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Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16
The Billboard Nuisance Mars the Beauty of the
 City and Dsturbs the People
PREPARING FOR NEW BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS
The Prospect of the Old Bridge Being Made Bridge for TravelNothing Doing for Improvements of Harbor-A Warning Note to Those Having the Improvements in Hand

The billboard nuisance is on the
 gain iH New London despite the efforts of the New London Municipal Art so- ciety to make the city beautiful. and the wonder is that some ordinance has
 not been made to meet the emergency No one can legally erect a building
 without the consent of the court of
 common council. either within or with
 out the fire limits, and it would seem that the ordinance could be amended to include building of. any kind Wheth- CT it be dwelling, barn, garage, or even
 billboard. As, there are people in New London who are desirouS of blocking the efforts of those who are trying to make the city beautiful by permitting the erection of billboards
 on their property, without regard to location or the damage to adjoining
 property, just for the few dollars there
 Is in the rentals, there should be some
 way, something shoud be done to check
 the greed. If it is not within the
 province of the council to prevent by
 ordinance, the tax assessors should
 give the matter attention and increase
 the taxable valuation of the property,
 especially as these billboards bring a
 larger return to the property owners,
 considering the amount expended, than
 would be received in rentals from the
 average dwelling house.
 The past week the eyesore in the
 billboard line. that has long disgracad
 the corner of Bank street and Mon-
 tauk avenue was taken down and all
 the people were happy. But hardly
 had the old material been removed,
 when the public happiness was turned 1 to hatred for the owner of the prop erty, for now a new and larger bill- board is in course of construction, It is being substantially built and is in- tended for long term of service. That piece of property is among the most valuable in the city, being large in area, with frontage on two streets As it is clasSed as a vacant lot, it is not taxed for one -tenth of it's actual value in comparison with property in the immediate viciaity, though it has been a source of income to the present own CT ever since he possessed the prop erty and with the new and larger bill board the income will probably be ma terialy increased. If vacant lots are to be used for billboard purposes, rath- CT than for buildings, purely on ac- count of a large income from no outlay on the part of the property owner it is about time that such properties were fully taxed. If this were done build ing of needed houses would be encour- aged, for the lots would not be held long as unproductiye real estate espe- cially if the, owners chief aim in life was to have an accumulation of the
 almighty dollar.
 Ehia soaesrankh hiilhoard aR the car
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16
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Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16

Suffered Eczema Fifty Years-Now
 We'll.
 Seems a long time to endure the awful burning. itching, s1narting, skin disease known as. "tetter-another name for Eczema Seems good to realize, also, that DT. Hcbson's Ecze- ma Ointment has proven perfect cure Mrs. D. L. kenney writes:-"I can not sufficiently express my thanks to you for your DT. 1obson's Eczema Ointment It has cured my letter which has troubled me for over fifty years" All druggists or by mail, soc The Lee & Osgood Go.
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Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16
The lussfui Horse.

The horse is a useful animal He provides entertainments to which peo- pie can drive in automobiles. C1exe- land Leader.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16
ECHOES FROM THE LODGE ROOM
P G. Mrs Nette Kinney Instas Officers of Sebequonash
 Council. D. of P-Norwich Have District Convention <. o. H.-Grand Aere F. O. E. Elect Officers

the storekeeper's case was almost hopeless. This is the method that our critics have used in depicting the dire straits" of our financial condition. The persons who are worried by articles of that kind should carefully examine the following figures giving the net result of the operation of our entire fiscal system for the past seven years:
 Amount of
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16

