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Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
G SANS PUZZLE.

Have you made out your income tax
return? Doing that may be easy for
the fellow who knows how. Maybe
Uncle San believes that in the new
form he's fixed it as easy as A. B. c.
But say, the average man can tie him.
self up in double knots porting over
the thing.
'Were you living with your wife on
December 81? How many dependents
under is men-rlly or physically defec-
tive were receiving support from you
on December 81" My, how inqussi-
tivel There's six big pages altogether,
with references In one section to ex-
emptions in schedules A. E. and L."
But under Calculation of Tax" it Is
all made cleari There's Item M-net
income shown on page 2. item j."
LESS Personal Exemption (see in
struction VII)," Balance (Income
taxable at 4 per cent?" Tax due a
per cent on amount of item OF" Less
normal tax of 2 per cent on item F"'
and Balance OF tax due" so much.
Perfectly plain. Perfectly plain.
Heigh-ho. One finds that he car have
until March Is before fling the thing.
And he folds up old pigs in the clover
and slaves off the 'willies' until an
other day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
OPTIMISM.

The optomist is a handy fellow with
a smile. He spreads it around regard
less. And It catches and like when
one casts a stone into a pool. the
waves recede in circles until they are
out of sight. Sc n smile breed an
other and they go on and on until
they buck up" against the rocky
shore OF a pessimist. and there they
stop.
optimism is an asset in humans that
is sure to refine the pure gold of COM
merce or of contentment. or both. Be
one. He takes the most hopeful view.
looks on the brightest side. He says
that whatever ecu Is right and
good. His opposite. the pessimist. Is
a moving MI. Gloom. a crouch whose
personality resents the rain. the sun
shine. the clouds and the cold. Moth
ing suitA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT s
Joy and Gloom.

In happiness 1 use1 to go. afoot
both near and far: I never knew
the depths of woe. until I bought
a car. Oh, many versts and par
asangs behind me then I put. COM
rnuning with the cheerful gangs
who also went afoot. I'd walk a
rood, perchance a perch. then
meet some jocund jay, and we
would lean against the church anu
gossip half the day. l took IN an
the fragrant morn, when l Wen.
on my feet I'd pause to velw he'd
of corn and then a stack OF wheat
And here and there I'd rob a tree
that luscious apples bore. or chase
some busy honey bee that led me
to It's store. But now l ride In
pomp and state. on tires with non
skid tread; my eyes are glarlng
fixed and straight, upon the roa
ahead. And If anon I glance aside
upon the landscape rich. the
blamed old a is sure to slide and
land me in a ditch. I drive my
boat along the pike. and to III
wheel I cling, and never see h
things I like. or hear the birdlets
sing. I do not see the cloud
wreaths reel across the blinking
stars: Tn hanging to the steering
wheel, and lodging other cars /
ought to store my choo-choo cart
and Join the trudging flock. and
yet ,twould break my foolish heart
il / were doomed to walk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
WHY q NOW?

What we cannot understand IS why
the Republicans who are planning
such an elaborate program in their
pIatform for the coming campaign 90
not proceed to carry out these ideas
now. They have full control of con-
gress and the country Is crying for
relief, particularly from the burden
of excessive taxation and the awful
to be seen everywhere
in government affairs. If the Repub-
licans are sincere In their desire to
bring about reforms and relieve the
people they ought not to lose a minute
in getting at It.
Whatever relief measures the
Republican congress passes can be put
I'D to President Wilson just as well
as to he next President. whoever he
nav be. If the President vetoes such
there would be excellent
material by holding him re-
~sponsibIe in the eyes of the people. II
he signs them, the Republicans can
show hat they forced him to 1t
Whatever the outcome. the Repub.
Iicans have everything to gain and
nothing to lose by putting their relief
into effect right now instead
of forcing the people to wait g whole
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
WOMEN IN THE ELECTION.

