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Arizona republican., 1920-05-19

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 CHICAGO, May 1e.-A wave of price cutting in retail clothing costs reaching from the Missis- sippi valley 10 the Pacific coast was reported today. Dispatches from 24 cities told of promised re- auctions in certain necessities ranging from IS per cent to below cost.
 Financial authorities here said that the indications were that the price de- cline would be limited to ready-t to- wear clothing, principally womens garments and silks. Shoes were in the list affected.
 Can Thank Money Market
 Tight money and inadequate trans portation facilities were cited among the prime reasons for the movement. Delays in delivery of goods in which money had been tied up, together with inability of farmers 10 get grain and livestock to market were said in many instances to have worked a hardship on merchants.
 An officer of one of the leading department stores of Chicago de-
 clared that the price reduction now being reported meant also that merchants were trying to satisfy what is called ia hystericaI de- mand from the public for lower prices" These current reductions, he said, might be only temporary. A financial authority here said that If reports of price cutting were de- pendabIe, they indicated tendency toward a reduction in inventories. Though this might be temporary. he said. it was undoubtedly good, in that 1t suggested that merchants were go- ing ahead more cautiously. Sales are being held under various names.
 In Topeka, Kan. mems clothing firm announced mo profit sale. De- partment stores in St. Louis advertised .'underselling campaign
 Twenty per cent cuts were the most popular. On the Pacific coast, Tacoma dealers announced cuts from 20 per cent flat to ''profitless sales
 Three Seattle retailers cut clothing 20 per cent. In San Francisco one re taller announced a 20 per cent cut in all lines, another 20 to 50 per cent in certain commodities.
 Several Omaha stores said their silk cuts were 50 per cent. Tn Wichita. Kan, silk shirts have been reduced. Coffeyville. Kan, reported many cut price sales
 Shoe Prices Affected
 In Minneapolis a large department store has announced a cut of 20 per cent At Knoxville. Tenn, one of the city's largest department stores today made a discount of 20 per cent on it's entire stock, except a few contrac ct price articles. Shoe reductions also were announced. At Oklahoma City sales offers of 20 to 30 per cent re- auctions were reported.
 At San Antonio, Texas two depart ment stores and one at Waco an nounced sales with reductions of 20 per cent, another a 25 per cent reduc- ion sale.
 At Fort Smith, Aria special sales said the reduction was 20 per cent A Inf cfr flT1f vomens store are making the same cut. Slight reductions in shoes and wearing apparel were noted at Texar kama, Springfield, and at Little Rocl retailers last week made cuts from fifth to a quarter. Atchison, Kan, an bounced a 20 per cent reduction.
 Announce 15 Per Cent Reduction
 CHEYENNE, Wyo, May 1S-Re- 5uction of 15 per cent on the prices o all dry goods and clothing, effective tomorrow, was announced today by eDe local merchant
Arizona republican., 1920-05-19

MTTCHELL, s. D.. May I6- BlII Smith a negro, employed by the Mil waukee Railway company in a sand pit near Ethan, $. D., was shot to death by strange negro. who first appeared It the bunk house this morn ing. gave his name asV Terry Hugley and immediately started a quarrel with Smith.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-19
BREAK IN INFLATED LIVING
 COSTS ARRIVES

Retail CIothiers In Many States Reduce Prices from 10 to 25 Per Cent; Others Sell Necessities at Costs Shoes Also Included
Arizona republican., 1920-05-19
MARTIN SCORES ANOTHER KAYI

WHEELING. w Va, May 1S-Bot Martin. heavyweight champion of the A. F. F.. knocked out Tom McMahcr of New Castle. Pa, in the fifth round of a scheduled 10 round bout hero 70 night. Gen. Leonard Wood, republican candidate for the presidential nomina- tion who spoke in Wheeling today. viewed the bout from a ringsido seat
Arizona republican., 1920-05-19
PAYNE FAVORS PARADISE LAND
 OWNERS UNLESS PARTIES AGREE
Factions Meet Today In Effort to Work Out Plans For Unified Ownership And Control
lspeeiaI to The RepubIIeanl


