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MANY ATTEND FAREWELLPARTY

A large number of friends of MissMary Farrell, who it to enter theorder of the 8istera of Notre DameAugust IS,- were entertained at aparty in her honor Tuesday eveningat the home of Mr. and Mar. TimothyAhearn, and Mr. and Mrs. KaleelGeorge.

Since the Ahearn home was form-erly owned and occupied for manyyears by the Farrell family it wasmost appropriate that the friends ofMiss Farrell should gather there fora farewell party to her. Miss Far-rell has recently resigned her posi-tion in the local post office whichshe held for a number of years andwhere her cheerful manner andpleasing personality had won for hera host of friends.

During the course of the eveningwJiich was pleasantly passed withmusic and games, the guest of honorwas presented with a purse, the giftof all her friends present. The pre-sentation was made by Rev. WilliamJudge who expressed the sentimentof the guests in commending MissFarrell for her splendid qualities and•wishing her success in her new Hfe.

Music during the evening was fur-nished by Ton Thomas, violinist, otiWaterbury; Miss Nahza George,iMIss Mary Loughlln, Miss SemoneMarcoux at the piano and Miss Ce-die Marcoux, banjo.

Late in the evening a delicioussupper of cold meats, salads, cakeice cream, coffee and soft drinks wasserved.

Among the guests, who numberedJ)2, were the following: Rev. Fr.jVVllliam Judge, Miss Mary Farrell,Miss Margaret Fp.rrell, Miss Helen.FarrelU Miss Madeline Fiynn, Missnna Erwln, Miss Helen Canfleld,Miss Margaret Canfleld, Miss RachelKerwin, Miss Peggy Burns, MissMadeline Burns, Miss Monica Gal-lagher, Miss Obedine Jarlot, MissAlice Sullivan, Miss Lillian Burns,Miss Mary Laughlin, Miss MaryManning, Miss Nahza George, Miss.Marie Marcoux, Miss Ceclle ' Mar-j;oux, Miss Minnie'Banning, MissAgnes Hanning, ;Mlss Semo'ne Mar-coux, Miss Mildred Toffey, MissElizabeth Shields,. Miss Rose Ed-wards. Miss; Mary; Donigan, Mr. aridMrs. Walter McGowan, Mr. and Mrs.James.Laughlin, Mr. and Mrs. Ed-ward Canfleld, Mr. and Mrs. FrancisiFlynn, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Sulli-van, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Marcoux,Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Geoghegan,Mr. and Mrs. Kahel George, Mr. andiMrs. Timothy Ahearn, Mrs. JohnKellty, Mrs. Mary Flynn, Mrs. Jamesplanning, Mrs.'Toffey, Mrs. Mack,Mrs. Costine, and the Messrs. Joseph•Farrell, Sylvester Farrell, Jamesfarrell, Wilfred Farrell, HerbertFarrell, Alfred Delahd, Francis Kiel-ty, Fred Kielty, Victor Klelty, Charl-ies Marcoux, Harold Toffey, EugeneO'Donnell, Ton Thomas and AnatoleCollins.

SAD ACCIDENT

The first drowning of the year inWatertown occurred on Tuesday aft-ernoon at Echo Lake when VictorHubert, 9 year old son of Mr. andMrs. Zlm Hubert' of Oakville, fell{nto the deep waters of the lake andpas drowned before assistance couldbe found. The youngster, along withhis younger brother and severalplaymates, left their home to enjoya swim at the customary hole at the,lake. On previous day little Victor,who was unable to. swim, broughtalong an inflated automobile tire andwith this assistance he has beenable to paddle around. Yesterdayhe forgot this tube and on tryingto pry loose a diving board to usefor a float, he lost his balance and(ell into the water. The cries of theother youngsters were unansweredas no one was in the vicinity of thelake at the time so, they ran to theirhome in Oakville to notify their par-ents of the happening. About anhour later the news of the drown-jng spread about town and within afhort time a large crowd had gath-ered at the spot where the youngsterhad gone down. Several young menstarted diving in an effort to locatethe body and after about 20 minutes'work it was brought to the surface.Dr. E. G. Reade, who had been noti-ced of the drowning was at the lakewhen the body was recovered andwith the assistance of R. S. Pashoworked over the lifeless body in aneffort to establish respiration but thehoy had been in the water for toogreat a time.

WOODBURY CLA38 REUNION TOBE HELD HERE

The class of 1924 of the Woodburyhigh school will hold a reunion onSaturday evening at the home of oneof ltB members, Mrs. H. D. Marr-

. graft of Watertown. This class wasthe largest in the history of theschool, and the secretary, Miss Eliz-abeth Fowler, reports that all themembers but two will be able to bepresent for: the festivities Saturday.The class of 1924 was made up asfollows: Matilda Bansleben (Mrs.Charles Yodke), Edith Brewer, Mar-

PARTY FOR MI8S FARRELL

Miss Margaret Kerwin. was hostessto Miss Mary Farrell, at her homeon Westbury Park on Wednesdayevening and a very enjoyable eve-ping was spent by the guests. MJssiFarrell, who has resigned her posi-tion in the local post office, will en-iter the NotTe Dame Sisterhood onAugust 15 and during the past weekphe has been the honored guest atnumerous events. During the courseof the evening three tables of bridge,were played after which a very-dainty lunch was served by the host-ess. The following guests were Inattendance. The Misses HenriettaSt. George, Helen Heffernan, May St.George, Helen Farrell, Mary Farrell,Margaret Canfleld, Helen Canfleld,Agnes Hannlng, Lulu Kervin, RachelKervin, Margaret Kervin, Mrs. Ed-ward Costine and Mr. and Mrs. Fran-cis P. Flynn. •

THE WOODRJuiFFXbNCERTHere are some notes regarding

Noah Swayne and some of his ap-pearances in Connecticut whichwere most successful. Having sungonce in a performance, he is prettysure to be wanted again! Dr. Wood-ruff feels himself fortunate in beingable to secure his services for theconcert. Washington has been mosthappy in having bad so many fineartists appear at the Choral Clubconcerts. Anyone missing the com-ing one will be sorry, for the pro-gram is of particular excellence, per-haps a little more difficult for thechorus, but very besutlful and thegood work being put upon its prep-aration should result in a fine per-formance! The full program will ap-pear in a later issue.

WHO'S WHO THIS WEEK

, Albert Schwenterly has recentlyreturned from a trip to Buffalo.

Mrs. Bessie Zalser has returnedto her Home in Hartford after a visitwith Mrs. Mary Flynn at her homeon Highland avenue.

John Shields of Woodruff avenuemotored to New London Wednesdaywhere he Joined Mrs. Shields and(heir two children, Helen and Thom-as, who arc spending a month's va-cation at Ocean Beach..

Miss Esther Ericson is Visitingfriends in Bridgeport.

Joseph Harming, manager of theA- S. Thomas company, Merlden, isspending a two weeks' vacation atbis home on Highland avenue.. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kneupfer ofHighland avenue have been enter-taining Mrs. Kneupfer's niece andher husband. ,, Miss Edith King, who has beenvisiting at the home of Mr. and'Mrs.E. H. Black of Birch farm for sev-eral weeks, has returned to her homein Whittier, Calif.. Leo Hanning and James Hannlng

motored to Hartford Wednesday.

Mr,' and Mrs. Harry Hughes andMr. and Mrs. James Hanning mo-jtored over the Mohawk Trail Sun-day.

Wlllard 9. Heminway is a guest ofMr. and Mrs. Walter Smith of Mont-pU\v, N. J., at Saranac Inn.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Butterfieldoi Prospect street have been enjoy-ing a motor trip to Canada.

Mrs. R. J. Ashworth and Mr. andMrs. Harold C. Ashworth and son

.an- spending a month at Wi-ekapaug,R. I.

Mrs. William McConway of Pitts-! bin KII. Pa., Is visiting her daughter,'Mrs. s. McLean Buckingham of thej sii-.-n.J IT. C. W. Jackson is confined tot his home on De Forest street by 111-

ne.-s.. Clarence Lake is enjoying a vaca-tion of one week.

I A number from Watertown attend-ed the American Legion county,me.ting held in Litchfleld on Wed-nesday evening., Frank Ryan of Derby was a week-end visitor in town.

Mr. and Mrs. .Charles Crowell ofPitt afield, Mass., are visiting theirson, Harvey Crowell of Sunset ave-nes.

Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Harty and fam-ily of North street are spending atwo weeks' vacation at NarragansettPier, R. I. .

I COURT NEW8

I John Paszinski of Oakville, found.guilty oil a charge of reckless driv-ing, was fined $25 and costs by Jus-tice of the Peace William C. Hunger-lord at the weekly session of thecourt held Monday evening in tbe•town hall but $15 of the fine was re-mitted.

Paszinski was arrested Sundayfitter lii- car had sidieswiped a mach-ine driven by Robert Fairchlld. Theaccidem occurred near Davis streetwhen I'u-zlnskl was backing his carout of Melruse street., The case of Michael Canfleltl and.two out of town parties who were ina collision on the Watertown-Thoni-aston road near Nova St.o'ia school-house Sunday afternoon was settledput of court.

FIGHTING FRUIT PESTS

As rtcorded recently In TheRegister, many fruit trees in Tor-rington and vicinity are being dam-aged by insects which threaten toseriously affect the fruit crops, par-ticularly apples. Entomologistsclaim that the infestation this seasonis due 'o the cold spring which didnot allow the Insect parasites of theaphis, such as lady beetles andsyrphus files to develop rapidly a*they require a temperature of 10 to12 decr.es higher than the aphisneeds to breed. The ConnecticutAgricultural college has .sent out spe-

DOLL SHOW GREAT ATTRAC-TION

Each feature day at the Commun-ity playground seems to attract astill larger crowd. The doll showon Wednesday afternoon broke allrecords for attendance with 239children and SO visitors present.

It was evident that every littlegirl had a doll worth presenting forj2 dolls of many Mz*-s and descrip-tions were lined up for the judgesto choose the prize winners. Aftermuch dellbaflon awards were madeas follows: Prettiest, Marian Ryan;smallest. Billy Hronson, a tiny wood-*-n doll in a shelf which came fromSwitzerland; bigge.it, M<ma Iiuilge;cutest, Jean Hlckcnx, whose doll'scostume, that of Red Riding Hood,was carried out In detail even tothe tiny basket on her arm contain-ing tiny cookies covered with a nap-,kin; funniest, Doris O'Dell, for herUncle Moses doll; most original,Ituth Maxwell, whose doll wore agypsy costume and to Janet Olsonfor her two dolls dressed one as an <old fashioned girl, the' other.as aflapper. Honorable mention wasgiven to Jean Mitchell whose doll'sage was 60 and Charlotte Bates'whose doll boasted lO'i years.

REPORT OF PLAYGROUND8EA8ON

A recent report of the work ofthe work oi the summer playground.

BIRTHDAY PARTY

Little Joan Seaver entertainedsome of her neighbors at a partyTuesday afternoon when she cele-brated her third birthday. The lit-tle guests were each presented withballoons of various colors upon theirarrival and thoroughly enjoyed see-ing the wind toss them about. Gameswere enjoyed on the lawn and pic-tures of the group taken before thechildren went inside to enjoy thebirthday luncheon of sandwiches,milk, ice cream and cake.

Those present were Mrs. WilfredBryan, Betty Anne Bryan, Mrs. Ray-mond Parker, Nancy Parker, Mrs.Stephen Canty, Sonny and GerardCanty, Mrs. Frances Flynn, JeanMarie Flynn, Laura, Vivien and Mar-lon Kowalski, Mary Zeldler, BettyHannon, Betty Bloss and Dicky andJoan Seaver, Barbara Reynolds andSimone Marcoux. •

8TATE R0AD8

Twenty-nine miles of Connecticu thighway will be reconstructed dur-ing the balance of the summer andthe early fall according to contractbid advertisements published by theState Highway Department lastweek. The 29 miles of new pave-ment upon which contractors areasked to bid will supplement ap-proximately 30 miles of reconstruc-tion work now in progress in vari-ous parts of the state and will bringthe total pavement laid during thepresent season to 59 miles.

Contracts /were also advertisedfor tbe construction of one 29-footconcrete bridge over Rooster RiverIn Fairfleld; 60-foot steel bridges

BLISTER RU8T WORK

Frank Tompkins, Blister Rustforeman, started Monday morning ontbe eradication ot currant andgooseberry bushes on the pine plan-

tations on Mohawk. His crew con-sisted of Mr. Douglas, Mr. Erlcksonand a third man. These white pineswere set out in an old pasture thick-ly overgrown with a .tall growth of"Goshen Hardback" when SeymourCunningham of Litchfleld owned theSchllttennart place. The little pinescame through nicely and now havekilled practically all the hardhackbeneath them so that few traces ofthat worthless growth remain. Thepines are tall enough now to lookinto a second story window. Dis-trict Forester Parker's men camp inthe white house, formerly the Lev-itt Clark place. Anyone wishing tosee the Blister Rust work being donenear the Alain White Stone Towershould visit the Mohawk State For-est. The road is passable to thegate near the Stone Tower In pastHarrison Ives' residence just off theGoshen-Cornwall state road. Anyonedesiring ah appointment so as to.besure of finding the crew In tbe densegrowth should telephone in advanceto Forester Parker or to Blister BustAgent Clark, through the Cornwallexchange, and obtain directions forthe particular day and hour whenhe will arrive. E. D. C.

Noah Swayne, bass-baritone, has'over the Nonnewaug River on thebeen engaged as soloist for the an-nual concert of the WashingtonChoral Club to be given on Saturdaynight, August 27, under the leader-ship of Dr. Arthur D. Woodruff.Swayne, who is one of the foremost

Woodbury-Bethlehem road and overthe Farmlngtan River at HartlamlHollow; and a 50-foot span overEast River on the Boston Post roadbetween Guilford and Madison. Iiall. IS contracts were advertised tobe let upon the submission of sealedbids at the Highway Departm. ntofllce in Hartford on or before Mon-day, August 15.

The two largest stretches of pave-ment to be laid will be let a» onecontract. They consist of about i!

, „.. „. ..».„. v-,.,1 oiucinn, ,;,. miles of macadam on the Mansli< M-Edna Strattman, James . ,nt, b a m Qf ,fc W J , R N o r . ! Warrenvllle road and about 5 miles

Tomlinson. Among the teachers • '

Curtiss Hitchcock, Louise Judson ences. He was soloist of the Yale

Rufus Munsell, Rosamond Platt.

! Glee Club while In college and fai-th. •

_ , „ „ , . . „ , , ' annual dinner of the Litchflel'.Ruth Podlesney Martha Relchen-, C o m u y U n l v e n | l y c ) u l ) u n d e r t|'lt.bach (Mrs. H. D. Marrgraff), Gordon : „„„.„„„,„ o f M l , s C a r ] g t o e c k e l ( ,n

present will be Principal R. S. Bur-1folk. of the same pavement on the Wa-

nap and Miss Julia Clark.Those who have heard of his sue- rmville-Phoenixville road in Ash-

MOSCOW 8PURS AGITAT0R8 , _ , L , , ...Swayne is an apt mimic and ha-

The Daily Worker, official organ considerable histrionic ability. Hi-of the communists of Moscow, pub-lishes Instructions and orders for in-tensification of the revolutionaryactivities in America, : As a meansof promoting it propagandists areurged to work among aliens andnegroes. Fomenting strikes is one

dramatic songs, are characterized byintense feeling and power. His Ne-gro Spirituals possess incomparabl'beauty and emotional appeal. Hislighter songs, Irish and Negro, aregiven with a rollicking lilt and cap-tivating merriment. There is a rare

show theirPress.

ugly tempers.—Bristol

audience.of the weapons advocated. Partlc-j treat in store for the Washingtonular attention is also given to fight-ing the American Federation of La-bor which Is strongly opposed tocommunism in any form. It may betaken for granted that tbe Sacco-Vanzetti case will be made the mostof to appeal to ignorant and fanat-ical prejudice and that intimidationwill be resorted to wherever, cow-ards and sneaks of this sort con-gregate. It behooves Americans tobe on the watch and to bring thesedetestable agents of brutality anddiabolism to account whenever they

Supt. of Schools R. N. Brown hasengaged Miss Miriam Clark of Mor:

wlch as supervisor of music'-.ariddrawing in tbe Thomaston publicschools for next term. Miss Clarksucceeds Miss {Catherine G. Rafter,

(.who resigned fit? the close of lastterm. By a recent vote of the;school committee the new teacher-will devote her entire time to the

i cess, there will be anxious to hear!fo1''' a m ' Easton. The other'-pavinghim again. . , contracts call for 2,500 feet n-

inforced concrete. Forest street.West Haven; 14,350 feet macadam, iWebatuck road. New Milford and jSherman; 10,090 feet asphalt resur-facing, New Britain avenue. Hurt-ford and West Hartford; 13,435 f»-etmacadam resurfacing, Hazard aven-ue, Enfleld; 16,900 feet macadam re-surfacing, Wapping road, Windsor;repairs to Windsor underpass pave-ment, Windsor;. 61587 feet relnforcdconcrete, Boston Post road, Stoning-ton; 3,290 feet reinforced concrete..South street, and widening pave-ment on two curves north of SuinVldCenter, Suffleld; 13,830 feet macad-am, Hotchkissville-Wasbington road,Woodbury; and 7,026 feet reinforcedconcrete, Boston Post Toad, FairfleldCenter, Fairfleld.*/

Special notation is made in thecontract advertisements that all mo-

local schools instead of dividing her' tor vehicles used on this work w ill'time between the Thomaston and | b*»Jield strictly to, the load capacityLitchfleld schools.—Thomaston Br-, peVmltted by Btatelaw with no <\press.

