Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, March 25, 1915, Page 8

NORWICH BULLETIN, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1915 —_————— UILDING ACTIVITY IN EAST NEW BUNGALOW FOR EAST SIDE Plans Being Drawn for Another for John R. Fowler—Two | | street roofed in. The house is of frame BUILDING AND BUSINESS. Improvement Shown in Permits and Projected Work. The volume of rea! estate business, aecording to the number of sales an ‘mortgage deed greater than a year ago. Sales in the leading towns re- ported in The Commerci: Record for the past week numbered 291, ag: st 252 last year, with morigage loans of $761,722 this year, compared with $703,- 759 last. The record of new incorporations in this state for tne past week compares wvery favorably with figures for the corresponding w of the past four years, the 10 companies having an average authorized car ation of $48,700, which a trifle in excess of_previous record Eight bankrupt were reported last week, with asseis of $20,944 and liabil- ftles of $234,060. These figures are greatly in excess of the record for the third week of March in 1913 and 1914, but correspond very closely with the figures for 1912. Building permits have been granted in the leading cities of the state—New ‘Haven, Bridgeport, Hartford and ‘Waterbury—during the past week to the number of 109, for buildings cost- ¥ng $330,504. These figures compare ith 78 permits for buildings costing $606,475 in 1914 and 98 permits for Duldings osting $295,245 in 191 Among the projects of importance for which contracts have been given out are one, two, three, six, eight and nine-family houses In New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, ew Britain, Meriden, Stamford and Norwalk; resi. dences in Stamford, factory buildings in New Haven, Bridgeport and Bran- ford; store and tenement building in Bridgeport, business block in Hartford and school in Bristol. New plans_aro reported for resi- dences in New Haven, Stamford, Qreenwich and Bristol; factory in Stamford, store and_tenement blocks fn New Haven, Bridgeport, New Britain and Bristol: parish house in Mertden, bakery in New Haven, schools in New Haven and Westport and one, two three and six-family houses in Bridgeport, Hartford and Stamford. There were stx sales in this city last week to eleven a year ago, the loans for the respective weeks being $14,200 and $11.965. New London had six sales last weel and sixteen a vear azo, the loans be- ing $12,500 ana $3,250 for the two weeks, EASTHAMPTON. Dennts O'Brien has been awarded the contract for the mason work for eddttion to the Chatham Hall build- ing in Easthampton. The addition will be three stores hich, 24x54 feet, buflt of brick. T. H. Sellew of Cromwell is the general contractor. BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND. ing Operations in Ne comptled by The F. V pany follow: Contracts to March Contracts to March Contracts to March Contracts to Marca Contracts to March /Contracts to March Contracts to March Centracts to March Contracts to March Contracts to March Contracts to March Contracts to March Contrects to March Contracts to March 17, Contracts to March 17, England as Dodge Com- 17, 17, 17, 17, 1915.824,149,000 1914, 29,677,000 1913, 25,596,000 1912, 30,858,000 1911. 28,135,000 1910, 26,425,000 1909, 23,677,000 1908, 11,045,000 1907. 22,916,000 1908. 18,681,000 1905. 15.623,000 1904. 12,249,000 1903. 13,990,000 1902, 16,045,000 1901. 21,654,000 17, 1, 17, b 17, Plans are being completed by Archi- tect Charles H. Preston for a bunga- low to be erected for John R. Fowler on Main street, East Side. The resi- dence will be of frame construction, with ehineled sides and roof. There steam, gas will be installed and the house will be wired for electric lights. The interior finish will be of hard wood, Two Story House, One new house is practically com- pleted and another is rapidly advanc- ing to the completeq stage on Water- cress avenue. Both buildings are own- ed by Gilbert Bowers of Washington street. ‘The house at the lower .end of the avenue is now ready for occu- pancy. It is two storles in height with shingle roof and sides and there is ‘an attractive piazza on the front side. The house contains six rooms with hall and attic. There are set tub, hot and cold water and the rooms have been wired for electric lights. The interior is attractively finished off. Six Room House. The second house is situated on a lot just west of the first house. It also will be two stories hish and will have shingled sides and roof. There will be six rooms with hot and cold water and electric lights. This build- ing has been covered in any the car- penters are now shingling the sides. The room partitions are partly in place and the fiooring has been laid for the ground floor and is well ad- vanced on the second story. ‘Water- cress avenue has been recently opened up and runs west from Tyler avenue to the Yantic river. , . Lowest Bidders. Bids have been submitted for the various contracts for the three story building to be