Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, June 11, 1918, Page 4

S Forwich nlletin and Goufie? 122 YEARS OLD price 12¢ & week; S0e n:-nufl-m 5 Entered at the Postoffice at Nerwich Conn., es second-class matten Telephone Callsy Bulletin Business Oifice 480, Bulletin Editorial Rooms 35-3. Bulletin Job Office 35-2 Willimantle Office, 625 Main Street Telephone CIRCULATION 1901, average ......ceceero... 4412 1005, average ......eeeerrrss 9,928 MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoctated Press is exclusive- Iy entitied to the use for republica. tion of all news despatches credi ed to it or not otherwise credit- ed in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special despatches herein are also reserved. for such a purpose and which it was hard to get could not be secured for about twice what he would be able to realize from his wheat. " In the hope that the situation will be greatly changed by the steps which have been taken to better the railroad transportation Mr. Hoover exXpects that the demands thereon can be more nearly met with the result that “prices will generally drop until they reach the rormal level to be ex- pected in war times. Last year there was an increase of $1 a bushel in wheat between the farmer of the Mis+ sissippi ‘ valley and the workman on the Atlantic seaboard, which should never have existed under conditions that ought to have been.? A reduction would of course be most heartily welcomed. Whether it will come depends upon the railroads, but now as in the past they are be- ing relied upon to afford relief in many directions. Time will tell whether they can meet expectations even under the new conditions. FAILURE THUS FAR. It may be a hit too early to so re- mark, but what has Germany to gloat over thus far in its Submarine opera- tions on this side of the Atlantic? It is true that the underwater boats have sent to the bottom about 15 Ameri- can, British and neutral ships in American waters, caused a few deaths and not a little suffering. Every ship which has been sunk means of course the deprivation of just so much ton- nage in the shape of cargo and pas- sernger carriers apd because of the presence of the submersibles water transportation in certain lines at least Las been for the time being dis- rupted. By far the greater number of ships “Right is More Precious than Peace” THE LATEST DRIVE. The new German attack comes at the very point where it was expected and therefore in the region where it ls to be anticipated that the allies are thoroughly prepared to meet it. By the seme method of throwing great numbers into the fight the Germans a making a determined efiort to drive back the allies so- that the line can be straightened from the vicinity of Montdidier to the southern point reached in the drive to the Marne, but while it has been necessary for the s to give some ground in the cen- terrific losses are being inflicted the attacking forces and such ivance as they are making is siower than in any other of the 1 drives. This makes it evident that the drive Will be brought to a halt mucih soomer than the others were and with the enemy far from attaining his ob- It is at that very point where the strongest kind of resistance can be expected for there General ¥och has stationed a iarge number of serves and to that frdnt he can ly despatch others which may be needed, and right there can it be anticipated that every inch of the ground will be contested because of the menace which it offers to Paris and to the line further north. Thus far the allies have been doing the same kind of fighting which blocked the Germans south of Ypres and as long as Germany is willing to throw away ite men it can be ex- pected that it will get the same stub- born opposition and be made to pay the ‘dearest price for whatever it #ains. The new move starts off far! less, auspiciously than those which have preceded it. e MR. HUSTIS" SELECTION. Many of the leading railroad men are lLeing dropped by the director general in the bringing of the opera- tion of the roads under stricter fed- eral control. It is to be hoped that the selection of the directors for groups of railroads is being carried out with the idea of getting the best men possible for the work expected of them, and while some of the leaders are being passed by, it iz to be un- derstood that it is impossible to name all of them for the few positions which are open. That with the pur- pose of naming the men who are best dcquainted with the work at hand, the territory which they serve and the aims of the government must Be accepted as the reason for the se- lections which