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The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
BAG 5000, 900 RATS
IN LONDON BATTLE
ALI Glasses Unite in Drive ON
Rodents.

London.-Rats which infest old
London houses, Office buildings res
taurants, sewers and subways, and
cost the city q million pounds annual
ly In damage. had a hard time Of Il
during rat week" just ended.
II was estimated that more than
100000 rodents met death at the
hands Of professional rat catchers
school boys and girls and private citi-
zens who hunted the pests out with
every conceivable means. One YER
min-chasing company alone was re-
ported to have accounted for 100000
rats.
The press took up the campaign.
and one enthusiastic writer asserted
he had seen on moonlight nights
whole companies Of rats frolicking
through Piccadilly. One hospital
manager declared he had discovered
t,ght-rope walking brown rats en-
tering the hospital along electric light
wires stretched from the roof across
the street.
London sanitation officials do not
want the war on the rodents to end
with the mere annihilation Of 3.0O0.-
600. and they urge that the campaign
be kept up until the body Of London's
last rat Is given a place In the city
museum.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
CHECK RAINFALL.
BY OCEAN WARMTH
Find New Way of Predicting
Precipitation.

San Diego, Cal.-There Is q direct
relation between the temperature OF
the ocean and the seasonal rainfall In
the same region, according to George
T. McEwen OF the Biological institute
at La Jolla. Cal, who has reached this
conclusion after extended research.
Using this theory, Mr.. McEwen has
predicted that the rainfall in San d.
ego and vicinity this year would be
five inches more than the average for
the last eight years. According to
the hypothesis. low summer tempera-
lures in the ocean mean increased
rainfall In the winter, and higher tenn
peratures indicate less precipitation.
"The moisture of the air over the
North Pacific ocean," explained Mr..
McEwen, "is continually replenished
by evaporation from the ocean sur
face. The amount of the water vapOr
available for precipitation upon the
land is proportioned to the mass Of
air flowing In from the ocean.
1T has long been known that high
pressure area over the North Pacific,
centered 1000 miles or more west Of
San Luis Obispo. reaches its maxi
mum intensity In late summer and
diminishes till about February, when
In some years 1t disappears entirely,
and again increases to a summer max
imum. Therefore a summer In which
the ocean high Is relatively great
should be followed by a relatively
great transfer Of air landward during
the winter or rainy season.
Numerous barometric observations
over the ocean, suitably distributed
both In space and time, would serve
to determine the amount Of air form
ing the Pacific high Foreknowl-
edge of the amount Of air available
for transfer landward would indicate
In advance whether to expect a wet
or dry season"
Mr.. McEwen said his observations
had indicated that change IN ocean
temperature of one degree Fahrenheit
corresponded, on the average, to diff
ference of two inches in rain over the
coastal region Of southern California.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
Eskimos Quit Work,
Come to City for Movies

Nome, Alaska.-Eskimos attracted
by the movies, music and electric
lights are beginning to flock here from
native villages hundreds of miles dis
tant. Just how many Of the fur-clad
folks will trek to this mecca and how
long they will remain Is q question of
grave Importance.
The last boat from Seattle has sped
away south to escape the ice foes.
There are ample supplies Of food and
fuel here to last the average popula-
ton for eight or nine months, supple
mented, Of course, by reindeer meat
and wild game. But with the in
trusion Of from 500 to 1000 Eskimos.
all eager to buy American canned
goods, candy, pictures, trinkets, cloth
ing and fuel, the situation is critical.
The magnet of civilization Is draw
ing tribes from long distances. As
winter continues. they are restless, and
steer their dog and reindeer teams to-
ward Nome. Every morning some new
party looms up on the horizon to the
northeast and nightfall sees another
igiOo erected along the frozen beach.
The Eskimos are idling away their
time. Instead Of being out on the trap
lines collecting white furs, there Is
a neglect everywhere. Truly, 1t seems,
the white man and his ways are wreck
ing the Eskimo mode of seif-suste-
Sance just as surely as did the pioneer
testroy the American Indian home.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06

Savannah, Ga.-A total Of 3,417
miles now is Included In the Jefferson
Davis highway, Mrs. John L. Wood
bury. Louisville, KY, reported to the
United Daughters Of the Confederacy.
In asserting that the work Of the
committee, Of which she is chairman,
Is to have parts Of state road systems
designated as the Jefferson Davis high
way, to work for their development
and to mark and beautify them, Mrs.
Woodbury. said there "is wave of
actual road construction which Is
countrywide and the time to locate
and name our Jefferson Davis high
way Is right now."
Among the states now directly in
terested in developing the highway
within their borders are Virginia,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Alabama, Kentucky, Tennessee.
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Cal
ifOrnia.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
RECLAIM 5000, 900
ACRES IN MISSOURI
Lands, Once Worthless, Now
of Much Value.

