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The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-04
EX-SERVICE
 MEN GET LAND
 IN CALIFORNIA

Ex-service men in Alaska will be interested to know of the unique way in which the state of California is of fering compensation to not only those who enlisted from the state, but to any man who served in the recent war. large tract of land, large enough to provide not less than 100 farms, has been bought by the state and put under irrigation. The area purchased comprises about 4,000 acres. Much of this land was seeded to alfalfa and 130,000 rooted grape vines were planted before the farms will be sold.
 Any ex-service man may secure one 1f the farms by paying five per cent of the cost of the land at the time of the purchase and 40 per cent of the cost of the improvements. Payment of of the remainder of the purchase price of land can, if desired, be made in 73 semi-annual payments extending ofCi oO OT2 SSaiS WIlu ilISISSl dI In6 rate of per cent. The payments of principal and interest must be made semi-annually.
 The state land settlement act under which the land is to be sold states that the chief purpose of the act is to provide employment and rural homes for soldiers, sailors, marines and others who have served with the armed forces of the United States in the European war. Ex-service men will be given the preference over civ ilians.
 The soil of the different tracts in cluded in the project has been ex- amined by agriculturist experts on the faculty of the University of Cali fornia.
 A booklet, giving full details, has been received by George Mann, adju- tant for the Juneau post of the Ameri- can Legion and more definite infor- nation may be secured from him. There are a number of former Cali fornian in the territory. as well as ex- service men, who, Mir Mafinn believes, will be interested in this movement
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-04

II you change your address, do not notify the carrier boy-report your new address to the office.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-02-04

Professional kodak finishing. Scar borough. Agency at Cordova drug store.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21

teams to take part in a competitive
drill to be staged as one of the at
fractions of the afternoon.
Secretary Norton was instructed
to correspond with the Arnold Print
Works baseball team Of North Adams
with view to arranging a game for
that afternoon with that team and the
team representing Greenw CHI
All the organizations in the vii
lage civic, fraternal, hremanic and
others, will be invited TO partici-
pate in the parade in the morning.
Plenty of music will be provided and
ii is the determination of the commit
tee to do everything TO make the
parade the largest in point of nHm-
bers ever held in Hoosick Falls
Heroes Remains Coming
The body of Silas X. Card, who
died in France VIII lie in United States
service in the Wor d War, viii arrive
in Hoboken today according to word
received yesterday by his mother,
Mrs. Mary Il. Card, Willow and First
streets. Mr.. Card enlisted from John
sonvlle early in 1917, being assigned
with the Twenty-third Infantry and at
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Boiled Lobster to night Checker
Line, ADV.
Try some of the cooked meats at
the Checker Line. Adv.
Mrs, w. j. Cole of South Shafts
bury was in town Friday.
Mrs Charles Hawkins OF South
Salisbury was in town Friday.
Mrs r. r. Gotta of North Adams
spent Friday in town with friends,
Miss Elsie Green of Rutland is
the new stenographer at the Davis
Apron shop
Phillip r. H. Pierson returned
Friday from ten days business trip
TO Geneva N. Y
Come to the Charm School. ,"
Wallace Reid is the professor lIarte
Theatre Monday Adv.
Mrs r. II. Walker and daughter
Mrs. Ira Glover Of Manchester spent
Friday In town shopping.
Last showing of THE Right to
Love" starring Mae Murray and
David Powell, Opera house today
ADV.
1t will pay you to take advantage
of the shoe bargains placed on bar.
gain counters. ONfords and pumps,
$119, ladies and mems boots at 81 SO
at Noyecks ADV.
Mr. and Mrs. Wisenhorn and two
children and Mrs. Wagner of Green
field motored through Bennington
Friday en- route Or Troy and called
at the home Of Mr. and Mrs John p
Morrissey.
Working Your Idealsm will be
Mr.. Mills subject at the Second Con.
gregational church. Sunday morning.
Hour of worship is 1890. Mems class
following Church school at u
o'clock Young peoples meeting at
$3.50. Friendliness to strangers, a
cordial welcome for visitors, fine fel,
lowship among all the members Of the
church and congregation is the Ideal
of church life towards which pastor
and people are striving
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
TO BUILD MONUMENT TO
FIRST AMERICAN MARTYR
Spot Where Monk Was Slain 400
Years Ago Now Attracts Tour
lists Wis ting Kansas.

