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Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
sENATE coNsiDERiNo soRAH
RESOLUTION TO MAKE 50
PER CENT CUT.
US. PROGRAM LARGEST
WANT ENGLAND AND JAPAN TO
JOIN MOVE TO REDUCE
NAvIEs.

washington, Jan. 4.-Re0uctlOn IN
world naval construction was taken up
py rne Senate foreign relations COM
mittee at executive hearings which
may run for some weeks.
The committee had before it the
Borah resolution asking President
Wilson to initiate negotiations with
Great Britain and Japan, looking to q
reduction of SO per cent in the naval
building program Of those countries
and the United States.
It was understood that considerable
sentiment developed to include France
and Italy, but this was opposed by SEN
gued that those countries would follow
the lead of the United States, Great
Britain and Japan and that If they be-
came party to the negotiations, re-
duction of armies as well as navies
would enter into the discussions.
Great Britain, the senator was re-
ported to have said, could be expected
to urge reductions of the French army
If she should consent to reducing her
navy.
Admiral COontz, chief of naval Oper-
atoms, and his aides were the only wit
nesses. Committee members said 9TH
ers would be called but that there had
been no suggestion that Secretary Dan
iels be invited to appear.
The secretary in his conference with
newspaper men reiterated his Oppost-
ton to the Borah resolution and said
that SO far as he had been advised
President Wilson had taken no steps
looking to a disarmament conference
among the world powers.
Admiral Coontz, senators said, op-
posed the Borah resolution or any 9th
er plan based on percentage reduc-
ton in building, arguing reduction
would fail to bring about any equal
ization of naval power because of the
different size of the programs of the
nations.
He said that the American building
program was the largest and the Jap
anese second, but that even with the
completion Of the japanese program,
Japan's navy would have only about
half the strength of the American navy.
Great Britain's building program Is
comparatively small, the senators were
said to have been told, and unless 1t
is increased before 1924, the American
navy would about equal the British.
To expedite her program, Japan il
having three large battleships built in
England, according to information re-
ceived by the navy intelligence service
and transmitted to the Senate commit
tee. aa
France and Italy have small build
ing programs, Admiral Coontz was said
to have testified, but they are ham,
pered by lack of funds. France. he
stated, had several capital ships laid
down before the war upon which no
work had been done since peace was
declared.
Data as to foreign nRvies was pre-
sented by Admiral Coontz. All princi-
pal powers, senators said they were in
formed, were spending considerable
money to keep themselves informed on
the naval and military activities Of 9th
er nations.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
Why Are Skin Diseases
So Difficult to OvercomeP

stantial relief yeu must treat tAsm
through tie blood.
The best remedy for this purpess
- S.S-S, the 1ne oA blood remedy
that puriAss tAs bleod II diseaGo
gsrnS, and thus restores IL skin
70 . normal and healthy eonditisa.
Be9iA taking S.S.S. today, anA
Wfite . eomplets history u year
eass, and cur medical difoetoe Wfu
give yoQ sxpGt aAvieo vitAsua
vis9. 1e1 Sw6t 1abRssaRy. ~.
lmnkn. Ga.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
Smattern.

'1The late Jacob -Schiff," said a
banker, twas progressive and 80
cial reformer, but he hated the pinks,
or parlor bolsheviks, and above all
he hated your real bomb-throwing
reds.
'Mr. Schif believed that the cure
for the reds lay not In deportation,
but in education. As he once said:
".A red is chap who hasn't read
enough"
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
Clerk Gets Oil Lands.

Salt Lake City.-GeOrge ]. Bond,
hardware clerk, "a, has been advised
that he is heir to Oklahoma Oil prop
erty, bequeathed to him by his grand
mother. Mrs. w. A. Bond, and said to
be worth 100000. He has also been
advised that Mrs. Ada Brooks Of Co.
manche. Okla, . daughter Of the lats
Mrs.. Bond and Bonds aunt, will con.
test the will.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
Hall's Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in . run down" condi-
ton win notice that Catarrh bothers
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh 10 q local disease. It u greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE - Q
Tonic and Blood Purifier, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces Of
the body. thus reducing the inAammat3on
and restoring normal conditonA
All druggista. Circulars ffoo.
y. j. Cheney q Co. Toledo. Ohio.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
kIess ExploAes Dynamite,

