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Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-12
Blows Top Of Head
Off With Shotgun

North Platte, Neb,, Dec, ll.-(Spe-
cial Telegram oscar Falk, 81. of
Cheyenne committed suicide at the
home OF his uncle, Andrew Falk, FIVE
miles south of here, by placing a shot
gun against his forehead and blowing
away the top of his head. His mother
had brought him to the uncle's home
seferal days ago suffering from men
tai trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-12

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From the time Of the First
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Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16
SPANISH AMERICAN
 LEGION PROVING LOYAL
In Helping the American Army Guaro
 It's Mexican Boundary.

Columbus N M., Aug. 15.-Military men here express themselves as en- thusiastic over the spirit and loyalty of the Spanish American legion that is helping the American army guard it's Mexican boundary.
 One third of the men of the First New Mexico Infantry, on station here, as incorporated into the United States service, are of Mexican origin and some of them are of Mexican borth. Three companies of the regiment, A. E and L. are composed entirely of Latin Americans. The men, all resi- dents of the New Mexico, are me- chanics, clerks, vaqueros and farmers, a few also being college graduates in in civil life. They speak. read and write the English language, but Span ish being their mother tongue, they usually speak it when among them selves It is not unusual to hear voices engaged in a spirited argument in Spanish arising from the tents of the Kew Mexican regiment. James Ba0a, of E company. Sante Fe. himself a Spanish American says:
 There are sixty eight Spanish
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16
NORWICH VISITORS ALONG
 NARRAGANSET BAY.
Many from This Section Enjoying Va
 cations at Summer Colonies.
Especial to The Bulletin.)

Providence, R. l., Sept. 15.-Notwith- standing the cool, hay weather of the past week, and the fact that the regu- lar season at all of the larger resorts along Narra gansett bay practically comes to an end with Labor day, the general delay in reopening of schools because of the prevalence of infantile paralysis in so many places has given the season Of 1916 an extended lease of activity, and the number of cottagers and guests remaining late is very large. Visitors, the past week have also been numerous, among them being many from Norwich aud vicinity.
 MT and Mrs. Clarence Williams of Norwich have taken a cottage at But tonwoods during September. Over La Dor day they had as guests MT. and Mrs. Edward Williams, Misses Frances and Jessie Williams of Norwich, Miss Eleanor Davis of Taftville, who made the trip by automobile.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles H. Niles of New London spent the past week with MT. and Mrs. Frank Tanner at Mystic cottage, Arnold's Neck.
 Miss Harriet Jackson of Norwich is spending 8 few days with relatives in the Elmwood section of Providence.
 Miss Sadie Donahue, who has been visiting Mrs. John Gordon of Hope Valley. has returned to her home in Plainfeld.
 Miss May Hammett of Danielson is the guest of Mir. and Mrs Nathaniel Hubbard at Pleasant View cottage, Fields Point.
 MT and Mrs Edward Horton of Norwich are among the late arrivals at Block Island. where they will remain until the first of October.
 Mir. and Mrs. Orray Fl. Potter of Dan ielson were at the Sunshine cottage at Oakland Beach with MT and Mrs. W. A. Strong over the last week end. They motored home.
 Miss Emily Sutton of Norwich is spending couple of weeks with rela- tives at Pawtucket.
 Miss Nellie Congdon of Putnam was a visitor at Idle Hour cottage, Oakland Beach, the past week
 MT and Mrs. w A. Graves of Dan telson have been spending the past week at Solid Comfort cottage, War wick cove, at Oakland Beach
 MT. and Mrs. Richard Hiscox and Nn. George Hiscox, of Norwich, are Visiting for a few days with MT His cox's brother, Leonard Hiscox. of No. 10 Spruce street, Westerly.
 Miss Helen Sullivan of Norwich has returned home after two weeks yaca- ton. at Pleasant View.
 Mrs. Walter H. Leonard of Norwich
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marked change in temperature" Yet twelve hours after that prediction was typed the mercury stood at S2 and twentyfour hous afterward at 3D. fall of fifty degrees in a dozen hours. If that isn't a marked" change in temperature, I don't what would be-
 Now government agents are touring the 'rooral deestricks'' to try and arouse some enthusiasm for or at least some interest in some sort of a land bank which is supposed to offer the farmer a chance to borrow money.
 Good landi The farmers chance to know about aren't hankering to borrow money. They'd be better sat- isfied to get consumers prices for the stuff they raise instead of being com pelled to ''divvy with the market toll takers in the proportion of about one-third to themselves and two thirds to the tollmen. Most farmers have trouble enough, already, in get ting money to pay taxes and 1nsur- ance and church rates and grocery bills, etc, without wanting an inter- est bill on borrowed money added to their burden.
 Undoubtedly there are certain" per sons living on farms in the country who would be glad to borrow money from anybody, any time. But they are not apt to be real farmers. They may be spendthrifts who have run through their patriruony and are ready for another chase; or they may be people who had rather live on oth-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16
Holland County
COLUMBIA
Band Gives Closing Concert of Sea son-AutomobiIe Outing-Repubi
 can Nominations-SeIec Re- port Indicates Good Business Man adement. .--

