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Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31
OPPORTUNITY FOR GENIUS

It givess one a mighty comfortable feeling to sit before an open fire place or near a wood stove, with little mica windows in the doors, and see the flames dance while the wind whistles coldly out doors. The snapping and crackling of the wood goes far toward making house a home, but did you ever stop to think how much heat went up the chimney, which benefited you not at all? Or did you ever watch the smoke pour ing from smokestacks,~ towering to- ward the sky, and wonder how much steam could be generated from ,he heat that, went with the smoke?
 Probably not; for the sense of comfort robbed you of the desire to speculate about unknown Iquantities. But foresighted men have and the result has been the adoption of other methods that will produce the same amount of energy at much smaller cost. esgYA \ 4 -, asa
 D1d1hy SOIlAGObCu W1L4 OOI greatest public utilities are respon- sible for this change which employs an agency almost the direct opposite of coal and woNd-water.- While others sought to- control the heat units that escaped, these men found a substitute whose economical appli- cation has revolutionized the indus trial, world. The result may be ob- served on every hand, from the. larg- Fest city down to the smallest town, which briefly, is light, heat and power The saving effected to the nation is millions of tons of coal
 l These men grasped the opportun- ity offered in the centuries old prin- ciple whereby grist Fas ground and covered themselves with riches, while incidentally they are conserving the natural resources of the country. Yet the problem of conserving heat. or getting a greater amount of heat from the same quantity of condbus- tible materials remains 8sunsolvsd. The styles of our <, stoves have changed, but the wasteful principal is the same. Cheap fuel is respon- sible.
 If some inventive genius would design a heating apparatus that would utilize a greater amount of heat from the same proportion of fuel now used, his place in the hail of fame would be assured.
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EVOLUTION

If some of the theories which we read regarding evolution were car ried to an extreme, some strange things would happen in the life here after. According to occult scien-' lists, we progress or retrogress, hereafter, according to the manner m which we live. In the extreme, there fore, some of our spirits are reincar- mated in the lowest forms of animal life, through which we must again seek to progress through the ages, when we again assume the propor- tions of men and womeh.
 We have no argument with occult scientists. Our chief interest for the moment is to visualize the extremity of sucha theory relative to the pres ent mode of living. Take first the person who never contributes to char ity, grasps every opportunity, wheth- CT right or wrong, to make a penny Unquestionably through retrogres- sion he would become nothing more or less than a pig! Then we have another, for instance, who is always sneaking around trying to put over deal which is really dishonest, but for the sake of politeness is called "shrewdness." What would be more becoming lthan the character of a fox?
 Then there is another character, commonly designated as lacking backbone, who agrees with every one until he gets into a crowd of his own where his true status is known and used for what it is worth. Would not the Chameleon be a true represen- tative of this type? The fapper is destined to suffer excrtttiatingly., She will be transformed into a mermaid l! Thus without shapely limbs on which to display silk hose and knickers and forever condemned to have long, wavy tresess, instead of bobbed hair, one can imagine the grief in store for her. .~~ To cast aside frivolity for the moment. let us ask in all seriousness: Is it not great blessing that we know as little as we do? ->
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

arrow. This is called the Gizi penny. It is made of iron with the ends f1attened out lengthwisc. Men are not considered rich from a none tary standpoint, but from the num- Der of wives and slaves they have.
 Each village is self-suppOrting, the chief products being rice and cotton. The women spin the cotton into thread and the men weave the thread into cloth. Four inches is the widest that cloth is made and these strips are sewed together to the de- sired width. Some pottery is also made and tobacco and yams grown. The soil will raise almost anything. There is a bush which grows there, the roots of which when roasted, taste very much like our roasted chest nuts.
 Rice is the chief food and is most delicious, tasting nothing like the rice which we cook. A dressing IS sometimes made of dried fish which
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

they pour over the rice. No utensils are used to eat with The fbod is cooked in a large kettle and the fam fly gather round, dipping their hands in and licking them off. They do it so gracefully, however, that it does not look as bad as it sounds.
 The temperature varies greatly. The lowest record taken was 57 at night, and the highest is between 10 am. and p. m., when it reaches 122. The days are always nice until the rainy season comes; then it is equally as unpleasant.
 The people live in round hue, from 8 to 15 feet in diameter and about 8 feet high. These huts are con structed by placing stakes in a circle and binding them together with vines The women then puddle mud with their feet and plaster it over the whole. When this is dry smooth coat of mud is plastered on and then covered with grass, rice straw or palm leaves. Goats and sheep in very small numbers are found here and there, while in some places cows were found. The latter are not kept for their milk, however, as there is nothing to feed them; they are used for beef only. There are also some Successful coffee and rubber planta- tions. !
 In the six thousand miles of forest
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LOCAL ITEMstoF INTEREST

