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New Britain herald., 1926-05-22
THE OBSER YER On the City and Its People
 Makes Random Observations

in them. The Boy Scouts in several towns set out 10 io their bit ill this regard and did destroy large num- bers of tents. But the Boy Scouts cannot reach everywhere, nor can the children Of the town.
 Private property owners should cooperate in this matter. It is a con- mon sight toIdy 10 see beautiful ap- pie trees covered with blossoms and on closer examination, find scattered among the branches the tents with their hideous inhabitants crawling about; thousands Of them in one tent. They crawl over the other branches and eat the leaves and blossoms and soon the whole tree takes on a withered appearance.
 There are a few land owners who take particular pride in their fruit trees and who, at the first sign Of q tent. burn it promptly and there by keep the trees free. There are others. who. because the tree does not bear anything but crab apples let ii go until if is almost covered with the pests. They do not realize that unless they help in the fight, 1t will make life very hard for the careful neighbor for he not only has to fight what pests accumulate in his own trees but also those which come from the next yard.
 All along the country side, where once were found apple trees which were a credit to tho scenery or old New England, We now find With"r- ing branches covered with Inc tents. The apple trees are not Of course the only trees affected, but they are in the majority.
 IL is becoming an eye sore to na- ture lovers and if the pest is not overcome soon, a fate similar 10 that of the chestnut trees will come to the fruit bearers.
 IL is hoped that Connecticut will not fall behind in her efforts to keep her countryside as beautiful as oth- CT states do and it is up 10 the prop erty owners to help by their copcr-, ation.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22
Nothing Doing!

Gilmore: Shall l bring home some nuts for dinner tomorrow" Mrs. Gilmore: If you DARE to bring any of yonr friends here, I'll so home to mother"
 Frank F. Donahue.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

The courts say a girl may laugh at policeman. A mere smile is bet ter. however, in case Of speeding.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22
Truthful

Bert: "Is your tlivvcr a good car?' Eugene: On the level, it is."
 Blaine C, Bigler.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

Arc you with us? Only SIP. New Britain 10 Niagara Falls and return, all expenses, except meals: Auburn Transportation Co.-adyt,
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

4 specialist is a man who realizes that whatever is wrong with you will cost you $2S5.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

The absent minded monkey thought he was in the jungle pick ing CoCoanutk.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22
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 Britain Herald, and your letter wili be forwarded to New York.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22
TELEPHONE CALLS
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The only profitable advertising medlu". in inc City. Circulation books and oreu room always open 10 sdvertiEer'
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

An honest man is Sandy McRash
 cry He never steals hotel stationary!
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

Entered at the Post Ofrics al New Bf1sH
 aa Second Class Mall Matter
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

With the approach of the summer season and inc consequent increase in the uso of the city streets and
 highways by motorists the danger Ito children who play in inc streets becomes moro and more serious. During tho past few weeks. reports
 10 the police. of accidents in which children of tender age were injured,
 indicate that many homes will be tsadd"ued ere the winter storms re .duce the ychicular traffic. IL is significant thu; in very few iu-
 stances have the police held stne drivers, bat classifying these occur- lrrucrs as "urayoidable' does, not
 alleviate the hcartaches Of parents nor lesson tho sufrerings Of the little Iorcs who lie for weeks in hospital cots with limbs in splints and come home limpiug or scared On the other hand. the fact that he could mot be blamed for running over q Ichild does not soothe the pangs of ,r"morse the motorist experiences SIS he leaps from his car to pick up the manglcd little form in the road tway.
 There seems to ho but one way 10 prevent these accidents, and that is ito keep inc children out Of the streets. Automobiles seldom so on- Ito the sidewalks and run doWi pc Idestrians and if the little ones arc taught as soon as they are able to tgo out alone, that danger and even death awaits them in the roadway. INeW Britin's acciGonts invoking children undoubtedly would be greatly lcssehcd.-
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

Anybody can denOunCe, but only q whatever is going to be popular
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