ner Of Montauk avenue and Bank street is next to the Nameauc school prop erty and often bills are posted there, or nave been, that are not of the kind that are liable to improve the plastic mind of the children, and. therefore in a sense this billboard could be de- clared to be q nuisance and as such be removed It is not so many years ago that billboard was located in a lot adjoining the Harbor schoo! building. The cit yauthorities made no determined attempt to have the board removed, nor was there any increase in the tax rate.~ Instead of attempting heroic measures, the city purchased the lot at price which was six times more than the assessed value of the property. This action probably en- couraged the erection of billboards with perhaps the belief xaat they would enhance the purchaseable value of the lots where located, as was the case in the one near the Harbor school It can be put down as fact that the citizens would not stand for a like transaction
 The New London Business Mems association is very busy body, not only in business matters that pertain to the industrial development of the city, but goes farther and has to do with matters that should be handled by the court of common council, the direct representative body of the peo- pie. Just at the present time the bus- mess mems association is actively in- terested in providing tenements for the increasing population occasioned by the increase of industries, as indi- viduals possessed of spare capital do not seem inclined to invest in such enterprise. The association is plan- ming for a sort of auxiliary aSsocia- tfon whose object will be the erection Of houses for hire or for direct sale, or houses for sale on easy terms on a sort of cooperative plan. There sure is actual need for mode tenements in the city of a medium grade. Because of the lack of them existing industries are prevented from spreading out and employing more people as additional employees and their families cannot be satisfactorily housed.
 In order to meet this emergency the business n1en's associ ation has taken the initiative and will endeav0r to form building association and, it is suggested on a plan similar to that which resulted in the erection of a fac tory building for the manufacture of brass and copper tubing, and which pays the investors a dividend and in sureS to the city a thriving industry In this particular matter, however, the initiative was taken by the then Mayor Armstrong and the court of common council. In fact the stock subscrip- HenS MeEe sQiiGitad pE a eozalaittes af
Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16

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Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16

THERE Is no advertising medium "a Eastern Connecticut equal tA XhA HzAxa AetiA faE hNslResS &a&RktAs
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
MISS MONSON TO RE-
 TURN TO THE STATES

Miss Eleanor V. MonsOn will leave for the south on tbs next sail ing of the Princess Sophia. This will be very unwelcome news to all those in Skagway who have known Miss Monson during her two years residence in this city. During the time she has lived here she has filled the position of matrOn at the White Pass hospital, and only the highest praise has been given her by those who have come under her care. In social circles, Miss Mon son has held a prominent place, and her departure will be keenly felt by the Skagway younger set. In leav- ing, this popular young woman take with her the most sincere wishes for a continuation of happiness and prosperity.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
OPIUM sNTUGGLERs
NOW BEING TRIED

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-The oD- ium conspirators who were recently arrested and indicted for wholesale smuggling of dope" into the coun- try, were arraigned today and all plead not guilty.
 The attorneys for the government gre sure of a conviction and claim that other higher ups will be brought to trial as soon as the present cases are disposed of. The indicted men are represented by the ablest attorneys in San Francisco
 The men now being triad were formerly employed in tthe custom SGT vice as inspectors and guards and also a number of steamship officials, who brought the opium to San Fran cisco, sharing the profits of the high duty between the government officials and themselves. It is sup posed that they cleared up $20,0O0 a month through the sale of the drug, which was divided among members of the gang.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
FIVE GOOD ONES TO DRAW TO.

Pebble'0rd and Gibson Rye, Bud weiser, Plue Ribbon and Pale Rain Ter Bee at the Board of Trade.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
EIGHTY MILES AN HOUR
 ON THE COPPER RIVER

Speaking of the Skagway wind' the following article taken from the Valdez Commouer would indicate that it blows a few now and then along the route of the c. R. & N W. Route.
 No, the wind does not blow as hard on the Valdez glacier as 1t does on the Copper River below Chitina. Eighty miles an hour is a very common wind on the lower Copper. Ask any one who has bo'l over the road. Ask people who wer in Cordova during the storm there last week. At that time in Valdez the wind was not strong enough to have blown a newspaper off of a three story building
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
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CATHOLIC.

