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Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29

through lack of knowledge on the part of the various local road authorities. The greater part of this money could be saved by giving these local officials the benefit of expert advice and assist ance by the trained engineers of pro pcrly equipped Office of Public Roads, and Ii Is with this object in view that the proposed appropriation is sought.
 The farmers Of all sections of the country are deeply interested Tn haV- ing the work of improvement placed on scientific basis, AS they believe that the establishment of complete system of permanently improved roads would do more to promote their wei fare, and ultimately the prosperity ot all the people. than any other reform. The report by the Senate committee states clearly and concisely the great benefits which will follow the extvn- sion Of the work of the office of Pub lie Roads along the lines laid down.
 The view presented by Master Ma
 
 exaggerated as lo,waste of s4a,ooo,o ,oe0 annually on account of ignorance of local road authorities. And We agree with him when he says that the pro posed reform to secure s:complete sys. tenn ot permanently improved roads on scientific basis, would do more to promote the prosperity. not only of the farmers, but the entire people, than any other reform. One fact proves this, namely, that millions of farmers are compelled, on account of poor roads, to lake half load of produce to sta ton, when with good roads they could take double the amount in half the time. And this they have to do per haps thirty or forty times every year. To certain extent 1t affects all people in the same way.
 The great outcry is for better roads to give comfort in travelling as well as to prevent the sauandering annually of sio o,uso,o from ignorance. No grander work could ee taken up by the Nation al and local granges. The Business Mems Associations should lend their influence, as should every other organ ixation having Tor it's object the increase of the nations welfare, to have Uni. ted States Office of Public Roads es- abolished by Congress.
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
The Des Moines Plan.

Perhaps the most noticeable achieve ment of the many that have crowned the efforts of the five men elected 10 give the commission plan its initial trial has been the handling of corpora tions. When the present officials took office the city was paying 80 lamp year for electric street service. Now II pays Ssi5 on an all-night schedule in- stead of a moonlight schedule. And this reduction of $25 year on every lamp, with longer service, was secur- ed without litigation. Gas rates which were arbitrarily raised by former council from <l7 10 x22 . lamp have been dropped back to the old rate. The water company has agreed to . re- duction, and in order to determine how much that would be has given the city access 10 all its books, reports and accounts. IL Is expected that this can oe settled without carrying through the pending litigation, and, 10 stay the strong arm of the law until peaceful methods are found of no avail, the city and the company have entered Into . stipulation. The question of the right of the street railway corpors- ton to operate in the city bids fair to ee settled amicabiy by the present council, after many years of quarrel ing. which resulted in nothing more than the expenditure ai law of thous- snds of dollars by both the city and the company, and a crippled service during ali thai time.
 Business" wAs the watchword of the sirst commission election. The memeers of il have looked after the in. terests Of the municipality as the di- recters of big corporation would lock afier the interests of their stockholders. And why nots Is nos the city q big corporaticn--one in which $So ,0o0, ,ooo Is invested and every one af the l0a ,oso stockhciders has . voices The Dp, Noines Hlan idea was to repiacs all the old lax. olipshod methods by ssrietay o0saneo pOlictes. Mayor A. J. Mssnis las sansa9ly etvsa expsssstoa q shia ep1nnnG faDlthssausae,lnAne,1p
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
Good Sidewalks T Blessing to City.

