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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09
DEAFNESS,
HEAD NOISES
New Book on New Method-
How to Recover Hearing
Without Drugs or
Electric Devices
Message Of Rope and Joy to
All Afflicted Persons

There is hope Of well-based kind
which should bring JOY and ultimate
eontentment to multitudes OF persons
who have been troubled for years with
deafness or kead nOises.
Dr. Coutant. an able specialist. has
evolved a newly perfected method for
treating cases where the hearing is not
perfect or where the sufferer Is harass-
ed by ringing. roaring. buzzing or other
disagreeable noises in the head. 1t ap-
pears that about 95 out Of every hum
tred cases are from caases amenabSs
to proper treatment
Or. COutant does not advocate the
use of drugs or electricity. He relies
chiefly upon cooperating With Nature
In bringing bout a speedy and effectu-
ii cure Of morbid aural conditions Re-
markable cures are r. ported. many OF
them being In the cases Of deafness
that had existed for about 20 to %
years. With the description given In
his newly published hook. the EARNED
docto provides a cong series OF letters.
written by persons wi mad been given
up as hopeless. and who were speedily
cured ct home without loss Of time ano
without Inconvenience by DIR. Coutante
natural home method.
Anyone who Is interested can write
to a dozen or hundred Of the persons
who. not long ago. were victims OF
deafness or headnoises Tor BOTH anc
who are now delighted to proclaim
themselves as marvellously benefited
or completely cured.
DR.. Coutant is not one OF the lire.
sponsible quacks. Of which there II
such a large number. but is reput-
able. responsible. licentiate. practising
physician with a third Of century's
active experience.
The doctor believes there are many
VINO are troubled WITH uea fde-S. 49,.
who might be permanently rreea from
their inability to hear and from tn
nitus (noises, if they would do as 9th.
ers have successfully done. merely fol-
lowing the advice given.
The book. which any reader can Oh.
tain from the author. DR.. George e.
Coutant. 269 D. Station e. New York,
N Y. has been declared by many to
be worth its weight in gold One needs
only to write for 1t and the treatise
will promptly come in plain wrapper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09
IS IT WISE TO REMOVE THE PUBLIC LIBRARY?

The decision of the Supreme Court
upon the petition of the directors of
the Bridgeport Public Library de-
clares apparently that it is within the
power of a court of chancery to
break the Pettengill trust, and dis
pose of the building.
But no adequate reasons have ever
been shown why such an action
should be taken.
1t has been said that the lecture
room, which is at the top of the
present building presents fire perils
which make it unsafe to hold lectures
in it.
By reference to the annual report
of the Library for 1911 it appears
that 10 lectures were given with an
average attendance of 500 each.
But the city is preparing to erect
a 100000 High school which will
contain a handsome fire proof, entire
~ modern auditorium with seating
capacity of 1,4O0.
In no sense would the character,
or usefulness of the library course be
impaired if the lectures were held in
this beautiful proposed new hall.
And, if the purpose is to erect a
new Library adjacent to the High
school, duplication of auditoriums
would seem costly, unnecessary and
unjustif1ed.
1t has also been limited, or rumor-
ed, that if the present site can be
disposed of there are gentlemen who
stand ready to make the city a really
handsome gift for Library purposes.
Such an offer might be worth con-
sidering and might justify the sale
OF the present building, and the re-
noval of the Library to another site
But the present site has many
things in it's favor. 1t is gift lo
: ne city, and the donor did intend
hat very building to be used forever
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09

