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Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06

CWr1tten Specially for The Bulet1n)
 If there is one thing surer than effect always follows cause. Like eff feet always follows like cause. The same identical effect always follows same identical cause.
 Always; always; always.
 Yet the world is packed and jam med full of people who haven't found it out. who don't know it. and who can't be taught it either by the ad mentions of others, or even by their own experience.
 You would think that, after a man had had his fingers bIistered and his eyebrows scorched off, and his hair singed short and his clothes burned full of holes. he would know enough to stop playing with fire. You would think that he would come. sometime, to recognize the simple fact that it is hot You would think that he would at least wait till his blisters had healed before he would stick his hands right into it a second time.
 Yet the world is chock full of crit ters calling themselves men or women who haven't sumption enough to find out just these primary school and kindergartenish truth.
 There are quite as many of them on the farms as anywhere else. too.
 Most farmers can understand and frequently repe& the saying that like producers like They don't expect cabbage seed to sprout cucumbers lamb. They carry on their work In accordance with this recognized principle. They plant corn and pota- toes in the spring rather than in the fall, because they know that a warm summer follows spring, while f7@i is apt to be succeeded by frosty winter Most of them manure for their crors because they have discovered that many cultivate, because they have found that it pays to kill the weeds. Some few cultivate, because they have also discovered the much more inn portant fact that mellow tiIth and dusty soia mulch conserve moisture and spur plant growth to intenser ac- tivity.
 They accept so many of these se- Fuences and follow them out so assid- uously that it seems the more strange that any of them should all to ''go the whole hog and recognize tie everything dominance of similar law in every other respect.
 But mol They can't see that the jaw is universal and omnipresent. They will act upon the understanding that ducks eggs will hatch out ducks, but not on the understa nding that ne glect will produce need. They will agree with you that water will run down hill, but can't see that their own characters will run to seed if they ahe not duly disciplined.
 Assert to them the rule which or ders thus and so and they will retort that there are exceptions to all rules" Which is just about the stupideSt re- mark that unreason can wiring out of ignorance. To natural and divine laws there are no exceptions" now or heretofore or hereafter What cer- tain people call exceptions are simply failings of their own eyes or inter vening obscuratiOns of their natural vision. Like the short-sighted old fellow of the vulgar jest. they mie- take a louse on the eyebrow for a squirrel up 8 tree.
 The laws of God and Nature work steadily, persistently and forever ex- actiy the same, without variableness or shadow of turning.
 They veeraside for no occas sion. nor are they modified for any supposed
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
JEWETI CITY
CIambake ard Band Concert on the HoIiday-Joh1 Whsliey's Autor1o- bile Stolen-Four Big EHpresses Run TT rough-Ashlard Team De- feated lnvincibIe Ballouviiles, 3-2.

Jewett City was quleter on the Fourth than it is on Sundays. The Baptist and Slater mills bells were rung at 4 o'clock by permission of Warden Joseph Mccarthy. The Whit Eagle band gave concert on Fac tory Hill in the morning. At noon inc Mems class of the Methodist church had clam bake. The tables were sft out of doors and baked and steamed clans. chowder and watermelon were served.
 The committee was George Thorn ton. l.. T.. Kinney. Rev. J. F. Aldrich. Irving Thornton, Frank Nell. x. '- Eurdick Lewis Aldrich. Air Thnrrf-u made the chowder and Nr. Kinney baked the clans Aside from these events the streets were deserted cN- cepting for passing automobiles.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
visiting relatives aaa friends n town
sAtLoUVILLE DEFEATED
With Fiawicss Record for EinNt
 Csnes. Losss to AsHisnss-3 ts 2