Most of the bungalows about the lake. are occupied at present, quite a number of summer people are staying later than usual on account of the infantile paralysis epidemic.
 Closing Band Concert.
 The Foster band gave the last of the Sunday. afternoon concerts at the lake for the season Sunday.
 Two Hundred and Fifty Mile Auto - mobile Trip.
 Mir. and Mrs. Albert E. Lyman, Mrs. May Lyman Smith, Clayton E. Iy- man, and Miss Marjorie Fowler, left Columbia by automobile Thursday morning. Arriving at East Hartford, they followed the west side of the Connecticut river through Windsor and Warehouse Point, to Springfield At this point they crossed tie river visiting Holyoke, Northampton and Whately, where they stopped for din- ner. After dinner they drove to O!d Deerfeld and viewed the old battle field where Capt. Thomas Lathrop and seventy men from Essex county, Mas sachusetts,, were captured and killed by the Indians, while picking grapes Brook" They also visited Memorial hall and examined the large collection of Indian relics. They stayed at Ho- tel Lathrop, South Deerfeld, Thurs day night. A. E. Lyman was at home here for he had played the cornet at this hotel in past seasons. Friday morning the party motored to Mt. Sugar Loaf, climbed to the top and sat In King Philips" chair. where the old warrior used to sit and watch the early settlers below. From this chair, A. E. Lyman played several fine solos on his cornet which, were echoed down the Connecticut river valley Friday noon the party started on their return trip from. Springfield, they went to Sanfield, Windsor Locks, and Windsor to Hartford, arriving there about 5 o'clock. They stopped to Miss Fowler's home for supper and stayed there Friday night. Saturday morning they visited various places in Hartford and arrived at Columbia,
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16
Saturday afternoon. The distance covered was about 250 miles.
 Local Briefs,

SdIuIUdy dll6TnOOn. The QIStdHCS covered was about 250 miles.
 Local Briefs.
 Herbert. Little of Meriden spent several days last week with local rel atives.
 Miss Lena G. Wolff, bookkeeper and stenogrsEher Sor J c. Worth and Co. of Norwich, is spending her vacation at her home on Columbia Green.
 Master Newton Tucker of Newing ton has been visiting his grandmoth- CT an aunt, in this place.
 Mrs. Emily Randall and children, who have been spending the summer here expect to leave early next week. Mrs; Randall for her home in Cobra do, and her son, Harold, for New Hampshire, where he is to enter Phillips Exeter Academy, and her daughter, Miss Marion Randall, for Milwaukee, Wis, where she will enter the Milwaukee Downer College for Women.
 Herman Brown and Harold Randall have been spending a week camping at Ocean Beach.
 William c. Rchinsou, proprietor of Far View Farm is showing a peach which measures 10 inches around and harvest several hundred baskets of peaches this season. Republican Caucus. The Republican caucus to nominate town officers was held at Yeoman's S hall, Monday evening. About 25 were present. The nominations follow:
 Assessor for three years, William Wolff; board of relief, three years, E. F. Hutchinson; selectmen, r. A. Ly- man and DeLoss Willis; auditor, Henry c. Isham; tax collector, Victor Brouseau; registrar of voters, E. F. | Hutchinson; town school committee, Clayton E. Hunt and A. F. Lyman; grand jurors, D. A. Lyman, Clayton B. Hurt cand Conrad Schrieffer; consta- Lester J. Hutchinson, with two or three exceptions this is the old ticket.
 Markoff-WezenfeId.
 At the home of Meyer Bitten in Pine street, Sunday evening, 175 were present when Miss Annie Wezenfeld of NeWs York, who mas been boarding at Mr. Ritten's, and Max Markoff of Willimantic were married by Rabbi Lavire of Willimantic. Of those pres ent nine were from New York, 20 from Norwich and a large number from Wiilimantic and vicinity. The bride received many presents includ- ing fifty dollars (s50) in money. The couple will reside in Willimantic, where MT. Markoff is in business.
 Recent Accidents.
 Recently Mrs. Fred Schillinger fell down a flight of stairs and was badly bruised about the head and face. Friday of last week, Willard B. Clarke fell from a scaffold and was badly injured. Monday, Miss Lena G. Wolff fell from a load 0f hay and was so badly shaken up as to confine her to her bed for a time. She was on the load of hay to have her picture taken and was swept off the load by the overhanging branch Of an apple tree.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16

