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Bulletia Job OZles, Wiimantic Ofics, 13 Churck Bt Peigaes HE — Norwich, Wednesday, March 9, 1921, e MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, The Asmocisicd Pres i exehisively eatitied to 1o use for republication of All Sews deAlER< o credlisd fo 1 or ot therwise crediied to [N baser 434 also the local mems ublisbéd sered AL sighia of repuMication of @eclsl des: sickes wmrein are also reserved. CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING MARCH 5th, 1921 11,073 SCHOOLS MUST MEET NEEDS. 1f we are to judge by the expression of the forum meeting of the local chamber 5t commerce regarding the proposition to improve the school facilities on the East Side and West Side by the acquisition of property and erecting a new building, it is ectly evidegt that due recognition is en to the need which exists today for Yelleving the crewded school quarters. The endorsement given was only What .could be expected in view of the condi- tions which have been disclosed. Crowded sehool rooms do not furnish the children %f any section the advan- “tage to which2they are entitled. They are being denied educational opportunities like other chiliren the unfairness of which must be perfectly apparent, and the time “Yo apply the remedy is before eonditions et any worse. It is in fact an emergen- & situation which calls for immediate ae- tion and action that will preve to be the ©f the school board to erect a fiteproot ~bullding on the West Side. That will mean the assurance of the greatest safety and the highest degree of protection to ihe lives of the children inasmuch as it s one of the best possible preventive steps against fire. The location ia central for that section of the town and would always insute nty of light and good air and no better site could be chosen for taking care of the growth of that district da it develaps both in the city and the town. Sentiment such as was expressed at e open meeting is only what ean be Sxpected before the special town meeting Friday night when the town wili decide at it is going to do to meet the situa- m which has been so clearly presented. Delay will not bring the remedy. Such a course would omly make matters much worse and make more glaring the appar- Lgnt defect in our school system. Norwich owes it to its future citizens and to itself to see that adequate school = facllitfes are maintained and it is impos- sible {5 believe that it will do other than endorse the schoel board's recommenda- tions even as the forum meeting did by giving the authority to proceed With the propesed improvements. AN EARLY CONFERENCE. Quite in keeping with what was ex- pected is the announcement whish eomes from Washingion to the effect that Pres- dent Harding will shortly takes steps to ring the representatives of all countries Jogether for the purpose of comsidering highly .important question of limiting irmament and establishing ‘an interna- jomal court of arbitral justice. Disarmament has been getting much attention in this country. Determined ef- forts were made at the last session of gongtess to apply it to our naval pro- Framme. It was that which had much effect upon the failure of the navy ap- m bill to be acted upon and L other nations have been sounded upon the proposals mo definite progress has been made. The purposes is to bfing to a step the geascless competition that exists at the present time in nzval construetion, to keep navies at what would amount to #heir same relative strength without en- deavoring to outdo the other country. The time hag come when the demand for a let- ip In the pace Is being recognized in “nost of the countries as & wise one. None is willing to go at its without similar . action on the part of other. That s & rea- sonable and expected attitude. The thing 4 do s to proceed under an international agreement which it is expected can be reached as the result of such a gathering 8 s planned. That would be a move &hat would .mean a marked advance. SLikewise for the purpose of further re- & the menace of war there are more ; so8ntries #han this interested in the idea {5 an international association for the bromotion of peace that would be con- Jstructed about an international court to _i¥hich the problems menacing peace would be submitted. In keeping with the statements which has made dyring the past severhl