Frequently, cases come to light of Misunderstanding occurring as a re- 5sult Of careless or insufficient read ing Of the newspapers. As a rule. ihoWeV"r city officials and employees l keep themselves well and accurately posted OH the noWs, especially that (Which concerns the municipal gov ernm"m Last week. Comptroller Hanford l.. Curtis read Of the re- ported change in the incumbency Of ithe police board clerkShip and when inc was making out the weekly pay IroIl checks, he made that Of the po- lice department payable 10 Earl
 Nissrlhrack, although Joseph A. Mc- Grail was still in office. The police man Wno called at the comptroler's place of business noticcd the error land if Was corrected before the Icheck was presented for payment.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

So cleverly could Violet See through all that I'd say, gave her up! l would not wed A living Violet ray,
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

d POliNCiiI7lls l'lFl z SllllIE lo DtN- ter, however, in case Of speeding.
 Anybody can denounce, but only q born critic can denounCe in advance whatever is going to be popular. The two classes that don't know just what the people want are: CD the peoples representatives, and I2) the people.
 The easy way to find q hospital in 3 strange city is to pretend you're an official and give orders to some good American.
 If lone explorer reaches the North Pole, that's science; if lone golfer makes a hole in one. that's doubtful.
 After Investigating how fedora. appointees got their jobs, perhaps it might he we'll to investigate how they hold them.
 It isn't solid reading that makes the boss promote you, but the fact that you're ambitious enough to do that kind of reading.
 Whats the use? If you can buy a lot cheap. there are no neighbors. If you wait for the place to build up, you can't afford q lot.
 Correct this sentence: When l asked the clerk for these reducing pills" said she, "T didn't feel the least embarrassment
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

Next year found me with Lily, sta uesque Lily with the marble brow. She toiled not. but oh, how she could spin-when she got her hands on the steering wheel,
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

The two classes that don't know just what the people want are: CD the peoples representatives, and CD the people.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

sUEscRIP'r1oN RATES $500 . Year.
 S2D0 Three Aunths
 i5c. 8 Month
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

Daar Lily used 10 drive my car At sixty down the line.
 l gave her up, l always had To pay her blooming flne'
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

Last May brought me Pansy. "Pansy for thoughts" is another old saying. For while l thought a lot Of Pansy tin I got to thinking how her name would sound with mine. Pausy McGillicuddy! Can you i'm agine it" Anyway. I've met girl named Daisy The old song says Daisies won't tciI,' and that's just what I'm looking for. Daisy who won't tell
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

The following May I met Rose. Rose kept the perfume nanufac- tarers working double shifts. You know the old saying. A rose be any other name would smell as sweet" " Maybe it's SO; l dunno
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

My Rose used tons Of scented soap, And perfume by the quart. l gave her up. l could not love The dear girl as I ort.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

Tho easy way to find hospital in 2 strange city is to pretend you're an official and give orders to some good American.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

A village is a place where nothing happens to talk about except twins.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-22

If a lone explorer reaches the North Pole. that's science; if lone golfer makes a hole in one. that's doubtful.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-09
SAUK CENTRE HERALD

you said that you must become a
murderer to be famous, did you
think THAT / believed you would be-
come a murderer? When you spoke
of strangling little Tommy and
knocking your uncle's brains out,
did you imagine that j thought you
would actually do these things
You may be mad, but you cannot
be as mad as that! Why, even
when found Tommy nearly dead,
I didn't think for an instant that
you had done it. 1t was too horri-
BILE It believe! But now, when
your uncle lies murdered in his
house, when the whole world
knows that it was your hand that
struck him down, l can no longer
blind myself to the truth. ("
What" cried Hector in aston
ishment. els Uncle Tobias dead?
"You should know that" said
Dorothy coldly. "You murder
ed him last night"
(To be continued)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-09
GOING "BUsTED" IN STYLE

