Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, September 9, 1915, Page 8

il gain is shown in the ‘estate sales for the past cities reported in The d, sales by warranty d 370, as agamst 335 last ige_loans for the week paring with $881,427 1 ng week of last year. past week there have _bankruptcy petitions, with to- of $21,870 and liabilities of fi‘ in Connecticut. = Last first week of September, et ‘having assets of $7,640 Of $43,844, were filed. new companies organized “In Connecticut have total capital of §565,000, a record compares favorably with the reek of ber last year, when fe were eight incorporations, with | capital '$§27,000, ‘and in ' 1913, the six corporations had total al of $190,000. ‘week showed an increase in the of building business, as shown its issued in the cities of New Bridgeport, Hartford, Water- and Stamford. The record for ‘Wweek in the above mentioned cities 136 permits for buildings costing i85, Last year 107 permits were d for buildings costing $177,805. 1 largest increase for the week is found in Bridgeport and is caused by ‘additioral factory construction. . The beginning of what will prove to the largest centract of the fall was irteq last week when building opera- ® were commenced on the first of uses in Bridgeport to be erected by the Remington Co. awarded iast week totaled over $100,- 000. er contracts awarded are for & brick .church in New Haven, con- crete factory in Bridgeport, brick fac- ja Waterbury, residences in New ven, Bridgeport, Hartford, Water- and Stamford, brick 'business and store and loft buildings in ew Haven, and a number of smaller contracts in all parts of the state. ‘The volume of new work reported the week has been very slight. have been completed for a five- story warhouse in Bridgeport, and con- ts will be let soon for an addition the brass shop in Bristol. Other Work consists of two public garages in New Haven, residence work in New ven, Hartford, PBridgeport and ord, store and apartment build- in New Haven and Hartford and parish house in West Haven. _Norwich had three sales of real es- $ate last week to four a year ago the doans for the two weeks being $5400 and $5250 respectively. In New London there were six real estate sales last week to eleven a year ago, the loans being $5,000 and $39,350 Tespectively. WILLIMANTIC. The contracts The foundation has been completed for the new house which Alexis Caisse will erect oh South Park street, for wur Rechicot. It will be a brick bullding, arranged for a store on the first floor and two tenements on the upper floors. THE NEW RUSSIAN "ORTHODOX CHURCH St. Nicholas Church Nearly Finished Will Soon be Thrown Open for Public Worship—Ceilings in Courtroom Nearly Finished—Work at the Several Schools. —_—— The new Russian Orthodox Greek | Catholic 8t. Nicholas church on Con vent avenue is now nearly finished and will soon be thrown open for public worship. The building is constructed of dark red bricks, laid in cement mortar and has heavy thickness of walls. The ehiurch s 40x72 in size and has a brick vestibule at the front, ten feet square, surmounted by a tower. The tip of the Russlan cross on the belfry top is 76 feet from the ground. It is finished in leat and is set on top of the -flf..—, Russian church form of tower. This is covered with heavy on all parts. The auditorium 8 30 feet high and is In arched form, trussed roof over the arch. is a gallery in this part, extend- across whole rear of the auditor- w it is 12 feet in width, with e entrance from the audiforium floor. The basement is full size of the building, and 10 feet in story height. 