are being announced. . When it comes to getting a rail- rpad man for the handling of all the Wnes in New England, it must be ~gealized that the choice of James W. ustis, now president and receiver of ie Boston & Maine, is an excelient one. Not only is Mr. Hustis a thor- ough railroad man in all respects but there is probably no railroad head in New Pngland at the present time Who knows more about the different lines than he does. Mr. Hustis has Had his experiences as a high official on the New York, New Haven and Hartford system. He has been gen- eral manager of the Boston & Albany and he iz in touch as, no other with the system which he is now operat- Ing. He is thercfore the logical man for the handling of the roads in these eix states and the territory served will have full confidence in his selec- tion. 1If all the others are selected with the same consideration the best <ind of results ought to be obtained, ind that of course is what is desired. 4 THE RAILROAD PROBLEM. That improved conditions on the railroads in the way of additional capital, with which to secure more rolling etock and the elimination of much waste through the central con- trol Will result In a benefit not only to transportation but to prices of foodetuffs is to be anticipated in view of the recent statehent by Food Ad- ministrator Hoover. Those who have tad to pay them have realized for some time that prices for grain have been boosted becatise of the inability to properly distribute throughout the country the large quantities of that which was on hand. This was clear- ly shown by the position of the farm- er who insisted upon feeding his wheat to his livestock because the arain whieh he would ordinarily usa { rounding the waterway. The govern- were sunk before warning had been sent forth to shipping that the men- ce existed on this side of the water. Since it was clearly established that the U-boats were at work here, ves- ©ls have bheen on guard and the navy : been scouring the entire coast in zcarch of the subs, with the result that the work of the latter has been greatly diminished. But while the submarines have suc- ceeded in sinking a few small vessels they have failed thiis far in what is believed to be their real object in coming to these waters, namely, the checking of the steady flow of troops ipplies to Europe. The knowl- that the underwater boats are| here will cause the throwing of great- er protection about the troopships and big cargo carriers but they will not be kept in port, they cannot be. Their service and their cargoes are needed on the other side and they must be kept going but with a sufiicient con- voy on this as well as the other side. Germany may have given us a little scare but its real object has failed. and NO WATER IN CANAL DEAL. In connection with the proposition to have the government take over the Cape Cod canal by purchasing this important waterway, it is to be real- ¢ ized that there should be no thought of saddling upon the country at an unwarranted price. Such was realized from the very beginning, and the fact that the owners have fixed a price for which they will sell which is not ap- government board of ich has looked into the matter is indicated by the adverse report which has been made. Cer- lainly it cannot be expected that the government should be urged to buy| a canal, which is not making money and never has, at a figure which would place a handsome profit in the pockets of the builders, however much such a deal would operate to the safety and convenience of ship- | ping. The importance of the Cape Ceod canal to shipping between New ank{ and Boston is fully recognized by all| who are acquainted with the situa-| tion, and particularly is this true now| that the submarines have begun their| operations on this side of the Atlan- tic, but if a purchase is to be made it should be at a price which takes into consideration the ponditions sur-} ment engineers, in response to a re- quest, have recalled their report and agreed to reopen the matter. ered the submarine menace their previous decision was since that could hardly have overlooked in giving full thought to the proposition, so that that could made, hardly be expected to change their at- | price | titude, but if there is a new offer to be advanced they are entire! justified in listening to it. At a proper figure the deal would be an excellent one, but there can be no war profits. The hoard certainly can- not recommend a watered canal deal. EDITORIAL NOTES, The motto of the marines appears to be “They must go back!” Some of the Teutonic fighting forces | now know what it is to take it from| the