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Smyrna times., 1924-10-15
GOOD ROADS AID FIREMEN

OGer Better Advantage in Fighting
q Rural Fires and Saving Property
Good roads have been an important
factor in keeping rural fire losses at
an exceptionally low figure in Della
ware, according to Z. S. Jones, presi-
dent of the Delaware State Volunteer
Firemen's association, one of the few
organizations Of its kind that is band
ed together for Statewide rural and
city fire protection. Governor Viii
liam d. Denney, a good roads enthus-
last and an insurance executive in
private life, concurs i'm this assertion.
As an instance Mr.. Jones points out
that his town of Middletown, with a
population of about 1900, has had an
average annual fire loss of less than
a thousand dollars for a good many
years past. 1t is estimated that the
per capita fire loss for Delaware in
1928 was less than half the national
per capita loss.
The important part that improved
roads play in the business of reaching
fires in good time is evinced in Mr..
Jones' statement that twenty-five out
of every thirty calls received by the
Delaware firemen come from farms.
Outside of Wilmington, which has a
paid department, the entire State of
Delaware is dependent for fire protec-
tion upon its volunteer companies.
"There is not a hamlet of 100 in
habitants that is not easily accessible
by one of our volunteer companies,
said Mr.. Jones. "ln the old days Of
dirt roads we made slow progress to
country fires and often did not reach
them until the damage was complete
"Now with our combination Of mo-
| torized equipment and a splendid sys-
tenn of concrete highways, comprising
more than 400 miles, we are enabled
to reach fires promptly, and the saw
ing has been considerable. Frequent
ly we attain a speed of As miles al
hour with our apparatus. The impor
tance of good roads in fire fighting j.
further seen in the fact there is a fir,
on one out of every seven farms il
Delaware each year. Below Whining
ton, Delaware is mainly an agricul
tural State"
Delaware's volunteer fire department
is supported in the main by contribu
tions and the proceeds from carnival
and social functions.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15
Small Farms For Sale

No. Ill Acres more or less at Blackbird. on
DUPONT Boulevard. Nice dwelling and out
buildings. Price very reasonable.
No. 2-120 Acres of the finest land. con-
crete road ~ mile South of Kenton. New
house and buildings. House alone would
cost S5,500.00 to build. The buildings are
comparatively new. all painted. Ample fire
wood for farm use. New silo. Landlords
share of standing crops go to purchaser.
The price is away down before wartime.
Call me.
No. 80 Acres new house and buildings.
near Townsend. Del. Together with crops.
Price right.
I will gladly show or give a person any in
formation desired if you will call me over
Phone 271.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15

The State Board Of Education has
discontinued the method of making
monthly awards to individual pupils
for attendance and hereafter such
scores will be given the room total.
The new system of scoring went into
effect the beginning of the school
term last month. All elementary
classes attaining 80 per cent attend
ance and all High School and grade
room classes having 80 per cent at
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15

Arthur R. Cooper, son of Mrs. P. J..
Cooper, Of Chestertown, Md, and Mrs.
Clara H. Fields, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Emory, Of near Barclay,
Md, were married in Centreville
Methodist Protestant parsonage on
Saturday, October 4, by the pastor,
Rev. Warren H. Hodges.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15
Dwelling Houses

House on South Street, Smyrna. rooms.
bath. gas and electric. Price sl850.00.
Good condition.
House on South Street, Smyrna. rooms.
bath, gas and electric. Good condition.
Price 100000
House on Main Street. Clayton. Del, rooms.
bath, electric, hotwater heat. Good condi-
tion. Rents for $4,000 per months. Price
100000.
House on Rodney Street, Clayton, Del, 7
rooms, toilet and water. Immediate pos
session. Price $4,000.
BUILDING LOTS in Smyrna and Clayton,
and between Smyrna and Clayton on cleo
trically lighted concrete Highway.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15

tendance each month will be listed as
having a perfect attendance and will
be awarded a book from the school
library.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-15
COAL

Remember Winter is fast ap-
preaching. Get your coal in. We have
a fine stock on hand and can give you
good, clean coal. Come see our Camel
Coal. 1t will take the place of an
thracite. This coal is cheaper and
the best substitute for anthracite on
the market.
We sell the best select Baled HAY.
The old reliable guaranteed Dairy
FEED.
STORMTIGHT ROOF DRESSING
makes your old roof as good as new.
This roof dressing is guaranteed for
ten years. Paint your roof now.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
OPENING
IN HAWAII LOOKS GOOD

