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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06
Everyday Ad- Ventures
Thoughts OF A Used Ford

Thoughts OF A Used Ford
'It sure Is crowded in this garage since
my owner got this big car. It's an awful
stuck-up boat, to~o-standlng right there
alongside Of me and never so much as
gives me a toot. Huh!
Here comes my owner now-with a
couple of men. Guess they're going to
stand around and admire the new car.
What do you know about that? They're
gathering around me. l feel a little self
eonscious-Tm not as good-looking as !
used to be.
Hes showing them my motor now
Guess that's all right. because I never
sget palpitation or anything like that go
sing uphill. The man in the straw hat is
smiling and nodding his head at me-he
seems like a good sort.
"Hello! He's bought me-says he's been
Matching the classified section of The
EVENING NEWS for weeks. just waiting
for a car like me. That's why he and
these other men all came to look me over.
II auto known thati''
Copyright. 1921. by Basil L. SMITH
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06
FIRE ALARM BOXES

l-Gordon and Meade Streets
.3-Madisop Ave. ami Paterson st.
4-Market and Sheridan Streets
s5-Smith Street and Central X X.
26-Market and First Streets
o7.-Ralitan Copper Works
2S-High and Lewis Streets
34-Madison Avenue and Smith Street
s5-Smith and High Streers
36-New Brunswick Ave. and New street
37-Smith and State Streets
4l-Standard Underground Cable Co.
42-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford st.
4~5-Commerce and Front Streets
46-State aud Washington Streets
47-High and Washington Streets
52-Cortlandt and Easton Streets
54-State and Buckingham Ave.
55-Parker St. and Pulaski Ave.
56-Hall Ave. and Charles st.
5T-State and Wayne Streets
5S-Near Lead Works
5s-Maurer
62-Washington Street and Park Avenue
63-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm street
G4-Smith Street and Watson Avenue
6~5-Commerce and State Streets
72-Front and Smith Streets
and Gordon Streets
74-Kearny Ave. and Gordon street
Sl-Brace and Hanson Avenues
S2-Smith and Herbert Streets
So Amboy Ave. and Washington ST.
s4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street
sS-Near City Hospital
s6-Cleveiand and Brace Avenues
STANDBY and Hall Avenues
STANDBY Ave. and Inslee Street
s~3-LawrAnce and Francis Streets
s4-Nsville and tombstone Streets
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06
CLASSIFICATION

ANNOUNCEMENTS
s-Coming Events
9-Personals
and Found
AUTOMOBILES
rf11-Automobiles for Sale
y 12-Motorcycles and Bicycles.
(s1s-Automobiles for Exchange
Accessories
y 15-Service Stations-Repairing
/. 1e-Auto Livery-GarageB
Observation-Disclosures
BUSINESS SERVICE
1s-Business Services offered
observation-disclosures
3T4o-Heating and Plumbing
III 21--Insurance
n ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
T23-Moving, Trucking, Storage
observation-disclosures
25-Patent Attorneys
observation-disclosures
27-Professional Services
2~S-Repairing
~29-Renovating and Dyeing
3o-Tailoring n Pressing
Acknowledgement Service
EMPLOYMENT
3c-Help Wanted-Female
33-Help Wanted-Male
34-Help-Male or Female
35-Salesmen and Agents
36-Situations Wanted-Fema|e
tf@OltudtiOuS
FINANCIAL
ss-Business Opportunities
3a-Investments. Stocks. Bonds
40-Money to Loan
41-Wanted-To Borrow
INSTRUCTION
4y-Correspondence Courses
4S-Local Instruction Glasses
44-Musical. Dancing. Dramati"
l5-Private instruction
Observation-Disclosures
LIVE STOCK
4T-Dogs, Cats. Pets
4s-Horses. Cattle. Vehicles
49-Poultry and Supplies
b0-Wanted-Live Stock
MERCHANDISE
U-Articles for Sale
52-Busine, , and Office Equipment
E3-Boats and Accessories
J4-Building Materials
55-Farms and Dairy Products
66-Fuel and Feed
57-Good Things to Eat
58-Home-made Things
s59-Household Goods
6l-Jewelry and Watches
e61-Machinery and Tools
.62-Musical Instruments
@-Seeds, Plants, Fertilizers
64-Specials at Stores
65-Wearing Apparel
66-Wanted-To Buy
ROOMS FOR REM
67-Rooms With Board
6S-Rooms without Board
69-Rooms for Housekeeping
70-vacationf Places
f1-Where/ ITO Eat
S2-WheH to Stop in Town
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or Board
REAL ESTATE o RE.
IL Apartments and Flats
7s-Business Places for Rent
35e-Farms for Rent
s17-Houses for Rent
78-Ofices and Desk Room
t~79-Suburban for Rent
S0-Summer Places for Rent
lsl-Wanted-To Rent
REAL ESTATE FOR SAL
B2-Business Property
'83-Farmsj and Land for Sale
84-Houses for Sale
.e5-Lot9' for Sale
86-ShGre Property for Sale
8~7-Suburban for Sale
.6S-<Real Estate for Exchange
Northumberland Estate
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make excellent lining for barns. poultry
hous-s. etc. Size 1Sh K 22. Evening
News
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Houses for Sale