Dr. D. c. Moore of. Manchester is stepping at the Wangum for a few days. He is spending his time shoot ing woodchucks, during his stay he has killed 55-19I fn one day.
 On Sept. 9th fGarvin-O'Connell Post No. 49 of this town goes to Waterbury for the parade and re- unionf Aliethose wishing to go and see your .ofdAbuddies again be at the Legion rooms Thursday night,1 Sept. 1st at 8 P. M. new time. DON'T MISS IT.
 Dr. J. G. Adam, Commander
 Miss Catherine Roraback spent Wednesday in Hartford.
 Mrs, Roy Orcutt and son Edward of Sheffield, Mass. are visiting her aunt, Miss Belle Lorraine.
 Miss Anna Abbe of Hartford. is visiting relatives in. town. f','< 2
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noon. The precipitation simply poured from our bodies and at times it seemed we were all dried up. An amusing incident happened one day. My pal became very thirsty and there was no water to be had. He felt sure that the carriers in the reaf had some water and after a time we stopped until they came up. Sure enough, there was several bottles of water being carried on the head of black boy. Hurriedly my pal seized bottle and swallowed several gulps before he found it was kerosene!
 In at least nine out of ten villages through which they passed, a white man had never before been seen. Mr. Barnett personally interviewed the chiefs in each village, took about 1900 photographs all together, besides making a map of the country, talk ing distances, altitude and popula- tion for record. The population nat urally varied in the different villages, ranging from a small settlement of 12 huts in which about 60 peo- pie lived, to the largest containing about 5000 people. The people are as a whole very intelligent looking and seem anxious to learn.
 :, MT. Barnett stated that he had a number of thrilling experiences, but the one which stands out more clearly than all others, was in large village where they talked to the people Of their mission. "You cannot
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 THROUGH DARK LIBERIA
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 with money, as it was impossible to know how much to take. If you took any at all it must be in English sill yer six-pence pieces. Some trouble was experienced with even this, for the natives would take none unless it had the kings, head on it. If you attempted to pass coin with the head of Queen Victoria on it,r the natives would say 'Massa, me no savy that money. Old lady be long time dead"
 While the English officials we met were very kind to us, practically without exception they tried to dis courage us, saying we would either be driven out or killed. Naturally" said MT. Barnett, "my feet were a little chilly. I wrote my will and letter of farewell to my family"
 For every mile we travelled in Li- beria we found it cost us $1.OO, ne cessitating our telegraphing to Free town for more money. We secured $2,000 in> English six-pehce which we divided among the three of Us, slung it over our shoulders and started out to find the carriers. It was ten o'clock in the morning when we started and before the carriers were sighted it was o'clock in the afternoon. MT. Barnett said he had pictured himself walking over burn ing sands, through insect-infected swamps and forests, etc., but it was just the opposite. The country was like it had been strewn with stone walls. First we would go down hill several hundred feet, then we would go up hill over the same kind of ground for about the same distance.
 suffered terribly from sore feet, : in spite of the fact that had very light boots made to order before leaving home. About 600 miles from the coast one of my toes became in fected and it was a question of turn back or operate on. it myself. I de- i7eided on the. latter course, so about eleven o'clock that night I operated on 1t, packed it in ointment and continued hiking at 4:15 the next morning, ~ &:a,@ s~r.>. <.
 AS we. passed Lnroagn the Var1ous villages we tried to help the people as much as possible. We picked up one boy, whom we called James, who travelled at the rear of the procession. One day we, got word that the boy had been shot. Giving word to bring the. medicine chest, which was being carried ahead, we heated water and I performed my first operation. The boy had been sitting on a rock
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grow many different kinds of hard wood, the names of which are not known, except mahogany.
 MT. Barnett brought back many souvenirs of the country, some of which he exhibited at the hall after the lecture. Among them were cot ton cloth, dyed blue and white; ivory beads, leopard skin purse, sword, bracelet inlaid with silver. elephants tail and ring made from the hair, Gizi pennies, etc. MT. Barnett also wore the same outfit which he used while tramping through the unknown regions of the Liberian republic.
 A book of the trip is now being written by MT. Barnett, which he hopes to have published by next April. We feel sure his many friends in this town will expectantly await its publication.
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31
THE PLAYGROUND