Uniontown, Pa-Frank Pelone, Q
stable boss, found q stick Of dynamite
and put II In his hip pocket. Later,
while WORKING In the stable, he was
Kicked By q mule. The stable also was
blown to pieces.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
CROP VALUES
$167,595,613
WHEAT WAS LEADING CROP IN
COLORADO FOR
1920.
SEASON FAVORABLE
TOTAL AREA UNDER cuLTIvA.
TioN WAS s,ss5, ,sss
ACRES.
Western Neup.p.r Union New, Series. }


Denver.-Colorado's 1920 asricultur.
al output was the largest in the states
history. The total area under cultiva-
tion, according to Compilations made
BY the State Immigration Department
from reports Of county assessors, was
$685.. $50 acres, or about 1880 acres
less than the acreage under cultivation
in 1919. The 1920 season was much
more favorable for crop production,
however, than the previous season, and
the total crop output, including fruits,
was many thousand tons in excess of
that for 1919. A single example will
suffice to illustrate this increase. The
area devoted to wheat in 1920 was L.
Al, ,242 acres, compared with 1924, ,594
acres in 1920. The production in 1920
was 27,117,O43 bushels, compared with
1S,435, ,3S6 the previous year.
But the value of the crop was more
than $3O,OOO,OOO less than that of 1919,
due to the very sharp fall in prices of
all farm products that begun soon
after harvest time and has continued
till the present time. The value of all
crops, including fruits, grown in the
state in 1920 is estimated at $167,554,-
600, compare with $190,947. 900 for the
1910 crop. One of the heaviest de-
creases in value was in the potato crop.
The 1919 crop was worth, at prices
prevailing on December LIST last year,
$1S,S7O,OOO. The 1920 crop. which was
only about 25O,OOO bushels short of
that of the preceding year. was worth
at prices prevailing December 1st onlv
SS.695. 900.
Wheat was the states leading crop
In 1920, both In acreage and value. Re-
ports of county assessors show that
the area devoted to this crop was /.
471.242 acres and the total product,on
was 27.117OOO bushels This was
worth at prices prevailing ON Decem.
Der LIST about SAG. .3Os. 600. while at
prices prevailing on September I. 1920
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
Its Kind.

Destruction is a word that only
grows on dunghills.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
A Total Loss.

A Total Loss.
"Why did you discharge your new
clerkY'
"He was too accommodating" said
the grocer"
"What?"
"He kept opening canned goods to
show lady shoppers they were in
fine state Of preservation. ."-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
Putting Her Foot In II.

Irwin S. Cobb talked recently at
Greenwich Village about tnct.
. ''Tact." he said, ''is priceless and
rare art, which sometimes gets us in
hot water when we try to practice it.
Like the young Red Cross nurse. /.
Meeting this young lady during the
war at a luncheon in Tours, hap
pened to remark:
"I am looking round, you see.'
"'Oh, not so very, Mr.. Cobb the
kind-hearted girl demonstrated, tact
fully"
lts Kind.
"SoIne scientist now rises to re-
mark that bees have a language of
their own"
II bet they use it chiefly to make
singing remarks"
Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1921-01-06
Like and Unlike.

The death Of Anders ZOrn, the IA
nous etcher, brought the talk round to
Whistler, and Pittsburgh poet said:
whistler and Walter Sickert were
once printing etchings together. Sick
ert, stumbling, had the misfortune to
drop copper plate.
"'How like your said Whistler.
icily.
Hardly five minutes later Whistler,
usually the deftest, surest Of men,
dropped copper plate himself. He
stopped and picked it up. Then ho
Murmured:
"suow unlike me y"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