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-what engi-
neers describe as the worlds greatest
drainage reclamation project is now
nearing completion at an ultimate total
cost of more than S50,OOOOO0. Nearly
100000 acres Of swamp lands In the
st. Francis river basin Of southeastern
Missouri and northeastern Arkansas
win have been made tillable.
Excavations will total upwards of
600,000,000 cubic yards, according to
engineering estimates, or more than In
the construction Of the Panama canal
Lands which were virtually worth
less now are valued at from $40 to 800
an acre. Corn. wheat. cotton and
numerous other crops are successfully
raised on the soils built up by de-
posits brought down by the Mississippi
and other large rivers
With the removal Of stagnant water
the mosquito has disappeared. and
with 1t malaria. Homeseekers have
poured In by the thousands.
The Little river drainage district,
the largest ever organized, has author
lied a new $5.OOOOOO bond issue to
provide additional drainage and food
protection for its 10000 acres.
The plan originally adopted and car
ried out provided for the diversion Of
the water Of the hill streams by dig
ging a channel on the northern border
Of the district to the Mississippi river.
This Was DaraIIeled by 40 miles Of
levee. More than 700 miles of bitches
then were constructed to carry of the
surface waters. These bitches, which
are 100 feet wide and Is feet deep,
empty into Big lake, Arkansas.
The cost of drainage has been met
by bond issues, retired In 20 years by
taxes levied on the lands according
to benefit. The average cost has been
around $50 an acre.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
Does Pay?

Advertising has made the Victrols
Dog famous.
1t has made the cash register big
brother to retailers all over the
world.
1t has introduced the world to 9
substitute for sole leather.
It is displacing the truck horse
with 40-horse-power trucks.
1t has helped you to an apprecia
tive of Stetson hats, Walk-over, Dun
lap and Newark shoes.
1t has made the hand-written let
ter an oddity in business.
1t has put hair-oil on heads where
no hair oil would do any good, and
on heads where no hair oil was need.
ed.
1t has put Castoria down your
throat, left bristles in your gums and
then came along with a Rubberset
and took them out.
1t has put the Pyrodent Pebeco
and Pepsodent in your teeth.
1t has put Gillette against your
bayfield,.
1t has put Murine in your eye, sold
you Cuticura for pimples, Pears fol
the bath and Kirkman's for the tub
1t has put Arrow collars around
your neck and Ingersols around your
wrist.
Go anywhere you want to, do any.
thing you wish, and advertising ha.
had a hand in 1t, absolutely. Ant
then some people ask:
docs Advertising Pay?"
Yes 1t Does, and now we ask yor
Does your merchant advertise in the
Bulletin-Appeal?
Spend your money in an apprecia.
tive market.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
Science Slow in Russia

MISUNDERSTANDING to Professor
Fersman Of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, who recently passed some
time in Germany. scientific research
work in that country has greatly de-
clined. and In some ways Is far below
similar work In Russia. In the Scan
dinavian countries, on the other hand.
the professor says, the progress Of
science has been very remarkable, e.
peciAlly abstract science
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
Dog Raising Profitable

Cottonwood Falls, Kans. - That
there is more money in raising thor
ougbbred Shepherd puppies for sale
than in cattle just now Is the opinion
Of Sidney B. Replogle, young farmer
of this place. A few months ago he
began raising Shepherd puppies. He
now has 100 puppies, six weeks old,
which ars being sold from $50 to $35
apiece.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
Letter, After 60 Years,
Reaches Destination

Medina, N. "a letter, writ
ten on March 13, 1854, by a Civil
war soldier at Fort McHenry,
Baltimore. Md, has just been re-
ceived In Medina. The letter
was written by James Fisk to
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fisk, and 1t has been delivered
to his sister, Mrs. Sarah Smith of
Shelby, a hamlet south Of Me-
dina, who now Is eighty-four
years old. The parents died long
ago.
The only explanation for the
delay is that the letter was held
for the censor and laid aside
with army records and over
looked.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
Find Chicken Buried
in Walls of Old House