~The Lawrence Playground is un- doubtedly on the way to being one of the greatest assets the town has As yet its possibilities are only in their infancy, insofar as their devel- opment is concerned. But this should not detract from the admir- able purpose which it serves at pres ent, nor from the efforts of those who have taken it upon themselves to regulate it's operation.
 As town institution it is develop ing all too slowly. It is lacking in attractiveness, from the beautiful as we'll as the magnetic Standpoint. Therefore it is not utilized to an extent possible. The reason for this appears to be the Jack of definite and comprehensive plan of develop ment. .r
 A community building on the Playground would be a mighty fine thing, but the children of todayneed just as much entertainment as will the next generation. Another source of pleasure would be swimming pool, which could be transformed into a skating rink in the winter months. All too many are inc costly devices which can be enun1- erated, yet which gradually can be acquired.
 The success of any undertaking worth while requires a definite plan of action. In regard to the Play ground we believe the first essential
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< The Masons will meet on Sept. l 4th, after the summer adjournment ' Miss Edith Lindell will teach in the Lakeville High School this year
 There will be no open air dance at the Playground this Saturday even ing. A dance will be held Monday evening instead. >
 ME and Mrs. Amos Rines of Sum- merville, Mass. are visiting MT. and Mrs. William Thumith on Church Street. E Miss Dorothy Hicks of New Bruns- wick, N. J. is visiting her cousin, Miss Florence Hicks.
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

LOst--One black and white COW, 8 weeks ago near the Falls Village club house, finder please notify Leo Radon, Tel. 989-2, IA East Main St., Torrington, Conn. Re- ward to finder or to person giving information that will recover the cow.
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

Used Cars-I have several used cars of various makes that I am offer ing at real bargain prices. E. s. Garfield, Ford Dealer, Canaan, Ct
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

Hen House For Sale-14x20 hen house, made in sections. I. Goorin, Tel. 179-2.
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

PuIlets For .SaIe-2OO White Leg horns, 100 White Wyandottes. I. Goorin, East Canaan, Tel. 179-2.
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opportunity: 13o acres, 85 of which are in wood and timber, down hill haul to market, via state road. Price SLIGO cash. Esti- mated at least 5000 cord wood
 on place. A. W. Krouse, Canaan.
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For Sale-Strawberry Plants for fall setting as good as ever grown. One dollar a hundred. Dings &
 Beebe, Prospect St., Canaan, Conn.
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C~nt-a-Word Advertisements Minimum Charge, Ist Insertion 2se
| FOR SALE

For Sale-If you can't get coal you
 must burn wood. Here's your
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

Peaches For Sale-Fine white cham pion peaches for sale. $1.35 per IA at. basket F. O. B. Pleasant Valley. Send money order with order. Cleveland Fruit Farm, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Telephone 34 F 12 noon hour or evenings standard time.
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

For Sale--Good farm, 8 miles from CanaanS 23 head cattle, bull, pair horses, 200 chickens, all crops and machinery. $8,00O, part cash, balance easy terms. A. W. Krouse, Canaan, Conn.
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LOST

Lost-Pass book No. 7170. Return 10
 Canaan Savings Bank.
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For Sale-A farm of 80 acres near
 Sheffield is offered at low price
 and on very easy terms for ten
 days only. J. Cox Howell, Sails < bury, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

For Sale-30 white Wyandotte pull
 lets, now laying, and cockerels. . $2.50 each. John Eliot, Canaan, / Conn. <.
Connecticut western news., 1922-08-31

