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Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
LErTeAs TO UNCLE JED.
A Wood seldisr Msss In Germany

A Wood Soldier Made h osrmany.
 Dear Uncle Jed:-T wonder if you ever thought that all of the wooden toys have such long tr&vels before you have them your own.
 The people In other lknds have worked hard before the toys could be made. The men must chip and chop and chigei and paint and glue to make soldiers and boats and AH sorts of wooden toys nice and neat.
 So I will tell of . wooden soldier
 There was in Germany. tree and flowers and grasses grew around It. the birds flew to and fro in it's branches, and bunfiies had pienics in its shade.
 man come to the wood and they heard him say. This tree viii do to chop" So. they. turned sadly away for they Coud have no more nice picnfcs under its beautiful shady bouehs.
 When the woodmafi had chopped it saw-pit where It was sawn into blanks and boards which were piled upon the saw-pIt's banks.
 The carpenter said: T like that wood" So he told his children to come and help him carry some of the
 The toy-inaRer came to tie csrpen- ter and asked for a few pieces to make some toys, and he took them to his shop.
 And he sat and chipped and carved away and by and by 1t looked Ike a man. and at last it looked like . sol dier.
 Of course 1t wasn't finished. for he had to glue on it's arms and sun and the little green stand to put under the soldiers feet.
 Then toy merchant came. with motor car, and asked if he had any toys to sell. So the soldier was placed in a box with eleven more and he stayed for little while in a shor window.
 But one day a rich man bought hin, for his children and his travels ended on the nursery table.
 Our wooden toys are mostly inn ported. and they also come from Aus tria, Holland and Switzerland.
 FLORENCE WHITE. Age Il.
 Willimantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
An oriainaI Fairr story.

Once upon time. ever so long ago, when there were fairies. a little girl was born In the town of Ft-. She was named Daisy. and grew up to be a thoughtful. useful little girl always merry and kind-hearted, often spend ing her playtime in picking flowers for sick people, or in making someone else happy.
 She preferred to do this rather than buy anything for herself. Everyone loved the good little girl. She had a sweet. smiling face, bright, golden curls and was always dressed in white.
 One day while Daisy was dancing along the road singing gaily and hold ing in her hands some very pretty flowers a little old woman hobbled out of the woods and sank wearily down by the roadside. She was really a fairy named Lightheart who had often heard about the little girl and wanted to test her kindness.
 Good morning, mother" said Daisy in her cheery voice. You look tired and worn out. Would you not like these pretty flowers that found in the field this morning; and won't you tell me where you live? Perhaps can help you do your work so that you may rest"
 "Oh, thank you!" said the old won- an. You may come with me and will show you where I live, but you may not like my work"
 She led the little girl away and Daisy was never seen again, but beau tiful flowers grew all over the fields ever since that time. They have vel low centers and white petals and they are known now as white daisies.
 No one ever found out what became of Daisy, although people who be- lieve in fairies think she was changed into a fairy, too, and the daisy of the field reminds us of the beautiful golden haired Daisy of that other time.
 MARY A. BURRILL, Age IS.
 Stafford Springs,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
My Penny LHe.

Dear Uncle Jed:-Once was bright and shiny. but now am dull and greasy. First came out of q little round vat, then into a. large draw. A little boy took me for change. He put me in bank. The bank sat upon a shelf beside an old clock. The old clock kept me company, for he was singing all the time.
 Pennies kept dropping in until there was a dollar. He took me to a large bank. They gave me to a strong man. He mt me iu little veIIou
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
Hampton.
Landuaoa.

