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Evening star., 1925-08-27
Street Widening.

Projects for the widening of certain
business streets in this city are to be
discussed at hearing soon to be held
at the District Building They in.
volve altogether. it is estimated, a
cost of nearly $3.50 900, about half of
which would be paid by the owners of
the adjacent property. At the hear
ing a week hence the views of prop
erty holders will be expressed
1t is evident that many of the
streets of this city are entirely too
narrow to accommodate the traffic
that flows through them. They were
laid out in conditions totally different
from those of today. Some of them,
long after the establishment of curb
lines, were used for street car routes
which were not contemplated, were
not indeed conceived as possible. Wide
sidewalks were provided because pc
destrian traffic was the heaviest at
that period.
Had it been possible IS years ago to
conceive the conditions of today these
changes which are now so urgently
required could have been effected with
far less cost. Just so the cost of
street widening a few years hence,
when the need will be more urgent
even than now, will be greatly in
creased.
1t is not at this time proposed to
undertake the street widenings stimuli
taneously. Yet it might be well to
contemplate program of immediate
inclusive engagements of the traffic
area. The work will have to be done
sooner or later.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
A Way to Solve the
Playground Problem

To the Editor Of The Star:
Consideration of The Stars play
ground survey has so impressed me
with the importance of the problem
of the big boys in relation TO play
ground management that the tempta-
ton to submit a practical suggestion
is too strong to be resisted. 1t is a
serious problem. and I do not think
it can be properly solved by such a
simple method as the purchase of big
boy base ball grounds, desirable
though that may be. Surplus vitality
is the great asset of youth. AS long
! cannot be tanked up. 1t cannot be
curbed, but it may be directed. The
city Fairgrounds should be mana ged
! with a view to its direction in the
right channels, and the attitude OF
those is wrong who seem to assume
| that they are merely picnic grounds
for good little girls and boys, whose
surplus vitality is naturallyun prop
er control. The bad boy-the so-called
delinquent boy-is frequently stirred
to shameful stunts by an unregulated
strength of character. which is the
finest kind of raw material to be used
in the molding of a dependable, self
reliant manhood.
1t should be one of the special aims
| if not the chief aim, of playground
administration to round up these bad,
delinquent boys and direct their ex-
cess Of vitality in the channel of
healthy civic development. My sug-
gestion is that this be done by curb
ing the harmful impulses of such
boys with responsibility. One way to
accomplish this would be by finding
some sort of supervisory and admin
Soh of Ii y,,,r
ringleaders among the boys in connec-
ton with playground activity, as indi-
Gated in the statement of a former
playground director.
At the same time it should be un-
derstood that the former directors
view that the Fairgrounds are
| breeders of vice" is wrong, but that
an important playground function is
to uncover latent vice to the light of
day, where it may be adequately dealt
with. Another way to awaken un-
ruly boys to personal interest in the
playgrounds-to make orderly play
ground citizens of them, so to speak,
would be to give them assistance in
the organization of big-boy athletic
clubs in the several Fairgrounds of
the city. Conducted with intelligence
and sympathy such clubs would auto
matically help in developing a sense
of responsibility in their members,
and the burden of responsibility has
directed many a youth from ways of
rampant deviltry to the path of siren
uous rectitude.
OF course, in this view of the play-
grounds unsympathetic, perfunctory
and fussy directors will not do. And
there, possibly, is where the chief diff
ficulty lies. Competent playground
directors must be he-men as well as
she.women, even-tempered, resource.
full and in love with their work. Like
poets they are born not made.
VIM. Upton TALBOT.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Railroad Mergers Are Difficult
To Achieve, the Public Believes

