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RAPID GROWTH OF THEHEMINWAY SILK MILLS

Modest Beginning of Gen. Merritt HeminwayHas Expanded Into Extensive H..K. H.

Company, Operating a Numberof Plants

STEELE'S BROOK GIVEN CREDIT

Mineral Properties of Its Waters Important FactorIn Producing Silk Thread Known Wherever

There's a Needle to Go With It

Although, for many years the name of Heminwayhas been known the world over, in every city orhamlet, where silk thread was used, it is likely thatfew people in Watertown have realized that fact.The history of the silk industry, as far as Water-town is concerned, is a most interesting story. Itwas back in 1822 that, a company was organizedunder the firm name of Bishop'and Heminway, andit was 20 years later when Gen. Merritt Heminwayassumed control, later forming a stock company,with his four sons and a daughter as partners, under

sewing silk offered a profitable field for commercialenterprise. He was a native, of East Haven, Conn.,and had settled in Watertown in 1821 as a youngman, engaging in the. general mercantile businesswith James Bishop.

Mr. Bishop conducted-not only a general store,but a tavern, blacksmith shop, and other enterprises.He finally started a' shop for the manufacture of hatbuckles.. This was in the old silk shop building,now occupied by the Watertown ManufacturingCompany. Later Nathaniel Wheeler, then a wagonbuilder and later head of the Wheeler and WilsonSewing Machine Company, occupied a part of theshop for the manufacture of sewing machines, thebuilding being enlarged to make room for him.When, a few years later,.the sewing machine busi-ness was removed to Bridgeport and Gen. Heminwaycast about for something else that could be profit-ably manufactured, he decided upon sewing silk ashis new line. He had experimented in making silkwith a crude hand twister which is now in the poses-sion of his grandson, H. Morton Merriman, andmost of the machinery with which he started busi-ness in 1849 was home-made.

The thread was originally sold in skeins, but Gen.Heminway evolved the idea of putting it on spools,which he did successfully in spite of the fact that

was succeeded by H. Morton Merriman, a grandsonof Gen. Heminway. '

The new plant, erected just across the street fromthe old factory and a little further down the brookwhose waters have played such an important partin producing the fine quality of Heminway products,is built of brick and is of modern mill construction •throughout. The main building is 302 x 52 feet inground dimensions and three stories high, whilethere is in addition a one-story brick dye house and.;power plant 180 x 52 feet in ground dimensions.A feature of the plant is the lighting which is so.important in the manipulation of such an exceed- .ingly fine fibre as silk. Besides a saw-tooth roof,large areas of side walls are of glass. The plant isequipped with machinery for making the attractiveboxes in which the silk is sold and a printing plant,for "labels and stationeiy. . :

"FIGHTING FOURTH" CHAIRMAN

Alexander J. Thomson, Secretary of the Water-bury Lumber, and Coal Company, has been appoint-ed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston as Chair-man of the Western District of Connecticut for the"Fighting Fourth" Liberty Loan Campaign. Rowley

THE H. K. H. SILK COMPANY(M. HEMINWAY & SONS BRANCH, WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT)

MILLS AT WATERTOWN, PUTNAM, AND NEW LONDON

the firm name of M. Heminway & Sons, whichfinally expanded into the thriving concern nowknown as The H. K..H. Silk Company.

It is an interesting fact that the present mill islocated on almost the same identical spot and onthe same brook as the original plant of Bishop andHeminway. This has not been altogether a matterof sentiment, for it was early found that the watersof Steele's brook were possessed of mineral proper-ties which made them ^unsurpassed for that pecu-liar operation of silk manufacture—the dyeing. Gen.Heminway was one of those, who, in the early daysof the industry, thought that the manufacture of

others said it couldn't be done because of the pecu-liar elastic quality of the silk fibre. All of-the workat- first was done by himself and four sons, and hetook the manufactured product to New York himselfand sold it to-the big stores. It was not until 1868that the firm had a New York store, while now thecompany has sales offices as well in Philadelphia,Boston, Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, Seattle,Gloversyjlje, Cleveland, Baltimore, and Cincinnati.Gen. Heminway carried on the business until his.,death in 1886, when it passed to his four sons anddaughter, Homer Heminway becoming the head ofthe business, remaining so until he died in 1911. He

the R . F . Griggs Company, ofbeen appointed Vice-Chairmah of

W. Phillips, ofWaterbury, hasthe District.

The local chairman for Watertown will be HarleyF. Roberts.

ONE LESS TO HANG

The man who sank the Lusitania is dead. Therewill be one less German crook to hang when thehour of reckoning comes. .'•.;•,

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ONE OF THE CONTINGENTS OF DRAFTED MEN LEAVING WATERTOWNTHIS SUMMER

VEGETABLES FOR CHICKENS

Feeding Tests With Laying Hens ShowUse of Beef Scraps May Be

Safely Curtailed

Scarcity of beef scrap, together with its "high-price, has led poultry specialists of the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture to conduct feeding testswith laying hens in which cheaper and more plentifulkinds of protein feed are tried. In these tests feedsrich in vegetable protein have been used in connec-tion with beef scrap to make up the laying ration.

One pen of hens, fed a mash containing 20 percent beef scraps, produced the greatest'number ofeggs, but a second pen fed a mash consisting of 10per cent peanut meal and 10 per cent beef scrapproduced an average of only 10 eggs less duringthe test period, of 5J/i winter months. Mashesmade with soybean meal,- cottonseed meal, andvelvetbean • meal, in combination with beef . scrap,have been fed with fairly satisfactory ^results.

