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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09
FRANK Z. HOWE. Editor aud Publisher
Why Taxes Are Hob.

The Great harrington Courier this
week breaches a sermon that ought
10 be needed here IN Bennington where
the listers violate their oath OF Office
every year by assessing property at
around half It's value. As result OF
this silly practice which seems to
have been handed down here from
generation to generation, the town
gets the dlscredit Of a high tax rate,
when n property were put In at It's
selling value, as the law demands, the
tax rate would be lower. nobody would
have To pay any more money In taxes
and the town would profit from being
advertised as q place where the tax
rate Is low. The Courier article Is as
follows:
This town has just paid $500 for
part of a school house lot. The ass.
csscd value of the plot purchased was
1880. For other real estate assessed
at SLIGO II pays $1,000.
zone Of two things is true. As a
purchaser the town has been hand.
somely mulcted. II not II has been
getting but onc.half OF one and but one
third OF another tax Il was enHtled TO.
THE town doesn't buy real estate on
the plan followed by individuals and
business corporations. They, as far
as possible. avoid putting themselves
I'm the position OF absolutely having TO
have certain land. When they 30 a.
bargaining. they usually 80 for some.
thing that they desire. but that they
do not have 10 have The town. on
the other hand. usually first makes
ownership necessary and then becomes
% customer. Il pays accordingly The
man un the job would buy real as.
tate for the town as individuals buy
10 Tor themselves. Aud one OF the first
things be- would find out would be-
how much q property he might wish
had been assessed for.
THE $40 maximum tax rate viii
come when We begin doing business
all along the line a. shrcWd men do
theirs Aud We will begin doing that
when We quit making a holy show Of
time honorcd precedent and apply
common sense methods 90 town gov.
eminent
AS remarked last week. there's ma.
torIal boz the situation for n FIRST class
comic opera. Rightly used the mater.
Gao could be- worked into a show worth
putting ON the road The condition.
however. has been tolerated so long
that so Tar as its local victims are
the fun has been al squccz
cd out
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09
VERMONT NEWS
Items Of ln,erss, From Fourteen coun
ties o. State.

Bristol citizens have voted 90 cX.
ompt 4 o Stone from taxation Tor I've
years. providing be- crccts q wood
working factory there.
Do on experiment with a new marble
cleaning fu.d. School Commissioner
O. 2. Lamb aud Albert Young of Rut.
land severely burned their hands. The
cleaner contained hydronuoric acid.
The Rev. 7. A. Carlson has resign.
ed The passionate of the CONGREGATIONAL
church az shorcham hts resignation
to take effect September ~. lie has
accepted o. call % pracut Mass
Charles whitney vas driving a load
of has into the farm barn of Frank
Melvin Zoo ruulluDy when be- foll 10 the
ground and two wheels passed over
Dos body &c. died at midnight Of the
day the accident occurred
The summer school of Industrial Cd
ucatI0u aud outing for teachers under
the management uf the state depart.
mout uf education. was opened in
Woodstock Tuesday for a two weeks
session. twenty-five teachers regis.
tered the first dny and u ~ expected
there viii Boz more than double the
number there we're last year The
sessions are held In floral hall un the
lair grounds and half a dozen tents
nearby are occupied by teacher colon.
irs
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09
ALABAMA STAKES.
Ksnnystto Made All the Pass aAa
Won ~ Half q Length.

Won ~ Half q Length.
SARATOGA, N. Y. Aug. 9.-Kenny-
etto, making her FIRST appearene OF tho
year. scored a handy victory In the
Alabama stakes al one mile and fur.
long. She broke running and, making
all the pace, won by half a length.
Alex Smith, formerly u we'll known
player, was warned by the stewards
OF the meeting TO keep away from the
track. This order also applied TO all
tracks under the Jockey club control.
De Mund had worked 80 we'll for the
first race that he was made a decided
second choice TO Sewell. When II
came 10 racing he won In the most
common gallop In i'll as, by far the
best time OF this meeting, leading all
the way. Sewell never was danger
Gus, being outrun at all times. He
Just did manage 10 beat Rpckstone for
the short end OF the purse.
Jack Atkin chased DE Mund and
was all out TO save tho place from
Sewell. II was the general opinion
that Sewell is not a good weight car
rler. The time, I'LL As, breaks the
track record OF l:l2. The winners:
First Race.-De Mund. first; Jack
Atkin, second; Sswell. third.
Second Race. - Pagan Bey, first;
Mooksie, second; Paprika, third.
Third Raee.-Long Ball, nrst; Rara
Avis, second; Smirker. third.
Fourth Race. - Kcnnyetto. first;
Gold Lady. second; Yankee Girl. third.
Fifth Race. deuce. 1rst; Toddles,
second; Telescope. third.
Sixth interchangeable. FIRST; onatas-
sa, second; Fort Johnson. third.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09
ice Cream Time IL Here.

