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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-22
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY

PHILADELPHIA, January 22.-
,1av brick manufacturers in this sec
lion report a strong advance in the
sales of last year. compared with
1924 The increase in some instances
has exceeded 40 per cent. Prices
are showing little change from Do
fember.
PITTSBURGH. January 22.-The
ordering of steel cars for railroads
has been heavy recently. New York
I-eptraI has ordered 500 automobile
rars. the Baltimore and Ohio and
Union Pacific have ordered 1000
freight cars each.
DETROIT January Henry
F-ord will build larger and finer
factory 10 replace the plant Of the
stout metal airplane division OF the
Ford Motor Co.. with burned The
Detroit automobile show. which will
men January IS. will have two air
olane exhibits. one the Powell racer
ivpe and the other built by the Hess
Aircraft Co.
ATLANTA, January ga move
ment in border States to curtail pro-
auction of cotton is not looked on
as an important factor in the size
OF the coming crop by experienced
dealers The latter predict higher
prices before the next crop is made.
DETROIT, January "a dis.
b,,rsement of 11,20O 900 in cash and
common stock to $500 employees of
General Motors today indicates the
success which the ssvings fund plan
of the company has reached. The
sum paid today represents the ma
turing of the 1920 class fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-22

Miss Pearl Kramer. who at 80 years
of age has become a director of
nroninent New York banking firm, Is
soon to sail for Europe to bring about
an amalga nation of firms in England.
France and America. capitalized At
SO, 900 900.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02

FOR SALE.--Special - 1000 pr. Shell
Rim Glasses at 1895 a pr. eXami-
nation included. Invisible Bifocals.
$500; Elgin Watches. $S.95; "a carat
Diamond. $4,000; Unbreakable Crys-
tails, 25c. Coatsworth, 1896 Atlantic
Ave. Atlantic City.
FOR SALE AT WEST PLEASANT
WILLIE room bungalow and and
1-4th acres of land. partly under culti-
walton. Price. $4,000 on installments.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02

AN ORDINANCE to improve Chestnut
Street from Wright Street to Bay
view Avenue by Grading and GRAY
Ing the same.
BE it Ordained by the Common
Council of the CITY OF Pleasantville:
Section /. That Chestnut Street,
from Wright Street to Bayview Ave
nue.. be improved by grading and gra-
yelling the same in accordance with
the plans and specifications prepared
therefor by Raymond +. Thompson.
City Engineer, a copy of which said
plans and specifications is on file in
the office Of the City Clerk of the City
of Pleasantville.
.5vL,.v.. - nat there be and is
hereby appropriated for such purpose
the sum of Two Thousand Five Hun
dred (S2 500 Dollars, and that in or
der to temporarily finance the cost of
making said improvement and to raise
the amount of such appropriation,
there shall be issued temporary bonds
of the City of Pleasantville in the
amount of Two Thousand FIVE Hun
dred ($2,500) Dollars, bearing interest
at Il rate not exceeding six per eentun
per annum Said bonds shall not be
sold for less than par and shall Sfaf
in general terms the purpose Tor which
they are issued. and may be ISSUED in
one instalment or from time to time
in installinentS and may be renewed
from time to time pursuant to law.
Said temporary bonds shall be signed
by the Mayor, sealed with the eorpOr-
ate seal of the City of Pleasantviile,
attested by the City Clerk, and all
matters with respect thereto shall be
by tic I':tE Treasurer.
Section 3. That so much of the cost
of said Improvement as represents the
special and peculiar benefits conferred
shall he assessed upon the lands and
real estate in said city. benefited by
said Improvement in proportion to the
benefit each parcel shall receive there
from, in the manner provided by law
All moneys received from the asscsS-
plent of be .cfi;s, shall b, .rtnwitf
paid into the appropriate sinking fund
of said City to pay the improNem""t
bends WIZ. =, or ~ 'e Council
may appropriate money so received
from said assessment towards the re-
dcmption of said bonds, which it may
determine to redeem.
Section 4. That the supplemental
debt statement. required by law, has
been made and filed in the office of
the City Clerk.
Section g. That all ordinances or
parts of ordinances inconsistent with
the provisions hereof, be and the same
arc hereby repealed and that this or
dinance shall take effect Immediately
after final passage and publications as
required by law.
Notice is hereby given that the fore
going ordinance was introduced At Il
meeting Of the Con'rno1 founca Of the
City of Plcasantvillc, held on Novenl-
Der i. 1926 and was passed upon first
reading and will be further considered
for final passage at its meeting to be
held at Council Chambers, City Hall,
PleaSantvillc, New Jersey. on NoVcm-
Der II, 1926, at eight O'Clock p. NJ. at
which time and place all persons in
tercsted will be given an opportunity
to be heard concerning the same.
Dated Nov. /. 1926.
NEHEMIAH AN DREWS.
City Clerk
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he Entire Mainland Your Wants Through These Columns