 WASHINGTON, May 1S.-Secretary of Interior Payne this morning after conference with Director Davis and other of that department relative to the Paradise Verde matter called The Arizona delegation.
 Director Davis called attention to Various features of the subject and the secretary stated, in effect, that while he thought the Para disc Verde people were including too much territory in their district in view of the water supply, and while he had some doubt 10 their abaiity to finance the scheme, yet he had determined to permit them to construct the reservoirs and take their own chances as to water supply and their ability to sell their bonds unless some agree
 nnent should be reached after a conference between the parties
 concerned that would permit of unified ownership and cotroi.
 He suggested that represe entatiVes ot the different factions in the conlro- versy meet and endeavor to work out some compromise that would be ac- ceptable to all parties, but that if this were not done he would grant the permit at once to the Paradise-N Verde district.
 Much of the remainder of the day was spent in separate conference with joint conference by all interests later in the afternoon to be continued at 9 ;30 o'clock tomorrow morning.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-19
Assures Victory For Paradise

Assures victory Tor r&rauise
 Action of the secretary of the in- terior practically assures victory for the Paradise Verde project. for even should some agreement be reached be tween the contesting parties, the land owners in the unirrigated areas of Paradise valley would unouestionahfy come in for water rights under the agreement.
 Two distinct proposals were ETc- scented to Secretary Payne at the D s-- ing in Washington Monday and She celerity with which he disposed of khe questions involved came as a comrS5te surprise to the hundreds directly 4u terested.
 Three factions were represented at the hearing, Judge Richard F. sloan representing owners of land east and southeast of Mesa and Chandler aF well as the Salt River valley project and owners or so-called dry lands within the project. Officials of the Salt River valley project presented their sides of the controversy while Attorney George Christy presented the side of the Paradise Verde project.
 Sloan Would Include Big Acreage
 Judge Sloan recommended the con struction of a horseshoe diversion dam on the Verde, the storage waters to be used in supplying irrigation needs 60 40, 600 acres of unirrig gated lands east and southeast of Mesa as we'll as all dry lands included within the present scope Of the Salt River valley project. the dam to be made a part Of this project. It was his contention that such dam would serve greater acre age and insure sufficient water co present irrigable lands than any of the other proposed projects
 The Salt River valley project cons tended for the construction of a horse shoe diversion dam on the Verde, the storage waters to be used to supple ment the supply from Roosevelt and thus guarantee landowners under the project against losses from lack of water. A comparatively small amount of acreage would be added 10 the prol ect under this proposal
 Representatives of the Paradise Verde project contended for the con- struction of two or more storage dams. as outlined in plans already completed. the water to be used exclusively Tor irrigation purposes in Paradise valley. The Paradise Verde project also pro- posed construction of dams on the New river and Skunk creek, but neither oE the other factions was concerned fn the latter two projects.
 Approximately 90.0O0 acres in Para disc valley will be directly benefited under the Paradise-N Verde proposal. the plans state
Arizona republican., 1920-05-19
A CALL TO ARMS!

GUY ALSOP, A. c. DULMAGE, J. c. DOZENS, VERNON L. CLARK, J. C.. ADAMS. CHARLES McARTHUR, A. C. LUHRS,
Arizona republican., 1920-05-19
.nnounce 15 Per Cent Reduetion

Nnnounce ID Fer Oent heductIon
 CHEYENNE. Wyo,, May 1S.-Re- 5uction of 15 per cent on the prices of all dry goods and clothing, effective tomorrow, was announced today by one local merchant.
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
The MIdd1s Aaes Revalued.