The city ef Nillimanlic has had
 an experience with poor sidewalks the
 same as our city, and decided to have an improved system. After the subject had been discussed, n special sidewalk eommitte was appointed to look into the matter and report what they deem. ed would the best plan to adopt to pro. vide the city with suitable sidewalks. the report was made to the Common Council last week and It was accepted The committee recommend that the city be divided into three separate side walk districts. The first district, to in- elude the main streets of the city, to be built of cement or artificial stone, ex. eept where grades are greater than $ per cent where tar should be used In the second district, the sidewalks shall bc constructed of asphalt or tar, In the third district, the sidewalks shalt hc constructed of cinders, trap rock, CT screenings. The committee recommend that wherever possible, in suburban sections, the walks should be laid SD that there will toe grass plot between
 the walk and curb. This city should
 learn all IL can in order to have the
 best sidewalks that II can afford tocon-
 struct, and II would bc advisable to get
 the WiiIimanlie gentlemen who made
 the report, to come te Putnam and ex-
 plain on what grounds they made their
 recommendations. They first visited
 Springfield, Holsoke, Hartford and
 other cities, To learn what those cities
 had adopted for sidewalks. Perhaps our Business Men's Association may
 deem II a matter for It's investigation.
 II Is certainly highly important that
 the city should know, if possible. what
 k the best system Ia adopt, for Il may
 mean the saving of tens of thousands
 of dollars to tho tax-payers 10 start out
 on right course la mskinxs sidewalks
 hereafter. We have had cue experience
 that has not turned out we'll. We
 should he willing to learn from other
 cities what will prove amore salisfacto-
 " experience, II IL requires only it- tie trouble to do 50.
 Weshould like to see beautiful grano- lilhic sidewalks on Main and Elm streets, II Il be shown that, In the long run, they arc no more costly than as- phslt. The property on those streets would bc increased in value more than
 the cost of that beautiful sidewalk ma
 tcrial. The end would be, we think, that other streets would desire to have
 the same kind, antii the city had side
 walks of the same character through | out.
 l The Wtllimantie committee evident
 iy have in view providing granolithie
 sidew alks for the main streets ot thcir
 city. That is one reason ~hy we should
 like to have them .isit Putnam.
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
BYRON Q. BUG8EE "a'fh 0Af sh'N ""''Ss

coming as the direct result of the adop- tion of the Des Moines plan, the great est is the constant public interest in the work of the council. This is tam gible asset, and the basis Of all that has been done. This plishment should be attributed to the Des Moines plan, because it is essentially a system of government with the charm of nov viously no public interest, save that in- spired by property interests and poli- tics. Next in importance Is changed press, which, in an improved degree, tells what is going on at the city hall. The press and the public lean on each other, and the commission is thus in- spired."
 One of the most noticeable things which the change in form of govern- ment has brought about also Is the diff ference in the appearance of the streets. The Des Moines plan has aroused civic pride, the results of which are ap- parent on all sides. That the munich pality with all it's improvements and commendable changes is being run more economically than ever before was shown by the first annual report. Instead of exceeding its income by more than sl30,0O0, as did the old council under the last year of it's ad- ministration, the new not only lived within its income during the first year, but started on the second with a bal ance of over S40,000, after all out-stand- ing claims were paid. The tax levy, instead of being raised has been twice lowered by the present commission. While it is not claimed the Des Moines plan cures all municipal ills, it is be- lieved il Is the nucleus for systems of government that will eventually bring about improved conditions every- where. - Des Moines Register and Leader.
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
Fake Stories about Colonel Roosevelt.

AS everything concerning what Col. Roosevelt says and does is read with avidity, interruptions correspondents have taken advantage of this and have written fake stories 10 his annoyance.
 A correspondent of Paris newspa- per wrote that Colonel Roosevelt had consented to be candidate for Presi- dent again. This. gave glee to some of his shallow partisans in this country who had been proclsiming the same thing. But the Colonel pronounced it a"pure fake" The same was the case of the statement printed widely in this country that Forester Pinchot had been specially invited to go abroad to give the Colonel his version of his conservation controversy. "I want 10 hear oil sides on such questions. the Colonel said, sand I shall 5e glad to hear any one who can eniighten me on political conditions. l am sorry that Senator Root could not come to Flu rope.n
 Some of the Colonel's superservicable friends are trying to make him out q weakling and . trickster in asserting that he has broken friendship with President Tan for not carrying out his policies, when he himself declares he desired to hear more than one side of political conditions.
 Al Cambridge, on J une 2, lsoa then Presidcnil Roosevelt, dwelt at length on the service rendered to the country by William H. Taft, Elihu Root and Leonard Wood. He told of the sacri- iice Judge Tafs hsd made in rsaino uish- inx his place on the bench and eoinx 0 the Philippines; of hts further sa- erifice in putting aside an appointment b the Supreme Court thas he uaisht ervs ths riippanos- .sThsas sArss mea ASse son1os04 lnGseanahao ooev1m =
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29

