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UNION

Mrs. J. Cowles of Naugatuck is car ing for her sister, Mrs. RaIza Horton, who has been ill the past few days.
 Miss Louise Burnham and friend from Southbridge, were here for a few days the past week at her cottage on the Hill.
 MT and Mrs. Nelson Horton and daughter, Evangeline, spent New Years with her sister, Miss Della Heck in Southbridge.
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STAFFORD SPRINGS

John M. Lee of Norwich spent the early part of the week in town.
 There will be meeting of the East ern Star next Wednesday evening with initiation.
 The Jaameesh Club met with Mrs Louis Helm last Tuesday evening. All had fine time. There will be installation of officers at the regular meeting of the w. R. c. on Friday evening. >. The w. c. T. U. will meet next Wednesday at 2.30 D III. in the ladies parlOr at the Methodist church.
 Miss Katherine Lee has returned to Norwich after spending the latter part of last week visiting in town.
 G. A. Ray of Springfield, a former resident of this borough, was a guest of MT. and Mrs. M. G. Moore over Sunday.
 Miss Babara Chapin has returned I to New York after spending the holi- day recess visiting at her home on Grant avenue
 Ice is being harvested at the Hyde Park pond and at the ice house on the shores of Warren pond by Messrs Par izeau and Greaves.
 John B. Hopkins of Worcester has returned home after spending the hol iday recess at the Mrs. Mary Murray home on West street.
 All persons interested in the class es for the study of home nursing are requested to meet at the Public Health Center Friday evening at 7 o'clock. Unless a sufficient number are enroll ed the classes will not be started,
 Deputy Great Sachem Goodwich and staff of Sicogg tribe of Hartford will be at the regular meeting of Oneco tribe, l, O. R. M., at Red Mems hall this evening for the purpose of install ing the newly elected officers. Re- treatments will be served.
 Ice fisherman are this year being rewarded with unusually successful and abundant catches. The reason advanced. ty one of the old timers is that the ponds all froze this year with unusually low water and as a result tic fish are within easy reach of all most any kind Of bait,
 Great Minehaha Champagne of Rockville. who is iIeputy araat goeas
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. Mysterious Feat Of Rats.

Here's another mystery problem to set beside that of how the Egyptians built the pyramids. c. W. Young blood, a business man of No. 126 South Broadway, Los Angeles, is re- sponsible for it.
 YOungblood related that on opening his office one morning he found that rats had chewed off the tops of car nations which were standing in c glass vase about IA inches high. Accord ing to the real estate man, the rats did not move a chair next to the vase and thus reach the succulent stems, nor was there anything else near by on which they might have stood. And he does not believe the rodents could have climbed the sides of the smooth vase. Still the flowers suffered heavily.
 And to make the problem harder, Youngblood said that the rats, dis playing a highly developed artistic sense, carried roses from one desk to another which lacked posies. How did the rats accomplish their taAk3
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There will be dance at the Springs House on Friday evening.

There will be a dance at the Springs House on Friday evening.
 Town Clerk Converse has received the hunting and fishing license blanks for 1922
 MT. and Mrs Canton have returned from Springfield where they spent a fortnight.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry Collette have had. as guest a cousin, Rev. E. F. La rocque of Burlington, Vt. Miss Alice Garden of Indian Orchard spent the weekend and Monday wis iting friends in the borough.
 The formal opening of the new grammar school building will take place next week Friday evening.
 The annual meeting of the Congre- gational church will be held this even ing following the annual supper at 6.3O.
 The first annual meeting of Strazza Post of the American Legion will be held next Monday evening in the club rooms of the post.
 The annual meeting of the corpora tors of the Stafford librarg association will be held at the library building next Monday at 5 D. m. The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church will meet with Mrs. E. A. Legg Friday aft ernOon at three o'clock.
 Miss Louise Griffith, who has been spending her vacation at her home here, returned Tuesday to PatchOgue, l.. I. where she teaches in the High school.
 At the regular communication of Ionic lodge, A. F. and A. M., next Tuesday evening, Rev. c. H. Puffer masonry.
 At the regular meeting of Mineral Springs lodge, Knights of Pythias, to- morrow night at 8 o'clock, D. D. G. C., Henry Roehm, and suite, will install the officers for the ensuing term.
 Miss Sara E. Stephens and MT. and Mrs Percy Pugh and daughter, Eliza beth, have returned to New York after spending the Christmas holidays with their parents, MT. and Mrs. David J. Stephens.
 1921 automobile licenses were de- clared good until January 9th, 1922, by a telegram to all the police officers of the state on New Years eve. The reason for the allowance of time this year was explained by the unusual difficulty experienced in filling out the application card. MT. and Mrs David J. Stephens en- tertained the following guests over the holidays: Miss Sara E. Stephens MT. and Mrs. Percy Pugh and daugh- ter, Elizabeth of New York, MT. and Mrs. Edward J. Stephens and son Richard, of this town and MT. and Mrs. Joseph W. Stephens.
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hOIIsi.

