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Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
STATE is NEARLY
ONE HALF WOODLAND
ToIiand County Has Largest Percent
age of Area in Forest.

Connecticut is nearly one half
woodland. With a total area of g.
194,445 acres, the state has 1.4S3, 800
acres which are producing nothing but
timber, wood and brush. Litchfield
county has the largest percentage of
its area in forest. New Haven coun-
ty has 17SG00 acres. or 46 per cent
of its total area forested. These facts
appear in a forest survey of the state
recently completed by the state forest
er and published in Part III of the
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment
Stations report for 1915. This sur
vey describes forest conditions in the
eight counties of the state, and tabu-
lates the forest areas by towns and
counties The percentage of forest
land in each town is graphically shown
by means of a map, and another indi-
Gates the approximate location of the
regions containing the most forest
land.
The report also gives some interest
ing figures regarding the forest fires
broke all records for such fires in this
state. Abnormally dry seasons ac-
count for this fact. although human
carelessness was, as usual, the direct
cause of most of the fires. 1856 fires
were recorded in 1914. with an estimat-
ed damage of s137.O0 while in 1915,
there were 1443 fires with damage es-
timated at s30S,000. An interesting
comparison is made between the eli
matte conditions of the two years, and
their effect on the fire record. In
1914 the fires were divived nearly
equally between the spring and fall
as drought conditions prevailed in
both seasons. On the contrary, only
5 per cent. of the fires in 1915 occur
red after July first, while over SO
per cent. of the fires Of the year were
reported in March.
This record parelIels that of the
Weather Bureau which shows practi-
cally no rainfall in the month of
March, 1915, but shows abundant
rains during the summer and autumn.
The eighth report of the state for
ester should prove of interest and
value to all citizens of the state who
are interested in the conservation Of
it's material and scenic resources
Copies may be obtained by writing to
the Connecticut Agricultural Expert
ment Station. New Haven. Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
FORTY CHANGES IN
NORWICH REAL ESTATE
Norwich Paper Mills Property lneIud-
ed In the Larger DeaIo.

During the last six weeks forty
pieces of real estate changed hands in
Norwich according to the records OF
Town Clerk Charles s. Holbrookl
Among the more important deals
was the sale Of the Norwich Paper
Mills property at the foot OF Tenth
tsere ito the Arlington company. The
complete list of changes follows:
Estate Horace A Briggs to Hattie C.
Church, sos West Main street.
Estate Horace A. Briggs to Nellie E
Whiting, 29S-300 West Main street.
Cornelius Collins to John Mcwill-
Jams, land Mckinley avenue.
David d. Dunn to Margaret ID. Dunn.
90 Fifth street.
Estate Edward Demers to Henry
and Annie Tetreault. Old Canterbury
turnpike.
Joseph and Josephine Paradis to
Fred L. and Inez L. Clark, Taftville.
Frank w. Pitcher to Thomas ]. and
Mary C. Kelly, land, New London
turnpike.
Heirs Gottfried PukaIIus to Bertha
Pukallus, 81 Smith avenue.
Grace A. Reynolds to William F.
Bailey. Chestnut street
Walter A. Heath to Frank A. Denison,
land. Maple court.
Patrick ]. Battersby to William z
WOODS 70 Hobart avenue.
Vilette NJ. Peck to Stanley and
| Adelia Kolash. IL Peck street.
Louist A. Humes to Ernest J. Jones
| 50 West Thames street.
Joseph Vetrano to Hopkins &Aller
Arms Co. School street.
Adam ]. BERNHARD TO John p. Day
rear 16 Bushnell place.
George w. Carroll TO Norwich Hous-
| ing Co. land, Washington street.
| George n. Utterstaed to Louise NJ
! Utterstaed. 1874 Talman street.
Estate Annie Barry to John A. John
son. SIS Baltic street.
Mary Dubois to Walter Kingsley. &C.
/ cum.
Alice A. x. Angel and others &c
| Michael A. SaduslSy. 12s High street.
| Minnie F. Gilchist to Marcel Roy.
| clli. los Prospect street.
Samuel Kadish to Benjamin and
/ Mary Goldberg. SIS Spring street
John Potter to Elijah B. Woodwork
| land. Taftville road.
Norwich Land Improvement corp. q
| Arthur e. Andrews. land. Summit
| street.
NJ. 4. and s. H. Stanley to Rsfaen'
! Fruscelli. 81 Happy street.
Heirs Joseph Bottomley to Margare
| Bottomley, land. Prospect park.
| p. VIM. Geary to Mary Durr. land
| Riverside grove.
Angelo Criado to Mary Falcone land
| Golden Heights.
Heirs Chas. p. Cogswell to Norwich
| Housing Co, land. Crown Hill.
Ellen Donovan to Daniel ]. Donovan
| So Eleventh street
! Mary IT. Satterlee and others to Nor
| witch Housing Co. land. Stanton av
| enue and Main street.
Arthur T. L. Ellal to Theresa c. Ell
lal, 105 Roosevelt avenue
Asa s. & Annie Holland to Adam
| and Victoria Silis. II Hickory stree
Frank Pekora to Augusta L. Bausch
50 Smith avenue.
Norwich Paper Mills Co, TO Tn
| Arlington Co. OFF North Main street
Benjamin ]. Prothier to James Ma
honey land. West End Park.
John AfanwarrinE. Jr-. to Chts. Slos
berg. land. Maple street.
Max Goldstein and x. Rasin TO A
Levine and b, Mandell $50 Nortl
Main street.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
CONNECTICUT PATENTS.
G. n. Angle of New London Gets Pro-
lection on Dental Pliers.