1it is floored and finished to match the main floor. Al sash on the main -floor are leaded, and have a ventilating sash. The ice is heavily mould- ed. At the t entrance is a cov- porch, with reinforced steps and to grade. tar is platformed and has rail- ings as customary. The bufiding is 4 nearly completed, and reflects great credit on the paster, Rev. Nestor Nik- olenko, who hes raised the funds to pay for the church and has been in constant supervision of the work, since it started. He has employed David Kudlick to act as foreman of con- struction, and the success of the work is in great part due to the pastor and Mr. Kudlick. There is a large mem- berehip, of about 500 members, em- bracing a district from Jewett City to Montville, and adjoining territory. The parish is'in a very satisfactory finan- cial condition. Notice of consecration and_dedication will be given later. C. H. Preston is the architect. Court Room Ceilings Nearly Done. The metal ceiling at the City Hall, being placed in the Superior Court room is nearly completed' and it is ex- Dected that staging 1ll be removed be- fore the last of the week. The Penn Metal Co. of Boston, were very dilatory in furnishing the material, causing & four weeks delay on this wark. - The ceiing was much needed, as parts of plaster ceiling were in very bad shepe. The ventilating was also very poor, and with & 2¢ inch diameter Fenn Im- proved revolving ventilator in place, the air will be much improved in the court room, and can be controlled. The contract has also included a pew metal ceiling in the room used by the Clerk of Court of' Common Pleas on the first floor, which is completed. Work at Schools Finished, The town school work is about com- pleted, and the schools are now all open for the fall term. A delay at the Pearl street school because of failure of one.firm to furnish the.sanitary fix- tures, as agreed, has been overcome by purchasing the same from a New York concern and they are now fully instal- led, and ready for use. They are the latest up-to-date fixtures for school use. The wood work has been com- pleted, and any @nal work, is to be done ‘this coming Saturday morning, ut the completed fixtures are finished and ready for use. The old steam plant at this school has been cleaned and put in first class condition for winter use and new floors of the best gquality maple have been much needed, in two upper rooms, and placed, in thig contract. ‘The East Great received ne heating plan coal bins -are coal, ready f: cellar entran - HORLICK’S ORIGINAL . _THE Forlofants, Invalids asd Growing children. Take a Package Home i 'ess you say “HORLIOK’S" you may get a substitute. Plains ‘school has - ~pairs, a nmew steam A S s been installed, new c2d, and filled with . & new concréte 3 been made, and COAL AND LUMBER 3 buildin: 1 = ‘n shape for the op- . ening yesterc ing. R At the B; new 5 heating’ has ‘-stalled, and now needs but lit: o fally complete. The Yantic =chsol as received need- ed repairs, o Thateher .Hot. Alr furnace and p.- 1g bas been installed, and cellar ‘exca\~ted for a playroopm in stormy weather and will be mucH ap- preciated by the pupils. At the Taftville, Occum, Bean Hill, Mt. Pleasant and Greeneville schools there have been numbers of improve- ments made and the Town school cam- mittee have been very thorough: in making these repairs: Free Burning Kinds and Lehigh ALWAYS IN STOCK A. D. LATHROP (Office—cor. Market and Shetucket Sts, i Telephone 463-12 GASTINGS URNISHED PROMPTLY BY > ¥ NEW LONDON. ~ ™ Property Acquired by F. A. Munsey on Which Ball Raom Will be Erected For Hotel Mohican. Frank A. Munsey, owner of the Ho- tel Mohican, has purchased the. resi- dence adjoining the hotel on Meridian strect, occupied by E. P. Prentis, and formerly owned by Dr. A. W. Nelson Srom Edward W. Clark, et &l..- The BUILDING OPERATIONS IN NEW ENGLAND Statistic of Bujldin; ing operatione in New piled by The F. W. foliow: price it is understood, was Rpproxi- mately $12,000. Mr. Muneey will improve the hotel by. his = acquision of the Nelson property, by t down the struc- ture and, erecting a brick addition, the ground floor of which will be used and Engineer- ngland as com- Dodge - Company, as a ball room, an adfunct that bas jbeen needed at the hotel a long|Contracts to Sept.-1; 1935:.$118,185,000 time, because of the compulsory use | Contracts to Sept. 1, - 120,200,000 of the dining room heretofora for{Contracts to Sept. 1, 118,003,000 this purpose. 2. | Contracts to Sept. 1, 134,957,000 O Contract for Addition. s> | Contracts to Sept. 1.3 115;267,000 H. R Douglas, Inc, has been award- | Contracrs 1y Fr Tisnsn000 ed- the contract for the erection of an{ Contracts to Sept. 1. 