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The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
Rents Hurt Ghost Industry

In England desperate people in
search of houses to rent or buy are
advertising that ghosts are no draw.
back. Any one who happens to Dwn
- hitherto unrented house because m.
dirion says it is haunted is assured
that the seekers for domicile will
accept 1t at the rental asked for re.
gardless of the haunter or hauntess.
1t Is suspected that in England. az
in several other countries. ghosts Of
landlords would be less Objectionable
than those of other folk. Whatever
his losses in the past, the Landlord
as rule is regarded in these days
with deep suspicion ms profiteer In
many cases this attitude is probably
unfair: there are some COnSdcrate
nndlords.-Toronto Globe.
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
Paris Great Aae piscrcdited.

Is it worth while, when money Is
needed for legitimate objects. to an.
swer the appeal to save from sale the
cottage in which Thomas Pnrr livedl
Ills claim to fame is that he lived to
be l52 and that he did penance for i'm
mortality mt 100. Careful inquiry last
century discreditcd the tradition as to
the number of his years. His age was
attcsted only by village gossip and by
quacks. who sold what they falsely
called "Parr's Life Pills" Brought to
court in what was alleged to he his
1881 year, Parr died in the course Of a
few months, killed by excessive diet
London Mail.
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
MAKING Sure.

Charley. dear" said young Mrs.
Torkins. 81 am glad to see you taking
as much interest in politics as you for
merly took in racing"
at is the duty Of every man and
woman TO take an interest In politics.
do you wish me to vote for the
same candidate that you dog
"Why shouldn't you?"
81 thought it might be good idea
for me to vote for the other one. II
would be a satisfaction to feel that one
or the other of rs has ut last succeed
ed in picking a winner"
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
WASHINGTON

Rent Trofiteering has been renewed
with such relentless vigor in the ma
tons capital this summer that return
ing members of Congress are up in
arms.
Postal service between France and
Brazil under the supervision of the
French ministry of public works has
been provided for by decree of the
French government, according to a re-
port from Paris to the department of
Commerce at Washington.
Health authorities at iBoston de-
tained as a leper Joaquin de Costa,
%, mill operative, who had gone to
hospital for treatment for a skin dis
ease. II was said he had undoubtedly
had leprosy for several years without
knowing it. DE Costa will be sent to
the state leprosarium at Penikese Is
land, the seventeenth unfortunate now
restricted there.
Investigation by the Postoffice De-
partment of recent postal airplane
accidents in which pilots lost their
lives when the machines caught fire
in air has shown that the primary
cause was a defective gasoline feed
system. Charges that the accidents
were attributable to carelessness of
employees were repudiated by the de-
partment's announcement.
The 1920 census will show that
the population of the United States
Is los, 1000. if the present rate of
the increase shown in the count is
sustained, according to the census
bureau. With the figures nearly
complete, the population of 1920
shows an increase of fifteen per
cent over 1910, when the total nun
Der of persons in the country was
e1,972,266.
A fleet of 2S5 wooden steamers to-
falling 994,235 deadweight tons, has
been offered for sale by the shipping
board. The sale will be private and
bids will be received until Oct. s.
Officials of eight foreign countries
and seventeen states, as well as the
Philippines and Porto Rico, contem-
plate drafting bills similar to the Kan
sas Industrial Court law, according to
letters of inquiry filed in the COVER
nor's office at Topeka, Kan. A draft
Of a similar act, proposed for Iowa,
has been forwarded to Gov. Henry J.
Allen for comment
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
THE WORLD IN
PARAGRAPHS
A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR
EiGN COUNTRIES
IN LATE DISPATCHES
polNGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
WESTERN

Western New spaper Union News Service.
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
GENERAL

