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"THE FARMER: ATJGFTJST 8, 1913
American
Cities
Are
Failures
By Professor
CHARLES El
MERRIAM,
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Cost Most,
but Give
Least
In Return
Alderman of
Chicago -.
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Copyrighted by Chas X. Collyer. 1913.
Kfdnappiig a Widow
Korea is old. The land' abounds In
a. certain variety of relics of the past.
Continually -we come' across handsome'
Buddhist monuments of past dynasties
and centuries. The -characteristic fea
tares of each is, that, they are all with-
out inscription. ;; Therefore, having
IN AMERICAN CITIES THE FAIliUHE OF ,THE GOVERNMENT TO nothin gto proclaim their history, there
KEEP PACE WtTH THE CHANGES GOING ON AROUND UVHASlj tZ
LEO TO DISASTROUS REStH-TS. THE GOVERNMENT OF OUR
CITTES IN GENERAL 13 NEITHER AS EFFICIENT, AS ECONOMICAL,
NOR AS POPULAR A8 IS DESIRABLE AND POSSIBLE. IT IS GEN-
. E RALLY RECOCHZED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF OUR CITIES IS
THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND LEAST EFFICIENT IN THE WORLD,
WE PAY MORE AMD RECEIVE LESS THAN THE CITIES OF OTHER
countries. " ', : ? r.L"
Inefficient goweniraect miffht be tolerated if it represented the reo-
pie. Bert most cities during b last generation have been governed by
a combination of POLITICAL: MACHTNT3S AND SPECIAL IN
TERESTS. , , 1
( T9 poCtiesl bees and thmbljc service corporation have been "the
' i chief, factors in oot municipal system, v They have endeavored to domi
nate botfrfo2itieal parties and to rednoe all elections to a friendly contest
BETWEEN -TWO - SETS OF THEIR OWN PUPPETS. s These in
terests have been, themselves entirely nonpartisan, though ; they ; have
worKed to. end tnxocigh. political parties and nave used party names,
party rvmbola and party principles as a CLOAK: FOR THEIR OWN
PROJECTS. , .
Ther hMa behind" Iiinooln? and Roosevelt or Jefferson and Jackson
as pradenoe : Indicates. They have relied upon the division of "honest
' eie into opposing political camps, hile they themselves; have or
' ganissA.! mad combined" with, entire disregaroV of party line or party dis-
OUIWWWr GRAFT A NO THEFT ARE RESPONSIBLE' FOR "MUCH
OW THE LOSS THAT FALLS UPON -THE TAXPAYER. THE EX
I9TENCB OP THE SPOM-S SYSTEM 13 ENORMOUSLY EXPENSIVE
AND WASTEFUL. -, ' ; ; .;
Tbe -gfanoephaBB of politics surrounding the average city hall
u sot fsvorabie to the adoption , of systematic ' and orderly business
method We cannot expect to Becore a proper system of street cleaning
if wwj laborer and team has to- be selected because of Republican or
Democratic affiliations. Repeated investigations of the expenditures of
city jroverrementa have revealed FRAUD, FAVORITISM AND US
EFF1CIS3CX .ON A TREMENDOUS SCALE.
NEWTOWN
The foHo lnr are the names of
those pnplla who successfully passed
the examination for sab-freshman
class at Hifrh school, entering in Sep
tember: Evelyn ' Andre Cortland
Ulakeman. Mlllieent Ca van augh,
, Christine Corbett. Raymond Dibble,
' Samuel Goldstein. Jacob Gomberg,
y .. n.tw. T .1 .. tj .1 ... I
win Hook. Alice Houlihan," Dorothy
James. Sidney Klfcbride, John XL
Keana, Acnes Leibold. Francis Mul-
iane. James Maroney, lieonard Mayer,
Paul Morrow, William Murphy, .Mary
Rafterty, Mary Sammla, Harry Bus
man. CSiarles Strisifc, Claribel Troy,
tdwlna v Weils, tecil Wentech, Ervelyn,
Wulffe. Iewis "Walterxbols, Ionald
Wricht.