marines. Even a ship a day as U-boat toll is one too' many. The menace must| be blotted out. The man cn the corner says: Even! # war garden experiences no harm from constructive criticism. The t in bein tables of many a home garden THes The one great trouble with _the higher taxes {3 that they run counter to the war saving suggestions. It is a noticeabla fact these days that the housewife i{s not complaining about the oil tracked into the housa from the streets. The American soldiers in France are giving the Germans a greater. scare than the submarines are to the people on this side of ths Atlantic. Of two German rescrvists taken in Hoboken it is said that they are “like- ly” to be interned during the war. There ought to be no question about it. e ‘Whether the schoolbovs go to work on the farms or in the munition fac- tories it is an important service whichl they can render during the summer vacation. . Prompt and pointed at least was the reply of the state department to the Cerman threat to mistreat pris- oners, and it is to be sincérely hoped that it will prove effective. The claim that the prospects are senator ba It is to !z he supposed that they fully eomsid-|c before | 2 been | excellent for big crops of Wheat and WASHINGTON AFFAIRS —_— Large Allottments From Housing Fund Expected For New London and Bridgeport—Activities of Con- necticut / Senators—Suggestion by Congressman Lonergan Regarding Rehabilitation Biil, (Special to The Bulletin.) Washington, D. C., June 10.—Con- nectieut is certain to come in for a good share of the housing appropria- tion although no definite sums have vet been allotted. The total of $60,- 000,000 will have to be divided ac- cording to the pressing needs of cities Wwhere important munition plants are located, and until the applications are all in and the recommendations of the war department placed before the howsing bureau the ‘exact amount which each will receive is problemat- ical. It is known that Bridgeportand New London will be among the first cities to receive allotments and there is reason to believe other Connecti- cut towns will also be put cn the list, aithough thus far no others have been recommended to the bureau. Word has come to Washington that Bridgeport’s needs are so pressing that even now beds, as well as men, are often working in eight-hour shifts. Housing facilities are o scarce that a rcom with two or three beds is occu- pied by three sets of men, and when a man goes to work at the beginning of his eight-hour shift, another man whose shift is just ended pops into the vacated bed for his own hours of sleep. Up in Lowell, Mass, it was authoritatively stated by the local po-, lice that no less than six men work- Ing in the U, S. Cartridge factory were absolutely withouthhouse room, and during the hours they were not working in the plant were forced to roam the streets or slesp in parks. The housing bureau reports distress- ing shortage of accommodations from all sections of the country and soon as it is decided by President Wilson whether the houwsing bureau is to work under the treasury or the la- bor department allotments will be made according to the most pressing needs. No definite system huas vet been agreed upon, but there is a ten- tative proposition that the govern- ment shall assume from 70 to 80 per cent. of the cost of necessary building and the cities in which they are lo- cated pay the other 20 or 30 per cent. That js the probable basis but until {the question of which department the bureau is to work under is authorita- tively settled, no definite figures or Der centage will' he announced. It is not unlikely Bridgeport and New London will get sums running up in- and even as high as rumored, but that e to the millions, five million is is purely c¢pnjectu Connecticut has been in the fore- ground in s the past week. Senator Br: periinent ques- tion as to the reason the navy de- partment had not warned vessels of the danger of U-boats off the coast if it had been informed of their pres- ence by incoming ships, as was re- ported to have been the case, stirred a debate in the senate which brought partisan politics to the surface. Sen- ator Lewis, wh ardent sup- porter of the adminisivation from the bresident down to th: most obscure employe, fired hot shot across the aisle to the repuk an side of the chamber, as he repl io Senator Brandegee,. who mlv by and let the storm rage. Senator elson of MMinnesota demanded to inow of Senator Lev “assailing the republic: keep U-boats from af off our const?’ if hie thought an party would ing vessels i the Tllinois ar enough to assert ho was not aiming his talk en- tirely at the repu sime moment the XV bird bill was up before southern democrats v it as an infringement of their rights. at which gome of the anti frage and ant nal members jecred asked how that state rights idea could zame seasons interfer department of agriculture, as may b done under the McLean bill, L] : 2 The wavs and means committes is spending rs cach day hear- ing com v S all billion dollars by tz number of appl is smaller than by the committee, S arings mav . he cl 1 and wi aming the bill be begun at an ear- lier date than was at first thought poszible. Durina the debate on the soldier habililiation bill Congressman Lon- oviards provid- ing positions for soldiers who return from France wounded and unable to follow their former occupation vet Do can be rehabilitated ahd made fit for some oth Mr. Lonergan’s plan is to have such men g first | opportunity for securing zovernment positiens, putting them ahead of civil | service applications and without civil | service examinations. He argues that after medical tre many men will be entirely capa 7 filling cer- tain government ons and that their ftn certained by the " rehabilitation e ining board ich will be specia npointed for t such a pur Ti. .onergan believes that a of thase men would be fully capable of serv- ing the government in clerical and other positions and that it is oniy a matter of justice that such of them as have become incapacitated to re- sume ir former occupations should be assisted in securin: others and that both the governm ard the soldiérs would be ben by the measure he advocat such a clauee is not incorporated in the re- habilitation bill Mr. Lonergan intends to offer it as en amendment or zet it before congr i e other way. 1t was internating to watch Uncle Joe Cannon a few days ago during a hot debate and at a moment when someone on the democratic side wag saying things not at ell to his liking. The former speaker of the house sat in the front row on the republican side, with his legs crossed and one leg swingihs back and forth with a sert of rockinz metion which sug- zested a cat switchinz its tail just before it jumps for a bird. In a“fin- ute T'nele Joe was on his feet “gettin~ hack” at his democratic opponent with all his old time vigor of speech, and it was hatd to belleve that he had just celebrated his §2nd birthday. “Mr, Speaker,” as he is still called by all those who do not ventire to greet him with the familiar “Untle Joe” which marks the good morning of o'd timers, got a roval tribute from the whole house rezardléss of political faith, When attention to his birth- dav was eailed by democratic floor leader Kitchin, for he is a vrime fa- vorite with both parties, the entire house rose to its fect and gave him a corn should simply serve to spur on|Et20d ovation. the home gardeners to make it gen- wsal 7 #31 Jines of £00d produce. The ite Hol .--u-v-'g'"--l st s ‘whose 00 for the as | prohibition ! 40 | and She looked like an-angel, but she was 7 and the combination does not whrk out atl that age. The ex- ceeding good looking and seaf-pos- sessed caller who was waiting for at- tention from the family laid down the with the idea that something was ex- pected from him, “Good evening!” h She smiled. e said amiably. “Guess- what!” she burst out. “H'm!” said the caller. He was awkward at this brand of conversa- tion. “Truly, I never could guess lmy; thing, not even when I was young: Tell me!” fa “Somebody’'s going to have a birth- day to-mu she announced triumphantly. “And it isn't me and it isn't mother, nor father—nor the cook! Now can you gness?” The caller looked a trifie wild and then turned red in horror. He had read.of such situations in the comic papers. There's nohody left but your Aunt Celia,” he admitted desperately. “Uh, huh,” nodded the inquisitor proudly; “I thought maybe I'd make you guess! She's —" “No, no!” cried the caller wildly. “You must not tell ages and—and things! Reall The angel pursed her lips. She looked mildly pitying. “Do you think 1 _was going to tell?” shes inquired, “Why, of course I wasn't! Mother said herself that nobody would take my Aunt Celia to be a day over 25 and for goodness sake not to be a goose and tell the truth! My Aunt Celia was feeling sorry and she said my goodness but it was awful to be in _the 20’s!” { The caller dabbed at his brow and looked anxiously toward the stair- case, but the angel was insistent. “Mies Celia,” he stated, ‘Is—is. a nzost attractive young woman! I— 1 should say she was even younger jthan that! Have—have you got a dog, or a cat—or anything like that ” “Oh, my no!” she sighed. “Not sipce my Rover chased the