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New Britain herald., 1925-06-18
MAPLE HILL NEWS

The graduation exercises of the next Sunday afternoon with a bac- calaureate sermon by Rev. Dr. Rem sen B. Ogilby president of Trinity college, in the new assembly hall. After the sermon Miss Constance Leigh. superintendent of the home. will award the prizes to those pu- pills who have been most proficient in their studies. The most coveted prize is the good citizenship prize to be given by the superintendent for all around high standing.
 Graduation will be held next Tues 'day afternoon at 4 o'clock in the assembly hall Winchell Smith of Pennington will give the commence ment address and will also award the diplomas to the graduating class. The school orchestra will furnish several musical selections.
 MT. and Mrs. Leonard Woke Or Golf street have returned from Bal timore, Md, where they went early in the week 10 attend the funeral of a relative.
 Miss Harriet Reese, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles D. Reese of Newington, has returned from Til- ton seminary in New Hampshire for the summer.
 MT. and Mrs. J. C. Moody of Golf street were guests of MT, and Mrs. Percy Webb in East Haven last weekend.
 The Womens Foreign Missionary society of the Newington Congrega- tional church will meet with Mrs. Esther Woodruff of the South End Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
 Harold Skinner of Thompson street is spending two weeks at La porte, Pa.
 Miss Henrietta Shonts of New York, Harry Bailey and Donald Bai-
New Britain herald., 1925-06-18

Harold Skinner of Thompson street is spending two weeks at La porte, Pa,
New Britain herald., 1925-06-18

The Women's Foreign Missionary society of the Newington Congrega- = tional church will meet with Mrs. Esther Woodruff of the South End Friday afternoon at 2;30 o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-18

Miss Henrietta Shonts of New York, Harry Bailey and Donald Bai-
New Britain herald., 1925-06-18

MT. and Mrs. J. C. Moody of Golf street were guests of MT. and Mrs. Percy Webb in East Haven last weekend.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-18

Miss Harriet Reese, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles D, Reese of Newington, has returned from Til- ton seminary in New Hampshire for ] the summer.
New Britain herald., 1925-06-18

MT. and Mrs, Leonard Woke Or Golf street have returned from Bal timore, Md, where they went early in the week 10 attend the funeral of a relative.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-09-02

was put back into improvement of the other auctions of a similar nature were sold The result is that Anch- orage, unlike other towns in Alaska, contains wide streets and a more prosperous air than any of the other towns. There are but 15 miles of automobile roads in that locality, al- though a number of machines were in evidence. One road leads three miles into the country to Lake Spen- ard, where bathing and boating re- sort is maintained The other Is a Emile loop thru the small farm ing section and past two dairies. Anchorage is quite a little industrial center. It is the distributing point for coal mines, the Willow Creek gold quartz mines and the fishing in- dustry on Cooks Inlet. It is the only city in Alaska to boast of golf links. It has a seven-hole course.
 Southern Division Lauded
 The scenery along the railway from Anchorage to Seward is among the most interesting of the trip. The road traverses Cooks inlet a number of miles, and then follows Turnagain Arm for 40 miles. The tide, which at this point rises and lowers 39 feet, is the second greatest tide in the world It was low tide when we passed, and nothing but mud flats could be seen across the expanse. Soon we left sea level and started climbing into the mountains, going up Placer river canyon thru six sue cessiive tunnels. The road leads along the banks of Lake Kenai, distance of 35 miles. Beautiful snow capped mountains of tremendous size tip the horizon turnout the remainder of the trip into Seward. Dozens of beautiful glaciers, any one of which
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would outclass Rainier in Washing | ton, were seen upon either side. At the Spencer glacier the conductor stopped the train for six minutes so that we could take pictures. Some of these glaciers contained great caves at the base into which it is possible for those to enter who are willing to take the risk. The engi- neering feat of the road going over the divide is worthy of mention. It is a series of trestles, tunnels and deep cuts. The road makes a rise of $50 feet in three quarters of a mile, describing complete figure nine. We passed through snow sheds over which have slid drifts of snow this winter that were 65 to 70 feet deep.
 Stopped At "Nellies."
 The train stopped ten minutes at "Nellies' near the summit to enable is to see the display of furs and trophies collected by this frontier woman. There were splendid speci- mems of many different kinds of bear, moose, elk, mountain sheep, fox and other animals that abound the mountains of this section Some of the skins were mounted and oth- CTS finished in different ways. Quite a number of these animals including large bear were killed by this woman.
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The salary of Sir Henry Thornton. president of the Canadian National Railways, has been raised to s75,OOO year, with an additional $25,O00 for expenses.
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New York has spent s5OO,OOO OOO on it's subway system and plans to spend vast additional sums in the near fu- ture.
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Only six persons knowo the formula for making the ink used in printing bank notes for the Bank of England.
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The American Flint Glass Workers Union has opened a labor bank in Toledo, o.
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Mexico will soon have it's first long distance telephone line from Mexico City to Laredo, Texas.
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A warehouse in Brooklyn belonging to the United States Army is the larg- est in the world.
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Matches were first made by machin- cry in 1940
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Alaska Being Modernized

