Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 15, 1913, Page 12

(Written Specially for The Bullétin.) Last year our congressman at Wash- ingtem semt CUt Lo various and sundry of their constituents 63,364,555 packets vi vegetable and flower, seeds. They weighed, all together, a little ovér 497 tons.. They would have filled (wenty ireight cars, if loaded all at one time. Fach consTessman had alloited to him 22,008 packets, which were worth, at orainery retail prices, about $2,000. The goverament, » e. you amd I, buys these seeds iR Quamlity or has them' raised by comtract,—and pays the Bill It took a big force, working four ful jmonths, to fili the packets and pac them up for mailing. The goverament, i e. you and I, hired this force and paid its wages, We paid for the little paper: bags and ‘all the rest of the supplies de- inanded. Then they were carted to the sta- tion and dumped on the saoulders of e post-office, which was’ compelled to cafTy them [ree, under &!CONEress- man’s frank, slapped on by a hired Gerk with o rubber stamp. If a secdsman had sent them out to his @ustomers ne certainly couldm’t have paid less than one cent a packet. Thats the smallest denomination in postage stamps. The 63,364, pack- ets, at_'a - cent _aplece, would —have amounted to $633,645.56 In postage. The government, . e you amd- I, paid this. Moreover, these 487 tons increased the weight carried by the Tefiroads, and thereby swelled the to- tal on which they are paid by the Post office department for hauling mail matter. Altagether the government, i e. you and I paid out more than a mil- lion dollars,prebably nearer two mil- licms,—on zccoumt “free seeds.” of these This thing goes on every year; and year after year. It's going on again, Tight now. But it isn't oftener tham once in three-four-five years that you or 1 get a bundle of these seeds. When we do get held of one it usually con- tains five small packets, one each of Jettuce, radish, cabbage, parsley and watermelon. The lettuce, radish and cabbage are invariably old and com- mon sorts, usually SUCh 4S DProgressivi gardeners have stopped buying, and of which the seed growers conse- quenfly . have big surpluses. The parsley is about as useful to the aver- age ' farmer's garden as an ostrich- feather duster would be to his horse- stable. The watermelons:—well, about ihree years in four they won’t mature with s and the neighbors’ boys steal them about four years in three, when they do mature. Take it as a_whole, this congres- sional “free seed” distribution is quite the biggest humbug with which the shifty politicians think they can fool the simple-souled farmer-man. As a matter of fact, it neither fools the av- erage farmer, nor is appreciated by him. He usually knows about what sort-of seed will do well with him, what his kitchen-boss calls for, amd what he wants. T once eaw a whole mafl-bag full of the stuff dumped on a Grange table for the members to “help themselves.” And, when the hall was closed for the night, just one package had been tak- en—by a small gifl whe thought she could use some flower seeds. What became of the rest, I mever knew, but I've always believed that the janitor took them home with him te feed his chickens. It is too bad that this farce should ever have been played at the expense of the farmers of the land. " It is too bad that it can't be stopped. The worst of it is that fully twe-thirds of the members of congress know it is 2 farce and a humbug, but are afraid to unite in stopping it for fear they may lose a vole or twe next election. Not the least damage the fraud does is in the shadow of ridicule which its own supreme ridiculousness casts on the really useful and helpful seed distribution managed by the Department of Agriculture. Kor it must not be forgotten that one of the fundamental purposes for which that department was established was “to proeure, propagate and distribute new 2nd valuable seeds and plants.” From the very beginning of our government Office—which then fncluded the agri- cultural bureau,—to enlarge its work along these lines. From that day on the agricultural braneh at Washing- ton has been working along those lines, of procuring “new and valuable” seeds. If there is a grain or vegetable or a fruit or any other plant growing any- where in -the world for the use of human beings, the department gefs seeds or cuttings or scions and tests them- out to see whether they are corth adding to our list. Its agents visit every land on the globe, from frozen Siberia to steaming equatorial India, and rake it with fine-toothed combs for new plants, Most of their finds don’t pan out worth much for us, but quite a few are valuable; more than enough to pay for the work and its cost. It Is said that the yield of a single new variety of wheat, last year, raised on lands which will not produce any other sort, was sufficient in value to pay ten times over all that the department has ever spent in this work. the govern- ment can and