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The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24

boxes and furnish it. In this way many different kinds of problems will be worked.
 By Donald Foster
 Johnny santa Claus must be early this year
 Mother Why?
 Johnny Because I wrote him ask ing for sled and yesterday I found it under your bed
 We are looking forward to the Christmas vacation and hope the weather will continue to be fine.
 NorIa handed in a school note, which had Miss Haggland's name in it. It was spelled wrong SO Miss HaEgland told her to spell it right. Vcrla took the dictionary and looked for "Haggland'
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
Faculty HIGH SCHOOL

George NJ. Goodman ............. Principal ElleOnOra Frandsen ............. Assistant
 GRADES
 Vera Haggland G. ', S)........ Room 3 Elsie Spence (i and 8 ..,....... Room 3 Nita Johnston e and 9 w Room Qerna Eastman CD ................. Room
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24

he and Mir. Goldman had others help ing too. There were Junior and Philip Lydick, Jacl, and Dicky Down ing and Richard Date Let it be known that their help was all vol untocred There are no slackers in that bunch.
 Thclma MacConncu should be given credit for the idea that the High School students should prepare a Christmas tree for the primary pupils. The pupils have worked to prepare things for the little folks and We are hoping to be repaid for our efforts by having the opportunity to see santa Claus as he used to be as we watch the children
 Mir. Cemoy donated numerous lit- tie gifts for the Christmas tree. We wish to express our thanks for the kindness
 Wednesday after school Mir. Good man decorated our Christmas treo for the party We had Friday after noon for Miss Easman's room.
 Owing to the fact that it seriously ntorreros with the fire department regulations. the fire siren will not be used in any way to denote that school will be closed This was mistake on my part as Principal as I understood that it had been used for such a purpose in the past. I regret very much that this has caused th" department any incon- yeuiouco.
 Mrs. Waln has given a basket full of Chrialma tree ornaments and candle holders for usc on the Christ mas trees in the school
 The firm of Dooloy and Grocntz gave a gross of pencils to the school Wednesday,
 Miss Frandson is reading the Man of Ages" n wonderful story of Lin colns life. in Enalsh class
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
CHRISTMAS IN FRANCE

The French peasants keep Christ mas very differently from the way we do. They gather great armfulls of mistlotoc and decorate the .rooms. On Christmas eye they have a large fire and they gather around ii and tell beautiful stories of St Nick. and sing songs. The children do not hang up their stockings but put their little wooden shoes in front cf the fire place There is always a large feast served At night the soft silver chimes float over tho village and the people stop their play and praise God
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
Editorial Staff
EDITORIAL

Christmas and its sacred meaning
 comes again and with it, express
 che old wish To teachers, pupils and
 patrons of the school. "A Merry
 Christmas and d Happy New Year, We stop and think of the meaning
 conveyed and it is empty unless it comes from the heart To each it comes and to each it goes. many times each Christmas season Has ii come to mean only an exchange of gifts or do we attach deeper meaning That can he answered by
 each in his own way. To me, as Principal of the Cordoya Schools. it means time when we are able
 to teach in a great many ways that
 something which believe is the meaning of Christmas. namely, "Un- sclfishncss'
 It has been said that il is better to
 give than to receive. That is true and yet if unwiscly given | believe that it is not. Giving where it is not needed and forgetting the ones
 who are in real need arc too often interpreted to mean Christmas joy. To us in America. home made gift does not mean as much as one that cost us money alone, yet how much
 of oar real self may have been put
 into the one and how hard someone may have worked to be able to say,
 "I made it for you." while there is little except cost that came to you in
 the gif, that cost money alone.
 We can make Christmas mean much to ourselves and to others by thinking only of the good that we will do for someone who needs it. and at the same time when if rs
 needed most. If we get the true spirit of Christmas it wln not end with Now Years hut will last throughout a life time as tho needs of those about US can b" overcome any time Sometimes a kindly word or a letter or help in other ways of
 more substantial kind, brings not only happiness to the one who rn- coiycs. but more happiness to the one who has tho knowledge that they have done something for someone alsc. without any idea of the return in kind Tnsolrshnoss and a thouoht for the ether fellow thon. are the i things that would emphasize at this ] ChristmHs time
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24