Games. Loses to Ashfa1ss-s ts 2
 The Ashland baseball club ref~- brated the Fourth hr defeating Hat- I1urIIe lu BlIog .lIr. f9 e frr-- deutIy this is inc nrsf defeat fsalirl- Hl.ie ras suffered fnla Hraaa~ out rf rhe rinc games played hy them The Ashland fc1m ia going along Ike steam roller. rrfrhirz them Hif. Buck Icy pitched for Ashland and had Hfflr trouble Iu holding hlH opponents tr check. Three HHae hits hF snawn and Eric.icr with ono man au naae l7 trH first inning puf fw0 runs acrorH and ih.a. cO.u pied with ouc more .7 fha seventh proved GO he more t1ar He irl-ll.e could overcome $ frtrktrHf of r.atcrs accompanied frc frrr and made fHirrH lively for frr Tni,au- HlIIf rooterH
 Tomorrow afternoon Ashland rtHr1 fhe f1ef D7rfalaon team or Ashland park. Ta1lel9nu will h~ afrer~fHrrrf Hr several Of thc faHf Putnam ria rfH in trr hope of defeating fre horne team The management haa r0f de- rlced which of HiH aoufhpauH TIre or CDrcsr1n. Flu he renf t1 tae mound
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06

Judge W F. Woodward heard some cases pertaining to violations of the motor vehicle laws at Thursday y mornings session of the town court. Ray w. Pellet was charged with hav-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
AUTOMOBILE STOLEN
Taken From Shed at John WhalIey's.
 al Lisbon.


 Someone entered the shed across the road from John Wn1lley's house in Lisbon, during WednesdaE night. and stole his automobile. The loss was discovered about { o'clock in the morning. Deputy Sheriff Louis " Cingras was notified and with Dr. s. 1T. Holmes left for Providence at g o. clock The license number waS f201f. and "F. w" is carved on the stearIH- wheel The sherims machine arrived at Providence at G.3o. but I'D to Thursday night no trace had been found of the thieves 1t is thought that the ma chine was rolled down the hill before starting the engine.
 Sent to Washington.
 John A Owen. .Tr.. of Providence, formerly of Jewett City. went 10 Plattsburg training camp in May. He was later sent to the American Col lege in Washington. D. C., and is in the Third Co, Engineers Training COmpanV
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
DANELsON

Branch of Woman's Auxiliary to Coun- eiI of Defense Organized-coroner A. G. Bill Investigating Accidental Shooting of Robert Smith = Two Cases of Violation of Motor Laws Result in Fines-Death of Mrs. Hem ry J. Burbank.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06


 Three more Putnam boys reached "a day and in the afternoon left for New
 London to sign up with Uncle Sam for the period of the war. The men are Henry Tetreault, Jr., Henry P. Dumas
 son of Frederick Dumas, superinten- dent of streets, and James McGarry. Dumas said: I'm going down to en- list. l am going to offer myself for any branch of the service in which
 they will accept me, and if I can't get
 into one branch Ill try for another. and
 keep it up until they let me in some where. I'm going to France if l have to go as & trench digger" The same enthusiasm animated Mo Garry and Tetreault. All said they had arrived at the stage where they no longer could stand the pressure and
 were going to follow the other Putnam
 boys who set such a good example last week that others have been fired with patriotism.
 According to a compilat ton of enlist ments of Putnam young men during the period since the declaration of war this city has furnished more than so volunteers for various branches of the service, army and navy. There were two enlistments from this city in the Thirteenth company at Dan ielson this week-A A. Jarvais and William Jarvais.
 There will be more enlistments too, on the eve of the draft. for there are more young men in town who are bound that they will not be drafted into the service, but will go in of their own free will.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06

ond did not. Now that first man wants also the pleasure which the other is getting from his berry patch. In other words, though he had his cake two and three years ago, he wants it right over again now.
 This is only one trifling concrete illustration of the spirit in which half the farmers and farmerettes of the iand seem to cat Indeed, I sometimes think that the proportion is greater among farmers. Nor am I alone in this feeling. You won't charge Hoard'S Dairyman with prejudiceS against farmers nor with crass ig nOrance of either their virtues or their vices. Said The Dairyman in a re- cent issue, talking specially about the present regrettable movement towards selling off milch cattle:
 '4Short handed reasoning has all ways cursed the business of farm ing; unWillingness to conduct the business on long time investment. That means a lot if you comprehend it."
 Yea, verify. brother. it certainty means d lot" But it must first be comprehended.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
VIOLATED MOTOR LAWS