70124000 addition at the plant of the Industrial | Gontracts to Sept. 1, Building Co. on Division street. _Thel Contracts to Sept. 1, addition will be one story high, 30x70| Gontracts to Sept. feet, covered with corrugated iron, ‘Contracts to Sept. 1, To Have Modern Garage. Sontracts to Sept. 1 75.424,000 Senator Brandegee is remodeling | Contracts to Sept. 1 88,360,000 his barn.on.Bristol street and turn- | Comtracts to Sept. ing- it into an up-to-date garage |Contracts for which he expects to have ready soon. | Contracts for 14,711,000 The floor is to be of cement and a|Contracts for 15,933,000 chauffeur’s headquarters is to be in-| Contracts for 16,660,000 stalled up. stairs, which will contain | Contracts for 15,248,000 all the modern conveniences, _ includ- | Contracts for 13,368,000 ing steam heat and electric lights. Contracts for 12,330, = Contracts for 13,108,000 MIDDLETOWN. Contracts for 11,449,000 Contracts for Centracts for Contracts for Contracts for Contracts ' for Contracts for Addition _ to Myichreest Bros. have started work on the erection of the addition to the mill of the Coles Co. at the foot of Union street. It will be built of brick and will be 10x30 feet. Factory lences. and New CONNECTICUT PATENTS. Otto Ehlers, 12 South Front street,] | or, 1 arded:During Past Week hae Poen Mo ey south Fromt street] include Five Eastern Connecticut new house to be erected on Highland| Men. avenue for William Luttirs of Duh- ham. The house will contain 'six| Patents Issued to Connecticut fn- oo The T . Anpn Cor hitvs | entire ATELSt L 1315, reported by S e et Frank H. Allen follow: Work is well under way on ex- tensive alterations and an. addition. to the residence of E, Kent Hubbard in Arawana. The Berlin Construction Co. have been awarded the contract for the steel work for the addition to W. S. Reynolds' garage on Church street. Mylchreest Bros. have the .mason work and C. O. Stone & Son the car- enter work. The addition will ' be 68x100 feet, two ‘stories high, and will have a tar and gravel roof, concreie floor, steam heat and electric lights. ‘Work is under -way on the erection (o Floward M. Barber, ary eheet printlos’ machine. Emil Benson, Hertford, trolley retriever. Giibert W. Goodridge, Bridgeport. at- tachment plug. Edward F. Kelley, of Bridzeport, friction lining. Charles H. Kenney, New London, muffier for ef- plocion ensines, Charles O. Lantz, Ansonia, prop for clothas line.. Frank S. Lebdell, Naugatuck. carbureter. Priederich A ler, Hartford, electric weldinz machine. Ross M. G. Phillip: t Haven, gas cock. Poss M. lips, West..Haven, “rank . L. Powntree, Stonington, ro- ‘ of a frame cottage om Crown street for | "e~kage vending machine. Andrew A Oscar Melien, Russell street. Sebula, South M ~ster, permutatior The alterations to_ the McDonough |lock. Stephea T. Smi'h, Stamford ‘lock at the corner of Main and Court streets are now being completed. The bulldings owned by W. J. Tre- vithick on Windward avenue, near typewriting mach Bridgeport, threa Curtis H.' Veeder. register for tire: Liberty street, are being torn down.|Groton, battery <e' L. Walk- It is understood that the owmer .com- | er, New Lond~~ battery jar. Albert templates the erection of a new|F. Whittier. Pristol, oven themometer. house on the property. Henry Winkinson, = Hartford. - steam Pofler of the vertical waiertube type. “litow E. Woods, Bridzeport, press- ourd records. Eloctrisity - far Navy Yard. Superintendent E. R. Gorman of { Grofon borough water and lght d-- GROTON. bt -~ An addition is being made to the cottage of Mrs, E. Tyler_of New London at Eastern Point. Work is being done by J. Frank Edrcomb. Pierre Schellens has purchased the rtment recently received- m vt 10t in Ramsdell street whero the kin- | be i o dergarten bullding formerly stood. He | f0™ &1 officcr of the’ United st algo has an option on the land ad- | ey the cost of s with electricity. given, and 'Mr. Gormgn expects fo Teceive a reply ‘within a few days. At present a three phase line runs as far as the Shay Fertilizer plant, and 2.0me phase line continues to the ‘navy vard. It would be necessary to string apother line to the navy yard and sev- eral additional péles would be nesded should the contract be awarded to the ‘borough. > Made Bridge Commission Secretary. At a meeting