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» during the coming year. another meeting was call led at "h‘eh time a representative of one of the milk proposition companies made a tentative t> the men. ‘After conslderable discus-| slon this matter was left to a committee and it was finally decided, that it would haraly be worth while, owing to the long hzul by auto treck to market milk in this way. ‘Every effort was made to lo cate a market near by, but up 'to the present time, it has been impossible to find any market which Would absoth such a'large amount of milk. A poultry demonstration was- held it thls town, attended by about a people. . At this demonstration several of, the people ‘sisned up to keep poultry dars on their record of production p . Austin Lathrop was the only bay from Néw London county to attend the East: _ern States Exposition during Septémber. At-the Norwich fair, his exhibits of live stock and his ability as a judge showed up so well that A J. Biundage, state ohb leader, felt that he should go to Springfield and be a meinber of Camp Vail North ~ Stoningten tn this town plans aré umder wax for an institute to Y'F Tield durinz this winter. As vet the| prozram has not heen made out. The' Farm Bureau was able to assist in this community by se- caring a cattie jo + the Grange Fair, which was held during the middle of Sep- tember. A demonstration orchard has Been arranged for on the farm of J. D. Avery, and a pruning demonstration was Wetd during the: latter, part of December. Norwlth and Norwich Town AL an orzanization jnectinz held this #afl the' Farm Burcau program was Im- ed:-up as follows: ~ 1. Fruit project in charae of J. I. Mo- 8 Pouitzr project in charge of Arthur Petlows. 2 Conmerative ‘buying in charge of B J Tarkhan, . ‘A ehort-time lnter o coanarative huv- ing meetine was held, at which Mr, Mon- toe from the colloea, snoke on {he prin- sipals of co-nerative huvinz orzaniaa- Wens. Mr. larktam reported at that eeting that all. mon interflewed ware favor of ormant to hmy cooper- sMvely, and since that time he has T farted that 8500 hag heen ratsell toward Mo orzanizatfon of this exchange. Ar- ar Fellows. who is In ‘dharee of the sguitry profet. he= heedy intrumental i n'asine six notre ealendars. and srranged f-= » nallet enTine d morstra- Hen or 4 form e flock af p'l Professor Jores a Mor*-s, fhe oxtr mrdium birds. Armonstraticn ards of praduction wi As has besn mentiomed wtoh Town will iAlhaldine an i wlpiem Mr. A W wich Town and M- ‘in being the c~—mi‘tee i2 wirroa, Two sthar culling An—=nstzatisng have heen “eld jn No—~'-h T 5 canr, cne on the farm of Patri Nivan in O~ ird one at the place of Mrs. Ao Hiiton. videl into two weds amA the Presten _®wo very sucessful enlling demonstro- Hons were hell in Presfon ‘durine thisg nast fall. One ev Hennedy. hen and 41 wrg o was a nullet e 7 Aemons® on the farm of Hyman' Rubin. W’ pen of 225 nullets were. separated #00d and medium tavers ' and the farm of el out. Th ! roughout. This wift be used as 2 dem-| onstration flock and reeords kept:on. the i #ood and medium pens of pullets, Dur- inz the mast vear the Préston Cooper- ative Bxchange -has been, very active n- the farmers a rood deal The Farm Burean gave as- o the farmers in th's Tocality tm organizing this exchar past soring five carlonds of fertilizer were purchased at a saving comnared with local prices estimated at over $1.500 % $2.000. A carload of seed potatoes Bought cooperatively in the fall for spring delivery sold to the members at $2.25 per bu, when prices for seed po- tatoes were running from $5.00 to $5.50 per bu. This meant a saving of approx- imately $1,500. Aside from that there has been considerable business in feed, which is saving the farmers several dol- 0ld Lyme During December a culling