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Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
tCenanusa Next weer,
BIRD THAT LOCKS ITS NEST
Central American Wren Takes Par
ticuIar Care That Its Eggs Shall
Not Be Harmed.

In Central America are many
strange birds with stranger habits, but
probably none is more interesting than
a little brown wren which may be
seen along the roadsides or on fences.
This little bird, about the size of a
canary, builds a nest out Of all pro.
portion to its apparent needs. He Sc
lects a small tree with horizontal
branches growing close together.
Across two Of the branches he lays
sticks fastened together with tough
fiber until a platform about six feet
long by two feet wide is constructed.
On the end of this platform nearest
the tree trunk he then builds a huge
dome-shaped nest a foot or so high,
with thick sides of interviewer thorns.
A covered passageway is then made
from the nest to the end of the plat
form in as crooked a manne as pos
sible. Across the outer end as we'll as
at short intervals along the inside of
this tunnel are placed cunning little
fences of thorns. with just enough
space for the owners to pass through.
On going out this opening is closed
by the owner by placing thorns across
the gateway, and thus the safety of
eggs or young is assured.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
GEN.. LEONARD WOOD
MAKES APPEAL FOR
NEAR EAST RELIEF
Says Two and a Half Million
Starving ArmenianS Need
Help at Once.

Ft. Sheridan, Ill.-Major General
Leonard Wood, commanding the Sixth
Corps Area, has issued a Lenten sacri-
flee appeal for funds to save the Ar
menians from humiliation by starva-
ton and disease. II feel that how
ever many and however worthy the
other appeals which are being made to
he great heart Of America these days
may be-" he says, this cry from the
little children mi remain unan-
sWered."
The Near East Relief, l Madison
avenue, New York City, which has
been charged by Congress with the
American relief work in the whole
Near East, has formed a special Len
ten Sacrifice Appeal Committee" of
which Major General Wood is chair
man, Charles V. Vickery secretary and
Cleveland H. Dodge treasurer, to put
before the American people the des-
perate need of the Christian popula-
lions Of the Near East, who have suf-
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17

there was more talk, in which It
turned out that the young woman and
her cousin were to have been met at
Portal City by somebody she called
"Cousin BASIL" but there wouldn't be
any scare, because she had written
ahead to say that possibly they might
stop over with some friends in one of
the apple towns.
Then MI Norcross said he wouldn't
miss anything by the %drop-out but an
appointment he had with an old
friend, and lie guessed that could wait.
I listened, thinking maybe he would
mention the name of the friend, and
after a while he did. The forwarded
Portal City telegram the boss had got
ten just before we went to dinner in
the dining-car "a from "Uncle John"
Chadwick. the Chicago wheat king,
and that left me wondering what the
mischief Mr.. Chadwick was doing
away out in the wild and woolly west
ern country where they raise more
apples than they do wheat, and more
mining stock schemes than they do
either.
We had been marooned for nearly
an hour when I struck a match and
looked at my watch. Mr.. Norcross
was doing his best to kill time for the
young woman, and he was just in the
exciting part of a railroad story, telling
about a right-of-way fight on the Mid
land, when the little girl grabbed my
arm and said: Listen"
I did, and broke in promptly. "Ex-
cuse me-" l called to the, other two,
"but 1 think, there's a train coming"
The boss cut his story short and
we all listened. 1t seemed that I was
wrong. The noise we heard was more
like an auto running with the cut-out
open than a train rumbling.
"What do YOU make it. Jimmie?"
came from the boss end of the tim
Der.
Motor, car I said, pointing in the
darkness toward the east.
My guess was right. In less than
a minute we saw the lights of the car.
1t stopped a little way below the water
tank and about a hundred yards north
Of the track, or maybe less, and four
men came tumbling out Of it. If I
had been alone OF the job I should
probably have called to the men as
they came tramping over to the side
track. But Mr.. Norcross had a diff
ferent think coming.
"Out of sight-quick, Jimmie" he
whispered, and in another second he
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
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Leonard Wood,
Major General,
U.S.Army.
PRESIDENT ENDORSES THE
NEAR EAST RELIEF APPEAL

