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New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
TAX EXEMPTIONS.

Try to think of this city as a great big individual towering over the pco- pie, sitting at desk the size of which one may not picture, and doing it's best to make both ends meet. It has to live decently. for if it didn't its children would suffer. It, this hu- manzed giant of a city which is this city, sees from it's eyes far above the ground, many suffering here today not as many as in other cities of tho same size, perhaps but a number suf- ficient to bring lines of worry and sympathy and anxiety to the giants brow.
 The giant knows that 1t must have money to do things necessary to its life; 10 give work to men, its chill dren, who haven't any work and to aid others temporarily while there is no work.
 The giant has a hard proposition to lace, US money WHICH IL uStS LOT the good of all, comes from cash paid it by those children, those who live here and have the benefit of the giants protection and the advantages it has for them. This is the only way the giant gets money to do the neces- sary things and the charitable things. Therefore the giant hates to see any diminution of the fund that comes in annually.
 But it is seen that an unusual situ- alton exists The giant has previous ly allowed people who have given military service, very old and indrm people and the physically disabled to tell why they should not pay their in- dividual contributions, known to the giant as personal taxes" and has let them off.
 But this year things are so differ ent, and the giant is so impressed by the hard fight many who are not old
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

construction work will commence next spring, and within four years the upper deck should be ready for serV- ice Without interfering with traffic on the highway deck, it is planned then to begin construction of the lower deck, which should be finished in two years more.
 The bridge and it's approaches will have total weight of 107,0O0 tons with eight cables carrying the huge span. Six of these cables will be 21 inches in diameter and two will be IS inches thick; together they will sup port a pull of 6,000,000 pounds.
 Suspended from two towers each rising 3SO feet above the water, the span will have a width of 97 feet for the highway deck with two trolley tracks, two sidewalks and two road ways, while the lower deck will have four railway tracks and a 20-foot space for public utilities equipment. Electric locomotives would be used for traffic across the lower deck.
 Completion of the bridge will mean the end of the train ferries, which for years have carried freight and pas senger trains across the Detroit river even after the opening of the Michi gan Central tunnel.
 The bridge, which will be built by the Canadian Transit company and the American Transit company, with the approval of the Canadian and United States governments, will span the river almost from the center to the shore line of the two cities. Con- struction is expected to begin from the American side.
 The promoting companies have
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
MANSLAUGETER CHARGE
 AGAINST DRIVER DROPPED

Pennington, Dec. S.--The adjourned case of Howard Alderman of Burling- ton, charged with mansaughter, was held in the borough court before Judge Maurice F, Rourkn last night. Miss Mary Redheld was struck by AL derman on the night of November 15 and died few minutes later. Noble E. Pierce of Bristol and Hartford, de tended MT. Alderman, and Judge AL bert c, Bill of Hartford prosecuted. The witnesses called were Philip Brady, pr, Stuart E. Phelps, Constable Samuel Scott of Pennington and State Policeman Philip Flynn MT. Alderman was discharged because of insufficient evidence.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
LONGEST SINGLE;
 SPAN ON BRIDGE
Wonder Achievement Between
 Detroit and Windsor

Detroit, Mich, Dec. S.-Plans for the new international suspension bridge to connect Detroit and Wind sor, just announced, show that it will have the longest single span in the world, measuring 1902 feet, or "A inches longer than the great canti- lever at Quebec. Of double-deck construction the new link between Canada and the United States will ac- commodate street car, automobile and pedestrian traffic on the upper deck and passenger and freight train service on the lower deck,
 Barring unforeseen delays, actual
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
$ Fears Ago To-day
(Taken from Herald of that date