demonstra- tion was held in Old Lyme on the farm of Mrs. Chas. Thompkins. Assistance has also been given during this year to several people in this community in cull- ing out their unprofitable hens and se- er hours; With xlu.ve dropped from { approximately-$4,500,00 to ,000, 3 2 < ‘home of her paren J. H. Kennedy, Mr. ::: vacatlon. Miss Simmons 6f New her parents for the Gipson of Ivoryton at their Christ- dinner With Mr, and Mrs. Augus' ick and family in Norwich. There Wi fitteen in all, four generations be- mummrh-*lpnn. Mr. and Herbert Johnson and daughter zel were Christmas Mrs. Victor Adams Miss Gladys Elils is at her home in u meetings were thistpast year. The first "peld in June at which #ime & 119 guests of Mr. et in_Versailles. Aeaen up, consisted of the foltowing| ialogue, Th Rist, Wallace Church, W enclose with bc and ., 2835 Sheffield Ave., our name and ad- THIS OUT—IT coming year. 8 und, for coughs, colds and m;‘:“:l- Kidney Pills, for pains in o0l at: Newent closed for - the | Sy, o i ol Moy o kidney and bl silments, of ;ms‘- nn-dnmclmm- ‘.lth. oug! th gifts Jor Several of the | tion, of the children at- | bowels. 1ee + The subject of the pastor's sermon on Sunday morning was. he. prelude and Tablets, 2 wholesome At that time Prof college talked on growing county agent -discussed cooperative izers and seeds. 1 bullding in Ne d addition to the bulldings which ‘of late | years have omamented; main thoroughfare. chase of fertil n was ‘held at Sprague during Jones divided ‘the pullets into’ he oo A culting demonstratib! Hugp Miller's farm in one of u“,mi 3 7 d | WILLIMANTI and medium classes, and this flock will as a demonstration flock with record kept on each flock: ™ ° nearly” Targe Hegree representative, it does all.of the business, During . the. past year three meetings have been held .in Stonington. meeting held early in September, pr interest the commus and it was felt that cooperative marketing. of milk. would At a meeting held a ghort lers of Mystic n Consequently Whatever may, be sald ‘of Chamber. of Co dn really a story.of our civie _The. chamber 3 all 6f the national movements toward ald- “both at_ home -and abroad, and 2s usual has. responded gen- jects which woubl |ty were .discussed* ‘has been identified_ with SF R o . : 4 time ago the grain > < 2 and Stonington were invited to.discuss ‘ ’F P AM 4 with the farmers plans for the cooper- 3 “ ey ¥ - ¥ educational value of ‘our monthly 3 meetings-and_the good fello ssult- E - ing from, Tubbing .elbows with the other fellow has brought about splendid co- n-among- our members toward, civie improyement. X The discomforts of the period of Jjustment are being met in A whole-heart- ed, give-and-take spirit which ‘will result in more satisfactory business relations for ail concerned. FLE L ‘Having passed the peak -of .high prices, we have full confiden¢s that in fhe néar future we shall turn the corner and grad- lod of business prosperity dealers to charge a certain amount per ton above the wholesale price and the farmers to place their orders for & car- load of feed and to pay cash and take |operation it from the car when it arrived. The grain dealers of this locality have sho a very fine £pirit to: cooperate With orporated A. D, 1862’ 'As far as cooperative buying goes, | Waterford led - the way. this year. a meeting held "the latter part of July ¥ Bureau program was lined (1) Cooperative buy- ze of a committes with Hugh D (2) Dairy pro-|th S LEBBEUS' E. SMITH, President . ERNEST B. KENT, VicePresident TRUSTEES Gedrge D. Clark John P. Grosvenor Claus A. Hagstrom John G. Johnson DANIEL J. BYRNE, Tressurer Whitman as chairman ; ject in crarge of O. R. Dimmock; (3) Fruit project in charge of C. E, Chip- man and W. W. Wright; in charge of H. H. Leland; ages in charge of H. R. Whitman. Within -2 month after this Farm Bu- reau meeting was held, a cooperative| " exchange was organized and the influence of this organization on the grain prices epression” will be almost R ‘May the year of 1921 Be the happlest d most prosperous we Ernest B. Kent ~ John F. Reardon Samuel P. Reynolds Philip Woisard " John Ash George E. Brousseau Daniel J. Byrne ' JAMES B. FULLERTON; Chamber. of . Com- / a __Benntor Boise Penrose of Pennsylvssia who was recuperating from a breakdown at Atlzantic City. returned to Washing- ton to-take up tariff legisiation. Botulism pelsem which has baffled scien- tists for centupries killed three members of the crew, of. the Greek steamship Jacotls and three others are. seriously il after eating olives. . 5 . in New London was very marked. No FL T Tarkham. | ~allad over ny i definite resalts have yet been reported in the fruit and dairy proj youltry project more than 20 been socured by Mr. Leland %o keep poultry calendars for the home e€g lay- Two culling demonstrations were also planned ‘and carried out, one at Mr. Lelend’s farm and the other at the farm of -Elmer Peabody. Lebbeus E. Smith BANKING BUSINESS BIG & IN YEAR JUST CLOSED (Continued from FPage One) strength of many hundreds of people who live in this vicinity. * The Danielson Trust Company, newest of Danielson’s’ banks, has had a splen- Qidly successful year ‘and 1920 has seen | it reach new high records in deposits and The banks here face the mnew . year th during a year that has brough* hardships in industrial linés. While is auite remar*able it is, meverthec A GREAT BANKING INSTITUTION WITHIN YOUR REACE "It frequently occurs that a desire for, or need of another A feature of the banking business here that is gaining in popular favor year by yepr is the Christmas and Tarift cf wHich many people joim. This year .t~ . Danielson Trust company paid out over | $30,000 to -its Thrift club members and ; theyWindham County Natlonal bank paid , out $15,000 to its Christmas club mem- : bers—upwards of $45,000 boost the holiday shopping trade here. ¢ During ife NEW LONDON BANKS REFLECT LESSENED BUSINESS IN CITY The banks always refle tions, and at tHe present time business in New London is comparatively quiet. - Early in 1920 the peak of banking in New. London was reached,’/and for the past’ few months, in line with the de- crease in the volume of business, the bus- {ness of the banks has been reduced. With the closing of the Groton Iron works several thousand people were obliged. to move away from this section in search of work, and with the slowing down of all other lines of -industry in New London and vicinity, a large number ployes have either been released or are business condi- bank comes to the corporation or individual to divide tempor- « ; ‘ary funds or pérmanent investments. ; ~ . Within your reach the leading Banking Institution of Rhode . Island has erected a modern Banking House at Westerly. It of- ¢ HOURIGAN BROS. ~ BIG SALE i —OF— Parlor He ' NOW GOING ON AT.PRICES UNHEARD OF SEE WINDOW DISPLAY S fersevery facility to the business man or the small depositor for X savmzs. It pays interest on accounts subject to check, has~ re : W vaults for large trunks or valuables, safe 'deposit’Boxq : ’ uchartered by the"Stafq to receive deposit of trust funds. L3 appealing . e k?w‘a feature clyf tts mail department, thus aters | 'f'.f':l‘ndustrial Trust Com WICKFORD WOONSOCKET PASCOAG PAWTUCKET . BRISTOL P THE OLD ruaw wassks, ) York was with The winus CLit 1rou Nerntasd b, FIOM touitns 0F i (il wluw b AU M0 10w Wi il low T nt.u:.r ,:..u.. i it F i Bude e v it o v Gobs Gesolilue UIOH s Wiy, B 5 A BDg WOl w feuid W §WAY, 2 Like bikty GaCh0W iwcd AT - In slidat woods Jow droops the fes . And seems 10f BUGLOCT 5 HOW. ..