Kkitten when my Aunt Celia had very par- ticular company. The kitten jumped bn the piano and then onto the com- pany and he wasn't thinking about it and when he jumped he stepped right back into the goldfish. Anyhow sclentific magazine he had picked up, | imy Aunt Celia said there's a cool or tcold or something hundred thousand Lhr?wn away all for a horrid little catt” 5 “H’'m!” broke in the desperate caller. h—what kind of candy do like best * 5 “Why ” she demanded practically. “Well, T thought possibly the next time I came T might brifig you som “Oh, goody!” she cried eestatically. “Chocluts—will you bring ‘em in a box? When thé boxes are empty my Aunt Celia gives 'em to me—some- times. If the box is a basket With satin in it she keeps it. Everytime! “H'm!"” said the caller in startled surprise. He struggled a mement and then fell. “Has—has your aunt Celsa, —many of the eatin lined baskets? he inquired. - She nodded. “And last Christmas it had a pink hairbow on it and I couldn’t have it. There haven't been any since. Mother she sald, my good- ness, it's a crime to .let that man waste his money when you don't care two pins for him——" “Oh!” breathed the caller relieved- He even smiled. i | 1y, She smiled back at him. *“I like you,"” she confided. “I'm glad of that,” the caller re- ciprocated, with another smile. Even when they arc but 7 their regard is flattering to a human man, “Mother likes you, too,” added the angel briskly. ‘I heard her say she'd like you for a member of the family very much! It was when my Aunt Celia was asking her——" 'No, no!” interrupted the nervously. How—" “Don’t you want to hear what Aunt Celia was saying—about you " she asked, round-eyed, in surprise. The caller struggled valiantly. There wasn’t another soul in sight. Then the recording clerk put down a long white mark in his honer. “Listen!” he confided to the small girl. “I do want to know, horribly! But—I'm going to ask her myself to tell me—tonight!” Oh, goody!” cried the small girl. “Can—can I stay and listen to what she says!” ‘“I—should—say—not!” tortured caller. thank heaven caller “Let's talk about—achool. shouted the “There’s Celia now— '—Chicago News. Red Cross, still roam the great White House lot and add to the picturesque beauty of the scene. They wander at will across the green sward or lie un- der the shade of those huge wide- spreading trees which make the pres- ident’s house a charming summer home despite the intense heat of a Washington summer. But one looks in vain for a picturesque shepherd with his crook. Instead of a shep- erd pipirg a rustic melody or.with rook in hand, it is a sturdy police- man in blue coat with brass buttons who rounds up the sheep, and in his hand is a policeman’s “Billy.” Views of the Vigilantes HIS BEST By George E. Bowen of The Vigilantes Bvery soldier in camp or under arms across the sea has done the best he could. Have you? To the soldier, who heard the call of duty, and felt the thrill of sure de- votion, there was only one thing to do. He did it. sest he could give was came down to ich is the measure enemy post in the cliff, The Italians finally made adash to clear out the place, their batteries pouring into the cavern while a scal- ing party entered it from one side. Ia the lead of the climbing party was Lient. Guglielminetti, and as he rushed into the cave a singular sight was be- fore him. Stretched on the ground was an Austrian soldier dying from an Italian bullet wound. But though an Austrian goldier in the gray-green uni- form of Austria, the wounded man raised himself on his eloow, drew a tiny Italian flag from under his coat, and in a faint voice exclaimed: “Vive I Italia. * The dying man had only time to whisper his story. He was Giogio Avanzini, nephew of the socialist dep- uty Avanzini representing the city of Trentino, he was an Italian by in- stinct though forced by the political situation of Trent under Austria to enter the Ausrian army. - As he found himself in the Austrian lines at the top of the cliff, and he had been de- tailed for the dangerous task of being lowered to the cavern to pick off Ital- ian soldiers as they passed. 'Being under observation he kept his rifie going, the shots rang out regularly, but Avanzini took good care that no shot found its. mark in an Italian soldier. Avanzini’s body was lowered to the Italian lines, and the soldiers whoss lives he had spared joined in giving the honors of war to a man wearing an enemy uniform. at to considerable out. years ago. way. Musical Comedy AND Feature Photoplays SEE The Broadway Review 20—IN THE CAST—20 Chorus Girls’ Contest Tues. and Thurs. Nights The Biggest Show in Town OTHER VIEW POINTS ‘The anti-loafing goes into effect will doubtless entail extra work on officials for a time, but if enforced it will work well in every sense of the word. What will its application have on strikers? There is a point for the legal contingent to straighten We fervently hope it found to classify them as shirkers.