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THE FARMER: APRIL 2, 1909.
RAMFINu inKUlun CALIFORNIA
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Record for Summer Walking Trips Sugges
tions for Coming Vacation Tours.
MAJOR SIDNEY S. PEIXOTTO.
lusivo Service Cfiarities and. The
Commons Press Bureau.)
(Major Pelx otto's walk i tig- trips in
I i 1 .1 . , . ...... 1 c. S4-a-Tr
ton yearns ago with three boys tor
with growing- parties of
head' otf the Columbia Parte Boys'
'ami from that organizaition he
recruited his marchers. Uast
Bureka. His suggestions may neip
rs boys' cluibs to organize similar
M UK iub ioei. ucii. jwuo i "
to the different parts or
My first summer was
walking with three boys from
. . . J . Tr.il
twelve days In this wonder land
retraced our stem back to the city.
ISO! led a party of twelve boys
Tosemrte and my experience on
trio caused! me to consider it as
Impossible future Journey for such
to take a loner overland journey
tb North, the objective point to be
V3Xy OI UQfVBli. ima xuvulc vwuiva
tls through the coasx countries 01
ta, through tare great reawooa
I forests and eventually home
the Pacific Ocean. It is a de-
and attractive Journey, out
horses. The first party that
Oils trip consisted of eighteen
uracter. . The next summer
ths group To twerity-iour.
from San. Jose, five hun-
to the south, followwr trie
most attractive 10 roys. xis
country' along- thej Southern
Coast is through populous
n'laT well tilled valleys, and.' on
td attractive by - tne at t en -kva
received from the nu-
' next summer . T -enlarged the
1 steps to -7 xuureJQ
Interested in- "the develop
iese walking- trips began to
me that I "was over-stepping
i -ay enlarging tne party to
r of boys.: It was -argued
lrvAlviriTiad -work became wec-
wien the number was inoreas-
H lKfi a tarsre group. xo a
. . .
fHXTmm tnis W5i trutr, uul jiu
lVO a, greater numuer w
is prrvUeges of enjoying theae
outinjjrs ana gain iuo utut-
ritls which were so apparent
ouiidlhg- up physical and moral
- - -Cm ATr.,r KrtTT XtrVl-i i i d V ad
in li iq parties,
as summer -ripe were interrupt -
JjJ BBS DT9 jw raia,i.niLirT UJ.
flpuowtns; year rorty-onye ooys
pared and taKen on a seconu
to Los Arureles.
year, 1906, we again went over
and not only did we make the
sy In harmony and witn tne ur
ndtr and eood spirit in our
a. -but we achieved a. success in all
: aspartments of camp life, which makes
memory or mis trip tne ibuuci
- of the ten which . I have spent
walking with the boys.
Tfee summer trjs of the Columbia
Park Boys Club have certainly devel
oped beyond my -fondiest dreams. In
(he M01 trip -the expenses became so
jjrmtdaMe a feature that I thought,
set the last moment, of giving1 a little
JmwT as we passed through the vari
ous towns and' cities along the line of
ur march. It was a hastily arranged
evening's performance, but entertain-iBg-
bad been so much a part of our
ib life in the years gone by, that we
: decided to put our best singers and
'Mr beet comedians on the stage and
let tfcem. in a simple way, entertain
with their accomplishments. We al
ways had a costume closet ' as a part
f our oltfb equipment and from this
-or pteteed out some of the nicest
; OBfl and. arrangedl a simple program.