One of the most notable changes in the perspective of modern thought is a revaluation of the Middle Ages. They have long been popularly regarded as the Dark Ages. This tradition is one of those half-truths that have been learned by rote and repeated so often that they are taken for granted.
 But further study and investigation have compelled change of judgment. Not only during the period commonly called the Dark Ages did the human spirit reach supreme triumphs in the fields of art and architecture. but the brush of Titan and the pen of Dante, plumb a depth of social thought and experience that has hardly been sur passed. r..v.. rr-gts .-. 'f Moreover, 1t is now realized that out of these so-called Dark Ages came the great tidal waves or modern industri- alism, the beginning of free city life, and the quest for political and social rights. In spite of some dissertations, some thrones and altars overturned, the five centuries of the Middle Ages gave rise to the modern university with its various colleges and throngs of students. They gave birth and ex- pression to the ideal of chivalry and did much to exalt the appreciation of labor.-Minneapolis Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
Safety First.

"AhI Good morning, MT. Naybur p urbanely saluted J. Fuller Gloom. "Too bad about Rev. Adoniram Jud- son, wasn't it? He was eaten by can- nibals, yon know"
 Really, MT. Gloom, you surprise me. Pardon me. but don't you know anything newer than that?"
 'Yes; several things, in fact. Bus I have learned by painful experience that the result of offering information or criticism on subjects of contem- poraneous interest is often unpleasant and sometimes dangerous. I have dis covered that people are prone tc he preiudiced one way or the other on current matters: therefore. one can not be too careful in his selections of topics for discussian. For instance } can get TOW ir, minute bl declaT- ing Snr 0r ~15insf he League o' Na. lions but Nhea .. er tu the sad end of the llte Rev Judaon find al most everybody s. v to agree with me."
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
Monkey convlctss . Killer.

A monkey was brought into the court at Constantinople in connection with the murder Of the manager of the Ackermann circus, which had been giving performances for a season in the Turkish capital.
 A married couple named Starr, who were members of the circus troupe, were suspected of the crime and aFl rested, but no evidence could be dis covered against them, The judge thereupon resorted to d reconsideration of the crime. The circus manager had been murdered at moment when he was feeding an Indian Smonkey named Scamp. Starr and his wife were conducted to the cage.
 The instant the animal, which had previously shown much affection toward them, saw the couple, it broke into a furious rage, throwing itself against the bars of its cage in it's attempts, to attack the Stars. At subsequent sitting of the eourst, the monkey was led in and had hardly caught sight of the Stars when it again flew into paroxysln of rage.
 The spectacle produced a great i'm pression on the court and, notwith- standing their emphatic denials, Starr and his wife were judged guilty North China Herald. .
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
Pocket Radios.

During the war radio outfits were made so small and light that they could readily be carried in a small aeroplane. An eten more compact ap- paratus has now been devised which is trpndled about in a wheel chair. The antennae consists of a network of wires forming square of about a foot, which is not even raised above the level of the seat. The receiving apparatus Is tucked away under the seat As the chair is wheeled about the boardwalk by the sea, messages are picked up from ships many miles at sea. The operator sits in the chair swept by ocean breeze" and listens in on all manner of radio messages transmitted from the ships to the shore stations, or the other way about, or from one ship to another. It is possible to pick up messages from ships thirty miles or more at sea. The same apparatus may be carried by an automobile or even a bicycle.-Boys' Life.
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
Remarkable Menu.

A group of New Workers dined th@ other day on some curious dishea They were octopus soup, rock cod from New Zealand, roast breast of penguin. peas from Argentina, sea elephant cut lets and salads made from endive@ grown in Tasmania. All the fish and meats served at the meal had been frozen two years before in the south seas and were brought north to show how great and how varied a food sup ply the antarctic continent can fur nish.-Youth's Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
WORLD GOES BACK
Revival of Black Magic Is 0mi-
 nous Poftent.
Interest Shown in Witchcraft and Necromancy of the Dark Ages
 Sign of the Times.

