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The state herald., 1909-02-12
DENVER OFFICE
OF RECLAMATION
INFORMATION BUREAU OF THE
SERVICE TO BE ESTABLISHED
I'm DENVER
PROJECTS UNDERWAY
SATISFACTORY REPORTS FROM
GuNNlsoN TUNNEL, WHICH is
NEARING COMPLETION.

Denver.--P. ID. Simpson. now an en-
glneer on the North Platte project OF
the United States reclamation service,
has been appointed to take charge of
lished in Denver for the purpose of
giving facts to homeseekers. Mr.. Simp-
son will arrive In the course of a week,
and will be established in reclamation
headquarters in the Commonwealth
building.
The only bureau of the kind now in
the country in connection with the gov
ernment's irrigation projects is at Chi
cago. the Denver office being the sec.
ond. II is regarded as IA sign of tie
governments recognition of the fact
that Denver is the center for the ir-
rigati0n enterprises of the country.
The new bureau will handle litera-
ture of the chamber of commerce and
other commercial bodies pertaining to
irrigation. Mr.. Simpson will be under
the authority OF Mr.. /. w. Mcconnell,
supervising engineer of the United
States reclamation service, and will be
in charge of the office OF Mr.. Nc
Connell during the absence Of the lat
ter at the various projects contiguous
to Denver which demand his attention.
Reports from projects under the Den
yer Jurisdiction indicate that satisfac-
10 hAin 10 m
The Gunnison tunnel was driven 54G
feet I'm January. leaving only 1900 feet
between headings. This will be com.
pleted in July. II the January rate of
driving is accomplished, and nothing
can stop this but the encountering OF
an unexpected flow of water. The tun-
mel was begun In January. 1905, and
will be 30,5s0 feet long when COM
pleted.
II seems certain that work will be
begun shortly on the Grand valley pro
ject. as Secretary d. w. Opperly. OF
the Grand Valley Water Users Asso.
citation. has gone TO Washington, en-.
powered TO sign a contract with the
secretary of the interior for pushing;
the project to completion.
The North Platte project will open
$1,000 acres of new country this year.
in addition to the 10000 opened last
year. This land has the same general
characteristics as that at Greeley and
is expected TO prove among the richest
In the world. Ol the Belle Fourche
project. in South Dakota, where 10000
acres were opened last year. 10000
more will be made available In 1909.
Not the least interesting of the pro
jects under way In the Denver Juris.
diction is the Pathfinder dam. on the
North Platte river. one OF the largest
in the United States. II is being built
by Geddcs a Seerie. Denver contrac'
tors. and is nearly completed. II is al
most certain to be finished by May lst
and its initial capacity will be 100000
acre feet, or water enough to irrigate
250.OO0 acres Of land. II will eventn
ally hold 100000 acre feet OF water
The Denver office is now making
tentative studies for the diversion dam
which will be part OF the Goshen
Hole project In southeastern wyom
ing.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

- local applications. they cannot reach the dis
eesed portion OF the There Is only one way TO
rirc deafness and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafncss is caused by an innamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachan Tube. whcp this
tube Is infamed you have a rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when 1t entirely closed Deaf
ness s the result and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to Its normal condI
tlon, hearing will be destroyed forever: nine cases
out OF ten are caused by Catarrh. which Is nothing
Lut an inramed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any OF
Deafness tcaused by catarrhl that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars. free.
F. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pulls for constipation.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
To Protect Physicians.

Mr.. Helbig introduced a bill In the
House to provide that the license to
practice shall not be taken from n ply.
sician except through u trial In court.
Under Its provisions. II the State Board
OF Health becomes satisfied that some
doctor has violated the law. It must
make complaint In the courts. and Sc
cure n conviction OF the offender.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
Railroad Measures.

Senator DeLong introduced a bill
providing for the establishment OF a
block system on railroads. the blocks
to be every two miles. and imposing a
fine OF 800 for every mile OF line. upon
failure to install. Another bill by him
to make railroad tickets good In the
hands OF holders" Is an aid to the
ticket scalpcrs.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
chstteI Mortuaoe Bill.