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OUTING AT LAKE COMPOUNCE

Connecticut Sportsmen Plan BigField Day in September

It is expected that at least 25,000sportsmen and those loving thegreat outdoors will' attend the sec-ond Annual Outing and Field Day tobe held under the auspices of theState Fish ami ciame Association a;Lake Compound-; Saturday. Septem-ber 3. Attorney Jo.-eph P. O'ConnpIlof Bristol who i.-- general chairmanof the Field May lias- held two me.-t-ings of the ..committee-from the dif-ferent fish anil'sunie clubs and frotvthe state fish and game eommissicr:and the results :-li<r.r that the outin-'of last year, ailliough voted an un-qualified siH-pe s by every one of tin-.15.000 present., will be eclipsed bythe one this-year.' There will IK-more sports .in 'enter in and th--prizes will b"- fo.-ti<r.

Chairman (I't.'omi'-H has appoint' 1the followinc p.: .-OILS to aid him inthe work: Archery, Harold Basse'tof New Haven: canoe and boat rar-ing: and swimming races, A.:J. Wil-liamson, BrldKuport; • bait and .flycasting, Samuel Thorpe, Bristol, E.L. Tuttle, Waterbury, and Dr. Relm-er of Hartford; field trial for birddogs, Dr. Beere of Waterbury; coondog, Joseph Burns. Bristol; Titleshooting, pistols and traps, Messrs.Hibbard of West Hartford, Smith ofNew Haven, Bailey of Danbury,Beers of New Britain.and Farian ofBridgeport.

Among the notables that are; ex-pected to attend and. assist in ttiKentertainment are David T. fAber*crombie of New York, who is a well-known sporting goods manufacturer,and sportsman; he will stage hi*well-known act called "Fishermanagainst Swimmer;" pitting his skillwith the rod against the strokes ofa powerful swimmer; Fred Abrogatof Ohio, champion bait caster; AlFoster of Ohio, champion fly caster.The last two were to have been here*

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cial letters to fruit growers inform- j issued by Ralph I'asho, director oring them of the way that the pests civic Union activities, mentionsmay be fought with beneficial re-sults.

This formula as sent out by W. H.Darrow, extension fruit specialist,warns the apple growers of the aphismenace. It appears that aphis bothgreen and rosy have appeared inalarming numbers during the past,few weeks. The rosy species hasstarted to migrate to other other

many Interesting facts.. Total attendance (L'p to-and In-cluding August 6)— 5,2.".

Average weekly attendance—S4S.Average daily attendance—169.Five hikes, average 34; total 170.Number taking part in feature

days—299.Number of feature day—S.Number ot different children avall-- " — — C T - — • - »- -*—-' »*—».. i^uuiuci ui umtrreui umiurtfu avai l -

plants and further damage by this I ing themselves of playground facill-spede Is not expected this year. The j ties—529.green aphis, however, continues on Ithe apple foliage all season andwhere sufficiently abundant may dis-color the fruit to a considerable ex-tent.

When the green aphis start to ap-pear on the fruit it has been recom-mended by the state authorities thatone of, the two following sprayformulas be used: No. 1, Nicotinesoap ' formula: nicotine sulphate(black leaf 40), 1 to 1J pints; fishoil soap, 4 pounds;- and water. tomake 100 gallons. No. 2, nicotine-lime formula: hydrated lime, 60pounds; nicotine sulphate (blackleaf 40), 1 to. 11 pints; and water tomake 100 gallons.

The first formula is somewbatquicker in its action but the limeIn the second formula acts as a re-pellan't and the winged species ofaphis will not reinfest trees whichhave been thoroughly sprayed withit.

People who have only a few treescan add a few teaspoonfuls of nico-tine sulphate to a gallon of soapywater instead of making the largerquantity. Nicotine sulphate whenused alone is not effective and ismore effective when diluted to onepart to 500 parts of water.—Torring-ton Register.

Number of visitors—159.

FORWARD STEP FOR DIOCE8EOF CONNECTICUT

Laymen as well as clergy through-out the diocese and outside, have Inrecent months been very much in-terested in the plan to move theBerkeley Divinity school from thesite which it has occupied, for nearly.75 years in Middletown, to a site ad-jacent to Yale University, in NewHaven.

Berkeley Divinity school wasfounded In 1S54 by Bishop John Wil-liams. It was named for ' BishopGeorge Berkeley, one of the great-est, figures in the annals of the Eng-lish church.

Berkeley wi l l be able to develop 'new features in its field of service.Among other things it plans.to cre-ate a department of Church Musicand'Art, which can render an im-portant, practical service to the par-ishes in Connecticut. and beyond.

It is planned to open BerkeleyDivinity school in New Haven In '

.the autumn of 1928. In its long lifeof 73 years, the school has beenpresided over by but four men:Bishop Williams, Dr. John Binney,Dr. Samuel Hart and its presenthead. Dean William P. Ladd.

last year but a nationaloccurred at the same date so theycould not come. .• There will be twenty-three eventsaltogether and they are open toe'.erybody irrespective of whether

li- belongs to any club or not. Mr.I'Connell staled that every spom-

m.iM will be mailed an entry blank.lihnks may be obtained from anyin- tuber of a fi-h and game club or

I >m Joseph I1. O'Connell, 133 Main- i-'-et. RriMol, Conn. The followingi'i-nts are scheduled: 1—s ouncuV.-unicy Halt Casting. 2—J ounceA ••curacy Bait Casting. 3—3 ounc-l>.-tance Bait Casting. 4—J ounceI'-tance Halt Casting. 5—Distance!"y Casting ii", ouncu rod. 6—Dry'•":>• Accuracy—unknown distance. 7- Connecticut Field Trials on Pheii*-. ;its.' S—Coon Dog Trials. 9—Bench•"IOW for Bird Dogs. 10—Small

ore Rifles Course A. 11—Small:'nre Rifles Course B. 12—Pistol«.1.'—Trap Shooting. 14—Archery.

".—Wood .Chopping Contest. 16—'Forse Shoe Pitching Contest. 17—i anoe Races, one person. 18—Canoellaces, two persons. 19—Rowboat...ne person. 20—Canoe Tilting Con--st. 21—Swimming 50 yard Dash.

.2—Swimming | mile. 23—FancyHiving.

The outing will commence at 9:00.i m. and there will be a barbecuedinner served at 1:00 p. m., the^tick-ets for which are now in the "handsof members of the different fish andcame clubs. They can be securedin Litchfleld from Phil Hunt.

The events that have been addedthis year are Coon Dog Trials, BenchShow for the Bird Dogs, HorseShoe Pitching Contest and CanoeTilting Contest.

Is a graduate'of the Berkeley Divin-ity school of the class of 1909 andquite a number of the former rect-ors have been graduates of theschool, including Itev. Clarence . H.Beers.. Rev. J. Francis George,' Rev.George L. I la we.* and others.

No doubt th'i.4"pl:ih will appeal toa number.of local people arid'whenthe drive, is. actually on they- willbe very triad to contribute.. All cori-Irihutinns slimilil be sent to SamuelA. Ynik, tuii-urer Ilerkeley Divinityi-clionl; .Million Dollar fund, 710Chain 1 -tiei-t. New Haven.

—Wpodbury. Eepprto*i

OBEY TRAFFIC LIGHTS

Irdivliltial sense of decency amifair r>lay is necessary If signal lightsbecome important adjuncts in thedirection of traffle in congested cit-ies 'and towns. The Idea of trafficsignal lights' is. perfectly feasible.The real difficulty lies in the attitudeof the automobile, driving public."Light-crashing'1 is already known inWlnsted when two street cornershave traffic lights. It' is known inother cities in the state as well. Ifthe signal is against a certain typeof motorist and If no cop is aroundhe'll' crash the light, that is, goagaiifst the red. Others will spurtdirectly ahead or around the corneras soon as the amber flashes. -Bothpractices are dangerous and condu-cive to accidents. The automaticred-and-green light system has beengaining popularity in Connecticut aswell as in other states. It remainsfor the public to make It-a real ad-vantage to traffic or a leading con-tribution to automobile accidents.—Win&ted Citizen.

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IFTEEN hundred high school young-sters, hends up. shoulders back,feet clicking In rhythmic step. HaitiFifteen hundred instruments poised,fifteen hundred pairs of eyestrained on a single leader. Theflourish of a baton and the biggestband In the world burst Into music.

When the echo of the last noteof "El Cnpltun" had died out "In thedistance, Osbourne McConathy, the

conductor and America's foremost musical edu-cator, turned from the vast field of bright-eyedboys and girls and voiced the verdict oi the mul-titude that stood spellbound listening to themusic:

"The jazz nge cnn't do anything to a nation thatcon muster youngsters like these. Their musicwill doom the so-called 'flaming youth' and willput strength into the social fabric of America."

This scene was enacted In the city park ofCouncil Bluffs, Iowa, the last Saturday In May,when twenty-three, champion bands played as amassed concert ensemble under the direction ofeach of the judges to give a colorful finale to the.National School Band contest. There.were bandsthere from as far east as New York, as far westas California, as far north as Minnesota and asfar south as Texas. Jollet was awarded thenational championship by nosing out the AbrahamLincoln high school band of Council Bluffs by afraction of a point. The Modesto (Calif.) highschool captured third place, and fourth place wentto the Nicholas Senn high school of Chicago. Thenational championship for Class B bands, limitedto schools having enrollments under four hundred,was awarded to the Princeton (Calif.) band.Second place in this class was won by the bandfrom Vermlllion, S. D. Ida Grove, la., was third,and Cleveland, Okla., fourth. In addition, honor-able mention for fine performance even thoughthey did not win a prize, was given by the judgesto the school hands of Qulncy, 111.; Marion, In&;Lockport, N. Y., and Flint. Mich.

The several winners In the contest were award-ed prize tablets by the National Bureau for theAdvancement of Music, which also rewarded thedirector and members of the first two winningbands In each class with silver and bronze medalsrespectively. Jol let still retains the nationaltrophy which must be won by the school threesuccessive times to be,; kept permanently. Thejudges in the contest. In addition to Mr. McCona-thy, were Herbert Clarke, director of the LongBeach (Calif.) municipal band; Taylor Branson,leader of the United States Marine, band,Wash-ington, D. C. and Joseph E. Maddy, supervisorof music in the Ann Arbor (Mich.) public schools.

The first really nation-wide school band contest> was held In 1020 in Fostoriu, Ohio, although pre-

viously there" had been a number of sectional anddistrict contests in various parts of the country.Thirteen bunds, from ten different states, con-tested In this event. The. contest at Council Bluffsthis year brought together twenty-three bunds,almost twice as iimny as the year before. Tobring the>e bands together, twenty-six state, andsectional bsind contests were held,' each of which;in turn, hiid an ' average of twenty bands to viefor the state. or~ sectional honors. It has beenestimated Unit approximately 8300,000 was raisedthis year by high schools, parents, clubs, businessgrmips sin«l individual business men to send thesebands to' the swtioh. state, and national contests,which have for their object the raising of the

'v standard o'f music in the schools.

Within the next decade, Mr. McConnthy prophe-""-sles. music will be as much a part of the educa-

tional equipment of the high school boy and girlas reading, writing and arithmetic. They will beable to elei.t courses in instruction on their chosenInstrument Just us they elect to study Latin orSpanish, or choose between the liberal arts, abusiness or a technical course. And they will getthe same credit for music that they do for anyother «illi)fct.'

"I'ecause I am myself a musician, I think; ofmusic hrs: of all as an'expression of beauty/' says

this eminent educator. "But the high scnool bandis one of the strictest schools of discipline a boyor girl can go through. It teaches team work, forin assembly playing every man has to do his ownwork and do It right. It curbs the ego, for theboy or girl who wants to be the whole show haslittle chance In a band. He learns to know hisplace and fill i t It teaches the lesson of service,for the band must be quick to respond to theneed for music in any school dctivlty. And, evenmore so now that the bands are meeting for thesenational contests, it teaches good sportsmanship,just as does the football and baseball team.

"There was one little band at the Council Bluffsmeet whose stoiy tells vividly what bnnd disciplinedoes for boys and girls. It was a Class B bandfrom the Princeton (Calif.) high school. Prince-ton is a town of four hundred Inhabitants. Thereare one hundred and three students in Its highschool. And 75 per cent of them are studyingmusic. Six years ago, the 'band' in this highschool consisted of three boys who played a mouthorgan, a trombone, a' saxophone and a girl pianist*They all played by ear. Today they have a forty-seven piece band that has carried off the NorthernCalifornia championship four times, won the all-state championship three times, and this year tooktop honors as the best Class B band In America.

"But it was a long trip from California out toIowa to the national meet When Princeton wasdeclared state winner over Arcnta high school, itslong-time musical rival, this little band beganscrambling around to get the money for the trip.They gave concerts. They appealed to the citizensof Princeton. But they could not quite top therise. At the eleventh hour came the Arcata highschool. 'We will help yon out,' and into the handsof the Princeton musicians they put their ownhard-earned dollars. And the Princeton bandcame to the national contest That is the kind ofspirit you find in these boys and girls In thebands.

'The boy who can square his shoulders andblow big, full notes on a trumpet or horn Is ahealthy boy. He has got to be. No shallow-chested, short-breathed weakling can survive inthese pick bands. And greatest contribution of ail,each player has found a threshold Into the greatrealm of musical literature; he is developing thecultural side of his life. He may forget the dateof the discovery of the Pacific ocean; lie maynever be able to solve an algebra problem. Bnthe can never, forget his music. That is the onething he will carry with him into.the great world."

Nor is Mr. McConathy alone in his views onmusic In the schools. The other three judges inthe contest were amazed at the splendid disciplineand performance of these juvenile.bands and at..least one expressed himself as of the opinion, thatthere are not more .than ten or a dozen profes-sional bands In the United States who couldmeasure up to the standards of these . schoolbands.

CM. Tremaine,;-director of the Nutlonal Bureaufor the Advancement qf Music, and ..secretary ofthe Instrumental affairs committee of the MusicSupervisors Nationnl conference, under the jointauspices of. which the state and national bandcontests are held, Is convinced not only of thevalue of the school bnnd as a builder of character,but also feels that the. band boy is a better stu-dent than.his unmusical schoolmate.

"After listening to the performances of thesejuvenile bands," said Mr. Tremaine, "I am more 'than ever impressed with the Importance of musicin the lives of oij'ryoung school people. It demon-strates team work, • discipline and perseveranceand gives evidence of what*'this playing in aband-does for the youth as a builder of characterin addition to its cultural; advantages.

"The spirit of playing In this national contestIs just another proof thut boy musicians are. justas eager to, win band laurels as. the members of afootball or basketball team are .to win achieve-ments,-in athletics for their, schools and them-selves. A school is as proud or Its band when itwins its state, section or national contest as whenIt takes home a trophy won on the gridiron or thebaseball field.

"Music Is a healthful Influence and parents noware learning that the band Is better than the'gang* for their youngsters. Music is a fine mentalstimulant and In a survey recently made in onemiddle western.school, it was found that childrenwho studied music averaged considerably higherin all lines of school activities than those who didnot' .

"Association with other young musicians isanother great benefit for the boy or girl bandmember. No matter how much the child may puthis heart into practicing at home and playing forhis own and-others' enjoyment he is missing agreat deal If he does not learn to work withothers In the production of great masterpieces. ItIs absolutely essential for each member of theband to take his definite place In the group, togive otiiors a chance, to come in at just theright heat, and to drop out at exactly the momenthe Is no longer needed. Temperament, sulks andovera^gresslveness have no place in the band andthe good director knows how to Inculcate theselessons along with the other Instructions.

"Health might also be mentioned as one of thebeneficial aspects of learning to play an instru-ment, and becoming a member of the school band.Correct posture and breathing must be insistedupon. Physicians often will recommend d windinstrument for the boy with the undevelopedchest Then, too, music steadies the nerves andhas a relaxing effect on pupils who tend to betoo high strong and undisciplined.

"Where a certain standard of scholarship con-siderably above the minimum for passing Isrequired for participation in the school band forrepresenting the school In a contest like the oneheld. In Council Bluffs, this stimulus Is often effec-tive In bringing sagging grades up to the mark asit does with the boy trying to make the footballeleven or the baseball or track team."

