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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

Plans have been perfected for a
good roads meeting at the court
house here Monday, July 8, at l p.
M No sort of proposition for ad-
ditional tax for road building in the
county, is under way or thought of.
So everybody interested in better
highways may leave that question out
of their minds and come. Able and
instructive discussion of this one
question that means more to Ohio
county than all others combined, will
repay you for your time and trouble.
Lend hand by giving the meeting
your presence.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25
WILL GIVE BETTER
TRANSFER SERVICE

On and after July l, will be able
to give you 100 per cent better trans
fer service between Hartford and
Beaver Dam, for the following rea-
sons:
l will operate nothing but clean,
easy riding cars.
You will not be compelled to wait
while the mail is being loaded.
You will not be compelled TO ride
in a mail truck with the dirty mail
bags.
will be able to start promptly on
time. as / will have no mail for
which to wait.
appreciate your patronage while
l was handicapped by the mail CON
tract, and assure you that 1t is with
pleasure that l announce a better
service for you.
Respectfully,
J. E. CURTIS.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

little son, of Cedar Edge, Colorado,
spent a few days last week with Mr..
Overhults' aunts, Miss Margaret Hun
ter and Mrs. p. l.. Wood.
Mrs. Willie Igleheart and son,
George, of Matanzas. spent Sunday
with Mr. ID. r. Kelsey and family.
Mrs. Emma b. Fulkerson has re-
turned home after being at the bed
side of her nephew. Mr.. Jesse l.. Ev-
erly, of Rockport, for several days,
Miss Anna Wood was the guest OF
her sister, Mrs. Richard banks, of
Nelson. from Sunday until Tuesday.
Mr.. Ham Overhults, of Tennessee,
is visiting relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. o. Hunter. Of Hart
ford, spent Sunday with Mr.. p. L..
Wood and family
Miss Ethel Russell, of Echols, was
the guest of Misses Anna Wood and
Ethel Everly. from Friday until Sun
day.
Mr.. Nose Duvall died at the home
of his daughter. Mrs. jeff Curtis, on
June %, and was buried near Green
vile, the following day.
The steamer, Hazel Rice, which
was sunk at the Her landing. has
been raised and taken out for re-
pair.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25
NEW COINS PROVIDED FOR.

Bills were passed authorizing the
treasury to coin special 50-cent pieces
this year to commemorate the 30Oth
anniversary of the landing of the Pill
grams and the 100 anniversary of the
admission of Maine and Alabama as
states of the Union. The senate
passed bill for two-cent piece in
memory OF Roosevelt. 1t was urged
that rhere is great need Of two-cent
coin-which Is worth about what the
cent used to be.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25
NOTICE TO TEACHERS

All teachers who expect to teach
in the rural schools of Ohio county,
are hereby requested to come to my
Office on July 3rd, 1920, for the pur-
pose of organizing for the school
work of the coming school year.
Come prepared to take your sup
plies back with you. We will dis
cuss the new attendance law, and
the attendant officer will make pub
lie his plans for the enforcement of
same. Please be present by 10 a. m.
52t2 e. S. HOWARD, S. S. o. C.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

Herbert Hoover, until a few days
ago, much talked of and sought out
as an ideal Democratic candidate for
President has suddenly fallen fro \
the lofty pinicle upon which thou
sands of Democrats had placed him.
The Courier-Journal says "The OBJ
servre sees in him the distressing
spectacle of a widely advertised and
well meaning gentleman. who was
an idol of the masses and who has
stumbled from his pedestal" Why
consider the great idol as having
fallen from his PEDESTAL simply be-
cause he iterates his position and
points out his path of duty, as he sees
it? Is he not entitled to credit for
sincerity, honesty of purpose and OPP
en-mindedly standing for and an
nouncing his convictions as much now
as when Democrats everywhere were
talking him as their nominee for
President? Democratic politicians
and leaders had about as much no
ton of nominating Hoover as the
Republicans did for nominating EU
gene v. Debbs, who is serving a term
in Federal prison for sedition or
something worse. The unterrifed
wanted Hoover's support and they
wanted it, oh! so much, and had he
thrown his influence with the DEM
oerats he would now be one Of the
greatest, self-sacrificing patriots in
all the country. Mr. Hoover in sum
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25
CERALVO.

