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Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
PROTECTING INVESTORS.

While new efforts are being made in this state concerning blue law lexis lation. or changes that it is believed is advisable for-the protection of the legata- mate dealer in securities as wen as sthe buyer. t s interesting to note that Massachusetts is being urged at the .see- Eion of the legislature in that state to pass such laws.
 Wherever urged such laws are flor the Protection of those who in a treat many cases ought to know better than to deal with strangers and shs-pers when m- vcsting their hard earned funds for the purpose Of discouraGing those p1Fhc ar< working schemes to get rich quick and to throw about investment transactions rA- strictions which will not lnture the lend- Hmnfe dealer but win szfeguzrd -the in. tcrcsts of the little feIl0w-who -too >OfVen pisees implicit confidence in the out ant out crook.
 Millions Of doHfxrs are lost every yszu through the purchase. of. stocks that szr, worthleSs. which are of A. d0uStrul char actrr and highly speculative. waen solJ ns gift edged securities. n is~tle kan. variable promise of ~nxr~sesus ireezrn, that decides the-strzsszct1ons ~Sut ono, Inc money is turred over tise huyer ige6I hut little in ;retunpcrer-and$zbS~e@te' value Of the -paper~on which thes-sEoc4 certificates, aresprfnted. Whensf 1s 6 tirnated that -rtflere Szre~qEsstivnASle 4lA verments running up to f1fty nnfgftonsl l1i sf7ssachusetts- sacAsJear1it can besreaA b. a1prnciatEd snRtt tthat. gtzre=sAoHla Sbe
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
A ROOSEVELT CON.

Not for hun1ber of years has a two cent piece appeared in circulation They are to he seen, but only in collections of coins or In the hands of those who hoard cd them senhs years ago in the expecta- tion of rise in value. The two cent piece was a handy coin in many respects but it vas unpopular because Of the size and weight in contrast to the value. No one would have objected to totinE peek etful around had each been worth { ouar- ter but pocketful of two cent pieces didn't have the same attraction
 From all indications, however it is probable that another two cent piece viii be added to our coins. Such at least seems assured by the report of the com rhittee of the lower house of congress on coinage, weights and measures which shows that the committee has found that l there is . demand fer such | coin and recommends the authorization of it's coin. age in aceera4nee win 8 bill which hal been bsfore congress fer long time, and i upon which the senate has already taken favorable action.
 In connection with the urging of the | coinage of a two cont piece efforts have
  l odore Roosevelt and that is anduestion 1 ably what will be done when the coin I. 1 issued The effort was first directed tt having his likeness placed upon a gol6 piece but it vas quickly recognized tha the value of it as a memorial would b, far greater Dy putting it upon 6 smaller coin which weula have q mitch larxer cir culatfon. A tH0 cent piece would b, seen BS millions where gold piec, would be handled by hun0reds A Roose welt two cent piece, like a Lincoln pen ny. would De far more popular than Roosevelt eagle
 It is unduSstionabIy to . large degre that the interest in the two cent piec has been increased because of the desir to have q Roosevelt com, although tn convenience of such piece of none can be appreciated in the making o change especially at time when ther has been such an increased demand fo the pennies to meet the prices betwee the other coins
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
THE WORCESTER FIRE.

