Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 30, 1910, Page 4

Borwich Bulletin and gnufit‘c?.“ 114 YEARS OLD. monuths; $6.00 a year. price, 1Z¢ a week; 50c a WHAT THEY - WERE EAGER FOR. e Baldwin papers are busy de- fending Judge Baldwin's position on the utilities commission @estion and are showing that what he says about the exemption of the railroads is just what they have been fighting for and just what the democratic party wants. In urging a public utilities bill and putting off the formation of it for two years from next November, or until the people could elect the members, the democratic platform Entered at the Postoffice at Norwich, Conn., as second-class matter. Telephone Calls: Bulletin Business Office, 480, Bulletin Editorial Rooms, 33-83, Bulletin Job Office, 35 Willimawtic Office, Building. Telaphone 210. i vaaead 3 Norwick, Friday, Sept. 30, 1910. ¢ REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET. ¥or Governor, CHARLES A. GOODWIN ot Hartford. For Licutemant Governor, DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE of New Haven. Yor Secretary of Sinte, MATTHEW H. ROGERS of Bridgeport. For State Treasurer, COSTELLO LIPPITT of Norwich. For State Comptroller, THOMAS D. BRADSTREET of Thomaston, For Attorney General, JOHN H. LIGHT of Norwalk, Congressmen. First Distriet, E. STEVENS HENRY of Vernon. Second Distriet, ANDREW N. SHEFPARD of Portland. Third District, EDWIN W. HIGGINS of Noxwich, Fourth Distriet, EBENEZER J. HILL of Norwalis. FPer Representative-at-Lazge Im aress, JOHN Q. '!:ILSON of New Haven. EEp——— A SURPRISED SPECIALIST. Among the delegates to the Prison congress, whish is to meet at Wash- mgton next weelk, was one from Secot- tand, who had been spending some time in Indianapolis, and by an experience there has come to realize how expert cveoks may become, for he had his pocket picked amnd lost $2,000, which, under fle clrcumstances, is a heavy blow for a man who ‘has studied crime as a e€peciallst these many years and beep sent thousands of miles to rep- resemt his government as a criminoli- gist. A western paper observes that the delegate may be an expert in crim- inology, but not versed in the skilful way a crook may extract his wallet. It s conecelvable that the opinion and votgef thls delegate will be very great- 1y altered in regard to the praper kind of punishment to be applied to this particular erock who came so cloge to him. It is a bit of the irony of fate that a man who makes a spe- cialty of the study of crooks should became a victim of ome. It is a les- son on the practical side of the stud- ies. to which this Scottish expert de- votes himself.” It is not probable that he knows much moere of the methods by which he was relieved of his purse than the reader does. If lhf expert crook could be Mmduced to visit, the Prisen con- gress and describe his methods of ac- complishing great results so quietly as not to atiract the attention of the victim, all the erlminologists gathered there might be enlightened as never before. THEY MAY SOON DODGE THE CAPES. Cape Hatteras is one of the most periious peints en the southern coast, and so many have been the wrecks off this cape and Cape Lookout that the agean thereabouts has come to be known as the ocean graveyard of the souih Atlantic coast; but sailors this part of the country will learn with interest that an inside passage has been nearly completed for the passage of light-draught boats. A degpatch from Beaufort, N. C., says: “The dredges working from each end qf-the canal now are less than three- Quarters of a mile apart. The canal will be opemned for traffic next Decem- ber, and will afford great relief from the present high freight rates from nertaern ports. Barges with a draft of eight feet can ngwigate the canal. Such boats ean carty 500,000 feet of ‘There 15 much joy in Beaufort, be- cause this improves the trade facili- ties between that ¢ity and the north- ern markets, and will for despatch and epterprise, both important factors in advaneing the welfare of any section of comntry. in MASSACHUSETTS IN FORESTRY. It forestry which promises make the thousands of acres of un- remunerative land profitable in New HRogltand, and most of the states are moving to inspire the owners of these Jands to malke a start by teachi them the method of doing the work nd hy exempting