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Arizona republican., 1920-05-03

Principals of schools of eight rooms or less will be paad a maximum of S2,100 yearly.
 Principals of schools of more than eight rooms will be paid a maximum of s2100, plus $60 per room in excess of eight.
 Principals of schools with more than ten teachers will not be required to teach.
 Principals of schools of ten rooms or less may be excused from teaching a part of the time.
 Teachers who have received the maximum salary for at least one year may receive an additional hundred dol lars increase of salary for each six units of summer school work such summer school work to be approved and taken in colleges acceptable to the superintendent and board of trustees. Not more than three such annual pro- motions will be allowed.
 only such summer school work will De allowed as would seem to have a df- rect bearing upon the teachers work Tn the school in which she is employed NO credit for correspondence work
 The board reserves the right to pav special salaries, not scheduled to teachers who have proven themselves of special worth.
 The board of trustees reserves the privilege Of requiring summer attend ance as condition to ernplovrnent without additional pay whenever the best interests of the school would seem to justify it.
Arizona republican., 1920-05-03
TEMPE RALLY IN NINTH DEFEATS
 PHOENIX SQUAD

TEMPE, May 2.-In a sensational ninth inning rally the Tempe team to- day snatched victory from the hands
Arizona republican., 1920-05-03
ABOUT THE STATE

the papers of the artillery battery. If the papers are found correct, the state appropriation for the battery building will go through and the erection of same will be commenced in the near future.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16

,SNIE looked down to the busy street. through a blur of snOwfiakes. At least, Connie told herself deter minediy that snowfiakes were accountable for the blur; then, she wiped her eyes.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16
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Good Year for violets.

Sweet peas have been forced for the Christmas market only for many years past. They must be started blooming before the cold weather begins. Then they will bloom all winter. DaffodlIs do not get in until February, but al- most all the rest of the spring flowers, hyacinths. narcissuses. bavardia, and so on, are on the Christmas counters. Easter lilies. too. though rather cold and white for Christmas. are sold. Vii olets, are fine this winter, deeply. darkly. beautifully blue. Some mi- gnonette now comes in enormous sprays. There are carnations but the bright red Christmas carnation is the favorite. Holly comes from the hills of Maryland and the south. The wild holly supplies the market and there has never seemed to be any percepti- ble diminution of the supply. Great quantities of it are purchased by all sorts of dealers. who decorate their stores with it and send out sprig at- tached to every Christmas parcel.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16
GOOD TURNS ON CHRISTMAS
Chance for All to Aid the Friendiess in Having Happy YuIetide
 Season.

ID EAL purveyors of Christmas cheer IN may often find market for their precious wares outside the pale of charity for all homeless people are not necessarily poor, and neither are all childless homes necessarily unhap- py. Housekeepers who are short on homes may combine these two lackings and make Christmas day merry de- light for the grOwn-ups in spite of these unfortunate conditions.
 There is always something peculiar ly pitiable in the idea of any one "fioeking alone" which should appeal to the home-maker without a family, so that this should be the occasion for her to gather in all the bachelor maids and homeless men of her acquaintance and give them joyful opportunity to "fiOck together" Even the ScroogeS, if she knows any, should be rescued fxom their lonely bowls of grue and persuaded to open their shut-up hearts and wear them outside for general fn- spection, as Dickens says. ''FOr Christ mas daws to peck at" Therefore. col
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16

on, "when you interrupted us with your knock. I was climbing the lad der to hang holly wreath"
 Let me do it for you" the man said. Before she could could refuse his assistance he was on the ladder. the wreath in his hands.
 That's better" Connie told him as the crimson berries.
 'It's the first time in years" Hu- bert Armstrong said with boyish laugh. 'that I've done that sort of thing. Gives me thrill of old Christ mas. Makes me wish for fireplace with a filled stocking before it. The fireplace of your picture makes me long to go skating on a creek-your creek. back at HiIlcrest. Makes me want to taste turkey again over the old dining-room table"
 .Yes" breathed Connie "and hear the church bell ring out across the snow"
 Eager-eyed the man gazed into those other eager eyes beneath his own.
 Lets do it." he said impulsively
 eLet us have real. joyful old-fash- toned sort of Christmas. you and l. back at Aunt Martha's. I will call her on the phone. It would delight her heart"
 'It would be just peace on earth to me" Connie said happily.
 And that Christmas eve as she gazed wideawake through her attic window the moon shone down through the holly wreath.
 "Merry Christmas" whispered Con- nie while the old moon smiled be- highly with a promise of happy ChrisfmaseS to come.
 (@. 1920. Western Newspaper Union)
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16

EOPLE cannot be too care full in guarding against fire when trimming a Christina: tree, says a correspondent
 in Good Hon . Q l. Q a n
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16
Dumb Animals Remembered.