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Harding has
given his hearty endorsement to the
appeal being made bs Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood on behalf of the Near East
Relief, i Madison Avenue, New York
City, for a nationwide Lenten Sacra-
nee Offering to save the starving
Christians of the Near East.
The Presidents letter reads:
There ought to be NO cessation or
relaxation of II sympathetic Amer3-
can efforts TO be of service to these
stricken people. One can well believe
that they will not survive lie we with
draw the relief which has heretofore
been SO generous from the private
American purse. 1t hassseemed to me
that all we have done has borne divi-
dends tenfold,in the consciousness that
we have do2e nm humane thing Sor a
people well deserving our generous
sympathy.
II with you the very greatest sue
cess IN furthering the great Keller
movement to which you are now giving
your attention
swAisiiEN g. HARnfN0.~
FEN| al L' MlL re
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17

still three or four ~car-lengths TO go
when the tank spout went up with a
clang and a clatter Of chains and the
old "Paciic type" gave a couple of
misses and a snort.
sThey're goingy' gritted the boss,
sort of between his teeth, and with
out another word he grabbed those
two hobbled women folks up under
his arms, just as if they'd been a
couple of sacks of meal, and broke
into a rum.
1t wasn't a morsel of use, you know.
Old Hercules himself couldn't have
run very far or very fast with the
handicap the boss had taken on, and
in less than half a minute the 'sPaci-
fc type had caught her stride and
the red, tail lights of the train were
vanishing to pin points in the night.
We were beautifully and artistically
left. i,
When he saw that it was no man.
ner of use, the boss quit on the handi-
cap race and put his two armfuls
down while he still had breath enough
left to talk with.
WELL" he said, in his best rusty
hinge rasp. you've done it! Why, in
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17

that two OF the bandits had been left
behind. These two reset the switches
for the main track, leaving everything
as they had found it, and then
crossed over to the auto.
was just thinking that all this
mystery and kidnapping and gun play
must be sort of hard on the young
woman and the girl, but, though my
half of the allotment was Shivering
a little and smuggling up just a grain
closer to me. she proved that she
hadn't lost her nerve.
did you see the name on that car
when the engine went past to get in
behind it?" she asked.
NO. said the boss; and 1 hadn't,
either.
II did," she asserted, showing that
her eyes, or her wits, were quicker
than ours. 81 had just one little
glimpse of it. The name is 'A-l-e-x-a,''
spelling it out.
Mr.. Norcross started as if he had
been shot.
"The Alexa? That is Mr.. Chad
wick's private car-they've kidnapped
him" Then he whirled short on me.
Jimmie, are you man enough to go
with me and try a tackle on those
fellows over there in that auto?"
l said I was; but I didn't add what
I thought-that it would probably be
a case of double suicide for us two to
go up against a pair of armed thugs
with our bare hands. The young wo-
man put in her word.
"You mustn't think of doing such a
thing!" she protested; and she was
still telling him all the different rea-
sons why he mustn't, when we heard
the creak and grind of the stolen en-
CINE coming back down the old spur.
After that there was nothing to do
but to wait and see what was going
to happen next. What did happen was
as blind as all the rest. The engine
was stopped somewhere in the gulch
back of us and out Of sight from our
hiding-place, and pretty soon the two
men who had gone with her came hur-
rying across out of the hill shadows,
making straight for the auto. A min
ute or two later they had climbed
into the machine, the motor had sput-
tered, and the car was gone.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17

