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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
SQUEAKING SHOES.
Rare Now Because of n Difference In
the WeIf.

Rare Now Because of n Difference In
the Welt.
"Do you remember" asked the shoe
salesman, "the days when new shoes
creaked?
'And how you used to have the shoe
maker put wooden pegs in the middle
of the sole about every week to stop
the noise?
Sometimes you soaked the soles Of
your shoes in water and then had to
rub them with lard or some other kind
of grease to get them flexible.
"You don't have to do that now.
"The new welt has taken the squeak
away
'In the old days the soles of shoes
consisted of two even pieces of leather,
and the friction of these two pieces
caused the squeak when person
walked.
"Shoes are made differently now.
"You see that little piece of ridged
leather that runs from the heel around
the outside of the sole?
"That's what we call the welt 1t is
a piece of leather about an inch wide
sewed to a flap cut and turned under
the inside
"The space between the outer side
and the insole is filed with ordinary
tar paper, which holds the soes in
shape and also prevents squeaking by
taking away the friction.
"This system of welt was invented
thirty years ago, but at first it wasn't
a success because the soles were sewed
with a straight needle.
Couldn't explain it to you in hun
dred years, but to prevent squeaking
the sOles of shoe have to be sewed
with crooked needle.
'You see, when a sole is sewed with
a straight needle it leaves no fexibil-
ty to the sole.
'But the welt added so much to the
appearance and strength of the shoe
that improvements were made on the
first system, and soon afterward the
slant or side sewing by a crooked nee
die was patented.
ga shoe that is made with that i'm
provement costs 25 cents more to the
manufacturer than the old style.
"The patent on it still holds good,
and 1715 cents royalty has to be paid
on every pair of shoes that is made
that way.
"But it's worth it,
ga squeaking shoe nowadays is as
bad as an out of date dress or a straw
hat in winter Exchange.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
UNUSUAL GENEROSITY

The Opinion is in receipt of a letter
from a well known firm IN Buffalo, n.
Y, Offering to give to any of our read
ers who write them, liberal sample of
Mi-o-na stomach tablets and a booklet
on the treatment and cure of indiges-
ton and all diseases of the digestive or
gans. This sample will be sent by mail,
postage prepaid. All you have to do is
to write to Booths Mi-o-na Company,
Buffalo, N Y, and ask them to send
you the free sample of Mi-o-na stomach
tablets that they offer to the readers of
the Opinion. This remedy is said to be
a permanent cure for all stomach dis
eases, and any one with weak digestion,
should take advantage of this liberal
offer.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11

cisco, being then five years of age.
After he finished his studies in the
public schools he entered the theatrical
profession and continued in it until
1890, when he took up the study of
law. He has now praCticed in the le-
gal profession for dozen years, has
served in the California legislature and
has for a half dozen years represented
the Fourth California district in con-
gress.
Representative Kahn has always
been a strong opponent of immigration
from the orient, whether Chinese or
japanese, and in the recent contro-
versy has vigorously antagonized the
admission of Japanese to the ordinary
public schools of San Francisco He
once told the following story to illus
trate what he called the foresight" of
the heather Chinee:"
Dennis Spencer, a prominent Grim
inal attorney of Napa, Cal, was the
recipient one day Of call from a Chi
who without circumlocution at
once put this question:
"S'plose, Mr.. Spencer, one Chinaman
kill mother Chinaman With Ratchet
How much you charge make him
clear"
"Oh," exclaimed the lawyer care
lessly, 'Td take the case for $5O0p'
The Chinaman vanished without a
word. In about a week he returned
and laid the sum of $500 on Mr.. Spen-
GERS desk.
whats this for?" asked the lawyer.
~ GU say you take case for $780," ex-
planned the oriental.
A light burst upon Mr.. Spencer. Hor-
rified he exclaimed:
"You mean to tell me that since l
saw you last one of your countrymen
has been killed."
Certainly" calmly answered the
Chinaman. Il kill him last night"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11

