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New Britain herald., 1930-09-09

bers of the Sunday school of the Baptist church are invited to attend a rally to be held at the church par lors on Friday afternoon from to 6 o'clock. Refreshments will b. served. All of the children of the school are especially urged to be present.
 Building Nearly Down
 Work on tearing down the Mastin house on East Main street is nearly completed and workmen have only a little more work to do before all signs of the old landmark are re moved. Meanwhile plans for the library to be constructed on the site gre rapidly being completed, Many more benefit affairs to raise funds are being planned by various organi- cations. The first will be the food sale to be held Friday by the Con gregational church and the next will be the card party and dance at the high school on September 26 under the auspices of the Martha Rebekah lodge and the S3quasscn lodge, I o o. F.
 Important Meetings
 The Well Child conference in PlainviIle will be held in the public health nurses rooms on Friday from to 4 p. m.
 The w. H. S; F. M. society of the Advent Christian church will meet tomorrow afternoon with Mrs. Charles German of 13 Crown street.
 Pythian temple, No. 29. Pythian Sisters, will hold q regular meeting tomorrow evening in the l. o. 0, F. hall. All members are requested to be present as arrangements for the winter activities will be discussed.
 Plainyille Briefs
 MT. and Mrs. G. H. Cowles. Miss Ruth Tyler and Howard Tyler. all of Cnionville avenue. have returned home from several days motor trip to Niagara Falls, Montreal and Old Orchard, Maine.
 Herbert Coleman and Edward Ol- son have returned from a week S motor trip to Niagara Falls and Old Orchard, Maine.
 Baseball Challenge
 The Herald has received a com munication from Manager Fortuna of the Sunset A. C. It is as follows:
 Appearing in one of the items under Plainville news, I was par ticularly interested in the writeup submitted by Manager John Bera- ducci of the Plainville Athletics.
 Manager Beraducci states that the Plainville Athletics have won by forfeit the third and deciding game of the series between his team and the Sunrise A. C. simply because the Sunrise A. C. had refused to play a third game This statAment is un- true because. l. as manager of the Sunrise team. have not been ap- preached by Manager Beraducci for q third game.
 However, Ito show our sports manship. l, as manager of the Sun set A. C.. hereby challenge the Plainville Athletics to series of three games to decide the supremacy between the two outfits, providing that the Athletics can gather up enough equipment outside so that we do not have to furnish them with equipment
 Furthermore. if Manager Bera- ducci cannot shoY clean sportsman ship by giving a'correct account of details of following games between the Sunset A, C. and the Athletics we would appreciate his not giving a report at all.
 Thanking the Herald for this space, I am,
 Respectfully.
 $. FORTUNA.
 Manager Sunset A. C.
 Grown St. 3 furnished light housekeeping rooms. Tel S5.-advt
 Concord grapes for sale. P, Foran 119 Whiting St. Plainville.-advt.
 Elberta peaches for canning. We deliver. 65 Maple St. Tel S6.- advt.
New Britain herald., 1930-09-09

Homer S. Cummings Of Stanford former democratic national chair man. will be keynote speaker al Connecticut state democratic con-
 vention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
SGrand old Man" Of Steamboating on the
Mississippi Still Acti0e at Eighy-Eight
Recalls Marx Te0am Days and the
Famous Race From NegU Orleans to
st. LOuiS Bet9Ueen~ the Steamboats,
Robert E. Lee and the Natchez.

Capt. Dukes says it was worth going miles
just to hear the various groups OF patiently
waiting Negroes cut loose and sing songs Of
tribute either to the Robert E. Lee or the
Natchez depending upon which they favored
In that singing crowd also were the sons wives
and Sweethearts of roustabouts employed on
one or the other Of the racing steamboats,
In the circle Of light cast by some of the
Oonnres along the levee, groups OF Negroes
crooned love songs to the "galloping dominos"
and rolled them out with reckless abandon
No officers to worry them. No fee-grabbing
deputies from some justice of the peace to
shake them down or arrest them as an alter
native just good times, In the good-time era,
with good pay, good grub and plenty of work
on the numerous steamboats,
1t was exactly five minutes of O'Clock on
July when a watcher suddenly cried "Yon-
der's a big boat all lighted up"
A few moments of hushed silence while
10000 persons stared at the PARKWAY boat
Yes, it was one of the racers, but which one?
Another tense wait. Then when the brilliantly
lighted steamboat was not more than a mile
downstream she opened her whistle and held
1t open.
That was the signal for bedlam to break
loose, according to Capt. Dukes. Whistles,
yells, cowbells poured out a volume of sound
sufhcent to scare every owl out of the Arkansas
swampS across the mile-wide river Over in
Court Square were several old cannon. One
had been wheeled to the bluffs, and when the
Lee, for it was she in the lead opened her
whistle, several old Confederate soldiers, who
had served in the as cannoneers started
firing salutes.
The singing, banjo-picking Negro boys and
girls stopped grooming to utter more explicit
advice Come on heah, ole Robert E. Lee; win
dat race"
For some weeks prior to the great race
Capt. Thomas p. feathers owner-pilot of
the Natchez and Capt. John w. Cannon
owner-pilot of the Robert E. Lee had engaged
each other in friendly banter concerning the
speed of their boats
One night at table in the old St Charles
Hotel in New Orleans Capt. Cannon offered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26