erected for Lurie and Bendett at the corner of High and West Main streets. For the carpenter and mason work Hugh Blackledge & Co., submitted the lowest bid; C. L. Adams bid lowest for the electric work and C. O. Murphy for the plumbing and heating. The plans were dragn by Architect C. H, Preston. Changes Nearly Done. The new glass fronts for the two stores in the southern end of the W. S, Alling block on Franklin street are now Installed and the work is about completed. The plate glass windows are connected by copper corners and the roofs above the windows have Dbeen covered with tin. At each of the stores there is a vestibuled entrance, H. Blackledge & Co. have charge of the alterations, Residence Covered In, Work on the new residence William W. Beckwith is having erected on Broad street is advancing. The build- ing has been covered in and the cob- blestone chimney has been built. The carpenters are now working on the in- terior of the building. New Tank Done. The Texas company have completed the erection of the new oil tank west of the railroad tracks at the foot of Erin_street, in Greeneville, The tank has been painted white with red let- will be 7 rooms, the heating will be by New New Houses on Watercress Ave.—West Main Street Block—Work Resumed on Majestic. |tering. It has a capacity of 17,000 & allons. Résumption of Work on Majestic. During the past two weeks J. B Shannon has had a_force of brick layers at work builiing up the She- tucket street side of the wall of the new Majestic building. The wall and concrete columns are now up to the top of the third story. Making Alterations. The barber shop of Hugh F. Cope- land on Norwich avenue, Taftville, is undergoing _alterations. The interior has been repainted and repaired and a transom window is being_installed. The work is supervised by John Gaf- ney. Boarding House Ready. The work on the boarding house on North Main street is nearing the stage of completion and the owners are starting to furnish the house. MIDDLETOWN. Plans are being prepared for a new bakery to be erected on Main street for Schaffer Brothers. It will be 25x30 feet, three stories high, and will be built of brick, with a tar and gravel roof. Architect George Griswold is draw- ing plans for a coal pocket to be erected on Water streei for the Ar- rigoni Coal Co. It will be built of concrete and wood and will e 3638 feet with a capacity of 2000 tons Plans are completed for alterations to a house on Main treet for Max Slutzky. A brick addition, 4x18 feet, will be built and the first floor will be remodeled for two stores. There will be steel beams, metal ceilings, gravel roofing and plate glass store fronts. The Berlin_Construction Co. have been awarded the contract for the steel work for the nmew factory and garage to be erected on Bridge street for Oscar Nelson. James O'Connor has been awarded the contract and has started work on the erection of a frame cottage on Pearl street for Mrs. Mary Coleman. The house will contain six rooms pro- vided with modern conveniences. SOUTH MANCHESTER. Louis J. Grezel has the contract for the plumbing and C. E. Brennan the electrical work in_ the four-family house being erected on Ridgewood street by BE. L. G. ohenthal & Son The house is now about read to lath. Ferris Brothers have been awarded the contract for the plumbing in the new four-family house being erected on Summit street by Willlam Neill and Jobn Lyons, NIANTIC. . That tract of Jand on Champlin Hill belonging to the estate of James V. Luce is being divided into buflding lots and new streets cut through, and al- ready several lots have been sold from. the tract. This tract is one of the Dbest in town, as it has an unobstructed view of the sound. Among those who have purchased lots is W. B, Haynes, who intends to erect a bungalow soon. A STATELY NINE ROOM COTTAGE In every cottage to which thought- ful care has been applied in the plan- ning, there is one characteristic at least which stands out above all others, {Fhe accompanying,illustration, for ex- ample, depicts a splendidly arranged pine room cottage, whose predominat- ing virtue is an audacious exterior, severely plain, perhaps, but dignified 2nd stately to the last detail. There is not a single apologetic feature—character and stability are wn into this design with a bold d. The wide, overhanging cornice, supporteq by heavy brackets is in perfect accord with the abbreviated dormer and with every phase of the massive porch and its huge stucco columns. The effect of solidity is intensified by the employment of dark gray stucco, roughly cast and by the use of brown paint for the trim and the roof. In keeping with the general scheme, the ficoring of the porch is of cement. This house is especially well adapted to a narrow lot, the foundation wall being only 25 fect across the front and 36 feet in depth. Bven if the house should be erected amid congested sur- roundings, the window arrangement will prove highly satisfactory. for all rooms are provided with plenty of light, independent of the