chased herd of several hundred goats and they are rapidly clearing of every thing except the trees. Within two months, at the present rate, the land will be clean as if moved. Ordinarily this would have taken six months and and required a large number of men. The iaborers who did it he owns, their keep cost him nothing, and the herds are now more valuable than when he bought them.
 Lately the President of the New Ha- ven road purchased number of goats for the protection of his flock of 500 high grade sheep. A movement has been recently started to substitute goat rais- ing for dairying. Why not? In the days of the Patriarchs, one of their im- portant sources of wealth was large herds of goats, which both clothed and fed the family. It would be great gain to mankind if the goat could obiiterate the hog.
 This country would be greatly en- riehed and the food question never more become one of anxiety, if 1t had a Board of Scientific Agricultural Ex- perts, whose suggestions and advice would be final as 10 what animals were best to serve the world with food, and how 10 care for them. There has got 10 be an upheaval and overthrow of the haphazard and unsystematie methods of providing food for the people. The earth and sea and air are storehouses of food producing supplies of unlimit- ed amount if utilized as carefully and sensibly as are many of the industries of the world
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
The Versatile Goat.

The goat. hitherto rtiicnled for It's looksis evidently coming to it's own. [ IL can protect sheep from yiscicas dogs, Its flesh is good food, it's milk Is great ly priEed, it's hair Is manufactu red into valuable cloth, snd goat skins aremore valuable than those of sheep. But Il is now being prisef for its high qua lity--it can "live on nothing and board ilself.m That Is IL can eat undcrgrowths and clean land of dense shlekets and grow fst and hearty on ~hA. the lAndss owner deems makes 1t almost valueless. The Cnited States government has . number of herds of goats making fire lanes through its national forests to enable the Keepers easy acccss 10 reach fires that have proved so destructive, ba, by the goats, aid the loss Is being diminished.
 An oFegon man coming East repoft- et tha, new and remunerative indus try in thA State Is walnut tree grow ing. Land that can be purchased from s so $a an sesc. In . few years sfser clearing can oe made to yield annually . hundred dollars an sese and upward.
 Ru: the clearing is theexpensive part cf the enterprise. \ sclasioo of this part of the pronlem is TOW hsing tried by . man who psopcsss Q devose to acses b walnut sEuo sa1n1ng- The tract . eossrsd with . 1sw tssss an1 gseae aaD c hsuaA en1 v1RgA 0e AnD pns.
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
Al lstsssry si Pstdssisa sad Pvssas.

Theoretically therc arc great mum bcr ot plans suggested to overcome the hsgh pEioes Of meat and other fsscd pro duets and st the same time benefit the country. Perhaps If lafge amount ot capital could oe raised and invested In several of the projects. 10 be carried on At the same time, The result might prove more saocessful than trying each one singsy.
 Take, for instance, sheep raising. lt is generally admitted. and almst de monstrated that sheep raising could be made profitable in Ne~ England were it mol for the dogs. That is confenlng that man. ~ish aa bis supss1or po~rsre . an ordinary. brute qfsamv. ls snah,s to eops with him in kseity. Bus man hss evsreoms shs lssa1s hsssls. . nssp danesssss psss she ps1sas .Aaa
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29

the American people. I can do noth. ing for them 1 can show my appre- ciafion of them in no way save the wholly insufficient way of standing ap for them and for their work, and tn at I will do as long as l have tongue to speak"
 What Colonel Roosevelt said then he will say again, when he returns.
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
l.pseysses, si Ns,iosaI liirA~sys.