money that goes to the large
cities at home"
Est. Johnsbury Dispatch to the
Boston Herald
The 10000 subscribers to in
dependent telephones in Vermont
and New Hampshire are deeply
interested in Boston's fight for
dual telephone service. Yer
monts experience is a good il
lustration of the benefits of tele-
phone competition. For example,
st. Johnsbury in a small way
has fought out the fight Boston
now has on its hands.
The st. Johnsbury Independent
telephone exchange was organized
in 1900 by George w. Buzzell, the
present general manager of the
company. Jan. 1, 1901, a local
exchange was opened with 200
telephones. Today there are be-
tween 900 and 700 telephones in
the local exchange, and direct
toll connections with 10000 more
in northern Vermont and New
Hampshire, The Independent rate
is $12 to $15 per year. This large
number of patrons are anxious to
be in direct connection with Bos-
ton and other Massachusetts cities
over their own line.
When the Independent com
pany was organized here six years
ago the Bell exchange had only
200 subscribers and three opera
tors. The rate for limited local
service was from $25 to $40 per
year. Today the Bell exchange
here has nearly 1000 subscribers,
with IA operators and much i'm
proved service. Rates have been
reduced to meet the Independent
companies, competition.
The Vermont Legislature, just
adjourned, incorporated several
new Independent telephone com
panies and passed several laws
giving Independent companies
equal rights and regulating rates.
Many business men in this section
now have both telephones in office
and residence for less expense
than was formerly paid for Bell
ro,,vico olono Tho local inda-
pendent company is on a paying
basis financially and repeated at
tempts to buy out or freeze out
have signally failed. Manager
George w. Buzzell Of the indepen-
lent company says:
mayor Fitzgerald can do no
greater telephone service possible
or buster Boston"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
SHOSHONE FALLS.
Utilization of This Wonderful Region
of PIunging Waters.

| OI THIS "
of Plunging Waters.
With a sheer drop of 21O feet, whicl
is fifty feet greater than the height 0
Niagara, the Shoshone falls, in Idaho
stand second among the great cata
racts of the world
The region is one of plunging waters
Within length of fifteen miles the
Snake river leaps down a series OF
giant steps until it has dropped cIeaI
5S3 feet.
Shoshone falls form the highest OF
these leaps. -Four miles above them are
Twin falls, divided by great, cleaving
promontOry of rock.
Eleven miles from Shoshone is an.
other drop, of 1879 feet this time, called
Augur falls. A hundred miles below
are Swan falls, and so it goes.
The cataracts are not the only natu.
raj wonders of this region. The canyons
are comparable only to the Grand Can
yOn Of the Colorado. In places they are
even deeper than the great chasm far
Their south.
Years ago Bancroft said of this part
of the country, Taken altogether, it is
the most grand, wonderful, romantic
and mysterious part of the domain in
closed within the federal Union"
At one time the cataract region was
set apart by the government as a ma
tiOnnl park, but the act providing for
It has been repealed. The enormous
water power is to be used for irriga-
ton.
Perhaps the beauty of the falls will
suffer- but 575 square miles of sand
and sagebrush in one tract alone will
give place to rich harvests, and the
jack rabbits will move out in favor of
million human beings who can find
homes there.
1t Is time for Aladdin to go way
back and sit down. Twentieth century
engineers accomplish marvels which
make his old lamp a back number.
Take the tunnel which has been cut
through 420 feet of solid rock and
through which an Industrial Niagara
will generate almost unlimited power.
Every bit Of machinery for the plant
and many of these bits weigh
thousands of pOunds-was hauled by
six horse teams over thirty miles of
crowded hills. Much of this equipment
was lowered by ropes over the precipi-
tous walls of the Snake river canyon.
The tunnel was blasted out, piece by
piece, from the top down, the reverse
of the method employed in making the
great Niagara tunnel. The interior was
then concreted smoothly, so that it
forms circular shaft fourteen feet in
diameter, piercing the solid rock at an
angle of forty-fye degrees.
Already the knell of sagebrush and
jack rabbits has struck in Snake river
valley. April l, 1905, the water was
turned on 10000 acres near Shoshone
falls. One hundred days later the reap |
ers were at work gathering in the first
crop.
The soil of these valleys is of vol |
canic ash and will produce sixty bush
els of wheat to the acre, or. if YOU
prefer 1t, apples which bring 81 a bush /
Ell in London. With all this gain. more |
over, it is said that the Snake river has /
water enough for both purposes. 1t
can irrigate its millions of acres and |
still form a cataract to see which is
worth going hundreds of mIles.-New
York Sun,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Do something for somebody, and do
1t now.
Thinking well doesn't count unless
you act well.
Don't follow in the footsteps of your
competitors. Set the pace.
Life is not worth living unless you
live for the good you can do.
There are times when an ounce Of in
genuity discounts a ton of energy.
The more sunshine there is in some
mems lives the less hay they make.
No man ever got a pain in his back
from carrying his neighbours burden.
Many of our anticipated pleasures
are anything but pleasures after we
get them.
Some men are able to bear misfor-
tunes and some others have sense
enough to avoid them.
Only a mother can distinguish be-
tween the mischievousness OF her boy
and the badness Of the boy next door.
Chicago News.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11