lonthg the intentlon of President Hard- I8g | call the conference is only what ¥as expected, and he Is determined that Sarly steps sibuld be taken even as he Bad indicated. The country will view the Srogress with particu'ar Interest. GENERAL WOOD'S JOB. ~ Just what the outcoms of the recent of- fer of the governor generalship of the Philippines to General Wood rests with the future to disclose. That he has not « accepted the offer is indicated by the an- ouncement to the effect that he has been ordered to go to the Philippines and make an investigation for President Harding toncerning the conditions that exist there. Such a mission invelves an inquiry con- serning political unrest, military weak- ess and trade deprossion while there Reve been rumors to the effect that sedi- Hon existed, 3 Going of =mch a mission is Alfferent Bom going as the governor gemeral. He @111 still be vonnected with the army and Qiring the investization he makes he will Pve an opportunity to get in touch with _ ®nditions there so that he Wil be in a setter position to decide whether he wants ‘he port In case the vaeancy stfll exists. It is remembered that arf attempt was made to send General Wood to the Phil- Bpines in charge of that military dis- iriet ‘at the time when he was put in sharge of the southern district with head- parters at Charleston. He was then of- ered gither one of the posts and selected hat af Charlesten. At that time the im. sression was thajylt was desired to get timent that was erystalizing in his be- half politically. It was not for military purposes that he was offéred the governor generalship of the islands, or o isolate him. His ability as an administrator is theroughly understood and it was be- lieved that he wou'l make an excellent man for the place. That he will prove an able investigator and bring back sound ~éeommendatipns is helieved. His familiarity with conditions ere shows him to be the very man for the places, whether as investigator or governor general. I, fa not improbable that"the prevestship of the University of Pennsylvania Which has been offered him since the politial j8b makes a strong ap- peal and would not necessitate his feav- ing the country. PROTECTING THE RIGHTS, Citieg in Massachusétts and Rhode Isl- and still continue to drifv some comfort ont of the faet that the legielatards of their statés are being asked to comtinue the charter rights of the Southern New Englagd railroad t6 construct a line fron the Central Vérment, foad at a point in Mussachusetts to Providence. Such a continuance of rights is beingl sought much the same as promotérs of similar rights for trolley roads aré elinging to the valuable privilege they think they have and coddling thémselves in the be- liét that the 1ines will be built some day, cr that cond@itions will chahge so that others can be interested in the brojects. Inasmuch as the right of way has been acquiréd and lary expenditures have been mads on this road to Providence it is only natural that a centinuance of the rghts should be sought. Even though the abandonment which took place some years 2go becomes permanent it would be un- wise to release the hold on the project in asmuch as the cofitinuance of the rights will involve no expenditure. In addition those who fesl that they would benefit ffom the construction of the line are like- wise interested in keeping their hopes alive. The extension of the rights means no expénse to the company, the people of the state and there is évery reason to be- leve that it will not be the means of de- vriving any others frem undertaking sim- ilar work. It i not something which is mot al- ready possessed that the Canadian fail- way line would secure by the extending of the proposed road to Providence. It already has a liné terminating at New London which permits it to get in touch with the New England states, ocean and sound_transportation quite as effectively as it ‘would through the proposed exten- sion, and it is mafy miles nearér the port of New Yotk. The extension of the rights to build may be soaght and secured by the South- ern New Bngland but conditions are ot What they were When It Was projected and the prospects that the rights will be made use of appear to be slim. That the rights shoull Be protected for what they are worth is, hewever, quité natural FAR FROM DISCOURAGED. When reports from Russia are to the effect