation Of
their president. Mrs. kmberland will
will leave soon for her new home in
Philadelphia. and the reception has been
planned by her Associates To honor her
for tho Splendid record she has made in
her term Of office for the last six
years. Tho club Is sorry TO lose such an
accomplished member.
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Mrs Lear to weston.

tcrs Of isabella in lh.' city. is expecting
to go 20 Weston and Fairmont soon TO
organizes courts in both Places. There Is
quite q showing for courts in both places
and after the holidays. Mrs. Lear VIII
no doubt have ample opportunity for
carrying out her plans. \ meeting "r
tho local court will be held On Monday
nigh. Mt which time election Of officers
will take race
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Climb Entertained.

Mrs. Floyd Bennett entertained inc
members Of tho y. VI. club last evening
at her home on East McColloch street
proved the most popular ana
a dainty luncheon MAS served. hose
who attended wore: Mesdames. Andrew
I'rngcr, Wilbur Everett, Howard Rich
ards, Carl Conrad. Edward Holmes,
William Knicrim. Floyd Bennett.
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Committee for craftsmen Dance.

Tho dance which wi II be given by INC
Craftsmen on December eth. is in
charge Of the following committee:
Mcssrs. ChAs. 4. lihhart President Jess
f.. Craford. Ticc-nrcsidcnt Eictor II.
Gebhart. Secretary and TREASURY Rom
nld Topp. RusStll Hraslctt. Clarence
Holland and VIA /, Danncnbcrg.
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Mr.. and Mrs. .leNandrr GInSs have
issued novel invitations for an interest
ing event. which will r. held a. their
home in krEwnod Place on Monday
evening The Fey. Henry Anct. B. H..
l.. l.. H. of Prusscla. will deliver nm In
tcrcsting talk on the RcbIrth Of Franco
and Belgium" AS Roy. .tnct has spent
some time on tho hattlcfirlds Of France
was in RrlSium NJ the time Of it's IN,
vaSion. he will no doubt b. d upNghtiui
entertainer, for his tnlk will be straight
from the scene. Rev. Robert +. l.. Stri-
der will preside during the, evening and
Madame Anct will address the company
In hrr charming French way. The re-
cipicnts Of invitations are looking Tor
ward To the affair with much interest.
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RIVER TELEGEAG,

DAVIS ISLAND pAM--l@.S feet. sta
tinnHry: cloudy.
PARkE.ESBU feet. rising:
clear.
MuHtiANTOWN---l5 foot. falling:
clear.
OIL t1Tr---;.2 feet. falling: clear.
WAl;I:t;\--3 feet. falling: clear.
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tiers OF importance will be discussed az 81
n socInl hour will be enjoyed. All MEM
her. arc urged to attend rs the meet
ings have been necessarily postponed TOT
some time. and much q. the spring Work
is to be decided upon.
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the last three or four weeks before
Christmas for this celebration. In the
Iirst rlac" she pays every bill. Then.
If .,hs has any odd jobs pigronhOled.
la charity To Investigate. clipping to
Sh. cleans that work up
Her Old Friend Letters.
Next Sh" writes what Sh" calls h"r
old friend !ritrrS. Most Of us have
gathered rs We passed through the
years Il collection OF absentee friend
ships. And .thnS" friends whom We
have ''1nv"d long since and lost
awhile" no; ny death hut hy life. arc
often fan az dear In us aS ih"S" we
So" every day. To all such. whether
sh.. j. ~ TIA" hah;t nf h"Idin, r"ru-
Tar .mrr"S u"nd"ncc win Them or not.
this w"Inhn writes Christmas letter.
NJ, Ju>t u hnc al greeting. bur real
Christmas Letter. giving The news Of
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SIDE TALKS
CHRISTIANS OF TIE CLEAN SLATE
BY RUTH CAMERON.

