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New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
He Proved

Harrison: 'The coming year 1927 is going to be a peculiar one." Cummings: How do you make that out ?"
 Harrison: Why, only 46 weeks will belong to it." Cummings: How is that?" Harrison: "Six of them will be Lent"
 Mother R.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

The worst Of the winter no doubt will be due in 1927; but Tn spite of that we ought to try our best to be happy until the spring autoing starts.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
How It Will Be

Jennings: T expect to sit with my girl in the parlor and see the old year out"
 Blake: Will your girls father be there ?"
 Jennings: No he'll come down about three hours later and see me out"
 Il. F. Coughlin.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
Jice'S Dark Side

Little Alice, aged three, was lock- cd in the pantry the other day for punishment.
 That night her mother said: Alice. had two pies in the pantry this morning, and now there's only cne."
 Well" answered Alice, Tit was SO dark in there I didn't see the other one.'
 p0hireon
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

-One thing the municipal Christ mas tree does is to glorify the place where the Connecticut company cars stop.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Nothing changes. When a man invented the wheel and pondered over it, doubtless the neighhors said: See: much learning has made him unhappy"
 Syndicate
 Copyright, 1927. Publishers
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
Better Financially

Robert: Thompson, the dentist, refers to his dental parlor as a drawing groom" Fred: If he drew less corks and more teeth it would be better fof him."
 Susan Markell
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Member of the Associated Pvess The Associated Preee ie exclusively en- titled to the use for republication Of all news credited to 1t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published therein.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

smith McAdoo brcach.' That little line between the names prob ably represents the one established by Messrs. Mason and Dixon.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

If everything turns out well, the fifth ward will begin the new year with more resolutions than usual.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Humility isn't much of virtue if you cultivate it because you are afraid to fight.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Careless walking on the ice at midnight will enable one to slip into the new year with d broken leg.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Americanism: Boobs, trying to hide the fact, cheering for a critic who ridicules boobs.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

What ivory clad minds get from this is that what has been claimed for the new drinks is true-the wood alcoholic content is doubled. That being the case, the rest is camou- tlage. Is this preventing hard liquor from becoming more poisonous than it used to be? According to Mr. Mel Ions materia medica, twice the amount of poison makes liquor no more dangerous than before.
 Perhaps that prohibition expert was right when he asseverated the reason so many innocent drinkers died from recent booze was because they drank too fast and too much of if.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Government tries hard to make alcohol too vile to drink, and anna teurs achieve it without trying.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

The thing that does most to en- courage a taste for finer and better things is credit.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Nothing worth while is easily ob- taincd. If the cork comes out easi- ly, the label is a liar
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Yours isn't hick town if you can use good English without seeming to show off.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Movie marriages get so tangled We never can tell whether new one is marriage or swop.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Affection endureS. The allies no longer have their hands on one an- others shoulders, but they have their eyes on one another's hands.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

The way those gangsters shoot one another to get monopoly, you think they were Christian nations,
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

There were great leaders in the old days because they had ideas to teach instead of cash to pay for elections.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

The Herald is on sale daily ip New York at Hotalings Newsstand, Times souars: schultz's Newsstands. Entrance Grspd Central. 42nd Street.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

"The four per cent of wood alcohol provided for in the for mula will remain. however, as Mr. Mellon does not think that percentage injurious. Under the old formula. two per cent of wood alcohol is used
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
TELEPHONE CALLS Business office ...- 925 Editorial Rooms .... Sz6

Tho only profitable advertising medium in the City Circulation booke and pIeek room always open 10 advertisers
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Canada and Mexico teach us that America cant exist half wet and half dry.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
New Britain Herald
 HERALD PUBI,sHtNo COMPANY

Issued Daiy Sunday Excepted) At Herald Bldg. q Church Street.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Among the achievements that cause the most anxious though right at the beginning is a mustache.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

In these moonshine days there is singular eXactitude in the saying: "Ill try anything once"
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Farming isn't the only occupation in which production cheapens the product. There's making.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
FactsondFancies
 BY ROBERT CULLEN