exaggeration. That he is a man of
great wealth, however, is generally &C.
knowledged.
Mr. Weyerhaeuser was born in Ger
many in 1884 and came to the United
States in 1852, locating at first in Penn
sylvania. He removed to Illinois in
1886 and to St Paul, Mimi, in 1891.
He married, became extensively inter-
ested in timber lands and in other bust
ness enterprises, and with the great
growth of the lumber industry his for
tune increased by leaps and bounds.
He is president of the Weyerhaeuser
Timber company and head of the so
called "Weyerhaeuser syndicate
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
CURED OF LUNG TRoUBLE.

at is now eleven years since 1 had
narrow escape from consumption"
writes c. o. Floyd, a leading business
man of Kershaw, S. c. 81 had run
down in weight to 1856 pounds, and
coughing was constant, both by day
and by night. Finally l began taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery, and con
tinued this for about six months. when
my cough and lung trouble were en-
tirely gone and I was restored to my
normal weight, 40 pounds" Thou
sands OF persons are healed every year.
Guaranteed at J. NJ. Taylor's. and B.
W. Abbott's. Of Fairlee, drug stores.
SOC and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
An Imminration Decision

Washington, Jan. S.-The supreme
court of the United States decided the
case of Zartarian VS.. Billings, involv-
ing the right of minor child of foreign
birth, whose father is a naturalized
citizen of the United States. to come to
this country Notwithstanding she may
be so diseased as under ordinary cir
cumsances to bar her from landing.
The decision was unfavorable to the
child on the ground that the case did
not fall within the statutes naturalizing
the foreign born children of American
citizens.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11

Lynn, Mass, Jan. 1.-THE wave Of
agitation for a more vigorous enforce.
ment of the Sunday laws reached Lynn
yesterday and while no arrests were
made nor summonses served, there
was a general closing of all stores, eX-
cept those that are permitted by law
to be open, as well as a cessation of all
work. The police stopped the work Of
building a sewer on the grounds of one
of the shoe factories and at another
factory the instalment of a new boiler
was also prevented by the authorities.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
BOUGHT BIG SAFES.
The Way Jay Gould Brought an Elk
press Company to Terms.

| 1he way Jay
press Company to Terms.
Recalling early days in the express
business, an officer of one Of the largest
companies told this story of Jay Gould
"GouId rntsls then hat n''fu OF
the Erie" he said, land the United
States Express company had all the
express business on the road. The con-
tract was about to expire, and Gould
wanted an arrangement more profita-
BILE to the Erie.
1.-The Eries doing all the work and
| you're making all the money Gould
said to the express people. You ought
to do some of the work and give the
railroad a chance at the money
''The express company officials de-
INJURED. Their profit, they insisted,
was no more than they were entitled
to, and they refused to shade the con-
tract a penny. Gould insisted on a de-
crease, but they remained obdurate
and eventually let the Erie president
understand-what he very well knew
that no other company would compete
against the United States for the Erie
business. All the companies at that
time were in an agreement to maintain
rates
"'All right said Gould at the conclu-
sion of the interview, you've no obtec-
ton, | guess, to my going into the eX-
press business for myself. 1t looks
better than railroading.'
Gould could organize all the companies
he wanted to. They thought it was all
bluff, but things that came to their at
tention soon weakened their faith in
this idea. Gould was going around
among his associates talking up an ex-
press company scheme, officials of 9th
er roads were told that a new company
would be in the field to bid for their
business, and the papers began to talk
about the new Gould express company.
"The express officials. however, saw
none of Goulds money going into the
enterprise and stood pat. Presently it
was reported that he had bought TWEEN
ty-four big express safes. Was this
talk or was it business? the express
men asked themselves. They set to
work investigating, and they discover
ed that the report was true. Gould had |
actually bought and paid for the safes /
safes cost money in those days, too
and he was negotiating for all the 9TH
er equipment required.
"Now, thoroughly convinced of
Gould's sincerity, the express company
came to teVns Gould got the best con-
tract fromt a railroad standpoint that
had been known up to that time. The
clause in the contract that the United
States Express company considered
most valuable to itself was one stipu-
Iating the Abandonment of Gould's ex-
press plans.
ut was all a bluff on Gould's part
except buying the safes. For that mat
ter the purchase was of course, part of
the bluff. but Gould had actually
bought and paid for them uncondition-
ally. Nevertheless he lost nothing on
The deal, for as soon as friendly rela-
ions were established with the express
officials he persuaded them they could
Use the safes in their business and sold
hem at little better than COST
Post.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
Hotel and Contents Burned