ought to help the farm- Right along this line ing community. The propagation of new vegetables or the hybridizing of old ones for the production of super- ior new straine, is something that doesn’t “‘pay” the average farmer or gardener. One who engages in that occupation must expect and be willing to face ten failures to every success. That is what we who depend upon our crops for our living can’t do. That is what the government, which does not depend upon its sales for its income, can do for us That is what the Department of Agriculture is doing. Its agents all over the globe are constantly send- ing to it rare and new plants or seeds. it is taking these new plants or seeds and testing them under our climate and in our soils. If it finds any of them which seem to show a reason- able chance of proving valuable, it sends samples to farmers and garden- ers and orchardists, here and there, to try them out. Perhaps it is a varl- ety of oats which might do well in Texas but prove worthless in Mon- tana: perhaps it is a peach which stunds the frosts of the Caucasus and might, perhaps, prove hardy in Maine or Michigan: perhaps it is a seedless orange: perhaps it is a durum wheat which shall establish a whole ne® in- dustry: perhaps it is a new alfalfa from Siberia which promises to stand the cold and droughts of our morthern states where the common sort is apt to fail. Whatever the new find is, if it shows any chance of proving val- uable to any one corner of our coun- try, it ie sent out to volunteer planters for test under varying conditions. Now, that is a good work; ising work: a needed work. which the government is _just fitted to do and which private farmers are not. It is one which would never be done at all, unless by some govern- mental agency. a prom- It is one It bears no more relation to the congressional distribution of every- day lettuce and radish seeds than a plano does to a pile of cord-wood. Yet this useful and important work in the interests of real farming is hampered and short-circuited by the useless and silly farce of congression- al seed distribution in_the interests of pigayune politics. The law which ailows the congressmen to send out 63,864,555 packets of seed for which there is no call and no use, permits the Secretary of Agricdlture to send only 1,150,000 packets for which tnere is real demand and which may well prove to be of immense and everlast- ing value. It is simply another illustration of the truth .of the old saving: “See with how little jvisdom this world Is Zoverned.” I don’t know exactly what we are going to do about it. Some vears ago one congressman, who fully appreci- ated the supreme silliness of the whole thing, moved to amend the an- nual bill by adding this to the seed appropriation: “Provided that the Secretary of Agriculture shall first distribute to each senator, representative and dele- zate 6 chickens, 6 hogs, 6 cattle and 6 horses. all thorough-breds and di- vided haif and half as to sex.” The whole house laughed: two members out of every three felt just it has been recognized that we | as the mover of the amendment did.— haven’'t & monopoly of all the valu- | but they voted the appropriation for able crop-plants of the world. Far-| the seeds, just the same, and refused seeing statesmen have worked tolto send out the chickens and hogs. acclimate with us new grains and L there is no apparent reason ]ogelables or improved strains of ex- | wh the government should send istng plants. Thomas Jefferson and | cabbage seeds to farmers to feed Benjamin Franklin. when they were| chickens with, and not chickens to eat abroad for the government, used to be | the seeds. f\'or why it should end constantly nding home plants or| watermelon seeds to a farmer in seeds of forcign crops for test wnder | Northern Maine who doesn’t waht American conditions. 1 1839 congress | them and refuse him hogs which he made a firs ppropriation of a thou- | does want and could use sand doliars to enable the old Patent TH="ARMER. = - e — Foss Get theWell- Known Round Paelmge ‘water. HORI.I Made from pure, full-cream milk and the extract of select malted grain, reduced to powder form, soluble in do not take Substitutes or Imitations HORLICK’'S MALTED MILK Made in the largest, best equipped and sanitary Malted . Miik plant in the world ‘We do not make milk products”— Skim Milk, Condensed Milk, etc. 