Europe is rapidly slipping back in- to medievalism, both materially and mentally. The revival of racial and re- ligious warfare, the dissolution of im- perial aggregates into numerous pet ty independencies, the breakdown of international credit and communica- tion, the reversion to primitive forms of trade, industry and morality, the limitation of savage styles of music and art, the glorfficatton of physical prow- ess and brutality, the growing con- tempt for science and the recrudes- cence Of superstition, all point in the same direction, that is toward the Dark Ages.
 Magic is again in vogue. More books on necromancy are being published than on chemistry and have a vastly wider circulation. The worship of Sa- tan appears cand the Black Mass is again celebrated. During the war one of the leading writers on Satanism. Jules Bois, was sent over to this: coun- try by the atheistfc French govern ment to urge us on to the war. Witch craft is becoming popular and Is ap- bearing again in the courts. In Jan- uary, 1920, a case icame before the correctional tribunal of Bordeaux In which. the, defense was 8, charge of Sorcery. Sl g4gY "a - Eg sF4
 These things are not important In themselves, but are of great interest as signs of the times. It does not mat ter much whether the narrations are true or false or rather what may De the truth about them. The significant thing about them is that they are so widely and readily accepted. At the close of the nineteenth century the view was commonly expressed that all such things as astrology, agfc. witch craft, demonology and divination were exploded myths. Now the medieval mind is again in the ascendant. Medie-s val costumes and customs are being revived and medieval institutions, like the guild system and village commune, arc being advocated. --....
 Marvellous incidents which a few years aga would not have been accept- cd on any amount of evfdence are now hCC6pI&0 O0 no 6VluSuCc hL dh. Auc public mind is shifting from mar row and dogmatic skapticism to an nnethical and boundIess credulfty. Even where the ecclesiastical authori- ties, as at Bordeaux. endeavor to nip in the bud nascent' sensation the popular demand for wonders proves irresistible The Catholic church op-. poses modern spirftuelism as strsuil- ously as it opposed medieval witch craft, but evenfts own adherents some times succuhb to the wiles of the ouija board. .... .
 Church ana state gre alike power less to oppose such general move ment, and science offers little op- position. Tn fact some of the most prominent men of science are now re. lating personal experiences more amaz- ing than the legends of the middle ages.-E. E. Slosson in New York Independent. ..
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
RUMM.GE SALE WORTH WHILE
Occasions When Things of Greater Moment Than o l Clothes May
 Be Dispc 5ed Cf.

Did you ever attend one? Here on a table is old Browns silk hat that he wore to church many years and now that he's gone it has been sent by his family to the rummage sale to be disposed of for the benefit of the church.
 And there on the counter Is an old china pug dog that used to guard the mantelpiece in somebody's house. And on rack hangs the Prince AL bert coat that some fellow wore when he was married and which his wife kept as treasured thing through the years; now she has given 1t away be- cause the sentiment that attached to 1t is dead and has fiuttered away like last years leaf.
 They are handy institutions, these rummage sales, enabling one, as they do to give away for good purposes what he no longer needs or wants or cares for. He holds on to such things long timeS and then one day he gets tired seeing them around and. away they go to the rummage sale. the sec ond-hand store and the rag shop.
 But the rummage of minds and caaraetersamost people hold on toeand cherish forever. To their dying days they keep old and wornout prejudices and fight hard for them.
 They hold and feed eankeffhg hates and envies as things of great value, worth treasuring in their hearts.
 They keep fast to habits, knowing they are bad, but lacking the will or the courage to throw them of. .--~-.-~
 They cast off only good resolutions and intentions because they interfere too much with comfort. @
 The next time you gather together your old clothes for the rummage sale and you have packed it all in one bundle. suppose you say to yourself {: 'Tet's see, what have I left outl What else is there that I ought to get rid of? What passions, prejudices and habits are littering up my mind and characterT ' / You will not be able to get rid Of this rummage as easily as you can dispose of your old clothes, but once having taken stock of 1t you will know yourself better. The first step to self improvement Is to become acquainted with your defects. --.---.-----
 T know everything except myself" said the celebrated vagabond, vnlou.
 Detroit Times. pva
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09

Invisible Cement-mends china, glassware, ornaments. For sale at The Canaan Printing Company.
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
MAKES RAPID HEADWAY
Add This Fact to Your Store of
 Knowledge

Kidney disease often advances so rapidly that many person is firmly in it's grasp before aware of it's pro- gross. Prompt attention should be given the slightest symptom of kid ney disorder. If there is a dull pain in the back, headaches, dizzy spells or a tired, worn-out feeling, or if the kidney secretions are offensive, ir- regular and attended by pain, pro- cure good kidney remedy at once.
 Your townspeople recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Ask your neigh bor! Read the statement of this
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
Mas on the Job.