Mr. Tremalne's views on public school musichas' the enthusiastic Indorsement of the depart-ment of superintendence of the National Educa-tion association, made up of the representativeheads of public school, systems throughout theUnited States, which at its recent Dallas conven-tion adopted this resolution:

"1. That we favor the inclusion of music in thecurriculum on an equality with the other basicsubjects. We believe that with-the growing com-plexity of civilization more attention must begiven to the arts, and that music offers possibili-ties, as yet but partially realized, for developingan appreciation of the finer things of life. We,therefore, recommend that all administrative offi-cers take steps toward a more equitable adjust-ment of music In the educational program, involv-ing: Time allotment; number and standard ofteachers; equipment provided.

"2. That we favor an immediate extension ofmusic study to all rural.schools, .In the beliefthat no single development will so greatly increasethe effectiveness of their work and so greatlylessen the extreme differences now existing be-tween rural and urban education. We recommendas; a guide the "Course of Study for Music Inthe Itural Schools" approved by the Music Super-visors' National conference.

".V That we believe an adequate program ofhigh school music instruction-.should Includecredit, equivalent to that given to other basicsubjects, for properly supervised music study car-ried on both in and out of the'school; moreover,the recognition of music tfy the high schools qs asubject bearing credit toward graduation shouldcarry with It similar recognition of its value by

• 1 colleges and other institutions of higher educa-tion. We recommend further that the departmentof superintendence favor a study of present prac-tices as to music credits.

"4. That, recognizing the great Interest,mani-fested at this meeting toward making music amore vital element In education, we recommendthat this subject shall' continue to receive the

, attention of the department of superintendence•i and be.Included In the discussion groups'of Its' annual program." ' "

WhyHorn* Ovmenhip Pay*

"We Own Oar Own Home." Justthis simple little phrase means muchto those fortunate enough to be ableto say i t

It means that they are lords andmasters of their own households. Itsignifies .that here are folks entitledto a greater measure of respect 3. H.HUdebrandt writes, In the ChicagoAmerican. , It .shows that they are fa-thers and mothers who did not hesi-tate to sacrifice some of the smallpleasures of life so that their chil-dren could grow up In proper sur-roundings. '

Occasionally people argue that itdoes not pay to own a hoinS. If onewere to reckon only in dollars andcents, perhaps in some cases it mightnot pay.

But what has money got to do withIt anyway? How can one compare apossible saving of a few dollars withthe great measure of satisfaction andcontentment that Is bound to be evi-dent to the owned borne. I am will-ing to grant that there are unpleasanttasks, but think of the many other in-teresting things that the home ownercan do.

Every man should have a hobby ofsome sort but I wish to point out thatthe greatest Inspiration for this sortof thing would be found around theowner's home.

If you have hesitated to own ahome on account of the two reasonsmentioned above better get busy atonce, especially If you have sons anddaughters. Living in rented quartersyou are missing a lot of the busythings In life, and you are overlook-ing one of the best assurances thatyour children will grow up to be acredit to yourself and the communityat lurge.

Let more of us adopt the best hubbyof all, "Our Own Home."

Look to Protectionof Home From Fire

We often hear people gay that ifthey had a fire they would let It burnand collect the insurance. Probablythe home owner who takes pride inhis possessions would not do that incase'of autual fire. In any .case, thisIs not the correct or safe attitude totake. • • • • • '

Policy stipulations go into detail re-garding ownership of property in-sured. They state plainly that thepolicy Is void, unless specifically pro-vided in a written rider attached todie policy, If the insured Is not sole'owner of the property.; If the build-ing occupies land not owned by theInsured; if the insured knows fore-closure proceedings have been Insti-tuted; If there is any change of titleother than by the death of the in-sured, or if the policy is assignedbefore a loss. If any such conditionsexist or should arise the home own-er should notify the agent or brokerImmediately.

Some Important Don't*Don't build on a fill of any kind.Don't build on a reclaimed swamp.

Let your great-grandson do that.Don't build on black soil. Dig it

out.Don't take chances on narrow foot-

Ings. Make them wide.;Don't use sand from the excavation

If it contains organic matter.Don't* try to save cement in con-

crete for footings.Don't leave the footings uncovered

if you build in winter!Don't try to level off the footing

trench with loose material beforeplacing concrete. Build from the nat-ural ground.

Don't guess about, footings. Enowwhat kind of soil you have and. whatthe building weighs.

Really Belong to CityThe man who buys reul estate In

a city becomes a permanent part ofthe municipality because he owns avery vital Interest in the city. Eventhough be may be compelled to trans-fer his place of abode to some oilierlocality at a subsequent date, as longas he Is a property owner he cannotescape maintaining a very definite in-terest in the welfare and prognnw ofhis former home city.

Cheaper Lot, Better HouteThe less expensive the lot the more

money is left for the house itself,, anda well-constructed house on a cheaplot is far more desirable than an tinsatisfactory house on an expensivelot Although: a house that is verymuch more expensive' than Its neigh-bors might be hard to sell at a good'price, a very cheap house^may addnothing at all to the sale value-of anexpensive • lot

Trade Pouibilitie,• Andalusia citizens would<do well to>take a-day off and get together andtalk about Andalusia,. her trade posslbilttles," her problems that are com-mon to-all her citizens. Such gather-Ings would promote good will and co-operation-and these .twin blessings arealways essential to the greatestgrowth of any city.—Andalusia Star.

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FOR GOOD ROADSMore than a billion dollars will be

spent this year for highway construc-tion and Improvements, according tofigures received from governmentsources.

It Is planned to construct 28JM1miles of new roads. For new bridges$58,000,000 will be expended. Anoth-er $27,000,000 will be used for recon-structing existing roads.

Not only Is the nation wteely spend-ing larger sums of money for goMroads, bat the highway engineer tobuilding more expertly. The modernroadbullder builds for safety. No long-er does he depend on warning signsand devices. Instead, If necessary, heeliminates curves, avoids railroadcrossings and reduces steep grades.In doing so lie minimizes greatly thepossibility of accidents at those places.

It Is Interesting to note that $27,000.-000 Is available for the reconstructionof good roads. The necessity forbuilding wider highways and for wid-ening roads Is most evident Trafficmust continue to move rapidly, other-wise congestion becomes more andmore a problem.

For the upkeep and maintenance of230,847 miles of roads. $120,00(1,0(10 I*available and expected to be used bythe various states. The total expen-diture provided In the state programs-through their highway department*Is placed at $(148,433,000. In additionto that figure, approximately $477,000.-000 Is expected to be spent bycotin-tles and other lesser subdivisions ofthe government

Estimated total road mileage to bobuilt by state highway departments*Includes 0,i>."»7 miles of earth Improvedroads. 12.305 miles of sand, clay, grav-el and 'irincadam roads and 7,4*!) milesof asphalt, concrete and brick high-ways.

Millions of dollars for good roads!The economic Influence of Improvedhighways Is a story that would till abook. Think W the effect on real es-tate values alone that such rondx willhave. Such highways will result alsoIn a further disintegration of urbanlife and further development of subur-ban and rural life.

Ideal Road ConditionsPredicted in 25 Years

According to highway engineer*roads 25 years hence will be a mini-mum of 120 feet In width. They*willbe well lighted at night and policed by8top-and-go signals. All surface drain-age will be carried In storm sewersbeneath the ground Hue. All tele-phone, electric Hght wires, etc., willbe carried underground.

All railroad grude crossings will heeliminated by a separation of grades.The highways will be beautified bythe planting of trees and shrubberyIn the parkways. •• Speed limits willbe flsed at a minimum rather than amaximum, as Is now the vogue. Streetcars will be supplanted by busses toconnect -with tiie rapid transit raillines. Pedestrians will be prohibitedfrom crossing the street

Subways or overhead crossings willbe provided for their use. In thedowntown congested districts elevatedsidewalks will be provided for them.

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Earth Roads Dominantin the United States

Earth roads constitute 85 per centof the 3,000,000 miles, of officially des-ignated public highways In the UnitedStates. Yet they carry less than 15per cent traffic of all roads.

One of the big problems that con-front road builders Is to arrive at astandard, so far as Is possible con-sidering different conditions In dif-ferent localities, for stabilizing theearth road. Engineers believe this canbe done by treating the soils. The •highway research board Is about toundertake an Intensive study of thequestion.

Soil, climate, weather, drainage—these are a few of the factors whichenter into the study to complicateconclusions. Already the matter ofdrainage has been fairly well solved.Hundreds of articles have been writ-ten on the making of a good earthroad surface; yet engineers regard tlieIssue as unsettled.

Narrow Roads Dangerous"Parking along 'a narrow .road, even

In broad daylight, Is a dangerous prac-tice—Iij some cases It amounts to anuisance," an official of the Automo-bile dub. of Maryland asserts.

"Motorists are permitted legally todrive at a speed of 35 miles an hourin the open country. Sometimes It isnecessary, to slow down considerably,and even stop, when another motoristhas parked on one'of the narrowerconcrete highways."

Traffic CongestionCongestion of traftlcjs not prevalent

on the rural hlghways^Most frequent-ly it occurs at the gateways leadingInto the cities. The arterial highwaysleading Into large cities frequentlypass through neighboring satellite-cen-ters. The traffic Is more than local,yet local control remains. There Is • ,gap here which must be bridged. Ar-terial highways In these metropolitanureas must be built, but this can beaccomplished only through united ac-tion of the authoclUes. _" ' " ^

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1927.

WELCOME EDITOR8On Saturday of this week, rain or

shine, the Connecticut Editorial As-sociation and family members willvisit Lltchfteld as the guests of theLitchfield Enquirer. As it is about15 years since the Association hashonored this place by coming herefor its summer outing every effortwill be made to give the quill driversa royal good time.

The guests will rendezvous ateleven o'clock sharp at the homeor Hon. George M. Woodruffwhere they 'will be received by Mr.Woodruff. Mrs. George C. Woodruffand Mrs. Carl Fischer.

At half-past eleven, sharp, therewill be a personally conducted tourof the center of the Borough, takingin the Reeve and Wolcott houses,St. Michael's Memorial church, theLibrary and Historical SocietyRooms and other points of Interest.

Dinner will be at The Playhouseon West street at promptly oneo'clock. John Hersam of the NewCanaan Advertiser will pit-side andthe address of welcome will be byJudge Arthur F. Ells.

After dinni-r there, will be a drive\o Morris and around Bantam Lake,up to the Connecticut Junior Repub-lic.. It is needless to say anything, atthis time, about the beauties ofLitchfield and Its wonderful history.They speak for themselves so elo-quently that even such a "doubtingThomas" as John Hersam will seeat once that Litchfield does not haveto blow her own horn, she has the

_ goods.Fellow newspaper workers, the

town is yours. Come one and all.o, —Litchfleld Enquirer.

their dairies and milk supply to off-set the losses caused by the killing

iMJk retuJtot the tuberculinusts. There hare been very largeimportations of tested cows fromVermont. New York, Michigan andother states. It Is reported that thereare 500 cows In this state waitingto be slaughtered as a result of therecent tests. One IVinsted milkdealer, Charles Reblllard, has goneout of the milk business owing to thelosses In bis dairy.

Frank W. Beach has succeeded Inrestoring his herd of cows, havingpurchased 86 tested cows whichwere Imported mostly from Ver-mont. There has been some short'age of milk reported though the sea-son i has been very favorable (orkeeping up the milk supply.

The state and the dairymen es-pecially are up against a seriousproblem by the fact that It is foundthe tuberculin test is not a suremethod of. eliminating the animalswhich are afflicted with the disease.In a number of instances it has beenfound that there are cows which arecalled "spreaders" which do not re-act to the test and by being left inthe dairies spread tuberculosis toother animals and are not suspected.The state has found some cases likethis where diseased cows have notreacted through several tests andhave thus caused a great deal ofharm.

The state officials are recommending now the taking of entire herdsin order to eliminate such cases,killing the cows that are not knownto have tuberculosis as wel} as thosewhich have. One case near* Hart-ford la reported where a farmer hadSO cows, a large proportion of whichreacted. He wanted 'to keep one es-pecially fine high bred cow whichdid not react but was finally per-suaded to allow her to be taken andkilled. She proved to be a "spread-er" and was undoubtedly the causeof most of the trouble in that herd.—Wlnsted Times.

THE DOG

Someone lias said that whereverthere is an unfortunate. God sendsa. dop.. Some people have no lovefor a dog and some are lacking inthe ability to appreciate or under-stand a dog. DORS endure all kindsof abuse .and love the one who in-llicts such treatmentLamartlne, who was

upon them,an exile in

Switzerland, said that one day whenlife vvas very dreary a dog cami;to him. "After being: adopted bythi.--• do)?;" vaid hi*, •."my solituden-aswl. He never left me; we loved

'each oilit-r: .we walked, we slept to-•Rether. Hi- ilivined me anil I UH<I*=T-

.siood him." '(in tin- oiht-r- hand there are some

|M-O|I1M who hate (lops,-and thegenerally know who dislikes them.Docs .-ei'in to uniliT.stand human na-ture to a certain extent. The writerhad a colliema'rkabfe.terms, in a dignified manner, withalmost everybody he met, but nowand then there would be an excep-tion and when he did show a disliKe

whose intuition was re-He was 'on friendly•

to a the sequel generallyshowed that the man was not trust-worthy.

It is almost always safe to keepyour eye on an Individual who showsa spirit of hatred toward the dogfamily.

—AVoodbury Reporter.

A VACANCY

Wanted:—A board />: selectmenwho can sive Woodhury a maximum'in repairs and .Improvements on thetown roads while at ih- same timethe tax ratr- affords only a minimumin the matter of cash with which topay the expense. One taxpayer was

enough, at the -Marchtown meeting, to make an effort toincrease the appropriation for hlch-.way Improvement by a thousand dol-lars, but the plan was promptly vot-ed down. Of course It goes-withoutsaying that the taxpayers who shoutthe loudest for road repair are al-ways ready to shout themselveshoarse when any effort is made toprovide the .selectmen with moneyenough to do the repairs demanded.

Should the day ever davvn .whenthe town .shall acquire the title toa stone- crusher and other adequateand up-to-date equipment requiredfor .modern road building, it will bea day lor general rejoicing.

—Woodbury. Reporter.

A NEW IDEA

A- \\'~.-i Siilf- !arhi>-r r e m a r k e d ' t h e"..-• ii:i> iliiit hi- w a s about to b e g i ni-•->;!..iin- l or the ' p u r c h a s e of a

PAROLING OF CRIMINALS

The police say John Rilladella con-fessed that he assaulted and murd-ered little Rose Bordino and there is-strong evidence, at least, of his com-plicity in this horrible crime. Butit is not for the public to convicthim. His case is now In the handsof the courts, and should be leftthere. ,

•But the people may very properlyconcern themselves with the systemunder which Bllladella, after havingattacked three young girls during aperiod of three years previous tothis latest crime, or double crime, ofwhich he is accused, was permittedto be at large.

The records show that he wascommitted to the reform school, par-oled after a short time, recommitted,paroled, > recommitted and- paroledagain. Anybody might have knownthat he was^a dangerous character.His was a particular kind of crimin-ality. And yet he was repeatedlyturned loose to continue in it!

Why was Billadella paroled severaltimes, why was. he paroled evenonce? What sort of reform schoolsystem or administration doe's thestate, of Connecticut have?

Cases like this create an appallingdisrespect and lack of confidence inthe law and in those who administerIt.

We say again that whether or notBllladella is guilty of this latest hid-eous crime, or crimes, of which heis accused, there was ample reasonon his. record since 1924 to keephim where lie could not repeat hisattacks on young girls.

Those who were responsible forhis parole, or the system under,which tiny work, must bear part ofthe guilt for this last crime, if Bllla-,d'ellii committed It. • .

If the state of Connecticut doesnot immediately and thoroughly gointo this matter, find the cause andplace the ivsponsibiltiy for turningloose a criminal of unquestioned de-generacy to continue to prey uponlittle children, there Is lack of wis-dom In hiirli places,

We hopefully and respectfullyawait the action of Governor Trumbull.—Torrington Register.

denied that he owes his nomina-tion and election as Governor to

from the Klan. It is admittedthat he has frequently attendedtheir Klarerns and addressedtheir meetings. It is known thathis appointees to'public office—particularly to law-enforcin* of-fices—hare been and are nowKlansmen. It is admitted thatthe Klan strives to control thamachinery of Justice in town,county and state—to electJudges, Prosecuting Attorneys,Sheriffs and Jury Commission-ers. It Is charged that the on-derlying purpose" of this effort Isto control the machinery of Jus-tice in the interest of the Klan—to insure punishment for theKlan's foes and to Insure Immun-ity from punishment for theKlan's members and friends'. vThe power to suppress these out-

rages and to pursue the criminalslies in the Governor, Klansman ashe is. Already, the News says, thewearers of the mask and robe are"secretly circulating the report thatthey will go unwhipped of Justicebecause they have a friend In theoffice of Governor and friends in theoffices that administer the law. Al-ready, also, the Alabama press ispartly apologetic; the Alabama pul-pit, If not partly apologetic, is large-ly silent. * * * In last week's is-sues of two of Alabama's religiouspublications—the Alabama ChristianAdvocate (Methodist) and the Ala-bama Baptist—not one word wasprinted in protest."