The New York Institute for the Deaf basket ball team will play the Y. M. c. A. of this city at Hanna's armory Saturday night. The visiting team is composed entirely of deaf mutes and recognized as one of the fastest teams in the state.
 The weekly payroll for the street department for last week amounted to $195.85.
 The door check department of the Russell and Erwin company is at present running until ' o'clock nights in order to fill the stock needed
 Il, Dayton Humphrey has been awarded the contract for mating the floors of the police station.
 Carmody Council, K. of C., will hold it's annual reception and ban quet at the East Main street armory on December 29.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

or inhrm or disabled have had to live, that his heart has been touched and he feels that he win listen 10 such eN- cuscs as long continued unemploy- ment and other matters to which he has previously paid no attention, and perhaps he will relieve many of their "personal taxes" who would have been compelled to pay them in pre- vous years, Of course the total amount will not be very large, but it will help a lot of people if the giant Is more liberal in his exemptions and he himself can get along some way so he is going to do it,
 A pretty good, thoughtful giant, after all,
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
FACTS AND FANCIES
 BY ROBERT CULLEN

Only seventeen more hintiug days before Christmas.
 Executives; Anybody who knocks off at p, m, to play golf.
 some celebrities have male vaIots, and some are married.
 Oh, Love, what atrocious cooking the bridegroom puts up with in thy name!
 Every man has a chance to amount to something unless he learns to love an argument,
 Nations are beginning to sec q re- lationship between a keen moral sense and keen common sense.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

been authorized to issue S30,000,00 in securities for the project. It is es- timated that completion of the high way or upper deck will cost approXi- mately $l5,000,000. Purchase of shore space for the approaches is un der way.
 Plans for the bridge were drawn chiefly by Charles E. Fowler of New York. Associated with him in the erection of the structure will be George II. Pegram, chief engineer of the Interborough Rapid Transit Co.,. New York; Professor William H. Burr of New York; Colonel c. M. Monserrat, Montreal; Professor c. R. Young of the University of Toronto, and Professor H. E. Riggs of the Uni versity of Michigan.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
HOUSE OF MYSTERY
Investigation of BranfOrd Premises
 DiScloScS Active Still

New Haven, Dec. S.--A house on the banks of Branford river in Bran- ford which seemed to be occupied only at night was searched Tuesday and a still of 200 gallons capacity was found built in the attic. There was liquid in the still which filled it nearly to the brim. The house was remotely but neighbors say that there seemed to be considerable activity around the place at night once in 8 while and it was suspected that the liquor made there was shipped away in boats which came up the river.
 Fifty-four nurses are attached to the American forces in Germany.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

The deeper you become in your study of a complex matter the longer twill take your conclusion to reach the surface, but the wiser it will be.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

"Dobutantes Turn Welfare Workers After Luncheon," caption over photo- graph of one of them. Must have been Good luncheon in every sense of the word.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.

The A. R. c. Is national organization which furnIGhe newspapers and adNer- tissrs with q strictly honest annlYsis of circulation. Our circulation statistics arc based upon thIs audit. Th's nsuroa pro- tectlon against fraud i'm newspaper dis trbutlon figures to both national and To- cal advertisers.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

The old-fashiOned mother who ap- piled hickory stick didn't have q daughter who applied lip-stick.
 Always encourage the takers to keep at il; 1t keeps them out of the way of those who are doing the work
 Another fine thing about being poor is that you don't feel an urge to pre- tend that you like grand opera.
 In deciding the future of battle ships, it is impossible to please both the junk man and she junicrs.
 When the sheep and goats are divided, it is easy to pick out the goats. They pay alimony.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
Member of The Associated Press

The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to tho use for republication of all news credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news pub liRhed herein.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

The only profitable ahvertsing medium in the City Circulation books and press room always open Go advertisers,
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

As soon aS one pays the piper" the drummer comes around to get his.'
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08
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New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

All Americans are credulous except the man from whom you seek a loan.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

A writer, speaks of "thc litter of Europe" That's what comes of failing 10 kill off the dogs of war,
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

As we understand France, she must crush herself with taxes to support
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

an army in order to avoid being crush,
 ed by Germany.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

It must be fine to be a druggist and have nothing to do but spend ten hours day keeping records for Uncle Sans inspectors.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

The other nations are with US in principle; perhaps eventually they will come across with the interest.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