Mias Ea Wallace of New Rochelle,
has ensaaed to teaeh. KorUi Center
School thetenming year. Her broth
er Croesley Wallace formerly of New
town, a graduate of High School has
entered the,mptoy of L. O. Morrla. It
la escpeoted the Wallace family will
nova to Newtown m the near future.
juaier-rseoaore wmrre has taken a
position with, the Curtis and Son Co.
of Berkshire.
lOn Edith ' Peck who has been ill
at her parexstzr' home under the care
of Dr. Kleraaax la convalescent.
2Qss Phoebe--Cabels of New Haven
Is vislttos at ,Mr. and IIr. Arthur
T. PectkTs, and! aiso with other rela
tives in town. -
Iter vacation with Miss Li la. Ruffela at
walnut hesKA. i
A. W. DaTtonv JK. . and John Hoo
king are lm xeoeipt-of- a request from
the champion pool-ptayexs of Sandy
Hook Messrs. Carl Slater, C Rlon and
John O. Fltzschler to play an endur-
'aaee test of games with cues and balls
for weapons. The former state If
this Is a challenge they will play any
two of these gentlemen a series of
games for -love, 'fun. or marbles the
i challengers to choose place. Both
parties are - experts and the public
i wtll see tomertaney and high shots.
Cards have been received from Miss
'Anna Carlson, bookkeeper for R. H.
Beers A Co who lmimeiKllnr a w
weeks vacation at the seashore resorts
with friends.
CAirtroiiu
'Mrs. -Eugene Rtctiards is entertain
ing her aunt, Mrs. Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Rtidkin and Miss Es
ther BmUdn of Middletown. Stanley
Forter-ofWorcestar, Mass., and Ralph
6. Richardson have been recent guests
-of Cap. W. R. Fearn and family.
JUJ3. ai. c run is vismng ar tne
home of Mrs. Leroy Meeker In Cross
Highway this week.
Miss Doris Godfrey was the guest of.
Miss Verria Gregory of Norwalk on
Wednesday. . ,
Mrs. Oeorge Benedict and son of
Danbury have , been spending a few
days with Miss Mary Olmstead. 7;""
Miss Mary Allee has recovered from
an attack of quinsy sore' throat." .
Mr. and Mrs. S. J.f Miller,. , and' Mr.
and Mrs. Hairy Miller have returned
from Fairfield beach, where they have
been enjoying a two weeks outing.
Mrs. '"Percy Thompson is the guest
of Mrs. I R. Ambler at - Fairfield
Beaoh. i . - ..... '
Mrs. M.; M Xee and .JMr. and iSXrs.
Leroy Montgomery of South Norwalk
visited friends in town . on Wednea
day: - ' -1 '-- -'
On 'Sunday,1 Aug. 10, the- services
at the Zion Hill M. E. church will be
changed from 11 a." m. to 3 pi m. In
order that Rev., Mr. McCullom of the
North Wilton church may preach and
administer the Sacrament. He will
also conduct the service; in the even
ing. Rev. John, W. Mace will spend
Sunday in Danbury. V
James . Coley, Jr., of Weston has
been visiting his aunt, Miss Helen
Sturgee. - ;S ,.: -
Mrs. Fred Oelsler of New Xork .is
the guest of Mrs. George Warncke.
Miss Emma i Partrick has returned
from a visit with Mr, and Mrs. Chas.
EL Gilbert of, Ridgefleld. ' .
The ' annual Sunday k school J picnic
of the M. B." church was held- at; Com
po Beach last Wednesday! Aug. 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick have moved
into apartments at. Miss M. ,E. Nichols.
