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Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22
GEaRGE V. REKkIAs.

sines his entry into the political campaign of Theodore Roosevelt when he polted from the republican convention eight years age, GesFge ". Perkins has taken 3 pere or less acsiHe part in pci- tics. He was g eernm9 nding figure in 1912 and even though the situation has changed sreatly since that time he has nevertheless been concerned with reform activi.is His death the past week, pre- ceded as it was Sv an illness of several rnenths which was 7o. generally known ,o have been of teal nature tells why lie has had no 1art in the campaign activities of inc republican party.
 Mr. Perkins was for nearly score of years Identified with the business of J. P. Morgan $ Ce. as 3 partner. There he ainassed 8 large fortune and could have contlnued te increase 1t had he sq de sired. He considered, however, that there was nothing to De gained by piliug up 8 greater fortune and being interested in public matters he deseEnined to devete his efforts to securing needed reforms He had his first test in backing the bull moase party but that did not discourage him and he continued te give of his ef- 
 in efferts to better relations between cap ital and labor and in advocacy of indus trial profit sharing
 When the var broke out his desire for puhle seEgiee vas quickly aeeommeaat- ed With the same determined effort that he gave to other matters he devot- ed himself to war activities of the Y: II c. A, and 1t was as the result of the long and close attention he gave to tha Ee=k in Fraaes that he suffered the nsF vous breakdowH that ended in his death There are many nlllieaalres who de sire to have their money accomplish sonAthing worst while, but there are 10 many who - ',--'- shoulder to th 1 Eheel In the EsE that Mr. Perkins did Whatever may have been considered hi
 motives when he arkt undertook te ren 1 der public service he unauestionabl.
 cleared uR those zpsRiciens as Esars wea along.
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Sarei History.

There dwells in British Columbia, within dozen miles of the flourish ing city of Calgary, a tribe of Indians called the Sarcis, whose lives and hab= it's, despite their proximity to the city, are about the same as those of their ancestors for hundreds and hundreds of years This tribe retains it's paint er,'' the artistic historian whose duty it is to preserve for pesterity suitable records of the exploits of the tribe. These records are, as they have always been, made upon steer hides. A great number of such hides are now care fully preserved at the office of the agent on the Sarci reserve.
 The youth of this tribe rely for their history upon the campfire stories and a we'll tanned steer hide covered with queer Indian characters crudely paint ed by means of a pigment eoncocted from the juices of herbs and plants. While these records are by no means of a haphazard character, they are not altogether regular or chronologi- cally arranged.
 Ii seems that when several chiefs and medicine men attain a certain ad- vanced age there is called an 'assemb- Iy' at which. one by one, the old men stand forth before the people and re- count the stories of their lives. These
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IN THE DAYS NEWS
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VERA CRUZ

While fully aware of the high per- centsse ef errer meat sWeevins assertions contain, nevertheless venture to claim that the country lying between the cities of Vera Cruz and Mexico City possesses more varied natural attractions than any other area ef similar extent in the weEla.p
 This is the statement of Frank M. Chapman. in aeemmqnieatioR to the Ma tienal GeograRhic Society, concerning Vera Cruz, which figures So eonspicuousIy in news dispatches from Mexico. Dr. Chapman continues:
 Be one student CT tourist, there can
 he no question that one should enter Mexico City fyoH the Gulf 4 journey from the coast to the capital follows a
 natunai succession of climatic zones as well as the sequence of early historic events.
 "The day indeed. should begin at sum- rise some hours before disemharkine at Vera Cruz with a hope that ene may , have the rare good fortune to ace the first rays of the sun touch the summit of Nit orizaha. the first, as it will be among the nest lasting, of ene's i'm pFessions of Mexico The shers is still | some 90 miles distant, the mountain it. 1 self about 1ee miles and one is with l difficulty convinced that the glearains piAk cloud high abeye the horizon is part sf the still invisible earth beneath | it. DeGbsIess tke Aztees were nat ia. rnilisr with this Siew of Nj. OFizaAa, but from Ae athar place is their name fol 1 it-CElaltapetl the Star Meuntain-ss applicable.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22
SIGHTS AND SCENES OF CHICAGO.