Mattye and Nora Kelsey, of Padu-
cab, are visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ID. r. Kelsey.
Miss Bessie Carter spent from Sat-
urday until Sunday with her cousin,
Mrs. Lillian Harper, of Nelson.
Miss Ethel Everly is the guest OF
her cousin, Mrs. WILDER Taught, Of
Equality.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. c. oyerhults and
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

son had planned for. With the DILL
ions and billions of Indebtedness
hanging over the country, left us as
legacy by the last Democratic Con
gress aud the administrator of VIII
son. what we wish to know Is, how
wol.d the Herald reduce taxes? You
can't ray debts without re7onuc ana
you can't squeeze revenue out of air.
Th.u how else secure money to pa
the debts you left us? You would
not repudiate the debts we feel GER
tain, and it would not be gentleman
ly on our part to sandbag the credi-
tors and thus do away with them. We
would like to see congress that
could reduce taxes and meet all bills
after eight years of Democratic adj
ministration. Wouldn't it look good
though? In one line congress is be-
rated for failure to reduce prices, in,
another for failure to raise prices
of the farmers products q suppose
that is what is meant by relief of
the farmers). To what sort of con-
juring would you resort? Can con-
gress by a simple twist of the wrist,
by a sort of hocus pocus gyration
simply say, up goes prices for the
farmer and down go prices to ev-
erybody else? How would you have
done it Mr.. Herald? You might ask
Palmer the King Prosecutor of all
food profiteers, who stood by and
all but invited the Southern sugar
profiteers to hoist their sugar from
10 to % and 80 cents per pound. The
berated congress also cut millions and
from the budget called for by
various Democratic heads of depart
ments, thereby saving much, and by
that much, lessening the liability to in
crease taxes. In addition to all or
this the Herald was as mad as wet
hen because congress did not pass the
bonus bill, and by the way, the Lower
House did pass it, and had the Sen
ate adopted it, other billions of dol
lars in obligations would have been
added to the billions we already
owe. Great guns! And you wanted
them to reduce taxes, as tho 1t was
purely matter of saying come down
taxes and go out money, by the
billions. We don't understand the
Herald's line of argument at all. AT
ter Wilson vetoed the resolution de-
claring America at peace with Ger
many, which carried with it, had IL
been approved, repeal of the obnox-
ious war time acts granting to the
President so much power, the Lower
House Immediately drafted and pass
ed a measure repeating these special
acts by vote of 323 to 3. We are
not certain that the Upper House,
in the busy times preceding adjourn
ment acted upon the house bill, but If
it did, the bill may be found curled up
and dead in some one of Wilson's
pockets, as many acts were smother
ed in that manner. When Wilson
was asked to keep congress in ses-
sion or to reconvene it, he couldn't
say anything different from what he
said. Not in all of his nearly eight
years has he said a good word in be-
half of any Republican, neither has
he ever given them any sort of recog-
milton. 1t is not in him to do that
way. If one differs with him at all
he is not noticed. ME and MY ways
are the only ways, there are none
other. AS hereinbefore stated, in his
opinion, HE is the alpha and omega,
in American Governmental affairs OF
today.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

