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Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
NEW COTTAGE FOR PECK STREET
Charles Rathbun Erecting TwoSory HouseWok Started on Addition to Engine Room atBaltc Mls-J. D. Harris Building on Main Street Being Altered-Residence Will be Completed Soon

pentry work is very nearly finished and the painting will be started as soon as the wood work is finished. It is eX- pected that the whole job will be completed within two weeks. Con- tractor George Allen has charge of the work, +
 Frame Work Up.
 The wood frame for the house which is being erected for George Adams at the head of Uncas street has been raised to the roof level. the brick work having been completed.
 Tyler House Raised.
 The George Tyler house on Tyler avenue Eastern Point, has been raised to the ground and another cottage is to be built on the same site. The cot tage is one of the first to be built at Eastern Point in the pioneer days of the colony.
 Division Street House.
 The work is well advanced on the house William Lynch is erecting on Division street. The foundation work sail completed and the frame work set in place and work will be started soon in closing in. The house will be two stories high.
 Extensive Repairs.
 John Carroll who resides on Claire mount avenue, has plans set for ex-
 
 house. New hard wood floors will be installed, new bath and electricity. The hsy window that is on the front side of the house will be removed and placed on the side. The roof will be shingled. Cement walks will be laid.
 Work Progressing.
 The first story on the first section of the building being crested for Mrs. Ellen Murphy on Thames square is all completed and work, is being carried on the second. Also work is being done on the first floor of the second section. Peck McWilliams and Co. are dAing the work.
 House to Be Finished Soon.
 It is expected that work will be com- pleted on the attractive residence that is being built for H. B. Davenport on West Main street near East Great Plains The men are engaged now in finishing up the interior work. The house is two stories high end con- | tains eight rooms not including bath pantry and closets. The interior is equipped with all the modern improve | ments including steam heat, electricity and an up to date bath with tile floor and falls. The kitchen floor has been i laid in tile. The walls have been set in panel three or four feet up from the floor. The outside of the house is | of a novelty setting and the veranda | is stuen O. The roof is laid in asbestos 1 shingles. Contractors Peck McWill- ! jams have charge of the work.
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Troop i.
 The scouts all enjoyed a supper which was served in the church parlor Friday night at 6 p. m. The troop planned to go to Gales Ferry next Fri day by automobile and voted into the and D. Johnson. Scout Commission CT Bruce gave an interested talk on scouting.
 Troop 10.
 Troop 10 held their regular meeting Friday night Plans were made for the coming season The troop was given the use of a section of the meeting place in the basement. They are planning to have manual training, ro1- Ter skating and a gymnasium. After the business meeting drilling, Morse and knot tieing were practiced. R. Pingree and c. Kloss toow their first class hiking test Saturday, going to Wauwecus Hill and return. I. Ha- vens. H. Heap, R. Pingree presented the candidates they are training. An invitation was accepted to attend church at the evening service. The meeting closed with several good matches in boxing. Several scouts Der for the work bench has arrived. Scouts Have River Trip. A number of scouts had rare treat LOT elil OulIHS on saturday last. scout 1 master Baker of Troop invited them l to take a trip down the river on his | launch. The start was made at 10 o'clock. The first stop was made at l the Navy Yard,A where they were per | m1tted to board the torpero boats sta 1 toned there. One of the sailors show ed the boys around the craft. which l was new for all of them. While at the 1 yard three submarine boats came ir from the sound. At noon the party made their way to the Chelsea Lodge | and lunches prepared. tThe weather I was as calm as on a summer day, SC that every one was greatly delighted | with the trip.
 All Local Troops Re Registered. l All of the local troops, except the last to form (Troop 10 in June) have l sent in their re-registration blanks. I | IS hoped that none of the troops vii | ever find it necessary to disband. Scouts Questions Answered. 1 o. What is the blank card in th boy scout certificate used for? A. It i
 silicate slate. Notes may be takel on it in pencil and erased with damp cloth or an ordinary pencil eras CT so that it may be used over again
 o. Can a boy be a scout when he i
 eleven years old? A. No.
 Q. If a boy scout wins a Life Scou badge before he is IS. will be be count
 ed as scout after he has reached tn
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12

