$111113 For cm
Blame-Ford ‘ '
10F» FORBES» 0N. FARMS
whoysantl Men Not- Eligible
for Military Service New
Minted For Important Duty of
feeding the Nation—Five :ilii/iL
310113 of Promise: Far Service.
11101111111101. .
y Governor Holcomb of Com 1
nautical. Naming Committee 1;
of Food-'S'upply.
' ”it the present time 111. min 1'
actor 111‘ the 1111111111111 1111111111111
ix 111' gremex itnportnnu- than
. intelligent: pr'euultlonan prc p
oration loam-urethe largo-u 5......
11119. supply of foods The shut'l-
1:15! of gains last year 11 1111 1111
. pparoui: fahortuno or 15 Ito-111 1111'
imlug your 111111111..- I'hc \ll 1111111111
Maine-the extreme. The doc-
handout 01 war and the with-
drllfillrg '01 workers from their
accustomed employmcnis will in—
more the diiilcuitles of labor
1~11au111111111__.'1'11n year we will be
., alloti up&1 to feed other nations
11.111111: it'd-if the conflict comer .
111.1111 e173. soon. The 11011111111111:
upon us will be 111115 greater it”.
11‘ should rag on through a long-
or period. _
" Whore 1'111111 one-111111 of tile.“
“ow we consume is produced
film-11161111151111 or Connecticut,
‘ an!“ must rely upon the sur-
monotliapssintes. The small-
flat. Inrplua the greater the '
threat 0! scorch-5' i'or 1111. Cam-
neo therefore demands
should produce the luv
ropll' possible and utilize
W min 111 the utmost. We
“twill 11b to 11111151111 .1r Want
Wmmeiuootrus because we '
H on employed 11.1 the 111-
11111111li réaonr" 115'
"lé'fllemforc under the power.
Wad ill the, b5 c'haptct 44 or
111‘.» 11"11!“ we of 1911' 111111115
”mint file loliuw 111g; 3111101111 W.
W111! Avon (Wilford 1' Stud-
dfliof- “'Iloilbl'lilgl‘ ("1111111511 '1‘."
Dwell? 01 Middletown, 11. w.
fortune-or Norwich. Wilson 11.
not 11111111111. 111,119,121 ricoviile
Billiabtu'y 51' 111111111 1‘ ‘ 1.111'111'5 '
Winchester. John 1’. 11111111 of
Wifidrhlll‘v iuul‘ (.1101 "c M 11111-
.d‘efi‘ of Nc\\".'til:11n, nil 1‘1::1i
dell“? of (‘onucrlirutr to I11-
1:an 1111 the Conner-111111 ("11111-
‘ 1111111 of ifoml Supply. with
profile to 1111 1111111-1'1115 Ilium: '
‘ 1011 with the view to incrcaae
11d conserve the agricultural re-
sources 01' the state. and with
over to l‘h-(mot‘llte with other
tacos and‘- with 351111‘ federal trov-
‘crntncnt'and to do all acts nec-
. Wily to carry into cil‘cct the.
5‘11um01ws 1"111 which this commit
tee-'19 established.
1 111.11. HOLUOMB.
Governor.
fl
1
1
1
lions and necds the Connecticut
W or food supply has announc
phn 115' which the principal
its 'drive for increased produc-
'od' crops this sutmuor'wllil'he
1.1111111111111111 towns and cities are
trike by which. the-work will he
' The town clerks oi‘ the
the local agents of the
utitelr several communi-
1e cities the chambers of
(iv-some other bodies or in»
designated by . tho‘ mayors
. t Stile campaign.
town in Connecticut 55 hue
as E- Holcomb appointlun
" lE ngcnt' in tlichod pro-
and. calling upon him for
cooperation. The. mayors
‘of tile? 11"” 111111119
t" by ICING. 1105111111 aid in 1116' 111111
.tul'ai service. signed‘ by Governor llolc‘
‘in 11111110111111
."r'x
- according to 11 statement by the food
‘ supply committee.