THE FRESHMAN OF OUR SCHOOL A bright Freshman we're ticEIcd to say
 Is Billy Fields from Railroad way. Ruth Donohoc is as clever as a girl
 can he A great career she will travel you see
 Alice Daggctt is a stately lass In her studies she cannot be sur
 passed. Bob Da"gott is a clever little lad And when he leaves we will all
 feel sad
 Now Pierre de Vile is q Latin won
 der When he recitos he never makes a
 blurder Matt OTauchlon is a mischiovous boy And when ha is in the room there is always joy. novorlov HcKon0v a great man to ba Like Lincoln or Jackson,,you just see. 1 ron'eo Tihhs a teacher to be What? Oh, she said. NO SIREEi"
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
By Genevievc Dyson

Our rew problem in arithmetic is to furnish dinin" room complete for stated sum. \ map must be drawn to scale of the floor plan on the dining room. The floor plan must indicate doors, windows, ra- diators, and all fixed furniture. The question of furnishing the floor must bet settled Color schemes must be worked out for the walls. rugs
 shades and curtains. Later we will build a small dining room out of
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
ROOM ONE

Tn language class this week we "raved game called "Tf I had T~rdred Dollars. I'd Give" We told what gift we would give to hose wo liked "Nother" came in for the greater share of gifts that ranged from waffle irons to dolls
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
CORDOVA SCHOOL NOTES
EDITED BY THE STUDENTS

and boys Daddy was close sec ond. One little boy said he would even give Miss Eastman all the roses he could carry and a little girl was thoughtful enough to wish her a new dress.
 We are going to have a Christmas party Friday afternoon. We are in- vting a few of the smaller boys and girls to help us celebrate. There is to be eats and a tree.
 Julia Braxton, Adolph Smith, Betty Weedin Carl Oleson, Lew Cochran and Leila Wilcox have re- cciycd the highest averages this week in arithmetic
 Jane Sellcn, Harriettc Laurie and Jack Ellis visited our room Tuesday afternoon
 We are very grateful to Mir. Doc Toy and MT Grccnig for the pencils they gave us this week. Bobby says Some surely needed them pretty rad." The thrifty instincts of a few are shown in the number of pencils they hoard up Some will have two or three while others never have one ready to use.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
ROOM TWO

The second and third grades are to have their Christmas tree in Miss S0cncc's room, Mis- Johnstoue being away All the pupils in her room are .'"ding her Christmas cards and gifts.
 The second and third grade are making Xmas booklets with covers ormamontcd with free hand cuttings.
 The second grade have stockings on the board and get colorcd stars for spelling and reading.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
ROOM THREE By Betty Foster

DJ DSANg OSNCi
 Most of the children in our room brought trimmings for the Christ mas tree. some of them are very pretty.
 We are learning many Christmas songs
 By Phyllis Downing Miss Haggland is reading The -...ncc's Warning" The story is based on the fur trade of the Far West and the settlement of Oregon.
 By Joe Allen
 We wish to thank Mir Doolcy and Mr. GrooniE for presenting each of us with a nice pencil
 By Mary Scott
 Tho Shawneo's Warming" is m interesting story of four boys travel ing over to Oregon to meet their parents who had left for that new country by ship around Cape Horn. Two of the boys are captured by Blackfeet Indians. and the other two ao to Fort Hall to get help. They meet a party of rappcrs under the leadership of Rufus Stone The trap n.rs believe the boys to he spies nt out by the American Fur Com pauy.
 We are anviously waiting to hear the rest of the story.
 By Helen Pratt
 One of the boys spoke of our tree as being "Pisa's Leaning Miracle"
The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-24
By William O'Neill

Now that the hovs holp the girls out on their wraps we get out on timc
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
AEARsE FOR RABBIT HUTCH.

A new use for old hearses has been
discovered by Albert P. Hamm of
this village, who says that the one
he owns makes an ideal hutch for
rabbits, the Dummies seeming to feel
pompous in their new quarters, ac-
cording to a dispatch from Sodus,
N. Y, to the Boston Globe. For
years the old hearse body did steady
service in the village.
When the hearse became obsolete
it was discarded and was out of ac-
tion for some time. Now in new
role it becomes the most aristocratic
domicile of domestic cottontails in
Wayne county. The only alteration
necessary was the removal of side
panel and the substitution of fine
mesh screen.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
How to CLEAN : carpet.