that {h® aetivities of the antl-bol- shevik forces in southérn districts arej causing fmuch embarrassment (o the bol- shevik gevernment in obtaining food sup- plies, it means more than it might had the report laid greater stress upon the numbers involved in the uprising. Shut- ting off the food supply created great un- certainty at previous times. It is bound to do so Wheniever such an advantage can bo obtained, for without adequate sup- plies and_without food it isn’t possible to keep the soviet army in the field or contented. There is a certaln benefit therefore from thig state of affairs, if exaggera- tion has not played its part, which is bound to acerue to the counter revolu- tionists who have taken Kronstadt and are seriously threatening Petrograd. | While those in the north are in posses- | gion of the port through which the bol- shevik government might expect to get outside reliet, the south is doing its ut-| most to keep ftom Moscow and other ce ters the products of the rich fields. This| with the deémoralization of transportation | provides a serious handicap. Whether it | can make up for the lack of orgamization | time will diselose. Those who are fight-! ing the bolshevikl have made many de- termined attémpts Lo get hold of the go ernment of Russia. There has been tre- mendéus loss of 1ifé in such an effort. Othep endeavors have shown as much if not thote promise of success but terorism has managed to turn the tide in its di- rection. How the opponents of the government of Leénine and Trotzky are golng to gét the backing they will require to carry on their struggie is Mot isclosed. They are depending upon an uprising of the people, that great horde whe submit to bolshevik rifle only because they are driven to iL. Outside aid has béen forthcoming on pre- vious occasions in the way of supplies and has been lost to the enemy. Whether more can be obtained 18 uncertain but the | Tevolutionists in the north are in a much | better positien than ever te make good use of such. But Whether such aid is se- cured or success results revolutionists in Russia show no signs of discouragement. EDITORIAL NOTES, i Anyone who gives away his surplus in- come each year ought not to fee] obliged to advertise it. The house judiciary handled Judge Landis quite as mercilessly as did Con- gréssman Welty, — The man on the corner says: You ean sec through a lot of people without the 2id of the X-ray. It is the permaneat highway which docsn't show the departing effects of the frost in the spring. Tt took them quite a while to come to it but possibly Germany realizes now that the allies were not bluffing. Panama and Costa Rica seem to have disregarded the importance of maintain- ing a good neighborly spirit. In spite of all the excelient lessons in | thrift there are these who are planning to give up the having of daylight. Even with 50,000 appeintemnts to be made by President Harding thete are some who are golng to be disappeinted. The more we reflect on the weather of the past few months the more ceftain we fo#] that there wag a speclal dispensation for the jcemen. In a Massachusetts city tenants pre- sented thelr landlord a purse of gold. There aré instances where the landlords didn't wait to have it presented. 0 Upon receipt of that document from the United States it 18 safe to say neither the Panaman nor Co#ta Rican government heads nad te ask “Whe's Hughes?” From the actions of the meb in Panama over the inclination of the president to djust certain detajis of the dispute they bave ah interesting way of submitting Lim gut of -the country -becanife -of the | matters to & réferendum down thers. | | before Li The girl with the new diamond —rime speaks: ‘Hellg, Geft, how are you?” “Suré it's me! Who else would it be? President Wilse 6t somebody _wanting you to vote for him?