CHRISTMAS OF THE CLEAN SLATE.
liz. Chinese. a. you doubtless k,nw'
HAY. :, fila" wa! ~ Sisnali"inS ~"
Years. their greatest holiday OIL me
Mar. hy iayiaS cE"ry bill when my
ow.. that thcy may stare th" New Year
with clean slate.
have q friend wh" thinks the mi
r.s,.- ear teach us something III IN" "'t%
or celebration. cnI $h'. has borrowed
Ter our greatest day tho chinese 'd"a
ac Z =: clean Sla'o.
= 81" carries :: farther than just
f,yirS ~ bills.
First She Pays All Bills.
sets aside an evening week tor
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la prr. clean feeling Christmas day that
have been doing it ever since. she
said.
Very likely you are already doing
something Of this sort II not ! recon-
mend the satisfaction OF the clean and
happy" feeling; Ia you.
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Get Rid of That
Persistent Cough

Stop that weakening. persistent cou Eh
or cold. threatening throat or lung ar
fections. with Eckman's Alternative. tho
tonic and upbuilder OF 20 years success
full use. soc and $3.50 bottles from
druHEiSts. or from
IcnsnE- >r IARoRATORY. PhiIad.i.A4-<
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SOCIETY GALORE
At MASONIC CAY
STATE BANQUET
HANDSOMELY GowNEp WOMEN
ENHANCE nRU4LIANT GRAND
LODGE GATHERING.
Ladies' Ssrve Delicious Dinner to Nearly
ThuBand--Mlny Able
Tails.

One Of the most attractive features OF
the fifty-fourth convention of the Grand
Lodge Of West Virginia Masons, was
the annual banquet in the Masonic tenn
evening. Places were laid for two hun
drnd and fifty local and visiting mem
bcrs and every city md town in Vest
Virginia was represented. The tables
tho temple and preparation and scrvlc"
were in charge of the ladies' Of ST
Matthews Episcopal church. Complete
white formed the costume Of the ladies'
who served and c0ntrastcd prettily with
the black worn by the men, turning one
Of the most essential parts Of. the ban
quot into very charming scene. DO
llcious course after course was served
and much said about the real worth OF
the menu would still be too little. Rc-
sides the speakers table. which held the
central position Of the hall. twelve 9th
CT tables Eraced the room end filled the
entire plnCe with men who had
come from nj! parts OF the state Tor
Grand Master ". f Krupp OF OH"
Valley lodge. No. J. was the very In
tcrcsting POSTMASTER OF tho occasion
and responses 70 his well chosen re-
marks were many and varied. From the
limo the toasts began until the close
OF the banquet every member present
was RECALLED with words OF cheering and
useful import and not weary moment
tlalIuCQ any one = lllnc. l nv C1pSIHS VI
The event was the only sad feature Of
the evening and farcwclls were made
with deep regret but with great prom
Uses for the next reunion.
The ladies who were in charge OF
the menu for the banquet are 10 be
congratulated upo1 their complete sue
cess in the execution OF all details. Tor
undoubtedly without their efficient help
The plans would not have been so ad-
mirahly carried out. Enjoyment was the
chief guest and ii was pleasant and
appropriate closing tn all the festivities
and business sessions of the past week.
Interpretive Dancing.
! The classes in interpretive Dancing
| which are held on Saturday by Mrs.
Lima fleming Sherman will give = dis
play Of their work NJ thc Hotel Wind
| FOR on Saturday. December IS from
| two until five O'Clock. Mrs. w Fl. Con-
rnd will be the accnmpanIst and n NUM-
her II interesting events have been
planned for the afternoon. Refreshments
II mr. ho
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Mrs. George De Holt. president Of the
Federation OF Womcn's clubs Of West
Virginia will address the members OF
the Woman's clubs this afternoon. in the
parlors of tho Hotel Windsor. This event
has bren anticinatcd for some time and
tn. various club women over the city
are glad 10 HAY" Mrs. De Bolt with them
for the day. The meeting is called Tor
;wo-thirty and will doubtless be wctl
attended.
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bly, WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
-El'Y WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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her year and asking how her friends
interests prosper. Sh" is f"rtunnt"
enough to use - typewriter and ST. %h"
cnrbnns some of tn" news she thinks
| Will interest all uf her correspondents,
bu, q part of each letter is. Of course.
purely personal If Sh" has any snap
shots she thinks; will aIumSr ar interest
she slips them in.
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A. o. h. Meeting.
Tho members Of the \. q. II. will meet
this evening in their, hail. Business mat
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Overcoat Model c, masterpiece OF
P & Q designing - this model at all
P & Q Prices.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-24
News Summary of the Past Week
GENERAL.