The Public Utilities Commission
rate case, denying the petitioners a
reduction of fare between Manchester
and Hartford on the lines of the Con-
necticut Company. The petitioners
asked that a rate of Is cents be de-
creased to 10 cents.
Certain general principles are at
tempted to be laid down, some OF
which appear to be conflicting, and
the decision in it's entirety is so
broadly drawn as to furnish in the
future almost any sort of a precedent
that may be desired.
Little exception can be taken to
the method of the commission. pur-
sued in fixing the amount of invest
ment in the property of the lines in
: rolved.
The attorneys for the petitioners
claimed that since it cost but $685.
900 to build the lines, that should be
the measure of the investment. But
the commission found as follows:
We do not think that the original
cost of construction, whatever that
may have been, whether exorbitant-o or
otherwise, or any inflated value for
the issue of stock and bonds are
proper standards to determine the
value of the plant and equipment for
which the company is entitled to re-
ceive a fair income. but that the
COST OF REPRODUCTION at the
present time in this PARTICULAR
case is q more accurate standard
and the one which the commission
has followed in determining such
value.
the same uncertainty which governs
the opinion throughout. 1t is, APP
parently, not laid down as a prece-
dent to govern the establishment oil
value ofstreet railway properties gen.
orally, but only for THIS PARTICU-
LAR CASE. -
The petitioners desired the Hart
ford-Manchester line to be consider
ed az a unit. The defendant corpo-
ration desired its entire system in
Connecticut received as a unit.
The commission decided to consid.
er the system in and about Hartford
in it's entirety, and found that, though
the Manchester line paid more than
seven per cent. the entire system in
and about Hartford paid a little less
than six per cent.
But the finding carries sinister
/ suspicion that it may be made the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09
THE DECISION IN The MANCHESTER RATE CASE

foundation of an opinion in some later
adjudication justifying profit OF
eight per cent. upon investment in
public services in Connecticut. The
commission says:
1t was conceded in the briefs filed
by the petitioners that EIGHT per
cent. would not be an unreasonable
return of income on electric street
railway investments"
No such thing will be conceded by
the public and the Manchester petit
TONERS made a queer blunder in con-
ceding it in this case.
Plenty of money can be had FOR
such investment at six per cent, OF
less, as a perusal of stock quotations
of any public service corporation will
show, and as the figures for the Hart
ord system prove.
In other words, il the system in
Connecticut has been built up on less
than six per cent. as the figures FOL
Hartford prove, why eight per cent?
Surely. where monopoly is giver
Of street railway transportation
through some of the most densely
populated communities in the United
States, no greater profit should be al.
lowed than experience has shown nee
essary to obtain capital.
The remarks on improved service
seem snot to be justified by anything
IN tho pot;f;op boforo tho oop, mi 9.
sion, nor by the precedent which tbs
commission quotes.
In the Westfield case the railroad
commissioners found that improve.
ment of service was needed more
| than reduction of rates.
The commission seems to have
reached no such conclusion in the
Manchester case, or at least 1T has
not discussed such improvements an6
has not ordered Them
1t would seem the better practice
for the commission to leave the mat.
ter of service to stand upon it's own
bottom.
It is certainly no justification TO,
high rate that there ought tc
be better service.
That is equivalent to the admission
| that an overcharge is being made fol
the service actually rendered.
In the whole this decision will be
disappointing to those who have hop.
ed much from the commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09

for Library purpose.
That is admitted, and any change
that is made will be violation of
obligation which she intended to lay
upon the city, and did lay.
No power in any court to upset
Mrs. Pettengilrs testament will alter
in any degree the moral quality Of
the thing that will be done.
Mrs. Pettengill intended this very
building to be used for Library pnr-
poses, and an appeal to 1.-The con-
science of the chancellor never en-
tered her mind. She probably had
never heard that there was chan
cllor, or that he had a conscience.
Many purely unitarian reasons ex-
is on the main business street of the
city, in a central locating in the shop
ping district.
The Library performs two main
read at home. 1t conducts a reading
room and reference department where
people come to read.
In its circulating department 1t has
$4,000 customers who borrow annual
ly about $4,000 books, making an
average of more than six trips each.
The attendance in the reading room
reaches perhaps 265 a day, a large
clientele.
| The NEARER library is to the
BUSINESS CENTER of a city the
more these thousands of people will
be convenienced. and the greater field
of usefulness the library will have.
If the convenience of the custom
ers'' Of the Library are a first con-
sideration, it is as unwise to remove
it to a non central location as it
would be for one of the department
stores to leave the business section Of
| the city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09