MTs. Hllen D. Mathewson spent Monday as guest of her daughter and Family in Willimantic.
 Some people think that farmers and tschooi teachers earn easy money, but such ignorance schould be illuminat- ed.
 MT. and Mrs. Ariel Green were at Elliotts over Christmas and MT. and Mrs. Morgan Brewer in South Wind ham.
 A number from here attended the school entertainment and community tree at Ashford Center on Saturday evening.
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ASHFORD WarrenYille

Mrs. Nellie Bates was out of town over Christmas.
 Mrs. W. c. Brown has been having an attack of measles this week.
 Miss Hilda Gerulet of South Ashford is home again from the hospital.
 Charles Lawton has been running truck for White Hewlett of Mount
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HOME NEWS.
LOCAL moxzes.

Tuesday evening, January IF, hear the Dinevor Welsh Concert Company at the Congregational church, Stafford Springs. a.
 Next Dance at Springs House Friday, January 6, 1922.
 -Congoleum yard square remnants 39 cents at Lane Variety Store.
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Rock Meadow

Edwin Heck returned to Mt Hermon school on Monday.
 William Kunhardt has been home awhile with his family.
 Albert Csatlos and his sister, Miss Lydia, have gone to Detroit, Mich.
 Mrs. Cornelia Sault was with her parents, MT. and Mrs John Csatlos, over Christmas.
 Lester Agard is in the Wing Memo rial hospital, Palmer, where he had an operation for mastoid last Wednes- day, but is doing well at this writing.
 Philena Agard died at the Connecti- cut state hospital, Middletown, Sun- day of bronchial pneumonia. She was born in Union September 18th, 1848 and spent most of her life here. The funeral will be at the Stafford Bap- tist church today at one o'clock, with burial at the Hillside cemetery.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1922-09-05