The Hawaiian American line steam
ship Texan. In . collision at sea, ar.
rived At an American port safely un-
der her own steam.
American women motor car drivers
have made their appearance in the
zone Of the army in France. A few Of
them are driving big motor trucks for
the Y. N. C. A.. and are proving their
efficiency.
Arrangements for the early trans
portation Of $4,000 common laborers to
the United States from Porto Rico are
being made by the employment servics
Of the Department OF Labor. As soon
as tonnage il available. 10000 others
will be brought from Porto Rico and
the Virgin Islands.
Ulysses Grant Hillyer, son Of the
late Gen. william g. Hillyer. member
OF General Grants staff during the
Civil War. committed suicide at the
home Of his sister At East Orange. N.
j.. inhaling illuminating gas. He was
formerly connected with the Continen.
tai OIL Company OF Denver. where his
wife 10 said to be living.
Late Friday the fuel administration
announced that large number Of
plants-about q thousand In Aldo
ing war work, had been exempted from
the fuel restriction order. Practical.
ly all the principal industrial plants
Of the country are on the list In one
way or another. The ruling insurss
work for hundreds OF thousands OF
men.
Carrying thirty.six sticks Of high.
test dynamite and armed with an auto.
matte pistol. the magazine loaded. q
girl giving the name OF Linda Jose
WAS arrested ~ she left Panhandle
train at the union station In Chicago.
Government officials say they have
conclusive proof that she was an
cmissary for I. W. W. plotters. The
sirl says she Ia 10 years old.
Several south German newspapers
which have been received at Geneva,
raise Q cry Of alarm over the increase
OF bigamy In Germany during 1917.
They say the many acquittAls and the
lenient sentences imposed indicate
that the authorities are condoning the
offensc.
Ben. D. Lindsey OF Denver secured
an assignment from the American gov.
crnmcnt and the allies. lie will 20 to
France 10 study social conditions and
rehabilitation plans among women and
children and girls In occupied and 70
vatriated territory.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-24
WAshiNoroN.

Secretaries Lane and Daniels. Attor.
ney General Gregory. Chairman Ferris
OF the House Public Lands Committee
and Representative Lenroot. ranking
Representative on that committee.
conferred over oil leasing legislation.
A sweeping governmental order al.
most completely stopping the wheels
Of industry east Of the Mississippi riv.
or for five-day period. beginning
Friday morning. Jan. Is. was issued
by Fuel Administrator Garfield ut the
direction OF the President. Fuel Ad.
ministrator 0arfield's statement In OK.
PLANTATION Of his order follows: THE
most urgent thing to be done II TO
send to the American forces abroad
and TO the allies the food and war sup.
plies which they vitality need. Wars
munitions. food. manufactured articles
Of every description are lying In At.
lantic ports In tens Of thousands OF
tons. where literally hundreds OF
ships. loaded with war goods for our
men and the allies cannot take tho
seas because their bunkers are empty
Of coal. Tho coal TO send them on
thci. way 10 waiting behind conGcstcd
freight that has jammed all termi.
nails"
Fixing Of prices for xinc by the gov.
ernment has been requested by zinc
producers.
Representative Osborn Of California
introduced bill proposing 10 give the
Treasury 500. 100000 to buy all Lib.
crty Bonds which are offered for sale
below par.
In his first report submitted 10 Con.
gress. A. Mitchell Palmer. alien prop
crty custodian. says he has received
10 far il,iG7 formal reports Of enemy
property and has opened 1878 sepAr.
ate trust accounts. Of which 1885 are
estimated 10 be worth ei3%.eos.33i.
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sPoRT.

A handicap wrestling match will be
held In Gallup. N. NJ. Feb. I.
The Wyoming Cowboys defeated the
Tigers at Colorado Springs In . has
ketball game played At Colorado Col
lege.
The Colorado Agricultural College
Basketball team defeated the State
Teachers OF Greeley At Fort Collins by
score Of ~ to 13.
Carville Ray Morgan Of Baltimore.
second baseman on the Washington
Baseball Club. jumped into the matri-
monial league when he married Miss
Florence Irene Gaffard Of Bladensburg.
Md.
Pacific coast harness racing enjoyed
q great year. Starting July IL the
various races were run off for = period
OF five months until the closing events
at Phoenix. Aris.. In November without
80 much a. one postponement on &C.
count Of rain.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-24
ABOUT the WAN.