- Ior agricultural army and hv menus or
interfere 111111 1?”. m at iii
1 «1111.1 1" to 1111111 not eligible 10! NH-
11511')' or 11115111 senico or in the makinc
of munitions or any other mall 01:-
ouputiolr mate sum oulillucl'
expect“! to “Wild
duration of foodi'e .‘
The M supply mmmibeuw'lll at-
11311» 111’ problem of increasing the
15's food production from every
possible angle.- It has announced em-
phatically that It will in norm: 411»
lecture with the many organizwioeai
eirorl‘a throughout the state sewing 1112'
gain the same end. its ohjeo‘ti. it is
declined, will be to encourage ail-thus
'eil’orts and‘ to co-ordinatie'the work
throughout the state. Practical advice
on food production and conservation
will he. provided tlirougir‘ite etl‘onu."
Pajatichl Plan Evoivui: .
The committee's calcfuily prepared
plan of handling its biggest problems
through the agency of the torm- clerks
111’ now announcer] for the 111361le
The method to be. rationed older-11.1w
l‘ar‘ 111-1 can be learned from that being .
followed in similar work 111.11'11'1'
plates and in considered the mosnprac-
tieul plan for handling 1111:. problem yet
evoivmlin the country.
Plodgo staring-needy. . I
Thousands oi pied-'1: blanks arr-5 he-
, in; printed 115' 111 - committee, hearing
the stale scul 111111 11 1111115110 ngticui-
'1'ornh.'i‘hese‘ulll’ he obtainable in
even 1-il5t.io\v11 Villa;, 0 and hutuiel
throughout lonnectirnt ilvug atoms
1111111111119111 Moron. 1111111111111. stl‘lnoln.
it Ii :11: 111111 1111111111.“ [11.11 1N 111’ all 51111.1
15111 1111' lilo 11‘311'11111111111 poll1lr~.'i‘l11'
111-111'papcrs.tun. will have suppiivs: ul‘
1111- blanks .-1 mihllrh' for their readers.
ii111‘111g.nii;..111ui one 111‘ 1111-31" blanks;
niluutcers t‘m"1hc" 1151'1'11'1111 uru'i 111'1115'
-.111cn 11 11111111141115 :1 and
,11 i:- all are cii"ililc tor this service—-1
will 11:11:11 11 pledge for n'cI'vire under"
. 11:111 of tile tollowihg live subdivisions: 51 mil
l.iv‘11r1upr1xluction.
2. Pant‘inghome‘ gardens.
. 3. Labor. . '
4. Home cunning.
' 1"». Garden supervisors. ' i
The next 1119p will he the signing of;
the pledge hy the individual. T111111
done. it will he mturnedrto the! town
' clerk who, in turn. will forward it to
113111110111 for recording by Govi‘i‘hor
Holcomb'a food production committee
To Solve Problema of Hilp. . -
“The Connecticut farmers nearest;
ptohlem in food produvlion‘ in labors“;
"Through our jun-l '
the labor pledged we expect to 1111511
signed and returned to the ion 11 clerks
we hope to 1101111 this problem. we:
want every town clerk‘s oilice 111.1‘011-‘1
'nocticut to become the“ local lnhm' Im-
"5.1151111 {or {111111 helpers 111 .this [111111
.z‘ crisis.
We 5111111 every man who will
dcvote his summer or cvcn 11 l'tl‘illlll
number of hours 1111111115 in farm w‘drh
to register 111111 the town 1ierk through
Minimum pledges that can readily he
obtained. and we want every farmer
in the 15111111 1111551 to tho 1135511 cloth
and P151 below that 1111111111 his 1511101!
111'1'1111.
“ ‘hcrc 11111 1115111, patriotic citizens-
cnuun'h In this state to hum-o, the on!
11511111111 111111 horn-111111;: or all 1111-. crops
planted till“ 5".c111 iicv'cmor 111511011111
‘ 1‘11on sure or that. and 55 c believe 1 at
through this method we can got 1 c
1111111 who needs help in communion;
:11111‘ with the 1111111 who in ready to do
his 1111 through an agricultural service.
l‘ho question of “11111-11 will [in settled
hriwoon employer 111111 enlpioycc to
their mutual satisfaction."
Insignia For Voluntooro.
Service in 1111 rousing and conncrviug
1110‘ food supply ot‘ the at 11.0 is not to
"o 1111ro1von11iaed.forhoiernor Hoi
«11111) has directed his food production
committee to 111-1101 11 vast number of
service, 1151111111115. 111111 this inaigulu- will
be given to each person» who volunteers
. 111111;.
is 11 promluc to do so1uo'c11nliiua: 111111 .
