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New Britain herald., 1916-06-07
JUDGE FRANK $. NEAL
 DEAD IN PLAINVILLE
Prominent Citizen of Neighboring Town Succumbs to Illness-Was
 Probate Judge in Pennington.
Especial to the Herald. ,

Especial to the Herald.j
 PIainville, June Frank s. Neal for many years prominent in the business and civic life of Plainville, died at his home on East Main street this afternoon at 1:20 after an illness which extended over period of several months. MT. Neal had suf- fered from a complication of diseases for 9 long time and his recovery was despaired of many weeks ago. For several days he had been in com atose state and his death had been expected for more than a week. The funeral arrangements have not as yet been completed.
 MT. Neal was a native and a life long resident of Plainville. He was born here f1fty-eigh years ago, the son of Thomas Neal, a well known | citizen in his day. During his early life he was employed as bookkeeper for the E. N. Pierce lumber yards. He was regarded as an expert ae- countant and was much in demand | in looking. after the bookkeeping end of business enterprises. He also was the founder of the hardware store in the Allderidge block, now condTcted | by the Plainville Hardware compaty. 1 For number of years he was asso- ciated with the Connecticut Trap Rock company retiring in 1915 from active connection with the manage ] ment of the plant because of i'll health.
 1 MT. Neal was prominently identified with the civic and political interests of the town for many years. He was | an enthusiastic democrat during his early life but shifted his allegiance te- ! the G. o. P. during the Bryan free | silver campaign. As a republican he was very active for long time. He l served as judge of probate while | Plainville was in the Pennington dis | trict; represented the town in the gen eral assembly; held the office of town clerk for a long time. and also filled the duties of a number of minor po- litical positions.
 He was an active member of the Business and Improvement associa- ton and the Sanitary and Sewer dis trict and invariably figured in all en- terprises for the towns good Though reserved and possessing a personality not conducive to making friends, MT. Neal was highly esteemed by those who through association had learned to value n1S aCQudlnIduCS anu HldIly admira ble traits p
 Since the death of his sister, Miss Nettie Neal. his only very near rela- tive, which occurred over a year ago MT. Neal led a rather lonely life RS1d when taken i'll he quickly surrerFer- ed to the ravages of disease. He was reputed to be quite wealthy having inherited a fortune from his sister in addition to the wealth he acquired through his own efforts.
 MT. Neal was prominent in masonic circles He was a member of Fred erick lodge, A. F. and A. M, and was also affiliated with the Shriners and Knights Templar. He was wei known in New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-07
PENN. BUYS RAILROAD

Cleveland, O., June 7.-The Lorraine Ashland and Southern railroad has been sold to the Pennsylvania rall7 road company it as announced at the general offices of the company in Lorraine today. The deal will give the Pennsylvania seventy miles or trackage and entrance to another Lake Erie port, as we'll as a line to- the National Tube company's great nlant at Lorraine. The road runs from Lorraine to Ashland and on south to a junction with the Pennsylvania.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-07
YOUNG MEN ENTERTAIN.
St. Joseph's Society Holds Whist and
 Social. H

The efforts of the social committee of St. Joseph's Young Mems society were crowned with glory last even ing, when a packed house was in at tendance at the whist and social held by the society in the parish hall. The entertainment arranged was of high class nature, the vocal selections rem dered by the quartette consisting of Vincent Kiernan, Eddie Kilduff, Charles Gaffney and P. Patrus, being received with much applause neces- sitating several encores. Solos were rendered by P. Patrus, J. McGrath, E.. Kilduff and George Campbell. .
 The winners at whist were as fol- lows <>adies, first, Miss Grace Igoe; second, Miss. Irene Martin; gentle mems, first, Frank B. Cox, second William Fitzpatrick. Refreshments were served during the evening.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-07
TALKS ON CITY PLANNING