l Americans in my company Give me sixty plugs of chewing tobacco and sixty-eight canteens of water; leave out the grub and together we'll march one hundred miles without a whimper."
 Practically every company in the First New Mexico contains a few men of Mexican descent and at least sev- en-tents of the members of the regi- ment speak the Spanish language. it being pointed out that in the state there are communities where English is never spoken except before strang CTS Yet the enlisted men coming from these districts are just as proud of their American citizenship as are the members of the Second Massachusetts infantry, encamped at their side.
 Colonel F. c. Abbott, commanding the New Mexicans, is especially en-
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thusiastic in praise of his Spanish American men. Al
 When President Wilson called the state troops to the border our regi- ment, the first to mobilize, was on it's way to Columbus within twenty -four hours he said. And. in my opinion. the most pleasing factor in the mobfli- zation was the way our Spanish American members responded. It had been said that in the event of any inn pending trouble with Mexico, our Spanish Americans would be slow in coming forward The reverse was true They were among the first to fall into the ranks and shoulder their rifles
 New York receives weekly from 125 to 175 carloads of chickens, averaging 20, 900 pounds to the car.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16

CT folks money than their own, or they may be speeulators who think they. see chance to rake in certain profits if they can only have some body else's money for the preliminary risks; or they may be dreaIners who have the vision of some will the wisp turing them with dancing lights towards bankruptcy; or they may be just "splurgers" who want to show off and don't care how much it costs somebody else for them to do it.
 But the real farmers I know about who spend their time raising things and taking care of their farms and stock, are apt to be mighty chary about borrowing. Mortgages and an- nual interest days, are no. attractive to such of them as I meet.
 Perhaps things are different out west. Hereabouts the farmers don't care half so much about new oppor- tunities of borrowing government money as they would about a govern nent supervision of markets which would enable them to collect at least two thirds or three-quarters of the real selling value of their produce.
 It isn't so much the other fellow S money that we want as the chance to add to our own rolls a fairer propor- tion than at present of our own money,-that which we honestly earn but are swindled out of by market manipulators.
 THE FARMER.
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Indeed, 8 whole lot of the oovern- nent's we'll meant efforts to help the farmer" are of questionable value to hin-or anybody else.
 It las got so that certain branches of government seems to think they must all the time be doing something for farmers or they'll be in danger of losing the farmer vote. Being politicians and not farmers they know about as much of the real farmers real problems as they do about San scrit theology. Which is just notn- ing. But they think they must do something to keep the farmers good natured. So they appropriate and spend money for a good many things which make a real farmer srnile-if he doesn't get mad before the grain develops!
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16

Is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Edward O'Neill and family of Prairie avenue, Providence, for few days
 MT. and Mrs. Joseph Porter of Nor wich are spending a few days with relatives on Pine street, Providence
 Miss Olive Parker of Norwich spent the past week with relatives at their summer home at ButtonWooCS.
 MT. and Mrs. William Young have returned to Danielson after a stay Of several weeks at their cottage on Brush Neck cove Oakland Beach
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There's the weather service,

There's the weather service, of which I've spoken several times In
 my neck-o'- woods it isn't nearly as informative or valuable as a combina- tion of angie worm, spider and swa1- low. Anyone of those latter three weather forecasters car and does tell me things about coming weather earl fer and more accurately than the Washington forecasters do. For il- lustration, I've already had two frosts on my gardens. Not very hard ones to be sure: not enough to kill any,
 thing. But severe enough to nip squash leaves and bean vine tips and peppers, etc In the first case the Washington forecasts made no refer ence whatever to the subject. In the last case they specially predicted ''no
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16
TOWN REPORT.
As Completed by SeIectnen ard
 Town Treasurer.