to wager So, 900 that his boat could beat the
Natchez to St. Louis. There were several
friends Of each boat owner present at the
table. And Capt feathers offered, finally 70
cover the bet at even money. Twas q mem
Orable occasion in the old st. Charles dining
room. Diners at nearby tables, recognizing the
two veteran rivermen, overheard the talk about
the race and the amount of the wager. No
wonder excitement ran high when, on the
afternoon of June 80, both boats and their
masters were given a riotous sendOff from the
Crescent City.
According to some authorities more Ihan
million dollars changed hands on that race
for each boat and master had its stanch
partisans.
The NatcheZ, loser, was regarded Ly inany
rivermen as the faster boat. Others aVerTed
that what the Robert T. Lee lacked in engine
stroke was amply made up for by the skill
of Capt Cannon
What happened to the Natchez between
Helena Ark, and Memphis was unexpected
confusing, and probably cost her the race For
it happened that soon after passing at fun
tilt the small town of Helena the engineer of
the Natchez told Capt feathers the sad news
that the coal and wood both had been ex-
hausted. In the excitement the fremen and
engineer had overlooked the fast-dwindling
fuel supply.
WHEN the fuel shortage was first discovered
the Natchez was running not more than
hundred yards behind the Lee It looked
for while as If she would come into Memphis
ahead of her rival. Then came announcement
of the fuel shortage. Capt. Leathers doggedly
refused to give up, however. He ordered the
mates and the roustabouts to get busy and
break up doors, furniture chairs-anything
that would burn-and throw them into the
firebox. The captain knew that the next
point at which he could refuel would be
Memphis, 90 miles away.
So the roustaboutS worked like black, shiny
demons under the urging of the mates. Doors
were ruthlessly jerked off their hinges and
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
TREAT MINING FAIRLY

The western states should do
everything in their power to en-
courage mining development.
At the present time the west
ern empire is on the verge Of a
new and unprecedented era. 1t
has potentialities beyond any
other part of the nation. Small
in population, by q comparative
standard, it is rich in resources.
Metals are among the greatest
of these resources.
The farmer selling his crop.
the grocer selling his merchan.
disc, the teacher in the schools,
the employe of an industry-all
benefit from the mining industry.
When mining languishes, every
other business feels the adverse
effect.
Treating Mining Fairly
should be q western motto. Ii
pays back fair treatment in the
coin of progress.
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
ANOTHER LAND MARK GOING
tuesdays internationally

l.
Work of demolishing the old
Theodore Gebler building on
Grand avenue preparatory to
erection of q modern two-story
Sal, ,845 structure to be known as
the Theodore Gebler Building"
has begun under the direction of
Contraction Jose CASTELAR,.
The building being torn down
is the oldest business structure
in the city, according to Charles
F. Holler. prominent Nogales
broker, who said yesterday that
it is about 40 years old. and that
in the olden days when it was
first erected the ground floor
was used by Gebler as q tin
shop, Gebler, prior to erecting
the building, had his tin shop
and home on Nelson avenue.
An iron winding stairway, a
feature of the front of the build
ing was taken down yesterday
and presented to the First Meth.
odist Church of this city where
it will be kept as sort of a
memorial for the Nogales pio
neer. Mr.. Holler and Attorney
Duane Bird said yesterday that
they used to play on the stair
way with other children when
they were little tots.
An old we'll, with the original
pump installed when the build
ing was erected, still stands or
the property and is still in gooc
working order. It is about hall
way back in the building.
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
ATTENTION, INCOME TAXPAYER