Pony For Sale-Call at Hollenbeck
 Club, Telephone 78-4.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-02

They filed motions in the district
court last week to require William
Neff and Harry G. Davis, attorn-
eys for the two boys, to squeeze out
the "superfluous verbage" so that
the jury that hears the cases may
not be prcjudced merely by reading
the petitions.
Such phrases as worth $500 900"
as applied to Sharum and gave
them an allowance of 50 a week to he
divided between them for their support
and then finally shut off even that
and left them dependent upon the
United Charities Of Muskogec for a
living" are prejudicial 10 the inter-
ests of the old man, the motions set
out.
Branding all such phrases. as that
as ''impertinent, nonsensical, mali
cious and prejudicial," the motions ask
that only the bare facts alleged by
the attorneys for the boys be left
in the petition.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-02
CITY OFFICIALS
| PREP Arlington
ACCIDENT PROBE
Hefner and Dyer Not to
Assume Arbitrary Stand,
In Aftermath Of
Crossing Wreck.

Elimination of dangerous grade
crossings is popular topic for con-
sideration since the accident at Nc
Lish avenue Friday night according
to statements of City Manager Dyer
and Mayor Heffner, and they are
going to take action as soon as the
question OF the best manner of pro-
ceedure is determined upon to have
the menace removed
Both mayor and manager do not
wish to take any step that will seem
arbitrary, they say, but they are de
termined to protect the lives of the
people who are compelled to cross
these dangerous places if possible.
The question does not confine itsel.
TO the McLish avenue crossing of the
Ringing road, but will embrace
every railroad crossing in the city
where an accident Is likely to occur.
The mayor called attention to a
subject covering this question that
will be discussed at tie 18th annual
good roads show 10 be held in Chi
cago, January 16 to 20, which in
part is as follows: THE grade
crossing menace is n grave one, and
enc that will receive more than
Passing attention at the meeting" 4"
he said.
"Out of the $4,000 persons killed on
the highways of the country last year,
1000 We're struck down at grade
crossings. Investigation has shown
also that one motorist in every three
is careless Mt grade crossings, ap
preaching the tracks at reckless
sreed, and without taking due notice
OF approaching trains.
"In $40 cases in which motorists
ran in front of the trains 1856 per-
sons were killed and 405 were in.
Jured. In 490 cases motor cars were
stalled on the crossing and were de.
molished, and forty-three cars actual
" collided with the danger signals.
An Investigation conducted recent
| y demonstrated that most highway
accidents occur on long stretches OF
road instead of on the curves, and
ere due to speeding and reckless driv'
| irg rather than TO skieding."
The mayor and manager think that
I drivers should be cautious as well a.
the employees who operate the trains
hut the danger of the grade crossing
s ever present and with a proper
I cate or guard would eliminate future
fatalities in Ardmore.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-02
Leonard Mitchell Bout
Postponed to Jan. 9

MILWAUKEE,. Wis.-Benny Leon
ard. lightweight champion boxer, will
meet Plnky Mitchell, Milwaukee, on
Monday night. January ., in a 10
round decision bout, instead Of This
|afternoon as originally arranged, the
|rostponement being occasioned by n
|n,uscular afflietion suffered by Nit
|Chell.
Leonard went through the formal
|lty of weighing in this forenoon, tip
|pIng the beam at 1874. pounds.
Billy Gibson, manager Of Leonaro
Figures that by having the champion
meet Mitchell on the 9Th. he will
|s;ili be able 20 carry out the arrange
|ments for the champion to fulrill his
engagements al New Orleans on 5ah
|uary ID.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-02
Gun SHOT uNCOvERS
ARCIIEOI. .OGICAI. TROPHY

LONDoN.-lt took n battery OF
guns To find out that an archcologl'
cal treasure was concealed In n
church ut Lower lialstow, Kent.
The Midway Batteries indulgcd In
practice the other day. Tho concus'
slcns cracked the cement In the
church, and the workman was called
In to repair It.. He found traces of
metal under the old cement and, with
visions Of buried treasure, removed
the rest Of the cement
What was disclosed was beautiful
twelfth.century font, evidently OF
continental Workmanship. The howl
was enriched with figures. OF "a king
with crown and sceptrc, and OF an
gels with outstretched wings.
Archcolosists are studying over the
find. which will probably reach an
ultimate resting place in the British
museum.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-02
NEW YORK PAID
PRICE OF HIGH
NEW YEAR FLING

