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Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
CUTTING MILK TRANSPORTA-
 TION COSTS.

The wide variation upon farms in the cost of many items studied recently, in the "Cost of Milk Production Sur. vey" conducted by the Department of Dairy Husbandry of the Connecticut Agricultural College, was very strik. ing. There are natural reasons why such variations should exist, but on all farms careful consideration should be given them. Take for instance the item of the cost of getting milk to the milk plant or shipping station.
 In some instances in a community a milk>tea took care of the milk collec. tion and generally when conditions warrant, this is to be recommended. In other instances two or more farmers would alternate by days or weeks so that 1t was necessary to make the trip only half or one-third or less as often as when the milk was hauled daily. The loss of time of man and horse was very large, when no cooperation existed, because the average distance to haul is from two to three miles. This consumes not less than two hours daily of man and horse labor, which at 25 cents and 20 cents per hour res. pectively, would amount 10 $328. 50 per year.. not including charge for keeping wagon Ill running order. When only a few cans are hauled daily, as is usually the case, the cost per quart for transportation is neces. sarily great. In this day where efficient efforts are so important such a practice could well be discontinued unless there are other very good reasons for making the trip.
 G, c, White.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
Value of Vacations.

Vacations. according to the New York Medical Ju3rnal. arc natures safety valves for the relief 0. tho high pres. sure rcSul:ing from efficiency. EIi,ien- cy demands that throughout working hours all the faculties he taxed to the utmost without waste of material or of energy, but if Y"opcrly directed 1t aims at making aH efficient man before an efficient product. Therefore pro. ducticn may not exact that the man speed up beyond his endurance.
 The recent application of efficiency methods makes the vacation more than ever necessary. The vacation" says the Medical Journal, should be the nearest approach 10 the simple life. It is for this reason that the country, with all it's many inconvenience, is so often chosen for the place of vacation. Tho vacation period allows for the absorp- tion and elimination of the fatigue products from the system accumulated in the pressure period of the work. The longer the vacation, therefore, the better the subsequent work"
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
Art and Nature.

Art is the revelation of man, and not merely that, but likewise the reve- lation of nature speaking through man. Art pre-exists in nature, and nature Is reproduced in art. AS vapors from the ocean floating landward and dis. solved in rain are carried back in riv. CTS to the ocean, so thoughts and tho semblances of things that fall upon the soul of man in showers flow out again in living streams of art and lose them. selves in the great ocean, which is ma. ture. Art and nature are not, then, discordant, but ever harmoniously working in each other-Longfellow's Hyperion
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
EAST CANAAN

MT. and Mrs. D. O. Kennedy of New York are at Stevens Farm for few weeks.
 Miss Ruth Smith of Orange, N. J. is Ia guest at Dr. Harvey's.
 Rev. M. J. B. Fuller and family re. 'turned last week from visit in Peru, 'Vt.
 Mrs. Miding and Mr. Mcintyre of Chicago were over-Sunday guests of Mrs. Flora McIntrye.
 Mrs. Anderson and daughter came last Wednesday and are at their cottage.
 Rev. Fuller will occupy the pulpit next Sunday. The following Sunday Aug. 19, Rev. 0. W. Hanna of East Granby will preach.
 Edward Goodwin and family are at G. K. Goodwin's for two weeks.
 Mrs. Pomeroy of Boston is visiting ht o. H. Sage's.
 Miss E. J. Alling returned Friday from nearly ayear's trip in California, Washington and other places.
 Rev. W. E. Maylott and family, Mir. hnd Mrs. E. $. Roberts, Mrs. Irene Cowdrey and Miss M. E. Briggs are snending week at Northfeld.
 Miss Philanda Stevens is visiting in Bridgeport.
 Leroy Lamb of New Haven spent g Jew days last week with G. w. Cowdrey.
 Miss Mattie Stevens of New Milford is spending few days at Cyrus How and's
 Miss Augusta Colligan is spending 8 week with relatives in Winsted.
 Miss Mae Foley has been on the sick ist the past week.
 Mrs. Joseph Kegler and daughter oi South Windham have been spending g Jew days with Mrs. Annie Ivory.
 Mrs. James Tierney, Jr. has been eriously sick but Is much improved at his writing.
 MT. and Mrs. c. W. Cowdrey and J. L. Merritt spent part of the day Tuesday in Winsted.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
AUCTION.