Most accidents preventablc? Well, possibly if you begin with the bone heads grandfather.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
The Baseball Fan

tand what THE FUN SHOP con- tributors have 10 say about thcm)
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

In primitive state the young left home early, but they didn't come back at a. m.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Talking over the heads Of the people" means no more than an in- ability to talk clearly.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
BRING OUT WILD BELLS"

Ring out our cares and worries, yes Each fidget and each fret,
 Ring in q year of cheerfulness, THE FUN SHOPS best year yet!
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
On His Way!
WITH THE DENTISTS

GAS THE FUN SHOP Joke Factory
 found one) Eugene: "1 always feel nervous when l enter a drawing room.' Olive: That's the way the dentist affects me, too"
 J. c, C.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
MEXICAN OIL LAW
 TODAY UNCHANGED
lmpasse Continues and Regula.
 tionS in Force Tomorrow

Mexico City, Dec 31 LP) - The deadlock between the Mexican goS- ernment and the principal foreign oil companies over the new petro- leum and land laws, which go into effect tomorrow, continued appar- ently unbroken today, with unccr- tainty as to specific deveopmcnts after the new year.
 Theoretically the Mexican cov- ernment will become the owner ,t all the oil lands under forc:.., title in Mexico the owners of whicl have not applied for confirmato. concessions before midnight ;o- night, as provided by the new laws.
 It is generally felt, however, that the government will not actually take over the lands at once, ard will thus afford no grounds for d- rect complaints from foreign inter- ests of contlscation. In this case. the present status of uncertainty will be continued.
 The secretary of commerce and industry, Luis Morones, has an- nounced that the government will not turn over to the third parties leases on oil lands reverting to the government. This allays the fears of the oil interests that their prop- critics would be allotted to othcr individuals or companies willing ,d accept the laws.
 No accurate statistics are avail- able as to the extent and value oe all the properties affected by the laws, but it is believed that theN total many thousands of acres with a potential value of perhaps bii- lions of dollars.
 Members of the association lt producers of petroleum in Mexico, including the executives of the most important American oil con- cerns operating there, adjourned a series of conferences in New York last night without announcing any decision as to their plan of action today.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
SUBSCRIPTION RATES $500 Year.
 37.oo Three Aonths-
 7sc. Month.

Entered tt the Pos, once al New Britain
 as Second ClAss Mall Natter.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

Dear M. F. J.:
 Mrs. Harmon is a brunette. I sat next to her the other night at dinner. She chatted charmingly about her children. her maid, her bridge playing. her dog, and her re- ducing measures.
 Then she told me the plot of three movies she had seen.
 Suffering crocodiles, That's why l prefer blondes,
 Henry Bushnell.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31

GEN N-TCL- MEN. MEN :! Dear Mir. Judell:
 l laid my cheek against her gold en hair.
 We sat thus, in the moonlight, while I told her of my plans for a little bungalow with rambler roses and built-in ironing board. It was wonderful evening. dressing for bed, I went to wind my watch. It wasn't there,
 Cropping aligators.
 THAT'S why I prefer brunettes.
 Milton Babcock
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
 Ju9&h4ob z
 MAxs0N MKlll Lunl

Send all communications to Fun Shop Editor, care Of the New Britain Herald. and your letter will he forwarded to New York.
New Britain herald., 1926-12-31
GEN-TUL-MEN GEN-TUL-MEN

