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The Raymer enterprise., 1915-04-15

which assume a multitude OF fantastic Shapes.
Each turn N the canyon brings new CHARMS. an"
still the decorated walls, the rushlhg river .ha'
hurs itself in sinuous curves over the stony peo
until at last pass out OF the canyon uiree'y
into the delightful resort OF Glen@ood springs,
The ride to Rife Is most refreshing; In place OF
the ruggedness OF the awesome canyon we nave
a broad fertile valley, framed by gently rising,
bright red mountains. Here the Pixies Peak
Ocean TO Ocean highway leaves the railroad and
turns north, through country OF quiet, pleasing
but varied beauty. to Meeker an inland town In
the broad. fertile valley of White river After
leaving the rich, irrigated land much OF the couh'
try is not particularly interesting. and between
Rangely and the Utah line is the only section OF
desert, 25 miles. traversed by this highway. AS
soon as We cross over into Utah We reach a
graded road through fiat tableland skirted with
rolling, rocky hills. Jensen on the Green river
is surrounded by fertile. well-cultivated valley,
and IL Is most refreshing to come into this pros.
porous agricultural country which continues as
we go westward through the Uintah basin. To
the weary traveller, Vernal is an oasis in des.
ert: some day a railroad will run through this
country. and when 1t does this will be one OF the
richest and most desirable sections In tife West
We pass through Fort Duchesne. an abandoned
military fort, then on to Roosevelt and Myton,
Doth new modern, progressive towns. All the
way from the Utah line to Duchesne we have
good. travelled roads: here there are two auto
roads to the railroad: one to Cotton. 81 miles. and
the other to heber. so miles The road to Provo
Is through Provo canyon. one OF the most beauti.
ful scenic canyons In the mountains Provo is a
modern city. pcturesquely located between the
mountains and Utah lake. and Is an attractive
place to visit splended graded road, running
sufieiently high above the great Utah valley to
give pleasing view of mountain and plain and
helds OF billowing grain. completes the run into
Salt Lake City"
Other things being equal the transeontinen,a,
tourist will naturally seek the route OF ereatesr
scenic interest
Because II does traverse the heart OF the
scenic country Of Colorado and Utah. the pixies
Peak Ocean to Ocean highway. therefore, holds
the key to the transcontinental situation. II IA
the natural and logical way-and its further de-
veopment is assured by the states, cities coun.
ties and communities through which II passes.
Merely drawing line on map and giving it
name does not make a transcontnental high.
way, and the important fact about the Pixies Peak
Ocean to Ocean highway is that the state units
were already In high state OF development before
any EFFORT was made to attract travel or to fed.
crate Tor the development OF the highway
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LANDS FOR SPRING FLOWING
Diskins Plays Important Part in Break
ing Up stubble Into Small Pieces
Prevents Evaporation.

tBy JAMES D. MARSHALL. Colorado
Experiment station)
In the management OF land for
spring blowing. disking plays most
important part. When land has stub.
Bile on it, disking breaks up the stub
BILE into small pieces SO that when 1t
is plowed under a more uniform dis
tribution OF the organic matter is
assured and the danger of retarding
the upward movement OF water Is
greatly reduced Furthermore, the
stubble or organic matter will decom.
pose much more rapidly.
When manure has been applied to
the soil In the nature OF a surface
dressing. disking will incorporate 1t
much more evenly in the soil and re-
duce the harmful effects OF excessive
fermentation which is closely associ-
ated with Incorporation in the form Of
layers as is the common occurrence
when the manure is simply plowed
ahuci. DishlHB dioo pfeNcHlo VIZ iub
out of the soil as the capillary water
will have free access to the surface
layer.
Soil that is dry. II disked before
plowing. will make a much better
seed bed, as clods will be less liable
to form and the seeded will be more
mellow. more compact and the sur
face would be less subject to excessive
evaporation.
When spring blowing is delayed.
disking the soil in the early spring
prevents excessive evaporation as the
operation mulches the soil. Should
rain come during the early spring
time, the disked soil will be in good
condition to absorb the moisture
Root crops that are to be planted
on spring plowed land will do much
better II the land has been disked
previous to blowing as a more friable
condition of the seeded is obtained.
the moisture content may be greater.
and a greater amount Of available
food material may be present.
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CULTIVATION OF THE T0Ps0IL
Numerous Investigations Demonstrate
That Evaporation Of Water Has
Been Diminished.

