The Press., 1911-03-29
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

STAFFORD SPRINGS.
 Louis Pra has purchased the oil business which has been carried on by F. E Wilson.
 Fred St. Germain recently shot { hawk in Cooper Lane which measured three feet and eigI inches from tiI to tip.
 Campo Bros will move back tc their old store this we k, and expect to be doing business there Friday and Saturday.
 The W. R O. will serve a supper in Grand Army hall Friday evening. The regular meeting of the corps will be held next Wednesday.
 Principal W. T. Williams an. nounced the senior honors of the high school last week as follows: Vale dictorian. Helen Preston, 93 76 pe1 cent. salutatorian, Marion Lee, 91 3s; John Dezso, O.5O; Edna Fletcher, SS AS; Henry Hemenway, S4 OS; Annie Brown, S3.78; George Davie, S2 97
 The first meeting of the Stafford Progressive Federation for consider ation of subjects was held at Memorial hall last Wednesday evening. Owing to the rainy night and entertainments at the Methodist and Universalist churches the same evening the attend ance was net sslarge as was expected, but there was a fair number present and much interest was manifested The bylaws as recommended by the committee were adopted. The spray. ing of elm trees was the first subject before the Federation. O. A. Metzger of the Mt Carmel Forest and Nursery company was present, and explained the different stages of the elm tree beetle and the necessity of spraying at the right time in order to save the trees. Each female beetle Is said to lay about 500 eggs on the under side of the leaf, and these begin to hatch into the destructive larvae about the middle of May In this locality. The larvae immediately begin to eat the vital parts of the leaf and continues to feed until about the first of July, when they start to crawl to the ground, SO the spraying has to be done between May 15 and July 1st. The damage to the trees by the beetle in any other stage except the larvae is very slight. The placing of sticky paper, eta, on the truI k of trees does but little good, except that the few that are destroyed in this way reduces the number somewhat for the next year. It is very essential that all elm trees should be sprayed this year, and the cost of $1 tree is not very heavy burden for any one. It is very evident that the fifty trees, the re- quisits number for sending men here to do the spraying, will ba easily se- cured. O P. Hodgson and Anders Jacobsen were appointed a committee to receive the names of those who wished to have trees sprayed. The sealing of weights and measures was the second subject considered, and after the discussion of the present law and the need of having all scales of merchants and vendors tested, it was decided to appoint Rev. A. A. Ross a committee to call attention to the statutes and what is required of the sealer of weights and measures. The trolley waiting station subject, after a short discussion, was laid on the table. The suggestion of having a cleaning up week before Easter re- ceived enthusiastic support A O Brooks, R. H. Fisk and J. W. Rollin. son were appointed a committee to take the matter up with the town and borough officers and the public in general. It is earnestly desired that every man, woman and child in town, either in person or by proxy, lend a hand in cleaning up back yards, out of-the-way places, the streets and roadsidts of rubbish and waste matter of all sorts, same to be deposited at some convenient point for collection by teams, near the street or drive. way. An effort will be made to furnish teams without charge for those who feel they cannot afford to pay for this service. The first two weeks in April is the time set for this work to be oomplsted, as far as pos. sible, so that we may have a clean town at Easter. Notice will be given later just what days the teams will begin their rounds. Notify any mem- ber of the committee or officer of the Federation when your rubbish pile Is ready for removal. Let us all join in this "ounce of prevention worth pounds of cure ''