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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

Every day, according to the headings IN
the daily newspapers, large amount oil
business is transacted by the Vermont
legislature. Yet up to date the summary
fails to show that anything of great i'm
portance has been accomplished.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13
Somerset for Bryan!

Stop Watt Listen! Here are some
revised election figures: The Vermont
town of Somerset has gone for Bryan by
the decided vote of to 3, 1t had been
placed in the Taft column. Somerset
will hereafter be known as the Bryan
stronghold in the Green Mountain state
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

There are about $4,000 cases of bur
glary and larceny in New York each
year and the property loss is about sl6,-
900. 900 On an average there are 1900 ar
rests year. and only 400 convictions.
Only per cent of the jewelry stolen Is
ever recovered.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13
Somerset's Somerset.

True to its name, the little village OF
Somerset turned one and gave Bryan a
plurality of one vote. BY the way, this
town, which has a representation equal
to Barre in the state legislature, cast
seven votes, four for Bryan and three
for Taft.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

Fom time Ia time comr nmen irom
the northwestern Taii 81 the stale that
oln u. Merrill II Eno-buiF l. hc'ns
g,onmci inr the govcrnorsmp ~ 1910
.Iu.t what .ort II curry comb q used
ia hi. pnaw.. We have not 80 l'orn Ahl'
10 ascertain bat the instrument doubt
le.. has a faculty for picking az any
stray dollar hills that may be k'ns
around the harm I, o,s,s money To hf
,,,,n,l pnlitirally in Vermont,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13
Our Ice Famine.


Brattleboro is having. an ice famine.
II is more or less consoling to think that
they will not suffer from this cause a
great while.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

1t is estimated that Americans spent
81, 500 900 in London during the past sum-
mer. 1t is said that the average bill for
the American at the leading London no.
tells has been $3.50.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

The 6nanors ~ ,hs ke.ns klrslite Rad
Hay company. uhirh have l'orn n an IN
.s,llol stais Zoe ."n,s lims, have lesn al
ju.lel and iunsis az nnW aEailahle 10
make improvements snd extensions which
have lans lcra contemplated, ~ IL an
nual meeting a., week Tho company
rlrriri sry.tal new dipyinis AMI 4 . un'
,lrr.leu.l that the non managvm"ai q Al
na,ly making plans 10 extend the line 70
West SNanrry and perhaps farther west
Rnulshao no,ls nothing ~ badly a. an
ouilsl Tor it, elefirir ioai, Tho sal'~ Of
4 line TO Vernon, llins.iale ani Neiihiirld
Gamma, he estimated, II the present own
ers ii the lecal Rad do noi nallfe this
loral hn.lne.. msn oueh, to find solnc NAY
II impie,sins Il upon them,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

History does not record that President
elect William II. Taft ever passed
through Brattleboro
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

Pnly.Tr ". Public ATrAIRs.-Irne .
the old maxim that what Is everybody :
business j. nobody. business maxi
mum number Of owners involves q mlnl'
mum care for the Joint property. REQ
Me nay most attention 10 their private
concerns; for those which they nave 70
share with Others in municipal uhdetlan,
ings they care les, or, al any rate ohly
10 the extent 20 which each has per,
.nnal interest therein; for apart from an
other considerations they are APT 20 h,s
ie,, such business, a. their duties IN the
electric lighting organization, on. the sup
pn-ition that someone else i attending 70
I, nist a. in domestic service, the more
servants YOU have the less efficiently the
work i generally accomplished. Each OF
6eial Of a municipality must carry on his
own per,onal business and consequently
dcyo,es his best energies and time 10
,,.,,snnaI endeayors. Otherwise. what
vii he his condition when his char. u
filled by some political opponent after
the next annual election!
EXPERIENCE, THE WISE TftcHtRLL
The question Of municipal control usually
anneaIs 10 those who have aspirations IN
lie political field as il offers means Tor
drawing followers. and II successful TINS
aspirant endeavors 10 repay his most
helpful followers with comioranle SAT
ary under him. This successful pontlcian;
having no knowledge OF this KIND OF
work. suddenly given authority to handle
large sums of money is daZzled with ITS
mo,yer becomes imbued with the fever
OF spending and municipal history Is full
OF the consequent results: namely, appa,
ratus poorly selected to fulfil the special
requirements. machinery not adapted 70
the particular demands to be put upon ~
etc etc. With the results that there Is
A consequent lack OF efficiency in opera
ton and investment Of funds IN machin-
ery moi required. which funds could 9th
eryise be nut TO much better use, an
over stocking Of certain supplies caused
by lack OF experience and lnnnmerable
other burdens which the general pubic
must bear. and on the other hand the
inexperienced public in is Ignorance
must bear the results OF this inefficient
appointee without being aware of the
conditions until the day OF reckoning
when suddenly something goes wrong.
The DAY OF REcKoNING.-There is a
calling in of experienced, practical men
from the out side at heavy expense for
advice. They recommend the suppressed.
ing of this apparatus. the purchase OF
other machinery better fitted TO the par
ticular requirements, and upon looking
around they advise this executive Of i'm
provements which have taken place
within the past year or two in his other
machinery and show him why from a
practical standpoint it would be advis-
able for him to discard this new but an,
tiouated machinery. On the other hand
they suggest changing of certain appara,
tus which heretofore has not been con.
templated by him, but what dare our
municipal executive do?
PoLITIcAL QUICKsAND.-1f he recon-
mends new machinery for this inefficient
apparatus he will be questioned as to
the advisability of his past actions in
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