The Woodbridge women's first assay
into politics was not very successful
but 1t vas a start. It was natural
that many who had never participated
in an election should feel dindent
about going to the polls even for a
school election in the township. That
feeling, however, is bound to dis
appear.
The mere fact hat the women gave
consideration to the matter and actual
~ took steps to place a candidate in
the field shows progress. 1t marks an
awakIng to q sense of civic duty. Now
that the ice a been broken, SO TO
speak, 1t is going to be easier next
time.
And politicians are going to learn
that the women are not to be frighten~
ed by the m%arshaling Of reserves to
be voted at the last minute, If needed,
or any of the other old political tricks
that have been worked so often.
There is a new order OF things COM
ing in politics. The women have got
to be reckoned with and in COM
,munities like Woodbridge, especially.
they are going to be a great power for
good.
The scheme that the Women's Club
Of Woodbridge had for the school
election this year was perhaps a little
Itoo ambitious for so young an or
g~anizatlon. 1t would perhaps have
been better tho first year to have
merely participated in The election as
every woman has a right to do, with
out attempting to run a separate
ticket. The fact hat the woman
candidate was withdrawn before the
election showed a keen Judgment and
much political sagacity. 1t had the
, opponents guessing, to say the least
It means that the I'M are going
into public affairs next yea with a
considerable amount OF experience
gained this year and with q dctermin-
alton that wins.
We congratulate the Women's Club
of Woodbridge on making itself felt
in such an effective IA II there
is anything that the women of any
community should be interested in 1t
is the public schools. We believe
that all our schools would be improved
if there was at least one woman on
every school board.
Let the Woodbridge women keep up
their work. There has been so much
politics in everything attempted for
the township that q movement thai
has only the welfare of the COM
immunity in view without regard to fac
tional Quarrels is welcomed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
OYSTER BILL PASSES.

There is much satisfaction in the
success Of Senator Browns bill in the
senate restoring to the public the
natural oyster beds in Raritan and
Newark havs and Staten Island sound.
These beds were taken from the public
and lea-eu to a few big oyster dealers
under circumstances that. to say the
least, were questionable. The hundreds
Of individual oystermen in Middlesex
and Monmouth counties who tied up
their skiffs during the war and went
70 work In the munition factories
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26

But everything Is fine to the opti-
mist. The rain that dampens the
pessimist's ardor puts life into vegeta-
ton. The sun that dazzles the eyes of
the pessimist is a gift of God to the
optimist. And he laughs and smiles
his way through the world, COM
munieatlng the kindly trait of optim-
ism to all with VINO he comes in
contact.
Optimism il a swell disease and the
world ought to have more Of II.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Press Comment
RAISING TIE DEBT LIMIT.

The State Department of Municipal
Accounts has done well in asking inc
Legislature to give careful considera-
ton to Assemblyman Young's bill IN
creasing the Borrowing capacity OF
counties. If such consideration is
given the measure Its passage IS I'M
probable. The purpose Of the bill Is
to permit counties to expend more
money for road construction. under
the present law money can be borrow
ed for his purpose UP to 2 per cent:
of the ratables. Under the Young Dill
the limit would be raised to 4 per
cent. thus doubling the borrowing
capacity for road purposes. Excuse
is found for the proposed increase In
the fact that because of the higher
cost of labor and materials 1t now re
quires twice as much money as 1t dld
when the law was passed to DO the
Same amount of work. and that 1t IS
false economy TO or materl-
ally curtail the work Of road improve
ment.
Granting both claims does not prove
the wisdom of the bill. Carrying
charges of municipal debts have now
become a heavy burden on the tax
payers. Warning signals are numer-
Gus that in the not far distant future
the present era of imitation is coming
to an end. Something is going to dow
up with a loud bang, and both lndl-
viduals and municipalities that have
been borrowing to capacity on the
basis of financial values win find them
selves in financial straits. 1t is a time
for retrenchment rather than expan-
sion, for budgets cut to the bone ana
limited to the barest necessities. Let
the counties struggle along as pest
they may for a few years with their
present borrowing capacity for road
Improvement. 1t Is not impossible
that faced with the necessity for get
ting the best possible results from the
limited funds at their disposal
boards of freeholders may be led to
adopt more serviceable n therefore
more economical methods of road con
struction, Newark Sunday Call.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
ENROLLING NEW CITIZENS.

John Spargo, 1t seems. Tells tales
on the Socialist party. They ave
been encouraging aliens to become cit
liens for the purpose of enrolling
them In their ranks and voting them
afterward, and the New York Times
finds 1t a re~prehensible practice. We
agree with this view. But unless our
memoir Is very much aslant, this Is
exactly what the Republican and
Democratic parties have always done.
without considering the lack OF
knowledge by these newcomers CT
American issues-possibly the less
they knew the better.
Now. can one be Americanizatlon
and the other not? AS a personal
opinion it might be ventured that
both Of them give the alien a bad
opinion of the American Government
which is helped along by the pre-
po~sterous accusations which the par
tizans hurl at each other.-Newark
Evening News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
The Absent-of,pdcd Man.