The list Of patents issued to Connec-
ticut inventors. reported by Frank H
Allen. follows: Edward II. Angle. New
London. dental pliers. George Z. Cur
tiss. New Britain, door check and
closier; Gilbert W. Goodridge, Bridge
port, electric lamp socket: Bengt.
Hanson. Hartford. milling machine;
Pinckney s. Hargrove, New Britain
computing and stamping scale; Lyman
D. Jones, Bridgeport, vehicle spring
Alfred L. Lilley. Hartford. cap
feeding mechanism; William ]. Heidi.
New Britain, level: Lewis g. O'Don-
nell. Coscob, air filter; Petri,
Bridgeport, space band-releasinE me-
chanism for type write bars; John g.
Ringe, Bridgeport, seam trimmer for
sewing machines; Ernest L. Teich,
New Britain, lock indicating mechan-
ism: Ernest L. Teich, New Britain.
lock mechanism: James Wilson. STAN
ford, bath tub carrier.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
DIED.
SEMPLE=In Greenevill

sEMPLE-In Greeneville, April s. 1915
Margaret Coulter, wife OF the late
Funeral from her late home, No. 80
Eleventh street, Friday afternoon,
April Z. at 2 o'clock. Burial in fam
lily lot. Hickory street cemetery.
T.. wife OF the late George W. Nash,
aged IS years.
Funeral from the home OF her daugh-
ter: Mrs; Harry Hill; % Division
o'clock. Burial in family lot. Yam
tic cemetery. Funeral private.
HARTLEY-In this city, April 4, 1915,
Thomas W. Hartley. aged a years.
Thomas K. Hartley; 81 Main street
Friday morning, April z, at IL
o'clock. Burial in family lot, Elm
Grove cemetery, Mystic.
RATHBONE-In Norwich. April 5, 1916.
Alice Gay, beloved wife Of D. Jewett
Rathbone. aged Sc years.
Funeral from her late home, n oak
at . O'Clock. Burial in the family plot
I'm Maplewood cemetery.
ANKETELI-In New Haven, April 4.
1916. Arthur Mills Anketell. aged IS
years.
don. April 4. 1916. Thomas Franklin
Fish. aged 50 years.
Funeral services Will be held in the
Brewster's Neck chapel Saturday af-
in Noank. Conn.
M,CARTY-In Norwich. April s, 1915.
Margaret McAIullen, wife OF Patrick
McCarty. aged 50 years.
Funeral from her late home. No. 101
Summit street. Saturday morning AT
o'clock. Mass OF requiem in st.
Patrdck's church at o'clock.
GoDDARD-In Baltimore. Nd. April 5.
the late Levi Hart Goddard. OF this
city.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
NEW HAVEN ROAD
GETS NEW MIKADc
First of SO New Locomotives Ordered
by System Is Delivered.