Fines in Two Cases Indicate That Authorities Mean to Enforce Ordi- nances,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
This is only one trifIing concrete

don't believe that it ever will be connprehended by some. There are whole hordes of human beings IS inn previous to reason as a ducks back to dew; inca pablo of intelligent action as hen is of English grammar. They are in all the vacations and all the industries. They abound in the pro fessiOns and are especially numerous in state legislatures They are in the schools and the colleges and the churches and on the farms.
 And why they haven't succeeded, long ere this, in tipping the world over into the ditch and smashing It out of shape and use, is really an other mystery of divine mercy!
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
PUTNAM

Three More Enthusiastic Young Americans Eniist-Others to Get In
 Before the Draft-MiIitary Exemp-
 ton Board Spends Strenuous Day. Two Canning Demonstrations Today Danny Murphy to Play in Sundays Game-SampIes of Poor Milk Found.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06
But there are those who are open


 to reason and capable of exercising it. Upon them rests the duty not only of counteracting the evil influence of tine others, but also by clear thinking and sound teaching and effective exam ple of reforming and converting g them.
 The constant dropping of water will wear away stones. It seems if there must be some hope even for the most dunderheadedly, unrea sonab-e, if only they are worked at and over long enough and patiently enough.
 But 1t is doubtful if preaching or teaching will ever amount to much for them. The constant influence of example is much more likely to be effective.
 Which Is one pnore reason why those of us who are able to reason from cause to effect and in the habit of doing so should keep up heart and persevere no matter how small our visible influence, nor how trifing may seem achieved results.
 THE FARMER.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-06

Anscnia. -Ar-a~ rencnfs are being made uy the ofi~rre of the psHilc piayGroGnds association for Tho open ing of Inc grounds next week.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23

ness with which the summer car can be
converted into the winter car, it will be
difficult to imagine how much more i'm
provement could be made than that dis
played in the 1917 models of this style
Several Types of Bodies.
This does not mean that the aim OF
the designers is concentrated on one
type OF body, in fact there are several
that admirably exempliiy this adapta-
billty to the different times OF the
year but unQuestionably the mos,
prominent development Of this kind
among the 1917 models is the open Sc
dan" that is, the car so constructed
that its glass sides may be lowered Sc
as to leave the space entirely clear
from the glass front to the back. MI
mcrous automobile makers have com,
out this season for the first time with
this style of body. One of the mos
recent announcements was a car of thi,
kind for $1,000, and there was then on,
OF the well-known makes on the marke
considerably less than this; thence III,
price ranges upward as high as one de
sires to go, Probably more manufac
turcrs have added this type of car tc
their list than any other style.
Next to the open sedan the two OF
three seated car with collapsible top
the couplet, or with detachable top
the convertible coupe, will in all like
lihood be found to hold second plac,
in the seasons tendency in body styles
Third, the roadsters OF clovcreaf anc
club type will occupy a more promnen
place at the show than ever before. Th,
years production of roadsters in com.
parison with the touring car is no
known, but IT it were it would undour,.
cdly show a strong relative gain. Tn,
compactness OF the roadster with at III,
same time provision for roominess, ha.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23
SMALL CYLINDER
AUTOS FAVORED
Most New Companies Entering
Industry Make ''FourS,"
"SlxES" NEXT IN NUMBER
Few New Firms Turn Out
Fights and TweNeS7

lust as show time has come around
again the question as 10 the number ol
cylinders best adapted for the au'omo-
bile engine bobS up, stimulated to ire'h
interest by announcements ana nm
proyementS in motor design lhis cues
tion evokes another Ouc--aS to how the
competition between the four, the SiN'
the eight and the tWelyc-cyllnder en-
Rines Jared in 1910 Ihrty-SlN ne"
companies entered the automobile man
ufacturng field during the past year'
and their choice as 30 number ol ryllil-
ders for engine may be considered a.
indicative OF tendency III motor design
These are included IN the summary
made on this subject All told, the mum
Der of companies embraced in the ana'y
sis and tallyng up OF cylinder specili-
cations is 80 In this list are all the
manufacturer at prominence and some
OF lesser Importance
Fifty Eight Make Fours.
OF the $50 fiity-cight make fours cN-
clusively; iorty-three, skies exclusively
twelve, eightS exclusively, and five
twclveS exclusively. Sixteen companies
are using both iours dBl skies, siN com.
panes iours and cights two companies
skies and twelves and three companies
fours skies and cightS,
Choice among the new companic'
was: Twenty decided on iours, twelve
on skies, three on eights and one ou
Al.
lead over the SKIES OF thirteen; tn,
eights are iorty-threr behind the skies
Among the standard companies there
has been less switching from one type
OF motor TO another than in l9l5- On,
wcll-known company which went from
fours to SKIES, put out four again laSl
year, and hcnceforth will install botl
sizcs. Another manufacturer Of tn,
first Importance who was making four,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23