When you look down the street
in a Minnesota town on a Satur-
day night and notice the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in
vested in automobiles, the bril-
liantly lighted oil stations, the
movie houses, the pool tables, and
the ice cream parlors in full blast,
one begins to wonder is this agi-
tation about hard times is really
true or political.
There never was a time in the
history of the state, when we had
as many luxuries as we have to
day. VIE never lived in better
houses, wore better clothes ate
better food than we do today. We
may be going through the valley
of the shadow of debt, we may be
on the way to the poor house, but
if we are we're going to the music
of the exhausts of the automobile,
and they're not all Fords, either,
We are living in the most COM
Portable homes this section has
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-09
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swered the door myself" she said
in "a hoarse, unnatural voice.
Something told me that you were
coming. Follow me into the libra
ry. There's nobody there"
AS she spoke, she held the door
open till the young man entered;
and then, closing it behind him
with quick nervous motion of
her fingers, she slipped the bolt in
place. Mcdonald, following her
into the library, felt the cobwebs
once more gathering in his brains.
His nerves commenced to jangle
all out of tune. What had hap
pened to the world he wondered
YEARLY. Everything seemed un-
natural today. Even Dorothy had
changed. Why was her face as
white as chalk? Why did she
look at him so? Surely there was
terror and repulsion in her eyes!
And why was her voice so strange
and low, as though she were
afraid of waking somebody who
slept? Had everybody gone mad,
or was he mad Perhaps he was
only sick. Yet why had she bolted
the door? He had seen her do it
with his own eyes; and it was new
er bolted till night.
Puzzled, and conscious of a
growing fanciful fear, Mcdonald
found himself in the library. The
room was in semi-darkness, but the
windows were frightened up as
though the city were on fire. Far
away, over the ragged rooftops,
the sky was a fading crimson set
with inky clouds. The girls head
and shoulders We're outlined
against it for moment; and
then like the curtain at the thea
tre-the shade descended, shutting
out the scene. Now the room was
bathed in brightness She had
! touched the electric button on the
wall.
The young man took a hasty
step towards her Dorothy" he
cried, "are you sick?" what has
happened to you?" He tried to
take her hand.
But, as he stepped forward, she
shrank back against the wall.
Don't touch me-" she cried, "don't
touch me! There's blood on your
handw
Involuntarily Mcdonald looked
at his out-stretched hand, and then
into the girls troubled eyes.
'There's nothing there" he said
duly. "What's THE matter, Doro-
thy?"
"What's the matterw she repeat
ed. How can you ask me that /?
You remember what you told me
months ago! I thought you were
joking then. What a fool I was
But how dare you come here?
Aren't you afraid of anything in
the world? Last night you were
murderer; and today you come
to me. But I'm not afraid of you!
Did you think of that? Then why
do you come to me?"
The young man put both hands
to his head. The room seemed to
be revolving slowly. 81 don't I'M
derstand," he muttered. "You see
I'm not very well today, Dorothy"
'fYou don't understand" said
the girl. "Surely there's nothing
so difficult to understand in what
| say. I repeat, why should you
come to me? Because you con-
fided in me that time, did you
think l took you literally? When
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-09

ever knokn, we are going with
our women wearing better clothes
and fewer of them, than any other
period in history.
No children the world has ever
known, have travelled as much and
have had the advantage of educa-
ton like ours, and the common ne
cessities of life have been supplant-
ed by countless luxuries. Yes. We
may be ON the road to the poor
house, but we are the most pros
porous looking bunch that ever
headed that way.-Lake Wilson
Pilot.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-09
WINS BY FIVE VOTES

A recount of votes cast for
superintendent of schools in Todd
county reveals that Martha Thorn
was elected by five votes over Mr..
DeLaurier, the present incumbent.
The first count had given her the
election by 10 votes. About a
dozen ballots still are in dispute,
and the contest will be decided full
ly when the court rules on them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-09
INSTALUMENT Is