ISIS Wis tth9 NanSdS.
Concordia. Kan, May PA shrine
to the memory OF the Franciscan
friar, Fray Juan Padilla, believed to
have been the first Christian
martyr in what is now the United
States probably will be erected by
Bishop Francis Tief new head of
the Concordia diocese, in the
Approximate spot where the pioneer
monk was murdered by Indians
nearly 400 years ago in the vicinity
OF Junct on City, Kan, ...r
III the spot where Fray Juan
pa,,1la was slain, ar better yet. his
grave, can be located intend to
have a monument ana bronze tablet
placed there, said the bishop
Padilla is believed to have return.
ed to Quivira, tnow Kansas follow
ing the expedition conducted by the
Spanish explorer Francisco Vasques
de Coronado in 1912, in search of the
seven cites which franciscan
missionaries had reported existed IN
QuiYira- The route taken by COrO
mado through Kansas has been fairly
accurately traced by historians in
eleven central Kansas countr e5.
Residents of Lindsborg and vicinity,
in Mcpherson county, are beauti-
flying Coronado Heights. named for
the Spanish explorer, who is said to
have conducted his expedition to the
crest Of this mountanous-lke forma-
tion for observat on purposes Auto
mobile drives have been con tructed
to the top and rest house built there
This year trees have been set out and
it is the intent on to make the spot one
OF historic interest for tourists The
elevation has attracted geolog' sts from
all parts of the country because its
chalk ike formation has yielded the
skeletons of many valuable prehlstor.
ic animals.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
NORTH BENNINGTON


Mr., and Mrs. John Madison of
Bennington were in town Friday.
Mrs. Frank Mattison is spending
some time in Dalton, Mass, with Mrs
l., NJ. Loomis
Mrs. John b James and children
We're guests of Mrs. Richard Dwyer
of Sodom, Friday.
A daughter was born Thursday at
the Putnam Memorial HOSPITAL to Mr.
and Mrs George y. Madison of River
side.
Mrs Emma Cady and Herbert Nor
gan Of New York city are guests OF
Mrs Cadys sister Mrs. ] NJ. Barber
Q. Greenwich street.
Felix Bourbeau Of Springfield,
Mass. and Lee Scraflord of Schenec-
tady are in town compiling a city di.
reetory for the H. A Naming Co OF
Spr ngfeld.
The Baptist and Congregational
church schools are making prepare
tions for a Union Children's Day serv.
ice. which will be given in the Baptist
church at ) p. M, June y. Tn s W II
be the concluding feature of chi'dren's
weel.
Morning worship at the Congrega-
tional church at II o'clock, Sunday.
May - The pastor Rev VIM. r.
Haml II will speak on The Training
of Youth for Their Life Work" Sun.
day school hour commences at 1910.
The Young People 5 meeting at in
the evening win be led by Nelson
Payne Topic. MY Favor te Saying
Of Christ's and Why
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
WATCH HOOSICK FALLS;
TOWNS SOME HUSTLER
6enninaton's Most Progressive Sub
urh Schedules Some Big Events
For Near Future

Hoosick Falls, May 2l-Through
an adverse docis on of the United
States supreme court, the organiza-
on of the Daughters of Isabella in
Hoosick Falls, as we'll as courts Of
the same organization throughout the
country, has been forced to abandon
the name and will henceforth be
hnoNn as the Catholic Daughters Of
America The litigation, which eX-
tended over per cd of years, first
favored the National Order of the
Daughters OF Isabel a. Judge Ray in
Utica after hear ne witnesses in the
case over ueriod of eighteen days
decided in favor Of the organization
which was chartered in tn S state
The case was taken to the circuit
court of appeals and Judge Rogers in
new Haven decided in favor of the or
ganization in that state which con-
tested the right of the New York
State organization to the use of the
word, Isabella
On an appeal to the I'm ted States
Supreme Court, the decision of Judge
Rogers was sustained and the organi-
cation of which Court St Mary OF this
village is a part was forced to adopt
new name. The name was decid-
ed on by the national directors of the
organization as Catholic Daught
ers of America"
| Notification of the change in name
was given to ali members of the To-
cal organ cation at meeting last
weei
Miss Mary Mulvihnl, grand re-
gent of the local court. was named
a de egate to the national convent on
of the organization to be held at Buf
falo next Tuesday,
The BIG Event
The general committee in charge
Of the Fourth of July celebration tc
bA staged by Hoosick Post American
Legion met Monday evening and re
GO we'd reports from the various sub
committees
VIII j, Kennedy reported that ar
rangements are well under way fol
gett ne one Of the most noted bal
loonlsts in the country here to make
an ascension and parachute drop Oh
that day
Hoosick Falls lodge of Elks has
offered the use of a number of frame.
for large signs to be erected at point.
of vantage both in the vii age and OF
the outskirts of the town to advertise
the event to all motorists and other.
who pass.
1t was also reported that CORE
spondence has been started will
Amer can Legion Posts in the vein
ity to have each of them send drill
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
Gard of Thanks