Artillery 10 active ON both Italian
and western fronts at many points.
Ostend. ON the Belgium coast. has
been bombarded by naval forces. 1t
was announced In Berlin.
One Turkish cruiser sunk and one
beached and two British monitors
sunk In battle at entrance 10 Darda-
heilss.
An official communication says
that the Italian shipping losses last
week were two steamers Of more than
1900 tons sunk.
The following American names ap-
pear In the Ottawa casualty list: Pris'
oners OF war; D. u. EarlinEer. Huron.
3. D.: N. II. Roberts. Los Angeles. Cal.
French rcpulss raid near lIoivrc and
French patrols take prisoners north
Of st. Milhiel. six German airplanes
destroyed BY the French and two raids
repulsed by them.
British repulse German raid south.
cast OF 0raincourt and take prisoners
In own raid on Germans east OF Hargi.
court. British bring down eight enemy
airplancs. Four British machines are
missing.
Germany is plnning Its hopes OF end.
ing the war this year not only upon the
gigantic offensive II is planning on the
western front. but upon what II be-
lieves Ia the possibility Of u revolution
In France.
Closely censored dispatches ind!'
Gated serious bread riots and strikes
ut numerous munition factories ~
well A. civil clashes between police
and crowds at numerous Austro Hun.
Earian cities.
King Ferdinand OF Rumania. whose
arrest had been ordered by the Bol.
shevik government. Is now under the
protection Of tho Allies. according to
q PetroSrad dispatch TO the London
Daily Express.
With neither party 10 the great
struggle able 10 gain . decisive ad.
vantage either on the land or on the
sea. both Germany and the allies are
now engaged In headlonE race TO win
Abe mastery Of the air.
Only eight British merchantmen
were sunk by U.boats the past week.
In the previous week the admiralty
reported the loss BY mine or subma.
sine Of eighteen merchantmen Of l..
COO tons or over three merchantmen
under that tonnage and four fishing
vessels. The report OF Jan. 2. gave
the sinkings - twsnty.onc. eighteen
being I. 600 tons or over
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-24
Weeks News from All Over Colorado

attendance Of mining and oil men
from the neishboring states.
The king Oil. Gas L Refining Com
pany, which has for its purpose the
drilling of an oil well ON the King
ranch south of Loveland. has forward
ed papers of Incorporation to the sec
retary Of state.
A large number Of exhibits and big
crowds featured the opening Of the
Western Stock show at Denver on the
18th. An interesting program has
been arranged for the show until the
2Gth, when 1t closes.
w. ]. H. Doran has been appointed
volunteer expediter of manufacturing
by authority Of Secretary Of War Bak'
er. His duties are those Of expeditins
the manufacture and forwarding oi
material ordered by the War Depart
ment.
The hearing Of Paul Baird. Of Den
yer. who is charged with murderously
assaulting his five-year-old stepson
Ray Desermia, was postponed in the
West Side Court. The reason given
for the postponement is that Mrs
Baird is facing trial for the murder
Of her first husband at Brighton.
While the immediate problem Il
stricter conservation, the Food Ad
ministration In Colorado will prepare
at once to stimulate food production
in 1913 Farmers will be urged to
farm every acre." Every means will
be used to furnish help on the farm
No one will be allowed to remain
idle. Back yard and community gar
dens will be encouraged.
The closing months Of 1917 wit.
messed the elimination of the boom
idea in tungsten mining. Production
in Boulder county was on q standard
level but little less than the tonnage
of the most exciting period. The de-
mand for tungsten was steady, and
during the year there had been q
gradual advance closing at $25 the
unit for go per cent. ore.
w. F. Drummond, employed in the
trust department Of the Federal Re
serve bank at Dallas, Tex. was ar.
rested in Denver by 4 detective. Drum.
mond had In his possession $4,000
worth Of Liberty bonds Of the first
loan, which. the police say, he admits
having stolen from the bank.
George Charming. convicted Of muir.
der in the second degree. in the Dis.
trict Court Of Boulder, has asked for
. new trial. affirming that two Of the
Jurors slept during the testimony and
five other Jurors were Of ages ranging
from sixty to ninety years old and
were. therefore. infirm. Claiming Il
alleged to have killed Willis Miller
at Nederlsnd. ON May s last.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-24
FoRGioN