The Absent-Minded Man had at
tended the funeral of Mr.. Smith.
After the funeral he drove back to
the home of Mrs. Smith, where the
friends were consoling the widow.
Then the Absent-Minded Man got up
Il thank you SC much for coming"
said the Widow, Is she said goodbye
to the Absent-Minded Man.
Don't mention it," replied the Abb
sent-Minded Man. Il assure you that
j have had an enjoyable timel"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Daily Horoscope
THE Stars incline. but do not compel'
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 81, :
copyright, 1920, by me Mcclure
NewsDaDer S~yndicate.) |

Copyright, l9zo, py ~
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Uncertain stars rule this day, ac-
cording to ~astrology and human in
terests should be pushed with due
caution. Neptune and Uranus are IN
evil place and Venus IS adverse.
It ia a time when the inner man
will be disturbed, while h outward
manifestation Of discomfort Will De
delayed until the cumulative power
OF evil reaches its apex.
There are threatening signs that
should be read truly lest serious
troubles brew.
Labor continues under a direction
Of the planets that is not soothing
but. owing to influences making Tor
dissensions and differences OF opinion
in organizations. progress toward the
Dermanent settlement OF Is
likely to be slow.
The death of a woman who mas
been a figure in strike agitations Is
prognosticated.
Investigations may be most unfortu-
nate and the rule is not promising to
those who teach occultism.
Neptune is in IN aspect that Is
held to befog the mind h a seeks
to penetrate the mysteries of the
world that borders that OF human
consciousness
storms are foreshadowed and
wrecks at sea indicated by the stars
There is a sign read as encouraging
to trade with southern countries.
Russia is subject to planetary In
fuences making for better conditions:
Italy remains under the sway OF
stars that are ill-omened and threat
ening.
Educational matters VIII claim
special attention within the year and
there may be some governmental rec
ognition of progress.
Persons whose birthdate itSts NAV
! have rather a ~changeful and un-
| settled year. They should guard
| against intrigue which will be pre-
yalent.
Children born on this day VIII be
clever and intelligent but fond Of
| travel and excitement. These sub
1 jects Of Pieces usually are amiable
honest and sympathetic
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Bits of By-Play
Why Americans Sec Red.

BY LUKE McLUKE
Copyright, 1920. the Cincinnati In
quirer)

Nlay Americans Sec Red.
In the L. S. Senate. any day of the
Session.
Senator Nobody asks consideration
of Senate Sill No. 333639, permitting
the T.. ID. & q. Railroad to erect a
bridge over the iWshwush River, a
lnavigable stream. Senator Nobody OK
plains that the Il. ID. & q. Railroad
has waited thirteen months for the
Senate TO act on this bIll;tEat the
bridge will shorten the distance be-
tween st, Louis and Chicago by
thirty miles; that the bill has the en-
dorsement of the L. s. Engineers and
the Director of Railroads. The bill
Is read and IS ready for debate.
Senator Gasbag: This bin may be
"a very good bill, as l was saying
when 1 was interrupted last Tuesday,
to my mind President Wilson is a
rimlesS cipher n two cents worth Of
nothing! l might
Senator Windpuddin: If [ may in
terrupt the gentleman, l would safe
that the bill under consideration has
nothing to do with the fact that the
League Of Nations was conceived in
iniquity. From the rock-ribbed shores
OF Maine to the sun-kissed coast of
California the American Eagle
screams in disgust at foreign en-
tanglements, and 1 might add
OCLiilOl LLONhlAs 40 a 0AAAAOtAA1NN -
my eight-day speech against beer
containing 2 "a per cent of alcohol
Freedom shrieks and Liberty walls
over any attempt to restore beer that
contains more than one-half of one
per cent of alcohol The bill under
consideration does not inform us that
in 1917 the American people con-
sumed ~697.543,214 barrels of beer, and
/
Senator Slophead: Article x Of the
Peace Treaty is a menace and an
abomination. and l ask permission to
speak against the Treaty for eight
hours.
Senator Nobody: eight hours
later,) But how about Senate Bill
333639?
Senator Boneskull: 1 move that the
bill be placed on the table and for
And the bill is tabled by a vote of
70 to 1.
Senator Blabblab: And now that
there is no unfinished business, Mr..
President, 1 desire to make n state
ment that Is both Fundamental and
Unqualified. The Republican Party is
a nest Of Horse Thieves and Porch
climbers. The League Of Nations is
(And so forth, for eight more days.)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Luke MCLmk Says.