windows at the sides of the house. This important factor should be taken into considera- tion invariably when building on a narrow lot, There are three large rooms planned for the first floor. Entering the vesti- bule, which has a coat closet and toilet, the living room 1is reached through a columned opening. This room has many gistinctive features to commend i, including built-in book- cases, artistic tapestry, brick fireplace and a delighttully wide stairway lead- ing to the floor above. It is a spacious room, 16x18 feet in size, and when furnished, will become extremely com- fortable ‘and homelike. The dining room, which is in the rear of the houss, s 12 feot wide by 14 feet deep. Four outside windows and an especial~ 1y large bullt-in china closet, with fuil length doors, are the most salient features. The pantry, with its wealth of cupboards and shelving, and the 10x13 kitchen are located af the right of the dining room. The kitchen is compact and well arranged, a place being provided for everything. There is a large closet planned for stores, and in the entry excellent accommoda~ S ! tions have been made for the re- frigerator. * Four chambers, two 11x12 feet and two 12x13 feet, may be found on the second floor. Bach one is provided with good sizeq closets, and with light and air from windows on two sides. A well appointed bath with tle, floar. ¥ oos ing, and a linen closet with shelves and drawers are also provided on this floor, On the third floor there is sufficient space for two large chambers and a trunk room, which could be used also for other storage purposes. The basement has a cement floor and extends under the entire house. Here will be found the laundry, veg- etable cellar and the heating piant. Arrangements have been made with the architects to furnish estimated cost of construction or any other informa- tion desired regarding the houss illus- trated. They also invite our readers to make suggestions for plans which they would like illustrated in the future. Address all correspondence to The. Bulletin House Department:, ERN CONNECTICUT NEW LONDON, Number of Small Contracts Underway —Almshouse Plans Ready Soon. Contractor J. A. St. Germain has the first of several houses which he will build on his property on Squirs <onstruction, arrangeq for two fami- Ifes, each flat having five rooms. H. { J. Kennedy has the contract for the plumbing and steam heating. Neptune Park Residence, The contract for the erection of a residence at Neptune Park for J. M. Linicus has been given to Edward Cruise. The sub-contracts will be let soon. The house will be of frame con- struction, containing 10 rooms, provid- ed with every convenience, including steam heat. ‘The cost will be about $8,000, Plans for Almshouse. Architect James Sweeney will have the plans for the proposed addition to the almshouse completed and ready for figures in about two weeks, Contract for Plumbing. The contract for the plumbing in the lodge building and business block on Green street for the local Masons has been given to Joseph & Cann. The building is now being plastered. Montauk Avenue House, Harry Bell has been awarded the contract to build a house on Man- tauk avenue for Mrs, Blanche Leeds. It will be a one family house, of frame construction, containing eight rooms and bath. The heating will be by furnace and every convenience will be provided. Work on the cellar has been started. Brewer Street House. Contractor J. A. St. Germain has the three-family house on Brewer street for Mrs. Julia Sawyer, plastered, Harry J. Kennedy has the contract for the plumbing and heating and R. J. Sisk the painting. The house is of frame construction, arrunged for flats of six rooms each ESSEX. Work has been started on a moving picture theatre for F. J. Mack. EUROPE'S ENDANGERED FISH SUPPLY. Serious Food Shortage Caused By War’s Embargo of Peaceful Effort in North Sea. (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, D. C., March 24—One of the most important and hitherto undiscussed elements of the famine which has become a bitterly significant phase of the war, and which, accord- ing to innumerable reports, is growing steadily in various countries of BEurope, is brought clearly to the attention of Americans by William Joseph Showal- ter in a communication to the Nation- al Geographic society concerning the war and_the North Sea fisheries. Dis- cussing Europe's endangered fish sup- ply, this writer says: “With its war zones and counter ‘war zones, its mined areas, its hostile fleets, and its heavily defended shores, the North Sea, in a few months, has been transformeq from one of the richest food-producing areas in Chris- tendom into a region upon whose mas- tery may depend the starvation of cne or the other of two of the mightiest nations of the earth. In times of peaco no other like area in all the seas ever has given to humanity such rich sup- plies of food as this narrow strait sep- arating Albion from the continent of Europe. During the vear previous to the present war, a miilion and a quar- ter