SIGHTS AND SCENES OF CHICAGO. |
 Chicago, recently the scene of the re- publican national convention, is the sub ject of bulletin from the National Geographic Society, based on a communi- cation from William Joseph Showalter. as follows:
 "Geography made Chicago Its position at the foot of the Great Lakes resulted in it's eyoluation as the farthest inland terminus of navigation of the inland seas.
 Made what 1t is by the processes of | geography, Chicago soon returned the compliment by helping geography trans 1 form other regions. It's slaughtering and l packing industry has changed the center l of gravity of the Ineat-preducing world. l Its agrieultural-i implement industry has l revised the economic status of more than 1 half of the inhabitants of the earth Its sleePing1ear industry has entirely revis- 1 ed the. geography of travel bringing | tain and plain close to each other. 1 Tt is interesting to pause for birds eye inpsntory of what the city is today. Fourth in population it ranks first among l the worlds great urban centers in many 1 ways. No ether place butchers as much meat, makes as much machinery, builds l as many cars, sells as much grain, or ] handles as much lumber.
 "9she Michigan Avenue improvement is 2 major feature of the now famous Chicago Plan The beautiful highway with it's connecting arteries, unites the North Shore with the South Side. For 1 years this thoroughfare has been the pride of Chicago and the admiration of all who visit the city. As q part of the Lake Shore drive that links the woods of southern Wisconsin with the plains of northern Indiana, it is a magnificent street
 fFe secure the full hopAfits of her situ-
 ation, the city is undertaking to con
 meet her three great lakeside parks AL
 ready Lincoln Park has edged a mar
 row way seuthward along the beach un-
 til there is a wonderful curying stretch
 of green reaching to Grand Avenue and
 making a feur-mile parkway unbroken
 and unmarred.
 "Fhe city annually spends five million
 d9llars for park purposes more per
 capita, perhaps, than any other city oi
 the first order in existence. There is not 9 keep off the grass in the entire park
 system; and all reereatienal facilities 1 are free except the boats in the lagoons
 At the two golf courses in Jackson Park a third of a million balls were teet : off in 1916. Twice as many people play
 on the long course in Jackson Park aE play on the long course at the historic
 links at St. Andrew. No charge is made
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22
TIE ruRKrsH srruArron.

With a British fleet ordered to Fur5e ish waters, with Premier Venizelps of Greece in conference with the premieEs of Great Britain and France. with the announcement to the effect that Greece s willing to provide a force for the po- Icing Of Turkey and the putting down of the Turkish nationalists and the Moscow report to the effect that secret alli- ance has been arranged between serhia and Bulgaria there is presented situa- ton which discloses possibilities Of trou- ole nrovided all these reports are true.
 The Turkish situation is one which has indicated much uncertainty. The delay in agreeing upon the terms of the treaty permitted the situation to get out of hand with the result that the Mustaphs Renal faction threatens trouble in a manner that may cali for active opera tions in order to suppress it. Greece is apparently willing to heiI in such ar undertaking and the orders bear it's in. nuenee whatever the outcorae is,
 T. is the steadily increasing strength of the Turkish nationslists. those in on nos;;ion to the Turkish government Yisf which the treaty would have to be made hat is creating uneasiness among ths allied nations
 It is bit too early to accept as fac the Moscow claim that the Serbs anf Bulgarians have entered into a seere understanding against Greece. It seem. incredible that serbia woHHd anite xi.l Bulgaria against nation that has rorlsed in it's behalf during the hiE var Nut there is of course no telling wha
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22