TURN PESTS INTO PROFITS

Rabbits Killed Annually in United StatesRepresent Many Tons of

Valuable Food

Fully 200,000,000 wild rabbits are killed in theUnited States every year according to estimatesmade by the Biological Survey of the United StatesDepartment of Agriculture. Many of them are jackrabbits, the majority of which have not. been' utilizedin the past.- If all the rabbits killed were consumed,they would represent between 200,000 and 300,000tons of valuable food, and if proper measures weretaken to insure the collection of skins, these alonewould have a value of $20,000,000. The BiologicalSurvey has frequently been called upon to helpwestern farmjers in _coping with the rabbit pest. Inview or the proBaBle economic value of rabbit meat.

and fur in the coming few years, the energies of thefarmers and ranchmen will be directed to the con-servation of this important'resource. Already anumber of establishments for collecting, dressing,canning, and shipping rabbit meat are in operationin western centers. As in Australia, the transitionof the wild rabbit in this country from its status asa pest to source of profit 19 assured, it is believed.

PEANUT INDUSTRY'S GROWTH

. More than 2,000,000 acres of land were plantedto peanuts in.1917, according to figures obtained bythe Bureau, of Crop Estimates, United States De-partment of Agriculture. The rapid growth of thepeanut industry during recent years is regarded asone of the striking developments the agriculture ofthe South .

COTTAGE- CHEESE SALES

Reports from; four western cities where cottage-cheese campaigns have recently been completedshow largely increased sales of this wholesome meatsubstitute. The following increased daily sales arerecorded: Salt Lake City, Utah, from 375 to 85bpounds; Spokane, Wash., from 100 to 1,800 pounds;Seattle, Wash., from 1,115 to 1,675 pounds; SanFrancisco, Cal., from 393.5 to 1,624 pounds; or atotal increase of 3,969 pounds of cottage cheese solddaily in the four cities. •

RAISING OWN FOOD SUPPLY

Farmers are becoming more independent in regardto food supply than they have ever been since beforethe Civil War, in the opinion of a held man of theUnited States Department of Agriculture, who re-cently returned from an inspection trip in New Yorkand the New England States. Farmers in that terri-tory who have never before raised wheat, barley, andbuckwheat are growing small patches of Such cropsfor their own use. •

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. WATERTOWN.NEWS,.SEPTEMBER 2, 1918

ONE MAN CAN FARMMORE LAND with the

With the Moline-Universal—theoriginal two-wheel tractor—One Mancan farm more land than was everbefore possible, because—

One Man has power at his com-mand equal to six horses, capable ofdoing the work of nine horses, dueto its greater speed and endurance. _

One Man operates the Moline-Uni-versal from '••the seat of the imple-ment to which it is; attached, wherehe must sit in order to do good work.

One Man can start in the springand go from one operation to an-other—plowing, harrowing, planting,

_ cultivating, sowing, harvesting grainor corn, spreading manure, filling thesilo,--.cutting wood, etc., doing allfarm work from one year's end toanother, independently of horses orhired help. ••'v

AU these one-man operations arepossible with the Moline-Universalbecause it is mounted on two wheels.It attaches direct to the; implement,making one compact unit—the tracr.tor the front wheels and the imple-ment the rcir wheels. One man con-trols the entire outfit, from the seatof the implement. There has beengood reason in the past for putting aseat on implements, for it is fromthis point that the work must beobserved and that, adjustments mustbe made. .

Being close coupled to the imple-ment, the Moline-Universal Tractorbacks as readily as it goes forward,and turns in a 16-fpot circle. Itsteers so easily that a boy or womancan handle it as well as a man.

With the Moline-Universal oneman can take .care of all the require-ments on the average size farm.

Plowing with two-bottoms, theMoline-Universal Tractor does asmuch work in one day as the ordi-nary three-plow tractor, due to thehigher speed at which it operates, V/imiles an hour. It has the power torun at this high speed because all of

' its weight is traction weight—all ofit is converted to pull.

The light weight of the Moline-Universal Tractor, 3380 pounds, andits high clearance—greater than that

•of the average cultivator—make itperfectly adapted for cultivating. Itisn't the kind of tractor that does

'_ your plowing and seed bed prepara-tion and then rests while your horsesdo the planting, cultivating and har-vesting.

Mechanically, the Moline-Univer-sal is the most mbderii tractor built,containing more refinements, and im-provements than any other tractor onthe market.

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WATERTOWN NEWS, SEPTEMBER- 2, 1918

TAKE NO CHANGES WITHEGGS TO BE PRESERVED

Freshness Is Absolutely Imperative WhenThey Are "Put Down" In Late Summer

ART MAY BE LEARNED BY ANYONE

Two Methods, Tested by Specialists, Are Explained—Supply for Family Table Made Available

; ... When High Prices Rule

Eggs preserved when they are abundant and cheapmeans a supply next winter when they may reachextremely high prices. .

Late summer is not top late to preserve eggs, butcare must be taken that they are strictly fresh.

Two methods of preserving eggs are recommend-ed by specialists of the United States Department ofAgriculture—they follow:

Water-Glass Method

Use 1 quart of sodium silicate to 9 quarts ofwater that has been boiled and cooled. Place themixture in a 5-gallon crock or jar. This will be suffi-cient to preserve 15 dozen eggs; and the quantityneeded to preserve a larger number of eggs will bein proportion.

First, select a s-gallo,n crock and clean it thorough-ly, after which it should be scalded and allowed todry.

Second, heat a quantity of water to the boilingpoint and allow it to cool.

Third, when cool, measure out 9 quarts of water,place it in the crock, and add 1 quart of sodiumsilicate, stirring the mixture thoroughly.

Fourth, place the eggs in the solution. Be verycareful to allow at least 2 inches of the solution tocoyer the eggs.

Fifth, place the crock containing the preservedeggs in a cool, dry place, well covered to preventevaporation. Waxed paper covered over and tiedaround the top of the crock will answer-this purpose.

Lime Method

When water glass cannot be obtained, the follow-ing method may be used in its stead.. Many con-sider this method entirely satisfactory, though in-stances are known in which eggs so preserved havetasted slightly of Jime; :

Dissolve 2 or 3 pounds of unslaked lime -in 5gallons of water that has previously been boiled andallowed to cool, and allow the mixture to stand untilthe lime settles and the liquid is clear. Place clean,fresh eggs in a clean earthenware jug or keg andpour the clear limewater into the vessel until theeggs are covered. At least 2 inches of the solutionshould cover the top layer of eggs.

