Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 5, 1914, Page 8

Z NORWICH BULLETIN, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1914 “CONNEGTICUT CROP CONDITIONS Department of Agricultuxfe Gives Details Through Crop Re- porting Staff—F. G. Kelsey of Williamstown, N. Y., in Charge of This Field—1,800,000 Bushels of Apples is . the Forecast. < In reorgamizing the crop reporting | staff of the departnient of agriculture it was planned to have a state agent in each state to Have charge of the work, says a Washington dispatch, but this pian was dropped and F. G. Kel- ‘sey of Williamstown, N. Y., has charge of the fleld including that state and Connecticut and = Rhode Island. The aids in each state will report to him. V. A .Sanders of Wakefield, Mass.; has charge of the work in that state and the northern New England states. . Connectjcut _crop condition, fore- 2’“‘ prices, etc., on Aug. 1 are given tho latest crop report of the “e- ent as_follows: ‘Corn—Condition, 84 per cent.: 3 toree-f!ged from__cond!l 2,613,000 bushels; price, 79 cent bushel. Oats—Condition, 92 per cunt forecast, 370,000 bushels; ~price 51 cents. Rye—Acreage of crop; 7,000 acres; estimated production, 133,000 bushels; quality, 94 per cent.; price 96 cents a bushel. Buckwheat—3,000 acres: condition, 94; forecast, 59,000 ‘bushels production; ~price, $110 a bushel. The condition of the tobacco crop in the state was 96 per cént. on Aug 1 last, compared with 91, the average for ten years. The production is fore- casted at 36,475,000 pounds. Potatoes—Condition, 97; forecast, 9,026,000 bushels; price, $1,02 a bushel. Hay—2375 acres; condition, 8: forecast, 445,000 tons; price, $19.80 a ton. Clover —Yield per acre, one and one-half ‘tons; production 84 per cent. of a full crop: quality, 80 per cent. Condition figures for various Con- necticut crops this month are given as_follows: Timothy, &8; millet, 90; field peas, §0; cow peas, 95; pasture. 92; apples, 75. peaches 42; grapes, 87; pears, 69; watermelons, 87; cantaloupes 58; to- togs, 90; cabbages, $4; onions, $9; 31:;' beans, §5; lima beans, 531, The production of blackberries in Connecticut . this season was 90 per cent. of a full crop, and the produc- tien of raspberries was 88 per cent. of a full crop. The production of apples forecasted by the department is 1,800,600 bushels, compared with 2,100,000 busheis 'last year and 1,700,000 bushels the year before. The mean of Septemuver, Oc- tober and November average prices raid to the producers of Connecticut apples for that product is given as 76 ents a bushel last year and 74 cents &e year before. Prices paid to producers of certain agricultural products in_ Connecticut gie given as follows: On July 15, hogs, $10.30 per 100 pounds: beef cattle, $0 per 100 pounds: sheép, $9 per. 100: milch cows, $68.70 a head; horses, $220 a head, .and on Aug. 1 prices were: For butter, 34 cents a pound; eggs, 30 cents a dozen; chickens, 18 cents a pound. COUNTY: FAIR OFFICIALS RECEIVING MANYZENTRIES Exhibits Filling Fast in Final Days— Cattle Men Coming Strong. Friday. was another day of real Rooseveltian strenuosity for the coun- ty fair officers and their workers, both paid and unpaid. At the Lathrop of- fice on the wharf Secretary Charles D. Greenman, on hand and Treasurer Frank W, Brewster and entry clerk, F. Herbert Brown, were at it from ‘6 in the morning to 8 at night. James B. Palmer, the Guernsey man from Round Hill, was down. His list, cattle and sheep was heavy, as usual. ‘Ray Harding, the soclety's " " TRUE FISH STORIES You obey the Pure Food Law when you buy your Long Clams, Oysters and Scallops here They come from beds free frem pollution or sewerage. > IF IT SWIMS WE HAVE IT. ~ Call up 114 or 777. POWERS BROS., 10 Rose l’lace from Lyme, was in the fore part of the weel, Durhams, and he will be at the grounds today, to get a place rigged up for 50 head from Ashlawn farm at BIll hill, the place Mr. Harding bought