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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-01
July L in American

IS0t-Gene Thomas Francis Alea-
CHER, D Federal soldier Dys-
teriousl -rowned in the Missouri
river ne, Fors Benton; born lS23
1S9S-Attsc Pm San Juan hill and I'll
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by Gem w. r. Skaters corps.
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der an oct. died; born 1871
l9lS-Oper OF the blue and gray
reunion Gettysburg 10 celebrate
the lift anniversary of the bat
tie.
All the TVS all the timed The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-01
Old Age.
. a. 1,,-,1-a ell, 90

age is a curious thing"
whats the answer"
"A man is old at eighty, a horse at
twenty. a hen at two years. and an
automobile IS old IN about threa
months"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-01

Guess the doctor was right about
TheCdore's trouble.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-01
Couldn't Quite See.

your weight under 40 pounds"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-07-01
MAKES ATTITUDE CLEAR.

In an address before Virginia editors
last week President Wilson made It
clear that he does not propose TO side
track his program TO please his critics
whose motives almost without excep-
ton have been shown I'D 10 be oues-
tionaole, involving almost everything
from political expedtency to grand lar.
ceny. His strong assertions are worth
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
Moons Fine Farm,

A Holstein cow that gives 27 q uarts of milk each day is COW worth having, and that's what l.. E. Moon of Falls Vil- lsge says he possesses. MT. Moon, who purchased the Frank Reed farm. on the west side of the river, is a New York business man, who engaged in farming as d side issue and has assembled herd of the best dairy cattle available. He ships at present nearly 400 quarts of milk daily and commands the highest market price for the product. Some- body has twitted Moon of having an ambition to produce a COW that will give a 40 quart can of milk a day, and he doesn't deuy the soft impeachment.
 He has, transformed the old farm into one of the beauty spots of Falls Village; buildings have been re.modeled, grounds graded and beautifed and substantial retaining walls built, making the place one of the most attractive in the region
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
A NalIIahla Book.

The latest number of Geer's Hartford City Directory-the 76th number issued by the Geers--is just out, and copy of it may be consulted at The News office by any who may desire.
 The book, of more than 1900 pages, is not only complete directory of Hart ford, containing all the useful informa- tion that any stranger or dweller in the city could possibly ask for. but IS besides a compendium of the state, teeming with data of every desirable character. concerning business. professions. schools, churches, corporations, etc. with nearly a thousand halftone portraits of the leading business men of the city and state, geographical directory, etc. It is in fact one of the most useful volumes that any business or professional man can have on his desk, and it's compila- tion involved an interminable amount of work and research. The publishers. Elihu Geer's Sons, of Hartford, have been in the printing and publishing business for generations, and are known the country oyer.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
Swiped the Snipes.

A consignment of whiskey. consisting of two barrels of bottled goods-oue barrel containing 100 pints and one bar rel containing 200 half-pints-was ship. ped from an Ohio house, about the first of March, to the Garfield cafe, in Canaan. The barrels arrived here week or two ago, but they had lost weight wofully in transit. On being unloaded at the Canaan station, the barrel that had contained the 100 pints was found to be entirely empty. aud 90 bottles had been abstracted from the barrel containing the half-pints, leaving only !05 half pints of the whole original consignment. or only 5216 pInts of whiskey. out of the 200 pints that had been shipped. Land lord Baker naturally refused to receive the goods, and so notified the shippers. who report that they have filed claim with the railroad company first receiving the shipment.
 The theory is that the railroaders. somewhere between Ohio and Connecti- cut, had found, in tbe bottled joy, the life. preserver they thought they needed during the rigorous days of the blizzard, and helped themselves to it.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
A BIG INSTITUTION
Figures Regarding Magni.

Impressive Figures Regarding Magni-
 tude of Telephone Business.
 The following informNtion, obtained at the local exchange office of the South. ern New England Telephone Company, gives an excellent idea of the oompre- hensiveness of this company's system one unit in the greater system that forms a network of wire highways that cover and link together the entire country.
 The Telephone Company has total of 2.5S0 employees on its payroll, 200, or practically one half of whom are actual ly engaged in putting up aud taking down the connections over which mil lions of calls are passed yearly. The balance are associated with either the plant or commercial departments.
 The state is divided into 66 exchanges, or local areas, and located in those are 6s central office buildlngs-New Haven and Hartford each having two. Housed in each of these, of course, is plant and traffic equipment essential to such cen- ters.
 Connecting the subscribers to these central offices and linking the different switchboards in the various offices into one great system, that is in turn con. nected to other states, are underground and aerial cables, open wire on pole lines and submarine oables-a total wire mileage for the state of 302, l8l miles.
 In the system there are l10,29S tele- phones or approximately one telephone to every l0.6 people in the state. Be. tween these telephones an average of 5S5, ,256 calls-this figure including local, toll lines. long distance messages-are passed every 24 house during the year.
 The local exchange of the Telephone company was opened Inl884, and at that time, had 90 telephones. The growth here, as in other exchanges in the state, has been a steady one with the result that there are at the present time All telephones in actual operation locally. a growth of 391 telephones during the last 30 years.
 If the proof of the pudding lies in the eating, these facts may be taken as an indication of the value of telephone service.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
SUFFRAGE-PR0 AND CON
The Greenwich Dinner.


