The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-26

tOT llS uclluQueuCleS III JUNE, anu
everyone is making the most of IT,
The east wind graciousiy has tempered
the heat of a joyfully blazing sun,
and the entire population has responded
TO the call of outdoor5-' The season
at the nearby beaches is in full swing,
and in a short time II Is expected that
the odors pervading the park system
from the oiling of the roads Will be
mitigated, when people will be able
TO enjoy again these pleasure resorts.
Crooks who are making preparations
to visit Boston during Old Home Week
will presumably run up against snag,
for Chief Watts has made extensive
plans in the matter of plain clothes
men, who will be everywhere about
the city, and the police will thank any
body who will cry out If they witness
a theft being made from the person Of
another. He also desires that people
who intend leaving home shall be sure
that their homes are securely locked.
what more fair warning can / give
out?" said the genial chief.
The hotels of the Hub are not com
planning of dull times, for the tourist
tide is once more sweeping through
the city and Boston itself Is included
as a delectable summer resort In the
itinerary of many a Western and
Southern traveller. Between the east
wind and all the historic and pic
turesque show places which our city
holds, we do manage to give our sum
mer visitors a pretty good time for
their money. They show II by their in
creasing habit Of appreciating Boston,
as something more than mere way
station to the mountains of New
Hampshire and the woods and bays OF
Maine.
Without presuming to anticipate the
decision OF the metropolitan park COM
missioners, ii Is altogether reasonable
TO assume that they will take no ac-
ton that will seriously embarrass or
discourage boating on the reconstruct
ed Charles river basin. AS was very
appropriately and forclbly pointed out
at the recent hearing given by the
the commissioners on the subject, this
part OF the river might almost be said
TO be sacred to boating and oarsman-
ship, and the Union Boat Club in par
ticular is a cherished Boston institu
tion. A way should be found to sub
serve the best interests OF the boating
fraternity without any serious preju-
dice to the rights of the owners of
private property abutting on the riv-
er.
Although one OF the principal as
SCISSORS Of our suburb Of Somerville,
Nathan II. Reed, well known through
out that city, will have to 20 be-
fore his own board accompanied by
two legal witnesses to identify him If
he wishes to have his name placed on
the voting list.
Through the oversight of one OF the
assistant assessors his name was not
put on the lists, and II was not until
the books were closed and the work OF
the assistants completed that the dis
covery was made that Mr.. Reed was
not eligible to vote.
At some meeting of the board of as
SCISSORS he will appear with his wit
nesses and have himself identified to
his associates as a citizen eligible to
vote
Mr.. Reed during his long term OF
residence in Somervile has engaged in
three enterprises. He was formerly
Mt the head OF grocery business, lat
In, h lnl
terly at the head of the Somerville
Iron works. For 21 years he has been
connected with affairs at City hall.
The mothers Of the victims
of the explosion on the bat
tleship Georgia certainly deserve
the sympathy of the entire
country, and judging from the manner
In which the attaches at the naval
hospital at Chelsea receive and care
for the parents of those occupying
cots in the institution their hearts are
overfiowing with sympathy and con-
dolence. The announcement that
mother of one of the injured jackies
wanted to see her boy was the signal
tOl al w way anu lutu tAltHI
the kind wishes of his shipmates and
buoy her up with the satisfaction OF
knowing he died a hero, though not
in war"
Prominent among the workers to al
leviate the sufferings OF the injured
boys was Surgeon Murphy Of the Des
Moines. He was one of the most ac-
tive in caring for the wounded and
was continually on his feet going be-
tween the two wards occupied by the
victims in the Naval hospital. Chief
Surgeon Bucher directed the work at
the hospital and deserved great praise
for the attention he paid to the suffer
ers.
Nine pedestrians have lost their
lives and thirty-four have been injured
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