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Evening sentinel, Wednesday, February 7, 1917 · page 4

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EAST ; 1:
NORWALK

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

‘fio Iiadles' Aid Society“ the East
“mo II. E. churchmet this after.
'=_ m, and disposed of regular busi-
Etna.

——t

 

7 ”will be a session of pinocllle

-‘H‘d in. the Mayflower Hook and Lad
F conpany's quarters. Thursday
_ .. _ I .

 

Bert Stars of Noroton Heights. who
has been studying wireless in Boston.

Albert Tompkins has taken a past
ion in.MWfl.

Russell Stevens is working.ut the
Holly moot market.

Miss J. Knight of Yonkers has been
visiting relatives ill-town.

 

a recent visitor at the home of Dr.
and Ill-s. John Godfrey.

Mrs. W. 1. Austin and Mr. and Mrs.
Seth Austin ’spent- Sunday with rela-
tives at Pound Ridge.

Mrs. John H. Selbck is recovering
from a severe attack of the glip, at
hemhome on Sedgwick avenue.

Mrs Daniel Britten Ely. wllo has
been visiting relatchs at Newton, has
returned to New York.

 

Mrs. D. M. Allen of the Heights‘

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

“Ila placing of guards on the East
”a bridge has caused quite some
Wt. There is but little e!
will. of trouble.

~ ' mm Kling Klub did not meet

 

ill: ditto East Nor‘walk Im-

._ its Ladies' Auxiliary of Christ
1” will meet at the home of Mrs
“viola. of 29 Cove avenue tomorv,i
sin ammloon- at 2: 30 o'.cloek
‘W: are requested to be pres-
‘.

2 ‘ ”the: hotness was disposed of

a Ike nonthiylmcoiing o: the East
m [movement association
has Williamson at the home
Ulla. lit-salami}. Brown, Sea-view

 

V A! non as the inclement weather

’” up..worlr on Community ball will

We rapidly. The foundation is

_~Iy completed and the building

m lifl‘ be started as soon as
warm weather. sets in.

— _—.-..-

ad in manhunt question. Therewas
only one East Sider at. the hearing
9‘! “knight-in the city hall. Anoth-
V... opportunity will. be given them.
'\ Marc, next Tuesday night when
a“ hearing will be continued.

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Graduate- \hosplta-l. New York.
about Omccr John L. Roberts. slate
fiat it.ls-not known as yet whether
. -oporatlon-is an absolute necessity.
its neck isbadly. inflamed. it is
moral! that Officer Roberts jaw
and was: fractured;

 

.Notvslthsianding-th‘e fact that the
" inpurtlntmattcr to East Norwnlk of
the new $100,000'bond issue waszup
' , before. thorcouncll lastnlght.

5wrest. enough in the matter to, at-
tend themeetlng. thanst Norwalk
mm will spend hours complaining
of the high tax rate. but not give

another raise of about two mills.

aw...

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“a. use: MM: “R
“Ali's M. L. Damron of Tokeneke
and her daughter. Miss Louise. spent
.3 few days of last week in town.
icxnnder Raymond. of Westside
due, in the Rowayton section, who
‘ t. his collarbune by slipping on
ice last Sunday, is resting com-
inlaid: but. because of hiaadvanced
" ll is expected that‘lt will be
me time before he recovers.
The Rowayton Christian Endeavor
“My entertained the members of
Norwalk Christian Endeavor
} in the Baptist church here,
“av afternoon, in observance of

 

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'rgcfattendance and everybody
profitable time.» There was a

 
 
 
 
 

. -ty. and Rev. B. E. Anderson
‘ most interestingly on

1' Nor-walk castle church.
'thoual and“ Dorian

Molar. afternoon because of the,

All ‘

- l
RIB! Normal]: wasn’t very interest-'

V The latest reports from the. Post;

, Only'
2 .m man fromEast Norwallc took in?

tin EndeavOr day. There was ~

"The

who has ban suffering with a bad
cold for the past tWo weeks, is out
again.