iThe starting- off was a disappofnt-
discouraging, but towards the end, as
i we entered the country far away from
i the Metropolis, the interest became
fsjreater and we were rewarded with
.. . mif rtia!ifT,l t-pntnrpc
' The receipts taken in at the theatre
doors more than paid- for the summer
outing for the party of eighteen mem
bers. During- this summer, to attract
the audiences" to the theatres, the boys
gave a marching- drill in the streets
Just before the theatre opened. , It
'wsa a military drill of excellent qual
ity and) with the Drum and Bugle
iCorps, madfe a very interesting impres
Isfon as a prelude to our evening per
formance. I The next summer, on the Los An
i sjeles- trip, we again arranged a thea
jtrical performance. The "show" was
jsjreately improved. It was well
I thought out and well acted. It re-
ceivea praise uiu aipyiwwuuu nvcij
where and there was a hundredfold in
crease in the receipts at the theatre
doors. The following year band mu
sic began to be introduced! into the
club and when the summer time came,
it was possible to form a band and
drum corps In place of the military
drill. This we found to be a greater
help than any other feature that we
had introduced, and the band of that
year, though not considered a very or
dinary affair, was a powerful . addition
to the summer trips and to the suc
cess of our theatrical shows. The
band has developed' in these years to
the grand musical organization which
made the journey last year to the City
of Eureka and) down the coast. This
crack band would be able to Walk
through the streets of any Metropolis
and attract the highest praise. The
band, consisting- of every member of
the party, fifty in all, whose music
was above the ordinary and whose
concert work was exceptional, made a
deep impression all along the route
and undoubtedly packed the houses to
the doors. As a marching organiza
tion, K was worthy of mention, for
Its drills and street work were of the
Highest character. It ought to be
judded, In speaking of the theatre side
ft the life of the camp is of no more
Importance to the dub than their base
ball or . their daily camp life. After
the first two evening performances,
little attention is given to further bet-terlng-
the "show." There are no re
hearsals, nor no tiresome, tedious
hours spent in keeping the "ishow" up
to a standard. It all comes happily
and naturally that -the boys are not
bound by any unnecessary prepara
tions, though during the day the con
versation sometimes fails upon the bad
breaks or the roughness of some of the
farces on the previous evening. At
the same time, it is not a theatrical
performance, in the true sense of the
word, and the publicity does not in
any way affect or influence these
boys' lives.
The routine of the camp life is done
by members of the party. It is a
great training and as I look now upon
the boys - who have made these trips
and analyze their present day lives, I
the influence which the jour-
ys nave naa upon mem. in tne ae-
opment or neaitn ana strengtn. 1
see that these trips nave oreatea
sound boys, different alto
trom the boys about them.
rule, increased the size of the aver
age boy of the camp two or three
inches in the seven weeks' outing.
The cost of conducting these sum
mer outings has gradually increased.
The three boy outing cost about one
hundred dollars for three weeks. The
fifty boy outing cost all of $2,000 for
seven weeks. A large item of cost
is the equipment, for it is absolutely
necessary to furnish each boy with a
sensible and hygienic costume for liv
ing in the open. I have designed a
costume which seems to fit every con
dition perfectly, costing about $4.20.
Care must be taken that the shoes are
of good quality' and have been "broken
in" before the start is made. The
expense of a party of fifty is between
$25 and $30 a day. Then there are
the horses and wagons, two difficult
problems for the novice to handle, but
if properly financed, and cared for
during the summer, these items could
be made to pay for themselves. We
earned- last year $1,900 clear of all
commissions and- percentages charged
at the theatre doors, the total money
coming in at the box offices being $2,-
726 for 29 performances. '
When one considers the benefits that
have been derived1 by the boys on these
summer travels, it is almost impossi
ble to speak in words about them. We
are day by day traveling onwardv and
we are seeing new sights at every hour
of the diay; we are among vineyards.
we are in the canyons, we are by the
rushing waters, we are plunging into
the depths of the mountains, leaving
civilization on behind; we are making
friends in the populous communities
through which we pass; we are lying
down at night with the stars above
us; we are swimming m the broad
rivers, learning every day of nature
and' geography and infinitesimail
things that go to make up this beau
tiful world. It is a dream-life, this
walking in the sunshine; and though
it is at times a hardship, and though
it teaches them a thousand lessons in
bearing with each other's infirmities.
in eating unpleasant (foods, and trying
to live together in harmony and peace.
it brings us all back stronger and no
bler, and filled with countless remem
brances that take the place of idle
gossip during the" year to come.
