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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
AUCTION

I have got the goods and must ex- change them for money at once. I will Street, Willimantic. Conn,
 TUESDAY, December II, 1917
 At 10 O'Clock A. M.
 My entire stock of Antiques. was gathered by myself in the sur rounding country, and consists of a fine Cseven drswersl. i maple high chest with beautiful brasses.. 1 cherry high de5R With SaSSe eiaw feet and pas carvea eols reaus with brasses, high-boy tops. 4 wedding chests with brasses, 2 corner desP fhirty-six inch pine hde desk an.s 9Sers oldl, l twenty-five inch Dutch desk 6thds 6this ss1 is museum museum Pisce). l handsome post bed with nice turnings. 1 curly maple tester bed, 10 other turned beds, 1 mahogany Sheritan card table, ma pie and cherry Dutch foot tables Gone RaH ba and in 0as 1so lasg sanS some Empire parlor tables, 3 empire caEd ear tables: small cherry tables; very dressing tables, Pembroke tables. I ry candle stands. small square stands, footstools and ottomans (curly maple and and Isahiogany,. s1in IIy eur1y maple Chippen- odd old rush seat chair. 16 fine old chairs with original seats and -decora- tions, Sheritan rush seat chairs. 2 set handsome Empire chairs, Hitchcock chairs with original decorations. 30 other odd chairs. l fine and very old chair table (forty-eight inch top), 8 mahogany sofas, gilt mirrors. courtfng mirror, Chippenda1e mirror, mirrors with boat pictures. extra large Q. G. mirrors. 1 old picture of Milford, Mass. of Florence. Mass of Windham;; portrait ,Qife size).> very old ship model (this is full .rigged and a beau ty), bed spreads. blankets, handsome old copper plate. 1 fine old bead bag. 20 yards rag carpet, braided rugs, drawn-in rugs. 1 handsome pair brass andirons (twenty-inch). iron andirons. coasters. lanterns. brass cand1e-sticks 3 sets brasses, brass kettles. old bot ties. glassware. Connecticut ware, 1 Boston State House plate. 2 PhiIade1- phia plates.
 Read every line and do not miss this sale. If it is Antiques that you are looking for. I have got them. Two minutes. walk from railroad station and tro11eys.
 Terms: Cash
 c. E. MACFARLANE.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
HUMOR OF TIE. DAY
THE LATEST ULTIMATUM

My son has some grit in him, l can tell you'' said a father.
 Been eating war bread, l suppose" Liverpool Express.
 ChoIly (keeping an appointment)- Pm a bit too early, am I not?
 Ethel (sweetly)-Yes. We were Just leaving without you!-L1fe-
 Judge-The police say that you and your wife had some words.
 Prisoner-I had some, judge, but l didn't get a chance to use them Puck.
 What is this camouflage?" xooo
 "The art of making Natures race seem what it is not.
 tUm. My wifes complexion is a rare bit of camouf1age.
 He-How about getting married?
 She-Getting married-if it's the right girl-should double the life or your tires, and cut your gasoline bill in two.-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
 .swhat is Bill doing now?" He's a poSt-impreSSioniSt. "You don't tell me. Whats that?"
 .sIe has a job branding numbers on telephone poles." - Mountain States Monitor
 Whats the matter, dear?'
 Mamma eated up one of my toys"
 Ate one of your toyS?
 'Yes; she emptied my bean bags and cooled the beans for supper."- Boston Transcript.
 , Here, waiter, this plate is damp!" said a traveller, who was dining in a cheap restaurant.
 "Ah" " said the waiter that's your soup We serve only small portions in wartime."-American Boy.
 Ambrose got new job today. Timothy-So. Whats it like?
 Ambrose-Tm getting paid for sing in,, at funerals. Timothy-Gosh, people must be dy- ing to hear you sing.-Lehigh Burr.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

There are in this world a few blind moralists who believe that goodness and virtue is best served by shutting ones eyes and ears to ali evil; by re- maining utterly ignorant of the world, and its vices. Men and women of good sense and moral courage will see this play. Also take their sons and daughters to see it, realizing that while there is no virtue in ignorance there may and should be a valuable stimulus to good behavior in a right understanding of the evil and ugly things of life.
 Edmond Briuex did humanity a great service when he wrote Dam aged Goods, and this service is val uably extended by the Champlin Com edy Go, every time they act the play. work which they perform with lot cf skill and discretion. This piece created a great furore when it was first produced by Richard Bennett in New York city; it will be sensation ally effective wherever it is produced, and the discussion of it will be end less
 Madam Wanda, who is the talk of our city, will continue to appear at each afternoon and evening perform ance. Ask her a question and she will answer, for she is the world S greatest 'menta1ist."
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
FOR SALE
FOR SALE 300 Acre Farm $55OO. 5000 Cords Wood and