North and Solth Dakota. while Il
~Indian Territory N . grsal1
reduced fora becare The prestll.
State q Oklahoma
This story cf our exp4nsio. an
tFanzform4tisn into the state
Mould not be complete without :
word about cur non-eontiguou-
sreas. Porto Rizo. the Phillippine
Islands. Hawaii, the Nirgin Is
lands. Gaam. Tutuila. and the
Panama Caaal Zone. Porto Rice
and the Philippine islanda fel INTO
cur hands Is 4 rcznlt q the va
with spain. the "a we paid O.
Spain $1,000 600 for = fun can
collation. Of ner claim 20 the Pail
llppines. Guam which lies east Ol
the Philippines ard had been he'll
b. spain was taken over By ths
Dnited States IN 1885 during tn
var with Spain. Our Attle hlAnl
of Iutuiia il the Samoan group
te!l - the Caited States in is99
after long ysars of joint admins
tration az ths group BY Great Bri-
tain. Germany and the united
States. It's chief value Is IN Us
hne hArbor which i designated as
the best IN ths South Pacific while
the hArhors IN the Philippines ani
Hawaii are the best IN the North
ern Pacific. Hawaii. which hai
been knocking vigorously for ad
missioa 70 the United States frem
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cf Europeans on the area row
known as the United States vas
that of the Spanish az s.. Angus
tine, FLORIDA. IL 1855. the Enghsh
~ jamestown, Virginia. in 1907.
ife Dutch 90 The mouth u the
-ason n 1851. the Sweies On the
Nest bank a tie Delaware III 1857.
whlle the Preach who made their
nrst permanent settlement in
Quebec IN I60s soon EXTENDED
their claims Southw4rd by ex-
p.oraiion and settlement. and hy
1850 were claiming an a the area
drained by he Great Lakes and
the S. Lawrerce. By 1855. New
Swecen" had been taken over hv
the Dutch; n is64 the Drsrh a.
ritory of New Ne.her,zris- WAS
taken over By the Erriish. ne
French meantime had extended
their expioratiors down the Nis-
sisSipri 20 rs moth Ard were
Claiming al q the ara drzi-ef
by nat river as a resu'. of ~orir-
"a exQloraticrs' q the va,'ev.
his claim. however. was resisted
= the Eng,ish who ASSUMED that
Their cclcnies fronting or TIE A.
lsrtic were hy their charter ~
extend across the continent 10 tie
south Sea a. the Pacific AS
then called. ard n the war b.
twee7 Frzree ard England ovs-
tbs question he French were de-
feated zr2 ordered % transfer
Seir territorial claims 70 Great
Britain. which they proceeded 70
q. secretly. however. ceisrr tn
SPAN their claims 70 the western
section Of the Mississippi Valley
vhich. however. was srhseou--tiv
re-ceded 70 France b. the Spanish
Government
Il was when the English cox-
eminent found itself n fuii nos-
session Of no. oniy Canada but Re
entire eastern half of the NiSsis-
sippi Valley that its pariiamer.
attached 20 the Province of One
be- for temporary government.
tne area now known as Nichi-
gan, Ohio, Indiana. Illirois. wss-
corsin and a part Of Mfrresota.
and this action b. the British
Psrlisment ProveC 9 he straw
that broke the camel's back
with certain CT the colonies which
claimed that their o-igirai grants
extended 70 the Mississippi River.
ard Increased their viil;rzness 70
Join n q movement for 1n6eper-
is.cA thel peut;ng snong tie
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more than a century. WAS finally
released - the Massachusetts,
Legislature and in lS20 made a
state Of the Union.
One OF the first questions which
arose after the cession by the
colonies a their territory lying
west q the Alleghenies Was as 10
the method al its government A
CungFsssions Committee was ap-
pointed % consider the matter
with jefferson a. its head and the
rssult Il us lahors was the pres
eataticn of a plan of which Jef-
.terson was understood 70 Be the
author By witch the area in Ques-
t.ol should he divided into ten
rev states. som ~ the names be-
lrg drawn from the Greek and
Latin and others from Indian
phFaseSlogy. The peninsula ~
.ng between Lakes Huron and
Michigan was 70 Be called Cher
rresus," fha' bounded hy the Wa
b2sh, Ohio ard Mississippi poly
po-amla, " tta. between the Upper
Ohio ard The Great Lakes "Me.r.-
potauia." While other parts q
the area we're given TIE narses Il
lI,ncia," "AsseHlsslpaia. Mich
iCania" "SyNania.- Saratoga
and "WashirgtCr."
The above measure devised ard
recommcaici b Jefferson was ae-
cepted b. Congress and pus upon
the statute books bur before steps
had been taken . carry il into
1ctu1l operation Z was rcreaied
by the celebrated "0rd'narce of
I7S7" establishing the Territory
Northwest q 0his" q which Gen
era Arthur S. Claire was made
the r-st governor. N l7Ss. and The
first Territorial Government
Whch vas 20 prove such az i'm
poriant factor il tAe Development
q the western area. put into cper-
alton. Ge-erzl s. Claire es;ab-
iishsd the scat % the government
q th-t enormous territory a. the
LITTLE yillagV of -Losariviiie7
trtich ke rezzmed -Cincinnati" il
honor of the "Socety cf tie Cin-
cs-rati' of which he. as an osFicer
cf the Revoi1tiorzry War. was a
member. IL 1870 an act was pass
e f-r a siri.lar form Of govern
merit u a ra-. 81 The ara sar,h
81 tie Ohio whlci vas 20 Be fssig-
rated The Territory south y TIE
ono. the Provisions q that act
berg similar % TIA. which estab-
lishe1 the territory northwest of
The Ohio exccr. TIE omission for
the sc1'heru territory of the p-o-
yiso found u that Tor ths rorthern
territory with rcsa-sr-e . siav-
srv; - acf establishing the Ter
ritory Northwest cf The Ohis ex-
cilded slavery While that provis5
vas omitted ron the terms under
which the Territory South of .ks
Ohio was es'ablishei Th;s Terri
tory South q TIE Ohio iii rst.
however. include the Eentuckv
arsa which rtnss-et under TIE
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i had also become apparent that
these claims + uary Instances
oyeF-iappti caSh other; ard with
the uiagnan.-ol- spirit then prc.
vai.ing of fe4lis 70 the rew gov
eumert tie legislatures q tlose
seven states o-e IS onc eedei Is
the Common Union al q the.r
western claws. the area thus ces-
Cd % he formed into new states
with individual privileges srd
powers e9ua. 10 those which gen
erously reiirqu.she1 their Gains
upon tie territory n question.
The area thus ceded 70 the Con-
