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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29
THE FREEHoLDERs TO BLAME

The Board of Freeholders will certainly come in for
their share of criticism tomorrow when the thousands OF
autoists bump the bumps over Amboy avenue on their way
10 and from the shore. Perth Amboy, which stands ready to
barry out the Amboy avenue improvement, ought to have a
sim placed at the city line on Amboy avenue setting forth
fthe fact that the condition of the road is due to the pettiness
and obstinacy of the Board of Freeholders of MiddleseN
county.
The State Highway Commission is ready to assume
practically all the expense of this improvement, it being a
hart of Route No. / of the state highway system; the City OF
Perth Amboy is ready to take back the street thereby re-
lieving the freeholders of all responsibility, yet the freehold
srs refuse to act.
What is the motive behind the freeholders? Why have
they changed so suddenly from an attitude of being more
than willing to have Amboy avenue given back to the city so
that negotiations might be entered into with the State High
way Commission, to a position that blocks the whole matter?
The inference is that the county board is willing to re-
turn the thoroughfare back to the city and allow the State
Highway Commission to pay for the improvement provided
the freeholders can dictate how the road shall be built and
.select the material to be used-probably another patent
pavement dodge. There is a feeling that the freeholders are
peeved because the city has conducted negotiations with the
state board without first consulting the county board, in
spite OF the fact that the freeholders know that the city Is
The only official body with which the state ommission can
carry on such negotiations.
Then, again, it is reported without beng denied that
tbe freeholders have decided that by changing the route o.
Amboy avenue so as to pass across lands of the Barber
Asphalt Company, that big concern is going 10 be Denehttec
through the abandonment of the present route. No one de-
MES this. In fact, the asphalt company would not be offer
ing to give the land for the new route if it was not advantag
eous for them to do so. Leaving out the fact that the public
is to be benefited by having a shorter and safer route be
Tween Perth Amboy and Woodbridge, is it any crime for the
freeholders to do something that will be of direct benefit 70
oae of the largest taxpayers in the county, especially If NO
3ne else is to be injured?
These reasons for the puerle action of the freeholders
,e the only one that can be imagined. Perhaps the free
olders have some real reason for the attitude they have
lddenly assumed, but they have not seen fit to take the
public into their confidence. But that is not surprising Tor
the Board of Freeholders are not inclined to take the public
into their confidence in any of their actions.
However, this Amboy avenue matter is too important
10 be ignored. The conditions of the thoroughfare is such
\.atf -te6n must Re taken. The freeholders are holding
lhes up at the present time. Senator Larson has accused
hem of bad faith. The senator speaks for the public In THIS
bgard.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29
HASKIN TELLS OF OUR
PREHISTORIC INHABITANTS
Daily Letter by Frederic j. Haskin

WASHINGTON. d. c., May &c
Visiting prehistoric ruins in now a
popular pastime with v~acdtlJh4s 5
who believe in seeing America hrst.
Out in Colorado in the Mesa Verde
National Park we have historic re-
mains that compare favorably with
ruins anywhere, both in picturesque
ness and mystery. The government
has for some years been engaged in
excavating and repairing them and
they show promise of becoming one
of the standard sights of America,
in a class with the Washington
Monument. Niagara Falls. the Statue
of Liberty. and Pixies Peak.
Only recently have Americans
been awakened to an interest in
home grown antiquities. In 1907
when the Mesa reservation was
esta blished by the government,
twenty-five tourists came to see Its
wonderful cliff dwellings. Last
year $500 visitors were shown the
sights of the park.
Each yea more of the Mesa Verde
ruins are in shape for public inspec-
ton. DR.. Fewkes, who is chief of
the Bureau of American Ethnology
of the Smithonian Institution,
spends his summers directing exca-
walton and restoration work. with
the twofold purpose of promoting
scientific knowledge and of interest
ing Americans in the remarkable
past of their country.
Scientists have eve been able to
prove definitely whence the cliff
jewellers of southwestern Colorado
came, or how they learned to be
stone masons of such skill, or why
they at last abandoned their stone
towers and temples and disap-
peared.
1t is supposed that they were the
ancestors of some of the modern
southwestern Indians who lived in
pueblos. or community houses. AT
one time some scientists thought
that the Aztecs of New Mexico
taught the Mesa Verde cliff jewellers
to build with stone. But now it has
been practically agreed that these
prehistoric Americans developed
their own building craft.
At first they were cave men, seek
ing shelter in natural caves in the
sides of the canyons. Then they be-
gan to pull stones about and place
them for greater protection. What
are supposed to be their early at
tempts at building are simple shell
tiers made of huge stones set on
edge. From making these rude huts
the builders progressed until they
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29
TWO CHURCH PROJECTS