Everybody In fond OF delicious ice
cream. especially during the warm sea.
son. and n you make Il yourself and
use D-zcrta Ice Cream Powder II In
sure 10 be absolutely pure and whole.
some. Guaranteed under the Nation.
nj Pure Food Laws. No cooking nee.
cssary. no sugar, fayorlng or eggs 10
add. Everything In the package ready
for immediate use. Al all grocers.
two packages. 20 cents. order 10.
day. ast1r.l....-. u. ..-.4.z1.--.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09

WHEATON. III. Aus. e-The sec.
ond round Of match play for the west.
eru amateur golf championship result.
ri In the elimination Of NJ least one
man who had been considered n strong
possibility for premier honoru when
Warren X. Wood Of Iomewood was
defeated by H. y. Daniels u Mldlo-
THAN. Paul Hunter OF Midlothian, a
slxtccn.ycarold boy. displayed cham.
plonshlp form In his game with his
clubmntc. Mason Phelps, who ho de-.
featcd with a medal score OF T5
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asnsr, Man. Prom ssu,A Was.

BUFFALO. Aug Ga 0ecrs. the
silent man" from the south. won two
races and got third money In another
rnce az Kcnilworth park. The feature
u the card was the 2O5 pace. valued
at $1,000. Blackjack did not start. and
Gccrs' Arieiic went 60 the wire n hot
favorte. She rewarded her owner by
winning In straight hsats. The best
time was made Ia the last heat. when
COX. driving Nervola. forced Ardelle 20
pace the mile In 2O5i, Wilkes Heart.
who sold In the early pools AZ SO. won
the 2.i2 trot, taking the race In
.tfnlghi heaia.
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SOLDIERS HALT LYRcHlHo.
Highland Pals aud West roint ES-
cited ~ italian Hioters.

WEST POINT. y. Y. Aug. a re-
port that n lynching had occurred just
outside the government reservation
threw the adjoining town Of Highland
Fails into considerable excitement last
night An Italian was said o. have
been strung up o. tree by mob ~
Infatuated fellow counirymcn after be-
had assaulted and robbed ono ~ their
number. There have hccu repeated
assaults and robl'crics recently among
the Italians employed on the rcscrvn.
ton. aud reports ~ these attacks IRE
quently Rouse The ior,igu ,D,ony to
high pitch Of excitement
The basis ~ the lynchinr rumor
was found In the arrest by soldiers ~
two Italians charged with q brutal
assault on n comrade. An Italian
workman had left the reservation to
bring water o. his comrades from
spring In the woods nearby. While
on his errand the man was set upon.
numerically beaten and robbed ~ his
watch aud what little money be- ear
lltus OAu'f NhlANfls NlNiNlfN ~ wv
protractrd absence. found the man un-
conscious where his nssnllants had
left him. Later be- was able Ia par.
TALLY describe the robbers. AMI the
laborers began n systematic search Of
the surrounding country.
The matter was also reported a. the
officer Of the day nc the West Point
Military academy. and a detail 81 sol
diers was sent Ia scour the limitations
Of the academy grounds
Later two men were arrested, and
these men arr In the guardhousc.
They were hastily put IN safe ro-
stralnt. ~ feeling ran high among the
laborcrs. aud talk ~ lynching was
heard on all sides. After the soldiers
had returned o. quarters. many ~ the
laborers continued the hunt FOR other
suspects
During the excitement the report
that these men had ovcrtnkcn high
wayman aud promptly hanged him
from branch Of the nearest tree
reached Highland Falls. The body.
the rumor added. was spirited away.
No one IN authority at Highland Falls
knew u n killing. aud the only men
captured near here were those suisse
quently placed In the ginrdhdusc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09

To the Taxpayers of the usnnington
Graded school district
A Rate Blll has been placed In my hands 10
collection ne follows 70 cents 0n the dollar
ON the Grand List Of 1907
hereby demand payment ~ said taNes. and
notify you that vii attend AZ the bennington
County savings Bank from O'Clock a m. until
4 o'clock y. M.
There viii be n discount Of per cent on the
ub0yo Tar u paid within ~ days.
q. n. DEWEY. Treasurer.
Bennington, W, July I, 1907.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09
Hay Fever and Summer Colds