 

i Rev. George Ogden, pastor of the
Newton Heights, M. P. Church, so

tended a meeting of the Stamford

Mlnisters‘ Association yesterday.

 

I .
' Richard C. Christopher, in. of Mont:

clair spent the weekend with friends
lat Nomton, to participate with skat-
:ing parties on Gorham's Pond.

Mrs. W. H. McDanicls and her
daughter; Miss Virginia, have closed
ltheir place at Noroton Heights and
will spend the next “two months in
New Yo .

. ti \

Miss Laura Cunt,‘ whose father in

Miss Marion Weber or stamford wasI

were among the My flavors C”
Gorinm's pond

 

\ll triplet. reward from that city.
Friday morning. and paid it flying vis-
it to his parents at. the Heights. its
left that night for New York. where
he has gotten an appointment as wire
iess operator on the Steamship El Cid
3f the Southern Pacific Company
which sailed for Galveston.

 

The first seeds from the Agriculture
iepsrtment were received, in Noroton
last week. They were mostly vegeta-
ble seeds in small packages, although,
it was announced that time would be
a great scarcity f some. seeds and no
man seeds to be ad The Bureau of
P'ant Industry is, however, especially
active iu.furnishing to,experimenting
:orticulturlsis the foreign plants,
shrub vines and trees.

NEW. HAVEN FAVORED.

Elm City Bowling Team Looks Good
to Wemrncrs—Msny Entries
for A. B. c. Champs.

Word from Grand Rapids is that the
New Helen Bowling Association team
thus been installed a favorite to w‘n
he championships in the American
Bowling Congress to be staged there
inext month. Western bowlers have
been keeping in close touch with the
[enrollment now being waged in New
Haven and .predict that New Hsvni
is one team which will bear close
watching in the champlousllip's reck-
oning. New Haven has become a
-\'.'tl' in American bowling affairs
after its winning of the world's cham-

Pcorla the your following. Last year.
with a. crippled outfit. the Elm City-
boys finished 301k ill competition with
600 teams.
Large Entry List;

This ycllr every prediction made in-
dlcates that Grand Rapids is going to
pile up an entry list of close to 800

 

lie proprietor of the famous Curtis.
Hotel at [132101. Muss. has returned to
ler home. after a few days, visit with
Miss Mary McClellan of the Post

Toad. K .e—"I-m

George [Jones has again been laid
up with rheumatism for several days.

Mrs. Joseph Hoff of Newark has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. John P.
Bummer of the Post road.

i

The Bachelors' Club of Noroton.

where annual dances at the firehouse ' "

have been enjoyed by the young pan.
plc of the community for the past
three winters, will ho‘ d its fourth an-
nual ball on Thursday night.

Editor Williams of the Darius Ro-
vlcw evidently believes that, whether
war comes or not, patriotism should
be paraded by a display of Old Glory.
A diminutive American flag has been
hung from the porch of the Review
building.

 

Mr. and Mrs. J. stusrt Gillespie have
remained in their home in Noroton,
which they opened for the Christmas
holidays. instead of returning to New

York. as was their intention. Mr. Gil- '

lespio is a great lover of sports and is
often-2 seen on the ice at. Gol'lmm'l:
Pond.

 

l At the Newton fire-house, on Thurs-3

day night, a reception and dance will

one minute of their time to prevent be given by the Bachelors‘ Club of]

Norcton. lDugdale's orchestra will
liturnish the music. The order of dance
icoatains many popular numbers. The
aim is to make this dance the most
brilliant entertainment the club has
ever given.

 

 

(Rev. G. E. Richter ”attended
meeting of the Stamford Ministers.
Association, yesterday. at which it
,was decided. that, with Dr. W. H.
l l‘ilt(h president of the league and sev~
.r..l laymen. Mr. llichterwouldbeone
of a committee to represent Stamford
; hi the hearing in Hartford when -a pro-
lhibiticn amendment will be consider-
ed by the Committee on Constitution-
al Amendments.