Two important church building projects for Perth Am
oy have been announced during the past few days. ST.
JARVIS Roman Catholic Church, which has made such rapid
progress recently under the able leadership of Monslgnor
lantweu, is about to erect a new high school in connection
With the parochial school system of that parish, and the Bap-
isf denomination has taken steps to start at once to raise
binds for the erection of a new church edlice at City Hall
park. Both of these structures will be a decided credit to
the city.
With the completion of the new high school St. Marys
uia take its place among the leading parishes, IN the matter
of education, in the Trenton Diocese. 1t is already a leader
! other WAYS. With the high school classes it will be posi-
lie for st. Mary's to continue the religious education OF the
children of the parish along with the secular training right
10 TO the time for entrance into college. And with numerous
q igh class Catholic colleges the boys and girls OF that faith
ill always have the advantage of church instruction.
AS for the Baptists, they have been laboring under a
reat handicap ever since they sold their old building IL
ayette street. And even before that they had difficulty in
arriving on their work owing to the disadvantage of their
cation.
The Baptists now have a beautiful piece of property
scafed on one of the most desirable corners in the city and
18th the erection of a church edifce in keeping with the
qh class surrounding there is bound to be a renewed inter-
Il in the work of the church that will enable it to take it,
Ayhtful Mace among the leading religious bodies of the city
A town without churches is a hopeless place, indeed
"a more prosperous the churches are the more Desirable
= place is fora home. Perth Amboy has every reason 70
II proud that the churches of this community are SO
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

constitute q folio.
O., What are the capacities OF
the largest and smallest oil
les in the United States?-H T.. b.
A. The smallest oil refinery 10 IN
| Ohio and has a capacity of f1ve bar
rels a week. The largest plant 10 in
New Jersey and it can refine $780,
900 barrels daily.
@, Who were the comprachicos?
e. L. D.
A. Comprachicos was the name
| adopted by a nomadic afhliation.
| famous in the seventh century In
Europe. This band of persons made
a practice of buying and selling chill
| dren. These children were by means
| of surgical operations deformed and
| disfigured so that they assumed GER
tain peculiarities. which provided
the humor demanded at the time.
The organization had its w laws.
| oaths and formulas. and was found
| principally in England, Spain.
France and Germany. The name IL
a compound Spanish word meaning
buyers of little ones.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29
Questions Answers

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Amboy Evening News Lnt9sm
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

Men and razor blades are useless
when they lose their temper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

Maryland has strawberries six
inches around. 1t n takes two or
three of them to make a dozen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

