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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11
Plan Odd FeIIoMs nar

Odd Fellows Day for the members
of the order in District no. TO- that
includes this city, Woodbridge. Care
teret, Plainfield. Elizabeth. Wcaf-
field and Railway viii be held az
Dreanland Park. Newark, on Tuhs
day. August rs. according to the ail@
nouncement Of the COMMITTEES last
night at a meeting OF Lawrenes
Lodge No. 50. at Odd Fellows Hail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11

The price Of the Chevrolet "a astonists
lnEly low considering the unAillr el ccu&
atruciIou ana enRineefinE Il eubodIt4
Jefferson Motors Inc fhons IA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11

P. A. Hdwe. for Thermoi Jars. gal
IS 90.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11
WEATHER

Partly cloudy and
continued warm
tonight and Sum
day; probably To-
cal Thunderstorm
ers. Gentle varia-
BILE winds.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11

At St. Mary's church yesterday
special prayers were offered at the
Z o'clock mass for the deceased
President, Warren G.. Harding.
Prayers were also said for the new
President, Calvin Coolidge, for sue
cess in his greatest undertaking.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-11

Rev. w. Northey Jones in the pull
pit of st. Peters Episcopal church
during special services held at noon
yesterday paid glorious tribute to
the late President Harding in a me-
mortal address to his congregation.
In a spirited sermon Rev. Mr.. Jones
told of the late executives deeds.
his kindness and his rise to glory.
The choir sang appropriate hymns.
The memorial service was largely
attended.
(Contlnued on page %
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-25

chap became man of culture. My dear
sir, it isn't possible! But wait moment.
Perhaps he was rare example, man
that he was happier in his place than l
am in mine."
He smiled again. and his eyes wandered
off into space. Thatw as trick of Meme
vals.- 1t gave him a sort of plaintive
aloofness.
Now" said I, "now for the great stroke
which lifted him out of the sloughr'
''The slough?" said Meneval absently.
"Ah, yes; the great stroke! This Rotanoff
was in love with girl-we1l call her Ila
Nadasky. He had no need of the lessons
of civilization to love her passionately.
She was straight and slender, with dark
hair and darker eyes, She had trick of
throwing her head back to take a deep
breath At such an instant she seemed to
scorn the earth"
Meneval pushed his hand slowly through
his still, iron-gray hair 1t was so coarse
that it seemed to defy the brush and fell
quite low over his forehead.
81 suppose she was beautiful. oRtanoff
seemed to think so even after the many
years. Sne was 10 ana ne was ~ Wnen
he told her he loved her. They decided
to marry, but they waited three years
while Rotanoff starved himself and saved
up few rubles. Oh, it was very little,
I assure you; but if he saved ruble in a
fortnight they were content. He would
bring it to her and they laughed and kissed
the ruble and each other and sometimes
even wept. You see, that is the Russian
nature.
"After those three years-they were
really terrible years Of privation to oRtan-
off-theg lorious day came. They were
mighty thrilled, I suppose, those two peas
ants! 1t was holiday. They had waited
for that so all their friends could follow
them to the church. The procession left
lila Nadasky's home. What day! What
a day it must have been for them! She
had flowers twined in her hair and she
carried more flowers in her haid. Rotanoff
was so proud of her that his neck ached
from looking sidewise at her beauty while
they walked down the street. And half
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-25

"The devil you dow cried Jordan.
mot really? Let's have your proofs"
shoemaker is skilled laborer and his work
gives him time to think. l refer to the
mass of the Slavs-the peasant class"
"When describe the fellow" said Meme
val, 81 think you'll find his class low
enough"
Fire away"
"Ah, but it's quite long story"
Cali the BETTER" said l. This would be
a crusher for Jordan
"We're a long way from Russia, but I
suppose I should omit names," began
Meneval, cor better still, change them.
Well call the man-let me see-Rotan-
off. Yes, Maxim Rotanoff. That has the
Russian tang, hasn't it? He was shoe
maker, as 1 said. He didn't work in a
shop but carried his roll of leather and
his case of tools along with him when
he went down the streets of the village
"That village lay in the heart of Eu-
ropean Russia. On the whole suppose
it was at least two centuries behind the
civilization of western Europe. The vii
lage held about 1000 people and the
same number of dogs-all starving. If
you had been in Russia you would know
the place from that description. The near
est railroad was 100 miles away.
Nearly every one in the town worked
on the estate of the rich noble-let's call
him Dmitri Gorgos. In fact, the village
itself was built on his lands, and every
inhabitant paid him rental which varied
according to the amount of money the
tenant was making.
"This fellow Maxim Rotanoff, you may
be sure, was no better off than those who
titled the soil. Indeed, he was their servant
in way. He went the rounds of the
houses asking for work. Often he met a
man on the streets, and if the man had a
boot which needed repairing he would take
it off and stand wiggling his toes in the
mud while oRtanoff crouched beside his
little case Of tools, cut the leather without
much care to make it fit the hole, and
cleated it home in few minutes. Then
his customer would wipe the mud from his
bare foot with his hand, draw on the boot,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-25

