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The generous and buy the best.
Zing. And that's a. good thing too.
'_ and keeps us alert.
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lT’s A GOO THING '
Just a. few years sgo'it made little difference what you paid for
You had a nice fat pocketbook and felt
ilndly toward every merchant you patronized. You could afford to
" “’ithln the last few months on: mu-
‘Nds has given away to one of careful and Judlclous‘selcctlon. This
marked change please: us. For we like to sell lumber to careful
buyers. They know and appreciate good quality. They do not bu:
"so much but they pay enough to get a good grade of lumber and are
‘never disappointed. “'e'vc' had to be more careful in our own buy-
I't makes us study our {infill-‘53 ‘
The Hatch e Bailey Co.
LUMBER & MILLWORK
Agents— Sheetrock and Cornell Wall Boards. Colotex Insulat.
ing Lumber. McNair's Shingles. guaranteed for 50 years.
For the Infant
$1.50 ‘° $2.25
$1.50
. 522595350
. $1.00‘°$2.25
,98c‘°$3.59
‘5 ”mm 1 89:: ‘° $2.98
Bcoties. Me-ewsins. “Trim-Walk" Shoes. Bibs and Novelties.
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New Wool Kr: Sun" 5:35: and Jackets.
white t: :szec‘. '
Brushed WA“. Saw: .ZZCTS.
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\ TILLERS AND MEASURES TO MAKE
E'TOUR CANNING AN EASY SUCCESS
i Hl'l'~t" mvusllzrv. and simple zvnys of filling:
I (.- ll‘l tlflnl lam Stun line. prevent spilling
.l :l(.t‘lflt""li-'ll burns. Fame and let us show
I l ‘hw many conveniences we have to help
calming lilnv ."l pl"‘:‘.5‘.ll‘t' as wall
' Sill'i‘t'fls.
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So. Norwalk. Conn.
.IF YOU WANT
.\ REAL \\'4-lciill{_: .lull Done. (lo to the
Success Welding & (‘utting Co.
T'll,".\ll\l ‘vl \‘i'l-Ildlth’.‘ .\ SPECIALTY—(1"RBON RICDIOE'ING
15 ROSS ST. Phone 472 NORWALK. CONN.
DON’T
THROW AWAY THAT OLD SUIT 0R OVERCOAT
I C A L L
MAX BERGER
SECOND-HAND CLOTHING BOUGHT AND SOLD
lll'~ \‘i'llll, PAY YOU THE BEST PRICES.
JV‘NT I)!“ II' l‘ilhTJl'. TI) 1‘. 0. BOX 693 AND HE \"ILL CALL
been fighting fires
fires ever Since—Vi
. and chief for eleven
E...”- 31113“ boy who doesn't
dream of routing the enemy single-
:andcd sees himself as a. valiant
fire-tighter. arrayed in a. helmet, hip
boots and a slicker while engaged in
the heroic business of climbing lad-
der: and rescuing damsels in dis-
trcss. If he is titled with a. very
vivid imagination or is apt to hitch
his wagon to a star he \‘lsualizes
himself as the Fire Chief, that. mur-
\ellous person who appears immune
to danger, the cynosuro of all eyes
‘whu coely holds his own while the
imalcsturm of danger eddies about
! him.
t‘hief George. \V. Bogardus of the
=local lli‘c companies ,cont‘t‘sses to
lnevcr having harborcd any such
fwircums. .llis honors have come to
him with startling regularity and
inn-c. always been unanticipated on
Ellis part. llls rccord bears testi-
lmony to a highly successful career
'ns :1 fire-lighter and his enthusiasm
gfor the work is contagcous.