 

Theresidents of Ncroton and Dar-
len appreciate the way that the snow
|is being cleared away on the "side-
walks” in these towns by Superin-
tendent Greene.and his men of the
Highway Department. after“ ' each
storm. By night Monday, after the
heavy snow storm. most of the walks
were cleared of snow all through this
section, which is quite different from
last winter. when many of the roads
were not clear of show during the
whole winter.

 

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Tthsrgcst crowd. of the «seen
was skating on the'Oove Pond last

 

'the.‘

Sunday [any parties came from am or backache.

WWPM "Mics-us than not had. transom: with on ‘ overhauled
one. the .- any any t any indisastl will. will: Welfport

mmualldsalers. Dontsinztrow
stirs!!! tgt- swam

teams. if it does not exceed that mark,
and that will mean foul- full weeks.
with 200 clubs disposed of every seven
days. Sixteen alleys_arc being-laid in
the Armory building there whilh will
allow thirty two clubs in dirpose of
their games each day. It would take
twenty llvo- full days to complete the
schedule of an 800- club lnect. and it
does not look likely that Secretary
Langtry .wlll crowd the schedule with
three live-men squads .s day in order
lto gain time.
High scores are certain to come.
and it will take more than the 2907
i that gave the Commodore llarrys their
lclorv last year and their 2909 lbs
y-oal before that won, for them at.
"'etll‘il‘. to win this year laurels. A
solid floor with good healing facili-
ties will malts the plus full fast. and
‘he armory seems to possess both re-
xuircmellts.
Sl’EAMSHlP ssnmo HELPLsss,
NEW YORK, Feb. 7.——Olllcers of
the British steamship Vcrdi, Which
arrived here today from Liverpml. via
Halifax. reported receiving the fol-
lowing wireless message at sea on Jan-

uary 31: .
“The steamship Avrino. latitude
46.17; longitude 88.52. helpless ullll

llecriug gear carried away."
llTQ Arrlno loft Boston Jan. 23
iSt Nllznillr. France.
[ _......- --_b—— .n
CONF‘EDERACY‘ DAUGHTERS SUP-
PURT PRESIDENT
\i'AE-ZHINBTON, Feta“: ”The Unit.
ed oughtcrs of the Confederacy
through its president-geneml ‘lls.
Cordelia l’owoll Odeullweimer has ten
tiered Plcsldcnt
and me Home of its 100. 000 m'mhcra 'u
iwhamtcr rlannel they may be maile-
ble ill: llv: nation's present crisis. ,

fol‘

 

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A. ,. -1, _

.suurur

Such Moi as This Should. Convince!
1 Any. South Namath Oltlxen
The. public endorsement of a local

citizen is. .the best pit-out thatzcan, be.
N one. better. none; stronger

produced.

can be had. weem man. comes for-
ward and testifies to his fellowcitl-
sens. addresttes his friends and uelsb
burs. you may be sure he is thorough-
ly convinced or he would not do so.
Telling one's expiriehce when it is for

 
 
 

wmship at Buffalo in 1914 and its‘
fret in finishing in second place at "

Wilson the suppml‘

 

Iéiw General d'lyplsulesfucspa.
“Mum. Callus Bolt.
MFOI‘MNII‘IJ. (3. Genes.

.Gunesschedamdtobeheldbythe
New York Athletic Club in the Twen.
ty-seoond Regiment Armory. New
York, Saturday night are or until ar~
reagent-cuts can be made for holding
them in some other place, probably in
Madison Square Garden. either next
Tuesday or-Wednesdny night. The use

 

of. the Twenty-seconds armory was“

withdraw“ yesterday- by Colonel Cor-
usliu's Vanderbilt, owing to an order
issued by Major General O‘ltyun that
armories should not be let our for
public affairs at thiscrltical stage in-

the international situation.