Former U. S. Senator W. Murray
Crane, who has been seriously i'll for
several weeks. died suddenly at his
home in Dalton, Mass.
Four armed robbers escaped with
100000 after holding up the cashier
and bookkeeper of the American
Cigar Company in New York.
Twenty-Five hotel owners in Chicago
have agreed 10 cut their restaurant
prices from - to SO 1-3 per cent
Vegetables. fruits and cereals will be
cut the most.
The largest shipment of gold-S16,-
75O,OO0-ever transported across the
Atlantic, was brought to New York on
the White Star liner Baltic, which left
Liverpool September 22nd.
A bill appropriating $1,000 900 for
the construction of thousand-bed hos.
pital for the care of the states World
War veterans who have become men
tally disabled, has been signed by Gov.
ernor Smith of New York.
The Santa Fe railroad handled %
by per cent more business in the first
eight months of this year. represented
by carloads, than it did in the CORE
spending period last year and 11.2 per
| cent more than for the same period in
1913, according to a bulletin just is
sued by the railroads general office at
Topeka, Kan.
japanese troops are to be withdrawn
from Nikolaievsk this winter, Minister
of War Tanaka has informed the gov
ernors of the empire. This, however,
does not necessarily mean a permanent
evacuation, he added. He explained
that insufficient preparations had been
made to winter the troops, but that
such arrangements probably would be
completed by the succeeding winter.
Babe Ruth. worlds champion
home-run hitter, on his way to
Springfield in a new roadster, col
lided with a truck in Meriden. Conn.
He landed in a field, with his car
wrecked, even to the steering posi-.
but he and friend, who was his
passenger. escaped unhurt except for
scratches from the broken wind
shield.
Gustaf Nelson, son-in-law of United
States Senator Nelson, was convicted
at Alexandria, MINI, of a charge of
murder in the first degree. He was ac-
cused of the killing of Joseph Middle
ton, farm hand, who was shot during
scuffle for possession of shotgun.
Howard w. Showalter, a banker of
Fairinount, w. Va, who was sentenced
to five years in federal prison in 1917
for misapplication of national bank
funds, has been granted a pardon by
President Wilson.
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08

Girls like compliments-also Ice
cream and oysters.
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
A Regular One.

He was looking for good canine
companion. and had answered an ad-
r~itiscment in the newspaper. The
following conversation ensued:
you advertised n sensible dog for
sale"
Yep"
"What do you mean by sensible
dog"
This pup has never had n ribbon
:rnund his neck and has never ridden
in n limousine since the day he was
born He's happy-hearted, bone
bIrying. cat-chasing, 100 per cent
uog. Post.
If you 90 into labyrinth take a
clcw with you.
Girls like compliments-also Ice
cream and oysters.
Whatsoever man reaps some man
must have planted
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08
FOREIGN

Bank employees of Italy have started
movement TO secure control of fnan-
cial institutions in that country, says
dispatch from Rome.
Wireless communication between
Buenos Aires and Nauen, Germany,
was lnaugurated with the transmission
of message from Nauen salutinR
President Irigoyen.
Countess Buyermineure. formerly
Miss Daisy Polk of California, was
made n member of the French Legion
of Honor at Paris. The countess was
recognized because of her work during
the war.
Capt R. w. Schroeder of McCook
field. holder of the world altitude
record. will retire from the air serv-
ice as soon as he returns from
France. where he flew in the Gordon
Bennett race.
A violent earthquake is reported to
have occurred in Giarre, Sicily. at the
base of Mount Etna, according to a
Rome dispatch, The quake lasted ten
seconds. One village was destroyed
and many persons We're injured.
Mrs. Sarah Jackson, found guilty of
murder in the first degree for shooting
her husband on their homestead at
Swan river, Alberta. on Christmas
night, 1919, has been sentenced to be
hanged on December 2lst. This is the
first woman ever sentenced 10 death In
Alberta province.
The yearly production by paper mills
thruout Japan is roughly given as 1884,
100 tons. of which $4,000 tons are used
for newspaper printing. 1900 tons by
the government monopoly bureau for
cigarettes, 100000 tons for the printing
of school textbooks and 10000 tons for
the printing of magazines.
Two thousand peasants took part in
the seizure Of royal estates near
Naples. As they marched toward the
kings property they carried shotguns
and sang the 'wOrkmcn's hymn" The
property seized was called the Car
diclIo' and was one of the largest be-
longing to the royal house.
Twenty-Five persons were killed in
lloNih- At ''lS'lil, NtIta, WHEN hbrtih
students attacked and destroyed or
damaged branches OF the Korean In
dustrinl bank and the Oriental DeveI-
Opment company and seven Japanese
houses. The following night there was
further shooting with additional cas-
ualitieS.
Slow moving landslides covering con-
siderable territory are doing consider
able damage in the Sanding Alps of
Upper Austria The entire mountain
surface apparently is settling into the
Leisllng valley. Many huts have been
destroyed and hamlets. forests and
fields are moving bodily. accompanied
by tremendous noises.
III order to make hOarderS of gold
coin bring them in TO the treasury. the
French finance minister has announced
that when gold coinage is resumed
those which We're in circulation before
the war will not be recognized. The
announcement, the legality Of which is
contested. has given the French gold
louis a new value in the eyes of col.
lectorS
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08