That the stirring or cultivation OF
the topsoil really does diminish evapo
ration Of water from the soil has been
shown by numerous investigations In
1868 Nessler found that during six
weeks of an ordinary German summer
a stirred soil lost $40 grams Of water
per square foot. while the adjoining
compacted soil lost 1850 grams-a
saving due to cultivation Of nearly SO
per cent Wagner, testing the correct.
ness OF Nessler's work, found. in 1874,
that cultivation reduced the evapora-
ton a little more than 60 per cent;
Johnson, In 1878. confirmed the truth
of the principle on American soils. and
Levi stockbridge, working about the
same time, also on American soils.
found that cultivation diminished
evaporation on a clay soil about % per
cent. and on heavy loan nearly l3
per cent.
All the early work done on this sub
Iect was done under humid conditions,
and 1t is only in recent years that con-
firmation of this important principle
has been obtained for the soils OF the
dry farm region.
Fortier, working under California
conditions, determined that cultivation
reduced the evaporation from the soil
surface over SIS per cent.
At the Utah station similar expert.
ments have shown that the saving Of
soil moisture by cultivation was So per
cent for clay soil. "a per cent for a
coarse sand and 13 per cent for clay
loam.
Further, practical experience has
demonstrated time and time again that
in cultivation the dry farmer has a
powerful means OF preventing evapo-
-ation from agricultural soils
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-04-15


