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FRQM MAV‘ to aéth SEVEN DAYS TO DEMONSTRATE TO THOSE WHO BUY. READY-TO-WEAR APPAREL IN NOR- WICH AND ITS VICINITY WHAT REAL VALUES YOU CAN BUY AT THIS STORE. OUR REPUTA- TION OF THE PAST FOR THE BEST VALUES IN THE CITY WILL BE MORE THAN TRUE FOR THIS EASTERN CONNECTICUT WEEK. : Choice 2 Chdice 1 Choice 2 Choice 1 i , | LADIES’ and MISSES’ s , | LADIES’ and MISSES’ LADIES’ and MISSPS SUITS LADIES’ and MISSES COATS SUITS Eastern Connecticut Week COATS Eastern Connecticut W—k! Eastern Connecticut Week $19.50 and $22.50 Esistésri - Confecticut ‘Week $15.00 to $19.50 No Suit in our stock over No coat in our store is over $12.50 to $15.00 $10.00 to $12.50 $19.50 now $22.50 now SILK DRESSES SILK DRESSES Taffeta Taffeta, Crepe-de-Chine and Crepe-de-Chine and Crepe Meteor Eastern Connecticut Week | Eastern Connecticut Week $11.95 $13.45 STRIPE SILK TAFFETA SKIRTS Eastern Connecticut Week $4.85 STRIPE WOOL SKIRTS Eastern Connecticut Week $5.00 e SUBSTANTIAL CITIZENS of the community show a de- cided preference fir ezr CLOTHES THERE IS A REASON WHY e Not only Clothes but Men’s Furmshmgs of your kind REASONABLY PRICED THE F. A. WELLS CO. B. GOTTHELF & CO. ‘“The Store of Good Values” 94-100 MAIN STREET LADIES’ WHITE WAISTS Sheer Voiles and Batiste handsomely trimmed large collars Eastern Connecticut Week $1.85 READY-TO-WEAR SPORT HATS Eastern Connecticut Week $1.85 SILK CREPE-DE-CHINE WAISTS in black and colors Eastern Connecticut Week $1.95 BLACK AND COLORED . STRAW SHAPES Eastern Connecticut Week 85¢ WILL L. STEARNS, Proprictor «~GO0D CLOTHES STORE” vested every year.for nearly a century | bacoas was such that the agricultural | grind native wheat, factories to pro- [In the line of trust-bust withour renmewal, although in Cuba {and household imple of the In- | duceganyjarticles Which are now im- [has ever seen.—Milwau were wit] convenie dis- |the cane vields cnly from five to ten | dians, such as axes, s, plates, | portéd® trdmways, waterworks, and - but for the most part this ex- jcrops, and in many sugar-producing | cups. etca Were made of it, and fnafy | ©ther municipal improvements, new Thaughts for Patricts. B land, so productive that the |countri it must ba set out every eciments of it valuable and in-| ports to accommodate the growing “Remember that the eyes of the itself seems to live, is untouched . The yield of each hectare is|teresting relics are found In thé an- | forefgn trade—all these will come In|tato are upon you,” says the Bos Imost unknown. o very high, being 500 to 1000 quin- | cient sepulchres. The ‘El Dorado,” in | the wake of the rallroads, and the |Transcript Yes, and remember e e the countries of |tals. in comparison with 600 to 800 in | carch of which rman Perez de | products of the vast acreage of land, [that the eyes of the b America possesses ample outlet | Cuba, and 900 to 950 in Hawaii; and yuesada, a brother of Gonzalo Jimenezwhich needs only to be worked to|the potato.—New Orleans State h Atlant! and Pacific oceans, | With irrigation, which is made very |de Q'l??ada. conqueror of this rez;(\n,{_\'leld abundant returns, will usher in are indented with |easy by the nature of the land. the | made his famous expedition from Bo- | the prosperity which waits at Colom- K Will one day afford am- | vield would be still higher. In epite of | gota to Pasto, tracersing the rough |bia’s very gates. . : sreater potential value, the | slopes of the Andes for more than 200 THE NATIONAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA RAFABEL REY Ex-President e s Double Cross. Fuyrther revelations of the futile ax penditure here of Ge t ne In the Jimits of t! is not § on earth, : | harbors whic o o possible to mention 1 va accommodations for the shipping |this vast What Germany Wants. e L willcarry’ her products to all |lands of the Cauea valley max be | leagues, nwes its origin to the trad PRpatinee e - thi SHCIOE canss s of-the ~worl = ad ought for one-tenth the ce of su- | tion that on the approach con- nolonts Rt -the - kats = his wonderful of the world. As railroads and P o sppronch, of: the Sk One of the German writers com- | decorated with the double of the country |®ar lands in Cuba. In this belt, to- | querors the Indians hid in these moun- ko 5 0 ryia ast land will | bacco also is raised in large quinti- | tains an immense treasure of gold and BPOuucEs 1o, commbroe ity 11 ot 2 t _‘ 1 3 it T products | ties, and was exported from the coun- | emeralds which has never since been DUE *the ~ varibt to harvest, |ty 'in 1915 to a value of a third of a | found. The departments of Antioquia whiel st e n markets | million dollars. Cotton, cocoa and |and Cauc > most of the gol XT8Nt Snicatat Ty ot to them. Back of the its are important products, and the | found in ., and mines h T and with the |l2nd is admirably suited to these oecn worked in these districts since growing . commerce & most - rea plains -that nobody knows what the|Newark News government really wants There is a e strong suspicion, however, that what the government wants most is a good Seems Rathe chance to stand from under.