of the commission on rivers, harbors and’ bridgeés in the cap- itol at Hartford on Wednesday, En- Bineer W. E. Clarke of. New London was elected secretary. in place of Thomas F. Noone, resigned. Engagement Announced. yBey. and. Mys. James B: Aldrich of jofning in Thames street owned by Miss Elizabeth Avery. The new house ‘which_is to-be built by Mr. Schnellens on_his recently purchased property in Ramsdell street is expected to ve & very beautiful structure. It is sald the coest will be in the neighborhood of $10,000. The lot will be graded and filled. - PLUM ISLAND. J. F. Tompkins, Norwich, has been awarded the contract for the plumb- ing, the Norwich Electric Co. Nor- wich, the_electrical work and J. -O. Johnson, Norwich, the roofing. on the dormutory which the Connecticut En- gineering Co., Norwich, is erecting for the U. §, Government' at Fort Terry, Plum Island. y P £ SOUTH MANCHESTER. - ; gan, announce the engagement iE_J. Hickey is making, alterations | of their daughter, Miss Vera Lauretta to ‘the North ‘street hall. ' It will Aldrich, to ohn - Paul.- Comstock . of Quaker HAL o equipped for & moving picture theatre. John J. Sullivan. | their vitality, exposes thelr bodies to the cold, and results in éerious colds and sometimes roup. _As long as the ullets are kept on free range and to forage for a large part of their food and are allowed very limited amounts of ground grains and meat foods they will not lay very much. The fact that a few precocious in- atviduals have started fo lay does not indicate the average condition. of the flock which on most farms should be maintaining a rapid, healthy growth for the next three weeks, instead of developing combs and storing up food for extra early egg production. This does not apply to pullets which are hatched before April 1. _ Leghorns hatched in March or heavier breeds hatched late in February ought to be Sariing thalr: ese produgtion at this If they were fed properly, they wili be found-to be very profitable be- cause they will produce eggs during September and October while the hens are moiting and the pullets of the main flock have not started to lay heaviiy. Under ordinary conditions these early hatched pullets will lay du part of December and January, but this work will be just as profitable as those pullets which were hatched later and laid continually through the ‘winter but did not begin until Novem- ber. A good poultry man so arrang his hatching that he will get a un! form egg production throughout the fall and winter months. TW§E* CORN. Record Kept of Yield from Bare and Full-Tipped Ears. In 1907 a test was started at tke Ohio Station to determine the effect of the continued use of ears of corn having more or less bare cob at the tip end. The variety of corn used Is the Clarage. Fars having 3-4 to 1 1-2 inch of bare cob have been compared with ears completely filled out at the tip. roughout the test the selec- tion of seed has been continuous, that «bare-tipped from bare tipped wad filled-tipped from filled-tipped. The eight years' results show, in so far as yleld of shelled corn is con- cerned, as close agreement as one could expect from duplicate plots. The yield from bare-tipped ears averages 62.42 bushels per acre and from filled-tipped ears 62.76 bushels, a difference of 0.34 bushel. The ylelds of stover have been equally close. For five of the eight years the total length of bare cob at the tip of each ear in the crop grown from the tw strains has been determined. These measurements have been taken in the spring after the ears were well dried out. ‘The average length of bare cob is recorded for each year and for the five years. There has been no marke i tendency for the amount of bare cob to increase. As a matter of fact, this sort of selection, though continuous, has been barren of any important re- sults. _k+ WINTER COVER CROPS. Although Growth May Be Small They Will Protect Soil. ‘Whatever may be the system of crcp rotation, all fields which are subject to blowing or washing of the soil should be kept covered with some crop during the winter. This is usaally advisable even though the fleld i3 not subject to blowing or washing of the soil should crop is grown during