in the course Of time, unless the
person were to die Immediately
thereafter.
@. At what mint were the Lesher
silver dollars coined?-B. c. w.
A. The Lesher Octagon silver
dollars were not made at any United
States Mint but were made by a
man named Lesher, who lived in
Victor, Colorado. His idea was that
silver dollars should contain more
silver than is in a standard silver
dollar. He made about 5000 or
these dollars and stood ready to re-
deem them at any time. Certain
merchants in central Colorado
agreed to accept these coins in
payment for merchandise. Since
they were not issued by the United
States Government, however, they
were never used generally as cur
rency. :.
@. What size hat did Abraham
Lincoln wear?-L. w. *.
A.. Abraham Lincoln wore a tn
hat.
@. To settle a bet. is there a
jointed snake that will unjoint II
you touch him and then after a
while join back again IL H.
A. The glass, or ~so-called joint
ed snake, is really a lizard. When
handled roughly the tail portion will
break into two or three pieces. Con-
trary to superstition. these pieces
will not unite with the body again.
though a rudimentary tail is some
time developed after the first one
is lost.
@. What is meant by shipping
articles?-H. F.
A. Shipping articles are articles
of agreement between the master of
the ship and a seaman serving on
board her, regarding wages. length
of service. character of service, etc.
Q. What is fear of food called?
r. K. P
A Sitaphobia is a dread or fear Of
food experienced by insane people,
which leads them to refuse to eat.
@. What was the Siege Perilous?
&C. C. G..
A. This term is applied to one of
the three seats left unoccupied at
the Arthurian Round Table. 1t was
so-called owing to the fact that 1t
was reserved for the person who
was to find The Holy Grail; and any
other bold enough to sit in it for
feited his life.
@. Will a shock be conveyed to
the man at the nozzle of a fire hose,
If the stream of water hits a
charged electric wire?-J. D.
A. If a stream of water Is play
ed from a fireman's hose against a
live electric wire, the fireman al
the nozzle will receive q shock, the
current coming down the stream OF
water.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27
A LUCKY KICK
By DR.. ". e. BARTON

T out as good as new through ingeni.
Gus co%ntrivances of the camera man.
Life is more wonderful than any
of the things we invent about it. The
everyday world in which we live has
in it more Of the tragic and comic,
more of the pathetic and heroic.
than any of the plots in~any OF the
plays.
1 should not advise anyone who
rides a motorcycle to head 1t into a
moving street a on the chance
that he might make as lucky a kick
as did the man in P~ittsburg. It
might not work next time. There is
a great deal of kicking, actual and
metaphorical, and very little of 1t Is
as effective as that which this incl
dent records.
But life is full of strange and inn
probable happenings. The man who
kicked the valve was taken to the
hospital and found to have only q
few superficial bruises. But his
motorcycle Jared worse. It did not
| succeed in striking any valve that
softened its collision with the lamp
post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27
RIPPING RHYMES
By Walt Mason.
THE NEW ERA

JdE NEW ERA
Two ladies by the western sea
shot up two geezers so they died;
and when 1 heard I said, Jaw, chez,
they'll be acquitted when they're
tried, for they are smooth as
DANES a be. so fair of face and
starry-eyed." For L grew up in
ancient days when men thought
women free from guile; and if they
murdered vagrant jays, twas Just
their harmless, giddy style; as jury
men we met their gaze and Wilted in
their genial smile. No man could
hope to make a hit who'd put a
lady in distress; we always voted to
acquit, cen though her crime she
might confess; we were such
knights, you must admit, as used to
ride in sheet iron dress. Alas, the
world has changed since then, our
attitude no more survives; the wo-
men &c and vote like men, men are
but equal with their wives; and
these two females in the pen must
spend the balance of their lives.
And they are not old shriveled
crones, all out Of date and down at
heel, not hanks of hair and rags
and bones, but of an age to dance
a reel: and yet in fierce and stri-
dent tones the jurors sprung their
Guilty" spiel. The jurors all were
weary guys to whom the suffrage
stuff was new; they thought, We've
seer our wives arise, demanding
everything in view; they're bound
to have their share of pies, and
tEey must take the soupbones too"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