Under House bill is6. presented by
Mr. Foley. when mortgage or deed
OF trust. including both real and per.
sonnl property. is for over $500 In
amount II need not be recorded as n
chaltol mortgage. II recorded ms n
plain mortgage. II win have full Of
feet.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
BREEDING Stock Lien,

Under bill by Senators Tobin. Casa.
day nnd Carpenter. owners Of breed.
lnR stock have lien upon the off.
spring TO insure payment for services,
even unto the third and fourth gcner'
alton" aud regardless OF the change of
ownornhlp.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
To Bar Iillteratc Voters.

Senator Campbell's experience ns
chairman of the privileges and clcc.
tlona committee caused him 10 intro.
ducc n bill dlsaualifying illltorntc vot.
crs from casting ballots, illIterato vot.
crs caused the trouble That resulted In
the Bnrcla. llcahoar contest.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
Monumon, 20 Hammond.

To honor the memory Of tho late,
Charles Mcnde Hammond, ono Of the
promoters OF the Gunnihon tunnel and
twice member OF the general Assem-.
bly,. Senator Tobln asks mn appropria.
tion Of $4,000 In n bill for the cree.
tion NJ shaft on the line between
MontfoRo ana Delta counties.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
Avojdino Embarrassment.

"Dickey," said his mother. when
you divided those Eve caramels with
your sister did you give her three?"
NO, ma. ! thought they wouldn't
come out even, so ! ate one fore l
began to divide. limited Presbyter-
ian.
The state herald., 1909-02-12

Officers Of the CraFs 4 Canon Rail.
way Company. which proposes 10 build
broad gauge line from BOULDER to
CraRs on the Moffai road, by the way
Of Eldorodo Springs, state that the pro.
ject has practically been financed and
that construction will commence at mn
.riv d1v
The state herald., 1909-02-12
SAVED "
FROM AN
OPERATION
ByLydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Louisville, Ky" Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has GER

tainly done me q
world of good and
i cannot praise it
enough. / suffered
fromirregularities,
dizziness, nervous
ness, and a severe
female trouble.
E.Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound has restored
me to perfe ct
health and kept me
frAtN, Nhn tt~~
The state herald., 1909-02-12
seho.I Of Mlnea hoard.

Senator carrinRor has introduced n
bill making the board Of control Of the
School oi Mines cohtnln two members
OF the alumni In the future.
The state herald., 1909-02-12

1t takes a lot of nerve to enable a
young married man to enter store
and purchase dozen safety pins from
q former sweetheart.
The state herald., 1909-02-12

Occasionally woman goes to
church for the purpose of ascertaining
how many of her neighbors don't.
The state herald., 1909-02-12

The highwayman has 4 low way Of
doing things.
The state herald., 1909-02-12

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teethlng, softens the gums reduces IN
namatlon. slays pain, cures wind collie. sc bottle
The state herald., 1909-02-12

table. l will never be without this
medicine In the house."-Nlrs. SAM'L
LEE, 1923 Fourth St, Louisville, Ky.
Another Operation Avoided.
Adrian, Ga.-"I suffered untold
misery from female troubles, and my
doctor said an operation was my only
chance, and i dreaded It almost as
much as death. Lydia 4. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound completely cured
me without an operation. LENA v.
HENRY. X. +. ID. 8.
Thirty years of unparalleled sue
cess confirms the power Of Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to
cure female diseases. The great VOL
ume Of unsolicited testimony constant
ly pouring In proves conclusively that
Lydia L. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Is a remarkable remedy for those
distressing feminine ills from which
% many women suffer.
The state herald., 1909-02-12
Murder!

One ssts Il b. highway msn-Tsns
Of thoss.nds By Bad BosDsis-No df.
fsrsnes- Constipasioa and dssd liver
make the whole system siek
body knows it-cASCARETSr regulate
cure Bowel and Liver troubles BY simpl,
doing natures work until you get we'll
Millions use CASCARETS LIE Saverl
cAscARETs ioc q boz for q woke
Treatment. all druggists, biggest seller
IN the world. Million hoxss q month.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
FOR SALE OR RENT