fall and early spring it will enrich the soil when plowed under. If oats are to follow a corn crop, clovers, cowpeas soy beans, wheat, rye, or some other crop should be planted in the cornflel.y at the last cultlvation, or as socn as the corn is cut. _Although such crops may pot have time to make much growth, they will protect the soil dur- ing fali, winter, and early spring, and add to its fertility when turned under or _uprooted by cultivation. The growing of beans, pea: clovers, etc., is’'a great help to the soil even though the seed be gathered or the vines cut for hay, but the turning under of the entire crop enriches the soil to a great- er extent an don poor soils causes a very noticeable increase in yleld for two or more year: GRASS LAND. Show That Beneficial. Exporiments Liming Is The experiments conducted at the Massachusetts Station prove conclu- sively that lime is of great benefit Lo grass land. In the experiment there was one field divided into two plots, which for the last 15 years had ar- nually received equal quantities of dissolved bome-black and muriate of potash. One in addition had received during the 15 years two applications of lime at the rate of ome ton per acre—the first application, deepay disc-harrowed in: the second applica- tion put on five years later as a top: dressing to the grass land. Bolx plots were cut tvice during the season. "7 e total produc-t of the unlmed plot the rate of 1,140 pounds per The total product of the limed the rate of 6.175 pounls ve and one- he unlimed s the clov- :2cuy growth on sulimed plot. TIMOTHY AND TOBACCO FOR FERTILITY. ar more v han ‘The importance of keeping the fer- tility of the soll up and increusing each year and at the same time grow- ing tobacco on this land year after year is a problem which every tobaccs farmer is facing. Since tobacco is such a money crop and is desirable to grow every year plans should be 0 10ade that the organic matter of the soll can be increased. Timethy ‘has SEED POTATOES, Suggestion Made by Wyoming Experi- ment Station About Their Selec- tion. Accerding to the Wyoming Station, there is no other way to get true breed characteristics in potatoes except by selecting seed from the perfect Alii, and seed should be selected only from hills producing first-class marketabie potatoes in the growing of which there is no waste of plant food. When the potatoes are ripe enough to keep, but before they are dux and when the vines are still green and in €ood condition, is the time to seléct Dpotatoes to be saved for seed. Go intv the potato fleld and look for strons. healthy-looking tops. A strong heaithy top 1s evidence of good potatoes. When a hill has been selected, dig into it. If the potatoes are uniform in size and smooth and true to tpye. mark tte nil: to save for seed. A strong. healtay hill containing 10 to 12 medium -siced potatoes, uniform and smooth, is a bet- ter hill for seed than one containing only five or six very large potatces. Potatoes selected from the bin are no. as good for seed, ds they will rel ba uniform and will not produce as uni- form a crop. There is not much extra work involved in this method of selec- tion, as a/man can pass through a ficid ard examine and mark the seiocted hills very rapidly; then when the po- tatoes are dug these hills can be kepi by themselves. CASE OF EGGS MORE THAN A YEAR AGO Record of the Hens at Storrs for the Past Week, In the forty-fourth week of the lay- ing competition at Storrs, all the hens taken together produced 3210 egEs. While this is 148 less than for the pre- ceding week, it is on the other hand, relatively 359 eggs more for the cor- responding week a year ago. Now 359 is of course only one egg less than a case, and at current wholesale quota- tions, namely 34 to 36 cents, the extra case ‘of eggs these hens have lald is worth nearly eleven dollars. Dr. N.. W. Sanborn's Buff Wyan- dottes from Holden, Mass, were first for the week with a production of 50 eggs. These “broody” Buffs are liv- ing down an unenviable reputation, they are not broody: neither are they wasting a single thought on their new fall coats; they are simply busy: they va shelied out an even hundred eggs in the last