Trouble is apt to come in punches and such would appear to be the situation in Worcester where its series of fires made lhc 18th or January a day that will not he soon forgotten
 Conditions developed in connection rith the fires which point strongly to Inc fact that more than carelessness or accident was involved in starting the 6e- ' rtructive work of the flames Cold wea- thsr, especially sudden changes to severe cold, is apt to result in overheating or Tho extra efforts develop a effectiveness in the fiue which had not been previous iy disclosed But in one of the worces- ter buildings there was no heating plant Hnd when as the result of investigations which have been made by the state po- Ice the state fire marshal is infOrme +lnt the fire was set in one of tn. three rrincipal centers. and evidence is fur. rished Showing efforts to fro another tuldinE. it would appear that Worcester vas suffering from the actions of a py- ronaniac or a well organized plot to ter. rorize the city.
 From investigations which are already zndei way the authorities are ccsuizant o, the danger that exists as long aE th, responsibility for the series of disaStrcs,. drrs remains unfixed. It cannot fail t, appreciate the need of getting to the bot tom Of the matter and making an exam r'le Of those who may have been concern cd in causing such a loss of propert, end threatening the remainder of tn business section.
 No city can rest easy as long as tn impression prevails that there is a fire bug at large waiting to apply his torcl with hendish glee. It was fortunate in deed that Worcester escaped without los of llfe and with so few accidents in con nection with the fires and but for tn ability of the ffremen to eonfne the fire Co the buildings that they did the sftna ton in this respect might have beel much different
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
CIRCULATION WEEK ENDING JAN. 18th, ts2i
 1O,9S8
BLOCKING NOMINATION..

There are many offices to be hlled Throughout the country by the president with the consent and approval of the senate. Many nominaEicns have already been made. many names are being sue- 'Esested for this and that office and many cthcrs Sre constantly being added to the uncondrned list as the end Of the ad- 1ninistration draws near.
 Within q few Gays statements have been made to the effect that there viii be DO session of the senate at which there cln be action taken upon these nonlfna- tioas. Unless the nominations are ap- proved by the senate they amount to nothing and the vacancies must be nllsd lv his successor. That will mean that unless in the closing days of his admin ttratiol President Wilson is permitted to narnc those he desires, and 1t k to Be presumed that the large proportion of them will be democrats, that what the prezident is entitled rightfuny to do will bo blockedI Even in the wild scramble for office that may not seem to be quNe right. but that the senate is undertaking Co interfere with the presidents duties and privileges and favoring the coming Administration.
 Politics Is a great game. It Isn't in tended to give the other side any great advantage when it can be prevented. and Y there Is an apparent injustice In the refusal to confirm big batch of demo- cratic appointments and thereby select democrats who are going to hold over Into or through a republican adnninis- tration it cannot be forgotten by the democrats that this is the very same trick that they played at the close of the Taft administration. In fact it is only . what they had reason to expect.
 Because the democrats did 1t deesn't mean that it Is a nice thing to do Nei- ther does it mean that wrong is righted ty repeating it or that a democratic ex- ample is worthy of emulation but everv. thinE goes in war and politics and there f sharp scrutiny to see that the efforts Of one party to continue it's grasp on of fees are not any more successful thar the other party will permit when 1t is ir a position 10 do so. In politics 1t Is [ revised version of the Golden Rule that prevails.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
DISNTEREsTED SCHEME

"Garnett is going over to cali on Mil dred this evening"" announced the girl with the snub nose bursting breathlessly into the room. T was sitting right next her in the library when they made the date, so I know it's SO. p
 That snip!" cried the young woman with the freshly waved hair, unbelieving- ly How'd she do it? Garnett is the slipperiest youth on the campus and would rather be shot than go calling p
 I've been trying to ask him fer months!" walled the girl with the lovely complexion, "and the way he has of pre- venting one! I'll bet she chloroformed him" manded the girl with the practical mind. "1 think we had better go over and see Mildred this evening ourselves"
 ''Oh, we couldn't do thatw cried the girl with the snub nose. Shed never forgive usr'
 Even then we could live" the girl with the waved hair assured her. '1t would serve her right! First I could drop in"
 T should say not '" objected the one with the complexion. You'd get there just as they were starting for the movies and cut all the rest of us out because, ei couree, they would have to ask you to sc along! You did that When we tried tt 1 head Gertrude off r'
 Wed peter 20 in twos," said tn, l practical girl. One by one would look s, i made up and arranged. I could say
 Say nothingT' interrupted the gir with the snub nose, indignantly. T thinI i I'm the one to handle this situation. could inst drop in and"
 'FWe'd better all go together" advise. the girl with the waved hair. And what ] ever you do keep Garnett from talkin to Mildred. She'll be- the hostess and, 0 course. must converse with all of us an 1 we can arrange to take turns with Gar
 nett The rest of you engage Mildre and I'll"
 You'll do nothing of the sort '" de clared the girl with the practical mint
 You'll get hold of Garnett and the frs thing we know you'll snitch him out tn
 front door, and we'll be left high an
 dry, with nobody but Mildred, and she
 be 50 mad at us she'll forget all abot it's being your fault! Why. you kno' you did that over at Pauline's-"
 T don't know what you are taIkin
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
wH1 se HUGH cn4aE.