Take two cupfuls of ox-gall and add
to 1t three pints of boiling water. Rub
this on the carpet with piece of fan
mel, and then rub with another flannel
dipped in hot water, or take one cake
of soap, shred 1t finely. add two table
spoonfuls of washing soda and pour
upon it one gallon of boiling water
Let 1t cool and then dip a flannel into
the mixture and rub the carpet and
before 1t dries rub with another fan
mel dipped in clean hot water. Am
monia added to hot water and applied
with a flannel also answers well.
To beat carpet, beat it on the
wrong side first and then more gently
on the right side. Beware Of using
sticks with sharp. points, which may
tear the carpet. To remove ink stains
from carpets, first soak up all the Ink
possible with blotting paper, and then
rub the stain with flannel dipped in
hot milk. Grease stains can be re-
moved by mixing French chalk and
water to thick cream, and painting
it over the spots. Let 1t remain on
until quite dry, place over 1t fold of
cloth and iron with fairly hot iron ;
the grease will pass into the chalk.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
Why Chinese Fruits Are Fine.

Some of the Chinese fruits, cunning
ly coaxed and lovingly cherished
through many centuries, are said by
experts to be delicious. There is an
orange grown in China that is report
ed to surpass in sweetness and deli
cacy any of the oranges to which the
people of Europe or of America are
accustomed; and it may be grown In
places where the temperature falls 20
degrees below the freezing point.
There is also peach unlike any
thing to which the West is accus-
toned, and a winter muskmelon that
will appeal irresistibly to the Euro
pean palate. This melon is at its best
in December and January. There are
many other good things in China to
which Europeans will doubtless be in
troduced in time. Of some of the
choice Chinese dishes, such as birds
nest soup and the like, there are bet
ter things in reserve. The fruits are
described as SURPRISING those of any
country.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
NO BUILDINGS ON THE SUN
Why Some Observers Imagined That
They Saw Structures on Face
Of "OId SOL"

Well into the last century 1t was be-
iieyed that the sun was inhabited, not
with puny beings like ourselves. but
with people weighing several tons and
Of proportionate strength.
The sun, being body of most tre-
mendous size, must necessarily have
inhabitants worthy of its grandeur.
And. having men, women and children,
it must have buildings in which to
house them and to carry on their in
dustries.
Hence some observers, with an IN
genuity which did credit to their i'm
aginative faculties, were certain that
they had discovered buildings on the
dark. solid body of the sun. The
buildings were not claimed to be in
regular formation, such as a vast city
in the sun might be supposed to con-
tain, but were merely traces"
That was how these observers al
lowed their Imagination to run riot.
As fact, what they actually saw
was not dark body on the sun at all,
for 1t possesses none, but dark open
ings (caused by uprushes of gas) in
the suns flaming envelope These
openings we know as sunspots, and the
differences in the shading of the spots
were taken to be buildings beside
which the largest on the earth would
be mere toy.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
WHY:
1t Means Good Fortune to
Dream Of Peas.

Every known vegetable has mean
ing to the mystic interpreters when 1t
appears In dream and with regard to
most Of them the oracles are definite
enough. But with regard to peas the
interpretations are rather confusing
and at times contradictory. The great
majority of the mystics. however, see
In dream Of peas fortunate omen
for those engaged in business.
Many of the oracles speak of a
dream of eating peas as that most fa-
vorable for business success and make
no mention of dream Of merely see
ing peas without eating them. One or
two qualify the good omen of dream
Of eating peas by specifying that they
must seem luscious to the taste" in
order that the dream may attain its
full beneficence These same oracles
insist that the peas eaten In the dream
be cooked for, say they. to dream of
eating raw peas implies vexations and
disappointments.
One or two lonely prophets say that
to see green peas in dream is sign
of good health, but if they are cooked
it is a sign of Illness. This with re-
gard to the being cooked is, 1t will be
seen, at direct variance with the vast
majority of the mystic interpretations
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
HAD NO ANSWER TO THAT
Georgia Mans Assertion Concerning
Watermeions Left UphoIder Of In
diana Product Gaspinq.

