Putnam patriot., 1910-07-08
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The growing popularity of the com. mission form af government fs indleai- cd hy ihe action oi leading citizens Of Lexington, Kx.. in taking steps toward having ihe adoption af .the eommls- sion plan Of municipal government submitted to sole al the November election. Our Business Mens Asaaci- aiion might try the same plan. fhe last Federal eeas8s, taken In l@a. shows that there has been an in crease in the farm saIues ef the Ialted rtates amounting ie ZI per cent anu thalanlf four states nf tile ! nien show depreciation ef fafm values N assa- 1 ehascits shows the largest percentage of increase in tiiese values nud thia in- crease has developed since the road iin- pfoxements there were begun. Prior to that lime the farm values in that State were also depfeeiating Americans in the Philippines find the islands healthfnl enough. accord ing to \ report issued by the Bureau oi InsuIaf Affairs. Tor the quarter end Ing March 3i the death rate among the more than 5000 government employes In the islands--nenriy half of whom are Americans-was only o.9 per thons- and per annnm.
 Leading commodity movements In the domestic field, especially on the
 4.s .5ts F..a .t.t.. ture of trade.
 Announcement was made in New Britain, on sunday, that, commencing with the regular Sunday evening ser vices next September, the South Con. gregational church will have moving pictures with the sermon.
 The best paid men in the world are the tes.tasien of Europe. They are paid anywhere from si0,oo0 to s2h. .oo Jcb only about 70 to ao minutes a week l..
 President Taft on Saturday took the first step In his own consetv alton poll cy by signing orders of @ithdfawai co- yerlng s,495, 5a7 acres of power site, phosphate and petroleum lands. He was blamed for not making withdraw ais without authorized authority, He asked for and received Congressional authority 10 make withdrawals, and thus to avoid law suits.
 Religions exercises, consisting Of read. Ing the Bible, singing and prayer, can not bc held in the schools of illinois during the time the pupils are required to be in attendance, according to le- cision handed down by the Supreme Court at Springiield This Is the con clusion of the case of the Catholic resi-. dents of Winchester, who protested against religious exercises in the schools in which theif children were com pell- cd 10 join.
 Tn. school savings bank syttem is now In operation in different States oi The nion--in .i65 schools of ll9 cities and the scholars of these i8s schools have saved, since the introduction of The plan, S5. .uai ,s4i,60, of which sI. iso,, ais ha has been withdrawn, leaving a balance of ssfA .Ggs. due liItle depasi. tors to January l, 1910.
 Chief Justice Melville N. Fuller, died suddenly ot heatt failure July ilh lie had not shown any symptoms ot illness. sunday he attended the Epis- copa church, at Sorrento, Maine, al hls summer residence. He was 75 years old. presidetn Taft, who Is an Associate Justice, will new, in all pro bablli,y, succeed Chief Justice Fuller, and become Chief Justice.
 The hig corporations of all kinds, State and National, for various trans gressions of law, are offering large sums Ia settle their cases. The New York Metropolitan and. lhe otyi Railway have offered, to pay sa. AM, ,osa to set tic their suits for claims.
 Col. Rooseselt's complaint against his friends Is Justified hs his stalemen, that il costs him sa,ooo year in pos. tage and telegraph tolls. He says he Is working harder now than when hs was President.
 The City Council of Milwaukee car ried out the socislis. policy of suppress Ing disorderly saloons in the city by refusing licenses to iot which had no, been conducted properly. The closing order includes two huricsque theatres. The State Prohibitionisls held their convection ai Mertdcn last Wednes- day. k. L.. c. Hohenthsi, of South Manchestrs. was unanimously nomi- mated for Governor; Benj. r. heassisley of Hartford for Lieutenant Governor; Charles ]. Faneher of Entisld for se- crctary q ssass; Coakressman- s.iafae, William F. Harstow. oe wtndhans. The Platform declarcs uncompromis- ing hostility to the liquor tsaffic: pub lic utilisiss commtsslon favored; elec-