Cleveland is one of tho cities which h experiencing the aaelerabfe effects of a large increase in criEa4. It is curious to know what the reason h for it and 1t has set a cennmittsS sf experts to work to find out if 1t can what the trouble. is and what remedies ought to be applied.
 Cleveland differs from some ether cit ies fn the method it employs Conditions became intslerahle in Chicago and a much desired and wonderful change was brought about By putting in Iew head of the pelioe 4epasunent whe hes sheuld. cred hts responsibilities and let 1t be un. derstood that his department was for thu prevention rather than the encourasement of crime. Chicago is today different city. New York has undertaken to re form it's police department without mak ing changes and it's progress is less on couraeinG. CisvAlAnd believes in beinl sure 1t is right and then going ahead. bu in connection with the investigation tn tions:
 Why the police department fails 70 of l ten to prevent crimes sf violence, an, to run to earth those Nho commit Raci l crimes.
 Why men and women charged with SC risus crimes gre not brought to trfa more promptly, and prosecuted more vie | orously.
 Why bail bonds m eases of vi6len
 crimes are often pat se low as to invit
 their vioiatieA and why the bondsfne
 in such cases ars ss seldom compelled |
 msks sood taeir' obligation. 1 Why the suspended sentence is ss et
 ten re>ortsd to by jaeEes to the aetrinner of public eraef.
 l Why the parole system, conceived frol
 the best of motives, 80 often proves xlessing enly to those who live by crirn
 The committee will do we'll to give a
 tentien to these matters, but t may A
 go be profitable fer 1t to OoneSaer Hhs
 effect upon the crime wave there .fsa
 have been by the action Of Governor Go
 who dHfine the past year hs his own \ port granted pkrdsne to 127 eenvfcts
 the penitsntiary. q of whom had bet
 sentenced fer life fer first or second d.
 gree murder.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

about!, declared the young person with freshly waved hair. Tt is horrid of you. anyhow! am sure 1t is nothing to me who calls on whom and l have no personal interest whatever in Garnett It is just that I can't stand having Mill dred crow the way she will"
 That's just the way feel" said the girl with, the snub nose. It isn't--'
 Here, too." the girl with the com plexion put in. T don't know any girl who should be suppressed more than Mildred She's 50 conceited and"
 "The way she uses her eyes"
 "Garnett really ought to be saved from her! He's too nice to-
 We might form little community cir cle to guard Garnett," suggested the practical minded girl. How would it be 1 for me to meet him on the corner this side of Mildred's and stop to talk And kidnap him down that side street 1 suppose ?" objected the girl with tn, 1 waved hair. We're forgetting the naiY point, It isn't that we want Garnett bu we must do something to keep. Mildred in her place! Did she ask him outrigh ! to call?"
 "They both did it r'> explained ehe sir with the snub nose. T never was so sur prised in my life. I think he must lik her"
 "F1e doesn't like anybody v they erie
 in chorus "He never has had crus
 on any girl! And 30 good looking"
 q think his eyes are marvellous, be
 cause they are so deep and"
 And he really has q sweet smile" rt
 marked the girl with the waved hair. "1
 think of his being wasted on Mildred / He, doesn't know what he's doing! H
 can't be serious '"
 We'll said the girl with the practict mind, If you had seen the way he locke at her in the library you'd think it VI l serious! I don't believe we can do oI thing-it isn't as though any of us we l really interested in Garnett-in that cal
 we could really devote ourselves to sa : ing hm-but it isn't as though we care especially for him" ]" t ''No-if we were crazy about him V , might do sop1sthing," said the girl wi waved hair. gloomily. But 1t isn't 1 | though we had a case on him at all .'' | q should say not p they chorused. " ? really doesn't matter-but we've just g
 to think up some way of cutting Mildr, , ] out !'-ChicaSo News.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