And I'll take a dozen ears of green corn," he said as he wound up his or der to the grocer.
 Gracious me! but you don't ex- pect green corn at this time of the year, do you?"
 "No, sir. but we'll get it next July, won't we?'
 "Yes."
 "Then make the order for next July. Pm very absent-minded and am con- tinually forgetting something. I've tried to think of green corn all this month, but forgot it day by day, and now I'll order nine months in ad- vance,"
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
New Foe of Tuberculosis.

Tn several tuberculosis sanatoriums ing used a little instrument of glass and steel that reflects the suns rays down the patients throat and larynx. and so hastens the destruction of the bacilli, says Popular Mechanics Maga- zine. To use the instrument. the pa tient faces the sun and places the tube betw cen his lips, iens outward.
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
BasIs of Success.

General education is the foundsti0m upon which specialized vocational edu- cation can be built The better foundar ton building has, the better the su- perstructure. Boys and girls shoula receive as much general education as is possible; in other words, should re- main Tn the regular public schools un- til forced to leave or to prepare spe- cially for a particular vocation--Ex- change.
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
JOHN J. WEIR

Undertaken Auto Service Great Burlington, Mass. Tel. office 56-W House 464J
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09
Canaan citizen.

Canaan citizen.
 Bartley Killawee, says: 'T have used Doan's Kidney Pills off and on for four or five years, I have taken them for severe backaches and ir- regular action of my kidneys. The kidney secretions have been painful in passage also. At such times, l have taken a few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills and they have entirely relieved me-"
 Price COG, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that MT. Killawee had. Foster-Mil- burn Co.,, Mfrs, Buffalo, N. Y.-ad.
Connecticut western news., 1920-12-09

Self-Inking Stamp Pads in green. blue and purple at The Canaan Printing Company. ..s
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-05-28
LET US BE MORE DEMOCRATIC

Assuming that Congress desires TO
enact into law the will Of the people
how is congress to know what that
will is? Isn't it largely matter of
guessWOrk for any congressman to
know what his constituents want done
in the matter Of a particular question?
Petitions have some weight personal
letters 10 representatives have still
more influence; but it is safe to say
that even in the matter of petitions
only very small proportion of the peo-
pie express themselves on any question
before congress, except III isolated
cases
If representative is honestly en-
dea .oring to carry out the will OF his
constituents he viii endeayor to ascer-
taia that will. but it is next to impOs-
lille to do so. People are too indiffer-
emit TOO busy with their private affairs
TO trouble themselves to express their
desires. They do not write enough let
tcrS to their representatives.
What we have in America is govern
meut by active minoritics. In circum-
stances like that our statesmen are in
fiuenced largely by guesswork. Each
faction among the people tries to yell
the lOudest and then our politicians try
to analyze the din. Those interests
that are able to control the most news
papers are able to make the lOudest
cutlery, and so it happens that the news
papers exercise an undue influence
both on the actions of the government
AMI on the people. Oftentimes these
influences are sinister for evil.
If we had a system OF federal and
state referendum elections it would be
a Srrnle matter to learn the will of the
people on important questions. Gov
eminent would become more responsive
and more intelligent. When such ques-
tiOns as the league of nations arise
there would not need be any guesswOrk,
as there has been in our national legiS-
lativc body during the past year. and
political iocIleying would he cut out to
a large extent.
4 referendum vote could be taken
ana Il great question settled as demo
oratically as was recently done in little
Switzerland. We boast of being the
greatest democratic country in the
world. But are we?