had whipped the young woman over
the big footing timber to a standing
place under the tank among the
braces, and I had lone the same for
the girl.
What followed was as mysterious
Green detective story. After doing
something to the switch of the unused
spun track, the four men separated. One
of them went back to the auto, and
the other three walked down the main
track to the lower switch of the short
siding, which vas ON the same side of
the main line as the spur. Here the
fourth man rejoined them, and the
girl at my elbow told us what he had
gone back to the car for.
HE has lighted a red lantern" she
whispered. Il saw it when he took
it out of the auto"
l guess it was pretty plain to all of
us by this time that there was some
thing decidedly crooked on the cards,
but it we had known what it was, we
couldn't very well have done anything
to prevent it. There were only two
of us men to their four; and, besides,
there wasn't any time. The lantern
carrying man had barely reached the
lower switch when we heard the wills
tie Of a locomotive. There was a train
coming from the west, and a few sec
ondS later an electric headlight showed
up on the long tangent beyond the
siding.
1t was a bandit hold-up, all right.
One of the men stood on the track
waving the red lantern; we could see
him plainly in the glare of the head
light. There wasn't much of a scrap.
There were two or three pistol shots,
and then, as ear as we could make
out, the hold-up men, or some of them,
climbed into the engine.
Before you could count ten they had
made a flying switch with the single
car, kicking it in on the siding. Before
the a had come fully to a stop, the
engine was switched In behind II, cou.
pied on, and the reversed train, with
the engine pushing the eur, ratified
away on the old spnr that led off into
the hills clattered away and was lost
TO sight and hearing In less than n
minute.
IL was n o until after The train wns
switched and gone that We discovered
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
Biblical Error.

The following gem was sent to the
London Morning Post by a CORE
spondent. who says he had found it in
a private letter written by Charles
Dickens: THE story is about a little
boy to whom the news had been bro
ken by his mother that he was to have
Il French governess. Dickens tells 1t
thus: After leaning his plump little
cheek against the window glass in a
dreary little way for some minutes, he
looked around and inquired in a gem
eral way. and moi us IL it had any spe-
cial application. whether she didn't
think that the tower of Babel was a
great mistake altogether."'n
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17

S6SNo VI UiSots
the name OF common sense, couldn't
you have let me go back after that
muff thing"
1t was the young woman who an
swered the boss.
Il didn't stop to think! % she
auttered, taking the blame as if she
had been the one to head the process
sion. isn't there any way we can
stop that trainT'
The boss said there wasn't, and 1
know the only reason why he didn't
say a lot Of other things was because
he was too much of a gentleman to
say them in the presence of a couple
of women.
So far as we could see, the sura
roundings consisted of a short side
track, a spur running off into the hills.
n The water tank. The siding
switches had no lights. which argued
that there wasn't even a pump-man at
the tank-as there wa not, the tank
being filled automatically by a gravity
pipe line running back to a natural
reservoir in the mountains.
BY this time the boss was beginning
to get a little better grip on himself
and he laughed.
"We've all earned the leather medal.
l guess" he chuckled. Its done now,
and it can't be helped"
"BVt isn't there anything we can
do?' said the young woman Cant
we walk somewhere to where there is
a station or a town with people in
jit?",
saw Mr.. Norcross look down at
her skirts and then at the girls.
You two couldn't walk very far
or very fast in those things you are
wearing" he grunted. Besides. we
are in one Of the desert strips. and it
is probably miles to a night wire sta
tion in either direction
We trailed off together up the track,
w and two, the boss walking with
the young woman. After we'd counted
a few of the cross-ties, the girl said:
rs your name Jimmie DoddS?' And
when | admitted it: "AIine is Maisie
Ann. I'm Sheila's cousin on her moth
er's side. / think this is a great lark
don't you?"
Il can tell better after it's over"
said. Maybe We'll have to stay here
all night"
II shouldn't mind.'' she came back
airily. Il haven't been up all night
since | was a little kiddie and our
house burned down.
We reached the big water tank, and
the boss picked u n of the square
footing timbers for q seat. 1t seemed
as If he were finding it a good bit
harder to get acquainted with his half
of the combination than I was with
mine. but after a little the young wo-
man thawed out a bit and made him
talk-to help pass away the time, i
took it-and the little girl and / sat
and listened. When the young woman
finally got him started, the BOSS told
her all about himself, how he'd been
railroading ever since he left college
and a LOT of things that I'd never even
dreamed of. It's curious how n pref
ty woman a make a mar turn him
Self inside out that way, Just for her
amusement.
The boss asked her II she were
warm enough. saying that If she were
moi. he and ! would serape up some
sage.hrnsh or something and make /.
fire. She replied that she didn't care
for is hre. that the nlght wasn't Mt
all cold-which II wasn't. Then she
showed that she was human clear
down 70 the Tips Of her pretty fingers
'You alaN smoke II You want To-"
she told the hess. II sha'n't mini IL
In tho least
The boss lighted his cigar. Then
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17
Seeking a Paragon.