Sometimes a pound of salt is used with the lime,but experience has shown that in general the limewithout the salt is more satisfactory. "•".'

WHAT DAD OVERLOOKED

A Topeka preacher was entertaining a couple ofclergymen from New York at dinner. The guestsspoke in praise of a sermon their host, had deliveredat the morning service.:

The preacher's young son was at the table andone of the New York clergymen said to him:

"My lad, what did you think of; your father'ssermon?" . : ' , ...

"I guess it was very good," said the.boy, ."but,there were three mighty fine places where he couldhave stopped." .• : /

WATERTOWN BUSINESS HEN'S ASSOCIATIONOfficers

Charles B. Buckingham... . . . . . . . . .PresidentWilliam H. Jones Vice-PresidentWilliam Taylor. .Secretary

Board of ManagersH. E. Thompson B. P. HudsonJames Strockbine S. McLean Buckingham

Press CommitteeH. H. Heminway D. G. SullivanR. V. Magee G. N. Griswold

Membership CommitteeH. E. Thompson Charles F. AbbottD. G. Sullivan William H. Jones

USE OF PHOSPATE ROCK

Being Utilized More Generally as FarmFertilizer Since Decrease in

Acid Phospate Supply

1 Acid phosphate, which is used extensively as acommercial fertilizer, has doubled in price duringthe last few; years. Farmers of this country, accord-ing to the United States Department of Agriculture,are now facing serious shortage of this material, be-cause the munitions industry is consuming muchsulphuric acid which would ordinarily be used in themanufacture of acid phosphate. . :

This situation has led.users of fertilizers to givegreater consideration to the use of ground raw rockphosphate. That this source of phosphorus is beingused as fertilizer more extensively is shown by thefact that during 1916-17 at least six large companiesentered the raw ground phosphate business arid theannual consumption of this material has increasedduring the last decade to over 91,000 tons, involvingan expenditure to the farmer of at least $750,000.

Ground raw rock phosphate is far less soluble thanacid phosphate. Its effectiveness appears to be duelargely to its thorough distribution in the soil, sayspecialists of the Department of Agriculture. This isbrought about by liberal applications of very finelyground rock, together with good, tillage. When allthese conditions are not fulfilled, it may take severalyears to obtain the distribution giving the maximumeffect. The beneficial effects of a comparativelyheavy application of finely ground rock phosphateextend over several years, as a portion of the phos-phate becomes soluble each year. These increasesin yield.are greater, as a rule, in subsequent: years.

To be most effective ground phosphate rock shouldbe applied to soil that is well supplied with organicmatter. Such soils are always richer in carbonic acidthan those of low organic content, and this acid isimportant in effecting the solubility and availabilityof the phosphate rock. Bacterial activity, which ismore noticeable in soils high in organic matter, isalso valuable in aiding-the solubility of rock phos-phate. : .,.•••••••'•'. " •'•'

CITY MEN GOOD WORKERS

Use of city men as farm workers in emergencyseasons has demonstrated not only that many menemployed in-cities and towns were reared on farmsand are skilled in harvest labor, but also that citymen can stand the heat and exertion of the harvestfield, and attack their tasks with willingness andpatriotic enthusiasm. This was reported, by theFederal farm help specialists in Kentucky at theDepartment of Agriculture's recent harvest laborconferences in Birmingham, Ala. •

SENATOR LODGE'S WARNING

Urges All to Beware of Peace Propaganda—No Peace Which Satisfies Germany

Satisfactory to Us

An earnest warning against "insidious and poison-ous" German peace propaganda and a declarationthat peace, must be dictated to and not negotiatedwith Germany, to place her in a position where shenever again can disturb the world's peace, weremade in the Senate recently by Senator Lodge, ofMassachusetts, ranking Republican of the foreignrelations committee.

Peace terms which must and will be forced onGermany were specifically detailed by SenatorLodge, in addressing the Senate in support of theman power bill to extend the army draft ages. Theyinclude complete restoration of Belgium, uncondi-tional return of Alsace-Lorraine to France, and ofItalia Irredenta to Italy, safety for Greece, inde-pendence for Serbia and Rumania, an independentPoland, independence of the Slav peoples and free-dom of Russia from German domination, includingreturn of Russian territory wrested by Germany inthe Brest-Litovsk treaty.

Furthermore, Senator Lodge declared, Constanti-nople must be made a free port and Palestine neverrestored to Turkish rule.. "These are the principal conditions," he said,"which will give a vitcory worth having."

"No peace that satisfies Germany can ever satisfyus. It cannot be a negotiated peace and we and ourAllies must dictate it." :

Germany undoubtedly will attempt a strong peacedrive when she feels that victory is slipping fromher grasp, Senator Lodge asserted in ; solemnity,giving warning against the least yielding untilGermany is "beaten to her knees," and such a peace,enforced by dictation that will remove her foreveras a possible disturber of the world's peace.

"The Germans, repulsed and losing," said theSenator, "will undoubtedly resort to their otherweapon, which they have^.used more than onceduring this-war with terrible effect. They, will beginan insidious and poisonous peace propaganda. Withthis weapon they have succeeded in disorganizingRussia. It is the German propaganda which we shallbe. obliged to face in the ensuing months, and ittherefore seems to me of the last importance toknow exactly what we mean by peace. Generalitieswill not serve. It must be, it is commonly said—we have all said it—a just and righteous peace.

"But what is a just and righteous peace? Weintend to make the world safe for democracy. Butwhat: exactly do we mean by democracy? If we'mean, as we undoubtedly do,, the democracy ofEngland, France, Italy, and the United States, wecan all understand it; but the Bolsheviki masqueradeunder the name of democracy, arid the Bolsheviki, bya combination of treachery, corruption, and ignor-ance, have reduced Russia to servitude under Ger-many and have engendered a form of democracy asdangerous to the world as the government of;Hoherizollerns."