If you 90 into labyrinth take a
clcw with you.
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08

Whatsoever man reaps some man
must have planted
The Dolores star., 1920-10-08

WESTERN
Fire wiped out large part of the
little town of Weston, Wis, destroying
wenty-onc buildings, including the
only two stores in the place and the
Methodist church. The monetary loss
could not be accurately estimated.
A proposal to create an industrial
commission to investigate controver-
sizes between employers and employe
,n Texas and make public their find
tngs, has been submitted to the legis-
Iature at Austin, by Governor Hobby.
A man who registered at Great
Falls, Mont, hotel as w. X. Sullivan of
Denver, was kicked to death in quar-
rel in the business district in that city.
His assailant is alleged to have been
+. K. Gust, Great Northern railroad
employe, who was arrested.
F. J. Williams and Harry Lund were
killed and Mrs. Lund and Mrs. Will
liams and three Williams children were
injured when a gasoline speeder on
which they were riding jumped off an
eightyfoOJ trestle on Il logging road
between Wheeler and Cochran, ore.
Five hours after they had attempted
10 hold up Thomas Kelly, cashier of
the Neosho Rapids, Kan, State bank,
two men, who gave their names as
Jones" and smith" were on the way
10 the state penitentiary TO serve indie
terminate sentences Of ten to twenty
years each.
Raw alcohol that cost him SO a
quart was watered by Pete konwinsky
and sold in pop bottles at Sc the bot
tie, konwinsky told the judge at Al
bion, Nebr. His only expense was a
commission of 30 cents n bottle, which
he paid agents" who attended to his
sales of the $3.50" concoction.
President-elect Alvaro Obregon, of
Mexico will be Il guest at Dallas and
the state fair on International Day,
October 10th, according to an an
nouncement made at Dallas, Texas, by
w. Fl. Stratton, secretary of the state
fair Mr. Stratton said he was notified
by Consul Roberto Garcia of Dallas,
who received a message from General
Obregon stating he will attend the fair
on that date.
While Jake Kramer, a farmer liy-
ing near Fort Morgan, was trying to
fix a tractor, his left leg became
caught in the moving machinery and
was torn off above the knee. Kramer
and another man were using a tractor
TO pull their plOw. Something went
wrong with the tractor, and Kramer
left his pillow and climbed to the top
tl,.S \ -
was still running, and as he stopped
over he slipped and his left leg was
thrust into the machinery.
Milford chronicle., 1920-02-13
NASSAU