Victims Of hay fever will experience
great benefit by taking Foley's Honey
and Tar as II stops difficult breathing
Immediately and heals the innamed air
passages and even n II should fail 20
cure you II will give instant relief"
The genuine ~ In n yellow package
Quinlan's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09
NOTICE or DISSOLUTION or
PARTNERSHIP.
To all whom Il may concern:

To all whom u may concern;
Notice ~ hereby given that the co.
parncrshlp lately existing between
Joseph Berg. Irwin Berg and oscar
Berg. al of bennington. VI. under the
drm namcof Remington Meat Market
az said bennington was dissolved on
the 9Th day of August, 1907 In accor.
dance with the terms Of the co.part
norahlp agreement executed and en-
tered into by said coparincra on the
2ith day of July. 1901.
Dated at Bennington, VI. this 9th
day Of August. 1907.
Joseph Berg.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09

orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup Is sold
under "a positive guarantee 90
cure constipation. sick headache. stom.
ach trouble or any form 81 indIges
zion. lf u fails. the manufacturers r..
und your money. What moic eau any
one Qunlan's Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09
Victor, DO, Cio,h,.s .Hd Larn.a.

BOSTON, Aug. 0.-The finals Of the
tennis play for the eastern doubles
titles NJ the Longwood Cricket club 70.
suited In a victory for w. ]. Clothler
and W. A. Lhrncd over u. @. Wright
and H. ID. Little In ave sets OF the
kecnest tennis that has been seen on
those courts this year
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n... ..r oa nssa,rr..

JAMESTOWN. n. v, Aug. 0.-The
federal grand jury convened here to-
day aud will report TO Judge Hazel
its findings I'm the investigation u the
governments charges against the
Standard OF company, the Pcnnsylva-
mia and the New York Central rail-
roads. They are charged with VIC.
lating the Interstate commerce law.
The Indications are that n number OF
indiotmanfs will hs returned.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09
NOT Q f.

To ths TsIpatETs % the Village az Hsn-
ninEfon.
Hate 1911 has been placed In ny hands ior
col ectiun AZ fuil0wsi ~ cents on the dollar
fos the Village Taa. - cents un tho dollar Tor
me Highway Tat on the Grand list 81 ia05.
| hereby demand payment ~ aid taFcs. aud
notify YOU that all attend AZ the Remington
County savings Hank from po'elock a ~. uuul
4 0'rlpck p M
Thee viii b. q discount % per cent. on w
laEe Ia1 n paid within ~ days
q. ". DEWEY. Treasurer.
Iiennin z ton. VI july 1907.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-08-09

ITHACA. n. Y. AuE. e,-Two favor
ties. Ayllfe and Kitty H.. won. while
two other choicee. Louis X. and yysols,
finished Ia second place at the Ithaca
Driving clubs meet.
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Honor Immortal Hard Of waterloo.


BRUSSELS. Aug. 81 90 4 simple
druldlcal stone II 10 be placed nj
Waterloo IN commemoratlon Of Victor
Hugo. The sponsor Of the movement
Il Count Louis Cavcns. who has d.
rected the activities for the prescrva.
ton OF the souvenirs Of the great bat.
tie. and Il Is he that has given the
ground upon which will be- erected the
transformations monument The I'm
scrlptlon will H.. "To Victor Hugo.
immortal bard ~ Waterloo" The
memorial Will be- dedicated toward the
end Of the year. and a feature Of tho
exercises will h. n banquet at the ho-
tel where Hugo wrote the celebrated
chapter OF LES Mlserablcs."
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WANTED.

nave customers for q numisf Of smau Hoh
ainrton heus.,. prieeffum tiusp "a $50 each.
Must - weii located.
we sell quafnes water powers. uu.bef isnds
poultry farms, ~ Ne. stores hotels. good bust
nrss pfopBsitluus nuc daiff ftuus. small 90
srcati hsauiiiul summer homes. % mountain
of lake. and everything yuu can think Of -
frAi estate We have list with pc over 90
farms located iu Vermont and New fufk.
send stamp Zoe ncN iiDi pamphlet
John Nash, Bennington, VI
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-08
Obituary