COST OF GROWING SPUDS

New Jersey Grower Tells What It Means•'•'.' in Money to Raise Potatoes

in That Section

(Highstownj N;J,, Gazette)

At a growers' meeting recently the question of thecost of raising an acre. of potatoes came up andthe answer's varied all the way from $140 to $200,but no one had any data covering the cost accurately,and as it is a very important question at this timethe writer undertook to ascertain an approximate

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WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT, SEPTEMBER.2, 1918

Evidences of War

Announcement a short time ago of the arrival inNew Haven of a trainload of wounded soldiers fromthe front in France is another of the evidences ofwar that are slowly but surely being brought hometo us. There were heroes of the Marne who wereamong those who were given their first real chancethe American soldiers have had to show what theycould do against the Hun and in which engage-ment allied officers declare they "fought like sea-soned veterans".

Watertown thus far has been fortunate in havingfew of her sons fall on the field of battle, but sooneror later news is sure to come that will make us real-ize still more that America is having an importantpart in the great struggle overseas which has latelyshown signs of turning the tide of battle in the favorof the Allies. When the news comes, may it imbueus with renewed determination to fight to a finishfor the abolition of the militaristic monster whichat one time threatened to include the whole worldin its grasp.

Transporting Our Troops

The world has been astonished at the greatnumber of American soldiers transported to Europein the last-half year. The number now approximates

: 1,560,000, and the loss of life in transporting themhas been almost infinitesimal.

The success with which we have moved ourtroops from the scattered camps in this country andacross 3,000 miles of ocean to the battle front isgreat evidence of American efficiency.: We have notonly surprised, our enemies; we have surprisedour friends and ourselves.

The British controller of shipping, Sir Joseph. Maclay, speaks of this movement across the sea as"A transport-miracle." We-have been inclined toattribute this achievement solely to our Navy andour. shipping, but the British controller speaks inhigh praise of the share the American railroads hadin the work. He says:

"If the American railroads had not been operatedwith success the whole transport movement mighthave failed, because it was essential to quick trans-portation that the troops should be ready for theships."

Director General McAdoo seems justified in hisstatement that while the development of the policyof the Railroad Administration requires time, pro-gress has been made toward the goal. :

His Privilege and Their Sacrifice

Did Joyce Kilmer have a right to make his wifeand little ones pay for his desire to see actual serv-ice as a member of the American fighting forces inFrance? This question has been propounded morethan once since the announcement of the death inservice overseas last month of this young poet, prob-ably the most widely known of the younger Ameri-

, can writers of verse.Joyce Kilmer was a young man with a wife and

four small children. Like many another in like cir-

cumstances, he was possessed with the nautral desireto get into the fight. It's an American tendency.Aside from any feeling of patriotic duty, it's quitenatural for a real American to want to get into thethick of it. So it probably was with Joyce KilmerHis young wife undoubtedly said, "If you feel thatyou should go, I will not say the word which willkeep you home." So he went.

Now Joyce Kilmer is dead. Evert' if he left enoughmoney to keep his family in comfortable circum-stances the rest of their lives, which is not likely,there are little ones who will miss a father's care.Did his country need him more than his family did?Probably not. It he had come back safely, he andhis family would have always been glad that hewent, and if he had stayed home, they would havealways. regretted it. If is one of those, perplexingproblems which war brings and which are alwayshard to solve, the more so because the man mustwork it out in his own mind—no one can decide itfor him. \

Some one once said, "When you don't know whatto do, do the thing that is hardest to do." A vener-able Scotchman has told the writer, "Young man,never let your enthusiasm get the better of yourgood judgment." If Joyce Kilmer had followedboth these maxims, he might have been spared to hisfamily. Then he would have paid for it himselfinstead of shifting the burden to those he leftbehind.

But Foch Didn't Wait

A Kansas newspaper inquires as to the presentwhereabouts of the veteran of the Civil War whoused to tell, concerning the Battle of Vicksburg:"An* Gin'ril Grant came down the line to mycompany, and asked, 'Is Hyronimous. Hardacrehere?' and' Isaid, 'Yes, Gin'ril,' an' he says, 'Then,let the battle go on.'" That, however, is only one ofseveral versions. Another runs: "It was at Peters-burg, Va. We was goin' into the biggest engage-ment of the campaign. Suddenly Gin'ril Grant call-ed up one of his aides and asked, 'Is Private Jere-miah Higgins in the field?' 'He's just fallen intoline over yonder,' says the aide. 'Then,' says theGin'ril, 'what are we waitin' for?' It must be true,for Mr. Higgins used to tell this himself."

But when Marshal Foch found the Yankees wereon the ground, he didn't wait. :

German View of Christianity

Frederich Wilheim Nietzche was one of the mostnoted of modern German philosophers. How muchhas his philosophy affected the views and characterof the Germans of today? Is not the answer writtenin the blood of the women and children, the old menof occupied France and Belgium? Are not the Lusi-tania victims witnesses to German adoption ofNietzche's faith? .

Here is his indictment of Christianity:"With this I conclude, and pronounce my sen-

tence: I condemn Christianity; To me it is the great-est of all imaginable corruptions. .The church is thegreat parasite; with its anemic idea of holiness itdrains life of all its strength, its love, and its hope.The other world is the motive for the denial of everyreality. I call Christianity the one great curse, theone great intrinsic depravity, the one great instinctof revenge, for which no expedient is sufficientlypoisonous, secret, .underhand, to gain its ends. Icall it the one immortal shame and blemish uponthe human race."

CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS SERVE

Four women are in the group of 10 workersrecently sent to France by Christian Scientists,according to a statement from headquarters by theChristian Science relief and camp welfare com-mittee. The purpose of the group is to extend warrelief already started by Christian Scientists inFrance.