— Let us hope that nah \cv\g of fruits and vegetables w — to the high standa mate which exists bord the land r beon worke e ricts s ropical e on ine - "OP: the Colonial epoch, during which a R ~ he Eauator, Righ enjoying a f the subotropics | T the higher elevations are the cof- | obtained .a greater quantity of old | What They Deserve. TS S SR témperate, even ciimate, and lof ps: sugar cane |fee piantations, which produce more | from the “New Kingdom of Granada” | The perfdrmances of some of tie re- P mountain -peaks ned . wi without replant- | than half the value of Colom (which is now Colombia) than from |turned radicals. to Russia show. that The Consumer’s V now, 5500 meters above f fields in the val- | ports and play a most important part other' of her colonies. The: ex- |in a fw instances the autooratic sov-| It is sald that we ou b a land may be produ vhich have been har- [in the commerce of the rcpublic. They | ports of gold from the republic|ernment gave that sort about what |the farmers. The consumer are planted on the steep mountain | amounted to about $6.000,000 in® 1915, [they deserved.—Chicago Herald. that 315 hogl .mnmn~v . o far slopes, between 1300 and 2000 meters |and when it becomes possible to trans- elevation. At present, transportation modern machinery to the auni- Can Ask for Peace. difficuities are tremendous. and what s regions it is probable that the G Don't Bother Him magnitude would be attmined by the |opinion of Baron Humboldt wuj be| If the war department accepts Gov- 0 industry under the stimulus of ade- | verified that “they are the richest gold |ernor Philipp's offer of a Wisconsin It is not our purpose eason | Edison, but the guate facilities it would not be possi- | lands in the worid.” brigade the Germans will have Sivit ble to estimate. As it is, Colombia [ Platinum is an important product, [to ask for peace.—Milwaukee News. ry ansiously waiting ——— him.—Houston Post nks second in_the world to Brazil | not so much-on account of the amount = ; st Fastern Connecticut Weel earing soil is found in but. few Any .man who sees a chance to Grain of all kinds, corn ik important | was' exported in 1915. this amount |{ine the hunt that will made for |strategy needs to bs pol |0 fertile that irrigation is unneces- | Silver. qui er, copper and iron 2 coffee-producing country, %vith | actually obtained, but bacause platl- A Fair Warning. parts of the world. Although but|ma o the n- [ The Hindenburg 7 rice- produce splendid make huge profits out of the cour e a Ou r al' a l'e Theat forms an especially 4 4 crop. The climate is even. and no [served to place Colombia second only lnym and his kind will beat anything | Pittsburgh Dispatch ry. although it could be carried out | also occur in important quantities, but 2n_export crop valued at $16. s Needs an Explanati and {3550,000 worth of the preclous metal ity necesities. may well realize |as the nose on a man's frosts need be feared, and the-sofl is|to Russia - ks AND BESIDES at small cost on account of the in- | the cost of transporting the less con- numerable streams which ow down | centrated values of these ores mal the mountain slopes. the development of mines to prodr Great stretches of ralling Vaileys | them an_impossibliity. The maines of Eastern Connecticut WeSave You 12 On Your Purchase |- i iescn i W ke to supply meat and Hidesto:all parts | fine. emeralds of besc. oolor’ found iy of the world. The grass is_luxuriant, | the world. NAS =Y D SEl-iL. |;;125_':t- thh"e*‘ds ant;)rs;a:‘en{\anfl;;c:lutdz' Lo r#iiroads have been buflt they 8 ly o > i ave avallable a sle supply - PAY i § FOR mand, primarily on account of the!nf coal of execellent aaTity c;i—u’;i'r MORE? = of A GOOD CHICKEN and l Ess lack of facilties for transportation. | ferous deposits exist in many parts Slaughter houses and high-grade stock | the republic and are very rich. Fver ‘.