Bunnen St., up and down, $4.0Oo: rent $15. SIS. Central Ave, room cottage, $4,500. Surf Ave-. Stratford. 6 lots and room cottage. $2,500. 3 lots, 6 room cottage, Adams St., $2.- Connecticut Ave-, up and down rent, house $4,500; rent $15 and $16. Con- necticut Ave-. rent house. $5.5oo: rent. SAP. 12s Deacon St., rent house. $4.000; rent SPA. Extra lot. DeForest St.. first floor rent $1o. Jefferson St., single house, $9; up stairs rent $9; first floor rent. $1o. Un- ion Ave, cottage $2,400; rental $22, one story. Enquire at The Industrial Savings Bank, 225 Stratford Avenue, corner Kossuth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
HOW BIGGER CITIES SUFFER FIRE LOSSES
Figures Startling and Remedy Must Be Found Fires in Same Building Destroy Credit of the
 Business Man and the Manufacturer.

Interest on waterworks
 Interest on fire department
 equipments, 4,282, ,540 Loss of trade due to fires 175,000,000
 .Total premiums paid to companies in 1907 that reported to the New York insurance department.
 The total amount of money invest ed in waterworks construction. public fire equipment and private fire appa- ratus is approximately $45O, ,O00, 900.
 Figures are not at hand to show how much of the fire loss of the past year was not covered by insurance, but there is little, if any, reason for believing that it was any less than in previous years. Thousands of firms not impossible to get all the insur- ance they need to protect business credit.
 The height, area character and streets, etc, are among the general features of a city that must be taken into consideration in judging what protection is needed against serious losses from fire. There must be a proper water supply, but the supply of water, however adequate, will be of no value unless there be suitable facilities for using it for putting out fire. These facilities are the modern fire fighting apparatus.
 The chief causes of fire waste are neglect and carelessness. Wood build ings are quickly destroyed by fire combinations of brick and wood, or stone and wood, or any other combin- ation of non-inf1ammable materials and wood, or unprotected steel or iron, are just as bad: fires will spread unless there is something to stop them, such as solid brick walls or oth- CT f1re-resistive walls between adjoin- ing buildings and adjoining rooms.
 Business men and manufacturers must give the same, or nearly the same, consideration to the prevention of fire as they do to other dangers that menace commerce. Repeated fire losses destroy credit, as well as prop erty, and without credit no merchant or manufacturer can continue in bus mess long.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
LOPSIDED DEVELOPMENT
The City the Consuming Factor Given All the Advantages of Modern Society While the Country, the Producing Factor, Is Forgotten.

clothing and raw materials for manu- facture and trade. while that of cities is to manufacture and trade in these commodities. From the beginning Of time the people of the country have demonstrated that they can live, some how. without the ministrations of the town. But on the other hand the peo- pie of the town have never dared to risk the contra experiment, though we seem impatient to look into the mat ter.
 In view of the splendid spirit and organization of thousands of unselfisa people in this country who deeply con- cern themselves with the average city mans making living problem, It IS worth while to inquire if they are really serious since in their activities they have almost entirely ignored the producing en1 which is at the basis of everyone's life problems Indeed not only have these constructive ac- tivities ignored country life and it's business. but they have so magnified the special problems of city life and have provided for them on such splen- did scale as to withdraw practically all attention from the unsung woes or country life. And by their diversity and scope the institutions of the cities put institutional life on such a high plane as seems to have entirely dis oouraged this form of social expression in the country. It is public informa- ton confirmed by the inquiry and re-
 
 .sion on Country Life and other au- thoritative agencies that the people Of the open country are woefully unor- ganized for ahy purpose; that their churches, schools and such organiza- tions as do exist lack, for the greater part, both body and spirit: that there is little if any social life; and that in practice ambition and progress among country men and women are most gen. orally denoted by their departure for the city.
 It must be true that for every manu- featuring and trading man surrounded by healthy social conditions in town. there should be a proportionate num- Der of producing men, or part of man, in equally healthy conditions in the country.
 Who is attending to this business?
 Every national or local organization of persons working for the advance ment of humanity which is content to limit its activities within city gates is ly perfect a manufacturing and trad ing scheme, but which makes abso- lutely no provision for putting 1t into effect through the production of raw material and for sustaining it through the production of food and clothing.
 We are engaged in a broad, lasting development of our national life, yet all roads lead to town, all action is there all plans are city plans. Tn the United States the self-governing pOlf- tical unit is the county. each with county-seat which is frequently a sig able town or city, and for a great part of them these counties are the country limits to a greater or lesser degree mostt of the important, vital phases of our national life.
 Who ever heard of a county
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
Litchfield County News.
Alleged Burglars Caught.