Mr. and - Mrs. -.Chas. Godfrey . and
children and Mrs., Helen Godfrey and
daughters returned from a week's stay
at Compo on;Saturday. - , -
FADS AND FASHIONS
A novel empire nightgown has. yoke
and long sleeves -made of allover em
broidery. . ;;V"1; -V:
It- is the fashion -among the' most
chic of Parisian, women not .to wear
corsets at alL -' . . t , .,
Rough materials, -such! as, cheviots
and chinqhillas, will be much used for
autumn coats, i .- . - " i
Ttmio skirts Increase In favor, and
separate skirts generally are coming
to the fore. N -f '
Ornaments and tassels of every de
scription .are heing used on the new
clothes i f or" fall. -"--- -- - ; :
The new colored novelrS' laces are
In Chinese andv Egyptian designs and
soft, rich colorings. t ;
Striped mohair is still used -for .the
practical, everyday skirt which Is to
have hard wear.
, Metal laces of the sheer and filmy
sort will rule this fall, gold laces be
ing the. favorites, , . .. , .
Colbert embroidery is much use, to
gether with hemstitched bands for
trimming lingerie.
If You Use
BORDEN'S MILK
(Bottled in the Country)
Ton may know that every cow
from which this milk is taken
enjoys the services of a fam
ily doctor1, in the person of a
Borden veterinary. There is a
- corps of them whose sole' duty
Is to look: after her health and
comfort.
In addition to this every dairy in
which these cows are housed
is under the direct supervision
of a Borden inspector. These
inspectors are experts in milk
production and handling, . and
live In the country where the
milk is produced.
Hall any Borden wagon and the route salesman .
will take your order; or write or telephone. . -
Borden's Condensed -Milk Co.
383 Fairfield Avenue, Telephone 2287
symmetrical Pagoda wieh its '-; eight
stories, each a little smaller than the
one below it. There xare other and
finer ones. There are also images,
ootn small and colossal, around each
of which hangs some forgotten story
of past deeds; but it was not always
thus. Korea was "rich in monuments.
having tablets with Inscriptions telling
the history or significance of each, but
these were ruthlessly destroyed by the
Japariese during I the invasion: under
Hideyoshi, in1592.
In many parts of Korea we find plain
pagodas eighteen to twenty feet high,
built of granite. The age of these Is
doubtful, but everything points - to- the
lact that they were erected many cen
turles ago. Clinging to one of these is
a legend, which slightly lifts the veil
of mystery. ' . l, .
KIM M AN-GTL,
though still a young man, had attained
to some notoriety, and already held an
official position. , His prospects . were
those -of a roseate future; ' yet ' there
was a skeleton in. his cupboard; a deep
sorrow which only tended to increase
with years. Married, as to customary,
when but ten years old, to a girl of
his paretns choice, he had .. passed
through many of the vicissitudes of
wedlocks and to him they, had not
proved to be unmingled Joy. . In his
wife he found an "utter lack; of eon-,
geniality for she had grown to he a
woman of small mental 'calibre; even
her charms were, not such aa Kim ap
preciated. Finding no 'congeniality at
home he gathered about him a number
of young bloods and with their assist
ance did that which was, and still is.
of common occurrence.
One night with his?" young -friends
fully armed and leading a saddled
horse, they sped their way to a coun
try village where lived with her pa
rents a young widow. Kim had heard
of her charms. When they reached
the house they threw a sack over the
widow and carried her away on the
horse. This was all done , with due
caution and with the greatest expedi
tion so as to avoid an affray with the
Villagers;.; v y
We must, digress for a brief moment
to describe some of her charms, or
rather what the Koreans call "Chair me.'.'
