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VOLUME 7. Jan. 22, 1909 NUMBER 4 
Jan. 23—29. 
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SENATOR James F. Shaw of Manches- 
ter believes that United States senators 
ought to bechosen by direct choice of 
the people instead of by vote of the Leg- 
islature, and to this end he is one of the 
prime movers in the introduction of a 
bill in the State Senate for a popular 
nomination of senator, to have the ap- 
proval of both branches of the General 
Court, as under the present law. 
AN article will be inserted inthe Town 
Warrant this year incompliance with the 
act passed by the General Court of the 
state last winter “‘to provide for the pro- 
tection of forest or sprout lands from 
fire.’’ The state forester has sent copies 
of this act to the selectmen. It reads: 
Be it enacted, etc., as follows: — 
**Secrion 1. In atown which ac- 
cepts the provisions of this act or has ac- 
cepted a corresponding provision of ear- 
lier laws no fires shall be set in the open 
air between the first day of April and the 
first day of December, except by the 
written permission of the forest warden: 
provided, that debris from fields, gardens 
and orchards, or leaves and brush from 
yards may be burned on ploughed fields 
by the owners thereof, their agents or 
lessees, but in every case such fire shall 
be at least two hundred feet distant from 
any forest or sprout lands, and shall be 
properly attended until it is extinguished. 
The forest warden shall cause public 
notice to be given of the provisions of 
this section, and shall enforce the same. 
Whoever violates the provisions of this 
section shall be punished by a fine of not 
more than one hundred dollars, or by 
imprisonment for not more than one 
month, or by both such fine and _ impris- 
onment. 
‘“Secrion 2. The provisions of the 
preceding section shall not apply to fires 
which may be set in accordance with re- 
culations and methods approved by the 
superintendent for suppressing the gypsy 
and brown tail moths. 
‘““Secrion 3. The state forester shall 
notify every town in the commonwealth 
_of the passage of this act by sending at 
least three printed copies thereof to the 
town clerk, who shall post the same in 
conspicuous places. 
‘*Secrion 4. The state forester and 
forest warden may arrest without a war- 
rant any persons found in the act of set- 
ting a fire in violation of any provision of 
this act. 
“Secrion 5. The selectmen of 
every town shall cause this act to be sub- 
mitted to the voters for their acceptance 
at the next annual meeting of the town 
after the passage of thisact. The vote 
shall be taken by separate ballot, and 
shall be “Yes’ or ‘No’ in answer to 
the following question printed upon the 
ballot: ‘Shall an act passed by the gen- 
eral court in the year nineteen hundred 
and eight, entitled ‘“ An Act to provide 
for the protection of forest or sprout 
lands from fire’’ be accepted by this 
town?’ A majority vote of the legal 
voters present and voting at such meet- 
ing shall be required for the acceptance 
of this act; and upon such acceptance 
the provisions of section twenty-four of 
chapter thirty-two of the Revised Laws 
shall cease to apply to any town which 
has previously accepted that section.’’ 
To Visit Parent Towns. 
The board of directors of the Essex 
Institute have voted a three months’ 
leave of absence to Secretary George 
Francis Dow. The secretary will this 
summer make a trip to England, France, 
Germany and possibly to St. Petersburg. 
He will endeavor to visit the parent 
towns of Essex county, such as Man- 
chester, Gloucester, Beverly, Lynn, Sa- 
lem, and other places, and he will in- 
spect public libraries and museums. 
INSURANGE OF ALL KINDS 
Best Companies 
School and Union Streets 
Manchester 3 assachusetts 
Now is the Time to Build. 
““Ever since the beginning of the 
panic of 1907 the cost of building has 
steadily fallen,’’ says the January Circle 
Magazine. “‘ The present season finds 
lumber cheaper than in many years past 
or than it will be ina long time again. 
The big consumers of lumber have gone 
out of the market, leaving the lumber- 
men with huge stocks on their hands. 
The result has been a big drop in price. 
Iron, steel, bricks and other commadi- 
ties have also fallen in price. “he cost 
of building therefore is 15 to 25 per cent. 
less than it was last year.”’ 
This is indeed good newsand it should 
have the effect to start up building all 
along the line where there is need of 
houses to accommodate the population. 
It should also act as an incentive to the 
many men of families who want a home 
of their own. Such should remember 
that in order to accomplish their desire 
they must take the first step and secure a 
lot of land. Get this paid for and then 
you can obtain money to commence on 
the building operations. 
Remember that with a home of your 
own you can save the rent you are now 
paying and put it in the home you have 
started on. Make up your mind that 
you are going to succeed in your pur- 
pose, andas the months glide by you will 
find much pleasure in getttng your home 
paid for and thus become independent 
of landlords. 
This is also good news for those who 
intend building summer houses along the 
sea coast and there is quitea boom in 
operation which promises good develop- 
ments. --- Gloucester Times. 
County Expenses Increase. 
According to the estimates of the 
county commissioners they will need 
$72,650 more to carry on their work this 
year than last. They estimate that 
they will need $559,°00. The net 
increase to the tax payers of the county. 
will amount to only $55,000 however, as 
the income for the year of 1909 will be 
greater than that of last year. 
Austin Whitcomb. 
Austin Whitcomb, one of Beverly’s 
best known business men died at his 
home in that city last Friday. For the 
past 35 years Mr. Whitcomb had been 
a prominent figure in the business life of 
the city. He was of the well known 
firm of Whitcomb--Carter Co., hard- 
ware dealers. 
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