Contractor Charles I. Rathbun has started the wood work on a two story house which he will erect for himself at No. 52 Peck street. The cellar for the house was put in early in the summer. The house will have eight rooms and a pantry and bath, four upstairs and four down stairs. It will be 25x2S feet and will be equipped with all modern conveniences.
 The exterior will be shingled and spacious veranda, feet deep by 24 feet will be constructed across the front. The interior finish will be of hard wood with oak floors. Electric light, steam heat, hot and cold wa ter will be installed. The bath room floor will be laid in tile. Large. square pillars will support the veranda roof and when finished the house will be of first clas sorder.
 Baltic Mills Addition.
 The roof on the addition for the Baltic mills is nearly complete. The addition is being constructed of stone. Work has been started on a small ad- dition to the engine house. This will also be constructed of stone and will be one story in night, 20x39 feet. The foundation work for the small addition is very nearly completed. Contractor Archibald Torrance is in charge of the work.
 oOWlIn9 FAteyS are oSi7S TldSSO.
 Men are engaged in installing the bowling alleys in the building which James Graham has erected on Mer- chants avenue, Taftville. The inside and outside carpentry work is all fin ished and the painting will be start ed in a day or so. George Allen, the contractor, has charge of the work.
 Repairs For Main Street Building.
 The building owned by Joseph D. Harris on Main street. known as form erly the Roderick theatre. is undergo ing extensive alterations and repairs. The ground floor is being made over into two attractive stores and one will be occupied by Lee Clegg, the jeweler. The front of the building will be eX- tended out to the building line. New plate glass windows with attractive store fronts will be installed. The interior of the building will be re- painted and redecorated and when completed the building will be one of the desirable places for business.
 MiIiner Work Nearly Completed.
 The carpentry work on the Millner building on High street, Baltic, which Contractor George Allen Is changing over so as to equip the ground floor with two stores is all complete. The painting will be started soon.
 Dion House Almost Finished.
 The two story building which P. Dion is having built on Hunters av- enue, Taftville, is fast advancing to- ward the completion stage The car
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS
THE PACKING OF APPLES.
Question of RecePtacIes is Importan
 at Outset.

The question of rcceptaeles for the apples is an important one before one starts to pack. If aples are of very high quality, very often it is wise to put them in boxes. The fruit stand man likes the box package be- ause he knows how many apples he is buying, for a certain sum, and therefore knows how many he can sell for 10 cents and still make a. good profit. The apples packed in this way must be sound and of a uniform size, color and shape. The consumer likes attractive and because he can use them all before they decay: satisfac- tion being given, additional sales are guaranteed.
 The actual packing of a barrel con sists in placing a corrugated head on the bottom of the barrel. The final top of the barrel is the bottom as it is being packed. If the quality of the apples arranted it, a fancy lace paper circle is next put into the bar rel. An oiled or paraffined paper circle is pug in next, which prevents any dirt which may possibly sift into the barrel through the cover from coming in contact with the fruit and also prevents excessive moisture transpiration from the apples. The head of the barrel is now faced with uniform sized apples of a grade which is tplical of the contents of the bar rel. These apples should be of good color, or at least show good color around the stem ends. Steamers or small shears should be used to cut the ends from the long stems so that they will not puncture the oiled pa per circle and will rest more even ly upon the face end. This is some times omitted in strictly commercial work
 fo ;- down. in concentric circles The out side or larger circle is placed first of a uniform sized apple which will just fill the circle snugly. Each con- centric circle is placed in the same way. The center will equire one, two, three, four or six apples. vary. ing in accordance with the sizes of apples use.a The next layer is placed the same way by some growers, es- peciaily for their extra fancy and ex- hibition barrels. Most commercial growers now make the second layer by placing the heavy colored cheek of the apples in the cavities formed between the apples of the face layer This method makes the barrel look much better when opened. About a bushel of apples Is next carefully emptied upon these two face layers before the barrel is shaken at all The barrel should be carefully shaken then after each succeeding basket is put in, until 1t Is full. The shaking, or ''racking" as it is called, tends to work the apples down into all the cavities. In this way a compact pack age is secured and possibility ot brIising is eliminated
 The height to which the barrel should be filled varies according to varieties, and opinion on this point differs in different localities. It should be just high enough so that when the head is pressed in all aples will be held firm, and yet not so tight as tc bruise them. The last layer should be placed with their ends upperHnosr This makes it easier to put the head
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
BUILDING AND RusINEs.
7ernits For New Work Make Good
 Showing For This Season.