from Kansas Nebraska Bill. | _Horses kept arriving at the track Friday and more will get in today. The stables will be filléd up by Monday, when the 2:17, the fastest race in years, is called by'Starter Fred J. West of New Londén. The 2 the free-for-all, like the some real steppers entered. Fast Ones for Motoroyele Events. The motorcydle races, one each day, will be good. 1. Pendleton informed Mr. Greenman that he could not de- er Ted Carroll, the Springfleld fiyer, Monday_ for that is the day of the 100-mile rage at Readville on one Of the best mile tracks in the country; *ut that Carroll dnd Billy Leahy would be here for Tuesday's six-mile tace. Ben Driscoll is_expected, and it may be that Fred Nixon, who got about all the money at the Fourth of to Tecord his Devons and) July races, will be on hand. However, whether Nixon comes or not, the Hen- dee racing machine from the factory wil be manned by a fellow that can ride with the best of the motorcycling fraternity hereabouts. Mr. Pendleton thought yesterday that Latham of TLebanon would be in the Monday race. It would be either Latham or ‘Walter Crappell, and both are good. County Foot Race Ghampionship. Mg. Greenman got ancther entry for the five-mile fdotrace vestetday. The new man is one of the Y. M. C, A, runners that went into the five-mile up-hill and down race Memorial day. That race was won by a man who cannot enter this one for Bob Moohr- man lives in *soston-in the winter and in Windharh in the summer. It was at first proposed to match Moohrman, who belongs to the Boston Athletic association and ran in_the Good Fri- day marathon, against Young Nolan of Taftville, who came in second - 40 vards or less and who, his friends and trainers, believe, could have beaten Moohrman__had he known how to sprint on Main street. 300 yards from the ‘tape. It was thought better, when the race came to be talked over, to make it a county race for the cham- Dionship of this corner of the state. Old-Time Peg Race. The old-timers are awaiting for the peg race Wednesday. There will be a boy from the region to the north of Gardner lake who in a practice hitch- up the other day, made low figures; and there will be 2 middle-aged man from the dack country of Montville awho says he asks no odds of anybody in a hitching-and-driving contest. The management would like to see two or three women in the peg race. There are girls In New London county who are pretty adapt at hitching up in a hurry. Many inquiries received by Mz Greenman relative to the night fair go to show that the attendance at night is golng to be much heavier than last year. The fireworks will be something. Then, on top of all that, the vaudeville stage will run every night. The Beckwith mesaphone will keep the day fair and the night fair going on schedule time so far as things on that side of the track are cons cerned. WORKING ARRANGEMENTS WITH TROLLEY MEN Included In ‘Recent Agreement Made for Shore Line Electtic Employes. In addition to the favorable wage schedule which 1s included in the agreement announced this week be- tween the Shore Line Electric Rallway company ani its employes there were a number of provisions touching upon the working arrangements. These in- <lude the following: Motormen and conductors are to be paid from the time they are called be- {ween the time of regular call and overtime from the T relief hour to his time of relief. A bulletin shall be posted showing the men to report for first rall call and any man report- ing for fifirst roll call shall be paid $2 whether his services are required or not. Motormen and conductors used in switching cars sRall be allowed two hour’s pay. Any man taken from a regular run for special service shall be paid overtime from the time of his regular rellef time. Ten cents per hour will be added to regular pay for snow plow, alt and sand car work. Any employe of 10 vears service may be exempt from extra work by filing a notice with the management. A notice of one day will DLe given for men required for heavy traffic for athletic events or holidays. Meals are to be supplied men unable to reach their regular places of abode at meal time by reason of having to work, in lieu of a meal 25-cents shall be paid. Employes are given the right of trial on_complaints made by passen. gefs and ere to be given time to pro- duce witnesses, if needed. Motormen and -conductors - shall have access to their regords. Motormen and conduc- tors wil' be paid for the time under suspension if acquitted. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL IN DANGER to Contains Provisions for Norwich Worcester Canal Survey. In a letter to Resident Engineer make it entirely natural that senators and congressmen should be anxious to leave Washington as soon as the trust bills and emergency legislation made necessary by the war in Europe shall be disposed of. Nothin~ but the pres- sure of public opinion will insure the maintenance of a quorum until the river and harbor bill is passed. Fhat pressure must be éxerted and the quo- rum maintained, for the failure of the bill will be nothing short of a national disaster. “Every day of delay in the pes of the bill will add to the idle eaulp- ment and to the thousands of men thrown out of employment and if the bill is defeated the disaster will be complete. nd it must be remembered that the contractors and wor di- rectly engaged in river and nharbor work are not the only ones who will be affected. Those who furnish the iron, stéel, lumber, cement ana other supplies used in river and harbor work and the workmen employed by them will also suffer. Water transportation lines cannot operate because channel ‘improvements are not ¢ompleted and mines cannot be operated because they cannot secure trensportation. “All citizens ‘who are interested in the progress of waterways. dovelop- ment are urged to get in touch with the senators and representativey of their states and secure pledges from them not _only to vote for the passage of the-bill but also to work for it.” Among the surveys ordered in the pending bill for Connecticut are the Shetucket, Quinebaug and French riv- érs in connection with Congressman Mahan's project to secure slack water navigation between Norwich and Wor- cester;: Congressman Mahan's pro- osed canal from Middlstown .to New refuge; Quinnipiac river, Morris' cove, Mianus river, Housatonic river, Norwalk harbor, New Haven harbor, Mystic river, Branford harbor and river and Yantic river. ' Among the Connecticut appro; a7 tions contained in the bill are $6,000 for Stonington harbor, $170,000 for New London harbor. $70,000 for New Haven harbor, $6,700 for Milford har- Waldo E. Clarke of the New Lopdon harbor commission, Secretary S. A. Thompson of the National Rivers an Harbors congress, with headquarters in Washington, declares that every friend of waterways should fully real- ize the fact that the 1914 river and harbor bill will not be out of danger until it has actually become a law. In his letter Secretary Thompson says art: “?!'he passage of the river and har- bor Dill depends absolutely upon the maintenance of & quorum in the house and senate. Do not make the mistake of supposing that the house has noth- ing more to do with the matter, Manv amendments have been made to the bill as passed by the house which maxes it necessary that the bill when pass- ed by the senate shall be semt to con- ference and the report of the con- ference committee must receive an af- firmative vote both in the house and senate before the bill ‘will be finally p"‘"’;&.flnm from the almost con- tinuous sesslons during the past two years, the near approach of the fall campaign and many other Teasons T v b el R, Parlor Room Upholstered Parlor and Library Tables, Dining Chairs, - Dining Tables, i Bedroom Chairs, Sitting Room Chairs, Library Chairs, '| Kitchen Chairs, Parlor Rockers, T . Buffets, Iren Beds, Chairs, Brass