Thousands who have been IN the
T~0) habit OF spending their vacations
Iii E>LlD 1I winter or summer, abroad are
IsII scanning the map OF the United
Ill I'M II States with renewed interest ana
| t.. u...)I are discovering that natural at.
- fractions scenic wonders and
good roads which they had hardly thoush' ~ 'N
istenee are 10 be found without the necessity ot
making an ocean voyage
With the great impetus which the automoolie
has within recent years given to touring ana Win
the rapid development OF better roads, the motor
ist has beep travelling the highways and by-
WAYS In search OF scenes that are new ana roaus
that are good This year, 1915. VIII see great
stream Of travel from east to west ana west 10
east-attraeted by the two California exposltiohs
and by the noselty Of a transcontinental tour by
motor.
Definite routes have been established, and the
automobile owner now has almost as great
choice of routes as has the traveller by train.
truly remarkable work has been done within the
last few years in developing highways and link
ing them together into interstate and national
roads. They are named apd marked, mapped
and pictured until 1t Is the exception for the mo
torist to find himself on nameless route
The latest OF the transcontinental highways
is the Pixies Peak Ocean TO Ocean highway. This
road Is being developed by an association re-
sulting from the federation of several strong
state units.
The Pixies Peak Ocean TO Ocean highway has
a distinctive organization from Terre Haute, Ind,
to Salt Lake City. Utah, with splendid connections
at both these termini. AT Terre Haute II Joins
with the National Old Trails road, which carries
II through Indianapolis Columbus. Wheeling.
Cumberland 10 the national capital, Washington,
and thence to New York city From Springfield,
ILL.,. II also has a good connection through To-
ledo Cleveland, Erie. Buffalo. Rochester, Albany
and down the Hudson to New York city
From Terre Haute, il continues westward
through Springfield ILL.,, crossing the Mississippi
river at Hannibal. Mo. thence in direct line
over the Hannibal.St. Joseph Cross State high
way through Missouri to St. Joseph. Here 1t
Joins the Rock Island highway through northern
Kansas through Belleville. Norton and Colby, TO
connect at the Colorado line with the Pixies Peak
route through Lmon to Colorado Springs. Here
1t enters the mountains through Ute pass. and
after crossing the South park. begins the ascent
Of the continental divide which is achieved. Just
beyond Leadville on a per cent grade over an
improved road. The top of Tennessee pass. l0.41O
feet above sea level is the highest point the
road between the two oceans, and low begins
the descent to the Pacific side. The thrilling
ride over Battle mountain is followed by the
peaceful Eagle River valley, which leads into the
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tain one forsets his
scare in the fascination
OF the panorama which
unrolls before him. Now
We proceed along the
top of the canyon rim
past a mining camp
and again we are thrilled
as We look into the
yawning depths below
the ride along the shelf
of this gorge for miles
is thrilling - fascinating
beyond the power OF
words. Then We descend
into the Eagle River
valley and pass from al
most appalling grandeur
into a peaceful. fertile
valley. A run Of 40
miles brings US to the
entrance to Glenwooc
canyon. through which
runs the Grand river.
No word artist can de-
scribe this trip as the
automobile winds over
the narrow road around
the base d towering
,ainted cliffs and peaks
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bility party Every mile OF the way is interesting:
most of 1t is pleasant. and some of II is both charm
ing and thrilling. No one can truthfully say that
he has the grandeur and beauty OF the Rocky
mountains unless he has made this trip. We enter
the mountains at Manitou. through historic Ute pass
The canyon broadens. and then the road winds over
pinecovered hills The bright colors OF the rock
change 10 gray. and rugged formations TO compara-
lively smooth hills great rock, basin. miles across
lies before u.s. catch glimpses OF snowcapped
mountains so miles away We climb through PIC
turesque weeded hills and we reach the top OF
small pass get our first view of South park-a great
tableland 20 miles lonA and 40 wide Beyond. a
winding road leads to Buena Vista and as We follow
up the Arkansas river. we pass over the Eye brow
road II is not long until we catch glimpses of twin
lakes-great crystal gems that nestle about the
feel Of towering mountains. boulevard leads 10
I.eadville. world-famed mining camp, and the high
est city OF its size In the world II is only nine miles
to the Continental diyide-Tennessee pass. two
miles above sea level The road is smooth as
boulevard and the upgrade is only per cent After
leaving the Continental divide the road runs over
an abandoned railroad grade around and through
a valley OF indescribe charm; We pass into rugged
canyon to the town Of Red Clin and begin the as
cent of Battle mountain Half way up the noun
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W HZER4S

HE European war has focused at
tention more strongly than ever
before upon the idea embodied IN
the phrase, See America FIRST
Thousands who have been in the
habit OF spending their vacations
winter or summer, abroad are
scanning the map of the United
States with renewed interest ana
are discovering that natural at.
fractions, scenic wonders and
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Dry Farm Eruits.

The government Is undertaking to
help the farmers on the great dry
plains OF the West In their efforts to
grow fruit investigations so far have
shown very encouraging possibilities
for apples. cherries. peaches and most
small fruits on land that is not irri.
gated.
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Good Crops to Tie To.

Rye and durum wheat seem to be
having their innings in the markets
and have reached record prices. They
are each Of them also pretty good
crops to tie to year In and year out
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unperturbed.