sYdu're frying doughnuts,' bubbled the small person from the first floor ad dressirig the second story lady, We knew 1t clear down to our placs Do tkey smell good3 I guess they do! My mother said it's just fine to sniff honest te goodness homemade doughnuts again. We didn't have any all the time you were away. My mother thinks you make tbs swellezt doughnuts
 "She doesn't see how to gracious you can afford them now, though. with eggs and lard just out of sight. We can't, She says. Pm sorry, because I think
 though Aunt Japsss made me terribly sick all last night. You bet I was sick! { couid.t go to school this morning, and my mother gave me some medicine. Oh but feel fns pows Yes, I do. Don't you want to flush your dotlghnuts? I car stay a while, if I don't interfere witt your KoEk, my mother says.
 Comfortably settled by the kitchen ta hle tie small person continued; T heart my father tell my mother this morning that f would be the biggest kind of-o charity if you'd show Aunt Jane how t make doughnyts He said sinkers wa I too good name for the things she sen ! honae fo him by me last night. I wa l going! to call to my father that it wa Cncle Jimmie who sent them to him, bu l I was toe sleery or something, guess ! You know, s'npse Uncle Jimmi thinks just an awful lot of my father He wouldn't send doughnuts Aunt Jan made 'spresslY for him if he wasn't, d you think so2 I'll tell you about thos I doughnuts now.
 .sYou know, I vas invited to Aur Jane's after school yesterday, to help he | clean her silYerWare, because she's gt | ing to have company for dinner tonigh I Well, I told her you were home. Sf l was real glad, and said she wished yo I were the second story lady over her b.
 | cause you surely were fine cook. an so generous with handouts. I said I Il heard Uncle Jimmie say so. too, and tn; | he said to tell my mother your dougl
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22

for playing, and there are lockers ac- commodations for three thousand. while some sixty an hour can be started in play. Frequently players have remain ed up all night in order to get chance to tee off next day
 There is a swimming hole within walking distance of every bay in Chica- go; and even with the fine municipal bathing beaches of the lake front not far away, these mid-city park lagoons are always in use, providing joy for the hearts of the kiddies who visit them.
 "Chicago's hold on the slaughtering and packing of meat is only less striking than it supremacy in the harvester and twine industries. One-fourth of all the meat animals that leave the farms and ranches of the United States are bound for the butchers blocks of the lakeside metropolis.
 Imagine a hotel with 260, 900 beds 2.960 office desks, and a total registration of 26.000,0 coo guests a year. And imagine it having 5000 negro porters carrying a stock of linen valued at s2.Oo0,o0o and using some 60.0o0 worth of soap an- naully. Such is the Pullman Company with headquarters in Chicago, as typifed by the cars in the service.
 Selling goods to six million customers a year, handling hundred thousand or. ders a day in ordinary times, and ir rush times nearly twice as many, noth ing but the most phenomenal system would stand the strain that the maii-ordel business of the worlds greatest mail order house involves. The story of how the vast flood of orders flows in and tht ! deluge of merchandise flows out is ar inspiring tale of Chicago business. Tine main plant covers fifty acre: and has more than niety acres of fooI space. From the mechanical letter-openel that can dispose of 27,0ee pieces of mai an hour to the shipping room, where the merchandise finally starts on it's way to- ward the customer, nothing but organiza ! ton raised to the power could cope l with the vast volume of business that sweeps through the great institution. HThere may be one or two other de partment stores in the world of Chicago that have outgrown full city block but certainly no other such store ha. | outgrown as large a block nor occupied
 more floor area than Chicago's leadint Establishment The square bounded by 1 Wabash, Washington. State, and Ran dolph streets is a big one-how big may h 1 gathered from the statement that th | basement sales-room of this institution coverT four acres of ground while tn
 main aisle on the main floor of the es
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22
FIGHTING rHB PLAGUE.