BETTER SHIP LOADING

Economies in Weight and Space Result fromImproved Methods of Packing

Merchandise for Overseas

Economies of approximately 20 per cent in ship-ping weight and 50 per cent in shipping space haveresulted from improved methods of packing mer-chandise for overseas practiced by the Army Quar-termaster Corps. This is equivalent to about 2,500tons space per month. -

For the shipment of clothing and equipage, includ-ing such items as blankets, barrack bags; towels,shelter tent halves* bedding, and other dry goods,in addition to wearing apparel, baling has beensubstituted for boxing, and the weight of the lumberhas been saved. The bales average 30 by 15 by 15inches and weigh 90 pounds. They are bound withnot less than four cold rolled unannealed steel bands.Burlap over waterproofed heavy paper is used tocover the bales, and there are two "ears" on eitherends of the bale for handling.

Women are stevedores on the docks in France.There is a law they shali not be required to carrypackages weighing more than 70 pounds. Packagesshipped to the American Expeditionary Forces arestandardized so they shall not weigh more than70 pounds for handling by one woman carrier ormore than 140 pounds by two women carriers. Menhandle the heavier packages and the boxes that'mustbe used instead of bales. .

The Quartermaster Corps recommends to manu-facturers supplying the Army many similar eco-nomies in packing and shipping which will result ineven more pronounced space and weig'ht saving.Round cans and containers entail a waste in spaceof 23 per cent. Square containers are urged. It isestimated that every inch saved through bale com-pression is worth 65 cents in ship space.

PLEDGE WOMEN FOR PRAYER

House-to-house visits to every woman who is acommunicant of the Episcopal Church will be under-taken early next winter by the woman's auxiliaryof the church, according to a statement of Mrs.George Biller, field secretary of the auxiliary. "Weare going to arouse the spiritual power that isdormant in the lives of women," said Mrs. Biller."These women will be asked to pledge themselves toprayer as a means to victory and peace."

AND HE DID IT

(New York Tribune)

Somebody said that it couldn't be done,But he, with a chuckle, replied, •

That "maybe it couldn't, but he would be oneWho wouldn't say so till he'd tried."

So he bucked right in with the trace of a grinOn his face; if he worried he hid it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn't be done, and he did it. '

Somebody scoffed, "Oh, you'll never do that;At least nobody ever has done it"

But he took off his coat, and he took off his hat,And the first thing he knew he'd begun" it.

With the lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,If any doubt rose he forbade it.

He started to sing as he tackled the thingThat couldn't be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, •There.are thousands to prophesy failure; .

There are thousands to point out to you one by oneThe dangers that wait to assail you,

But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,Then take off your coat and go to it;

Just start in to sing as you tackle the thingThat cannot be done, and you'll do it.



A TALKATIVE EMISSARY

(Charleston, S. C, News and Courier)

Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of Illinois, who isin France on a government mission, was never ex-pected, of course, to magnify the virtue of reticenceafter the fashion of Col. House. The Senator is hotbuilt that way. Still, one cannot help wonderingwhether it was foreseen in advance that SenatorLewis would talk for publication as voluminously ashas actually been the case since his arrival. on theother side. • .

The House method is the safer and it seems apity that the gentleman from Illinois cannot bringhimself to practice it. The taciturn Texan has neveryet been under the necessity of explaining awaysomething that he said in an unguarded moment.

MOTORLESS SUNDAYS

(New York World)

There are few horses remaining in the familystables of New York to test anew their strengthand their stride in the coming motorless Sundays.We need expect no extensive reappearance of thebuggies, the barouches and the victorias which werethe pleasure vehicles of twenty years ago. Themetropolitan first days of weeks to be will, bemarked by the sanity of thwarted joy-riders; thesafety of pedestrians and a quietude not at all dis-agreeable to many residents.

This is assuming, of course, that the request ofthe National Fuel Administrator for the' conserva-tion of gasoline is generally heeded. It had betterbe so. The request is one which can be framedreadily into an order. In that case the drivers ofcars would find compulsion much more uncomfort-able than free compliance.

That New York will be hit harder by the neworder of things than any other American city goeswithout saying. More than 100,000 automobiles willbe :kept idle in their garages here. Fleets andfleets of gasoline boats will be tied up. It is truealso that to meet the Fuel Administrator's requestwill be a greater trial to owners of small cars, towhom Sunday is the only day of outings, than tothose people who may, if they like, be tourists everyday. Such is the fortune, but not the unfairness, ofwar. The men with the big cars will make up inthe tax-rolls. ->

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Grave-eyed he looks at us from printed page,His face lean, worn and lined,' intent, grim sage,Most soldierly yet with the thinker's brow—Soldier of France and our great leader nowl

Not with the Prussian War-Lord's bristling mien,No air of pomp or of prestige; sereneUnchanging confidence is his whose mightSprings from the sacred sense of being rightl

No flow of windy words, no pageantryOf arrogance and pride; the dignityOf-one whose plans spell victory, yet knowA code of honor to a perjured foe!

The son of a Republic, born to beIts saving, selfless "man of Destiny; •Strong in retreat, yet, stronger in advance,The brain, the hope, the driving Will of France!

Grave-eyed and sad he looks, as one whose partTo wear the scars of battle o'er his heart.The wounds of France are his—her grief sublimeAnd her untarnished glory for All Time!

—Elizabeth Newport Hepburn,' In New York Times.

ALL FOR THE FATHERLAND

Burglary is increasing at an appalling rate inGermany, according to the "Frankfurter Zeitung."The national policy is being individualized, - as itwere.—Minneapolis Journal.

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Come in and see me or phone me aboutthe new car you were going to buy.

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OAKVILLE NEWSVIOLET, AN OAKVILLE PASTORAL

The Visitor at a neighbors, a Vassar graduate bythe way, was being entertained by the bright fiveyear old boy from the next house.

"Oh, say, don't you want to see Violet," heexclaimed.

"Sure," replied the V. G.The young man led the way toward the back

yard."Now you can smell Violet," he exclaimed proudly.

