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The daily times., 1921-12-03
SkETCHES---By a Newspaper Man

A brown travelling bag stood on the
floor of the railway station. And a
man, one of thos1rbvsfanders, looked
at the bag ONCE. then sat dewn near
BY served it closely. 1t was not
eW bag, and it was travelworn.
Made Of good leather, it's bruised
sides had withstood the wear OF many
long Journeys. A label of the Ameri-
can and Indian steamship line that
sends it's ships from New York to
Capetown and Calcutta pasted on one
side of the bag testified that the
owner had sailed beneath the South
ern Cross. Then half scratched off
was the label of a hotel in Nome.
It had been rained upon. The suns
had scorched it, Yet it held its shape
like the thoroughbred bag it was.
The man watching the bag was
one of those shiftless but happy in
dividuals who gets an inexpensive en-
tertainment out of imagining inter-
esting things about folks and things
He began a series OF imaginations
about the owner of that travel worn
brown leather bag on the station
flor. First he pictured the owner as
a young mining engineer, one of
those men who accomplish things.
who had mined diamonds in South
Africa and gold in Alaska. The
sturdy handle of the bag was worn
a dull brown by the grasp of some
strong hand, just such a big hand
as the young mining engineer would
surely have. Next the owner was a
slim girl. It's odd, but it's true that
people all have some young person
to play the part in their dreams.
One never imagines anything inter-
esting about middle aged person.
The youth of this slip of a girl was
wonderful. She was of an adventur-
Gus turn of mind, and she hunted
seas. Oh, she made delightful play
out of life, sailing on an old barken
tine in the South Atlantic. The man
could see the sunny blue eyes and
the bright smile of girl like that.
Again the bag might belong to a
dreamy young man who ever so often
would yield to the call of the wan
der last, toss his clothes and a lot of
copy paper in this brown bag and go
away off to the corners of the world
and write stories that made other
men see the dreams they had been
too prosaic to dream. A careless
young man with long, slender fingers,
who picked the romance out of life
and showed it to other folks, surely
Re was the man who owned this bag.
And then-an elderly fat man. oh
4 very fat man, came laboring up,
wheeling as he walked. He was so
plump Of face that his little eyes were
almost hidden. With visible effort he
picked up the brown bag and passed
out of the station. AS he passed the
man he dropped pamphlet in his
lap-the fat man, the owner of the
bag, was vendor of patent medicine |
The daily times., 1921-12-03
666 is a prescription for Colds,
Fever and LaGrippe. It's the
most speedy remedy we know
NOTICE-LAND SALE.

By virtue OF a power of sale con-
aimed in mortgage deed executed to
the undersigned ty NJ. Saliba, dated
The daily times., 1921-12-03

letter and made my plans to get out
and make that farm produce food.
decided to use machinery instead OF
horse power. butWhe I went out tC
talk to the dealers in tractors in
Fargo, I found that they did not take
me seriously at all. They seemed to
think that I was a just a woman who
was noSing around and trying to find
out facts that 1 did not have any in
tention of really using. Being a bust.
ness woman, l wanted to look around
in the tractor market before buying
and I did not allow their indifference
to deter me from finding out all ]
could about cars and tractors.
Finally I found a salesman who
gave me in detail the points of their
engine. 1 listened intently. He was
rather half hearted about it him
self, and the other statesmen in the
place regarded us with much amuse-
ment. They rendered him despairing
glanceS from time to time, evidently
eAAAAhAA6 AS Wdo "dol1IS AOt vi
valuable time on woman; but at
last the salesman became really inter-
eSted-and so did I. l began to grasp
his information about the engine, and
when the statesmen in the place
heard me place an order for 1920
tractor. a set of plows. with breaker
and stubble bottoms and extra shares
all complete, they began to sit up
and take notice.
The salesman made ready to enter
the sale, and asked me how much |
womanly dander was up bit by that
time, and I wrote my check for the
full amount on the spot, giving it to
him with a triumphant air The
sales are usually made on
time, and l have never yet decided
whether he still regarded me as a
fool woman to pay cash for the
really startled out of his masculine
by a check that indicated
the presence of business woman
really knowing how to handle her
business affairs
But my difficulties had only begun.
That cash payment was the easiest
Of the farming start-at that time.
r lnfn - tI,0
a few days. The distance was only
four hundred miles; but that was
nothing to us Of the northern country.
landed at last on my farm-not a
[urroW turned nor board in place
There 1 was, faced by the baroness
of those six hundred acres, from
which l expected to wrestle not only
>ood for myself, but food to help a
nation as we'll. Perhaps my very ig-
aorance of farming helped me out
l more experienced farmer might
nave hesitated. But through the hos
p1tallty OF one of the neighbors 1 was
sheltered for few days until could
secure place in which to live. I
put up tent for the men and lived
n the cook car myself. This cook
'ar was fully fitted up for light house
Aeping. SO that I managed very well
indeed. There was a tiny stream of
water near by-a very necessary
hing for the farmer.
We started at once at the hauling
II lumber for the house, and the
work of breaking the land was also
begun at once. was so anxious to get
crop Tor that year that l hired a
'team outfit to break a hundred acres
hat I seeded to flax.
Oh, the thrill and excitement of
hose first days ON the raw, windy
prairie lands of my farm. There was
me daY-a hot. windy dav ubo, <bo
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15

