Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 24, 1922, Page 9

IF IN CANADA, WHY NOTIN THE U. S. A. ? (Written Speclally For The Bulletin.) “Fert Willilam?"—Don't know where R 157/ Well, welll. Give you another “Fort William, Ont?"—Ndw do you knew? No, ybung feller fresh from your sehibol geography class, I'm not talking to you. I'm asking your dad and your unéle who haven't seen a ‘‘joggerpher Book” Eince they were knee-high to grisshoppers. - I'mr asking them in order to_find out it they are as disgracefully tgforant as I own up I was. For, when my attention was af by the date line of a recent dispateh in a Western paper sent from Fort Wil- léfm, I am’ forced to admit that I had about as much idea of its whereabouts as 1 have of the site of Norembega or the exact boundaries of the Garden of BEdén. 1 had.a really rather dusty hunt for an oid fellow, looking it up, too. The only atlas at my hand is a rawier small one. And it's much like hunting for the well-known. needle in the haystack to Bunt for a name imperfectly printed in th® smallest agate type amid the @ffidges which map-makers insist on diéfiguring their maps with, Especially whén it's among a thousand other sim: Warly printed names bunched over a ter- Fitoty a thousand miles long and s striggling that it has to be mapped in two sections. Why, I felt for a while Yke a lost traveler in the desert of Sa- Even the points of the compass sobh grew untertain, for some of the| mamés were printed from north ‘o] sodth, and some from east to west, and sofle cross-wise, and Some on their bagks. 1 had to keep twistihg the mav argund, sideways and cormerways and upliide down and then focus & magnify- ing glass on the names before I could méke them out, Bs 1 went, wibble-wbbbling nacross thit map from Glengary to Thunder B&¥ and back again. I made the jour- e¥=by Mmap—several times nally got my e Hére near as eagle-y now as ity or sixt¥ véars ago) on “Fort Wil- lafn,” tucked into the north edge of Lake Superior, on the Canadian side, of course, and well to the . northeastward of Duluth. The thing that made me want to ¥now just where Fort Willlam is was the information contained in the fol- lowing dispatch, dated Nov, 10, 1922: “The greatest grain armada that ever put to sea from Fort William, Ont., set eall a few days ago for eastern ports. “Fifty great vessels, each carrying 2 load of staggering size, slipped away in a single day and a tally of thelr “takes” shows close to 10,000,000 bush- els of grain, most of it wheat. “Carriers with about 200,000 bushels in their holds, which would have caused sbecial mention 10 rs ago, were hardly noticed in the of the big fel- lows that stowed away 300,000 and some cases 400,000 bushels at a time. “So quickly are the ships cleared that the nightly lists of departures often show ships clearing that are not corded in the arrivals column. closest kind of watch is kept on them, and on the elevators to see that not a minate is lost {n the process of reload- ing and sailing away again.” Think of it: fifty great vessels sailing | moved—ten " | condition which confronted us. RN \\\\\ ROP a Hill’s Cascara § Bromide Quinine Tab- § 1ét in a glass of water. Ob- | serve that it disintegrates f§ within 10 seconds. Subject | any other “quinine tablet” § to the same experiment— and notice that it takes from 30 minutestoan hourand a § half to “break up.” It’squick action youneed when yousense the first sign of a cold. It’s quick action youget when you take Hill’s § and break 4 coldin 24 hours, or la grippe in three days. { At All Druggists—-30cents Here, ovin matter, seems to be a conditio a oncrete fact, much motre substantial and much more im- portant than any théory. Canadian farmers get their wheat jon bushels a day, in this wheat with ten milllon bushels of wheat in a|emergency. single day from a port I'd never even heard the name of! “How kin ye be so ignerunt?’ thefr wheat they've toiled ove wasting and_their hopes of The dining foom is the place 6n Thanksgiving Day ? You are going to display your art there upon the groaning table. Such a feast deserves a wonderful sétting. To add to—to complete the joy, have the Thanksgiving feast spreaa on the table of a beautiful new dining room suite ! You need dining room furniture this winter. Have it for Thanksgiving when your table i1s surrounded by guests. Combine thé joy of a worndetful dinner with that of beautiful surroundings. THANKSGIVING SPECIALS No. 1. Oak Dining Room Set, Wi liam ani finishés—high grade, 4 pieces— - $127.50 CHAIRS TO MATCH Ne. 2. Itdlian Renaissance desi ary period, choice of n and finish, 10 piece suit—blue |ez‘f\ er seat chl§.1—§ 9250 | No. Leather 8. Genuine Seat Chairs — Qolden Oak, strong and stylish—$5.00 value—SPECIAL asks Desperate Ambrose of| income enough to pay interest and taxes Alkali Ike in the Sunday paper's eomic|vanishing in thin air. section. I'm not so ignorant, now, as I was a Week ago. I know where Fort William, Ont, is. On the map it looks about 2s important as Trading Cove. There must be a reason for the différ- ence. Some weeks afo, commenting om the But 2 port|extent and effects of government inter- which can ship ten million bushels of|ference with railroad management wheat on fifty vessels in a single day|this country, The Toledo, O., Blade re- has the right to claim bigger letters on|marked that governmental the next map printed, AS I sat back in iny emey chalr, re- covering from the exhaustion attending my map hunt, another thought slowly filtered its way into my alleged ‘mind. Fort William is in_Canada. It seéms to be about the nearest Canadian port on Lake Supe: to the grain fields of Saskatchewan and Alberta. pping wheat, millions of Only the other day Sen- that thousands of bushels of wheat were rotting on the fields of that state Becddse the farmers couldn't get it moved to market. They had groewn it and reaped it and threshed it. There | “Gets-It” ~ For Corns Costs Little 1£ sb-called corn “cures” have only made your feet more sore and tender, i { don't déspair. For: instant, complete,l permanent relfef is- guaranteed by the | new method. A few drops of “Gets-It" removeés any old or new, hard or soft corn frofii any foot. It peels off in your fingers. Costs but a trifle—everywhere. Re- commended by all druggists. E. Law- rence & Co., Mfr., Chieggo. Sold in Norwich by Chas. Osgood, Pitcher & Bervice, Lee Osgood Company. { could go { grain has to be they came up against a stump and no further. The railroads ply couldn’t haul it away is_in the United Stat Fort William, as has been several times said, is in Canada. Fort Willlam isn't in & whést-grow- ing se 1t draws its huge grain Canadian prov- west _and _north. T! hauled from those re- Mote wheat-growing provinces by rail before it can be dumped on the vessels &t Fort William, Yet the Canadian railroads seem to be doing it, not occasionally and de- sultorily but. regulafly and by the tens of millions of bushels. While the United States railroads, down North Dakota way, can't or won't haul the wheat which the farmers are Vainly begging them to take to market. Why this difference? This country is supposed to be richér than Candda, It is supposed to have more rallrodds, more cars, more en- gines. It has not, hitherto, been dis- vosed to take ahy back seat in the mat- farther control of industry in this country hasn't been $3.25 NEED A NEW RANGE ? Do not risk that good dininet i the ’old one! very wisely exercised the last eight or ten years. “For,” said The Blade, “it has gone very largely out of the hands of broad: minded jaen into the power of fussy- minded bureaucrats. These buréaticrats are far less tronbled over the efficient running of the railroads, for exampl and the continued devejopment of trans- n than they are about the re- ports_dealing with _minutiae, the filling North Dakota reportediont of forms, the obedienee to rules that play no vital part in _ speeding ship- ments and getting passengers to their destinations. They have reduced capa- ble executives to drudging clerks. Th havé bound their red-tape over industs so that it is himpered in Obtalning