fortnight, a record sur- passed by but one pen in the entire competition, Windsweep Farm's Leg- horns from Redding Ridge, Conn., and P. G. Platt's pen of the same breed from Wallingford, Pa., tied for second place with 49 eggs each. The Storrs Station’s sour milk pen of White Wyandottes and N. W. Hendryx's Les- horns from New Haven were close thirds with 43 eggs each. The ex- periment station’s sour milk pen of Leghorns laid 47 for the week and the sour milk pen of Barred Rocks, 48; thus it is apparent that the milk fed birds are holding up well. The milk fed pen of Light Brahmas has laid more than a thousand egge to date, in pite of the prediction by well known sitors to the plant that the manage- ment of the contest would be lucky to get these big Asiatics to lay 75 eggs aplece, or 750 for the pen for the whole year. The reader may perhaps contemplate sending a pen of birds to the next con- test at Storrs or he may be interested in some other competition in this country or some of the contests abroad. But whether he sends his birds away or keeps them at home the poultry- man is Interested in selecting those pullets that are likely to give the larg- est yield of eggs during the coming Those who cannot avail them- of trapnest records must rely on external characteristics. These are not always as definite and tangible as statistical data and yet they are well worth consideration. Other things being equal, the pullets that have grown rapidly and well, will prove to be the better layers, that is to say, young birds that have at any time during the growin period, been stunted have also in all probability had their egg functioning powers retarded. An- other consideration of importance is quality; it is the same sort of thing that the dairvman eeeks for in a milk producer. It is indicated in hens by soft pliable skin over the breastbone and the abdominal cavity. The ten leading pens to date are as Peasley, Cheshire, Conn, White Leg- horns 1760; Windsweep Farm, Reddin, Ridge, Conn. White Leghorns 1760; Hillview Poultry Farm, St. Albans, Vt., Rhode Island Reds 1747; E4 Cam, Hoghton, nr. Preston, Bngland, White Wyandottes 1733; A. P. Robinson, Cal- . Y., White Leghorns 1713; Barron, Cathforth, Bngland, White Wyandottes 169 N._ W. Conn., White Hendryx, New Haven, Leghorns 1644; Branford Farm, Conn., White Leghorns, 1 3 Platt, Wallingford, Pa., White Leg- horns 1612. The ten leading Connecticut pens to d‘;u are as follows exempting the four ove: Branford Farm, Groton, White horns 1564; A. S. Sondregger, Souf Coventry, ' Whi Leghorns~ 1570; George Bowles, Westport, White Leg- horns 1517; Homer P. Deming, Win- ford - Farm, Groton, White Plymou Branfora Farm, Groton, bouquet, Mr. and Mrs. Hedler: pillow, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob: basket, Mrs. L. and F. Firth and Baltic friends. Enters Normal School. The Misses Lillian O'Brien of Provi- dence street and Margaret Hasler of South Fifth avenue, graduates from the Norwich Free Academy in the class of 1915, have entered the fresh- man class st the Willimentic Normal school. Local School Teachers, Local school teachers to resume their duties are: Miss Christine Miller, Plainfleld; Miss May Leathers, Sterl- ing; Miss Viola Chesbro, Baltic and ‘Miss Elizabeth Weller, Baltic, Schools Open. The two local schools, Sacred Heart and oc school have opened for the fall term. The Sacred Heart Tuesday and the Wi Left For New York. Las Riordan who has been em- ployed at the Ponemah mills has re- signed_his position and has left for New York 'city, where he will lo- cate. Fred Stone is enjoying his ennual vacation. Edward Haverstraw has returned from a visit.in New York, Robert Pilling and Richard Kyle are cnjoving & three days’ vacation. Miss Madeline O'Keefe is spending a few days at Riverpoint and Arctic Center, R L Henry Troeger of Deep River, form- erly of Taftville is spending a two weeks' vacation here. John Coldwell of South Swansee, Mass., is the guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Sharples of Front street. GAME BIRDS COMMON TO THIS COUNTRY'S PRESERVES. Chief Henshaw of Government Bio- logical Survey Tells What Are to be Found in Hunting Fields. (Special to The Bulletin) Washington, D. C, Sept. 8.