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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25
AFTER SEVERAL WARNINGS.

1t would seem that warning after
warning IN the form Of disaster heaped
On disaster ought TO have left the eiti-
zens Of Richmond III frame Of mind
To demand protection Of some sort
from the ravages Of fire long before
April 2a, zoos. Yet The fire of yester
day morning found The thriving little
community without apparatus To extin-
guish small fire, let alone coping with
The confiagfation that finally swept away
the greater part Of the commercial life
u the village. il was only few years
since that 4 section Of the business CEN
ter of the place was withered out u ex-
istence BY the devouring element. With
III 4 year again, the community was
visited BY another disastrous fire in one
OF its leading industries Still there was
delay in meeting the exigencies Of the
situation. Then came the well-nigh
crushing blow Of yesterday. when damage
estimated to have been about 100000
was DONE
II Is, Of course, merely conjecture
whether on not this last fire could have
been checked IN che building where Il
started Or In The buildings contiguous to
it had there been the proper equipment,
OF equipment lit least commensurate with
the Importance d the place But the
conditions were favorable for checking
tie progress of the flames insofar as cur-
rents Of air were concerned, while the
buildings destroyed were not 50 high
that streams Of water could not have
reached their tops and shot over their
roofs, when forced by means Of hand
pump. The chances are that with rea-
sonable equipment Richmond might have
been spared this great loss. Intermin-
gled with the expressions Of sympathy
for the crippled town viii go words Of
advice to prepare to stsve off the pos
sibility Of repetition when the place
SHAH have been built up again. Other
towns should also profit from Richmonds
sad experience.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25
Y. N. c. A. NEEDED IN Rutl.na

The announcement Of the state eon.
vention Of the Young Mems Christian
association at Bennington NEXT ,reeys
calls attention anew to Rutlapd'4 laeE
IN that direction Since the iire wl;os
swept away the institution monfks
age, We have been told again and ag,,i,,
that the time is not set fine ~
move to be made toward the restorsiios
ct that almost indispensable nstitpfion
i has been said that conditions are
not yet favorable. that The IRON 4 nbs
yet hot enough to strike. Mean0fib.
the sears made by the great fire harz
au disappeared. splendid h,,sin...s
blocks nave replaced these winch wen5
NJ IN smoke. and they are oeeuplea ana
All a-mmminE activity. oar ciEi1ess
are turning their attention "a ake,.ss
which these who have them 81 hesst 49,
pushing 20 the front. an SORTS s. -.
ffpsises IN which live 4eonle a. Is
(. rested arr demanding attention ~
tae proiect for a loana l1snt ennis
tisn ASSOCIATION slumhers. 10 one
'sfzas 'e be interested enough il tie
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

irhc schools III town Will begin next
Monday. April n
Mildred Grearson II III with measlns,
although not seriously sick.
"A case of who0ping cough has put In
Al appearance nc r, q. Wsldo's
Remember the May day ball nest
friday ! good tiuie i expected.
The new pastor of the Methodist
church, Afr. Roberts, II getting settled
ID his new home here and will preach
Sunday morning
AIRS M, Il Pratt and son, Norman,
returned from Wakefield Thursday.
where they we're called BY the death Of
Atrs. pratt's sister, Mis-. David Me-
Allister
Air and Mrs. Clongh finished pack
ing up the goods III the house where
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25
!. N. CHAPMAN 4 CANDIDATE.
Friends Of MiddIebury Man urge Him
as DELEGATE 70 Chicago Convention.

