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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-02

If science can't retard the advance
of age. 1t might do more to help us not
10 look IL.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-02

You cannot say Of a progressive
magician that he is always up to his
old tricks.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-02
COULD HARDLY
DO ANY WORK
Since Taking Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound This
Woman Feels So Well

Keesev;le, N. Y.-"I cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
QUEER MISTAKES MADE
Wrong Names, Wrong Titles and Other Things Arc Listed in Paris Telephone Books.

Paris. Feb. s.-Four years listing in tho telephone directory as n man midwife" has caused a Paris sur geon 10 bring action against the gov ernment. which is responsible for get- ting out the directory, to compel a change in his professional descrip- ton. He asserts that letters. tele- Ehonc calls. personal complaints and legal notices have been futile. Now he wants damages.
 His attorney, in m effort 10 show how the state telephone service is snarled up in rcd tape, has dug up from the current directory some queer examples of stupidity. He found that Bolo Pasha, executed as a spy during the war, is still listed in the directory, as are other men who arc dead or have disappeared. Two the- aters, the Theater Rejane and the Theater Dore, whose names long have been changed. he says. have been unable to have corrections made in the directory.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
DEPOSITS INCREASE
 BILLION AND HALF
More People Are Saving Money,
 Banking Association Reports

Chicago, Feb, s,-sayings deposits in the United States increased by about sl,50A, ,000, 900 in lass as eemr pared with 1891, according 10 prelim' mary figures iahnlated by the Savings Bank Division Of the American ilank- CTS association and announced here through district headquarters,
 The figures show that, compared to reported savings deposits on June SO, 1891, Of si6,siS.6as,ne0, the amount for the corresponding date m iass was siS,osT. .4as, 1000.
 The number Of savings accounts in- iieated hy the partial data m hand was ss.a57.5e6 on June 80, 1899. as compared to ss.6a7,sai on the core spending date in 1891. gain of 2,E sl4.6sb. For both the amount of savings and the number of depositors, later data of states from which com pleie returns have not yet been re- eeiVed are expected to show larger gains for 1929,
 According to this report school savings systems reported deposits Of s5, 800, ,on0 during the last school year. an increase Of 4Ofe over 1921 and iO0es over 1920. The number Of school systems also increased by over i00ef during the last school year. and the number Of pupils reported as par ticipating was i,27i,000, growth Of 5Oef over the previous school year.
 Tho data collected by the Savings Bank Division indicates that life in-
 .al cieties or the government bureau. now carried on American lives totals more than s5p,00o. 100000. Premiums on new business during the year ending November 1. 1922 amounted to s225. as0. 900. The total premiums. inclnd- ing the payments on annnities. paid
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
ARABLE TRACTS IN
 ENGLAND DECREASE
British Soil Fails 10 Meet the
 Nations Needs

London, I'eh S-The aFahle land in England and Wales decreased still further last geaE a recent government report has shown, and fears are eSr pressed that soon the day will come when this country will grow less af the cereals it needs than it has even produced hefnre, But ta the English man, there is one consolation in the government report, Mutton chops boiled potatoes and golf, three of the most popular factors in the life or England, are still well provided for hy the soil,
 That much can be gleaned from only a nasty glance through the g0V- crnment report II pointed out that although the land under crops cons tinues 10 he less and less extensive, acres bearing permanent grass in. creased hy iS90O0 last year, And these acres can be used 10 grage sheep, nr serve as faiFwayg for the man with the mashie,
 As n matter Of fact, grass lands are being used more and more for both purposes. New hunkers and greens greet the eye where hnnkers and greens never were seen before. Breed Ing ewes, the source of the ineseap- able English mutton, increased by as,000 in tho ia months covered py the government report, During this same period the total acreage of pos tatocs, which along with hrnssel sprouts make company for the nut ton in millions Of meals. was b6l,000. The previous year the potato crop em- hraecd 55S,000 acres and before the war. only 4a5,O00 acres.
 The report recorded substantial in- creascs in the number Of cows and calves, but the number Of farms de- creased by 5.iiS. Acres planted in wheat are 10000 fewer than a year ago, and the barley area has dropped to 13n.00O acres below the pre-war average. II may or may not be signi- ficant that beer. in which barley has a part, was imbibed in far less quantity in England last year than previously The brewers blamed the high taxes for the drop in the popularity of their foaming products. Pigs, too. are be- coming fewer and horses continue to II1dki Way lpl FdspllliF' isef'' sN"' N'N pig census revealed decline of 2Oo,- GOO porkers, and the foals were S,40o less than in 1921.
 The condition of British agriculture is generally regarded as critical. The English farmer cannot grow food as quickly as the city consumers must have it. or as. in fact, they can get it elsewhere. So the farmer is giving up the plough and letting the grass grow under his feet and those of his sheep. The report shows that in many cases he is even giving up the farm. During the last years of the war enormous efforts behind the plough increased the arabic land of this country so that it was possible for England to feed an extra 450o,- 600 of her population, but even the England could not feed half her hun gry mouths.
 Since the armistice much of the rev ploughed land has gone back to grass until now the soil under the plough is not much greater, according to the government report, than it was Immediately before the war.
 Fresh eggs 51c dozen. Russell Bros.
 oJyf
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08