5OO.OO0 fit. timber owners estimate; on improved road. only miles to village, R. R.. and high school; 25-coW, wire corn, potatoes, oats and hay; cream taken at door. skim fed hogs; 800 Dbl; apples last year; 10-room house in good repair dandy 29-cow barn, clapboarded and painted. stable and poultry house; if taken now feeble aged owner in ducks. harnesses, wagons. sulky blow, harrows, riding cu!tivator. manure planter and a digger. mower. tedder. blacksmith forge and tools with some hay. and other crops; $o.5OO takes eY- hustler to make quick money market ing the wood; details to see it page 4, dozen states. E. A. Strout Farm Agen- cy. Dept. 36. 15O Nassau St. New York City. N. Y. dec7d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

Today and Saturday the Breed will present Jack Pickford and Louise Huff in The Varnint, Owen Johnson's fla nous story of American youth. Here is a photoplay for everybody, story of love and youth and boarding school and the making of a man. It is taken from the original story which appear cd in the Saturday Evening Post and w1l carry every man back to his school days and bring tears of laugh fer to bis eyes. In viewing this pro- duction. every man win recall similar Adventures Of hts own school-boy days and will recognize in Jack Pickford's characterization of The Varmint a replica of himself at that age In most of his pictures MT. Pickford has been supported by dainty Louise Huff, and in The Varmint also Miss Huff appears as leading lady.
 Other pictures on the bill include khe Heaxst-Pathe News and a very funny Black Diamond comedy.
 Tn N wM WFh .a sET v
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
MATT A. TINKER & SON, Auctionee1
 AUCTION! se will Al of Dx,h1in

MATT A. TINKER & SON, Auctioneers
 AUCTION! se
 I Will Sell at Public Auction
 MONDAY, December 10, 1917
 At 1000 a.. m.
 At the Farm known as the Gardner Farm at Poquonnoc Bridge, Conn.,. the following described property without My entire stock of farming tools and live stock, incIuding fifty head of cat tie, consisting mostly of dry cows and heifers due to freshen in winter and early spring, also two bulls. one yearl- ing heifer, twoespring calves, ten head of horses. including three mares in foal. three work horses, one two-year old colt two yearling colts, two colts, three and four months, seventy-five young sheep and lambs, about 300 yearHng hens, lot of guinea hens, about forty turkeys. one SOW. five pigs, eight weeks old. forty or. fifty tons of hay. lot of corn fodder. farming tools, con sisting of one team wagon. one market wagon, one two- seated surrey, one bug gy, one Ford truck. one moving ma chine, one horse rake. one Adriance corn binder. nearly new. one Hoover planter with corn attachment one Iron Age six row sprayer. new. one suIky blow (Eddy) nearly new, one M blow. one cultivator. one Iron Age riding cul- tivator, one disk harrow, one spring tooth harrow. one Eclipse corn planter. one paris green blower. one land roller one cook stove, one air tight stove, lot of hoes. forks. shovels. and other arti cles too numerous to mention
 If Stormy, next Fair Day.
 JOHN A ACKLEY.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
What Is Going On Tonight

Moving Pictures at the Auditorium Moving Pictures at the Breed The atre-
 Vaudeville and Photoplays at the Davis Theatre
 Norwich Stationary Engineers Asso- ciatfon. No. $, meets in Bill Block.
 Ssdgwick Post, No l. G. A R., meets in Buckingham Memorial
 Svea Swedish Sick Benefit Society meets in Gsrmania Hall. Court City of Norwich. No. 6S, +. or A meets in Foresters' Hall.
 White Cross Council. No 13, K Of c., meets in Sunlight Building.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

McCrystal, the president of the Aus tralian Wharf Laborers' union, who was convicted of sedition during the recent strike, has been sentenced to nine months Imprisonment with hard labor. Another man received the same sentence on the same charge.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

One man has been killed and 14 in jured by an explosion on board tn Portuguese gunboat Beira, mooret alongside the naval arsenal at Lisbon
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

A mail containing letters and parcels posted in Sweden approximately be- tween October 6 and l2 has ben lost at sea through enemy action.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
THE KALEIDOSCOPE

Russia has denounced the commer- cial treaty of September, 1S46, (with Holland as from October 24, 1918.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
AUCTION
will sell at public auction on
 SATURDAY, DEC. Is, 1917.