Harry Grimsley, Terre Haute Ro-
tary club man. comes from Georgia
and is still in love with his native
state. He boasts of its wonders, and
the last time he discoursed on it, was
telling of the wonderful bargains he
goI in watermelons. "Why, we got
the very biggest ones for only five
cents" he said.
But they aren't SO big as the ones
we have up here" persisted one of his
listeners. 'Why, out on my farm we
had some half as big around as half
the top of this table. We didn't eat any
of it except the core, and yet the
whole family had enough of it and
more.''
Down there" drawled Mr.. Grims-
ley in his most southern drawl I'VE
never eat nearer than two feet of the
rind of the melon and yet there's
always more than enough for fam
lily in one melon" on."-Indianapolis News.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
Sacred Mohammedan Rock.

A report on the Dome of Rock
of Jerusalem is shortly to be pub
lished and will be of great interest to
the Mohammedan world. 1t may not
be generally known that this place is
the third in sanctity of all the sanetu-
aries of Islam, and indeed for a short
period 1t actually formed the Kibla
toward which all Moslems prostrated
themselves in prayer.
Among the more important religious
associations of this rock we may men,
ton 1t was here that David and Solo
mon were called to repentance, and
on account of vision David chose
this site for his temple. From this
lsame spot Mohammed ascended to the
seventh heaven after his night journey
from Mecca. and lastly it is to be the
scene of the Great Judgment. The
historical associations are not less
striking and such famous names as
Omar Abdel-Malek. Saladin and Sulei-
man are all connected with the rock.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
REDUCING SURPLUS.

That nobody loves fat man IL q
saying approved OF tradition. There
fore, when recently, as the rksult of an
exhaustive survey. it was scientifically
determined that every ninth man in
Chicago is far too fat for comfort and
health. presumption was that there
would speedily be organized a fat
mans reduction club in the Windy
city. But instead we have the expert
ment of a 60 days dieting and exer-
else reduction test for Chicago wom-
en-. The explanation is that there are
really more heavyweight women than
men in Chicago, but gallantry forbade
making that a feature of the survey,
says Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Among the peculiarities of human
habit, custom, practice or what not,
all functions have their foundations
in food. If we receive we eat. If we
entertain visiting delegations we feed
them. Likewise distinguished digni-
taries and all sorts and conditions of
conventions and conferences We eat
and get fat I; then we eat to get lean.
Instance-the Fat Women's Reduc-
tion club of Chicago is depending
principally on dieting for taking off
the surplus which was accumulated
by too much diet. But the process is
interesting and the outcome a mat
ter Of anxious observation by the fair
of all the country. What with the
beer supply shut off and the free lunch
made obsolete, the fat men should be
able to simulate feminine sacrifice.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18

The period of talk will doubtless be
succeeded by quiet action. Words do
very well for programs, and for the
frames of action, but fulfillment comes
in deeds. We have always been more
or less wordy people. We have in
du1ged as a people, penchant for or
ators. But We have discovered that
it is mostly the silent men who do
things, says Dearborn Independent
The old story about using so much
steam in the whistle that there is
none left for the wheels. is more than
humor-it is philosophy. 1t is mighty
easy to re-create the world in a speech
or reorganize society on paper. Men
who actually put into practical oper-
alton the new thing, who prove its
worth and get it established, may moi
go down in the list of world-producers
but they are the real statesmen.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
Notice of Application for
Franchise

Pursuant to the Statute in such case
made and provided. notice is hereby
given that James Pirie will, at the regu-
lar meeting of the City Council of the
City of Idaho Springs, Clear Creek coun-
ty, Colorado, to be held on Thursday,
March 3rd, 1921, at 800 O'Clock P. M.
of said day, apply to the City Coun-
ell for the passage of an ordinance
granting him a franchise in said City,
authorizing him, the said james Pirie,
his SUCCESSOR and assigns, the right,
privilege and authority to erect, con-
struct. maintain and operate substation
Lor substations. an electric light and power
plant an distribution system for dis
tribution and sale of electricity within
the corporate limits of said City of
Idaho Springs, Colorado, said proposed
franchise, for the objects and Purposes
aforesaid, to be for the term of twenty
(20) years.
Dated at Georgetown, Colorado, this
4th day of February, 1921.
JAMES PIRIE.
First publication February l8, 1921.
Last publication March l, 1921.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
seIf-Luminous Animals.