d'vidual does not like the conditions of
his job as to wages, hours, ETC.. let
him get out. But when John Smith
is organized with five-thousand other
John Smiths, and when his union rep
resents all the employable labor in
that trade in the community, then his
voice is heard and he is given some
consideration.
THE union is needed to protect the
laboring man against that unscrupu-
lous employer who, because labor Is
the most perishable of commodities,
takes advantage of the necessities of
his men to grind them down.
1.-The union is needed TO protect the
men against interruptions men in his
own ranks. Men sometimes bite the
bread out of each others mouths in
their eagerness to get jobs Svhen there
is no organization.
THE union is needed to protect the
fair minded employer who wants to
treat his employe right, against the
shark of an employer who underbids
MIN in the open market because he
underpays his men. When labor is
thoroughly organized each employer
knows what his competitors labor is
costing him, and all are on the same
footing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09
PASTE THIS IN YOUR HAT

While it is difficult to satisfactor-
lily compare the street star systems of
Great Britain with those of the Unit
ed States, because the environments
and conditions are so different, it is
appropriate and fair to compare the
municipality with the privately owned
line of the United Kingdom. The
Municipal Year Book of the United
Kingdom" furnishes some illuminat-
ing figures. 1t is issued by the gov
eminent, under the supervision Of one
of its officials. and is as authentic
a statement of the condition of the
various municipal and private enter
prises of the Kingdom as it is possible
to obtain. Under the head of tram
ways this year book for 1908 gives
the following table:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09
HIGH SCHOOL NEWS

uUtOuU OVU1VO6 W." ~
The B. H. S. Ministries, including
those who will appear in the sketches
and the chorus, will have reunion
and banquet not long after their per-
formances on March IA and Is. Ar
by those in charge of the show and a
ripping, good time is anticipated.
The Junior Commercial class had its
much heralded debate Thursday after
school on Resolved that Capital Pun
ishment Should Be Abolished" The af-
irmative side composed Of John Mol
10y, Frederick Owens and John De
Barbieri won. The challenge Of the
Junior Academies for a debate to be
held two weeks from next Thursday
was accepted.
Yesterday morning the finance COM
mittee for the minstrel show sent an
appeal to the student body for the
united support of the students during
the minstrel show. The show cannot
help being anything but a startling
success and a most enjoyable evening
is assured to all attending. With the
united support of the students, enough
money will be made to carry the as
SOc1aClOn we'll through the DdStOeti
season and help start the football year
AS soon as the weather becomes
little warmer, 1.-The Boating Club
of East Bridgeport will reorganize as
a fishing club. The officers of the
club are: President, Frank Malcolm
vice president, Arthur Swanson; sec
rotary, Leonard Pratt: treasurer, Isl
dore Settler.
At the present time the Junior Com
mercial class has the record for hav-
ing more debaters than any other class
in the school. The Junior Academies
are out after the record however.
Those members of the Senior Com
mercial class who do not write GER
tain number of words per minute or
the typewriter will be obliged to droI
some other study for a while in order
to increase their typewriting speed.
Peter Hamburg, Is Commercial has
accepted a position in the shipping de-
! partment of the Public Market for Sat.
urdayS only
Yesterday two of the Senior boy.
were reprimanded for conduct uni :
| coming Seniors. The Seniors are toIt
that they cannot do as they wish fol
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09

Five days more to my Birthday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09

Yesterday two of the Senior boys
were reprimanded for conduct uni =
coming Seniors. The Seniors are told
that they cannot do as they wish for
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09

other, always alert to this side of
municipal administration"
The British Government officially
informs the world that the municipal
ownership of its tramways is a finan-
cial success. When Bridgeport owns
doubt the success will be equally as
it's own street car system there Is no
great.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09

Peter Hamburg, 10 Commercial has
accepted a position in the shipping de-
partment of the Public Market for Sat
urdays only
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09

Torchon Laces, all linen handmade, cts yard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-09
DECORATIONS FOR ST. PATR1CK,s
BANDANNAS FOR KIMONOS.