The hourlhand ON the face of
the slow-ticking clock had made a
complete revolution before Hector
Mcdonald awoke. During the
night, people had come and gone
about him.
Once "Cousin Harry" had stalk
ed into the little room, carrying
in his arms what appeared to be
several pieces of broken wood. He
had bent over the stove with the
burden and, a little later, red,
evil flame had leaped up like a
bloody, silent tongue. At that mo-
ment, the giant had been outlined
against the fierce light and his
shadow had enveloped the sleep
ing figure on the couch.
Morning had come and gone
the afternoon was well advanced
before Mcdonald awoke. Rubbing
his eyes, he sat up and stretched
himself. His head ached and his
body felt as heavy as lead. Every
movement required an exertion of
the will. His eyes were so misty
that he seemed to be looking out
at the world through fine, grey
veil.
81 wonder how long i've been
asleep?" he muttered, looking
about him vacantly. 'The sun
is still up, I see."
you've had a long, long sleep,
Mr.. Mcdonald" said the old
lady's voice. She was sitting in
her accustomed place with her
knitting on her knee.
"But 1 couldn't have been sleep
ing so very long, Mrs. O'Grady
I didn't get her until four; and !
see by your clock that it's only
six"
at was yesterday that you
came, sir"
"What! And I've been sleeping
all that time?"
EXACTLY. You were very tired"
81 must have been! l never
slept as long as that before! Why
didn't you wake me up? l must
have bothered you, lying here"
Bothered me? Oh no, sir" said
the old lady with a bright smile.
"You were no more bother to me
than a corpse-4and they're no
bther to me, Mr.. Mcdonald Ex-
cept when they bleed" she added
in an undertone; and her express
sive face darkened.
The young man shivered invol-
UNFAIRLY. His nerves were throb-
bling to the winds of fancy. And
there was something in Mrs.
O'Grady's eyes, something in her
voice, something in the way she
held her head, that affected Nc
Donald more than any of her wild
est mental-wanderings had ever
done. He longed to get out into
the street; to leave this tiny room
and this mad-woman-this mad
woman with her white, rustiing
hair and nervous, gliding fingers.
Where are my shoes, Mrs.
ONGrady " he asked. 81 must go.
There are several things I've got
to do"
$50 you're in a hurry" she
said, rising to her feet. "Isn't it
strange that you should be in a
hurry She looked at him for a
moment in establishment, and then
repeated in almost a whisper:
"Isn't it strange that he should be
in hurry"
You see I've got several things
to do" said the young man quick
ly, looking about him on all sides.
Can you find my shoes for me,
Mrs. O'Grady?" -..-s.
The kind old lady walked out of
the room and returned a moment
later with McDonald's shoes. They
had been brushed and polished. AS
she handed them to the young
man, her face was transformed
into a mask of sorrow. Bright
tears gathered in her eyes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-12-09

Herding goldfish is the novel
job taken up by Miss Violet Bow
en-, who tends a tank of prize fish
on the farm of j. G.. Gray in
California.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-08-02
MCPHERSON CASE
SUDDENLY DROPS;
PROBE NOW OFF.
No Evidence viii Be Submit
ted to Grand Jury-Too
Vague, Perjury Charge.

MONTERREY, Cal, August =
Late last Saturday afternoon Dis
trict Attorney Keyes, of Los An
geles, telegraphed L. j. Cohn, Pro
cess Server. not to serve subpoenas
ON Carmel By-The-Sea witnesses.
that the Grand Jpry hearings would
not be held tomorrow Cohn had
already served them so notified
those persons the summons would
be considered void.
Today Keyes announced that the
Mcpherson investigation had blown
up as far his office was concerned.
The Carmel evidence, he said, was
too vague to successful prosecute
anyone on perjury charge"
Keyes declared the police experts
said the finger prints on a condi-
ment can were too vague for identi-
tieation.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-08-02
SUICIDE PACT
FA|LS;ARREST
MADE or man

MIAMI, Fla, august >. Baron
Royce Garrett has been arrested for
particulars about his wife who last
Friday night leaped to death from
the eighteenth floor of the Ever
glades Hotel He was found in a
thicket by the police who said he
was attempting to hang himself
with a small piece of twine. He
had been missing since Friday noon
Baron Garrett said he and his
wife had compact to die together.
She sent me away Friday morning
and told me not to come home until
the last car" said Garrett "She
told me not to buy the Herald be-
fore coming home. But bought
one and discovered she had killed
herself without giving me an op-
portunity to die with her as we
promised each other"
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-08-02
MAN CONFESSES
TO "A MURDERS