the Freeholders' Room, Guarantee
Trust Building, Atlantic and North
Carolina Avenues, Atlantic City, At
lantic County, New Jersey,
ALL THOSE two certain lots known
as lots Nos. 1Gl and 10 on a certain
plan of lots known as Absecon Heights
Terrace of the Atlantic Suburbs Com
pany in Galloway Township, Atlantic
County, New Jersey. which plans are
recorded in the Clerks Office of sad
county described together, containing
along the center of Belmar Avenue
fifty feet and extending OF that width
in length or depth between parallel
lines at right angles with Belmar Ave
ntl.. two hundred fifty feet to the cen
ter of Cordery Avenue which were
conveyed to the said Mary T.. Wilson
by two deeds, one from Edmund G.
Girty. dated December %, 1907. record
ed in said Clerks Office in Book 374,
page 25S. The other from Atlantic
Suburbs Company. dated June 5, 1912,
recoded in said Clerks Office in Book
1876, page as.
EMERSON RICHARDS,
Special Master.
John d. McMullin, Solicitor.
dfTuoS III
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Too Much Efficiency
By E.JCG:ssS2s::DRazb

inflated with air.
Her hands were doubled into fists
and the fists were smashing rhyth-
mically-right. left, right. left
against the swaying bag. Every
time a fist drove the bag against the
wooden disk, the bag rebounded
only to meet another fist lying craft
lily in wait. Constance was breathing
sharply: her eyes were glistening
with excitement.
For an instant the efficiency mans
gaze roved. Alice, CARRIED much as
her sister, with the exception that
she wore loose knickerbockers in.
stead of a skirt. was just clearing a
bar that was balanced some four feet
from the floor. Billy was pulling
viciously at a set of pulley weights
attached to the farther wall. Scat.
tered about the gymnasium were sew.
cral pieces of idle apparatus.
There was a sharp snap and the
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02
DECORATIONS

PAPERHANGER AND INTERIOR
DECORATOR.--Now 10 the time to
have that Paperhanging doE.. All
the Newest Designs. Why not have
your work done before the Spring
rush and save money. posta! VIII!
receive prompt attention. Edward
l.. Hudson 623 North Main street.
Pleasantville. lr
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02
A Butterfly Holdap

A year or two ago an especially
dry winter in southern California
caused many of the mountain
plants to wither and die. So the
butterflies of the hills had not
enough food supply and came down
in clouds to the valleys. They We're
beautiful principally of n splendid
red variety. They fiuttered In glow
ing swarms along the roads and
filed the radiators of passing mo.
tor. cars, cansing overheating of the
engines. When drivers went ahead
without brushing off the butter
flies, the motors were often badly
damaged. The only thing to do
was to stop and sweep them out
and off. 1t was a regular butter
fly holdup.--Girls' World.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02
SHERlFF'S SALE.