Whether. the New York A.'c. will
succeed in inducing loading allocates
fron‘out of town .le sci-cults new date

. forthozgamcs to be held in Madison.

Boilers Garden will be known today.
Some of: them are already here, but
as: all their arrangements were made
on a basis ofthe games being held
Saturday night they may not be able
to prolong their stay.

The order of Motor General G'Rvau
means that all the indoor athletic
games scheduled for the next two
mouthiwill have. in be abandoned un-
less the clubs which have engaged
the armorins are able to pay the addi-
tional cream-«e necessary for the. use
0.! the Garden.

Other clubs besides the New York
A 0. affected by the order are Fords.
ham University. Manhattan College,‘
the New York Post Office Clerk! the;
Aloha Physical Culture Club. Rhinitis

of Bi. Antony. Erasmus Hall High.
fi-SLeflool. Brooklyn College. Pastime
Athletic Club and Mohawk.Athlctlc
Club. . .

“.5.

 

l “BODV- DRIFTSASHORE
’ MYSTIC. Conn. Feb. 7.-—The bat-
tered bodycfound on the shore oi. Com
ey Island Tuesday is believed to be
that of Kenneth Douglass. of this
place. formerly of Stonlugtoo, the
clothing bearing llll name and s. badge
of the Pioneer Hook and Ladder 00
puny. of stoningion. of which his bro— ;
thcr Erastus. was a member. which
badlle‘Keonctb was known to have
worn lately. Douglass. who was 26
yearszold. for the past three months
has mmked nu bookkeeper for therr»
rel Fdlilidry and Machine Company at
Ausonla. Ho left there. Thursday. 0»
louslbly in answer to} telegrsm'from
his brother is New York that their
smother \lus dangerously ill at Mystic.
The mother has not been ill. the bro
that at New. York has not communi-
catrdlwlth llil family at Mystic for,
some months. and neither son has
been at Mystic recently and the pres-
:ence of Kenneth in New York is an an;
tirc‘ mystery .iohls family. who had
not heard‘of the finding oflhe- body
until told by a reporter.

 

 

WALLINGFORD‘ luauurncrulmrvi
ii. . » -

.mflufitbolestlnd‘rm

MMRW‘W

warm. N. Y.. Feb. 7.—-l)ut-‘

i

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l
1

month won a well played hockey 1
garlic from the Army. this afternoon byi

3 to 0. The. visiting collegians flashed
the best. bit of team work and shoot-
ing exhibited here this season.

The cadets showed their best work
inlhe opening period, when they held
Dartmouth to one goal. Paisley thrust
twozfromshort labs in front of the
Army’s cage in the last half and put
the game sately awaydor Dartmouth.
House‘did the best, work for the ca
dots. .
The Iincruplra

A

 

Army Positions Dartmouth
Nichols G. Gale
Goal
Armstrong B. Gal
Point
Ford tCaptaln) Austin
Cover Point
rllouse Tyler (Captain)

t Vito. '
Rover
Redfleld. Reycroft
Centre
Sarcka Murphy
Daft Wing
Durfee Paisley
Right Wins

Goals—first ”31‘“M“mhy' 1‘“ 153' this newspaper can vouch consisted
Second haIf~Paislen 3m. 50“ ”We" of about half the old allowance of

4m. 10s.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

loony

7113 11m FURNITURE
[in an air of luxurious so 11-
ton. refinement and
taste that mass all the differ-
ence m an Kimmie
homesnd a hood where things
seem out of hutno' ny and you
feel ill at case.

that will accord with your
other
well .‘in your home.

The A. J. Augevine 8t Son Co. ;

good

We can suggest
GOOD THINGS

furnishings and look

 

 

 

COATS

 

‘ $ 2 5.00
ALL WOOL PLUSH

JACCHTTS

p 7"

 

 

 

 

 

beans bought by a. man for whom!”