President Coolidge has set himself
a Herculean task in the unscrambling
of the transportation situation if the
many obstacles in the path of success
full railroad mergers are as real as
they seem to the Nations editors.
While voluntary action on the part of
the roads seems advisable to many,
others point out that conflicting in
terests must be effectively served-the
farmer who demands lower freight
rates and the stockholder who insists
on his dividends.
An analysis of the Presidents posi-
ton, as made by the Birmingham
News, emphasizes the need of fixing
freight rates at "a level which would
bring a fair return on a systems en-
tire operations and would put an end
to any one roads tremendous profit,
while another line, operating under
the same tariffs. suffered losses" AT
the same time there would, according
to the hope expressed, be solution
'of the problem made almost impera-
tive by the clamor of the farmers
orga niZations for lower freight rates
on their products The News sug-
gests further: "Only one thing seems
to stand in the way of such a consoii
dation, and that is the suspicion
against all sorts of huge organizations.
thought that since the Interstate Com
railways. the task would be greatly
simplified."
"The railroads must be assured of
fair earnings" says the Salt Lake
Deseret News. land the farmer must
have a freight rate which will enable
him to market his product at
reasonable profit. If the consolidation
will bring about this result the action
should be taken without congressional
Intervention. A change of public
opinion. in favor of consolidation is
observed by the Spartanburg Sun,
which states that while "a few years
ago the demand was for competition
in freight rates" the present tendency
is ito regulate freight rates by legisla-
ton or commission and to permit the
railroads to go as far as they like in
the way of consultations.
1T is important" however, in the
Judgment of the New York World,
effect solely with an eye upon the
broadest policies of railroading eff
cheney, and not in such a manner that
one consolidation, however desirable
to the consolidators, makes impossible
other consultations which are
desirable to the public" If these
consultations can come without fur
ther action by Congress" the Phila
delphia Public Ledger states, so
much the better. Enforced mergers
might, or might not, be constitutional;
but 1t is certain that there would be
more politics than railroading in their
shaping. The roads have mistakenly
waited too long now"
X
with consolidation key to a
merger of the profit-hearing and loss
taking roads the President gives
Evening star., 1925-08-27

way yellow fever is spread by the
means of the bites of parasite-infected
mosquitoes.
the larvae in the water. In Texas a
breeder of bats claims that il we null
tiply bats they will destroy all mos.
quitoes, but DIR. Howard, the ento-
mologist. says he has no faith in bats
or fnsectivorous birds. There are
some people who would prefer mos
quitoes to bats, for the latter, too. har-
Dor parasites.
: tcopyrisAt. 1895. by Paul Y. fcolrns.l :
Evening star., 1925-08-27

Cool weather is promised for the
closing days of August. The fore
caster has become so reliable of late
years that his good news is a matter
for prompt rejoicing. The weather
prophet" joke, like the mother-in-law
joke, disappeared years ago.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.
Another Traffic Suggestion


I'd like to start a movement
Which would elevate mankind.
In our struggle for Improvement
We have left much good behind.
At dizzy rates of speed we ride;
It's time for us to balk
And move along with statelier pride
Let's all get out and walk.
It's time TO quit the f1ivver:
It's time to quit the bus:
The weary human liver
Will be benefited thus.
Let's shun the street congestion.
Where horns so rudely squawk
To stop all further question.
Let's all get out and walk,
Evening star., 1925-08-27

them a chance to redeem themselves
to the satisfaction of farmers and
merchants" is the opinion of the Los
Angeles Times. which adds that il
they fail to even up the discrepancy
with the aid of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, the evil win be
laid before Congress"
'It is gravely questioned. declares
the Lincoln State Journal. whether
the great Nickel Plate merger is in
the public interest. 1t was moi one
of those recommended by the Inter
state Commerce Commission. How
may the railroads combine accordinc
to public interest or transportation
efficiency when the interests of rail
road managers and owners may run
the other way? 1t is to he hoped
that the President knows how" or
the other hand, the Fresno Bee as
serts: "All these mergers. accomplish
ed or in prospect, are part of railroad
wars in which a few men are fight
ing for strategic positions. both in
the transportation field and in Wall
Street. They do not promise the sort
of consolidation which is needed to
secure any sort of national system.
Wholesome competition the Har-
risburg Telegraph maintains 'iS
a
tainment of efficiency and economy
of operation than consolidation. with
resulting benevolent MONOPOLY" In
the case of the Nickel Plate merger.
however. the Baltimore Sun suggests
that opposition has not come from
the public, but from minority stock
holders" and that consensus of opin-
ion among States, cities and shippers
affected, on the various lines taken
into the new system. seems 10 be that
the plan is in the public interest
= < * =
The Government. of course sa~
the Ann Arbor Times News. ''vouId
find il necessary to exert sufficient
control to prevent any of the evils
generally recognized as associated
with trusts from creeping into the
scheme, while, on the other hand. de
mands and objections which the roads
might have to offer would cali for
conscientious treatment. The re-
sulting systems should. as viewed hv
the Sioux City Tribune. constitute
connected, reasonably direct routes
across the country, with no dead
end terminals" and the rights of
rail patrons located on branch lines
which pay poorly will have to he
considered"
Railroad consolidation is on IFS
face" the Topeka Capital states. "a
long distance remedy for the out-of
balance status of agriculture. 1t is
a gigantic project.2 1t would IRE.
quire almost superhuman wisdom to
establish approximate justice to all
concerned the Portland Telegram
believes. Furthermore, however i'm
portant the proposed consultations
now occupying public attention may
be. they are less so than the rate
question as whole" according to
the Fort Worth ~Star'Teiegram.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