'nal-Genuine 'S MALTED MILK The Food-drink for All Ages. BWU-ASK FOR “HORLICK’S” ‘Used all over the Globe The most economical and neurishing light lunch. CAorne o Soda Journtain of New London are volunteer fire depart- as at present organized is more efficient than would be a department, inasmuch I al- . ways a large at fires and the response to alarms is as prompt as in any paid department, and is much more economical. Ap- preciating this fact the city is gen- erous to the firemen in the matter of equipment. It is a safe guess that withiff three or four years every com- pany will have motor driven fire ap- paratus. Already two of the compa- nies have modern machines and ap- propriation has been made for the third. The American-LaFrance _tri- ple operation fire truck for the Niag- aras, and was put to a_very severe and satisfactory test on Wednesday of the present week and in this machine the city has the very best fire-fighting machine in existence, the equal of any in the largest cities. This machine has unusual power and speed and is a combination chem- ical and hose wagon and is also equipped with pumps that can do the work of the most powerful steam fire engine. This machine can reach a fire in any part of the city in the quickest time and can be used as a chemical fire extinguisher, a hose cart or a stemmer, just what has been needed in New' London for many vears, There are sections of the city where there is low water pressure, where the hydrant force is not sufficient to throw a stream of water but a very short distance and in these sections the pumps can be operated and in the event of large fires in the business centre the Niagaras can take water direct from the harbor so that the other companies can have the benefit of the full force of the city water system, and the Niagara steam fire engine that has been of great service in emergencies can now he held in re- serve. The new Niagara machine can trav- at a speed .of fifty miles an hour ever necessary and can be taken antwhere a horse can draw a wagon, as the machine can climb the steepest of hills and with no decrease in speed. This was demonstrated on Wednes- day. After the engine had been put to the most severe tests at pumping, the suction hose was taken from the el water, piaced in position on the ma- chine and was then immediately started for the steepest hills and climbed them without any more effort than if traveling on the most level macadam or vitrified brick roads. In this conmection, it may interest some to know that just at the present me in the Niagara house is the first auto-chemical hose wagon ever in practical fire use in the United States and also the very latest fire apparatus. The old machine has been in use for twelve vears and has done great eer- vice. At the time of its purchase fire apparatus of the automobile type was in the experimental stage, but the members of the company took a chance and at their own expense pur- chased the apparatus and placed it at the disposal of the city and in the direct charge of the fire department committee and the chief engineer to be used just as any of the other ap- paratus of the department. The mem- bers of the company paid out of their own funds the sum of $5500 and agreed to turn the old machine in to- wards the payment for the new ap- paratus. There will be no cheers or jeers when that old machine rolls ogt return n8 of the Niagara house to more. Now that the time for departure draws near there is growing senti- ment not only among the members of the company but many of the ecitizens to retain Old Maude, as she is famil- jarly called, for the good she has done. which cost $8,000 has arrived.| It is alwe argued that the machine is for many years more of hard ice and at a comparatively small outlay, and it is quite probable that effort will be made to purchase the old machine from the LaFrance com- pany, and keep.the same for use in | emergencies, a spare machine that could be put in commission in a few minutes and be of great aia snould there be fire of more than the ordin- ‘ary magnitude. There is need for a spare apparatus in the eity and it may be that the Niagara will supply that need. While $1,000 has been allowed for the old machine in the purchase of the new, it is understood that_the manufacturers would sell the machine back to the Niagaras for half | that amount. Kven this sum is more than ‘the citizens should permit the company- members to pay under the circumstances, and it is quite probable that Old Maude may yet remain with the Niagaras % The retirement and pensioning Com- mercial Agent Brown by reason of long and faithful service seems to be feat- ured by some of the newspapers as an innovation for the rallroad company. Right here in New London several faithful employes were placed on the pension roll of the company several years ago and there are more in the near vicimty. Former Conductor Hol- { ! man, so well-known to travelers on the I\'all?y ‘road years ago, and now a member of the statesboard of chari tles, was after many years service re- tired with a_pension over flve years and he is sounding the praise of the railroad company at every opportuni- ty, for he declares that the company has surely been good to him, and he adds that the company will be good to all empioyes who are good to the company. Mr. Holman is a resident of Say- brook and in his long term of service with the railroad company he avers that he always workeq for the good of the company angd the traveling public | and performed all the duties assigned him as best as he could. As a resuit he never reccived