CHANGE IN LOCAL
TROLLEY SCHEDULE
The Connecticut Company, Bridge
port Division, desire to announce that
effective April 1st. half-hour service
will be provided on the Bridgeport-
New Haven line on Saturdays and
Sunday between the hours of 9:00 a. m
and 7:00 p m. This affects the service
to Milford and Woodmont, and to all
beaches on the shore.
H
M
M
P
0
We ask as a favor that you do your trading
early in the day Saturday as possible so
as to avoid the afternoon and evening rush.
For the past few Saturdays it has been quite
impossible to keep up with the steady rush of customers, and we re
gret that unintentionally some have been kept waiting some little time. But you can help
us by doing your trading early.
FINANCIAL.
rdaRily April 3d
Decorated
Plate or Oatmeal Bowl
to all purchasers of Spices, Extracts,
Cocoa, Tea, Coffee, Baking Powder,
Etc. Remember these articles are
given in additional to the regular
checks.
WHY
Pay 10 and 12 cents for
your
RICE
When we will sell you a
better quality for
C i i-
l O.
TRY IT.
7
Special
Saturday
Only
Silver, Nickel Butter
Knife, Sugar Shell
and Jelly Spoon.
The set of 3 pieces
given free with each
pound can of Sovereign
Baking Powder
INTEREST
Allowed on Balances Subject i
to Check
SWATSONsa
BANKERS
Established 1866
Stocks and Bonds
Private Wires to New York,
Boston, Philadelphia
Cor, Main and John iSts.
INVENTS SPAM PLUG PROTECTOR
Justin A. Wilson, the well known
automobilist and rubber manufacturer,
has invented a protector for spark
plugs, which he has patented, and
which is meeting with a ready sale to
the wholesale trade. The protector
consists of a rubber cylinder, within
which the spark plug is contained, and
efficiently protected from injury in the
tool box or elsewhere when not In use.
Pl'RKLY PEIISOXAL
"We were certainly -treated right
royally in Washington." W. H. Mari
gold. "And we secured the speaker we
wanted for our banquet." Fred Enos.
"It is certainly great to be able to be
here and greet my friends during Fair
Week." C. B. Read.
"When- it was snowing hardest early
Tuesday morning the robins were mer
rily singing their song of cheer. Who
wouldn't be an optimist." M. A. Mor
ris. "That chicken supper by the ladies of
the People's Presbyterian Church, was
a fine treat." T. P. Taylor.
"More cars than ever, are being sold
this spring. People are beginning to
realize what a real pleasure they are
and as for business there is nothing
like them." H. D. Gates.
"The East End Is doing some build
ing; on one street there are ten new
houses in course of construction."
Sheriff Heisler."
"When the new Congress street
bridge is completed, most of these old
buildings at the eastern approach, will
have disappeared, and new modern
structures take their places, giving a
business tone to the locality." H. S.
Challenser.
Miss May Luby, principal of McKin
ley school was stricken with a severe
attack of acute indigestion during the
morning session yesterday. Her fam
ily physician was called and Miss Luby
removed to her home.
C. B. Read who recently underwent
an operation for appendicitis has so
far recovered as to be able to partici
pate in the Joys of Fair Week to the
gratification of his many friends.
Miss Margaret McPadden, the young
artist, who has several meritorious
pictures in the Art exhibit at the Li
brary, is a sister of Sewer Inspector D.
McPadden, and a popular young lady
of the East Side. She is a pupil of
Miss Myra Wooster and during the
short period of her instruction has
shown remarkable talent.