Agnes Robinson.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03

The historic purpose Of the injunction is to protect
property where the plaintiff has other remedy at law
This process was never intended to interfere with human
relations or with the functions Of government
By the simple trick Of reviving the serf idea-that
labor IS property workers have silently been swept un
der the Injunction writ.
# labor is property the labor injunction is correct
If labor is not property the labor injunction is
judicial usurpation
Under the first supposition it is idle TO plead with
Injunction judges. It is waste of time to attempt to
weaken their blows against personal liberty and govern
mental law
Power begets power; repression feeds on repression.
To attempt to regulate the injunction Judge is to
acknowledge his usurpati0n To endeavor to defeat him
with rules he himself had made is folly The injunction
Judge should be fought along fundamental lines Con-
res creates inferior federal courts and Congress can
define the jurisdiction of these courts The United States
Constitution says So This has been affirmed by the
supreme court
Congress should notify these courts that their
strketime writs illegal and that the original pur-
pose Of the injunction protection of property only
should be re-estabshed -
Labor power is the life Of the human being and is
not transferable.
The product of labor power is property, or wealth
It is transferable and under certain conditions is sub
ject to equity jurisdiction.
The labor Injunction rests on the confusion of these
TERMS The question must be clarified as it reaches down
to the very fundamentals Of democracy and challenges
government by law.
While the Dewitt barber shop in Aberdeen has been
granted temporary restraining order prohibiting men,
Ders OF the Local BARRIERS Union from merely obsa,;,,
those who enter the shop we do not consider that we avs
any socaled injunction Judges in Grays Harbor county
anq no part Of the foregoing is directed at either Of our
Judges nor have assumed the duties of Interpreting
the law for them. = Ss-''s
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03
REED OPENS NEW
MUSIC CONCERN

The George A. Reed piano house,
Aberdeen's newest musical establish
msnt, has opened in the Asher build
ing with complete line Of musical
instruments, music and supplies.
George A. Reed, for some years con-
nected with the Sherman-C Clay organ
ization in western Washington cities,
will be IN charge Of the new busi-
ness.
Story and Clark pianos, selected by
Mr. Reed as representing the most
modern instruments in point Of action
construction and tonal qualities, viii
be featured by the company. King
band instruments, Bacon bahios. Lud-
wig drums and percussion outfits and
imported violins will be carried. as
well as sheet music, musical Access
sories and instructors supplies.
Mr.. Reed has been associated with
the piano industry since his youth
and comes fro ma line of piano build
ers and musicians. He served a seven
year apprenticeship in piano construc-
tion at the Steinway & Sons factory
in New York. In 1901 and until 1918.
Mr.. Reed pioneered the piano trade in
the Dakotas and eastern Montana.
having his main office In Fargo.
North Dakota. In 1918, he Joined
the Sherman-Clay organization in
western Washington and while in Gen.
tralia became associated, with Crays
Harbor musical development, coming
to Aberdeen in 1917.
The new musical concern will co.
operate with all organizations tend
ing toward development Of musical
appreciation on Grays Harbor. Mr..
Reed said. "Within the past five
years Aberdeen has advanced wonder
fully both in appreciation Of music
and efficiency of Instruction. said
Mr.. Reed. .The movement toward the
better class of music is rapidly gain
ing moznentum and in Musical way
Aberdeen now compares favorably
with cities of 100000 population.'
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03
CREDIT unions GROVE
AIDl0M-WAGE WORKER


WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 TIE
growth Of credit unions has been rap
id in this country during recent years.
according 70 an article in the Noveni-
Der issue Of the Monthly Labor Re-
view, published BY the Bureau Of La
Dor Statistics.
Ordinarily in an unexpected emer-
eency. The wage Garner or man on :
small salary who has little Or 40 tan
fible security, finds It difficult to Sc
cure a loan. i IS stated The credit
union. often called TIE poor mans
bank. meets this need. There were
2s4 active credit unions in existencs
in 20 states in 1925. and IN the sans
period "a states enacted legislation
authorizing cooperative credit So
rieties. Although the majority Of the
unions were formed il the last fivs
years. the membership Of l76 re
srting organizations numbered Al
most los. 900 IN 1925. The share cap.
ita1 amounted to approximately Sill
000,00 and the loans TO more than
so, 100000.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03
ALLSOP WOULD DESTROY
STATE LABOR PROGRAM
CONTENDS FARRIMOND