than tnat cf ( storm. children may have different ideas on this question. as was shown by : year old. lie wEs playing in a room in which his mother was Ssat- ed when a door cresked
 The mother looked out of a rindew and remarked: Surely, the wind must be blowing, judging by ths way that aeor cresked."
 Evidently thinking she was afraid. the youngster remarked reassurinsly: "Oh, well, mother. don't s'pose it's going to storm. Maybe that was oniy ghosts creaking the door" A Discovery.
 Some of the greatest discoveries" said the scientist, sonorousiy, nave been the result of AccHents"
 'I can readily believe that" replied his fair companion. T once made enS that way myself,
 The great man blinksd his amazement
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
AK FACTS
 YOU SHOULD KNOW

To the salaried or professional man whose principal source, of income is payment for professional services the problem of making out an income tax return is not as great as that presented to the owner of business. In the case of merchant, manufacturer. or any bus mess in which production, purchase, or sale of merchandise is an income-produc- sing factor inventories are necessary at the beginning of eacr fiscal Or calendar year. according to the taxpayers method of accounting The fsoal year is an ac- counting period of 12 months other than December. Taxpayers who keep their books oh a fiscal year basis are required to make their returns on that basis.
 The inventory should include raw ma teral and supplies on hand that have l been acquired for sale or use in prod1c- ton, together with all finished or partly
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

gin ts see tea Resd ef applying some re- strictions which will make it not only mere diffealt fer crooked sAlesn1en to op- crate bat to protect those of it's people who are not able to protect themselves.
 It is not improbable that the recent Ponzi affair will have much influence up- on such legislation in that state even though other laws can take care of such cases. It is one of those nurries, how ever, which cannot fan to shew the need of blue sky laws.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
Stories That Recall. Others
Real PaMr.


 Leslie aged 10. came home from school somewhat peeved because the teacher had praised highly Edgar Alien Poe's The Bells" published in one of the school readers. He said with evidence of that profes- xsiona1 jealouay which is displayed by poetry writers: The teacher calls The Bells real poetry. but I cali 1t doggereL I can write better poetry than that my self"
 whereupon his mother asked him to produce some.
 Soon he returned and very ezultantIy | handed hisf mother the following and said, Nov that is real poetry"s | Pat and Mike went down the pike 1 To get dozen chickens. When they got there they met q big beal And each ran home like the dickens.
 only the Ghosts.
 Although to most persons, perhaps. tn, idea of ghost is far more terrifying
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

so for number of years until one spring morning when an unknown friends of the faithful husband and his deceased wife came to Alexandria and ordered that the grave be put in condition, left some cut flowers upon it. and then he too, vanished into the unknown no one ever hearing further of the two men, nor have they ever been able to fathom the mys- tery of the identity of the Female Stranger" (Tomorrow-The Colony of White In
 dians.)
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

Those whs wish tahA weatherznan had charge of rrieee would be s1tisnsd on fthe downward trend but they would ex- pect him ts relihqufsf control after get ting sthenn AWWn te zero.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

Probably Prussia viii not thank the Dutch for breaking up the plot of the for mer kaieer and crown prince to seize Berlin and Germany
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

lents, or as the head of a family. If married and living with wife and his inc come was less than i2,ooO, he need not make q return.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

Thos1 respsMsabIS fer tAe letter ts an Indiana household threazslimg to kidnar chfiA unless a eertxan sum wss paid haven't Beea imprtswed wRh the penalty applied in ssznectisn w4Eh Rach crinns.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

From the roCeptiOn it is getting i, doesn't leok as if the French cabinet was going ts be able to maintain confidence livery long. But appearance are sften de l ceivfne.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