Not less than Sc different orders of
animals are self-luminous, we are told
by the new work of E. Newton Har-
vey on "The Nature of Animal Light
These include many forms of pro
tozoa, hydroids, jellyish, bryozoa,
polychaete and oligochaete worms,
brittle stars, crustacea, myriopods. in
sects, mollusks, primitive chordates
and fishes. None of the luminous spe-
cies inhabit fresh water, all being
terrestrial or marine. The luminosity
is sometimes shown by both larvae
and adults, and in few instances by
eggs. In experiments made, two sub
stances have been isolated-luciferase
an engine, and luciferin, a proteid-
and the light appears to result from
bringing these together in the pres.
ence of oxygen and water.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
Notice of Application to Lease
State Land

Office Of the State Board OF Land Commissioners
Denver. Colo. January 81. 1921.
Notice is hereby given that Halstead L. Ritter
whose postofice address is 724 Equitable Build
ing. Denver. Colorado. has made application No.
B-25n to lease the following described Public
Building Land. situate in Clear Creek County,
Colorado, to-wit:
s VI of N w " of 20; s E " of N EA. N w " OF
N e v. W " of ". sh of s w ". and N W
" of S W " OF Sec. 80. Town s. Range y W.
Immunity application)
Notice is further hereby given that all other
persons desiring to file an application to lease
all or any part Of this tract of land must file
same in this office prior to February 25. 1921. as
no other application to lease the above described
lands will be considered after said date.
j. F. VIVIAN,
Register State Board Land Commissioners.
Publish Jan. %. Feb. 4-11-1s,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
S. G. Hamlin Tells Of
Conditions in East


S. G.. Ha mlln, manager CT The
Amherst Mining Co., which is
operating the Hampton properties
in lower Russell Gulcb, who re-
Gently returned from several
weeks trip to New York, where
be had been Oh matters pertain
ing to mining, states conditions
turnout the east are far more SER
ious than in the west. A great
deal depends upon the class of men
President-elect Harding selects
for his cabinet as to how rapidly
conditions will improve. Manufac-
turing concerns are operating n
very limited degree; hundreds
of concerns have passed their
usual di vi d disbursements
81 wever, the general feeling
seems to be that about May lst,
matters will begin to right them
selves and if the proper kind of
men are placed in the cabinet,
conditions for the better will rapid.
ly improve.
The Amherst Company has de-
cided to shut down for a short
period, until it is able to secure
some additional equipment in the
way of large pumps, preparatory
to sinking their shaft two addi
tional lifts, 200 feet, and place the
entire operations on 24-hour
basis, This company has been
one of the most steady, staunch
operating companies of these two
counties, and while their efforts
have not been crowned with great
snccess, nevertheless they still
have confidence in the district and
are willing to back up their con-
fidence, by the expenditure oi
further capital. They plan to ado
a large property to their present
holdings in the near FUTURE de,
tails OF which can not be given a
this time.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-02-18
Methodist Church
Recter W. johnson. Pastor


Morning Philippian Jailor En-
ters the Kingdom Evening" ssThe
Motive We Need. !"
Our Sunday school is now at ten
o'clock Itsinterest and work is shown by
a fine increase in attendance and spirit
We have two classes of the finest young
people in Clear Creek county and room
for more to join them 1t is your op-
portunity to get into this type of thriv-
ing organization.
When a church meets the needs of
the community in which it lives it is in
reality community church. We want
you to feel that we are trying to meet
those needs an give you that kind of
work. You will always find courteous
and cordial welcome in this church.
We want to be part of Idaho
Springs and enter into its development
and activities. The religious ideals of
a community always add to it's standing
and progress. That is what we repre-
sent. That is what we bring to you.