the improved lands from taxation for a series of years. The is to # amthoritiss of Massachusetts have heen planting the state lands an ébject lesson to private ownel and tiig is what the Springfield Union has to say upon the subject: “Fhe tWwo milllon cone-bearing trees set omt on Jand ownhed hy the state of Massachusetts by the forestry depariment have cost about $10 an acre. In the course of time the stale will be able to sell this timber, or the land and thmber hoth, at a big profit on this investment. Of greater value, hawewver, is the example for private owness of land saitable for afforesta- tion. There ane thousands of acres $n Massachusetts not utilized for any purpose that are suitable for tree- plenting and could be made to yield immense returns at a slight initial cost. Farmers have held aloof from tree growing becamse the returns sre not fmmediate, but the example set by the state is opening their eyes to the possibjiities of making waste land tdake on a tomstantly increasing value” — A guarter of a million boys were grad by the grammmar schools of the comptry in June Iast, and as many failed, en eminent phygicien alleges, Iecatise of poor physical couddition. it quite Lkely, says an exchange, thit the Dext speaker of the house il smoke & comcob pipe, and that rep wil have nothing to do with putling m there. of copper woerih thivtesn a apwaad as a dellar wh Room 2 Murray meant to provide for just that ex- emption. When Judge Baldwin has made some farther researches among the planks of the platform he may find some other important points which the dgmocrats were eager for and did not know it.—Bridgeport Standard., There is one point of eagerness about which there is no mistake, and that is the earnest democratic desire to cap- ture all the offices in the state and to handle the patronage. It is always peculiar to a party long out of power and hankering with all its might for something good, to be willing to en- dorse anything which will promote success, whether it is in the platform or not. If the democrats thought that the chances were better for winning at the polls with the public utilities bill absolutely ' forgotter, there 15 no doubt that they would immediately try to become unmindful of it. "hat the democrats want is to get there; and should . they, what a sorry time they would create for their candidate when they lay before him his obliga- tions and the necessities involved. Judge Baldwin willingly contributed $4,000 for the campaign; but he may wish that he had given twice that amount to have kept out of it before his connections with the game as it is played have been severed. A FLUTTER AMONG BOSTON'S MAN-BIRDS. ‘We learn from Boston that there is no harmony in the awviation circles of that eity since tha great meet there. The recent great flying tourney was not a financial success, and in a few days it is expected a statement will be made of the exact size of the loss. The guarantors took up the aviation meet when it was a more or less doubtful proposititon, put in their money on the chance 6f a possible re- turn on the investment. They sup- plied the money as it was wanted for everything, the Harvard society hav- ing no funds, and all they insisted up- on was that a man satisfactory to them should be manager. The meet was held, and the receipts, after the expenses are all paid, will not be suf- ficient to make the guarantors whole. to say nothing of.giving them a divi- dend. This being the case, they feel that it is only right and businesslike that the Harvard society should in- demnify them to the hest of its ability, and its only assets apparently are the aviation field lease and the Roe tri- plane. The way out of trouble is not so clear. The formation of a new society to manage future aviation meets is fa- vored, and it is reported that a num- ber of prominent Harvard graduates who have been approached in this con- nection have assented to the plan and have expressed willingness to join in straightening out the present tangle so that the Harvard society and the guarantors shall both he fully satis- fied, and there will be a permanent Harvard organization to ‘handle future aviation meets at the field in Squan- tum. EDITORIAL NOTES. When Theodore has his opponents) beaten to a frazzle he is determined that they shall know it. Those higher up in