Phoenix, Jan. 11.-Under in
structions from Commissioner of
Internal Revenue Robt. n. Lu.
cas-, Collector of Internal Reve,
nue. Fred O. Goodell, of the
Arizona District. today began
mailing 1929 blank income tax
return forms to taxpayers of
record in the state. Others re
quired to file may obtain the
forms upon application to the
Collector, it is stated. AS these
blanks were prepared before
Congress reduced the tax for
1929, printed instructions as to
the new rates accompany each
return form.
Under Government regulation.
income tax returns must be filed
on or before March 25th, unless
permission for an extension ia
obtained in writing from the
Collector. AS the extension pri
vilege has been subjected to
abuses in the past, according to
Government officials, the follow
ing regulations have been adopt
ed regarding extensions:
/. Absence on the last day OF
the fling period, or for several
days prior thereto, will not be
considered as a valid excuse for
requesting an extension.
2. No extension will be grant.
ed unless application therefor is
made on or before the date pre-
scribed by law for fling the re
turn.
3. The application must state
specifically the reason for re
questing that the time for filing
the return be extended, and will
be granted only if the explana
ton given is satisfactory.
4. In 20 case will particular
extension be granted covering
period Of more than ninety go
days and such time only in cases
of unusual merit. The usua
time to be given will be thirty
(3O) days. The foregoing does
not apply to American citizen:
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA NEWS

University of Arizona (Tucson)
Jan.-The first issue of the Man
uscript, literary magazine of the
university, under the new plan
of consolidation will make it's
appearance during February &C.
cording to announcement releas
ed by Elizabe Boulton. editor.
The new Manuscript is to be
larger than the old and will be
published under the combined
forces of the Philakean society
and the Woman's Press club.
An editorial board consisting
of three persons from each 80
ciety has been elected and they
will be responsible for the edit
ing of the magazine. The board
includes Elizabeth Boulden, Up
land, Calif.; Gertrude Greiner,
Tucson; Dorothy Finley, Globe;
Howard Welty. Oakland, Calf;
T. L. Deglin, Lampertville, N.
j.; and Howard Praeger. Tucson.
Miss Boulton will remain as
editor of the publication while
Mr.. Deglin will be business man
ager. The magazine will be
strict student publication but
will consider manuscripts from
people OF the state not connected
with the university.
1t is believed that the plan of
joint publication will solve
longfelt need at the university
and will give both the girls and
the boys equal opportunity for
creative expression through
common medium.
Blue skies will soon smile upon
university tennis enthusiasts
when the players take the courts
this month for what promises to
be one of the most brilliant years
in the history of the sport.
A good varsity tennis team is
in prospect as we'll as rounded
freshman squad to engage in
smaller Journeys. Effort is be
ing made to secure. a good pro
gram of contests between -Ari
zona and coast schools and it is
believed that some good compe
tition will result.
The girls intramural tennis
activities will also begin this
month. A team has been select
ed from each house on the cam.
pus and will compete in singles |
for championship.
The start of the varsity and
freshman practice marks the be
ginning of q season of tennis at
the university that is eliminated
with the annual high school
tournament in May. By that
time all Of the varsity matches
are over and the team members
will be on hand to referee and
direct the high school competi.
tions.
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
1905 PROGRAM

residing or travelling abroad !.
non resident alien individuals,
and foreign corporations having
no Office or place OF business
within the United States.
5. Interest at the rate of six
per cent per annum will be
charged upon the first quarter
from the date of fling the re-.
turn to the date OF payment.
The border vidette., 1930-01-18

Flagstaff-Site near here Sc
lected for establishment of ma.
tional guard encampment. One
hundred thousand dollars ap.
propriated by government tC
provide for equipment and fl
camp with proper facilities.
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
Improved and Extended
Service