Government can afford to grant an exemption on account of the baby, The little chap will soon be a taXpay- CT
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

misses you by a hair, you have the consoing thought that he is hurrying to keep an engagement with the
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

The raising of farm prices will re- quire something in the nature of an agricultural bloc and tackle.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

When capital is idle, we scold it for causing depression; and when it gets busy, we scold if for trying to hog everything.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

There's one good thing about a bad cold. It makes q five cent cigar taste as good as any of 'cm.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

Only seventeen more hintiug days nfOro Christmas.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-08

Executive: Anybody who knoc at D, m, to play golf.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
SAYS BREED SKUNKS FOR FUR
United States Department Of Aaricul
ture Calls Beast Friend
Of Farmer.

Washington. breeding of skunks
as means of stabilizing the "de.
pressed fur market" is the latest sug.
gestion Of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Despite all the harsh things that
have been said about this lowly animal
the department describes him as "the
best wild animal friend the farmer
has," The skunk. the announcement
says, can be used for destroying mice,
grasshoppers, crlckets and white grubs,
at the same time furnishing the farmer
from $50 to 500 worth of fur a year.
All that is required of the farmer
the circular says, Is that he respect
the animals dens, keep his poultry In
skunk-proof yards, kill an old horse for
them every fall and be tactful when he
meets them In the evening""
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
Rations Are So Good That Ath.
letic Training Tables
Are Barred.
WARSHIPS ARE NOT so GOOD
Mechanical Condition OF the Fleet Has
Undergone Little Improvement
Since the War, Says
Bureau Chief.

Washington.-Claim still may be
made that the American navy is the
best fed body Of men in the world.
Samuel MCGOWAN, paymaster general
J of the navy, declared in his annual re-
port. In support of his statement,
Rear Admiral MCGOWAN cites the fcl-
lowing order issued by Admiral Will
son, commander of the Atlantic fleet.
Training Tables Barred.
due to general excellence of pres
ent navy rations and living conditions
on board ships of the fleet, training
tables for athletic events are consid-
cred unnecessary and are therefore
forbidden.
Surplus provisions left over after
filling the wartime need, Admiral Nc.
Gowan said, have been disposed OF
at reasonable prices. He added that
new stocks of the current seasons
pack were being obtained in sufficient
quantities to meet the estimated re.
Quirements of the coming year.
Increases In the prices of foodstuffs
during the year were reflected in the
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25

from old systems. and trying anything
new that came along. no matter how
idiotic or insane 1t might be. so long
as 1t promised something different
from that which was.
No Such Weakness There.
Had been one OF those returnln.
refugees into any one of the hundred
and more villages cared for by the
American Committee for Devastated
France, for instance, ! am not sure
that should not have hoisted the red
nag, not that / believed in any of the
social absurdities for which il stands,
but that 1t had the virtue at least Of
being different from the one had
used to reverence. But to my amaze
ment l found no trace of any such
weakness In the hearts of those good
people In the department Of the
Aisne.
''They looked with cold. dumb grief
upon the wreckage that had once been
home, but the flag they, raised above
them was not the red flag of despair
but the tri-color of hope, and | am
proud to say that in one corner OF II
was blue field holding 4S stars. They
knew that that flag had waved gal
lantly at Cantigny, at Chateau.
Thterry, at st. Mihiel, and in the Ar.
gonne and that there it had meant
force, but here 1t stood for sympathy
and moral support, and it held them
proof against any despairing urge ol
resentment against civilization thai
had specifically seemed TO fail them
Indeed 1t was proof that that civiliza
tion was going to see them safel,
through the charred aftermath ol
war"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
u. S. Navy Best
Fed Anywhere

cost Of the navy ration. which rose to
an average of 7O.5 cents, as compared
with 65.7 cents in 1919 and a prewar
average of around 81 cents.
Admiral MCGOWAN asserted that
final figures showed that the navy
subsisted 100000 troops en- route to
France and 100000 returning troops.
In connection with the wartime work
of the subsistence branch, he said:
Despite the scarcity of certain ar
ticles of food and the constant and
persistent pressure from outside,
amounting in effect to actual propa-
ganda, for relaxation of the rightly
Of the navy's specifications, especially
on meats, no such thing was done,
and the standard of subsistence was
never lowered
Ships Not So Good.
The mechanical condition of Amer
ica's fleet has undergone little i'm
proyement since the termination of
the war, and the engineer perform
ance of the individual ships has not
been satisfactory" Rear Admiral
Griffin, chief of the bureau of engi-
neering, says in his annual report.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
RECENT DEATHS