Hickman, Ky.-Workmen raz-
ing an old house here, built
early In the Nineteenth CEN
fury, found on each side of the
chimney a wailed-in compart-
ment the size Of hens nest.
In each compartment was the
carcass Of a chicken. well pre-
served. Old residents ex-
pressed the opinion that the
chickens had been walled In
the chimney to counteract some
superstition.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
Trains De Luxe for India

Calcutta.-It Is understood here
that trains de luxe, only comparable
to the famous trains bleus running
to the Riviera, are now In course Of
construction for the Peninsular and
Oriental company for the purpose Of
carrying mails and passengers from
Bombay to Calcutta.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06

This Is Washington's only girl bank
president-a pretty bobbed-haired girl,
Miss Mildred Yates, whose bank has
200 depositors and $4,000 total depos-
Its. Miss Yates Is the president Of
Central High School bank and has on
her STAFF ten girls and three boys. De-
positors are students. members Of the
faculty, janitors and others connected
with the school.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
1876, ,604, ,733 Acres of
u. S. Public Lands

Washington.-Unreserved un-
appropriated public lands, out
side of Alaska, in the United
States at the close of the last
fiscal year totaled 186.604. .733
acres, the Interior department
announced.
The public lands left Of the
vast domain formerly the prop
erty Of the people which have
been sold, leased or given away,
are located In "a states and are
exclusive of forest reservations,
Indian reservations, other re-
! served lands and the territory
Of Alaska. Nevada has the
largest unappropriated public
! land area, with 81, ,2S2, ,278 acres,
with Utah second. having 49,
, 787, ,8S7 acres. Half Of the 48
. states no longer have public
. lands within their boundaries.
There are SS8 600. 900 acres Of
unreserved public lands In
Alaska.
The northwestern bulletin-appeal., 1924-12-06
CLASSIFIED

All classified ads must be paid for
in advance. &c per word, with min
imum of 3Oc per insertion.
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
BOOTH coMPETEs
Local Golf Professional Finishes
 Sixth in N. E. Title Play

Clarence L. Booth, professional of the Putnam Country club. finished sixth in the play for the New Eng land professional title on the links of the Wannamoisett Country club at Providence, on Monday and Tues day of this week. The event was won by Willie 0gg. professional of the Worcester club. who played very steady golf on the second day, over coming a lead which several golfers had established on him during the first day's play. and winning with a score of 2as for the 72 holes, five less tiian Il. <. i.awvrniads. ef fris- tol. runner-up. Mir. Booths score was .8ll.
 In the ployine on Monday Mir. Booth made Che rounds In seventy four and seventy a total oi 151, but on the second day. two eighties raised his score. Monday evening found Booth tied fol second place with Bert Nieh0l of the Belmont club. with Jack Stait oi Hartford and c. Gordon of the Wan namoiseif club leading them by tws strokes. The end of the tourney found Stait in third place. Niehol 1T fifth. Booth sixth, and Gordon sew enth
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
OBITUARIES ROBERT E. MILLER, WAR VETERAN, DIES

Robert Edwin Miller. one of Put nam's Civil War veterans, died at the home Of his nephew, George U. Mil Ter. on Noodateck Avenue. Sunday evening after q long period Of fail ing health Mr Miller had lived with his nephew here for four years, com ing here from the National Soldiers Home at Toeus, Maine.
 Mir Miller was born in Chie0pee. Mass, December D, ls45, a descend ant of Thomas and Obadiah Miller His grandfather was a Revolutionary War fighter During most of his life Mir Miller lived iu Westfieid. Mass. For many years he was a Union cigar maker Shortly after She outbreak of the Civil War he entered the service and was with Company II Of the Forty Second Regiment of tIassa- ehusetts infantry through many hard battles A h the case of many Civil War veteraHz Nr Miller was very reluctant Co leil of his Civil War ex- periences.
 Mir. Miller was married Co Miss Annie W0rtHiHgtun. and four sUus were born ta them Robert S. Beuja- min A., ZebIaa \ and Archibald C Miller
 The funeral services were held at the funeral chapel at the Pine fiii cemetery. WesfHeld. Mass, Tuesday afternoon at one o'clock. daylight saving time. iH the presence of many relatives and friends.
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
TWO NEW OFFICERS
 SELECTED BY BANK
D. 5. Elliott and Alexander Gil man Corporators Of Savings
 Institution

