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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13

Howard to recover the same, together
with such further proceedings as the
evidence warrants.
We further find that in April, 1905, the
commissioners engaged a photographer at
r. salary Of go pcr month; that in July
and Augnust she was employed by the
republican state committee, and was paid
by tho committee for her services, and
n proper reduction made in her account
against the state, as appears from the
AUDITORS files
A COMMISSION is NECESSARY.
We mako no further findings with
reference to this commission we believe
however that experience has demonstrated
the necessity Of a railroad commission,
Our now railroad laws mpera lively de-
mand some tribunal with the power to in.
sure both the rights Of the people and the
railroads in that behalf. Differences are
constantly arising between individuals
and tho railroads AID there should
be some tribunal to which APP
plication may be made for quick
relief and without great expense. But
We believe that no law should be enacted
which of itself is an invitation to the
commissioners to 70 out looking for busl-
ness that tho cmoluments Of their office
/ may thereby be increased. The State
must always trust Nv 'he honor and in
/ tccrity Of thosc engaged In its service.
but We believe that the ne diem system
as applied to n boar IS mr. ortant as this
Is unbusinessiike In principle and pornic-
! ious in practice. A. VOL put your supe-
rior judges on n per diem basis as your
railroad comm!sa,o ners Looking to his
end we earnestly recommend the carly en-
actmcnt of House bills No 627 and 634 into
law.
We have examined the accounts Of
some OF the other commissions, but ow-
ing to lack Of time, have taken no testi-
mony relating thereto. and therefore
make no report upon them other than 10
say that we have as yet discovered moth
ing 10 criticise in the accounts them
selves so far as examined
All of which is respectfully submitted
this 18th day Of December, 1906.
CHAS. s. CHASE,
C. II. a. STAFFORD
T.. r. FLTNN.
ELI II. PORT ER.
s. TIOLTiSTER JACKSON.
Joint Investigating Committee
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
CLEARING HOUSE FOR WORKOUT
CATTLE.

The State of Vermont has paid out
n tremendous sum since the crusade
against bovine tuberculosis was insti-
tuted for tho purpose of protecting the
health of the people OF our commonwealth.
In 1900 the Legislature PASSED a law
providing that the limit of appraisal OF
cattle KILLED by order OF the cattle COM
mission should be $40, and If the animal
was found on post nlortem 10 be aYlict-
I'd with tuberculosis or other disease dan
gerous to public health the owner of the
animal should receive one-half of the
appraised value, but If not found so dis
eased then the full amount Of the APP
pra!sal as we'll as the carcass should be
returned to the owner.
The enforcement of this law caused a
tremedous outcry on the part of those
whose cattle were condemned and It was
asserted that tho State had no right to
violate the rights of the owners of cat
tie in this way. Former Governor Fell
received the full benefit of this criticism,
and IN lJO2 Il law WIS tndcleu ny tNe
Legislature providing that in no case
should the appraised value of con-
demncd animal be Oversee the owner OF the
animal to receive 50 per cent. of the APP
praisal and in addition the hide of the
animal, 1.-THE carcass Of which shall be
buried" In 1904 the Legislature amended
the law so that condemned animals
should be disposed Of "as directed by
the commissioners in charge" the sun
to be paid the owner remaining at 50 pei
cent, of the appraised value.
The remarkable thing about this whole
matter is that after the law was changed
so that the owners of condemned cattle
received SO per cent. of the appraised val
ue, not one word Of complaint OF ths
violation of the rights of the owners Of
such cattle was heard, SO far as we have
learned.
we have been informed by farmers. how
ever. that in some cases the law was
abused, INSCRIPTIONS persons working of
Gamers on the cattle commission, sci
ling their used up dairy cows to the State
and selling the hay which the same woul,
have consumed and buying new cows
in the spring.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
GREAT BIRD TRAVELLERS,
From the Washington Post)

Tho greatest Of bird travellers is u
ing through the United States on
way from Alaska to Patagonia Thi
4 distance OF lo,ol0 miles, and the nj
hawk. or "hIl-hat," travels It twic
year to get away from the cold of vii
When winter begins in Patagonia, s,
America, he flies away upon his
journey of 1900 miles tC the Arctic
Gle. When winter begins there he
turns again to the extreme southern
land in South America. Thus he ira
10000 miles each year in search of a
mate that suits him, something that
human travellers ever do.
A few of the advance guard of the +
army of these migrating birds have
ready been seen on their way So
hey may be seen any evening at
light from until cold weather, HI,
around catching insects, but they rel
for only one or two evenings, and
are off for their winter home WI;
vast panorama Of scenery must
great tourist of the air behold, Loo
down upon millions of people, on to
ing mountains, beautiful valleys. d
forests, mighty rivers and the blue
tors of the ocean,
Nature has so constructed the VIM
this bird that it is capable If long pc
of fight. 1t scars through space '
out any apparent motion of its W
| and moves with the swlftness
| speeding arrow.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
II A BILITIFS.
A MODEL FARM.