and give Rotanoff his fee. Do you find
Rotanoff's position low enough?"
Jordan made a wry face. "And this
who hated his place in life and bent every
moment to study and fit himself for other
things. Is that it?'
mot at ALL smiled Meneval and Jor-
dams face fell. "No. He was quite con-
tented with his lot. Never dreamed of
anything else. His pleasures were few, but
they were great to him. He was glad when
spring came; he was sorry when autumn
passed; he reversed in the village priest;
even the mud did not bother him very
much. Yes, on the whole, l should say
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-25

.'In way" he said, 81 incline to agree
with you"
Jordan, after all, was bit of an ass !;
but Meneval was looking into profound
space while he lighted cigarette. / no.
ticed his hands. They were very white
and slender, but the tips of the fingers
were oddly blunt.
81 knew Russian who became quit
man of the world. In fact, he passed
muster nearly everywhere" he said.
"Was he originally a man of the peo-
ple?" demanded Jordan sharply.
"a shoemaker"
"Then he won't do as an example. A
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-02-25

"He loved lila
more than ever. RI
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-24
pR|LL POLICE
ON TEAR CAS-
Use of Bombs So Valuable in
Jersey City This Work
is Planned Here
In accordance with the drill to be

In accordance with the drill to be
9iven the local police on Friday
hght in connection with a recent or
Ter from Niels J.. Tonnesen, the men
are being given instructions today
in the use of tear gas bombs.
These bombs are made up In a
metal case about the size of a base
ball, and contain chemicals so strong
hat when they are exploded they
bring tears to the eyes of anyone
standing neal Not only do they
bring tears. but will route a criminal
from a hiding place owing to the I'M
pleasant odor of the bombs. An in
stance of their great work was ex-
hil2ited in Jersey City when the po-
- there used them in the capture
OF a mandit who had killed two po-
licemen and wounded another and
then hid in his apartment. In a very
&hort time the criminal was routed
ON his abode and arrested.
y The use of these little manufac-
turers of tears are explained to all
outgoing squads today by the lieu
tenants at the desk. The bombs may
be used to break UP gangs of strik-
ers Dr. rufians.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-24
Fined in Recorders Court

Evebelle Strauther, colored of 2S1
Hall avenue, arrested yesterday on
a drunk and disorderly charge was
fine $25 by Recorder Pickersgill
when arraigned by Officer Mari Mon
roe. When woma protested against
the fine, saying che would not pay
same, she was told she would have
to serve sixty days in Jail. She ce-
Ht49 make it more if you want"
AVID the Jail sentence was raised to
ninety days.
James Moore, colored. OF 1877 Fay
cite street arrested by Officer Steve
Grega on a charge of beating a
boarding house bill, was discharged
from custody, AMI Mike Petrick and
frai.k Brada arrested by Oficsr
Frank Rubaha and on a drunk and
disorderly charge, were fined $40
and SIS respectively. >
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-24

Only two classes of people fall for
fattery-male and female.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-24

The reason some people slip is be-
cause they haven't the sand.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-24

Daylight is getting more plentiful,
but we ought to use II all.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-05-24
Amended Certificate

NEW BRUNSWICK. May 24:-An
amended certificate OF incorporation
has been filed at the county clerks
office by Jacob Goldstein statutory
agent for the State Bond and Mort
gaEe Company. which has a cap
itaNzation of 100000 divided into
$4,000 shares at 500 each and as
nAany shares of no par value.
1.-THE incorporators all of whom
i've in New York are Charles M.
Cox, Joseph M. Fessler and Cortland
c. Wiswall. The company's Offices
are 12l Smith street, Perth Aaboy.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
Recently Constructed Snow Boat