the trusts are just beginning to realize that guilt is personal, not{ impersonal. Happy thought for today: If you are not rich there is some advantage in having people think you are. The Boston aviation meet has ap- parently bankrupted the guarantors of the biggest flying meet ever held in America. The Narragansett Pier prosecutions have faded from view with the close | of the season, and are likely soon to be forgotten. Those who are in doubt abeut “In- dian summer” will apply the title to every warm spell between now and Thanksgiving. The late Rev. Edward Hverett Hale deserves a monument, but Boston ap- pears to be having a painful time in raising the funds. The police of Berlin must be ad- mired by the Cossacks of Russia they are so wolf-like in their manner dealing with the peopie. of of In view of present styles of head- gear it is a wonder that the old yell of derision of former days: “Oh, what a hat!” has not been revived. ‘ A Pennsylvania man of fourteen years’ residence in the country had never heard of Roosevelt. He must have been both deaf and blind. The Twenty-fifth infantry which did valiant service in fighting fires and g lives and property at the west organization of colored Figures may net lie, but the regis- tration‘area statistics which cover less than a third of the country are rather deceptive when representing America, men. A ton paper says: “A man about to hoard a trolley car requests the prayers of the congregation.” 1le must have feared the strain of the high-up car. There is nothing in class-politics as now about to be played by the rail- road men se different from the game as it is being played today by the grafters. Tt beats all how respectable cheat- ing has become. The richest woman in Massachusetts has been caught beating Uncle Sam out of duty and been fined. ‘When aeroplanes get to crossing the Atlantic regularly, ®t is prophesiod that the present ocean liners will be lying out in mid-ocean with gasoline signs \upon them Then and Now. Some of are old envugh to re member that 'when Meriden came over en masse 1o back up its athletic teams in the terrific rivalry that sxisted be- tween it and Waterbury the number doubled the population of this city. Now Waterbury could spare enough people to double the population of us Meriden and still haxve over 40,000 1ot or meve than amether Meriden.—Wa- terbury American, Styles—How jto Make QUAIL TRAP Academy Bird Observers—The Difference ih Millinery Observations and to Record Them—A Barn Door Record Better Than None. “C. I R.” on August 1, 1910, sent the following helpful letter to the ‘Woodstock Academy Gleaner, a meri orious little school publication, and The Bulletin repreduces it for the benefit of bird observers within its zone of publication: & What monstrous creature of the air without wings flew over the academy during the last graduation exercises? You reply that it was a dirigible bal- loon from the Springfield Aero club, and h positive emphasis that in the near future biplanes, actually equipped with wings, will be seen from the Hill passing from place to| place on flights for business or pleas- ure. It is with enthusiasm that you refer to these novel soarers, but I fear with languid interest you follow the movements of the typical flyers that were working for us when the corner- stone of the academy was laid, and unobirusively serving us before ma- chines heavier than air were even dreamed of. 2 Of course there are reforms bird- wise in this school, as in sister acade- mies. In my first stay at Elmwood Hall many years ago, I went into an academy ante-room and saw that the girls' hats were bright with feather «decoration. Though there were no birds of paradise and no aigrettes from the white herons from the Everglades, there were bluebirds, rodstarts, gold- finches, tanagers, orioles and terns and grosbeaks, tiny owls, wings of native® terns and gulls, and exotic plumes, On a visit to the same rooms last year, I found that flowers, laces and many-hued ribbons had replaced the old-time bird ornaments. This is well, and in the present light of bird Kknowledge—obligatory. But how many of you students in the humblest way help along tha cause of the birds? In the failure of crops and in the increase of noxious life, bird study will be a fixed | science by and by, and every crumb of informaticn be of