Modern appliances are doing a great deal for the development of Alaska. Yesterday an airplane, fly ing from Fairbanks to Wiseman in the KoyuEuk mining district, prot the miners a supply of fresh fruits and vegetables. The plane left Fair banks at a. m. and was back the same morning at g, travelling dis tance of APO miles, delivering it's load that it would have been impossible otherwise to have done in less than a month.
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The Alaska Railroad.

The Alaska railroad upon which we are now travelling was built by the government at a cost of s53,00O,OOO. IL is All miles in length. The pur- pose was to open up this vast ter ritory, which was formerly isolated from the rest of the world. A won derful feat of engineering is shown. While at present, the road is a los ing proposition for the government it is thought by the help of tour ists and the gradual development of the country, in time it can be made 10 pay.
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PRAISES ALASKA
 RAILROAD HOTEL
 LOCATED CURRY

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Vast Open Stretches.

Looking upon the vast expanse of rugged hills, rapid flowing streams, level meadows. high snow capped mountains and beautiful country we are now passing, and not seeing even a miners hut for miles and miles. one can realize what an uninhabited country this really is. To think that Alaska contains only 25,000 inhabit- ants, although the territory embraces one-third the square mile area of the entire continental United States. It has only little more than three times the population of Lodi. To see the miles upon miles of rich soil cov- cred with enough green feed to fat ten practically al the cattle and sheep in the United States, and see ing this feed go to waste, it seems as if surely this country was creat- ed for a purpose, and that some day il will be utilized.
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Curry Hotel the Best.

Seward, Aug. Eve arrived here this afternoon at 2:30, after a pleas ant trip of two and a half days over the Alaska railroad. Last night was spent at Anchorage, and the night before at the beautiful resort of Curry, named after Congressman Cur ry of California. The hotel at Cur ry is one of the best we have en- countered on our trip. It is a mod ern plant, operated and maintained by the Alaska railroad. It contains 50 rooms, operates it's own electric laundry, and every accommodation if offered. The excellent food and the service was a surprise to all the tourists making the Gold Belt tour. The hotel is located on the banks of the Susitna river, 40 miles south of Fairbanks. A foot bridge spans the rushing glacier stream, which is 500 feet at this point. This river freezes solid every winter, and the exact time of the going out of the ice is of great interest to the people of this section. Last season a pool of $14,000 was raised, the money going to the one making the closest guess. It went out at 6:32 D. m., May ', 1925, carrying with it two 1,oi1oc of
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Arrive In Cook Inlet Town

We arrived at Anchorage yesterday afternoon at 1:15, spending the nite in that city. Anchorage is a govern ment town of about 200O inhibitants, although the population was 5000 during the construction of the rail- road At this point are the head quarters and division point of the railroad. At the time of building the railroad, this town was laid out by the government at a time when the residents were living in tents, The streets were cleared and consid- erable work in the way of providing water, lights and sewers was done by the government. In 1915 large number of the lots were sold at pub lie auction, and the money received
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ands of years. These animals un- doubtedly inhabited that section when it was in the tropics.
 There are now 136 enrolled in the college, but it is growing and the ad- dition of a dormitory is now being built
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21
TOWN OF HOMER.