BRIGHTON AVE.-Six room house, drive
way; all improvements. excellent condl-
ton. Fred p. Hansen. IS Smith st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06

& JOHNSON-Auto Tops COW
cred and repaired. We make new cur
tains, cushions. carpets. floor coverings;
all kinds of auto top material for sale;
wholesale and retail. 143 New Brunswick
Avenue. Phone 4l-W.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06

NEW 5 AND 6 ROOM HOUSES
BUILT IN FIRST CLASS WORK
MANSHIP MANNER AND WITH
THE BEST MATERIALS. PENNSYL-
WANNA r. R. STATION THREE
MINUTES FROM PROPERTY. IS
MINUTES RUN TO NEW YORK.
LOCAL RAILWAY TO PERTH AM
BOY TROLLEY LINE RUNS ALONG
ONE SIDE OF PROPERTY, AND
ARK AND ELIZABETH TO NEW
BRUNSWICK AND TRENTON RUNS
ALONG ANOTHER SIDE WITH A
STATION AT AVENEL.
WE ARE OFFERING A VERY UN-
USUAL OPPORTUNITY OF BUYING
A HOME BY PAYING MONTHLY.
RENT. ONLY $4,000 CASH IS
NEEDED. THE BALANCE IN
SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS OR
SUBJECT TO MORTGAGE, PAY
ABLE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
WE WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT
WE HAVE OUR OWN BUILDING
ORGANIZATION HEADED BY MR..
MATTHEW I. SMITH. WE ARE IN
HOUSE. SELECTED FROM MANY
DIFFERENT PLANS. DRAWN BY
EFFICIENT ARCHITECTS. THESE
PLANS ARE FREE TO OUR PROS
PECTIVE BUYERS.
FOR FURTHER PARTICULARS
CALL OR WRITE. MAPLE REALTY
PERTH AMBOY, N. j. PHONE 1710.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06

FEDERAL AUTo RADIATOR WORKS.
Auto radiators. bodice, and tenders re-
paired. all kinds auto sheet metal work.
100 New Brunswick Ave. Phone 1850.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06

VACUUM CLEANERS-Ohio; for hire;
S1.50 day. We repair anything electrical.
X. & X. Electric Co.. New Brunswick
Ave and Iefferson ST. Phone sos.
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AUTOMO BILES
Service statlon-RepaIrIng

AUTO PAINTlNG-John r. Jacko, Auto
mobile. Truck and Wagon Painter. 255
New Brunswick Ave. Jitney Bus paint
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06

FORDS-House for sale; best bargain in
the market; call at Karl Iversen. 305
Main St, Woodbridge. N. j.. or phone
54S-R Woodhridse
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06

B~ATTEkIEs NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Auto
Electric Service Station; magnetos, gem
orators. starters; batteries properly and
fully rechaI ged soc. Agent for the With
erhea HILLARY l4n Now ErnnsMick Ave.
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MERCHANDISE