We hear so much said in advance
of the Democratic convention with
reference as to what the convention
will say or do about the the prohi-
bition question Quite a number
are prophesying that the convention
will contain a wet plank, or declare
for what is a so-called light wines
and beer plank. We are willing to-,
in advance, predict that the Demo-
Gratis will do nothing of the kind.
On the other hand it is our belief that
they will declare in favor of the en-
forcement of the present law upon
that subject. The country. by con-
stitutional amendment is dry, it is
growing dryer every day and the
dryer we get the better it is for all
of us. When once we get the moist
ure all dried out We don't care to
get wet again. To legalize the man
ufacture and sale of light wines and
beer would be to take a long step
backward, to throw down the bars,
so to sneak. When once man who
has been addicted to the excessive
use of intoxicating drink gets it en-
tirely out of his system and finds out
how much better off he is and how
easily he can do without it will not
readily vote for the return of king
alcohol. We speak of the great ma
jority of men when we say they
would not support a wet programme.
To be sure, there are numbers of
men, good men and citizens who
would support moderately wet
plank, and many, as matter of
course, who would be willing to make
it as wet as wet could be, but they.
in our opinion, constitute a fast
dwindling minority 1t is but natur-
al that political bosses would like to
catch all elements when there is an
election on, but we give these Demo-
Gratis credit for having entirely too
much good sense and political fore
sight to incorporate a wet plank in
their platform and ask the voters of
the Nation to return their party to
control on the booze question. A
few of us would like to have liquor,
yes a vast number of us perhaps
would very much like to have it, but
as before stated, we now know that
we can do without it with little of
Inconvenience, and the people are not
going to vote it back and place it be-
fore all of the roughnecks of the
country where it will raise so much
hell with the good and the bad alike.
In the language of I'm The Guy
That's how we feel about it," If
people didn't get drunk and act the
fool so much there would not be so
much need for prohibition, but for
the purpose of keeping us from act
ing the fool, and infiicting other peo-
pie with the fruits Of our debauches,
the country was made dry. So far
the present State of prohibition has
not been a partisan measure or
brought about by partisan methods,
neither do we believe the San Fran
cisco convention is going to make it
a partisan question by demanding
the return to old days and old ways.
The liquor question in our judgment,
is very nearly settled, excepting, as
a matter of course, vigilence will be
necessary for a long time to come
in order to prevent or curtail the IL
legitimate manufacture and sale OF
intoxicants. That has always been
the case, even when and where one
could make and sell it through le-
galized methods, If he cared to do
so.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

President Wilson has had private
wire installed in the whitehouse con-
Meeting him with the Frisco Con-
vention, and like the phonograph ad
where the faithful dog is listening in,
the Democratic Convention in Cali
fornia will also have its ear to the
horn listening for its masters voice
in Washington.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

We are authorized to announce the
candidacy of w. P. Hays, of Nelson
County, for Congress from the Fourth
Congressional District, subject to the
action of the Republican party
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

D 1--WE are authorized to announce
the candidacy of John P. Haswell, Jr.,
of Breckenridge County, for Congress
from the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict, subject to the action of the Re-
publican party.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

Iotal ....'.. So5o ,V5V.Z4
State Of Kentucky)
)Sct
County of Ohio. }
We, Rowan Holbrook and c. o.
Hunter, Vice President and Cashier
OF the above named Bank. do solemn
ly swear that the above statement is
true to the best OF our knowledge
and belief.
ROWAN HOLBRoOK, V. Pres.
c. o. HUNTER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 23rd day of June. 1920.
My Commission Expires March /,
1922.
MARGARET MARKS,
Notary Public. 1,
Correct-Attest: "
ROWAN HOLBROOK,
c. o. HUNTER.
r. E. LEE SIMMERMAN.
Directors.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

In another column we publish an
article written by DR.. Oscar Allen, of
Cromwell, on the benefits of CONSOLE
dation of rural public schools. There
are some good thoughts in the ar
ticle and it is worth your while to
read it,
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

Oficially speaking, spring ended
and summer made it's annual advent
Monday to be chilled by tempera-
ture we'll down in the fifties.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

We are authorized to announce
Marshall Duncan, of Springfield, as
a candidate for the Republican nomi-
nation for Congress in this district.
Primary Election, August Z, 1920.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25
TELEPHONES
ANNOUNCEMENT

We are authorized to announce the
candidacy of Richard p. Ernst, of
Covington, for u. S. Senator, from
Kentucky, subject to the action of
the Republican party.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25
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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

The present price of gasoline is
likely to take the joy out of rid
ing.
Albert Cox says If he ever meets
John Henry Thomas face to face,
when he has his gun with him there
is going to be lot of mangled stuff
for which there is no market.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

There are lots of things we don't
profess to understand the whyfore-
ness of, but the greatest puzzle to us
is, why-in-tarnation do telephone
companies keep and pay trouble men
when the patrons have so dadgumed
much of it to contend with, and about
all they get for it is, slinesbizy.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1920-06-25