, At. the age of eighteen (.‘hicf Bo-
jolnv-d . tho Putnam Hose
:L‘ompliny. .\t that time the com-
3pany had its hcudquartcrs in the
d‘llddillg nt.\t to that now occupied
illy the Central Fire Company. The
l fire alarm was thi- cllurt-ll bull in the
lllclt'ry of the Congregational churcll.‘
situated win-re the. llialto 'J‘llcatl'c
now stands. Chief llogltrdus re-'
calls with amusement the unions-‘-
with which the alarm net. remark-
ing humorously that, llflllc time the
\ullant volunteers had raced to the,
fire company headquarters they worm
in u condition to do nothing but sit;
down and rest llntii tin-y have lf‘-'
covcred their llrcaih. For two
years the Chief raced along with the
other volunteers, loving the excite-
ment and each day incoming more;
cntllusinsdc about it. At they; midi
of that time he was made assistant-
;socrcttlry, a position which he lll‘ld
T for a year.
At the end of the year a new
honor clinic to him. .\t the age of
‘ gn rd us
twenty two he became t‘aptziin
Gnome \V. llognrdns with all the
dignity and responsibility that the
title implied. That he tilled his post
wle is shown from the fact that he
served for scvvn terms ill this capa—
city. Captain, l‘mgardus declined to
hold the oflico for :l. sew-nth term.‘
fol-lint: that somconc elm: should
have a. chance to till the position.
The only response with which the
captain's retns'll met was his re-l
election and the. presentation of a
gold watch ill ll. lokvn of his men's
appreciation and good will.
'plaeed on the board of Volunteer
Seven is perhaps a charmed bum—la. good fire company. tho best the
her for the end of his seventh terml
.lorwalk ‘People You Kndwl ‘ 33w!
GEORGE W-jBOGARDUS—Fire Chief
Joined' Putnam Hose when: he was 18 and has! ,
and helping to prevent; .
7as captain seven years
,»
as Captain. Chief Bogardus was
Fire Chiefs and served for a year as
Assistant Chief Engineer. He was
later made lat. assistant Engineer
and later Chief Engineer. In 1910
he was elected Permanent Volunteer
Chief of the 2nd district. Three
years later the first and second dis-
trict fire companies consolidated and
Chief Bogardus became Chief Engi- '
ricer of the ‘Flre Companies of Nor.-
walk. '
For eleven years Chief Bogardus
has served in the latter capacity and
his record. is ‘one of unusual bril-
liance seldom attained by Fire Chiefs
the country 0\cr. In the period of
ten )cdrs as ('hiof he has only lost
tcn alarms. and missed one company
mceiing. 1n the cntlre time he has
llt'\l?i‘ missed a department meeting!
in his entire cnrccr as Fire Chief
not one tire has left the building
it. originated in and the local com-
pnnics respond to an average of be-
twt-nn two hundred and two hundred
and twenty-live calls’ a. year. _
In his cntlro Carver as Fire Chief.]
Mr. llognrdus has met with but one
serious accident and that one for a.
'tlme bid fair to prove fatal. contin—
ing him to the Norwalk Hospital for
a period of six weeks. He character-
izes the I‘lit‘ford l’iro as thc largest
he ever fought and the. Hatch &
July 3rd.
llnilvy ronllagration of
1014. as the next largest.
(,‘hli'f liogardus has one simple
rule for success:
"Find something to do that you
llkL‘. sonic-thing that yoil are enthu-
sinslic about, somvsthing adapted to
your talents. and then do it well."
He has one hpbh’y. fire—fizhting.
lle .itt- nds cvery meeting of the In-
ternational Association of Fire En~
gineers. and. like the motorman who
spent his spare time in riding street!l
cars. Chief Bogardus spends his va-'
cations inspecting fire stations in the
cillcs which he visits. He likes the
excitement of fire-lighting and the
knowledge of serving his community.
Of the criticism leveled at him and
which is the share of any servant of]
the public Chief Bogardus says: ‘
"The public very often gets out
of patience with me for requesting
a great deal of equipment and feels
that I am being unreasonable and!
extravagant. There are those that,
feel that the fire company is u. bur-i
den. lint I can only say. frankly;
and honestly. that what I ask for is.
only an nb501ule necessity. the things
that we must have to put our com-
pany ona basis where it belongs.
And I believe that one should have.
c.ty can afford. or none at all."