That poem of yours about spring
had some hard lines TO scan The
feet were difficult to manage"
We'll, in spring you must expect TO
have hard lines and take extra care
about your feet"
The Raymer enterprise., 1915-04-15

After a man gets TO be about so
old the insurance solicitors give him
a rest.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

Hiram Burton was in Providence Saturday,
 Frank Gartland tas been visitor here with nis parents. Mr. and Mrs.
 Mss Anaa 6ilas Halls patient et the stats tuherculesis hospital, Norwich, aE reported sH comfortable,
 Harold Barber haB Aeen spending q few days with his parents Rev. and Mrs. .. IL Barber.
 To Open Putnam 5ps;nsss.
 S. ?. Horton expects to open hts new place eI business in Putnam about
 Frank A. Merritt Of Nashua, x. fl, was week end visitor with friends in
 John Heneault of New London has been q recent visitor with friends 4n D&nieison.
 Trust company.
 Mss Ruth Tiske was leader of the Epwerth league meeting at the Meth odist church Sunday evening.
 Fish Through f4-Inoh Ice.
 Ice that is 15 inches in thickness is reported on some of the small ponds where local fishermen have cut holes to set tiltg
 Only about E per cent of the auto mobiles !u use in Danielson Saturday were equipped with the new rsgistra- ton numbers.
 This ts to be & week of installations for numerous fraterual organizations in Danielson.
 Judge 0. F. Atwood will represent the town of Brooklyn in the legislative session of 1915. opening at Hartford this week.
 More Houses Planned.
 It Is understood that parties are planning to build more dwellings ct Industrial place this spring.
 Graded schools throughout the town reopen today (Monday) after the holi-
 Telephone company employees here rave received am 7ounceme of a special arrangement under which hey will be privileged to buy 4. T. and T. stock.
 Christmas Club Idea Popular.
 The Christmas club idea of saying certain sums each week throughout thu year with which to do holiday trading naS made lig hit in Ia ielSon. The rew dub started Fer next year will have double the member. hip of the -Lo that received checks Dec. 15 Tn to al payments this year will amour to thousands of dollars, released two weeks before Christmas.
 New Fare Rule of Interest.
 That new rule of the New HaveI road requiring the payment of an eX- tra ten cents, instead of five cents as heretofore, when cash fares are re- raived by conductors tn trains is 'Cecial i terest in Danielson, whe, many men, in a hurry 10 get to Put am. buy no tickets but bother the conductors to punch up slips for casl fares. Coming back, they forret tt buy then--same troubles for the con. luctor only more so. The slips arc | redeemafole, as before at ten cent: each.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04

pIosive being used by Pierre Myers, agent for one of the biggest dynamite manufacturing concerns in the coun- try. He has been located in this sec tion for some time
 Miss Munger of New Haven, boarder staying at the Mathewson place, was the discoVerer of the fire She was awakened just before o'clock by the smoke that poured into her room and found tongues of flames tapping the woodwork about the chin- ney Her alarm aroused the house hold and all the occupants, including about a dozen boarderS, escaped Tn safety and took refuge in the green houses. which were heated, and stu dio. One baby is said to have been carried out wrapped in a blanket.
 The flames spread so rapidly that here was little hope at any time Of saving the house. Pomfret has no fire department equipped to fight stup- born fire, but citizens who gathered worked heroicaIly to save as much as they could. All the blooded cattle was taken out.
 Appeals for help were sent out in all directions, a number Of persons who heard about the fire going up from this city.
 To get additional water for use in fighting the fire holes were chopped through the ice on a nearby pond.
 It became known that persons i'll the Nathewson household snelled smoke during the night. but paid little atten- ton to this owing to the fact that there had been a chimney fire at the house Saturday night, which had been extinguished. it was thought. leaving the smell. The Sunday morning ire broke out on the upper floor of the two and a half frame structure and had been able to gain much headway because none of those who had smened the smoke realized that a disa strous fire was about to sweep away the fine old buildings where many summer boarders have had great pleasure In staying.
 The value of the place before the fre-buildings and eduioment-is esti- mated in excess of $15,OoG. The cattle stable saved Is 8 large structure, The prouerty was covered Tov S1o.o00 insur- ar,ce. 1t vvas reverted Sunday.
 The thorou9hored cattle ct the NFathewson place supply the milk and ~rAarn used at the Pou1fret boys school
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
PooTRRIpeE cAueEe suIT,
'0msfferd Weman'e Alleged Injuries
 Thar~ May cest the City s4sooc.