Westboro. Mass, Jan. THE Whit
ney hotel, a four-storry brick structure
containing 80 rooms, was burned. The
fire started by the explosion of a lamp
in the basement which was occupied
by a meat market. and the flames
leaped to all parts OF 1t with remark
able rapidity, bursting from the win
dows of each floor almost simultane-
ously. Practically all the furnishings
of the hotel and the personal effects Of
20 guests In the house were burned
DeWitt's Witch Hazel SaIve
Cures ptIes Scnlfs Barns.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
su,,hsm'o Trial Is O.,syes

New York. Jan. SIT IL officially
stated that the trial OF President Burn
ham OF the Mutual Reserve Life Insur-
nnce company, under indictment for
forgery and grand larceny, will be
postponed until after the conclusion OF
the Thaw case.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
THE RIGHT NAME

Mr.. August Sherpe, the popular over.
seer of the poor, at Fort Madison. Ia.
says: ''Dr. Kings New Life Pills. are
rightly named; they act more agree
ably, do more good and make one feel
better than any other laxative" Guar
anteed to cure biliOusness and constl-
patton. 25c at ]. NJ. Taylor's and B.
w. Abbott's drug stores.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
A Bad Case.

"What's the matter, dearT" asked
the doctors wife. Are you worried
shout Mr.. Poorley's case?"
yes" replied the doctor.
"And is there no hope"
Every little. He says he doesn't ex-
pect to leave enough to pay more than
one-thlrd of my bill" ANSWERS.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
THE PLUMBER KING"
Frederick Weyerhaeuser, Who Grew
Rich Cutting Down Trees.

The attention the federal government
has been giving to investigation of al
legged grabs in coal and timber lands in
the west and the proposed congression-
al investigation of the so called lumber
trust have drawn attention to Fred
erick Weyerhaeuser, who is sometimes
known as the lumber king" He has
been described as richer than John D.
Rockefeller. but this is said to be an
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11

Nearly every person who is subject
to attacks from the stomach suffers
from a morbid dread of a dietic treat
ment for relief, that is three-fourths
starvation, and one-fourth coast and
milk. On the other hand you can eat
as you please and digest the food by
the aid of good digestant. thus Civ
ing the tired stomach equally as much
rest Eat what you please and take a
little Kodol For Indigestion after your
meals. 1t digests what you eat. Sold
by John NJ. Taylor.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11

The consciousness Of clean linen Is
Of itself source Of moral strength sec
ond only to that Of a clean conscience
Phelps.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
AN ACTOR IN CONGRESS.
julius Kahn and his Record on the
Stage and In Politics.

Stage and In Politics.
Representative Julius Kahn of San
Francisco, who is pushing a bill max
ing a $5000,O0O appropriation for sub
marine torpedo boats for the defense
of the Pacific coast, is the only actor in
congress. He was no mere amateur
while on the stage, for he played
prominent parts in the companies Of
such great thespians as Edwin Booth,
Joseph Jefferson and Tommaso Sal
vini. He was born in Germany and in
1866 became a resident of San Fran
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-01-11
bennington Banner.l

A lady who understands adver-
Using says: mo lady wishes to
be looked upon as a shopping
fiend: she does not care to go
into a store and have a merchant
show all his stock in order to
find out whether he keeps the ar
ticle she wishes to purchase and
whether it is sold at a price she
can afford. 1t is much easier
to look through the advertise
ments of a paper than it is to
bore the clerks and waste her
own time. Next to the local
me- rvs items the advertisements in
a paper stating articles for sale
with prices, will keep much of the
The Newtown bee., 1907-07-26
TrurnbuI1.
JOTTINGS.