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With ”E Women
B): .1118. LILIAN Ci-L‘IPBELI:
OF
Today
‘2
"'l he policewoman has come to
stay." says Mrs. Nina C. Van \Vlnklc.
chief of the \‘t'omvn’s l'nlll‘L‘flu. Metro-
politnn 3- \ -~, \Vusliingtoll, 1?. C.
”The demand for her service is ever
lncnasing. l’olicewomcn have been
employed by European governments
-—.\.ils:r:llia, Germany, Holland and
the ilritish Isles. 1n the. l‘nltcd
States today there is not a state that
has not at least one policewoman.
The state of \Visconsin has a. law
obllimtlng all cities to employ police,-
womcn—~citl03 of the third class at
least two and lfll‘sgl‘l‘ cities more than
two."
It is an interesting fact that the
standard established by the bureau
bonded by Mrs. Van \Vinkle has
been employed largely throughout
the world. '
“'hen one first visualizes :1 police-
anan one. naturally thinks of a
woman who is the feminine protype
of tho policeman—hip: and husky.
ready to subdue by physical force if
necessary. Quite the contrary is
true. however.
Very often the most useful mem-
ber of the police force is a small.
'fragilo woman, sweet and refined.
In fact the work calls for women of
large experience, education and cul-
Mlss Alice Ellis, Berkeley. (‘zwlifn
n. graduate of the University of
California. will be Ithaca. New
York's first policewoman. For more
than a year she has been studying
police work and-social service under
Miss Mary Hamilton, chief pnncol
woman of New York, and recently
she passed all the necessary t‘.\;inll'
nations and received her app-lint-
ment.
Mrs. Lucille Myers" of Hammond.
1nd,, is believed to be the first wo-
man in the country to be elected
president of a. state police organiza—
tion. She has been a probation of-
floor in Hammond for n. numi-or of
years, having been one of thv‘ first
women in Indiana. to accépt s lch a.
position.
Enrollment of 2,000,000 farm wo-
men in club activities through ex-
tension work in club organization is
suggested by Mrs. John D. Sherman.
president of the General lt‘vdemtion
of \Vomen’s Clubs. In addition Mrs.
Shel-mun asks that a junior member-
ship campaign he waged:
The mothers of France led b
.. .. . y
Mme. Gabrielle Julian Keechin, are
launching a. crusade for prohibition
ture.
What to Take for.
NSTIPATION-
Take good dose of Carter‘- [Me flu I'll!
:thentake20r3foraffcavfinighuaflerfl'hey
art"-
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Wand
in France.
“Pretty Girls Don’t
\
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GOOD PLACE To TRADE
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annulment
. "Pretty girls don't lien
fluid are all that Anna
brought
with robbery ”scold”; . ‘.
0f Flappers to M urder Charge
«flirts: ....., m ; . ‘
friend, Lucille 'Mershsll, he" to “n” (Mm-mi herfiapper'
' nst then: in Chico .
Anthony 5:31:10 (left) anawfil’m
H ang,’7Reply
and-3
“I about thematic-churn
Tl 'v are sound off}: '
Resentful of the “docket”:
oath” beln drwlated by the
Women‘s International '
for Pace and. Freedom, n.
Ase; A Fri“, wife of the chief
of the chemqu warfare service,
U S. army, bu written a song,
"I Dzdl't Raise 513.80, to Be a
Slacker." '
T
Wall Street
v
STRAM -’€9’.HYA 79'1“
Not-walk, Conn.
, Forest Mills ‘ Underwear
' Falllweights for men, women and children. Union suits
and separate garments, all sizes in many models.
‘MIDDY TIES “FORTHE SCHOOL MISS 29c to 75¢
SILK OR CHIFFON STOCKINGS
Leading makes, in all the new a nd standard shades
BIG VALUES $2.00 .