ne capital, forced to forego enterprise and frequently reduced to deSpait throuth! the pigheadedness of the Washington bureaus.” I don't know whéether yéu Who véadl this are radical or conservative, repub- an or democrat, “wet” or “dry,” tail oF short, fut or skinfiy. Nor do I care. You're an rican, loviig your comn- try and desiring its continued welfare, You don't want to see Mexico or Egypt or even Canada cutting in ahead of Un- cle Sam and givihg Him their dust You've got-an jdea that his place is at the head of the procession—tiot among thé lame dogs in the ditch at the side of the road. Wheretore #t would seem as it this little matter of Fort William and fits ten millich bushel wheat. shipment might be, worth a second thought. 1f they can do such things with Saskatche- wan wheat at Fort William, Capada, why can't We do &s well or even better with North Dakota wheat at Duluth, U. 8. A.? Bbth parts are on the same Lake Superior; poth hate adequate docking ter of rallrad enterprise or railroad| facilities; both are reached by saveral management. It would hardly be a popular thing for one to say, even now, that Canadian rallroad management | was any mote brainy or resourceful or public-spirited than Who inti hornets quickly, v But the fact remains that Canadian railrodds and Cahadian vessels are moving Cdnadiari wheat with speed, precision and in vdSt quantities, while Wheat just over the border in thie Unit- ed States is rotting on‘tHe ground. I don’t ask you what’s your theory of this. President Cleveland once re- marked that it was not @ theory but a ours. The man ated such a thing would bring buzzing ifito ‘his hair very neFul-O-PepDryMash Self-feeder ghl'ivery Ten Hens.” "Repeat that sentence s m éimunqfilaou:;e:}n;‘;m won't tortgét‘it—;.hm ‘you give plenf pper space ur hens, uulrlewoiyoghmhywefl & not mean that all the c get Ful: e won't lay a8 well all the time. railroads. As & matter of fact, Duluth is nearer North Dakota than Fort Wil- llam is to Saskatchewan. You may think it's a long way to Lake Superior and the Thunder Bay district of Ontario in which Fort Wil- liam is situated. Or to Duluth and North Dakota. So it is; And you may say that you're not called upen to get excited over things so far away &s that. All right, don't get excited, then. Keep as_calm as a clam under three feet of mud and six feet of salt water. , But the price of bread flour are of some intérest, right heére in Connecticut, And that price depends largely on the adequacy, certainty and celerity of the movement of wheat from North Dakota and the other grain- growing states to the east. If your government, through its bureaucrats, has 30 red-taped and muddied the rail- roads that they can't function efficlent- ly, can't get capital, can't manage their own employel; can’t delivér the goods, can't do extra work in unusual emer- gencies=isn't 1t abolit_ time you in- structed your government to get a move on thése bureaucrats ang Al their Dlaces with less “fuséy-minded” men? ..In a long chain it Whether the weak link is right under Yyour eyes or out of sight ¢ the other end, If any one link breaks Your whele ehain is no good, regardless of whigh énd it is at. o THE FARMBR. HENS AT STORES ARE AR AWAY AHEAD OF AVERAGS The Hens &t Storrs are laying mbfe &ggs and thefe s every indication Ehat they are out for a record bfeaking ye&t. In the third week of the ‘contest ‘tREY. 141 nearly 900 eggs more than the aver: age for,the last eight years and qyér 700 more than for the 'cofrespo: period i Ay prévious contest. Thé. t?- tal number of eggs for all péns was 5 or & yisld of nedfly 31 per gént.: ‘%fi socompanylng table shows ‘the aver production. for previous years: in g Bént. as_compared with the produ curreit and _ wheat for first three Weeks in-the <ol it Qotii's matter | 1L SEE OUR LINE HEA «BURK COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS SEE US FIRST ! ! WE SAVE YOUR DOLLARS ! ! THANKSGIVING SPECIALS No. 4. 