Dear Uncle Jed:-The only Lan- guase at court, and in the castles of the great nobles, where the pomp and state of a court was emulated, was Norman French.
 In courts of law. the pleadings and judgments were delivered in the same tongue. In short, French was the language of honor, of chivalry, and even of justice; which the far more manly and expressive Anglo-Saxon was abandoned to the use of rustics and minds, who knew no other.
 Still, however, the necessary inter course between the lords of the soil. and those oppressed inferior beings by whom that soil was cultivated, occa- stoned the gradual formation of a dialect compounded betwixt the French and the Anglo-Saxon, in which they could render themselves mutually intelligible to each other: and from this necessity arose by degrees the structure of our present English lan- guage.
 ANTHONY SKRABA, Age 12.
 Versailles.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
How to Harness a l4orse.

Every person should know the name of every part of the harness.
 The most important parts of a har- ness are the saddle, breeching, collar and haimes and brfdIe, with tho lines.
 When we harness a horse we first put on the breastplate or collar, and hRimes. Then we buckle the straps which fasten the haimes.
 After this ia dnna we mt or the
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
Our Walk,

Our teacher took us all for a walk one afternoon. We wanted to find as many kinds of flowers as we could. We followed the road and after we had walked for quite long time we came to an old house.
 We went in the woods by the house to see if we could find some pink la dies slippers. We only found two blossoms. but there were a lot of buds.
 On our way back to the road I saw bird fly out of the grass by a pine tree, and thinking that there might be a nest there, looked and found the nest with four hungry little birds in it.
 A little further on there was another nest with four spotted eggs in it. Both nests were well hidden.
 We decided to go home through a path that came out in back of the schoolhouse. There was a spring be- side the path and as we were all very thirsty we were glad to get some of the cool water. When we were almost to the school We scared up a partridge with little ones. One of the baby birds hid under the leaves and one of the girls stepped on it and killed it.
 By the time we reached the school house we had quite a large bunch of flowers, but we were all very tired,
 GRACE BURRILL, Age 10.
 Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01

on her knees. From the pot on tho fire protudes one of the baby's legs. Wiertz could paint other subjects. as his women and that famous dog in his ;kennel show. but his prophetic Hmning .of German frightfulness in Belgium is interesting today-Pall Mall Gazette.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
Fishins.

If a person wants to fish he should have patience.
 If he wants to catch any he should keep still and out of sight. He should have a stout line and he should have a good fishhook and good bait
 The fish should be over five inches long.
 If they aren't five inches long they should be thrown back.
 LEON DIMOCK. Age, II.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
Mansfield
Why Summer 10 the Better se.,

Why Summer To the Better Season. I like summer better because I can plant garden, pick berries and pick flowers. on the farm
 1 like to play with my little sister. She likes to pick flowers, too. like to hear the birds sing and I like to walk barefooted-
 MARGARET KUCKLE, Age 10. Mansfieid
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01

The old cat looks anxious then. and makes them come and lie down quiet ly.
 ELIZABETH WARD, Age 10. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEPARTMENT

arouses the sense that any good thing abused gives evil results.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
Why Every Girl Should Learn to Cook.

Why Every Girl Should Learn to Cook. Every girl should learn to cook when young.
 When she gets big she will want to know how to cook her meals.
 If she does not know how to cook perhaps she will have to hire some -one to do cooking for her
 Cake and bread, which we buy at a bakery. usually isn't as good as that which ye make.
 If girl knows how to cook she will enjoy cooking.
 ALFREDA WALKER, Age 10. Mansfield.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01
The Boston Tea Party.

Before the Revolutionary war. King George saw that the Americans were getting richer every day, so he said:
 They are getting too rich. We will make them pay some of our debts"
 So he put tax on most everything they used After a long time of trou- ble, the Americans got the tax off everything but tea. Although the Americans liked tea, they would not buy any because it was taxed.
 One night three vessels loaded with tea sailed into Boston harbor. The people held great meeting, but could not think how to get the tea back to England. At last on dark and rainy night a company of young men dressed up as Indians went aboard the ships and threw the eargoes into the ocean. Before the young men went home there was not a pound of tea on the ships,
 MADELYN SULLIVAN. Age 10.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-01

New York has about 100000 school children.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
NO ONE TO SUCCEED HALL.
Olympia's Chief of Police Is Dis.
missed as Deputy Sheriff.