.llnrit‘lwtl l11-1ulquurtors of the. Con-
undcr any or the headings 1111‘ the [11111111
to “Sell“ 111 this vital work. These
buttons haie been ordered and will be
out delay when they are rocelv ed.
The Pledge Blanks.
The pledge: blank which the indi.
vidual signs is divided into five parts;
111111111 gardens, labor. home canniniz‘
and garden sulwrvleiou. At the top it
has the state seal. with the words.
"81111515 of Connecticut Connulttcc 111'
Food Supply." The blank, hours this
lllDSSflgl‘: "liver-5' 1111111. woman, [1115'
and girl in the state of't‘onnectirut 1101
911115th for military or naval servici-
is called 5111011111 volunteer to sign this
piedgo. Do ’5'our- 111115'. ' The follow
lug statement 115 (.115 etuor 3111111111. ll
.ilolcomh occupies 11 prominent place
on the blank: "Above all 1'.-hinge; our
couu'lry'needs in this- 1111tiouni crisis.
men to serve their muntl‘y in tho milil
inry and naval l’orccs'and 1111-11 and
women to sorro their country by pro
dining and conserving food supplies
tor’our poopic and our allies."
torched letters inform-
chitin of the campaign
heir c 01111111111111 and re-
111111113 to?" designate local
:on or 1155151111111r agricul-
. 'Vthrongh the ctr-Operation
(vol principals" has been 11n-
tldsls expe’cteu‘ltoxprovirle
"It competent“ annotation to
The section of the pledge "Iiianlr
’w hicli the 1111111 11111111 signs is address
ed “To the 111111. Marcus El Holcomb.
t‘ovenior." and says. “In order to do
mypart to meet the crisis-110w faced
by my utnte and country 1 11919115; vol-
unteer to perform the following serv-
ices."-
‘Under each of theme headings-there
. in space for the individual to sign.
. name'nud-udilrcsm One part of the.
information asked has to do 11 1111 the.
service performed in 101111 raising' a ‘-
yoar ago. and this is ('OllSillel ed impor. 1 Committee or Food Supply in accord ‘qf food, constipation or teething 111111-
111111: 155-1111; gmel'nol's tommltmc; 413‘ nco 511th authority vested in us "Sables. .
11111 excelleucy‘ Glimmer Min-ms [1
00111111311011- this“ your 111 the way .111
troll increases thrown the 125111121 he acts 1 visit, do'urge upon you the Trill -
the". desire in to show just: what In an.
“[1111, in the hands of town clerks 51 1111 . supply t'oltlmitico is insuring the
as follows: 11‘111'111 production. planting .
of mod crops no 1111111111.." are
provided in which agar» for 1916 to.
pull: and 1917 estimates 1111»: he siren
WI" Win! rum. mm, 1111111.
“hunt oats;- rye Mus. continue. 11m
111111-1111 odious. —
1. Ida the head on "i’luutlnr Homer
111111151111“ the. individual 11135113 I pledge;
agreeing to plant and tend a garden
this season and telling the nine of the!
space which will he used. Questions.
in 110' we duo! n iiiamcwnnlur eulll-
W411 1111111111119»: 111-1- asiaed. if is‘
mated! Willa individual unity occult-11'l
individual instructions and print‘edl
51111111911 to guide-111 the selectiow of
weds 111111 method of planting from the:
town clerk. .
i'ndcr the head of "Labor" the >111dr-‘
«11111111 111115' 1:11:11 the following plungeri
”I agree to offer 1115‘ Sl’l‘l'il‘fil to some: 5
farmer in 1115'
for , wagon to
him. '
locality. arrangements:
he made divert? with:
'i‘hct'r: is 11 space for 11 static 1
men! 1111- to the number of 1101115 one-iii '
vi'cek' which the Individual 11111 devoto
to {111-111 51".11111 it is stated that those
5"oiilntcc1ing under this hondr Ahmlid
act 111 111111 h 151111 farmers in their 1111
mediate 1111-:11115'. either directly or
111111111111 the town rim-k. wimse'ofllcc
15111 1111 uscli 1111 the local amploylllvnt
hut c.1u lot this |311rpo‘1151-.'i"i1e 11119115111311
i< 1141:1111 as to farm work 55111111 may
have 111'1'11 clone 111 Will.