prise the federa1 government has usually come
along to help them.
Newark is spending a million or more in dig
ging a channel through Newark bay in order
ocean shipping may reach that city. And New
ark is bearing the entire expense herself.
Now comes Wilmington, Delaware, with a
similar enterprise. Neither Newark nor Will
mington has anywhere near the natural advan-
tages that Perth Amboy has yet here We remain
idle while other places forge ahead.
We commend the following editorial on Will
mington's development, published in the Phila-
deIphia Record, to the careful reading of Perth
AInboyans:
10 many persons it has always been a matter
Of more or less wonderment that the founders
of Wilmington perched it upon a hill a mile or
more distant from the Delaware River, which
would have seemed to afford a more likely ana
moro accessible site. To be sure, a narrow ana
tortuous creek. the Christiana. connects the
Delaware metropolis with the noble stream into
which it empties, but as a link it has never been
satisfactory. Ocean steamships could not navi-
gate it, for over two centuries Wilmington has
been forced to see a great foreign
pass up and down the river and to nourish re-
grets tina. it could draw no benefit from this
trade. Though nearer the ocean than Marcus
Hook, Chester, Philadelphia and Camden, it has
derived no advantage from this fact, while those
communities have drawn no little prosperity
from their shipping interests.
Well, all this is to be changed, and Whining
ton is gong TO rectlfy the mistake OF us IOund-
ers. Its Harbor Commission, with a fund of
81, 600, 900 to expend, has had elaborate plans
for a harpor at the junction of the
Delaware and the Chrfstiana, where a large
amount of ground has been purchased for the
necessary improvements. Ample facilities are
to be provided for both foreign and coastwise
vessels, and Philadelphia will wake up some
day to find that a fine port has been established
to divert some Of the business which now comes
to il.
We congratulate Wilmington on its public
spirit, and hope that it's enterprise will be a
great success. The Delaware River is broad and
deep enough to carry a vastly greater commerce
than it now enjoys, and there ought to be trade
enough for all the communities along its shores,
even as far as Trenton, at the head of
Wilmington's progressive step comes concur
rently with those taken by Camden and Chester,
and Philadelphia has for years carried on an
elaborate program of harbor development. All
will feel the quickening that comes from a large
shipping industry. Juggling by Philadelphia
experience OF the past twenty years, Wilmington
will haye no cause to regret the millions she is
putting into her new port.
Try to imagine what Perth Amboy could do
for her harbor and waterfront with the expendi-
ture of half the amount Wilmington proposes
to spend. 1t would mean the making of a great
city here at the head of Raritan bay. Until we
spunk up enough courage to tackle our one big
problem in a really big way we must expect to
Tag behind the procession.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

@. Are tin cans made of pure tin
or OF some other material?-H.
McC.
Attn cans are made OF sheet
steel with a thin coating of tin.
About one per cent of the total of
the sheet is tin.
@. What is the book held in the
left hand of the statue Of Liberty?
M. e. M. -
A The Statue of Liberty has in
its left hand a tablet upon which
is inscribed July 4, 1776."
@. What has become of the old
frigate Constitution ~ w. H. X.
A. The Navy Department says
that the u S. S. Constitution, the
old American frigate, is now used
as a Naval Museum and is at its
home yard in Boston Harbor at the
Charlestown Navy Yard.
@. Is a hair pulled from a per-
sons head by the root, ever replac-
ed by a new ones. r. r.
A. If a hair is pulled out by the
root, it is replaced by q new one
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27
KEEP BUILDING GOING.

1t would be regrettable, indeed, If there SHOULD
zoe a tie-up of such building as ,s going on IL
this city on May / because of the inability Of
the masterbuilders and their employees to reach
an agreement on the matter of wages. The city
can ill afford to have any more men idle, espec-
Tally when there Is so much waiting to be done
The city also needs the building. The entire
population will. therefore, suffer should the
building trades quit work.
Several attempts to get the bosses and men
together during the past few weeks have failed
The men insisted that wages could not be cut
while the bosses declared that at the present
scale building was almost at a standstill. Final
~. feeling that further p%arleying was useless the
mAsterbuilders announced a reduction in wages
to take effect May /. The men have not made
known their intentions thus far. 1t Is hoped
that some means OF getting together will be
found.
Building trades are still being paid the scale
Of wages that prevailed during the war when
times were most abnormal. Every thinking per-
son agreed that such conditions could not be
maintained once peace was restored. No one
expects that conditions will go back to what
they were before the war. Labor Is bound to
gain something-in fact, 1t has gained a great
deal. But to expect the public to uphold war
fRse prices now is too much. To stick out on
syph q basis means the loss Of public support.
Nsbody's income is as great today as 1t was
during war-time-except where unions have
been able, thus far, to maintain the war wage
scale. And even in that case incomes have
been greatly reduced through lack of employ
usnt, brought about, partly, by the insistence
frat wartime prices must be paid.
Da~A,kynA~t ~ r ohar ao,,rno 60 r,,ota5 hy-
William Loeb. Jrr show that the purchasing
power OF the dollar is now 6S.2 cents, COM
pared with that of 1913. This is an increase
Of 81 per cent. over last June when the dollar
was worth 45.6 cents. Thus. Mr.. Loeb argues
with simple logic. any person whose salary or
wages have remained stationary since last June
has really received a 81 per cent raise.
Suppose a reduction of 20 per cent, Is made
\ wages: on the basis of an increase value of
;. E*.dollar of 81 per cent. the men accepting
!. a reduction would still be II per cent.
ahead OF what they were a year ago.
But details in this matter are to be worked
out between the men and their employers. The
fact is that with the price of materials substan-
TALLY reduced 1t remains only for the cost of
labor to come down from its wartime scale to
start a real building boom in this vicinity max
ing work for all the builders, improving. bust
ness generally and thereby going a long ways
toward restoring prosperity.
Surely this Is a matter that ought to be
thought over carefully. Nobody is asking the
men to go back to pre-war conditions, but the
public does expect the men in the building
trades to contribute their share toward getting
back to a peace basis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