Sales of real estate by warraty deed in the cities of the state reported In The Commercial Record last week were the largest ever reported. The compared with 454 last year; while mortgage loans were S1,7S4,074, as compared with s1.205,o65 in the same week a year ago. ~
 The 12 new interpretations report ed last week had aggregate author ized capital stock of s9s6,000, against five reported in the same week year ago. with a capital stock of S175, 00O
 The record caof8 bankruptcy petitions filed in this state during the past week again makes very good showing. The three petitions this week have as sets of $1,4S6 and liabilities of S1O, OTIS, as against five petitions, with assets of $11, ,035 and liabilities of $24,S93 in the corresponding week of last year.
 Building permits for the week grant ed in the cities of New Haven, Bridge port, Hartford, Waterbury, Stamford and New Britain, numbered 1S4, for building construction amounting to s6S5,0e2, a good showing for this per iod of the year. A year ago in the same cities, 13S permits were issued for construction work to cost S375,35b.
 Contracts awarded last week in include a fve-sory business block in New Haven, several brick tenement houses in Hartford; factory additions in Waterbury New Britain and New Haven; store and apartment buildings in Waterbury and New Britain, resi- dence alterations in Bridgeport new residences in Greenwich, New Haven and Bridgeport; nurses home in Wal lingford, car station in Naugatuck, riding academy in Greenwich and a number of twofamily houses in all the larger cities of the state.
 The volume of new projects re- ported last week was somewhat small CT than in several weeks. Bids are be- ing invited for an addition to a bank building in Bridgeport; an addition to a brewery in West Haven will soon be started and plans are being pre- pared or are figuring for residence work in New Haven, Bridgeport, Stam- ford. Greenwich and Hartford; also for blocks in Waterbury. Hartford and bridgeport, and contracts will be awarded soon for factory additions and a public garage in Hartford.
 Norwich had fS.s sales of real es- tate last week to p year ago. There were loans amounting to S10,550 last week to S26,122 a year ago.
 New Londonz-had 26 sales of realty totalling s64.725 and s45.65O for the last week to IS year ago, with loans respective weeks
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
DDILETOWN.

The Middletown Odd Fellows Asso- citation recently purchased the Uni versalists' property at the corner of Main ana College streets and will make extensive alterations to the in terior of the building, which will be fitted up for lodge purposes. Another floor will be laid in the auditorium be- tween the present floor and the ceiling and the aditiOnal room provided will be used for a lodge room New maple floors will be laid and a circular stair case will be erected The rooms in the front will be used for social pur- poses. Anew heating plant will be installed and also electric wiring and fixtures.
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l if by mistake the bottom

in, and if by mistake the bottom should be opened. It will present a much better appearance. 4 corrugat- ed head is also used at the tail end as it helps to prevent bruising when the tail is pressed in. It should be nailed in place with six three and a. halfpenny nails. It is advisa ble also to nail liners to the tail end of the barrel. The barrel is reversed, and if it is to be shipped a long distanc.. the head should also be nailed in like manner as an aded precaution.
 In box packing, the apples are graded for size and color.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
NEW LONDON.
Two Family House.

Work has been started on a new house at the corner of Morgan and Waldo streets for Lewis Loring, Percy White having the general contract. The plans call for a frame house, 25x37 feet, with shingle roof. The heating will be by furnace and every convenience will be provided.
 Building Petitions.
 R. J. Cary has petitioned to build a garage of cement stucco and wood, reinforced with steel, on Pacific street.
 P. Paquette has asked for permis- sion to remove a small building from 686 Bank street to Montauik avenue.
 The G. M. Long company has asked for permission to remove it's build ing from it's present site to the Fish CTS Island wharf
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two inches of soil to prevent frost in jury or willing. As the weather grows colder and preferably after the first soil covering has frozen Eearly to the vegetables, more covering should be applied to thickness of two to four inches. It is well to ob tain this soil alongside of the pit in such a way that good drainage will be assured. After more cold weather additional covering of straw, mead ow hay, leaves or similar good pro- tective material is aded.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
MOAN

The garage at the shipyard is near ly completed and will be given q coat ing of grey paint like the other build ings there. The main office is now being painted.
 The interior of the Charles Davis house in High street is being remod- eled by William Patterson.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
USE LIME THIS FALL.