BY virtue of writ of fieri facias, to
me directed, issued out of the New
Jersey Court of Chaneery. will be sold
at public vcnduc. on
Thursday, the Eleventh Day of No
vember Nineteen Hundred and
twenty Six,
at two O'Clock in the afternoon OF SAID
day, in the Board of Chosen Freehold
ers Assembly Room. ON the Seventh
Floor, Guarantee Trust Building, in
the City of Atlantic City. County of
Atlantic and state of New Jersey.
Situate in the City of Pieasantvillc.
in the County of Atlantic and State CT
New Jersey:
beginning at a point one hundred
and twenty-five feet Northwestwardly
from the Southwest corner OF Wesley
and Chalfonte Avenue, and thence cN-
tending a. enthusiastically parallel
with Chalfonte Avenue. one hundred
feet to the old division line: thence CD
Notwithstanding, along said division
Northeastwardly, one hundred feet
parallel with Chaifonte Avenue to the
Southwest line of Wesley Avenue; and
thence 90 in the Southwest line Of
Wesley Avenue. forty feet Southeast
wardly to the place of beginning.
Decree approximately $1.SSS-3S, be-
sides interest. costs and fees.
Seized as the property OF SprIggS Il.
Baker ct al. and taken in execution at
the suit OF Pleasantville Mutual Loan
and Ruildng Association, &c, and to
be sold by
HOWARD Il. CLOUD,
Dated October fG. 1876.
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beating of the bag against its wooden
barrier ceased abruptly. II. Hedge
turned his head, just In time to see
gfobular object approaching him at
appalling speed. There was no time
to dodge. The missile struck him
fairly in the middle of his forehead,
bounded back with equal suddenness,
and rolled along the floor to a far
corner.
A broken cord was dangling over
Constance Broolles head as she
stood rigid for an instant, breathing
heavily and staring with wide eyes
at the efficiency man. He was rub
bling his forehead in bewildered
way and returning her stare. There
was shrek of laughter from Alice;
an III be-" from Billy
The bag-puncher bit her lip,
frowned. but said never a word.
Pulling off her gloves, she tossed
them aside, marched rapidly to the
peared. Horace noted a CLINT of tri-
umph In her eyes.
The efficiency man strolled across
the gymnasium and retrieved the
bag from the corner where it lay. He
examined it curiously. noting the
broken bit of cord that was 1t.
tached to it and nodding his head in
evident approval. AS he turned the
leather sphere in his hands he OBJ
served that 1t had been marked upon
apparently with chalk. The inscrip
ton was half obliterated by busy
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02
Judge the Whole by One

A corporation may spread itself
over the whole world and may en-
ploy one hundred thousand men.
but the average person will usually
form his judgment of it through
his contact with one individual. If
this person Is rude or inefficient, 1t
will take a lot of kindness and eff
cheney to overcome the bad impress
sion. Every member of an organl-
cation who in any capacity comes
In contact with the public is a
salesman and the impression he
makes is an advertisement, good
or bad.-Standard Data Digest.
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NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY


GsCUPPOSE you try it first" sug.
~ gested Constance to her
brother. you've got to do some.
thing once in a while, Billie, dear"
She smiled maliciously, she could
still afford to. Billy and Alice were
broke, but nearly three dollars stood
between her and humiliation. They
doomed big. veritable bulwark Of
riches.
A. sound of voices in the hall
caught the ears of the three Brooke
children.
We will first inventory Mr..
Brookc's suite" the efficiency man
was saying. Then we will take the
other apartments on this floor in
turn"
Very well. sir" said the subdued
voice of Horace.
After an awful minute, Alice stole
softly to the door of Constance's den
and looked out. Then she signaled
clear track. The three Brookes,
single lie. tiptoed into the hall and
up the stairs that led to the floor
above,
Mr. Hedge went about his inyen-
tory work with an ease and GER
tainty that amazed Horace, who,
while he could perceive no sense
whatever in the work itself none the
less reluctantly admitted to himself
that il was being done in workman
like manner. the quick. keen eyes of
hedge missing nothing. lie required
no explanation from his guide. Like
n good census man. he put down all
he saw and did it with a speed that
was amazing, FIe passed briskly
from one room to another. 'ineXora
bly, recording their contents on large
printed blanks.
To Horace it was foolishness; to
Hedge it was holy crusade.
The third floor followed the second,
but there were no Brooke children in
sight. Horace knew why, but the
efficiency man was yet to learn.
Fourth floor next" said Hedge
snappily. as he produced a fresh set
of blanks.
Horace led the way. Al the head
Of the stairs he turned sharply to the
left and walked along a short hall
way that ended at a closed door, The
butler laid his hand on the knob and
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02
SPECIAL MASTERS SALE.