NEW YORK.-Father Knickerbock.
CT turned his pockets inside out to
pay the piper for piping in the new
year amidst a Volstead defying cele
bration that overspread Manhattan
from Harlem to the battery. Police
recordsSeumerated four violent deaths
attributable to holiday over-indulgence.
10 men and women in hospitals with
sunshot or knife wounds, a half
dozen poisoned by bad liquor anu
scores OF summons served by mem
bers of the dry squad of 200 who at
tempted to make it the dricst New
Years eve Broadway had ever seen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-02
ATHLETICS.
INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONS

Team.-California University.
Track
100 Yards-M. Kirksey, Stanford.
900 Yards-A. Woodring, Syracuse.
440 Yards-O. o. Hendrixon, Cal.
$50 Yards-E. Eby, Penn.
One MILE j. Connolly, George
town.
100 Hurde--E. ]. Thomson, Dart
mouth.
22O Hurdes--E. j. Thomson, Dart.
mouth.
Field
Shot. A. shelburn, Dartmouth.
Hammer-Dandrow, VI. |. II.
Pole Vault-Tie among Norris, Cali
fornia; Norwood. Harvard, and G.
d. Brown, Yale.
High Jump-Tie between Landon,
Gale, and Muller. California.
Broad jump. o. Gourdin, Har-
ward.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-01-02
funeral
ARRANGEMENT IS
NOT Completed
Senator Asked for Quiet
Ceremony: Body Lies at
His Bachelor Home in
Philadelphia Now.
CONDOLENCE COMES
FROM OVER NATION
McCumber Succeeds Veteran
On the Senate Finance
Commission.

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. Arrange
ments for the funeral of Senator Pen.
rose are still incomplete today. 1t
was definitely decided, however, that
it would be strictly private, in com.
pliapce with his oft,repeated wish.
In making this arrangement Leigh
ton C. Taylor, for many years the
senator's secretary, said that mem
bers of the family would attend the
services and that congressional del
egation probably would not come here
for the burial. The date for burial
will be fixed, Mr.. 4aylor said, after
hearing from relatives in the west.
Meanwhile the body of the former
senator, encased in a metallic coffin,
covered with purple cloth. lay in his
bachelor home here. No crepe or
flowers marked the presence Of death
in the old-fashioned brick house where
from sick bed, he had conferred by
telephone with national republican
leaders at Chicago convention which
nominated President Harding. Every
wish of the former senator for sim
plicity has been carried out.
Expressions OF regret at his death
continued to pour in today from all
sections Of the country. None Of them
was made public by his relatives. Gov
ernor Sproul said he had not decided
upon Senator Penrose's successor. I'M
der the law, the governor is empower
ed TO make an appointment to fill
the vacancy until the next general
election which will be held in Novem-
ber
McCumber Gets Post
Senator Penrose's important post
as chairman Of the senate finance
committee, with its generalship inn
mediately Of the pending tariff bill
and Of subsequent fiscal legislation,
will be filled by Senator Porter ]. Nc
Cumber of North Dakota, ranother
committee veteran. Mr.. Penrose's
death, republican leaders said, would
not cause any material delay in dis.
posal of the tariff. the administration
allied debt funding and other bills.
| The republican vacancy on the H.
nance committee, according TO party
spokesman. probably will go 10 Sena.
tor Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey,
under the seniority rule. Senator Pen
rose also was a prominent member
Of the immigration. naval and bank
ing committees, all of which will
have vacancies.
Senator Penrosess death deprived
him by a few months of that dis
tlnction OF craftsmanship of having
his name attached to n general Rriff
measure. which Is scheduled for en-.
actment during the present session.
His constant devotion To II and the
recent tax revision law was said by
his friends TO have taxed his waning
strength greatly. Senator Penrose
died Of pulmonary thrombosis. as n
result Of heart failure. DR.. Roy ID.
Adams. his physician announced. Doc.
tor Adams and two nurses We're the
only persons in the room when the
end came.