SCHOOL STOCKINGS 15c PAIR
Regular 39c grade. Only white ones left.
lSSUFS PERMITS
FOR 34 HOMES
lN AUGUST
The following report for August
COOLIDGE AND
DAWES PRAISED
lN PLATFORM
G. O. P. at New Haven
Comes Out for Elec-
torate Vote on Fu-
ture Amendments
NI“.\\-‘ HAVEN, Sept. 11.-—The
platform as sbmittcd to the‘ Repub-
lican convention is as follows:
"\Vo rc-afl'irm our faith in the
fulldamcnt'al principles of the Ile-
publican party. ‘
"We pledge our hearty support
to its standard bearers. President
('1ll\‘ln Coolidge is close to the
character and traditions of those
who took their lives in their hands
when they signed the Declaration of
independence His has been a. life.
of courageous devotion to principle.
a life of plain living and straight
thinking. He has been a public ser-
vant for more than a. quarter of a
century. In all that time he has
been faithful to his trust. He is
an ideal leader. wise. patient,
and true.
"In General Charles Gates Dawes
he has a. reliable and appropriate
running mate. a man who has been
conspicuous for his honesty. courage
and far-seeing stateslnanship.
"The safety of our institutions de-
pends on a. division of powers,
should be. made by the representa-
tives of the people and not by bureau
chiefs or other officials whom the
people have not. elected and over
whom they have only a remote con-
trol. Laws should be administered
by executives chosen by the people
and responsible to them.
of the individual to be tried by due
process of law will be faithfully ob-
served by impartial Judges. select-
ed for their judicial ability. “/9.
five,
preserve our liberties.
“We are in favor of .1111 amend-
ment. to the caustitution of the
by Congress to the several
fication.
as being contrary to the fundament-
al principles of our constitution.
closest scrutiny.
Governor
debt. of approximately $12,000,000.
this was the high tide of Connecti-
cut indebtedness. _
been reduced' under
oft all outstandihgl obligations of
the state _ at, their maturities. .» All
this has. been done with a constant-
ly; growing‘necesslt'y for. increased
expenditures "for "the" State's ' wel-
faroland progress. The financial
structure of the State is-sound. No
other state is in
position. ' ,
“We believe that taxes should be
rcduced.as much asmrudencc :‘,will
permit and that expendituresw'must
re reduced as much as prudence,
will providing .for the necessities of
proper care ‘of those who, through
' ill health or misfortune have a. right
to' our consideration. .Nevertheless,
yo believe that high taxes burden
everybody: they diminish industry.
;~ “In..- accordance‘ Ruth this belief
the axiom. men1,ueembly of
1923 made‘a reduction“ of 25* per
acts as. disoot relic; of the tax bur-
den-on l propeny‘owuers. Notwith-
We (fishnktll am,
3’ stand economic condfli ' with
just
Laws
Offenders
believe it. is by keeping the legisla-
cxecutlve and judicial powers
in scpuratclhands that we may best
United States providing that future
constitutional amendments proposed
States
should be ultimately submitted to
tho electors of the States :or rati-
“We believe that the maintenance
of the authority of the States over
matters purely local is essential to
the preservation of our' institutions.
"We deplore the modern tendency
toward bureaufl‘racy in government
,"The financial record of Connec—
ticut since the Republican party
assumed control in 1915 invites the
The democrats be-
queathed ,to the administration of
Holcomb in 1915 a. net.
In the whole history otthe State
This debt ‘ has
Republican
management until now the Connec—
ticut sinking fundJs ample to pay
stronger financial >
the state governments, including the.
restrict commerce and make agricul-
‘. fur. unprofitable , i. '
cent. in this state tax on towns. This
M. Lame ”W was
was submitted by Building Inspector
George S. Hubbell at the meeting of
the. Common Council held Tuesday
evening.
“During the month seventy build-
ing permits were. issued. n. decrease
of eleven from July, but the same
number as issued in August. 2923.
"The classifieaa'on of the new
work is. 34 for dwellings. 2': garages,
6 stores. 1 office. 1 gasoline station
Summary for the month. .
New buildings and additions. 70
permits. estimated cost. $139,226.
Plumbing installations. 47 permits,
estimated cost. 842.572..
Electrical installations.
mils. estimated cast. $5.750. .
Total 183 permits. estimated cost,
$187,542.
Fees received nmountcd to 8156.