Service
During the year 1929 our
construction program, de-
signed to bring more and
better telephone service to
the people Of this territory,
involved the expenditure
of more than s13,000,000.
At the end Of this year
this Company had approxi-
mately 434,500 telephones
in service, having made q
, net gain of $1,000 during
the year.
Important additions were
made to the number Of d.
rect long distance circuits
North, South, East and West.
New equipment and op-
Grating methods have sub
stantially improved the
quality Of both local and
long distance service, $685.
100000 local calls, and
18,30O,000 toll and long
distance calls being handled
with a greater degree Of ex-
cellence than ever before.
During 1929 a great major
ity of long distance calls
were handled like local
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
ARIZONA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL
REVIEW

dy Hhlt OCOT0 8G corner or
Broad and Cycamore streets pro.
crossing rapidly.
Clifton-Clifton Cash & Carry
| Market open for business in this
city recently. y
Tucson-U. S. Veterans Bu.
reau Hospital will be increased
in size to accommodate 100 more
beds.
| Hereford-1, ,453 head of cattle
recently shipped from this town.
Tempe-Bids received for con.
struction of new highway bridge
over Salt River here at cost of
approximately 100000.
sNogales-Public Utilities Con.
solidated Corporations plant
here will be improved.
Tucson-Safeway Pay'n Takit
Store will be established in this
city in near future.
Nogales discusses lighting 10.
cal airport.
Winslow-New set of long
distance telephone repeaters be.
ing installed in local telephone
system.
Work of doubling tracking I'M.
derway between Winslow and
Joseph City, distance of slightly
over % miles.
Holbrook- approximately $45,.
600 be expended for paving local
streets.
Globe-First carload of vana.
dium concentrates to leave Globe
Miami district shipped from this
city toNiagara Falls. N. Y.
Holbrook-Winslow road will>
be improved at cost OF $4,000
Chloride Extensive mining
activity underway in this section
Prescott-Drainage of Hassay.
ampa River In Senator section,
south OF, here, progressing.
Flagstaff water run is hand.
ling ten cars OF water daily into
Williams, account Of water short.
age in Santa Fe dam.
Construction underway on new
highway between Ajo, Arizona
and Sonora. Mexico.
ella Bend-$365 900 bond issue
for Gila Bend Water Conserva.
tion district near here, approved
Phoenix-State Industrial con.
ference was held here Jan. 10.
Miami - Construction of In.
spiration Stage building on Sui.
livan street completed.
ST. Jons-Construction of tele.
phone lines in this vicinity pro.
crossing rapidly.
| Aio-Construction of isolation
hospital completed and formally
accepted.
Employment figures show ap.
proximately $4,000 men at work
in Arizona mines and smelters, or
1000 more than average for
1923, according to Fl. A. Clark,
American Mining Congress.
Phoenix-Total profit of $13,.
| 600 shown by Arizona Fair dur.
ing 1929. breaking all previous
marks by several thousand dol.
lars.
Yuma-New department store
will open for business here on
January Is.
Plans underway for improving
highway between Yuma and
Phoenix.
Conditions of Arizona's ranges
reported in good condition.
Somerton-Eagle Drug Store
insailed Neon light sign.
Oatman-Honolulu Jim's Cafe
opened for business.
Tucson-12-story hotel opened
for business.
Jerome-Marie's Beauty Shop
formally opened for business on
Main Street.
Observation-Disclosures under.
way on Arizona State Office
building.
Yuma-New Frassinelli Store
formally opened at Third Street
and Seventh Avenae.
Dome-New suspension bridge
opened to traffic recently.
The United States has 35 per
cent of the worlds railroad mile.
| a. Al
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
A JOKER JOKED

1st Joker - Hello! This is
Herb Hoover speaking!"
1st-" say, this is Herb speak
ing"
1st-"Well. what th'-."
2nd-I am Silent Cal"
Prescott-Plans released for
construction of federal building
in this city.
The border vidette., 1930-01-18

calls; that Is, while the sub
scriber remained at the tele-
phone.
Lower Cost Service
A reduction In long dis
tance rates became effective
February /, 1929, and an
other January 1, 1880. Both
principally affected station
to station day calls, evening
and night calls not being re-
duced.
Direct savings also result
ed to subscribers from reduc-
t!ons in the charges for cer-
tain types of telephone in
stallations and changes, and
from the adoption of more
liberal practices in extend
ing plant and service to sub
scribers in sparsely settled
sections.
There was fuller coopera-
ton on the part Of our sub
scribers, IN important part
Of good telephone service.
Much was accomplished
In making our facilities
more attractive, and more
comfortable and convenient
for our subscribers.
The border vidette., 1930-01-18
1925 RESULTS
An Advertisement of
The Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company

calls; that Is, while the sub
scriber remained at the tele-
phone.
The border vidette., 1930-01-18