10-piece Queen Anne period set—Walnut, not a cheap set—but wvery new and high grade— $2317.00 No. 5. Colonial period Oak Buffet —Just the thing to match your oresent table— $34.50 — No. 6. Queen Anne Walnut Ex- tension Table, 48 inches, extra leaves—stylish— $32.50 HIGHEST QUALITY LOWEST PRICES FINEST SERVICE Try Us and Be Convinced! the principal breeds are as foliows 5 Plyniouth Roeks G. B. Treadwell (Barred) Spencer, 8. Bradford Allyn (White), Bel- mont, Mass. Lewis Farms, (Barred) R I White Wyandottes Obed G. Knight, Bridgeton, R. L.... Frank P. Matteson, Davisv b % ‘Woodbridge Orchards, Woodbridge, Conn. A Clemens J. Dientand, New Britain, Conn. essscessscnnen . ‘William E. Moran, Bethany, Conn. Rhods Island Reds Jacob B. Jansen, North Haven, Conn. ... . =t Fellows Bros, Norwich Town, Conn. Harrfet F. Lawton, Longmeadow, ‘White Leghorns Roy H. White, College Park, Md.... Mrs. J. L. Theélisen, New Haven, Conn. . oo Hollywood Farm, Hollywood, Acrebridge Farm, Marlboro, Mass.. GALES FERKY A special meetitig of the Village Im- provement A&sociatiod was held o) day evening &t the Country club Hotise, with President D. R. Povey in thié chair. A report was given by Walter M. Buck- ingham, chaiyman of the Street lighting committee, and it was voted that the association contract with the Eastern Connecticut Power Co. to provide lights for the village streets. Presidént Pov- 8y was authorjzed to sign the contract which will be for a period of five years. The plins for the location of the lights were subnfittéd by Mr. Buckingham. The first, calling for gix . lights, exténding along the main strest of the village from the Mathewson property to the Military Highway was acceptsd by & majority vdte. An illustritéd Travel-Talk was given by Charles H. Brown of Norwich, in the County club hogse for the benefit of the Gales Ferry library Tuesday evéning. Mr. Btown, Who has tfavelled extensive- 1L, havig crossed the ocedn mor fifty tims, illustrated his talk with vies by steréopticon: Békinning with Panafna, he jourreyed fo Berlin, Naples, Vefilcs, Parls an me. Mr. Biown also ex- hibited vieWs of New York city with lo cal views i the park bn hik préperty at Allyn’s Point. Mr. Brown then show= ed pictures the screen of No f, whorm tion of the library and &ll that tén to the publie good. In ciosiig Mr. Brow Kink Henes v, taiking 1 Hih ey love King talking to hia lady low Cathérine. This closed &n . intérésting programme which wa w:nw;t‘tgnm. r. Albert S. Bolles of iatmstown $7165 hiat ok s sisiers, SHes 1 ani Harlén A, Goon CorFFEE 118 i |the sixth gime in the series of seven |games at the home of the Misses Hewitt in Uncasville, with the Uncasville Pinochle Chums on Wednesday evening. The score of the pvening was 26 to 23 in favor of the Gales Ferry club, making the total score 130 to 129 in favor of the Gales Ferry club. The trip to Uncasville was madé by boats to cross the river, by some, and others went around by Norwich, in au- tomobiles. Refreshments were served by the hostesses. The next meeting will be held at the club house here, Tuesday evening, November 29th. The score of the Gales Ferry teams follow: Berinett and Lester 6-1; Satterlee and Hurlbutt, 4-3; Povey and Richards, 4-8; DeRusha ind Miller, 4-3; Rogefs and Main, 3-4; Lawson and Nylan 3:4; Buckingham and Parker, 2-5. Mr. and Mrs. Courtland E. Colver of the Submarine Base atténded the play, |A Pair of Sixes; given in the Lyteum theatre in New London, Monday even- ing, presented by and for thé benefit of the Woman's auxiliary of the Home Memorial hospital of that city. The ausxiliary was assisted by the Submarine Base Dramatic club and the music was furnished by the Hawaiian stringed or- chestra from the base, through the court. lery of Capt. Frank D. Berrien, com- mandant of the station. Mrs. George Handy of East Killingly a recent guest of his cousin, Mrs. rving Hurlbutt at Wood Lawn farm, . and Mrs. Hugh McKensie and 3MisS Agnes Edwards of Waterford, mo- tored to the home of Mr. and Amos P., Main for a call Sunday afternoon. rs. J. A. Birch was a cdller at the homé of her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Stéphen Perkins at Brier Hill, Gro- Tuesday. 