Beds, Library Suites, Mattresses, . Suites for ! China Closets, Every Room s Chiffoniers, In the House, . Dresseré, Wall Papers, Rockers, "HOURIGA Bed Springs, Kitchen Cabinets, Large and Small Rugs, OW COMES YOUR CHANCE - 'TO FURNISH YOUR HOME FOR THE FALL We propose to make this a banner week which will be recorded in the minds of our customers as the greatest value giving ever known. We will offer furniture that will surpass anything yet. If you are an old housekeeper this is your chance to furnish up your home with something new in Furniture at the best prites considering quality. If you are a young couple just starting out, or planning fo in the near future, this is your oiportumty to get more for your money than ever thought possible. the quality that deserves a welcome in any home. pendable factories, none other. Ranges, The furniture we offer you is of The finest makes from de- R Furniture that will wear a lifetime and give Fin satisfaction and happiness every hour of the day. ' Remember, if you make selection at this time we will hold furniture until wanted. Here are a few of 4 the lines but there are also many others. Bedroom Suites, Parlor Suites, Dining Room Suites, Lamps and In Fact Everything 62=66 Main Street 9 Telephone 1226-4 GIRLS’ SCHCOL DRESSES 98¢ and $1.98 Pretty Gingham Dresses for the little girl’s school wear. Plaids and plain colors, made up along stylish lines. Sizes from 6 to 14 years. Clear-Away Values A BAR HARBOR CHAIR OR ALL-WOOL AXMINSTER RUGS $2.00 values for $1.69 Rugs are 27 by 54 inches in size and all-wool. Very attractive Oriental designs in rich colorings. A true barg SPECIAL SALE OF the new Fall goods come in. ritain; Tuxis {sland for a_harbor of | Bridi Mill river, | N bor, $35,000 for Greenwich _ harbor, $10,000 for Thames river, $15,000 for Connecticut river and $175,300 for dgeport harbor. ZEBULON R. ROBBINS ON PROGRESSIVES PRIMARY Norwich Man Cne of Three for State Treasurer. The primary tickst of ths Progrese sage | Sive party which will be submitted to members of the party in direct pri- maries, was announced- at ord this week. Prof. Willard C. Fisher of Middletown, a democrat, 1s the only candidate for governor on the ballot. Attorney General Light’s name is among those in the list of candi- daes for attorney general. The ballot follows: For United States Senator, Herbert| Kno Smith of Hartford. For Governor, Willard C. Fisher of lflgfll National C ‘or Natio; ‘ommitteeman, Jos- V. Alsop of Ao : For Lieutenant Governor, Borglum of Stamford; Frank terworth of New Haven. Kor Secretary of State, Walter E. Gard, of Hartford; Edward C. Ham- mond of Waterford; Lawrence A. Howard and Edmund Rozelle of Hartfo: rd. For State Treasurer, Horace G. Hoadley. of Waterbury:; Zebulon R. Robbins of Norwich; Henry P. Sage otFNewZ: Hm:;n.u ‘or Comptroller, Fred B. Gri Bloonifleld. e e For Attorney General, Clarence W. Bronson of New Haven;*John H. Light of Norwalk; Henry B. Stoddard of gepert; Charles S. Hamilton of }w Hsven. i ~ or Congress—First District—F. E. Duffy, West Hartford: Second O. Gutzon S, But- H. O. Daniels, Middletown; Third—Yandell Henderson of New Haven; Fourth— George F. Shepard of Bethel; Fifth— Thomag J. Wall of Torrington. Busy days are beginning for th Gealers in school books. , 2 R Gostnslive THE NEW SUIT MODES Early Arrivals In Our Garment Section ‘These new arrivals in our Ladies’ Suit Department indicate the trend -of the Auturm styles and show the fabrics which will be in greatest favor during the coming season. It is still pretty warm but you are invited to inspect these handsome garments. One of the newest and most interesting features of the new suit models is which will be largely used this Fall. The prices will be found most reasonable, .