.correspoSjlng months of lefa, while the exports in the. nine months of the cur rent year were valued at s5.5s2.00o.o 900 against ss.os1. ooo.oo in the same period of 1920. .--~
 Even this apparently low figure in the value of imports and exrorts In the nine months Of the current year siss still far above that of the corresponding pcrto< immediately preceding the Tsr. The to- tai value of imports in the nine montsr of 1921, ,as above indicated was sl,s7A- 900. .ooo as against sf.s27.ooo. 900 in the corresponding period of 1si3,' while ex- ports in the nine months ofsthe current year arc s3.552. .ooo. 900 against si.7s3.- -00o, ,o0o in the same monrhssof 1913. The total value of our 1921 imports Is thus 40 per cent higher than in the same period of the year immediately preceding the war, and the exports of the nine months of the current year are 1e5 per cent. higher than in the same period of 1si3.
 Stil another evidence of the fact thas the big fall or In vslue of imports and exports is due in large degree Co lower prices Is found in compilation made by The National City Bank of New. York. ! showing quantities of 100 principal arti- |, cles-5o of imports and 50 of exports which shows that the total number oi pounds imported and exported differs but little from that of one year ago, wfileythe values Of the 50 imported ar ticles' show a decline of SO per cent. and those of the 50 articles exported . de- clnie of 40 per cent
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as the result of her experiences in Rus sia she has been convinced that she has "alwyas been right and that anarchy Is the only sound system
 In the words which she $ credited with in Riga there is sufficffiient req son for believing that she has in no way departed from the views which she pos sessed in this country and that the req vons are even stronger for keeping her out tha nthey were for, putting her out. She is a confessed anarchist. To her that is the only system and that is what she will do her best to accomplish. No anarchist can be admitted to the country so that there is no use for her to knock for admission.
 That she is fully aware of that Is evi- dent. Nevertheless 1t is her desire to get back here and while she under stands that she will be refused through the regular channels 1t is not unreason- able to infer that she will seek to gain entrance otherwise That she intends to come back and will utilize any method of doing so seems to be clearly estab- lished. What she has said must be re- garded as fair warning and the federal authorities must be expected to govern themselves accordingly.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15
CHRISTMAS TREE DANGERS.

Desolate and deplorable is the picture which is presented on Christmas day or the day after through the reports tell ing of the burning of homes from the failure to take the needed precautions around the Christmas tree, or the burn ing out of stores because inhammable material so closely associated with Christmestide is used in such man her as to come in contact with exposed wires, gas lights, candles or matches.
 It must be regarded as timely when the national board of fire underwriters directs attention to the wisdom of guard ing against such needless destruction and losses. It Is plainly the time of pre- vention. It is not desired that there should be any slackening in the efforts for full holiday decorations lighted trees and a grand good time on the joyful anniversary but there Is a desire to avoid the too frequent cases of fire be- cause of lack of precaution at such a time.
 Thus when the board urges keeping decorations. to refrain from using light ed candles on the. trees to avoid the use of cotton for snow, or Santa Claus whiskers, to see that the Santa Claus suit is freproof, to have the decorations only of metal and to avoid smoking neal the tree, it may seem in some instances that it is carrying the matter too far but the purpose is certainly of the bes1 and it is far preferable to take what may seem to be needless precautions il by doing so there can be assured thI prevention of disastrous and distressing fires.
 This is of course the time wher thought should be directed toward sucl things. To wait until after some fire has occurred from failure to heed sucl warnings in past years is too late. Tn, idea of throwing every measure of safe ty around the Christmas celebration where the tree is involved is highly com mendable, and if those to whom 1t | directed will but r-ofit thereby the re suit will be we'll worth the effort.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15