— Bristol Press. The first loud hint of the fall cam- paign comes with the call for Republican_State convention to meet June 26. President Wilson has said that politics have been laid aside, but he always makes exception of any politics tha{ support the tration. The best way to do that in Connecticut is probably to Governor Holcomb. about the steadiest support the fed- eral government has had among the states.—Waterbury American, ‘Would it be wise to celebrate July 4th in commemoration of our in- dependence we gained in 1776? conditions of affairs in our country to- day are not right to hold a big time over something that we gained many It is better we give care- ful thought to see how we canggive independence to the world, than spend our time displaying nonsense, holding parades and firing off ammunition that is needed on the battlefields. pass the day quietly in our own quiet Demonstrations times. A quiet preferable—Rockville Journal. These statisticians at Storrs col- lege, producing milk, evidently are better at high finance than tHey are feeding cowe and selling milk. They say farmer nine and la ‘half cents quart to produce milk. Now we are not willing to set professional mathematicians but do not believe that any dairyman in this state honestly every quart costs him any such sum, particular- ly in the summer fields full of splendid feed. Tt seems mighty strange also that if this is so that some of the milk- men around this section can afford ten cents a quart. who figure it costs sell milk for of - milk Col order which soon police will be the admipis- re-elect He has been on The A Three-Part Comedy That is a et ot At~ e e —————— o g T ng Thursday “the - Biggest Feature of the Year, Mastarlinck’s The Supreme Photoplay of the Age m y SUBMARINE EYE 11TH CHAPTER OF THE EAGLE’S EYE Hearst-Pathe Ngws are dangerous and sane Fourth is out the cost of at the Connecticut a ourselves up as we Tickets, Sc. War tax, 3¢ believes he that produces GLIBERTY THEA' time with the CONCERT Academy Orchestra FRIDAY, JUNE 14 at Slater Hall 128¢ TRES” Have Been Built in All National Guard and National Army Camps in Ameri “Smileage Books,” issued by Federal Military Entertainment Council, vide free admission to these ilLeatres. Send one to YOUR soldier or to ca. pro-, 0 T o One milk dealer at least, is selling ANY soldier. nto the world, and Worse Than Ever. milk at that price and delivering it| Price 3L : incidental—tor us to], From a letter of protest addressed by |at the house, bottled. ... | For sale at-the following places: alorify or neglect, as always we do. the Belgian deputies and senators to There is something wrong with The soldier boy cast away every- hing but life itself. Ambition, (pride, Dbusiness, pro- | fossion, wealth, fame, family, happi- " | ness, love—all these.he cast aside. | Have you Any of them? ‘e—for the opportunity of youth. He knew they were true—as he could ake them so. r ring nothing but a sense of duty dly done. Have you? 'n a way, he’s taken your place. Has thrown his clean, young body and all s beautiful dreams between you and the destroying horror. He left fear behind. found it? He never for Have you moment thoeught you c | wouldn’t do as much for him and for the world. Have yod? There comes a time when a man finds in his heart a crouching treach- ery. It got in, somehow. It say! “What's the use worrying? We can’ all go. They'll come back.” And it sort of coaxes you to close your eyes and think: - “Well. they'll be safe enough. *t won’t last long. They'll come home covered witin glory.” Axsxd all of a sudden you lose all sense of personal responsibility and just charge everything up to fate, and |let it go at that. But he didn’t—the Boy who went awa He made responsibility his otvrn— made it his pariner and his faith. Have you? He might have won the laurels of a great authon Or been hailed an ar- tist of world-fame. Or any kind of a great man—adding to the world’s progress and happiness. But he didn't wait. The emergency callad. 