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Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
MIR. HoovER,s POSITION

For one who isn't a candidate and continues to say he isn't Mir. Hoover manages to keep his his political pos abilities before the public in as clever a manner as do h;s most en- thusiastic supporters. From the un- restrained manner in which efforts Ire being put forth in his behalf it becomes evident that he does not in- tend to stop others from boosting him eyen if he doesn't intend to get out and help in his own publicity work. And each statement which he issues regarding the mention of his name in connection with the nomination gets some nearer to a definite declaration or party position although it is still far from being what is expected of those chosen to bear the party stan- dArd.
 .Mr. Hoover has said that he has been progressive republican. He doesn't say what he is today He ob- jects to certain groups both in the democratic and republican parties, but he fails to make it plain that he be- longs to either party. today Rather does his statement indicate that he an e~ ReNA y OS H44lSGll, pOSSlDly as compromise between the two parties, although he doesn't even ex- press 1t that way. But it is plainly evident that he is taking an indefinite party stand, while pointing out that he isn't candidate, but also letting il aoe known that he could be persuaded 70 accept a nomination.
 -rhe fact that he refrains from de- etaring himself democrat or a re- publican can hardly be regarded as ar tnducement on the part of the mem bers of either party to give him tn, nomination. He lays considerable stress upon the platform, and well h, may, but those who name or thos who support the platform want t know quite as much in a definite wa, about the one who is expected t, lead the party in support of it. MI Hoover still quibbles when he ough to come out with a fatfooted state ment regarding himself.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
 The TaxIess City:INorWich.

Mr. Editor: It is now nearly the 20 years at the end of which Norwich was to be a taxless city. That was the prediction of the late Charles F. Thayer, when mayor, in a speech be- fore the Board of Trade in the early years of 1900. It was a dream; not many of the listeners took any stock in it, and the conditions that face the taxpayers today show the worthless ness of such an idea. Theory and practice have always shown a great difference under test. The gas and electric plant was going to produce wonders. Has it? It is quite different from the waterworks that is dumping into the city treasury each year a handsome sum. Friday night the tax payers are invited to a city meeting to consider the small matter of deferring
 payment of S27 GOO and to vote s23.O0o
 more good money for the plant. How
 much over a half million dollars are the citizens going to dump into this plant before getting down to brass taclIs and know all about it? The city tax in 1902 was 10 mills, in 1919 it was IS 1-2. The tax1ess city is going in the wrong direction
 A HF7T PLFSS TAXPAYER. Norwich, March Ii, 1920
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RAILROAD VALUATIONS

In the administration of the rail- roads of the country the interstate commerce commission is of course guided by legislative act, the pro- visions of which include sections dealing with the matter of valuation. The interpretation that it placed up- on the valuation sections was con. sidered to be unjust to the railroads in that the commission made it's de- cisons in connection with the regu- lation of commerce in opposition to the provision of the law. In connec- tion with the test case of the Kansas City Southern railroad the commits sion in reaching the valuation of the road failed to take into consideration elements oz value which it was di- rected to do, since, the act requires it to consider and include in the valua- tion of railrpad property present cost of condemnation and damages or uf purchase in excess of such orig inal cost or present value"
 Naturally the decision is an im- portant one and bound to have it's bearing upon all the roads of the country In fact it is difficult to un-
 
 do as it has now been directed by the supreme court of the United States to do in view of the direct provision in the law. The valuation is of course to permit of the determination as to a reasonable return to the roads. It cannot fail to be admitted that the roads are entitled to proper treat mott and certainly in reaching the valuation of railroad the same plan should be followed as in the case of any other property, and naturally the valuation of property is going to. be determined by present day condi- tions.
 When the roads were not turned back to the owners under the condi- tion prevailing before the government took them over it was evident that there were good reasons for steering ! clear of the mistakes of the past The policy sof fair dealing should ap- ply to railroads as well as other 1 things
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
Upholds pr. Howe,sLdeas,

MT. Editor: Having read the several letters recently printed, in your paper, I would like to say. first. that my Ideas in regard to Spiritualism are perfectly portrayed in the sermon by Dr. S. H. Howe printed in The Bull letin of Feb. 5th.. In the March 9th issue of the paper F. J. W. says: ''When a person dies, he does not live at all. in any condition whatsoever" In the light of that declaration how does he explain the following pas sages: Matt. 22: 31, 32 Mark 12: 26, 27, and John Ii: 24-96. Then con- corning R. NJ. W's letter in The Bull letin for March 10, does she know that the word spirit in 1st John 4: 1, refers to certain teachers as shown in. heading of chapter and has she carefully looked up the marginal ref erences copnected with that verse. Also she of course knows that the word Spirit in John 16: 13, and Rom. &: 26, 27. refers to the Holy Spirit sent as the Comforter of the world soon after Christ's ascension.
 A. L. J. No1lA, LSro11-1;, NForob n 1a0n
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING MARCH 9th, 1920
 10, ,6O9
clrY MEETING TONIGHT

