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Drivinc Over Nortim Sore Motor Roapds is a 
pleasure enjoyed by thousands every summer. Every pre- 
caution is taken by the police of the several towns and 
cities along the Shore to safeguard those who motor and 
those who walk or drive. Signboards, “silent policeman” 
signal posts and all sorts of traffic regulations have been 
devised for the mutual protection of motorist and pedes- 
trian. Yet it seems, with all the precautions, accidents 
are bound to occur unless an unusual amount of care is 
taken by those who are most responsible,—the motorists 
themselves, The several accidents in Manchester of the 
past few days are ample proof of the inability of police 
to prevent accidents, no matter how efficiently they may 
handle traffic. Manchester is one of the best policed 
small towns in the state, yet its toll of accidents for a 
single week was startling. Motorists, for their own pro- 
tection, should use extreme care in driving and should 
report any others who fail to observe proper regulations 
for the safety of all. 
BSS 
Tue Presipent’s Frac Day SPEECH was well re- 
cetved all over the country and has been given a wide 
reading. It was a great speech—the first speech of real 
importance which the President has made since the war 
began. Mr. Wilson has been misjudged in many ways 
by the moderateness of his declarations, It must be re- 
membered in justice to him that while negotiations were 
in hand that he was obliged to mainain a dignified reserve 
and that in his notes to the foreign powers it was impos- 
sible for him to address his own people as a leader, He 
was stating their case and making negotiations. The war 
has been declared. The decks were all cleared and the 
President was in a position to make an appeal that could 
not be made in the call of Congress to declare war. 
SSS 
Concress Is ConsmpERING the senate military bill 
which provides for the establishment of a portfolio for 
our cabinet in aeronautics. Admiral Peary was present 
to defend the bill as was also Frederick Prince of Beverly 
Farms, the brother of Norman Prince. Admiral Peary 
speaks his message without reserve and America should 
hear. “Why not take the initiative and lead instead of 
being pushed into every move of national preparedness, as 
has been the case with us for the last two years.” It is 
believed by many that the war is to be won in the air. If 
this be so the sooner America arranges for a great fleet 
the better it must be for the present emergency and for 
future safety. 
BES 
Tur BretcrAn War Mission has arrived, but they 
come with another errand for their people, They come 
bearing the thanks of that brave little nation for the assist- 
ance received from America. America requires no thanks. 
A generous act is its own reward, but the appreciation of 
Belgium will stir our hearts to new zeal. 
SEs 
ONE oF THE REMARKABLE results of the recent regis- 
tration has been the thoroughness with which the cam- 
paign was carried out and the loyalty of our American 
young men. Boston has only made one arrest for failing 
to making a registration and the North Shore none, 
Tur Boston District enjoyed a holiday on Monday, 
—the anniversary of the date that the American colonists 
met the British in an armed conflict on Breed’s Hill, 
Charlestown, although the battle has been named for an- 
other hill—Bunker’s Hill. Compared with the martial 
conflict of our present era the battle was not a severe one, 
but it was an important day in the history of our nation 
because it really was the first concerted armed action 
against British forces, not including the armed resistance 
which the colonist hastily gave at Lexington and Concord. 
The battle was not won by the colonist in the sense that 
the enemy was successfully driven back, but it was the be- 
ginning of a struggle that eventually forced the enemy 
out of Boston. Bunker Hill day deserves the place it 
has won in American history and the brave New England 
soldiers who met the British in armed conflict announced 
to all the world that the Lexington-Concord battles were 
not mere frays, but expressions of a determined America 
to effectually solve their problem of independence and self- 
government. 
SSS 
THe Unrrep STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
is continuing vigorously the campaign for more food and is 
issuing a series of bulletins dealing with the problems of” 
food raising and conservation. Concerning the home and 
the farm garden it makes six suggestions: That the 
garden should be kept working all of the season; the soil 
should be planted just as soon as it is early enough to 
work it; plant successive crops of short seasoned vege- 
tables; start new crops between the rows that are soon to 
be removed; as soon as the ground is cleared of one crop 
start another, and finally, be sure to see that your garden 
is full of staples, such as potatoes, beets, turnips, cabbage, 
etc., for winter storage. This is part of the task before 
every American. If we are going to win the war, we 
must raise more food to supply ourselves and the peoples 
of France and England and the armies in the field. 
SSS 
Tur First News We Hap from Great Britain was 
that our torpedo fleet had arrived. The great Joffre was 
with us making a tour of American cities and we open 
our morning papers to discover an announcement of his 
safe arrival in Paris. General Pershing was appointed 
Commander-in-Chief of our ‘armies to serve in France and 
unexpectedly we learn from our news journals that he is 
in France with a staff. There is an efficient voluntary 
censorship at work evidently for the good of our country. 
No plans are yet made for sending troops across, but 
some fine morning we will learn that they are in France. 
Ess 
Tur Lirperty Bonp CAMPAIGN was a gratifying suc- 
cess and has demonstrated to the Allies and to the Cen- 
tral Powers that America means business. America will 
mobilize its last dollar as well as its last man for the task 
in hand. We do not really appreciate what we have to do, 
but the bond issue shows that America has begun to 
awake, When our hospitals are full of wounded men and 
the terrible results of martial conflict are visually experi- 
enced, America may know. But the purse strings have 
been opened and all Europe now knows that America’s 
wealth is upon the altar, 