Aoo6A1 COI
 MT and Mrs William Hayden anc son, Raymond, of Bridgeport are guests, this week, of Mrs Heyden's parents. MT and Mrs John M. Bailey
 Commencing next Saturday, July 27, John T. Porter, the blacksmith at the Center, will close his shop on Sat- urday at 12 o'clock noon until further notice.
 Prof Charles A. Wheeler of Storrs Agricultural College, was a guest on Tuesday and Wednesday of his moth- CT, Mrs William s. Wheeler.
 Mrs D. H. Ward and son were in Bridgeport, last Wednesday.
 Mrs Ray R. Howard of Bridgeport. who recently lost her husband, is nak ing her home for the present with MT Towards parents, at 89 Elmwood Av- enue, Bridgeport
 Miss Millie Burton, who has been i'll with rheumatism, has so far recovered as to go to Meriden, where she will spend few weeks with her aunt, Mrs Elm fly Owen.
 William Ehrencron a of B bridgeport is spending a fev-weeks lere with Alex Swanson, assisting him with his having.
The Newtown bee., 1907-07-26
Bedding.
NEW STYLES.

NEW STYLES.
 Ladies' night robes, 79c and 98c each. at lFrench's. Betbeiu
 SHEETS AND PfLLCLcA SEs
 Full assortment of sizes and prices. at French's, Bethel.
 Miss Cordelia Riddle of Philadelphia. who is spending the summer with her grandparents, MT and Mrs Charles Bradley, had the misfortune to frac- ture bone in her ankle on Monday afternoon
 MT and Mrs Ernest Jennings Nof Deep River were guests on Sunday of Emory Sanford
 s. Ernest Sanford of Newtown passed Sunday with his parents.
 Charles Edwards of Bridgeport has recently visited at Randolph Bradley's. MT and Mrs Bradley gave a small whist in his honor Saturday evening. Mrs A. L. Searles of New York is pending few weeks with her mother, Mrs Wheeler.
 A large party of employees of Rod gers Peet & Go. s are camping on
The Newtown bee., 1907-07-26
Greenfield Kill.

M RS BRADLEY MER#IN
 The death of Hannah, widow of the late Bradley Merwin, took place at the home of Charles Gray, on Greenfield Hill, Monday Mrs Merwin had been in very poor health for several months but her death was not expected at this time. Since coming to the home of MT Gray about two weeks ago. she had improved somewhat and was sitting up in her chair when death suddenly called her from earthly scenes. De- ceased was well known and highly es- teemed throughout Greenfield, where she was born and where she spent fine greater part of her life. She married the late Bradley Merwin of this place about 20 years ago. Since his death she has passed most of her time with out of town friends The funeral was held at her late home on Greenfield
The Newtown bee., 1907-07-26
Long Hill.
LOCAL BRIEFS

LOOAL BRIEFS.
 Miss Maybel,e Goodnow spent Satur- day and Sunday with friends out of town.
 Mrs Ada Jennings spent Tuesday in Milford with Miss Beatrice Nettleton
 Mrs Mary MacDonough, aunt of Agent M J. McDonough, is seriously ill. Dr Gallup is in attendance.
 Walworth Stillson entertained Ar thur Booth of New York City over Sunday.
 Scarlet fever recently broke out in the hotel, at Hawley's Crossing, con ducted by Bovschweski & Robertson, but the patients were hustled to New York and it was therefore unnecessary to quarantine the house. rytown spent Sunday with Mrs l.. B. Goodnow
 Mrs Andrews of Bridgeport spent Wednesday with her mother, Mrs Ter Till.
 On Sunday, July IA, daughter was born, to MT and Mrs " A. Liefeld. MT and Mrs. Liefield recently came here fEom Worcester, Mass William Culver David of Ramsey, N. J., is spending this week at Mrs Mae B. Smiths.
 Mrs lBenjamin Flaraty, and children spent Wednesday with Miss Edith Hill. Miss Edna GaIlop won the diamond ring for the most popular lady an6 Mrs Edward Lyon won the silver tea set for the most votes in the contest Mrs c. N. Gallop and daughter, Ed na Gallop, are at Athol, Mass, for g months stay with friends.
 Red Mill tea and coffee, 25c pel package, } pound in tea, l pound 1T | coffee, and it is fine goods A hand some decorated china dish free witt each package. Nice new potatoes fine butter, 27c per pound the bes BOG. No-Ko, substitute for coffee and it is good one. Do you need an. Paris green for your potatoes? W. have the genuine article and the spray CTS for putting it on.-[W. N. Hurd | the grocer.
 MT and Mrs " A Leitield welcome d liLLie daughter alt their home on Sun day, July IA MT and Mrs Leifield hay, recently moved here and purchased Frank Withowsky's $ place. Mrs w. N. Hurd and daughter, He1 en, are spending few days in Nauga tuck, the guests of Mrs Hurd s parents MT and Mrs T. J. Northrop.