With a special city meeting called for tonight there should be large attendance in town hall for the pur- bose of deciding whether authority win be given to borriw a sum not to exceed $T0,000 for the purpose of earrying the city through the re- naainder of the fiscal year, whether the gas and electrical department will c excused from paying back 27,000 borrowed of the city and whether the department will be given authori- ty to borrow s25,0 ,000 more.
 These are all matters which should interest each and every taxpayers. It is to be expected that there will be members of the finance committee of the city government and members of the gas and electrical commits sion in attendance to give the voters the enlightment they may want and should have in regard to these mat ters
 "a The citizens are entitled to know what is responsible for the inability of the city government to carry on it's business for the remainder of the year out of the appropriations that that were made last June and like wise should be told why it is that the gas and electric plant is unable tc meet its obligations after all the money that has been voted to it, after the extensive development of the plant and the increased efficiency that was to be expected, and why il Isn't now able to take care of the de- mands that have been made for pow er when past appropriations were imposed to overcome that problem -ai It is entirely possible that goot and sufficient explanations can bt made relative to these matters. Il Is to be hoped that they can and tha !hey will be fully made to the specia city meeting. There is nothing lik getting the full and correct enlighten ment under such circumstances. It i the time and place to clear up an, misunderstanding if such exist, O at any rate to have the action take based on the facts.
 The special city meeting should b well attended.
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they live than any outsider All old systems should not be entirely dis carded simply because they are old. Some of them have merits which are not being improved upon. Those of advanced years are in a position to compare the old with the new. and we find that the most highly educated people are those who were thoroughly instructed in, the rudiments which formed the foundation on which to build substantial educational edifice. Sermons might be preached against the fads and 'follies which are being more and more introduced into our public educational institutions. Con- stant change is not positive proof of progress but breeds dissatisfaction discontentment, and in many cases sel6shness, greed mad other evils. The present generation seems to have nc use for the old adase What is worth doing at all is worth doing we'll" It is among the discards.
 UNCLE BILLIE.
 Eagleville March 10, 1920.
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FROM LUcILE'S DIARY

This morning I received a most dis < concerting letter from Jane Bosanquet, a girl I was with in Brests last July while waiting to sail home. She saya she has been trying for months to get my address, and has only now suc- ceeded. She is a person whose mind works slowly. I well remember how long it took her to decide to share her billet with me in the little hotel in Brest.
 When I discovered that I should have to sWait some time before sail ing I was very loath to go out to the remote seashore, as most of the well fare girls had to do. I happened to meet Miss Bosanquet in the Rue de Siam, and I asked her where she was staying.
 q have a cubbyhole in the Hotel Cheval Blanc" she answered.
 Aren't you lucky? I tried to get in there, but I was told there was no room. You know, Jane, just detest being sent out to the country to stay. Couldn't you possibly squeeze me into your billet? I have a lot to tell you about my work near Verdun, and you must have had many experiences in the leave area where you've been. suppose you met beaucoup officers down in the Riviera
 ''No, my work was almost entirely with the enlisted men, she replied.
 |How splendid! I worked a great deal with the enlisted men, too," told her, "but I did get to know many charming officers. Some of them are here in Brest now, waiting, like oir- selves, to sail Wouldn't you like to meet them?''
 "Oh, don't know" she murmured indifferently.
 Now, Jane, you aren't going to let me be banished to the seashore, are you 5 I asked. "Mhen you know how much I wish to stay in town.''
 T have only a three quarters bed in a tiny room, Lucile,' she objected Why, my dear, l shall not mind that at all,'' I assured her. "How good of you it is to take me in.'' Then I went right to headquarters and had my luggage sent to her room 1 Although I tried my best to be 8 | pleasant and anfiable companion, il was rather hard for me at times. l As she was not inclined to be so- ciable, I went my own way, without confidfng in her, although one night returned from dance at the officers club I did mention that I had beer with a casual officer who had former | ly been attached to the outfit she worked with when she first landed l in France.
 "Lieut. Dale!" she exclaimed. Why how long has he been here?''
 About a week, I think. I know
 met him last Friday, at the navy hop. Did you tell him I was here?' lsh'
 asked.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
OTHER VIEW POINTS