Late Saturday night Martin J. Sil- -ver of Waltham Mass, and Richard J. Tenandy of Torrington were arrest ed at Torrington, charged with break ing and entering M. s. Cummings sa- loon. Two bottles of liquor were talk en. They were also charged with theft of canned goods from wagon Silver has just completed a jail sentence in Massachusetts on a similar charge.
 Several Times Burglarized.
 Y uring the past two weeks a house owned by Henry R. Whitford and oc- cupied by Martin Langs, at Canaan has been broken into several times and silverware, clothing. etc, to the value night a watchman was sleeping in the house and succeeded in apprehendins a character by the name of Joe the Polack, just as he had entered the house. He escaped
 Struck By Lightning.
 During the severe electrical storm and cow, owned by Moses Scott, werc killed by lightning. The horse was On the main floor of the barn and wac struck first, the bolt afterward passine to the basement below. where its sec ond, victim was laid low. No damage was done to the barn.
 At Winsted. lightning struck the barn of John Garrahan, at Mill River and it was burned with a horse and four calves. The loss was S1-200.
 Neglect and Cruelty
 Judge of Probate Whittlesey, of Canaan as a result of a hearing be- fore him Monday. committed Minnie Daley. aged Il, to the Lincoln County
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
$215.os4,7os .a5s,7ss,ss1
 2s,s5s.2s5
 4s,s4o.s45
Fairfield County News.
Auto Turned Turtle.

Henry B. Hawley, of Danbury, and A vo,Ing lady companion, had a very narrow escape from instant death near Derby. Monday. They were riding in an auto when the knuckle on the steering gear broke. Hawley had no control whatever after the break. The pace was fast and although he shut brale the front wheels struck a stone in the road, and were turned so that they ran directly for the edge of the road where the machine turned bottom side up Neither of the occupants was seriously injured.
 Saw Doe and Pawn.
 On Tuesday, a milknan reported sec ing a medium-sized doe and a small fawn about halfway between Noroton and Glenbrook, lying under a tree in an open field The mother and fawn appeared very tired, as though having been pursued by dogs. and. when they started for the woods the mother showed a perceptible limp
 Danbury's Post Office.
 The Danbury business men will buy a suitable site for the new public building in that city, if necessary, and sell it to the treasury department at a loss of several thousand dollars, in order to insure a satisfactory location for ~the building. The committee has not vet abandoned the idea Of obtain ing the old railroad depot property. It ix estimated that this will cost $43. GOO. The Recruitment is only willing to pay S36 OO0 When informed of this the committee promised to acquire the <7epot property for whatever price it couId be sobtained and to sell it to the xovernment at the figure last named
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26

Home at Winsted. The applica ton was made by Adam A. Roth of Falls Village, as it was found that the child had been neglected and cruelty treat ed. The evidence revealed the fact that she had never attended school and had been severely wounded upon sew eral parts of her body by a club.
 Work of Burglars.
 The latest of the series of burglaries perpetrated during the past few weeks with Thomaston business men for suf- ferers was committed Wednesday morning when the meat market of A. Wehrle was entered and ransasked. 1t is thought that entrance was made through the front door by means of a skeleton key, as there was no indi- cation that the windows or other doors had been tempered with. The burglars loot consisted, so far as known, of a few dollars in change which they found in the cash regis ter and a small quantity of eatables.
 Paid s100 For Kiss.
 Theodore Toussaint, an aged wid- over whose home is in East Canaan paid $100 for Miss. The woman who got the kiss and the money was Mrs. John kilmer. In consideration of the aforesaid sum, Mrs. Kilmer agreed not to bring any action against Tous- saint, who is seventy-three years old. Mrs. Kilmer, who is about forty, lives in house owned by Toussaint. Af- ter settling Toussaint ordered the kilmers to vacate his house.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
Exclusive Service The Survey Press
 Bureau.)