The selectmen and town treasurer have completed their report of the business for the past year showing that for the first time in a number of years the income of the town has practically paid it's running expenses, and had it not been for the $1, ,0O0 as the towns portion of the new state highway, the net indebtedness of the town would have been reduced over $9Oo
 Following is a reorganization of the expenses of the several departments fnT ha fV1-C
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16

Borrowed Money s4,536.21 s3,628. .96
 The increase in net indebtedness was only $S9.50, in 1915, it was S979.09 and in 1914 over S1.200. If the $1,000 paid as the towns portion for the new state road is deducted it leaves the net expenses for the past year at $3,135.21, as represented by the seIectmen's orders. The expense for schools for the past year has been $5,147.5S, as against $5,001.65 for the wear 1915
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16

Mir. Walters prediction of an order- Iy convention did not materiaIize, as he did not practice what he preached, for to do so probably would not be digging that grave for the politics of Mahan and his followers. and would thwart the work of the Farrell Waller combination. The committee finally sent in list of town officers for action by the council, and two names came in for the office of regis trar of voters, a Mahan man and a Farrell man. The roll call of the del egates was asked for to decide which of the two men would be the nominee. Waller believing that Farrell had corralled a majority of the delegates permitted the roll call and the Ma
 han man, so-called, was nominated by a vote of 13 to 12. Then the animal broke loose and the fight was on, with MT. Waller as chairman in the most, commanding position There was motion for roll call on the delegates to the state convert/h but it was ruled out of order as was every other motion made by the anti Farrell Waller delegates. There was some uproar and all the time the chairman was rapping the table with his gavel, and sometimes within few inches of Senator Miners head. The chairman was not rapDfng for order but to
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Farrel had been busy in getting an anti Ma!s-~.l delegation from the sew era' wards to the city convention, and .n the work he was not opposed. The main object was to oust Mahan from the state central committee and make room for Farrell thereon. There is not much doubt but Farrell did sue ceed in getting an arti-Mahan dele gation from this senatorial district. But back to the city convention MT. opposition, or motion of a delegate who evidently had nos much knoW1- edge of the greatness of MT. Waller for he arose and said: T move that Thomas M. T Aller te the chairman ! of this convention" IL is therefore no wonder that MT. Waller asked soon after entering the room, and not be- ing greeted with applause, Do you think the men assembled here know me-" When MT Waller took his place on the platform he was then ap- plauded, even by those who fully
 knew that the convention was likely
 to be what it eventually was, a real
 old fashioned Waller convention, with
 Waller in absolute control and to
 govern in a way best suited to his
 purpose. It was he who said years
 ago, "all is fair in war and politics,
 and what's the use of beiEg chairman
 of a democratic gathering if you can't
 rule.' In this instance, Mr Waller
 was in the chair as representing the
 Farrell contingent, and he SEW to
 it that the Farrel program was carried
 out to the letter.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-16

As soon as the convention was or- eanized a motion prevailed that the chairman of the five ward delegations be a nominating committee to present a list of nanec as candidates for the city ticket and also for the delegates to the several conventions. While the committee was in the ante room preparing tine list, MT. Waller made a speech strongly in favor of the re- election of President Cleveland. He also made reference to the lack of seating accommodations ir the con- Yention hall and he urged these pres ent, regardless of politics, to use their influence with the court of common council so that proper seating facili- ties would be provided. He said with ample seats, and the people seat ed, the business could be conducted, properly and as orderly as In the court, and he believed the convention then in session would be of the most orderly type. He made reference to some place in Norwich where similar sessions are held where 300 men can be comfortable seated, and incense quence the political sessions in that city are as orderly conducted as are the courts.
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Fifty years ago all the farmers in my vicinity gave up raising wheat. Under the old methods of soil prepa- ration and soil feeding it had come to be unprcfitable Yet, right on this old farm of mine, on fields which have been cropped for a hundred and fifty years, l have, within the last twenty years, raised first quality spring wheat at the rate of over 22bushels per acre.
 The average acre yield of spring wheat fo- the Tinted States this year according to this amazing September forecase, is just S.S bushels. That is, the great wheat fields of the wonder ful western wheat empire" don't pro- duce half, little more than a third of what my worn-out old eastern pas lures yield and have yielded.
 In the light of such facts 1t is ab- surd that eastern farmers "-an't' raise wheat. Tn some eases 1t might not be profta ble. In some cases it might be difficult. In many cases it might be hard to get the grain ground from lack of milling facilities But the raising Is not beyond us, if we really want to do it and are convinced that it would be " orth while
 If, in any Case, 1t isn't worth while then in that ease, of course the far nler has no right to kick about buy ing wheat he prefers and chooses to buy rather than raise.
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h any case, it begins to look as if

h any case, it begins to look as if this crop estimating business of the government wasn't of very great ac . count. Its value to actual farmers has long been problematicai If it isn't of any use to the grain gamblers of the stock exchanges either, the only remaining good it seems to serve IS to provide salaries for certain gov ernment employees engaged in collect ing and tabulating ard broadcasting the alleged statistics.
 Anc. really, lot of these delicate handed young gentlemen might be quite as proftably employed callous- ing IIeir white palms in rural potato fields raising snore potatoes, as in Washington offices, collating figures to show insufficient crops