—With the beginning of the hunting season, the variety and plenty of the North American huntsman's domain is indi- cated in a communication to tbe Na- tional Geographic Society from Henry W. Henshaw, chief of the United States Biological Survey, which tells of “American Game Birds” Mr. Hen- shaw enumerates more than 100 kinds of game birds to this country’s pre- serves, among which are 37 kinds of duck, elght kinds of goose, elght kinds of quall, and five kinds of grouse. While America’'s preserves are dis- tinguished among the hunting fields of the world for their wealth of game. the writer shows that they are hunted with dangerous thoroughness. He say; merica has always been a paradise for sportsmen, but of late years the number of those whose chief relaxa- tion is the pursuit of game has greatly probably increased, and today there are not far from five millions who are in- terested in the pursuit of game! What this army of five million hunters means to the large and emall game of Amer- ica can better be Imagined than described! Modern guns and ammuni- tion are of the very best, and they are sold at prices so low as to be within the reach of all. Added to these very efficient weapons for killing _small game, are innumerable devices for kill- ing waterfowl, as sneak-boats, punt- guns, swivel-guns, sail-boats, ‘steam- launches, night fioating, night lighting and others.” The varieties of American game duck given by Mr. Henshaw are baldpate, Barrow’s golden-eye, black, buffiehead, king. Pacific spectacled and Steller's eider, fulvous tree-duck, mallard, merganser, red-head, pintail scaup, scoter. canvas-back, shoveller, and teal Of canvas-back, he says: “The canvas- perhaps the most famous of American waterfowl, has purchased its fame at a price. So highly is it prised by the epicure that today be who can afford to dine on canvas-back sets the mark of luxuri- ous living. Not that the canvas-back differs essentially from other ducks, but its excellent flavor is due to the fact that its favorite food is ‘wild cel- 55 the plant roots several feet under the surface, only the diving ducks secure it and the pleblan kinds to be content with such floating - ments as they can pick up or can steal from their more aristocratic relstives. In Oregon and Washington, the canvas- back lives much upon wapsie, & duld- i T § Do vou regard -that i rious thing? It is! U to fight it with Dr. Hobson's Ointment, the disease fs likely to on for months and years. Scores gratful users say: aid waste those months and years in agony when so testsd a on the market. experiment.: in its power. come serious. reads of clouds of pikeons that Fe- quired three days to pass a given point in a continuous m: stream, and again of flocks estifhated to con- tain more than two billion birds, cred- ulity is taxed to the limit. Yet.mot only one such flock was but they were of perfodic a many yeass of our eadly Bistory. sak the accounts of them are too weil at tested to be doubted. As = curious sidelight on the wild fowl and the hardsbips:to 3 the slaves of the period were sub- Jected, 1 quote from Grinnel, who states that in early days slave owners who hired out their slaves, stipulated in the contract that canvas-1 ducks, should not be fed to them more than' twice each week' A high money value is placed om our game resources. Mr. Henshaw states that Oregon yalues her resources, consisting largely of birds, at 35,000,000 a year, while fornia and’ Maine each 'claim game to be worth $20,000,000 & year, country should do all' in | to protect and to bring about a right- ful use this rich heritage. Scotland in 1913 mined 42456478 tons of coal. PLUMBING AND STEAM FITTING Call Up 734 _ REPAIRING - € “A stitch_in time saves nine” ls specially trus when a leak u§ o i T R A. J. Wholey & Co. 12 Ferry Street electricity is to lighting. ‘We guarah- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fariest prices. 1 Ask us for plans and prices. J F. TOMPKINS! Robert J. Cochrane GAS FITTING, 3 PLUMBING, STEAM FITTING, ! 10 West Main Strest, Norwich, Conn.” Agent for N. B. O, Sheet'Phcking, T.F. BURNS © Heating and 'Plumbhygi 92 Frankdin Street i TRAVELERS' DIRECTORY |