The challenge of this fearless Ala-bama newspaper to the Governor ofthe state is direct and inescapable,He must show his polors.—New YorkWorld.

A GA8OLINE WAR

A few optimistic Connecticutnewspapers are dwelling on the"price war," which they declare isbeing fought by rival gasoline re-tailers In some towns of the state.New London thus Ig said to be ascene of'battje.

Actually, the "war" assumes onlyopera bouffe proportions. In truth,it appears rather more ridiculousthan not when relative prices areconsidered. For instance, prices inConnecticut are, on the average,from three to six cents higher thanthey are across the line ^ M a s s a -chusetts. Our state gasoline tax oftwo cents cannot possibly accountfor the difference. Yet Connecticutis on tidewater, and the cost of 1mportation should be lower.

Truly, if there is a "gasoline war1

in Connecticut, it ought to be be-tween the consumers and those whocannot explain the difference be-tween our prices and the prices paidIn neighboring states.—New LondonOay.

"THE HIDEOUS RULE OFAND LASH"

MASK

In an editorial, "The Hideous Ruleof Mask and Lash," the BirminghamNews recites the story of the recentfloggings in Alabama "'by .hoodedand robed night-stalkers"—eight per-sons beaten in Randolph Countyalone, and similar outrages inBlount, Eiovah and Jefferson Coun-ties. Ii.also asks two questions verymuch to the point—whether or notmany p-r.-on? have not been terror-ized in:o .-il-rice by "threats by thesemasked mi on, and whether or not.this cnmpitisn of lawlessness is notthe work of a State-wide. organiza-tion .rather than, of irresponsible in-dividual.-. Ey way of answer it saysthat til. -r- "are committed

imiiib.-r -.1 mules. "What are . y o u , n o t o n , ,/V ,)0o(1-f] a n i l robr .d m e n

sum* to do with ^manjrjnules? b u t b y „,,.„ who_ ,n a l m o s t e T e r y

lmiuui d a neishboT. "I am going to - according to well-consideredrin.-- :hi.m with my cows and see ifI lan't put a little kick in my milk,"explained the farmer. Of .course, if• lie "kick" proved to be heavy hemiirlit have- to make use- of metallicbottles. "" ' • ;- .

. • —Woodbury Reporter.

IMPORTING COWS

Dairymen in LitchfMd county andother sections of Connecticut aremaking strenuous efforts to keep up

case, according to well-consideredstatements of the Governor's., law-enforcement officers, are membersof the Ku Klux Klanl" . '

But the News dors not stop atgeneral charges; It goes straight tothe mark by holding Gov. Graves toaccount. What does be propose to"do to put an end to. this epidemic ofanrachy? For in plain words theNews gives Graves's history.

It is no secret that Gov.Graves is a Klansman. It is un-

ST. SWITHIN

With more than our wonted an-r.unl interest we watch the skies to-day. Half summer-time has gom-,and it is yet uncertain whether 1S27will have any summer. The de-ficiencies of the spring drought havebeen made up in cataclysms, andsodden fields and gardens dread thethreat, of St. Swithln's Day. Timmeteorologists may tell us that ourfaith is nought, that a dry St. Swiun's is as likely as not to be follow* <1

by weeks of wet, a streaming Si.Swlthin's by blazing summer. ButIt will not do. Populus vutt declpi.

e like our old wives' tales, uthere not a St. Medard as well as aSt. Swithin—he of whom it is wrl:-en, "S'il pleut le Jour de St. Medard.1 pleut quarante jours plus tard"?

And it did rain in France on St.Medard's Day, June 8, and ft ha-been raining ever since. Who i-bold enough not to fear St. Swithin 7The historians come to the aid o;the men of science and declare that,though S within was quite real and aworthy and beneficent person, th"forty days' rain tradition is a fondthing vainly invented, and, what i-more, a mere modern notion. Swith-In died in 862, and the first knownreference to the "forty days" beliefis In Ben Johnson about 1600. More-over, the form of the traditionalstory defies the chronicles. Swithin,that tale runs, was burled outsidehis cathedral at Winchester. Whenthe monks desired to bring his bodyinside and place it In a shrine, therewas such heavy rain for forty daysand nights that they gave It up, be-lieving the modest saint, objected.But this is not what happened.Swithin was buried outside the min-ster, for. his humility bade him orderhis. grave In a place where it wouldbe trodden upon and receive theraindrops from the eaves. A hun-dred years after, when the minsterwas being rebuilt, Swithin appeared-in a dream to a smith, and gave,orders that his bones should betranslated to the interior of the newchurch. This was "done, and somany miracles happened at Swith-in's shrine that the_monks grumbledat having to return thanks $6)often.Such is the earliest account of thuaffair,, from which it .is clearly seenthat," so far from St. Swithin raisingstorms because he was moved, heordered.the moving himself and ex-pressed his approval emphatically.•Where then does the tradition comefrom? The curious statement abouthis being burled - under the rainshoots may be either assign that hewas in some way associated, or thesuggestive germ of his association,

with the weather. The abondaof saints of the rain; Swithin,llyflfinT ^rm'r* . ft>vi'>ltnTti whamdays fall In the summer, points toprimitive superstitions about theluck of the weather, at the seasonwhen weather is most. important,which have been given a respectablestatus and authority.—London Tele-graph, July 16.

STATE POLITICS

It Is more than likely that Tollandcounty will be given a place on therepublican state ticket next year. Itwill be twenty years since the stateconvention of the republican partyrecognized the right of Tollandcounty to a position on the ticketwhen it nominated Freeman F. Pat-ten, of Stafford Springs, for treasur-er, a position which he filled for twoterms. The democratic state con-vention has been more mindful ofthe claims of that counjty. It showedthat it realised the reasonablenessof these claims when it nominatedthe late Lyman T. Tlngler, of Bock-ville. for lieutenant governor andtwo years later placed him at thehead of the state ticket as theparty's candidate for governor. Itis thought that the republican con-vention next year will repair its pastneglect of Tolland county and recog-nize its steady loyalty to the repub-lican ticket by giving it a place onthe state ticket. Dr. William L. Hig-gins, pi Coventry, has announcedthat he will be a candidate for comp-troller at the republican state con-vention. The present comptroller,Fred M. Salmon, of Fairfleld county,is serving his third term and it isunderstood that he will not be acandidate for a fourth. None of bispredecessors for one hundred yearshas served longer than six years.Tiie last time that a comptroller hada longer term of service was whenJames Thomas, a resident of Hart-ford, filled the office from 1819 to1&30. It is because the field mavbe clear for the nominatlou that Dr.Hlpglns has yielded to the advice ofhis friends to announce his candid-acy.

• * •Dr. Higgins is a member of the

board of county commissioners forTolland county. He is betteT knownthroughout Connecticut as a statelegislator. It Is generally understoodthat he holds the record for the num-ber of sessions he has been amember of the general assembly.He has represented the town of Cov-entry at seven sessions and his sena-torial district at one, making, eightsessions in all. He has done nota-bly useful work for the state as thechairman of the committee on pub-lic health and safety and of the com-mittee on humane' institutions. Hehas taken .particular Interest in the

improvement of the highways of thestate and especially those in the mr-

the debates in the house at t t e lastsession for the construction of grav-el roads* for * >* sfffttiiiffiMMisHflW oftbe farmers of the state.—HartfordTimes. .

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August 1stfrom the West, all personal-ly selected by Mr. Temkin.All are new Milch Cows.They come in all colors.

Eight (8) more carloadswill arrive later as Mr. Tem-kin picked them out, andthese are fresh and otherswill freshen in August andSeptember. They are Jers-eys, Guernseys and Hol-gteins. In all (here will beabout 200 cows. All testedunder State 'and. Federalsupervision.

This is an unprecedentedopportunity for you to buycows which will make mon-ey for you at. very reason-able prices.

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EASTERN STATES EXPOSITION

In order to present the high qual-ity of eastern food products in an at-tractive manner and to farther theconsumption of home grown food,the Eastern Aberdeen Angus Asso-ciation will operate two standardpullman dining cars at the EasternStates Exposition throughout Expo-sition week from September 18 to24 inclusive as the result of a confer-ence between officials of the variousagencies last week.

Every item of food offered In thetwo dining cars at every meal servedwill be from Eastern territory. Therewill be beef from Aberdeen Anguscattle bred and raised on New Eng-land and New York farms and fat-tened with grain and other productsraised on these same farms. Breadwill be served made with wheatfrom Pennsylvania. Onions grownIn the Connecticut valley will be in-cluded on the menu. Maine potatoeswill be used. The several New Eng-land dairy cattle associations haveagreed to furnish milk and cream.Butter will be from New Englanddairies. So will the cheese. Vege-tables will be served grown onfarms In Western Massachusetts.Fruit will all be from New Englandand apples will come from the orch-ards of the Connecticut valley.

The entire service has been de-signed by the Eastern Aberdeen An-gus Association to prove conclusive-ly that products equal or better thanthose of any other part of the coun-try can be grown in New Englandand represents another step towardthe rejuvenation of New England ag-riculture.

Boston and Albany railroad offi-cials are enthusiastic over the planand In addition to two dining cars,will man each with a regular Bostonand Albany dining car crew, and willprovide their regular rail service.The cars will be spotted on the Ex-position siding midway between theIndustrial Arts building and CattleBarn B. In addition to the dinersthere will be a Boston and Albanyrefrigerator car showing how the

railroad transports food, aad a sec-ond refrigerator car la which the

JM •erreddaring Exposition week #111 be kept.

The service will be under the dt-reef personal supervision of Bobert"Jahrling of Springfield, owner of theHotel Highland, and Mr. Jahrlingand hip associates will develop stan-dardised combination menus thatwill be changed daily. In order toprovide meals for the greater num-ber, a la carte service will be elim-inated. Meals will be served dallyIn the two dining cars from 11 a. m.to 8 p. m. nans have been madeto fe^d 1,000 persons daily.

Officials of the Eastern AberdeenAngus Association under whose di-rection the dining ;ar service is be-ing arranged, and who will havecharge of this phase of the Exposi-tion program are: Philip R. Park,of Jefferson, Me.; W. A. McGregor,of Pine Plains. N .Y., and FrederickW. Burnham of Greenfield, Mass. *

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WANTED:—Antique bureaus, ta-bles, chairs, mirrors, clocks, pic-tures, lamps, pewter, china, glassware, hooked rugs for old home-stead. Miss Freeman, 310 AllstonSt., Brookline, Mass.

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REMARKABLE RECORD

UteMeM Church H M Had I t

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Van8lnce its founding la 1781, ojer a

period of two centuries the Congre-gational ehoreh of Lltehneld haa hactat 16 pastors. The term* of thesemen varied from that of Daniel L.Carroll who remained b e n for twoy e a n to that of the noted JudahChampion who held thla pastoratehere for over 45 yean. Through-out the 18th century, or from 1721to 1798, the church was presidedover by two pastors, Timothy Col-lins, who was hen for Si years,and Judah Champion, 46 yean. Atl int thought it might seem that thesemen must have been unprogresslve,to have remained In a small countryparish for such long periods of time,without getting their experienceand moving on to larger churches.But a glance at the names of thesemen reveals that some of those whoremained longest in their pastonteIn this little hill town were someof the brainiest men in the minis-try. Eev. Lyman Beecher, who waspastor of the Congregational churchfor 16 yean, from 1810 to 1826, cer-tainly could not be regarded as uaprogressive.

Names of PastonThe names of the 16 men who

bave served this church are engrav-ed on a panel at MM front of thechurch auditorium M h the dates oftheir pastorates. Thenames follow:

Timothy Collins, 1721-1752.Judah Champion, 1752-1798.Dan -Huntlnicton, 1798-1809.Lyman Beecher, 1810-1826.Daniel L. Carroll, 1827-1829.Laurens P. Hlckok, 1829-1836.Jonathan Brace, 1838-1844.Benjamin L. Swan, 1846-1856.Leonard. W. Bacon, 1856-1860.George Richards, 1860-1865.

, William B. Clark, 1866-1869.Henry B. Elliott, 1870-1874.Allan MacLean, 1875-1882.Charles Symington, 1883-1894.John Hutchins, 1895-1915.Frank J. Goodwin, 1915-1924.Carl M. Sangree.

Collins AppointedOne of the first matters which oc-

cupied the early settlers of Litchfleldwas the securing of a minister andbuilding a church. Deacon John Bueland Nathaniel Smith were appointeda committee to hire a minister andto 'make and gather a rate' to payhim for his services. This commit-tee employed Timothy Collins ofGullford, a young licentiate who hadgraduated from Yale college in 1718.At the town meeting held November6, 1721, It was voted to call Mr. Col-lins and it was stipulated that heshould receive 57 pounds per yearfor the first four years and there-after as follows: fifth year, 60pounds; sixth year, 70 pounds; sev-enth year, SO pounds; and thereafter

_S0 pounds per year as long as heshould remain in. the pastoral office.It was also agreed to pay him 100pounds previous to July 1, 1722, andto furnish him with SO cords of fire-wood tar annum. Timothy Collinsentered upon his ministry and con-tinued until he was dismissed in1752. He appears to have been aneccentric man, and although he re-mained in office here for 31 yearsthere seems to have been consider-able dissension over pecuniary mat-ters and then later over personalmatters. In 1755 he was appointedsurgeon of one of the Connecticutregiments in the expedition againstCrown Point.

Built First ChurchIn April, 1725, the inhabitants of

Litchfleld voted to build their firstchurch. It was a plain building with-out a steeple, 35 feet wide and 45feet long. At the raising of thischurch all the adult males in thewhole township were present andsat on the sills at once. In 1762the second church was completedand some time later a bell was pro-cured. The first church stood inMeeting House street, a little to thenorth of its center, and nearly oppo-site the northern extremity of townhall street (South street) as it nowruns. The second church was builtnear the site of the first and was 63feet long and 42 feet in width. Theold church was disposed of at auc-tion in 1762.

It was in this second church thatJudah Champion preached tor nearlya half century through the stirringyears of the Revolutionary period.On one occasion four companies ofSheldon's Horse, under the leader-ship of Major Benjamin Tallmadge,passed through Litchfleld bound toreinforce General Washington at hisheadquarters in Morrlstown. It isthought that it was probably on thisoccasion that the. troops attendedworship in the old meeting house,and that Judah Champion offered hismemorable prayer at that time. Hisprayer follows:

Champion's Prayer"O Lord, we view with terror and

dismay the enemies of Thy holy re• ligipn,; Wilt Thou send storm and.

tempeitTto toss them upon the sea,and to overwhelm them in themighty deep or to scatter them tothe uttermost parts of the earth.But, peradventure, should any es-cape Thy vengeance, collect them

- together again, O Lord! as in thehollow of Thy hand, and let Thylightnings play upon them. We dobeseech Thee, moreover, that Thoudo gird up the loins of these Thyservants Who are going forth to lightThy battles. Make them strong

that 'one shall ehase' a thou-sand, aad two ahail put tea thousand

shield with wUcTTTSofiraiVwontin the old time to protect Thy chos-en people. Gire them swift feet,that they may -pursue their enemies,aqd swords terrible as that* of Thydestroying angel, that they maycleave them down when they hareovertaken them. Preserve theseservants of Thine, Almighty God!and bring them once more to theirhomes and friends, if Thou cans^doit consistently with Thine high pur-pose. If, on the other band, Thouhast decreed that they shall die inbattle, let Thy Spirit be present withthem, and breathe upon them, thatthey may go up as a sweet sacrificeinto the courts of Thy temple, whereare habitations prepared for themfrom the foundations of the world."

Rev. Judah Champion continuedas minister until 1798. In personalappearance he is described as snort,erect, with an elastic gait; possess-ing a frank and open countenancethat bespoke his sincerity and fear-lessness. He ezercised'complete in-fluence over bis parish. During hUpastorate 280 persons were addedto the church upon confession offaith; he officiated at 2,142 baptisms,658 marriages, and 1.530 funerals.

Rev. Dan Huntington, a tutor atVale college, was the successor ofRev. Judah Champion, being or-dained in 1798 It was during bisministry that a great wave of reli-gious revival spread through Litch-fleld and adjoining parishes. Diffi-culties over salary arose again asthey had under the pastorates ofTimothy Collins and Judah Cham-pion, and It was with mutual regret

decided to

Ithan the simple question of guilt orinnocence has been at stake, Theintegrity of the Massachusetts Judi-elalsystenf-atso'iias-iieen on trial.There will be many, no doubt, whowill continue to say that, in convict-ing Saece and Vansettl GOT. Fullerhas convicted his courts of anti-rad-ical prejudice. It has been an ex-tremely grave and critlcaPauestion,certainly, the final answer to whichhas depended less upon the facts,which are admittedly obscure, thanupon personal Interpretations of thefacts. But since three men so un-questionably disinterested as Presi-dent Lowell, President Stratum andJudge Grant, by independent investi-gation, have arrived at the sameconclusions as Gov. Fuller the worldin general may well admit that thefinal verdict is as just as humanIntelligence can make it.—Water-bury

Notes"The South Braintree crime was

particularly brutal. The murder ofthe paymaster and the guard wasnot necessary to the robbery. Themurders were accomplished first,the robbery afterwards."