A eill k now before Congress proyi- ding for an appropriation of $sc ,oe for the extension of The work of the United States of'lce of Public Roads in aiding In the improvement of the pub lie highways. \. J Racheiler, Master of the National GranEe, in . circular letter received by us. says
 sThe enactment of this bill will re- slls tn wide-spssaa,and rermanent re- forms In the pseseas methods of pub ltc Aiehway consssaseloS and nainte- nsncs. under which itts sssauassSd that q ths -. .00. .oeD annually expeadsd ps sao1 lnpssvensas. c lease eas Aalf
 ooAenA us psasa1eeily vasasd,
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29


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Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
 The Patriots.

[The following poem was written by Mrs ,atlin, the daughter of Rev. J. P. Trowbridge vho was formerly settled In this county, ant vas read on April l9,h before the Women Hub of Lvnn where Mrs. Catln resides.) 'Tis story worth the telling
 As each Patriots Day comes round How the valiant Continentals, "In their ragged regimentals''
 Marshalled on the battle ground. From old Middlesex they rallied
 Iu their manly strength and pride When Rever the message bringing, With it's bold defiance ringing,
 Woke the sleeping country-side. Every minute man was ready
 When the drums beat in the night, And from Acton, Concord, Bedford, And from Lexington, and Medford
 Farmers hastened to the fight. Women, too. were reused to action,
 Wives and mothers did their all, Spurring onward the belated, Gently nursing the ill-fsted.
 When a soldier chanced to fall. There was never such a morning
 Dropped from April's ickle skies; ''It is glorious" AIsus shouted Fer the enea y was routed.
 And had yielded us the prize. At his elbow stood John Hancock,
 And he heard with joy the cry. While the glow of independence, Warmed by Hopes supreme attendance. Lit the fervor in his eye. All the fame of Israers future,
 We are sometimes won't to say In a moment flashed magnetic Through the breasts of men prophetic In whom Goa held ancient sway. So the Author of the Ages
 In our nation yet unborn Flashed Ills splendor with precision Der the Patriots startled vision
 On that early April morn. And they saw old Ethan Allen
 As he thunder ed forth his call, Just as if Ticonderoga We're pagan-manned pagoda
 And were doomed that hour to fall. And they heard that noble challenge, Voiced by one who loved the right. sBesty Stark will be . widow Fer the morning lights the meadow, If we fsii to win the fight. And the words ot Hale. the martyr. Simeie. sweet, and sure to live Through the axes of tomorrov,- ..For my coaatry 'hs my sorrow
 That I've but one life to give.' And the deeds of Greece, al Putnam, And of Gssss, asd Wayse, and Lee, And of Washington, the hssvcst. And the sohlest. aad the grsvest
 Of the iesden of the free. And valiast hsss sf otAsu.
 Clothed vish arAor. nervsd with power. lBosh the nighty end tAe louiy,1 Standing meath our haarer hoiy,
 Formed the visien of thst hoar. Those were sarely fased noments. Fnaghf with lessons tor all tine; And this Day ue spead rscAlliAg Deeds of bravery appalling
 In our simple words of rhyns. For the s,ory's well worth telling = Worth hundred tales of oid.-- How the br.ve. embattled yeooen Facing Brifon . seanschesf foenea, aFtrpd the shos beard sroUna the world
 NRs. EsruKn TpouunrpaR CArLN.
Putnam patriot., 1910-04-29
certsis c.ss isr Aeiise Fsst.