Middiebury, April Is. The follow
ing statement has been issued here:
Col Thad NJ. Chapman's numerous
friends in Addison county take pleas
IRE in presenting his name AS d candi.
este for one of the delegates to the
Republican national convention 0 Cci-
cago.
Colonel Chapman's lifelong loyalty
~ the Republican party Is two we'll
known to need special emphasis at tais
time. We are aware that he was 4
charter member of the state Republican
league, organized in 1855, and served on
the executive board, Later on, In 1921
he became the Addison county member
of the Republican state committee, and
hos ever since served il that capacity
having been chairman of the commhit-
tee since 1904 Middlebury, Addison
county. and the state are best Judges
Of the character and amount Of work
he has done in their respective Republi-
cen Organizations
eWe feel that to elect him as dele
gate TO Chicago would be fitting
tribute to his untiring efforts in behalf
Of tne welfare of the party.
sAs chairman Of the state committee
he has been in closc touch uitn every
l. ZIG that pertains Ia thr best inter-
tsts Of the national Republican party.
eve feel that a. the result Of his
ripe experience he a Ia a position 70
Use sound judgment Ii assisting ct
Chicago 80 nominate a stsraaTd bearer
v 10 will lead our party Is victory
See the Thsatorium adv. en last page
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Joe Ossola's famous spaghetti dressing
is the greatest delicacy in the world
to use as dressing for fish, eggs, or
meat Of any kind Ask your grocer
for III
The Currier Park Improvement society
held it's annual meeting ut the home of
its president, Mrs. Il. s. Currier, last
evening, and the following officers were
elected: president, Mrs, r. 8. CaRrier;
secretary, Mrs =. w Bisbee; treasurer
Mrs. i. b. Gate; work committee, John
Il. Smith, Harry Whitcomb and G. l..
Curier; membership committee Mrs
Homer Fits, Mrs. Alland q Fay and
Mrs. D. WI Hooker
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

The Bellows Falls Times publishes a
cut and sketch 81 zed Stanton and then
hastens to say that the publishing Of the
two does not mean the support Of the
paper, Nevertheless, the editor Of that
paper. Nevertheless. the editor Of that
viii enter the contest for governor with
an equal following II delegates" which
ii more than most Of them have been
ready to admit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

as outspoisen in their defense when say
ing that they are ii my opinion faithful
public servants in the fullest sense Of
the term
The nauseating incident may be com
sidered closed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25
CURRENT COMMENT.
Dreadful Insinuation.

. a current item states that Bratfla.
ooro residents are studying the nrob.
lem AZ 30 way ID costs ls cent? n,aga
i''iiroad iare % 20 to Boston than ts
return Somebody viii be unkind a.
o'sgh to say that it has been found
Necessary 70 make It an inducement for
a Brattleboroau 10 return. once IA gef :
away from home Northfeld News
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

The Bennington Banner protests that
st is Brattleboro brains, and the Brattle-
boro Reformer thst it il Brattleboro
money! largely back Of the alleged
Brattleboro dam. That's the other side
Of the Hinsdale protest over the naming
of the great piece Of construction.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

Attorney Leighton r. Slack OF st.
bloomsbury, who wants to go to the Re-
publican national convention, is Taft
man, body and mind, they say up in st.
Johnsbury. From recollections Of his
bodily frame, we should say that he GER
family lives up to that part Of the de-
scription.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

matter to START the ball rolling. Is Il
not about time fer Rutland 70 wake ua
ta the situation and get in line va
other hYe towns III tne state On ia's
most vital subject p Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

Speed, speed, give up speedl What is
life and limb compared with speedy
Nothing, say the auto maniacs who raced
at Briarcliff yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

a word Of warning to fishermen; the
season for brook trout angling does not
open until May IS, the pond and lake
fishing On May 1.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

Dean Corliss liked and sent them by.
train to Barre, following On tho after.
noon train and viii live with Mr. and
Mrs Corlss the Same as while here, for
The present.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

There we're 1852 knockouts in Illinois
ID 4 single day this week; that number
OF saloons took the count.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

The Middlesex License commissioners
believe In passing around good thing.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

'Forty-flpe Minutes from Broadway
ii superseded BY .Iwo Miles from Mont
peIier," due northwesterly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

The dust must be all out Of the lungs
after two months absence from the shed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25
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CuriousIy enough, Speaker Cannon Is
charged and comes back loaded.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25
Silver Aluminium lsIIy MauIds Free,

individually Moulded desserts are now 49,
siderea tbs proper thing, 1be meulds are "
Y get outside fhe large cities, but users
= htAs.O. The Dainty Dessert. csn get them -
sosufeiy free. Circular III each package
plasninE and illustrating The different pat -
y Eli q As SOLD ~ ali good grocefs % ~
pas..kage DO MOI accept , substitute o.
viii be disappointed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

WANTED Capable girl or woman as house.
keeper, Apply 10 80 B0uth Main ~ SytSs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-04-25

See the Theatprium adv. 90 lass rage
for complete program.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10
NOTES.