She was an expert in embroidery;
whether it; was the simplest kind or
the most intricate work, her deft fin
gers gave it that exquisite, finish of
which the lady of the Orient is the
mistress. TShe was able to play one or
two: instruments, which produced mu
sic without Harmony and'.. always in" a
minor ' key. She was "able! to dance so
well and so much to Ihe1 delectation of
those who behead her that she was
called "a leaf , of , sunlight." Her danc
tng - was nothing like the animated
whirl and rapid pacing of the West;
it was rather a matter! of graceful pos
turning; or almost effortless, motionless
sonambuHc gliding With all that grace
and rhythm which gives to natural
beauty so perfect a setting,
Kim's troubles, however,- were -far
from .ended, for - some years later St
was found that after all she was not
a widow. Her husband returned honie
and .though he stated he had been
trading for a number -of years in the
far south of the' Peninsula' he "was '
poor man. Being without money ne
could Invoke no influence, hence though
he claimed his wife he was not able , to
get her back from so influential a man
as Kim.
According: to native law a man's wife
in his property, and. so tie appealed to
the magistrate; but greater influences
are brought to bear upon the case
through the agency of Kim, who gets
him into the hands of the ajuns ; (na-
tive police.) " . '
These native police placed him in th
ok, which is the" prison of the uncon.-
demned, where people are kept under
restraint' While charges-are brought, or
trumped up against tfhenr. Custom re
quires that people when in the ok shall
cause their ; friends, to feast- the ajuns.
If this is not done the prisoners are
put in the.stocks over night, or receive
other minor tortures. .
Being, as we have stated, a. poor
man, he was unable to provide the nec
essary feast. He had no influences . to
help him, therefore It was a very easy
matter for Kim, ' by Judicious use of
his money, to have done what he liked
with the unfortunate " husband. One
night he was placed in a solitary cell
and in the morning was found to be
strangled. No in-quiry was held to ac
count -for his death; he was just wrap
ped up in some old coverlet .nd car
ried out of the city upon : a crude
Stretcheri- ';" ;
, Just beyond' the' fields on' the' slope
of some low hill the carriers deposited
their burden, dug a shallow grave and
without ceremony interred the corpse.
No ceremony, no ritual haying heen
observed upon the Interment of - this
poor man, his spirit or bbul, ' joined
those malignant spirits which people
the atmosphere, and Invoked their aid
to bring vengeance upon the one who
had bereft him, . first of his wife, then
of his-life.
KIM'S DREAMS. !,
woman was at the bottom of all the
trouble.- ,
The following evening,' pretending to
leave the house, the eon hid himself
behind the slaves quarters, and, ap
plying his ear to a -crack in the mud
wall, heard the slave boasting to an
. accomplice of the clever way. she had
got her master into a trap. Where
upon the son suddenly sprang Into the
room and forced the confession : from
her that she had planned the whole
affair, and had hired men to accuse
her master of the deed of. -which she
was the actual perpetrator. The truth
having thus been brought to light, the
master, was liberated and the slave
executed. .1
Ere the high -ceremony is over the
aged abbot sits himself down on a lit-s
'tie elevated platform and is soon lost
ito all sense of his surroundings, be
coming enthralled by ecstatic devotion
and nieditaUon. The- hours pass slow
ly by and at last the aged abbot broke
his reverie. He rose slowly and walk
ea from the temple to his one-room
house, , under the shadow of a huge
sycamore tree. Kim came to him and
with breathless expectancy, asked:
"What must I do?" ,
1 He was instructed to exhume the re
mains of the dead husband, to re-inter
them .with all due ceremony, not in a
proper cemetery, but in the centre of
the valley, which is the , gathering
place of the spirits from the neighbor
ing hills, the place where 'imp holds
jocn verse, with-gnome. Further, he was
told that if he -built, a pagoda three
times the height of a roan it would
have'euch a peaceful and salutary ef
feet upon the denizens of the Void that
they would have no further indigna
tion with regard to his crime. He was
assured they would gather round this
pa.goda -and all remembrance of the
dreadful past would be swallowed up
In blissful oblivion. In due course heJ
returned home and following the holy
man's Instructions ' to the letter, the
desired end - was attained,- and Kim
Mangel' was once more at rest and hap
py in the company of his beloved "lit
tie wife." -
This is but one of the1 legends at
tached to the origin of Korean's an
cient pagodas. .1, , f
EDUCATION NOTES.
