Norwich bulletin., 1913-09-16

At the HBw Westerly post office
 building, the government has enclosed
 the greater part of the site with a granite curbing between wh9ch and the
 building is to be paved with brick. Just outside of this enclosure and in
 the rear of the building is a tall old
 fir tree in the last stages of life. Charles Coon, superintendent of Will
 cox park, has been for years trying to preserve that tree when it was within the park limits, but without
 success. He has cut and trimmed the lower branches so many times, re- moving the deadwood, that nothing is left of the decaying tree but a com paratively few top branches.
 Some government official imbued with the sentimentahty of the Porter poem of Woodman, Spare That Tree, has ordered the impOssibility and is- sued ukase that the tree be saved. There is to be considerable grading outside of the granite curbed enclos- uTe and this tree is within the sec- ton 10 be graded. the grade being about six feet up from the base of this dying tree. A dry circular well of brick has been built around the tree up to the grade line and capped with. a circle of finely dressed granite, at an expense of about $50. Experts in forestry say it is a waste of money and that the general surroundings would be improved by a removal of the dead tree and give nearby elm tree a better chance to spread it's branches.
 IL is evidently the policy of the gov ernment to conserve trees, even for short period. and without regard to expenses All of which goes to show that the row of scTUbby elm trees in the sidewalk in front of the post office building will not be molested.
 : Upon invitation of Dr.. John w. keefe. q mem Der of the executive council the American Association of ObstetTicians and gynecologists will hold it's tWentE-SiXth annual confer ence in Providence commencing on Tuesday and continuing through Thursday with three sessions daily. The object of the association, which has membership Of 124 from all sec tions of the country, is to bring men who are high in the profession on ob StetTlcs gNnecOlOgy and abdominal surgery together for an exchange of views and for an organization devoted to work and the program includes for tT-five papers with titles and synop- ses and SIX more addresses on subjects " hich have not been announced It will be the first meeting of the con- vention in Rhode Island
 Senator Louis ". Arnold, Represen- tatfves Joseph T. Murphy, Albert H. Lanuvportl1y, Judge John w. sweeney IL. 5 section of the Rhode Island delegation that attendeJ inc Perry Centennial celebration a. Pbt-in-B Bay and vicin- ity, re: ned home Monday morning, afLc- one weeks absence The state g ro-.riati5n to meet the expenses of Inc trio was SIS. .000 and only S250 of the amount was apportioned to Wes- tcrly-
 At the financial town meeting an appropriation was made of S200 to cleanse the brock that is located in the S1S1naanTiue section near the GrilIs and C5siO properties and along the intArest of public health and to pre- yent the overflow of private property aI certain seasons Thomas IL Pea boGy. Burnside Babcock and Angelo <-atoFUcci0 were appointed q commit tea C3 have the work accomplished T -lH ar1r3oTiaLtiOn was made and the e a:s-1 s-1s5+He5 appointed last June and the 7i 1e-a o1 cieasIng was commenced Ncu- d." T.se tributary brooks will also .stte the attention of the commit
 'sse Cbsr.oenss- of Westerly, an out %ss,srs5 Sf taz= Lowell team, winner of L1aS sl9saA--i s-.l@aship Ee1Da1at of the New Ezs stss1G z5F,szxloan league. was the lead eT iza T7aa- -f;eI.T19, with IDA runs to his CresStt. ELG Differed 34 bases and made z5o hi1s. Eln played in 127 games, was ar 3 z1 5iT times and his batting aver aess 1Es -SG6- The only other Westerly T1za in TErofessa 0-1aI baseball is Charles CsEs1acv, who managed championship LezrAs Tn ttge south for the past five s1CuesEIye seasons.
 Ths September session of the su- rsTTor court for Washington county opened "Wednesday at Kingston with } uoge George T.. Brown presiding Af- ter the customary opening formalities [ he grand JET.g was Ew0Tu in and re- tired for the cdnsi iteration of the cases 3 asz7sgTsd. Leonardo Bevelacuua- charged with an indecent exposure of his person at Bradford, was indicted indictments were also found in the three cases brought against Raymond Fucker, who is charged with assault ug and attempting to kill by shootf1y. Miss Florence CJashn1an, Miss AIa1el