® Say. girlie, what do_you think? “Quit your kidding. I mean, what do you think J called you for?" “All right, but I bet you'll thifk I'm a regular cocoanut, Say, kiddo, we Was over to Jim's gramma’s last night. “Well, I guess maybe I hadn't said much about her. You could get all I knew about her in a peanut and have plenty of roont left—till last night. “Sure he did! And furthermore. there wasn't a_week went past but what Jim would ftake a night off to go and sit With her evenings. It got me kind of sore lots of times. That's why 1 weuldht never ask about hér véry rauch. “Well, honest it seeméd like Jim was always tracking oyér to sit with his gramma when or like that, and I felt like hé'd ought to come over ta thé houss Whenever ke could. him working niglits 1ike he does sometimes and all, 8667 “Sure, that's all right. T aln't kickine now, But, say, kid, lookut hers. Do you remember that there granq pink negligee that you and me was rubbering at one noon and I didn’t know whéther T'd buv it or whether I wouldn't? ‘Well. I hiked over and got it the next day. “Sure! More'n what I did: whén we seen it first ,and Jim he was all for if. too, when I showed it to him. He said it made me look like a—you know— sweet pea. Wasn't that cute? “Oh, sure! Well, after he'd passed a few rerharks like he'd have to step pret- ty high if he was going to keep up with me. and Kidding aleng like that for a while, Jim says, kind of like he wek thinking about something, he says, ‘Gee.” he says, ‘I wisht—' and then he kina of stopped and didn’t say nothing else, I waited for a cuple of jiffs and then T says, ‘Gee what? I says. ‘Oh nothing,’ he says, * T was just thinking.’ “ ‘Well,’ I eays kind of crabhy, 1 wisht you weuldn’t start thinkinz out loud if you don't want to g0 ou - 3d fin ish, Isays. ‘I always have heard & per- son hadn't ought to start mothing they can't fimish,’ I says, warnitéd to g0 to & movie | just come in and ery We'll have a “Jim he kind 6f laughed. just thinking about granny,’ he say: ‘and kind of wishigg I could Bay one of thicse pink things for her. She’s so kind of little and cute she'd-look swell if) IE* “Honest, Gert, I bet if you went over this_town With' a vacuum cleaner vou wouldn't piek up nobody with a meaner disposition than what I've got. ‘What do you think I says, ‘Well* 1 says, snap- ping at Mim just like that, ‘it seems like you think a’pile more of your granty, as you call her, than what you do ~of me! 1 says. “Jim, he didn’t say nothing for a min uté—jukt sat there kind of whistling real low to Mmself, and then he says, ‘I wisht you'd go with me to granny’ he says. ‘She’d be awful glad to see you.' “Say, Kid, walt a minute. 1 guess maybe, I'm getting a kind of & eold and 1 can’t find my handkerchief. “Sure 1 did and say, kid, I wisht you could see her. Honest, T never seen anv peraon—for the lova Pete, where'd I put that handkerchief? It seem like it's it irying to hide itself and 1 Kuess I'm taking & flerce cold—' “AVell, 1 gugss I am may be, and 1 guess you would, t0o, if you'd saw her. ‘I was onlv “Kid, @0 you Kiov she ain’t walked a stép for ten years. What do you know about that? Just lays thére as patient’ lookinig out the window and walting for Bet'er—that's her daughter—to come. ang thinking she's having the grandest kind of a timoc if some of the neizhbors comes in 7hd brings her a picce of cake or soMé e cream, of like that. or even sits a minute—and. say, kiddo, you remember that pink neg- ligee I wis talking about? Well sas earies, Jim's gotta work tonighf, b lookut here, don’t you want to have sup- per down{own with me and then go over and take it to granny? I don't need it 1o more'n a rabbit, andl talk about your sweet peas—if she Wwom't look like one in it “Well, maybe I am. but 1 guess you'd too, If you see her—and say. old thing, you get over here to the office about twenty afier 5 will you? Then we'll ‘have plenty of time to sit a while swell time! Grandy's and company, even il she cam't get around. Well, so long! Mind you hui tle over. here just the minute you quit work."—Exchange. LEYTERS TO THE EDITOR A Tribute Mr. Bditor: Just & short spce in your valuablé paper to mention theé passing of Mrs. Mary Tyler Bishop of South Piain- field, one of God's noblé women, who has during her entire life lived for others be- sides herself. Mrs. Bishop was my first Sunday school teacher more than half 4 century ago, and, no one knows her better than 1. She has been very prominent in work connected with the Baptist church at Packerville. several societies connected with it. was chaplain of Lucy Webb Hayes Circle. No. 3, G. A. R., and one of the last atcs of her life was giving to the world, the splendid_story of the “Old Church - of Freedom” at Packerville for the Modern History of Windham county, compiled by Hon. Allen B. Lincoln of 49 Carden St. Hartford, The article by Mrs. Bishop was worth the price of the book. mot oni to members of Packervilie