Mr.. Fiji says the advice to young men
to go west is as good now as in the time
Of Greeley.
Editor Hardin, noted for his sarcasm,
says: when it ain on his birthday EN-
peror Wilhelm regards it as a personal in
suit"
Mrs. John Bancroft Robinson has just
been elected president of the Woman's
Home Missionary society of the Methodist
Episcopal church. She succeeds Mrs. Gin
ton b. Fisk of New York. who retired from
the office because Of her age, rs years.
King Menelik Of Abyssinia is reported
to be anxiously awaiting a visit from
President Roosevelt when the latter goes
to Africa on his hunting trip. The king
is an admirer of the president, with whose
career he is vaguely familiar, but he has
no idea of what popular government means
1t is strange to him hat a man who has
an army at command should voluntarily
retire from an exalted and powerful posi-
ton.
1t is interesting to note that on the occa.
sion of the installation of Sir George Trus.
colt as lord mayor of London, the principa.
feature of the celebration was the his.
torical pageant organized by Louis N
Parker, an American dramatist. Poets ant
musicians, from Chaucer to Milton, ap
peared in the parade, costumed with his
toric accuracy. A striking feature wa!
William Caxton, the father of printing, OF
a float with a group of printers workinl
an ancient printing press.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10
THE CONTROL or TRusrs.

- tkANA AAg1 VI NtIA
Secretary Straus, in his annual re-
port of the Department of Commerce
and Labor, goes squarely on record
in favor OF a plan for the regulation
and control of big corporations, en-
gagged in interstate commerce opera
lions, which follows the general lines
of recommendation made by the presi-
dent in his different messages to o n
gress, but is more direct and specific
in prescribing methods for carrying
his suggestions into effect.
Publicity, in the opinion of Secre-
tary Straus, is the keynote of corpor-
alton regulation. He asserts that the
mere publication of masses of facts
and figures will not meet the require
ments nor serve the purpose intended.
He urges the need of summarized and
digested data and their presentation
to the public Gin brief, reliable, clear
conclusions, showing important cor
poration facts" He urges that this
information should be given widest
publicity, for the good of legal and
proper combinations and for the pur-
pose of exposing and preparing for the
punishment Of combinations formed
for wrongful purposes. Explaining
the details of his plans, Secretary
Straus declares:
Supervision and regulation should be ex-
ercised over interstate corporations by the
federal government, as the only jurisdic-
ton competent to handle a subject matter
so entirely national in it's scope and nature.
This is self-evident and self explanatory.
The secretary would have regular
reports from all interstate corpora
lions SEN to the department, with &C
cess to them open to the proper au-
thorities, provision being made at the
same time for the protection of proper
business secrets which might be in
cluded in the reports. The secretary
would make these reports voluntary.
This is a wise suggestion and the
operation of it is evident. Corpora
lions doing a square, legitimate bust
ness would make their reports and
Nhho oCCulO Nv 0No1Nb6O VI ~ PNS
licity and, at the same time, place
under suspicion any concern which
failed or refused to take advantage OF
the opportunity to inform the public
of it's methods and practices. On this
point, Mr.. Straus says:
Finally, such a system should recognize
the fact that there cannot be both PROFIT
bltion and regulation of combinations a
the same time, and that If the government
thus elects to regulate combination Il
must at least permit a certain reasonable
degree thereof and recognize in law wha,
has already become an accomplished fact
Corporations desiring to comply
with the federal laws and willing tC
serve the public in a lawful manner
will have difficulty in discovering tan
gible objections to Secretary straus
publicity plan.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10

done. and is being done, by the secret
service that could not be accomplished
in other ways without greatly in
creased expense. Evidence against vio-
lators of the law cannot be secured by
uniformed agents of the government,
headed by brass bands. The work
must be done by quiet, earnest, honest
men, pledged to the service and skilled
in the special work at hand. So long
as the members of the secret service
are confined to this class of work, the
result of which always inures to the
public good, the congress will be hard
pressed for an explanation of its re-
fusal to properly support the service
and will be properly censured for its
apparent and obvious efforts to cripple
1t and lessen its efficiency.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10