The noblest obseryances of Christ among all peoples the poor have al ways been bountifully remembered on that day, and in many parts of Eng land and Scotland even the lower anil mals are given an extra feeding that they. too. may have cause for rejoic- ing when all mankind are glad. Many readers will remember Burns address of the auld farmer to his mare when presenting her with an extra feed of corn on New Years day. "A guild New Year wish thee. Maggie. Hae. there's a ripp to thy auld baggie."
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16
Mir. Hubert Armstrong came direct

Mir. Hubert Armstrong came direct iy to business.
 "Your sketches have for me double interest, Miss Carroll" he said.
 You have drawn remarkably some of the happiest scenes of my boyhood. scenes which l am ashamed to say had half-f0rgOtten. The world of business absorbs much of human kind ness I am afraid, and sometimes a struggle for success causes us to leave much that is tender behind I am grateful to you for awakening in me that tenderness which I had almost buried"
 The mans voice broke huskily. He drew forth an old sitting-room pie ture.
 Peace on Earth" was the name she had given it.
 That" said Hubert Armstrong. Ifs the living room of my home In Hill crest-the place where I was born. This white-haired woman's profile Is the peaceful profile of my long-lost mother. That little bulging stocking might have been my own stocking. just as It used to hang there years ago Tell me" his tone was eager, 'how did you come by your dream?"
 T visited last summer" Connie told him, ''in that same old house in Hill crest with Mrs. Martha Snow, who in- vited me-"
 The man nodded hastily.
 ''I sec" he said, ''it is quite simple after all. Martha Snow is my moth CTS widowed sister,. A dull red crept to his cheek.
 ..I had almost forgotten that Aunt Martha asked me years ago to allow her to continue on in the old home stead. It was left mine by will. So she's there yet, and the church bell still chimes out for Christmas!
 You have sounded the memory , bells for me, Miss Carroll"
 It seemed that the purchaser had almost forgotten her in his musings. Now that she looked at him closely his face was threaded by lines of care, his fine eyes sorrowful beneath their sternness. Connie put forth a friend ly hand.
 s.sWhy," she said. "so you are Martha Shows nephew. Then there can be no question of bargain between us, the pictures are freely yours''
 The man spoke abruptly.
 You paint to sell do you not?" he asked. Isn't that what your studio is for?'
 Connie shook her head ruefully.
 Mostly" she replied. my studio is just to live in"
 And you live alone?"
 T am quite alone in the world" she told him gravely.
 Then her irrepressible smile broke forth.
 'Unless," she added, you would count Prowler?" She caught the eat in her arms.
 'I-lfve-aione-too. Hubert Arm- strong said slowly.
 Y know what 1t means. There's not
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16