There are now 3424 dialects in the
world. OF these 937 are Asiatic, 5S7 Eu-
ropean and 276 African.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13
THAT TRUSTEE PROCESS.

Mr.. Barber, that indefatigable worker
from Brattleboro, has a bill which has
passed the house providing for the ex-
emption from trustee process wages TO
the extent of $40. Senator Gibson oil
Windham walked into the senate Tues,
day morning and laid down a lew odd
hundred signatures of Brattleboro par
ties attached to petitions having. refer
ence to the bill. About 800 pray Tor the
passage of the bill and 300 condemn, the
bill. When Mr.. Barber was asked about
fine conflict of opinions coming from hi.
own town he replied that a perusal OF
the names led him to believe that 1t was
a continuation of the battle by ms. cleo
ton opponents Montpelier journal.
Mr.. Barber probably did not mean
such statement literally for it would be
an acknowledgment that practically ev.
ery business man in Brattleboro opposed
his election. This is not quite true, 1t
is likely, however, that many of the men
who supported Mr.. Barber signed the pc
tition in favor of the proposed bill, and
there is reason in their claim that the
republican party should not have incor
porated in its platform the promise OF
sucb a measure unless it had intended
to fulfill the pledge. That is the root
of the whole trouble. As far as the
merits of the bill itself are concerned we
feel that the merchants of this and other
towns have right to protest against lts
passage. 1t practically takes from them
their only means of protection against
the loss of small bills contracted by peo'
pie who have no intention of paying un
less they are obliged to. The exemption
from trustee process of wages up to SIT
would be no real advantage to the work
ingman who shows disposition to keel
his bills paid; there is no reason why
protection should be given the working
man who does not have this disposition
With the merits of the case apparently
on the side of the merchant and the
pledge of the republican party on the
side of the workingman it will be inter
esting to see how Senator E. w. Gibson
of this town votes on the bill when II
comes before the upper branch OF the
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
Its Fallacy)