Holy Communion at 8 a. m Mass and Sermon at 1O:3O a. M. Sunday School at 2;3O D. m. Evening Service at 7:SO p. m. All are cordially invited to attend,
 Fr. r. H. TurneIl, s. J.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
ANTHRACITE COAL FIELES
 OF NEW MEXICO

Washington, Oct. IA short re- port on the Cerrillos coal field, San ta Fe County, New Mexico, by Will is T. Lee, just issued by the United States Geological Survey, describes a coal field which is one of the few in the United States outside of the Pennsylvania anthracite coal, Con- siderable interest attaches to the Cerrillos coal field, not so much be- cause of its present productiveness a because it is one of the oldest pro ducers of coal in western America. The mines that were worked most extensively have been abandoned' but the field contains many gooi coal seams, some from 4 to feet thick. of anthracite and bituminous coal.
 The coal of the Cerrillos field have been developed in so few places and so little is known of the con tinuity of the beds that no useIu' estimate of available tonnage can be mae. The area of coal bearing rock is about 30 qsuare miies, but the uncertainty as to the occurrence Of commercially important coal be Is in many places renders any estimate that might be made almost worth less. However, as the mines in the very small area developed have fur nished according to the statistics of the Geological Survey, about D. 83O,OOO tons of coal, large bodies Of valuable coal may yet be found i'll the Ccrrillos field.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
PASSES UP
PORTAGE BAT

Dr. J. A. Holmes, director of tht United States bureau of mines is spending a few days on Kenai riv CT, on his return from brief trip to the Matanuska coal filds. It was the plan of Dr. Holmes to go out via Portage bay, and Col. ONeill, of Fort Liscum, has dispatched the gov ernment launch to that point to meet him. This plan WIS Chnged, however, when a man sent by Dr. Holmes to investigate the way re- turned to Kern creek and informed tee official that the route was i'm practical and difficult to accomplish.
 Hence, the official will come via Seward.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
SURVEY HORSES
SOLD AT AUCTION

Valdez, Oct. 4-J. w. Bagley yesterday sold the seven horses be- longing to the Geographic Survey which he had used during the sum- mer but no longer needed. The horses brought good prices, the low est being twenty dollars and the highest seventy dollars. Last year horses of the same weight brought from two dollars and a half up to seventeen dollars and a half at pub lie auction. The demand for horses next spring is expected to he very heavy as many prospector's outfits will leave here for the Nelchina dis triCt.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
I.Ia Easy to Learn.

Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, hit on his marvellous discovery while studying and while teaching the deaf.
 Professor Bell once said, apropos of this fact:
 ''Yes, we can learn valuable secrets from the most unlikely sources. A Per sian poet, famed for his wisdom, vas once asked by his king where he had learned his philosophy.
 "'From the blind, sire the poet re- plIed-'from the blind, who never ad- vance a step until they have tried the ground '"-New York Tribune.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11

The Georgia docked here at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11

AC NlNOA 5 AtL NASNNNNA AANlN at o'clock this afternoon.
 Steamship Jefferson will reach Skagway tomorrow afternoon be- tween two and three o'clock.
 L. J. Pike and Chas. M Moora, two mining operators of Chicken Creek, Forty Mile district, are here on their way to the outside
 udge H. B. LeFevre will leave to- morrow for Juneau, where he will take up the practice of his profess ion. We wish him success in his new field.
 W. S. Whitman, the Whitehorse mining man, who had been acting Queerly for some time and was re- gently placed under restraint by the police, was before Police Mag istrate Taylor, of that place, Tues day and adjudged insane. He pass ed through Skagway Thursday In charge of a N. W. NJ. P. sergeant en route to the asylum at New West minister, B. c.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

Christian Science Service will be held Sunday at eight p. m. in the Alaskan building.
 Subject: Are Sin, Disease, and Death Real?
 The public Is welcome.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11

Every Bodies Meeting, tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the Metho dist Church, conducted by MT Batch eller. You are invited.
 Sunday School at 12 noon.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11
EXTRA GOOD PROGRAM AT THE
 MOVIES SUNDAY NIGHT