Disorders occurred At Alicante, the
chief seaport Of Valencia. Spain.
japanese financial interests have
arranged TO establish 4 bank at LiiDa.
Peru. A Chinese bank also is to be
established.
Bolshevik officials at PctroErad OK.
pressed the belief that the attempt on
the life Of Nikolai Lenine was part OF
. counter revolutionary plot.
Whole companies OF Austrian troops
have been ordered shot for their sym.
pathy with Russian Socialist views,
according 10 reports reaching Pctro
grad.
Premier Lloyd George. addresslns
the labor delegates In London. said
that NO man standing on the watch
tower could deny the urgency Of ths
need for raising more men.
The director OF the German hospitals
has informer the foreign office at
Buenos Aircs that the condition ol
Count Won LuxburE. former German
minister 10 ArEentina. steadily has BE-
come worse. Count von l.uxburg now
has been In tho hospital five weeks
suffering from . nervous breakdown.
The winning Of the war and hence
the future Of the world 10. TO . large
extent. In the hands Of American WON
on. Capt. Andre Tardicu. French High
Commissioner to the United States
told members Of the vassar College
Alumnac Association At their banaue,
In New York.
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-24
Minor Mention.


Work has been resumed on the Big
Forty tunnel at Idaho Springs.
Seventy-three building permits were
issued at Craig during the year 1917.
Routt and Moffat counties during
the past year shipped out 10000 cat
tie.
The stone abutments OF the Chap
man bridge near Craig have been com
pleted.
The Golden Methodist church is dis
playing service flag containing thir
teen stars.
Fire at the Royal coal mine In
Asuilar district destroyed the fan
house. Loss $1,000.
Honey and syrups instead of sugar
will make victory just as sweet and
bring 1t much sooner.
The Colorado Editorial Association
held \ two-day session in Denver. and
members attended q banquet and the
stock show.
Thousand dollars each. and costs o.
$32. IL the fine assessed against eacf
Of three bootlegsers arrested by Sher
III Russell Of Saguache county.
The Kansas Day Club Of Colorado
will hold its thirteenth annual ban
quet In Denver. January 20. the ami
versary of the admission Of Kansas
to the union.
Ninety.five Puebloans applied fol
civil service jobs through the loca
board during seven days. Thirty-five
Of these were seeking Jobs in the ship
building yards.
Mesa county d to receive the larg
est allotment for any county on the
Western Slope this year from the
State Highway Commission for iti
roads. namely. 100000.
Two full wheatless days instead oi
one and more economy In the use o.
wheat products At all times are
measures the Food Administration Il
considering. to reduce consumption.
The production of molybdenum In
Colorado during 1918 will amount tc
between 31O,O00.000 and $4,000, 900
according to an estimate made BY
Fred Carroll, state commissioner ol
mines.
Denver's big annual winter event
the National Western Stock Show
opened at the Denver Union stock
yards with entries surprising both In
numbers and quality all Of the eleven
previous shows.
The convention Of the Colorado Met
al Miners Association was held In
Denver At the capitol Jan. -. - and
-, and meeting with 1t was the Amer
ican Mining Congress, the Colorado
and Wyoming oil sections. and . large
The Arvada enterprise., 1918-01-24
WEsrGRN.

Forty thousand nurses are wanted at
once BY the American Red Cross.
Systematic effort Is being made to
encourage the use Of the pinto bean
which was raised 20 abundantly In
Colorado and New Mexico last year.
United States Senator William H,
Thompson Of Kansas announced at
Topeka his candidacy for denomination
and reelection on the Democratic
ticket.
Erick Hill. held at Salt Lake ON sus'
picion Of having killed Jacob Karo at
Corbin. Mont. last September. con-
fessed. according to = statement made
by Joseph Sharp. chief Of Salt Lake
City detectives.