Here's an advertisement for a
Wife"
She must be young, rich and beau
tiful, | suppose"
NO, but the requirements are al
most MS hard to meet, The advertise
meni specifies that she must be I'm.
der forty, immune from the movies
AMI house broken Birmingham
Age Herald.
Cavalier County farmers press. (Langdon, N.D.) 1920-1921, 1921-03-17

fered and are still suffering the hor-
rOrs Of war.
Among the prominent members of
General Woods Committee are Secre-
tary of the Treasury Andrew w. Mel
lon, Mrs. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson.
sister of the late President Roosevelt:
ex-President w. H. Taft, Mary Garden.
President John Grier Hibben Of
Princeton University, Bishop-Elect VIII
liam Il. Manning of New. York, DR..
Henry van Dyke, David Belasco, Sam
uel Gompers, Frank A. Munsey, Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, Mrs. Henry Nor
genthau, John G. Milburn Of the Amer
lean Bar Association, Miss Elizabeth
Marbury and Mrs. Medil Mccormick Of
Chicago.
General Woods Appeal
AS Chairman Of a Special Committee
OF representative men and women Of
the country, charged with placing be-
fore the American people the desperate
need of two and a half million Arme-
mans, the remnant Of the oldest Chris
tan nation, whose sufferings through
sixteen centuries seem to have brought
them no nearer peace, liberty or Sc
curity, J beg your personal co-opera-
ton and influence to forward an APP
peal for a Lenten Sacrifice Offering to
enable the Near East Relief to 90 on
with it's work of mercy.
Over one hundred thousand little
children who have been kept alive by
american generosity for the past three
years are absolutely dependent upon
the support which America gives them
through the Near East Relief.
feel that however many and how
ever worthy the other appeals which
are being made to the great heart Of
America these days may be, this cry
from the little children of the land
where Christ gave his life for man
kind cannot remain unanswered.
Will you help to save this martyrsd
people?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
FIRE ALARM BOXES

21-Gordon and Meade Streets
23-Raritan Copper Works
24-Market and Sheridan Streets
25-Smith Street and Central r R.
26-Market and First Streets
27-Madison Avenue and Paterson Street
2S-High and Lewis Streets
34-Madison Avenue and Smith Street
~35--Smith and High Streets
6-New Brunswick Ave. and New Street
37-Smith and State Streets
41-Standard Underground Cable Co.
42-Atlantic Terra Gotta Works
43-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford 81.
4~5-Commerce and Front Streets
estate and 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.
57-State and Wayne Streets
5S-Near Lead Works
59-Maurer
62-Washing ton Street and Park Avenue
63-New Brunswick Ave. and Elm etrNW
Street and Watson Avenue
65-Commerce and State Streets
72-Front and Smith Streets
73-Watel and Gordon Streets
74-Kearny Ave. and Gordon Street
and Hanson Avenues
and Herbert Streets
S3-Amboy Ave. and Washington S..
S4-Lehigh Ave. and Stanford Street
S5-Near City Hospital.
and Brace Avenues
S7-Amboy and Hall Avenues
92-Amboy Ave. and Inslee Street
.9s-Lawrence and Francis Streets
94-Neville and tombstone Streets
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
BUSINESS PERSONALS