Redwood County, Minnesota.
Personal Property 1924 Taxes.
Taxes must be paid before March /, 1872
School District No. l.
Total Tax Rate $50 Mills
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TOWN OF DELHI.

Redwood County, Minnesota.
Personal Property 1924 Taxes.
Taxes must be paid before March /, 1925.
School District No. 1.
Total Tax Rate SIS Mills
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21
TOWN OF cHARLEsTowN.

Redwood County, Minnesota.
Personal Property 1924 Taxes.
Taxes must be paid before March /, 1925.
School District No. IS.
Total Tax Rate 24.2 Mills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21
TOWN OF GALES.

Redwood County, Minnesota.
Personal Property 1924 Taxes.
Taxes must be paid before March 1, 1925.
School District No. 40.
Total Tax Rate 2S.4 Mills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21
Total Tax Rate

TOWN OF GRANITE ROCK.
Redwood County, Minnesota.
Personal Property 1924 Taxes.
Taxes must be paid before March 1. 1926.
School District No. 80
Total Tax Rate 1858 Mills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21
TOWN OF JoHNsoNvILLE.

Redwood County, Minnesota.
Personal Property 1924 Taxes.
Taxes must be paid before March 1, 1925.
School District No. A.
Total Tax Rate 25.4 Mills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21
TOWN OF ROCKVILLE.

HeuWOUu OUuHtJI
Personal Property 1924 Taxes ~
Taxes must be paid before March L, 1870.
School District No. II:
Total Tax Rate 24.4 Mis-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21

TOWN OF kiNTlRE.
Redwood County, Minnesota.
Personal Property 1924 Taxes.
Taxes must be paid before March /, 1926
School District No. So
Total Tax Rate 1913 Mills.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1925-01-21

TOWN OF lAM6ERroN.
Redwood County, Minnesota.
Personal Property 1924 Taxes.
Taxes must be paid before March 1, 1925.
School District No. 81
Total Tax Rate sos Mills.
Evening star., 1925-07-22

prices Of the articles bought abroad.
1t is not easy to get by" a customs
inspector on q New York pier with
two dozen trunks holding several
scores of dresses not listed on the
declaration blank. Ii is difIicuit to
buy $4,000 worth of jewelry In
Europe and bring it to New York, or
any other American port, without the
customs people knowing 1t. Profes-
sional smugglers may have ways to
do It. but the garden variety Of pas
Senger lacks the skill and resources
of the professional smuggler. The
bringing in of sundry small articles
bought abroad and aggregating more
than a hundred dollars is, perhaps,
done, but it is smallscale smuggling.
Nearly all passengers fill out blank
with list of their foreign purchases
and their chief trouble is to remember
the articles and the price paid for
them. Only person with very tall
nerve or a strong desire for adven-
ture and advertising tries TO pass
the customs inspectors with large
amounts of clothing and jewelry not
entered on the declaration.
Evening star., 1925-07-22
Actresses and the Customs

There has been a succession of news
stories of seizure of gowns and Jewels
of actresses by American customs in
spectors. 1t is a very small percent.
age of actresses returning from
abroad" who have trouble with the
American customs and there are also
offenders who are not actresses. When
a woman whose name Is known to
a million picture-goers has an adven-
ture it is fair assumption that the
matter Is interesting to a large mum.
ber of persons. A famous actress who
sprains her knee by slipping on a
banana peel and falling off one step
on the front porch, hurts her wrist
cranking her car, loses a $275 pearl
necklace valued at $4,000 and gets
into a dispute with customs inspec.
tors over $4,000 worth Of dresses and
$170, 900 worth of rubies, emeralds.
iacinths and the like will have the
spotlight turned on her for a few
moments. 1t is excellent advertising.
Suspicion may come that some ac-
tresses and their advisers consider
that the advertising is worth the cost
of the trouble with the customs and
the penalty for not setting down on
the declaration blank the names and
Evening star., 1925-07-22