tons of fish were taken here, enough to fill a procession of fish trucks reaching across the TUnited States from New York to San Fran- cisco via New Orleans. “Just how serious this food shortage caused by war’s embargo of peaceful effort in the North Sea is, and may Dbecome, we in America, for whom fish forms such a minor part of the daily diet, can comprehend only with diffi- culty. “Europe has depended very much on these fisheries for fish supplies. More than half of all the fish produced in all the waters of Europe are caught with- in the limited territory that constitutes the North Sea fishing grounds. How much. they are depended upon is shown Dby the fact that Great Britain annual- ly absorbs 1,000,000 pounds of North Sea fish; that means 22 pounds per capita. And while this is small in proportion to her per capita meat con- sumption of 119 pounds, vet it is that margin which represents the difference between a bounteous plenty and posi- tive hunger unless other foods can be secured to take its place, “Germany’s dependence upon North Sea fish production is much the same as Great Britain’s, while the depend- ence of the north countries, of France, Austria-Hungary and Russia is even greater, according to this writer. who explains that investigation reveais the fact that as meat becomes less and less important in o nation's dietary, fish becomes more and more import- ant. Great Brituin and Germany are shown to be the great meat consum- ers of Europe, with respective per cap- ita consumptions of 119 and 113 pounds. France has a per_capita con- sumption of $0 pounds, Belgium 70, Austria-Hungary 64, and Russia 50. “Moreover, a closed North Sea has thrown out of work a hundred thous- and’ Englishmen who manned . the steam trawl, the drifter and the sail- ing boat, ‘together with tens of thous- ands of German, Dutch, Danish, Scan- dinavian, Belgian' and French fisher- folk. While all supplies of fresh fish are dwindling- to negligible amounts and while little provision 1s belng made for future supplies-of -dried and salt fish, it is to be presumed, the writer says, that the warTing nations had con. siderable quantities of preserved fish on hang at the outbreak of the war. The vast proportion of fish consumed in Hurope s salt fish, and it forme the mainstay of the larders of the woor. But for the salt h there are thousands of familles in gland and on the continent who would very rarely know the taste of flesh. “Grimsby is the fishing capital of the world, with en annual output of perhaps 300,000 tons of fish. More than 600 steam trawlers operate from this port dn time of peacs, and a spec- ial harbor has been bullt for the fish trade, including an outer basin of 12 acres and an inner basin of 1§ end two dry docks. And Billingsgate is the world’s greatest middleman’s fish market, handling the more than one million and a half pounds of fish that is consumed every day by the city of London in normal times. “America need fear no Nurth Sea dilemma in connection with its own high seas fishing banks, because, thanks to the great Amerfoan-origi- nated system-of fish- culture, we are able to go on drawing a larger part of our fish dlet from our inland streams end lakes” Spencer’s Borrowed Children. So much did Herbert Spencer want children to love and to study, that on one occasion he sald to a mother who was a friend of his, “Will you lend me some children?” The lady did so, sending two little girls to stay with him for a fortnight at Brighton—T. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS 1 PRUNING TREES. Attention Which They Need and Which Means Better Fruit. In starting to prune an oid apple tree. one should go to the top of the tree and work down rather than start at the pottom and work up as has been the practice formerly. One should, before going to the top of the tree, study the individual tree and decide just how much pruning should be done; Jjust what his ideal tree is going to De in the course of three or four years after the. tree has been systematically cared for. In starting in at the top of the tree to prune, it is generally advisable to cut oft many of the branches which are going up into the air, cutting them back to lateral branches at an angle so that the water will Tun off and also so that the wounds will heal more quickly. It is not ad- visable to cut the tops off too much the first year as there is great danger that one will get sun scald on the scaffold branches, Many trees have been injured by opening the centers up too much the first year. After taking some of the top off, the next thing to do is to remove all dead, diseased, injured branches. It is well to remove cross-branche branches running parallel to each other, and when one is directly over one another, remove preferably the upper one whenever possible. The next oper- ation is to go over other sections of the tree, removing dead, diseased brenches as before and thin _out in order to make the lower branches more open. All stubs should, of course. be carefully removed. Care