'He discounted the future—can- celled everything but his dut His glory will be in making a place for the greatness of others. Yours, wmaybe. He gave all he had. Without wait- ing, calculation or fear. He did the best he could. Will you? . STORIES OF THE WAR Cleaning Out a Bad Place. (Correspondence of The Associated Press): There is a narrow pass on the mountain front of the Grapps which has given the Italians a lot of trouble up to & short time ago. It is a rocky deflle with cliffs rising sheer a thous- angl feet on elther side. Through this narrow passage it was necessary for the men to go every day in handling supplies. But as they passed they were picked oc oné by one by an Aus- trian sharpshooter in a cavern hear the top of the cliffs. Here he had been lowered from the enemy lines along one side of the ciiff, and here food was lowered and the deadly fusilade kept up day after day. It was recently observed, however, that a_strange change came over the operations from the cliff. The shots rang out as usual whenever an Itallan soldier went through the pass. But, singularly, no man ever fell; the shots always went wide of the mark;. the cunning of the sharpshooter appeared to be at an end. This continued for days, with the Italians going back forth safely, and the aimless and abata ringing out from idle He cared mightily for the promise of Yet he chose that sterner course— the_roads the German Governor-General in Bel- gium, it appears that forced labor is being appiied more severely than ever before to the civil population, in spite of promises made a year ago. The adult male population having been exhausted, the Germans are now recruiting boys and old men. The letter of protest gives the names of 265 young boys from one city who are employed in unloading freight cars only a few miles behind the front. All these boys are under 16, and some of them are only 11 years old. On a single day, the letter says, 250 old men over 50 years were taken from the same district. On their journey to the front they were locked in their cars for 24 hours without food. WAR GARDEN PRIMER CUCUMBERS WILL GROW ANYWHERE. ‘While a light, warm soil is prefer- able for cucumbers they will thrive lin almost any garden eoil, provided theret is good drainage, says the Na- tional War Garden Commission, in today’s bulletin. The cucumber is a warm weather plant, but may be made to: an _early crop. { Cucumber may be planted either lin hilis or in rows, with single plants |close together. The hills should be five to six feet apart each way, with two or three plants per hill. The rows should be five or six feet apart and a single plant every two or three feet in the row. Give good cultiva- tion. In making the hills place two or three forkfuls of manure in each one and work it into the sofl. In the row system use a forkful for each plant. Plant the seeds in the garden about apple bloszom time, when the ground s warm, dropping about eight or 10 n each hill. Thir out all but two or three and later thin.to one plant in} each place. H Small cucumber plants are so apt to be injured by insects that they ought to be protected with covers of some kind. A light wooden frame with cheese-cloth tacked over it is excellent. Small boxes without tops| or bottoms, but with cheese-clothi tacked across the top are also satis- factory. Keep the plants growing and pick the cucumbers as soon as they are large enough. Do not allow any to ripen until toward the end of the sea- son, hecause this tends to shorten the life of the plants . - Write tcday to the National War Garden Commission, Washington, for a free copy of the garden primer, which will be sent to any reader of this' paper for a two-cent stamp ofr H W ju tal of 19 43 [ 20 \postage’. Loaves Us the Hope. John Wanamaker says the four vears afler the war will be 'this country’s most prosperous years. Our profiteers, however, arée taking no chances on that~—Louisville Courier- Journal, | A resolution has been passed by the Western Canadian Stock Growers’ As- sociation urging the Dominien Gov- ernment to facilitate the occupation of 1000 acres of Northern Alberta wmehmx:h suitable mt:r “‘?fli hn; 3 but W 1 is now coessi| . radls 1 ‘and unavaflable for oultivation. nor_folly. tinued. about the figures or the figurers—Meriden Journal. On the afternoon when news reach- ed New York that the U-boats were sinking ships off the Jersey coast, 100 men enlisted in the naval They said they There has been a steady stream of volunteers all over the country ever since, not only for this particular de- fense organization, naval has been stimulated. fighting spirit has swept through the selective service camps. service. ‘There is a new shipyards, in the arsenals, in the air- plane and munition factories. is a new epirit in congress. a new spirit wherever men work or congregate. The war has been “brought home to the kaiser expected, “we're knucklng down more zeaiously than ever to the job of Dbeating the Americans, Frenchmen. pfennig.