Mr. George Zumstag was passing the
cigars yesterday, in honor of his 53rd
birthday. He reports that his "green
little shamrocks" are still flourishing.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Whiting and Mr.
and Mrs. L. H. "Mills of this city have
been heard from at Sopchoppy, Fla.,
where they are registered at the Pana-
.C Mr., and Mrs, H. H. Nettleton are at
their home on Colorado avenue after
a lengthy stay in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Many social functions are being
planned for Easter week, and the fair
sex are busily engaged preparing
therefor.
What Parisian Sage will do
or Money BACK
Stop falling hair
in two weeks.
Cure dandruff
in two weeks.
Stop splitting
hair.
Stop itching
scalp immediate
ly. Grow more hair.
Make harsh hair
soft, silky and
luxuriant.
Brightens up the
hair and eye
brows. As a hair dress
ing it is without
a peer it con
tains nothing that
can possibly
harm the hair, it
is not sticky, oily
or greasy it is
used by thou
sands to keep tile
hair healthy it
prevents as well
as cures disease.
For women and
children it is the most delightful dressing-
and- should be in every home.
Leverty & Bro. sell ltliaSO cents a
The Girl with the
Auburn Hair is on
every package.
NOTICE!
Watch for our Beautiful Easter Picture given free to all
purchasers, in addition to the "Regular Checks."
BEGINNING MONDAY, APRIL 5th.
Sugar
CUBE
SUGAR 51-2clb.
Granulated 5c lb.
Powdered or Confectionery 5 l-2c lb.
5 lb. Boxes Crystal Domino .... 38c.
1058 MAIN ST.
701 EAST MAIN ST.
Condensed Milk a
MAGNOLIA . .... 9C
i j
CHALLENGE 8c
THE BRIDGEPORT 7
TRUST CO.
Capital and Surplus. . . .$800,00
Banking in all Its branches.
Deposits received subject to
check.
Department for Sa vines.
A legal depository for trast
funds. '
167-1T1 STATE STREET
P. W. MARSH, President f
E. H. JTTDSON, Treasurer
READ HARRIMAN'S
INTERVIEW WITH
MICH INTEREST
Congressmen, However, do not Find a
Great Deal of Light.
They Agree With Many of Bis Conclusions.
Bat Wish Be Would be More Explicit in
Telling flow to Carry Oat Bis Ideas
What Congress is Doing to Make Rev
enue and Expenditure Balance.
' -Special from United Press.)
"Washington, April 2. Public men
here and in Congress have been read
ing with interest the various publish
ed interviews with E. H. Harriman.the
railroad man, and marvelling at his
sudden eloquation. They do not find,
however, that he has thrown much
light upon the subjects that he has
discussed. His theory that the gov
ernment should be run, like the rail
roads, on a cost-at-ton-per-mile basis,
sounds- interesting to Congressmen and
others but even Mr. Harriman does
not indicate just how this could be
done and careful inquiry among offi
cials here reveals an equal, ignorance.
But, if Mr. Harriman meant by that,
that there should be a more careful
adjustment of the expenditures to the
revenues of the government he is right
in line with the present administra
tion, just as he is in his suggestion
that the Sherman Anti-Trust law
should be amended. Both President
Taft and Former President Roosevelt
have indicated in their public speech
es and messages that the Sherman
law should be amended to permit the
railroads to make pooling agreements
among themselves. Bills to effect
this were introduced in the last Con
gress but never got beyond considera
tion in committee. They will be in
troduced again but it is evident that
the great part of the sentiment which
Mr. Harriman says that he has ob
served throughout the country on this
subject, must make itself more clearly
understood than has yet been done be
fore such a measure can become a law.
President Taft has already instructed
heads of the government departments
to scrutinize most carefully the ex
penditures of their offices with the
view of scaling down their estimates
for the next fiscal year to the lowest
possile figures consistent with the prov
en needs of the government.
, At the same time steps are being
taken in Congress to keep the appro
priations to a minimum. The newly
created Senate budget committee or as
it is called, the committee on public
expend it-ure. through a sub-committee,
is hard at work in an endeavor to dis
cover the leaks through which the gov
ernment money runs and the means
to plug them up. replications of
work by the several departments are
to be prevented and an effort made
to correlate the business of the gov
ernment so as to check wastefulness.