should be exerclsed in cutting large branches by making two cuts, one several inches from the main branch or trunk and the last one right up close to the main trunk or brench parallel to same. These large cuts will often be two or three times as large as the cut made on an angle, but they will heal very much more quickly. Most of the old trees need to have the rough bark scraped from them in order that the spraying may be done thoroughly. This should be carefully done any time from the middle March on to the time when the leaves actually come out or even later. It can be most easlly done immediately after o rain or when the 'trees are damp, The rough bark should be scraped off whenever found on the tr and ought to be done once every two or three years until there is no more rough bark. The best time to prune is undoubtedly the spring, when one is pruning old trees, as there is no danger of winter-killing, and it is far more comfortable to be working in the trees at this time of the year. The wounds will oftentimes heal far more quickly when made In_the spring than they will when made in the late fall or early winter. The old saying, “Prune when your saw is sharp, preferably in_the spring, but be sure to prune,” is still a very good suggestion. YOUNG -CHICKENS. Should Have Proper Feed and Bal- anced Rations. To maintain rapid growth in young chickens and at the same time con- tinue them in good health, requires considerable knowledge as to the choice of feeds and balancing of ra- tions. It is especially important that the chickens should receive no feed until they are 48 hours old. Nature has provided ‘in the yolk of the egg the right kind of nutriment for the first few hours of a chicken’s life. If the chickens are fed before the volk has been properly digested, it will be- come a hard mass in some part of the intestines and sooner or later cause many deaths. As soon as the chickens are placed in the brooders they should be sup- plied with plenty of hard grit and clezn, warm water. The first grain fed should be rolled oats or bread crumbs sprinkled in a clean litter of clover chaff, dried leaves or cut straw. Chickens should be fed very sparingly during the first two weeks, and five or six timcs each day, alternating with the 1olled oats after the first day a good high-grade chick feed. It is im- portant in the selection of prepared chick feed that it shall be free from all forelgn substances, such as mill screenings, weed seed and shrunken grain. It should also be entirely free from any. mold or sour feed. The most satisfactory grain ration for young chickens is a home mixed combination of three parts by weight of fine cracked wheat, two parts of fine “cracked corn, and one part of pinhead oatceal. In buying prepared chick feed avoid large amounts of mil- let seed and kaffir corn, as both of these grains are exceedingly indigesti- ble. There should be available at all times a hopper containing wheat bran with 10 per cent. charcoal and 10 per cent. cracked bone. Succulent green food should be provided each day, such as granulated beets, carrots or onions, or fresh-cut clover of alfalfa. SEEDING CLOVER. Many are accustomed to seeding clover before the frost leaves the ground. While this method has proved satisfactory, with many, it has proved a practical failure with others, due to the fact that the seed was not covered sufficiently to get a good start. When such a practice is made early seeding should be made so that the frost will have an opportunity to work the seed into the eoll. CARE OF THE LAWN., Plant Food Should Be Supplied— Good Thick Sod Necessary. As soon as the grass has gotten a good start this spring plant food should be applied in readily available form, particularly the nitrogen, as this ele- ment has been largely washed away Dby our winter rains. The most avail- able form to supply this is from nitrate of soda. To supply a source for later usge in late midsummer an application of high-grade tankage will be found satisfactory. A second application of nitrate of soda in midsummer will aid a great deal in keeping the grass more thrifty and bettered colored. Appli- catlon of muriate of potash is also de- sirable to make a balanced ration. The following quantities are recommended for spring application per acre: 100 pounds of nitrate of soda, 400 pounds of tankage, 100 pounds of muriate of potash. To have an excellent-looking lawn the first requsite is & good thick sod. worked out by the freezing and thaw- ing. FOUR THOUSAND EGGS EACH WEEK EXPECTED. In Egg Laying Contest During Next Few Weeks—Twentieth Week's Re- sults. The twentieth week of the laying contest at Storrs showed a net of 241 egss over the preceding week or a total production of 3875 eggs. This is a yield of 55 1-2 per cent. for all pens, good and bad alike. Although the period of highest production i close at hand it Is not believed that the hens have vet reached their zenith. The management of the contest fully to get four thousand eggs a week between now and May 1st. Tom Barron's pen