Putnam patriot., 1909-08-13
!. Honor to Whom Honor is Due.


 EDITOR PArRIor-While I feel very grateful for. public recognition of the little I have been able to do toward making the surroundings of Cargill Falls more attractive, 1 feel that the honor should be shared with other members of the Trustees who were willing to assume responsibilities in connection with the enterprise al a time when, without their help and counsel, the work could not have been accomplished.
 Besides MT. Wheaton-whom you mentioned last week-Mr. Byron D. Bugbee, who is chairman of the board, l. Mir. E. l.. Kelly and MT. F. J. Daniels have each shared with me in the work.
 MT. Bugbee has not only contributed largely in both counsel and cash, be- side the free use of his hall for board meetings, but has been the means of raising considerable money by sub scription.
 MT. F.. l.. Kelly has given largely of both time and money, besides solicit ing the free use of teams whereby most of the filling has been accomplished. 1 personally wish, and have hope, that some of our citizens who have lived in Putnam much longer than MT. Kelly, will profit by his example, and not only lay down the hammer, but manifest some of the public spirit shown by him since he has come among us.
 MT. Daniels whose business has kept him out of town much of the time, has whenever possible, given his time and counsel in many ways.
 MT. C. H. Brown, the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, has attended 10 all the necessary work pertaining to his office.
 MT l.. H. Fuller, one of the original committee of thirty has, with the oth- CTS, kept upa lively interest in the pro ject.
 While you could not know all the above facts, feel 1t no more than jus tice that the public should De made ac- quainted with them through your va luable columns. GEO. K. SHAW.
 Putnam, August 10.
 lWe are pleased to learn the above facts, ,lfor, as MT. Shaw says, "We could not know all the above facts" How could we, unless we had been inform ed? If we had known how much oth- CTS were contributing to an enterprise that does them honor for their public spirit in making sacrifices for the ben eft of the community and in redeem ing from unsightliness a grand work of nature, we should gladly have made it known. We are proud of such men, and, for the general good, they should be publicly commended in order to in- crease public spirit in furthering what ever will beautify and do credit to their home city.
 We do not withdraw anything we said complimentary to Mir. Shaw, who zealously prosecuted the work that was to improve the Falls, under many dis l even though but rep. of body loyal and emerge l tic as himself in the important service | We did say, however, that in due time MT. Shaw would pub | licly announce the names of all who | had contributed in any way to help along the improvement to success, that each should have his due need of ere dit and praise-on our own voiition. We knew what Mr. K. NJ. Wheaton l had done, tor we saw his work going | on; we did ask who was laying out the | grounds that they should be artistic | in appearance, and learned that Il was l MT. Ash, Of Pomfret, superintendent of Miss Glark's estate in that town. | We did know that MT. C. H. Brown | was treasurer and had charge of the l funds. We learned this 1 when we asked MT. Shaw in whose | name the land purchased stood and 1 who controlled the funds, in order 10 ! silence certain unpleasant suspicious 1 that had been bruited around, and then | learned that the land purchased was in the name of trustees and MT. Brown was treasurer.s These facts we imme- diately announced to assure the public l that everything contributed for the Park improvement was safe-guarded and would be accounted for in due time to everybody's satisfaction.
 We do not regret printing the article about MT. Shaw, as he has hastened to make known the names of those who are equally entitled with himself for the credit of accomplishing . needed work that will be lasting memorial to those who assumed the responsibili- l ty of securing its accomplishment and those who aided them by contributions to carry it on.
 We add these comments to the letter 1 of MT Shaw. 10 show how it came to pass 1 that the names of those chiefly entitled l to the credit of giving 10 Putnam the l Cargill Falls Park, have not heretofore 1 been mentioned. There was no inien- tional omission on either our parl or MT. -haw's-
 We place at the head of Mr. 5haw's l letter the motto, "Honor to whom ho- nor is due, ' and are glad Of the oppor- tanily Of publicly rendering such ered- 1 il as soon as the opportunity comes to