Cleveland, O., June 7.-The city planning conference, in session here, faced a busy program today. At the forenoon session, John Nolen of Cam bridge. Mass, discussed planning nrobIems in cities of less than 10O,- 0OO." John K. Stauffer of Reading, Pa, spoke on How to get started on city planning" Thomas Adams of Ottawa, gave an address on Town Planning in Canada" This afternoon the principal subject will be street sys- tems including transit problems"
New Britain herald., 1916-06-07
BONDS FORFEITED.
Two Local Men Fail to Appear at
 Superior Court

The June term of the superior court opened yesterday and there was q large docket. Two local voun g men, Frank Dutton and Howard Smith, did not appear in court and their bonds, furnished by Margaret M. Castor and William A. Smith, were called and declared forfeited.
 Dutton was charged with breach CT the peace and Smith with the same offense.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-07

lat1onsh1p. Our part must not be dic- tatorial, it must be trusted leadership in a fraternity of American repub- lies"
 The senator declared America had been negligent concerning it's own de- fense and had been dwelling in fancied rather than real security and should heed the warning in bleeding Europe.' Republicans, he said, be- lieved in adequate national defense The democratic party, he insisted, in terrupted when the republicans were building to high rank among the naval powers
 "I shall not say that it is ours to have the greatest navy in the world,' said the senator "but noting the elimination of distance and the pass ing of our one-time isolation, we ought to have navy that fears none in the world, and can say anytime and anywhere-these are American rights and must be respected"
 There are manifest differences about our developments for military defense" he continued. "The presi- Gent made a trip from the coast to the valley of the Missouri to tell the American people the need of pre- paredness. It might have been more seemly to tell the story to congress, for that body was in session and em- powered to act, and seemingly ever ready to testify obedience However, C ngress undertook to provide an army for defense and the majority Nobbled between pacification and pre- pc redness until the republican mi nority in the senate put something 1,no in, publicans made a rational response to the call of the land, but democratic lnSu1hciency and ineff1ciency are re- corded in the conferences act' and a federal fertilizer to the farmers in competition with nr,vate enterprise is the great constructive offering ot a democratic ma jority."
 America, the senator said, pro- claimed justice and loved peace and we are not too proud to fight for them.''
 Turning to economics the senator pleaded for return to the protective tariff policy. He chose, he said, the economic policy which sends the American workingmen to the savings banks rather than the soup houses
 No one,' the senator said, dis Futes a temporary prosperity in our land today. But it is sectional in it's factory aspect abnormal in it's fevered rush, fictitious in it's essen- tials, and perverting in it's tendency. Worse, it is the gold sluiced from the river of blood, poured out by the horrifying sacrifice of millions of our fellow men. God forbid that we should boast a prosperity wrought in such waste of human life We had rather rejoice in the prosperity of reace"
 Many of the leaders took the op- pOrtunlty to confer while Senator Harding was speaking.
 Applause For Harding.
 Applause punctuated Harding's speech from time to time but as a whole the convention listened quietly. mere were cheers when he declared the country was calling for a repub- ucah administration, and when he asked all to forget the inharmonious convention of four years ago to put aside party differences and to restore the party. His reference to the need or preparedness for national defense was greeted with a roar of applause
 More applause greeted his declara- tion that this is not the time for recr1mination,, it is a day of recon secration."
New Britain herald., 1916-06-07
WITH THE JOLLY TWELVE.

The weekly meeting of the Jolly Twelve club was held yesterday after noon at the home of Mrs. M. T. Crean on Main street. Winners at whist were Mrs. James O'Brien, Mrs. Michael Hannon and Mrs. John Igoes The next gathering of the club will be held next week at the home of Mira O'Brien on Main street.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-07

Chicago, June 7-''The great paci- fer" is what they're calling w. Mur- ray Crane, former senator from Mas sachusetts, and noted advocate of party harmony among republicans. MT. Crane proposed that the leaders should meet and seek to reach an agreement that would insure a united party in the campaign. Of course MT. Crane had in mind when making this suggestion in a tentative way to those with whom he consulted that there was danger of another Reese welt bolt.
New Britain herald., 1916-06-07
NEW DEPUTY CORONER