Al of the present officer, of the Putnam Savings Bank were reelected at fhe annual meeting held in the community room at the bank Monday afternoon The bank corporation added Dyer & Elliott of North Gros- veunrdale and Alexander Gilman Of Putnam t8 their membership
 Iehbeus F. Smith was reelected chairman Of the board of corporat0rs. Ernest E. Kent was reelected presi- dent of the bank. John r Reardon vice president, and Daniel j Byrue treasurer. All trustees were re-elect= ed as follows: John Ash. Alfred l.. Bonin, Ray C. Bosworth, George F. Bruusseau, Daniel J Byrne. Henry T. Child. George p Clark. John P Groavenof. Claus 4 HaRstrom, Luther NJ. Keith, Ernest ? Kent, John f. Reard0n. Samuel r Reynolds. Meiuu- ethon Riddick. 1chbeus F. Smith
 The report of the treasurer showed the bank 10 be in sound financial con- dition with total assets of S3,i87fs 602 64 at present
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
STATE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE MISS BYRNE VICE CHAIRMAN
1continued rom page One

Continued from Page One} viee=ehairman af tfH republican town committee of Putnam. in charge of women's activities.
 Estabiished Health Center
 Five years ago Mis- byrne organ lzed and established the first health center in Putnam. serving as chair man of it until a year ago. when she turned over ta her successor ii smaothlv working organization giv- iuH aid tn about ,50a eases a yea Here headquarters are provided for q Red Cross nurse and medical aid givz en the poor. Active in the grange. she was a master of the Putnam branch for two years up to last vea- and is now Ceres of the Windham ounty Pomona grange She is also president of the Putnam Republican club She was a member of the com mittee on permanent organization in the national convention at Cleveland last month.
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
Warner Taber Howard

The funeral of Warner Tabor How ard vas held If Woodstock last Fri day afternoon and burial took place there.
 The deceased. who was the twelve year old son of Mir and Mrs. Fred erick Howard of Hartford and grand son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Howard uf Woodstock. drowned at Glaston. bury last week Wednesday,
 The Howard family were spending a vacation period aboard their motor boat, which was anchored at the time just of the steamboat dock in Glastonbury The mother, who be, fore her marriage was Miss Gertrude Taher Of Woodstock. and the boy got into q rowboat on the shore and rowed out Co the launch They had hardly boarded the larger boat, when 1t was seen that the rowboat was drifting away
 The lad. who was in. his bathing suit, jumped into the river and start ed Co swim toward the boat Sud denly he disappeared under the sur face of the water and did not re- appear. The mother. frantic with fear. jumped into the river. hoping Co rescue her son. She did not reach him however and was saved herself from drowning by bystHnders on the dock.
 These men also located the body of the boy nearby. in about six feet of water and by diving. brought t to the surface Efforts to make the boy breathe were of no avail
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL sExTET RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL SEXTET Presenting Unique Concert on chautauqua

The interest in Russian art hls fair iy taken America by storm during the past few years
 Every one knows of the tremendous enthusiasm over the Russian ballet as portrayed hy Paviowa Morikm. Fokiue and many otheu Critics have said the Russian school of dane ing is Che Ereatest iu the world
 Two years ago the great Cullupn appeared at the Metropolitan to alana. ine room only. creating @ verituble fufore lie now receives the highest fees paid any opera singer.
 The lArriau Chorus came tt America Co astoHiHh listeners wltl their unusual perfection in ensemble and their marvellous music
 One might so and mention the fur. thsF aggv5fr- attataea ay Baiivii "ChauFe S0uus.' which has been play ing steadily ta sl aut houses iH New York Citv He the|r drt aH. nenrancC said hY many tu n5 ise la7
 efeet vaudeville efaH pttaaHsa1 Tho MoscaW Dramatic Art P.aygf have hrn wsiT unclaimed in tHe
 id ef drama Ae t lhat tla |H-
 feEt in EHi iau W h hera
 desnread. The Ra n Cathedral
 Ntet appearing here an the cla ii
 af the ChHnlauHaa program E a HutsraWih UI Che EI ian Cathe duI Quartet, which has bcen such q Qeeess fer several seasous. Retain ad in the new organization are ths best elements of the old Each mem t.. ta om we4fs& Ma tMssss msrrslsinasaa Their ensemble singing is truly mar velous, their program a continued tey from start Co hah 4 male quartet
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
2 CONTRIBUTE TO FUND
Local People Aid in Entertaining New York Fresh Air" Children