A. l.. c. Atkinson, president of the
board of agriculture and forestry of
the Territory of Hawaii, wants a. man
for the position of territorial veteri-
marian. He has written Dean e. e.
Wegner of the college of veterinary
science at the State College Of Wash
ington, saying:
1--WE pay good salary, $3.50 a
month, and living expenses. He Is
also supplied with an automobile.
There are lot of veterinarians here,
and some of them are making good
deal more money than we pay.
"My idea in writing you is to tell
you that there is need of good veter-
inarians in this country, and I would
like to see more settle here. / wish
1 had sufficient money to employ more
veterinarians, and may get it in time,
as am endeavoring to incl ease our
force by four new veterinarians now.
wish to keep in touch with you, and
may write you in the future, asking
you for men,"
The State College recently furnish
ed a graduate veterinarian to the
Honolulu Dairymen's Association, to
not only make the psychological tests
in the laboratories but also give free
veterinary assistance to milk produc-
ers in the association.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
British War Losses

An official document showing sta
tistically the military part played by
the British Empire in the World War
has been Issued by the British Gov
eminent. The figures, relating to the
Army, disclose total British casual.
ties in excess of 100000 men, pt
which more than 100000 were cas-
ualties to forces from the British
Isles exclusive Of the losses sus.
tanned by Dominion and Colonial
forces.
According to the official statistics,
as received by the Bankers Trust
Company, Of New York, from its
English Information Service, the
British Empires army losses were
9O8,371 men killed, 2,090,212 wounded
and 1862 prisoners Of war.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21

ton Of the society at the Engineers
Club.
e. D. Magnusson, dean of the Col
lege of Engineering at the University
spoke on the hydro-electric power re
sources Of Washington and other Pa
ciflc Coast states.
SEATTLE. u. Walter Drake, as
sistant secretary Of the Department
of Commerce.. was in Seattle last
week on an inspection tour Of bureaus
under the jurisdiction of the depart
ment. Mr.. Drake was the guest OF
honor at luncheon at the New Wash
ington Hotel, under auspices of the
foreign trade department of the
Chamber of Commerce, the Manufac'
turers' Association Of Washington
Federated Industries of Washington
and China Club l f.
PORT OWNSEND.-James Fuller
ton, better known as "Loganberry
Jim" Fullerton because Of his activi
ties in furthering the interests of the
small fruit industry in the state, has
announced his candidacy for governor
SEATTLE. = Wholesale and retail
grocery stores report the general sue.
cess of National Canned Foods Week.
last week. Many stores. devoted to
other businesses showed striking win.
dow displays of canned foods, and all
the retail stores were decorated effec-
lively to acquaint the public with the
many fine food products selected, pre-
pared and canned in the Northwest
and Alaska.
OLYMPIA-A1most four times as
many men as women we're killed in au.
tomobile accidents in the state during
1928, according to the department OF
efficiency. A total of 246 deaths in
uto crashes was recorded during 1923.
OF these 1874 were men and 81 were
women. The total OF 1922 was 1855,
an increase of 80 being shown for
1928. Seattle, with one-fourth the pop
ulation of the state, leads with AZ
accidents. Tacoma had % and Spo-
kane Is.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
NEW LANDS FOR SETTLEMENT

OPENING of the new Whitestone Irriga-
ton district-S.0O0 acres of irrigable
land. This project was constructed under
the direction Of the Department of Con-
servation and Development OF the State
of Washington Adapted for diversified
farming, livestock, dairying, poultry and
fruit growing. A picturesque location in
ogan County, Washington. Write for free
picture folder, giving full details. F. w.
Graham, Assistant General Agricultural
Development Agent, Great Northern Rail-
way. King Street Station, Dept. x, Seat
tie, Washington.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
Declares You May Be
drinking Your Food