VIII sell at public auction on
 SATURDAY, DEC. Is, 1917.
 at 1 o'clock ?. m., all my property on Palmer Ave-, tewett City. consisting of an eighr-tefement house, two building lots facing house. a building lot facing on Palmer Ave and one barn All of foregoing prop. erty will be sold to the purchaser in one block. I will also srf1 a quantity of tools. all my household goods and everything possess.
 All interested should attend this sale. If stormy. sale wiIF take place next fair week day.
 LOUIS GUILIIOTTE
 Jewett City. ConE.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

A revolution is reported in Ecuador The movement is confined to a few un- important villages, and the govern ment is confident that it will bC promptly suppressed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

President Wilson in a birthday mes sage to King Albert of Belgium. again assured him of the sympathy of Amer jeans for a country which had suffered so much under the wilful. cruel and barbaric force of the disappointed PruSSian autocracy."
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

The Prussian minister of public in structiCn stated on Friday in the house of deputies that over 10 900 teachers in the German peoples schools have fall en in the war or are missing.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

Martial law has been declared in the federal district and in the states of RiC Janeiro, Sac Paulo, Parana, Santa Ca tharina, and Rio Grande do Sul.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

Frau1ein Thea von Faulkner, at tached to the Turkish forces operat- ing in Mesopotamia, is the only wom- an war correspondent officially rec. ognized by the German government
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
BREED THEATRE

Jack PicEford and Louise Huff in The Varnint, a Wonderful Love Story Adapted From Owen John son's Famous Story of American Youth, Feature Today and Satur- day.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

A French artillery officer named Blocl in a fit of madness killed his uncle aunt and brother while lunching witt them.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

Marquis Carlotti di RiparbeIla- the 1talan ambassador in Perograd. has been transferred to the embassy in Madrid. Marquis Tomasi della Tor retta, the present ambassador there, has been appointed ambassador in Pe- trOgrad
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
ANNOUNCEMENTS
roPerty Changes

Joy Club Dance tonight, Yantic hall Dixie's Singing Orchestra of Norwlch.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
A Rift in the Clouds.

Cheer upi There's no salt shortage and it would be a good deal nearer te get along on short rations of sali than on short rations of sugar. In, dianapolis News.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
DAMAGED GOODS

A Presentation of the Most Talked of Play in America Will be Given by the ChampIin Comedy Go. This Af- ternoon and Night at the Auditor ium Theatre, Where This Company is Big Hit.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

German newspapers report the ap- pointment of the Vice-Chancellor Herr von Payer as a member of the federal council, whereby his membership of the reichstag automatically ceases.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
BANKERS APPROVE NEW MORTGAGE co.

See in It's Formation, Benefits to Bus mess and lndiViduals-Enabied to Meet Leaning Demands-New Hart ford Institution Will Loan Millions on Connecticut Property.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
LOST AND FOUND

LCST-In North Stonington. a hound puppy black and white with brown face and ears. Notify Frank Cnesbro, Mystic, Conn. Tel. 51-12 dec1d
 FOUND-Came to my house, hound dog tan earsa and head, black spot on back and tail rest white. Owner can have same by applying Frank l.. Rose.
 LOST-An oval hand-painted porce- lain pin between the square and Bos- we'll Ave or on scarS. Finder please return to this office and leave name for reward dec. Cd.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
DO NOT DELAY

The fine modern six-room apart ments of THE NORWICH HOUSING COMPANY are nearly all taken. Speak at once if you want one. They cannot be equalled in Norwich for the price, viz: $2O month.
 Will sell you a fine wo-family house at a reasonable price and on most favorable terms; in fine reSiden- tial section.
 Some of the best located house lots in the city. Prices attractive and terms to suit
 ARCHA w. corr
 AGENT Telephone 1884 63 Broadway
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

WHEN YOU WANT to put your bus mess before c.1a public. there Is nc medium better chan through the ad- vertasinE colnpns ot The Buuatin.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

FOR RENT-Garage for one car, near Marl1n-Rockwen plant on Frank lin street. Inquire J. s. Adams. No. 2 Boswell avenue, or Tel. S76.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
TO RENT