Etra good Progam at the "Moy- ies" Sunday night GarmOnt- No. 31 Vengeance of Fate Part One. Vengeance of Fate Part two.
 Bisom "1O1" Auto Suggestions, Comic and SO- lax.
 Four good ones.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11

PILES CURED IN s TO IA DAYS
 Your druggist will refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching. Blind, Bleeding or PrOtruding Piles in to 14 days. soc.
The daily Alaskan., 1913-10-11

Location Notices, placer and quartz, soc. dozen at the Daily Alaskan office. tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-01
GUSTAvUS T. KIRBY.

guarding Of amateur track and field
athletics have had to battle With the
same proposition. heretofore advanced
by professional promoters and profess
sionai foot racers.
This history of athletics certainly
is familiar to those who have made =
study OF athletics. Professionalism
killed the Olympic games. 50 the HIS
torians tell us and the terms profess
Sionaf and amateur come to us from
the fact that 1T one time in sportama
teUrs and professionals did compete
together.
But corruption, betting and dishon-
esty cfcpt in, with the result that those
who competed for the love Of athletics
found they were compelled to COM
pete against these who had decided to
make athletics their livelihood.
In America the very first athletic
games We ever had were thrown omen
To professionals and amateurs and
men like Father Eijr Curtis who was
equally 81 strong ativocate of amafeur-
ism for amateur athletes ami profess
siouaiiSm fer professional athletes
said then that sport Woud never ,d-
vance If tho professional were allowed
TO compete with the amateur ON an
equal footing. either for Il prize = bet
or for simple houorS.
The ideas advanced Iy Mr. Lirhv
are ridiculous in the eyes of votn,.on
sportsmeu. OF course if the fnt.rcol.
lc@iate association decides that it is =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-01
Sporting NelUs
DEFEATED
BY SOLDIER BOYS
Was Sweet for Latter After Being De,
feated Three Years-Another Pre-
dictior, Upset.

As ii to emphasize the uncertainty al
football during the season which closed
officially Saturday at New York with tie
annual contest between West Point and
Annapolis, the '"AIiddies." who were tia
Iavortes by odds of as great as 10 to :
before the game, were defeated BY the
Army, - 70 8. Ii was but the concIlJ-
M number OF many upscts in predictions
during the season.
Brown, guard on the Annapolis team.
kicked himself INTO fame. second only
to that achieved by Charles +. Bricklay
OF Harvard, by kicking three goais from
placement. al OF the points scored hy his
team. Woodruff Of the Army scored once
III this manner, neither team using i
drop kick
Merrllat. Amy right end. scored two
touchdo"ns, both by receiving forward
nasses, and lloge, the captain of tho sol
.Ier boys, scored the other afte., Aicr.
rllIat had run II yards and downed the
falI "n the Navy onc-yard line. Ii was
sweet revenge for the Army aftct tbrpa
Years of defeat
Incidentally it was another victory for
the Harvard style OF football. for Coach
Charlie Daily OF the West Point eleven Is
an eN-llaTrard star and during the Ia>,
week l'f has bad the assistance, of several
Harvard coaches and OF Coach "IIuIrv-
Up ost of Michigan
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-01
SULLIVAN RAPs
PR0-AMIATE:JjRISM
Ridiculous" Says Famous
Athletic Official.
WOULD RUIN our SPORTS.
Said to Have Caused Death of the An
Gent Olympic Games-Kirby's Propo-
sition Not New idea-A. A. u. Mem
bers Will Not Change Conditions.

James L. Sullivan, secretary of the
Amateur Athletic Union of the United
States, who was formerly president Of
that organization and is the Oldest ath-
letic official i'll America, when asked
his opinion of the proposition present.
sed by Gustavus I. Kirby of the In.
tercollegiate Association of Amateur
Athletes to have amateur and profes-
sional athletes compete against each
other, said:
THE proposition is not new one at
all. For more than thirty years those
who have in their charge the safe
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-01
Sporting N OtcS.