Men and razor blades are useless
when they lose their temper.
THE world is a mass of jelly"
a a British lecturer. Others think
it is in a pickle.
France and Italy will join Eng
land in investigating Turkish atroci-
ties. We saw a man smoking one
yesterday.
A man with lots of time on his
hands usually kills it all.
shoot to kill' is the order Cupid
is working under.
This year is half gone. So Is the
1921 gloom.
"Skirts" is a slang expression for
women" but it is time to change
1t to stockings"
Knowing myself isn't much use
unless you can convince others.
According to the latest wargraft
rumoTs, the ex-soldiers can't have a
bonus because the ~eX-slackers al
ready have it.
If some iappers are wise beyond
their years, they know everything.
Hoover says Russia must go to
work. If this is true, the situation
is worse than Russia thought.
1t will soon be time to put on an
old suit and eat watermelon.
Beggars shouldn't be boozers.
Two million people in America
can't speak English"-news item,
Who would have thought there were
that many train callers?
An opportunity always looks big
ger going than coming.
People without autos have a hard
time keeping away from home.
Another rich man has killed him
self because he lost his fortune and
didn't have any more money thai
the rest of US.
Health experts r attacking New
York theatre The only fresh all
in some is that played by the or
chestra.
Doyle says he hears nothing from
hell; but Voliva claims he knows
where it is, so that's all right.
A wise lets her husband
make her do what she wants to do
U. s. engineers report u levet
system is strong enough. II the,
mean tax levy, yes.
Der of scholars nave made differen
deductions and set forth dtfferen
theories from the evidence so Ia
unearthed. -.
Unfortunately the Pueblos OF thi
section had no system of writing be
yond a few rude symbols scratches
on cliffs or painted on their earthen
ware Jars. From remains found Il
their buried dwellings it is known
that they were farmers. coaxing
scant living out of the dry mes
country. Bits of pottery and deco
rated fabrics tell US that they ha.
a strong sense of beauty BY sucl
random clues the lost Mesa Verd
49, .-E-s-,1 .tanffefo IN fuFfha
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

The world is a mass of jelly
says a British lecturer. Others think
it is in a pickle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

The Evening News will not be published tomorrow,
Memorial Day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

France and Italy will join Eng
land in investigating Turkish atroci-
ties. We sew a man smoking one
yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29
Bible Thought For Today

~ PERFECT PEACE-Thouw wilt keep him in perfect
i zee. whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in
thee-Isaiah 20: 3.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

~ToMHsiiIMYs

The man who borrows trouble
never pays back as much as he
gets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

A man with lots of time on hi:
hands usually kills ii all.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

U. s. engineers report our levee
system is strong enough. II they
mean tax levy, yes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-29

shoot to kill is the order Cupid
is working under.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

amalgamate all the shoe workers or
ganizations In America into one big
union which shall be independent of
the American Federation Of Labor.
After being closed down for more
than year, the Sunday Lake mine,
near Wakefield Mich, will be opened
as soon as repairs to Its machinery
can be made. 1t will employ 200 men.
The strike on the Lackawanna and
Hamburg trolley line (N. y was de-
clared off after the company had with
drawn a proposed new wage schedule
and signed years contract with the
men.
The Bessemer plant of the Republic
Iron & Steel company, Youngstown, o.,
resumed operations after q shutdown
of IS months. About TOO men are af-
fected. The starting of the plant brings
Bessemer production to 100 per cent
capacity.
The number of unemployed In Penn
sylvania has dropped from 190655 on
May Is to 1877, ,405 on June l. A short
age Of skilled workers exists In some
lines, mostly in farming and building
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01

ton, with nearly dozen more In proc.
ess of organization.
Wheeling Steel corporation has be-
gun excavating at Tiltonville, O., for
90 houses for employees of Its York
vile tin plate plant.
The Ford Motor company plans the
establishment of large plant for the
assembling of its cars in Mexico, ac-
cording TO official advices from Mexico
City.
Wages of city firemen of Freeport
Ill.,, have been cut from $135 per month
to S125 and the ten-day vacation here
tofore granted each year has been
abolished.
Thirty thousand laborers went on
strike In the state of Puebla, Mexico.
This Is the first phase of general
strike proclaimed throughout the state
by the workmen's syndicate.
Mrs. A. b. Spreckels of San Fran
cisco has been appointed a special rep
resentative of the Department of Labor
and will investigate conditions among
women in industry in Europe.
A plan is under consideration to
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
OTHER LABOR NOTES