That the most deterrnined efforts should be made te fiRht the buhonic plague wherever 1t has Hade it's appaAf- anee en this side of the wsser is onlx ip accord with the vsrx attitude tRat should be nanifessed taward the dsaad disease. It calls for immediate action whenever discovered and it is of zlch , nature that 1t capnet he kept too far away. But happily through the proSEsss of medical sctencs it doesn't cause as much terror as it did some. years ago when the announcement is made that case has been disclosed in Mexico or even ip 3 pprt ef this country.
 This doesnt mean that there sheuld be any ii.h. regard for the seriousness of any outbreak of this piague. It is far preterahle that it should be present, ed than to have to bring to bear whai are eonsidsFed efiescious methods q dealing with it, but its appearanes i: nevertheless I sufficient signal for tht health aqthsrities ta get busy at oRct and to utilize all forces at their com naand.
 This is what they have done in con peetisn with the cases which have beer discovered in Vera Cruz Medical sHp plies were fsrgaraed there before it wa generally known that the plague hat been discovered is being done in Florida with this additional satisfaction tha every possihle meaps of attack will , employed in this country while there no certainty as to what assistance Mex
 ico wil De willing to accept eve
 though there is recognized the need 2
 removing all danger os its spreading g
 quickly as possible.
 It can be apPreeiated that there shoul ! be ss thorough cooperation betWAe ] countries in fighting such a common
 enemy as tl,ere will be between the fed | sFal, state and lqcal authorities in thi
 countrF. By such combined setiyitie
 the very results that are aimed at wi
 be obtained. whereas tailure to work tc
 eethsr simply means delaying the accoE
 piishment of the very object that aimed at
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22

embrace thrilling tales of battles fought. great deeds performed and, sad to relate, of horses stolen.
 Sometimes an assembly continues for several days. The younger mem bers of the tribe, sitting about. listen eagerly to the recitals Which they, in turn, will some day recount to their own sons. until finally the stories be- come the tribal traditions of the past As the old men hold forth with much dramatic fire. the painter sits on the ground, his steer hide spread out be fore him, end upon this he paints with his rude pigment pictures to illustrate the incidents he has just heard.
 A circle, for instance, represents the barricade or encampment; awkwardly drayn pictures of animals stand for horses stolen; a galloping horse with a brave on its back suggests the tale of a wild flight across the plain before pursuing enemies; a flag may mean a battle won. a tadpole-like mark an enemy overcome. Considerable ingen uity is eYinced in the grouping Of the characters, and each sketch IS, in its way, [ key to the thrilling tale which in time become Sacri history.-New York Evening Post
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JUNE 18th, isao
 1O,656
NEW ENGLAND FUEL.

New EnEland's call for more coal has been heard hy the interstate commerce. commission and the justification hack of the call is recognized if we are to ildge by the action of the commission in a1 e. fort to provide the re .s;a Y rell2S. It Is unfortunate that it ms taken as iuag as it has to get this recosa't.on pot when the commission decla rs tll. 'an rnler- sency exists which calls for immediate attention" it gives prom SC that it is le- termined 10 furnish this attention until The threatened shortage for this part ef the country is overcome.
 From the orders given it woui'l -Prear that the trouble is largely due to the shortage of cars, the fact that coal hauling has been sidetraeked for other business and that full advantage has not been taken of the facilities for nov ing coal by water.
 Whether the situation can be relieved in 60 days remains to be seen. New England has been skimping along for such a period that it will require g large amount of coal to bring it back to a normal condition. The priority order made effective for month will certain 4f ll-tE tue Sltu1ltJ4 SspetlditS AiSH Euii advantage being taken of water trans ror;ajoa. while the order giving pref srruce to coal consigned for shipment by water to New England would iRdlca.e tia. it was determined ts put an end to thr howl that has been going u9 from ,li srsrt of the country for so long
 The importance of the fac. that New England has al last brought those wisf ;he power 10 relieve the situation to VII isrs;and the full meaning of the predica. ncnt in which New England was placed -Sano; be overlooked. This is the re suit of the combined appeal from the six states and with sufficient faeiltie: ,o handle it it is possible that the or iers given VII result in some of the coa hat .s being sent out of the country be ing diverted to this section until its re qu.rements are more nearly mat. l comes rather helated but New Englant is at last getting some assurance tha its fuel require ments will ge attention
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tahlishment is nearly 400 feet long.