WASHINGTON, d. C.-While the
word food defines, in the popular
sense, whatever one eats in contra
distinction to what one drinks, and
consequently a solid substance as op-
posed to fluid, the average person
would be surprised to learn how much
is drink of what he takes as food, and
vice versa, how much food be obtains
in what he esteems as, beverage. There
is more than metaphor in the old
saying, ut is food and drink to me-"
says Director W. P. Hartman of the
Michigan State Bureau of Foods and
Standards.
Addressing recent convention, Mr..
Hartman, after calling to attention
the Importance Of bottled carbonated
beverages to the food producing in
dustries as whole, as emphasized by
the recent announcement by federal
statistics that the people of this coun-
try in 1928 paid $350,000000 for soft
drinks, said:
MANY folks look upon carbonated
err In other words, they are a bit
skeptical. By way of comparison, let
us see:
"A potato is 70 per cent water; cal
cry, 957s; onions, 81; asparagus, "a;
apples, 841s; whole milk, 81; eggs, "a:
porterhouse steak, so; fish from 70 to
"a, and even hash, the standby Of the
boarding-hous Is s0.3 per cent water.
"Mr. Arthur McWfliams, chief, d.
vision of foods and dairies, Ohio State
Department Of Agriculture, has recent
ly demonstrated that the average bot
tie Of carbonated beverage will equal
In food value slice Of bread and
butter, one fresh egg or a glass Of
milk"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21


ceries, the cooks wages. and well
need helpers through the Yellow
some"
you're gettin' an awful habit Of
lookin' on the black side Of things,
said Pinkey, GROSSLY.
IF we can pay expenses and have
81, 600 clear the first year, I'll be salts.
fed"
"A thousand dollars!" Pinkey ex.
claimed Indignantly. You're easy
pleased thought you had more am
bition. Look at the different ways we
got to git their money. Two bits
apiece for salt water baths and eight
baths a day-some Of EN- might not
go in reg'lar-every day, but, say
eight of 'em do, anyway, eight times
two bits is ST. Then $40 apiece every
time they go to town in the stage
coach is, say, 800 a trip-and they
go twict week say, that's $780,"
But they might not go twice a
week." Wallie protested, nor all Of
them at a time"
"You shore give me the blues
a-croakin'. Why don't you look on
the bright side OF things as you useta
Do you know, I've been thinkin' we
ought to make out scale of prices
for lettin' 'em work around the place
They'd enjoy it if they had to pay for
it-dudes is like that, I've noticed
They're all pretty well fixed. amt
they?"
ooh, yes, they all have a good deal
of money, unless, perhaps, Miss Eye.
ster, and I don't know much about
her in that way. But Mr.. Penrose,
Mr.. Appel, and Mr.. Budlong are easily
millionaires"
Pinkey's eyes sparkled.
II s'pose dollar amt any more to
them than nickel to us?"
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21

fallen IA times in transit, tack-head
seeming sufficient to trip her up, and
now, quite as though they had shout
ed the revers }, Aunt Lizzie stumbled
and dropped the onyx apple upon old
Mr.. Penrose's felt-shod foot.
This was too much. Mr.. Penrose
shouted furiously:
IT wish you'd lose that damned
thing!"
ITO Be Continued)
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
U. s. Should Cooperate

John d. Rockefeller, Jr., has come
forward with some startling state
ments regarding Europe's future. He
said that the future ofthe world de-
pended on the co-partnership Of Eng
land and America, and unless it was
continued chaos would ultimately
reign.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
BIG SAVING IN COAL

Engineers estimate that complete
identification of the railroads Of the
United States would save more than
1O0,00O,000 tons of coal year. Real
conservation!
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
FARMS AND REAL ESTATE

LIST YOUR FARM, YOUR HOME, OR
your business with OWNERS NATION
AL LISTING BUREAU, Inc, and sell d.
rect to buyer thru our chain office SER
vice. In buying, examine our lists, free.
We charge no commission. 312 Lindel1e
Bldg, Spokane, Wash.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
SILVER FOXES FOR SALE

Fruit and chicken ranchers: To retain
your energy and cash balance you re-
quire a side line Of silver foxes. If a
prospective buyer, write and save money
buying. direct. H. j. Morrison, Broadway
Hotel Portland, Oregon.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
NEW TODAY

SALESMAN = Earn big money selling
"Gesco' union-made utility clothes d.
rect to consumer. Entirely, new, no com
petition. Suits made to measure $3.50;
trousers $3.50 Write General Service
Clothing Co., 303 White Building, Seattle.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
PERSONAL

If YOU are troubled with Appendicitis
or Stomach Trouble, write Hizz Com
pany, Portland, Oregon, for free infor-
nation in German or English.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
REAL ESTATE

CUT OVER and developed lands, Is to rs
ways; extra good soil, spring brooks;
grow grain, vegetables, hay, fruits; few
Improved ranches; few stock ranches; $40
to $40 A., 40 years time; so interest;
free lumber Write for free book Ed
wards & Bradford Lbr. Co., Elk, Wash.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21