]. M. Arnold was born in Shelby
county, Indiana, February "a, 1S4S,
and came to Wapello county, Iowa, in
the year 1859, with his parents, then
seven years of age. December 8, 1872
he married Miss Sarah Snider who
died May 4. 1893. ITO them were born
six children, of whom four are living,
William c., Carl F.. Alice and Bertha.
February Is, 1899 he married Miss
Lettie Cunning. who preceded him in
death September %, 1908.
Mr.. Arnold has been patient suf-
ferer for the past four years. August
of this year he went to Chicago hop
ing to regain his health, but died
there October 1, 1907. Funeral serv-
ices were conducted from his late res
idence seven miles northwest of the
city. Rev. c. S. Cooper officiating
Many neighbors attended the funeral
Interment was made at Kirkville
cemetery.
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is GROUND TO BITS
keokuk Man Stealing Ride on Bur
Iinston Falls Between Cars
Near Mt. Pleasant,

4
Mt. Pleasant. Oct. "a terrible ac-
cident happened yesterday afternoon
out on the Rome hill, west Of towK,
which cost the life of Robert Holiday
cigarmaller of Keokuk, who had
been working in Fairfield for the past
few weeks. He and three other youngS
men yesterday afternoon decided to}
go to Burlington, and going to Tx
station at Fairfield Jumped upon a,
passing freight train, No. 290 and
rode on the bumpers.
They got along all right until on
the Rome hill Holiday attempted 20
nlk out at the side and in some
manner lost his footing and fell un--
der the wheels His body was hang-
led beyong description into an I'M
recognizable mass of flesh, boT and
clothing. His companions saw him
fall and attempted to catch him, Gut
could not aid him.
Small pieces of bone and flesh
were found on one of the brake beams
of a car in the yards here yesterday
afternoon and were removed. Coro.
ner Jaeger was notified and went to
the scene and may decide to hold an
inquest.
The deceased was man about 35
years of age, and leaves wife who
resides in Keokuk. She was notified
yesterday afternoon Of the awful fate
of her husband.
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CORN king AT
BIG CHICAGO
EXPOSITION
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS FROM
THE MIDDLE WEST INTEREST
ED IN OPENING SHOW TONIGHT
THOUSANDS WILL ATTEND

Chicago, Oct 5.-The National Corn
exhibition will be opened at the Coli
scum tonight. For weeks the choicest
specimens from the rich corn fields
of twenty-four states have been gath
cred. In the opinion Of experts it is
the finest as well as the largest col
lection of corn ever shown at a sim.
liar exhibition,
Judging from the interest displayed
in the exhibition by all classes of Chi
cago people, as we'll as by thousands
Of the most progressive farmers of the
country, there will be an overflow
crowd.
There will be twice as much corn
as ever was shown in any previous
exhibition in the history Of the world"
said G. A. Shamel. general manager
of the exhibition Experts. the best
fposted corn men in the country, tell
me also that it is the finest corn they
have ever seen.
"The outlook for the opening of the
exposition is f1attering. believe the
attendance from out Of town will ex-
coed 100000. There are over 10000
1 exhibits, and committees will send In
corn enthusiasts on special trains.
4 0lACS SluUS Will DS Represented
/ from Indiana alone The decorations,
have been told by competent critics,
are the most elaborate ever seen at
the Coliseum"
Welcome for Visiting Farmers.
Harlow N. Higinbotham will be
chairman Of the opening exercises.
4 Mr.. Higinbotham Is interested in corn
more from an educational viewpoint
than commercial one The educa,
tional feature. in fact, will be the dom
mating one during the exhibition.
Alderman Bernard w. Snow will
welcome the visiting farmers in be
half of the city and give his views on
the Importance of getting ready FOL
the great market of the orient, which
will be easily accessible to the rich
country contiguous to Chicago with the
construction of the Panama canal.
Charles A. Stevens, chairman of the
committee that originated and pro
i noted the show. will speak in behal
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CHAPTER Xxx.

"That's DONE" Trafford painted to
himself, when he was in the corr1-
dor. 'It's done and settled for ever
and ever. BY God! did 1T well.
Very few men would have pulled it
off like that. l don't believe there's
another father in the world who would
sacrifice himself as I've done. It's
all over I've lost her. I'm beaten.
had to let her go. There are very
few men who would have done 1t like
that"
Though he was sustained by sense
of his own heroism the way seem
ed long between Paula's room and
his own library-office. He stopped
at every few steps and muttered to
himself.
chats it. I've lost her. Oh the,e
is no use trying to shirk the fact.
She'll go her way and I'll go mine.
There's nothing else for us to do. I've
lost them all now. Let me see. 1t
was Harry first. then Arthur, then
Constance. then Jennie, then poor
Julia. and now-now-she's gone
and I'm all alone. I've walked in a
vain shadow and disquieted myself
in vain. Well all right. all right. II
nobody wants to gather the riches
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MARS HILL.