Summary for the year to date.
New buildings and additions. 620
pcrmist. estimated cost. 31.677222“.
Plumbing installations. 370 per-
mits. estimated cost, $209,435.
66 per.
Electrical installations, 433 per-
mits, estimated cost. $44,994.
Total 1.423 permits, estimated
cost. $1,931,663.
by the advent of war. Connecticut.
by reaion of its sound financial pol~
icy, was enabled to carry on its ac-
tivities witsout materially altering
its fiscal! plan. '
"The republican legislation creat-
ing a soldiers‘ fund of 82,500,000 the
interest and income of which is paid
to the soldiers of tho \‘Vorld war and
their dependents who may be in need
has met with the approval of all.
The soldiers approve it and it. is
sound legislation.
"Connecticut has better roads to-
day than any other state in America.
in proportion to its size. The devel-
opment of' Connecticut‘s highways
under republican administrations has
been accomplished by paying the
cost with current income. and not
by raising bond issues or creating
deficits. .
"The creation and development of
the present motor vehicle depart-
agnlnst theme laws should be tried in i
promptly and justly by properly lent s one of the accomplishments
constituted court where the rights 0 republican administrations 0‘
which we are proud.
"Recent republican welfare legis‘
lation commends itself to the activi-
ties is the law extending aid to wor-
thy widows having dependent chil-
dren. the juvenile court law. the
child welfare legislation. and the
laws reelating to child labor.
"We. pledge ourselves to a revis~
ion of the medical practice act of the
state. to the end that the health of
the people shall be protected in so
far as his may be done through leg-
islative action.
G. O. P. OPI’u.\ “a 1‘
1 OF MRS. FERGUSON
IS LAW TEACHER
$6.95 $10.00 $15.00 $18.00
For $10 values Eor $15 values For $19.95 val. For $25 Value.
, WALDN ER’S
JUST RECEIVED
A Shipment of New Fall
DRESSES
Our Prices Are Low
ON THE CORNER
32-38 South Main Street, Corner Haviland
and l masonic lodge addition. I
ORDER NOW FOR FALL PLANTING
Place Your Orders Now For September and October Delivery
Hardy Plants, Trees, Shrubs, Roses, Privet, Bulbs, etc.
and get the benefit of on- “holcsale Prices direct to
the Cash Discount offered for early Orders.
o——of
you. also reap
all kinds such as Fox Gloves. Dclphnlums, C. Bells. Hollyhock“, (it,
Strong 4 year old Big Plants. 12 for 86.00 such kinds as Ophelia.
Columbia and 20 other ever-bloomers.
FOR INSTANCE, SOME BARGAINS
1.
810.00 per 100.
2. HARDY PEREXNIALS
Any 12 for 81.00.
3.
Any 75 for $5.00.
HARDY ROSE BI'SHES
HARDY CHRYSAXTHEMI’M CLITMI’S
large stools just dug. all colors, 40 varieties. $1.50 a dozen clumps
Above are only_ A. few of the many bargains. a
note 15 per cent. discount from these prices for early orde . ..
.with our quality coal?
Fall'delivcry. \Vrite today for list.
‘ HARLOWARDEN GARDENS
GREENPORT, L. L, '5. Y.
WHEN THE FROST
ls ON THE PUMPKIN
AN' THE FODDER'S N
THE SHOCK
Vacations are over.
begun.
School has
Fall and cool weather are
Just ahead, and coal tires will be
needed. Have we filled your bin yet
Telephone
us.
Masons’ Building Materials
Norwalk Coal 61’ Supply Co.
108 WATER. STREET
. PHONE 113
Send for full 135
7
' FOR SCHOOL DAYS
Girls’ Dresses
$1.50 and up
Boys’ 2 Pants Suits
$10.98 ‘° $16.50
CHARGE ACCOUNTS OPENED
:ACOB‘Y ’ S
magnum St.
“$8 50 "
m
Girls’ Coats
$4.98 and up
South Norwalk
Last in Men’s Oxfords
ALL? 5: BRACK'S'
3% Norwalk
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