To the Editor Of the Free Press:
Some eleven years ago, Charles w.
Emerson of Boston whose place of bust
ness is 33 and 50 Temple place, in enjoy
Ing his summer vacation, took a trip
through Lake Champlan. He was so de-
lighted with the scenery that he made
up his mind to purchase a farm on the
lake shore, if he could find one that
suited him which he did. lie purcha sed
one near Thompson's point and gave it
the name of Cedar farm, which Is in the
town of Charlotte, and u miles from Bur
lington, by rail.
After making the purchase, Mr.. Emer-
son secured the service of Peter St Clair
who is thorough farmer calf-hreedcr
and care-taker. He then went to work tC
stock the farm with the best thorough
bred stock in the country. He now has
as fine a herd of Ayrshires as can bc
found anywhere. His herd is headed by
Sir Upton, whose dam was Miss Ollie
who took the first prize offered by the
Ayrshire Breeders association. for the
COW that would give the most milk AMI
make the most butter in one year. She
was bred and owned by L. S. Drew OF
South Burlington.
Mr.. Emerson has as fne a flock a
Shropshreg as can be found anywhere
and are from imported stock. He also ha!
great fancy for poultry and has quite
a variety. His poultry accommodation.
can not be surpassed. He has a very fin'
cottage on the lake shore. where he re
ceives his numerous friends during The
summer season. II Mr., Emerson canno
take solid comfort. who can? It would
we'll pay any lover Of good farming an'
stock to make this farm visit, the!
certainly would be made welcome,
| A VISITOR AT THE FARM.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
PERSONAL

The friends OF the Rev. George Ber-
nard Clarke, of 3uenl Vista, Florida
whose church was wrecked in the late
hurricane. and its members left desti-
tute, Will be glad to know That, In an
sewer to appeals, some gifts or money
have been sent to him, Still moro hell
Is very much needed. The Daily Miami
Metropolis thus speaks of his work III
that region: episcopal services last
sunday were well attended at the Red
land schoolhouse, conducted by Mr.
Clarke, whose discourse to the congrc-
cation, also to the sunday school. was
interesting and instructive. lie Is
scholarly ana impressive speaker
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13

According to the report of Postmaster
General Cortelyou the annual deficit In
the postoffice department Is about &c.
year. lie says that If merit were recogniz-
ed, the deficit might be wiped out There
would seem to be some show now for
producer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
THD TWO VERMONT SEASONS.
Hrom the Rutland Herald)

Harper's Weekly contains skit at the
expense of Vermont. mad Stevens was
Vermonter and Harper's Weekly re-
wives this anecdote In the career of Stew
ems: One winter, when Thaddcus Stew
ems had come back 10 his Vermont home,
he was the victim of n severe cold, ana
could not leave the house for many weeks.
One Of his callers was the late Lewis
Clark, a man of short stature, ana who in
earlier days had been a playmate OF the
"old commoner' and was near ncighbOr
of the Stevens family In their Peacham
home Vermontcrs had just be.un to wear
buffalo coats, and MI. Clark arrived at
the Stevens house almost lost In coat
which reached to the ground. His up
turned collar completely covered his ears
and face, while n fur zap completed the
disguise. Is that you, Lewis" asked Mr.
Stevens. in an incredulous tone. Yes
Thad,' he replied. We'll, skin yourself
and sit down exclaimed the other. Dur
ing the interesting conversation which fol-
lowed, Mr.. Clark asked Stevens If he
wouldn't come back to his Vermont home
and live. NO replied Stevens. You have
but two seasons here-wintcr and late r
the fall.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
A VERMONT HONOR LIST.
(From the Barre Tlmes.)