purchasing such poor machinery 20 teaD
with. ON the other hand he dare ua
recommend additional iny-.'uea,. s1i
the supersediug Of appanlg, which 70.
day appears to he operating satisfactorily
even though he u runyineri Oi %. n
visibility a. il viii materially increase
the size Of the budget which BE- must ~
for AZ the next election. IN other words.
10 hold his political position which vs
must admit j. his mason for having once
taken such work, he must sacrifice Bis
public good will or be- RELOCATED % tie
past as a political aspirant who mi,ay
pr0priated or mis- handled the publ,
funds,
SUBURBAN CoNPuCAIIONs- There AZ
new districts growing up m a half d1sa
suburban directions. They are rlamouis
for additional street lights and ior ess
trical service to be- extended 20 tier
homes. What is this poor politician %
do when he is not even in position %
estimate the cost OF this eyten,l0n'
How can he satisfy this branch Of hs
political following without extending
this service to them. How can be se-
cure the necessary funds without ln.gr.
ing his political prospects by calling tor
excessive budgets az the next election.
He j. between two fires and knows not
which way to turn. He dare not satisfy
one community without doing the sane
by another, even though bis eldeavr
NAV be honorable and his handling Of the
public funds be TO the best Of his ability
He is not in a position where he dare
incur the enmity of one neighb0rhOod At
the risk of pleasing another.
TAxEs AND THE BALLOT BOX.-Histcry
repeats itself in these statements wher'
ever municipal undertakings have been
carried out. The public must be served
and as the public increases IN numbers
and the territory occupied by them H.
creases in area. so also must the invest
ment in such an undertaking be III
creased. Will the taxpayer walk up 2
the voting booth and put his approval
on the bond issues yearly growing great
er and greater and see an interest ac
count yearly increasing, and see YAK
rate continually becoming more burden'
some. No. The time will come when
the taxpayer has reached climax Of MS
municipal dreams. His taxes have prae.
tically doubled since II began. 1t L sel
evident what is the cost OF such burue1,,
some levies upon his small property II
the country undeTgoes any reaction que
to financial stringency as has recently
been experienced we find a material re
duction in the outsiders who care t, IN
vest in real estate. Especially where
taxes are so high, in other words, the
real estate market takes a slump,
During all this the same bonds are matuf,,
ing annually, the same. lawsuits ana
breakdowns of the city's electrical ae'
partment must be borne by the taIpay,,
ers. the same interest accrues on us hsyai
date, the same maintenance ana depre.
citation accounts of the cityS llghtng
plant accrues, the tax-man does not over,
look us in his levies, and IN general w
are thoroughly disguised with the COZ Elk i,
it all: this municipal undeTlaAing " SH, ~.
turns with dirge.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13
WOULD YOU

WOULD YOU:-- - ~ rvrpy
SACRIFICE YOUR Personal BUSINESS FOR THAT OF EVEN
BODYS BUSINESS? - r1,,r>-r,, nrur c1>tpI
CIPs WHICH YOU HAVE NEVER STUpIEp, OF THOU
ENTRJST YES. TENS ALMOST HI
SANDS DOLLARS TO BE IHyESTED BY THOSE WHO ~ W.
OTHERS TO SPEND YOUR TAX MONEY MD yum Fo1
TAXFS CADESuTO COME IN SUCH A GAMBLER
VOTE An INCREASED BUDGET AND H,GER HE 70 BENZ
VOLUNTARILY APPROVE EXPENDITURES BY The oll1 ~ D
YOUR DISTANT NEGI1BOR? ,,r1 SIGH
LIMITED NUMBER OF LABORlNG own
EXCESSIVE TAXES AS TO FORBID THEIR OWNING lhhiN '
POLICY OF MUNICIPAL Uni rpoRo BY
SUCH VAST QUANTITIES OF MONEY SECnREDr Al
RiFICE CITYS CREDIT THE HANDS OF THE lolli
=, ~. & Electric
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

Victorien Sardou, dean Of French
dramatists and member of the famous
French Academy, died at his home in
Paris Sunday after a long illness. His
first play was an absolute failure and in
1857 Sardou was in state of abject pov-
erty. He then wrote Les Pattes de
Mouche subsequently adapted for tn.
English stage as A Scrap of Paper and
this became a great success. Nine years
later he had become rich. One of Ssar
dous most popular plays was Madam
Sans Gene which was written for Re
Jane and afterward translated into Eng
lish for Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen
Terry
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-11-13

Entered a. second class matter, January =
1907, Al the poet rnice Al hfattsPs," "a
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06

90 ro..u building. aud In accordance with
this belief We recommend that the sub
ject receive more prominent consilcra.
tion IN our Institutes. Teachers nsso.
citation and School Improvement nsso
cintion. that our schools regularly Of
fer 10 their students carefully arrnug.
cd series Of lessons on the subject aud
that supcrlntondeuts nnd teachers def
nitcly undertake 10 create among the
people n llyellcr appreciation or the
importance of better highways nnd dla
scmluntc u better understanding of the
tlou"
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06
Prizes For Road Buildina.