Flowered designs and 80 inches SOU;
fancy bags.
IS and IS cts.
Hand
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-11
PAINT FACTORY
NOW LOCATED HERE

With up-to-date machinery run
ming most OF the time. W. Y. Rich
ardson Of this city has established at
$50 Trade street modern paint fac
tory where he manufactures all
kinds OF paints as well as stains. 1t
is the policy Of this company to
stand behind every article that 1t
puts out They furnish paints d.
rectly 10 the consumer and are thus
able to give better value for less
money than the larger concerns
whose goods must come through the
hands OF third party II is the am
bltlon OF Mr.. Richardson and his as
sociates to build up substantial
home trade with the idea OF putting
out nothing but good goods and Civ
ing every customer square deal
Already the local painters are begin
ming to come there fer their paints
exclusively, as they can be had 10
wholesale lots cheaper and give bet
ter satisfaction to their patrons,
Mr. Richardson Is an ardent sup
porter OF the Made-ln-oregon cam
ipalgn and believes in helping ouI
home industry in every one OF is
many branches.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-11
PERFECT LAND PLASTER SOWER
MANUFACTURED IN SALEM

The Salem Manufacturing Co., locat'
ed at the corner Of Hood and Front,
is another OF salem's factories. This
is where the only land plaster sower
equipped with actual force feed is
made. These machines are sold
throughout Oregon, Washington, Cali
fornia, and Idaho; in fact, everywhere
where land plaster is sown. Hereto
fore land plaster has been sown prln-
cipally by hand which is very diff
cult task, to say nothing of getting an
even spread. Among our many salts
fled users are Mr.. F. e. Yergen, very
enterprlzing farmer Of Hubbard, who
tells us his experience with the ma
chine. ~ always SOW great deal OF
plaster on my farm each year and for
years l have looked forward 10 the
coming Of a machine which could SOW
it perfectly. Two years ago bought
one of the Salem Mfg. Co. sewers
That is success and will SOW plaster
to perfection. No plaster dust tc
smother you or Jumps to be left on the
land to waste. Every bit is put on
pulverized and evenly spread as good
as you can drill grain"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-11

property owners are pleased with the
work.
Mr.. Kehrberger owns home on
South Commercial street and is build
ing new one on East State. He
spends his money in the city where he
makes It. He has twenty-eight skilled
men in his crew, even the shoyelers
being men of more than average abil-
ity. His payroll is about 500 a day
and he employs all resident laborers,
mostly men with families. AS a result
he gets good honest work done and his
work stands the test of time. He has
put down pavement on Fourteenth
street, Thirteenth street. South Com
mercial, and Asylum avenue, all fine
residence streets. He can refer the
people Of any community in Oregon
with pride TO his record in his home
city.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-11
SALEM WOOLRN MILL STORE,
MERCHANT TAILORING DEPT,

No write-up OF Salem manufacturing
would be complete without mention of
this popular manufacturing plant In
1898 c. P. Bishop, the proprietor real
lied the opportunities Of a merchant
tailoring department In connection
with his ready-made business and at
once opened up modern tailor shop
with first class cutters and journey
men tailors, and at once took the leal
and has continued as the leading mer-
chant tailoring establishment In the
Willamette valley. Mr.. Bishop has at
all times endeavored TO push tu tho
front the sale OF Oregon made fabrics,
where possible. One Of the special
features OF the suits made In this
shop is the class Of Innings and trim
mings used. In IS years business
never a COMPLAINT about inferior trim
mings to properly hold a suit In good
shape until the suit Is discarded. This
shop has in the past and does now
reckon among It's patrons, governors,
U. s. senator's, congressman, judges Of
the U. s. court and supreme court,
scattered Throughout all portions OF
the Pacific Northwest During the ex-
lstence Of this shop Mr.. Bishop by ac-
tual estimate has paid out in wages to
labor in cash over $4,000.
In connection with the foregoing 1t
Is proper to mention that this the sa-
lcn Woolen Mill Store, is known as
the headquarters Of Oregon made
goods in wearing apparel and blankets
making a specially of these two lines,
made by OH; local mill and other
mills in Oregon. And as in the past,
II will continue In the future to push
Oregon made gC'ds in an honest and
clean method, and just now designs
ci fabrics for next seasons weave in a
better class Ct Oregon made fabrics
are being prepared for this store The
progress Of which event the public
win be duly notified and viii he of
interest from the fact It will contaia
some features especially new as per.
tains to the tailor made and ready
made suit departments OF this popu-
lar store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-11
CREAMERY INDUSTRY
LOCATED AT SALEM