mon Union hy tke ssTen states
above named. lyirg between the
Allegheny Cumberland rage on
the east and the Mississippi on the
west. exceeded IL ara that retain
q BY the ~crig.-ai ttirteen.~ az
gregatirg about -0ea11 square
niles. while ne present ara q
tie original thirteen" Aggregates
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sequently became 4 part q the
present states Of New Mexico.
0klakoma. Kansas. Colorado. and
Wyoming.
The ink or the documents which
admitted Texas as 3 state Of the
Union Vas scarcely dry when there
began . series of events which ex-
tended the area Of the United
States from t5e western border q
Texas 70 the Pacific Ocean. A dis
puts between the United States
ard the Mexican GoyeFnment re-
garclng the southern boundary ~
Texas resulted IN the war between
the United States and Mexico,
which began in 1876, and in wkich
the Mexican area hen known as
New Mexico and Upper California
was oyer-run and captured by
American troops. and at the close
of that war was attached to the
United States on payment u sl5.-
600, 900 by the United States 70 the
Mexican Government. though this
sum was subsequently increased
by the assumption Of about S.
Ooo. 900 of debts Of the Mexican
Government 70 citizens q the Uni
ted States. By this absorption
of the former Mexican AREA Of
New Mexico and California our
territorial AREA was extended 70
the Pacific Cast. This great area
obtained from Mexico was sob-di-
vided into California which was IN
1850 admitted as n state without
Territorial probaticn." and the
remainder div ided into the Terri
tories Of New Mexico and Utah.
Subsequently Utah was transform
ed into three Territories, Utah.
Nevada, and Colorado and they
were later admitted as states. New
Mexico was later sub-divided into
the territories of Arizona. ard
New Mexico and subsequently ad-
mitted as states.
simultaneously with this extern
sion Of our government over the
AREA lying between Texas and the 1
Pacihc-the Mexican cession-an
agreement had been reached be-
tween the Unhed States and Great /
Britain regarding our claims to /
the Oregon Country" and IN lSss, |
the very year in which California
and New Mexico were acquired |
from Mexico. the area lying north |
II California was established By |
the United States Government as
The Territory of Oregon" and the
single year iSss thus brought Us
cur entire racihc frontage. The
Oregon Country became the Terri
tory Of Oregon which was suisse
subiiyided into the Terri
tories Of Oregon and Washington
and later admitted Es states. the
eastern part having been cut OF
and forming the Territory Of Idaho
ard part of the Territory Of
In isSS snail area lying south
y the Territory Of New Mexico
was purchased from Mexico FOR
sum of si0.0oo.000 70 settle a
boundary dispute and attached
10 the Territory Of New Mexico.
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United States. L. the Virgin Islands
the governor j. also designated by
n. Presiden. OF the United States
aid the Legislative functions are
vested IN a colonial council The
governors y Guam and Samoa are
rayal cfficers II ne United States.
designated b. the President FOR
that service, AMI the Governor Of
the Panama Cana zone is ar army
oficer des;gaated for that serrice
by the President. TIE population
Of the Philippine Islands i about
io5oo.coos rorto Rico 100000
Hawaii 25o.o0o. Alaska $500. the
Virgin Islands 2c.oe0, the Pan
ana Canal Zr-e p O0o
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was trarsfornssd into the State of
Tennessee The western section
q Georgia. ce1ed 70 the Common
laioH "a 1876 became the Terri
tory q Mississippi and later the
Territories Of Aissiszippi ard Ala
hama until they were finally ad-
rnitted As States Of the Union in
lsl7 and lsls. The Transformation
q the western front Of Nirginia
int0 the new state Of West Nir-
ginla in ise2-3 was an Incident Of
the Civil War.
The louisiana Purchase.
Meantime had come the hrSt
great addition % the area of the
United States, the Louisiana Per
chase. The area west of the Mis-
sissippi which had been originally
claimed by Fsznce as . result Of
exploration and been secretly
eeced 10 SPAN in l762 prior 70 the
expulsion ot France from the con
tinent, had subsequently been
again secretly transferred and re
ceaed b. Spain 70 France in the
year lsoo The complete control
of the mouth Of the Mississippi
River hy the United States VAS
extremely important 20 its people
and the commercial interests,
controlling IS il did the exit from
the Mississippi Valley 20 the Gulf
of Mexico, and when the eession Of
the area west Of the Mississippi
70 France in 1900 became known a
commission was sent 20 France By
the United States Government 10
negotiate for the purchase Of the
AREA adjacent tc the mouth of the
Mississippi and including the city
of New Orleans. The French Cow
erument, however. fearing q loss
of the entire western AREA 70 Great
Britain offered 20 sell Il all 70 the
United States for $4,000 600, Of (
which Sll.250 COZ would be in SIX
per cent bonds of the United States
Government snd the remainder TO /
be paid % citizens Of the United 4
States having claims against
aAtNtt aalA MAtA tlls treaty
reached Washington Il was quick I
ly ratified. N October 1908, and
the area of rke United States thus
doubled BY 4 single stroke Of the
pen.
This louisiana Purchase" thus
completed in ls02. which as above
Indicated more than doubled the
area of the country. included SS3,- T
coo square miles. while the total
AREA prior to the purchase was
only SIS 600 square miles. The
entire new area was given the title
of the Territory of Louisiana"
but IN lSos the southern tin was
cut OF and es-hlishsd a. the Ter
ritory q Orleans" and in 1912 the
Territory q Orleans was admit
ted 70 the Union as the State of
Louisiana and the remainder of
the purchase given a new title. the
Territory ~ Missouri" with its
capital az the city Of S. Louis.
Later. after the States q Arkansas
and Missouri had been cut OF from
its southeastern section the re-
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he Process by Which Our Original Thnteen' W
n" Were Enlarged and Transformed into the Pr