STOVES-Big fire sale, slightly damaged
furniture at ridiculously low prices. Big
stock stoves, bureaus. chairs, beds. etc.
62q State ST
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-06
FINANCIAL
Business Opportunities
Money to Loan

BOND AND MORTGAGE-s1, 900 to loan.
Perth Amboy Trust Co. Real Estate
Department.
BOLD AND MORTGAGE-$1. 500 to loan.
Perth Amboy Trust Co. Real Estate
Department.
MORTGAGE-We have SO. 900 to invest on
bond and mortgage: local property only.
Margaretten G. Lobel. Raritan Building.
Phone $50.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
SAID HE KILLED..
West Virginian Miner Admitted
Killing Three, Says Witness.
Another Says Hatfield Even
Kicked Victims Bodies.

Williamson, w. Va, Feb. 19.-Sid
Hatfield admitted fifteen minutes after
the battle of Matewap last May that
he killed three of the Baldwin-Felts
detectives, Harry Staten testified in
the Matewan killing trial.
Staten, a former Matewan justice of
the peace, said Hatfield came up and
shook hands with him near where
three victims lay in the street.
'.I killed three of these men-Al-
bert Felts, Lee Felts and Cunning
ham," Staten quoted the youns police
chief as saying.
Hatfield and eighteen others are on
trial for the murder Of Albert Felts
and six other detectives in the fatal
fight in which ten men were killed last
May. Staten explained his presence on
the Battlefield" by saying he hsd been
advised the mayor and six other citl-
zens were killed.
Sid Hatfield roughly kicked
bodies of some of the detectives. Miss
Bertha Hamilton told the jury.
The girl was in Matewan railroad
station when the shooting began.
ut sounded like one big roar" she
said. Three bodies were searched
by Hatfield and Others"
After the shooting, a crowd of men,
including Reece Chambers and Hal
lie Chambers, looking on the bodies of
Baldwin-Felts detectives commented
Amt it good bait for fishin'?" Miss
Josephine Hamilton. another eye wit
ness, said. She told of seeing Reece
Chambers with a rifle and Halle
Chambers with a pistol.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
CAN'T COLLECT COURT AWARD
Nine-Year-Oid Girl Was Prize of
Legal Suit-Now She's Missing.

Wichita, Kan, Feb. 19.-The where
abouts of little Caroline Denton. g.
year-old girl. for possession of whom
bitter controversy was waged thru
the district and supreme courts. still
are unknown to F. W. Denton, the
child's father, he declared.
Since the supreme court decision
last November, which sustained the
claim of the paternal grandmother.
Mrs. Sarah L. Denton, to custody OF
the child, the maternal grandmother,
Mrs. James, and the child have been
absent from the James home, 337
North Emporia avenue. Repeated eff
forts of the sheriff and relatives have
failed to locate the child, it is said.
Since the supreme court decision
was rendered, the father called at the
supreme court in Topeka and was adj
vised that any legal action in the mat
ter should be started in the Sedgwick
county district court, 1t being author
lied to carry out the decision of the
supreme court.
Following the death of the child's
mother, the deceased's mother, Mrs.
James, assumed control of the child.
The grandmother claimed this was in
keeping with her daughters wishes.
Legal adoption of the child was eff
fected by Mrs. Denton, recommended
by the child's father, and the supreme
court decided that this adoption was
properly obtained and should prevail.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
POOL TABLES IN CHURCH
Fighting Parson" OF Chanute Would
Have Dance Floor for His Charge.