Dated October 49,, 1876.
III. w. Lewis. Solicitor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02
PROPOSALS,
Notjre IN Contractors,

Sealed bids will be received by ;he
Board of Education of Absecon, coun-
ty of Atlantic, State of New Jersey.
when called for by the president in
session. in the rooms of said Board OF
Education, Absccon School. Absccon,
New Jersey. ON Thursday. November
4. 1926. at %. M, for the construction
of forced draft equipment and shall
low we'll and pump equipment for fur-
nishmE water 10 two school buildings
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02

at Abseeon, located on the White
Horse Pike Absecon, New Jersey, i'll
accordance with plans and specifica-
tons prepared by j. Vaughan Ma this.
Architect. Guarantee Trust Building,
Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Copies of plans and specifications
may be obtained at the office of Arch
itect. j. Vaughan Mathis, Guarantee
Trust Building, Atlantic City. New
Jersey.
Proposals must be endorsed with
their proper heading and delivered to
the office of the Board of Education at
the time and place above mentioned
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
BY order OF the Board Of I,ducat ton
DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON,
Secretary.
Dated October. 1926
prit,ta,tS Zoo S1n
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02

BY virtue of decree of the Court
of Chancery of New Jersey. made in
the cause wherein Albert Glannlnger
is complainant and Benjamin Wilson
and others are defendants, directing
the undersigned to make sale OF the
lands hereinafter described. will cX-
pose to sale at public vendue on We'd
nesday, the seventeenth day of No
yember, 1926, at the hour of two o.
clock in the afternoon of said day. IN
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
EsYafe If Elijah n RileV Deceased

Pursuant to an order of Albert G.
Abbott, Surrogate of the County OF
Atlantic. this day made on the appli-
cation of the undersigned. Executors
of the said dccedent. notice is hereby
given. to the creditors of the said de-
cedent to exhibit to the subscribers.
under oath or affirmation, their claims
and demands against the estate OF the
said decodcnt. within six months from
this date, or they will be forever bar
red from prosecuting or recovering the
same against the subscribers.
AMY RILEY,
WILLIAM +. RILEY,
Absecon. n. j.
Mays Landing, n. J..
September 18th, 1926.
Printers fee, $3.50. 9Tues.- IL
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DO you know what your wife
wants for Christmas? Well don't
buy it, She has plenty of time to
change her mind Miami (Fla.)
Herald.
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PUBLIC NOTICE.

Dated October, 1926.
Printers Fee. 1924.
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BEGIN HERE TODAY


JOHN w. BROOKE, hardware
manufacturer and widOwer. mr.
ranges to have an efficiency ex-
pert take charge of his house,
hold while he is out of the city
for n period OF two months. He
leaves town without telling his
plans to his grown children,
Constance, Billy and Alice.
II. HEDGE, assigned to the
job. arrives at the Brooke man,
sion. takes over the owners
sleeping quarters, and proceeds
to systematize operation He fs
in the library, now turned into
an Office. The "children" nre
discussing this al tOE h err
strange situation thrust upon
them - hours previous. They
are trying to decide which OF
them shall inform Hedge that
their monthly allowance Is due.
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- USED CARS
NOTICE..

To John Ncwgan and all others con-
corned. that | shall soil at public auc-
ton on November >. 1926, at 10 a, m,
at the Peerless Battery CO., 1856 n:
Main St. Picasantville. y. j.. one l9ii
Overland black touring car. motor NO.
SO137i3. according to L. l.. 1878 and
various supplements thereto.
JAMES O. X FAME.
BailiT for Peerless Battery Co.
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TRUCKING, HAULING
REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE. = Lots corner Utah and
Pennsylvania Ave. one 110X5J, the
other 58x98 VIII sell for $1,000. One
half cash. balance mortgage for year.
Apply owner. l.. Euocco, 1912 Atlantic
Ave, "A atlantic City. II
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BARGAINS IN HOMES. Sale or
RENTAL sizes. all prices. for all
classes Bungalows $4,000 up: rent
$50 up per month. Martell. builder,
boulevard at Main, Pleasantvillc,
Phone Pleasantville 1651. tt.
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FOR SAI.r.-We have several lots IN
Tudor Terrace, Northiield. which
will be sold at real sacrifice. Clark
& Clark. Northfeld Phone Pleasant
willie glS. u
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02

FOR -SALE.-Bus suitable for school
bus, for sale cheap. j. w. kirk
bride. Old Turnpike and Shore Road,
Pleasantvile. II
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FOR SALE. Doughty Road. TRAN
gular lot 100 TT. frontage. 120 #.
deep. between Washington Ave and
Atlantic City Il. Il. Price, 81 900.
North6eld. 295 feet fronting on the
New Road at Franklin Ave
Jesse l.. Rsley. SOC SO. Main St.
Pleasantville. N. !. IT
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1926-11-02