'l'i1e-»1111.511‘11e1111111g is "Home i‘un-‘
” 'i‘llc pledge. tin- imiivitiuni china
snnuncr. 'i'hc 1151195111111 in united 11s to.‘
cxpcrlcurc in cunning work 111111 5114111111»?
111' 11115‘ was 11111111 115' 11111 iuliivitirni inst
5\‘1‘:Ii'.
1111:111 is. "
11111;; 1 luh-In 111111111111 i1-111'11‘1'1111ninu'.
, ’I’iu. inot- 11111.1111'11111'111 in courm'ninn'
“liar-loll Suprrrimrs."
'11'11111112‘ thi- individuul oil’era. his serv-
1511‘; 1.1 1111.1- charge of the supervision
The 1111111 question under 11115,
".\’1111111 5‘11'1 111111 to 511111111 0311- ;
tl-v- '
or purl of ”111‘ home golden work 111 '
his town and to 11111 In any way he is
able to advise people engaged in the
These hlnnlts are to he 11111111211 and
returned to the 105511 clerk in 011111
1111111 11 I111 will forward them to tin-1
lit‘i'lli‘iit. committee of food supply for
recording.
m
C?
to teacher: ~ .
011111111111: Principals 11111131 '
Foul Committee 1* P11111-
nonunion IS ISSUED. .
5 1
Agricultural Service Shown to 30 im-
portont—Boyu Told That Work on
Farm. in Their Duty to Their Coun-
try. ‘
Plane for a Junior agricultural 11r1115'
111 Connecticut this summer were ad-
vanced at 11 meeting of principals or
high and secondary schools in the state
hold recently at the state capitol in
Hartford 011 invitation or .Govornor
Marcus [1‘. Holcomb and his new (You.
north-111 ifonimltteo of Food Supply.
.\hout 111155 principals were precept.
and every one aluned‘ the following pc
1111011:
”“1 helluva that 1105's and girls-in Olll
schools should take some part in moot-
ing the agricultural crisis that faces
our state. 1 am willing to (to-operate
with the Connecticut L‘onunittec of
Food Supply to the best 111‘ 1115' 111111-
115'.”
It wax 111111111 clcur at the meeting
that there would he 11 largo number
111’ boys available t"o1 1mm work in
t 0.11191111111 thin summer 111111 the food
farmers of the slute that tl1o5'1:an no
cure their services 1115' 11111111115; applica-
tion to the: Ion-'11 clerk or count;
ugt'llts. ,
It was madc plain' that agricultural
service was equally importnnt"‘\vitii
military service and that every man
not ellgihie‘i’or‘serviro in the amiv 11.
now could serve 11115 country through
food production work. .
The following proclamation to the
pupils of (.‘onncci‘lcut was issued 115
the committee of food supply:
To the' School Puolll of Connecticut”
"Your 1'ou1111'5'hns declared war-1111
the greatest military power of thc
world. Under the conditions or mud-
cru warfare the burden of the. warl-
and should .hclmmmby all main.
according-to his or her ability. - There
"11‘. two' things which your! country
Hoods most at this time—an army or
men to tight and 1111 army- of people ti.
Under 1111;. 15.
17
'The First Week of
110113 all 111115 to the mothers in children' s apparel.
’0
~ 9 r;-
‘ .1;
'- . StiltondWool Shim 5
1PM: ' .
5. Spat-Him
. ‘ lawman“.
cloth or 5111 w
. 11......»
in the-Children's Shop
lhe stocks are complete tor baby girls and 111155
Layette and First Garments.
Filmer:
Shrine R013“
Carriage Afghans».
1 :1'
Novelties:
in the way of- 111115"
things; ("reaping
lit-1111a. 11111111111, Float-
111g 'l’oys for the 11.11111. plain. 51.11111
who“ and
Cn'lis
Kiddie-K1105): and _
Play‘ erda
Sifetr‘Straps for
Carriages
Picture Books
High-Chain
11......11... . .
clumsy etyio,‘ .. .