 It is now expected that the attendance al the dinner of the Mems League, that is to be held in Greenwich on April i7 will be over 200. A. c. s. Taylor, seo retary of the league, reports that he ha had acceptance from about l50 of the members and friends of the Men'L League for Woman Suffrage. The toast. master on that occasion will be Hon. John H. Light, one of the strongest friends of woman suffrage in the state. The arrangements at the Greenwich end are in the hands of Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton.
 Connecticut suffragists along with sutfragists all over the United States are rejoicing in the passage of the constitu- tional amendment through the Senate of the Massachusetts Legislature, by the overwhelming majority of 32 to 9. The measure must still go through the House and will then have to be continued to another legislature.
 Details of the parade for May 9 in Hartford occupied good deal of the at. tentiou of the executive board. The res ponse which the association Is is receiv. ing from the individual leagues in their efforts for co operation is most cheering. A slight change ln the design of the par parade has been made to accommodate the leagues from Litchheld county. From this end of the state communica. tion with Hartford by railroad Is not good, and the leagues are wishful to go to Hartford by automobile. Ten auto mobiles will probably be used to convey the Litchfield county suffragists. All of these will be decorated and an effort will be made for all to meet outside the city and enter the city in procession. It is their intention to make their journey means of suffrage propaganda and to distribute suffrage literature freely en route. Press. Sec.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
FARMERS INSTITUTE
Big Day Planned tor AgricuIturists at
 Stevens Farm.

Big Day Planned for AgricuIturists at
 Stevens Farm.
 A farmers institute is to be held at the Stevens farm, East Canaan, Wednesday. April 8. when lectures and practical demonstrations in various farming, dairying, etc., will be given by recognized experts and high up authorities ia the various lines. N. S. Stevens, a member of the Alfalfa Grow ers' Association of Connecticut, is busily arranging the preliminaries and reports that among the specialists who will be present are Dr. Jenkins, director of the Connecticut Experiment Station; Prof. JarvIs. President Duffy, of the Connecti- cut Dairymen's Association; Wilson H. Lee, of the Connecticut Alfalfa Grow CTS Association, and others.
 There will be field demonstration of pruning and spraying by improved ma chinery, and Prof. Jenkins will give a talk on alfalfa growing.
 It will be red letter day for the farm, CTS, dairymen and others of this secrion, and the attendance will undoubtedly te large, 3&
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
THE OLD CANAL
Hazy History of the Original Water
 Plant at Falls Village.

HazY History of the Original Water
 Plant at Falls Village.
 Recent inquiry has been made con- corning the early history of the Falls Village "canal" and water power project, which was originally started about 1850. Definite information seems impossible to obtain at this late date. Falls Village had no newspaper at that time. the Housaton1c Republican having been started in 1857. Such information as is available now is in the form of hearsay and practically tradition handed down from past generation. It would ap pear that the project had a somewhat checkered history up to the time it was virtually abandoned. Those who recall the stories told by their forefathers. say that about $150.O .O0O was spent in the construction of the canal, the packers being principally capitalists from abroad. Among the incorporators of the scheme were Lee Garfield, S. s. Robbins, E. l.. Goldsmith superintendent of construc- tion J a gentleman named Ogden, from Chicago. and other men of affluence.
 The original purpose was to furnish water power for factories at various points along the Housatonic river with the idea of developing industries similar to those in the Naugatuck valley. which at that time was no more an industrial valley than the Housatonic.
 At about the time the canal was com pleted, the story goes, disagreements arose among the promoters, with the result that work came to a stand. still, and nothing more was ever done by the original company. There always seemed to be mystery about the real owner. ship of the property from the early days. and this mystery continued even after it's acquisition, nearly twenty years ago by another company headed, or man aged by the late Nick" Staub, of New Milford, who financed the deal when the "Fails Village Water Power Com pany" was purchased. The public never knew just why the Staub combi- nation bought the property, nor to what use it was to be put. This company owned it until it came into the posses sion of the Connecticut Power Company through Stone 6 Webster, and attained its present full development.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
The Mems Supper,

The "men's supper" served by the men of the Methodist church, iu the so- cial rooms. Thursday evening, was largely attended and as usual social and financial success. Every denomina- tion ill the town was represented among the guests that filled the tables during the supper hours, when a sumptuous dollar meal was served for 35 cents, in- cluding ice cream and cake. The wait CTS picturesquely uniformed. painted and powdered for the festive occasion, and wearing the ornate "paper caps that played such a prominent part at the re- csnt Business Mems banquet-performed their duties efficiently and skillfully, under the direction of Head Waiter J. 0. Roraback who was elaborately garbed as became the dignity and importance of his responsible position.
 The feast itself made up an attractive and appetizing menu, of ample variety and abundant quantity.
 The net proceeds of the supper was about $36.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
Propagation of Game Birds.