As directed by the United States bankrupt court for this district, will sell at public anction at. the sign post in North Canaan on
 Saturday, August II, at 10 a. m., , all the unpaid accounts due to the estate of O T. Vosburgh late of North Canaan; that is, to sell each account separately if not paid on or before said date.
 Dated at Falls Village this first day of August, 1917.
 I. P. Hornbeck, Trustee.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
CORNWALL

The resignation of his pastorate here two years ago by. MT. Starr seems to have started an epidemic among the clergy in the northern part of the county as Rev. Messrs. Stearns, Fitch, Judson, and Gillette have followed his example. AS the briefest of these pas- torates has been twelve years the length of the average stay of the ministers hereabout is being decidedly cut down.
 Miss Esther Strattman and Miss Ruth Johnson are attending the sum- mer course at the Normal School in Danbury where Miss Sarah B. Clark is teaching, and her sister, Miss Harriet Clark is to begin the full course in the Fall.
 Miss Helen V. Swanson is to take the course for trained nurses ill New York.
 MT. Salisbury Woolsey is going to France, where he studied forestry some years since, to enter forestry work there.
 . A large congregation gathered in the College Street (East Cornwall) church last Sunday for the memorial service which took the place of the annual ser mon by pr. Fennell, which would have heen hls fortieth ill unbroken succession.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
Ore Deposits.

Men sometimes dream of enormous wealth stored deep fin the earth, below the reach of miners, but experts aver that there is little or no ground to be- lieve that valuable metallic deposits lie very deep in the earth's crust. Such deposits, 1t is said, are made by under ground waters, and owing to the pres sure on the rocks at great depths the waters are confined to shell near the surface. With few exceptions ore de- posits become too lean to repay work ing below 5000 feet. Nine mines fin ten, taking the world us q whole, are poorer in the second thousand feet than in the first and poorer yet in the third thousand.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
SHARON VALLEY

Mrs. Elsie Caldwell of Philadelphia is spending some time here at, her home. Mrs. Schwartz O. BSooklyn re- turned with her.
 Mrs. A. Middlebrook returned re. gently from pleasure trip to Buffalo, and Niagara Falls.
 A. Seutt is visiting his daughter Mrs. Fl. Cline in Bristol.
 Mrs. Walker. of Stamford and Mrs. c. Tiedeman were recent visitors at Mrs. A. Mallory's.
 Mrs. E. Klebes entertained friends on Sunday.
 Miss K. Scott motored to Bristol on Thursday. ..-...- ....
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICERS
 COMMISSIONS.
G. c. White.

Men who have not been called for physical examination under the draft, and who have had college education may make application for a comm is- sion as first lieutenant in the Aviation Section of the Signal Officers Reserve Corps as aviators or balloon pilots, provided they are not under 19 or over 30 years of age. While college men are preferred, applications from those who have graduated from high school and have exceptionally good qualifica. tions- will be considered. If the appli- cation is approved, the applicant will be notified to appear before a medical board for examination. If this is satis. factory, he is assigned to schools for training.
 While at the schools soldiers pay, rations, and sleeping accommodations are allowed, the officers pay following graduation and assignment to duty as first lieutenant.
 Men having a trade who cannot fill the qualifications required for aviation or balloon pilots, can enter the aviation service by enlistment.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
L-AkEv!LLE