the slightest repri- mand from®any of the officials and none of the working rules were vio- lated by him. He says he is proud | of his record as a railroad man and it is a pleasure, he says, to know that faithful service is fully appreciated. Though h there has been criticism by | some who' always criticise because of | his progressiveness in advancing the | best interest of the city, which, of | course means increased - expenditure, | some to forget that the mayor is the heaviest individual taxpayer in the | city and in consequence the burden | of taxation affects him more than any- body else. He has done wonders for New London and his great work here will never be forgotten and as years g0 on will be even better appreciated. Attempt is being made by the “Bridge- port gang” in the general assembly to undo his work in the interest of the whole state and incidentally his native city, but it is not believed that the act to repeal the million dollar appropria- tion for the development of New lon- don harbor as terminal for steamships will prevail. In fact it would have never been introduced but for the Kilkenny fight that is on between the leaders of democracy in the state. This harbor development matter should not be bandied about as a po- litical football, but the best interests of the state should receive considera- tion. Once that highway commission- er business completed and the legisla- | tors get down to real business, there { will be marked cessation in the mis the legislators are ready to take action on the McNeil bill to repeal the ap- propriation for the improvement of the | harbor. DANIELSON AND CANIELSON Six Degrees Below Zero Friday Morn- ing—Few Complaints to Board of Relief—Funeral of Mrs. Thomas J. Lewis—Big Turbines Furnish Power for Cotton Company. . E. Franklin, Ira D. Martin and C. S. Francis, who have been fishing in Maine this week. expect to leave Eridgton for Danieison about Mon- Mrs. F. Colvin had the members of the Ladies’ Aid society of the Meth- odist church at her home for a meet- ing Friday afternoon. da The Ladies’ Sewing circle of St. Al- ban's church met with Mrs. E. H. Keach Friday afternoon. Henry C. Morrison of Bridgeport {was a visitor with friends in Dan- ielson Friday. Able to Leave Hospital. William #ldridze, who has been a patient at a hospital in Providence, has been discharged.from the institu- underwent an opera where he tion, d C. Holt of Oneco has come to le as night operator at the rail- station. Six Dearees Above Zero. The temperature reported morning was 6 above zero, mercury rose rapidly during Miss Katherine D. Aviwar: covered from an illness and to her duties as chief operator telephone exchange. Easy Time for Board of Relief. Fewer complaints and requests for reductions than is usually the case have been received by the board of relief of Killingly this vear. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Cail and Arthur Call are making a brief stay in St. Louis. Mo. before going to Hot Springs,” Ark. After 21 Years. Wendall Waldo of Nebraska is vis- iting his sister, Mrs. Helea Adams, and old friends in Canterbury after an ab- sence of 21 years. An increasing number of complaints is heard because sidewalks in the bus- iness section of Danielson are left cov- ered with snow and ice, dangerous and slipper: Not in Favor of Equal Suffrage. Interviews with various Windham county representatives in the legislu- ture indicate that they will not, ss a general rule, Favor st this time the bill sranting eqiisl suffrage righis 1o wo- mien in Connecticut H. 0. Averill, stale commissioner domestlc anioals, has lssued an. or- der, now in force, by which dogs In the fowns of Pluinfleld and Sterling sre fu be muzzled for three months because & rabld dog recently weni a rampage in thal section of county, Day road Friday but the the day has re- returned at the of the ed with Fine Concert. Near to a capac ence was in the Orpheum the. day evening for the cloging number of fhe Young People’s course, a high grade cencert PUTNAM NEWS by the Eastern Concert company. The course has been a successful one and very pleasing to the subscribers. Central Village Fire Company. A committee representing the newly organized fire company in Central Vil- lage is to have a meeting this (Sat- urday) evening at which there will be consideration of propositions and estimates of cost for securing fire fighting apparatus. The purchase. of a chemical engine is being considered. Officers Reelected. At the annual meeting of the A. F. ‘Wood company the following officers were reelected President, Frank T. Preston; first vice president, F. E. Col- | vin: second vice president, Charles H. Bacon; secretary. Kent A. Darbie; treasurer,' A. F. Wood These officers make up the board of directors. | Woman to Preach. Frank Davis, of Lafayette, R. speak at the services at the afternoon. who the church, is to Advent church to Aldvent chapel here Sunday Thomas Feltman of Putnam, been supplying the Rev. has to