chureh, fiot only to Baptists, but to any son and daughter of Connectietit. In producing this one article. dear Mrs. Bishop certainly “Builded better than she knew” and made the world ‘better for her 80 years of life. > C. B. MONTGOMERY. Oneco, March 4; 1921, ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY THE HERO OF STONY POINT. One of the most valuable of the Sol- diers of fortune Who came to this coun- try from France shortly after the break- ing out of the Revolution was Louls de Fleuty, Who was a descendant of a mo- ble house in his country. At the time of his artival in America, at the end of "1776, he was young, gay, handsome, bright of eye and.sparkling in speech. Fleury had come to this country months yetto.and was to play a part in the gaining of our independence second only to the latter Frenchman. His pro- motion and honors came rapidly. His conduct in thefirst sifirmish in which he took part earned him the rank of cap: tain. Then. on account of his training n the French engineering vorps, he was placed in charge of the fortificat'en in and around Philadelphia, just thea tn important theatre of -tae war. At the Dattie of Brandywine » horss was shut from under him. He vas made & majcr and won the esteem of Washington. While in charge of Fort Mifin, near Philadeiphia, he held the place for six weeks against odds, and succoeded in sinking the briz August, of sixty-four guns and the Merlin, of twenty-four. Jt was not until after he was sevetely wound- that the fort surrenderad. From the neighborhood of Philadelnata his scene of,action was changed to further north, It was not until about the mida'e of 1779 that Fleury had his xreat oppcr- tunity. Tarly in the campaign of that year he had command of & regimen of light cavalry, and when Washington - proposed the attack on Stony Point to Anthony Wayne, Fleury was one of the men “Mad An- thony” selected for the profect. It was a serious undertaking, but Fleury went to his work with & light heart, sure he was golng to win. The attack _was to be at midnight. July 15, 1779. In unusual darkness Wayne's army crept out' towards the gloomy, stern, frowning heights of Stony| Point. The main guard of the right column was in charge of the French- man. Across the narrow cabseway the men waded waist high In the tide They_had not proceeded far when they were "discovered by the pickets. In an instant the alarm was given, and Seon the roar of the British cannon awakened the echoes of the night. No response. came from the Ameri- cahs. 'Rheregwas to be nothing, that night but the bayonet. ¢ Ameri- cans dropped o6ne by one, but on and up went the vanguard. The right guard 1ed by Fleury, reached the summit first and_ rushed through the sallyport of the flag bastion. Fleury was the first man in. With such terrible energy did the invaders plunge in that the English had Ho chance to concentrate. “The fort's our own|” was the ery of the Americans. “Mercy! Quarter! Mercy!” was the answer of the Brit- ish. ~ Fleury tore down the British flaz and Stony Point wAs won, Although wounded, Gen. Wayne had breakfast within the enemies’ lnes and in triumph. Congress awarded medals to Wayne, Fleury and Stewart, In respect to Fleury consress decided that the ribbon to which the medal should be attached should be made from the flag that he had capturéd at Stony Polnt. 1179 ended ‘When the campaign of Fleury applied to Geén. Washingten for leave”of absence for niné months to visit France: Hs had . given. thres years of service to America, and he longed to see his native land. ' The leave was granted, and such marks of respect were shown to the gay voung Frenchman as must have warm- @d his heart. The president of congress wrbte to him; * Congress hopes that your 6wn countty Fleuly and made him a chevalier of the Order of St. Louis. Through France the young mfl- was received with high hons ors. B to America he came as soon ag his léave expired and once more he ‘Wis_in service. In the siege and capture of York{dwn he played a part So good that a pension of 400 livres was awarded to him by his King. L i He had many exciting adventures in South America ard elsewhers following the revolution, and finvlly, when he re- turned to France, the reign of terfor was on, and as he wag a noble, he was in- stantly placed under suspicion. He was finally arrested and was guillotined on June 27, 1794. There