BOSS BARBERS-Un1ess you send us
you are going to be short of help again
this spring It takes only few weeks to
learn and you make some pay while
learning Small tuition fee. MOLERS
BARBER COLLEGE, 419 Trent Avenue,
Spokane Opp. Milwaukee Depot.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
BUSINESS CHANCES

APARTMENT HoTEL-87 rooms, for
sale. Nice location. cheap rent, all
conveniences; $4,000. worth $1,000. Sh
Second Street &c., Yakima, Dash.
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
POulI BY

MAMMOTH Bronze, Turkeys of prize
winning stock. Gold Bank strain.
Toms, $40 and up; hens, Sc and up. Mrs.
8. L. Maltby. Rogerson, Idaho
Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1924-03-21
CLASSIFIED
EDUCATIONAL
MEN WANTED

so MEN wanted at once to take up brick
laying and plastering. SO to SIS a day.
Big demand Also auto engineering, au-
tomotive electricity, battery work and
welding. Only few weeks required. AH
practical training; special rates now on:
We pay railway fare. Write or call
Hemphil Trade School, 306 e. Pike ST.,
Seattle. Wash.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-10
Fourteen Year Old
 Kills Grandmother

Pottsville, Pa, Sept. 1O.-Wiliam Cavelier, II years old, was held by the police today for the Killing of his grandmother, Mrs. Peter Cav elier. 62, who was also his adopted mother, after he confessed he shot her to death last Saturday for the purpose of robbery. According to the police, the hoy said he placed her body in a room, locked the door and then ransacked the house and found $1OS.
 To his grandfather ho explained the absence of his grandmother by telling him that she had decided to leave for Florida. in accordance with some plans they had previous ly discussed.
 Last night Cavelier was attracted by an odor in the house and found the body At first the police thought burglars had committed the deed. but persistent questioning of the boy resulted in his confes- sion.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-10
City Items

The Ladies society of the Swedish Film Baptist church will meet E morrow afternoon at the home of Mir. and Mrs. John Peterson, 907 East street.
 Charles Rudolph of 127 Cherry street, and Miss Loretta D. Bedford of 1868 Stanley street, have taken out a marriage license.
 Doric Council, R. and S. NJ, will work the Royal and Select Master degree on a class of candidates at Masonic hall this evening.
 Cards have been received here from George B. w. Babcock. a for mer member of the All-New Britain football and basketball teams who Is now touring Pennsylvania with a "tab" show. Babcock is a musician and vocalist. His company is now at Altoona, Pa.
 Rev. J. c. Hammerberg of Me- Keesport, Pa, who is visiting his son Harold of this city. will speak st the Film Swedish Baptist church this evening.
 The regular monthly meeting of Eddy-Glover Post. American Lesien, will be held Friday evening, at s:So o'clock, at the-post rooms
New Britain herald., 1924-09-10
FOREIGN EXCHANGE

New York, Sept. 1O.-Foreign ex- change steady. Quotations Gin cents) Great Britain, demand 444 IS, ca bles IA 5-S, 60 day bills on banks Al S-S; France, demand 5.2S IA, cables 5.2S S-4; Italy, demand 4.36 1-4, cables 4.36 3-4: Belgium, de- mand 4.9S, cables 4.9S 1-2; Germany demand (per trAlion) 2S 7-S; Hol- land, demand 3S.21; Norway, de- mand 1878; Sweden, demand 266S, Denmark, demand 1898; Switzer- land. demand 1876: Spain, demand 1918; Greece, demand 1.79; Poland, demand 19 1-4; Czecho-Slovakia, de- mand 2.9s 1-2; Jugoslavia, demand 1;91 1-2; Austria, demand .OO14 Is: Rumanis, demand .52 3-4; Argentina demand S4S7; Brazil, demand 9.90; Tokio. demand fl Is: Montreal 99 15-16.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-10
KLUX CANDIDATES
 LEAD IN COLORADO
(. 0. P. Returns Favor KlanS-
 men--SenatorS UnOppOSed