New Haven, June 7.-Announce- ment was made by Coroner Mix to- day of the appointment of Charles Marcy Robinson, as deputy coroner. MT. Robinson has been counsel for the Connecticut Automobile associa- tion and represented the association in that capacity at the general as~ sem hlieS
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
CHOLERA OUTBREAK
FOLLOWS new CORN
Disease May Gain FoothoId If
Hogs Resistance Is Reduced
by UnWise Feeding.

(sy Il. r. SPENCE, Missouri College of
Agricuiture.)
Hog cholera is not direct result Of
feeding new corn. 1t may gain foot
hold more readily If the hogs resist
ance Is reduced by unwise feeding, but
the disease itself can result only from
infection with a specific, invisible
germ, obtained directly or indirectly
from other hogs.
II the herd Is thrown off feed by
eating too much green corn, or by eat
ing corn that is immature, the disease
will be more readily contracted, and it
is often noted that a new outbreak Of
cholera follows the first use Of new
corn for hogs.
Avoid danger by changing the kind
or amount of feed gradually. Feed the
hogs some new corn for a while be-
fore turning them into the field.
Young shoats may be turned into
corn that is not down too badly with
less preliminary feeding than the older
hogs that can break down corn more
quickly.
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
WEED OUT ALL The
UNPROFITABLE cows
Selection on Dairy Records Will
Give Accurate Results Easy
Matter to Weigh.

The old saying has it there is no
time like the present" That this ap-
plies with telling force to the selec-
ton of good dairy cows will be ad-
mitted by every thoughtful dairyman.
Selection may be made on the evil
dence of certain well-known external
indications Of good milking qualities,
with special attention paid to the I'D
der, lOin, skin, barrel, etc.
But no matter how skilled the ex-
pert judge of dairy quality" in a COW
may be, he is not infallible as to the
amount of hard cash that anyone COW
in the herd will earn in a year. He
may be, rs well as the ordinary dairy
farmer, considerably mistaken in his
Judgment. One system will give &C.
curate results, that of selection on
dairy records. 1t is easy to weigh
and sample; 1t is easy to add up a few
figures for each COW; it is easy to
compare such totals, and it is eminent
ly satisfactory to know for certain
which cows are best to keep and breed
from.
Now is the time to act, prepare to
keep records all season.-From bulle-
tin Of the Canadian Department Of
Agriculture.
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04

their selections and are not offering
liberal bids merely to get rid of their
money, but, on the other hand, are de-
termined to secure the best representa-
tives of the breed, considered from
both the standpoint Of individual mer-
1t and the strength of the pedigree.
They draw marked distinction between
seed Of high order and the ordinary
standard. This Is day when good
seed is at premium because knowl
edge Of the reproductive powers Of
good seed Is more widely disseminat-
ed than ever before
The cattle breeder who has bred his
herd along intelligent lines with this
fact clearly in mind is today reaping
his reward and apparently we are only
at the threshold Of a period of dis
elimination and broad expansion. It
is a wholesome fact that in all of the
more important sales, the more dis
eliminating breeders are competing
sharply with the Argentine buyers and
the representatives of the oil inter-
ests, and 1t is to their credit that
many of the most desired breeding an
imals retain their home in the old
established breeding ground of the
central West-a source from which
our people may continue to obtain the
best available breeding material.
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
give YOUNG HORSES
BEST OF attention
Furnish Ample Shelter and Dry
Bed Glover and Alfalfa Make
Good Roughage.