Experiments and research work in are to be carried on in Connecticut, New York and Georgia under the direction of State Ornithologist Herbert K. Job, according to an announcement made Tuesday.
 MT. Job has just returned from visit to Jekyl Island, which is owned by an organization of wealthy men, as the guest of William Rockefeller.
 He has been placed in advisory charge of the propagation of game there and is to work out the problem of increasing wild bird life. He will make only such occasional visits to the island as will be necessary in the course of the work At the same time he will supervise in like manner MT. Rockefeller's estate at Tarrytown, N. Y.
 In Connecticut the experiments will be conducted at the preserve of Senator Mclean and will include various species of game. At the same time experiments will also be conducted relating to the increase of insectivorous birds.
 At Jekyl Island. besides pheasants, there will also be raised wild turkeys, quail and wild duck, the whole situation there, in the opinion of the state ornl- thologist, presenting an interesting and valuable practical problem for ex- pertinent and research.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
Strong Masonic Sermon.

Before congregation of 1 400, inolud- ing 800 Masons, Rev. J. Wellington Hoag, pastor of Calvary Baptist church, New Haven, preached Masonic sermon Sunday evening on "The Message of Masonry to the Present Times" He took for his text, Amos, 7:8: And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what seest thou?' And said plumb line. Then said the Lord, Behold will set a. a.plumb line ill the midst of my people of Israel. " The preacher said, Amos, the shep- herd, who has glveE us our tool aud in- strument of ofinstruction, was plain rug ged man a man of vision of leadership who by his speech showed himself an incipient craftsman with a pure knowlege of the working tools.
 "What a thrilling story is the history of operative Masonry. The hoarding up of great quantities of silver, gold and precious stones, the educating of young men In carpentry and mason work. The leading and enlargement of the loftiest peak within the city walls for site of the building whose rough designs were drawn by foreign architects. It all reads like romance.
 But true Masonry is not merely operative, it is speculative as we'll. It is not alone ancient, it is modern. It looks to the erection of 8 soul temple. Masonry argues that no structure of earth is so vital as man. To build life is the grandest task of all. To discov. CT it's foundations and erect thereon the enduring and the pure makes more illustrious Masonic achievement than to handle aright the marble and the mortar.
 "The message of Masonry to the pres ent is five-fold message. It bids Mason to be true to his highest self. To myself be true and thou canst to no man be false. Sincerity does not end with the minister but reaches to every soul.
 Masonry stands for fraternalism Tn spirit, word and deed toward the uni versal race. It destroys barriers and forges bonds. It tears down Chinese walls of separation and welds humanity into great brotherhood.
 AS closing thought. MT. Hoag said "The message of Masonry to present times is 8 call for deeper belief in immortality. Let us labor upon the temples of our souls that they may be fitting dwelling places for the Eternal Spirit"
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
Mrs. Humphrey in Hospital.

Mrs. H. D. Humphrey was taken to Hillcrest Hospital, Pittstield, last Friday evening. by Dr. Adam, after suffering posed to be appendicitis, An examina- tion at the hospital disclosed an abscess which made it impracticable to operate for appendicitis until this was eradi- cated. At latest reports Mrs. Humphrey was as comfortable as could be expected and is expected to make rapid progress toward recovery.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
GOOD OLD NEWS
Cleaned from the Housatonic Republi-
 can of 66 Years Ago.