1AenS
Never offer q nan a penny TOT ms
thoughts. The betting Is thai you Will
get all the worst of the
How about a 21st Amendment pro
viding that Americans must breatne
through the ose only? You can't talk
when you are breathing through the
A lot of men look funny to you.
And bear In mind the fact that you
look funny" to q lot of other peo-
pie.
Another Damli: Once upon a time
there was q 17-year-old youth who
knew more than his father.
You may have noticed that loie
Curiosity never prompts q man 10
hunt for work.
She doesn't know 1t now. But the
90-pound girl whose Mother weighs
,29O pounds has a lot of Weight FOL
Age coming to her.
A 1~6-year-old girl uses paint to as
play her complexion. But a o-year
old girl uses it to hide her p
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26

WtEnDtT OF EOr HSNVVIHEVT
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entitled to the use for publication OF an
news dispatches credited to 1t or nos
otherwise credited In this paper ana
also the local news published herein.
The EVENING NEWS Is also a mem
Der OF the American Newspaper Publish
ers' Association and the Audit Bureau
OF Circulation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26

city folks will know a thing or
about rising prices of food when
the farmer quits the habit Of rising
at / a. IN.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
You Know Him!

He's slow to help his fellow man,
Assistance he won't lend;
Yet he expects more favors than
He's willing to extend.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Communications

The EVENING NEWS - always s;au
to receive communications from It's
readers, but letters intended for pup
l~ication must be reasonable in length
and must be signed by the name ana
address of tn, writer. If requested the
name will not ne published unless per-
sona1ittea are fnduIge7 in.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26

1T am contemplating a trip to Eu-
rope this Summer" remarked Mrs.
Gabb.
We'll, have a good time" growled
Mr.. Gabb. There Is nothing SO cheap
as contemplation"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Huh!

I think he is a lying NUT.
1 speak Of Ignatz Blose;
He claims to be blue-blooded, but
He has q bright red nose.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Firms Is Firms.
Our Daily Special

Karp Brothers have a fish store In
Lexington, Ky.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26

Use Your Head More And 9ot
Won't Have To Use Your Feet s.
Much.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Walks.

The tramp is lazy; as he goes
He tries to dodge both toll and
strife;
is a failure, out he knows
That he has tried most walks in
life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
VePS Iibre.

Seeing is believing"
They say;
Yet every day
l see some jay
Whom I would not believe
Under oath.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
Mercy.

T. L. A. doubts that the Anti-Every-
thing League will have enough respect
for George Washington to observe his
birthday. 1t is admitted hat George
drank rum. wine. brandy and whisky;
swore great oaths; took a choice
danced: played cards and was very,
very tolerant.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-26
PrRTB AmBoy EVENING News
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!. LOGAN CLEVENGER. Editor.
p. OLMSTEAD, Business
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-07-16
CANADA CHOOSES Taft
FOR ARBITRATION BOARD
Will Determine Value of Grand Trunk
Railway-ROad to Be Made Part
Of National System.

w. H. Taft has been appointed tc
represent the Crank Trunk railway
system on the board of arbitration tc
determine the amount to be paid by
the dominion government for the stock
of the corporation.
The announcement was made by
Howard Kelly, president of the Crane
Trunk.
The Grand Trunk railway is being
taken over by the Canadian govern.
ment and will be made part of the
Canadian national system.
Under legislation passed last year
the government agreed to assume the
bonded Indebtedness of the Grand
Trunk and it's outstanding debts and
pay the shareholders, most of whom
reside in Great Britain, an arbitrated
price for their stock.
Recently the British shareholders
assented to the plan and the board OF
arbitration is being named. 1t is to
consist Of three members, one repre-.
senting the Canadian government, one
of the Grand Trunk and the third
to be named by these two. Mr.. Taft
is the railways nominee.
The deal involves the entire Grand
Trunk system, including lines in the
United States. The taking over OF
the railway was made necessary, ac.
cording to the government, through
the failure of the Grand Trunk com
pany to carry out its obligations as
to the bonds of the Grand Trunk Pa
cific, line constructed from Winni
peg west to the Pacific under al
agreement with the government. Tht
Grand Trunk had defaulted on the in
terest of the Grand Trunk Pacific
bonds which it had guaranteed and tn,
government was compelled to act.
Ohter members of the board, it wa
announced, are Sir Walter Cassells
chief judge of the exchequer court
who will be chairman, and Sir Thorn
as White, representing the Canadian
government.
The sitting will be held in Septem
Der.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-07-16
BARREL TRIP is
FAILURE, NIAGARA
SNUFFS OUT LIFE