7 __Rev. Duncan F. Dodd, who his fe- cently complated six years of service ifi misglon Work for the Methodist Episco- pay church in Chimkiang, China, speak on China and the work there in:brad Rhode the M. E. church of the village, Sunday | morning, Nov. 26, at 10, Walter Beckwith of a caller on his uncle, N on Wednesday. o'clock. Those interested in giving toward the |~ Tuberculosis hospital in Norwich, have been request Christmas cheer for the ed to hand their contributions to M Alice Saterlee;, who ha sbeen appoin d solieitor for the village the same as last year. Mrs. Emma S. Bennett was the guest ot Norwich on an anutomobile trip to An- Sunday, and was a caller oS of her relatives, the Misses Davis, thony, R. I, at the home of Mrs. Byron A. Maynard of that place. Mrs. Charles H. Winchester and Mrs. Norwich were guests at the summer home of the lat- J. Otis Winchester of ter at Perkins place, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Mineva Moxley of Long moved to their new home in the Cove, village Tuesday. C. Rhineholdt Kuester of Broad street, Groton, has purchased the place of Mr. ew London was yes B. Al!)n! 1 11 | twenty-eight hatched. He also has pure Isiand Reds and Chestes Mr. Pilcher and family have returned to New York where he is employed Miss Vera Colman has returned from v York. The children attending the Hill school, } Mrs. Gahan, teacher, are planning te {buy a Victrola. Miss Church has sold her setter dog to Wilbert Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Morse of Man#- fleld Center were frecemt visitors 18 town. Frank Burr and a party from Jewett v guests at the Rounds home y and went hunting. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Turner of Rock« ville visited Miss Lucy Eldredge Sunday. Mrs. Joseph Peck has had 160 chick- ens caught by foxes. William Snyder of New York spent the week end with his sister, Mrs, Snede ecor at Hillside. Donaid Reed has just entered Storrs college, He walked to the Hill Sus- day. Moxley’s at Long Cove for a summer home. Rev. Mr. Dodd and family are on leave of absence for one year and are at their home in Shelton. WILLINGTON William Brown has been cured of 2 cancerous growth on his tongue by cancer specialist. dance at the Bohemian |ache, fhip it All |and ‘melancholia shé shoud lose no time hall in Daglvillé Baturday evening. were in costume with masks. The social turnished otchestra frdm Manchester musle. Wiltbert Wood has a nice flock of turkeys, raising twenty-thres from the |nearly fifty years. 2| WHY WOMEN GET DESPONDENT. Are not women naturally as HQM- hearted, brave and hopeful as men? Yes certainly ; but a wbman's ol is es- sentially 'differept from a. man's—more delicate, more sensitive and more exact~ ing.. Women In delicate health are more dependent, more nervous, moré irritable and more despondent. When & woman develops nervousness, sleeplessness, back- headaches, _dragging-down “pains a in giving Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a fair trial, as it will auickly dispel such troubles. This root and b ‘medicine contains no drugs and has beem the standby of -American womanhood for Norwich Army Store CONVINCING VALUES THAT SHOW WHY IT PAYS O. D. Double Front and Navy C. P. O. Shirts 20-0undé Siberian sissssiieins Issug=—=A Shirt. Ay Heavy All-Wool Undér- wear, pét garmént ........ Navy Double Front and Bick All-Wool Undérwedr. Bl sl tccs mnosassenes i $4.26 fing ouitdoor Army Munson Last Shoes Army Work Shoes Bt icoiiiaiionrasnaaans " 36-inch Mole Top; Sheepskin $ Coat, Beaverette collar, at.. 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Two, péns of White Leghorns en- | ° tered by Hilllop ¥arm from - Sufrield, i Coh., ‘d_ Roy H. Walte -of :Collegé ! Md, tied for third place with 45 S r 1 YELLOW 1 F mdnp 3 DRY MASH t : . G00DS CO. 820 MAIN STREET CONN. ® each, -Two pens of White Wyan- ttes, bath of them from Island, one owned by Frank P. Maiteson of Dav- for fourth place with of Bridgoton, tled 43 eggs each. ¥ 5 The four leading peus in sewm’ of ARFEI