ed in August, 1921. went at 64c bushel
 against s1.75 in August of last year
 wheat s1,4o per bushel againts s2.so {;
 August, 1920 bituminous coal S4.s3 per
 ton against S10.35; raw cotton 1l.sc per
 pound against 7.5c a year ago; pig Iron
 $26 per ton against $50; steel billets
 S2f55 per ton against $61.50; mems
 boots and shoes s2,70 per pair against
 $516; crude mineral oil 3.5c per gallon
 against 1oc a year ago; refined sugar
 kSc per pound against 10.5c in August of last year, and pitch pine lumber s3i.40 per M feet against s62.30 one year ago. Meats show fall but not so great as that of many other articles named; fresh beef exported having averaged 1s.Sc per pound. in August 1921, against 1sc in August of last year. and bacon 1sc per pound against 24c one year ago.
 It is not surprising, then, adds the | banks statement. that we find a core spending reduction in the total values o' the merchandise being imported and ex. ported at the present time when com pared with conditions in the correspond | ing period of last year.
 ] The total value of merchandise import l ed in September, 1921, the very latest fig | ures available, was S1s0;0oo. 900 against s364. 4.0o0, 900 in September of fast year | and the exports $325. 100000 aga1ns seO5, 900, poo in September of last year In the nine months ending with Septem ] Der, 1921 the imports were valued at sl.
 873. 100000 against s4,s5s.ooo.oeo tn th'
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15

legacy, which was meant for her. through a decision of tine Supreme Court of the United States. The city of Philadelphia kopt up long contest with the heirs, who, at times, had in their employ the ablest legal talent in the country. They did not believe that the will was the un- influenced expression of Girard's inten- tionz-toward them, but that 1t represent ed in stead, as MT. Ingram states the case. in his Life of Girard." an adverse ascendency gained after his in tellect had been seriously weakened. by certain individuals, who from this time forward attended him, both in and out of season, with the most unwearying and pertinacious assiduity.''
 However this may have been, the suits were all of no avail. though they drag ged on for close to 20 years. The heirs did obtain few houses and some coal lands, the latter the only material DOT tion of Girard's immense estate of which they ever succeeded in divesting the city of Philadelphia. After the case was f. nally settled the fund was placed in charge of board of trustees who ever since have handled it with excellent care until 1t has grown to vast propor. | tions. l
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15
NrrIITAHY ExPENsEs BorHrR.

Just how contagious the efforts against war that are being made at Washing ton may become Is problematical. For the good of the world they cannot get too firm a grip upon the different na- tons. There is grave need of just such reaction.
 What must be regarded as a move in the right direction is the note which has been sent by Chile to Peru in which it is proposed that the plebiscite called for in the treaty between the two coun- tries be permitted to take place earlier than In 1883 as provided for, and the reason advanced for such action is that Shere might be an earlier deternina- ticn of the attitude of the people in regard to the final disposition of the t~o provinces formerly belonging to Peru, but which have since the war of 1879 between the two countries been sd- ministered by Chile. The decision is desired now in order that the two coun- tries may be relieved of the heavy ex- pense of maintaining the present mill tary establishments.
 It Is quite evident that Chile recog. hizes that it can indulge in the reduc- ton Of expenditures quite the same as other countries are planning to do If f gets this obstacle out of the way. Ant what would be an advantage to 1t 1T that respect would also be beneficial tt Peru. Both countries can better affort to devote what Is now being required for the military forces necessitated b! this long standing dispute to construc tive purposes. Whether there would b. any advantage accruing to Chile to hav the piebiscite advanced ten or clever years can be left to Peru to determine The desirability of ending a sore spo between nations is certainly worthy Whether this win bring representation on the part of Bolivia that 1t ought t have a noutlet to the sea through tn recovery of territory that formerly be longed t0 1t Is not indicated but sue Is the ambition of that shut-in country It IS fondly hoped, however. that tn note which has been forwarded b Chile will be the means of estabns1rin better relationship between neighbor In southwestern South America. Vine military expenses begin to bother ther are indications that the right spirit w0FAmg.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING DEC. 10th, 1921 11,675
DISCARDED RAILROAD TIES.

Along the lines of railroads these days many piles of discarded railroad ties are being burned in order to get rid of them, and from Midway comes the report that the reflection from the big blaze that was caused by burning ties which fire had been burning for sev- eral days could be seen at night for many miles.
 This represents fuel that is-going to waste when coal is still expensive. What the value of such discarded ties would amount 10 in a year delivered at vari- ous points is unknown. That 1t would cost more to bring about the transpor- tation and the working of them up than they would bc worth can be imagined but it cannot fail to be regretted never thel.ss that some use cannot be made of them by those to whom such fire wood would be @ Godsend There was a time when crews were sent over the lines saving up such ties by power for use in tine stations but # is presumed that the expense was greater than the saving but in view of the quantity at Midway which took several days to burn there would appear to have been ir that pile much of value which could have been utilized with profit.
 IL can be understood that the rail- roaTs are opposed to allowing the pub lie to go onto the tracks and carry of the tieN for such use as they can make o1 them because of the danger involved and the liability of accident not only to those gathering ties for which thu roads would be responsible, but also tC trains Likewise 1t can he appreciated that the dirt and cinders in the ties raise havoc with tools used in cutting ther7 but the very fact that there ar, SD many who display keen desire tt get such material when it is possible indicates that they are of decided ad vaJ age in keeping dov1n fEel bills whether there happens to be a coa shU-'sre or not and 1t is highly unfor tras.s that some method of making us of such material has not been stumble upon that will overcome the absolut' waste involved in burning the man. thousands each year While the road gre endeavoring to make ties last long CT putting the heat units that exist. il the discarded ones to some use doesn' seem to be making much progress.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15
REDUCTION IN FOREIGN TRADE
 LARGELY DUE TO LOWER PRICES