Vermont now has fourteen living ex-
governors. The list Is as follows Fred
erick Holbrook Of Brattleboro, John w.
Stewart of Middlebury. Redheld Proctor
Of Proctor, John l.. Barstow of Shell
burne, Samuel f. Plngree of White Riv-
err Junction, Ebenezer j. Ormsbee OF
Brandon, William =. Dillingham; of Mont
pelier, Carroll s. Page of Hyde Park
Urban A. Woodbury. of Burlington
Josiah Grout of Newport, Edward c.
Smith of st. Adams City, William w
Stickney OF Ludlow, John G. Mccullough
Of Bennington, and Charles J. Bell OF
Walden May the list remain unbroken
for a long time to come.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13


Tor us hrst 10 see that all property both
real ana personal. pay taxes? When this
Is brought about possibly some progress
could then be made lessening the burden
OF doupie taxation which In itself Is not
so great Injury to the State at large
as are the exemptions of so many millions
worth OF real estate and personal prop
erty for charitable and other pur-
poses Lumber and other prop
erty to the value OF millions of dollars
continues to leave our state annually.
taking from our wealth. yet seldom II
ever aiding in the amount Of revenue col
lected. Double taxation is wrong but not
...,, % " 'no ''".e A9 ~ ne
all property could be framed that all
could understand and It need not cover
more than one page of our statutes.
Master, lecturers and secretaries should
all see tho need of careful attention to
the duties in their respective Offices. Our
deputy system can be made NOR valu-
able by more careful attention to details.
The Pomona Grange can be made Of
great use to the subordinate Grange and
increases the fraternal relationship nru ong
the members"
Twelve years ago wien Governor Bell
was elected master of the Grange the
membership was 2oOO. At the pres mt
time the membership is about ,0n). Dur
ing his term of ONCE he has made many
visits and hos failed in meeting his ap-
continents =, ,wico in tho twelve Yeas.
The score ny reported that during the
ivo,r Graz. 80 be,o boen ORGANIZED II,
Vost liattfo,s pittsheld. Readsboro
sheldon. Eos, r.rtshiro Georgia, Rich
ford. North vanv.rc. Rarnct and Pownal
r,,l,inp ten in all Tbose lodges started
with q total charter membership of 572
Tho ORANGES having y membership of
$50 or more arc Brattleboro. with 4O
members. West Randolph PISS Bridge
water 2s9. WASHINGTON 20>. Willlamstown
POI Rutland 194 iuncnherg 1a1. Middle
bury 'e9 Ludlow ,s7. and Mortified 1856
rhoro are 81 Gr7rres having a member
shin OF over 100 members against &c last
wear The total membership Of the State
Oranges in the state le 10s23 divided
among 12s orders. There are 10 Pomona
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
VERMONT Personal.

University, who recently purchased the
large and beautiful estate of the late
W. C. Smith at ST. Adams, for the pur
pose of establishing n private preparatory
boys school, has since bought a $4,000
policy in the Prudential Insurance com
pany of America, through II. ]. Daiglc
manager of the Burlington agency.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13

Vermont sold stone Of various kinds
last year to a grand total of almost
s10,O00.OO0 in value. 1t is fortunate
for our commonwealth that new
stone age seems to have dawncd IN
this country.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13

1t Is to be hoped the project for a
cross state railroad from Rutland to
MONTPELIER will not be frost-bitten.
Our people recognize the fact that
railroads help to develop the region
other single influence that can be
named
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
BURLINGTON, THURSDAY, DEC.
WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise
in tho now special column of this paper.
Some bargains are offered there this
week which 1t will pay you to read
about. See page two. Tais pape has
about See page two This paper has
md one cent word will reach
them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13

The total amount of money in circula-
ton in the United States on December L.
as compiled by tho bureau OF loans and
currency was s., 500 074, 255, which is a gain
of about 100000 in the last month and
per capita circulation for the country is
now placed at $33.66.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
WHERE SMITH ERRED.

We do not find any fact that tends 20
suhstantlate the suspicion that any cf
thesc hearings have been unnecessary,
save possibly in one instance, when Com
missioner Smith appeared before Commits
s,oners Howard and Bingham at Milton,
where they held q public investigation.
the subject whereof being the cause If
the death of a young man whose father
employed Commissioner Smith, a lawyer,
as counsel in the case. But MI Smith did
not sit as commissioner, and made 10
charge against the State for his services.
And while this act may not be in viola
ton Of the strict letter OF the law yet
Vo are unable to believe that the Lcgis-
latulo ever intended TO create n board
whose members or any one or them could
use the power of the State to secure evil
dence to be used in the prosecution OF prl-
yate Ia wsuits And when IL Is considered
that section .SS1 of the Vermont statutes
REQUIRES the commissioners TO inquire into
any accident resulting In loss of life, We
are of the opinion in view of the provi-
sons of section 1909 of the Vermont stat
utes, that such action on the part OF
commits sioner is in violation Of the spirit
Of the law, and merits the sevcrcst cen
sure.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