The first Of the IS new locomotives
ordered by the New Haven road has
been delivered. and is now in the Ce-
dar Hill yards. ready for use on the
system. The new engine is a monster
MiSado freight engine. being the first
Of the lot ordered for delivery the first
part of the year. Last Friday six
were shipped to NTaybrOok. y. Y
where they are fitted together and
thoroughly inspected. and Wednesday
the first one arrived in New Haven.
completely equipped and ready for
service.
The engines were ordered at the
time when the embargo was severcst
and the road was hardest hit because
OF the unparalleled freight situation.
and the delivery of them is expected
10 still further facilitate the move
ment Of freight.
The New Haven road has also an
order in for so new passenger engines.
which calls for delivery next summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
DANGEROUS VARICOSE
Veins CAN BE REDUCED

II you or any relative or friend in
worried because of vsricose veins, or
punches, the best advice that anyone
in this world can give is to get q pre-
scription that many physicians are now
prescribing.
Ask your druggist for an original
two-ounce bottle of Emerald Oil (fuu
strepgth) and R2ply night and morning
to the swollen enlarged veins. Soon
smaller and the treatment should be
coatinued-until the veins are of normal
size. So penetrating and powerful in
wsns and causes them to disappear.
1t can always be secured at Lee q
OS2ood's.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
Ladies' Aid Society of Congregational
Church Met With Mrs. John Scott.

The regular monthly meeting Of the
Ladies' Aid society of the Greeneville
Congregational church was held at the
home of Mrs. John Scott of Prospect
street Thursday afternoon. There were
10 present. The meeting was opened
by the president, Mrs. Janet Lathrop.
Owing to a change in plans, the ladies'
will postpone their proposed supper
and will hold a cake sale instead.
After the business of the meeting was
transacted the ladies held an enjoyable
social hour and were delightfully."- en-
tertained by the hostess. The May
meeting will be held at the home Of
Ms. o. w. Carpenter of Prospect
street.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
OlreiBl1llRtitlS
Norwich, Friday, April z, 1915.
THE WEATHER.
Conditions,

SonoielonS.
Unsettled weather continues over
much OF the country and within the
last "a hours there were local rains in
the Atlantic states.
Moderate temperatures prevail
throughout the Atlantic states.
In the middle Atlantic states fair
weather Friday will be followed by
increasing cloudiness Saturday and
probably rain by Saturday night. In
the New England states the weather
will be fair Friday and probably Sat-
urday.
The temperature will be lower Friday
in the Atlantic states from New Eng
land southwark to Georgia.
The winds along the north Atlantic
will be fresh west; middle Atlantic,
moderate to fresh northwest.
Forecast.
North and South New England and
East New York: Fair and colder Fri
day; Saturday fair.
Observations in Norwich.
The following records, reported from
Sevin's pharmacy, show the changes
in temperature and the harometric
changes Thursday:
Their. Bar
g. m. '.'..''.....'..'. So SO.US
IL m. minimum. ....'''.' on 3O.OS
D p. m. 4S Su.OS
Highest Sc, lowest IS.
Comparisons.
Predictions for Thursday: Fair.
Thursdays weather: Generally fair
Rain in the evening.
Sun, Moon ana Tides
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
TAFTVILLE
Funeral Of Mrs. Henry SimoneaI
Largely acknowledgements.