Walter Holmes of Bridgeport is spending his annual vacation with his brother, Arthur Holmes.
 Miss Winnie Odell of Springfield is visiting her cousin, Gladys H. Osborn.
 The infant child of MT. and Mrs. John Garrity died on Monday morning this week after a short illness. The child was only eleven months old. Funeral was held at St. Mary's church on Wednesday morning.
 Mrs. Samuel Heising of New York city and three children were guests of Mrs. R. w. Dufour last week. Mrs. Dufour is a sister of Mrs Hiesing. MT. Joseph and family of Great Bar. rington were in town calling on Satur day.
 Mrs. Esther VanRensaler, Mrs. Edward Hartford and Mrs. Orson Hart ford, gave all ice cream social at the home of Mrs. VanRensaler on Wednes. day evening, Aug. s, for the benefit of the Red Cross.
 A. $. Martin, the hustling garage man, sold three mere autos last week. A five passenger Rec to H. W. Tim mins; Reo runabout to John Brighinty and Ford truck to Brooks & Co. con. stractors at Hotchkiss school.
 Thomas Meredith of Hartford is visit ing friends and relatives in town.
 Mrs. Frank W )odward of Torringford has been visiting relatives in town this week.
 Mrs. H. M. Thrall, son Donald, daughter Mary and Louise Heaton motored to Endfeld, Mass. on Tuesday morning to visit the l.. 0 Warren family, returning home Wednesday night Mary and Louise remaining for a couple of weeks visit. I. W. Wolf and family just returned last week from an auto trip up through the Rocky Mountains. Miss Lois Martin is spending this weekwith her grandparents in Taconic.
 MT. and Mrs. H. J. Shaw spent a portion of last week visiting their son and family ill Torrington.
 The Rev. A. A. Vradenburg IS taking his annual vacation of two weeks spending it touring in New York state with his wife ill their new auto which arrived this week.
 0. H. Thurston made a trip to Hart. ford on Thursday last. F. J. Burns and brother of Water bury are guests at the Wononsco House. MT. Burns is well-known in town as he has spent share of the summers here for a number of years.
 Sherman Warner of Waterbury was | G,,, oF frian1c VI . town. He reports his brother Clifford as recovering rapidly from recent attack of typhoid fever. | O. H. Osborn made a business trip to Danbury on Wednesday and Thursday Of last week.
 Miss Isabelle Adam who was over- come by heat last week at Benjamin's s store is recovering slowly.
 Earl Turner, who had been spending returned to his home in Patchogue on Saturday.
 Miss Miriam Everts enjoyed her annual vacation from Roberts store last week, spending the most of it visiting her sister, Dorothy in Springfield.
 Miss Mary Goderis and friend, Miss Ellen Nelson, of Hartford are speDd- ing couple of weeks with Louis Goderis and family.
 Miss Helen Lorigan of Hartford is enjoying her vacation spending it with her parents.
 Robert Eggleston is enjoying his annual vacation from Heaton 6 Co.'S. store this week.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
AIR SERVICE IN WAR.

Time has fully demonstrated the value of the air service in war, and experts say that many of the great de- cisive and effective battles of the future will be fought in the air.
 This appears to be confirmed by the great activity of the Signal Corps and the passhrg unanimously by the House and Senate and the signing by the President without delay of the bill appropriating six hundred and forty million dollaes for aernautics.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
LEGAL NOTICES.
DIsTRICr OF CANAAN, ss., Prc

ABSTRACT OF CANAAN, ss., Pro- D bate Court, July 25, 1917.
 Estate of Catherine Morris. late of North Canaan, in said district deceased. Lhe Court of Probate for the District of Canaan hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof, for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims Tor settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts prop. 'erly attested within said time, will be debarred recovery. All persons in- debted to said Estate are requested to make immediate payment to
 Thomas +. Morris,
 Executor,
 Norfolk, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
What Sho Wanted.

A woman was knocked down. by & horse, but happily escaped with a few scratches.
 A man rescued her and said, "Can I get you anythingT
 She Cmuch out of breath and gasping with excitement)-oh-oh you kindly get me
 He-Some brandy?
 She-No-not drink-some safety Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
On the Lookout.

FIiend-You are not going to run again? Congressman - No; it's too strenuous. was sent down to Wash ington to look out for my constituents, and from the tone of their letters I've got to look out for them when I get home.-Puck.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
Seoopd Sioht.

Do you believe in second sightf
 ''No, but my wife does. When I go shopping with her she always says to the assistant, m come in and look at these again '"-London Telegraph.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
Work and the Tramp.

q don't have to work for q living" said the shiftless individual.
 Of course you don't" rejoined tho busy man. If you did it's q safe bet that you wouldn't be living. g."-Boston Transcript
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
Heard at tha Club.

That's Fred Darling just come in. You know his wife made him."
 You mean that fellow with waxcd mustache and manicurcd nailsT"
 Yes"
 Well, 1 knew women did fancy work. but I never knew they did any. thing as fancy as that Exchange.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
The Champion Lie.

Probably the unmitigated falsehood most frequently told year In and year out takes this form: Wa welcome hon. est criticism. Ohio State Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09
Did Her Best.