Mars Hill-Mrs. H. L. White left
Monday for Larned Neb., for a
months visit with her brother.
Mrs. Deiters returned home this
week from two weeks visit with
relatives in Milo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burn Buchaltz Of Da-
kota are here visiting relatives.
William Walker moved from Ottum-
wa to the Laten farm, where Perry
Owings used to live.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Shank are the
proud parents Of 6 daughter, born last
Thursday.
F. Skinner and Charlie Horen are
building onto their residences and
making quite an improvement.
Guy Fitzgerald was in Floris yes
terdav on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. OFT Bucholtz spent
Tuesday evening at the William Shank
home
The meeting last week was closed at
the Fielder school house on account
of the rain.
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Ibe Giants 5trenatb
i BY BASIL KING.
Copyrighted 1906, by Harper & Brothers,
BY BASIL KING.
Copyrighted, 1905, by Harper & Brothers.

I've heaped up. then at least, can
given back. BY George! what a
stir it would make if did 1t. Paul
Trafford resolving his immense for
tune into its constituent elements
Andrew Carnegie wouldn't be in It
beside mo. Well, 1t would be occu-
patton for my lonely old age, at any
rate. But what's the use Of dreaming
Money can no more be returned to
where 1t came from than rose could
be reduced to the earth and water
from whence 1t grew"
He tottered on few PAGES farther
and stopped again.
tits hard though. It's damned
hard What's the world going to be
to be now? I've got an income that
l can't count and nothing to do with
it. I've got half dozen big houses
stuffed with luxury and no one to live
in them She'll go back to New York
and stif1e in sixroom fiat at Harlem
while l shall be alone in my sixty
rooms in Fifth avenue: Why? Why?
Why?"
He smote his hands together and
groaned.
why? Why! Why?' he repeated
"And yet suppose | know why. She
won't put 1t into words but she means
1t none the less seem born to be
misunderstood. Even she misunder.
stands me. After all the good I've
done. after the churches I've built
and the institutions I've endowed,
I'm still looked upon as sort of mon
ster-living for nothing but his
money. Well, they shall learn bet.
ter. III teach them. I'll show them
that made money Just because
chose to make it. and I'll fling II
back among them. and laugh to see
them scramble for it. 1t II be sport
for me to watch them squirming in
the mud, to pick UP what disdain
and chuck away
He held himself more erect at the
thought and walked down the corridor
with f1rmer tread He had reached
his own door, when he paused again
"And vet, suppose Paula would
think that wasn't the right spirit
She'd say the highwayman doesn't
atone for robbery by giving the
money to church-the only place 70!
1t would he the pockets it was taker
from. Well. agree with her It.:
Just what I'd rather do, If 1t was pos
sible. But don't believe is It, There
are some could hunt up. know
that Brewer Of ALBANY. has q sor
working as a clerk at Wanamakers'
and then there are the ROSES am
the Brents and the Dowlings and :
| few more Rawson who HANGED him
self in Fitchbnrg. left family be
lieve; and that fellow jackson, VIII.
stabbed my agent. Pitts. has wife
If not children. He must have server
fifteen years of his sentence by tht
time. and might get him a pardon
Then there are. old Marshall-bu
Lord! I'm not going on with this so:
of catechism I should go daft. The
took their chances, Just as l die
Whatever l may do for them or thei
families now l shall do as en- act G
mercy. Paula herself couldn't MAX
me think otherwise"
He turned the handle of his doc
and entered AS he did so, the clio
of his secratary's typewriter came t
him from the adjoining room. At tn
very sound, instinct and habit resun
ed their sway. and few minutes la
, er he was seated at his desk plunge
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queer in Wall street. but I'm not
afraid of that. If it has taken
giants strength to do what I've done
hitherto, 1t will require more to full
fill what lies before me- But shall
have tt shall have 1.-THE giants
strengthened more-God and my
little girl helping me-"
He rang the bell and called for
Smithson. The new orders took the
secretary so much by surprise that
he was obliged to have them repeated
two or three and four and Ave times
before he mastered them. When he
did SO he was the first member of the
great American public to call Paul
Trafford mad He was also the first
to qualify the madness as divine.
(The End)
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Conspiracy CHARGED.

washington, D. c., Geo. Charges
Of discrimination and conspiracy are
made in the petition filed with the in
terstate commerce commission today
by the Fairmont Creamery company
and several other creamery COM
panies against the Illinois Central
Railroad company and large num-
Der of other Northwestern and West
ern Railroad companies and the Unit
ed States, Adams, American, and
Wells. Fargo & Co. Express comnan-
les.