FURNITURE, second hand; bought and
sold. I. Scher. 6-S Smith st.
:. RESKO-Notary Public. real
estate AMI farms bought and sold: also
foreign money and Liberty Bonds. 2eS
Smith st. Phone 1887.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
BATTERY SERVICE

EVER-READY Storage Batteries. Auto
Electric service and supplies; all makes
of batteries recharged and repaireo'
sales and service station. Atlantic Ga
rage. 565 Amboy Ave. Tel. 1869.
WILLIAMS AUTO Electric Service Station
Magnetos, Generators, Starters. Bauer
recharged soc. Agent for the Witherbee
Battery. 140 New Brunswick Ave.
WILLARD THREADED Rubber Batteries,
unfailing guards against need for rem
sulation during the battery's life. Bat
terry & Motor Service station. l49 Ne"
Brunswick Ave. Tel. 1855. -
GOODS NEWS: ali u. S. L. Storage bat
teries reduced to pre-war prices; get
our prices on repairs and new batteries
and save money. Wurgler Starter and
Battery Co. 1874 Jefferson st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
HAT CLEANING

NOTICE-Ladies and gentlemen, don't
throw your old straw hats and panamas
away. Bring them to Georges Hat
Hospital. He will clean and remodel
them equal to new; also first class shos
shines. 1s5A Smith ST., Perth Amboy.
N. j.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
PLUMBING AND HEATING

WILL Install Bath and Toilet Fixtures:
heat your house with steam, hot water
or pipele-s furnace on monthly pay
ments. F. ]. Larkin. 317 Madison Ave.
Tel. 742.
DAMGAARD e BUOTE, plumbing, heat
ing and gas fitting; jobbing promptly
attended to; estimates furnished. sos
Elm st. Phone 20Si.
j. S. HANSON. Plumbing. Heating and
Pipe Fitting; prompt and efficient SER
vice. Estimates furnished. 1856 New
Brunswick Ave. Phone 1881.
JOHN KLUSENDORF, Plumbing. heat
ing. Timing and Gas Fitting: tobbing
promptly attended to; estimates fur
nished. 4sS Groom St. Phone 164S-R.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
BLACKSMlTHING

GENERAL Blacksmithing; specializing In
automobile springs and automobile
blacksmithing of any description. loft
and 'Freyer. 373 New st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
INSTRUCTIONS

NO PLAY. NC PAY-Banjo, Mandolin.
Guitar. etc. Beginners! Play tunes
money back. Ragtime. etc. Instru-
ments sold on easy terms. Music. Friday
and Saturday 10 A. M.-9 P. NJ. T..
Roger. $40 Maple St.. Perth Amboy.
Phone ',53.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
TYPEWRITERS

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50 to $50
Royals, S27 to $65; Underwoods, $3b to
$40: Smith Premiers, $40 to s35. Comegy
& Bro. Smith and Elm Streets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
TALKING MACHINES. ETC.

COLUMBIA Grafonolas. records. clocks,
watches. tewelry. Catholic prayer books
repairing all makes talking machines;
watches. b. Dzielak. Sl2 Smith st.
EMERSON RECORDS, all the latest songs
and dance hits on sale. Watches. Clocks
and Jewelry. also expert watch repair
ing. S. Carbon. 10 Smith st.
COLUMBIA Grafonolas. all the latest
records; sewing machines and baby
carriages on easy terms at Salters. S57
State St. Phone $50.
HITS-First and best; on Pathe and Ao-
tuelie Steel Needle Records. Special
offer with each Pathe Machine from
Model No. 7 to Model No. IS: s25,po
worth Of records free. Easiest kinds
of easy terms. We have all the latest
music rolls. ]. smering. 14s Smith
st. Open Evenings. Tel. 1880
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
ELECTRICAL SERVICE