There have been three additions during the week to the fund being raised Co defrAy the expense of board ing New York fresh air children on farms in this vicinity this sum mer. Last Friday The Patriot gave a list of contributions which the sec retary and treasurer, Miss Gertrude Perry. had received Co date, to which the names of Mrs. NJ. R. Joy. Miss Rosamond Danielson and the W. (. r. U.. each contributing eight dollars to the work, are added this week.
 Especially this year many people feel that they cannot afford to take the children into their homes for two weeks without receiving some money to help in paying the expense in keep. ing them For this reason a rate ei four dollars per week for the board of the children has been fixed by the local committee, and many will be placed in country homes at this rate Many other people in Putnam and surrounding towns are able to take the children free of charge, and some
 have already registered with Miss Perry their desire to help out.
 Any who are willing Co take child ren. or wish to contribute to tn, campaign fund. should communicate with Miss Perry at 10 Providence street. city. Mrs W. J. Bartlett, th' general chairman Of the work, IS or her vacation at Crescent Reach. Mis- Leila Holt is in charge of the cam naicn in Woodstock, Mrs. Franl Decker ia Thompson. and Miss Eli nor Mathewson in Pomfret
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25

which is without a superior m the country with the addition of a SO praun and coutralto No lover ot singing should mss this opportunity to hear the best it will be a me morahle concert
 The program of the Russian Cathe- lrai ScNtet Is divided into three parts.
 First there will he q group of Rus stau Litutgica selections lt IS not generally known that the Russian Church music is considered to be the most remarkable in all the world. Those who have heard it never forget t. Unlike any other type of music, f grips the listener with it's weird and unusual harmonies
 Tho ecend part is devoted to Rus. stan folk souE music. The artists VIII #pHea ir the very beautiful ana toiofIul fulN costumes which greatly add Co iHe pres sentation. An authority an ku siam music states that the foundation If gti Russian music Is the wonderful lalk song which con =HHs melodies af great variety and
 Nn dye of every emotion and ae- aaHt almost savUee in strength
 HF times joyous n spirit, yet of. teHtmcs melancholy in character ue ta thc severe oppression of the
 ian people
 in the third section of the program hHefati5 and concert pieces h Eng l8sh will be given. Many Of these artists have appeared as principal singers in leading opera houses abroad, enabling them Co present operatic music on par with ths Metropolitan and Chicago operl Companies.
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
GEORGE cocKELL HOST
Local Man Entertains Many Friend.
 sa His Eigfrfieth Birthday

George CoekeH.. Grove street eele. bratsd his s0th birthday an Thursday
 Among the out of iowa. guests who came to call on him were. hs son George Coekea and soaI Newton of Sosth Framingham. Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Austin Perry, James Bingham an MT. Potter atl of Wiekforl, R.
 Mn CoekelI was the neeipinrE of a la re birthday cake with eighty candles. beautiful fiowara aiss postal cards from ltis friends Ha las been iIu the carpentry busifsnss fiss- the pas.
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
@sARDlE" DIES
Cat. Provided For by Will. Sue
 curabs 10 old Age

Bus a short time after The Pat riot went to press last week, carry iHe story about the unusual clause in the will of the late Miss Eleanor ] Clark Of pomfref. hy which a fund of s2.500 was set aside. Che income of which was Co go Co the s1uport of her pet eat, it became known that the animal had died of old age at the home of its former mistress.
 The eat. known as Sardie. had been the property of Miss Clark for eleven years. and since her death seven months ago had been cared for from the income of its own special fund by William F. Johnson. for many years private secretary 10 Miss Clark
 The 2.500 fund now becomes q part of the residue of the estate as provided by the will
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
WIN GOLF MATCH
C. F. Dean and Mrs Howard Capture
 Sunday Country Club Event

Charles F Dean and Mrs F. C. Howard were the winners of the two ball scotch mixed foarsome al the Putnam Country club Sunday after noon Their gross score was forty seven, and the net score thirtysone. Nf and Mrs Victor r. Anderson. with a gross of fifty four and net seoae of thirty seven were second Other pairs competing were Miss Elizabeth Rafferty and K D. Banni- gan with net score of thrty-eight. Mir and Mrs Richard Mackey, with a net of thirty eight. Miss Laura Jacobs and Needham Brown with a net score of forty one. and Guy How srd and Mrs. Charles Dean with a net of forty-two
Putnam patriot., 1924-07-25
FIREhfEN ON OUTING.

Members of the Hose csmpss, No. zof the north end of the silT ani thslr guests for the most paFt cir officials, held their annual oa,mx hs, CarGp kumhort on keaeh's pond .as, Sunday ghe company member turned out in full force, going ia sg t.srnobites t1athe camp grounds, wher aacfsambake-dinner was served at noe with athlezic contests and boztin H she other events uzs interest.