\ ceFtsia Csss tse Aehiae Fssl
 Hhake Into your shcss AIlsn's Foot EAse, . Powdcs. 10 easos 1ised, Aenr ing, CaIiOus, Hweating, Swollsa fees- Al Dr1Ggisas, 1se. Try is teddy. e.m- p,e FREE. AAAnns Al1eo g Olm. gl11, LADaZ. M. Y. Ne1e
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-31
E. HI. DILLON & co.

many innovations in the line of amuse- ment observances, and the specific de- cisions reached regarding the picnic are three:
 First-An appreciable quantity ot palatable food will be an imperative requirement.
 Second-The picnickers will board a New Haven bound trolley car on June 1S
 Third-The destination will be a mat ter of inspiration.
 In connection with the third proviso 1t has been agreed that the merrymak- CTS will continue riding until signal from an invisible force apprises them that the locus has been reached. Then as the spirit moves. the inspired one will spring to his feet. shout 'I see the Star!" or other esoteric formula and the party will alight
 Since the class comprises many fa- nous cooks and at least one hero, the festivities are anticipated with unus- ua1 eagerness by those who participate
 In addition to the picnic, the class is busy with arrangements for Char acteristic Day, to be held June g, and Senior Class Day wrich will be ob- served on June IT in the assembly hall of the school.
 Although the date for the sittings for class pictures has not been set, the photographs will probably be taken during the current week at the Coch- ran studio.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-31
KENNY WANTS
 CITY YARD
 FOR CITY'S USE

| At a fourteen minute session of the Common Council, held Saturday night, the Aldermen voted to hold a hearing upon the widening of Congress street, on Monday, June 6, adopted a reso- lution offered by Director of Public Works M A. Kenny to have the city attorney enquire how soon the city's tenants at the city yard could be made to vacate, and adopted another resolu- l tion instructing the city attorney to ascertain by what right the railroad company maintained a side track at grade at the foot of Congress street. The latter resolution was offered by Alderman Paddock. Other business of routine nature was transacted.
 Mayor Buckingham called attention to the fact that it was the fifth meet ing held during the month of May and thanked the Aldermen for their att tendance. He said that the extra meetings had been necessary for the welfare of the city and he hoped that it would not be necessary to hold so many meetings in the months to come.
 There was no discussion upon the matter of widening Congress street. The Street committee offered a report which carried with it resolution or dering the hearing.
 Kenny called attention to the fact that the lease of the greater part of the city yard together with it's spur track and wharf privileges to the Naugatuck Valley Ice Go. had long since expired. The director stated that the city had rented the yard for the nominal rental of $500 per year while the street de- partment had paid for wharfage priv ileges at places very often less con- venient for unloading than the city yard
 A resolution which accompanied the communication recommending that the city attorney ascertain how soon the city could take possession of the entire property, was adopted. The city at torney is to report before September l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-05-31
THE. SMITH MURRAY CO.

that the city is losing money by not using the entire yard. He believes that the city could erect bins there and have a supply of crushed stone, sand and other materials constantly on hand.
 For some time past several private concerns have been looking upon the city yard with jealous eyes and have expressed a desire to purchase the property. Recently the Bridgeport Brass Co. wanted to build the city a wharf free on the river front of the city yard if the city would consent to the filling in Of slip some 300 feet long that separates the Brass Co.'S Housatonic avenue property from the city yard.
 were on a committee with Alderman O'Connell to consider the proposition, reported in favor of the city keeping the slip open. Director Kenny who has seen the possibilities of the city improving the city yard property was part of the property. Alderman H. H. Jackson who recently paid visit to the city yard has. informed the di- rector that he was with him in any action that he might take to maintain all the wharf front available at the city yard.
 Alderman Paddock in presenting his resolution to have the .city attorney ascertain by what right the railroad had tracks crossing the foot of Con gress street, said President Moses w. Manwaring of the Congress Street Bridge Commission had failed to find any record of any permission being given to the railroad to locate it's tracks there. and that he had also gone over. all of the records of the Common Council and he had failed to find where any permission had been given. He declared that the city had paid $400,000 to have grade crossings eliminated, and that the tracks which crossed the approach to the new Con gress street bridge should not be all lowed to remain there.
 President John H. McMurray intro duced resolution to omit the adjourn ed meetings during the months of July and August. This means that only one meeting of the council will be held during each of the hot months. The resolution was adopted and the city clerk was empowered to draw his warrant for the bills acted upon by the finance committee during those two months.