value. Record fleld the spring and fall migrations. Keep tab in black and white of the arrival and departure of the commeon- est species at your door. Note the increase or decreas: of any one spe- oies in your three years’ stay at this institution. How wmany nests have you found this season? What pecul- iarity of n ng, what new song that you have never heard before, what oddity, what straggler from the south, what boreal bird in the breeding sea- son, what strange environment, what C domestic relations, what of habit for which you can cause? All notes on these points and scraps of information on feeding habits sheould be sent te the state ornithologist. or to the special- ist at the National museum. Can you find a tanager or grosbeal’ when you come again together in early Septem- ber, or a single oriolz or bobolink? If | not here at the fall migration, can you tell us where these birds are and why they disappear so early in Au- gust? Yet cuckoos, the last to arrive, are the firét to leave us. Where are the sandswallows that made the holes in the bank near Roseland park? Do you know of any community of Re- publican swallows in Woodstock? When we know of only half aldozen nesting-boxes of tree swallows, where do the long raws of this spacies come from that now cover the local tele- phone wires? In my bovhood days the purple martens were common around the Academy, but I know of no colony here this year. In halcyon days when ‘English sparrows were unknown here, house wrens bred in every orchard and in nearly all dooryards; but how many do you hear in summer around the Hill nowadays? Tell us, if you can, why kingbirds have grown rare, when only a few fall to the beekeeper's gun? How do you account for the searcity of the crested flycatcher, when its pro- tective coloring has always kept it im- mune from the raids of the milliner. The whippoorwill’s plaint is still com- monly heard wat Elmwood, but the nighthawk is a rar avis indeed today in this township. Since the last stand- ing timber was cut off the slopes of the Hill, are large hawks still in evi- dence? Be on the qui vie for an occa- sional orchard oriole which are plen- tiful near tidewater in New county. If the mowing machine has sadly reduced the number of meadow larks, is it not also a factor in the un- equal distribution of quail in our four parishes? There are a few quail on these slopes of the Hill, notably in the Bugbee Neighborhood, and a fair sprinkling in East Woodstock. On a drive the second week in July from the Common by Roseland to Quine- baug, I heard eleven whistling cocks, and on a morni walk July 16th along the shore of Weabster lake from Bates grove to Beacon park, I marked down ‘seven 'hob-whites. But we are without our share of these useful birds in the English NeighBorhood. The Quail Trap was named from the many coveys that used to patrol the walls, make weather reperts on the barways, and use all high recks as signal stations. We await you ex- nation of this change of local habi- t. Tell us also if the ocecasionally late appearance this season of insect plague, was due in part to bird sur- veillance. Keep a blackboard or slate reecord, if vou have ne nassbookX. A farmer's barn door recerd is better than none, and has often bean of service to the collector. In short, tell us all yeu know or can pick up about the sum- mer birds of passage and the winter stay-at-homes, img whose cause you must enlist. Yo?shmxm realize that it is of greater moment to help in- creass the number of birds than to spend your time in learning to acquire the latest Parisian accent. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | State School Superviser. Mr. Editor: Many of our towns will vote next Monday on the questiton of asking for state aid for school super- vision. S One method is for several towns to ‘unite in selecting a superintendent whose salary is paid by the towns and the state . jointly. Another method is for a.town to ask the state board of education to .pro- vide a supervisor whose whole salary is. then paid by the state. This is much the cheaper. § In fact, as the town is thus relieved of all cost of supervision, it is even cheaper than the old method when the town board of education supervised the schools, But this saving in school expénse is the least advantage of such supervis- sion. Such a superintendent