—Meriden Record. And instead like don’t Perhaps some of start that war garden because it seems So many of our neighbors’ gardens are up and coming, with peas almost here and emaller thinge being harvested. It is not too late to start your garden now. There is time for everything to be planted and yield its crop. especially those you wish to keep for the winter, can be planted for some Planting time for corn is o late. eeks vet. st about due. biles. S Don't let those weeds make a slacker you. Go out there and put a little power into your hand hoe or wheel hoe and you will soon have things in order. Urcle Sam expects every spot to do its duty. The war garden 10 per 16. 0,00 DD Army recruiting, too, It is cold, hard necessity. And the day is coming when a man who has the space to plant and does not, i& to be called a slacker.—Bridge- port Telegram. Increase in Output of Pyrites. The pyrites industry showed an un- settied condition in 1917, due largely to uncertainty as to whether importa- tion of foreign pyrites would be con- In spite of this uncertainty, however, the domestic production was cent. greater tham in Statistics collected by the Qeo- logical Survey show a total producticn of 462,662 long tns, valued at $2,486,- The two states making the larg- est output were Virginia and Cali- fornia, which together produced nearly long tons. The increase in the production in 1917 crease in the output of establizhed mines rather than the conlributions from many new mines. war stimulated production somewhat less than had been expected, work was in progress on many new properties, ‘fire Reid 8tore). Mara & Eggleton. George Madden (! Engler's Pharma K. of C. Ril Th militia." “‘wanted revenge. SR k"’fj 3 n; is] T The Y. M. C. A H. M. Lerou. but for regular Macpherson. . C. 'he Porteous & Mitchell Co. The & Hughes Co. Rathbone’s Drug Store. Ricker's Drug Store. The Lee & Osgood Co. The Wauregan Hotel Office. (Boston Cigar sStore). Y. ggists. Office. —————e e, And a new crease the output. spirit, too, in the There There is which will doubtless still further im- The quantity of pyritic ore imported 1917 was notably less A ported in 1916 and was practically the same as that importad during the years preceding the war. than that The total imports of pyrites in 1917 were 937340 lon of being scared, as|this quantity 214115 practical Hun. Englishmen and scare worth a ships to bring ore us are reluctant to| Canada is crease in Spain is probable. tons, valued at . $5980,457. Prophetic Geology. | ot long tons came from deposits in Canada and New- foupdiand and 735,225 long tons from deposits in Spain and Portugal. The principal cause of the decline in the imports was the difficulty of obtaining pain. An increase in the imports of pyrites from expected in 1918, but, on the other hand, a still greater de- the imports of ore from The science of geology aftains ome Potatoes of its highest objectives when it pre- sents a deduction that points the way t oobtain practical results. tration of such a dedupgtion was given in connection with the proposed dis- An {llus- o with other vege- posal of chemical waste from one of the new government plants now under garden idea is neither fad % The problem was that the plant kind of rock that construction at Sheffield, Ala.,, for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen. This plant is so situated that surface dram- . age from it would be difficult and ex- ' pensive and, furthermore, there seems to be @anger that the discharge of chemical waste into the neighboriug streams would * produce i y submit- | ted to a geologist, who ascertaimed rests on limestone, a s likely to be honey- combed by caves. ~He advised arill holes. d d drainage by means of undergroun: inaj y The plan proposed m with the usual oppoeition from c.- customary dis; was started close water quickly some “subterranéan is due to an in-|js in operation. Owing to the Though the | allowance of m 5,0000 marks [from pér annum. N ~ called ‘“practical men,” who made the jparaging remarks about “seiéntific theories,” but a trial hole a small lake near passage. also won some local praise- of the laks bottom yiel five bushels of fresh fis) Other holes are to be drilled to in- sure adequate drainage when the plant the plant, and when the drill a depth of 175 fect and a trench had been dug from the lake to the hole the disappeared through Geoiozy reason up about earness of living the e&tben of the BR.ck:h- stag is to be -increas ed from 8,000 to £150_to £250] iption for Eczema = for 15 years ’ m skin TRt O