Have Dance Floor for His Charge.
Salina, Kan, Feb. 19.-The Rev.
Earl Blackman of Chanute would add
pool tables to a church gymnasium, he
informed a gathering of men at the
Presbyterian church here recently. The
Chanute pastor was the guest of the
mems organization and delivered an
address on his ideas in church reform
which, in his view, are demanded by
present day conditions. Blackman won
the title of 1.-THE fighting parson" in
the A. E. F. by his proves as boxer
and as a referee of boxing bouts.
Questioned by one of his hearers:
would you have pool tables in a gym
nasium in the basement of the
church? ' the Chanute minister an
Swered:
81 would I'd go one step farther,
also, and have a dance hall there. The
dance is with US just as it always has
it accordingly. The young people
your young people in this church or in
any other church-are going to dance
and they had better be doing it under
your own supervision than downtown
in some public hall where every Tom,
Dick and Harry can attend IL he wants
to. I believe that the ministers would
help the dance more by attending 1t
and seeing that the dance is kept
decent and made purely pastime than
they do by condemning it and trying
to get all the young people to quit
dancing" ~ 5-7sfe
The Rev. Mr. B1ackman denounced
automobile riding as more detrimental
to the morals of young people than the
dance hall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19

larly for a number of seasons Some
use boxes fastened to trees where they
are shaded; some even use boxes on
bare poles where they are exposed to
the sun all day; some nests are sus-
pended from horizontal branches by
wires or ropes and the oldest position
that has ever come to my knowledge
was on the ground in a vase of suitable
size. All this would prove that blue
birds can be induced to occupy any
and all boxes we put up for them.
BIuebirds Are Particular.
But the bluebirds' home must have
other requirements" Reinisch con-
tinues- mo perch should be built near
the opening of the nesting box. If
perch is provided the sparrow gets
into the bluebirds' nest and does harm.
The sparrow has monoplized all the
natural cavities in trees and stumps
and the tree surgeon has sealed up
many other cavities SO that the beauti-
full songster has been driven away
from the cities and farms to the more
favorable wooded sections, where he
finds a few cavities in old trees and
stumps on the border, never using the
interior of the forest"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
'Moral Go1un" Impossible
Declare the Women
Verdict of New York Feminine Critics Dress Designed
by CIergymen Is There Are No Thrills in IT.

New York, Feb. 19.-That enter
UNCONVENTIONAL gown" may be all
right. 1t may be quite modest. It
may even look well. on some. But the
verdict of New York about it is that 1t
-doeS-not-go!
You know, of course. what the '1n-
terdenominational gown is? It is
frock which originated in Philadelphia
and was approved by Representatives
of fifteen different church sects, in
the belief that it would standardize
women's costume, and at the same
time get them away from the knee
-shoulder-revealing outfits of the
moment.
1t must not drop more than three
inches below the neck, nor must its
elevation be more than seven and a
half inches above the ground. 1t
must not cling closely to the figure,
nor must it be made of any sort of
diaphanous stuff.
No Thrills In 1t.
In other words, non-thrilling-
nothing to make a blind man regret
his infirmity. New Workers who
heard about it, and saw pictures of it
recently gave it an immediate and
mirthful razz. Here are a few of the
comments they made:
The Rev. ]. L. Bedford, Brooklyn
priest: There is no fool like a pious
fool and they all seem to seek women
as their targets. Women know how
to dress, always did know how, and
always will, and they're not going to
let any one tell them how. The next
thing you know, some one will be try
ing to make all women wear shrouds
in order to impress upon the men that
we've all got to die some day."
Women Want No Uniforms.
Mrs. Evelyn S. Tobey of the faculty
of Columbia university, who also ad-
vises 5000 business girls, members of
the Carroll club:
Those men ought to know you can
not make a suitable uniform for wom
en-, that women don't want it and
nobody would care to see them all in
it. We saw many uniformed girls dur
ing the war, where uniform apparel
was necessary, and L don't think any
one who recalls the effect would ad-
vocate it as a general practice for all
women.
1T is wrong, too, to deprive women
of their opportunity to express their
own individuality. The principal thing
for girls to consider, / think. is to be
well groomed, to have their clothes fit
well. and to keep them neat and in
good order. A girl who does that will
never look immodestly dressed
'ImpossibIe of Course
Cora Chase, American prima donna,
Metropolitan Opera company: why,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19