Waterbury jas vas Want Trolley Mail Moosup and Central Village people anxious (o have a trolley. mail ser- e estabiished between the two vil- lages, only a mile apart, but 24 hours apart sometimes in the matter of de- livery of mail From Danielson to Kast Killingly there i=s a trolley mail service, so the samée facilities may be made available in the nearby towns. Patriotic Servic Service. ary | There will be a large congregation at the Baptist church Sunday evening for the memorial servi in honor of iwo great presidents - Washington and | Lincoln. All of the patriotic societies of Danielson will be represented in the congregation. H FUNERAL. Mrs. Thomas J. Lewis. At her home in East Killingly Jri- day at noon funeral services for Mrs. Ida C. Lewis, 37, wife of Thomas J. Lewis were held. Burial was in the South Killingly cemetery. A, F. Wood was the iuneral director. The de- ceased is survived by her husband and several children. Big Turbines Furnish Power. All of the machinery at the plant of the Danlelson Cotlon company is heing operated from power generaied by the big turbines driven by wate | power. The turbines are a vast im- | provenient over ihe old puwer plant (=l the mill and are giving excellent | satisfaction. The work of iustalling new lovms continues under the direc tlon of machinisiz seni here several manths wgu by the Diaper company Borough Notes. The Mission Study class of the Con- gregational church met at the parson- age with Rev. ang Mrs. C. H. Barber Friday evening. The ‘Dark Continent and the Work of David Livingstone | was the subject st . Sarah Williams Danielson hapter, |D. A 'R, s to hold a meeting on | given Mason’s GCorner Folks The Best New England Picture Play Ever Presented MS SAWYER in 3% Reels WESLEY NORRIS The Big Man ‘With the Big Voice 'SHEARER & DILLWORTH Comedy Skit " April the First Washington’s birthday, an informal af- ternoon gathering, at which each mem- ber of the chapter is to have a guest. A meeting of the Girle’ Friendly society is to be held at St. Alban’s church this afternoon. Mrs. A. H. Armington, wife of Rep- resentative Armington, underwent an operation at a Boston hospital Friday morning. Mrs. Armington went to Boston Thursday. : PUINAM Rev. Thom. Feltman to Leave ventist Church—Ice Fishing at Lake —Valentine Tea for Hospital Benefit —Special Evangelistic Services. Miss Bertha Ro\(‘o. about 26, who came here from Boston, died at the Day Kimball hospital Friday. Her body was taken in charge by Under- taker L. E. Smith. A clue of interest has been unearthed by detectives working on_the burglary cases at North Grosvenordale. John DeVicg of Willimantic was a visitor with friends in Putnam Fri- day. Ludger H. Perreault visited Putnam friends Friday, coming from Lowell. Leaving Local Church. Rev. Thomas Feluman, who has been pastor of the Advent church in this city, has accepted a call to become pastor of the Advent church in Water- bury Special Lenten services were held at St, Philip’s church Friday evening. Mrs. ¥. J. Davis, of Lafavette, R. L. to speak at the services'at the Ad- vent church here Sunday. Had Pleasing Turn. The Haskell sisters, Marguerite and Arline, pleased at the Bradley theater with their singing and dancing act at Friday's shows. \Thegplumbers will end a busy week tonighl, many water service pipes .in homes having been frozen during the extreme weather of the past few day: Mrs. Philip Mounier, Alva Proulx and Miss Kva Marconeau won honors at the very successfui whist party given under the auspices of the T. A. B. in their rooms Thursday eve- ninz. Remains in Putnam. T. McLellan, proprietor of Chickering hotel at the time it was Burned out, remains in this city, his plans for the future being undevel- oped. There seems amount of sen: J. the to be a considerable iment in towns in this section for the repeal or amendment of the act making a closed season on deer until 1917. Damage by the dear is the principal reason for the oppo- sition to the closed season. Trolley Express Cars. While no announcement relative to them has been made officially the spe- clal trolley express cars continue to meet Boston-New York express trains running through this city, much to the satisfaction of passengers who wish opposition to the project to make New | to reach Danielson and other points London a Connecticut port of interna- | as quickly as‘possible. tional importanceé. Just because there iehi is a political difference between little EhingfEnesuniine Joe T Archie McNeil and Bryan F. Mahan | A number of men from this . city will not be given consideration when | Were at Alexander’s lake Friday for ,a day of fishing through the ice. The in at a point close to near the cottages, as fish- tilts were put the north shore, the strength of the ice on better ing grounds is in doubt. Rummage Sale. The woman's board of the Day Kim- bajl hospital held a well patronized rummage sale in Kent's -hali Friday afternoon from 3 5 oclock. to 5 Evangelistic Services. Rev. R. J. Dixon, the