France and Germany are both well
equipped for Industrial production.
America has plenty of money with
which to buy. The triangle should
easily arrange itself on amicable lines.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

Labor Day is supposed to mark the
end of the vacation season, but in
numerous cases it merely means the
transfer of the golfing outfit to d
course nearer home
Evening star., 1925-08-27

A difference of opinion arises in the
ku klux Klan as to the desirability
of leaving off masks and robes Fash
ions change even in secret organiza.
tionS.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

A kilocycle program will be no diff
ferent from that sent over wave
lengths. The query, What's in d
name?" applies to radio as we'll as to
roses.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

1t is now believed that there are
enough traffic regulations to permit a
selection that will leave practical
and convenient equipment.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

So much preliminary debate makes
a prize fight at least an affair in which
there is no excuse for striking blow
in anger.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

The head of many a family in cal
culating expenses would be glad il
fashion could make the Winter fur
coat as short as the Summer bathing
suit
Evening star., 1925-08-27

Miss Ederle will try again to swim
the Channel. Whether she succeeds
or not, it is nice weather for swim.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
The Important Item of Expense.

The Important Item of Expense.
How much does your automobile
cost you per year,"
Il can't saw" answered Mr.. Chus-
gins. "One year it'll be less than an
other. according to the number of
speed traps happen to hit"
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Fortitude.

FOftItu0e.
Aren't you sometimes tempted to
retire to private life?"
Occasionally" replied Senator Sorg.
hum. But a statesman has to resist
many temptations and that is about
the easiest"
Evening star., 1925-08-27
Advice.

Advice.
The man who gave you good advice
A year or two ago
Now takes a tone that isn't nice
And says, II told you So"
Evening star., 1925-08-27
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Evening star., 1925-08-27

Jud Tunkins says the Chinese are
SO patriotic that whenever there's a
riot in China they start tong war
over here.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

Hot weather arguments is danger
ous," said Uncle Eben. Always look
at de thermometer befo' you 'spresses
a positive opinion" ss
Evening star., 1925-08-27

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morn
INK edition. is delivered by carriers within
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Evening star., 1925-08-27
No Regrets.

No Regrets.
Skirts will be longer, we are told.
AS Fashion now prepares
A change from gowns that seemed so
bold
Nobody cares.
Bow legs and handy have gone
through
The thoroughfares.
We've seen them all; if shut from
view
Nobody cares.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

@ Please explain the word 'junto,
H. B. K.
A. 1t is derived from the Latin word
'juncta," meaning Joined. 1t was
first applied TO group of WhiS
politicians in the reigns of William
and Mary and Ann OF England. and
has come to mean "a secret confer
ence," especially a political one.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

Q. What is the smallest county in
the United States?-G. 3.
A. Bristol County, Rhode Island, Is
the smallest. having an area OF >;
square miles
Evening star., 1925-08-27

with consolidation as key to
merger of the profit-bearing and loss
taking roads the. President gives
Putnam patriot., 1925-07-31
THE LAYMAN's SCIENTIST

Time when works of science and details discovery safely enclosed in dark brown bindings particular use
 the sehooroom the college library for
 the pedant only Not scientific authors have had the ab W to write of their discoveries the language which would hold the interest and the attention of the layman. But school has arisen in the field Dr William Beebe explorer began write few years ago the leading periodicals most readable of articles about strange adventures and discoveries distant lands Dr. wrote with facie and romantic and his readers became legion Then friendly millionaire became interested Dr. Beebes work and financed expedition first the Galapagos
 Islands in midPacihc and to the deep regions
 antc Yesterday Dr Beebe returned from his cruise With him he brought strange animals gleaned from lowest depths of the And also there tales of new dis eovres For New Workers he reported finding the great Hud son channel umbng into deep gorge like huge water ta But even important to the scientists report that his search for the Sargosa Sea all in Away must go the stories of this of seaweed floating mdocean and the doom of many ships founder and float on to final destruction Dr. Beebe write course many interesting articles regarding this voyage and they will be looked forward o with much by many readers whom he has introduced the scientific study of animal life combined with the romance of discovery
Putnam patriot., 1925-07-31
THE MILITANT ARMY