formed a delegation of Coffeyville tax
payers that the board has no authority
to instruct the county treasurer to is
sue tax receipts to persons who had
paid their tax money to an agent of
the county treasurer, who in turn de-
posted the money in the Peoples State
bank of Coffeyville which later failed.
The Coffeyville residents asked the
board to acknowledge their. tax pay
ments.
The county did not receive the
money, it was. explained. The treasurer
attempted to withdraw the tax money
from the bank the day the banks
doors were closed. Members of the
delegation stated they were consid-
ering testing the case in court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19

streets, Rev. F. F. Ogle, pastor. Sunday
school, 9:45 a. m. Morning services. II
sqb1e To 81 matfheT
ming services. 80 O'Clock, subject, The
Astonishing Creed" taken from St Mat
thew Is.
streets, Rev. NJ. G. Mum. pastor. Sunday
school. 40 a. m. Morning service. IL a.
m,. subject, -Four Anchors of Life" Jun
p. m. Evening services, : so o'clock: Ad-
dress by Mrs. Minnie Grinstead of W. c.
T. U. in memory of Frances c. Willard.
WESTMINsTER-Cor Huntoon and
College avenue, Rev, John A. McAfee, pas
tor. Sunday school, 0 AS a. m. Morning
services, II o'clock, subject. The Holy
Spirit" Evening services. I 80 o'clock. sub
tect; "Luther-The Meaning and Mission OF
Professionalism"
FIRST-Corner Huntoon and Polk
streets. Sunday school, $50 a. m Morn
mon, Mind" Evening services, 8 O'Clock.
Wednesday evening meeting, o'clock.
ROMAN CATHOLIC.
CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION-Cor-
ner Eighth and Jackson streets. Rev.
shd a. nm Heh mass 70 80 a1s
Vespers and Lenten devotions, Z 80 p. m.
CHURCH OF THE HOLY NAME.Cor-
o'Leary, pastor. Low mass. a. m and
a. m. High mass. 1890 a. m. ienten
devotions, p. m. Jesuit priest from st.
Mary's will have charge of the evening
services.
UNITED BRETHREN.
FIRST-Corner Twelfth and Quincy
streets, Rev. ]. W. Stivverson, pastor. Sun
day school, 0 rs a. M Morning services,
II O'Clock subject. The God of This
World" Evening services. subject, "Will
Christ's Second Coming Be to a Throne in
Jerusalem ?"
OTHER DENOMINATIONS.
CHRIST OF THE LATTER DAY SAINTS
LEO Clay 5treet, Rev. A. P. Croker. pas
tor-elder. Sunday school, 9 AS 4. IN. Morn
ing service, IL o'clock. D. and c. class,
80 p. nj.
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS
-Klingaman Hall, 116 East Sixth street.
Bereau Bible studies from to 5 o'clock.
Sunday school lesson at p. m.
SPIRITUAL TEMPLE BUILDERS
Fourth and Monroe. Lecture by Rev. NJ
Powell of Kansas City at Z 80 p. m.
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isn't that odd? And clergymen really
designed that? It's quite impossible.
of course. Simplicity is all right. My
tastes are simple, and I always thought
it easier to err on the side of excess
ornamentation than on the side of SIM
plicity. But a uniform dress could not
possibly suit. They might as well try
to establish a uniform color for a gown
as a uniform pattern. Each woman
must dress according to her individual
ity, and her acceptance or rejection of
style is matter in which she will
always keep the decision in her own
hands"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells Eat oOpen Clogged Nos-
triIs ara End Head-COlds.

You feel fine in a few moments.
Your cold in head or catarrh will be
gone. Your clogged nostrils will open.
The air passages of your head will
clear and you can breathe freely. No
more dullness, headache: no hawking,
snuffling. mucous discharges or dry
ness; no struggling for breath at
night.
Tell your druggist you want a small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply a
little of this fragrant antiseptic cream
in your nostrils, let it penetrate
through every air passage of the
head; soothe and heal the swollen.
inflamed mucous membrane, and re-
lief comes instantly.
1t is just what every cold and ca
tarrh sufferer needs. Don't stay
stuffed-up and miserable.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
! Is YEARS AGO IN TOPEKA
From the Columns OF
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL
February 10. 1896.