tahlishment is nearly 400 feet long
 And yet the structure covering that block, F stories high, with four base ments below. is unable to accommodate that vast retail business built up by the merchant prince of the Middle West; so across Washington Street there is sec ond building. big enough in itself for a princely business, housing a mans de- partment store.
 Imagine a retail business that requires 46 acres of floor space. yet of such high class that more than 60 running miles of carpet are laid down to maintain the quiet elegance of the establishment. Fancy an army of shoppers so numerous that 77 passenger elevators are sadly overworked when high-water mark is reached, and q volume of purchases that requires Is big freight lifts to handle
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22
THE SECOND STORY LADY

nuts were the only ones he'd ever >eaten that could begin to touch his mother's
 Aunt James nose turned up higher n'er it's always turned up, and she said, Is that SO? guess can show him there are othersf Then she got out her
 spinky span cook book, with all the love Ify eat things painted through it. think
 t is the prettiest bookl But my father says, Preserve mel The Lord pity J i'm mier
 ! Well, anyway Aunt Jane said she was going to surprise Uncle Jimmie with doughnuts for dessert. I was awfuEy glad, as l perfectly love doughnuts. My, ] yours look fnel Aunt lanes didn't look d speck like them. And they were so hardi didn't seem to want any more after I'd eaten three, and you know l can eat yours until I pretty near bust,
 can't I? My stomach's beginning to feel ! lovely now.
 | q guess Uncle Jimmie thought Aunt lanes all right, though, because he tolc her he was sorry he had eaten such hearty dinner that he couldn't possibly l eat more than one. Besides, he wouldn' let me eat another single one when l tolt him I'd had three when Aunt Jane Wal frying them. He gave me an awful look and said, For Pete,s sake! You don get anotherl'
 I I s'pose he thought there wouldn't b
 any left for his breakfast, sarne's m
 father thinks when you send down
 lovely plate of them.
 , "But I guess he got sorry that he ha , been stingy with me because when } was time for me to go home he told Aur
 Jane to send some of her fine doughnut | to my father. and when she just put q few in bag he filled it right u = Wasn't that kind of him2 I must 1 sure and not tell him that l heard m g father tell my mother to feed them l the sparrows, and
 .sThere's my mother rapping on u l pipes for me. I hate to go! We l goodby! OhI Are those doughnuts f. t us? Thank you ever 9 much. mu : hurry now. Good-by Exchange.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-06-22
DETRoIT's GAIN.

Just at the present time the gains as revealed by the census are getting no greater attention than those shown by -rhe city of Detroit. That city by jump ing into fourth place makes 3 big gain and occupies an enviabie position, ani "ot there is no great surprise at Ehat Detroit has done. l. has long beea egi- dent that that city was rapidly forEinS ahead II has increased By leaps and bounds IL was adding to it's pepuia- Ion rapidly before the war looFnsd pp to give Il a boost but the combination of automobile manufacturing and va ae- tivities has certainly served to push it to the front speedily.
 Today Detroit has nearly million pop uia;ion. IL is booming in many lines and has undergone such great changes that those who were familiar with it 9 couple of decades ago would hardly rec ognize it today.
 As an automobile center it's growth was huge. I; had the new and large in- lus;ries which could be quickly convert ad 10 the manufacture of war material and it received a tremendous lift from ihe numbers who were attracted there by inc amount of war work that it was en gagged in. And Detroit has not ouiS managed to get such an addition durips the period when wsryorB was at it's ful height but it has been able to retair them after the convertion to peace ao ;ivities again. Many city greatly in creased it's population temporarily while war work was at its height only to los that gain and some more when the slu,aI came after war orders were cancelle, and readjustment delays closed mary plants
 Busy bustling Detroit therefore na' reason to feel proud of it's accomplish merts. There is in fact no indicat iol that it has ceased to grow. It may P. that the next census will not show an, such gain as il has registered this yea but unless we are mistaken Betroft i destined 10 draw from other sections and show much growth for a eonsidera hle period to come. Detroit is bound t grow as long as the automobile industri held it's present position