The manufacture Of butter at Sa-
lem has been steadily increasing and
this Is one OF the few cities In the
valley that have maintained this in
dustry In the face Of the constantly
increasing tendency TO centralize the
trade at Portland. The shipments Of
cream to The Capital City Creamery
and the Townsend Creamery have
constantly increased and their repu-
tatlon for putting out first-class pro
ducts-the best butter and cream
produced In the yalley-bas enabled
them to hold the home market. They
have supplied the local trade and
such thing as shipping in cheaper
eastern butter and oleomargarlne Is
almost unknown Salem Is the cen
ter OF an ideal creamery region for
anyone who wants to engage in the
dairy business, The occupation car
never be overdonN and the local
market is steady and growing larger
all the time. That Is why the indus
try Is prosperous and why anyon,
wishing TO go into dairying has every
assurance OF success Il the bushes,
Is conducted lntelllgently.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-11
FARMERS CIDER WORKS.

Starting from a small beginning
and gradually working up their busi-
ness, the Farmers Cider and Vinegar
Works, with ]. c. Gregory at its head,
has now become one Of the moving
industries in the Cherry City Mr.
Gregory has for years been in this
line Of business and always has
made It a success, He holds the Sc
cret Of manufacturing the best nat
ural co'ored vinegar on the market
and much Of his product Is being
sold in this city. as well as other
large cities in Oregon, Last year
most OF his cider was sold in the
city Of Portland, where the demand
was much greater than the supply.
During the last year Mr.. Gregory has
added several large storage tanks TO
the plant which are capable Of hold
ing severa' thousand gallons. He
also has one Of the most up-todate
hydraulic presses that can be had
from the Eastern markets and is able
to get the most possible out Of the
raw material This enables him to
make an excellent price on wholesale
orders Of cider as well as vinegar
and those who are in the market for
this product would do well to see
! him.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-07-11
SALEM GAS WORKS.

The Salem Gas Works is one Of the
oldest gas plants on the Pacific coast,
having been built in 1866. While at
the start the plant and the output was
small, there has been a steady increase
in the use Of gas for fuel and lighting.
Since gas began to replace the use Of
wood and coal for domestic consump-
ton, the demands have been so great
that early in 1912, the plant was en-
larged for the third time in its history.
On account OF the better quality Of
gas, which is produced from coal, it
was decided to continue manufactur-
ing coal gas rather than gas made
from crude oil, although the latter
can be made at a much reduced cost.
Two new benches OF the rear clinker-
ing type, of six retorts each were
built, the buildings enlarged, up-to-
date coal handling machinery installed
and the whole plant improved in ev-
cry respect. These changes alone cost
approximately $4,000 and gave a ca
pacity of 10000 Gu. #. OF gas in "a
hours. simultaneously new mains
were being laid in districts hitherto
not supplied with gas, or where the
old mains we're inadequate to meet
modern conditions. With an expendi-
ture of $4,000 in 1911 and $4,000 now
being expended in the same way this
present summer, in all 100000 has
been invested in the gas plant to Inn
prove one OF the essential manufacture
ing institutions in Salem.
Under the liberal policy Of expan-
sion, instituted since Mr.. W. NJ, Hamil
ton became the local manager 1t is
expected that Salem will soon take
rank as one Of the leading cities in
the Northwest in the amount of gas
consumed, as nearly fifty years ago it
was known as one of the few cities
that had gas plant at all