of English Wyan- dottes won first place for the week with a yield of 59 eggs, a new high mark for any pen. This pen was men- tloned among the leading three for six consecutive ~ weeks, namely the thirteenth to the eighteenth inclusive, ‘They lost out, however, on the nine- teenth week by the small margin of two eggs, thus as yet no pen has been able to cxceed the record originally set by the Storrs Station’s sour milk pen of Wyandottes in that they were among the three leading pens for six straight weeks: the th to the fifteenth both included. The Storrs Station’s experi- | mental pen of Rhode Island Reds and B. P. Nase's pen of White Orpingtons frem Thompsonville, Conn., tied for second place with 54 eggs each for the week, and a Rhode Island pen of Ricde Island Reds owned by David E. Warner of Bridgeton came third h a vield of 53 eggs. Twenty-eight hens| made perfect individual scores e the week by laying seven eggs each.| These included Barred Rocks, White| Rocks, White Wyandottes, Buff Wy- andottes, Rhode Island Red: Light Brahmas, White Leghorns, Faverolles,| and White Orpingtons. In point of time it is not very far from a baby chick to a laying contest, it is scarcely more than half a vea If hens are to lay well they mu well reared. It is not sufficient to gin good care, good feed and housing along in November when one wishes to get eggs. All of begun with the baby chick that have absolutely fre ermore the chicks ou of doors very early in 1 not hothouse plants and when tre as such do not make the most ble growth. Under a: weather conditions the three can be followed as to the tim of getting the chicks out. Allow three days to hover-break them. mean that the chick knows enough to go o the source of heat; three days tol house-break them meaning that the| chick is familiar with all parts of the| house in which he is brooded; and three days to yard-brea ing the use offa very small yard mere- Iy to teach the chicks to go in and out of tho houses. On the tenth day they | hould have their liberty, it will mean | better and stronger ct | The ten leading pens to date are as follows: Bd. Cam. England, W view Poultr: Houghton, near _Preston, yyandott, 3 Ibans, Vt., Barron, Catfort White Wy Clark, Brookfield Center, Conn., P. Robinson Leghorns Bar- Cal- 62 Mass., Tut- Barred Rocks, Temple, N. H. Rhode Island Reds Storrs Stati (Experimental pen) Rhode Island Reds 0: Springdale Poultry Farm, Dur- verton ham, Conn., Rhode Island Reds 564 The ten leadlng Connecticut pens to date are are follows | Merritt M. Clark, Barred Rocks 624; Springdale Poultry Farm, Durkam. Rhode Island Reds 564; F. M. Peasley, Cheshire, White Leghorns 549: Merrythought ~ Farm, i vandottes 54 Ridge Coc Brookficld Center, Windsweer White Lezh Orange, ¥ Beck, Canaan, White Wva H. B. Hiller, Unionville, ndottes 474; American Troop No, Three Notes. In the inter-patrol contest, the stand- ing up to last Thursday is as follows: Bob Whites, 71.5; Eagles, 61. The meetings this week were by patrols, each working on second class tests. ext Tuesday there will be a troop meeting at which time Dr. Lester E. Walker has kindly consented to give a first-aid demonstration of bandaging. On Saturday afternoon, if the weath- er permits, the entire troop in uniform is to take a hike in the country in search of egg masses of the destructive tent caterpillar. An opportunity will also be given for work on second and first-class tests. There is to be a meeting of the troop executive committee on Friday even- ing to consider what action shall be taken regarding scouts who are de- linquent in dues or attendance for more than three successive weeks. Wolf Patrol. A number of boys. mostly attend- ant at Park Congregational church, have banded themselves together for a number of months under the title of the Wolf Patrol. They have been do- ing their best along scouting lines without a lealer, but their troubles now seem to be at an end, as thev have been very fortunate in securing the consent of James L. Hubbard to serve as their Scoutmaster. This group of boys will form the seventn troop of scouts in Norwich. President Wilson’s Address. In connection with the annual meet- ing of the National Council, Boy Scouts of America, held recently in ‘Washington, D. C. President Wilsen delivered the following address: “I am sincerely glad to have the pleasure of this visit from you, and to have an opportunity to express my sincere interest not only in the or- ganization of the Boy Scouts, but in the objects that that organization has. From all I know of it, and from all I have been able to observe personally, it is an admirable organization, de- voted to objects tnat I myself thor- oughly believe in. “There is only one rule in the world, and it applies to all professions, and that is that you are expected to ‘make good” No excuses are allowed in this school of life, and the only way to make good is to keep faith. That is }iho reason I like the idea of the Boy Scouts because of their sincere motion of being responsible to society. They are responsible to the people who live around them—to help maintain the standards of order and fidelity upon Which the community depends. “You are recruits in the ranks that we all stand in, and that is to serve the country in some way that will tell, and that has nothing in particular to do with our own personal benefit. The man who devotes himself exclusively to the development of his own char- ecter will succeed in nothing except to make of himself, a prig. But if he devotes himself to helping other peo- ple, his character will not only take care of itself, but will grow to a very noble_stature. 