is a story that when he went to his death he wore on his bredst the medal of Stony Point, With ribbon made out of a hit of the Britisn flag that he had torn down. If this is true, the medal had gome strangs gran- erings from the time congress awarded it to him for his bravery. @ (Tomorrow—When Alaska Bgrame Our Property.) IN THE DAY’S NEWS Mexican Oil Fields. Since the World war emphasized the importance of petroleum in modern warfare and awakened a knee realiza- tion of the even greater part it will be caliéd on to play in reconstruction and in the industrial and commercial development of the future, interest has turned more and more to Mexico, which contains the most spectacular of the present producing oil fields. This nearby oil region-is the subject of the following bulletin issued by the National Geographic Society: “México came into the world race for oil production late. Its first pro- ducing well, yielding a modest 50 bar- rels & day, was brought in not quite twenty years ago. Now it'has a grou, of the greatest gushers in the world, 4 number of which are capable of producing from 75,000 to 100,000 bar- rels each of ‘liquid gold' daily. By 1811 Mesxiean roduction reached twelve and a half million barrels an- nually and surpassed that of three of the long-standing leaders among the countries to which the world looked for its oil Ssupply—Rumania, Galicia, and the Dutch Bast Indies. Mexico Passes Russia. - “In 1913 this production was doubled, } and by 1917 it had more than doubled again. In 1913 Mexick) ofl wells yiglded nearly 84,000,000 barrels, and in 1919, more than 87,000,000 barrels. This latter production was in excess not only of the current annuaiffpro- duction 6t Russia, previously dfcond among oil producing counties, but also exceeded Russia’s high watermark of 85000,000 barrels in 1901. Now only the United States, with a produe- tion of nearly 400,000,000 barrels, is ahead of Mexico. “But Mexico is accepted as having the greatest demonstrated oil- field' in the world, and it is estimated that it all its producing wells had been per- mitted to flow at their maximum dur- ing 1919 the resulting production would have been 32,000,000 barrels more than the actual production of the entire world in 1918. /As a matter of fact anly about 12 per cent. of the potential flow of the Mexican wells is permitted because storage, refining, and trans- portation facilities are inadequate to take care of more. These facilities are being steadily increased, however, and exjorts algns for 1930 probably aver- aged tex million barrels a_month, the rate definitely established for the first six_months of the vear. ““The practice of Mexican natives of eollecting fragments of asphalt and bitumen which floated on the waters of a large lagoon near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico—south of Tampico, and selling them in the neighboring city, led to the realization that there must be underground petroleum sup- pies near. Small producing wells and &ven fairly large producers were bréught in from 1901 onward. but it was not until 1908 that the first of the tremendous gushers that have aston- ished the world was brought in, near San Geronimo, spouting between 9,000 and 75,000 barrels of ofl a day. / “No such stream of oil had ever been encounitered before and the drillers were entirely unprepared to cope with the situation. The great geyser of oil caught fire from the boiler of the dril- ling outfit and for two months con stituted the greatest and most specta-y cular oil fire that the world has ever known. The roaring pillar of flame shot upward during its greatest fury to a height of 800 to 1400 feet, illu- minating the countryside at night for many miles, and was visible to ships NOURISHMENT is Nature’s first aid to the body .in times of kness, Seatts Emulsion will show its appreciation 6f ysur merit.” George Washington, on his first meeting with Count de la Luzerne, the French ministeor, gave an account of Fleury's gal- lant eonduct, and asked the minister to bring it t6 the attention of the King of Franca, The French king was delighted with ~unsurp: in purity | and goodhess, is nourishment in a form that seldom fails. Soott & Bowne, Bleomield, N.J. 19 i pearance—and it’s a beauty. into this car. 