BARGAlN-22 Building Lots. $500
each; also 10 acres cheap. Martell.
Boulevard at Main. Pleasantville.
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J CLASSIFIED {
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,Minimum charge, IS words or less,
s6c FIRST insertion; SC each addition
ii insertion. Each word over rs. first
insertion, 1c; each additional inser-
ton, one-half cent?
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years and the outlook for the timber generally in the district is the best in recent years, according to District Forester c. H. Flory.
 Results from test borings at Peters burg Bar, made to determine the na- ture of the formation there have been very favorable for use of sea going dredge in digging a channel across the bar, according to Major L. E. Oli yer, acting district engineer The gas boat Myra, owned by T. M Armstrong, is missing, unaccounted for since about March 16, with George Hardine aboard according to report made to U. s. Commissioner V. A. Paine at Juneau. The disappearance of the vessel was reported by MT. Armstrong.
 Word of the sudden death of Fred Wasmer from acute indigestion at Ell Paso, Texas, wes received by relatives of Mrs. Wasmer in Juneau. MT. Was ner formerly resided at Juneau, hay ing been manager of the Alaska Steam laundry for about year, leaving in 1916 for the states.
 Warren Taylor, last week bought out the interests of his partners, Roy Baden and Carl Ermond in The Club pool hall at Cordova and henceforth will be the sole owner MT. Taylor has been with the business for about three years. MT. Baden and MT. Ed mond have not made known their plans for the future.
 The response of the business men of Cordova, to the advertisement rel ative to the development of the Lucky Strike property at Mckinley lake has been very gratifying, 25 people hay ing subscribed for units in the syndi- cate. In fact nearly every business house in Cordova has made volun- teer subscription.
 Only four members of this years teaching staff will return to Cordova next year, although all of the faculty were reelected. Those remaining are Superintendent Otto G. McDonough,
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NORTHERN NOTES

E. G. LaBelle has been reelected chief of the Cordova fire department, his opponent being Harry Nettleton.
 Axel ("Gus") Gustaveson, one of the best known of the Klondike pio- neers, died recently in Tucson, Ari- zona.
 Alaskan, Atlin and the Yukon these words are the title of the folder by which the White Pass & Yukon route will advertise the northern trip to the tourists who would know more about the great Northland.
 A San Francisco paper received on the last mail brings the sad news of the passing of Mrs. A. R. Heilig, be- loved by the many who knew her dur ing her many years of residence III Fairbanks.
 Many Ketchikan people were shock ed to learn of the sudden death at Bremerton of B. A. Eardley, pioneer resident in the Ketchikan district and owner of the Dolomi mines and local property.
 Sawmill men in Southeastern Alas ka are apparently on the eve of the biggest seasons operations in many
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Robert Scott and Miss Dorothy AL baugh of the high school and Miss Naida Johnstone, who has the sixth grade. IT
 At the first meeting of the new school board held Wednesday, Super intendent Chas. E. Olsan was reap pointed, to serve for the coming school term. Professor Olsan has proven himself a man of fine ability and keen judgment in his capacity as su- perintendent of the Anchorage school and his reappointment is in recogni- tion of his splendid work.
 | Kal Blemm shipped on the last Queen for a smelter test in San Fran cisco one ton of antimony from his property on Cleveland peninsula. For the past twelve years he has been blocking out ore. He has four feet 1 lead less than a mile from the beach He packed out the one ton of ore His property is seventeen miles from Ketchikan.
 1 Alaskan packed salmon is very pop ular in Greece, say Calenderoglou and l Caracala of Pierce, Greece, in a letter received by the Commercial Club of Ketchikan. The firm named above wrote asking that they be put in touch with firms packing pink salmon of the quality of Belleanna and Angler brands, which have met a ready mar. ket in Greece.
 A number of copper claims in the Whitehorse district that have lain idle for several years, some for more than a dozen years and others since 1917, are to be reopened by the Rich mond Consolidated Mining Company of Spokane, which company has sue ceeded to the mining property of the late Byron White who secured the claims in Yukon 25 years or more ago. Among the claims on which work is soon to be started are the Pueblo, Tamarack and Carlisle, two oi which, the Pueblo and Carlisle have produced much copper in years gone by.