 

 

ham and twelve little beans by actual

 

“W-...H

chestnut. came from eastern Asia I'!
nursery stock The disease is com
mon ill. both China. and Japan, but in
those countries causes relatively mucll

Substitutions~—Lovejoy for Marlow. count. The bread 1. thinner than ’9Vi‘riless damage than in America. in both

Murphy for mvejoy. 3mm" for Be" and so is the codes

The old Joke

croft Reycroft TOT Blokford. Time about. finding one oyster in the stew

of balves-20m. and 16m.
Lieutenant Purdon.
Weeks.

._...—

 

 

HITTING THHE NAPLES

}cannot. be exported to Europe.

Refereer- is almost true, the Wei/8111118 “a“ 0
Timer-Mr. being three. Oysters are as cheap as

ever. in a wholesale way the. war
has depressed their price because they
Pre.

1"“ Grocery “V" won "‘9 "”9 mlsumably. the number of oysters in a.
'hc #0110“ With they "W" b9“ play 'stew has been cut down to keep. it ill

lug. with the Horseshoe FiYe. IRIlmepmmm to other things;
2 tannin" We”. ”WV trimmed [hl‘ “bl

ttr aggregation two games out of

ilhree. at the Norwalk Alleys, last
levelling. The Horseshoes won the

first game. but. the Grocery rollers
made. agreatstsud in the second con.
int onr' v' “-"WI «'1' l‘l” \‘ll‘tm'v it?
one pin. The third and deciding game
“cm. to the Gr-mery team

New York restaurants are a law
unto—themselves. They charge what?
evcr they please. in some pretentious
places‘food is cheaper on one floor
than on another. When a monomer-

talus a woman he pays the higher

scale every time. if he orders drinks
the prices are two or three times those

hv lh« charged in the bar or men's cafe.

ulnlgin of ten pins. only after the. of the same establishment. No matter
.ihvl (st kind of a. battle. The llneupiWhal the prices may be. any ealius

and score:
Horseshoe Five
‘ 'l'rnhy .............. l.84 79 74
Rooney ................ 91 82. 77
‘~illiv.r .................. so 81. 102
Ryan . . . .‘ .............. 3d 78 ~ 94
lRum: . . . . .‘ . .2. . ..... ._ .97 .. 812 94
489: 401 441
Grocery Five.
Zl‘lnbcll ........... ...91. 81 99-
McGuirk ...... ”.93. 78 82
‘lllllll ....... . .......... 79 78' 82
Pinch .................. 81l- 88‘ 91
Polish ................. 71 77 82
418 402 461

'l he Chloe and Factory teams of the
"“u» Leanne will roll a big pin match
pantie. this evening at the Nomlk
hillt‘vs.

 

 

 

TIM IlNGFORD. Conn- Feb. 7.—-—
Entry llalc. treasurer of the luterna-l
. l‘onnLSIlwr Company; is seriously ill‘
of a complication of. diseases. at his.
home here, it was imfl‘tMGYy.

33ilii0lls'- it if“
illlilfll Bl (lift
lulu u. will

 

 

 

. A serious accident. was recently. ,2

”“9. avertedbythc quick action of J. Vro- ‘

pan. of 191' Near-hall street.r New.- Ha-
ven. a woodvvorker. at Winchester's.
This is how it happened as Mr.
lVronan tells the story:

"i was all run downand’suiferelL

from dyspepsia and nervousness. I
kept feeling horse and worse and
knew that unless i did something
pretty. quick my health would under-r
go a serious breakdown.

f‘You see i was unabledo eat- any:

GUAR"""‘ alt-u: .VbRK
"OPERTIES

places charge '0." the traffic will
bear " and there is no redress when
ths'overchsrms are outrageously ev-
tortionnte.

