Putnam patriot., 1910-07-22
Waste Paper.

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 Says the Philadelphia Record. aAn- other means of help saving the forests presents itself i'll the stoppage of paper waste. There k up more enlpable and needless American extravaganza than that involved In the httering of all ins habtted afeas of the continent with fragments Of disused paper, which. ga. thcfed together. might be made over Into more paper or otherwise utilized Bntialo gets asmail revenue from waste paper by generating steam at ils incin- eraling plant, thus converting the waste into power. In Cleveland better re- suits are obtained. A late report of the method adopted in that city says
 aWe now have approximately 20, ,00 bags which We use Tor the collection of papers, Each household k provided with one, and once each week our col leetor calls to empty the same. The paper k hauled to Il central haling sta ton and oaled ready for shipment
 " The present administration has caused the papers to be baled by the wofkhouse prisoners, and the cost of collecting and haiing, according to the statement made to me by the Director of Public Works, K B ton, The pa. pers are sold on contract to the highest bidder, and the last contract was made for Sg.io il ton
 In this city the Congregational, Me thodist and Baptist churches have each a committee whose duty Is to collect waste paper from citizens, which k disposed of to mills of wholesale deal CTS, and the proceeds are used for the philauthropie work of their several churches This work has been carried on lof about a year, wlth what results We have mol learned II she city of Cleveland can get S9.4o lon for is waste paper, Il should bring that and a little more al the East. The commit. lees of tltv churches ought te unite and do theif work mare stematiealS and save time and money by shipping their collections to one bidder. and all other VI AAa NNAiEttttfk AaAAAk aAfh shipping through one general commit tee-eaeh church committee receiving credit for its specific amount of waste
 The work of collecting paper waste should he extended To gather up all found in public places--the city assist ing in that work Me should then have city more eleanly.
 
 Mrs. Samuel Renik Is entertaining her brother from Germany.
 "A garden and food sale will he held by the Wumsn's Relief Corps monument committee at the residence of Mrs. Mckaehnie, Friday afternoon, July 29lh.
 The memhers Of Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter of the Daughters Of the Revolution, were the Auests of Mrs. Harry Rack al her pleasant summer home at AleNandet's Lake on Thurs dss afternoon. The ladies we're de- lighttully entertained, and the after noon Was most enjoyable.
 = Albert Jarvis, of the upper part of the city, while out driving one evening last week, and when in rhomp pson he passed a gypsie caasf. When nearing The camp he heard gisl screaming al The top oi her voice, as il in pain. Soon gypsie girl appeared in the road, run ming towards him as fast as she could. When she caught up to MT. Jarvis beg ged him 10 take her in. saying they were going to Kill her. She was taken to this city and speat the night in . boarding house. Next day some of the tribe appeared. sho must have smooth ed ovef the difficulties, as she retasned 10 camp with them.