Niagara Falls, N. Y, July 49,
Charles G. Stephens of Bristol, Eng.
land, was killed Sunday when he went
over the Horseshoe Falls in a barrel
The cask in which he made the trip
though built Of stout Russian oak
slaves, and bound with steel hoops
was smashed like an egg shell on the
jagged rocks at the base of the cat.
aract. Pieces of the barrel were
picked up near the bank on the Ca.
madam side, but Stephens body has
not been recovered. River men say
it may not come to the surface for q
week or ten days.
Stephens was So years old and has
a widow and eleven children in Bris.
tol, where he was a barber. He serv-
ed three years in France with the Brit
ish army. He had planned to make
lecture tour of England if his trip
over the falls had been successful.
Bobby Leach, who went over the
Horseshoe falls in 1911, told Stephens
before he started that his trip would
be failure. Leach predicted that the
barrel would not withstand the dror
of 158 feet, but Stephens refused to
be disuaded from the venture.
Few knew that Stephens was tc
make the trip Sunday and when the
barrel was towed into the river or
the Canadian side two miles above the
falls there were only dozen on hanc
to watch it.
Members of Stephens party follow
ed the cask down stream in automo
biles. In one of the cars moving
picture operator filmed the progress
of the barrel. AS the barrel drew
near the brink of the falls, it seemed
to stand on end, hesitate a second OF
two and then slid gracefully owe,
the slope, head foremost and at 6
slight angle.
When an hour had passed, with nc
sign of the cask, old river men begar
to shake their heads doubtfully. They
remembered that Mrs. Annie Edsor
Taylor had made the trip in 45 min.
utes and that Bobby Leach was on his
way to the bank 80 minutes after his
barrel had been sent adrift above the
falls.
The barrel designed by Stephens
for the trip was six feet three inches
high. 1t had strap arrangements in.
side and an elect1::.., light system
Stephens was the third to attempt the
barrel trip over the falls. Mrs. Tay.
lor went over in October, 1901, in an
oak barrel, and Leach made the trip
in July, 1911, in a steel barrel. Both
are living.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1920-07-16
AUTO GOES INTO
MISSOURI RIVER:
PERSONS DROWN

Brockton, July 14.-In a shocking
accident here this morning Archie
Curran, banker and farmer, and
two of his small children and Mrs. A.
w. Schwartz were drowned when an
automobile in which they were rid
ing plunged off ferryboat into the
Missouri river. There were six peo-
pie in the car, but Mrs. Archie Cur
ran and Mrs. William Linderfield
were rescued by ferry hands. AS the
car dipped off the boat Mrs. Curran
and Mrs. Linderfield jumped and were
saved from drowning by the current
which swept them above the surface
of the water
The four bodies have not been re-
covered and old rivermen declare it
may be days before they are found.
The car was recovered after towns
people had arrived with drag and
graphing hooks and worked for three
hours. The bodies were not in the
car and the theory is that the cur
rent washed them down the river.
The accident happened about 10
o'clock while the Currans were bound
for the south side to have picnic
party and pick berries. There is some
little pitch to the landing at the fer
ry and as Curran started to make the
boat the ferryman noticed that he
lost control. When the car struck
the ferry it was running wild and
when it struck the apron it plowed
through and tipped off into the river.
The card showed after it was taken
from the river that the gears were
in low speed and that the brake was
not set. This strengthens the theory
that Curran lost control of his car
as it started down the landing to the
ferry.
Curran, who was one of the pion-
GERS of northern Montana, came to
this country in 1887. He was about
48 years of age. The two children
drowned with their father were Hugh,
IA years old, and Alma, 5 years old
Mrs. Schwartz, who is the wife of a
farmer living north of here, was 25
years of age. Curran was interested
in banking and was one of the lead.
ing farmers in this part of the coun.
try. His brother, John Curran, is as.
SCISSOR of Roosevelt county.