Quite a number Of the young people
OF this vicinity spent Sunday at Re
hoboth.
Carlton Scott. who has been quite
III for some time, is slowly improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Harney Baker. Of
Lewes, visited his sister, here. sun
day
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mitchell and
children. Of Harbeson. spent the week
end with his parents here, Mr.. and
Mrs. /. d. Mitchell.
Howard Clifton who has been sun
ering with a severe cold is improving
Mrs. Ruth Deane, who has been
spending several days with her mo
ther, Mrs. J. c. Roach, has returned
to her home in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Harry L. Paynter, Of Reho-
both, was caller here on Friday.
The Nassau Orchard Co are i'm
proving their farm by adding three
new tenant houses, which they expect
to have completed soon
Mr.. Samuel Davidson spent Friday
in Georgetown.
Mrs. Fannie Hudson was Lewes
caller on Friday.
Milford chronicle., 1920-02-13
HICKMAN

The farmers are busy preparing
their summer wood.
Mr., B. L. Meredith is on the sick
list
Preaching at Hickman. Sunday
morning. Sunday school at 1O:3O a.
m. Preaching at IL a m.
Mrs. Albert Stokes will entertain
the Ladies Aid on Wednesday evening.
Feb. 25. Everyone is cordially invit-
ed
The stork has visited the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Fountain and left
them iine baby girl
Mrs. Catharine Shane died lat her
home in Hickman, after a lingering
illness. She leaves a husband and
children TO mourn her loss. The
funeral was held at her late residence
on Wednesday afternoon and inter
ment at Concord cemetery Sunday
morning
Quite large number of our citi-
zens are suffering from colds.
Miss Mamie Bender spent the week
end with her parents of Greenwood.
Quite a number of our young peO-
pie are enjoying sleighing just now.
Mr.. William Croll was a Baltimore
visitor last week.
William Breeding has moved his
family in the property of S P.
Brown, recently vacated by Howard
Lucas
Milford chronicle., 1920-02-13
OVERLOOK

The weather stays bad, but we are
looking forward for a change.
Quite a few of the people attend
ed the plays which were given in the
auditorium at Lewes all last week and
reported that they were good plays
Mrs. Alfred King entertained al a
dinner on Tuesday Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Campbell, Mrs. Lydia Richards,
Mrs. Minnie Vincent and son, Miss Es-
tella Harrington and Miss Fannie
Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Simpler are re-
ceiving congratulations upon the ar
rival of a fine son.
Miss Anna FOskey spent Saturday
and Sunday with Mrs. Matilda Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM A. Greene and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. Theo-
cdore Hopkins and family Of near Mil
ton.
Mr. John W Houston spent the
week end with his parents Mr.. and
Mrs. r. G. Houston of Georgetown.
Mr. and Mrs VIM. Mitchell of Cool
spring spent Sunday with Mr.. John
Messick and wife.
Miss Lena LOfland and brother,
Everett of Broadkill, spent Sunday
with their sister. Mrs. Mary Warning
ton
II the weather is clear their will be
preaching at Whites Chapel Church
this Sunday morning at II o'clock. Let
there be a large crowd.
Milford chronicle., 1920-02-13
MILLSBORO

Miss Elizabeth Townsend who at
tends school al Darlington Seminary,
West Chester, spent few days re-
Gently with Miss Lizzie Blackstone.
Several persons from here attended
the funeral services of Mrs Ethel
Nichols al Shovel, last Friday Mrs.
Nichols was the wife OF Larry Nichols.
whose parents live here. and they.
during the early part OF their mar
riage. resided in MllsbOrO. Later Mr..
and Mrs. Nichols moved TO Flint,
Michigan, where the deceased died of
pneumonia on February 1st.
Oliver Monroe and son. Ray. of Mil
ford, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W. II.
Downs.
The members of St Marks p f.
church will hold a festival in Bark
er's Hall on Friday and Saturday
nights. Many good things to eat will
be for sale and everybody is invited
to come
Mrs Lille Collins and Joseph Col
lins have been quite sick from cold
DR.. r. o. Higgins was out Of town
part of last week.
Luther Nichols OF Wilmington spent
last Thursday with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Nichols.
A bake will be held on Saturday in
the little shop next door Carey and
Truitt and pies. cake, rolls. etc, will
be for sale. Town and country friends
will be gladly welcomed
Milford chronicle., 1920-02-13
GREENWOOD