TO. RENT-Large front room, suit able for business or lodging, with room in rear for light housekeeping with gas range. at 25 Shetucket St., one flight up. Rathbone Pub. Go. dec7d
 TO RENT-Garage, reasonable Call evenings A Union St dec7d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

Perkins Avenue Property Changes
 Hands.
 The property at No. 35 Perkins Ave nue has been sold by Annie E. Lane to George was Sophia Kraft The sale was made through the real estate axuecy of Edmund A. Prentice.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
FOR SALE

FARMS FOR EXCHANGE.
 Two excellent farms; can trade either for city property of equal value; one 27 acres. state road, near city, modern buildings;4 also lS0 acre stock farm with tools and equipment, fine build ings. keeps 50 head. If interested. write or telephone =
 TRYON'S AGENCY,
 aesod Willimantic. Ct.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

TO RENT-Desirable tenement at IF Hawkins St, Danielson.; modern inn provements throughout. Inquire of c. w. Flagg, SOuthbridge, Mass. or Mrs. George D. Caron. Mechanics St. Dan ielSon. nov2Sd
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

TO RENT-Dress, Santa Claus, mas querade suits. New Haven Costuming
 Co, 230 Orange St.. New Haven. Conn. Phone. dec3d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

FOR SALE-Pigs, thoroughbred, O. I. C. Ludlow Farm. North Stonington. Phone. 1S61-13 seo22d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

FOR RENT Five-room fiat with bath. set tubs, electric light, gas. etc, for $16 per month. Inquire at filling
 Rubber Go. Store. dec4d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

TO RENT-Upper tenement, 4 rooms and bath, corner Laurel Hill avenue
 and Warrington street (near Thermos factory). $500 per month. Inquire of
 E. w. Lester, Az Central Building.
 nov24d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

TO RENT-Store, centrally located with fixtures; also garage. Tel. 246.,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

TO RENT-Large sunny room with all convenienceS, centrally located. Ap- ply Il Church St. nov26d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
yS- WANTED

WANTED-Good sized boy for a paper route. Inquire at The Bulletin Ofica decd
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

TO RENT-Apartment of seven rooms at 2S9 Broad St. Inquire L. L. Chapman noV24d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07
FOR SALE

LOCATED directly in the village of Woodstock. Conn. on electric lighted street. 7-room cottage in geod repair buildings; price $500; a nice all the year round home or g pleasantly lo-- cated summer place. Let me show 1t to you. Dwight H. Armstrong, Real Estate and Insurance. Danielson, Ct.
 dec7d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

I have got the goods and I must ex- change them for money at once. I wil sell at Public Auction 48 Church Street, Willimantic. Conn,
 TUESDAY, December II, 1917
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

TO RENT-Cottage. all modern inn provements. Inquire J. F. Tompkins,
 67 West Main St nuV21d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

WANTED men over 1s years old for shop work. Address P. O. Box
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

FOR SALE-Republic 1900 ID. truck, used for demonstrating only, as good wheels. solid tires on rear; present list price. delivered. $96o; you can save Mccormick Co.,. 52 Shetucket St.
 noV12d
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-07

TO RENT-A fine fiat, rent reason abe. all modern. Inquire of J. E. Fan
 nlnS, No. o2 Broadway. nov22d
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27


+ total 1910 This almost double the 1915
- of
srcc as lows
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

ITO get the best results in dahIia
growing. dig q bed two feet
\ deep, because most Of our soil
is Inclined 10 -dobie.~ and pile IT out
in the yard. Dahlss like loose soil.
Then put in six inches of crushed
stone, such as is used in street paw
ing, in the bottom Of the bed. on
top of this. sift about two inches OF
coarse sand. This gives drainage
necessary for dahlias- Too much water
in heavy soil viii rot the dahlia tubers.
Then fill in the bed with equal proper
lions Of sifted anthracite cinders. soil
and well rotted manure tcow manure
preferredl. To do this. secure wire
screen with about q quarter inch mesh
Sift the anthracite ashes through this.
using the cinders. Then throw in a
shovel full OF cinders. a shovel full OF
dirt and shovel full Of the rotted ma
nure. mixing perfectly
When the bed is full. cover IL with
bout three inches OF the rotted ma
uure DO this in the fall and then
SPADE up the earth manure mix
winter. 80 that il viii become thor
oushly mixed. The ashes give the SOL
Inc easy consistency that dahlias like
also putting OF toD bone meal. working
II ir during the winter Use two coal
buckets 10 a bed 4NlS feet
Painting and Care
In the SuriU1 do DOr plant the ndhiIz
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Great Elephant Butte Dam
Holds Back Water to Make
$4,000. Acres Productive