At time when religious discussion has suddenly the fore with such feyor and feeling it B perhaps dangerous to bring into and prominence particular religious body However il would be a slight a noble allow the diamond jubilee of the Salvation Army pass with is still within the memory of the living recall the early days of the Army England when it's founders Will liam and Catherine Booth startled Great Britain toran religious ehargy by the tremendous which built the Salvation Army in few of the worlds most powerful religious organizations intent upon converting the lost and broken to Christianity and regeneration.
 In the that have the Army grown power and in force The necessity for it's work smaller communities such frequently subject for discussion. But worker American of the larger cities requenter of municipal police courts will deny the Army of the splendid praise that IS due it's work the lost and fallen It fact that when other charitable cations fail the Army succeeds l. down into the very est dregs and consistently strives raise these lost up higher and happier plane It's percentage of of record All of this great work has arisen from the inspiration of t two leaders inspiration which understood when IS brought into contact with such descendant William Catherine Booth Eyangene Booth Those who heard Booth last when she spoke Union Square will forget the and the inspiration per sonality.
Putnam patriot., 1925-07-31
A PUTNAM DAY OF DAYS

The Patriot thoroughly in accord with the movement to the dedication Of the Cargil Falls Memorial Bridge noteworthy local event The sketch of the bridge todays issue give Putnam people definite idea of the final appearance of this fine addition to the city Its completion should be of pride the entire community should have proper observance But there another making day days Since the closing of the arg mills and the bank tragedy of last Putnam has fig painfully the newspapers the state The pcsns said that 1he closing of the mills had started the city the down grade The superpessmss said when the bank closed that Putnam had received W death blow Neither state ment true in any
 Slowly but surely industry returning to Putnam and out the ribuaton the community has developed fine and sturdy civic spirit In place of the wrecked bank utnam has banks has only look the periodical statements of each o realize that both firmly fixed the eiy life and enjoying fine prosperity This restoration normaey matter for rejoicing and when the bridge opened Put might we'll hold celebration that will command the ton of the state and show the rest of Connecticut that Putnam is most decidedly her feet merely standing but stridng forward.
Putnam patriot., 1925-07-31
THE NEWSPAPERS AND MIR. BRYAN

Seldom in the history of has the passing of leading public figure proved puzzlng problem for news paper has the death of Mir Bryan There of course those journals which uninchingy supported him throughout his amazing and these n their comments af his given him unsned euloges But that great publications of all parties that almost to the very men of his held the Commoner up rdcue and deon found easy task speak of him with the proper for the still unbured dead That he was honest great and possessed of ing sincerity purpose all that he undertook these the edit of the most hostile grant him. In criticism of him they state that he bigoted and uneulured.
 Yet Mr. Bryan the frequent candidate for the presidency has produced How that
 lacking in the qualifications of greatness and statesmansp could become the undoubted leader of very large of the nations voer2 There plantations but they satisfy. Mr Bryan will long remain engmatc American history, voice that rang out from the Atlantic Pacific for everncreasng number of To him. hours before his death what Of the few comforting moments of his life glare publicity such he had not known before played the role of n4usor trial which had preeip nation into the atmosphere Of the Middle Ages Mr Bryan had his point and he had won not little sympathy many American citizens with opinions diamet rcay opposed his when his religion had been held the merees eocuon of and more able lawyer
Putnam patriot., 1925-07-31
LIMITATION OF CLAIMS

At Probate Court held at ThomD- son. Connecticut. within and for the District of Thompson, on the 18th day of July. 1925. Present, Fred A. aunyan, Judge Estate of Mary Lanouette. late of Thompson in said District, deceased Mary (. Cardinal E1ecutrix. address F. F. D. No. l. Putnam. Connecticut.
 Ordered. that six months from the date hereof be and the same are here by appointed and limited for the ere ditors of said estate to bring in their claims against the same 10 the Exeeu- trix; and that public notice be given of this order by advertising in some newspaper having a circulation in said District, and posting a copy here. of on the public signpost in said Town of Thompson nearest Co where the de ceased last dwell FRED A. NUN. TAN. Judge. 30-32
Putnam patriot., 1925-07-31
LEGAL NOTICES
ORDER OF NOTICE

District of Thompson. ss- Probafts Court. July 2s. 1925. Estate of Lam bert L. Demetsr. late of Thompson in said District. deceased Upon tfH written aplic4tion of Mary Demeter praying that administration may De granted on said estate. represented intestate, it Is ORDERED-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate 0aiee in Thompson n said District. on the sth day of Aug gust. 1925. at three o'clock in the afternoon: and that public notice be gwen of the lime and place of said hearing. by publishing a copy hereof once in some newspaper having circulation in said District, at least seven days before said time assign ed for said hearing. FRED A. NUN TAN. Judge 3l
Putnam patriot., 1925-07-31
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