Milford chronicle., 1925-11-13

FUR IS IN PRIME CONDITION
for harvesting at one brief seasoI
only, according to the Biological
! Survey of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture. Ill-adviseC
open seasons are a natural result
of the lack of sufficient information
regarding the life habits of fur ami
mails, says the department. A de-
feet frequently noted in present ful
laws is that the open season pro
vided is so long that it permits trap
ping before pelts are prime in fall
and after breeding has begun in
spring. An open season of more
than three months duration, it
would seem, is not justifiable any
where in the United States. Far
too many improbable pelts are COM
ing to the raw-fur markets every
year. Pelts of superior quality
would reach the markets if these
facts were appreciated and laws
framed accordingly.
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THE GASOLINE TAX spread
over the country like a case of
measles. Now that it has been es-
tablished, the tendency is to in
crease the tax because it is an easy
way to get tax money. Many states
have a tax as high as 8 cents a gal
Ion and proposals have already
been made for as high as cents.
The gasoline tax is on the theory
that the automobile owners profit
most by the good roads, but it is
safe to say that no one profits to as
great an extent by such roads as do
the property owners along them.
Take the owner of property on the
main street of any town or small
city which is traversed by a paved
state highway. The automobile
driver who pays the tax to build the
road increases the value of this
property to such an extent that
rents are doubled, trebled and quad
rupled. There were 17,54S,377 mo-
tor vehicles registered in the United
States on July 1, last. If automo-
bile owners could realize their num-
erical strength, there would be less
chance of their being penalized as
gasoline purchasers.
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IF ALL THE PEOPLE of Milford |
could have been present at the Ar
mistice Day ceremonies last Tues
day, which was held by the pupils |
Of the Milford Public Schools, they
would have been pleased with the
occasion was arranged by the teach
spirit with which the entire school
The program for this
occasion and arranged by the teach
RS and the pupils, and showed good
Judgment in both arrangement and
iatriotic understanding. The one
eature to cause regret, was the
act, that the assembly hall of the
chool is so small that the primary
nd elementary grades had to be
ismissed and sent away; thus pre-
anting early impressions being
Iade on the children's minds of l
principles and the forming I
habits of respect for the flag and I
II government. About a dozen t
tizens of Milford were present at
e ceremonies, and after the close n
lanimous expressions of surprise l.
me from all, at the really won S
rful work by installing patriotic a
irit and the fine training our h
ildren are receiving in the Mil iC
rd Public Schools, under condi- Il
ms which are happily near their b.
d; provided the men and women hi
Milford perform their duty, by hi
ilding a new school for their own IL
ildren to be educated in, and for W
cir childrens health and welfare
lille attending school. The music, H
result of just a few weeks train OF
: by a competent instructor, was dc
rprising to even those who in ov
asure are familiar With the pl
rk being done.
SeS tn
THE FIRST CONVICTION under It's
law passed by the legislature in
i providing a penalty for the al
ing or defacing of Certificate of
lie of an automobile was had last
urday, When Harry Robinson,
Ored, of Glendale, plead guilty th'
the offense and received a heavy ga
tence. The State Titling Law is ly
Y plain on this offense and car thi
a penalty for alteration, or for do
Y of these Certificates, of a fine SUI
$1,000 to $4,000, or Imprisonment ]
from one to ten years, or both. so
S an easy matter to alter or de- the
, a Certificate, but the guilty tar
" is very quickly apprehended. age
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