The funeral Of Minnie Braun, wife
of Henry Simoneau, was held from her
late home. IS Norwich avenue, Thurs
day morning. There was a large at
tendance of relatives and friends. many
coming from other cities Many beau
full floral forms covered the casket. AT
the services at Sacred Heart church
Rev. Philippe L. Massicot sang a re-
QUEEN high mass. The choir sang two
hymns. The bearers we're friends Of
the deceased. Burial was in St Jo-
seph's cemetery. 4 committal service
was read at the grave
Funeral Director George g. Grant
had charge Of the arrangements.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
DON'T GO TO BED WITH
COLD FEET
Says: "often Brings on Attacks of
Acute rheumatism.

An ounce of prevention is worth a
pound Of cure, and people who are
subject to attacks of rheumatism
should never go to bed with cold feet
A whole lot is being said about TAX
ing salts and effervesing tablets for
rheumatism and sciatica, but those
who suffer sharp twinges and painful
swollen joints need something power
full to overcome their piteous suffering
Any broad-minded druggist will tell
you that one-half teaspoonful of
Rheuma taken once a day is driving
more rheumatism out of afflicted
people than all the salts on earth.
Right in this neighborhood Lee &
Osgood Co. and all druggists sell large
quantities of it, and it's the surest and
cents a bottle.
most inexpensive remedy about so
cents a bottle.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
THE PORTEOUS & MITCHELL co.
MARRIED AT REcToRY.
A. Jackson Bentley and Miss 5rasa~
Welded by Willimantic clsraynan.

II became known Thursday that A.
Jackson Bentley OF New London and
Miss Emily King Bragaw OF Hartford
were married At the rectory OF -
Mary's Roman Catholic church in Bal
tic Monday by Rev. Charles Lenieux
OF Willimantic. When they procured
their marriage license from Town
Clerk Arthur p. Cote OF the town OF
Sprague Mr.. Bentley gave his age as
% and that OF the young lady as -.
Bentley was for some time a student
at Yale before entering Cornell for a
course.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
BEyTLEY-BRAGAw-In Baltic ]

BENTLEY-BRAGAw Baltic. April
,. 1915. at St Mary's r. c. rectory.
by Rev. Charles Lemieux OF Will
mantle. \. Jackson Bentley OF New
London and Miss Emily King Bragaw
OF Hartford.
HOWARD-In Lebanon. April
}, 1916. by Rev. II. A. Campbell. John
p. Ward and Miss Ruth Howard.
-uNSAvAGE-In Lebanon,
April 2. 1916, by Rev. II. A. Camp
bell. Lloyd Young and Miss Lena
Unsavage.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
Choir Holds Social Hour.

The choir of the Greeneville Congre-
gational church held their regular re-
hearsal under the direction of o. W.
Carpenter Thursday evening. After
the rehearsal a social hour was en-
joyed. During the evening refresh
ments were served by the committee
in charge.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
Post Office Gain of 5000.

Postmaster George H. Foley's re-
port of gross receipts for the Mystic
Office during the last four quarters
shows an increase for the year Just
closed of over 5000 over the year pre-
vious. The total receipts for the
quarter ending June 80. 1915, were So
679.97: for the quarter ending Sept
80, 1915, S2.S93.22; quarter ending Dec
81, 1915. $S,3S2.S6; and the quarter
ending March 81, 1916, $2,S95.04, max
ing a total of s11,S50.59.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
CARD OF THANKS

The undersigned wish to extend their
heartfelt thanks to their neighbors and
friends at the State Hospital who so
kindly assisted and sympathized with
them in their late bereavement. The
kindness thus manifested will always
be gratefully remembered.
HILL AND FAMILY
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
Archibald Giichrist Catches String of
Trout

A fine string Of trout was caught by
Archibald Gilchrist of Prospect street
Thursday. Three of the fish when
weighed totaled 4 pounds: one, Is 1-2
inches. weighed 1 pound and II ounces,
another, ii inches. weighed l pound 3
ounces. and the third, IS, inches, weigh
ed an even pound. This is the second
large catch that Mr.. Gilchrist has made
this season
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

Andrew T. BeIlefeur of Hickory
street has returned from a few days
stay in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

r. B. Wilson. employed by the Whit
ing Machine company, is engaged in
stalling new cards in mill No. OF the
Ponemah company.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
BORN
MARRIED

wATERS-In Norwich. April 5. 1915. a
son to Mr.. and Mrs. Milo r. Waters.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