visit. Now Connie had new inspira tion She would paint the queer little bridge over an icy stream, and it's seats should be covered with snow She could fancy just how the trees would look waving naked branches. And she'd paint the church in the hol- low with lights in the windows gleam- Ing over the snow and the bell in the tower a-swaying for Christmas
 Oh. Connie was very happy as she hurried home to her attic. but there. in the temperamental way artists have she began to draw instead. working in fever of enthusiasm the sitting room of the old house where she had been a guest. with Martha Snow herself seated in the file showing beneath its halo of white hair.
 There was holly above the old fire place and boys stocking hanging there. Connie never stopped until she had completed the picture, then ran with it breathessly to the "Shoppe" around the corner
 "Yes. We will display it." smiling old man agreed.
 The picture sold. Of course you were prepared for that; but the strange part was that before it was sold Connie had added her other views to the "ShOppe" window, and her dis cerning purchaser had bought them every one. While the other Christ mas studies pleased him not at all i: Connie could not count the number of times that she passed that window, first closing her eyes childishly in the hope that her picture would not be there when she opened them. And it was the day but one before Christmas that the "Shoppe" manager seeing her peeking about. beckoned her inside.
 "You have pleased one of our best customers" said the manager. land when we mentioned your peculiar con dition of sale he suggested talking the matter over with you that you might both come to satisfactory bargain. Our customer thinks that you possess wonderful artistic ability. We have given him your address"
 "Is he asked Connie falteringly, "a philanthropist"
 Some way she did not want her pur- chaser to be just a philanthropist and spoil all future ambitious hope
 'Nlr Armstrong is a man who usual ly drives pretty shrewd bargain" :" the "Shoppe" manager said.
 So. though it was early afternoon. Connie hurried home to turn on a gas blaze and don her most presentable dress so that she might make a favor able impression as successful young wielder of the brush. The purchaser might arrive any minute. But it was the next afternoon when he came and Connie was wearing bungalow apron.
 The purchaser was young and tall and good looking. and the golden cat greeted him with purring rub. which was to Connie a recommendation as to his honesty.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16
AVOID CHRISTMAS TREE FIRE
ming, Thus Preventing FataIi- ties in the Homes.

rYN~, EOPLE cannot be too care b8Ng&kfS full in guarding against fire sSSF when trimming a Christmas zsA tree, says a correspondent
 in Good House k eep- ing. There have been scores of Christ mas tree fatalities in homes and in Sunday schools which little care might have prevented. The writer once set a tree in a blaze, consuming nearly half of it, tinsel ornaments gO- ing with the green branches. A tiny candle had been wired too high, and 1t took only few minutes of its brisk heat to char a branch above It and start a flame. A thick p0rtiere was torn from it's pole and thrown over the blaze. If 1t had not been at hand the light window curtains would have caught fire in another minute. Since that Christmas our tree has always been placed in the center of the room, and we have eschewed cotton wool. tissue-paper angels, and cellul0id or naments. First of all. we wire each candle securely in place at the furth- est end of a branch which has nOth- ing above 1t. either fir tree or trim ming. Then as the tree is denuded we watch carefully the fast-disappearing candles. Sometimes one of them, near ly burned down, will topple over or be merely a spark of flame, but near to something infiammable and be men, ace.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16
Io-Aunid the Rush

Soldier. just back from his harvest furlough. to the sergeant-"My father wants to know if I'll get another fur tough at Christmas. Here Is the pic ture of the pig that is going to b. killed."-F1iegende Blatter.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16

much difference between the gilded walls of an apartment and these walls of yours here"
 Not when it comes to loneliness" Connie agreed "We were going to look much more cheerful" she went
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16

|
 "It's Merry Christmas time," Connie said to her old yellow eat. "Who ever heard of Christmas without the Merry? So cheer up. Prowler. and let's join in the game"
 At the little ..Shoppe" just around the corner she stood longest of all. And all at once into Comics bright eyes came a speculative light. The window was full of small framed pie tureS most of them with the Christ mas spirit There were the usual night-clad children looking up broad chimneys. Where were landscapes of snowy fields with distant windows alight-Connie studied them all; she was seeing in vision the winding hill road of the place where she had spent her last summer vacation; the church with it's swaying bell in the steeple, the queer little bridge over the deep and beautiful stream-a bridge with seats along its sides where countless lovers had sat and cOurted. The old lady who had been Comics volunteer hostess told her, with the pink coming and going in her withered cheeks, about the lovers For it was there that her own husband had asked, and had been answered-his question. The way that Connie had chanced to visit this beautiful country place and to meet there the dear old lady was quite remarkable chance too. She had started out on the trolley car for one restful day in the country and had chosen this station at random. And when she had stopped to admire the wonderful roses in the old lady's gar demand they had spent some agree able time together-the old lady, Mrs. Martha Snow by name, had said:
 My dear, Why don't you come on and visit me for a week or two? I'm lonely for young sweet face"
 And Connie had gone, that was all. Half her later water cOlOrs had been glorified memories of that delightful
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16

lect six or eight of these birds of a feather who are destitute of nearby kith and kin and make your Christ mas feast center of good cheer for all the charming solitaires. you are able to draw within it's radius Woman's Home Companion.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16
Why you should use a Muncie Engine:

