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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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VOLUME 6. Jan. 25, 1908 NUMBER 4 
JANUARY 25—3} 
SUN FULL TIDE. 
Rises Sets A M. P. M. 
25 Sa. 7.5 4.48 8.35 3.53 
96 Su. 7.4 4.49 4,25 4.45 
27 M 7.3 4.50 9.15 5.45 
28 Tu. 73 4 52 6.15 6.45 
29 W. Pe 4.53 ales 7.45 
30 Th. ial 4.A4 8.10 8 45 
SLAB KS 7.0 4.56 9.09 9.45 
A pitt has been introduced in the 
Legislature providing that on payment 
of $20,000 the town of Swampscott be 
admitted to the metropolitan water dis- 
trict. This may be of interest co Man- 
chester citizens in-as-much as an import- 
ant water problem is about to be taken 
up in a special town meeting here. 
$20,000 will go a very short way, how- 
ever, toward giving Manchester an ad- 
ditional water supply. 
THE county commissioners have made 
up their estimates for the year 1908 and 
willask for $494,086.07 as against $424, - 
700.00 last year, an increase of about 
$70,000. The increase is largely due 
to the increase of the county debt and 
interest account because of building the 
new registry of deeds building, these 
items increasing $37,000. Manchester’s 
county tax the coming year will no doubt 
be much in excess of that of last year. 
A copy of a pocket manuel, ‘“‘ Forest 
Trees of Massachusetts: How you 
may know them,’’ planned and published 
by the State Forester, F. W. Rane, has 
just come to our desk. Mr. Rane has 
had this handbook prepared in order to 
have a practical working description of 
the commercial trees at the command of 
selected to prepare the manuscript. 
Massachusetts citizens. 
Daniel A. Clarke, a Harvard in- 
structor and a man of recognized ex- 
perience and ability in forest botany, was 
No 
attempt is made, as in most botanical and 
forestry books, at giving the bewildering 
technical names and phrases. ‘This 
treatise points out clearly how one can 
tell the commercially valuable trees of 
Massachusetts in a plain and untechnical 
manner. Mr. Rane says he hopes this 
handhook will be a source of inspiration 
toward assisting people, generally, in 
knowing our trees. The handbook is 
offered by the state, free of charge, and 
may be obtained by addressing F. W. 
Rane, State Forester, Boston. 
Ir is to be regretted that some people 
are so uninterested in town government 
and in the choice of officials to serve in 
important offices that they allow them- 
selves to be governed in the selection of 
such officials by personal enmities and 
purely selfish interests. At this season 
of the year, especially, as town meeting 
approaches, is this condition brought to 
our attention. 
In a small town like Manchester it is 
sometimes very difficult to get the best 
men in the town to run for town office. 
One of the reasons, if not the rrincipal 
reason, why the business men of the 
town are loathe to accept any of the im- 
portant offices with which the voters 
would like to honor them, is this attitude 
taken by many in the past, and the fear 
that they, too, will be treated in like 
manner, thus suffering a loss of business. 
We believe our town officials as a rule 
act in all matters affecting the town with 
their best judgment and when they de- 
cide to do a certain thing they arrive at 
such decision only after honest conviction 
that they are right. 
It is very difficult to please all, how- 
ever While the act might have pleased 
the majority of the citizens, it might 
have affected someone adversely. It is 
this ‘‘ someone’”’ to whom we are re- 
ferring. We have known of people, 
some of them summer residents, refus- 
ing to trade with certain merchants be- 
cause of the latter’s attitude on certain 
matters. How can we expect our busi- 
ness men to serve the town if they are 
to be subject to this sort of treatment? 
We know of a certain town official, now 
serving on an important board, who has 
lost hundreds of dollars from one cus- 
tomer that turned his trade elsewhere 
simply because this official acted in a cer- 
tain matter against the cust»mer. Yet, 
this customer was governed by personal 
interests and did not take into consider- 
ation the fact that this official was con- 
serving the best interests of the town by 
his decision. - 
We call attention to this condition 
hoping we may in some measure defend 
the town officials against this unjust per- 
sonal enmity and selfishinterests. These 
same people forget that they are injuring 
themselves by taking such an_ attitude, 
for the tendency is to keep our best men 
out of office, thus opening a place for 
men less competent in handling the 
affairs of the town. And a town like 
Manchester, witha valuation of twelve 
million dollars, can ill afford to have any 
but the dest men serve her. 
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_ Horticultural Society Banquet. 
~ Next Wednesday evening the annual 
banquet, entertainment and dance of the 
North Shore Horticultural society will be 
held in the Manchester Town hall. In- 
dications point to the affair being the best 
of the kind in the history of the society. 
The supper will be at 6.30 and will be 
served promptly at that hour. An ex- 
cellent repast is in store. Following the 
supper the hall will be cleared and the 
entertainment will be given. This will 
consists of cornet solos by George 
Adams, leader of the Magnolia band, 
vocal solos by Henry Chequer, readings 
by Miss Tanner of Gloucester, addresses 
by Revs. W. F. Powers, L. H. Ruge 
and E. H. Brewster, besides informal 
speechmaking by visitors. Singing of 
popular songsby the gathering will be 
another feature of the program. 
A dance and social time will conclude 
the evening’s pleasure. Long’s orches- 
tra will furnish the music for this. 
‘Lickets are selling well for the affair, 
though the committee still have some 
left, which they are offering to the pub- 
lic. Tickets, $1.00 each, may be ob- 
tained from any of the committee, —W. 
E. Allen, Dr. Tyler, John Baker, J. D. 
Morrison and R. A. Mitchell. 