they have uncovered here a fence" for the disposal Of large quantities or valuable articles stolen in Mexico,
 They were advised recently that jegelry. gold novelties. etc, were be- ing suFreptiliously sold al certain private dwelling in Hamburg, fro- yiding themselves with se,oo0 m United states banknoles and posing as foreigners. several officials visited the place. The upshat was an inyes- iisation rtyealing saluables worth SO. 00O,00 marks. All bore the i'm. prints of Mexican firms
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
PROFIT IN PINE
lis Representative iumheF Companies show Gsin-aserage Ter Cent on Investment in isiI,

Washington, Jan, s,-rFafits report ed by l4s representative companies iA the southern pine lumber industry averaged per cent on investment in l9lT and s,5 per cent in isis it was shown in a report submitted 10 cons gress tolay by the federal trade eoms mission, The report was based on information which the commission was directed by the president to se- cure for use of the war industries hoard in ils regulation of lumber prices,
 Revision Of the return made by the companies however ny elimination of stumpage appreciation from invest menis and costs, which ihe eommis, sion held should not have been in- cluded increased ihe average earnings to l2 ner cent in iaiT and n per cent 1918, fhe commission stated that even after this revision the production costs were inflated in many instances,
 \ wide range in the earning rates was reported for both years, mounting from loss of per cent to profit Of 6s per cent in 1917 and from loss Of is per cent to profit of S2 per cent in 1918.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
EFFICIENCY

Genuine Naturopathy promotes Health and Efficiency. IL helps the sick to get well and keeps the well fit. It gives level head, clear brain. normal appetite. good digestion. sleep, pep and an immense capacity for work. Inc old custom was to treat the effects. by my methods the cause is located and removed by adjust ments. The latest electrical treat ments. violet rays and electric light baths or whatever is indicated for a speedy cure. Any man. woman or child suffering from general weakness, chest diseases. stomach. liver. kidney or heart diseases. high blood pressure or faulty blood circulation. Dcuritis. sciatica or any form of rheumatism, my treatments never fail to give de- sired results. Or for those who have failed to find relief, regardless of what ailments. this message is for you. The treatments are not embarrassing for women and are painless.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
RECORD POTATO SURPLUS
i60,000 Carloads of Last seAsan's Crop Are stnl in Possession of Growers, Government Reports,

Chicago. Feb, s,-one hundred and sixty thousand carloads Of last sea, sons record breaking potato crop still are in possession Of growers. sur plus without precedent in the last nine years. the [. s, Bureau Of Agrieul- tural economies said today,
 The condition was said to be due to difficulty in moving the unusually large crop,
 It was estimated that only about half the i6o.00G carloads would be marketed and the remainder held for seed.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08

Pure lard 2 lbs, sss- Russell Rres, -adf,
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
WEATHER REPORT.
Cloudy Tonight and Friday Will Be
 Warmer

For Connecticut: Cloudy tonight, Friday warmer. Fresh northwest winds.
 Conditions. The disturbance that was central yesterday morning over North Dakota has moved eastward into the Lake region. High pressure overcasts the Atlantic coast districts and the Pacific northwest. The tenn peratures arc low in New England and the southern states.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity. partly cloudy weather and warmer.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08

