New Britain herald., 1919-09-25


 after slump of several years. UnSightly Trees. Berlin residents are beginning to complain of the unsightly stumps and dead trees about town of which there are q large number. Particular men , ton was made of the dead stumps across from the town hall in front of the old Brandegee studio These are an. eyesOre to the whole town, being dead from the neck down, if such can be said of them. Then there are some near the old car barn which are just as bad and will probably stay there forever unless action is taken soon. There arc also several trees in the vicinity of the proposed playground which should be taken down, as they do not add to the aes- thet;t beauty of the street.
 Each year $50 is appropriated for the care of the trees about the town and last year only $5 was drawn from the appropriation for the care of the trees about the community While $50 is not a great deal, it could ac- Co.IpIish much to improve the present conditions. A few of the citizens about the town state that they are willing to contribute tc a fund to
  street. It is probable tat action in this matter will be taken in the near future.
 State Police in Town. There are four state police about l town at the present time looking out for violations of the liquor law and to 1 stop the gambling which has been ] going on at the fair for the past few fl +l,; 4 1 liIucr was being sold in Kensington during the fair, but that it was known 10 the authorities, who are planning to take action.
 The fakirs at the fair are for the most part on the level, but there have been about eight gambling devices 1 which have wrought considerable havoc to the pocketbooks of a number 1 of young men. One man was sepa- 1 rated from q $10O and a $50 Liberty l bond yesterday morning and put up l a ] ig> pow-WOw about it. Prosecutor l Lewis heard of the conditions and l went to the grounds yesterday aft ernocn and watched the fakers for l himself, resulting in the closing of over half of the gam bling devices. He 1 is determined to wipe out all of the l gam bling at the fair so that people Waiting here will not get false inn | pression of the fair and all that it 1 stands for.
 Rally Sunday.
 The Congregational church is plan ming for Rally Sunday this coming Sunday and are sending prettily deco 1 rated post cards to every membe | Of the church and Sunday school ad- vising them of the big time in store for them. Each year the church has a :ally but this year the biggest rally | in the church history has been planned.
 Realty Transfers. William c. Norton has sold tc ! John Pajo a house and lot in Ken l sington bounded on the north by the ] highway, on the east by the estate o1 | w. W. Norton, and on the south and , Swift and Upson.
 Charles and Martha Telke have sold to William and Catherine Rus sell the house and land between l George Pickett's property and the bridge cemetery, with 4 F acres O land across the way:
 Children to Dance.
 The local schools held a half session today to allow the children tt take part in the exercises at the fair Between 10 and 12 children in the schools were chosen from each dis trict to give a folk dance. Rev Samuel A Fiske gave considerable of