Why. should there not beta stand’
ard for portions" in restaurants just
as for boxes or baskets of fruit in
public markets and shops? A \vlige
earner cannot get a meal in a cheap
restaurant that will satisfy hunger. at
a price within his means . and he
never knows and he cannot find out
how much he is goiilg to get when
he orders a "portion." Sometimes he
finds the quantity cut down ‘to one-
third between two days. The size (if
a pie has been reduced and a "piece"
is now cue-sixth or one-eighth of it ll.
stead of one-fourth or one-fifth of
the larger. ple of former days.

Most foodstuffs are dearer, but the
advance is. not in proportion to the
reduced size of "portions" now served.
The cost of. cooking, table, service and
other overheadchargesls very little,

3

 

ALBANY; mo. .7.—Thc First Battul-l

ion of the'l‘enthltegimcnt, Albany's

unit of the National Guard. entrained.

today'foe points. down the Hudson

iwhore. the-grail assist in guarding pub
*llc properties.

. POUGHKEEBSlE, N. Y.. M. '1.—
Company K. «Tenth. Regiment. Nation-
alGuard, entrained today for St Elmo.
N. Y... where. they will form part of a
battalion guarding the Aqueduct.

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WHAT Is-SlZ-£.0F AlPGRTiON?
Av: Servingflw at Restaurant “the: Moat
indefinite-Thing Known in
Business."
Federal officials. congressional com»
mittees .anli. state ald‘munidpol func
tlolmriea are investigating . and tryih

and to dehe distribution- of er-
ishahlezproducts'. butlnob‘odr is- giving
heed: to thelhighsr‘cost' of7 eating ti“
the restsmuau and lunch rooms put

 

thing at all without having an awml}

pain in my stomach lmediately s14!
terwardu: ‘ i lost my appetite. calm
pletely.

"sized bvdhe‘ruusesr says the Nov
York, Commercial. New. Yorkers and
them wllmwcrlt there and sleep e h

the public good is an act of kindness that i sometimes could hardly. do- myy crease immat- is greater than in the

that should be appreciated The fol-
lowing statement given by a resident

of South Norwalk adds one more to in the same rooarlwltll use WM. rmmtimmm :watcbes}

work. ,
“A great mrot thE‘mBI! work}!!!

Icorner groceries where the poor buy

11": foodfikslmll quantities; The bib

the many cases at home endorsement Tuition and .werysaentlmslastlc hboutl thvmutchsr,‘ the W ”Ili- “‘3' ml“

which are bail) ,l""‘" ‘ 21, about

Doan' e Kidney Pllis. Read it

Cross street. South , Norwalk. says: improvement in our condition Escort} Thom moo

ii that l was persuaded to try it;

out plddi'ér: unlit formal them2 tor use

delight knew nozhouuds when. Aztec standard' weights and marines but
Milton Lockwood. policeman, lo tskingn- termed felt atwouderru the tumultuous as hospices“.

standard for the ras-

”Abcut twelve years ago Fused Dean's lose that oldidopey; sleepy \Iedingmfl" W? or lunch room. A "portion"
Kidney Pills and in view of the re. now on wine awake snd\. on the door islthe most; iideflaite thlnal known. in.

suits obtained 1 gladly recommend
them to anyone troubled by their kid:
The)? smart use

every minute. lsieetvllikuaitopenry
night andwaitlel- luv with: a “mu“?
appetite for breakfast. Tsnlaa

 

silicon The price at a "portion"

 
 
 

mmsmlflmnr

to checlrédlilcwisingrcoatiof rawfo is elude the- restauranis in their work.

i felt so firsthand ‘negoodt‘wileve eat in these places and the iu- .

if any more. than in past years. The
increase in prices of meats. flour.
sugar. etc; the raw materials of the.
restaurant. . should. not increase the
cost of putting. food on the table
more than. 10 per best. because two
thirds of the oldprice. or more. was
made. up of running expenses and
profits. A small steak served for 50
cents two years ago in a popular
priced. restaurant consisted of 20
cents; worth of meat at the outside.
Suppose that amount of meat costs
% cents new. If the restaurant charg-
cs 60 cents for it the profit on_ the,
‘extra price is a hundred percent.
such steaks. now cost 75 or 80 cents.
or if the. old 'price is' charged the
steak lshalflts former size- it car-7
talnly costs no more to cook the
smaller steak. '
0m food investigations should in‘

They. need attention Worse than any;
otherbrsnch of.the food business,
and theytrare becoming more CXtOI‘x
tiosateepevery. day; ll-lalf New York
eats mfrom home. and this is why
the-shoelplnchcs. so hard.