Ada county,. Idaho, has a schooldls-
trict "containing 324 square miles.
. Seven hundred home gardens were
started in Port Bwen,- iN. " this year
under the direction of - the school au
thorities..' .-; -.
. Kim dreamt dreams and had visions;
he saw apparitions; this so worked
upon him mentally and physically that
he became thin and haggard; the
charm of his poor "little wife" no long
er allured " him; - for always he heard
the voice of her rightful husband.
Finally he resolved to go to the Budd
hist monastery high up - on yonder
mountain. There he arranged that, no
cost should be spared In special ser
vices to be rendered to Buddha on the
fifth day of the following moon.
The priests, their attendants and
slaves, prepare the sacrifice. Huge
quantities of sweetmeats, dates, etc,
are piled two. or three fet high upon
platters. The day having arrived a
score or two .of monks, clad in gor
geous array, with - great ceremony go
through the usual : liturgy before their
great god, the gilded image of Buddha,
had he. not followed the suggestion of
a slave who was always dissatisfied
and grumbling; so when his son called
to ee him, he said that he believed the
.Every, high school graduate In". Ne
braska receives a letter from the Uni
versity of . Nebraski congratulating
him on his graduation and urging him
to consider the advantages offered by
the State University. ,
A vocational summer school, with
practical men and women in charge of
It,' is in operation .in Baltimore, M4,
this year. Printing and Woodwork are
among the subjects taught 'the boys;
the .girls have cooking, sewing, and
other household, -branches.
The National Kindergarten College,
in Chicago, is devoting a large part of
its ' summer program to the methods
of Dr. Montessoril Two of Dr. Mon--tesaori's
. graduate students, who have
spent over a year with her "in Rome,
have charge of the practice work with
the children., ,.'
: School. , children , and teachers of
Points Coupee Parish, in the flood dis
trict of Louisiana, planted 15,000 fruit
and pecan trees last year. Sup Tru
deau has also a v plan' whereby road
work In the" parish will be done by
school boys. .'j:
Students at the TSeorgla tate Nor
mal School at Athens,"Ga., study rural
sociology as applied to their own dis
tricts, so that when they go ' out to
teachithey know the. opportunities and
needs of the locallly better than those
who have ;lived in Jt" all. their lives.
How this, work makes for community
betterment Is told 'iby B.' C. Branson
in a bulletin Just issued by the United
States Bureau of Education.-
The ' co-operation of the Bureau Of
Thoughtful people of the South and
of the North, white and colored, are
more and more puzzled as to the mer
its and demerits of the, many appeals
for money and -sympathy in behalf of
all sorts and conditions of institutions
for the improvement of Negroes. Let
ters from State Superintendents of ed
ucation Jn the South emphasize the
need of complete survey of the whole
field. 1 At a recent conference of the
representatives of Boms' ' of these
schools held in New York, it was the
consensus of opinion that there is
much duplication of educational effort
in some sections but much more of
neglect in many other sections. - Every
educational board interested in the col
ored people and almost every indi
vidual who contributes to this cause
Is calling for information. After con
siderable discussion of this need by
Dr. Dillard of the Jeanes Fund and
the Slater Board, and by other repre
sentatives of the '"Conference for Ed
ucation In the South," it was decided
tp- appeal to the U. S. Commissioner
of Education for a thorough study of
the private and higher schools for Ne
groes. iCommissioner Claxton's inti
mate knowledge of every phase of ed
ucation in the South enabled him to
understand the importance of this re
quest -and he immediately hegan to
make plans for the study now under
way.