State of Vermont, Chittenden County,
ss.
We. the undersigned assistant judges
in and for the county aforesaid, respect
fully submit the following financial state
ment OF said count for the year ending
November 80, l9ce;
RECEIPTS.
BY cash on hand Dec. l. go j.......S 1912
BY tax receipts at one let ce:t.... 2,416 is
BY interest on To. from Bolton... 20
BY state order io~ court house ex-
penseS.......... .,.......... ........ SO IS
BY State order for peddlers' IL
nses.......... .......... ......... 200 20
BY stallion license in Buell's Gore. 1000
BY cash received for sale Of old
table and desk. ........ ............. $50
BY cash received for rents. ......... 233 80
"
otaI'.,...'''.''.'.'' .............. 95,3olci
DISBURSEMENTS.
TO cash in payment of 1l2 county
orders, as per vouchers on file. 81, lis 90
To interest paid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. So
To cash In treasury .................. $751;
Total. ..........3,o5l. "a
Liza BILITIES.
To outstanding order. ...................S 81 50
We have assessed n tax of one per cent.
on the grand list of 1906 to defray cur
rent expenses for the year ending Novem-
her so, 1907
Dated at Burlington. in the County and
State aforesaid, this 18th day of December,
A. D., 1906.
JOHN II. LYON,
WILLIAM NJ. BARBER,
Assistant Judges.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
GENERAL WORK OF COMMISSION,

We further find that the duties of a
commissioner consists principally in max
ing preliminary inquiries about and
public Investigations of accidents as
aforesaid. hearing certain petitions maxi
ing orders relative thereto, inspecting
railroads and other duties, as in the law
and in their report heretofore published
more fully and at large appears.
Turning from the general duties and
acts of the commission to the services
and accounts of each member thereof, we
find that Fuller c. Smith is chairman,
that he has attended to all the various
duties enumerated, including the prepare
ton of the findings of the board as to ac-
cidents, petitions and practically the
whole of the biennial report. His CORES
pondence was necessarily large but he
spent much less time inspecting the rail
roads than either of the others. Henry s
Bingham was clerk of the board, and kept
its records, made copies thereof fol
parties interested. without charge tc
them. attended to "A large correspondence
and spent much time ana labor In the
preparation of a revised docket of the bust
ess Of the s~,lpisslHp, he also attended
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13

There's nothing so good for a
throat as DIR. Thomas Eclectri'
Cures it in n few hours, Relieves
pain in any part.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13

Tcrms-S1.OO n Year. In Advance.
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$3.50 FOR | Sc OF HIS TEAM.

We further find that during this time
Commissioner Howard has charged the
State $3.50 for the use of his own team to
carry him TO and from Hardwick, AS to
whether this is q legal charge against
the State we make no finding, but we
do find that on GS occasions he took
receipts from his hired men, his children
ana his brother-in-law. and filed them un-
der oath as vouchers for money neces-
sary paid out. when In fact nothing was
paid. These vouchers or receipts estensibly
show the amount thus paid to be Sl36
We further find that on three occasions
he visited Springfield, Massachusetts,
ard was paid by the State S24 and his en-
penses OF $3.50. On Dec 4 1908, his account
shows that he went from Springfield to
Boston and charged the State with two
days time and his expenses. lie made Mt
least one trip to Hanover, New fiasnp-
shire, from Burlington on saturday and
stayed over Sunday with his son, charg-
ing the State with two days time and his
expenses amounting to S,i5, On June 20,
1906, he attended the republican state con-
vention at Montpelier and charged the
State with one days time and his eX-
penses of $3i5 We further find that on
one occasion he visited Burlington with
n member of his family and charged that
expense with his own to the state, We
further find that 1t was his invariable rule
when away from home to telephone there
each da< about his own business, and al
the expense of the state. We find that He
claimed to the auditor that these tele-
phone bills were in regard to State
business
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-13
STATE SHOULD RECOVER.

From the evidence before us We find
that in all these specific instances Com
missioner Howard rendered no service
and incurred nc expense for which the
State was Egble. that by means of
vouchers and accounts apparently cor
rect on their face, but false in fact, he
has been paid tho items above report
ed; and we thererCre recommend that an
action be brought against the said