I was in P%ittsburg recently. and l
bought a newspaper which told OF a
collision which had occurred the
night before. A man was riding a
motorcycle, and he ran into a street
car. His machine was hurled against
an iron lamppost, and he was thrown
under the wheels of the car.
The instant he struck the rails the
car stopped. Its brakes were set. 1t
was found that an angle-cock on the
air tank had been turned, setting the
airbrakes instantly.
The motorman had not had time
to set the brakes, and they were not
set from the platform. Just what
happened nobody could be sure, but
it was believed that the motorcycle
riders foot hit the angle-cock, and
instantly stopped the car.
1t would not do to put a story like
that into a novel. The reader would
declare that it was against all human
probability. 1t might answer for a
grotesque tale in the movies, in
which the hero or heroine faced GER
tain death in every scene and came
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27
REAL HARBoR DEVELOPMENT.

Perth Amboy's future depends on the devel-
opment of her harbor. That is a familiar state
ment to the readers of the EVENING NEWS
It is a fact that is generally admitted. too, but
still little is done in the way of development.
1t will not do to wait for someone else to dc
the development for us. Progressive cities are
going ahead on their own hook in this matter
and when they have shown the proper enter
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27
lake McIMko Saws

Only very young men understand women
young men between the ages of six months and
two years.
Every Crouch has a Red Rag. And someone
is always hanging around waving 1t.
1t may seem paradoxical. But sometimes a
little man comes up to expectations where a tall
man falls short.
A farmer can't understand how a. city man
manages to stay awake after 10 o'clock at night.
II girls did not marry men until they knew
all about them, they would all be old maids.
If women had to shave in addition to the rest
of the dolling up, parties and theatrical per-
formances wouldn't begin until about 1880 p
M.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27
TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Direc
tor, Washington, d. C. This offer
bureau cannot give advice on legal.
medical and financial troubles. 1t
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on any subject. Write
you. question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents in stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27
Modern Nursery Rhymes.

In West Virginia a still is known as an Old
Hen. And there's many an Old Hen settln'
pretty in that state.
Higgeldy, piggeldly. my Old Hen,
She lays quarts for gentlemen.
Gentlemen come every day,
To see what my Old Hen doth lay.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

English cutlery manufacturer closed down his
factory and bought 100, 900 butcher knives from
Germany because the price was less than it
would have cost him to make them. II this
happens much, consumers in other countries
will pay the indemnity for Germany
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

Ner notice how happy a clothes-presser looks
on a rainy day? What's one mans meat is an
other mans poison.
With Harding, Hughes, Hays, Hoover, III"
plays a--well a large role in the present ad-
ministration. E
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

Mystery of Elwell. bridge whist expert, seem
about as hard to fathom as the game he wro,
about.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

One advantage of being an Einstein is tina
nobody can argue with you.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27
Well. We should Worry!

orr midst. as the fellow said. and thus far no
one seems to have thought of inventing a rub
her pop bottle. What were the members or the
IJmpire's Protective Association thinking of all
winter?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-27

There's many a slip between the higher
railway rates and traffic to pay them.