evangelist, has ated considerable interest, by the pecial services that he has been hold- ing here under the auspices of the Salvation army for the past three @ays. Major Stimson of Hartford is to be present tonight. Carrying Out Court's Orders. George F. Holbrook. committee ap- pointed by the superior court at a recent session here, will, by order of the court, sell at public auction a par- cel of land near Providence street, jointly the property of Helen -i. Rich- ardson, Helen Jackson Hunt and Fred- erick I. Richardson. The matter of the partition of this property s recently attention in the superior court here. St. Jean Society’s Offijcers. Following are the newly elected offi- cers of St. Jean Baptiste society: Di- recteur spiritual, Rev. Charles F Bedard: presidente, Dr. Omer Larue vice president, Napoleon Jette: secre- taire archiviste, George Potvin: as- sistant archivlste, Alfred Robillard; tresorier, Joseph Lapalme; curateur, Jean B. Benoit;: Amadee Maynard; secretaire correspondent, Joseph St. Jean: commissaire ordonnateur, Sam- uel Dumas: directeurs, Alfred Dumas, Leandre Beaudreault, Omer Desautels, Armand_ Bourdages, Victor comite de vesite, Alphonse Dupre, seph Rivard, Si. Olivier Labossiere, Gaudias Rivard, Joseph St. Onge, Ar- thur Gregoire. VALENTINE TEA. . Given by Woman’s Board of Day Kim- ball Hospital. The pices tea of (he woman’s board of the Day valentine under the aus- Kimball hospital in Odd Fellows' halil Friday affernoon and evening was a successful affair, ladies from various surrounding towns assisting in making | the affair the success that it proved At six o'¢lock a chafing dish supper, prepared under the supervision of Mrs. F. P. Todd and Mrs. Harry E. Back, both of Danielson, was served. the service being a la carte. The menu was a tempting one. Homemade candy, fanc; articles, cut flowers, etc.. sale and in the afternoon miscellaneous articles was Kent's hall in connection good work of the day. Among others who helped to make Hoods Sarsaparilla Eradicates and useful were also for a_sale of held in with the crofula and all other humors, cures all their effects, makes the blood rich and abundant, strengthens all the vital organs. Take it. Get it today in uaual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. Ad- | the | BREED THEATRE "SUBLIME LENTEN PICTURE FESTIVAL “The Passion Play” (3 Reels) LIFE OF CHRIST FROM MANGER TO THE THRONE Double Matinee Saturday beginning at 1.30 p. m. MRS. GRACE ALDRICH CROWELL, Soprano Soloist DAVIS THESRE RTINS LAST OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THIS WONDERFUL PICTURE THE PALACE OF FLAMES The Greatest Sensational Fire Scene Ever Prodhced in Four Reels 3—BIG ACTS—3 | 7,000 Ft. PHOTO-PLAYS Coming Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday THE GREAT OCEAN DISASTER A Thrilling Drama Enacted on Board a Steamship on the High Seas In Two Reels RE f‘r_—_—:—_—'_—%\ DAVIS THEATRE---Friday Eveming, Feb. 2lst JOHN CORT Presents MAUDE FEALY In a New Play of Remarkable Beauty “THE RIGHT PRINCESS” By Clara Louise Burnham —with— JAMES DURKIN and other Notable Players “Fear is the Avenue Through Which Harm Com. The Balkan and Its People LECTURE BY DR. E. A. STEINER Central Baptist Church, Tuesday, Feb. 18th, 8 p. m. Auspices of Y. M. C. A. Admission . .. ......50 cents BLCLAL A. Davis'Store, and G. Tickets at Y Waterman, be reported to the senate tomor the success were Mrs. C. will | Mrs. C. E. Mauning, Mrs. H.'J. Thayer, | row by Senator Nelson, chalrman of Miss Bertha rgent, Mrs. ¥. D. Thay- | the committee. The’ bill will carr er, Mrs. A - t; Mrs. | an aggregate of 346,572,958 which Edond Auger, Mrs. W Mansfield, | an irffcrease of $5,700,000. Miss Sarah Brady, Mrs, John C. Phi 5 lips, Wauregan: Mrs. W. F. Rafferty | and Mrs. rren Averill. | British Freighter in Distre Clean City League Reviving. | New York, Ftb. 13—Captain Mace Putnam’s clean city league, organ- | Of the steamer Chicago, which arrivec ized last year, proposes to have an- | Irom Huvre, tonight, reported that o other general cleaning up of this city | lebruary 7 he sighted the British in a few weeks. The league did great | Ireight steamer Crown Point, from work list yesp snd e Derafits of st | LOMGON for Norfolk, Va. in Cistres are still apparent in many piac §auaut Aogl it S N % - Point and it was learned she had los Rivers and Harbors Bill. | her rudder ‘Washington, Feb. 13.—After adding > numerous amendments the semate Dr. W.'J, Morgan is in New Yorl committee on commerce concluded its | vocating a world’s fair to be he of Tyre and Sidon to al Land the sites consideration of the rivers and. harbor | the rejuvenation of the Holy appropriation bill, and that measure | SPECIAL February Sale 35¢c Galvanized Coal Hods .- i85 o oi-tenin s ouse o 28¢ Coal Shovels, short, round handle ......c.cew... 5S¢ 75c Sad dron Sets =L el DSl S iEa .. 69¢ $1.00 Sad IroniSels’ acic c o e S 8Be 40 quart. 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