Under date Of November nth, there
appeared in certain newspapers a
lengthy communication. signed by H. J.
Allsop. secretary of the United Mine
Workers of District No. 10. Mr.. Ben
Farrimond, former presiden. of Dis
triet No. 10, United Mine Workers Of
America, declares that the plain pur-
pose Of Allsop's letter is to UNDER
mine the official program Of the
Washington labor movement; to d.
vide the workers, by creating dis
trust and prejudice, and hand them
over to the open shop, labcr-hasing
crew, Of which the chosen leader is
Roland H. Hartley. Mr.. Harrimond's 5
reply to Allsop's letter is as follows
II hdve been a member Of the
Miners Union since it was founded
about 90 years ago. For several years
| was an executiv eofficer Of District
Nc. TO- l am in a position to know
the facts relative to the Miners
Union, which Allsop states is .on the
rocks in this state. Many of us old
timers have known for a long time
that the Miners Union has been
wrecked. We have refrained from
publishing the facts and placing the
blame where it belongs, for fear we
might in some way do further harm
large part of our lives and that q
few short years ago was second to
none.
I'VE know that when sBill' Short
was an officer of the Miners Union,
it was brought to a 100 per cent
organization and that when he re-
signed every miner in Washington
was member of the union working
for the highest scale Of wages ever
paid to coal miners, and that In the
treasury Of the organization he left
more than s25,000.00.
I'VE know that il the advice Of
Short and his friends and associates
had been followed in 1921, the Min
ers' Union would still be . 100 per
cent organization, and the union coal
miners Of Western Washington who
49, 144l4 - AAN=t Z. q - AflH touE Wluut
to work for three and four dollars q
dag in saw mills, lumber camps, etc,
where the Hartley non-unioh scale
prevails, would be working at Black
Diamond, Burnett, Carbonate and 9TH
er Western Washington coal camps,
for better conditions and contract
rates than the union miners in the
Roslyn-Cle Elum field under the lead
ership of Allsop and his associates,
are getting.
1T hurts to say it; but it is COM
mon knowledge to informed miners
that the non-union miners of West
erl Washington are working under
Continued on Page Four)
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03
l'AUSEN DAlRED bA J
PAYING Of HARTLEY
EXPENSE VOUCHER

OLYMPIA, Nov. s0.-Disclosure q
q state voucher for Sails, On which
Governor Roland 3. Hartley attempts
ed to obtain public funds while eEad-
ing the law requiring an izcmized
statement, was made here today. Pay
ment of the voucher. however vas
baked BY State Auditor c. ~ Claus
en- six months ago with the state
ment that no money could Be given
the governor contrary to the statute
and Mr. Harley has kept quiet about
the incident ever since.
The law provides thaa the state
auditor cannot approve expense ac-
counts Of state officials and order
their payment until he Is given the
necessary receipts as well As itemized
statements Of the expenditures. This
data the governor has declined tQ
furnish in connection with che sS,l1p
expenditure, and this money st8ll r.
mains in the state treasury
A voucher signed BY the governor
bearing date Of April 20, 1926, which
reads simply: 40 expense incident TO
investigation work by Governor Ro-
fContinued on Page Twol
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03
Fire Fighters Gain

WASHINGTON. Nov, 27.--organ-
lied fire fighters in Toledo, Atlantic
City, Omaha, and Steubenville,' Ohio.
were successful in securing wage in
creases. through municipal referen-
dums 10 the recent elections.
Reports to the international Asso-
citation of Fire Fighters show that
the Atlantic City increase TO $3.50
year is the highest in this country,
and leads New York City, which pays
$500. Toledo fire fighters were ad-
vnaced 30 per cent and Steubenville
citizens favored an increase Of $50
month.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03

50 share was paid out Of 1925 earn
ings. hTe following March the regu-
lar annual dividend rate was raised
from IS to 81. In July another extra
didivend was paid, and on September
IL stock dividend Of 30 per cent
was paid.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03
AUTO STOCKHOLDERS
GET JUICY PROFITS

NEW YORK, Nov. 24.-The General
Motors Corporation continued its
amazing record Of profits by voting
$Sd 100000 OF stockholders.
Profits for the last nine months
total s149,S17 ,553, as compared with
$50. .921, ,01s in the corresponding peri
cd Of 1925.
Last January an extra dividend of
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03