"The delays that have' draggedthis case out are inexcusable."

There are the stern words, ofGovernor Fuller In his review of theSacco-Vanzetti case, and they are tobe remembered for they apply tomany other cases that are befuddledby emotional sympathizers and clev-er lawyers who raise numerous tech-nical and trilling points that resultIn unreasonable prolongation oftrials to the detriment of justice.

Leading- lawyers of the countryhave often called attention to thisweakness in our court system, butwithout bringing about the reform

wide sale as they nave for the flntMerchants Bureau SemlAnnual SaleDays, to be held Tuesday, August

required. Perhaps the manner inwhich it Is now emphasized by Gov-ernor Fuller will result In some cor-rection of the evil.

The brutality of the crime Is an-

that Rev. Huntingtonleave in 1810.

Beecher Loved'FishingFollowing Rev. Dan Huntington

came the famous Rev. Lyman Beech-er, who had established a splendid other feature that has been persist-reputation at East Hampton. Theiently Ignored by the critics who16 years of his ministry in Lltch- have given all of their sympathy tofield were memorable ones for the; the convicted ones completely Ignor-town. Lyman Beecher was descend-1 ing the families and dependents ofed from one of the original settlers'two men whose lives were so sav-of New Haven. He was graduated agely taken. ""-'- •— u •*-from Yale college In 1797, and aftera brief settlement In East Hampton,L. I., he went to Litchfleld. He wasa preacher of powerful sermons, anda man of great Influence upon thedevelopment of this country. Hissermons, while long as was charact-eristic of his day, were never in-ferior. He was very much liked andadmired throughout the 16 years ofhis stay in Litchfleld. Many anec-dotes are told of Dr. Beecher, severalby Clarence Demlng. Two of hischief characteristics were his ab-sent-mindedness and his love of fish-ing. Sometimes when the hour fora week-day service came, he wouldstill be down on the little pond, amile away, in his boat, the. YellowPerch." Then would follow the hastydash up the hill behind his pastoralnag. At the end of one of the hastyreturns, It Is related that a smallffsh dropped from his coat tail pock-et as he mounted the pulpit stairs.

With the departure of LymanBeecher, the old church on theGreen was taken down, and the thirdchurch erected on .the site of thepresent Congregational church.These early preachers were remark-ably able men. During the first cen-tury of the history of the Congrega-tional church in Litchfleld only fourpastors were engaged. From thetime of Beecher the list of clergy-men grows longer, each one remain-Ing for much snorters periods oftime, although among the later min-isters, four have terms of nine yearsor longer. Rev. John Hutchins re-tained his pastorate for 20 yearsfrom 1895 to 1915; Rev. CharlesSymington was here for 11 years;Rev. Benjamin Swan held his pas-torate for 10 years; and Rev. FrankJ< Goodwin remained In Litchfleld aspastor of the Congregational churchfor nine years.—Litchfleld corres-pondent, ..August 7.

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SOME PRESS COMMENT8

The End of a Cause CelebreThat a further and final attempt

will be made by the defenders ofSacco and Vanzettl to overturn thejudgment of the courts and the gov-ernor of Massachusetts, holding thetwo men guilty of first degree niurder, may be taken for granted. Dutthe climax of this prolonged and ex-traordinary controversy is now Insight. It is totally inconceivablethat the President of the UnitedStates would hear new petitions forclemency. The conclusions of Gov.Fuller and his advisers may be accepted as final. Nothing of practicalmoment remains except the execu-tion of Judge Thayer's sentences.

It would be monstrously unfair toGov. Fuller to maintain that in naffirming the condemnation of Saccoand Vanzettl be adopted the easiestcourse. He may more justly besaid to have adopted the hardest.After seven_yeWs of profuse a:idcomplicated argument,'in the courseof which public men of the most un-impeachable Intelligence and impartiallty have striven to establish areasonable doubt in behalf of tlieprisoners,'Gov.' Fuller needed moralcourage of a high order to go backto the' original conviction and? de-clare" it warranted. . ," ' • „

The -governor's impartiality-{Inweighing the Immense volume of ac-cumulated testimony in this case isnot fairly open to suspicion.' More

This has become alto-gether too much of a fashion on thepart of a considerable element thatis swayed by unbalanced sentiment-alism.

Governor Fuller has rendered realservice in centering attention onthese weaknesses.—BristolAugust 4.

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A TASK FOR MR. HOOVER

Such states as New Mexico, Col-orado, Wyoming and Montana to thewest, •• New York, Pennsylvania, Vir-ginia, West Virginia and even NorthCarolina to the' east, are a long wayfrom the Mississippi. In all thesestates there are springs, the waterof which ultimately finds its way intothe Gulf of Mexico. Even on thenorthern border of Georgia there are.small streams which fall Into theTennessee river and from thorn1*; tothe Mississippi. There are 30 stalesin all whose waters meet in thatgreat river and the area drained ismore than a third of' the' UnitedStates.

It is impossible to exaggerate thesize of the problem here presented.The War Department has control ofthe navigable rivers of the UnitedStates. But the flood troubles s\artfar above navigation point. Some ofthe streams actually cross' the Can-adian border, near the foot of theRockies, into-western Montana, andthe water from them travels muchmore than 2,000 miles before itreaches the. sea. Nothing but amost comprehensive scheme, devoidof sectionalism, can deal with theflood problem. • • .

Something like 27,000 miles ofswamp area have been reclaimed,and therefore is no longer availableto allow a flood to spread harmless-ly. All along the Mississippi and itstributary rivers, such lands havebeen effectually tiled and drainedwith a most disturbing consequence,although one which might have beenforeseen. Instead of taking some-thing like 70 days to drain into theriver this water now finds passagein 30 days. The consequence is thatthe Mississippi is not nearly bigenough for its job, and our own im-provements have dangerously addedto its burden. The water corneadown upon it in a volume beyond thecapacity of its bed.

Short of charitable appropriation,impinging upon the field of privatebenevolence, there was nothing thatan extra session of Congress could.have done, to help the situation. Itmight have wrangled all suninnr'and yet; have shed no light upon theimmense engineering problem in-volved. Levees are necessaryenough, but are merely pallntivcs,and even these are constructed onno broadly conceived plan, makingdangerous bottlenecks Jn maayplaces and adding to the impetuosityof the current.'

Now is the time to consider tlwsubject coolly and without .hysteria.What seems needed is a single mindof the GoethalB type, fortified by a:iexhaustive report on all the condi-tions involved.—Wall Street Journ-al. " -

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WATERBURY MERCHANT* BU-READ'S SEMIANNUAL SALE

-.Never In the history of the Mer-chants .Bureau of the..WaterburyChamber of Commerce, have themerchants planned for inch a. city

16. an day. and-Wedngsday. August17. until noon.

Sixty of the leading merchants ofthe city have pooled their i entire re-sources in a co-operative effort togive the people of Waterbury andneighboring towns one of the big-gest sales events ever conducted inWaterbury.

The following lines of business a nrepresented in this carnival ofthrift: Ladies' Wear Shops, Men'sand Boys' Clothing Shops, ShoeStores, Furniture, Automobile Acces-sories, China and Glass Ware, •Dragsand Paints, Florists, Electrical Ap-pliances, Gift and Stationery Shops,Hardware, Jewelry. Haberdashers,-Millinery Shops, Music Shops, Silk•stores, Upholsterers and Decorators,Wall Paper and Paint Shops andDepartment; Stores.

Every need can be taken careof in a manner which will suit yourpurse and in a quality which you.will be pleased with. The merchantswith whom you will do business areail reliable and willing to standback of every purchase made. Thereis a feeling of satisfaction in buy-ing under the banner of the Mer-chants Bureau as you know that theliureau as a body and the individualmerchant is continually aiming tosf!Vc you better and give you hon-••si values at the lowest possibleprice.

To meet the crowds which usuallyfallow the Merchants Bureau spe-rial sales event, they have decidedin continue the sale until'• Wednes-day noon, giving you further oppor-tunity ia take advantage of the manyha trains. Extra clerks will be onl.anil in the stores to take care oftin- crowds.

Good roads enter Waterbury fromtlie neighboring.towns and there arepood parking spaces in the heart .oftin- city. The Connecticut Companyis also planning its schedule tomeet the large number of peopleaiming to Waterbury on those days.

You cannot afford to miss thisopportunity to save many dollars,and remember that money saved Ismoney earned. You can plan yourFall buying for those two days andsave money in purchasing the needsfor the children going back toschool.

Uniform window banners mark

the store* taking part in this co-operative sale and you are advisedto match those window banners. You

oughfare since about sixty mer-chants are taking part Don't for-get Waterbury on Tuesday, August16 and Wednesday, August 17, forone of the biggest sales events everstaged in the Naugatuck valley.

TIIH tut of merchants can befound in the Merchants Bureau adin this paper. •

WARM LAWLE88 VI8ITOR8

There are possibly no- ways Inwhich the thought can be conveyedto tin- mote rials of NVwYork andNew Ji-rsey 'hat, whilt they are wel-com>- to our state and the enjoymentof it.- beaut.ful scenery, we wishthey would -how a II'tie more re-spec; tor ou • laws and our peaceof mind, but If there are ways wetrust they wi.l be resorted to. Wequestion if fines in court will meetthe crisis. We are quite sure thatthe arrests of the offending carsand ilit-lr detention for 30 dayswould turn the trick. One or twosuch arrests would reach the firstpage of the metropolitan newspaperswhere the needed warning would beread and heeded.—New Haven Jour-nal-Courier.

KENT ART ASSOCIATIONTh»- Kent Art Association will

bold its fifth annual *xuibition fromAugu.-t 12 to Augu-s! 22 Inclusive,with Sundays Included, in.the Ken:Meni'uial Library, from 2 until 9p. m.. Eastern Standard Tim*.

Thi- artists who are exhibitingfrom thn'town are the following:Rex llrnsher, Eliot Clark, WilliamMcKiilop, F. Luis Mora, G. LaurenceKefcois. Sppncer Nichols, RobertXisbet. \V. D. Paddock.

The admission Is•. twenty-five centswhich includes tea served from 3 to6 o'clock. The exbibtion Is for thebenefit of the library.

ENJOYABLE.EVENING

There was a very delightful ban-quet fa ml dance of the members ofthe^Naugatuck Valley Kennel Club,and their friends,' at the FalrviewCountry Club, Bantam Lake, ohTuesday evening, about 75 from allOver the State being present. A de-licious turkey dinner, with all theaccompaniments, was served. Thiswas followed by music by the Club

orchestra with sows deMgfcttMrrendered by Mrs. Coleman WOXtmof Bridgeport.

was the recitation by Mrs. Maud AHall, chairman of the banquet torn-mittee, of a number of her owmcompositions.

There was dancing till an earlyhour, directed by Archie Brandt,Host at the Club, each number liev

ing different added much to the en-joyment of the guests.

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NOT JUST TIRES.> ) D U R I N 6 THE< * PAST YEAR WEHAVE SOLD MILLION*OF MILES TOOUR LOCAL •MOTORISTSAND TRUCKOWNERS*"THESE MILESWERE WRAPPEDUP INUNMA TflRESWe s+iII have millionsof miles m stock inyour size.,

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An Old Story—anda New One

THE cost of living is about 65 per cent higher than it was

before the World War. That's an old story.Rates for telephone service in Connecticut have increased

on the average only about 20 per cent during the same period— and the story of this accomplishment has never been told.

In 1914 the dollar was worth 100 cents. To-day this samedollar has the purchasing power of only 61 cents in the mar-ket-place of general commodities, but it will buy 84 cents'worth of telephone service.

As the costs of labor, materials, and equipment havemounted during the past decade and more, they have beenmet by advances in the telephone art, by the introduction ofmore efficient methods and practices, and by the developmentof further resources of income through improved and ex-panded service. There have been lean years, times when it

> a s doubtful whether the income statement would show thenecessary margin of safety at the close of the year. Butthrough it all, this business has been maintained on a soundfinancial basis at a comparatively slight increased cost for. itsservice to the public.

We believe that this accomplishment clearly reveals thepurpose and fairness of our policy in the matter of rates.We never have sought and we do not now seek rates higherthan required to furnish adequate service and provide areturn upon tHe property which will maintain the businessin sound financial condition.

JAMES T. MOIIAX, President .

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Repairing PlantFacilities at Balboa and

Cristobal for Ship WorkAre Described.

Washington.—The elaborate facil-ities fur the repairing ot ships at thePanama canal are given in a bulletinof the Panama canal authorities. Theprincipal manufacturing and repairplant is located at Balboa, the l'aclneterminal of the canal. It Is adjacentto an Inner harbor, which has on areasufficient to permit access to docks,which aggregate 7,500 feet in length,including commercial docks, repairwharves and coaling docks.

A much smaller plant Is located atCristobal, the Atlantic terminal aboutone and one-half miles from the maincommercial docks. A description ofthe plant at Balboa follows:

The ddbk has a depth of 33 feet overthe blocks at mean tide. High tidevaries from 3 to 11 feet above meantide. It is served by a 50-ton travel-ing crane with an outside reach offive feet beyond the center of thedock. This crane is also capable oftraveling along the face of some ofthe repair wharves, thus facilitatingthe work of ronalrlne vessels.

for ships which do not require drydocking there are adjacent to theshops about 3,500 feet of repairwharves. At regular intervals alongthe coping of the dry dock and therepair wharves are outlets for air,water and alternating electric currentA limited quantity of direct currentcan be supplied by two portable motorgenerating sets. Either compressedair or electricity can be supplied foroperating auxiliaries on ships onwhich steam Is off. Where refrigerat-ing machinery is shut down, coldstorage can be removed from theship's boxes and stored In the canalcold storage warehouse nearby.

The repair shops are centrally lo-cated with respect to the dry dockand repair wharves. Ample track andcrane services provide for handlingwdrk between shops and ships.

Huge Traveling Cranes.The main metal-working shops (ma-

chine, smithery, and boiler shop) areprovided with 60-ton overhead travel-el Ing cranes, while the foundry has a25-ton overhead crane. As all theshops are equipped with as completelines of power tools as are generallyfound In an up-to-date repair shop,only the larger tools wilt be givenspecial mention so to give an Idea ofthe maximum capacity of each de-partment. '

The machine shop Is provided witha vertical boring mill capable of work-ing 18 feet In diameter, with an openside extension pinner 10 feet by 32feet, nnd with n lathe'120-inch swingby 03 feet between centers. No shipmachinery Is too Inrge for the capac-

' ity of tliis shop. This shop'has a floornrea of approximately 08,ISO square

The stnltliery Is provided with af>00-ton forging press with the neces-snry furnaces to handle any workthat the press Is capable of. Billets24 Inches square by 10 feet long arekept In stock and can be worked un-der tills . press; there are other ma-chinery and tools usually^ found In afirst-class smltliory. There Is also adepartment for spring- making and atooi-drefxlns department thnt includesoil bisrninz anil electric temperingfuriffloes of the latest type. Thispliiipi has a floor area of approximate-ly 24:380 8<]uar.e feet. .

The boiler fcnd .shlp-tlttlng shops•have a set of rolls capable ofl>emling plates % Inch by KO'feet, 1Inch by 24 feet, or 2 Inches by 0 feet.Any size of ship or holler plates orstructural shapes can be worked bythe other machinery, which Includesancle shears, punches, straighteningrolls, plate planer, and bending ma-chine. This shop has a floor area ofapproximately 40.800 square feet.

The pipe shop Is outfitted for plumb-Ing work and for pipe, copper andsheet-metal work of the highestclasses. The floor area of this shopis. npproxomately 17,144 square feet

The foundry is equipped with a two-ton tropenas converter and one two-ton and one one-ton cupola, and theusual brass furnaces. There Is an

efficient sand-blast system for clean-Ing castings, also gate saws, spruecutters, and other modern equipment,including annealing furnaces, coreoven and mold-drying oven. Thefoundry can torn out castings as fol-lows: Bronxe. brass or composition.% pound to 1.000 pounds; iron %pound to 26,000 pounds: steel, %pound to 10,000 pounds. In connec-tion with the foundry is a patternshop equipped to handle any and altclasses of pattern work. This foundryand pattern shop together have afloor area of approximately 37,708square feet.