DAYTON.-James E. Nutter, age
So, passed away at his home in this
city
SPOkANE-Daniel Morrissey, aged
86, pioneer settler of Illinois and
Iowa and resident of Spokane since
1909.
SPRAGUE.-John Moylan, pic.
neer of Lincoln county. after an i'll.
ness of several months. The cause of
his death was plural pneumonia.
SEATTLE-A. ]. Rhodes, president
OF the Rhodes company, department
store operators, and one of the most
prominent merchants of the north.
west.
COLTON.-The funeral of Mrs.
Margaret Becker, wife of Ernest
Becker, was held here Friday. The
family came to Cotton 35 years ago
from Stearns county, MINI.
WALLA WALLA-James Hairless
formerly of Dayton. The deceased
was born in Ohio IS years ago and
came to Dayton more than 40 years
ago to follow his trade as a wheel
wright.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
Cut in Appropriations.

OLYMP1A.-Senato William Wray,
chairman of the senate appropriations
committee. stated Monday he believed
bienniem would be well under the
amount appropriated two years ago,
which, for the general fund, was &c.,
900, and for all purposes over $685.
100000.
This legislature is cleaning up a
deficit of between 100000 and So
100000. No legislature in the recent
years ever faced such a determined
and we'll organized raid on the state
treasury as the legislature of 1921.
Higher educational Institutions re-
quests have been cut more than ST.
100000, 100000 request from the
reclamation board has been reduced
to $25O.000 or not to exceed 100000
and other heavy slashes have been
made from the state board of finance
estimates.
The board of finance had estimated
1t would cost 100000 to operate
the state government for the next
two years, exclusive of the $4,000. 900
deficit, which means that the legis-
lature will be cutting $12,000,00O be-
low the finance boards figures.
In doing this" said Senator Wray,
we have raised tremendous pres.
sure.
we propose to set an example for
county and city and school district
commissioners. Ii we can do, If
other fellows can, too.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
INDIA ASSEMBLY VOTES
RACIAL EQUALITY BASIS
Affirms That Relations With Britain
Be Kept as Equal Partnership.

DELHI, British India,-The legisla-
tive assembly after four hours debate
adopted a resolution affirming that
the relations between India and the
British empire be maintained on
basis OF equal partnership and CON-
plete racial equality; regretting the
application of martial law by the ad-
mlnistration of Punjab, this being cal
culated to deeply wound the self.
respect of the Indians, and damage
compensation for the families of the
Amritsar victims on the same scale
as Europeans
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
FRANCE FREE Of
B0LSHEvIK faint
American Relief Steadies People
in Devastated Areas, Says
Noted Writer.
BANGS MAKES OBSERVATIONS
Declares Aid Must Be Continued to
Restore Sufferers to Full vioor-
Hope, Not Despair, in
Their Hearts.

New York.-Bolshevism will never
take root in the miles Of ruins along
the Aisne as long as the morale Of the
French is kept high while the people
are rebuilding and replanting, asserts
John Kendrick Bangs. 1t is better
to build up human soul than to re-
store a ruined chateau, the well-known
writer and lecturer epitomizes.
Speaking from observations made in
two trips Of inspection through the
regions which remain almost as
wrecked and desolated as the Ger
mans left them, he declares the work
done by the American Committee for
Devastated France to be most import
tant In steadying the population dur
Ing the reconstruction period.
Fears Would BE Allayed.
In restless times like these" said
Mr.. Bangs. when the great DOGGY of
Bolshevism is being reared every
where to frighten the timid into all
sorts Of compromises with conscience,
l sometimes wish that every influen-
tial factor in America could be trans
ported to Europe to see for them
selves exactly how matters stand over
there. l think a great many of their
fears would be allayed. and that they
would find that Bolshevism is to be ap-
pretended only where there exist no
standards of any sort by which the
poor and ignorant can measure its
shortcomings.
THAT it should succeed in Russia
Is easily accounted for by the utter
illiteracy of over 80 per cent of the
population.
IF there were any real fear of Boil.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
Think Monkey Stole Diamond.