All newly seeded pieces should be lined this fall, especially so if clover is to be seeded next spring. There are several hay producers in the county who are blowing up their idle lands and seeding down again. These areas should be well Timed this fall if possible, one and one half to two tons of ground limestone should be used per acre.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
DOES TT PAY FARMERS TO GO TO
 SCHOOL?

Statistics sometimes teach whole some lessons. A recent example is the survey made of 100 Kansas farms. According to the figures, athe farmer with a high school education is mak- ing 70 per cent. more profit than his neighbor with only a common school education, while the college graduate than that of either that he is frankly
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12

4 Grand Duke Nicholas. just recalled from the scene of his triumphs in the Caucasus, now commands the Russo Roumanian forces against Bulgaria, it is reported. The grand duke has su-
 preme command of all the Russian and Roumanian forces operating in Dob- rudja and on the Danube. He may act as an adviser of the Roumanian
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12

commanders fighting for possession of Transylvania. Because of the heavy fighting in the Balkans, both on the Roumanian frontier and in Macedonia, the arrival of the grand duke on the Roumanian border, it is believed, will be the signal for the opening of the double -barreled allied offensive on Bulgaria in an effort to close the Aus tro- German road to Constantinople.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
WYANDoTTEs ARE MAKING A STRONG FINISH
Four Out of Five of the Best Pens
 Last Week Were of This Breed.

The Wyandottes are. birds" alright. They are doing really splendid work in the tail end of the laying contest at storrs. In the forty ninth week four pens out the best five belong to this breed. Obed C: Knights White Wyandottes from Bfidgeton, R. l., and Dr. N. W. Sanborn's Bluffs from Hold en, Mass, tied for first place with AT eggs each. The Agricultural Colleges pen of "Oregons'' from Corvallis, Ore, were second with yield of 45 eggs. J. F. Watson's birds from Marbledale, Conn.,, and Tom Barron's English pen, both White Wyandottes, came next with A and 43 eggs respectively.
 The total yield for all pens amount ed to 216S or better by about 40 eggs than the corresponding week last year This is an average yield of 31 per cent. The Wyandotte class however laid at the rate of Al per cent, the Rocks at B 1-2, while 2S per cent. represents the yield of the Reds and the LeghornS. The closest race is in the Leghorn group F.. F. Lincolns pen from Mt. Carmel, Conn.,, and Will Barrons pen from Bartle, Eng, have not been more than four eggs apart during the past five weeks At this ing by two eggs. Each is due to lay more than two thousand eggs for the year. The monthly awards for September have been announced as follows: the 1 blue ribbon or first prize was won y 1 the Oregon pen mentioned above; | Rock Rose Farms Barred Rocks from Katonah. N. Y., got second place for | the month with a yield of 199 eggs: | and A. w. Rurnery's pen of Rhode Is | land Reds from Danville, \. H., won
 third prize with production of 1s3 eggs.
 1 The three best pens in each of the | principal breeds are as follows:
 Pen. Plymouth Rocks. Rock Rose Farm (Barred) Katonah, N. Y. ........,.-. 1882 I 13 Albert T. Lenzen (White) I North Attleboro, Mass. .... 1872 Oregon Agricultural College (Barred) Corvallis, Ore. =. 1929 Wyandcttes.
 l 20 Obed c. Knight (White) Bridgeton, R. I. ..........- 2149 l 27 Tom. Barron. CWhite) Cat | 2S Abel Latham, CWhite) Brier- | field, Eng. ..........,.... 1920 Rhode Island Reds. | 53 Pinecrest Orchards, Groton
 4s Aass1 Az"w. Rumery. Danviiie, ls'' l N H. .......... 1874 l 50 Jacob l.. Jansen, North | Haven, Conn. ...... 1744 White Leghorns. 1 63 Francis F. Lincoln, Mt. Carmel. Conn. ............. 1865 69 Will Barron. Bartle. near Preston, Eng. ............. 1863 66 r. M. Peasely, Cheshire.
 Conn. .................. 1866 Miscellaneous.
 98 Oregon Agricultural College
 (Oregons}, Corvallis, Ore. .. 1893 93 J. ColIinson, (Black Leg
 horns), Barnacre, Garstang,
 Eng. .................. 172o 100 A. Schwarz (Black Rhine
 landarsA l211rIi1noarnne Cal 1sao
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;. 8. .5Cousiderate,

The Greek statesmen are humane. When they sawed the bar of King Constantine's trapeze they arranged his fall so taat he would land in the middle of the net.-Anaconda Stand ard
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Timely Warnind.