DR.. c. w. Bells recently construct
ed Snow Boat was in Kingfield this
week going from Stratton to Strong
and remained Sunday night in King
field going Monday to Strong via
New Vineyard and Pennington. This
car has been built over from an old
Chevrolet by Merle Blanchard Of
Stratton Garage and is on lines of the
White Mountain Snow Boat which has
been in practical use on the stage
route from Wilton to Weld where a
trip has not been missed for the win
ter and also one has been used for
trucking in Pennington. The front
wheels are removed and set back near
the rear ones and united with them
by caterpillar tread and on the front
axle are runners. The running gear
was shipped here from New Hamp-
shire ready for the body. Mr.. Blan-
chard drove the car through on its
maiden trip and was somewhat de-
layed on account of cold and no roads
from between Bigelow and Cara
bassett.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
The Late Joseph W. Judkins

Joseph W. Judkins. lifelong resid-
end of Cornyille and the oldest male
resident but one of that town, died
Saturday after period OF failing
health covering several years. His
age was 50. For the last FIVE years
Mr.. Judklns and his wife have lived
at the home of their son. Benoise F.
Judkins. but previously resided on the
old home farm on the East Ridge
Road. The deceased had always been
farmer and was a member of the
Baptist Church ON the East Ridge
Road.
Mr.. Judkins was married about 81
years ago to Sara II. Fogg who sur
wives him and they were the parents
of nine children. The eldest of this
family, Seth died when six years old
and the youngest. Miss Fyrtie died
at the age of thirteen. Surviving
sons and daughters are: George Jud-
kins of Spokane. Wash; Mrs. Nell
Mathews of South Manchester. Conn. !;
Benose f. Judkins. already mention
ed: Mrs. Lilly Godfrey Of Middleton
Mass. Mrs. Ella Sanders of Haver-
hill. Mass; Mrs. Sadie Bowman of
Cornyille and Carroll Judkins, also of
Cornville. Mrs. Mathews arrived
Tuesday morning in time for brief
prayer service conducted at the Jud
kins home by Rev. George Merriam OF
the Bethany Baptist Church OF Show
hogan. The body was brought TO
Skowhegan and placed in the receiv-
| ing tomb at the Southside Cemetery
and in the spring the funeral services
will be held
Mr.. Judkins was the last survivor
of the large family of Benjamin and
/ BetSey Judkins.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
Farm Bureau mt East New Portland

The joint planning meeting of the
Farm Bureau was held at the Power
House in East New Portland on Jan
uary 31st. Miss Hare and Mr.. Stor-
er were present. An oyster stew
dinner was served at noon. II. p.
Jones made the stew and the dinner
was in charge of Bertha Emery, Su-
sic Adams and Belle Nye. At the
joint meeting the different project
leaders gave their report. The. men
and women then separated and each
branch held its business meeting,
electing officers and planning the work
for the year. The officers were
elected as follows: Mem chairman,
H. p. Jones; secretary and treasur-
er. c. b. Walker; orchards. C. A.
Mckinney; crops, A. K. p. Edwards;
poultry, II. A. Nye; dairy, r. II. Hut
chins. Women, chairman, Mrs. X.
A. Nye; secretary, Mrs. C. B. Walker
foods, Mrs. w. l.. Rand; clothing,
Mrs II. A. Emery household manage
ment, Mrs. H. p. Jones; fireless cook
err campaign leader, Mrs. II. A. Emery,
assistants, Mrs. Fl. C. Walker, Mrs. II,
Up. Jones and Mrs. r. A. Nye.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
Had Pet Deer All Winter