st. Louis, Mo.-Baffled by a wave
of robberies and pocket pickings, the
police have turned their attention to
the Forest Park zoo in the hope of solv.
ing at least one fingered misap.
preparation. The quest began with a
search of the monkey cages on the
theory that an $500 diamond pin was
taken from Mrs. Clifford G. Fox us she
strolled through the zoo on a Sunday
afternoon. Park police believe one OF
the monkeys, attracted by the sparkler
reached through the bars of his cage
and lifted" the pin as Mrs. Fog
strolled past.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25

shevism temporarily triumphant out
side Of Russia we might with greater
reason look for 1t In countries SO dev-
astated by war as to leave their peo-
pies in state Of hopeless despair.
and it is to the relief of those, rather
than to that of the unscarred, that we
should turn our attention, carrying to
them not only material relief, but that
moral support for which civilization
is supposed to stand.
II must admit that as l traversed
the devastated regions Of France and
Belgium in my two visits to the war
area, and looked upon the ruin there.
and realized the full measure of the
suffering inflicted upon millions of in
nOcent people by the wild forays of
the Hun. it seemed to me that any one
Of these millions of sufferers would be
perfectly justified in turning away
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
ArmIess Mother Made
All Her Baby's Clothes

Although she has no arms,
Mrs. ]. c. Teagarden of Den
yer, Colo, Is able to give her
baby the same care that other
mothers give and every bit of
clothing the baby wears was
made by the mother. Physicians
and nurses Mt the hospital
where the stcrl. brought little
Delphia May were amazed at
the facility with which Mrs.
Teagarden. born with no arms.
cared for her baby, using teeth,
feet and shoulders.
Mrs. Teagarden keeps her
own house, sews, cooks and
makes the beds. and she is able
to comb her own hair with a
comb held In her toes. Delphia
May Is a normal child.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
Carbide Blowup Kills Two.

PORT ANGELES.-L Davis, l6,
and V. Rice, Fl, both OF Lost Noun
tain, Wash, near here, We're instantly
killed Saturday. The boys found two
cans OF carbide in an abandoned log
ging camp back of Lost Mountain
They punched holes in the top of one
of the cans and applied lighted
match TO the fumes. The explosion
followed when the others threw the
can into an abandoned well which
was partly filled with water. Both
boys We're blown high in the air and
one OF them was decapitated by the
force of the explosion.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
Tacoma Ma. Arrested.

TACOMA-As a result of the death
OF Lieutenant Walter F. Bomell, c.
A. c., killed in an auto accident re-
Gently as he was returning from his
home in Seattle to Camp Lewis, A. D.
Baker, shipyard worker here and
driver of the auto that collided with
the officers car. is held in the county
Jail charged with manslaughter.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
In Marriage They Are Not Divided.

Cincinnati, O.-When Oscar Helm
chen, Jr.. and his sister, Miss Hilda
Heinchen, participate in double we'd
ding, they will remain together, as
both plan to live in the same house.
They met their sweethearts at the
same time, proposals We're made sim
ultaneously, their engagements We're
announced together, and now after be-
ing married at the same time they will
share a double house.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1921-02-25
Fatally Burned.

CASTLE ROCK. = Mrs. Dorothy
Young, aged 20: her daughter. 3, and
her son, 2, lost their lives here re.
Gently as results of fire which des.
troyed their home and which investi-
eating officers said had apparentli
been caused by Mrs. Young's having
poured gasoline into stove to kin
die fire, thinking 1t was kerosene
The roof of the house was blown
off by the resulting explosion.