The ambition of bureau officers to en
large their departments at the expense
of the public treasury is to be check
ed and new propositions that may be
advanced will be carefully scrutinized
before Congress will embark on the
fresh ideas.
So much is ths the fact, indeed, that
it is the impression here that Senator
Aldrich and his colleagues of the fi
nance committee in the preparation of
their tariff bill, are looking more to a
big reduction in expenditures rather
than to an increased revenue, in order
to make the income and outlay of the
government more diminutive.
PAUL1ST FATHERS
TO GIVE MISSION
AT ST. MARY'S CHURCH
The parishioners of St. Mary's church
are looking forward with pleasure to
the mission which is to be given in
that church by , the Paulist Fathers
and which will begin the week follow
ing Easter. The Paulist Fathers is
one of the noted teaching orders of
the church and the fathers are noted
for their learning and piety.
NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE.
Statistics show that the Germans pa
tronize the railroads almost twice as
frequently as they did ten years ago,
and average longer journeys.
The first lighthouse in this country
to use aoteylene as an illuminant will
be erected by the Government as an
gxperiment at Finn's Point, New Jer
y. A trough-shaped rubber shield, big
enough for a lineman to sit upon, has
been patented for the protection of
men working among high voltage cur
rents.
One of the new emergency devices
for use in submarines Is a helmet and
coat containing enough air to lift the
wearer to the surface of the water.
Attendance at the International Tu
berculosis Exhibition, recently held at
Philadelphia for four weeks, was with
in 2,000 of the half million mark.
During the world cruise of the At
lantic battleship fleet wireless tele
phony between ships was carried on
successfully at distances up to 50 miles
An experiment of . building a country
road in Minnesota by mixing cut yel
low cloyer.and rye stray with the sand
base is1 said to have proven success
ful. English is gradually becoming the
language of commerce in China, near
ly all of the Government and private
schools in the coast provinces teaching
it.
The railroads of Australia use five
different gauges, ranging from two feet
to five feet, three inches, and all at
tempts at standardization have failed.
The Japanese Diet is considering a
bill authorizing the expenditure of
$875,000 on the Tokohoma waterworks,
to be expended in allotments covering
13 years.
Though gas and petroleum engines
were unknown in Japan ten years ago,
they are now used by about 15 per
cent, of that country's manufacturers
for motive power.
A British electro-metallurgist has
brought out a system whereby it is
possible to produce copper wires or
sheets from the crude metal in but one
operation.
The tie-treating plant of the Mexican
Central Railroad is said to be the first
to make a success of preserving tim
ber by forcing oil into the wood un
der pressure.
A recent temporary shut-down of all
the power plants utilizing the water
of Niagara showed that they lower the
level of the falls but two-fifths of an
inch.
The most powerful searchlight In the
world is carried by the American flag
ship Connecticut. It is of 180,000,000
candle-power and can throw a six foot
beam for ten miles.
In the almost uninhabited Murman
district of Russia, -in the extreme
north., along the Norwegian frontier,
there have been discovered rich depos
its of silver, copper and lead.
A steel company In New York state
claims to have brought out a mangan
ese rail which can be bent, twisted or
otherwise distorted while cold without
breaking or developing cracks.
The first academy of aviation in Ger
many has been founded at Munich by
the bavarian Automobile Club, which
has purchased an extensive tract of
land and will build a big aerodome.
This country's production of zinc in
1908 totalled 210,424 short tons, a de
crease of more than 15 per cent, from
the previous year. Missouri, Color
ado and Wisconsin led, in the order
named.
By way of experiment the British
War Office Office recently transported
an armed force of 1,000 men from Lon
don to Hastings to repel imaginary in
vaders by automobile at a rate of 20
miles an, hour.