who is quently, especially these taught by inexperienced teachers, and shows them how to teach and so he gets better work out of them. The policy of such superintendent is to help rather than discourage the teacher. It should be noted, too, that the su- perintendent must work in harmony with the local beard. He can take no important action exeept by approval of the board. They must co-operate. The superintendent is in a way the agent of the school board. ‘Where superintendents ®have been employed they have with few and unimportant exceptions been llked by the people. Occasionally, of course, as personal interests have been affected or necessary changes misunderstood there has been dissaiisfaction at first, ultimately to be changed to satis- faction. Preston is to vote upon state super- vision next Monday. As thus under- an experienced educater and gives his whole time to supervision, can improve | the schools very much. He. for in- | stance, visits the schools very fxe—[ stood, it is a good thing. While our school board are intelligent, capable men, yet undoubtedly a superintend- ent who can give much time to carry- { PARLOR DINING ROOM BIBRARY OR BEDROOM KITCHEN Choice of i - 18-Plece Parlor iSuit with Odd Chalr or Roek- er, or G-Plece Chin; i stered 88x10.6 Vel- it B]luln‘g'l = G n Alirror or Fier 1 Ma Seat, Armchair Cune Box Seat, 1 Pro Brussels ner Set, 1 Tap- estry Table Cov- er. S Grand Rapids I Decorated Lamp. 150 200 < 2250 « 275 * § Terms Mads to_Suit on Larger A mount: State, Xew Jersey, Conmecticuty good. good. 2 Early English Rockers, Uphel- Early ® Eaglish A r mchair, Up- Furniture, Rugs, < Bedding, Draperies and Everything for Housekeeping on Our Easy Payment:Plan $100 Worth $12.60 Dowa $2.25 Weekly [ 17-“ % 2'5“ “ Some soaps are cheap but not Some are good but not cheap. Lenox Soap is both cheap and 1 Combination 3 Nitchen Felt Mstizess, Chalrs, 1 Kit- ehren 13 Yards ™ Lin- 1 Btove Beat, 1 Carpets, 7 People— Seven Flying Fantasric Sce 8—JOLLY JUVENILES—9 Vaudeville’s Greatest Aggregation of Dancing Girls. ing out the plan for school better- ment every year will secure better results without increasing the financial burden of the town. Preston does not take the state grant for schools. This, I think is a mistake, We want to pay better sal- aries to our teachers. Several receive only $25 a month. If paid a higher salary and directed by a superintend- ent they would do far better work thén they do. The state grant would amount to $1,000 or $1,500. It is given on condi- tion that the town devote 3 1-2 mills on the valuation for schools. The writer does not have the exact figures and cannot tell whether we are spend- ing more than this for schools and so could reduce our school appropria- tion and save money to the taxpayer, or must Increase a very little, the amount for such purpose in order to secure this large grant, but in this case every dollar of such increase would seecure from the state $8 or $10, and as we are taxed to help other towns we had better have our share. Money spent to secure gdod roads and good schools mean a community more attractive to would-be residents of a better class and imcreasing pros- perity and greater local wealth on which to levy taxes and se to lighten burdens for each taxpayer. F. A. HOLDEN. Preston, Sept. 28. Lights for Norwich Avenue. Mr. Editor: As ene who takes an in- terast in the welfare of the town of Norwich, T would like to call the atten- tion of the citizens to one resolution that is in the warming for the annual town meeting. I refer to that resolu- tion headed by the J. B. Martin ecom- pany which will give the selectmen the necessary authority to place nine lights on Norwich avenue between the city line and the Ponemah Wheel <club. That these lights are needed. and needed badly, will be admitted by everyone who has traveled this road at night. They are needed for the pro- teotion of all people who have to use this highway frem the fast running electric cars and the ever increasing number of automobiles and teams of all kinds, and they are needed most by the women ané@ young chiléren. Thers is a double !ine of electrics alemg three parts of this road amd a single track along the rest of the road. There is an important junction of the steam read and street railway also. Then there is the Taftville steam