The British censors will come to grief yet Some sday they'll open a letter of Colonel Roosevelt's and then the ColonePH blast em.-Charleston News and Courier.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
QUAKER HILL.

George F,ritts has purchased from the Mary J. Robertson estate three building lots north of the school and will erect a house there
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12
5UILDING- OPERATIONS
 IN NEW ENGLAND

The statistics of building and en- gineering operations in New England as compiled by The F. w Dodge Com pany, follow:
Norwich bulletin., 1916-10-12

in class by himself The survey would seem to be one more practical answer to the popular question. Does 1t pay to go to college?
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White Leghorns.
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous. 98 Oregon Agricultural College (Oregons}, Corvallis, Ore. .. 19E 93 J. Collirson, (Black Leg horns), Barnacre, Garstang, - Eng. r: 00 A. Schwarz (Black Rhine landers) Rurlingame, Cal. .. 16;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07
HAIL! HAIL! THE MOOSE is HERE!
FOR T. R. SING AND YELL AND CHEER
Progressives Slow in Getting Ready But Auditorium
Rafters Ring as State Joins State With Rhythmic
Swing, in Mighty Chorus, eve Want Teddy"

AUDITORIUM THEATRE, CHICAGO,
June THE Progressives were as slow in
gathering at their national convention as
the regulars at the Coliseum,
The Michigan delegation brought the first
Roosevelt banner into the Auditorium at
1895 and received the first ovation.
The delegations arrived slowly.
At 1850 less than half the seats were
filed.
In the next ten minutes delegation after
delegation arrived, most OF them singing
when Teddy Comes Marching Home" |"
the Bull Moose's new campaign song.
Scattered cheering and cries of I'VE
want Teddy" began to give the hall the old
time Bull Moose aspect
Clifford Pinchot led the Pennsylvania
delegation as it came singing into the
Auditorium.
The Texas delegation with its famous
Texas wants Teddy sign drew the biggest
ovation thus far,
A fat tenor in the balcony led the crowd
in singing Roosevelt songs
The convention hall was a medley of
college yells, rebel yelIs and western war
whoops. III Teddy were President where
would villa be2' was the sign on the New
Mexico banner which brought cheer after
cheer from the crowd.
The balconies were well hlled at noon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-07
BORAH A STURDY CHAMPION
OF AMERICAN RIGHTS
Has Opposed All Steps Tending to
Abridge Their Action

'In all our international difficulties have
but one rule-the rights of every American
citizen, no matter where he is. must be re-
spected." There you have the politics of
William e, Borah, Senator from Idaho.
To the policy Of warning Americans out
of Mexico and to that of warning them off
ships which might be Summarized, Borah Ia
equally opposed On the Senate floor he
has shared with Senator Lodge. of Massa-
chusetts. the admitted leadership for this
doctrine. No matter II the policy leads to
war, Borah is opposed TO yielding one inch
of ground.
Before foreign relations took the fore
ground OF American politics. Borah was
known for his sympathy with the group
OF Progressive Republicans and their de-
mands for a different tariff, trust and rail-
road program than that laid down by the
party leaders.
He still votes and works for the general
program proposed by this group. It was
Borah who this year forced an amendment
TO the investigation of the general railway
situation asked by President Wilson, which
necessltates Senate.House committee look.
ing into the feasibility of government own
ershp.
Borah became a national figure when he
was the principal prosecutor OF William d.
Haywood, secretary OF the Western Fedora
ton or Miners for the murder OF Governor
Frank Steunenberg, Of Idaho.
When he arrived at Washington as a
Senator, the conservatives in charge figured
because OF this fight Borah would make an
COMMITTEES Hetwas handed the place, and
In few months reported out bills creating
a Department OF Labor with a Cabinet man
to head IL; a child labor bill and the S-hour
day Tor government employees and for those
employed. on Government contracts.