Business is very slow in town at
this writing, as the weather has been
so bad that work is at a standstill.
When the weather becomes better
there will be plenty of work in and
around Greenwood.
Mrs. Elmina Cahall is greatly i'm
proved at this time.
Mrs. James White, who has been
on the sick list for some time is i'm
proving.
Roaco Coleman who lived in Virgin
ia is back on the farm again since the
death of his father.
We are glad to see the snow and
sleet disappearing.
Mrs. Margaret Satterfeld is very i'll
and her daughter, Miss LYDIA Lynch,
vino is teaching sUhUOi al Laurel Is
now at home tending to her.
Charles Rickard, who has been on
the Merchant Marine ship has been
home for the past week visiting his
mother and friends. He will return
to his work on Wednesday.
Jesse Sharp, who is working away
from home, is spending few days at
his home.
Mary Morris Is very i'll, and has
gone to the city for treatment.
W. B. Fowler, one Of our merchants,
is selling out for cost, as he must va
cate in 60 days.
Miss Willie Morris is slowing re-
covering from her recent illness.
Mrs. Nettie Lyden entertained the
W. C. T. U. at her home on Wednes-
lay evening.
Our February Parent-Teachers |
meeting was a success in District 27-C |
If Sussex County. Not withstanding 4
he condition of the roads, thirty-four
we're present. After the regular bus
ness was transacted, the teachers
md members rendered a few melodies
hat delighted all.
Milford chronicle., 1920-02-13
ST JOHNSTOWN

Some of our residents are making
use of these good days by cutting and
hauling wood, after having so many
days of stormy weather.
Frank Adamcheck who has been
employed in New Jersey for several
months is spending some time with
his parents here.
Miss Nancy Wiley is spending some
time with her aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roland Wiley.
Mrs. Anna Harbert Of Harrington
has recently been called to the bed
side Of her son, who is very iii at his
home here. iol, %
Mrs. Roland Wiley spent
with her mother, Mrs. w. L. sSunday
who is seriously i'll at her holfullivan
Pennington, ne near
Frank Tucker is on the
at this wiring. Alex list
Milford chronicle., 1920-02-13
WILLIAMSVTLLE

Miss Catherine Donovan is on the
sick list
Miss Anna Christian of Camden, N.
J. spent the week end with her par
ents.
George Emory of Marcus Hook
spent the week end with his parents.
.t,Mrs. VIM Galloway is spending
anotsa en- time with her mother, Mrs. Sui
sso tsvho is quite in.
VIM. Collins has returned
nan rafter spending some time with
Ighter, Mrs. Samuel Collision of
: Hook.
Wbile Margaret and Mildred Gala
chine atent the week end at George
d. Caulk
last, Geor1thel and Helen Morgan are
of the fasck list.
smaslie. George Manser spent Sunday
with thIr. and Mrs. Alfred Thomson.
W. remember when you change
r r. ~ ~ address to notify the publishers
a;dan+A Ae Milford Chronicle, so that it
3 Nfaraqach you regularly. The old
tion 81 5hels well as the new, should be
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-07-29