1he record of constructive philan- 1hropy in the United States is remark able for an almost exclusively city point Of view. Year after year great national and local organizations lay cut programs, prepare. budgets. collect nsads. hire expert workers and take the cities. Existing conditions are con- stantly being probed, diagnosed. eau terized, cured or cut off, while new conditions crowd on the outskirts of the old. waiting their turn. The cities are surely the hospitals for all and sundry social ills. and their organiza- ton. staff and equipment are bright with efficiency and use.
 The great pity attending this social vaccination, treatment and convales- cence, is the jealousy with which the cities Shold on to their hospital func- ton and permanently house all patti ents applying.
 It smacks of absurdity to follow our present course to its logical conclusion. Social conditions are associated with population, and so must their treat ment be. If we continue to confne this treatment to population after it has come to the cities then the resi- dent population Of country districts (which is generally thought to be good thing) will shortly be exhausted. For sooner or later all social condi- t1oES need treatment As backing up this course of reasoning the popula- ton statistics of the United States are good to quote. . At the time of the adoption of the Constitution eight or ten per cent. of our citizens lived in towns and cities. Every subsequent census has recorded a steady shift from the country to the cities. In 1860 some sixty-hve per cent. were still in the country. and in 1900 thfrty-eight per cent. or whereabouts. Whatever may be assigned as the reason for this cityward current of people. the most confirmed optimist can scarcely find in the last decade any new conditions in the country itself to reverse the flow. and probably never before in the his tory of the world have the lure and promise of cities so subtly and effec- lively snared the guileless country dweller. Witness the boards of trade and other commercial bodies. civic or ganizations, religious and educational associations. amusement activities, and every form of social expression that has been invented, each in a hundred different cities loosing torrent of civic pride as with hand or heart they swear there was never another such metropolis. And in each case every body is urged to come and stay and to judge for himself.
 Speaking by and large the function of the open country is to produce food.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26

The fire record of the 25 largest cit les in the United States for the past lions are growing worse. taken as a whole. Just what the limit is to be thesnext time one. of the larger cities is swept by fire remains to be seen. Nearly. all of the cities in the list had larger number of fires last year than in the preceding year.
 The number of fires in year Is no Indication as to whether the loss TOT the period is larger or smaller, says the Insurance Press. With an fn- creased number of fires in 1908 as com pared to 1907, the total losses were smaller in New York city, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Washington, New ark, Louisville. St. Paul and Roches- numbers of fires for the year resulted in larger total losses.
 From the data furnished to the na- tionals board, Boston appears to have made the worst showing of the twen- ty-five larger cities, in point of losses that extended beyond the buildings in which the fires originated, but its fig ure was only $1, ,214,273. We say "only' the exposure losses resulting from the two conhasrations in Chicago during 1908.
 The cost of keeping fires within Him. its, according to the figures Of the United States geological survey, is SIS, GOO 900 for one year (the annual ex- penses in 1907. for Nwaterworks charge able to fire service and for fire de- partments was $77,797 ,0S0) A total maintenance expense of $S7. .000, ,000 per annum would be bad enough, but it does not represent a very large per cent. of the actual cost of the fire waste in a year in the United States. What do the accompanying items mean?
 1s07-
 Total fire loss, $215os4, ,7os
 surance, @ .a5s. .7ss, ,ss1 Annual expense of water
 works, 2s, ,s5s, 2s5 Annual expense for fire de-
 pa partments, 4s,s4o. .s45
 lection. 1s,ooo, 900
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26

A very pretty finish to a small daughters frock of pique is to scallop the opening down the front from neck to hem with buttonholing. A pearl button will fasten through each seal Top. keeping the flap quite in place.
 Women are tiring somewhat of braid ing and embroidery, and some of the linen gowns of the best effects are severely plain, the grace of their lines, perfection of finish and color of ma terial being responsible for their at tractiveness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26
SURGICAL APPLIANCES

ELASTIC SURGICAL APPLIANCES fashioned on hand looms to fndivid- ual requirements. Requisites for physicians, nurses. hospitals. will liam Snowden. No. ( Taylor Block l119 Broad street. A practical ex- perience of over 26 years. Telephone os7. 29 eff
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-26

Delay in taking Foley's Kidney Remedy if you have backache, kidney or bladder trouble, fastens the disease upon you and makes a cure more diffi- cult. Commence taking Foley's Kid ney Remedy to-day and you will soon be well. Why risk a serious malady? F. B. Brill. local agent. s135