District Of Columbia supreme court
upholds right Of Painters Union -
set wage scales and five day work
week.
Moscow Communists reported Us
ing radio to address striking British
coal miners.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-12-03

Pennsylvania Railroad increases the
wages Of $4,000 shop workers 8 cents
an hour.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-09-09
THE FINE ART OF HOG CALLING

We're learning more and more every day.
We are finding out that "hog-calling" is
real art A newspaper admitted that it didn't
know anything about it, and Immediately
there followed food of Authoritative in
formation from Westerners, Fasteners, Sou
therners, Northerners.
We find, too, that there isn't any one par
ticular exercise of the vocal cords to bring pig
gle a'running.
Suggestions have come from various parts
of the country, each supposed to be the
original and authentic call. Here they are:
Indiana and Western Kentucky: "P-o-o-o-o
gle! P-o-o-o-o-g-i-e! P-o-o-o-o-g-i-e!
Middle West: "Whoo-ee! Whoo-ee.'
East Texas: 20 Pig Pig O! Pig O! Pig o."
Delaware: "Who-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e
Glasgow, KY: "Soo-e-e-e-e! Soo-e-e-e-e!
Soo-e-e-e-e!
Fred Patel, champion hog caller of Ne
braska, whose call can be heard two miles
away, says it's "Poooo-ew-olig."
Patel also says: You've got to have ap-
peal, as well as power, in your voice. You've
got to convince the hogs you've got something
for them"
Now just how do they do it in this county?
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-09-09
THE COUNTRY SCHOOL TEACHER

The country teacher has an Infinitely great
er opportunity to count than the city school
teacher. If she can like her job she is per-
sonage in the community. where she labors.
Everybody knows her. Everybody looks up
to her-if she proves she is boss. On the other
hand there is staggering challenge if she is
weak in the knees. There is no principal ana
superintendent to bolster her up, to cover over
her failures and gently watt her on to some
more suitable berth, with few the wiser. Tne
proverbial privacy of the goldfish is hers we
say the paucity of rural school teachers is rath-
er typical of the age. 1t is golden age for
people with courage and initiative to tackle
problems single handed. Because there are so
few who seem to want to do that.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-09-09
Huge Map of u. S.

How many of our people know that
a gigantic map of the United States
has been under way for As years and
it is hoped at the best to complete it
during this generation. The size
calls for 5000 sheets that will cover
more than an acre. The approximate
cost will be $50, 100000. The Ameri-
can Engineering Council is in charge
of the task. Every acre of natural
features or the work of man upon
the, land will be- shown by this map.
Of course the rapid changes in the
building of railroads and bridges and
houses have to be, kept ss near up to
date as possible, but it will be very
true picture. when completed. And
since the highways will be shown with
routes, dips and grades and even
sharp curves ahead there are 15,00O,-
900 motorists in the country who may
find the map invaluable to them. OF
course the sections will be photo
graphed for convenient reference and
on small scale.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1926-09-09
SPOTL.IGHTS
ON
PEOPLE,
So Much To Do
e|lders

80 MUCH 10 DO
There is far more illiteracy in our
country than the United States sta
tistics show. There are people VINO
escape the classification of iiliterates
by being able to read limited num-
her of words and to sign their own
names, but who are still unable to
read public notices or danger signs
or to write any kind of communlca-
ton. These near illiterates are as
much a menace in industry as the
complete illiterates and, taken with
them, form nearly third of our
adult population. The possible saw
ing in accident prevention, In New
York state is computed to approxl-
mate the cost of teaching every adult
in the state to read. The other great
est evil of illiteracy is the corruption
it permits in politics. Besides these
two most outstanding results OF iilit-
eracy are the lowered quality OF
workmanship, lessened wages, the
sweatshop and pro6teering, industrial
agitation, race prejudice and class
hatred and the hamper it. puts on
health, home.making and good citi-
zenship. We all pay the price Of our
negligence in banishing illiteracy by
disease-breeding filth, disorder, indus
trial strife and corruption in govern
ment. How then can we be so in
different?