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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
KNOW THY COUNTRY
I-IntrOductOry

bar OF iron and bent It into
a reaper and with one sweep OK
his magic mind broke the sbackles
that enslaved labor of generations yet
unborn, and gave mankind freedom
from drudgery, and lifted the human
race into higher zone Of life.
As Nelson organized the English navy
and made England mistress Of the sea,
enabling the British Isles to plant her
flag upon every continent washed by
the oceans waves, and to make foot
stools of the Islands Of every water.
Morgan organized banking system
that has made America master OF the
worlds finances, brought Kings to our
cashiers windows, the nations OF the
earth TO our discount desks and placed
under the industries of this nation a
financial system as solid as the Rock
Of Gibraltar.
There is no study quite so interest
| ing as progress; no sound 80 magic
as the roar OF industry and no sight
30 inspiring as civilization In action.
A full realization Of Americas part IN
the great events Of the world past,
present and future will thrill every
human heart with pride. patriotism
and faith in Republican institutions
Through the courtesy Of the Agri'
cultural and Commercial Press Ser
vice, the readers Of this paper VIII be
permitted to study America; her ag
ricultural, manufacturing and min
eral development, mercantile, bank
Ing and transportation systems which
are the wonder Of the world. The
first article Of the series will deal
with transportation and will appeal
at an early date.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

"Know America" is q slogan that
should ring out from every school
room, office, farm and shop In this ma
tion. No man can aspire to higher
honor than to become a capable citi-
zen. and no one can merit so dis
tinguished title until he Is well In
formed Of the resources, possibilities
and achievements of our country.
This is a commercial age and civ
ilization is bearing Its most golden
fruit In America. We are noted for
our Industrial achievements as Egypt
was noted for her pyramids; Jerusa-
lem for her religion; Greece for her
art; Phoenicia for her fleets; Chaldea
for her astronomy and Rome for her
laws. Likewise we have men who will
20 down in the worlds history as pow
erful products Of their age. For, stand
Ing at the source of every gigantic
movement that sways civilization Is a
great man. The greatest minds travel
In the greatest direction and the CON-
mercial geniuses OF this age would
have been the sculptors. poets. phil
osophers. architects, and artists OF
earlier civilizations.
As Michael Angelo took rock and
with chisel hewed II into the image
Of an angel that ever beckons man
kind upward and onward, Hill took
the desert Of the Northwest and with
bands Of steel made II blossom like
rose, dotted the valleys with happy
homes and built cities in waste places
As Gutenberg took blocks Of wood
and whitfield them into an alphabet
and made q printing press thai
flashed education across the con
tInent like q ray Of light upor
q new born world, Mccormick tool
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

In discussing the commercial
achievements OF this great ago. we
shall approach the subject as the
historian chronicling events. This Sc
ries will endeavor to record In writ
ing tho supremacy OF American men
and industries In the worlds Affairs
and perptuats an appreciation OF our
marvellous Industrial achievements by
presenting simple facts. figures and
comparisons that are overpowering In
their convictions.
America holds her proud place
among the nations Of the earth today
on account OF her supremacy in trans
portation facilities. The mighty minds
Of the age are engaged in the prob
lens OF transportation. and the great
est men In tho history OF the worlds
commerce are at the head OF the
transportation systems OF the United
States.
In the discussion OF transportation.
let US consider separately our Rail
ways, Telegraph and Telephones. Ex'
press. Public Highways. Steamships
Street Railways. Interurban and other
forms OF transportation. and this ar
ticle will deal with railways.
The United States has the largest
mileage. the best service. the cheap
est rates. pays labor the highest
wages. and we have the most efiicient'
iy managed Of the railways of the
world. They stand as . monument to
the native genius OF our marvellous
builders. and most OF the railroads In
foreign countries have been built
under American orders.
The railroads represent larger IN
vestment OF capital than any other
branch OF human activity. The mile
age In the United States exceeds
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27
German. Destroyed 1926 Merchantmen.

Germans Destroyed 1875 Merchantmen
Amsterdam. Holiand.-The Mittag
zeitung. of Berlin, has published list
OF merchantmen said 10 have been de-
stroyed by the German navy since the
beginning OF the war. According Ia
IT, German vessels have sunk III
steamships, with a total tonnage ol
400 900; four auxiliary cruisers, with
q total tonnage OF s2,5oo; one sailing
vessel. one schooner. eight mine
sweepers and one troop transport.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

When less of innocent life is involved
it becomes difficult for the average citizen
to consider the destruction of ship on q
basis of sheer techncality
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

Even a more astute Secretary of State
than Mr.. Bryan would have found the pres
ent world situation somewhat puzzling.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

The report that England proposes to
abolish whisky by taxing it is now being told
as the latest joke in every mountain cabin
in Kentucky.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1915-05-27

Japan has picked not only the psyche
logical moment but also the psychological
country for the realization Of her designs.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
OLD sAYBRook.