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You'll be as proud of its performance as of its ap- We urge you to see this cat=tide in it—drive it—put it to any test—and see for yourself just how price alone doesn’t begin to, indicate the quality that has been built h Cord edens DESIGNS FIXTURES finally ¥ extinguished by huge pumps throwing streams of gravel and mud. “The gigantic gushers of Mexico are believed to flow not from oil sands as in many flelds, but from caverns hollowed from limestone by erosion and later filled with oil. It is supposed that the underground lakes of oil rest on water under artesian pressure. What may eventually be expected is illu- strated by one of the most famous of oil wells, the Potrero del Llano.. This well flowed a might stream of oil for eight years, producing more than a million barfels regularly each month, year in and year out. Finally the gol+ den stream turned to worthless salt water ovér night. “Rich as the known oil filds of Mexico are, At is possible that only a beginning has Been made in uncover- ing the liquid mineral wealth of the Republic. -The- fields now under ex- ploitation coVer only about 800 square miles. Geologists have found promis- ing structure for oil in Mexicb over an area aggregating 230,000 square miles. “The future of the Mexican oil in- dustry is likely to be profoundly af- fected by political developments. The Mexican constitution of 1917 in effeet Qeclares that oil found under land does not belong to the owner of the land but to the state. This provision and regulations based on its have been contested by the foreign interests which control 97 per cent. of the Mexican oil industry. Action has been taken both through diplomatic chan- nels and in the Mexican courts, but no final decisions have been reached.” more t}nn 100 miles at sea. It was l th Abyssinians ‘are- of mixed Semitic and Hamitic -descent. It Was! The bride and the bridegroom boarded the train accompanied by showers of rice from their friends who had accompanied The people of the Pullman car wére instantly all interest. And the young woman whose seat was di- fectly across from the one askigned to them listened attentively for their first rematks. “I'm sure he will say something veéry sentimental,” she told herself. Finally the train started, the newly married pait stopped waying friends and ‘turned to each other. shook the shower of ries from his hat, pulled out half a handful of the same srain from his collar, suppressed a shiver and smiled at his bride. pleasing vegetable?” he asked her braves Iy. em to the station. Putting One Over. Within a few miles of each other farmer and son resided. old and experienced in tke ways of farm- inig, was in ®e habit of holding himeelf up as a_model to the son in the way of early pfoduction of vegetables for market. One simmer each had tomatoes on either sMé of the highway. Coming to market early in the season, and seeing some fine tomatoes, conceived the idea_of “fooling" father. Taking home a fine big tomsato. he got & wire hatpin and pinned the tomato, in a most confnicuous Miace, on to & tomato vine whese iruit had not begun to ripen. Soon the fatier Shied it and .said citedly : “Say, din s- That Recall Othe: you know that your tomatoes are gefi®ag ripe already? Spring Millinery is an magnitude below your Amongst the most favored $89.00. most complete, introducing 4 prisingly low. Amongst the styles i New waist line, ar€ and ribbon. yes” replied the son uhconcernedty, aren’t Yours?” “%e father admitted that his crop had not begin to fipen and after a moment's silence he said: “By heck, you beat me this time.” LARGE STOCKS OF GRAIN ARE HELD ON THE FARMS Washington, March 8.—Larger stocks of grain were held on farms Match 1 this year than on that date in any other yéat in history. Wheat was the only ex- ¢eption, the hoidings in 1916, the year following the only biion bushel crop, having excéeded th's yeat's holdings by 37,0000,00 bushe! at their He Almost half of the country's record crop of last ysar remained on farms March 1, more ‘han a quarter of the it Tice ) wheat crop and almost half of the large cfop of oats, acrordins to the depariment of agriculture’s estimates announced to- day. The large erops of iast year and de. creased grain prices aré believed fo be largely responsible for the heavier hold 2 The farmer, SPRING DRESS HATS, $5.00 Spring models in Women’s Dress Hats—exceeding in inmimnory’.ndmbdm-‘ud styles, no two alike and are offéred at & expectations. our Millinery Section this week and see these marvelous values in Dress Hats—all at. . .. Complete Showing of - WOMEN'S SPRING APPAREL SUITS, COATS, WAISTS, DRESSES Suits is Navy Tricoti w’.h..