CBy D. J. KAYs Ohio Experiment Sta
tion.)
With the demand for good draft
horses advancing, the young colts
should receive the best Of care to in
sure rapid and complete development.
Many colts will be taken from pas
lures with goodly store of fat, only
to be turned to strawpile for feed
and shelter. On the other hand, a few
colts may be ruined by heavy feeding
in the stalls, where they cannot take
exercise.
The ideal shelter for colts is tight
ly built shed open to the south, where
the animals may 60 in or out at their
own pleasure, and where they may
have the run Of a lot for exercise. A
dry bed and protection from cold
winds and rain Is all that is needed.
Clover and alfalfa make good rough
age for colts, with a grain ration Of
two parts oats and one bran added.
There b little danger Of overlooking
a colt If room for proper exercise is
given. Growth can be made more
cheaply during the first year than at
any other time, and feed should not
be spared.
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
BEST time TO PICK
PIGS FOR BREEDING
To Improve Swine Herd, Select
Stock From Offspring of
Very Best SoWs.

The best time to pick out the pigs
that are to be used for future breed
ing is when they are still running with
the sow. To improve your herd choose
stock from the offspring of your best
sows. If you wait until the pigs are
grown and running in one herd you
will have lost track Of the different
litters, unless you mark all of the pigs.
When you make the selection while
the filters are still separate you need
to mark only the future breeders.
1t is best to select from the largest
filters. other things being equal. The
pigs from such filters are likely to in
herit their mothers prolificacy. Pick
the strongest and liveliest members Of
each litter. The ones that shoulder
their way to the front teats where the
richest milk is are likely to be the
best doors.
1t Is well to select and mark more
pigs than you are going to need for
breeding. Some are fairly certain to
die, or be injured or fail to make good
the promise Of infancy. Make sure
that the sows selected have the full
number Of sound teats-at least ten
for this not only indicates good moth
ering ability. but is considered a sign
that sow will have large litters.
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
Temperance
PROSPERITY FOLLOWS.


That little business, no less than big
business. is bettered by prohibition is
shown by the following story told by
DR.. Harvey w Wiley:
ut was Saturday afternoon in one
of the interior counties Of Arkansas.
Hundreds Of vehicles of all sorts
drawn by mules, most Of which were
In good condition, were picketed
around the public square. The great
department store, which my guide
owned, was filed with colored people.
They were buying most literally and
were extremely well-dressed and well
behaved. I was struck with their ap-
pearance and prosperity and happi-
ness, and was curious to know why
1t was that these people seemed SO
much better of. than those had seen
in other localities. I asked the pro-
prietor, who was freely giving credit
to his customers, II he did not lose on
many accounts. He replied: Never
one.' How do you account for their
prosperity asked. Strictly en-
forced prohibition was his answer.
If we were to permit the saloon to
come into this county again. 1t would
wreck our prosperity; 1t would ruin
my business and send this town back
60 years."
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04

into the pines. and came back with
sadly .bedraggled Phlox Drummondi
plants in her hands. their trailing roots
washed white, their blooms broken.
"Horrid brook" she said. Lets put
it right back into its proper place.
don't like 1t any more"
"A sudden change of habit is always
dangerous" said I. Put the plants
in the mud. somewhere till we can set
'em in again."
We now took away the boards frv,n
the new dam, which had begun to hard.
en- nicely. The next thing to do was
to stake out the pool above it. As the
dam was ten feet below the line be-
tween the proposed bench and the front
door Of the house. the other end Of the
pool was marked Off 20 feet upstream,
and between the two extremes we dug
out the soil into an oval basin. This
was easily accomplished by chopping
out the turf with a grub hoe and then
hitching Dobbin to the drag scraper.
The soil was black, Ioamy sand,
which came up easily and was hauled
over and dumped for dressing on the
site Of our little lawn beyond the pool.
When we had the basin excavated to
a depth of about a foot, all three of
us Cor Peter was once more on the
job scattered to find stones to hold
the banks. =.
New England farms are traditionaliy
stony-till you want stones. We ended
by taking some here and there from
the stone walls after We had secured
the pasture behind the barn for half
q barrowload. When once the circum-
ference Of the pool had been ringed
with stones, stood upon edge, we
raked the bottom smooth, sprinkled
clean sand upon it, and were ready to
let the water against the dam as soon
as the concrete hardened. We gave
it one more day, and then shoveled
away the temporary dam, filled up the
new channel where it turned out of
the old, and stood beside the dam while
the current, with first muddy rush,
whirled against 1t, eddied back, and
began very slowly to rise.
cTo BE CoNTINUED.)
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
CBy FRANK D. ToMsoN.)