Albert Rial says he is going to
adopt the Piggy Wiggly system in
his popcorn and peanut business. All
he expects to do is to furnish the
rooster, oleomargerine, corn and
peanuts, letting his customers pop
the corn, roast the gooblers, sack
and salt the corn down and he'll do
the same to the jitneys.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02
REMEMBER THE BIRDS

When you take down the Christmas
tree, set it outside in some sunny cor
ner of the yard or lawn and hang on
its branches goodies for the birds. A
bit of suet or fat, bits of apples and
nut meats, small pieces Of the meat
from a cocoanut, still adhering to the
shell and many other tidbits which the
feathered folks like, should be firmly
fastened to the branches with stout
string. Be sure the articles are tied
firmly and do not swing, otherwise the
birds will be unable to get at them,
and where long string is used, the
food will sway back and forth when
the birds peck at it. The little tin
boxes In which after-dinner mints are
sold, II f1l1ed with small grain and fas-
tened ArmlyEte . branch with wire Win
provide . feast for the little visitors.
0ne can sweep spaee around the tree
abd during tze day time shallow pan
may Be hlled With water for the birds
to drink.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02
HELPING HUBBY BEAT H. c. L.

The young husband had complained
about the butter, SO the bride decided
to see that he was satisfied. Accord
ingly, when he came home one evening
she greeted him with the announce
ment that hereafter she was going to
make their own butter. Surprised, he
inquired details. "Well, John" she
said, ~ went down town this morning
and bought lovely churn and made
arrangements with the milkman to de-
liver gallon of buttermilk every day,
SO l can churn it and make our own
butter" And John, the brute, only
laughed. m 1i-l
The above reminds US of another
story at the brides expense. Being
unable to secure good, fresh eggs and
besides the price was something fierce,
she sent to seed house for twelve egg
plants and planned to plant them and
gather one dozen eggs fresh every
day.
While still another bride wept all
over hubby's clean shirt front because
the butcher, from whom he had that
morning purchased a turkey, delivered
it and "there was not bit Of dressing
inside Of it. That butcher cheats"
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02
CHRISMAS MUSICALE OF Ii. C.
IS VERY MUCH ENJOYED

The l. T. c. held its Christmas musi-
cal at the home Of Mrs. Alice East
man on Tuesdsy afternoon. An un-
usually large attendance was present
- well Is . number Of visitors. Mrs.
Forbes, rs leader. had arranged q fine
program which brought forth much
favorable comment. Those taking
part were: Mrs. Bew, Misses Kather-
inc Lashbrook and Wilma Doig, piano
solos; vocal solos, Mrs. Jorgensen,
Miss Vivian Trip rs accompanist, and
Miss Ethel Trip; violin solos, Mes
danes Cofer and Mckee. Miss Esther
Arterberry entertained the club with
. reading. The last meeting Of the
club this year proved one Of the most
enjoyable Of the many held and the
delicious luncheon served the guests
by the hostess, assisted by her daught-
ers finished q most enjoyable after
noon. Mrs. Helen Sills, who is presi-
dent of the club, presided at the meet
ing.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02
IS RENDERED SURPRISE PARTY

The Royal Neighbors rendered q
surprise party on one Of its members,
Chas. McDermott, Monday evening. at
the home Of Mrs. Jos. Krah. There
were "a guests present and an enjoy
able time was spent. Mrs. McDermott
was presented with q lovely cut glass
fruit compete rs q token Of the es-
TEEN in which she is held by her club
sisters. The McDermott family are
expecting to leave Gunnison about the
first Of the week for their future home
in Idaho Springs. The change is
being made for the benefit Of Mrs.
McDermott, who has been in poor
health for some time past.
At the close Of the evening, q deli
cious luncheon was served and all de-
parted with expressions of good
wishes and success for the guest Of
honor and her family in their new
home.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02
LAST sUFFRAGIsT CONVENTION

The very last annual convention Of
the National American Woman SuA-
rage organization, headed by Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, will be held in
Chicago on February IL to IS, accord
ing to call just issued.
The reason that this convention is
called the 'last," is owing to the fact,
in former years the meetings were for
the purpose Of strengthening the in
fuence Of woman's suffrage, to en-
courage and cheer each other and to
lay plans for the work Of securing q
national woman's suffrage. But now
the battle is practically over and won,
and the coming meeting will be in the
nature of celebration over the aim
achieved and the women Of the. nation
will enter into the enjoyment Of their
hard-earned victory and political liber-
ty. 1t is hoped that the meeting will
be the largest gathering yet.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02