l7s6. North Carolina i7ss, ard
1870. South Carolina l7s7, and
Georgia IA lSQ2. Vermont, which
had been elai.aed b the State of
Sew York IS q Ezrt Of her area.
purchased independence from th1t
state b. paying $4,000 and was
subsequently, admitted to the
Dnion IS f.s first new state.
Name. which had been claimed ard
governed b. Massachusetts, sor
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the area thus added being abou.
5000 square miles.
Our Recent Accessions.
II 1867 Alaska with its enormous
territory Was purchased from R-s-
siz for S7,-'00.000, and Is now
the only area o. continental Uni
ted States stil governed as a ter
ritory, al other parts Of the great
continental areas added having
been transformed into states after
passing thro-gh their ~prcbztion
period as territories. The great
Territory Of Nebraska az one time
a part Of tire still greater Terri
tory q Missouri was sub-divid-
Cd irto the States Of Nebraska and
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followed in detail within the hmi-
tations of this discussion. Ken
tucky was admitted as a state n
1922. and Tennessee IN 1896. In
1900 the western part of the terri
tory northwest q the Ohio and ex-
tending 20 the Mississippi and the
Canadian line was cut OF and es-
tablished under the title OF Indiana
Territory and in iso3 the State Of
Ohio established. n 1905 the ter
rftory lying between Lakes Michi-
gan and Huron was established
As the Territory u Michigan
and il later proved a eonyenlent
nucleus 20 which 70 attach FOR
temporary government the Sec
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nzindsr vas renamed the Indian
Country
While this Indian Country was
slowly beng transformed into ter
rItorizl and state divisions, there
came the second addition 70 the
area q the United States in the
purchase of Florida from SPAN 70
which country Great Britain had
re-ceded i IN f7sS. The cousidera-
tic- q rs purchase from Spain
vas % be he payment b the
United States q vario1s claims
b. American citizens against the
Spanish government. which
amounted when paid. including IN
te-est. 20 $500. coo and the terri
tory thus purchased subsequently
bscane. 4 l125. The State q Flor-
ida
Texas al the Southwest
TIE third addition % our terri
tory cane IN tie form u the state
Of TEXAS 81 ch had IL 1856 seed
ei frcu Mcxicl and established
itself az an f-5eper6ent reruhlic
and irnmediztciy made Application
for sd-issrr q the Uritei
States Thls application wRs. hosx-
ever. rViectc- - Congress ~hen
made n ls77 and again IN 1874.
but II January, 1Ss5. Congress
passed an act giving its -conseut
thzt the tsrritoIy properly inc,ud-
Cd within the Reprblic Of Texas
Ray Be erected into a rev state
70 Be called Ire State of Teas
ard II DecemSer of that ysar the
JOINT resolut1-1 admitting Texas
as = state ~ the Jrion rassed
beth House ard Senate. the ara
beng thus .5-itted zs a State
without preliminary -probatior-
zs q territo-v Subsequently C11.
rrss parckzses fron RE state q
Texas Z rzrt - ~ o~fgf-zl are.
pzvi1g $1,000 -c09. ard fhs 194oo1
ss1are niles thss p1rrhassd sah-