No deputy sheriff will be appointed
for Olympia to succeed Chief of
Police Ben F.. Hall, whom he deposed
from that capacity the fore part of
this week, according to statements
made by Sheriff Fred w. McCorkle
yesterday, who said that the appoint
ment Of the local chief as deputy had
been customary in the history of the
sheriff's Office and not compulsory or
necessary, being largely for the con-
venience of the chief rather than Of
the sheriff's office.
No official reasons were advanced
by Sheriff McCorkle for Chief Halls
removal as deputy and the only COM
ment the chief made was to call Nc
Corkle over the telephone and say
THANK you." The sheriff's action
followed an emphatic denial from
Chief Hall late last week to the story
then circulated that he had framed
up" the defense in the Roberts case,
and charges by him that the sheriff
too freely permits visitors to see pris-
oners in the county Jail, to which Nc
Corkle retorted that, aside from Rob-
erts' mother and attorney, Chief Hall
had been Roberts most frequent Wis.,
itor since his arrest.
Sheriff McCorkle says, however,
that the Roberts case had no bearing
on Halls removal as deputy, but that
he was dismissed for other reasons.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
CIV. FILES LOCAL RATES,
Action Indicates Olympia's New Line
Will Be Operating January 1.

Rates which it will charge for pas
senger service out of Olympia when
its new line is put into operation were
flled with the public service commits
sion this week by the O-W. R. & N,
effective January 1, indicating that
the railway proposes to make good on
its promises to have the line in oper-
alton by that time.
The rates are the same as now in
force on the Northern Pacific. The
fare from Olympia to the connection
with the main line on Chambers
Prairie will be 25 cents; to Tacoma
IS cents. Seattle $2.2O, Tenino As
cents, Aberdeen $3.50 and Hoquiam
$2.45, the fares to intermediate
points being in proportion.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
DODGE REFUSES MORE THAN $1,000 FOR EXPERT
Chamber of Commerce Sought Offering to Advance Balance
but Commissioner Stands Pat'-Apreement to Emplov
Cheaper Man Is Announced

Rejecting proposals by which the county paid
toward the employment Of agricutus and the
balance would have been made by the Chamber
Ives Dodge stood this declaration
the county should spend than 81 this
and that agreement was made
with DR. Ira D. Cardiff director of the Pullman experiment station
after a conference Monday morning
No formal action taken by the commissioners last Monday
had been expected and the reported
character 1t has prompted that
the agent O. Van Houten who has
than 800 year salary would another
after his contract here the last of the probably
Pierce county, and that younger college
lacking practical training would be assigned local
Pierce county job will OO with allowance of 200
for expenses.
Only $500 Difference
The that the
Chamber of Commerce contribute the additional $0 discussed
in the Chamber of Commerce Monday
ing which Dr. Cardiff Commissioners Dodge and lejohn
retay H. L. Whiting c. Aspinwa and H. Snow participated
Commissioner Dodge however, stated agree
appropriation of than 200 by the county, the proposal
fell through
At the close of the conference Director Cardiff advised the
mssoners that he would endeavOr obtain for them who
would the smaller salary and the formal action of the
missoners postponed until this is done.
Opposition the employment of cheaper however,
to be becoming who have advo
Gated the employment of agrcuurst this county, the
ground that the county spend all for such
the should be large enough employ the best
obnabe Whether farmers will formally present their views
the is not known but is argued by some that
those farmers who county agent prefer at all If COM
experienced available they should make their
views known before new contract is signed
Would Make Best Of It.
Others however while dkng the employment
position that the should continue
possible the work naugurated this and who
employment of 81 200
would than ALL These divergent views together with
formal action by the leave the question
whether Thuson county is to have farm expert next year
unsettled
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
MYSTERIOUS FIRES IN
TWO EASTERN PLANTS
Damage May Reach $4,000, ,OOO--
Mills Engaged In supply
ing Allies.