- * WARM WEATHER DRESSES STILL ATTRACTIVE WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ | for $1.48 | A fow of our $2.98 Wash Dresses to close at this price. Stripes and checks mostly, in good colors. Real bargains every one. from the Third Floor IS GOOD FOR INDOORS ouT GET A $5.00 CHAIR FOR $3.59 We have only a few of these Chairs now left and we want to dispose of them. We have them in three different col- ors—Baronial Brown, Green and Silver Grey—and they are handsome, roomy, well made pieces of furniture which are worth every cent of five dollars. COME IN SATURDAY AND GET ONE FOR $3.59 A LOG CABIN RUG 3 by 6 feet 15 per cent. Under Price Many beautiful color combinations in these Reversible, Washable Rugs. Sold regularly for $1.75. Saturday, Special $1.49 BORDERED SCRIM Value 35c—Sale Price 19¢ ; We place on sale Saturday morning a few pieces of Col- ored Border Scrim, of fine quality in choice patterns. is from our regular stock and we wish to close it out before It Forty inches wide. BALANCE OF OUR PALMER HAMMOCKS Values from $3.00 to $5.50 WE WANT TO SELL EVERY ONE SATURDAY Special $2.39 and $3.59 HAS MEMENTO OF e AUDIENCE WITH LATE POPE. Norwich Man Enoyed a Special Favor Several Years Ago. A prominent Norwich man has shown his friends this week a little religious emblem which he values pafe ticularly now, as it was given him Seve eral years ago by the late Pope Plus X. The gentleman, who is not a Cath- olic, while traveling in Italy, made the acquaintance of a -Roman Catholio ;c;gxglut who secug:d him the coyeted ivilege of an audience with the sove- * Teign pontiff. % Learning that he was an American, is holiness received him with espes cial cordiality and presented him t little emblem. At parting the kindly, gentle aged pontiff gave him his bless. ing. It is probable that fhe gentleman 1s the only local resident who has thé remembrance of an audience.with the late pope. & CONNECTICUT CASUALTIES, In August There Were 36 Deaths by Drowning. Accidental drownings in the waters of Connecticut during August nume bered 35, according to unofficial Ag- ures, while five other bodies recovi were those of persons who had taki their lives. Automobiles killed 12 per: sons during the same period, trains 8 and trolleys 1. The total number of violent deaths through accident was 90, with 18 suicides and 5 homicids a total of 113 as compared with 10: in July. Causes other than those men= tioned, were credited with deaths, a8 follows: Falls 12, fite 6, poison 2, mo- torcycles 2, heat 2, firéarms 2, with the balance due to ¥arious means. Given Gold Watch and Chain. A gold watch and chain_was_the birthday gift from Mr. and Mrs. John Rathbone of Silver Valley farm to their son Charles upon his 21st birthe day this week. 4 The Busiriess - Center of N‘orwidl Last Call on the Finer ‘VALUEE UP .TO $788 There are hardly two alike in the assortment, which compriseés a good showing of colors and materials. Saiarday. Bt for “the Housewife $4 SATIN BEDSPREADS Special $2.79 : An extra quality of Spread byt each piece is slightly sociled. A chance to save $1.21 on each handsome Spread. Straight hemmed finish, MERCERIZED COTTON DAMASK Special 31c a Yard A Bleached, Mercerized Table Damask with all the appearance of the finest.linen. Wears well and launders beautifully. JELLY GLASSES 19¢c a dozen Two sizes at this special Third and half pints. prioce. NOTION DEPARTMENT WHITE TWILLED TAPES in 3 yard rolls ...eeveeaosu.. 2 for S0 SUPERFINE ENGLISH TAPES in ¢4 yard rolls, 5c val- ues - 8 WHITE TWILLED TAPE in 2¢ vard rolls, medium width.. BIAS SEAM TAPE, best quality, sizes 1 to 5, 15c qual- BY -.. 12 yard piece for 11e TAFFETA BINDING, the best MAde ooeenennnn 9 yard roll for WHITE BASTING THREAD, 500 yard spools, value &c..$ for WILLIMANTIC end J. -J. CLARK’S MACHINE THREAD, black or white. fo oy heavy, 100 yard spoois v h yard s T e 2 for 5o BLACK SEWING' SILK of medium size, 100 yard spools.. MERRICK'S- DARNING COT- TON, 45 yard cards in black, white, tan, etC.....eeee-- a ca A GOOD DARNING COTTON in 45 yard spools, black, white and COlOrS «eecewessess vees 4 for Bo 24 Bo