In about the year 1910 during the
period When l was catching beaver
for the state, had very pleasant
experience with some deer who used
to come to my camp. This was in
Stony Brook Township, No. 2, Range
5, about 16 miles westerly from The
Forks.
| had TO build camp in January
and recall very well that there was
about two feet of snow on the ground.
In my work l cut down lot of cedar.
The first thing | knew the deer were
feeding on the branches. l was care
iul not to scare them. | noticed one
that had big scar on his neck, eight
or ten inches long. l have no doubt
he had been attacked by a wild cat
The blood was frozen into icicles
where 1t ran out of this wound. They
were all little timid of course and
would run away If | approached. This
deer was very poor and weak and fell
down when he started to run. | was
careful not to scare him and took
pains to feed him every day. had
some frozen potatoes and would boil
these in meal. AT first l had to set
this food some distance from the camp
but played it on him little-would
set it nearer and nearer the camp
door every time. In this way | fin
the dingle to eat. Later | would sit
on the doorstep within five feet of him.
Some of your readers may know what
a dingle is but everybody in the woods
will. 1t is small shed built on the
end of camp to put wood in. This
deer stayed around all winter. l was
not there in the summer time but
when | came up the following fall he
put in an appearance within three
days. | was much pleased to note his
neck had all healed up but you could
see the scar plain enough. | was
good deal interested in this animal.
He seemed like pet of mine.
could go right out by him within six
feet and he would stand and watch
me as | passed. Was glad to note
in the fall that he had gained flesh
and looked much better.
There were several other deer with
him and around all the time thru the
winter but the others did not get as
tame.
Not long after that lot of lumber
ing operations came into that section
and | never saw my pet deer again.
I suppose somebody shot him.
wish everybody would come to re-
gard these wild animals AS I do
OF course | have shot good many
deer in years gone by but | never got
so much fun out of that as did feed
ing this one and having the rest for
friends all winter. | had much rather
see live deer than a dead one.
We should all be very careful to
observe the game laws. These are
perfectly just and everyone can easy
enough find out just what they are.
If we don't, we may, any of us. live
long enough to roam thru the north
ern woods and know that We shall
not see a deer or hear partridge
drum. ] don't want that day to ever
come The woods are much more
beautiful and interesting when know
these wild animals are I'm them.
H. L. REDMOND
Scion Maine.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
Malbon's Mills School

The many friends of the school will
be interested to learn something of
the work of the School Improvement
League which was organized a year
ago. The object of the league, as
the name suggests, is to improve the
school both In its equipment and In
the surroundings and in order for the
aim to be realized a certain amount
of funds Is necessary From enter
tainments of various kinds the money
has been raised, and the schoolhouse
Is, as should be. becoming a commune
ty center The League secretary
gives the following report OF the fin
anciai standing: Received from en-
tertainments and dues, $96.79: paid
for school bell, $1S.76; Victrola and
records. So; wiring for electric
lights, $50; incidentals; curtain scrim.
toweling. oilcloth. curtain rods, nails,
cretonne, flags. woodbox, soap, use
of lights, etc, Sl4.07; total amount ex-
pended, sS6S5. cash On hand, 1890.
The league meetings are held every
second Friday afternoon after recess.
The officers are chosen by vote of
the members. and this teaches them
executive ability small member
snip fee is charged which Is used
toward paying for the use of the cleo
tric lights each month. Almost as
soon as the league was organized
each member received School I'M
proyement League certificates from
the state department also the league
buttons. making the members feel
that they are not only a thriving or
ganization. but part Of the great
state movement for better. pleasant
err happier, and more cooperative
schools.
The hot noon lunch is also a help
full factor in successful school work
and is carried on almost entirely by
the pupils, who are glad to do any
duty which will prove them to be loyal
and helpful league members.
The teacher and pupils wish to
thank the parents. and the friends Of
the school for their generous and
kindly assistance in everything the
league has undertaken for without
the hearty cooperation of the school
and the community the best results
i'll school work cannot be attained.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
Second Fire Alarm Causes COnsterna.
ton

The bungalow on Mt. Pleasant ave-
nue., built several years ago by Car
roll Gates. caught fire shortly after
noon Tuesday. The house had been
vacant for sometime but had been pur-
chased by Edward Osberg. Mr.. Os-
berg was preparing to move his fam
lily into the house and plumbers were
at work getting the place ready for
occupancy. Fires had been lighted
in two of the rooms and the fire origi-
mated around the thimbles in the Chin
ney The flames were subdued, but
the house was damaged to the ex-
tent of six or seven hundred dollars,
portions of the floor having to be torn
up to control the blaze. Mr.. Osberg
does not now plan to move to the
property, until spring. A second
alarm from Box 30 caused the resid-
ents of the community to believe that
a serious configration was in pro-
gress but this was due to catching
the lever of the box. when an attempt
was made to sound the "all out
signal.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
Many New Books Mt the Public
Library