/ Oxford shoe time is here. Com,
plete line at Carlson s.
4 Something good to eat ALWAYS
ready for you at Mack s cafe
They look good and give serv-
ICE the Hartman shoe. At Carl
See our prices before buying
your farm machinery. s. E. Mix
kelson, Agent VIC Co.
| WOOD-Good, dry slab wood
at $3.50 and SIS a cord !; Q miles
north OF Russell. Ramey Lumber
". If.
Several brand new Indepen-
dent grain binders for quick sale
at $l75 each. Nezperce Rochdale
W. If.
JAS. Painter, employed in the
sem State Barber Shop, went to
Lewiston Sunday for a visit with
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Ingram
were in town this morning from
Central Ridge, enroute to the
Pierce country for an outing.
The board Of county commits
s 5! was in session here the
flrst OF the week, concluding the
equalization Of the county assess
ment rolls.
Dir. and Mrs. H. M. Dummit
and little daughter, Mrs. Lizzie
Ransier and daughter and the
Congers spent the weekend
camping northwest of Forest.
Deputy Sheriff w. j. Smith is
cut for the Republican nomina-
ton for the office Of sheriff, and
is asking his friends for their sup
port at the primary election on
August 3.
VIM. Fuller and little daughter
are visitors in the city from Spc-
kane. He is busy talking over,
old times with old friends and is
contemplating a fishing trip on|
the Selway.
Il. l.. Anstine, who has been en-
gagged to teach the Harbke school
north of this city for the coming
term, was among those taking the
examinations here last week for
a state certificate.
FOR SALE-A1: cook house,
with built-in bin, tables and
seats, and good range. Also 4
good bundle racks. Now at High |
ranch. Inquire of Duke Dudley, !
R. r. D., Grangeville. 2wI
Clay Swank, a veteran of the
Great War and son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Swank, former resi-
tents of Nezperce, died of heart
failure at his home ! four miles
Of Orofino on the 10Th
instant. He was % years of age
md is survived by his wife, a
laughter of Frank Zelenka, of T
)rofino.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-07-29
Local and Personal News Notes


Where's the street sprinklerg
cafe. - MACK
Laier's. p
Bran for grasshopper poison
at Nezperce Roller Mills.
This is Panama hat year. Tbt
latest styles at Carlson's.
For best picture training. see
Campbell, the photographer.
Rev. NJ. Pike was Lewiston
visitor the first Of the week.
The next Farm Bureau Fai,
will be held in Nezperce Oct 80
Try the fine ice from Medved !
new machines supplied in any
quantity.
The Hartman shoe, the best on
the market and priced right. al
Carlson s.
Papering? See the nice line Of
wall paper just received at Laier's
Cash Store.
FOR SALE-Portable grain
bin. M. j. Olson, at Madison
Lumber Co.
A force is now at work on the
grain storge elevator for the new
Community Mill.
See our prices before buying
your farm machinery. S. E. Mix.
kelson, Agent VIC Co.
Place you order now for win
dow screens and screen doors
with the Prairie Lumber Co.
Several brand new Indepen-
dent grain binders for quick sale
at $175 each. Nezperce Rochdale
Co. If
A. R. Fike left Saturday for
Troy and Kalispell, Mont, to at
tend meetings Of the Brethren
church.
Call at the Prairie Lumber Co.
and inspect their plans for hous-
es, barns silos and all kinds of
outbuildings.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES for
your valuable papers for rent at
81 year and up at UNION
STATE BANK.
The P. M. Harding and Andrew
Stellmon families returned Satur-
lay from a weeks successful
fishing on the Selway.
Pending the opening of the har-
yest season, some ten days hence,
,uting parties Of farmers and
ownspeople are still the order Of
he day.
FOR SALE-Case 32-inch feed
r, in good condition, and priced
ow. Also Birdsell clover huller, |
practically new, for $500. Chas.
Joon, Steele, Idaho. Off.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1920-07-29

Bran for grasshopper poison
at Nezperce Roller Mills.
For prompt dray service, call
on Nezperce Livery Barn.
Get your feet in Hartman
shoes and see how good they feel.
At Carlson s.
See our prices before buying
your farm machinery. s e. Mix
kelson, Agent VIC. Co.
p A. Primus, of Lewiston, is
visiting prairie relatives this
week.
Several brand new Indepen-
dent grain binders for quick sale
at $175 each. Nezperce Rochdale
Co. If.
For kodak finishing or any,
thing in photography see Camp.
bell, the photographer i'll your
town. If.
DR.. and Mrs. John F. Gist, Mr..
and Mrs. Cecil Jones and Ralph
Jones, of this place, were week
end guests of President and Mrs
Q. NJ. Elliott and daughter, Miss
Enid Elliott, Of Lewiston, at their
summer home on Lake Waha.