FIRST-You buy an engine be- cause of it's durability and dependa- bility, therefore you want the best.
 SECOND-The most eminent en- gineers now universally specify the Muncie Oil Engine.
 THIRD-The Muncie is constructed of only such material as has been sub iected to the most critical analysis and has stood the test.
 FOURTH-The Muncie will pro- duce the most steady power at the lowest ultimate cost of any engine made.
 FIFTH-The Muncie is automati- cally controlled.
 SIXTH-It has no carburetor, no batteries no magneto, no coils, no gears, no timer, no sparker, no hot tube, no wires, no switches, no gas bags, no match strikers, no coal to shovel, no ashes to handle.
 SEVENTH-It is actual economy to operate a Muncie. It operates on the cheapest fuel or crude oil and re- quires no licensed engineer.
 EIGHTH-The Muncie is the sim plest commercially successful engine on the market.
 NINTH-The Muncie has made runs of four months in active service without stop.
 TENTH-When you bry Muncie you invest you do not spend.
 Please let us have your inquiries, we want you to know about the Mun- cie." Our services are always at your disposal It will please us to have you command them often.
The Carlisle independent., 1920-12-16
SAD FATE

Wooden Sol dier: After faith fuI service In the nursery for a year, | will ba cast aside for . new toy this Christmas.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-06
BY J. II.
N. E. A. STAFF Correspondent.

LONDON-A Hindoo long-dis-
lance runner. Chougule by name.
hitherto unknown to the western
world OF athletics, has arrived in
London and startled with his record
those interested in the fortunes of
the American and English entries
for the classic Marathon at the
forthcoming Olympic games in Ant
werp .
Chougule is of a team of
six athletes, backed by maharajas
and native princes. that will repre-
sent India at the seventh Olympiad.
He is credited with having run 27
miles in 2 hours and As minutes
which is official worlds record for
distance. The official amateur rec
ord for the Marathon distance (26
miles ass yards) is 2 hours 55 min
utes IS rs seconds. made in 1908.
Jungle Runners.
Indians are natural-born long-dis-
lance Out in Bengal. Bur-
nah, Hyderabod and other parts Of
India, the native postmen, with their
jangling bells, think nothing of a
5O-mie trot through the tiger-in-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-06

pJucky little Italian had died. as
did the Greek runner who announc-
ed the defeat Of the Persians by the
Greeks at the battle of Marathon,
400 B. c.
Shoes Hinder.
81 am afraid India will not be
able to do herself full justice al
Antwerp" said s. r. Bhagwat.
general secretary OF the Indian
Olympic Association. to me.
I'm the first place. 1t was not I'M
til last November that we decided
to send a team to Antwerp. In the
second place. our athletes are ac-
customed to run without shoes Bare
feet are forbidden under the Olym-
pic rules. Our runners however,
are now practicing in high shoes SO
that their feet will not feel like
feet of lead when they come to put
on their light spiked shoes.
Our r vegetarians,
and neither drink nor smoke. The
wrestlers are meat eaters. Baner-
ice is a Bengali. The other men
are Hindoos."
My advice to Zuna and Mellor
and other American unners Is:
Keep an aye on Chougule in Ant
verp.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-06
AMATEUR SAILORS IN LONG
CRUISE TO COWES IN KETCH

NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-william
Washburn Nutting. a m~otorboat
publisher, of Beachhurst. L. l., who
recently departed from New York
aboard his ketch "Typhoon" for
Cowes, England, took with him a
crew of amateur sailors.
.-Typhoon" is a new yacht built
at the laboratories of DIR. Alexander
Graham Bell, Baddeck. Cape Breton
Island, Nova Scotia. Canada from
designs by William Atkin. She is a
45-foot craft with a beam of IA feet
and auxiliary powered for use only
in Use of calm weather.
The crew consists of Nutting, T.
W. Baldwin, the head of DIR. Bells
laboratories, Jim" Dorset. Bald
wins right hand man and Guy
Matheson, who Joined the Canadian
Expeditionary Force as a private
and came back an acting colonel
with the distinction. it is said, of
winning every military decoration
except the ". c.
The yacht will sail approximate
ly the course taken by Alcock and
Brown in their famous airplane
voyage from Newfoundland to the
British Islands. This is far north
where there is plenty of wind and
usually plenty of sea with it, Mr..
Nutting expected to-arrive at Cowes
in time to attend the races for the
British International Trophy, for
which an American team Of three
boats has challenged and which
viii take place starting August 10.
Later the "Typhoon' will cruise
about the British Isles, then down
the French coast and into the Med
iterranean. Before snow flies the
party will sail for the United States
via. the Southern course, stopping
at the Azores and Bermuda.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-06
New Dollar to be Made