r. II. BECK. Electrical Contractor; fix
lures, motors, wiring; estimates fur
nished. 16S New Brunswick Ave. Phone
1915. Night Phone 1329-M.
AMBCY LIGHTING co. Full line OF
lighting fixtures. electrical supplies and
household appliances. 1895 Smith st.
Phone 6S1.
r. L. SCHUCK, motors and generators in
stalled and repaired. line construction
and interior wiring. Shop and residence
449 Compton Ave. Tel. 1517. -
'GUTH ELECTRIC CO., electrical con-
tractors and dealers in electrical sup
plies; lighting fixtures of quality. 1856
Smith st. Phone %.
PERTH A,IBOY Storage Battery & Elec-
trio Co. We repair anything elect:ical;
motors, generators. starters, ETC.. ar
natures rewound. motors bought and
sold. 266 Madison Ave. Phone 1907.
j. J. YELLEN; Electrical Contractor;
finished house wiring a speciality; fix
lures at reasonable prices; estimates
cheerfully furnished. 16l Lind ST.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
TIRES, AND ACCESSORIES


PERTH AMBOY Auto wrecking Co. Korb
x Feldman; highest prices paid for all
kinds OF automobiles. All kinds of parts
on hand. Radiators, carburetors. lamps,
magnetos. springs. generators. tires,
tubes, etc. for sale. 1874 Fayette Street,
1873 New Brunswick Ave. Perth Amboy,
N. j. Tel. 1894.
TIRES for sale; Goodyear. Goodrich.
Michelin, Fisk and United States. F. X.
Martin. las New Brunswick Ave.
NATIONAL AUTO SUPPLY CO.. complete
line. accessories, tire tubes. oils gas
oline and vulcanizing. Ford parts a spe-
cialty. 446 Amboy Ave. Phone b6-M.
BRIGHTON AVE. GARAGE. Tires.
tubes and accessories. Phone 1422-M.
OIMOND & DIMOND-Tires. Tubes and
accessories; oils and gasoline; Stewart
Speedometers and parts. Phone 2iT5.
Madison Ave. and Market St.
AMERICAN and mo Leak
o" Piston Rings; Raybestos Brake lin
ing; rim bolts, nuts and clamps: Utility
Protected Heaters. Melbourn & Ritter.
II Smith st.
RECOVER Your own auto top for less
than $500. Leatherette, 75c yard. Tires
at " list. so X 5. $1,000. Cut Price
Auto Supply. 100-l02 Fayette st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
DAIRY

ROCKVILLE FARM DAIRY, 203 Smith
ST., pure Elgin creamery butter. the
best in town. Strictly fresh white leg
horn eggs received every day.
PERTH AMBOY MILK & CREAM co,
always at your service. Deliveries every
where. Demand our products from your
dealer or grocer.
DELICATESSEN. ready cook
ed meats and salads, all home cooking;
catering to parties and entertainments
a speciality. 1872 Smith st. Phone 1894.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-14
FLORIST

CLARK THE FLORIST. 179 Smith St.
Flowers for all occasions; floral de-
signs; bridal bouquets our speciality;
Gold Fish. Phone 296-M. ~
THE KITCHENMEISTER, Florist; Phone
1856; funeral designs; bouquets for
weddings and parties; wreaths ana
other floral decorations. IS Smith 81.
THE ROSE SHOP. Say 1t with flowers"
BY telegraph or mail: sent anywhere;
cut or ported flowers so Smith 81.
Phone 1861.
Palms, ferns, pot plants, cut flowers,
floral designs a speciality. W. eturve n
Sons. 355 Laurie st.
THE FLOWER SHOP. 107 Fayette 81.
Flowers for every occasion; wedding
bouquets, floral pieces, cut flowers and
potted plants. L. E. Fitzgerald. Phone
14S-J.