Plans have been started by Hon. Morgan G. Bulkeley to have Fenwick Hall at Fenwick entirely remodeled and to be occupied entirely as a club to be known as the Riversea club. This will mean the passing of Fen wick Hall as a hotel. The club mem bership will come from the colony at Fenwick and the Lake Placid club in the Adirondacks. -.T
 Over $40.000 will be spent in inn provements at the old hotel. which is owned at present by Senator Bulkeley The entire property, which could not be replaced for $150, 0,o00, will be given to the new club if run by the Lake Placid club with standards as high as those used in the management of the club in the mountains.
 The stipulation is that there shall be 40 founders. to have control of the property, each to contribute $1,000 This will bring in the $4o,00 nec- essary to make the renovations. Sem ator Bulkeley has volunteered to be personally responsible for the first $20,000 in 20 memberships, and has agreed to deed the property with property restrictions against. use for any other than club purposes, and to deposit $20,000 as; soon as 20r other founders at $1,000 each are secured Melvil Dewey, president of the Fake Placid club5 is now at work getting 20 men who are willing to become founders in the new institution.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
SOUTH MANCHESTER.

Edward c. Elliott, Jr., has been awarded the. contract for a new house to be erected on Henlock street for John A. Bulla, 65 Hemlock street. It will be 30x33 feet and will contain two tenements of four rooms each.
 George T. Coleman has been award ed the contract for the erection of "a new residence on Belmont street for Mrs. Grace M. Tanner of East Hart ford. It will contain seven roms, pros vided with all modern conveniences.
 Henry H. c. Forbes is having plans figured for the erection of two four tenement houses which he will build at the corner of Walnut and Pine streets
 McRobbie & Norris. Holl street, have been awarded the, contract for a new house to be erected on Flower street for William Knofslxie, Trotter block. It will be of frame coustruc- tion and will be provided with fur mace heat. electric lights and modern plumbing.
 The two-family house being erect ed on Foster street for Alexander Hanna. is now ready to finish Ed ward c. Elliott, Jr, is the contractor, Ferris Bros., have the plumbing. w R. Palmer the electric work and John Clough the painting. II The new four-tenement house being erected on Knighton avenue for George C1ough, is now. being roofed in.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
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Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
MYSTIC.
New Dance Hall at Willow Point To
 Be Opened Next Week.


 Work is well along toward the com pletion of the new casino, which Si- las Maxson is building at Willow Point and next Tuesday evening October 19, has been decided upon for the formal opening of the splendid new dance hall. The new floor will be more than twice the size of the one that has been in use during the last several weeks.
 The entrance and ticket office are located on the south side of the west end of the building, the remainder of the west end being given over to a smoking and lounging room, acees- sible only from the reception room, which is splendidly furnished and fit ted with great fireplace. Reception room. mems smoking room and re- room and a ticket office occupy. the west end of the building. An hand some grin and rail partition, equipped with curtains that may be drawn when desirable, separate the reception room from the dance hall, all of which is equipped for the cold weather witt adequate heating facilities. The plat. form for the orchestra isson the nortf | side of the dance hall; but set off s6 as not to encroach on the floor space for dancing. On both the north ana south sides of the hall are seats fol | the spectators. x | The floor is planed and scra1ed anC | is of the best grade of riff sawed hart pine, laid in log cabin fashion so thai I the dancing is always with the grair of the wood. whether across the hal or up and down the length of it. l Opening off the east end of the hal l is an enclosed veranda, running tn, l entire length of the east front of tn building and built out over the water
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
REMODLINC BURNHAM PROPERTY
Plans Call for Two Story Addition and Steel Vault
 way Store Changes Progressing Improvements Bap- tist Church Nearing Completion Other Activities.

, Stetson and Young have been awarded the contract for the remod- cling of the Waterman H. Burnham property on Main street and for, the addition to be built onto the rear of the house. The property was recently purchased by the Shore Line Electric company and is to be changed over into an office building which they, will occupy The two story brick addition to be built on the rear will provide more office room and there will also be built a two story steel vault brick exterior, in which the company will records. The contractors started a Monday morning and they are making progress Architects Cudworth, Wood- worth and Thompson drew the plans for the changes.
 RemodeIing Broadway Store.
 Hadley Potter has a force of men at work on the remodeling of the store formerly occupied ~by A. l.. Potter & Company, coal dealers, on. Lower Broadway. The building is owned by Franklin H. Brown and the plans for the changes were prepared by Archi- tect C.. H. Preston The, old front has been removed and the frame for new plate glass windows has been built Wednesday a new cement. floor was laid at the entrance. All the parti- tfons in the store are to be rebuilt and new floor will be laid. When com pleted the store front will match the restaurant front next door. j
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
skRNYARp MANURE.
Should Be Spread While # -Ii Fresh -. For Best Results. co