AA che last ctty meeting. when the nppropria&ions for the year were voted eAs plans ck the board of aldermen co put new psaEkinS on the 1cotbridge cvwr the w1ilinaartdc river from Main e<reet tc PleaSant street were cu1ta3l- cd by cutting down the amount de- voted tc that project. It has been seated since that those pians contern- plated the more secure fastening of sha pianktng to the timbers of the bridge. or some method of dcang away with the Ioosencss noticed by a1l who ESs the bridgn,
 Attention was called to this fact ka<u<day. when legal papers were served upon both the town and city Ilerk ln a suit brought by Mrs. liar xsete Oliver of Guiiford for injuries claimed to have been received on the evening of Jan. 2. 1914, from 8 fall sustained on the footbridge. She asks q, 800 damages, and her husband Is suing for s1,500 for loss of services. The case is returnable to the superior court for the county of New Haven Sn she first Tuesday in February.
 The footbridge Is under the sole control of the city. and it fig likely that .the city will be the only defendant In the action. if the case comes to tSial Tn the meantime, some of those who opposed the appropriation may come to see that a more substantial structure might have it's advantages,
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
2S SUDDEN DEATHS.
County's Record for the Closing Guar
 ter oF 1914.

The following is a list of the sud- den deaths in the county during the last quarter of 1914, as shown by the records of Coroner Arthur G. Bill:
 Oct. 2-Patrick Hannival, KiIlingly, found dead. natural causes. . Oct. 4-George II. Potter, 5o Ster- ling, heart disease.
 Oct 5-Henry Dubois, 2S, Putnam, neck broken by a fall in saloon.
 Oct. 17-TarciIIe Tea treault, S2, At tawaugan. found dead, heart failure:
 Nov. 4-Charles w. Low, s4, Brock lyn. natural causes.
 Nov. Mrs. Marel schrieter, 61. Thompson, suicidal drowning.
 Nov. 6-AIichael Laterzo, 46, Chelsea Mass, killed by 6. fall from the roof
 Nov. 14---Adelard Benoit. 83, Putnam. found dead. alcoholic poisoning.
 Nov. 16-IEugene o. Barsalow, 3 months, Putnam, hamilton.
 Nov. 20-Daniel J. Sullivan, 49, W5ndhaIn' found dead. heart failure
 Nov. 20--Christian Walker, Sa, Can teTbury, suicide by shooting bullet Into
 Nov. s4wJohn Haran, A, w!lllmaa- tic, dropped dead on the street,
 Nov, g9--W1lIaIn Thomas Howard, 5sr fQunde dead ln a room ip R Will
 Nov. sf|H aergels Sullivan, ss, pan- ieleon, chronic intestinal nephrit!S,
 Dea, 5-Warren Day Blake. ss, Brooklyn, seniia paralysis,
 Deor Michael Connor, 5s, WirI- mantio, heart failure,
 Dec. 16- James Biake, Ei, Putnam, pneumonia,
 Dec, IS - Mildred Matthewson, Thompson, found dead, natural causes.
 Dec. 1B--Ieseph Vicchiao, a5, killed at Clark's Corners when struck by Q train,
 Dee. a6-Jane Brown Bennett, gs, Gastford, death due to natural causes,
 Dec fs--Leen 4feDanieis, Is days, Afhferda dsatA dug ie natural aauses,
 Dee. ae-AFWapd Dumas, aged } wesks, Putnam; hamilton.
 Even Owl Admired Waite Way,
 The hundreds af tights that made un lile special holiday street illusninati0n ip the business section af. panisisen played for ths last time with the week end, making g Fsai white way e.nd an extremely plstAFsssus sssNa, feP tae snowfall Of ths afternoon and eVeniRa gave g. FeAl fsHeil ef winter,
 Hha lights attracted many visitors this season, but no mere unusual one than 8 great owl thse appeared one evening last week and peToAed himself ga & WiFe that carries string of the special iishts along the front of the Hyde hpiidins. MF. owl gazea with al tia Es=assA<aa Rlgassa A4 kis VpAS5S% S~<
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
ST. MARVs CHURCH REPORT.
Parish Income fer fs1& Was so5.ssn- Many Improvements and SeJoco Paid on Deh&.