Mysterious fires this week in two
big Eastern plants manufacturing
supplies for the Allies caused dam
ages which may reach $5,000,O00
and have aroused the suspicion that
they were produced by emissaries of
the enemies of the Allies.
The first occurred Wednesday at the
plant of the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany at South Bethlehem. Pa, when
it's No. 4 machine shop, 500 guns and
large quantities of other war materi-
ais were destroyed Unofficial esti-
mates placed the loss at from ST.
O0O,O to $4,00O.O00. The company
issued a statement that the fire was
due to crossed electric light wire
circuit, which ignited oil in the boring
mill. About 500 men were at work
in the shop at the time.
The second fire occurred early
Thursday morning in the rope mill OF
the John A. Roebling's Sons company
at Trenton, N. j., and spread rapidly
to the old rope mill. The two rope
mills occupied a space of two city
squares and the loss was estimated at
we'll above s1,OO0,0o0. The company
was engaged in the manufacture OF
large orders for chains and barbed
wire for the Allies, and the plant was
running night and day. The cause
of the fire was announced as unde-
termined.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
LOCAL CANNERY TO DOUBLE ITS CAPACITY
Plans 1916 Pack of 10000 Cases. Worth
for $50 More Acres of Raspberes and LoganberresOut
put This Year, at First Reduced, Reaches Normal.

With the construction of additional building 60 by 24O
alongside the plant to be undertaken this
which will give the firm additional packing and warehouse
will double its capacity the National Canning company through
Manager Mark Ewad announced this week expects
its pack year. until will approximately 10000
of an aggregate value of $3OOOOO
The Panama canal has opened the markets.
closed outlet to the local and has shipped
its canned goods New York and opening
market has had such favorable effect the
fact that though announced the of the
that its 1915 pack would than 10000 1000
reduction of under the previous year, output
matter of fact will normal Manager Ewd said this week.
or 10000 cases of an approximate value of $150000
TO Contract for More Berries.
Doubling the capacity of it's plant M the cannery plans
contract with farmers in this vicinity and the islands the
vicinity of Allyn who this supplied large
quantities of berries fruits and vegetables local
least 100 of Cuhbert rapbe doubling
the canny has under this section
loganbey raising this territory Manager Ewad
the entire pack" of these berries this recently sold
New York firm, which sought to get
During the present the cannry developed large
business with the anchers the North Bay islands, five boats
having made daily various points in that district this
The annery engaged packing huckleberres and
appes and most Of the berries coming from these islands, while
looks these ranches supply much of the additional fruit
terry and vegetable crops it will need next year.
Better Business Conditions Responsible.
The 1915 pack third normal
planned the of the NORMAL due improved
conditions in the East Manager Ewad also the
plans under for doubling the plants capacity which ind
cannery expects 1916 bring the largest business
has had.
The canney established this city four each
in its until its pack
year will be about five times its first years output.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
FEAR AMERICANS LOST.
ON TORPEOOEO STEAMER
Reports Still Indefinite Concerning
Sinking of Italian Liner by
Submarine.

Twenty-seven Americans are be-
leved to have been lost when the
Italian steamer "Ancona" was tor
pedoed by an Austrian submarine in
the Mediterranean sea, according to
cable to the state department
Thursday from Ambassador Page at
Rome. 1t is feared that 110 passen-
gers lost their lives.
Ambassador Page and American
consuls throughout Italy were in
structed by Secretary Lansing to cable
Immediately all information they
could gather concerning the torpedo
ing of the liner. Press dispatches
caused concern in official quarters.
but there was no real tension, be-
cause news dispatches which referred
to the shelling of the Ancona by the
Austrian submarine led to the belief
generally among officials that the
Italian vessel had ignored warnings
and was attempting to escape. This.
in the view of this government, would
Justify a submarine commander in
the use OF force.
Should it develop that no warning
was given, note demanding disa-
vOwal, reparation and assurances
that the incident would not be repeat
ed would be sent to Austria. Such
however, has caused officials to re-
gard it as practically certain that the
liner was attempting to escape when
she was sent to the bottom.
A later news dispatch from Rome
says that the Ancona was sunk with
out an opportunity for her passengers
to escape, though she stopped when
warned.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
new RULES FOR SALMON
FISHING NOW IN EFFECT
"ClOsed Season" Until April Is Ex-
cept for Hook and Line, to
Aid Spawning.