WASHINGTON, Aug. GA new
silver trade dollar expected to re-
place the Austrian coin throughout
the Red Sea commercial district has
been put into circulation in Eritrea
by Italy, according to an announce
ment by the Italian embassy.
Besides Eritreas the Red Sea dis
trict includes 4byssinia. French.
British and italian Somalilands. So
catra. Makalla. Alden pro~tectorate
and the Arabian Red Sea provinces
of Yemen, Asir and Hejez. Primar-
lily the new Italian coin Is for Erit-
rea. but it's more extensive use is
predicted by the Italian officials.
Italian money is the legal circulating
medium in Eritrea. and the new
dollar will be used solely as a trade
The Maria Theresa dollar Of
Austria. which has been the trade
coin of the Red Sea district. was
solely a trade dollar, and was not
for governmental USE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-06
PLAN ATHLETIC GROUNDS
FOR KEYPORT BOROUGH

KEYPoRT. Aug. eff the present
plans which are underway are carried
out the Keyport baseball fans will
W a piece of ground for the games
next season. Plans are being made
for the purchase Of such grounds
and 1t Is planned to have regular
athletic grounds mapped out. A
cinder track, basket ball and tennis
courts are proposed as well as base
ball.
This season as In seasons past the
games have been played on the
grounds on Green Grove avenue.
Many who r interested in tennis
Ire DESTROYS of having these courts,
for though there are several courts
In the borough they are owned by
private individuals and the Keyport
Tennis club.
If the above plan can be carried
out a board of directors will be
elected and other officials named.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-06

Jack Britton. providing he is able
to score a decisive win over Thomp-
son on Monday night. Several clubs
have already made bids for the
bout, and as Brftton has accepted
terms Of a Jersey City club II Is
likely that the bout will be staged
there.
Ward has surely made good Of
late and is entitled to a crack at
the welterweight crown. He lays
his chief claim to a crack at Brit
ton on the fact of his victory over
Johnny Kid Alberts, whom he east
ly defeated at Elizabeth several
months ago. and the fact that since
then he has met and defeated every
good welterweight he has met.
Ward Is getting in shape for his
bout with Thompson at the Still
man Gym in New York and worked
out with Benny Leonard today. who
claims that Ward will surely beat
Britton IL they yer meet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-08-06

Baseball stars are hard to find,
Hard to keep and pay
Yet they're worth it, every cent,
So the Yankees say.
Big league scouts are lookin' round,
Searching for the Babes"
But when they hear the prices
Goshl Their bank roll fades.
Mister Brewer socked a few
With his four-base slou',
Seven clubs they bid for him
The price was fifteen thou.
Since the draft rule took the count
The majors are in tears
Those crafty minor leaguers
Prove darn good profiteers.
With a scarcity of real talent in
the big leagues, the minor league
fellows are asking small fortunes
for their stars and reviving the we'll
known squeeze play.
Take Frank Brewer of the Read
ing club for example. He's the
Babe Ruth Of the International.
bidding bee for him. Clark Griffith
is reported to have bid him in for a
mere $4,000.
Foxy Griff may have a lot of
window lights to pay for in Wash
ington next year. He's also picked
off 'Bing'' Miller. the homer king
Of the Southern Association.
If the draft rule was in vogue.
the main tenters could cast lots for
the minor league stars during the
winter months and keep some of
their enormous profits.
The squeezing of the big fellows
by the little fellows may bring about
another baseball war this fall after
the championship s The big
fellows will be hollering to go back
to the draft rule and the little fell
lows are going to do some man-sized
kicking.
Players are pretty certain to ask
for fat increases in salaries next
year. They don't rubber at the
packed stands every day just to be
stretching their necks.
And there's more than just wind
in the cloud that's in the offing-
secretly called the Baseball Players
Union.
Ho! hunt 1t looks like there
by and by.
The well-known "cush" is the root
OF many a lively" ball.