‘y'-fi'.i ‘ To gruce And from the The stars look down with July: “ % | But while, we stand_ silent, - O'er eastern hilis, old Time's i s ol r tance. 5 , ‘pears like they were a friendly- scuffie.”—Kassas C! Taxicab Driver (turning corner 6. ‘wheels)—*Did you hear her joints .-ufi that time?” Passenger (pale with. fright)—"HAE b Little 4--year-old Bdwin, while ot walking with his nurse, happened to pass,’ a blacksmith shop just as the smith shoeing a horse., On reaching home astonished his mother by saying: i : T found the place Where A 1 saw a man nuili & the, feet.“~Chicago News. o How do less beautiful 3 succeed in getting jobs? v Well, say 1 send you a beauty this. week., She marries ber employer ia ar couple of months. Then shs turns th job over to one of her plainer classma. : “Louisville Courler-Journal [ Do you think Gladys was surprised/ when ‘1 proposed to her? inquired the' happy youth. & About as surprised, answered Miss Oa-'; yenne, a$ o’ candidate who has formal notification that he has been mom-* inated —Washfigton Star. v Dedbete—Somebody raised the amefat: ©n the_last check I sent out. - tered @ doctor's office. “Hello, Sam| Get{ Tued , pany?" asked the physiclan, after he Nad' o \ Offenstuck —Congratulations, old ma cut again, I see.” {dressed the wound. el . 'KALEIDOSCOPE it | I.couldn’t raise a nickel on the one you “Xes, sah, T done got carved up Wik | “’Deed I'd like to, doc, but I —Bosteni are given &t !o-,;; ‘:‘_vo me—Legion Weekly. ' razor, doc. | 'nufft money to git & divoree. No honorary di !llnd Stanford Jr. University. i A negro who had an injured head-ea-) | *“Why don't vou keep out of bad cem<’ Globe. " Fs'imated ‘place the weight of & -12 todon, when living, at ten toms. A rabbit, a few hundred years ago, wis,; _huu¥m in England ‘as a coney. i i, Mrs. A. J. Summers has been ro-slect- | | ed mayor »f Stalybridge, England. - -3 | Women en.. 97ed in-the banking-indmse| |try In Glasgow recently went om ‘steikes} The ‘West Indian ¢rab is born in thel. sea; matures in fr .. water and them} passes ‘the remainder . s life e &y , Mies Alice Balfour, younges' the. British statesman, the Rt . thur Dalfour, is a justice of the pe.. Seotland, : !'l The Az'ecs or Toltecs, whom %he Span-is fards found in the aleteict now New hdd at that time manufacturles for @otton dand woo'en goods. a The roots of the kiziuba palm of Ces. tral Ameriea ail spring from the #tem ubove the gfound, every new roo. emerg-iy | ing from-a point higher on the stem thin | tho one- which preceded. It 1 The Prétoria government. recently tried! 4n° exporithent” with = view to producing raln by dropping- Gust on_clouds. An afr. { plarie ascended to a heigh: of 5,000 '‘Ceet, i‘"“ the dust fatled to cause rafm. More “{han 1,000 distihguished s orders of the British army are .y-t-, delivery to recipients with ‘whom the ! office casi not gel in touch. Most of tha, | beneficidries were officers jn. the that lg"'Teported to sursass, in ¥weetness &hd’ \delicacy ahy of the oranges to which the iPN’Neot America or of Burope are ag-'' customed, and it may be grown in places "her. the temperature fafls to 20 Gegrees | | below [reezing point, "~ . b | | Bathtubs are to be classed and tased” g luxuries under u recent tax measurs. jadopted in the Notherlands. The man | ufacturer of bathtubs and bathiroom fiz-" | turee mus: pay a tax on them, the deml- ¥ er must pay a tax on them and the own-, er must pey = 10 per cent. tax on their cost When they are put in service, . = The Muscovy duck from Russia, which ¥ {s being breught to this coutsy in cem siderable numbers, has one claim tor | populari y, Which is that it is silent. the | whole covey tttering noré of the nolfy J quacks ®6. common umong ordinary ducks. They are large, the dressed bizd welghing zround seven pounds when ope: year old, Prizes “for prompt and