At St. Mary's church Sunday Rev. Charles F. Bedard, the pastor read his annual report. This contained much information and many details very pieaSip to the congregation which has liberafly oo-operatsd with the realous pastor in all his work of the past year.
 The report showed the income to be ssS,Ss0.S7, The amount paid on the mortgage was s5.000, Another heavy item oK expense wRH ss.o00 paid for new peWs with which t1Ie fine church was equipped late last fall, For desks olackroards and repairs at St. Mary s parochia1 school Father Bedard re- ported an expense of sa,50G.
 Statistics contained in tha report showed that there were 1s6 baptisms, 46 marriages and Sa funerals in the paYish during tins year.
 Whsa Father Sede<d took charge of Et Mary's parish & few years ago the in6ebtsdiless was s96,0oo. AfteP going to unusually hsaV-- expense in entirely reTnodeiine' Fotre Dame academy for use as q paTcchfal school. aoouirinE
 CIV 6em etery ProPerty, making i'm movements and eth0r chances tihat cost a number of thousands ofd oiiars. ha has been able tp reduce the dsbt so F sag SnrSSats ta e1iS aa9hA> ths
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
Yrs Ledic Rocheleau,
Brief Mention.

Mrs. R. D. Johnson spent Saturday in Norwich.
 ;. T. Berard was a Providence vis- itoT over Sunday.
 Mrs. Mabel Reynolds is in New York for a month,
 II. c. Hoxie of Stafford spent Sat urday with friends in this city.
 Mrs. J. B. Fullerton and children returned a pleasant visit in Putnam Saturday.
 MT. and Mrs. w. F, Kirkpatrick and son have returned from 8 visit with Mrs. Kirllpatrick's parents, in Nor Wich.
 Mrs. Charles Thayer and sons, of DanieIsou. who spent the past week with J. D Chaffee of this city, re- turned home Saturday.
 Misses Ann Britton and Susan Cos grove, who spent the past two weeks with relatives in this city, returned
Norwich bulletin., 1915-01-04
suppIy For old My,tIo chu,sb.

The Methodist church at Old AEyH-l tio has engaged Rev, Bendinet Geeley Of Mystic. who has been oooupyinE the pulpit for a number of Sundays, to supply the pulpit until April 1, 1915,
 Master Howard Clyde of Old SfyatEc gave & party Saturday evening for a large number Of young friends at the home of his parents, Mir, and Mrs, Frank Clyde. The evening was given to vocal ard i1strun1entai music and games. Refreshments were served,
 Hrs, Louise Harris has returned to New Haven after spending the hOl!a days at the Harris homestead,
 The young people have been eaioy- ing the skating on the pond at Bur- nets Corner,
 Char'es H. Lamphere Of Bu~~ 4tes Corner Is confined to his homo by tiI. ress. His sister Mrs. Laura Picker ing is caring for him.
 Miss Adeline E, Dean has return ed to New York after spending the holidays with her sister, Mra, Mary H. Dean,
 Everett Johnson has returned to Middfetown after a holiday visit to his mother. Mrs. T, Henry Johnson.
 The Mystic Wooien company shut down last Thursday for two weeks; while a new boiler Is being installed,
 Mfr. and Mys. Edgar Eggiestone of Konkers, N, S.. ara guests of MT, and Mrs. Albert 4, Haley,
 F. Alonxo Chapman spent the hoii. day week with his son-in-law and daughter. Mir and Mrs, Edmund PeIs ly, of Waltham, Mass,