"Can't you smell her?" "'"Yes," replied the V. G. doubtfully as an unfamiliar

odor, certainly not the violets she had knownassailed her nostrils.

"And here is Violet," he exclaimed even moreproudly as he led the lady to the pig pen and showedher its occupant. •"

"Keep a pig and win the war," .was the slogan lastspring, and many of the school children started into do their bit, and now Oakville has not only Violet,but Petunia, and Honeysuckle, and' Carnation andeven' Rose. A Pig by any other name would smellless sweet.

ENVIRONMENT

When the youngsters return in the fall, •D'ye think they will notice at allThat the school lawn ain't graded,Nor seeded, nor spaded,

.Or would they expect it at all?—Jimmy

SEPTEMBER SCHOOL DAYS

'The call of September is with us again. Vacationdays give place to work days, and hundreds ofthousands of young Americans troop back to schoolonly partly conscious of what great days school.daysreally are. Who would not shuffle off whatever ofemolument or position they may have gained toonce more join that bright eyed army of the untriedbut ready, who day by day experience the joys that'seem wonderful only when they are gone!

In these days of war and trial, we hail our JuniorArmy whom we have endeavored to teach to prizethe ideals for which our heroic army overseas issuffering and dying. Hail, Young'America, theSeptember days invite you to wonderful journeysinto the land of the heroes and Sages of all ages, to-gether with associations that will ever linger whilememory lasts. Hail, Young America, hail!

BIG MAINS THROUGH OAKVILLE

Mr. Eddy; of the Waterbury City EngineersOffice, has been running.the line for the big 42-inchmain from , the Wigwam Reservoir along MainStreet, Oakville, toward Waterbury. This will makea separate main and remove the menace to Water-bury's fire protection should the other main break,as well as give an adequate supply to Warren Parkpeople who have very little water at this season ofthe year. It is understood that the plans contemplatea two-mile tunnel for the main in North Watertown.

THE MOHAWK TRIAL

Mister Editor:I thought I'd write to the Watertown News and

let folks know I'd got away from home with myFord automobile, and went (way up over TheMohawk Trial (My wife sez it's Mohawk Trail, notTrial), but I told her a Trail was the back end ofa dress, and Mohawks didn't dress that fashionable,.especially on the War Path, and ,she up an' got onthe War Path; then I just kept on awritin', andwhen I got through this was it:

What I am writin' this for is first I want folks to

know that my car stood the Trial all right, and didn'tbust in two or blow the biler out, but I speciallywanted to-call your attention to the fact if theMohawks could build a road as good as that up inthe woods and mountains where nobody lives, Iwish by Jumpjn George Washington a whole lot ofMohawks would move to Waterbury. That Water-bury Road still bothers me. (My Ford lost 47 partsthere last week) and it is sure some trial for any-body to drive- over. it. That's all this time.

—Jimmy.

WHY DOOLEY WON'T HOLLER

. ••"Phwat do ye think av the war-r now, Dooley?"asked Hennesy? "Do ye think the Huns do.betrimmed, and are ye ready yit to open yere solemnface and let out a holler for Pershing an his byesthat will make the aigle on the Soldiers' Monumentflap his wings and yell, 'Give em Hell fer Me andDooley,' or are ye goin' to wear that Watchful,Waiting Expression until the Yankee Bhoys driveThe Kaiser and His Siven unwounded sons Tandimup Fifth Avenoo wid the band playin' 'They'll NiverGo Home Anny More' before ye lit out that yellthat's stranglin' ye, and pay ye're respicts to theYankee bhoys and all the brave Allies overseas?"

"Hinnissy," replied Dooley, "ye're an old WindBag, an av Hollerin would Win the War-r, it wouldhave blown over Long ago, wid ye exhausted by theiffort, an av hollerin would do anny good, I'd dis-count anything from a Coney Island barker to theComanche War Whoop or my good friend Botelleat an Auction, but Hinnissy, while I'll admit I wantto holler like Sam Hill sometimes, I'm not goingto belong to. the bunch who blow up like a Toadon what we're going to do and whizzle up like apunctured tire whin ye ixpict anny real- thing fromthim. Oi'll back the Allies to my last cent and melast breath, and its proud to bustin oi am av theirwonderful deeds and fer what thy are, but they'llbe wantin a. real holler by and bye whin ye're windis "all gone, and Hinnissy, take'my word fer it, ye'llhear me thin."

CAMPS BEING ENLARGED

Size of Cantonments Also Being GreatlyIncreased at a Cost of More

: Than $22,000,000More than $22,000,000-have been expended during

the past six months under the direction of the Con-struction. Division of the Army in making additionsand improvements to camps and cantonments. Thissum does not include the cost of additions to thehospital equipments or the improvements made atother Army stations. . ' ; ' . - .

The improvement work consisted of additionalbuildings for housing the men and providing fortheir comforts and needs. Among buildings erectedwere, quarters ior officers "and nurses, repair shops,additional barracks, coffee-roasting plants, kitchens,and bakeries, and theaters. New roads were laidand sanitation works improved and extended.

Many additional buildings are contemplated, andgeneral construction work will be rushed to comple-tion during the summer and fall. In some instancesthe camp work has been extended to drainage of anentire district surrounding the camp to remove dan-ger of disease arising from the proximity of swamps.

Liberty theaters have been erected at all nationalArmy cantonments. Each of these theaters has anaverage inclosed seating capacity of 2,000. Theatersand amusement halls have been erected also in theNational Guard camps and at other points wheretroops are in training.

RATS COSTLY EATERS

Experts have estimated that one rat will consume40 to 50 pounds of food in a year. It has: also beenfigured that it requires the continuous work of about150,000 men with farms, agricultural implements, arid

other equipments to supply:-the foodstuffs destroyedannually by rats in the United States. In addition,rats destroy other property, mainly of agriculturalorigin, the production of which requires the workof about 50,000 men. This gives a total of 200,000men whose economic output is devoted solely tofeeding and otherwise providing for rats.