Woodworking Machinery.The planing mill and Joiner shop Is

outfitted with the usual woodworkingmachines, Including a 72-lncn sawmillcapable of handling Umbers likely to<be used in connection with ship work.This shop has a floor area of approxi-mately 40.044 square feet

The oxy-acetylene plant has port-able electric welding and oxy-acety-lene cutting outfits capable of han-dling emergency repairs. The plantdevelops approximately 400 cubic feetof acetylene per hour, 5.000 cubicfeet of hydrogen per day. All classesof boiler welding are dona Largethermite welds can be performed.Main engine cylinders nave beenwelded In place, both high pressureand low pressure, the welds being asextensive and as successful as thewelds made In the Dnlted States onengine cylinders during the Worldwar. This plant has a floor area ofapproximately 010 square feet

An instrument repair shop la main-tained In which repairs are made tonavigating instruments, docks, gauges,typewriters and computing machinesand other work of a minute character.In connection with this shop there Isa plating plant for zinc, copper, nickel,silver and gold. This shop has a floorarea of approximately 2,500. squarefeet

Located In the same building withthe Instrument repair shop Is an elec-tric shop under the control of theelectrical division, the facilities ofwhich are available for the entirePanama canal. This shop is equippedfor motor winding, switchboard workand making repairs to practically anykind of electrical apparatus; Thefloor area of this shop is approximate-ly 3.400 square feet

'There Is a car shop equipped withall necessary machinery for the build-ing of railroad cars of all kinds andalso the repairing of all the rollingstock, of the Panama railroad. Inconnection with this shop there Is arerolllng mill for rerolllng bars andmiscellaneous scrap material Intorounds and flats. This shop has afloor area of approximately 61,810square feet.

There is located at both the Balboa

Tlisdock pnmplng plant at Balboa at*located in the same building. Themare two &000 cubic foot and oft* 2JBO0cubic foot air compressors ladriven by electric motors2JSO0 coble foot steam-drivenpressor which is considered only asan emergency unit

Up-te-Dats Laboratory.There is a laboratory equipped with

a 100,000-pound Rlehle testing ma-chine and a Brinnell hardness testingmachine and other equipment formaking physical tests of all kinds.There are also available in anotherdivision of the Panama canal, labora-tories where chemical tests can bemade of fuel oils, metals, etc.

All shop tools are operated by elec-tricity. The larger tools are providedwith Independent motors and thesmaller tools are arranged In groupsand driven from countershafts. Thecurrent is obtained from a hydro-electric plant at the Gatun spillway,supplemented by a Dlesel-drivea plantat Mlrafiores. The 25-cycle, alternat-ing current Is transmitted to the Bal-boa substation at 44,000 volts. At thesubstation It Is transformed to 2£0Ovolts and so distributed through un-derground duct lines to the variousshops, where It is further transformed,where necessary, to suitable voltagesfor use. The various-speed tools hithe machine ship are driven by directcurrent from rotary transformerswithin the shop. All other tools aredriven by alternating current gener-ally at 220 volts. Current at 220 voltsIs available at all points along thewater front for power purposes, andat 110 volts for lighting in the eventof ships' generators being ont of use.

The storehouses (under the controlof the supply department) carry onhand a large stock of steel shapes,pipe, ship fittings, and supplies ofevery description. Steel plate Is car-ried in stock In all thicknesses up toand Including 2 inches. Plates smallerthan H-inch vary by sixteenths andplates larger than %-lncb vary byeighths. The largest plates In stockare 72 Inches by 10 feet by 2 Inchesthick. A large amount of steel billetsIs kept on hand In all sizes up to. andIncluding 24 Inches by 24 Inches bj19 feet • Structural shapes are car-ried as follows: I-beams, all sizes upto 27 Inches; channels, all sizesup to 15 Inches; ship channels, allsizes up to 12 Inches; and angles, allsizes up to 8 Inches by 8 Inches by%-Inch. There are also carried In thestorehouses lumber of all sizes andmiscellaneous equipment and. suppliesof practically every description thatare used In the operation and main-tenance of the entire Panama canal.

Must Pick WeedsWillows, Calif.—For breaking Into a

confectionery shop here and fillingtheir "tummies" with $15 worth ofcandy, Teddy Hall, six, Floyd Hall,eight, and Billy Hall, nine, were as-signed to pull weeds at the rate of25 cents an hour to pay for the loss.

When Chang Made Himself Dictator

Marshal Chang Tso-LIn In the hall of the President's palace at Pekingos he announced himself dictator of North China at the hour of the monkey,year of the rabbit, on the day chosen by the. fortune tellers.

GUNBOAT SCORPION HOMEAFTER 19 YEARS ABROAD

Was Lost to Germans In World.WarThrough Its Commander's Clev-

erness at Bridge.

Philadelphia.—Saved from captureduring "war time, as the story goes, bythe-clevemess of Its' commander, "NoTrump" Babbitt, at a game of bridge,the gunboat Scorpion, after 19 years*foreign service, has finally come home-

When this .country entered the,World war the vessel was Internedby the Turks at Constantinople. TheOermans, who were In actual com-mand .at the'port,-demanded that the'lurks 'seize the Scorpion, take off'offi-

• cers and crew and permit the Germansto use the ship as,a decoy undercoverof her American identity.*' • •

Talaat Pasha, an acquaintance of_ Commander Herbert S.-Babbitt, came

aboard with word of the German's de*.iiiund. ? The commander was said tohave" taken a long chance and ..played

the Turk a game of bridge with theScorpion as the stake. Babbitt wonand the order of the Germans waspigeonholed by.the Turk.

The vessel has been in the navalservice for 29 .years and holds theworld's record for length of service Inforeign waters. '•

The' crew of the Scorpion, number-ing 7 officers and-100 men, althoughglad, to end a voyage of 20 days fromGibraltar, were a crestfallen lot whenInformed at the Philadelphia navyyard, where the craft Is tied up, thatthe veteran vessel has made Its lastvoyage for the navy. She Is to besold under orders from Washington.

Many sallormert will regret the pass-Ing of the Scorpion from the service.At least one-third' of the senior offi-cers of the navy yard have served onher at one time or another and a.num-Der>of her present crew have held thesame berth for years. , ** _'_- 'L-

The Scorpion was a ship of war during the.Spanish-American conflict; shehas carried scientific and diplomaticmissions, sick men and Russian refu-gees and has been on the edge of fivewars. Most of her foreign service wasspent in the.Mediterranean, Adriatic,Marmora and Black seas..The Scorpion was built as a pleas-

ure craft In 1890 at a Brooklyn ship-yard. In April, 1898, her owner, M. CD. Borden. sold her to the govern-ment for. $300,000 and she was con-verted Into a gunboat to fight againstSpain.

New ExcttueNew York.—Martha Mason, dancer,

was fined; $5 for leaving her car on astreet seven hours. Her excuse wasthnt her darling chow chewed a dgn<rette stub and became .frightfully 11L.

" HighPr^ New York.—A New Jersey realty'dealer sold a, prospect M a JKty-acretract for development and a residen-tial site by taking him on nn; airpliine trip ovr* tl»e >onntrvrtile.

Memoera o( the Sea Scouts of Mcunt Clemens. Mlch^ are busy reconditioning their new floating clubhouse, anabandoned wartime submarine chaser. When they have finished overhauling it at Washington, they plan to sailhome by way of various Inland waterways.

'Ballyhoo Man'Abroad Again

Play* to Human Weaknessin Phrase* at Carnivals

and Circuses.Xew York.—Fauntlng, flaming ban-

ners announce his presence. Garishlights shed a glamor about his ges-ticulating figure. Blaring noises tryJoyfully to conquer his voice. Amer-ica mills about his feet, marvels athis fluency, laughs at his wit, is in-trigued by his wares and contributesthe dimes which make the ballyhooman's profession profitable.

In circuses, In carnivals, in amuse-ment parks the ballyhoo men flourisheven as does the green bay tree. Ad-vancing the merits of the ten-hornedcow, emphasizing the weight of thefat girl, urging the public to see thefire-eating man from Borneo, the bally-hoo man treads the rickety boards ofhis platform and exhorts the public.

The ballyhoo man and his profes-sion seem practically untouched bythe hand of time. Electric lights mayreplace spluttering kerosene torches,but their refulgence shows a scenenowadays that might, except In minordetails, have been found anywhere InAmerica 50 years ago.

. Looks Like a Gambler.Perhaps a ballyhoo man's most Im-

portant stock In trade is his personalappearance. In this he Is closely akinto a gambler. He must be of generousproportions—no pocket-sized editionneed apply. He should be least sixfeet tall and weigh more than 200pounds. If he Is good looking, somuch the better; but he must possessa certain presence. This Is. one pro-fession In which ace seems to lenddignity and forcefulness. The digni-fied, gray-hatred ballyhoo man of six-'ty usually can ..nssemble a largercrowd, hold the people longer andseparate them from more dimes thancan a younger man. - .

The flow of eloquence with whichthe ballyhoo man regales his audi-ence Is stereotyped. He Is permitteda limited number of unintelligiblewords, since America likes to thinkits ballyhoo men well educated. Butat the same time he must keep on thelevel of average intelligence. If heslips In a few "ain't" and "seens" atauspicious moments, he will endearhimself to the masses. Then he Isconsidered a great man who can stillbe "as common as anybody."

The ballyhoo man must know hu-manity, must know Just what to sayand when and how. He must fit his"spiels" to his crowds. If the artistIs bailying for a side show that catersto a masculine trade, he selects hiswords and phrases carefully, be playsupon the weaknesses of his crowd andmakes his hearers feel dellclouslywicked and sophisticated by reason oftheir very presence before such a tent

If, on the other hand, the ballyhooman Is barking for freak animals, he

emphasizes the educational value otthe exhibit, urges mothers to bringtheir progeny to be edified by the five-legged cow and the two-headed sheep.

Shortchange Artists.The language of the ballyhoo artist

Is peculiar to his kind and practicallyunintelligible to outsiders. In Itsstrictest sense, the term ballyhoo Isapplied to a man who talks, while a"grinder" Is one who sells tickets andalso bailies. A grinder may also be ashort-sugar expert, which means thathe can short-change people with facll-.ity. Occasionally a grinder has awalk-away, that Is. a patron forgetshis change and leaves It

The crowd which gathers to hear aballyhoo man perform Is, In his Jar-gon, a tip. "I Mad a swell Up thatbailying, but I only turned a few.?a ballyhoo man reports to a friend.He means that he assembled a largocrowd but that he succeeded In Induc-ing only a few to enter the show.

The term rube is now passe. In-stead, the yokelry are known by suchexpressions as saps, boobs and mon-keys. An officer Is a John Law, whilea prosecuting attorney Is a pros, whllnthe people who work about the showsbut are not performers are rough-necks!

In every tip a ballyhoo man has a"schell" or two—that Is, some onewho waxes enthusiastic about the*show and pushes to the fore flauntingthe price of admission. The sheepllkequality of humnnlrv has been expati-ated for yearn and the ballyhoo manprofits by It When two or three utartInto n tent a tip is likely to follow.

Noise eddies and swells about theballyhoo man. The blare of horns,the thud of drums, the racket of nwind machine are constantly beatingagainst the cadences of his voice. Cry-ing babies, plgpllnp youths and maid-ens, scolding pnrents contribute tothe racket "Hot dogs" sizzle, onionsfry. popcorn pops. The odor ofmassed humanity assails the nostrilsas the strident notes of the calliopesmite the eari.

Laments Death of Dog;Wants Equal Life Span

Atlantic City, N. J.—Judge WilliamH. Smathers' 4og, Champion Phil'sSpeed Ben, a retriever, which diedJuly 4, was the subject of a formaltribute written by the Judge.

"Man's heart would be saved manya bitter sorrow If men and dogs hadthe same span of life," the judgewrote. "Since my dog's death myheart has been so. heavy with, griefthat I have not been able to bring my-self to the point of writing or talkingabout It until now. I cannot under-stand why the span of a dog's life,man's best friend. Is only one-tenththe span, of a man's life."

A tombstone will be erected to thedogi which is buried behind the judge's

home on Ventor avenue. Jndge Smath-ers had the animal ten years and al-ways took It with him on huntingtrips In North Carolina.

Cable Ship CaptainRecall* Old Journey

Lake Geneva, Wls.—To Capt WU-llam N. Napper if s an old road thatLindbergh, Chamberiln and Byrd trav-ersed from Newfoundland to Irelandacross the north Atlantic.

He traveled the same. path morethan sixty years ago, and his expedi-tion, no less than theirs, made historyand refashioned the commercial mapof the world.

Napper helped to lay the first tele-graph cable line across the Atlanticocean, bringing two continents intoInstant contact He was ship's car-penter on the Great Eastern whenthat venerable side-wheeler strung ftcable from Valencia bay, Ireland, toTrinity bay, Newfoundland, In 1868.

Today—quick-witted, deep-voicedand keen-eyed at eighty-nine—he Is,as far as he can discover, the onlysurvivor among the 507 members ofthat historic crew. .

The transoceanic flyers pierced theclouds at a speed close to two miles aminute; Nappefs craft Inched Its wayalong, at a scant four miles an hour.The flyers carried a' few sandwichesand some orange Juice; the lardersof the Great Eastern were stockedwith live farm animals and* huge pro-vision stores.

Blows Hole ThroughSmoke to See Stage

London.—London newspapers areprinting scores of letters from personsprotesting against smoking In thea-ters, a custom freely permitted here.

One man said he was unable to seethe stage at a recent performance be-cause of the smoke. He formed hisprogram Into a tube and blew a holethrough' the 'smoke hear him so thathe could see. The smokers ahead ob-jected that he was making a draughton their necks, nnd he replied that ifsmoking was permittee!, so was blow-Ing. N

Another writer says - his eyes be-come so watery from the volume ofsmoke in the theater that he eithersees double or not at all. Anotherwrites that coughing caused by smok-ing was all he was able to bear at aplay.

Goes on Diet, Loses38 Pounds in 60 DaysKalamaxoo, Mich.—Jack Ul-

rich, store proprietor here, be-lieves be has set a record forreduction of weight In a 60-dayperiod of systematic dieting UI-rlcb reduced 38 pounds. Hisfood for each meal of the periodconsisted of one hard-boiled egg,one tomato, one orange and onecup of coffee three times a dayfor four days. On the fifth dayhe treated himself to a bigmeal If he wanted It "But bythat time I wasn't hungry," hedeclared.

STAY IN SMALL TOWN, ISADVICE OF PRIZE WINNER

Young Dramatist, 1927 Pulitzer Choice,. Urges Young Writers to

Avoid Big Cities.

kew Yofk.—Young Americans whofeel the urge to write plays, novels or

"anything else worth while will do Itat home tf they follow the advice ofPaul Green, playwright and winner ofthe 1027 Pulitzer prize' play. <

They will avoid the Greenwich Vil-lage of New York, the Latin' Quarterof Paris and such other art colonieswhich poison the soul of the artist

'•Stay In the small town to do yourwork. Don|t come near the city,"warns the young North Carolina back-woodsman whose, play, "In Abraham'sBosom," won this year the most cov-eted award In the American dramatic,field.-, ' . . . .• -. _:.-,' - ., - _ .

"New Yorti has rained more talentthin ;any other 'city tar the world," hedeclares in an Interview to be. pub-

lished In McClure's Magazine. "I haveseen dozens of young men strike outfor New York to express. their souls.But before they can (Jo any expressing,they have to eat BO they get a-Job-ona newspaper,--Intending to. do ttyelrwriting on the side.

"Time goes on, the Job .looms largerand expression dwindles. Perhaps, Inthe first spasm of ambition, they pub-lish one" thin volume entitled, 'Songof My Soul,' and are never beard fromagain. Greenwich Village and TimesSquare have gobbled them up.. "If I had to stay In New York my

pen would run dry within the year.And If I wrote to please the NewYork critics—God help my work 1

"I started out very close to life. Inthe elemental, and now New Yorkersire talking'pitylngiy^about my 'handi-cap.' The things they consider handi-caps were my greatest advantages.For life U superior to any kind of art,

and no art is valid that does not springdirectly from life. Greenwich Villagehas forgotten that It Is full of youngpeople completely Innocent of life, whoare feverishly setting down their shal-low Ideas In scribbllngs on paper."

The Pulitzer prize winner, who atthirty-three Is an Instructor In philos-ophy in the University of North Caro-lina, declares, in the McClure's Inter-view, that a^ regular Job apart fromhis art is a stabilizing factor for theyoung writer; '" -

"Stay at home, read. books, Ignoreartificial standards and keep a steadyJob. Those are my precepts for theyoungster who wants to write," hesays. "Art pursued eight hours a dayIs likely to run thin. If you have asteady Job, you can write when yonreally have something to-say.-and stopwhen you. haven't" ' '

Cett RmomgmMansfield, III.—Finding that his w(f»

bad dlsobeyed^hlm and bad her hairbobbedTAlbert Hall of this place in-fused to have his haircut, and no#boasts locks down to"hls shoulders. ,

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THE TEMPTATION

"Whatever induced you to marryme, anyway. If I'm so Jlstasteful toyour* be asked fiercely.

"1 think It was toe ads," sbe re-plied,

"Tbe whatr"The advertisements. The house-

bold bargains, you know. I thoughtIt would be so lovely to go to thedepartment stores and buy Ice picksfor only 9 cents and 25-cent egg beat-ers marked down to IS. and so on. Ofcourse I had no use for that sortof stuff as long as I remainedsingle."

HOPELESSLY LOST

"Would you believe it 7 That girlfollows all the beauty hints shereads."v

"Well, she certainly la a Ions waybehind them." ^

No Great ChangeThe mummy, 'mid adornment great,

To murmur did contrive:"I am aa un«ful In this state •

As when I wai alive."