Shovelling snow is an occupation to which nearly all New Englanders have been accustomed from boyhood. There is nothing which furnishes more zest of living, more rosy cheeks and more aching backs. Some per- sons revel in il. and many others re- vile it. Take your choice as to the category in which you prefer to be listed. It doesn't make much differ ence anyway-for you'll shovel just the same.-Meriden Journal.
 Five months of operation have proved the Dallas CTex.) Anti-Pro- fiteering ordinance a success. Only rent controversies have been han died. Not case has gone unsettled. Landlords have been persuaded to lower exorbitant rentals asked. and others have been deterred from ask ing large increases. Three men-at present real estate rental agent, labor union representative and a lawyer-sit upon a board and hear complaints. Failure to abide by their decision is grounds for a case in the nun .cipal court.-Bridgepor Tele- gram.
 Some authoritative person predict ed the other day that prices would
 not go down under two years at least, ! told us that we might as well make ' up our minds to it. Bernard Baruch I breaks in to say that he can see a | break in prices in sight already. Ro- | ger Babson, the statistician, says that | there is going to be less work and ! fewer bonuses and therefore less to l buy with, and advises everybody that ! now Is the time to save. There is
 more or less conflict In these pro- | phetic views. but on the whole it will
 be found that they lead .to the sea- | siole view that we are taking some
 chances with our prosperity when We
 continue to spend everything and do
 not lay aside something.-Waterbu
 American.
 A work Of inestimable value could l be accomplished by the widespread
 publication of a few authentic facts
 as to what we actually pay for when
 we spend a dollar at a grocery or
 clothing store. How much of ouI
 money goes to the men who do ths
 actual tailor labor on a suit oi
 clothes or the actual shoemaker la Dor on a pair of shoes? IL is dlfficul;
 10 account for the present scale O, prices on many things. Take a {. | pair of gloves, for example. Obyiousl, there is only a few cents worth O. leather in them and they are cut ana ? sewed by machinery, which mus b make the labor cost per pair only q | very small fraction of the total price ! What then do we pay for when w, ] hand over 8 and get pair Of glove ? made out of a cheap hide that hai
 been split" almost to the thinness O paper. a few yards of silk thread ani 2 two small buttons for which a whole 9 saler would hardly have the nerve t 1 ask more than a penny each Man y chester Herald.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
OId and New in schools

MT. Editor: What is called system of education in our public schools to- day is a strange medley or mixture few good points, of course, a lot of fads and several schemes for securing positions for the ever increasing num- Der of graduates of the different edu- cational institutions. From the start the children like it; it keeps them amused and entertained and makes of them strong advocates-a part of the scheme. As they get little older the variety is increased and they are given what is called instruction in recreation, physical culture, domestic science, Jim Spelled gym, I belieye) swimming, and several other things Between times they are being sort of railroaded through a course book study, just enough to get through what is called an examination, and finally they graduate with high hon. ors and receive that almost mystical thing, diploma, which seems to en- title them to all kinds of considera- | tion.
 The legitimate professions have m | attraction for lot of these graduates. | consequently position-something | that will not soil the hands, clothes or | social standing-must be provided and if there are not legitimate ones
 enough to be had they are manufac- l tured for them, and they are sent out as instructors in the several branches
 forms or fads mentioned above and | fed to the new crop of younssters
 coming along. Numerous others are
 sent out to us as supervisors, inspec- tors, illustrators, demonstrators or. ganizers, nurses, etc. Great schemei
 Well, this gang of superf1uities mus
 be paid, and it takes a lot of money
 State aid for this, that and the othe,
 thing sounds fine, but who is the state
 and where does 1t get money to aii
 with? Taxes are going up by lean:
 and bounds to meet conditions i'm.
 posed upon towns by the state boar
 Of education and other state board; ) made up of these same graduates who , though they have very little ability o , adaptability for any position of i'm
 portance, have sense enough to rea1iz
 that they must put up a bluff of earn
 ing their salary. Fine schernei
 , It would seem as though towns wer not allowed to retrench or try to econ ornize in any way even though the,
 are burdened with a heavy debt. Goo
 teachers? Yes. by all means, an plain, common sense, reasohable san l i itary conditions without the fads a f other forms of ornamentation, and un , der the direction of the town schor committee. who should be capable an } naturally vastly more interested in tn welfare of schools in the towns wher
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
Stories That Recall Others.
Never Again.


 There are numbered by the scores those who are always appreciating the importance of a lesson but always do- ing the same thing over again. A doc tor had a midnight call out into the country and on a lonely stretch of road his auto gave a cough, another cough, and died in the middle of the road. Not until then did he think his gasoline tank was empty. It was too late. He walked a mile to the nearest farmhouse, reused a sleepy but oblig- ing farmer, borrowed a gallon of gas and hiked back a mile. Disappoint- ment continued. for his carburetor was set for high test" gas and he had the other kind
 After repeated efforts and many ad- justments he got the motor started but he had used up so much of the gaso- line in trying to get started that after he did get ahead it was for only a short distance, but near another farm house, where he got the use of a tele- phone this time and called for help. He got home before daybreals but he says now it is never again. on low gasoline.
 Oh, Don't Mention It.
 A number of the neighbors had just stopped in to have a little gossip and one of them said: ''Who do vou think 1 saw downtown yesterday? He was buying some strange woman a soda, and I bet he never said a word about it to his wife" She then told the name of the woman.
 It was not until the last neighbor had gone that little Ruth said '"Mother, I don't think Mrs So and So (mentionine the name of the woman who had told the story) has any room 1 n fc1 a ,te. never told you but last week MT. So and So bought me soda. And when I said Thank you to him, he said Oh. don't mention it And ! never would have told it if his wife did not think 1 she was so smart"
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
INCOME TAX FACTS
 YOU SHOULD KNOW