4 prize of 5000 was awarded last no
Ncmhrr 10y the buurd Of directors II
the Outuriu Motor league io the town
ship uf Etnhlcukc, ont, for Improve
mcuts IN rllc of road extending
Co creek, says the Good Ronds Magn.
glnc. \ second prize of siOO was ulso
awarded 10 the township of Markham
for the Improvement ~ n mile of road
running from the village OF Markham
Additional prizes of $50 aud S25 were
also awarded Ia the supervisors IN
charge of the work ol these rolds
The awards were mndr on the recon
mcndnlion NJ \. W Campbell, comml-.
sioner of publlc works and chairman
Of the committee ~ Judges.
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06

Governor Wnriicid of Maryland has
during hlS administration stood firmly
for roHd Improvement and Is one of
the most ardent advocates of adopting
measures to carry on the work In his
state. The governor recently said.
Good roads cost money. but they
are far less expensive 10 the public
than bad roads The roads which the
state geological survey commission are
constructing cost no more than similar
roads north nnd south and will prov"
n permanent Investment for the people
OF the state. II Il FAR more cconom.
Icnl In the long run 60 build highways
that require but n small amount or
maintenance than 10 construct cheap
temporary structures that will con
stautly require repair. to say nothing
"f the comfort aud pleasure To bc de-
rived from smooth. dry ronds"
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06
LESSONS ON ROAD BUILDING.
csmosisn of Education Begins IN
Louisiana,

At n meeting OF the parish supcrin
Sendcnts ~ education held about a
scar ago ~ BATON Rougc. Ia. the sen.
simcnt was la favor Of consolidating
several of the small gural schools Into
one large one
meeting of the superlntendcnts
was held nec u, 1907, at which the
subject ~ rnad Improvement was ear.
nestly discussed The result of tho
discussion was the adoption OF the ro
lowing resolution, says the Good Roads
Magazine.
"RccognlElng the Improvement of
our schools depends upon the building
and maintenance of good roads anl
further recognizing that II II the func
tion ~ the public school 10 promote the
social well being of It's people. II is the
sense ~ this conference that those
who are dinctly responsible for the
management of our schools should give
more serious attention 10 the problem
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06
COST OF GOOD ROADS.
Points OF Value From an Illinois High.
"ay Commissioner.


Gc"rg" stevens, road commissioner
of eleven years experience In Illinois
u quoted ~ follows hy Farm Frog
r"ss Hs tn ~" cost nf making good
ronds ~ - small expense
III" grading can be- done with a
twcnty hprs".,wcr traction engine nt
~ cents p"r rud pn nn average. -Four
loods ~ ruhhlr per roi aud two lpnds
"f gravel mnh" "A good road The ny.
crago uumh"r nf loads hauled ucur
Rockford, III, r"r day would be- about
tiN Df course this varies according
a. distance. but six II about the aver.
ng" W" hny" no stone crushcr some.
thing very much rcgr~ have tried
10 g"i one Tor years. but the cost ~
hnln" has prohibited II 80 far We
break our rubbl" hy hnni
The cost Of this road IL az follows.
-Four loads of s'on" or rubblc, - cents:
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06

t"o load. ut gravel - cents. hauling
sUlu'. ut 90 cents per load -. break
iur Stone per rod, H. cents. wurl, n
puuIr} l"l'ing ont stone. a. cents.
grading r"li. ~ cents; total. Si.5 u'i
rod rr 81 i1b per mi'" THIS makes u
good runi 40 nil tunes ~ the year Of
'"ulH" MOI" money would mnkr u SIN
better road. tut the major part of uur
stone roads are made still cheaper than
this, being mndc of three lonhs of rub.
hlr per roi anl about one nul one.
hnlt loads "f gravel at u cost PER mile
I sligo in.r" is not one farmer
ihnt kicks on account NJ the cost ur
thrs" roads. The Tick II an the other
side ar because We do not have moro
~ thcu
The north part ~ our township
tsouth ~ Rockford, IL very sandy. nnh
doubt II the road drag would do
any good there, Here the sell is ar.
frrcni, and the drag works nil right
! am not saying anything agninr. the
nsc ~ the Rad drag. as I think II a
huc thing hut where stone and gravel
arr plentiful ! say use them and make
a hard road that viii be good at all
times ~ the year.
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06
espsr nnent ln RaAdmakina