New York state has more than 800.
600 factory workers.
English footmen formed one of the
earliest labor unions in 100.
Wages paid furniture workers in
Milwaukee average $9,0O00O0 yearly.
Milwaukee has the largest ear shops
in the country owned by single rail-
way.
The engineering forces of the
Chilean state railways are headed by
a woman.
SiXty-four per cent of the men EN-
ployed in central Pennsylvania coal
mines are contract miners.
The total earnings of all soft coal
miners in Pennsylvania for the year
1921 was more than $14O00,O00.
OF the 90 leading cities Of the coun-
try o. reported increased employment
and l3 reported decreased employment
during June.
The big international labor unions
now have seven banks in full opera
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-09-01
operations and in road construction

operations and in road construction
and public improvements.
At Lowell, Mass, union textile oper.
atives employed by the Merrimack
Manufacturing company walked out
when they learned that 20 per cent
cut was effective. The company EN-
ploys about 1000 workers, most OF
whom are union members
The number of persons wholly un-
employed in Great Britain on June
l was 42,657 less than In the previous
week and 352,1 less than the figures
recorded at the beginning of January.
Nevertheless there are still some l.
All, 1000 unemployed In the country.
The strike of the Berlin printers.
which has kept the German capital
without most of its daily newspapers
for several days, came to an end.
Work was resumed under a new wage
agreement The printers viii receive
increases In salary ranging from 100
TO 800 marks weekly.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-11-17
Why They Got Nowhere,

A story that harks back 10 the Civil
war concerns troop Of Confederate
mountain volunteers and their colonel.
They had been sent for by certain
Confederate town, but before they
could arrive the federal forces were
In command of the city. The auxiI.
iaries arrived in the night and found
the town deserted. Not caring to mix
unnecessarily with the Union troops,
they turned around and rode out OF
the town by the first gate and road
they found. Before them stretched u
fine smooth highway and they took to
II for all they were worth. They rode
all night without passing any villages
or signs OF civilization. The country.
side seemed not only deserted, but tie.
molished as well. When the sun peeped
over the Blue Ridge mountains the col.
onel drew up suddenly. whats the
matter, subj" asked the lieutenant.
Dammit, suh," roared the colonel.
we've been galloping around race
track all night. San Frhncisco Ar
gonaut.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-11-17
COMMONS" ONLY IN NAME
Delegates to Early English National
Assembly Belonged Without Ex-
eeption to Proprietary Class.

As early as 1854 in England,
knights were called from the shires TO
the national assembly to testify to the
taxable capacity of their districts. Two
from each shire were chosen by the
gentry and landowners.
At first the custom had no purpose
except the desire OF the taxing body
to keep In close financial touch with
the towns and districts. But soon
Simon de Montfort, in rebellion against
Henry III. turned II into gathering
TO express and discuss grievances
against the king. In this way there
grew up representative assembly
called the Commons" which sat and
debated apart from the gathering Of
great mobiles and bishops, called the
House of Lords
The difference, however, was no
more than relative. For in this early
house of commons there were no com.
mon men In the modern conception of
the term. They were all men of prop
erty. many as wealthy and influential
as the great peers, and. indeed. fire.
quently they were the sons and young,
er brothers of these peers. The really
common man In those days had not
even vote. to say nothing of seat
In parliament.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-11-17
MATTER OF SEl.F-PRoTECTl0N
Why Signatures In the Form Of.
Round "Robln" Were at One
Time Advisable.

The most generally accepted belief
is that the practice OF signing pro-
test or petition In circle (now known
as a "round robin'') originated In
France. where. as protests from sub
ordinates were regarded by govern
ment officials as little less than mu-
tiny. there was natural desire to
keep the order Of signing secret.
The most noted Round Robin" In
the English language is probably one
that originated at a dinner In the
house of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Among
those attending were Edmund Burke
Edward Gibbon and others famous In
the world OF letters. all Of whom were
friends or acquaintances OF Oliver
Goldsmith.
The epitaph written for the poet by
Doctor Johnson became u topic of dis
cussion. and various changes were
suggested. These. II was agreed,
should be submitted for the doctors
consideration. When the question
arose as to who should propose them
TO him II was suggested that 'round
robin" was the best means of solving
the difficulty. Despite his fiery dispo-
sition. Doctor Johnson, II Is said, ac-
cepted the robin" In the spirit In
which 1t was intended.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-11-17
AUTOS CAUSE DEATH
OF 1888 PERSONS