Salvage WorkIn the middle of the channel swim

the fair contestant suddenly droppedbelow the surface. When she finallyreappeared her manager was frantic."Great heavens, girl I" he cried. "1thought yott were drowned I Whydid you dive there?'• "There's a rock down there Iparked my gum on last year," an-swered the swimmer calmly.—Path-finder. •

Athletic Attainment"How lias your Josh been doing at

school?""First rate," answered Farmer

Corntossel. "I kind o' think hellmake his way. In congress. One ofthe professors speaks mlehty well ofhim."

"Which one?""The professor of boxing."—Wash-

ington Star.

WOULDN'T JIBE

CHJLDMUMDEME*raws HAPPINESS

withaa artifdal bass twfr enshlnilBorace Bollaway to rescue hisfather from drowning te LittleManatee river.

Horace and his father, DanielBollaway, wen fishing, theyontb tram aa Island and atefather from a heat anchored100 feet offshore. Tbe father,in sftanunint to raise anchor,upset the boat

The elder Hollaway was hiImminent danger of drowning.Bonce, unable, to swim, made acast with bis rod and Una andmissed. Be whipped tbe lineout again, the book this timecatching in bis father's clothing.Be then drew bis father toland.

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BRAVES BULLETSAND FOILS BREAK

He—Wonder how we'd get along Indouble harness?

She—What! AJdeer and a Jackaast

Help in NeedI have no use for lawyers, • •

That I have I won't pretend;I admit, though, one comes bandy.

When a felon needs a friend.

Jumt Thrown AwayDiscouraged Jim—Mother, 1 will not

try again for the conduct prize. Someother fellow always gets It

Mother—Don't give up; try. tryagain.

Jim—I'm through, mom; It's a cleanwaste of goodness to go on.

ThafB SomethingFirst Spinster—Is it true that you're

going to be married. Miss Antique?Second NOld Maid—No, but I'm

thankful for-the rumor. ,

Worse Still. He—I made an awful mistake justnow. I told the man I thought the'host must be a stingy old blighter, andIt happened to be the host that I spoketo.

She—Oh, you mean my husband.

TA« Present DayJim—What did the jury do to the

thief of tbe precious Hommerbllt neck-lace? ""•

Ned—FOund him .not guilty, but ad-th»d him te return, the necklace.

Pruon Telephone OperatorProve* Real Heroine.

Baltimore, Md.—Caught almost intbe line of fin between a guard andtwo convicts attempting to escapefrom tbe Maryland state prison herethe other day, Miss Mary Sullivan, tbeprison telephone operator, ran to awindow and called a taxi driver tonotlfly the warden in his borne ad-joining tbe prison. She also sent outan alarm to police headquarters andin a few minutes scores of policemenwere at the prison.

The convicts were Charles P. Carey,serving.a life sentence for the parthe played In the killing of WilliamNorrls, a contractor, and Benjamin F.Spraglns, serving a ten-year sentencefor larceny.

Alfred Walker, a guard, was onduty in tbe prison lobby when tbe twoconvicts asked for admittance. Walk-er carried tbe key to the street door.Fifteen or twenty visitors were wait-Ing In the lobby to see prisoners. Say-ing they bad come for packages leftfor them by friends, Carey and Spra-glns were admitted.

No sooner were they Inside thanSpraglns opened fire on Walker. Oneof the several bullets fired enterednear his heart, fatally wounding him.He fell and Carey seized his revolverand the key to the street door.

While Miss Sullivan was shoutingher warning from the window CharlesStortz, a guard in an adjoining room,beard the shots. Leaping to a tableand peering over a glass partition, besaw Walker fall. Spraglns saw himlooking and cried:

"Go get him, Carey."Carey started to dash around the

partition and Stortz opened fire.Spragina fell first Carey continuedshooting after he was down.

Patrick Brady, the warden, had justarrived from Lockport, 111., where heand Miss Lily Howe, daughter of Mrs.Michael Colohan of Chicago, were mar-ried a few days ago. They figuredIn a double elopement the other cou-ple being Michael Halley and MissNana Howe, sister of Mrs. Brady.They were entertaining guests Inhonor of their wedding when the war-den was apprised of the break.

Bad Man Now Vow* at86 to Liv* in Peace

Frankfort, Ky.-Hereafter to Uve Inpeace "Devil John" Wright elgbty-sixyean old and with ten notches In hisancient single-action six-shooter, hassettled down at the western base ofthe Cumberland mountains. "DevilJohn" is not lonely In bis decliningyears, for he has been married threetimes and he bas 30 living children.

"Devil John" bears the scan of manybullets, the result of gun battles with"bad men" in the days following theCivil war. He to blind In the left eye,the result of a wound suffered In afeud In Kentucky.

A veteran of the Civil war, the agedman obtained his gun from the equip-ment of a dead southern soldier. Hebas killed ten men with i t but alwaysIn self-defense, he explains. Beside,he bas fought Indians In the WestFor many yean he made a living bydriving herds of mules from Kentuckyto Florida.

"Devil John" never has been con-victed of a crime, a fact which, beinsists, proves him an bonest fighter.He wants to die suddenly, he says,so no one will have to bother nursinghim. At the same time, though, heslyly admits he would like very muchto live to be a hundred yean old.

Sailor* Battle EacapedPython on Modern Ark

New York.—A story of a battle witha sixteen-foot python that escapee!from Its crate and started roamingabout the sailors' quarters of the Istbmlan line freighter Steel Navigatorwas told when the vessel docked henafter a voyage from Singapore and thStraits Settlement

The python was first discoveredwhen a sailor kicked It In belief thaIt was a rope. Tbe snake then invaded several bunks which the mcihastily evacuated. It finally was la«soed after a .fifteen-minute struggland returned to Its crate)

The Steel Navigator brought nYtetother pythons, ranging from twelve t<

. twenty-eight feet In length, a baby elephant five tigers, two black panther*tlx sun bean and a golden cat

ieAlester. Okla.—Behind tbewalto hen to a sliteen yesrold girlwho to happy that she Is shot off

world that to her meanshot suffering and labor. Herto life Imprisonment for tbeof her five-year-old step-daughter Is to-day her greatest source of joy. ;

Strange In all Its aspects to tbe easeof this child. Jessie Cooper. Ber fa-ther, John Blankenship, owned asmall farm near McAlester that barelygave him and his daughter a living.She attended school few days be-cause she was forced to work fromsunrise to sunset In the fields, a whipIn ber father's hands making lividwelts on her back when she falteredfrom exhaustion.

Married Aged Indian.Then came a promise of better days.

Israel Cooper, part Indian and partwhite, asked John Blankenship to givehim hto daughter. Cooper's four wiveshad died from bard labor on his farm.Jessie hoped to escape her father'styranny by marrying Cooper—but shefound a greater hardship.

She bad to labor for Cooper all daylong—in hto house and his fields.Cooper Is seventy-two yean old andtoo feeble to care for hto farm. Inaddition, Jessie bad to take care ofCooper's daughter, Bonnie, five yeanold. The child refused to obey herstep-mother, and Cooper upheld thelittle one.

Then one evening Jessie's fatherwent to Cooper's bouse and horse-whipped his daughter because sbe badlistened to the stories of a farm handand aroused Cooper's jealousy. Jessiedetermined to get revenge.

Days passed, and It seemed that nomeans to "square accounts" with berhusband and father could be found.Then one day little Bonnie asked Jes-

Horse-Whipped His Daughter.

sle to' take ber swimming. Jessieknew Cooper would beat her for tail-ing time off from farm labor, but shewent As tbe child and ber step-mother stepped Into the creek Jessiehad an Idea. She thought It wouldhurt Cooper most if something hap-pened to tbe child.

Choices and Drowns Child.Seising Bonnie by tbe throat Jessie

held her bead under water until shewas dead. Cooper was hurt as Jes-sie wished. Before be could get re-venge against his wife the law badJessie in Its dutches. After a longtrial she was sentenced to spend therest of her life In prison.

Jessie now works eight hours a dayat sewing. She declares she to happyand never wants to go back home.

Weed Drwe* Widow,Four Children Intone

Mexico City.—A widow and her fourchildren have been driven Insane byeating the marihuana plant, according to doctors, who say there Is nohope of saving the children's livesand the mother will be Insane for therest of her life. •

Tbe tragedy occurred while thefather was dying in a hospital. Tbemother was without money to buyfood for the children, so they gather-ed some herbs and vegetables for dinner.

Two hours after the mother andchildren had eaten the plants theywere stricken. Neighbors found theentire family Insane. Examination re-vealed that the narcotic marihuanaplant was growing among the gardenvegetables.

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Game Warden FUhe* forBats; Hook* Ancient GunHlbblng, Minn.—N. D. Fairbanks,

game warden, angled for bass, but hebooked a rusty muzzle-loading gun.The antique firearm, apparently losby a trapper many yean ago, wn;caught on the game warden's hoolwhen he was casting for bass In Battlilake, near Togo. 20 miles northwesof here. The gun to of the type whlclwas used any time between the Waiof 1812 and the Civil war. It Is lln«by the use of a cap.

Floats in Swiss Flower Festival

Here a n some of the gorgeous floats In tbe parade at the recent flower festival held In Geneva, Switzerland.

Girl Scouts Sail for Switzerland Camp

IISome of the 24 girl scouts who, with three leaders, sailed from' New Xork for Boulogne on their wny to the

International camp for girl guides and girl scouts in Geneva, Switzerland, In August More than 400 delegates represent-ing 22 countries are expected. ' •

GIANTS BUY ROOKIE

Photograph shows Billy Walker,southpaw pitcher of the Denver West-ern league club, who bas been sold tothe New York Giants for $25,000 cash,

TOWER OF LIGHT

Has Altar on His Fishing Schooner

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When Manuel Rosa, Portuguese fisherman of San Diego, Calif., puts tosea In his 100-foot fishing schooner, be carries his own church. When hisboat was built be bad constructed the shrine shown above, and holds servkeson deck with his crew of nine. Manuel is at the left of tbe altar and his.brother, Tony, at the right . '<

Where the Legion Will Hold Sessions

The new Paramount building In Newfork. Illuminated by 473 lights castingmon than 35,000,000 candle power oflight on that part of the structurefrom the thirteenth story to Uie thirty-fifth.

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Trocadero palace, across tbe Seine-from the Eiffel tower In Paris, wherethe American Legion wtyl hold its sessions of the ninth annul, nationalconvention September 10 to 28. The Trocadero was built for the expositionin 1878 In memory of tbe taking of the Fort of Trocadero at Cadis laIn 1823. The main bill can accommodate WOO persons.

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WOODBURY NEWS!Washington road this falL It It amidI that toe new road will be built north

Frank Sanford of New . Jersey.from the short piece of state roadabove the Harry Eyre place, to con-

fomrtrchased -one of the Ford booses inBeratchville and when repair* arecompleted by Atwood & Bradley, bewill move here. Mr. Sanford was* visitor here Sunday.

Mrs. Carrie Cllne of New Havenla the guest of her cousin, Mrs.George Brown, lor a few day*. Ar-riving this week was also anothercousin, Mrs. Clarence Sewell oflaurel Beach, Milford.

George H. Benbam has had theFrlgldaire system installed in hishouse by the Connecticut Light &Power company.

Sarah Elizabeth, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Edgar Somerset, receivedthe rite of baptism by Rev. L. E.Todd at St. Paul's church on Sundayat 12:15. The sponsors for the childwere Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Somersetand Mrs. Morgan Fltzslmons.

Congressman Randolph Perkins,Mrs. Perkins and children, Dorothy,Eleanor, Grace, Cherry and John ofWoodcUfT Lake, >C J., were recentguests at the Gardenbrook TeaBourn.

Austin Isham and family spentSunday with Mrs. Isham's brother,Frank Mattoon, at Camp Tepe, Ban-tam Lake. Estella Isham and Char-lotte Isham are staying for a few-days at the camp.

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Oakley ofWilford were guests of Miss AnnieLawson at Allendale on Sunday.

Miss Lawson left yesterday, after-spending ten weeks at Allendale, forier home in the Berkshires, to re-turn again this fall to her winterliome in New York.

John N. Munson and Mrs. C. B.Judson have returned from a visit toCharles Munson at his summer, homeIn Falrfleld.

Edward Anderson and family vis-ited with Mr. Anderson's mother,Mrs. Harriet Anderson of Washing-ton, on Sunday.

Miss Fannie Jackson and .friend,Miss Elizabeth Bailey of East Or-ange, N. J., are spending their vaca-tion with Miss Jackson's parents.Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson ofPomperaug.

Mrs. W. E. Wells of Chicago, 111..Is expected soon to visit with hersister, Mrs. C. B. Judson.

Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Mead of Chi-cago will be ove,r-Sunday guests atthe home of H. H. Canfleld.

Mail" carrier Herbert Somersetspent two days in vacation last weekat his usual vacation occupation,haying.

Prentice \V. Judson has sold aPapec blower to E. A. Scoville ofSouthbury and one to Andrew Bra-eee of Watertown.

Rev. and Mrs. R. 3. Tamblyn ofPittsburgh, Pa., who have beencamping 'In New Hampshire, cameyesterday 10 the home of Mr. and

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nect the WiinTngton stripisTroad:The summer outing of toe Con-

necticut Editorial association, to beheld in Lltchfleld on Saturday, willbe attended by Mr. and Mrs. ArthurE. Knoz and Mrs. Frank E. Knox.The members will be the guesU ofthe Lltchfleld Enquirer, with OeorgeC. Woodruff chairman of the com-mittee ot arrangements.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Glover ofCumberland, Md., former residents,have been visiting in town at thehome of Mrs. Ida Barnes.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carroll andchildren of Waterbury were weekend guests at the home of Mrs. Car-roll's sister, Mrs. Fred C. Parkin.

Herbert Crane of Stroudsburg, Pa.,has been spending a week at theIsham home.

Mrs. Horace Warner, with hernephew. Ray T. Smith, Mrs. Smith.Mis. Jennie Newton and WilliamO'Brien, all of Hartford, have beenspending a few days at the Warnerhomestead on the Washington roadand enjoying the berry picking season.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert f. Drakeleylt-ft yesterday for an auto trip vacation to Vermont. It is Mr. Drakeley's annual vacation from his dutiesas local representative of the Con-necticut Light & Power company.

Mrs. N. B. Blackmar has had awalk built in front of her residenceon High street

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meserve andtwo children of Kansas City areguests at the home of Mr. Meserve'ssister, Mrs. John L. Bennett.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Osborn, Mrs,Lucy Osborn and Miss Lillian Os-born of Lltchfleld were Sundayguests of Mr. and Mrs. SherwoodAllen at Holmes Ranch.

A gang of men is clearing the pathfor the' new tower line which is tocarry the power from New Milfordto Waterbury. The present layouIs over a straighter route than thaot the condemned line and passeithrough the property of AlfredJohnson, John Gruber, Charles Lak

Saturday night from drowning In the

derukln. « * » . from Sunday ~ r » . | k o » e here after -nrtas; fo«r years jing until Monday night awaiting in the navy.dentification. Babyak met death oa Erie Bartolson <* ft"** »"*«*x.tnnUvniBfctframdrowninKlntheiln New York on the 8. B. rQnp-Housatonic river. He bad lieen at-tending a dance at Zoar Bridge andwas riding home to Danbury withPeter Sabo when the automobile ac-cident occurred which resulted fatal-ly for Babyak. A brother came fromDanbury and identified the body.

The boys and girls who make upthe Sunday school class of Miss Ha*-riet Isham were entertained at herhome? River Meadows, on Mondayafternoon. Due to the weather, out-door games were changed to la-doorgames, with the peanut used in allgames, either as a nutcracker orotherwise. Nothing could havepleased the chldren more. The lunchwas served on the north porch ofthe home and here the decorationswere principally of brown-eyed Sus-ans. They were to be found in thereal flower In table decorations andin pleasing reproduction on the nap-kins and placecards. Barbara Ishamand Dorothy Wookey assisted Mrs.Isham and Harriet in serving. Thoseattending were Jean Canfleld, LillianCoburn, Charlotte Frailer,*AdelaidePoulin, Emily Klatka, CatherineKlatka, Molly Bennett. CharlotteKarrmann, Wilfred Warner, PaulMansfield. Those unable to be pres-ent were Barbara Clark and LeslieGraham.

Before a small crowd at .Bethle-hem, the Woodbury town team andthe St. Margaret's Parish team ofWaterbury gave as fine ah exhibi-tion of the national pastime as hasbeen seen around here for sometime. The game was in doubt untilthe last man was out in the ninthinning. As usual Rube Minor wasin form, striking out IS men andallowing 5 hits, while his opponentsstruck out 10 and allowed 7 hits.Alfred Eyre, umpire De Luxe, offi-ciated and not a protest was regist-ered against his rulings.

This coming Sunday, August 14,the second game of the series withSouthbury will be played at theSouthbury field at 3 o'clock.