The United States has 35 per
cent of the worlds railroad mile.
age, 60 per cent of its telephones.
and 80 per cent of its automo.
bileS.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01
Chicago Couple oft to Circle Globe
In TINY Schooner Bought With SaUingS

THE determination of young
couples these days to save
closely so that they may enjoy the
Injuries later on, strikes young
Robert II. Cook, Of Chicago, and
his pretty wife, Lenore, as a rather
p~rosaic way Of beginning married
life.
The Cook credo is to get life's
adventure and romance while young
enough to enjoy it, for there's time
enough afterward to worry about
enhancing material possessions.
That's why the Cooks decided when
f..ey were married that they would
look for something more exciting
than the sober existence of a city
fat.
A. Near Mishap
And apparently they have found
it. for they are now planning a trip
around the woodland in their
own boat.
Little attention might have been
given the Cooks had they not near
~ come to grief steering their good
ship Swordfsh into the port of
buffalo the other day.
Iistaking the channel there, they
steered their 46.foo. sailing schoon-
er into the rough waters of the
Niagara river and then came
abruptly upon a sand reef. A coast
guard cutter, lying nearby, dashed
to their rescue.
Il was then that the Cooks,
bronzed and enthusiastic. told some
thing of their trip, their aspira-
tons, and how they purchased the
schooner on their earnings.
Saved for "Real Time"
Mrs. Cook first revealed a bit Of
the philosophy which induced her
and Mr.. Cook to make the trip:
I'VE could see." she reflected,
that in 10 years we might have a
bigger house and better a than
our neighbors, but that would be
all. and we didn't want that any
way. So we saved up for a real
time.
I'VE watched every nickel.
Robert had a good job and so did
1. And we got our eye on this boat
for a tour around the world.
she was too expensive even to
dream about until a storm came
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01

agreeable task at any time, and
when l saw the array of animals
the boys had brought me to f1ay,
l determined to construct a ma
chine which would considerably
lessen the labor. Among the ships
stores, in the surgeons chest, /
discovered a large syringe. This,
with a few alterations, would
serve my purpose admirably. With
in the tube / first fitted a couple
of valves. and then, p~erforating
the stopper, | had in my posses
sion a powerful air pump.
The boys stared at me in blank
amazement when, armed with this
instrument, I took up the kan
CARGO, and declared myself ready
to commence operations.
Skin a kangaroo with a
squirt" said they, and a roar Of
laughter followed the remark.
I made no reply to the jests
which followed, but silently hung
the kangaroo by its hind legs to
the branch of a tree. I then made
a small incision in the skin, and
inserting the mouth of the syringe
forced air with all my might be-
tween the skin and the body of
the animal. BY degrees the hide
of the kangaroo ~distended, alter
ing the shape of the creature
entirely.
Still / worked on, forcing in
yet more air until it had become
a mere shapeless mass, and / soon
found that the skin was almost
entirely separated from the car
cass. A bold cut down the belly,
and a few touches here and there
where the ligatures still bound
the hide to the body, and the ami
NAL was flayed.
What a splendid plan?" cried
the boys; but why should it do
it?"
For a most simple and natural
reason" I replied; "do you not
know that the skin OF an animal
is attached to it's flesh merely by
slender and delicate fibers, and
that between these exist thousands
of little bladders or air chambers;
by forcing air into these bladders
the fibers are stretched, and at
length, elastic as they are. crack
ed. The skin has now nothing to
unite it to the body, and, conse
quently, may be drawn off with
perfect ease. This scientific fact
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-08-01

menced leveling a large space OF
firm, clayey ground to act as a
threshing floor: it was well
sprinkled with water, rolled, beat
en-, and stamped; as the sun dried
the moisture it was watered anew.
and the treatment continued until
it became is flat, hard, and
smooth as threshing floor need be.
Our largest wicker basket was
then slung between Storm and
Grumble; we armed ourselves
with reaping hooks, and went
forth to gather in the corn in the
simplest and most expeditions
manner imaginable.
/ told my reapers not to concern
themselves about the length of
the straw, but to grasp the corr
where it was convenient to them,
without STOPPING; each was to
wind a stalk around his own hand
full, and throw it into the basket;
in this way great labor was saved.
The plan pleased the boys i'm
mensely, and in a short time the
basket had been filled many
times, and the field displayed a
quantity of tall, headless stubble,
which perfectly mortified the
mother, so e~xtravagant and un-
tidy did she consider our work.