Cleaned from the Housatonic Republt- can of 66 Years Ago.
 The Housatonic Republican, (Falls Village.) of Jan. 16. 1858. contains a re. port of the republican state convention which nominated William A. Bucking. ham, (since known as the "war Cover. nor,"O to succeed Governor A. H. Holley, of Lakeville. On the first informal bal lot Holley had 105 of the SIS votes cast, Buckingham being third, with 5S votes. There were seven candidates, including Gideon Welles. who received 52 votes. The second informal ballot gave Eleazer K, Foster IA out of 321 votes, Bncking ham being still third, with Sl votes, and Holley second. with 89. On the first formal ballot the three leaders were, Foster, Al; Buckingham, IF; Holley. 52, with Welles II and Burnham 8. af- ter which the names of Holley, Burnham and Welles were withdra VII, and on the second formal ballot Buckingham was nominated, receiving IFS votes. to Eos ter's 1s2, with scattering. The editor of the Republican, Dr. O. B. Maltbie, at tended the convention.
 News Item "There is to be a Social Party at Roraback' s Hotel in Lime Rock, on Friday evening next"
 Married In this village, on the 18th by the Rev. w. M. Simons, MT. Sidney W. Morris, of Canaan, to Miss Louisa l.. Wright, of Salisbury"
 Probate Judge M. T. Granger appoint. ed William P. Russell and Harmon Peet, both of Canaan, commissioners on the assigned estate of Lorenzo Lawrence, and they were ordered to meet at the hotel of Ichabod P. Stevens, tthe present Canfield,) to receive claims against said estate. William Douglas was trustee on the estate. ...
 An advertisement notified the public that ID. M. Richardson, dealer Tn watch es, clocks and jewelry, would inform the inhabitants of Canaan and adjoining country, that he has opened shop in Canaan, at the Depot, adjoining the Post office, where he is prepared to re pair clocks, watches and jewelry of all kinds"
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
THE NEW TIME TABLE
Few and Unimportant Train Changes
 at Canaan.

Few and Unimportant Train Changes at Canaan.
 The new time-t table of the Berkshire division, which went Into effect last Sunday brings no material change in the trains as affecting Canaan, notwith- standing radical changes were predicted by those who didn t know.
 The only actual changes in time are in the case of the south bound milk train formerly leaving here at 1:48. It now is due to arrive here at 1:05. and leave at 1:20. The evening local train north leaves at 7:26 instead of 7:27 as formerly. A notable change i'll the mail arrangement is effected, however. The south bound mail in the morning is now transported on the express train at $40 instead of the local at 8:09 as here- tofore, and north bound in the evening on the express arriving at 6:57 instead of the local at 7:27. This latter train runs only to Great Harrington instead of running through to Plttsfeld.
 On the O. N. E. the new time table goes into effect next Sunday. It Is said the train from Winsted, reaching Ga naan at 8:09 a. m and returning leaves Canaan at $50 g. m., and the west bound train leaving Canaan at 4:10 p. m. and east bound at 5:13 p. m.- will be discon- timed.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
Harmon Peet Farm Sold.

George W. Hall has sold the Harmon Peet farm, occupied by Benjamin H Baldwin. to D. W. Green, of Clayton. for $5,000. MT. Green. who has long lease on his present Clayton farm. will remain there for another year, and Mr. Baldwin will remain during that period on the Peet farm. This property has been in the Peet family for several gen. erations and is considered one of the most desirable farms ID this locality.
 MT. Hall has also sold the Henry w. Rhoades farm at Southfeld, the family homestead of L. 0. and J. E. Rhoades's father, to Charles Spadacinne.
Connecticut western news., 1914-03-19
The Ensign Ca sa.

In the suit to determine the construc tion of the will of Sidney P. Ensign, of Salisbury in which decision was reserved by Judge Curtis in the superior court for Litchfield county for the advice of the supreme court, the cause "upon the decease of my said wife, (to whom life use of the entire estate had been given) I give and devise and bequeath all my estate unto my children to be equally divided between them, share and share alike" is held by the supreme court not to be affected by any child surviving or not surviving the wife. The case was that of Thomas L. Norton, admins trator. against Lucy E. Mortensen and others. When MT. Ensign died there were three daughters. Two died before their mother, one leaving five children. The suit was to determine whether the grandchildren were entitled to their mothers share. The advice of the su- preme court, written by Chief Justice Prentice, says, Such estate in each of said children was not contingent upon her surviving said Jane Ensign, the wife, or defeated by her not surviving" !"
 Douglas Library Report for February.
 Number of volumes added, 13; num- Der of volumes in circulation, 546; num- Der of borrowers, 113. Three hundred and eighteen of the books in circultion during the month were books of fiction; l2 of travel, eight of history, 13 of bio- graphy, 19 periodicals, 101 children stories, 25 books on miscellaneous sub. jects. including science, art, literature, sociology. religion, music, etc.; SS vol umes were taken out by teachers and members of the clubs-mostly on his. tory, travel and biography.
 There are two branch libraries of chil- dren stories, one at the school-house in District No. 1, the other at No. 5. About 90 volumes month sent out from Dis- trict No. 1. and a5 from No. 6.
 New books added during the month |: Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt; All the Days of My Life, Amelie Barr; From Kingdom to Colony; The Family In it's Sociological Aspect; The New Industrial Day; Training the Boy; When I was Little Girl; The Golden Season; Princis Priscilla's Fortnight.
 List of periodicals for the year 1914: Harper's Monthly. Harper's Weekly. Worlds Work, Geographical Magazine, Literary Digest, Scientific American, Popular Mechanics. St. Nicholas, Youths Companion, Woman's Home Companion. Connecticut Oourant. Berk- shire Courier, Connecticut Western News.