had = decided appeal. and the ingenuity
exhibited in addition 10 the number OF
seats in the roadster has been one OF
the most interesting Developments in
recent body design
Roadsters More Popular.
The popularity of the roadster type
has made itself felt in the makes OF the
highest priced cars and one can go as
high as he likes in selecting car with
seats Tor but two persons, say. In faot,
lesscncd seating capacity, that IS, dong
away with surplus room, seldom II ever
used, is a noteworthy tendency in 1917
automobile design This. too. irrespec
Tive OF price. Some of the most costly
town cars In new models seat but two
or three persons
Bodies arc made smaller and the line,
skilltully drawn SO as TO emphasize the
chassis, vital part of the car which
large body way try to ignore. but
never successfully There is a true re-
lation between the chassis and the body,
and designers are bringing this proper
ton more into effect Ii is what is
called "Sketchy," the drawing into the
design OF nervous vital line, vibrant
with expression
So, too. the convertible idea has at
iccted the highest priced cars, showing
how full OF life this idea is In some
OF the ,custom-made bodies of the sea-
son. III which the cost was but a sec
ondary consideration, the space between
the chauffeur and the owner is no long
cr sharply divided. The glass window
behind the drivers seat is made so that
it may be lowered, and in the Berlinc
type the whole car may thus be thrown
into one compartment This elasticity
Is at the owners behest; if he desires To
drive he may do so without submitting
to the isolation of the typical chauffeur
seat.
Prices Not Increased
= Automobiles have resisted the tend
cncy toward higher prices better prob.
ably than any other manufactured ar
ucle oi prominence. There have been
advances IN the prices of individual
makes OF motor cars ever since the be
ginning OF last year, and for the las,
two months these have been much more
numerous, but compared with the value
OF the car, the average increase in price
is comparatively small In list of $50
companies, o4 advanced their price in
1916, though some of these increases do
not become effective until February OF
this year Increases in the price Of cars
selling for under 81 600 range from $40
to 500. and the average is $5S. There
Iar ,.,, Il
have advanced their price. In this list
there are but three makes priced at
under $500. Price raises in this carried
seven cars out of the 81 600 class into
the 5000 class. OF cars selling be.
tween $1,000 and 5000, AZ increased
prices from SIS to S27s. The average
advance was $l02. Only one car passed
out of the 5000 class into the $1,000.
OF II cars selling between $1,000 and
5000, eight advanced their price from
500 to $3.50. The average increase was
S225. Above 5000 five cars increased
the range OF advance being from 500 TO
$500. The average increase was S225
Three cars above $4,000 advanced prices
from $3.50 to $500 The car of greatest
production reduced its price during 1915
$50 on the touring model which meant
that the worlds lowest priced touring
can went down to that amount.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23