II LEPHANT BUTTE dam the stu
~, pendous barrier that impounds
the water Of the Rio Grande at
the head of the New Mexico-Texas
reclamation project. contains cement
concrete enough to pave an ordinary
highway from Ell Paso to Las Vegas.
y N 345 miles The dam cost
S1O.000-G00- Il holds back water for
irrigating $4,000 acres in the
Rincon. Mesilla- Il Paso and Juarez
valleys.
The great irrigation project be
gun in earnest in 1911. was COM
pleted in May. 1916. and dedicated
Oct Il, 1916. \ A Jones. former
assistant secretary Of the interior.
represented president Wilson At the
ceremonies, which formed the first
session of the annual convention Of
the International Irrigation con-
gress.
Keeping pace with the building OF
the dam. The system Of canals in the
valleys has been greatly extended.
No longer viii il be necessary for
farm crops 10 .uffer for want Of
moisture ] the growing season
lake & ". Han, above the great
dam. Is between 100 and 200 feet in
depth at the dam. has a surface area
Of $4,000 acres. 2 length or 20 miles,
aversi-e width o. ono mile and three
lourtlis. shore length of o00 miles,
and contains water sufficient to
.eovcr- $3.50 square miles one foot
teeP-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
Increase OF 500 Percent Is
Shown in Ell Paso Clear
ings in Ten Years.
TOTAL DEPOSITS
ARE $28,7I9,590
Ell Paso Is Financial Center
and Clearing House For
Southwest Country.

- Ut OF the maze Of figures involved
in the story of the growth Of
~ bank elearings in FL Paso for the
past few years. two facts challenge the
admiration Of financiers the country
ever The increase IN the volume OF
business transacted in 1915 over that
ii 1915 was nearly s40.0eO.00o and the
increase of 1918 over 1914 was more
than s20.000. 900. Dealing in millions OF
rev business has become habitual with
local bankers. Ten years ago the whole
years cleariugs just passed the $780,
0cG. 600 mark Last year paper to the
amount Of Sl51.244.S5S.sS was cleared.
indicating that the yearly transactions
have increased five fold in a decade
Clearing House of Southwest.
Unprecedented expansion of the city's
wholesale and manufacturing interests
during 1916. IS responsible for the big
banking movement Not only has FL
PasO fed and housed 80. 600 regular and
state soldiers. but its trade has been
revived wonderfully BY the demands OF
the mining and livestock industries. as
well as farming communities. through
out its SOC mile commercial radius. all
Of which were stimulated in an unheard
OF manner BY the necessities Of the
world war The position Of this city
as the clearing house of the southwest
has been established beyond future
question
Ranking Growth Continuous
The growth of the banking business
here has been continuous. as is shown
by the records of the FL Paso clearing
commerce The yearly totals Tor ten
years are as follows
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
How To Plant Dahlias, Prepare Beds
and Care for them During the Year
BY JOHN L. DYER

III JOHN l.. III EH
bulbs too early. The 10th Of 18th Of
april is early enough. for If they are
planted sooner, the spring winds blow
the young plants about and damage
them Planted the middle of April. they
are out of the ground and wei on
their way by the middle OF May
Do not plant the tubers standing up
in the soil Put them down sideways.
I eNcavate a hole about six inches dee
and about six inches around Then ia
the bottom OF this 1 sprinkle some bone
meal. stirring IN and mixing. on top
OF the bone meal I put about two
inches of dirt and pack IL down On
this I Law the dahlia tuber. Don't let
bone meal be closer 10 the tuber than
two inches. II the tuber Is too long
for the hole. ! tunnel out on each side
so that / can get the tuber in place
I then cover il with about four inches
OF dirt and it viii begin 10 send mp
shoots within Two weeks.
Nus Have Part of Old stalk
Every tuber or potato must have a
part OF the Old stalk with II If 1t IS
To grow In planting them. split the
old stalk with a big knife. making sure
that q piece of the old stalk adheres
20 each tuber that Is TO be planted
The new stalk comes up from that
point. The new tubers are formed be
low the old one and are the Iubers 10
be planted the next year The old one
usually rots away.
After the dahlias have come up. DO
not use any manure on the bed. II VIII
burn them. Scatter bone meal about
every three or four weeks about over
The surface Of the bed and work il IN