Strictly fresh eggs. bie dog, doz, sl.n0. Russell Rros,-advt.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
IS ARE DROPPED
Trinity College Weeds Out Those Who
 Fall Below

Hartford. Feb. s,--After a faculty meeting at Trinity college yesterday, IS students received notices that they had been dropped because of deficient scholarship. as revealed by the mid year examinations. The number fs particularly large and includes several prominent athletes. besides several
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08

freshmen and sophomoFes she are seT tive in undergraduate organizations,
 Al least $ more men were placed on probation, which haEs them rom participation in an undergraduate ae- liNities and means the loss Of seholaFs ships.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08

Put in Herald Classified ad, it will help you sell it.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08

Herald Classified ads are the talk of the town.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08

Fresh eggs Sic dozen. Russell Bros oJyf
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08
- ID R I N K - AYERS SODA WATER

Take home a large bottle of lemon and lime--something you will like it's delicious.
 Three size bottlcs---jc, 1Oc. 15c.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-08

during the year. amounted 10 more than sl.s0e. .a0e. eco, The amount Of new life insurance purchased during the year lsss was ss,sea, ,eea,A ,Aoe, an increase of fee,eee,eeo or fss ever 1921,
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-22

need translation to know that here spoke the longing of q woman for life, love home, the heritage of woman's heart.
 "Si r' rolled out the Indians reply, full of power and depth.
 Mercedes drew a long breath, and her hand sought Thornes
 He says ycs.9 she whispered He answers he'll save Us; he'll take us all hack he knows -
 The Indian turned away to his tasks. and the silence that held the little group was finally broken by Ladd
 "Shore I said so. Now all we've got to do is use sense. Friends Pm the commissary department of this outfit, an what l say goes. You all won't eat except when tell you. Mebbe it'll not be so hard 10 keep our health Starved beggars don't get sick. But there's the heat eomin an We can all go loco, you know. To pass the time Lord, that's our problem. Now, if you all only had hankerin' for checkers. Shore I'll make q board an make you play Thorne, you're the luckiest. You've got your girl an this can be a honeymoon Now with a few tools an little material see what d gand house you can build for your wife. Dick. you're lucky. too. You like to hunt, an up there you'll find the finest bighorn huntin in the West. Take Yaqui and the 4o5. We need the meat. but while you're gettin l. have your sport. Rustic now, son. Get some enthusiasm. For shore you'll need it for yourself an us.
 Gale climbed the lava slope away round to the right of the arroyo, along an old trail that Yaqui said the Papagos had made before his own people hunted there. From the erests Yaqui's searching falcon gaze roved near and far for signs of sheep. Suddenly he grasped Gale and pointed across a deep, wide gully.
 With the aid of his glass Gale saw five sheep. They were looking in his direction Remembering what he had
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-22

heard about the wonderful eyesight of these mountain animals. Gale could only conclude that they had seen the hunters.
 Then YaQui's movements attracted and interested him. The Indian had brought with him n red scarf and a mesquite branch. He tied the scarf on the stick, and propped this up in crack of the lava The scarf waved in the wind That done, the Indian bade Gale watch.
 Once again he leveled the glass at the sheep. All five now were motion less, standing like statues. heads pointed across the gully. They were more than mile distant. When Gale looked without his glass they merged into the roughness of the lava. He was intensely interested Did the sheep see the red scarf? It seemed incredible, but nothing else could ac- count for that statuesque alertness. The sheep held this rigid position for perhaps fifteen minutes Then the leading ram started to approach. The others followed. He took a few steps, then halted Always he held his head
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-22

no ties, lew memories, and the desert was claiming him.
 Thorne and Mercedes, however were living, wonderful proof that splr- it. mind. and heart were free-free to soar In scorn of the colossal barren ness and silence and space ot that terrible hedging prison of lava. They were young; they loved; they were together: and the oasis was almost a paradise. Thorne and Mercedes had forgotten the outside world. If they had been existing on the burned-out desolate moon they could hardly have been in q harsher, grimmer, lonelier spot than this red-walled arroya.
 Although the Yaqul was as his shadow. Gale reached a point when he seeemed to wander alone at tWi- light. in the night. at dawn. At night he had formed a habit of climbing up the lava slope as far as the smooth trail extended. and there on promon- tory he paced to and fro, and watched the stars, and sat stonestill for hours
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-22