SEATTLE, Aug 2 Thomas
Johnson, aged As, alias Kelly, alias
Smith. confessor to IA murders, is
held in jail here while the police
are conducting a nation wide in
quiry to determine whether the
story of his killings are true.
Johnson walked into the Police
Headquarters last Saturday night
and told detectives he had led a
life of crime and was through.
Johnson detailed murders which
he declared had been committed
in British Columbia, California and
several middle Western States. He
admitted insanity and said he es-
capped from an insane asylum.
Johnson said he was raised near
Salmon Arm, b. c.. where he start
ed his career of crime when he was
IL years old, robbing a grocery
store He claimed his father was "a
Canadian jurist.
Investigation in cities where the
crimes are declared to have been
committed, have been partly corro-
borated and partly contradicted.
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-08-02
President Third to Sign
Bill after Congress Out

as if he had signed it, unless the
Congress by it's adjournment pre-
vents it's return; in which case II
shall not be a law"
The House judiciary committee in
passing upon Lincoln's signature OF
a bill after Congress had adjourned
unanimously reported to the Hou {
that the presidents action was ur
warranted, and that the law had "nc
force or effect"
Half a century later Attorney Gen
eral Palmer. in the Wilson cabinet
interpreted the constitution as giving
the president authority to sign bills
within the ten legislative days fol
lowing a long session of Congress
lit was upon this ruling that Presi
dent Wilson signed the federal water
power act and several other bills
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-08-02
|. zANCWILL,
JEWISH MAN Of
LETTERS, DIES
Hebrew Author and Leader
In Nationalism Movement
Is Dead In New York.

NEW YORK. Aug. 2. Israel
Zangwill, Jewish man of letters
died here yesterday afternoon. aged
62 years.
Zangwill. teacher journalist, author,
student of the Jewish people among
whom he was one of the greatest of
modern times. was born in London
February IA, 1861. His early child
hood was spent in Plymouth and
Bristol, where he received his first
schooling. He was in his ninth year
when his parents settled in Spita-
fields, and he entered the Jews Free
School, where he eventually became
teacher. Together with his teach
ing he took his degree with high
honors at London University.
He had already written fantastic
tale, the Premier and the Painter,
In collaboration with Louis Cowen,
when he resigned his position as Il
teacher owing to differences with
the school managers and venturel
into journalism. He founded and
edited Ariel, the London Puck" ,"
and did much miscellaneous work on
the London press.
(COntinueu on papa EiphtA
The Alaska daily empire., 1926-08-02
Al WINS FROM
ELKS, | TO 0, IN
CLOSE CONTEST
McCloskey's Single in Sixth
Wins His Own Game
Pitches Fine Game.

A hit batter, Il wild pitch and a
lucky single in the sixth inning sent
an Alaska juneau runner across the
pan for run yesterday afternoon
the only one in nine innings OF
classy baseball. except in spots, and
the Miners won to the tune of | to
0, And Jimmy McCloskey, who
heaved for the Miners. was the
hero. winning his own game when he
smashed grounder through the
box, scoring Roberts from second.
1t was somewhat in the nature of
freak hit. Jimmy met one of
McLaughlin's fast ones squarely
He drove the pill into the dirt just
ahead of the mound and it took a
high hop, carroming off the tips of
Denny's gloved fingers into center
field. Roberts, who had been hit by
Mclaughlin and went to second on
wild pitch scored easily when
Oliver elected to drive Mccloskey
back to second
Rain Cuts Attendance
Cloudy weather with intermittent
rainfall cut down the attendance
materially There wasn't more than
a bare handful Of fans in the stands
when the game started at 3 80 p. m.
Stragglers about half filled them by
the time the game was well under
way but the attendance was too
small for the brand of baseball
which both teams exhibited.
McCloskeys work on the mound
was brilliant at times. After he was
put in the hole several times on
infield errors, he tightened up Won
derfully and his support also took
brace and every time he came
through without being scored on.
Mclaughlin got better support and
the score chalked up against him
came as result of his wildness.
There were two errors made behind
him, neither of which counted in the
scoring.
The Bills had men on bases sew
eral times in sufficient numbers to
win had they been able to produce
the necessary hit, but they lacked
the winning punch In the first
inning they worked a man around
to third, but he died there. Again
in the third the same thing hap
pened and an attempted sacrifice
went haywire when McCloskey's per.
feet peg nabbed the runner at the
plate. In the sixth the Bills again
threatened but were again turned
back. And in the final inning, with
the bases loaded, divers short fly
to left field was garnered by Man
ming, retiring the side. II it had
fallen safe, two runs would have
resulted.
Ionors On Mound Divided
Except in the matter of control,
honors on the mound were evenly
divided between McCloskey and Nc
Laughlin. The Bills were credited