Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-11
NUMBER 2.

Receipts OF fresh groundfah this
year will. be approximately 25.O00,0O
pounds greater than at any time IN
the 81 years that hsh statistics have
been compiled in Boston. The total
Is 122,226, ,060 pounds, as against a.
77s,2 ,295 in 1919. The record hereto
fore was 00,232,s6s pounds n 1910.
The town Of Gardner In Worcester
county, Mass, seeks to become the
10th city In Massachusetts In bill
fled with the clerk of the House By
Representative Charles Il. Hart
shorn OF Gardner. The town now
has population Of 1900, and At .
town meeting In October considered
changing It's government either to
city or to the limited town meet
ing plan, and the city plan prevailed.
Philip Bova, Of Lawrence, Mass,
aged 10, had been living on 10 cents
worth of food per day. He frequent
iy went to sleep In school, due to ex-
haustion and undernOurishment. His
father had seen At to discontinue
payment to the probation o6icer Of
s. q week for Philips subsistence.
Investigation followed. A jail SEN
tence was held out to the father as
an alternative. Thereupon the lat
ter agreed to do his duty by the Lad.
Olds G. Whippde, in business IN
Hartford, Conn.,, for 43 years, man
ufacturers Of fertilizers, dealers In
fertilizers, agricultural implements,
ranges, furnaces, ETC., have taken
out papers of incorporation, with
paid in capital of 100000. The
firm has long consisted Of Alfred A.
Olds and Frank II. Whtpple, its
founders, and now Frank A. Olds,
who has long been active in the
business, is admitted as a substan-
hal stockholder. The company has
In process OF completion large coa-
crete and steel building in East Hart
ford for the manufacture Of fertiliz-
erS.
Analyzing the shoe market from the
viewpoint of the retailer, John c. Sher-
wood, Of the shoe firm Of the Colby
Sherwood Company Of Waterbury,
Conn, says: 'The conditions in the
shoe trade at present are more complex
and In some phases more uncertain
than they have been at any time dur.
ing recent years. A correct analysis
Of the cause and effect Of the present
situation and an accurate forecast OF
the near future is Of vital importance
to every shoe buyer. There is every
thing to indicate that prices for the
spring season will be materially lower
than they have been for the past two
years."
In a little town in southwestern Con-
necticut-to be more specific, Green
wich-is an automobile graveyard
where rest the bones Of more than
500, 900 worth Of the finest cars ever
placed on the market. Most Of them
when they met with their untimely
end, were brand new. None is very
old, and all are valuable, even as junk.
They stand as individual monuments
to drivers who failed to heed the cry
of stop" and went on in the general
direction Of the Massachusetts, line
only to find that the revenue men lose
little time in taking up the challenge
and are close behind in machine that
Is fairly burning up the road.
Joseph e. Warner, former speaker
of the Massachusetts, House, In an ad-
dress before the Reciprocity Club Of
Boston. emphasized the need for de-
velopment Of the agricultural resourc-
es Of Massachusetts,. he pointed out
that the number Of farms In that state
have decreased until only 100000
acres are under cultivation, and that
$500, 900, 900 Is spent annually outside
the state for food products. In dis
cussing state problems he urged furth-
er development Of the highways and
a more rigid supervision Of motor
lists because Of accidents. He lauded
the state for its child welfare work
and other public welfare endeavors.
Hat manufacturing and its subsidi-
ary industries OF DanbuN, Conn.
continue dull, awaiting further price
reductions in fur and other raw ma
terials. These reductions have long
been expected, and apparently they
are now on their way in earnest.
Most Of the fur now being used in
the manufacture Of what few hats
are being turned out was bought be-
fore the prices OF this material
reached the height. Hat manufactur-
ers have refrained for more than six
months from buying, and fur cutters
have not been over anxious to sell.
Meanwhile, jobbers have made only
such price reductions in stocks Of
finished goods on hand as they were
compelled to make.
necessaries Of life has issued another
warning to retail coal dealers, declar.
ing that no justification longer exists
for high prices, and intimatfng that
It might be forced to take action"
against dealers who continue to ask
top prices. The warning was appended
to the regular questionable sent out
each month TO the 750 retail coal deal
ers Of the state. The commission
points out that the shipment Of anthra.
cite to lake ports has been completed.
that production Is rapidly approach
ing normal conditions and that tho
coal received through New England
gateways during December showed an
increase Of Is per cent.
John Bowler, largest stockhoader IN
the business, purchased the Bowler
Bros brewery Of Worcester, AAas-,
at public auction for $4,000 and an
nounced that he win cut the prop-
erty INTO smaller parcels and sed
Il John Mcclure Of Worcester was
second highest bidder with $44,5o0.
The brewery property has been val
ued at $1S3,200. Provided the fedar-
al prohibition enforcement Once
grants an application that has been
made to Il, Mr.. Bowler plans 70 dump
1000 barrels Of beer into the Black.