dark arm toward the west. A bank 7 clouds was rising above the mounta,r barrier.
 "Rain w he cried; and his sonorops voice rolled down the arroyo
 Those who heard him were as shin wrecked mariners at sight of die tant sail.
 Dick Gale silent, grateful to thA depths of his soul, stood with arm over Blanco Sol and watched tho transforming west where clouds ofI wondrous size and hue piled over one another, rushing, darkening, spreading sweeping upward toward that white and glowing sun.
 "Oh! I felt a drop of rain on my face!" cried Mercedes; and, whisper. ing the name of saint, she kissed her husband.
 Ladd, gaunt, old, bent, looked up at the maelstrom of clouds, and he said. softly, "Shore we'll get in the bosses, an pack light, an hit the trail an make night marches :"
 Then up out of the gulf of the west swept a believing wind and q black pail and terrible flashes of lightning and thunder like the end of the world fury, blackness, chaos, the desert storm.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-22
(COntinued next week. ]
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TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

Beginning Monday, February 9th, 1923. I will meet the property owners of Nevada county at the various places below noted for the purpose of collect ing taxes for the year 1922
 You are warned to bring your last tax receipt in order to save time and trouble for yourself and Collector: Prescott, Thursday, March 1st, to April 10th.
 J. n. PARKER. Sheriff and Collector of Nevada Go.
The Nevada County picayune., 1923-03-22
He Came at Length to Realize That
 the Desert Was a Teacher.

looking down at the vast void with it's moving. changing shadows He came at length to realize that the desert was d teacher He did not realize all that he had learned but he was different man. And when he decided upon that, he was not thinking of the slow, sure call to the primal instincts If man; he was thinking that he desert. as much as he had experienced and no more. would absolutely over turn the whole scale of q mans val ues, break old habits. form new ones, remake him. More of desert expert ence. Gale believed. would be toe much for intellect The descrtvlld not breed civilized man.
 Thus the nights passed endlessly long, with Gale fighting for his old or. der of thought, fighting the faseIna- tien of that infinite sky. and the gloomy insulating whirl of the wide shadows. fighting for belief hope. prayer, fighting against the terrible eyer-recurring idea of being lost lost. lost in the desert fighting harder than any other thing the iusidious. pene- trating, tranquil. unfeeling self that was coming between him and his mem nry
 He felt he was losing the battle. losing his hold on tangible things, los Ing his power to stand up under this p2nderons. merciless weight of desert space and silence.
 Al the moment he was alone on the rromontory, The night was far spent. X ghasty moon haunted the black volcanic spurs. The winds blew si= lently Was he alone? No, he did not seem to be alone. The Yaqui Was there Suddenly strange. cold Sensa- tton crePt over Gale. II was new. He fell q presence Turning he ex- pected to see the Indian, but instead, a slight shadow, pale, almost white, stood there, not close nor yet distant. IL seemed 10 brighten Then he saw woman who resembled a girl he had seemed to know long ago, She was White-faeed, gOlden-haired, and her lips were sweet and her eyes were turning black. Nell He had forgot ten her Over him flooded a torrent of memory. There was tragic woe in this sweet face. Nell was holding out her arms-she was crying aloud to him across the sand and the cactus and the lava She was in trouble, and he had been forgetting
 That night he climbed the lava to the topmost cone, and never slipped on a ragged crust nor touched choya thorn. A voice had called to him. He saw Nell's eyes in the stars, in the velvet blue of sky, in the blackness of the engulting shadows She was with him, a slender shape a spirit keeping step with him, and memory was strong, sweet, beating, beautiful. Far down in the west, faintly golden with light of the sinking moon. he saw a cloud that resembled her face. A cloud on the desert horizon He gazed and gazed. Was that a spirit face like the one by his side? No-he did not dream.
 In the hot, sultry morning Yaqui appeared at camp, after long hours of absence, and he pointed with long,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-11
INJURED MAN FOUND
ALONG So. AMBOY ROAD