For the first time in it's history the
greater portion of Puget Sound and
the streams flowing into it are closed
to salmon fishing. save with hook and
line, for period longer than SO
hours. The closed season, which
started at midnight Wednesday, in
cludes all waters north Of Vashon
island except Hood canal and the
greater portion of the waters of Puget
Sound lying within the boundaries Of
Thurston and Mason counties and
will last until April Is.
Hood canal will be closed from No
vember 20 to January /. The whole
of Puget Sound is closed from March
l to April 15.
Under the old law there was a
weekly closed season of SO hours
every week throughout the year. The
new fisheries code provides for a
weekly closed season during July and
August only and substitutes the above
periods for the remainder of the
year.
Total prohibition of fishing for a
certain period, 1t is thought, will give
larger number of the salmon a
chance to reach their natural spawn
ing grounds or those points on the
streams where hatcheries are located,
enabling the fisheries department to
get enough to operate its hatcheries.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
First Initiatiye Bill Filed.

Through Frank Pierce of Harper,
Wash, the first initiative bill to be
voted upon at the general election
next year was filed with the secretary
of state this week. 1t demands that
the next legislature pass a law abol-
ishing the present legislative system
and substitute for it one body COM
posed of 81 representatives, one
elected from each of II districts and
Is elected at large.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12
CIVIC INSTITUTE WILL
Be HELD HERE MONDAY
Residents of City and County Urged
to Attend Series of Meetings
at Public Library.

Plans for a Civic Institute which
the residents of the county as well
as those OF Olympia are urged to at
tend, to be held at the Carnegie
library next Monday, were announced
this week, and residents of the va
rious towns and districts of the
county, together with the members
of the Parent-Teacher circles in the
different county schools, are being
invited by the committee and Mrs.
Charles Hord, president of the Thurs
ton County Parent-Teachers' associa-
ton, to attend.
Mrs. J. Cowan Wilson of the state
federation of Woman's clubs, who is
touring the state in behalf of civic
betterment, will be in charge of the
institute and sessions will be held
morning, afternoon and evening.
Various speakers are being arranged
for to address the gatherings on sub
jects allied with the civic betterment
movement, preparations Tor tne III
stitute being in charge Of commit
tee consisting of Mrs. j. w. NOVEL;
of the Woman's club, City Superin-
tendent C. f. Beach and Secretary H.
l.. Whiting of the Chamber of Com
merce.
Among the subjects to be discussed
are: Household Management" !"
Recreation" practical Needs of
Towns" "Standardization of Towns"
Social Centers," Streets and
Roads," County Fairs" Civic I'M
provement and Taxation" County
and City Library" Commercial Or
ganizations in Their Relations to
Communities" Community Centers," &"
County Nurse"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-11-12

Contractor L. H. Goerig has fin
ished his work upon the new Lacey
NisQually section of the Pacific high
way, which follows the recently
abandoned Northern Pacific grade
and eliminates the dangerous Mis-
qually hill, and this new route will
be ready for use as soon as the state
highway department completes it's
with crushed rock from the
state quarries, this work now being
under way. Goerig's contract called
for about 100000, covering ~ miles
OF new construction. The state ex-
poets to open the road for traffic be-
fore the end of this month.