The Michigan. station has published valuable circular upon the subject of losses and preservation fof barnyard manure. The station discourages- the practice of composing or decomposing the manure before applying it to the field. Instead fl. recommends that whenever possible manure should be absorbed by some good litter, hauled directly to the field and spread at once. either as top dressing or to be plowed under sometime in the future. This recommendation, however, does not aply to the spreading on steep hill- sides or land that Is; subject to food ing. t- q 41f'-
 That there is practically no less of valuable constituents during dry weather when this practice Is followed was demonstrated by an investigation ht the Dominion experimental farm Nitrogen IS practically the only plant food which escapes when there Is nc chance for teaching and it was showr that when manure Is dried rapidly ver5 little nitrogen Is lost This Is due C the fact that the bacteria which pro. duce free nitrogen or volatile lnitrogsl compounds. do not thrive without th' presence of moisture e
 The practice of hauling manure tl the field and throwing it into smal heaps Is not a good one. The condi
 tons are good for teaching and the ac
 ton of bacteria. and 1t produces ricl spots in the field where the next crol
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
ALsALFA'As AN ORCHARD COVER
 CROP

The Arizona statfon undertook to test the value of alfalfa sas an orchard cover crop from which several cut
 tings of hay are taken each year. Tests were made on several varieties of fruit trees. notably peaches. and ap- ples In the. experiment where alfalfa was seeded the first year the peach trees were set very disastrous results followed. Four years later 1t was found that "all trees in the alfalfa have been distinctly injured" At the end of 10 years only three Of the orig inal twelve trees were remaining, and these were distinctly Inferior to the adjoining trees which had received clean cultivation.' However a row set to, 12 peach trees and receiving clean cultivation for the first four years. after which, alfalfa was seeded and continued for six years followins compares very, favorably with the row receiving clean cultivation com tinuousiy from the beginning .sof the experiment. The following, conciu- stons are draWnt.s ..'-f- --s l1 e.
 '.The wood growth ofI,trees such as peaches, date palms, apples and orna- mentals Is seriously retarded by the presence of growing alfalfa, especially during the early life of the tree, :
 After the trees are in bearing ths wood growth is not so much retarded by alfalfa, but the production of fruii Is less than under clean culture ana the quality is not so good,y fa
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
BLACK POINT:

ing over 5000 feet of sea wall built at, Black Point to protect his and ad-
 jacerit property from the strong sea that has come in there during the past two years. C. Edward Condon has the contract for the work Dur ing the past year or so the embank- ments. on both sides of the Point have washed away considerable and event ually it will be necessary to build re- taining walls around there. On the east. side the dirt has washed away so far that the private road through the Payne land is entirely gone in places. It is' hoped that in the near future a road will be built along the whole east side. and opened to the public as this is the logical place for the road. f:
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
Can Rarn WaIls Up ren .Fset.

Q
 The walls for. the new car barn is erecting for the Shore Line Electric company at Thamesville. are now up to the window ledges. or about ten feet in height. The work is progressing and 1t Is expected will be well along to completion by the time cold weather sets i1.F The plans for the car. barn were drawn up by Cudworth, Wood worth & Thompson.
 Church Improvements Nearing Com pletion.
 At the Central Baptist church the renovation and improvements in the church auditorium are now nearing the completed stage. Contractor c. M Williams has installed new steel SUD- ports for the auditorium roof, and the interior has been vanished. The church is. to be lighted by the tndi- rect system which will throw ar evenly distributed light throughout the church --.....-.- ss..s..s
 3 Foundation. For New. Thsatre.
 5 Contractors are building the found. ation for the new, moving picture the. 9ter whichS is to be erected on sMer- chants avenue for Dr. Thompson The building Is to be .45x4s an will have a large gallery. . TaftviIIe Church Covered In.
 The Sacred Heart church on. Mer. chants avenue, Taftville, which ii being raised another story, is now GOV. cred in and the contractors are a work on the roof
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
FLOW UP WHITE eRuBs.
1915 Brood Due To Be Destructive In 1s1s-Land In Timothy, Small Grain, and Corn. .