 

DHEAWESIQTA‘NT CHESINCTS'
BVPLANT‘ BREEDING.

 

possibility for'coutinued' growth- of
chestnut; traces in the United States.-i
gin the “commits mid spread of. the;
destructive chestnut blight. umy ds-'
(pend mainly. upon replacing of the
susceptible native trees by disease.
resistant std-sins and hybrids bred
from Animus stock; This inmate)
out by Want mtholoailtslot the
Department alum-lemurs whys halve
made exhaustive studies oflth‘e‘ '

 

 

 

ease in field wilmmgflfllm
the. list: live: yous.

 

.,.experinleuts indicated that

. American use.

"WASHINGTON. D. 0., Feb 7,—T'I‘llel-

Tlicr “dull:
lblight.’ ’-which: is: Writ)

.‘Asla and America the parasitic fun-
gus causes cankers on chestnut bark.
but in. the American chestnut these
conkers soon completely girdle the
tree. and invariably cause-death. in

(“him and Japan. however, the ll‘tl“ ‘

commonly remain alive and produr-
tire-fer many years although caokt-lw
ed, the. conkers seldom growing fn~t
enough to girdle the trees.

The Specialists have identified nor
on species of the genus or fungo to
which the organism causing chestnut
blight belongs. five ot‘wllioh now cv-
lst in the United States. None of
these causes disease, except the one
which causes the chestnut blight.
Fortunately. the chestnut blight inn-
gus rarely grows on trees other than
the chestnut; during their studies
the specialists were able to find but
four specimens—three of these, was
calls. and one a maple. Inoculation
although
the fungus can be made. to grow. on
trees other than chestnut, it usually
is but slightly parasitic in such cases
and‘seldom injures the trees greatly.

in their age-long s‘lrilggie with the
blight the Japanese and Chinese
chestnuts have acquired a high!» de
gree of resistance to it. and this fact
is being utilized by the specialists in
breeding resistant chestnut trees for
Hybrids lbtweeu the
highly. resistant Japanese chestnut
and our native chinquapiu have been
raisedxin considerable numbers. They
quickly form handsome dwarf .trees,

,boarlng atau'esrly age profitsecrops

of‘mns of excellent quality, five or
six times the size of those of the wild
chinquapln parent. aud‘ripenlng weeks
before any other chestnuts. So far
these trees show a very high degree
of disease resistance. The- 'sectmd
generation of hybrids. grown from salt
or chance pollineted: nuts. appear
quite as gocdus their. parents. which

is an important feature when the cost. '

of propagation of nut trees by bull-
ding and grafting is considered. An-
other line of breeding-Heels the in-
tercrosslng of disease-resisting Jap-
anese and Chinese varieties that are
rapidly"; beingglmported into this coun-

try by the-order, of Foreign Seed and“

Plont Introduction. and the selection
of- the best resulting forms. Four

generations of crossbred Japanese. _
:clt‘estnutsmf a very early bearing
type. producing'nuts when" two-2 or"
threeyears old, have already been"

grown, aud'the varietal characters ap-
pear to be well fined. Some of the

'Chinese chestnuts are said to grow

nearly 100 feet high in their home
forests and it may, bogpls-ssible by
their use to repiaoe'imrscmemeasure-

our vanishing native chestnut stands.“
and perhaps develop superior varie- "

ties during the process of acclimati;
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