The big profits realized in 1919 by sales of dwellings. apartment houses, machinery, farm lands and other prop erty are subject to the income tax. Every citizen or resident who made such sales must now figure up the gains. as prescribed in Form 1O4O or 1040A, and consider this profit to- gether with other gains and income in determining the liability for return and tax.
 The sale of part of a farm or part or parcel of land brings with it the responsibility of figuring equitably the gain realized. Consideration must be given, not only to acreage, but to the quality or desirability of the part sold, in its relation to the entire tract or farm.
 Many persons disposed of stocks and bonds during 1919. Any gains or losses in such transactions affect the l net income.
 If the profits from sales, plus other ! income. received in 1919, by an un-
 married person was 1000 or more, a ] return is due. A married couple must file return if profits from sales ! plus other income was 2,000 or more Returns and payments must reach l the Collector of Internal Revenue 1 by March 15. 1920.
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turns unto God who gave it. Does not this imply immortality? Now if what this Adventist teaches is opposed to what scriptures teach. is it not req sonable to infer that he is being de- ceived by Satan as well as tho Spirit tsts-as he seems to think Is the case with them, and of whom he so strong ly disapproves. A condition of things which will without doubt please his Satanic majesty Nexeellently well.
 A LOVER OF TRUTH.
 Fitchville, March g, 1920.
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which will get the approval of the majority of the senate cannot se- cured those who oppose must decide whether they are going to shoulder the responsibility for killing the trea- ty or whether they are going to shift it where it belongs. That can be done by aiding the senate to ratify.s Then If the president wants to let, as ex- President Taft says, This one track mind manifest itself again, i" the re- sponsibility will fall where it belongs and where it has been from the start. It is time that the senate realized the importance of doing so for the best interests of the country and particu- larly so as to the matter of safe guards.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
WHERE CARE is NEEDED

Nothing has given emphasis to the need of care in sending out to the country the news of the decisions of the highest court in the land, like the serious mistake that was made by reporter listening to the reading of the decisions in the case concern ing stock dividends handed down this week by. the United States supreme court
 Eager to get the start on others he jumped at conclusions after hearing part of the decision read that the court had decided that stock divi- dends were taxable, and he flashed word to that effect to his agency. Later he discovered that what he thought was the decision of the court was just contrary to the real ruling, for the court held the taxation of stock dividends to be illegal. It then became necessary to make a correction but serious damage had been done for it was a decision that had it's effect upon the stock market and large sums were made to change hands because of the false in- formation. It is not thought for a minute that there was any intention upon the part of the reporter to deal in anything but the truth but his | eagerness to get speed caused him tc overlook the importance of being cor rect in such a matter. The correc- ton of course was in time to stop the incorrect version from getting to the i country at large but the ticker ser | t-i1 ,-fo tion and gotten in it's effect. It wa. impossible to undo what had beer done on the strength of the wrong flash.
 This is an instance where the exer
 else of care. even though a few min
 utes might have been lost would hay
 saved not only a serious blunder bu
 large financial losses.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
No%h Franklin. March 10, 1920.
The Immortality of the Soul.

MT. Editor: Then shall the dust re-
 turn to the earth as it was; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. (Ecclesiastics 12: 7.) Judging from the rendering of this text, it does not appear that the soul sleeps with the body in the grave as the Advent teacher would have us believe. It re-
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
Town Much the Laraer.

MT. Editor: To settle an argument. will you please tell me if the city of Norwich is included in the town of Norwich, and i1st what the town of Norwich comprises? Also if Bridge port is in any town" and if so what goes to make the town.
 Thanking you for the information" I renan,
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were convicted. Fifty-one were sen tenced to death. 46 to transportation for life. two to imprisonment for ten years, 79 for seven years, ten for five years, 1S for three years and II for lesser periods. In six cases whipping was inflicted
Norwich bulletin., 1920-03-12
Norwich. March il, 1920.

The city of Norwich is included in the town. The town line extends 10 Trad Cove on t!ee eouth. to a point west of the West Plain cemetery on the west, to and including 'vantic on the north. to and includinr Occum on tho northeast while the city and town ene are co-extensive on the east and southeart.
 The oitv ard town of Bridgeport are consolidated.-Ed