spondents ought to be content to re-
cord that fact, or to let it go unre-
corded.
Mr.. Coolidge is a modest gentleman,
and during his vacation is entitled to
the fullest measure of privacy 1t is
possible to accord a President of the
United States, but his modesty can
not alter the fact that the American
people are intensely interested In what
he says and does, and because he hap
pens just now TO be doing little and
saying less IT does not follow that dis
matches from Swampscott are not
eagerly read or that the correspond
ents stationed there are entitled to
spend all their time at humble peg or
other, Summer diversions. They must
write about something, and even a
mild scolding by the presidential
spokesman" makes good copy.
Evening star., 1925-07-22
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

q. What is the greatest number of
double plays made in one base ball
game?-L. NJ. G.
A. On October {, 1916. the Boston
American League team made four
double plays in one game.
Q. Why are long g-termed leases ex-
ecuted for periods of 90 and 999 years
instead of. say, 100 or ] 900 years re-
spectively?-G. p. s.
A. II Is uncertain how the custom
of making leases for odd years, such
as SO years, originated. Matthew Ba-
con in his Treatise on Leases and
Terms for Years" published in Lon
don in 1898. explains that the 99-year-
lease period represents three lives, but
does not state why this particular
period was selected. There was pos
sibly an English common law pre-
venting lessor from granting a
lease for 100 years, and it was there
fore made for a slightly briefer period
Q. When and how should an en-
gagement ring be presented to a
woman? Should the man ask the
woman before offering the ring?-
E. G.
A. The gift of an engagement ring
Is largely controlled by the conyen-
fence of the prospective bridegroom.
! There Is no arbitrary rule concern
ing the method by which he gives the
ring TO his fiancee. A man should pro
pose marriage before offering a ring.
In fact, many authorities regard 1t in
bad taste to propose and offer the
ring at the same time. since this sug-
gests to the woman that the man was
too confident.
@ What is the origin OF the ex-
preston, we who are about TO die,
| salute thee?"-J. B. G.
A. Gladiators who entered the ring
as partfcipa nts in gladiatorial con
tests saluted the Emperor laudius
with this phrase.
Q. Is tattooing poisonous to the
skin?-F r.
A. Tattooing consists Of pricking
the skin with q sharp instrument and
inserting a pigment. such as charcoal,
in the punctures. Cases of infection
and poisoning have been known TO
result from this procedure, but they
are not usual.
Q. Is there a premium on a Co
| lumbar half doliar?-J. W. n.
A. These coins are worth no more
than their face value.
Q. If a person PLAYED a certain
! note on the violin for certain length
of time would the vibration knock
| a brick building DOWN.. =.
A. Theoretically it might be pos
sible to play violin until a certain
| note would make q vibration that
would cause a structure to collapse.
Actually, such an experiment has
| never been made. Some authorities
| however, are OF the opinion that the
| walls of Jericho collapsed as result
| Of vibration caused by the constant
| blowing of the horns.
Q. When was The postage stamp
| first used in the United States?-W.
! c. d.
A. Postage stamps were created
| under the act of March B. 1S47. and
were placed on sale July !, lS47 at
! New York
! Q. To whom may the term AZ
| tees" be properly appiied?-B. J.
A. The name "Aztecs' is some
Evening star., 1925-07-22
Progress Of Radio.