Price reduction is largely responsible for the big fall off in the stated value of imports and exports We have been clamoring for lower prices, says the Trade Record of the National City Bank of New York, and now that they have ] come there is corresponding reduction in the stated values of our imports and exports. In nearly all the important ar- l ticles which we import or export the 1 prices are far below those of a year ago l and are in many instances approximating the pre-war level
 r On the import side, the official state- nient of the average price per pound of l cotton imported in August, 1921. was 26c 1 against CSC per pound in August of last year. Unbleached cotton cloths are quoted at 17.5c per square yard against | Sc in the corresponding month of last year. Coffee, of which we are the worlds
 largest importers, is quoted at 105c per ] pound in August, 1921, against 1S4c in 1 August, 1920. and cocoa 7c per pound against 13.sc one year ago. Manila hemu
 imported in August of the current year averaged $163 pen ton against $500 in the same month last wear; cattle hides Il. Sc 1 per pound against 2S.2c, calfskins 21 Sc against 425c, goatskins 39c per pound | against S1.22 a year ago, and sheepskins 17.6c per pound against 4S.sc in Angus, | last year. India rubber of which we are
 also the worlds largest importer, aver. aged 14.9c pound in the imports of Au.
 gust. 1921. against .45.6c in August, .1s2e Pig iron Imports in August of the current year averaged S2s.24 per ton againsi | S91.23 in the same month Of 1920, and
 bar iron S79.S9 per ton against $165. 40 q I year ago. Raw sugar imports in Augusx 1921, averaged slightly more than Sc De,
 pound against practically 1sc pound fl 1 August of last year. Tea averaged 1S.6,
 per pound in August, 1921, against 3l 6.
 one year ago. Pig tin. of which we an
 the worlds largest importer, averaged
 2S.4c per pound in August of the curreni
 year against 64.5c one year ago. ant wood pulp mechanically ground averaged
 s25.34 per ton against s95.s0 In Angus
 of last year, while cardfng wool averaged
 1920 per pound against 4s.sc one yea,
 earlier.
 On the export side there arc equaIf,
 heavy reductions in prices. Corn export
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15
THE RESULT IN BOSTON.

Four years ago the voters of Boston turned out James M. Curley as mayor and put it his place Mayor Peters. The four years under the latter have pro- vided. a city administration that was a credit. It was conducted. on business lines for the good or the community ra- ther than few and with a regard for the taxpayers. Mayor Peters was not a candidate for reelection but while the voters four years ago appear to have repudiated Curley's administration and turned him down because of his extrava- gance and wastefulness and type of government that deserved such treat ment they right about faced on Tuesday and recalled him to office, as if inviting him to replace the good government which the city has been receiving with that which he gave them once before. Party lines were not drawn. The two leading candidates were both democrats with the opponent of Curley having the support Of the goodt- government organi- zation, a large number of republicans and the backing of those who recognized ! that his record in public service would insure the city an efficient administra- ton. The Tammany candidate. how ever, wins in Boston quite the same as he did in New York, and by methods which were not 50 dissimilar. Among the appeals which was made by Curle.
 during his campaign was that while ht might not have the power to reinstatt the policemen who went upon a strtkt
 and opened up Boston to thugs and dis
 orders he was in sympathy with sue. l action
 l Boston has made It's decision and '
 Is of course Boston that must make tn
 best of the coming Curley administration
 with the hope of course that the exarrpl
 set. in the Peters administration ma. have some good effects.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-12-15
FAIR MANNING

Because of their activities in behalf Of anarchy Berlman and Goldman were driven out of the country. They were deported with the understanding that they could not return and 1t was real ised that a service had been rendered tAe country when such action was taken. They cannot return without they get a presidential pardon and there Is no req son, political or otherwise. why such &C., ttsp should be taken. It is not believed that any such action will be taken. Since thnse two were sent to Russia, others who have been serving prison sentences have been permitted to accept deporta- tion rather than serving out their terms it being understood that they could not return.
 At tho present time, however, Emma Qosdrzn. according to reports, k in 1fEa- Shs has declared that she al ways Eyed in America and intends tc eouas bAck, but she likewise insists tha, .Whfle e1sagpesfng with some of the ,yr~seioss of the soviet government sh, isaAcsss-tnsn for shs mozt ea<t -asra