The following books have been re-
ceived at the Public Library during
January:
FICTION
The Heart of Hyacinth. (Watanna);
Fennel and Rue. fHowells); From a
Bench In Our Square tAdams); Pere-
grimes Progress tFarnoD; The Spin
ster of this Parish, (MaxwelD; Cap
by Kicks Retires, Kyne); The Wand
erer of the Wasteland, Grey; Tum-
bleweeds, (Evarts); Dawn O'Hara,
GERBER.
FICTION
Alsace in Rust and Gold, (O'Shaugh-
Messy; Montressori in Theory
and Practice (SmithD; Across
the Andes, POST; My Quarter Cen
fury of American Politics. Clark !;
When North Winds Blow, { EMERSON /;
The Value of Good Manners. daley :;
MY Discovery of England (Leacock) /;
Christ Legends UazerloD; Compan
ionable Books (Van Dyke The Prac-
tice of Autosuggestion by the Me
thods of Emile Coue, fBrooks); The
Mind in the Making, tRobinson); Ar
temus Ward. tSeitz); Twentieth Cen
fury Handbook for Steam Engineers
and Electricians. (Swingle); Lincoln,
(Stephenson) The Conquest of Fear,
(King); Certain Delightful English
Towns, (Howells); The Next-toNo-
thing House lCarrick; Dramatized
Missionary Stories. (Russeln; Glimps-
es of Authors. (Ticknor); All That
Matters (Guest; Courage (Barri-;
Plays of the Harvard; Dramatic Club,
Baker, ed; Plays of the AZ Work
shop. (Baker. ed; Our Own Weather,
(Martin); Women of the Bible,
(Thompson) Painted Windows, Stu
dies in Religious Personality by a
Gentleman with Buster.
JUVENILE-FICTIO
Favorites from Fairyland, (Harris,
ed; Marooned in the Forest (Ver-
rilD; The Arkansaw Bear, Tale of
Fanciful Adventure, (Paine); A Lit
tie Maid of Virginia (Curtis); Root
abaga Stories, tSandbury); st. Ives,
Story of st. Timothy's. (Pier) ;
Betty Belle. (kilbourne); The Sand
Mans Might-be-so Stories. (Walker) !;
The Golden Boys with the Lumber
Jacks, CWyman) A Little Boy Lost,
(Hudson); Shakespeare and the Heart
of a Child, tSlaughter) The yumbees
and other Nonsense verses, Uearl;
Tom Swift in Captivity (Appleton) !;
Tom Swift and his Wizard Camera.
NON-FICTION
The Days of the Discoveries, Clam
prey) Dog Heroes of Many Lands,
Uves) The Girls Book of Verse, (Da-
vies).
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-08
Big Recreation Park Prospects

No project of a public recreation
ground nature has attracted greater
attention In Maine than has that to
create a public park on and about
Mt Katahdin, the highest mountain
peak in the state. 1t has been
bitterly fought measure in the leg
islature of this state and while, for
the present, it is halted, there are
few who do not believe that ultimate
ly, and not so far distant, either,
1t will be pressed forward to reality.
The plan for this park, as at pres
ent advocated, is for the State Of
Maine to take over, by legislative
enactment, an area of 1882 acres
in the Katahdin region. This would
include the whole of Mount Katahdin
and Katahdin Lake, one of the most
attractive of the hundreds of inland
bodies of water in this State. This
would then be made a bird and game
sanctuary. No hunting whatever
would be permitted there. This is
regarded by those who endorse the
movement as of much value to the
maintenance of Maine as a hunting
and fishing resort.
Having established the park, trails
and roads into and thru the reserve
would be provided, as would suitable
camping sites, so that those who
wanted to get into the wilderness
and rest from the cares of a busy
city life. could go there and enjoy
s,, N,,., hnt
desired. Camps would be erected
and rented these visitors at nominal
fee; just enough to pay the cost of
upkeep.
Again, trails would be constructed
up the mountain side. There would
be many Of these and of character
to meet the ideas of all who should
visit the park. There would be those
climbs which would make the trip to
the plateau comparatively easy, while
the present tedious, hard to follow
and dangerous ones would be left for
the qualification of the more ex-
perienced and hardy mountain climb
ers. Still others of difficult char
acter would be established.
1t must always be kept we'll in
mind, in considering this project, that
the value, of the area which it is pur-
posed to include in this park as
cumberland is very slight. The whole
region was swept by forest fret in
1903 and is. today, practically waste
land. Co. This - would have great
bearing upon the cost to the State
of taking over so large a territory
for public uses.
A legislative appropriation of per-
haps $4,000 for the actual begin
ming of work is favored by Gov.
Baxter and seems, at this writing,
practically assured of passage.