The cost of making this improvement
is greatly in excess of what it would
have been two years ago hut there is
' tit little on which to base the belief
that there is going to he any great de
crease in prices within the next few
years regardless of the duration of the
war
The question of whether the appro
priution shall lie voted or not is one
that vitally concerns every resident
anil those who have tlie privilege of
voting on it should exercise that right.
ELKS' FLAG DAY
Hon. Alexander W. Creedon. .Iinlge
of the Police Court at Hartford is to
deliver the address at the Flag Day
exercises to be held Friday evening by
I’utnatn l.odge of Klks. Judge Lucius
11 Fuller will give the History of the
Flag, and \V. J, Bartlett will’deliver
the Klks' Tribute to the Flag. There
will be music by Fay's orchestra of
Providence.
FATHER AND SON
Lieutenant A It. McIntyre is now
at Fort Niagara, N Y , with Company
It. Pub Battalion, P S. Guard, X. A.
Allen McIntyre lias been at Camp
Merritt. X. .1.. but it is believed that he
is on tthe way across or iias arrived
there.
HALF HOLIDAYS
For Clerks on Thursdays During July
and August
The merchants of the city will, as
usual, close their stores Thursday aft
ernoons during July and August. July
4th comes on Thursday which makes
the first one a holiday anyway.