A -peat gas plant is being erected at
Svedala, Sweden, which will transform
power won from the bogs into elec
tricity and supply neighboring munici
palities and factories with light and
power1."
A new submersible with which the
Italian navy Is experimenting is Im
mersed solely by mechanical means
and is so buoyant that, if the machin
ery be stopped, it will immediately
rise . to the surface.
Advocates of the conservation of for
ests in Canada are favoring the estab
lishment of fur farms to utilize the
timber lands, the finest fur-bearing
animals in the world' being indigenous
to that region.
All the marble used on Argentinas'
new Government building at Buenos
Ayres, which will be the finest struc
ture of the kind in South America,
will be cut with carborundum wheels
made In the United States.
For some time blotting paper has
been used for bottle stoppers, to cover
piano hammers, as an electric insu
lator and to polish precious stones. A
German inventor recently patented a
bathing costume made from it.
Scotlands' largest waterpower plant,
in course of construction, 'rill utilize
the rainfall of a tract of 55 square
miles and will operate nine turbines,
each of 3,200 brake horsepower, the
largest in Great Britain.
A reconstruction by French scien
tsits of the cave man whose skull was
found at La Chapelle-Aux-Saints
shows that the oldest human being of
whom there Is record was about five
and a quarter feet tall, but could not
stand erect.
At a cost of $5,000 the Government
will erect on the brink of Grand Can
yon of the Colorado a monument In
memory of John Wesley Powell, for
mer Director of the Geological Survey,
in recognition of his services as a sol
dier, explorer and scientist.
According to a noted London sur
geon, who has accomplished some re
markable cures with radium, the. se
cret of success lies in the discovery
that a little of the strange material.
(spread over a wide area, is more
powerful than solid bead composed of
it.
Within a circle of 60 miles 4fn diifcr
eter, with its center in Np' York,
there are more telephones than in all
Great Britain.
PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK
MARBLE BUILDING
034-926 MAIN STREET
Interest 4 per cent, per
Annum
DIVIDENDS PAT ABLE g
JANUARY 1st AND July 1st I
Business Honrs, 9 A. M. to S P. M.
Saturdays, 9 A. M. to 12 M,
WHERE ONE
MAN GETS
RICH
through hazardous spec
ulations, hundreds . ge$
poor.
"We will start an ach!
count for you with one
dollar, and you are al
ways sure of your mqnv
ey when the rainy day;
comes. "!
MEN, WOMEN, BOYS AND MISSES
Your
Outfit
IS WAITING FOR YOU AT
JACOBY'S
OUR PROPOSITION IS THIS !
We want you to come and buy your Spring
clothes now so you can wear them when you
should on Easter. We don't want any mon
ey we'll take your simple promise to pay
later a dollar a week. Jacoby's terms are
the easiest and it is always a straightforward
business proposition our credit that no one
need hesitate about making use of. Jacoby's
stock of men's and women's clothes represent
all that's good in this season's wearing appar
el. Call and talk it over.
1266 Main St.
OPP. "THE STRATPIELD
Easter
M SAVINGS Bj
916 MAIN ST.
Bridgeport
Savings
Bank
Corner Main and State
Streets
V
Incorporated 1842.
Deposits received rom
$1.00 upwards.
Deposits draw interest
from the hrst of each
month.
Loans made on real es
tate.
THE BRIDGEPORT
LAND & TITLE CO.
169-171 STATE
Real Estate bonht aad wM.
General care taken of property.
D. F. WHEELER, Trcm.A Tress. '1
EGBERT MARSH,
SPECIAL-: a
JAMAICA TOURS
March 1 5 to April 3
First class round trip, ray
including eight days hotfil
accommodation vVr
$85.00 1
For Further Particulars Apply ta "
S. Loewith & Cdi
AGENTS
Tel. 99 116 BANK ST
Parmer Want Ads. lc; f
word, i-"
Tne trips bare, as a
large bottle.