BUREAU EXPANDS RAPIDLY

Information Service Organization Has Built UpCard-Index System With 50,000 Entries and

Handles Many Inquiries

The Service Bureau of the Committee on PublicInformation has taken over various departmentalindependent information bureaus at Union Station,Washington, will consolidate and reorganize themand be prepared to give all visitors accurate infor-mation on Government business and the names andlocation of those clothed with authority to speakand act for the Government.

Since the service bureau opened offices May 1 ithas built up a card-index system with 50,000 entries,many of the cards being subject to daily revisionand correction. In a recent week the bureau handled1,630 visitors seeking special information and ans-wered an average of 150 query letters daily.

COMMEND SUNDAY WORK

Judges in Tennessee have refused to punish per-sons accused of work on farms on Sundays, but havecommended them for so doing. This was reportedto the Department of Agriculture's recent farmlabor conference in Birmingham, Ala. Not long agothe rural churches of Indiana, in a conference atPurdue University, took the position that it is quiteright and proper to do farm work on Sunday ifthat Sunday work is necessary to produce foodcrops to help whip Germany.

A TOAST :

Here's to the Blue of the wind-swept North whenthey meet on the fields of France. •

May the spirit of Grant be over them all as the sonsof the North advance.

Here's to the Gray of the sun-kissed South when. they meet on the fields of France.

May the spirit of Lee be over them all, as the sonsof the South advance.

Here's to the Blue and Gray as one when theymeet on the fields of France.

May the spirit of God be over them all as the sonsof the Flag advance.—Ex.

ALL KINDS OF MASON WORKBrick, Cement, Plastering, etc.

Estimates Furnished -

E.H.COONWATERTOWN, CONN.

Telephone '119-13

W e are ready to give you the best of printingat a price that proves attractive.

COZY PRINT SHOPOAKVILLB

ALFRED BRADSHAW

Mason Contractor and BuilderStone and Concrete Work a Specialty

Plastering and Stucco FinishEstimates Furnished

F O R S A L E25 Choice Building Lots

Telephone Connection Oakville, Conn.


. WATERTOWN NEWS, SEPTEMBER 2, 1918

. SENATOR LODGE'S WARNING• • • • * . .

Continued front Page 5, Column 3i

cost of producing the spud.in this central Jersey

section.

To do so, however, it was necessary to interviewa number of growers that an average of cost of labor,upkeep, depreciation, repairs, etc., could be determ-ined. Then the actual cost of those items, with seed,fertilizers, horse keep, interest, and discount, etc.,for growing 100 acres by one of the successfulgrowers, whose methods are up to date and whoseyields run close to 100 barrels annually, were assem-bled. His costs, which compared favorably withother growers, were as follows:

100 tons of fertilizer at $65 a t o n . . . . . . . $6,500600 barrels of seed at $5 a barrel . . . . . . . . 3,000600 lbs. of paris green at 45 c e n t s . . . . . . . . . . , 2708,000 10 peck bags at 33 cents. . . . . . . ' . . . . 2,6401 foreman at $75 a month 9003 farm laborers at $60 a month. 2,160Cutting 600 barrels of seed at 35 cents . . . . . . 210.Picking 8,000 barrels of potatoes at 10 cents.. 80bExtra help at planting and digging times 450

<n horses' keep, without death losses 2,178Interest and discount on operating capital.. 900Taxes and insurance... . . . . ,4856 per cent on investment in farm property.. 1,800Depreciation of tools and'machinery,-,20%.. 450Repairs' and upkeep of farm buildings,

fences, drains . . . . . . ; . . . . . . . 650General expenses, including gasoline, kero-

sene, repairs for machine'ry, supplies, etc... 2,167Owner's salary , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400

Total cast for 100 acres of potatoes $27,847Or $278.47 an acre.

It sho.uld be stated here th^t the grower whose

costs are given above grows no other crop for sale

and his entire outlay must be charged to potatoes.

He raises some feed crops, but those are charged

against his horse keeping. When asked if he would

sell his services for. $200 a month he replied that he

would not accept any sum for his time, but that he

did not want to put his .time at a prohibitive figure

and therefore named the nominal price of $2,400

a year. When asked if he did not think six barrels

to the acre too much seed he said: "No, I think it

pays me to cut the seed large, especially when we

have to grade." WherT asked if his cost for keeping

eleven horses was not high, he said that "when

chargingthe feed he raised at the market prices and

the same for what he purchased the figures given

were actual." The writer confirmed these costs by

those of other growers.

With a. production of 8,000 barrels this grower

would have to realize $3.48 a barrel for his potatoes

to cover the cost, which makes the present prices

for potatoes seem very low.

THE LUSITANIA VERDICT

Federal District Court Holds German GovernmentExpressly Responsible for Sinking

of Liner

(Exchange)

The Federal District Court has rendered a verdictin relation to the destruction of the Lusitania, hold-ing the German government expressly responsiblefor the act. The decision, which is the outcome of asuit brought to recover damages from the Cunard

Steamship Company, goes extensively into the factsof the sinking of the ship, as revealed by the inquiryof the Wreck Commissioner's Court in London andthrough other sources. . ' .