A remarkable evidence of the impor
tance of this survey is the fact that
about the-same time two other impor
tant organizations Interested in colored
schools decided to assemble Informa
tion on this subject. Dr. J. H. Dillard,
Secretary of the Slater Board, obtained
permission of that body .to begin the
study. It was at this time also that
the trustees of the' Phelps-Stokes Fund,
confronted by appeals from all sorts
and conditions of schools, . decided to
make a thorough survey' of the situa
tion. . As the Fund .is of recent origin',
a word of explanation may he neces
sary at this point. This Phelps-Stokes
Fund is the residuary estate, amount-
ing to about a million dollars, be
queathed -by - Miss Caroline . Phelps
Stokes, of New York. City, for various
philanthropic purposes, among which
is the education of Negroes., Most of
the appropriations made u" to . date
have contributed directly or Indirectly
to a clearer knowledge ' of. colored
schools. Gifts to the Universities -of
Virginia .and Georgia and to the Pea-
body College In Nashville are for the
maintenance of fellowships and re
search work in the field of Negro ed
ucation. A f number of smaller sums
have also been given for related pur
posesa' - . ; . .
w . ; - ,.
EDUCATION I
!
Education and the Phelps-Stokes Fund
is the result of the close relationship
of the representatives of "the Slater
Board, the Conference for - Education
in the South, and the trustees of the
Phelps-Stokes Fund, ; with each other
and with-'-Commissioner Claxton-
Through this co-operation unnecessary
duplication is avoided and time, effort,
and money are saved.
The work is done under ' the Imme
diate .direction of ' Dr. Thomas Jesse
Jones, a native of Wales ind a natu
ralized citizen or me umieu tuaieB,
who was educated ' both in Southern
and Northern institutions, and has de
voted a number of years to the educa
tional and . economic conditions of the
Negroes in the United States. His
studies and observations, extending
over several years in the Census Bu
reau and in the United States Bureau
of Education, will be especially .useful
in this study of schools. An exhaus
tive schedule of questions in regard -to
the schools has been prepared with
much care and" is being filled by Dr.
Jones and those associated with him.
after careful investigation of the
schools made, by them. These ques
tions relate to tiie history of the
schools, their ' present condition, their
management, their religious and so
cial, activities,,, and " the work of grad
uates and fortner students. Attention
will also be given to the relation of
the schools to their communities.
When sufficient data have been col
lected a report will be printed and
published giving, a brief but accurate
survey of each school, of its equip
ment, "its work, and its place in the
educational' system of the city, county
or State in which it Is located.
The U. S. Bureau of Education In
co-operation with the Phelps-Stokes
Fund 13 now. making a comprehensive
study of the priyate and higher schools
for colored people. This study is un
dertaken in response tp numerous and
insistent demands for knowledge of
these schools, the number of -which is
constantly increas"
FOREIGN1 COUNTRIES
Education 'in foreign countries is
given' special attention in a survey
just issued, for free distribution by the
United States Bureau of Education, in
the . belief that foreien T&xrerlence""is
particularly, valuable at ' this time for
affording, light on school problems now
under discussion in the United States.
- In - vocational, training especially, the,
report points out, foreign experience
needs to be considered. Germany, Aus
tria, '.Switzerland, Norway, and other
European nations have for many years
been making provision for industrial
and technical Instruction In public
schools, and their systems, while, un
doubtedly not adaptable as a. whole to
American conidtions, . should aid mar
terially in solving the vocational prob
lem in the United States. .
English-speaking countries have been
later in adapting education -to indus'-
trlal needs. Canada, like the United
States, .is now wrestling with the probr
lem; a commission on industrial train
ing has been. Investigating j the sub
set for ; the past three years. Scot-.
land has been unusually successful in
providing continuation schools that
avoid the danger of too early special
ization, tin Ireland municipal techni
cal schools are, transforming the city
industries. Just, as the rural maustries
were transformed by the earlier agri
cultural movement. England herself,
according to the report, "Is gaining
leadership, among the nations by the
close organization of all the agencies,
social and educational, directed to the
Improvement of rural ; life." f n Eng
land the necessity for better adjust
ment to ' industrial needs has been
ibrought home by the failure of the j
children .to eontlnue their education
beyond the primary school. It Is es
timated that six out of seven English
children never appear in ( school after
reaching the age of 15.