With a blizzard raging and the tenn perSture 40 below zero in Ontario the
 SAlioonists will be thankful they got out as they did.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

Having feNAd eat what was going sn up areuina Moose Factory during the 1s2t-S1 year enc, Who will volunteer for : similar ssctabls party next New Years?
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

Even under prohibition there is prob ably certain percentage that should be written of Of the good resolutions each month for deereciation
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

We have had sufficient celd weather now So that it will be possible to have January thaw. Watch out for it,
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

Americans spend five billion year for amusentsSits but they better spend it that way than put 1t into the shipping beard.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

Fur pieces are shown to be ca the de- cline, but revival can be expected lust before the opening of summer.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

The Dutch are reported to have asked the kaiser to get out of Holland He has long overstsyed his welcome.
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

New England mills open again" doesn't refer te the cider mills. They have all the bas41sess they can take care of
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The man on the corner says: No one
 ever feels certain he hasn't Sverpaid his income tax
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

May i Esk vhat C wasf'
 Certainly" repled the fair one fousd that by keeping Q bottle q ink handy yoa can use a fountain pen jusi iiks any other pen-without all the trou- bic of filling h"
Norwich bulletin., 1921-01-21

INFANTS WHITE OUTING FLANNEL NIGHT GOWNS Made with draw string. An sxtra heavy grade
 SALE PRICE sf5e
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-12
HIGHWAY B|lL'S PRAISES SUNG
 FAT PHOENIX
Heard, Maddock. Larson Urge Continuance Of
 State Road Building

PHOENlX. Feb. h. The time to construct public Improvements on a large scale is the time when labor is not being used to the maximum by private industry. This was the key note of addresses today in the first days session of the Arizona Good Roads Association by State Senator J. H. Larson, Dwight R. Heard. State Engineer Thomas Aaddock and oth. CTS.
 Various speakers indicated that, al- though there was a st,ong demand from many quarters for economy in the administration of public affairs. due regard for economy should not cause the State to lose sight os the necessity for construction Gni main. taining a system of adequate high ways.
 Heard. president of the associatioa. apparently struck the keyno'e of the meeting when he said:
 We must do our share in solving the reconstruction problem hy meet ing the issues that confront Us with courage. common sense and tcorfi> dence in our state and nation This AS public works such as good roads 70 relieve unemployment. Economy. ef- ficiency and maximum production must be the slogan for our public works"
 In urging the carrying through the state highway program and the ap- propriation Of adequate funds for that purpose. State Engineer Madiock said:
 "The highway department of state has been carrying & heavy burden. In addition to its ordinary work, 1t has carried on preparatoryr surveys of every through road across the state and has completed this labor on proposed roads, the construction of which will involve an expenditure of from $l0 900. 900 to sls,000.0Oo."
 Federal aid funds allotted to Ari, zona up to December S1. 1920. totaled $S.767.7e4. covering 70 projects with atotal mileage of s7S, according to F.. s. Wheeler, of Albuquerque. x. M~ district engineer for the bureau of post roads.
 The convention will continue to- morrow and will close tomorrow evening
Bisbee daily review., 1921-02-12
FIGHT REPEAL IF TAX
President Of Agriculture Federation Objects To
 Burdening Members

CLEVELAND. Feb. 11.-Farmers of the country will oppose any attempt to repeal excess profit and income taxes. J. R. Howard, Chicago. presi- dent of the American Farm Bureau Federation. told delegates attending the All-American Cooperative Congress today
 strenuous efforts are being made to place the burden of taxation on the farmers and the home owners by the repeal of these war taxes meas ures," he declared.
 Howard said farmers of the corn belt region. including Ohio. Indiana. Illinois. Iowa. Nebraska and Missouri were ready to donate 50.000. 900 bush els of corn to starving people of China and Europe.
 Railroad brotherhoods, he said. have agreed to transport the grain to the seaboard free. and naval reserves have volunteered to see the grain was delivered. It is the.plan of the Amer ican farm bureau to start the move ment of this gift corn from country stations on Wsshington's birthday. February 22