Local and South Amboy police are
investigating the finding of a man In
the road between South Ambov and
n state bridge by two Long Branch
ing.
l.. d. Hadkins of 100 Nugent ave-
nue. Long Branch, reported the find
ing to Lieutenant Andrew Jensen at
police headquarters and Riei-
nalo Scherry of 428 Hanson avenne.
Long Branch. brought the nan to
the local hospital. The South Am
roy police were notified of the in
cldent by Lieutenant Jensen.
AT the hospital it was earned that
the injured man was James Price
s!Xty-slx years old, of 500 Center
street, South Amboy. His only in
jury Is a scalp wound and he is be-
ing attended by DR.. NJ. S. Meinzer.
The authorities are at a loss 10
learn o the man came to be in the
road unless he was hit by a vehicle
and the driver of same kept Going
AFTER the accident or did not know
anyone was struck. 1t is not known
now long he had been lying in the
road. 49,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-11
Perth AmbOy to Debate
Bdttin On March 23rd

AS a result of the Rutgers Inter
scholastic debating conference, held
last Saturday afternoon at New
Brunswick the high school will meet
Battin high school, of Elizabeth, on
March %. The place for the debate
has not yet been decided upon and
neither has the side of the subject
on which the two schools will argue
been decided.
The question which will be debat-
ed is Resolved that the Merchant
Marine of the United States Should
Be Subsidized by the Federal Gov
eminent" The high schools making
up the group, of which Perth Amboy
is a member, are New Brunswick,
Atlantic City and Battin high of
Elizabeth.
On the same night that the local
institution meets in Elizabeth school,
New Brunswick will meet in Allan
tic City. The winners of these two
contests will meet in a final debate
or April 81 to decide the league
championship. To sthe victors is
awarded a handsome trophy. Perth
eral previous occasions.
Interest in debating at the local
high school was aroused last year by
the reorganization of the Debating
Club. Professor Lester j. Bartlett
who is the faculty advisor of the
club will coach the Crimson and
White representatives. Professor
Bartlett is a veteran debater having
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-11
SOUTH AMBOY

Deputy Grand Sachem George
Bright, of ~Sayreville. will visit Ser
eca Tribe No. %, I. o. r. NJ, of this
city, tonight when the installation of
the recently elected local officers will
take place.
Work on the installation of win
dows on the third floor of st. Mary's
convent was commenced yesterday.
William Curtis, of Perth Amboy.
spent last night at the home of
friends on Second street.
Thomas Burden visited with
friends at New Brunswick yesterday.
A gang of men at the H~ole-in-the-
Wall yesterday created quite a little
interest among the residents in close
proximity to the "hole." A series of
questions were flung at the men but
instead of being greeted with the in
formation that the hole was to be
widened, the men stated that they
were only filling in the cracks of the
walls. Just why the Pennsylvania
railroad is sc careful about the
cracks, especially since it is under
stood that the work of great i'm
provements Is only a matter of a few
weeks, is worrying those interested
in the movement.
The members of the Sacred Heart
Dramatic Association will present a
three-act drama in the school hall
on Sunday afternoon and evening.
The title of the play is the Gu
charastic Hero"-'Bohater Euchar-
ystyczny." The afternoon perform
ance will be given at $3.50 and the
evening performance at s.
Hans C. Miller and Thomas N.
Kvist were visitors at ~Sayreville on
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-11
Jamesburg Bank Elects

JAMESBURG, Jan. 1.-THE an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the First National Bank~was held at
the banking rooms of the bank Tues
day afternoon. Joseph M. Perrine
presided as chairman; Milton I.
Voorhees,, secretary: George A.
Shultz, Harvey Stonaker and Will
lard Forman, yer named as judges
of election. The directors as fol-
lows:
Joseph M. Perrine. Condit M. Day.
ison, William H. Brooks. Milton I.
Voorhees,, of Jamesburg: William HI.
Clemens, Helmetta; Abijah Apple
gate, Prospect Plains; w. w. En-
mons. Monmouth Junction.
Following the election of the di-
rectors the following officers were
elected: President, Joseph M. Per-
rine; vice president and cashier. Mil
ton I. Voorhees,; assistant cashier,
William H.. Brooks.
The past yea has been the most
successful in the fifty-nine years
since its founding. With a capital
stock of $4,000: undivided profits
of $4,000, and surplus of $4,000
the directors have ease to feel
proud OF the record with heal OPP
position in the local Building and
Loan Association with deposits of
$500 900 also and In a town with but
1000 population.