We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighhors
for Their kindness and ass stance to
us in our recent bereavement, for
beautiful floral tributes.
Mrs Elizabeth MaXon,
Mr.. and Mrs j. p MaXon.
Mr.. and Mrs c, l.. Peckham,
David MaXon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21

The marriage og Carl Gerity Of
this village and Miss Ethel Emmett
Thomas OF Pownal took place We'd
nesday afternoon last at the Metho.
dist parsonage.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
ITALIANS FIGHT PITCHED
BATTLE OVER ELECTION
Nat onaist Leader Is Kiled-Many
Sustain Wounds In Scrap In
Tuscany.

Rome, May p Three persons are
dead, two are dying and many others
suffering from wounds as a result Of a
pitched battle between communists
and extreme natioualists at Chiusi,
Tuscany, where post-election disorders
continue. Signor Platania leader Of
the extreme national,sts at Rimni was
shot and killed last night his assas-
sin escaping
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21

tanning to the rank Of sergeant He
went overseas shortly after his en-
listment and died soon after reach.
inc France
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21
Great Opportunity

To purchase one of the most de
sirable properties IN Bennington
COLONIAL on Main St, center OF
city, near Y. NJ. G, A-Splendid prop
osltion for store business, residence or
investment Agent will be in Ben.
nngton week of May 16 Anyone in.
terested in arranging for interview
send name and address to &c" p. 0.
Box 440. Bennington.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-21

tanning to the rank Of sergeant He
went overseas shortly after his en-.
listment and died soon after reach.
ing France.
Company Changes
The complete change of person
mel which is made by the order des.
ignat ng Company NJ, OF this VI
lage as headquarters company of
the First Battalion, l05th Infantry,
was brought home to members Of
the company last night when Cap
tin Marcus Kipp assembled the non.
commissioned officers at the armory
and explained to them the provisions
OF the order The tables Of OrganiZa-
ton unaer VIII Oh the reorgani2at on
of the regiment is being made provide
for a battalion headquarters company
Of two commissioned officers and Al
enlisted men At present Comnanv
NJ has three commissioned officers
and about 65 enlisted men,
The change, however. will have no
effect on the commissioned officers
now with the company.
Merchant Expires
Anthony Rudaitis, merchant of
many years of standing in the com
munity, died Wednesday last at the
Troy hospital from pneumonia
Dorr-carroll.
The marriage OF Miss Heien Lo-
retta Carroll to Leo Parsons Dorr
was quietly solemn aed at $50 O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon at the paroch al
residence of the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception.
Gerity-Thomas
The marriage og Carl Gerity of
this village and Miss Ethel Emmett
Thomas OF Pownal took place We'd
nesday afternoon last at the Metho.
dist parsonage.
Evidence is swIped
An unguraded barrel OF whiskey
proved too strong a temptat on Ir
some of those who knew of the lonely
situat on in which the said barrel was
placed and on Sunday unknown ner.
sons in an unlicensed automobile
drove up to the store OF Arthur f.
Loman in Walloomsac and made oil
with the contraband goods The
whisky, which confscated by federal
agents and placed in safe keeping
in the l.oman store, was be ng held
as evidence against James H. Hayes
Country Club Social
The first of the six principal week
end events on the schedule of soc al az
Gyities at the Country club will be
held on Saturday afternoon May Is
This was decided at a meeting OF the
entertainment committee held last
/ Monday even ng The general com
mittee consists of J. V. d. May, chair
man; John A. MacGruer, Thomas A
I Fennessey, Mrs, b. Homer Hall, Miss
Mary b. Thompson Mrs. Charles A
4 Mccarthy and Water G Durfee,
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06

