NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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5 “Our Weekly Letter From = 
Washington 
AE RGR OEP DEORE POSNER ROS, 
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; Special to the North Shore Breeze. 
Washington, Oct. 5—There is 
_ practically only one thing which you 
ean gamble on about the census; that 
is, that the totals of population will 
have to be presented to Congress by 
the time it meets in December. The 
apportionment of Representatives 
may be changed materially on ac- 
count of the changes in population, 
not to say the increases, and it will 
be up to Congress to decide whether 
the plan of apportionment shall re- 
main as it now is, which would re- 
sult in some states losing one or more 
members of Congress, or whether 
there shall be a reapportionment on 
a different basis. This may look like 
a simple mathematical proposition, 
but it is really a complex problem 
and is one which the best politicians 
in Congress will worry their heads 
Ambitious Cities. 
_It is nothing new that hustling, 
growing, ambitious cities should 
wish to appear before the world as 
possessing a larger population than 
they are entitled to. A city which is 
growing rapidly must have some 
element in it which makes it a desir- 
able place to invest in and to live in. 
It offers a good field for the man with 
money who wants to grow up with a 
live community and profit by the in- 
creased value of property. There 
is nothing to wonder at, therefore, if 
most of the ambitious cities have 
been trying to induce the census 
enumerators to see more persons 
than really live there. And the 
enumerators, aside from the fact 
that often they live in these cities 
themselves are filled with a 
justifiable local pride, are nothing 
loath to get all the names they can, 
for their compensation was based 
on the number of names they could 
get. The result, natural and to be 
expected, of such a condition, has 
been that some cities have shown an 
abnormal growth. At least the Di- 
rector of the Census has looked on 
it that way. He has had his sus- 
picions aroused concerning the 
accuracy of these returns. He has 
argued that some enumerators have 
been too ambitious, and have record- 
ed persons where none lived. Also, 
he has heard of instances where local 
citizens’ bodies have taken a hand 
in boosting population returns and 
have put down as residents of their 
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towns persons who had _ stopped 
overnight at the hotels, or even were 
merely passing through the city. 
The cities which hanker after 
metropolitan classifications are not 
confined to any particular section of 
the country. They are found in the 
south,—like Birmingham, Atlanta, 
and Mobile; in the Central States, 
like Bay City, Des Moines, East St. 
Louis, Kansas City, Detroit and 
Omaha; in the East like Bridgeport, 
Newark, Jersey City, Allentown, 
Bayonne, Hartford, Waterbury, 
Woonsocket, Yonkers and Sche- 
nectady,—just think of Schenectady 
- jumping 129.9 percent frem 31,682 in 
1900 to 72,826 in 1910. That would 
put to shame the efforts of the 
average ‘‘boom city’’ in any other 
part of the country. Wonder if Mr. 
Durand let Schenectady get past him 
without a thorough investigation as 
to ‘‘where she got it?’’ And we 
must not forget the far West, where 
Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, 
Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma have 
made magical growth. Sacramento, 
not a boom city in any sense, gained 
52.6 pereent, reaching a total popu- 
lation of 44,696. That was the first 
California city to be given out,—and 
after that the Census Bureau rubbed 
its‘eye and studied the west’s claim. 
No padded returns are going to get 
past the Bureau if the Director . 
knows it. 
Game Laws. 
People who hunt are increasing 
so rapidly, and the laws of the states 
and territories are so numerous and 
complex, and come in contact at so 
many points with federal regula- 
tions, that the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture has issued (as Farmers’ Bulletin 
No. 418), a pamphlet entitled 
‘“Game Laws for 1910.’’ This differs 
from other publications of the kind 
in these points: (1) Inclusion of a 
brief but comprehensive review of 
the measures enacted and also the 
more important ones which failed; 
(2)arrangément of provisions by 
subjects instead of by States; (3) 
adoption of a uniform statement and 
order of the various details to faeili- 
tate ready comparison of similar 
provisions in different States. Its 
chief objects are to present in con- 
venient form the restrictions en 
hunting which affect the enforcement 
of the. federal statute regulating 
interstate commerce in game, and to 
show the trend and general con- 
dition of legislation from year to 
year. It can be had for the askine. 
Shipment of Game. 
Shipment is the most important 
MANCHSESTER WOMAN’S CLUB 
The Manchester Woman’s club 
held its first meeting of the season 
Tuesday afternoon in the Congrega- 
tional chapel. The large number 
present showed the continued inter- 
est in the club’s work this coming 
winter. 
The first half-hour was devoted to 
business. Mrs. Tenney, the presi- 
dent, gave a greeting of good cheer 
and enthusiasm for the new year. 
The committee in charge of funds for 
the District Nurse presented the en- 
couraging report that over $900 had 
already been raised for that work. 
It is hoped that more, however, will 
respond to this movement, especially 
the elub members. Many small sums 
will mean more than a few large 
ones. 
The civies committee also report- 
ed that the Stamp Saving System in 
the schools is obtaining satisfactory 
results—over $400 was deposited in 
little mites by the children last year. 
Miss Jessie Hoare was elected di- 
rector to fill the vacancy caused by 
the resignation of Mrs. Albert W. 
Mead. 
The elub had the pleasure of lis- 
tening to Miss Katharine P. Loring 
tell something of her acquaintance 
with famous authors. The talk car- 
ried with it the real atmosphere of 
each personality described. During 
the social hour tea was served by 
the directors with Mrs. Elizabeth A. 
Sinnicks presiding as hostess. 
N. 8. Horticultural Society. 
The North Shore Horticultural so- 
ciety will meet this evening at 7.30 
o’clock at Lee’s hall, Manchester. 
The speaker will be W. B. Jackson. 
His subject will be ‘‘A Few Sugges- 
tions in the Use of Flowers for Deco- 
rative Effects.’’ The discussion com- 
mittee desires as large an attendance - 
as possible. 
feature of the traffic in game. If 
permitted without limitation it is a 
great factor in game destruction. A 
realization of this fact has induced 
many of the States to prohibit ex- 
port of all or certain kinds of game, 
and in a few instances all transpor- 
tation even within the State. 
Federal laws affecting the ship- 
ment of game comprise the statutes 
regulating interstate commerce in 
vame and the importation of birds 
from foreign countries and those 
providing for the protection of birds 
and game on territory under im- 
mediate federal jurisdiction. 