‘sre also needed, but when good freight | those near Bozota have hardly bezun LAWN MOWER POULTRY NETTING rates are offercdd these wants wWill ito’bo worked, whils those at a dis w3 quickly be suppll tance are practically untouched, : % _— LADIES’ DRESSES , At & higher elevation, say trom 2500 | some, daw o far i ihe Tararn coiend | 14-inch cut, 8-inch wheel, $4 A & O oplin Drokas. OB RIDTE, o t0 3000 meters. exists a very Jarze aroa | bia, Iving but a short distance from the Ze quantities of coal to all GARDEN HOSE POLISHING MOPS Tadi Ladies’ Bras Ladies’ Bun ieres, boned trimm worth Sk Dresses; wopthiss of land which is now unproductive, | Panama Canal. may be expected to solitary and treeless. Like the lands | supply. la; w Aprons, made Ladles’ Silk Colored Petticc AR L) it of Patagonia, It is dry and covered | purts of tho world. Ol is also found SeRas ERe 2 with grass, and would afford pastur- | but up to the present the extent of the Eepeuin Mrahn Sumes Work : ‘ AD!ES’ COATS age to vast herds of sheep. It Is only | deposit i3 not known. Other mineral 25¢, 35¢, 75¢, 85¢ 50c, worth $1.00 since 1876 that there have been sheep | exist varving quantities. notabl in Patagonia, and previous to that|salt, which forms the basis of an ex- Ladies’ Wai it was though t no produc- | tensive industry. there. Yet in | Any studv of the natural resources GARDEN RAKES Ladies’ Waists, worth $1:00 nad= of Ladies’ Walsts, worth up ¢ Ao honat 10c COAT and TROUSER Children’s Yard Hats, worth i & et dles. Site Coats: worth om0, T so. 1915 its exports of wool and meat | of Colombia would be incomplete with- HANGERS Children’s Fine Tri Lol S e S s ki sede amounted to about $30.000.000. Just | out some mention of the industrial op. 35¢, 40c, 45c, 75¢, 85¢ £ 5 T e i OB S S such an opportunity exists in the high- | portunities which depend upon them. 4 for 25¢ Children’s Hats, worth up to $2.00.............. 97c B lands of Colombia today. Even the present brief discussion must & Ready-to-Wear Hats, worth Thus far we have touched oniy the | have emphasized the outstanding need —_— ERiel | Beaay, fosiVeas, Jiats, war = LADIES SUITS more important agricultural resources: | of the country, upon which hinges all GARDEN Fine Muslin Gowns, neatly trim il Suits made of serge in . : if we turn to the mineral world we | commercial expansion—the need of a 15¢ TOILET PAPER Fine Envelope Chem find the same remarkable opportuni- [ railroad system adequate to distribute HAND CULTIVATORS 1 10 Striped’ Washable Petticoats: worth 69 8 ties. Tt is doubtful If in any part of | the products of the labor of the six roll or package, 10c fis 2 L e Al the world so many mineral products |million people who inhabit the re- 35¢, $1.00, 1.25 are to be found in so restricted a tex- | public. With an area greater than | ritory. The ores must be transported | the combined areas of France, Spain | from the mines by mule back, so there | and Portuzal. it can boast bui siven A LARGE LINE OF has been no opportunity for.great de- | hundred miles of railroad, in compari- SPADES and FORKS ALUMINUM WARE zood as a whit> and f Just Received Have you a child 3, 4 or 5 years old? We L.adies’ Wais BotEht & e ey =ms velopment as vet, but the minerals are | son with over forty-three thousand —— ists s sl On sale now...:....... $297 Wl there, and before long they will form | miles in those countries. The fr $1.00, $1.25 B worth up to $2.00 A gcod line of’Children oats up to size 14. an_important factor in trade. rates between tha capital and i ‘The mineral wealth of what is now | principal ports are greater than the R S T KEEN KU'!T'ER all up-to-the-minute st idren’s Dresses, w orth 59c. cesececsees 39 called Colombia was described to Co- | ocean rates to New D7 ldven’s ‘Dresses, worth, 51.00, soreceseeo. 592 W iumbus by the Indians of the West Tn- | products of the Cauca Vi < . 1 Dresses, worth feneeeace . _97c dies,’ who informed him that the gold |one of the greatest asr ‘ork, and the iled, which is GARDEN HOSE KNIVES, SHEARS, TOOLS cultural dis- . $1.47 they possessed in abundance was ob- | tricts in the world, have %o. reach ths -p]y Duck Molded Hose OF ALL KINDS rythi i Al,o 1 i sousts of . Thet Tepion. The| ihit ware wmivioved in_ ihe Spanigh 7-ply High-grad Fully Wi ted the firm coasts t Tegion. ef i 2 5 5 # i Everything to wear for your new born baby at very low prices. Saquer immense treasures which Pizarro and | colonial fimes. The broad, deep rivers Piy Sligiygrace Y. Vv SRR nurses’ outfits Almagro found in Peru originatéd, for | carry now, as they did in those days, tacoas, between Tumaco and Pasto, on | continue as an invaluable supplement the Pacific coast, and in those in|tc the railroads after they have been S u F L Novita in the Choco, where the natives | built, but they cannot take their place (4 or Less nsed to buy for gold the salt which is | in developing the country. l ; ¢ 158 < N h C & w l - 5 d 10‘: St lacking in that mmtgm but which Following close upon railroad :cou™ LR ™ o YRR o en Main - St., Norwic! onn., opposite oolworth’s 5 ani ore plentiful in Peru. This commerce in | str ; y 5 eg ge . X 1 . 1 bl tries. Smelt. T b f ths is el cxjets, nd s of eomaldersnle | Ligp, smeles, for the ovss ot a1 Bulletin: Building, 74 Franklin Street the most part, in the mines of Bar-|iarge guantities of freight, and will Why Pay More? THE PASNIK CO truction will coms many new indus The abundance of gold in Bar- mille to spin native cotton and to