MY liver was sluggish and 500
times ! got so dizzy would ner
fall. l felt tired and miserable all I
time. couldn't even sleep and for d
at n time l wasn't able to go TO We
well, n friend of mine finally
me to try Tanlac. and 1t certainly
done n good job for me. Ny az
tite is fine now and although |
eating just anything want and
much as ] please. my stomach ne
gives me the least trouble. | h
picked up in weight, my strength
come back to me. and l am now
joying the best of health.
"All the men at the store kr
Tanlac put me back on my feet, an
am glad to give this statement
what II may be worth to others"
Tanlac Is sold by lending drug
evcrywhere.-Ad
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06

kle into your eyes. II you want ali
this, begin right now to enrich your
blood stream.
You will find, as thousands Of
others have found in the last fifty
years, that S.S.s. is an excellent
remedy to do this for you, one that
removes tho poisonous impurities
and helps build your blood into
rich, nourishing supply. s.S.S. Is
an herb compound, discovered BY
the Indians, and still made as they
made It.
Get S.S.S. from your druggist to.
day. Start taking, and then II you
want expert medical advice free,
write in detail about your condition
to Chief Medical Advisor, s62 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Georgia.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
RIVER PACKET
DAYS RECALLED

Mark Twain the Mississippi packets
We're celebrated for their eats" their
famous races. their pilots and even
for their poker games.
1t used to be no uncommon sight
to see from Is to 80 passenger yes.
sells, from the palntial packet to the
weather-beaten tramp, leave the New
Orleans landing daily for up-river
points.
Voyages Were Pleasant.
A river voyage in the olden days
was a pleasurable affair If the boilers
did not blow up or the vessel hit one
of the shifting sandbars, mudlumps or
hidden snags. A comfortable berth.
wonderful meals, dancing at night,
watermelon parties, well-stocked bars,
stud and draw poker games for the
patrons of that form of amusement.
and last but not least, the antics of
the negro roustabOuts, all combined to
make things pleasant for the traveller.
Saturday was usually the sailing day
for up-river packets from this port.
There was great rivalry between boat
owners and crews, and usually from
one to dozen boat races were pulled
Off as the vessels chugged up the
river. 1t wns then that boilers blew
up with marked frequency.
The most famous of these races was
run by the Natchez and the Robert
Il. Lee, two Of the largest of the river
packets. SO keen was the rivalry that
early In the seventies it was planned
to have them race from New Or
leans to st. Louis. No passengers or
freight were carried and for weeks
the coming race was the chief topic OF
conversation along the river.
The Robert f. Lee was In command
of Captain Cannon, while Captain
Leathers was master of the NatcheZ.
No stops were mdde except for fuel.
The trip to st. Louis was made in
Just few hours over three days. an
unheard of record then, with the Rob-
ert E. Lee the winner by small
margin.
Promoters Are Curious.
Promoters now are figuring whether
human nature has changed from the
olden days, whether person will be
content to idle the time away on long
trips which he could make In a frac-
ton of the time by rail; whether they
have time" to take quiet pleasure.
Freight rates, Interstate commerce
commission hearings, uniform bills Of
Id
matters figure in the traffic side of
the question. The passenger business
Is regarded as gamble.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06

Il used to think all the Tanlac tes-
imonials were exaggerated, but |
have felt thankful thousand times l
ever believed In 1t strong enough to
give the medicine trial." said r. J.
Parker, well-known salemnn for
Gately's Clothing Store, residing at
4246 Juneau St, Seattle. Wash.
Several years ago commenced
having periodic spells of sickness and
few months ago had an attack that
l thought would finish me. When
did finally get up. was scarcely able
TO go. / had no appetite and what lit
tie forced myself to eat caused so
much gas on my stomach l could hard
ly get my breath.
AT night / was often so bloated !
couldn't breathe while lying down and
just had to sit up and struggle for
air At times had cramps so bad l
could Hardly endure it.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06

Thompson was surprised by the re-
quest for his name and address.
Some time later he was summoned
to one of the hospitals of the city.
There he discovered that the one who
had asked for him was the beggar
whom he had Nefriended some time
before. The old man told him tnnt
he had sent for him to disclose to MIN
the resting place Of a great treasure.
He said that he, Killrain, being the
only survivor Of the company and
about to die, did not wish the secret
to perish with him.
Thus 1t was that Thompson came
into the knowledge OF the story and
smiling directions to locate ffle island,
Being convinced that the story was
founded on truth, he has spent eight
years In search of it-so far without
success.
Lately, some people in Tahiti have
discovered what they believe to be n
new clue and are preparing to fit cut
an expedition to so to the island.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
HUNT CHURCH LOOT