and skies had added an eight to his list
A third company, which was producing
both skies and twelves. announces that
1t will confne itself exclusively to
twelycs.
Expression of Tendency.
Certainly no hard and fast conclu-
SONS can be drawn from this analysis.
IL can be considered only as an express
sion of tendency. AS a rule the higher
priced new cars adopted the multiple
cylinders. There is no doubt that the
champions of the iours and the skies
are not content to rest on any dogmatic
assertions as 10 the good qualities OF
these respective types they are striving
for Improvements that will give all the
tlcNlblity obtained by the multiple cyl
ndcrs. Probably the most notable an
nounccment OF the show season was
that of a well known company TO the
effect that il had devised and would
install in its 1917 cars a sixteen-valye,
iour-cyllndcr motor the increase OF
valves being designed to add power and
tlcNlbllty to the engine The result
viii be watched with interest
The tendency toward high speed en-
gincS continues Cylinders OF smaller
diameter and longer stroke, for smaller,
quicker explosions and more rapid rev
oIutions, increase IN number The
IlorSelcSs Age which Investigated this
subject estimates that 50 percent of au-
tomoble engines have a cylinder bore Of
less than three and a half inches. The
same periodical as result OF its sum
marlcS, reports
Three Speed Gear Boxes.
Three speed gear boxes have almost
entirely displaced fourS on account OF
the greater feasibility of the high speed
engine Battery ignition has shown l0C
| percent gain since the cars of l9lS. The
/ tendency is bearing strongly towart
construction OF engines with removabl,
cylinder heads Overhead valves anc
the thermo-syphon cooling system alsc
grew in popularity last year. Seventy
one percent OF the 1917 cars hav,
vacuum fuel feed
What are the tendencies in body dc
| Slgnl For each one OF the sixteen type.
OF bodies lately defined by the Society
of Automobile engineers there will.prob
ably always be place OF greater OF
minor importance, but at this time tn,
main endcavor is concentrated on cvolv
ing the body that will best span tn,
seasons. Much progress has been mad,
toward the allthe-year round car il
the last two years, and the Nationa
Automobile show, which opened at the
Grand Central Palace yesterday, vii
reveal still further advance towart
this ideal. In fact in adaptahlli,y tc
seasonal changes, in the case and readi
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23
BRYAN WOULD MAKE
UNCLE SAM AN EDITOR

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 2j.--William
Jennings Bryan today told the Indiana
legislature two new reforms are needed
in national government 49,
The national constitution should be
made more amenable 10 changes and
a chain cf national newspapers, one
published in Washington and one in
each state capital should ne es,ab.
liShed. They should he published by
non-pat,isan boards a, the expense of
the government, he said.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23
.LAWT0N TO HIRE
A CITY MANAGER
Club Starts Movement; To
Voters in Spring,

LAWTON, Okla. Jan. 2J.-(Special0
In order that Law,on might be the
second city IN the state to have :he
managerial form OF government, the
Lawton Business Mems club at it. last
meeting, at which more than 200 were
present, passed a resolution indorsing
that form for Lawton. A committee
composed OF Attorneys c. c. Black. 5.
McElhoes and Harry Buckingham.
are now working on the details of the
proposition. Collinsville has a city
manager at present. and Lawton is
watching its progress with a great deal
OF interest. Lawton now has the com
mission form OF municipal government.
but al the spring election in March the
managerial form will be submitted 10
the voters and it is thought that it will
carry easily.
The plan is TO have one manager,
trained especially for the place. 10 be
paid good salary, whose work will
be to look after the city affairs. A
council, as il is called. meets every two
weeks to direct and TO check up the af
fairs OF the manager, The councilmen
are to serve without pay, or else for
an exceedingly small fee.
The plan Of the city managerial gov
eminent originated in Staunton. Va,
where John Ashburner made such a
success that II has spread over many
state, in the union. There are now l4s
cities in the United States which have
managers. Kansas City i, contemplat.
ing a change to this form.
While the commission government
has been satisfactory in Lawton. many
ot',he business men feel ,ha, the man.
agerial form may be more economical
since Il does away with campaigning
and subsequent expense.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23
GIANT SEARCHllGHT TO
AID ARMY AVIAT0RS TO
MAKE NIGHT FLIGHTS

77EMPSTEAD, n Y, Jan. %
ISI To enable members of the
q q First Signal corps and First
Aero corps to fly at night, search
lights OF more than 100000 candle
power each have been Installed at
the aviation field here The lights
are on a platform sixteen feet high
and will illuminate an area al more
than four miles. A dorS Hood
light projectors also have hh in
stalled for the illumination OF the
landing field,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23
Lawton Honors Dewey.

LAWTON, Okla, Jan. 2J-(Speeial)
All flags were lowered at half mast
Saturday in honor of Admiral Dewey,
and school children held special exer.
oises Friday afternoon. At Fort Sil,
all flags were lowered and a salute
tired at the same time the salute wa,
tired at the capitol. Special exercise,
we're held in the Fort Sill audi,or;um
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-01-23

A vacant house, store building, flat,
can be rented through the medium OF
the want ads,