Mrs. c. H. Potter of Central avenue
is spending few days at the Windham
inn.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

Frederick j. Pepin. who has been
employed in the Ponemah mills. has
resigned and has entered the employ
OF J. A. Atwood. Jr-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

Walter McNeely, who has been en-
ployed in the store of ]. W. Semple,
has resigned his position.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

William Spiller has left for a few
days stay with friends in Newark,
y. ].
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

]. w. Banford and family have
moved to Fourteenth street.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

Joseph Benoit Is managing the bar
Der shop formerly conducted by Henry
Caron.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

MISUNDERSTANDING permits to the
amount of $4,000, 900 have been grant
ed by the city of Bridgeport during
the present fiscal year.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
GREENEVILLE

Six hours after nigh water IL Is low
Tide, which is followed by flood tide.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07
THREE DAY COMPETENCE
FOR PHYSICAL DIRECTORS
Copy of Programme Has Been Receiv-
in This City.

A copy of the programme for the
three day conference of the Y. NJ. C.
A. physical directors of New England
to be held in Springfield, has been re-
ceived in this city. The conference
opens on Saturday. April Sth, with a
dinner at $50 o'clock and in the ev-
ening of that day there will be three
addresses on topics of interest to
physical directors. The conference
will continue through Sunday and
Monday concluding at o'clock on
Monday afternoon with an address on
Cooperation with Public Schools bv
DR.. William Orr, deputy commission
er of education of Massachusetts.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-07

Sun. Moon ana Tides.
Evening star., 1916-10-08

twenty-five millions from fisheries and
furs During that year, the gold yield
was almost sixteen million dollars, while
That OF California, whose population Is
thirty-seven times az great. was only
a little over twenty millions. The
value Of the Alaska fishery products was
more than wenty-one millions. while that
over eight millions. The copper output
in 1914 was less than three millions, but
that was enormously increased last year
and win be doubled and trebled In the
years TO come.
AS to the whole territory, by and large,
IL has paid US better than any investment
the nation has made. II cost us less than
two cents AN acre. and, spreading our
receipts over the whole area, we have
already netted more than dollar and a
half an acre. and that. Notwithstanding
we have scratched the surface OF but few
of its $50, 900 square miles. The furs from
the land animals have already paid the
price OF the territory, and those from the
seals nave sold for nine times as much.
As to the fisheries, they have yielded
more than thirty times the cost of Alas
ka. and the output Of the mines has been
forty times its purchase price.
The most OF this money has gone away
from the territory. Alaska has been ex-
plotted largely with capital from the out
side, and the country supports a number
Of absentee landlords. Nevertheless, the
amount spent IN the territory Is large
and this will increase in the future More
and more families are coming here to
make this Land their permanent home.
The younger generation Is prepared to
stay, and thousands will come IN to grow
UP with the country. ] have already
spoken Of Xse enormous per capita conn
Evening star., 1916-10-08
A RoADHOUsE AND TRADING POST.

farther and over bad roads. The result
is the price rises to SIS and SIG cord.
1t takes at least two cords of wood to
furnish the heat equal to that in one
ton of coal. When the railroad is COM
pleted coal from the Nenana fields, not
far away, should be delivered in Fair
banks at $5 or Sc a ton, making the
fuel cost about one-fifth what it does
now.
denounced as monopoly by some of the
smaller merchants of Alaska There is
probably considerable truth in the state
ment but any one can import goods and
there are several firms here that are do
ing very large business for this part of
the world One is E. r. Peoples. Incorpo-
rated and another is the Dominion Com
their headquarters at Fairbanks and do
business with the mining camps for a
hundred miles or so in the neighborhood.
They also send goods by small steamers
far up the tributaries of the Yukon. One
of their trading stations is at Beetles, the
chief town of the Koyukuk river and the
head of steamship navigation on that
stream. The goods go to BEETLES and from
there are carried something like fifty
miles across country to placer mines that
are now doing we'll The pay dirt is only
about four or five feet from the grass
roots and is yielding from s1.50 to $40 to
the square foot of bed rock.
Another trading station is Wiseman.
about ninety miles from Bettles 1t is
SO shallow that the goods are hauled there
on barges drawn by horses. The freight
rate is $1.40 a ton, and the goods are
much higher in consequence. Flour sells
at Wiserlan for S36 a barrel, and bacon
brings rs cents pound. The most Of the
Evening star., 1916-10-08