they returned to Peru, recovered the
treasure and sailed to the westward.
intending to make Australia their
destination. Without papers, they
could not gain entrance to any port.
So they determined to bury the
treasure on an uninhabited island un-
til such time as they could get ship
with proper papers and return to the
island.
They scuttled their schooner on the
Australian coast and coming ashore
In the guise Of shipwrecked sailors
started for Sidney overland. Two only.
by name, Killrain and Brown, arrived
In Sidney; the other two having been
killed in a fight with bush natives
Such is the story of the burial of the
treasure.
The tale Of the attempts for its re-
covery begins In 1912 or 1913 when
one day on the streets Of Sidney n
man by the name of Thompson was
accosted by an elderly beggar seeking
aims. On giving the man small sum
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
MANY GERMANS QUIT BATHING
Find Hot Water Luxury Because
Of the Shortage in Supply
Of Coal.

Berlln.-The hot bath has become
such a luxury In Germany, owing to
the shortage of coal and the manner
In which the government regulates
the distribution OF fuel. that many
persons have ceased bathing. Others
have gathered courage for an icy
sponge daily. but this is not popular,
for the houses are generally cold. and
exposure In cold rooms after a chilly
tub paves the way for colds and
pneumonia.
Ordinarily family can afford hot
water once every two weeks. Public
baths, where once plunge or n tub
was available for few pfennigs,
have been forced to close or raise
prices beyond the reach Of workrnen
and saaried workers.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
BRIDE IN DANCE OF DEATH
Young Lady Entertains Friends a
Poison She Had Taken
Ends Her Life.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-While the poison
she had swallowed slowly drove life
from her body, Mrs. Neva Fraser,
eighteen, a bride of few weeks, per
formed veritnble dance of death In
the midst OF party Of guests.
She walked over to the phonograph
and started playing It'll We Meet
Again" explaining 1t was the piece
played nj the dance at which she met
her husband.
Her friends were ignorant Of the
tragedy taking place when she began
dancing. but before the last strains
died away they saw her fall In a
crumpled heap.
Death sealed her lips before she
could explain her motive.
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
Absence Of Disease
Isn't Health; You
Need Vitality, Energy

You may have no particular dis
ease, and yet fall far short Of en-
joying real health. To be actually
healthy you must be sturdy, alert,
vigorous, a-sparkle with enthus-
iasm and the joy Of living-fairly
bubbling over with vitality and
energy. Are you thus!
II you are we'll, yet listless and
unambitious, it is because you lack
some quality that would fill you
with vim and drive, and nine times
out Of ten the sole cause Of this
lack is found to be disordered. weak
blood.
wholesome blood Is tho very
fountain source Of that energy
which puts spring into your mus
elss, snap into your step and spar
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
New Party Formed to Seek
Treasure of Bandits.
Wealth Of Gold and Precious Stones
Taken From Church In Peru Dur
Ing Revolution and Buried.

Papeete, Tahiti (Society Islands) -
Interest has once more been aroused
in the treasure reputed to be buried
in the island of Pinaki, one Of the
coral Islands to the eastward Of Ta-
ihiti, and new association has been
formed In Tahiti to seek for the Treas
fure.
The story is that during revolu-
tion in Peru go years ago church
was looted of rich treasure of .:old
and precious stones by four men, who
succeeded in getting It to the coast
where they buried 1t in safe place,
afterward making their way to Pana-
ma.
Having secured schooner there
The Dolores star., 1921-05-06
Teach Kids How
to Swim, Play

have practically eliminated all swear
ing. cheating and stealing among the
children. They note with satisfaction
that the spirit OF fair play has helped
to put the playground bully where he
belongs and boast of an appreciable
falling of Of delinquents.
Cases are reported where mothers
have been amazed to note that their
children did not catch cold. although
they played in the snow; that the
youngsters have gained in weight and
appetite. In one case father forbade
his daughter to play because 1t made
her eat too much.
One thousand children were taught
to swim In one week at Tacoma.
Wash, and 1t is estimated that 500,
the majority of them girls, have
learned to swim at Seattle.
Pageant In Snowstorr.
Pageants, plays and community
singing have been fostered through
out the country ip the last year. with
good results. One pageant was given
at Kalamazoo, Mich, in II snowstorm,
but 1t was attended by several thou
sands. and the scenes We're much en-
hanced by the snowy setting.
Community singing in factories has
been helpful in establishing friend
ships among the employees. and be-
tween them and their employers, and
in lessenIng the popularity of crap
shooting
Many different organizations are
promoting this work, with the result
that a AZ per cent gain is reported
for last year.