"Around the Town""Well, the Dord has promised to

send us a seed time and harvest,and he has never failed yet" was

aitls and Miss Edith Allen in the always accepted as sufficient by antown of Woodbury, Weekeepeemee old time resident of'the town as hesection. | sat calmly with folded arms when

The Gardenbrook Tea Room en- the rain interfered with haying act-tertained as guests over the week-end: Mr. and Mrs. Dan R. Barns-Jley of Long Mont, Colo.; L. J. Millerand family of Amsterdam, N. Y.;E. S. Walsh and family of Provi-dence; Mr. and Mrs. t . F. Acker-man, Miss Eleanor Ackerman, T. E.Ackerman and Miss Lois M. Flntonof Pittsburgh. Recent guests includ-ed Miss S. Parsons of Woodbury;Mr. and Mrs. Lester Storm of NewYork; J. C. Owens of Stratford-on-Avon, England; Mr. and Mrs, F. A.Waters of Mlddlebury; Mr. and Mrs.

lvlties. Local application may bemade, as the prescription Teads.

Attempted holdup stories are cir-culating in town, which make thenight driver more cautious thanever. • " •'•

Incidentally, using Roxy's words,we might send a committee to oneof the firemen's carnivals to see howthe thing is run as a means of meet-ing the- expenses of the fire appara-tus after we get It. .

Frank E. Tuttle has a busy sum-mer mapped out for him for he is

the week at the hone of E. O. 8wan-son. Miss Basel Swanson is spend-ing her week's vacation with friendsin Naugatnek.

Langdon Capewell of Hartford isvisiting relatives here.

A chicken thief met sodden deathunder the wheel of an automobileSunday morning near the Brandthome, but there were no mournersas some of us have been havingfowls dragged off and partially de-Toured which we laid to that animalpossessed of an unmistakable odor.We are also glad be bad a head-oncollision with the car, otherwiseour windows would have been closedindefinitely.

Mr. and' Mrs. F. G. Shinn anddaughter of Amsterdam, N. Y., wererecent guests of relatives at theKenyon home.

Albert C. Mitchell of Waterburyhas purchased the William Wardenproperty.

Egbert Hallock, Jr., has built aboat for a Milford contractor, andhas an order for another one to beready for delivery on Monday. E.N. Haliock has not recovered as yetfrom a six weeks' siege of sicknessbut is able to sit out of doors fora few hours occasionally.

Mrs. Cora Hart of Winsted hasbeen visiting at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Leon Capewell.

Sunday visitors at the Fred Clarkhome were Mr. and Mrs. Moulthropof Waterbury.

Mr. and Mrs. Langdon Capewellof Hartford are visiting at the homeof Seymour Capewell.

Mrs. A. E. Holborn who has beenhome for a few weeks will returnon Thursday to the New Haven hos-pital for further treatment.

WeekeepeemeeMiss Edith Allen has been enter-

taining her cousin, Mrs. Ellen Burn-ham of New Preston.

Mr. and Mrs. John Gruber of LakeMahopac. N. Y., spent Sunday withMrs. Ida Bauch. .

Mrs. Amelia Woodward, Mr. andMrs. Robert Clark of Waterbury,Mr. and MTS. Harry Clark anddaughter Jean of Middleburyi Vt.,were calling on former neighborshere recently.

Mrs. Harry Northrop and daughters Emeline and Prlscilla have re-turned to their home in New Milford

foot wear and hardware leaveing to be desired. The willopen promptly at » o'clock standard

The Sunday pictures at the Fed-erated church are: August 14, "Reg-ular Scoot" with Fred Thomson; Jl,"Blue Eagle" with George O'Brien;2$, "Great K. and K. Train Robbery"with Tom Mix; Sept. 4, "Senorita"with Bebe Daniels. .

The Friday pictures at the Feder-ated church are: August IS, "KidBrother" with Harold Lloyd; . 19,"Hold Tbat Lion" with Douglas Mae-Lean; 26, "Knockout Rlley" withRichard Dix; Sept 2, "DancingMothers" with Clara Bow.

Church of the Epiphany, Rev.Leonard E. Todd, priest in charge—Celebration of the holy communionand sermon at 9 a. m., D. 8. T.Church school at 10.

ROXBURYMiss Mable Burnhardt spent the

week-end with her cousin, Mr. andMrs. Lmsley Smith, In Watertown.

William A. Burnes of Ansonla wasthe guest of his nephew, William A.Minor, last week and assisted himwith bis haying.

William Evens who bought theWalter Booth place on South streeta short time ago has sold it toCharles Anderson of this, town whowill take possession very soon. Mr.Evens is to move to Seymour.

Miss Katherlne Matula is in NewCanaan visiting relatives for aweek.

ENTERTAINMENT TO BE GIVENIN ROXBURY

The Columbia Laboratory Playersof University Extension, ColumbiaUniversity, will present a group ofone-act plays and songs at the Rox-bury town hall on Saturday evening,August 13, at 8:15 standard time.They come to Roxbury through theinfluence of Mrs. Sam Colt who isa teacher of .the drama at ColumbiaUniversity. Tickets in advance maybe secured from Frank Smith ofRoxbury, with telephone connectionIn the New Milford exchange. Sev-eral from Woodbury are planning toattend.

POTATO CROP GOOD IN THI8COUNTY

H. C. Norcross, county farm bureauagent, in discussing the crop situa-

after spending a week with Mrs. t I o n i n t n j s gectiOn reports that the

Mrs. Emerson Atwood of Woodbury Waterbury.from where they will .visit formerparishioners or Mr. Tamblyn. duringtheir stay In town.

Services will be held on the lawnat the home of F. J. Rounsveldt Sun-day at 3 p. m., D. S. T., conductedby Rev. Carl Gerhardt ot Water-bury and Rev. T. Fayle Butler ofWoodbury. Everybody is welcome.

•William Wolfe, barber, has beenunder Dr. Karrmann's care with anattack of lumbago for the past weekor more. •

Sunday guests at the Johnsonhome, Bethlehem Toad, were Mr. andMrs. Warren Faust, Mr. and Mrs.Leo O'Loughlin, Mr. and Mrs. LorenChapman, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Wea-son,: Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Walker, MissL. M. Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. K. J.Damtoft, Mr., and Mrs. F. N. Dam-toft, Donald Damtoft, Miss. BellaLundbere and Mr. and Mrs. EllsLur.'lb'rr? of Bridgeport; Mrs. L. M.Culliniir. a MoomnMd. NY J., andMr. and .Mr-. Hu'z of NV,v Haven. .

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C. E. Brewster of Watertown and chief of the fire department and onMr. and Mrs. Vincent Guilfoile of the purchasing committee and also

j a member of the Orenaug Fire <1H-• trlct committee which is to superin-

and mother who have Just returnedfrom a trip abroad. Louis has beenspending several weeks in Woodburywith his uncle, Louis Wenzel.

A congregation of nearly 150 at-tended the service at the North Con-gregational church on Sunday morn-ing to hear Rev. L. G. Coburn, form-er pastor, preach. Mr. Coburn tookfor his subject, "The Benefits of R*llglon."

Mr. and Mrs. Truman Nutting ofBrooklyn, N. Y., are spending a va-cation in this vicinity and are at thepresent time visiting with Mr. Nut-ting's sister, Mrs. Robert I. Drake-ley.

The Frisbies have laid new waterpipes from the main to their houseand also newly piped the bouse.

Mrs. B. L. Post of Los Angeles,Calif., is a guest at "Blighty," thesummer home of Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Hotclikis.-.

Miss Eka Mahler and Miss FloraMahler o: N<-w Haven art- spendingtwo we«k.- at the home of Mr. andM:-. H. C. CartwriKht.

Mr.-. All'- Nflaon, .-i-cretary ot theKin- ':n- Xoriliiop o: Woodbuiy Town School committee,

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and Mis. O.i» Ho.--.v-ll.Miss Lotti- Hi'.chc.ock was a guest

last week ot 1'roi". and Mrs. H. A.Seck«-r.-=on of Sforr.-:. . f\

Mr~. David Bacon is recoveringfrom an illness with the- grip.""^'

Miss Anna Skelly of Boston is vis-iting at th»- honif- of her brother,Leo Skelly, lor a few' weeks.'

Mr. and Mrs. Ral©n Oakley of Mll-ford were visitors at C. S. Curtiss'son Sunday.

Dorothy Wookey of .Watertown isvisiting with the Isham girls.

Misses Elizabeth and Helen Mart-in accompanied their parents, Mr.and Mrs. C. F. Martin, to Wood-mont one day last^veek and remain-ed,for a. three daysA-isit withers .Charlotte Beach at Milford. ._, .

The state highway department willinclude the-building of-13,830 - feet<tf macadam tb< HotchMss'vllle-

Fni!:k'il. Joln.sion will .continue as-up-r.vi.-or o: 111• - Wnodbury schools.

iMr. Joiir.-ton, how.-vi;r, will have a' lar:r»T ui;ii.. takinir in thn towns of|lt<>\bui\ and liiidiri-wal'-r. Super-j visor I. I'. Tnmflflil will have theHs.-iu'iii.ii*iiT formerly sriven out forMr. Jriii:..-toi. Irom \.h>- .-tan- board,with lifii<lriuuru-rs. in He-aeon Falls.Mr. J«li!;.-;on has bt-vn in chares inthis dlsirlct.for four years and it iswith iil'-asuif that the.-townspeoplehear of his reappointment.

The Pompfi-auB Valley Gardenclub lit-M a meeting Tuesday after-noon at the home tff Mrs, E. D. Mar-vin, this.in place of the out-of-doorpicnic which was to have been heldfor the bf-nefit of the members andtheir children. It was an informalmeeting with general planning forthe flower show which will be givenin the Community House on August30 and will be the outstanding eventof the club for the year. There wasan exchange of books and'articleson flower culture at the meeting.The picnic has been Indefinitelypostponed. A full announcement, ofthe flower show will be.given nextweek for the benefit of the public,who 'will be invited to attend."—. The-body of George 'Babyak. ofDanbury vas at J. D. Klmball's un-

Mr. Tuttle is a painter by trade.Property owners on the Washing-

ton road are rejoicing in the factthat several thousand feet of macad-am road are to be made there. In-evitably now, they who have beenstaying home, will Join the throngof joy riders.

Smiling "E" (which stands for"ever") greeted us in town againthis week.

Orenaug Fire District MeetingThe Orenaug Fire district gave its

committee, W. M. Stiles chairman,power to resurface such section ofthe sidewalks as they deem neces-sary, at a price not to exceed OTcents per square yard and th<-amount expended not to exceed$1,200,.at a special meeting Tuesdaynight. The other members of th.committee are Samuel J. Coad anr!Frank E; Tuttle. The meeting se-lected Frank W. Strong to act asan inspector on the job, which -1--expected to be completed within ihnext f«j\v weeks.

The members of the commit i<-assisted by Frank W. Strong, ha.prepan-d a report on the conditio:.of the walks of the town, which \v;i-pre.-ent.d by Mr. Strong. This wa-in accordance with the vote passi-at the annual meeting in Januaiy.

There are 11,-JM feet of sidewalk-,linr-ar measure, not including tincement portions. Measuring ju.v

Sarah Trowbridge.Miss Lawton left Wednesday for

Goshen after a stay of ten weeks atAllendale.

Recent guests of Mrs. Sarah Trow-bridge were her sister, Mrs. Ade-laide Northrop of Roxbury, andnephew, Frank Gillette of Philadel-phia, Pa. .

Many people from New York wereweek-end guests at the Gruberhouse.

potato crop is looking very goodeverywhere. The tops look fine andcover the ground. However, it ishard to tell at this time just howthe crop wiUturn out as there anso many factors that could InfluenceIt before harvest. If the farmers

have teen tboragh to sprayteg vttfcBordeaux noxtare there Isbelieve the ere* will feeMr. Norcross says that then Is »tTrawrWrmn nmfrfr # g fthis year and the resultfields is bad. Where thehave used arsenate of lead in spray-ing with the Bordeaux nixtare theyhave been successful in killing the>

Mr. Noreross saw on* patch)in the southern part of the countywhere the potato tops h*J beenstripped by the bugs.

The corn crop to rather poor inthis county except in some place*owing to the unfavorable season.Some of the farmers are taUdns;about filling their silos with oats andpeas and others will cut op theirmillet. Tbese crops are good It cotup fine and are packed dose. Mr.Norcross estimates the corn crop inthe county will show a shortage or35 or 40 per cent. However, if therere two weeks of hot weather it will

bring along the crop tremendously.He has seen the corn crop make »big change for the better even aslate as September.

The tobacco crop is doing fairlywell and the hay crop is especiallyheavy. Most or it is now in thebarns. There will be 30 per centmore hay this year than a year ago.The farmers in New Milford will cottheir second crop of alfalfa thisweek where it is two weeks earlierthan in the northern part of thecounty.—Torrington Register.

PLANTING LITTLE FI8H

The stocking of waters, fresh andsalt, with fish fry—fish units—ashey are professionally termed, has

become an enterprise of magnitudeby the Federal' government. TheBureau of Fisheries reports that dur-ing the year ending June 30 approx-imately six and one-half billions ofinfant fish were planted In the vari-ous waters. Add to this what theStates are doing and one gets a fairIdea of the extent of the work. Alarge proportion of the fish culturalactivity was devoted to cod, had-dock, pollock and winter flounders,but millions of salmon, Great Lakeswhiteflsh and herring, shad, pike,perch, lake trout and game fisheswere released where it was believedthey would best thrive.

It is estimated that the Bureau'sdistribution cars .traveled 63,800miles while detached messengerscarrying these fish traveled an addl~tional 363,565 miles.

AH of which goes to show that,propagation of fish for food andsporting purposes Is regarded as aserious and Important matter.-r-Eristol Press.

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HOTCHKISSVILLEAmong the Tecent visitors at

Camp Sepunkum were Mr. and Mrs.Hobart Morris, Hobart, Jr., and Ver-non Morris. George Morris, II, is incamp there.

Karl Bryant is Junior Councillorand was also visited by his parents,Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bryant and OliveBryant.

The Hotchklssvllle Sunday servicewill be omitted this week, owing tothe Sunday afternoon service at theRounsveldt home in North Wood-bury.

Austin Isham has a new Essexsedan, purchased, • of the localagency.

Miss Mary Mirfleld is spendingthe month . of August at DoverPlains, N Y .

Dorothy Cable is visiting with heraunt on Carmel Hill.

Miss Dorothy Ball has returned toWaterbury after a •week's visit withMrs. Percy Young.

Mr. and Mrs. Israel Medih havebeen entertaining Mrs. Rudy andtwo daughters of Hartford for thepast two weeks.'

James Murray of Walden, N. Y,,was.a visitor with his mother thepast few days.

Starting MondayAugust First

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"Homer Sha'v hai returned to'.West Sfde

SOUTHBURYServices at the Federated church,

Sunday,. August 14: Morning wor-ship, 10:00, topic "Use of a PastTense"; Sunday school. ll:"0, topic"Death of Saul"; Evening. worship,7:30, topic "Ends and Aims." . Atthe.people's popular Sunday eveningservice this week.the motion picturewill be "A Regular'Scout," starringFred Thomson with his woirderful

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what phi res of the walk are in bailshape and using tbese as tentativefigures, Mr. Strong quoted 7">jsquare yard!-. .' The bids submittedby E. C. Whitney, Inc., of Water-bury and Joseph N. Rice of NewHaven were based on these figuresand for resurfacing work were bothof' the same figure, 80 cents persquare surface yard.

This treatment is the onerTecom-mended for durability, the mixtureof heavy tar and sand covering giv-ing about 10 years of service, thisquotation coming from other townswhere resurfacing has been done.

The other means of repairing is topaint the walks, which in cost wouldbe about one-third as much as re-surfacing and would not be expectedto last but a short time.

The walks were built 25 years agoand have had one dressing over,this about 15 years ago.

A. W. Mitchell was-Sclerk'of the --.- -^--s-meetlng and Si C. Tomlinson chair- Jbe high class of articles on sale.

< There are a number 'of,- Importedfrocks'which will appeal to the fem-inine* eye T ThP' bead' gear' assort-

horse—Silver : King. Thiswas selected by ErnestThompson and endorsed by the BoyScouts of America as the first reg-ular Scout picture. It shows theoperations of the Boy Scouts andexplains all' the principles of scout-ing.

Elaborate plans are. being madefor the big rummage sale this weekFriday frpm 9 to 1 o'clock. The,rummage sale Is being arranged byMrs. Alexander .Thomson, Mrs. J. H.Ballantine, Mts. DeFrance Clarkeand Mrs. EdwaTd Hlnman, Jr. It isexpected that there will be a largerpatronage than ever because of thereputation of this annual event and

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We say "greatest" because we aresure that the great amount of plan-ning—the remarkable new term pay-ment arrangements that will be in ef-fect—the great amount of brand*newfurniture secured—the very low priceswill make this Our Greatest AugustFurniture Sale !

Come Monday and .See for YourselfHow Much Lower Good Furniture

Is Priced in Our August Sale!

NO I N T E R E S T ; C H A R G E D—on deferred payment purchased duringowk August Furniture Sale ! In addition

spou can purchase any article for a downpayment as low as 10 per cent. A most re-markable furniture payment plan. .

Come and Save!FURNITURE DEPARTMENT-ENTIRE FOURTH FLOOR

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