‘.‘&v... i plaia tailored modals, tn benied, lontded B.::’mqu effects — Prices are $27.50, $35.00, $39.50 and up to STYLISH NEW,WRAPS Our showing of New Spring Wraps and Sport Coats is clusive selections, typical of the new fitted coats and of the entirely different new wraps—and the prices are sur- NEW SILK DRESSES A complete showing of entirely new models in Women's Silk Dresses for street and evening tive style features of the season are in these dresses—all at very low prices. - WOMEN'S TAILORED WAISTS feature “Forsyth” Tallored Waists, in a attractive models—Prices are $2.98 to $7.50. NEW MIDDY BLOUSES The “Co-Ed” Middy Blouses, which are turned up at the very popular this season. They come in plain white and navy—at $2.98 each. CHILDREN'S WHITE DRESSES A splendid showing of new models in Children’s White Dresses of white Organdie, trimmed with lace, Hamburg There are many pretty apron and bolero effects, sizes 6'to 14‘yun-—Priu range $4.25 to $12.50. showing of 300 newest exclusive to visit $5.00 g You are in: All the attrac- Asphndflly portrayed ‘wear. lendid range of ings of farmers. Holdings of corn were hait & billion bushely latger than & year 4o, while wheat holdings were about 43,000,000 bushels more, DEMONSTRATIO r; ™e RETIRING PHILIPPINES GOVERNOR Manila, March 5—Thousands joined i a demonstrative farewell here todsy t6 Francis Button Harrison, retiring gov- ernor géneral of the Philippines, marking his departure for New York after elght years service as executive. The former governor and his family sailed tonight for New York on the steamer Bastern Esporter, via Sués ea- nal and London, The “liteplant.” & species of eresping moss found in the islands of the “West Indies, is 8o called bécause of its powers of vitality. 1t is quite indestruetidle by any means except immérsion in boiling water or by the application of a fed-hot the a latge field of the son ex- ‘New Hair Growth After BALDNESS Onlegal abfidavit, John Hart Brittain, business man, certified to this: “My head at the top and back was abaslutely bald. An expert said that he thought the hair roots were extinet. and thers was no Bope of my ever having a new hair growth. “Yet now, at an age over 66, I have a luxuri lustrous hairl No trace of baldness. The ey ‘my photographs.” INDIANS' SECRET OF HAIR GROWTH . Mr. Brittain certified furthe ot growth of soft, Pictares shown “Ata time when ¢ noise.” .sa/eW for INFANTS & 1 had become discouraged at trying to grow my Dair again, I came across, in my travels, a Chero- kee Indian ‘medicine man’ who had an elixir t} he asseverated would grow my hair. Although'l had but little faith 1 gave it a trial. To my amazement a light fuss soon appeared. It developed, day by day, into a healthy growth, and ere long my haie was as proific as in my youthful days.” True Hair Grower at Last Afrer Moir gromiii “That I was astonished and Aappy s s of mind Phote whew beid, mildly, Obvioasly, the BAir roots pad not been denc, but wele dot mant in the scalp, awaiting the fertilising po of the then myste- pomade. I negotiated for and came into 1 the le for preparin s, now called KOTALK( and later had zm put inte mue-l nr;" by : chemist. That my awn hair grewth was permaneat has béen amply proved.” Tt bas b * many cases not die even when the hair felf out through dandruff, fever, alopeeia areata, or certain other ‘hair or sealp disorders, PROOF BOX X0TALKQ Nl’ll[ w othe For Sale at All P potent ingredients. No_aleol Drug Store: ahampoo; but pound omdabnscandill B~ P L T less, even fot a ehild’s sealp and bair. Positively KOTALKO is one delightfully reliable hair aration that sueceeds upon genuine merit. Buy & box of KOT. 3 &4 the drog msare. OF ask for Kotalko at the toilet goods o drug Kotalko is wonderful o Qepariment siore. ‘Remember the —_"s A Sothing olan wa “Jist 1t food Money back GUARANTEE. Orid 7o il shall 4180 be to send Determine NOW to elimigate Get & bod of , apply onee or twice dally: wateh in your mirror. For PROOF BOX send to good.’ 10 eents (sil of d :"'r‘;o?r I.O.XJS‘ '&'{m:rém@gfi ,::n:;"i'm"w DANDIEFE, o et BALDNESS, to STOP HAIR FROM FALLING. 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