Radio is extending its range, and In
dications are that reception at Wash
ington from stations on the other side
of the world will become as usual and
as effective as reception from stations
at New York, Schenectady, Pittsburgh
and Boston. Few days pass that news
does not come of radio messages trans
rnitted from and clearly received at
places a great distance from each
other. One item is that two-way radio
communication was made between
Washin gton and the warship Seattle
far in the Pacific between Hawaii and
Australia. San Francisco sings and
talks TO Balboa. When our sets are
working well we listen to the band on
the Prado or Malecon at Havana.
johannesburg, South Africa, has re
ceived radio signals put on the air
venturers in the North Pole region
talk with friends at home. The Radio
Corporation OF America has said that
European programs will be broadcast
this Fall by it's stations in the United
States. and American programs will be
aired" to England and broadcas st by
stations there. A night or so ago the
vice president OF the Radio Corpora
ton told listeners that an English
broadcasting station is being equipped
with power to send music and speeches
to this side OF the Atlantic, where sta
tions of the system will relay to homes
throughout the land. Set owners in
Washington are making ready. and
they have no doubt that songs and
speeches will come TO them this Fall
from many parts of Europe.
Evening star., 1925-07-22
The Coolidge Idea.

President Coolidge is AT Swampscott
trying to get some measure of rest
from the problems of government. and
he thinks it would be good plan to
give the country a like opportunity to
put aside politics and propa ganda for
a season, to rest bit and devote itself
to business and the everyday affairs
Of life. He cannot see that any good
purpose is served by continuous
agitation of problems which must of
necessity await the convening of Con
gress before their solution can be at
tempted.
Mr.. Coolidge gives renewed assur-
and further reductions in taxation
are definite parts of the program of
his administration, and he thinks the
American people ought to go about
their business confident in the belief
that relief along these lines will be
afforded. He is unable to discern any
serious clouds on the horizon of Amer
ican business, and he cannot see why
the people should be kept all het-up
4uring dog days over issues that can
be more sensibly and more success.
fully tackled when the weather is
cooler.
In a gentle way the President re-
buked the newspaper correspondents
at Swampscott because of what he re-
CARDS as their efforts to "manufac-
ture" news. He seems to hold TO the
old adage that no news is good news,
and If no news is forthcoming at the
Suneher capital he thinks the CORE
Evening star., 1925-07-22

times used for all the ancient semi
civilized tribes of Nahuatlan stock in q
Central and Southern Mexico. Prop
erly speaking, the Aztecs are a group
of seven tribes occupying the Valley
of Mexico and its immediate vicinity.
These peoples were possessed Of
high degree of culture, but distin-
guished for their cruelty, particularly
in connection with religious rites.
Some of their descendants still reside
in the OUTLYING, villages in the neigh ,
borhood Of the City OF Mexico.
Q. When did Joseph Conrad die
w. D. J.
A. This disting uished writer. whose
real name was Theodor Josef Konrad
Korzeniowski. died near Canterhury-
England, on August 8, 1924.
Q. What is the value OF the fruits
and vegeta bles canned by commercial
compa MES yearly?-C. A. NJ.
A. The last biennial census Of manu-
features shows that in 1928 the value
of the output Of United States estah-
lishments making such products their
primary or secondary business.
tomatoes and baked beans are canned
in about equal proportion, between
IA, 600, 900 and Is 900 900 cases OF each
Peaches head the canned fruits with
1893. .334 cases and raisins. the dried
fruits. with 380,o6S.441 pounds.
Q. What is meant by frost level?
A. c. f.
A. Frost penetrates to different
depths below grade. depending upon
the climate of a place. The lowest
point reached in a severe Winter is
considered the frost level"
Q. What revenue does the Prince
OF Monaco receive from the Casino7
C. @.
A. Until 1927 the annual graz nj for
the concession is s400. 900. after THica
for 10 years it will be $3.50 006.
Q. What was the number Of Amer
lean naval vessels actually present :.
European waters upon the cessa uun
Of hostilities?-G r. X.
A. The grand total was 373 OF
which SO were at Queenstown. IS at
Berehaven. IS at Brest, 81 al Cardiff
45 at Gibraltar. , at Genoa, Il al The
Azores, J al Nurma nsk, ( al South
ampton. 80 at Plymouth. 81 at Corfu.
| l a Liverpool. The grand fleet IS
battleshipsI and the mine force II
tender, 10 mine LAYERS. . mine
sweeperst are also included in the
grand total
write part of the Bible?-C. n.
A. Historic ms who believe that Moses
wrote the first five books of the Bible
claim that the writing was in the
ancient Aramic
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