May
.’li1is is to he .1 Reccpno 11. Week 101 Babies and as the House of Read has ever
looked on babies as coming 1: usiomers, it offers through various departments and sec-
For Little Toddlers "
Creepers and Rompers of‘
chumbray, seetsncker and pop»!l -\'
50. 75 cls. md 51.001555"E
Of whitewash" and dim-
ily, 11.11111in made, ' .5;
. . . 851113. to $2.50“;
1111,
dainty.
. Special Exhtbtts "
111 allocation! that (await Weir's Need»?
BuihAmeuor ‘1...
in Wendy 01‘
Fine Towel.
Soap- and.
. Powders
Shoes for the
little. walkers
Silver Milan
and' Spoonr-
mm
l 3'
‘5’ 51' :
Worsted Sacrifice.» 5 5 .55 '
Sweaters, and "Em- . .'
hroidemd Sacqneh, oi"
5 line flannel or silk.
«.5
women
SIXTH COMPANY .RECRU ITS.
pany. C. N. 6.. Saturday evening, at;
'A regular semi-weekly d‘rill ‘of the be formed. A11 advertisement placed
The. following . liiicon young men the big patriotic mass meeting held Sixth company will be held tomorrow by the cadets in the newspapers to«
m~~._M .. -g- T. -0.-. ._......
11111111113 P1118111;
All HAPPY:
No More Fear of Baby Colic
"l‘he crusade 1111111111111 baby colic and
food 1 cubic in this section has had
:1 happy result.
has "“9“ ‘0 “my recommended placed on the Sixth Company roster. strength and two new companies Will years ”
eeems beyond belief to the many
thnnit'tai and pleased mothers for
practically every' baby has been 1:11.131!
or henci‘itted by lie 1139.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is
5111c 1011.! 100de for mousing 111111111113
sprung into instant 'popuiarlly with“:
almost every mother actual rcsuitsi
'vel‘ily this.
Mrs. Wlnul‘ow's Soothing Syrup is
diif'erent from anything else in that it
produce. loud. Both are essential 11
is Just as much the duty of a boy of
as it is that of his older brother to
enlist in the armed fumes. Your c‘oun
tr5 faces a great shortage of food
‘iioth for-mummies and to supply our
allies during the coming year. 0111.»
of the most. important ways in which
this shortage can be met is to increase
i-the supply of labor necessary for" the
production of foodstuffs. '- '
"Now, therefore, we. the Connecticut
Holcomb: 1111111" chapter 44' or 1111;111:111
aims to get rid of 119.115 colic and in-
less than 11111111113 age to do his share “393““ by “e““afilmg "1" ”cm"
overcoming gas and strengthening
the weak, _sensitive little stomachs,
and mind you it does all this without
a particle 01' "dope” or a drop or al
1101101
colic, indigestion. poor “simulation:
Good honorable drugsiitn recent:
mend Mrs. Winslow‘s Soothing Syrup '
to all mothers with babies that have 5'
Mothers do 11011311 to test this how ’
femoral preemption Go to your: '
in front of the City Hall, in South evening in the. armory.
[Main street: Charles W. Burt, Ed-I
“'an 93““th- 111'?“th l‘al‘t‘méton- RECRUITING ENGINEER’S tR-EGl-i
IRuoao. Joseph Demartinui MENT '
Russell Janos, Allied dendo,1.gOST0N April 3-—-The First
.day calls for volunteers, with the sim
' .“The engineers read the way."
883
“No matter what sort (.1 a paper
Mrs. Digga reads at her club meet»-
Harry X'anwagen. Tony Niall-#1101 Corps Cadets. athorlzed by the War lugs. her spiteful neighbors aIWays
Frank Smith
E. Everett,
Murphy,
Arthur Genunrlo, John gineers tor the
and Tony corione.
New England division
Irving Waller. George Department to raise a regiment of en- say Professor Diggs wrote it."
"What nonsense! ‘Laot. week 511..
of the National Guard. started an 110- read a paper on "The Benefits Deriv-
‘The new candidates have yet to tive recruiting campaign today. The cd from Fresh A11' " and and Profes-
The 5310111511an achievements 0‘ pnsli'tho physical examination before cadet battalion of tour companies has sor Diggs hasn't permitted the win»
“*5 ““1510“ S 30°31‘33““? “'th they can he lawfully accepted and :been brought up 10.11 full peacc dows of his study to be raised in 20
Waist
" “menial;- awkward in
once more .
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