5 “I have always maintatned that in the language of manufacture, char- acter is a by-product. If you disre- gard the consequences to yourself in order to serve other people you will make a noble gentleman, and that I believe is fundamental and sacred in an_organization of this sort. “I congratulate you for belonging to i, and I hope you will honor it in every way by your conduct and allegli. ance.” HEADACHE Sick or nervous headathes always result from a torpid liver or a dis- erdered stomach— cure the liver, or sweeten the stomach, and the bead is cared. The surest way is to take Unfortunately there are few which have | such a sod on our light soils. Thus it may be necessary to reseed annually in addition to the fertilizing. . Since there is no s that is better for lawns than Kentucky blue grass, the principal part of the reseeding mixture should be made up of this grass. Since it takes considerable time to get a firm sod of blue grass it is advisable to add others which are of similar nature, but quicker in forming a quick sod. Thus a mixture of red and white clover should be added to the former. It is desirable to seed e surplus amount of seed rather than too little. A mixture containing seven-eights parts of Ken- tucky blue grass, two-thirds red top and one of white clover sowed on early in varying amounts according to the present land and worked in will thicken up. Rolling after seeding Is needed to work the seed in and also to firm the soil around, the Toots svhich- have been STETSON & YOUNG Carpenters and Builders Best work and materials at right priced, by skilled labor. . - ot WHAT THE BOY SCOUTS ARE DOING Is Boy Nature Changing? Is boy nature changing? The Boy Scouts are going to sprinkle ashes on slippery sidewalks. The youngsters of the previous generation found their chief amusement in the winter watch- ing elderly citizens doing involuntary dance steps on the ice—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. Boy nature is not changing and it never will change, because its essen- tial elements is action—a necessary accompainment of growth. The only difference between Boy Scouts who sprinkle ashes on sidewalks and boys who stand and watch “elderly citizens doing involuntary dance steps” is that the Boy Scouts have learned to express their actions in a constructive way. Diverting the natural energy of boys into useful channels is the work of the Boy Scouts of America, and the evidence of the success of the methods this organization employes in directing boy energy are becoming increasingly numerous.—Scouting. Oatmeal Cakes. A new use for oatmeal has been found by members of a South Boston troop. On one of their hikes, there was quite a lot of oatmeal left that had been brought along for tracking and the Scoutmaster mixed this into a stiff batter of “mush” with water, put a flat tin on the glowing embers of the fire, and making small flat cakes of the oatmeal batter, fried them on the tin, turning them when one side was browned. To the surprise of the scouts these cakes proved real good, and they were busy making them for quite & while. They require less time to make and less preparation than pan. cakes or corncakes, and are good hot or cold. A little salt in the water and grease on the pan improves them. GERMAN SUBMARINES TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS In the Waters Around the British Isles—Prediction of a British Ad- miral. London, March 24, 5.37 p. m—A large Increase in the number of Ger- man submarines operating in the waters around the British Isles was predicted by Rear Admiral the Mar- quis of Bristol in an address at a meeting in London today of the Insti- tution of Naval Architects, of which he is president. The lord admiral advo- cated the equipping of all merchant- men with armament sufficient to deal with submarines. He said that later international action must be taken for the purpose of defining the latitude which submarines should have in their offensive capacity. Parcel Post Shipments to Belligerents at Sender’s Risk. ‘Washington, March 24.—Postmaster General Burleson today ruled that par- cel post shipments of foodstuffs and merchandise to belligerent countries in the European war will be accepted at the “gender’s risk” and that so far as actlon of the belligerents is concerned they will be subject to the same rules as if shipped by any other means. 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