The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-03-05
NOTES FROM HARTFORD.
FARMERS' ASSOCIATION HAS
 BUSY TIMES THIS WEEK.

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 BUSY TIMES THIS WEEK. Highway Commissioner MacdOnald- The Bill in Behalf of Deaf Mutes-- Senator Barnum and Mir. Spencer The State Memorials for HawIey and PIatt Demurrage Bills.
 Hartford, March 4.-Highway Com missioner J. H. Macdonald of New Ha- ven will leave for Pittsburg, Pa, Sat urday, and will preside at the national convention of good roads men, which will begin in that city March 12. The delegates to the convention who were appointed by Governor Woodruff, Max Adler of New Haven, Edward Halladay of Sufield, Representative Joseph B. Thomas, jr., of Simsbury, ex-Represen- tative George L. Rockwell of Ridge field, and o. H. Hammond of Torring- ton, will not leave for Pittsburg until a week from now. There will be 5000 delegates in all in the convention, rep resenting good roads interests in all parts of the country Highway Com missioner Macdonald is president of the convention.
 
 The Farmers association in the leg islature will have busy week beSin- ming with Tuesday. House bill No. Al, which appropriates $2,500 for the dis scmination of information about better farming by special train equipped with exhibits of seed, nursery stock and agricultural implements and oper- ated by the state board of agriculture and the Connecticut and Storrs agricul- tural experiment. stations, will be dis cussed by the association, probably on Tuesday. This bill was introduced by Representative William M. Low of Nor walk, January %. Copies of the bill have been published by legislative order and distributed generally through the state, and the president of the associa- ticn, Representative Andrew Kingsbury of Coventry, is of the opinion that the measure will receive the approval oi the farmers in the leislature. No ac- ton has yet been taken by the state beard of agriculture, the dairymen's as- sociation, the State Pomological society and the Sheep Breeders association concerning the bill Colonel James F Brown of stonington, secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, will be al the capitol this week for a conference with Charles L. Futile of the board and house bill No. Al will be consider ed at that time.
 The bill providing for oral instruc tion for the deaf and appropriatint $250OO for buildings for that object hal been sent at the request of Senator Lu ther of the committee on education t the committee on humane institutions of which Senator Andrew N. Shepard 0 Portland is chairman. The bill is il the interest of the school for the dea at Mystic, which isowned by Mrs Nc Guigan of Philadelphia, wife of Dr. Nc Guigan of that city, and at which tn oral method of instruction has beel used for a mlmber of years. It has a, attendance of twenty-five pupils. I the American School for the Deaf i Hartford the electic system of instruc tion is used. which includes the ora There are ITO pupils in the Hartfor school. The bill now before the legis lature provides for the payment of $SO per annum by the state for each pupi The amount paid under the presen statute is $250.
 Senator Charles w. Barnum of Linn Rock and wife are domiciled for tn winter at the Allyn house. being ther while the legislature is in session. Pres ident Charles L. Spencer of the Suffiel National bank, with his wife and fami ly, is also spending the winter at tn Allyn house. MT. Spencer who is o the finance board of the Travellers Ir surance company, has had the settle ment of the James G. Patterson estat in charge and is now nearly the end ( the task. It has placed large respons Utilities on his shoulders for years. Pres ident Spencer is one of the ablest finar ciers in the state His father, whom h succeeded as president of the Nationt bank of Slffield. the Hon. I. Luthe Spencer, was one of the foremost reput lieans in the senate in his day, an the. trusted adviser of President attel son, who built the capitol. Senate Spencer was an unfaltering Hawle ran and supported him in his can paigns for the United States senator ship with eminent tact and ability.
 The committee on appropriations wi report favorably on the bills provtdin for the state memorials in honor ( Senator Hawley and Senator Platt. I'll appropriation in each case is $25,000 an the commissions charged with the e1 ecution of the plans wrich were al pointed two years ago are continued | the bills now in the general assembl This continues the Hon. H. wales Line of Meriden and Colonel Frank W Chy ney of Manchester at the head of u two commissions. The sum of $25,0