xTacticany . every v 1 v 1 1 ujiliuu
considered to some extent in the Bu
reau's report. Among special topics
considered are: Health work in the
schools of Great Britain; rural schools
Denmark: the teachers' syndicates
In France; education for citizenship In
Germany; instruction tor emigrants in
Tta.lv: Robert College in Constantino
ple an American foundation; Russia's
efforts for rural upnrt; ana me par
tial, adoption in New South Wales of
the educational :, program or the labor
party.
"TALES OF HONEY, AND TAB1
FROM WEST AND EAST.
Wm. Lee, Paskenta, Calif., says, "It
rives universal satisfaction and I use
only Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for my- children." E. C. Rhodes,
Middleton, Ga, writes, "I had a rack
ing lagrippe cough and finally got re
lief taking Foley's Honey , and Tar
Compound.''" Use -no other In your
family and refuse , substitutes. Adv.
Tiie Main Silk Store-
1 200 MAIN STRfcET
son
CLEARANCE SALE OF DRESSES
FOR
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEAR
t Dresses made of Chiffon, Messaline, Foulard,
Crepe de Chine, Charmeuse, and Crepe Meteor.
Theseare all this season's newest styles, in all
shades, some elaborately trimmed and draped. In
this collection you will find dresses that are worth as
high as $25.00. Our Price for Saturday Only $8.95
SKIRTS
Made of Mannish Serge, in all plain colors and
i stripes, regular price $5.00, now. $1.95
5Conie in and look at our Specal Table of Dresses at
. 'v. $1.49 and $1.95
, REMEMBER our Fur Sale Is still going on, Ton win save BO
per cent, by buying your furs now. We win keep tbem to repair for
one year FREE OF CHARGE. -
The Msln
12 00 MAIN S TEE E T
THE HOUSE THAT SATISFIES!
for
FOREST NOTES
1 Pencil manufacturers are buying tip
old red. cedar fence rails; in Tennes
see .and southward, to be made into
lead pencils. .
The Buffalo herd on the Wichita na
tional forest, Oklahoma, now numbers
48, ten calves having been' born this
year. When the buffalo were Intro
duced on the Wichita in 1907 there
were 15 head. .
A conservation movement has been
started In China, said to be richer in
natural resources than any other na
tion. The Chinese use the word "con
servancy" instead of conservation. One
of their plans for the Hwa! River
contemplates dredging and tillage to
gether to control floods.
The -steel towers, that support elec
tric power transmission lines are be
Ing increasingly used by forest rang
ers as fire lookout-stations son national
forests. With the harnessing of the
mountain streams a network of these
lines is gradually being , woven over
the forests and in the absence of oth
er convenient lookouts, the rangers
find the steel tqwers helpful In their
fire patrol work.
Good fliliiffi
WHO LIKES FINE CLOTHES AND WHO IS
WILLING TO GET THEM AT A GOOD MONEY
saving. ' : '
Stein-Bloch Smart Suits, were $18.00 to
y $25.00, now .$15.00
Stein-Bloch two piece Suits $12.50, were
$15.00 to $22.00.
REGAL OXFORDS "FOR AMEN AND WOMEN
. $1.00 off ;the factory-stamped price 1
5 : $4.00 Oxfords f or $3.00 etc. ,
V STRAW HATS
- ' v Now selling at 1-2 price
- J SHIRTS $1.15i Were $1.50
v . Get your share of the good
things during this sale
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Guaranteed not to Injure the skin.
Instantly removes Stove Polish, Rust,
Grease, Ink, Paint and Dirt. For the
hand or clothing. Large can 10 cents.
Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn, 244.
Stratford avenue.
Manufacturer's Sales Agency
170 Cannon St., Bridgeport, Conn. Phone 4293-5
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