Connecticut western news., 1906-06-28
April Fooled in June

she arrived at the conclusion that the burglars had come back to get the hole which they left in the safe door the other time they were here and she called up several citizens who, armed to the teeth, prepared to ca pture the intruders but they found there was no one to capture. The supposed light was reflection from a light in some nearby building.
 Cleanliness a Prime Consideration.
 If the Chicago beef packers want a few points on keeping their plants in a sanitary condition, they should send a half dozen of their vice. presidents to Canaan with instruction to browse about in the vicinity of the Borden plant for day or two. Here they will see brand. of cleanliness that they are not accustomed to and perhaps two days wouldn't be long enough for the novelty to wear off with them. Better make it week. Then if they'll go home and adopt some of the Borden methods, perhaps they'll find business bracing up again. Did anyone ever here of a Board of Health or any other smell ing committee getting after a Borden milk plant? We rather guess not. They insist on absolute cleanliness in the dairies and in their plants and the war fare they wage against filth is constant and strenuous. Borden Brieflets.
 The amount of milk bottled daily still hovers about the II .000-bottle mark.
 The daily amount of milk delivered is at its highest notch just now. About July 1st the decrease will commence.
 The manufacture of boxes in the ad. dition recently built will begin imme- diately after the arrival of the hardware, which is expected every day.
 During the flush of milk the surplus is being made into butter at the rate of about l50 pounds per day. During the winter months the drivers of the milk wagons in New York city are provided by the company with coffee and rolls, and the aforesaid butter is for use on the aforesaid rolls.
 Charles E. Hardy has entered upon his duties as superintendent of the new plant at West Stockbridge, Mass. His temporary successor as inspector at the local plant is J. A. Prentice. His per manent successor will be Emmet Conk- lin, who is now bookkeeper at the Lime Rock plant. Railroad Rumblings.
 The regular quarterly dividend of 9 per cent has been declared by she NY, N. H. 6 H. R. R. O..
 The railroad carpenters have been placing a new plank flooring on the freight transfer platform.
 Harry Yost, night operator, acted as station agent at West Cornwall Mon- day, during the absence of the agent.
 Yale university last week conferred the honorary degree of master of arts on Charles s. Mellen, president of the N. .Y., N. H. & H. R. R. ..,.
 The aground throw" switches near the junction are being replaced by more modern apparatus which is being To- cated further from the track in order to insure the safety of men riding on the side of the cars while switching is in progress.
 Two freight cars jumped the switch at the Main St. crossing Monday and went pumping over the ties for several feet. Under the direction of Daniel Sweeney, physician plenipotentiary to disabled rolling stock, who was on the spot di- rectly afterward, the wheels were soon on the rails again.
 Could we glance ten years into the future, we wonder what Canaan would look like as railroad center. It, would amount to considerably more than it does now. and that's saying good deal. We would probably find that roundhouse had been built to shelter the locomotives that now are housed in the open air dur ing the nights, although we don't really see any favorable location for it at the present time. Board of Trade Membership.
 The following persons have affixed their names to the charter membership list of the Canaan Board of Trade. The list may be signed until July Ist, after which time members will be received only on the recommendation of two members of the Board and the approval of the membership committees: O. w. Camp, J. H. Van Deusen, H. l.. Ross, H. D. Humphrey, Geo. w. Ford, Geo. s. Fuller, K. D. Norton. H. M. Doty, Henry R. Whitford, L. O. Rhoades, H. E. Lyles. N. Watson Har- denbergh, J. H. Roraback, N. L. Jackson, J. O. Roraback, Geo. H. Van Deusen, s. G. Camp, F. F. Stevens, Frank K. Anson, George A. Livingstone, s. B. Marshall. D. D. Walter, G. P. Strong, Geo. l.. Parsons, G. Willis Parsons, Geo. A. Adam, Joseph l.. Parsons, H. B. |
 
 w. H. Camp, Frank A. Johnson, Edwin | O. Gillette, s. W. Barnes, John Geike | Adam, George P. Hardenbergh, P. J. Kane, J. s. Reed, James A. Rodemeyer, | H. B. Ives, O. H. Pease, H. E. Pulver, | John F. Homan, A. H. Herriman, H. A. | Holt, A. P. Briggs, w. M. Beebe, D. Sweeney, H. O. Barnes, D. W. Manvel, | Geo. s. Mather, k. R. Lorrain, F. R. | Collin, O. Vosburgh, V. M. Coe, c. E. | Badgley, A. l.. Hugins, M. D. Warner, Theo. Adam, S. B. Strong, W. W. Burg hardt, M. J. Killmer, w. J. Reel, F. G. Parmelee, H. Wellner, J. R. Stanton, A. T. Roraback, Ralph H. Stanton, David Curtis, Wallace Garfield, F. H. Lee, J. H. Bierce, Samuel A. Eddy. John P. Rains, H. H. Scutt, M. Langs, R. D. Peirce, G. F. Porter, W. J. Roberts, B. A. { Peirce, H. D. Reed, E. l.. Roberts, A. V. A. Felten.
 " The News" to Have New Home.
 On orabout July 1st the printing plant of THE CoNNECTICUT WESTERN NEWS will be moved from the building on West Main street where the paper has been