Teacher-Do you know the popula. Son of New York? Mamie Backrow- Rot all of them, ma'am; but, then, we've only lived here two years Puck
Connecticut western news., 1917-08-09

To fret and fume Is undiglined, sui. cidany foolish and theoretically unpar donable.-Robert Louis Stevenson.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-23
COMPENSATION
RULINGS ISSUED
Payment of Hospital Charge by
Beneficial Society Does Not
Relieve Employer

Compensation Commissioner John
A. Scott has upheld awards by Ref
cree Jacob Snyder and dismissed ap-
peals in two cases arising in the AL
toona district, one case involving in
jury during some "horse play" In
this case William Ernest Harmon, AL
toona, delivery boy for l.. c. Lam
bour, Altoona, was hurt in a tussle
with a companion which occurred
while he was feeding the horse of his
employer 1t is held that the injured
boy had not invited any play and that
the accident occurred during course
OF employment. The application of
the principle in such cases, holds Mr..
Scott, depends upon close and impor
tant diStinctios of fact.
In the case of Thomas VS.. the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company objection
was made that the monthly grocery
bills showed an unusual amount of de-
pendency upon the earnings of a son,
it being contended that they were
larger than they should have been
for a family of the size of the claim
ant The bills ran as high as $40
every two weeks, but receipts were
produced.
In an opinion rendered in the COM
pensation case of Joseph Reolon. Sem
Company, Kittaning, it is held by
Commissioner John A. Scott that the
company is liable for major opera
ton necessitated by personal injuries
sustained in lifting heavy weight and
cannot be relieved from such liability
because a society of which the claim
ant happened to be member had all
ready paid the cost of hospital service
in his behalf. The payment by the
society was one to which the employee
was entitled by virtue of his member
ship and was not made voluntarily by
the society, says the opinion.
In the case of Mary Alberti VS.. NJ. S.
kemmer & Company, Sandy Run, 1t
is held that the claimant failed to es-
tablish that her husband died from
burns sustained in a mine. The en-
ployers claimed he was burned in his
own home. Compensation awarded
Mary benson in a claim against the
Iloga Steel and Iron Company, Phila-
delphia, is upheld because the deceas
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-23

Tsai-li, former vice-chief of the gen.
eral staff and one of the most conf
Dental advisers under the late Presi-
dent Yuan Shi-kai, was designated as
an observer early in the war. but be-
cause of the unsettled internal affairs
in China, and the difIicu4ty in select
ing a competent staff, did not go to
Europe. All arrangements for his de-
parture have now been completed and
he has been authorized by President
Ii Yuan-hung to leave at once.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-23
NEWEST PLAN TO
GET ROAD ACTION
Members Are Putting in Bills
Which Contain Specific Ap-
preparations Now

Members of the House have evolved
a new plan for getting action on i'm
provement of highways and for MAX
ing additions TO the State highway sys-
tenn. over twenty bills to add new
routes to the list embraced in the
Sproul act system have appeared in
the House alone, Huntingdon, Adams,
Monroe. Wayne, Bradford, Wyoming,
Lehigh Franklin, Cumberland, In
DIANA Clearield, Jefferson, Butler
and Cambria counties being among
those bidding for them. Most of these
bills are for additions to the routes
and the committee on public roads is
awaiting determination of policy by
the State Highway Department,
which in turn is awaiting an. appro-
priation, before adopting a policy. In
the Senate there are dozen similar
bills.
The first bill presented carried an
appropriation for improving road in
Armstrong county and now bills carry
ing $4,000 and specifying that it be
used to improve certain stretches of
road in Jefferson county have turned
up. They direct that the Highway
department improve the roads and
add them to the system.
Another batch of Philadelphia
charter revision bills has been given
to Representative Fred Boyer, chair
man of the House judiciary general
| committee, to introduce. They were
drawn by the committee and are to
appear Monday night.
| 1t is expected that the Senate will
shortly put the bill for an increase of
the police up to the House. The bill
is on third reading and would add
eight corporals and ninety privates to
the force, which now consists of 227
all told, A hot fight is expected in the
House where the labor element has
been preparing for it.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-23

ed died from heat stroke after being
engaged in heavy hot work at a mill.
The testimony, it is held, brings the
injury within the meaning of the
Pennsylvania act
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-23
RmAINAIENT

SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT
New Cumberland, Pa, Feb. 23.-Pu-
pills of the Grammar school taught by
W. II. Speck will hold an entertain
ment this spring.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-23

To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. Druggists refund money if II
fails to cure. Il. w. GROVES signature
is on each box. 25c.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-23
WAR OBSERVER FOR CHINA

Peking, Feb. 22.-After more than
two years delay China has finally ar
ranged to send military observers into
The European war zone. General Wang
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-23

Sales force augmented in order
to give. prompt and satisfactory
service. Your early attendance will
facilitate the selling.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-28
WINTER PAsTuI AND COVER CROPS

pasture in the coastal counties. I'm the
northern counties of East Texas there are
sections where wheat has been found pro-
fitable and this may be made the winter
grain and pasture crop in such sections.
In the coastal counties Emmer has been
successfully grown especially a a grain
and hay crop. being Gu: usually late IN
April Just "a the grain begins To turn from
green To yellow in ripening, and fed in the
bundle. As a pasture crop Emmer j. not
20 desirable a. oats and rye, stock giving
these latter the preference when both are
in the same field. The following rate of
seeding has been found desirable in the
section referred to: Oats, ll-2 bushels.
rye ! bushel. emmer d pecks and barley
D pecks to each acre.
\ word Of caution Ia those who will
grow and use these pasture crops for the
first time. Do not prolong the grazing
to a poiii where the growing plants will
be injured by close cropping and do not
turn ANIMALS on the pasture when the soil
Is wet. especially is this caution necessary
on heavy nd clay soils, a. the trampiny
of the animals in the soft soil will tend
I" puddle IL and %iniure its mechanical con
diiion for succeeding crops.
Farmers who will grow these winter
cover and soiling crops will find that they
Will form n good base from which to start
q systematic crop rotation. The profit
10 ccme from them will be- far more than
primary feeding yalne and more than the
soil conserving and manurial value be-
cause they will be found to have solved
IN a large part the question Of more equal
distribution of man and animal labor ON
the farm and 10 have furnished more
equable feeding. bringing the farm AMI
mails through the winter and into the
spring in good condition 10 put on sum
mer gains. There will be no period Of
building up and restoring losses in weight
sustained by poor or insufficient winter
feeding.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-28
Timely Suggestions
For Valley Farmers


III seems 10 me that attention should be
directed at this time to the fact that the
preset month \ the commencement OF a
new crop season. There j. a natural di-
vidihc line between one crop season and
the next enc. and this applies with par
tIchlar fore to this country. The natural
season Tor planting crops in this section,
n in-every other, j. the spring: When.
by reason o. dror;h or poorly prepared
lana. we arc forced 10 later planting. the
later crop J. = catch crop and i rarely
n satisfactory - the earlier crop.
During the past season most of onr
farmers were unable 10 secure 4 spring
crop. a. their land was not prepared IN
time. The land was not prepared in time
because u bore y crop late in the fall.
Now, lei ~ not put ourselves in a posi-
tion where We will be limited tn late crops
only. If every available acre Of ground
= planted this fall we will be IN exactly
the position we were last fall-all If our
land Will be IN crop when il should be pre-
pared Tor the spring crop. and we viii
have universal late preparation which will
make early spring planting impossible
again unless the winter should be- wet.
Right now j. the time IT,
blowing for next springs crop and our
central idea and purpose should be to get
a. many acres ready for the spring crop
immediately n possible. event to the neg
lecf of our other farm activities.
Many farmers are reasoning a. follows:
Here i 4 piece of land. III ! can get \
crop on IL this fall. why wait until next
spring! The weakness 10 this question i
that u crop this fall l. not ~ certain w.
a crop next spring. The fall i not the
natural season and there j. no reserve of
moisture IN the ground. Until we nave the
reserve of moisture we can never be- Ger
tam OF a crop. Insect pests are more de
>tructive IN the fall. III We plant our crop
now we are taking u gamblers chance Of
getting a harvest. III we hold our land in
preparation until spring we will make our
crop n nearly certain ~ We can make III.
My suggestion j. 10 let the fall crop 20
and prepare the land for the coming spring
crop. Land prepared n the present time
and kept IN 4 constant state VI %cnltiva-
tion will accumulate all the rain that fails