de- pot. Anyeonz arriving here after dark would naturally think that they had arrive@ in the midst of “Darkest” Africa, instead of arriving, as they would expect, in an up-to-date town like Nerwich. There is.at least 100 people, mostly girls, who work in the velvet mill and live in the city. who have to talke a car both might and morning right on this road, with not a ray of light to de them. Then there is as many more who live in Greene- vilia, who walk to work night and morning. This aistriet is growing rapidly, new houses are being erected all along the ¥ine and the industrial plants keep be- ing extended. The new velvet ribbon mill is to be located right off this road and I understand that they will com- mence building operations in the spring. t justice that this road should be lighted. The cost will not be more than $200 per vear at the eutside. The town re- ceives more than $3,000 in taxes from property ailong this road, so we are asking very little in return for what we pay. <) ??ust that the citizens will show the prognassive spirit and give it a rousing te of approval next Monday nieht. _ WFRED HOLDSWORTH. Nprwich Avenue. Mr. Sherman’s Previous Defeat. It is mo new thing for Vice Pres- ident Sherman ta be defeated in his own district. He had lost control there at the time of his nomination for the vice presidency and but for the sudden falling of that homor upon him would net have been given another term in the house.—Boston Trans- cript. MISS M. C. ADLES, Hair, Scalp and Face Specialist GOOD WORK Miss Adles finds is done only by herself. Tired of treating scalps injured by quacks, she has consented to do Sham- pooing, Hair Dressing, etc, in order to have it done right, and to save her patrens from the poison of cheap ‘washes, and dyes. Miss Adles will be in Norwich all the week of October 3d. NORWICH—Wauregan House. NEW YORK—210 Wewat 111th $¢t. Telephene 704. sep26d Yankee Mending Tissue will mend your clothes, wil mend any rip or tear in goods much neater than you can sew it. White, black and brown in each package. 10c package. DUNN'S PHARMACY, 50 Main Street. ' septi2d SOMETHING NEW! Large Assortment BURNT WOOD Art and Brass 60003 Dutfits, Stains, Bulbs, Etc. See show window display. Headquarters for FO{)TBALI. GO9DS ALLING RUBBER CO. 191 Main Street, Norwich 162 State Street, New London 12 Store Cembinations. WHALEN & WEST, Latest Comedy Oddity, “Walk With Me.” 23 PEOPLE ON THE ENTIRE BILL. I think that it is a matter of AUDITORIUM ARTHUR LEWANE AND HIS : —7 People Dreadnaughts Spectacular KLEIN, OTT & NICHOLSON Instrumeéntalists Extraordinaire nic POLI’S Norwich’s Leading Tempve of Amusement Best Vaudeville. Latest Pictures. Thurs,, - Fri,, - Sat,, Sept. 29, 38, Oct 1 Sylvester & Redmond “Petticoats”” Spissell, Ladella & Eagel The Two Pucks Morrisey & Rich Matinees at 2.15. Evenings at 8.15, 100-20c. 100-20c-306. NEXT WEEBK Clara Belle Jerome & Co. 10—Pretty Giels—10 ¥ Music. HELEN FATHROP PERKINS, TEACHER OF SINGING, sept29d Huntington Pla NELLIE S. HOWIE, b Teacher of Piano. Fletcher Music Method. Room 48 Central Building., CAROLINE H, THOMPSON Teacher of Musle 46 Washington Steest. 5 F. C. GEER TUNER 122 Prospect 8t Tel. B11. Norwieh, C& A. W. JARWS #8 THE LEADING TUNER IN EASTERN CONNECTICUT. ‘Fhone 518-8, 18 Clairmount Ava sept22a =™ H Teacher of Plane. 29 Thames St Lessens at m: the home oF the K-m.’!‘-‘:-‘" Tmethod a8 used at Schawenka Conservatory. Berw n. g oeti1d AS LIGHT AS A « FEATHER. GILLETTE Examiner for the Nerwich Optical Co. Removed to the Sharnon Building, Rooms B and C, ? Main Street Entrance, Over Alling Rubber Store. sept27d Your Home On inspection may need a few Shades or. Curtains, er parhaps your Carpets begin to look a little shabby; maybe a couple of new Parlor Chairs or a new Rug or Dining Room or Kitchen Fur- niture would be desirable. Well you know there must be a few things badly needed for the coming wintar, and no matier what you need we have if. ‘We cordially invite you to come and have a look. It simply means “a little better quality for a little less money. SHEA & BURKE, Nerwich and Taltville sept1id High Grade PIANOS Latest Sheet Music AND NEW STYLES WALL PAPER AT Yerrington's 19 Main Streel maylsa WHEN vou want to put veur busi- ness hefore the public, theze is mo me- dinm baftar than through the advertise ing columns of*The