Washington, ID C.--There were 49,
l6S deaths from accidents caused by
automobiles and other motor vehicles.
excluding motorcycles, during 1921 In
the death registration area OF the Uni.
ted States. comprising "a states and
containing 80 per cent of the coun.
try's population. the census bureau
has announced. That was an increase
OF 1866 over 1920. The death rate for
100000 population was lis. compared
with 1914 in 1920. California led all
states in the death rate. while among
the cities of 100000 or more popula.
ton Los Angeles led.
There was about 2S per cent in.
crease in the automobile death rate
from 1917 to 1921. while the actual
number OF deaths in - states for
which data are available increased IL .
per cent. Deaths in the registration
area by years were announced as fol.
lows: 1917. 6724: 1918, 1926; 1919.
1868: 1920, 9lO3; 1921, lO.l6S.
New York state registered the larg.
est number of deaths. with 1852. an in
crease of 222 over 1920, while Della.
ware had the smallest number. with
II, decrease of 90.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-11-17
TAKE TURNS KEEPING HOUSE
New York Man and His Wife Have
Arrangement They Say 10 "AlI
to the Good"

Jones and his wife are a modern
couple. Each goes TO business and
each helps with the housework. II so
happens that each works In an Office
where ON alternate weeks their pres
ence Is required at an early hour and
their quitting time Is fixed correspond.
ngly early, says the New York Sun.
We've doped II out this way" ex-
planned Jones. THE week the wife has
to get to the Office early ] get up and
get breakfast and after breakfast wash
the dishes and make the bed. After
that ! just have time to make the Of
flee. When the wife gets home at
nigSt she gets the dinner, so that by
the time arrive everything Is on the
table steaming hot. The next week.
when have to get In early mornings.
we just shift schedules. She gets the
breakfast and l the dinner.
"Of course / had to have little
coaching on the cooking at first, hut
I've got so now | can shake as mean
an elbow around the kitchen as any
one, whether It's boiling an egg for
breakfast or preparing a ive-course
dinner.
'Some who have heard of the ar
rangement think we're crazy. But
we're happy; so what's the differ
encef"
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-11-17
FREIGHT MEETING Is HELD
Car Shortage Discussed at Portland
Conference

Salem. Or.-Representatiyes OF the
Oregon public service commission.
Washington bureau of public works
and the Idaho public utilities commits
sion held a conference in Portland
November to discuss the car short.
age.
The conference was called at the
request OF Clyde IL. Aitchison. mem.
Der of the Interstate commerce com
mission. who recently recommended
that ALLEGATION of cars in this dis.
trict be left to the state commissions.
The present car shortage was said
10 have interfered materially with
number of the larger industries in
Oregon. and the three commissions
will make every effort to remedy the
situation. 1t was said.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1922-11-17
Lunenburs Gloucester Of Nova Scotia

In Lunenburg, the Gloucester OF
Nova Scotia, the smell of fish Is In all
and over all. Churches, fish flakes.
curing plants, steep hills, bold head
lands. shlpyards, skilled fishermen and
a slightly fleet of fishing vessels, oxen
and German-lookIng faces. figures and
names, are the characteristics. The
place was settled by Hessians back in
George Tvs time, and marked traces
of the early settlers remain. The
housewives are so neat that they even
put lace curtains at the cellar and
woodshed windows. A prodigious
changing OF church bells goes ON in
Iunenburg every Sunday. for the place
has many places of worship.
From Lunenburg come some of the
hardest and most skillful mariners
and fishermen In the world. while the
fishing feet and the vessels built here,
have q wide reputation.