Denver, Sept. 10.-With nearly half of Colorado's 1,492 precincts reported, Judge Clarence J. Morley and Colonel Rice w. Means, repub- lican candidate for governor and United States senate, short term. re- spectively. running with the support of the Ku Klux Klan, were holding leads today. .a.
 The standing of. the republican gubernatorial candidates in the re- publican primary, according to re- ports compiled by the Assocaited Press from GAS precincts was Rock well 2S,1S1; Morley 24,236; Cooley 2,S49.
 Means, Klan endorsee, had lead of more than 2,0OO votes over his nearest opponent, Charles W. Water man of Denver, upon returns from 5SS precincts. The vote: Means, IT, 5S7; Waterman, 15,2S6: Charles J. MoynihaH, 9,175.
 In the race for democratic nom- ination for the short senate term Morrison Shafroth, son of former United States Senator Shafroth, had a lead of nearly 6,000 votes over his opponent. Benjamin c. Hilliard oi Denver. Returns from 423 precincts gave Shafroth S,571, and Hilliard 2,SS2,
 Senators Lawrence c. Phipps, re, publican, and Ava B. Adams. demo. crat. were unopposed and will op' pose each other for the six-yeal term in November.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-10
MAYOR IN JERSEY
 HAD TO BE CURED
Attempted to ''Dralt" Citizens
 for Mobilization

Trenton, N. J., Sept. 10.-News- paper articles quoting the announce cd intention of Mayor Warren of Bergenfield, to draft citizens be- tween the ages of IS and 45 in the observance of Defense Test Day, which is scheduled for Friday, today brought the statement from Frederic M. F. Pearse, secretary to Governor SilZer, that no such authority is con- tained in the recent proclamation of the governor, which is said to have been cited by Mayor Warren in mak- ing known his plan.
 'The governors proclamation and the plans and suggestions published by the adjutant general in New Jer- sey, acting for the governor, fully disclose the scope of the plans for the Defense Day test" says Mir. Pearse. 'None of them contemplates any mobilization of citizens other than those who might voluntarily undertake to augment the military forces, such as the national guard, in making the day success."N
 The mayor of Bergenfield was quoted as follows:
 l ''The spirit in Bergenfield hasn't ben very patriotic the last few years. Now I am commander of our local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and l haven't had more than twelve men in the post in two years. We've been very lax and I think this sort of thing is going to wake people up. We're going ahead just as if we were really at war"
 Printed posters were pasted all over the town with the caption Mobilization Order in large type and then the following: /
 'I hereby order every bodied male citizen of Bergenfield, between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years to report at the Borough hal on Friday, Sept. 12, at 7:15 p. m sharp, prepared to take part in the brief community demonstration con. sisting of a parade followed by pa. triotic exercises at the Palace thea ter"
New Britain herald., 1924-09-10
GOV. HUNT SEEKS HIS FIFTH TERM
Arizona Returns Indicate He
 Will Be Returned

Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 1O,-Renom- ination of Governor George w. P. Hunt, seeking his fifth term as gov- ernor of Arizona, seemed practically assured today on the face of re- turns from 229 precincts out of 479 in the state, which gave him lead of more than ? to 1 over the com- bined votes boiled by his two oppo- nents in the triangular contest in the democratic gubernatorial pri- maries.
 The vote stood: Hunt, s.371; Os- born, 4,105, and Samuel. 3,204.
 Dwight B. Heard. Phoenix pub fisher, was leading Thomas Mad dock in the republican contest for nomination for governor by 1,545 votes. The vote from 229 pre- cincts gave Heard, 5,097; Maddock, 3.552.
New Britain herald., 1924-09-10
WITTE MAY BE PAID PART OF SALARY BOOST.
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 Quested and 1t was passed. We'd nesday night Mayor Paonessa pre- sented q veto and it was sustained.
 Corporation Counsel John H. Kirkham has expressed an opinion that an ordinance Ia not necessary to increase q salary and that the raise became effective after the June meeting continuing at least up to the time that the matter was reopened by passage of the ordi- nance.
 Granting that the entire question was reopened and reconsidered by the councils action In supporting the mayors veto, one legal view has 1t that dr. Witte is entitled to the increased salary during the period that lapsed between the passage of the increase and the sustaining of Paonessa's veto. Whether the fact that the original increase was not vetoed within the 10 days and hence became effective makes 1t impossible for the mayor to pre- vent the increase by veto of the ordinance. Judge Kirkham would not say offhand.
 Prisr to the inauguration of ex- Mayor Orson F. Curtis ordinances were not commonly passed when sslasy changes were made and 1t was difficult to find the salaries paid various city employees. Sai- ary matters were regarded as pure- ly administrative acts, not in the nature of ordained laws. It was regarded as good way to systema- tl,e salary records to place each in the form of an ordinance and this fact was one of the chief reasons tor making the change.
 Should Dr. Witte see fit to carry his claim for the increased com pensation further. attorneys antici- pate that many interesting and technical points of municipal cor noration law might be raised.