In Missouri the earth or about hair
mile Of roud was taken out "a II
depth or twenty to twenty four inches
and width ~ twenty feet and was
hoaped beside the wide aud shallow
tnsnch thus made. 4 very heavy steam
roller then rolled the bottom of thl.
exposed soil foundation untll Il was
deemed 10 bc as compact ns Il could
be ,uadc 10y this means A little az n
time the earth which had been taken
from the roadway was spread evenly
over the bottom OF the trench and roll.
ell as thoroughly M the foundation had
been. This loose earth was we'll sprin.
Killed. ~ the rolling went on. IN this
way all the soil that had been 80 re-
moved from the highway was return.
ell nnd packed down Then soil was
taken from the sides of the roadway,
put upon the driveway and sprinklc,i
and rolled as thoroughly as the rrs,
Ind been by the time the rund had
beer built up So the required Crude
ample bitches had been made by 40
takln. the soil from the roa,isldes
They who designed and execntcd this
work believe that this road will shed
water and be hard aud smooth under
traffic II care he used 10 keen It's foun.
dalton well drained aud Its surface
properly dressed 10y frequent aud tlmr.
ly use Of the road drug The cost Of
making such road was comparatively
small.
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06

just received a big shipment of
late books of romance, storied
history and adventure.
Carlsbad current and New Mexico sun., 1908-03-06
GARFIELD'S LETTER
Secretary Hove Of the Pecos Wa
ter Users Association Gets
Interesting Letter.

Washington, February 2l, 1908.
Pecos Water Users Association,
Carlsbcd, ~ NJ
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-27
Notice to Contractors
GRADING

Sealed proposals from residents of
Waterbury for grading Waterville
Street from Moran Street to Homer
Street and Homer street, from Wa
terville Street to Thomaston Avenue,
will be received by the Board of
Public Works until s o'clock p. M,
Tuesday, March 81, 1908, at which
hour they will be publicly opened
and read
Each proposal must be accom-
panied by certified check for ST.
500, drawn payable to the order of
the Comptroller of the City of Wa
terbury, as a guarantee that the bid
der to whom the contract is award
ed will execute the contract with
specified surety within the time
specified in his proposal. In case of
his failure to do so the check shall
become the property of the city.
The right is reserved to reject any
or all bids.
Proposals must be made on blanks
furnished by the board, and no bids
will be considered unless prepared
in strict conformity to this notice.
The contract and specification
may be seen and proposal blanks and
all available information may be OBJ
tanned by intending bidders applying
in person 'at the Office of the City
Engineer, No Leavenworth Street.
BY order of board.
R. A. CAIRNS, City Engineer.
March 26, 1908.
3-27-3
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1903-1917, 1908-03-27
ADVOCATES OF CHIvALRY.
Leap Year Club Girls Demand Ways Of
aye Knights" From Youths.


The Leap Year club, composed of a
number of girls Of the younger society
set of Muncie, Ind, has taken adj
vanced ground on the question Of chiv-
airy and has declared In favor of re-
turn to the manners of men in the
days when knighthood bloomed." To
see what can be done toward bringing
about reform in the manners of the
young men of their acquaintance they
have established set OF rules. which
they will require them to live up to,
the penalty being social ostracism.
The first rule adopted is that every
young man meeting girl acquaint-
ance In the street or a public place
shall lift his hat, removing it entirely
from his head.
When young man meets one of the
young women of the club and stops to
talk with her, he must hold his hat in
his hand while the conversation contin-
ues.
'The indications are that the average
young man is losing the old time re-
spect for q woman merely because she
is woman" said Marie Wheeler, one
of the members Of the Leap Year club.
1.-THE custom in small towns Of doing
away with chaperons, the co-educa-
tional institutions and the camaraderie
that exists between American boys
ard girls and young men and young
women have had tendency to break
down the natural barriers that should
be kept up.
What the girls of this club desire to
do is to get back in some small manner
to the customs of chivalry. OF course
we don't expect a modern man in
pressed trousers, patent leather shoes
and high collar to buckle on a suit Of
armor and fight somebody for us, but
We do belieye-and we think that every
woman feels the same way-that he
should treat us with a little more def
erence than he does his young men
friends. But. even so, the boys are not
altogether to blame. In being anxious
to be regarded as good fellows some
of the young women have rather en-
couraged these liberties, and so the
young men have fallen into ungallant
ways"
do you think your plan will work?'
Miss Wheeler was asked.
1T will have to work with the boys
we know or we will hunt other young
men friends" was the answer.