The plans are about ready for Frank
Merriams new business building at Gil
Kansas avenue. H. NJ. Hadley is the archi
tect. The building will be two. stories
high and occupy a ground space of % feet
front by rs feet deep. The front will be
pressed brick and red sand stone.
1t is told that Mrs Lee Jones sent
handsome Saint Cecilia to her sister in
Pennsylvania for a Christmas gift. On
Christmas day she received from her sister
n duplicate Of the present she had sent,
with apology that it was a very poor
thing to give, but she supposed there was
nothing like it out here in the west.
Miss Franc Littlefield left today for Cali
fornia to be gone about three weeks.
Miss Lucy Knowles will entertain the
Hoodoo club at a leap year dance Friday
evening.
DIR. and Mrs. J. c. McClintock returned
today from Leavenworth, where Mrs. Nc
Clintock accompanied her husband to at
tend the meeting of the Eastern Kansas
Medical society. Other Topeka physical ms
In attendance were Drs. W. S. Lindsay, NJ.
B. Ward, Is. D. Eastman and S. G. Stewart.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
woman's Party Head Resigns.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Miss Alice
Paul, former leader of the National
Woman's party, officially surrendered
her post in that organization today,
after more than eight years continu-
Gus service. In announcing her resig-
nation Miss Paul made known her re-
fusal to head the new organization
created yesterday under the old name
during the closing sessions of the
party's last convention. A formal
statement explained her retirement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19
Superintendent of Parks Urges
Care of Spring Visitors.
Much Consideration Should Be
Given to BIuebirdS.
PROVIDE NESTING PLACES
Cottage Warbler Is Most Beau
tifuI, Says Reinisch.
They Prefer Nests Near Dwell.
ings or Protected Spots.

2 Bluebirds should be considered
with the nearness of spring, accord
ing to E. F. A. Reinisch. superinten-
dent of Topeka parks. If enough
nesting places are prepared for blue
birds within the next two or three
weeks, Topeka will have many of
the beautiful birds attracted to the
city for the season, Reinisch says.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-02-19


also nest readily in made nesting
boxes of hollow logs or boards. The
nesting boxes may be simply and
roughly made, Reinisch explained,
and furnished a photograph of three
such boxes he has made for use in
Gage Park.
Prefer Protected Spots.
Bluebirds nest at almost any ele-
walton. but prefer to nest near dwell
ings or protected spots, as if to seek
protection afforded by man against
the birds enemies such as blue jays,
sparrows. squirrels and cats that de-
stroy many broods of bluebirds in a
season.
Park and Recreation" a well
known magazine. has asked Reinisch
to write an article about bluebirds.
A part of what he wrote follows:
THE bluebird or cottage warbler
is one of our most beautiful song
birds and one of our first summer
-isitants. arriving here in March and
sometimes in February, coming from
its winter home in the southern part
of the United States and Mexico, to
which it returns in November Its
breeding range takes up an extensive
territory in the eastern United States
and southern Canada, where it rears
one to three broods each season.
TT selects for nest site some
ready made hole in a tree, post or
abandoned hole of the woodpecker;
it also takes readily to man made
nesting boxes or hollow logs at al
most any elevation and seems to pre-
fer proximity of dwellings.
The BIucbird.
1.-The bluebird seems to have bad
luck in finding nesting sites, especial
ly in the prairie country where trees
are scarce and old tr IS with cavities
are almost entirely absent. Here
man has a chance to attract them
by putting up nesting boxes and
many city homes could have them
for guests and farms could induce
several pairs to make their homes
around the farm buildings
Perhaps the most acceptable nest
box is a hollow limb or log with an
inside cavity of three and a half inches
wide and twelve inches deep with an
entrance hole of one and one-half
inches placed seven inches from the
bottom. They are, however. not al
ways very particular as to shape. APP
pearance or position of these boxes.
Some years ago I put up a box six
inches square and eight inches high
with a hole near the top. This was
fastened by a two by four and nailed
to the gable end OF a shed with a space
of two feet between the bottom of the
box and the roof the entrance hole
facing west. This was occupied regu-