January End, and all is well-the
world didn't come to an end as per
schedule, and that bunch of planets
said to be prowling around the sun,
were, no doubt, safety-frst commit
tee of planets holding q meeting to
devise ways and means for protecting
their property rights in the milky way
which are now being threatened with
aviators and aeroplanes and other sky
joy wagons. That's it, we'll bet dol
lar. Also, the coming year is "leap
year." which no doubt accounts for the
worried expression on some of our
young men faces. Cheer up boys,
maybe she won't "git you."
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02

Wild grapes, one quart OF vinegar.
onefourth Of Q cupful each Of whole
cloves and stick cinnamon. Heat slow
" and cook until the grapes are soft.
Strain through cheese cloth. or jelly
bag and boil 20 minutes. then add six
pounds OF sugar and boil i've minutes.
Turn into glasses and seal - usual
for Jelly.
Tsmsts MIncs NsaA-ror thess
who like this kind Of mince meat.
this 10 q reliable recipe. Take q peck
Of green tomatoes. slice ana let stand
covered with Q layer Of salt over one
day. Drain. chop and add two dosen
tart apples. i've pounds Of brown sug-
ar. three pounds Of raisins. two
pounds Of currants, one tablespoonful
Of cinnamon. one grated nutmeg and
one teaspoonful Of cloves; add ons
pint Of good vinegar and cook one and
cne-haif hours.
Canned Red Psppsrs-wash and
cut In strips with scissors. Cover
with boiling water. let stand thres
minutes. drain and plunge into ice
water to cover in which there II q
large piece Of ice. Again drain and
pack solidly Into jars. To one quart
Of vinegar. add two cupfuis Of sugar.
bring to the boiling point and boil Is
minutes. Pour over the peppers to
overflow the jars; seal and store in
q cool place.
spiesd orapsA-Wash and pick the
grapes from the stems. Remove. hs
skins. boil the pulp and rerhove tks
seeds Take seven pounds Of fruis
before the grapes have been pre-.
pared; to each seven pounds add one
cupful Of strong vinegar. one cupful
Of grape Juice. two ounces Of CHINA.
mon, one ounce Of cloves; tie the spic-
e. In a cloth. add three and one-haii
pounds Of sugar. and cook until thick
about one and one-half hours. Stir
often and put in glasses; seal as Jelly.
Gunnison news-champion., 1920-01-02
A LITTLE STORY ON MIsTLEroE

When you take down the Christmas
decorations of holly and mistletoe, do
you ever wonder just what mistletoe is
and how 1t grows? Perhaps there is
none other Of our evergreen plants
which is more admired than the mis-
tletoe, with its modest yellowish- green
leaves and its small clusters of white
berries. For centuries it has been
considered an important feature of
the Christmas decorations. Yet as
far as the real value Of the plant goes,
it is practically worthless.
It is a small shrub-like plant, COM
prising more than four hundred known
species, mostly tropical and parasite.
In the eastern and southern part Of
the United States the common mistle-
toe grows on various species of de-
cidous trees, but in Europe it prefers
the apple tree to any other bark.
1t sends it's roots thru the bark of
the tree and draws sustenance from
the sap. However, 1t is only q partial
papasite, for it has green leaves which
enables it to do some work in making
food for itself.
In some species Of mistletoe the
flowers are snowy white, while in
others, they are more modest. The
berries contain fiat seeds, surrounded
by stick substance from which bird
lime is made. This birdlime is spread
on the ground where birds frequent
SO as to impede their progress, thus
making it easy to capture them. II
is also used the same way for captur-
ing ground squirrels, but otherwise
the mistletoe has no practical value
whatever, aside from the sentimental
uses to which it is put during the holi.
days.
The plant grows very slowly and moi
until It Is four years old does it bea,
its first white berries. However, r
ultimately cause the death Of the tree
on which it has lodged by draining the
tree OF its vital juices necessary te
its growth and life.