Justice Mayer, in setting forth his conclusions,finds the Lusitania was an unarmed merchant vessel,with no explosives of any kind on board, seaworthyin the highest sense and carrying an ample supply* oflifeboats. He finds no substantial foundation for thecharge that the crew was inefficient, or that thecaptain exposed the vessel to peril by violating hisinstructions. He explains the helplessness of an un-armed merchant vessel as against an attack.by asubmarine and quotes from the law of nationsrelative to the status and rights of the ship. Hisconclusion, identical with that of Lord Mersey,who conducted the inquiry for Great Britain, is that"the whole blame for the cruel destruction of lifein this catastrophe must rest solely withthose who plotted and with those who com-mitted the crime." And while there can beno recovery in the suit against the owners of thevessel, Justice Mayer remarks that "it is not to bedoubted that the United States of America and herallies will well remember the rights of those affectedby the sinking of the Lusitania and, when the timeshall come, will see to it that reparation shall bemade for one of the most indefensible acts ofmodern times." ' •

This presentation of the matter is in full accordwith the general understanding of the case, as madeknown to the world at. large. Responsibility for thisfoul deed rests with the German government, whichin turn must make reparation. Indeed, such re-sponsibility has been willingly, and boastfullyacknowledged by Germany in the coinage of thenotorious Lusitania medal and in other ways. It isa responsibility she must face, in connection withher many outrages, at the coming reckoning.

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for Men and "Boys

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Meet Me a t the "JUNCTION

YOU SHOULD SEE OUR

Every visitor to our China section expresses surprise at our low prices on fine Dinnerware. When you cometo our store to buy Furniture, please remember that we can also supply all your China and Crockery needs;

In our collection are many new exclusive patterns of Dinner Sets never before shown and reserved exclusivelyfor our own trade, which will certainly interest buyers desirous of unique and refined Dinnerware.

This store is admirably placed to amply provide the house things you require at prices that are not duplicatedin the city. Permit us to prove it to you. At Waterbury's leading furniture store.

Complete Home Furnishers—Cash or Credit

The Boston Furniture Co. of Waterbury, Inc.Corner South Main, Scovill and Brook Streets, Waterbury

Waterbury's LargestMercantile Establishment

Dry GoodsMillineryBoots and ShoesCoats and SuitsFurniturePianos and Victrplasalso Boys' Clothing

The REID & HUGHES D.G, Co.TELS. 1175 to 1177

Canning HintsDo it the

GAS WAYQuick

Economical

The Watertown Gas Co." TELEPHONE 115


WATERTOWN NEWS, SEPTEMBER 2, 1918 11

WARMER WEATHERBrings finer Carnations, Sweet Peas, Violetsand Lillies. Say it with Flowers and send inyour order for early potted Tomato plant*.

H. A. ROESKE'S Greenhomei «nd Nurserywstertown. Conn.

ainting, Paper Hanging andDecorating

:t me call with all the latest designs ofWall Paper

EDGAR G. NORTONMM 16J Watertown, Coon.

HARLES W* BIDWELL

FIRE INSURANCE

Lgent for the largest Stock Companies in the

Country. Also Mutual Companies

The A. F. Taylor Co.43 Center StreetWaterbury, Conn.

LEADERS IN

Fine Wall PapersForeign and Domestic.

Window Shades, Draperies and Up-holstering Made to Order.

Interior and Exterior Decorating.

The stamp of Taylor is the stamp of value.

The A. F. Taylor Co., «

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WATERTOWN, CONN.

Homes and home plots in a gardenimmunity, planned and restricted soiat it must always remain so.

RRATWOODCHOICE GROCERIES

PROVISIONS AND MEATSTry our Royal Scarlet Brand

of Groceries. Nothing Better

'Phone 70 Watertown, Conn«

JAMES B.WOOLSONManufacturer of .

Umbrella and Parasol Furnitureand Brass Novelties

Runners, Notches, CapsCase Rings, Cane and

Parasol Ferrules

Established 1831 WATERTOWN, CONN.

I Sell the following Classesof Insurance:

FIRE ACCIDENT LIVE STOCKBURGLARY BONDS LIFE THEFT

LIABILITY HOLDUP

Magee's Insurance AgencyREAL ESTATE

P. O. Building Watertown, Conn.Telephone 68-3

H A . O'CONNORPlumbing, Heating and TinningJOBBING A SPECIALTY FIRST-CUSS WORK GUARANTEED

Shop, Corner of Scott and Woodruff Aves.WATERTOWN, CONN.

TELEPHONE 92-3 . . P. Q. BQX 449

HURLBURTMOTOR TRUCKS

CHARLES SHERWOOD, Distributor.

Show Room

BROWN PLACE

Service Station

JUDD STREET

WATERBURY

/ have a full line of up to date

and HOSIERYFOR MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN'

My Prices are Right I

Thomas F. McGowanWATERTOWN, CONN.

WatertownA good place in which to live

H. M. HI0K0OX

Antique Furniture, Historical China,Old Books, Bought and Sold

Repairing, Refinishing andUpholstering of all kinds

Telephone 1129

OLIVER C. HILL39 Willow Street Watarbury, Conn.

ML D- LEONARD & CO.FLOUR, GRAIN, HAY AND FEED

ALL RAIL COAL

Telephone Watertown, Conn.

STOP AT.

CASAGRANDE'SFOR

FRUIT and VEGETABESA Fresh Supply always on hand.

Wholesale and Reta>'

Agent for PURE OLIVE OIL

Telephone 243

If you are particular aboutyour Laundry work let ourdriver call. Team collectsin Watertown Tuesday anddelivers Saturday. Workleft at the Laundry as lateas 9 o'clock Friday morningwill be delivered in Water-town Saturday.

We Please Particular People

WATERBURY STEAM

LAUNDRYCHAI. A. BAIIH, Proprietor

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ANNOUNCEMENTWe are now comfortably installed in our new location in the

Community Building. Our stock is complete and well assorted. Crepede Chine Waists-latest designs and shades.

We carry a complete stock of Sewing and Embroidery Silks andand Texto Crochet.

MARY I. ROBERTSWatertown, Conn.

THEH. K. H, SILK CO.. Successors to •

Lumber and Masons9

Supplies

MILL WORK A SPECIALTY

The Waterto wn Lum ber Com panyYard and Office Opp.R. R. Station

The Watertown Manufacturing Co*Manufacturers of

Moulded Insulation and Novelties

Office and Factory:WATERTOWN, CONNECTICUT

"The Old Reliable"

Post Office Drug StoreESTABLISHED J&42

P.B.RANDALL - - - MANAGER

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