Putnam patriot., 1910-08-12

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 New York.
 l -t.. NJ. Gorbin has returned from
 several days visit in New York.
 MT. and Mrs. II. F. Wilder spent
 Sunday in Chelmsford, Mass, the l guests of relatives.
 Miss Marjorie Bradford spent Sun
 day with her aunt, Mrs. W. E. Gallup,
 in Chaplin.
 Fred Morrell, of New York, has
 been visiting his parents, pr. and Mrs.
 F. A. Morrell, South Main street.
 Attorney Robert Perry and family,
 who have been spending & vacation
 with MT, and Mrs. F. W. Perry, have
 returned to New York.
 Rev. Wallace Sterns, of this city occupied the pulpit of the Congrega- tional church in Wauregan, last Sun- day.
 David McGuirk and William G rif- fin, of Boston, and Michael Blake, of New York, visited friends in the city over Sunday.
 Miss Josie Rusheneck, of New York, is the guest of her parents, MT. and Mrs. John Rusheneck, of Meehan- icsville.
 Rev. W. E. Bates is spending his months vacation with relatives in this city, Thompson and vicinity. He is brother of Col c. D. Bates. List of letters remaining in the Putnam post office for the week ending August 5, 1910.
 Gentlemen - John J. Creighton ,, | Leon H. Fisher, Amadee Lexigne.
 Ladies-Miss Cerinne Y. Cutler, Mrs. Walter Lapham.
 Rev S. W. bike, oi Auburndale, Mass, is staying with relatives in Thompson, spending months vaca- ton. Mir. Dike is an occasional con- tributor to the PATRIOT, and his valu- able articles are always gladly re- ceiyed.
 The annual field meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New London, Windham and Tol- land counties will be held on the Will limantie Camp grounds Wednesday, August l7th. A gold Medal contest, with eight contestants, will be held. Singing by Prof. Caswell, and other artists, will be one of the features of the day. Good speaking, good music. Program to commence at 1:30 p. m. The Union is expecting to welcome a large company.
 A convention of the socialist party for the Third Congressional District was held in Norwich on Saturday, with delegations from Mystic, Putnam, Will limantic and Norwich. Edward Per. kins Clark of Mystic was chairman, 1 and A bert Boardman clerk. The foi- ! lowing nominations were made: For congressman, Edward Perkins Clark; for sheriff of New London county, Charles Trimbach, Mystic; for sheriff of Windham county, Charles Rivers Of Mechanicsvile. The delegates stated that the partyis candidate for governor, Robert Hunter, would make one of his first speeches in Norwich in a tour of the state.
 In standing at the end Of Ring street, and looking east up Grove street, the residences seem to be in dense forest. There are other, places, sim ilariy appearing. Our city streets, in places, are made beautifully attractive by their abundant supply of trees, which just now appear beautiful Tn their luxurious foliage. If we had all our streets equally we'll supplied with trees it would add, a charm to the ap- pearance to the city beyond expression. Our citizens may have forgotten the fact, but more than half the trees that now beautify the city were planted on the first Arbor Day that was proclaim ed in this State, blythe voluntary com- bination of our citizens. Col. c. D. Bates had supervision of that timely improvement. We might work up in- terest before next Arbor Day to plant all the streets with streets. Everything arrangement could be made between now and Arbor Day to have the entire work completed in part of the fore noon, and cap the work with public dinner 10 celebrate the event.
 Contractor Suzio, who is doing the sewering work, is evidently hustler He has been at work scarcely three weeks and has already done large amount of laying the pipes on Chapel, Bridge, Church streets, and Woodstock avenue. It is not the length alone but the depth of the drain to be dug for the pipes, that shows the immense amount of labor required. We looked down the ditches, and the depth ran from s 10 12'feet and wide enough 10 permit the laborer to dig and shovel up the dirt to the banks. The poor fei- lows must be as tough as steel to be able to do such severe labor, ten hours a aay, this hot weather. There has 10 be . gradual decline, of course, from the initial pointto the outlet, and mo- where must the pipes be less than three or four feet from the surface. The work also shows how important II is to have an unerring engineer to lay out