phur. and sulphur will convert a pure
white vegetable or animal oil into the
orange yellow butter color.
The government Immediately made a
claim against the manufacturers, but
before the induction of the present
commissioner a compromise. which the
law allows to be made, in settlement Of
tax and penalties. was accepted and
the companies. although claiming that
they had exercised good faith in max
ing this oleomargarine. paid over one
hundred thousand dollars into the
Treasury In settlement. But 1t was be-
lieved that even this amount did not
cover the full Indebtedness. and fur
ther claims are pending.
Some Of the adventures of the officers
have a spice of the ludicrous. In one
case they raided an Illicit plant in a
busy city. The operators were con-
Quoting their work in vault running
under the sidewalk They relied upon
the strength of concealed door to
keep revenue intruders out at least
long enough for them to reach the
street by way of a tortuous tunnel con-
Meeting with the coal hole. Thus with
barricade in front and safe retreat.
Evening star., 1916-10-08

will grow as one of the best markets of
the world.
To give you some idea of the business
now done here, visited today the head
quarters of the Northern Commercial
Company at Fairbanks. This company is
the offspring of the Alaska Commercial
Company, which leased the seal islands
about a year after we bought the territory
and established general fur-trading
son Bay Company. 1t leased these seal
islands of the United States and made
such vast sums by dealing In sealskins
that the royalties paid to our government
were more than the first cost OF the ter
rtory. The Alaska company originated
and developed the transportation of Alas
ka. and had its stores and trading posts
not only in the islands of the southeast,
the Aleutians. the southern coast Of the
mainland. and in Bering sea. but also at
st. Michael, at the mouth Of the Yukon,
and all along that river to the boundary
OF Canada.
When the Alaska Commercial Com
pany dissolved the Northern Commercial
Company took over its busines in in
terror Alaska, and it now has fifteen or
more stores in the basins of the Yukon
ing camps and chief fur-trading points
II supplies many of the roadhouses. and
does wholesale and retail business
over territory which Is perhaps one
tenth as large as the United States
proper. The company has capital of
$3.500.0o0 the stock being owned most
ly in San Francisco and England.
Alaskan trade on the small country
store or the mining camp should go
through some Of these mercantile ee-
adjustments OF Alaska. There are somo
Evening star., 1916-10-08

merchandise is paid for in gold dust. A
miner will come in and pay for his pur-
chaSes out of his poke of gold dust, the
storekeeper weighing out the amount
needed There are now something like
250 miners in the koyukuk region, and
per man. The miners will often come in
at the close of a season and drink up all
they have made within a few days. A
miner will put his poke of gold on the bar
of saloon and ask all to drink with him
1t is an insult not to join in, whether you
know him or not. The man keeps up his
spree until his money is gone and then.
like not. gets credit for new supply
of goods for the camp.
Most of the business of Alaska is
done upon credit and any one who
would sell much has to give time. The
people ere tell me that the merchants
are liberal in their advancements to
miners. ! talked with commercial
traveller last night who started to
Fairbanks with six horses freighting
goods in over the trail. He got into
cold snap on the way and his horses
died of starvation. He arrived in Fair
outfit, but the merchants gave him
credit and in company with a partner
he leased a claim on one of the creeks
for 25 per cent of the profits. At
the end of that year he was $4,000 in
debt The next winter he and his
partner had no money to pay wages.
but by their own work they got out
enough pay dirt to yield them about
$4,000 when they washed 1t out In the
spring. They then paid up their debts
and within the next year or SO cleaned
up $4,000 out of the claim.
FRANK G. CARPENTER