Everett high had no trouble in defeat
M the Lafayette high school of Buffalo.
\ y, at Everett Saturday by a score o.
- to e.
Brooklyn uoutd like to have Tinker. de-
posed manager Of the Cincinnati Reds.
Tinker, after a conference with Evers nj
Chicago, j. confident that he would like
t. play there again. BIZ Sweeney OF
tue Boston Nationals, 10y the way. has
been given permission by Owner GafFncy
to make Try for the io5 at Cincinnati il
he desires it.
Training places for American league
clubs next spring viii he: Cleveland.
Augusta. Ga: Philadelphia. .Iacksoln lille.
ia: 81 Louis. St Petersburg. Fla :
Washington. charlottesville, Va; Boston.
Hot Springs, Ark Detroit. t;ulford.
Miss; New York. Houston. Tex: CHI
eago, PaSo HobIes, Cal.
In the opinion of President Johnson.
not single major player has signed Il
contract with the Federal league. with tl,,.
ptohahle exception Of George St,rafI.
who recently accepted the MANAGEMENT nf
the Kansas City Fcderal~. Johnson
doesn't believe that Baumgardner ana
Agacw al the ii. Louis browns have
Jumped 10 >tovalTs club. Tie Americaa
league boss SAYS that >toyau was 10.
treated unfairly 10y the st Louis Browns
ihat all clubs waived claim 10 Tai. services.
and HAT Owner Hedges had right 10
send hmm wherever lie pleased
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-01
WEST BRATTLEBORO.

Hazen Stockwell visited his uncle
and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie TYLER. i'm
Northfeld
Mrs. Arthur Miller. who has been III
at the Memorial hospital some time. is
improving slowly
Mr.. and Mrs. John Peek Of Green
field were guests over SUNDAY II III
and Mrs. II. G. Squires
Miss Eta Miner and John Howe
spent the holiday with Mr.. Howe y par-
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. J. {. Howe ~
Walpole.
Hayden Squires ami Lewis Hamilton
returned to Norwich university this
afternoon. after having spent the holt
days at their homes here.
Richard Ryder of Bellows Pals Wis
tied n few days last week at G. :. Ry-
der : going from there TO Newfauc
to visit before returning home
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Harris ana
children visited Sunday with Mrs Har-
ris : parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Williams. IN East Dummcrston.
Mrs. Michael sherry and infant
daughter left the MclroSc hospital Sat.
.ur'lay afternoon and went to their
home.
Mrs. Martha Knowles returned ~
her home 1T Fort Dnmmcr Heights sat
urday afternoon from the MrlroS, hos
wtal, where she WAS operated upon
four week, ago.
Mrs. whitney. Who was guest of
her parents, AIR. aud Mrs David Wcd.
several dar>. returned 20 her home ia
Springfield Mass. Saturday afternoon.
Mr. Whitney returned the Iay before.
Mrs. T. - Davenport rcturucd Satur-
daN from Athol, whore she was callcI
- Dr. illness ~ Ter daughter. Mrs. AT.
thur Winter. Mrs. Winter hal ara at
tack of appendicitis. but WAS better
when her mother left
agnes Mikariis was admitted ~
the Mclrosc hospital SATURDAY.. Nil
ham Dumphcy was operated upon al
the hospital that Ian. also Roger
Reed, son 81 George Reed II Greenfield.
hy Or. Lynch and Dr. Hamilton.
Mr.. AMI Mrs ". r. Mixer. Miss Ellen
Minor amt Leon Mixer carried their
Thanksgiving provisions to tbc home
81 Mrs. Mixer IS auu' Mr.. Diautha
Whitney. ia Halifax. where q very
pleasant lay was eniovrl hv alL Mr..
Whitney j. IN her s3i wear
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-01

ILL., Lafi 81 Tone your uciGiti.al Ivy. s...r-
EEL p he Sleeps chickens while sau sre
irving tp IaI-e "a garden