The United States Department of Agriculture reports that. White Grubs wherever not controlled by cultural and rotation methods, have caused millions of dollars loss this year to corn and potato growers, throughout the United States. Reports show the damage to be even greater than in 1912 when; the estimated losssrdue to the ravages of white grubs was $12,- 000,00e. This year, however, the in- jury was not apparent until late in the season owing to the excessive rainfall during the sumner, and the pastures did not suffer as badly as in 1912 for the same reason. -.
 This particular species of the white grub which is so destructive in this section has threeryear life cycle. and, unless controlled, will do some damage in the season of 1917; and will again be highly destructive to corn, timothy, potatoes. and. strawberries in 1918. Special measures applicable against the destructive brood last fall and this spring were widely published by the entomologists -of the department in August. 1914, and reports indicate that where these measures were adopted little or no, loss from white grub was suffered. In view of the fact that the white grub will again be heavily de structive in this section in 1918, un- | less. controlled by natural or artificial means, the entomologists especially urge farmers in this region to begin | to apply these measures this fall. The. measures are of three kinds. l CD Killing the grubs. matched ir the ground by blowing and disking 1T
 the fall,
 -(2) Destroying the May beetle. l while in flight.
 (3) Rotations of crops which vii prevent the planting of. corn in 191'
 after a crop of timothy. small grain | or on weed-covered land.
 l This rotation is recommended be ! cause the May, beetles. in .1917 will la. | their egs in such land, and the result, | ing white sruhs unless controlled vii be particularly destructive to corn O. the other crops, thes roots of .whicl they will attack during the summer O
 1918. '':. : .
 Warning for 1918.
 These measures are based. on th life cycle of this particular brood o grubs, which happens to reach 1t I maximum destructivenesss every thre years, that is, 1912 1915, 1918, 1e21 Elsewhere the white grubs which ar most destructive have life cycles vary l The white grubs4 that did thel I heavy damage in 1915 in the sectio named matched from eggs laid by Mia
 beetles in the summer Of 1914. Thes grubs If not plowed out. will enter tn ground this fall and winter there. F the spring of 1916 the same grubg wi ! be more or less destructive up te tn | end of May or early in June. .Th grubs then make earthen cells in tn i ground and ina a fortnight change
 brown pupae. A month later th
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
sulLDrNc AND BUSINESS.
Substantial Increase in Permits In
 Cities of State.

Real estate sales by warranty deed last week in the towns of the state reported by The Comercial Record numbered 454, with mortgage loans or responding week. real estate sales numbered 394 and mortgage loans totaled $1,70S, ,668.
 The record in Connecticut last week numbered 5, with aggregate capital or $176.000, which compares with three new companies, with aggregate capltal stock of $120,000, formed in the cor responding week a year ago.
 Five petitions in bankruptcy, having assets of $11,035 and liabilities or x24,ss3. were filed in the state during the week. a record which compares favorably with the second week of Oc- tober last year. when there were seven petitions, with assets of $46, ,499 and liabilities of s43.S95.
 A substantial increase was again shown last week in the, number or building permits issued in the cities or New Haven, Hartford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Stamford and Springfield. For the past week 126 permits have been granted for buildings costing S353,545, while in the corresponding week of last year there were Sa per mits granted for buildings costing $151,S0
 Contracts awarded last week in- clude factory addition in Norwich, brick apartment building in Hartford, busi- ness block in New London, residence work in New Haven, Hartford, Bridge port, Waterbury and Stamford. hotel building in Suffield and a number of one and two-family houses in Ansonia and Derby and other parts of the state.
 Among the new projects reported last week are brick and frame apart ment houses in New Haven, Hartford Bridgeport and New Britain, club house in Norwalk, bank building ir Stratford, five-story warehouse anc schoelhouse addition in Bridgeport residence in Greenwich which will cost $60,oO0, a number of small residence: in New Britain and Manchester foundry addition in Waterbury. bricl stable and garage in New London ant the usual amount of smaller con struction work in various parts of thu state.
 Norwich had p sales of real estat, last week to six year ago. I'm mortgage loans for the two week. s2s.122 and s7,200 respectively.
 In New London there were IS sale of realty last week to five a yea ago. The loans for the respectiv weeks were s4s. $50 and $e,100.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-14
An Appeal To Wives

You' know the terrible af1iction that comes to many homes from the result of a drinking husband or son. You know of the money wasted on Drink that is needed in the home to pur- chase food and clothing. ORRINE has saved thousands of drinking men. It is a home treatment. No sanita- rum expense Can be given secretly. We are in earnest when we ask you to give ORRINE 9 trial. You. have nothing to risk and everything to gain for your money will be returned if after trial you fail to get results from ORRINE.
 ORRINE is prepared in two forms: No. 1, secret treatment; ORRINE No. 2. the voluntary treatment. Costs only $1.00 box. Ask us for booklet.
 N. D. Sevin & Son, 11S Main Street.