(By FRANK D. TOMSON.)
There Is a growing inclination on
the part Of various Oklahoma oil pro-
ducers whose daily incomes have
reached large proportions, to invest a
portion Of their profits In purebred
beef cattle, for they have proved lib
eral bidders in the various sales where
they have been represented.
It Is generally known that the beef
producers of Argentina and other
South American countries are looking
to the United States for their supply
of breeding stock. For many years
they depended almost wholly upon the
British Isles for their seed stock, but
gradually they have turned their at
tention to this country, and the vari-
GUS breed associations, particularly
the Shorthorn association, have coop
rated with them and have filled large
orders during the past year.
At a recent Iowa ShOrthorn sale in
which 48 Shorthorns were sold at an
average of $1,O74 per head, the Okla
homa oil men and Francisco v. Maissa,
Buenos Aires, Argentina, competed for
various high class entries with the re-
suit that prices gradually mounted up
ward, as indicated by the average Of
over $1,000. It should be understood
that the representatives Of these large
interests are most discriminating in
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
FIRST TO BE LAID OFF.

Big business has taken a stand
against the man who drinks. This
not because Of any particular interest
in the effects of alcohol on mind and
body, scientifically considered, but be-
cause it finds the nondrinker the
more trustworthy employee. Returns
from employers Of 10000 men show
that they forbid alcoholic liquors in
their industrial plants. A large cor
poration recently discharged 80 en-
ployees who signed an application for
a liquor license. Another concern dis
charged So men, and accompanying
each dismissal notice was a kodak
picture showing the employee entering
a saloon. What about personal lib
erty"?
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
HE DOESN'T WANT DRINK,

Sober, reliable and honest bartend-
er needs work badly; can open oys-
ters, make sandwiches, ETC.; clean
worker; don't drink; good references;
small saloon preferred. X. 1872 States"
The above want ad appeared in b
daily paper. Another paper thus COM
ments:
Don't drink" Had that man been
advertising for place in . fruit store
would he have said, don't eat fruit?"
Had he been DESTROYS Of q place in .
clothing store would he have boasted.
don't wear clothes?' What .
strange recommendation for Q man to
offer in his own behalf: I'm Just
the man for the place, for I don't use
the stun you'll expect me to recon-
mend to Others"
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
CHAPTER XIV.
We Build q Pool.

Il was the strangest, sweetest sensa-
tion had ever known to wake In the
morning and hear soft singing In the
room where a fresh breeze was wan
dering. I saw Stella standing at the
window, her hair about her shoulders,
looking out. She turned when l
stirred, came over to kiss me, while
her hair fell about my face, and then
cried, Hurry! Hurry! must get out
into the gardenv' .s.
Presently. hand in hand, We went
over the new lawn to the sundial
which stood amid a ring Of brilliant
blooms however. had become
unbelievabIy choked with weeds in the
ten days Of my absence. The gnomon
was throwing long shadow westward
across the VII. We filled the bird
bath. which p.ter. had neglected. We
The Dolores star., 1916-08-04
CARS WISE MANEUvER.

This story is told by the Paris cor
respondent of the Standard: A German
general, taken prisoner, repeated at
Petrograd the following remarks of the
kaiser: Il was certain OF crushing the
Russians when they were freely given
to drink, but now that they are sober
the task is much more difficult" And
he added in a melancholy tone, who
on earth could have foreseen the anti
alcoholic coup d'etat perpetrated by
Nicholas III"