work done at washington challenges the
wonder and respect Of the experts Of the
world. whoever will take the trouble to
read the reports which issue from these
200 offices will find that he is reading the
work Of men and women whom he cannot
help respecting, who are thoroughly up
with the times. Thu winter season Is a
little apt to call together the chiefs Of
administration from all parts of the world,
indeed, where they have been engaged in
their duties. OF this the consequence is
that for the six months Of winter there are
an unusual number OF scientific men of
the first ability Joined to such men who
are always there. Probably no university
in the world could bring together so large
a body Of accomplished men OF science
as could be collected at once in the winter
months at Washin gton. The educators or
America have found this out. Different re-
hgious bodies have found it out and, wholly
apart from the larger system of popular
education maintained by the district com
missioners and by the other national
schools which 1 have named. there are five
universities in Washington, some of which
are largely endowed. They bring together
a large number of students-men and
women-who nave found out the advan-
tages of Washington as a place of study.
There are a great many private schools,
mostly for young women, which collect
scholars from all parts of the nation. l
do not wish to touch any personal sus-
capabilities, but / will say that there is
no public library in America where one
works with more thorough satisfaction
than he does in the library of congress.
The Carnegie library, also admirably adj
! ministered, is an object lesson for people
who are learning how to administer a pub
lie library"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10

The proposal of Mr.. Albert E. P~illsbury
of Boston that, upon New Mexico's admis-
sion into the union the name of the state
be changed to Lincoln is meeting with
considerable approval throughout the coun-
try. 1t is generally admitted that New
Mexico" is a rather meaningless designa-
ton for a state and the need OF a new
cognomen is manifest. Names like New
York, New Hampshire and New Jersey are
fitted only for colonies. The opportunity
to honor the name of Lincoln by naming
a state after him will pass with the ad-
mission into the union of Arizona and New
Mexico. When Colorado became a state
it was proposed to name the new common
wealth Lincoln, but congress did not look
with favor upon the proposal.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10
WHEN PA

Joe Cone In New York Sun.
When l was but a little chap-oh, many
years ago
1 well recall the day because It was a day
of woe; Z
Pa. he had shingled of his house, with
some to spare, he thought,
But when he came to finish off, he found
thai he was short.
MY boy" said he quite harsh to me, do
you know where they be?'
At first l wouldn't tell him an them fear
took hold of me.
My pa, enraged,, demanded why I hid them
from his sight.
"Becuz,' said l, with tear and sigh and
remblin' from alright,
"I didn't want none left around for fear
for fear, you see,
They'd come in play most any day for
use in spanking me-"
My pa didn't say a word, but cut a paddle
out
An fitted It'll won't say where--a hundred
times about.
I we'll recall the day and all, though distant
Il may be,
Cuz when pa shingled of his house, he also
shingled me.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10
THE WESTERN ELDORADO.
Horace GreeIey's Advice Pertinent
Today as when Uttered.
ChfraQn Tribuna

InlCdBO tribune,
go west, young man, and grow up with
the country" was advice taken by thous-
ands of people who found It good. But
there has been a general feeling for some
years that conditions have so changed as
to make the opportunities Of the west no
longer golden.
"The frontier. has entirely disappeared"
one writer asserts. The picturesque char
acters of a generation ago have all gone.
The wild west" is a place of civilization,
with its trolley cars and it's automobiles.
Fortunes no longer come in a day or a
night. The unrest of a former time has
given place to the settled habits OF a steady
population. Ideas like these have gained
wide circulation with the result that there
has come to be a generally accepted opin-
ion that the west no longer affords oppor-
tunity for the ambitious and energetic
man.
A new Greeley now appears in the person
Of James J. Hill. He answers in the af-
firmative the two questions, as Horace
Greeley's advice to young men still good?"
do you believe that the west offers bet
ter opportunities for a young man than the
east?' There is a lot of good land that
may be had cheaply. II the young man
will work and be patient he has a good
chance to become well to do. And those
are but samples Of the optimistic utter
ances Of a man who has studied the situa-
ton and is qualified TO speak intelligently.
The old ways Of gaining fame and for
tune may not exist now out west. But new
methods Of cultivating the land are being
developed as new lands are being made
through irrigation and reclamation. Work,
energy and patience seem the requirements.
The ambitious young man who finds him
self hampered Ia his environments may see
In the hopeful words OF the railroad mag
nate a way out. II is not the old west that
beckons but a new west. where returns
appear certain in the long run. even If
the golden streams Of a bygone day have
J ceased 10 flow.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10

IL EOO4 DAHL AEEls
In spite of the open play plan
adopted by the foot ball teams of the
country a few years ago the record
of the season just closed shows fiji
teen killed and $50 more or less Sc
riously hurt. Four college elevens,
those from Virginia Military institute,
the University of North Carolina, the
University of Arkansas and the Utah
Agricultural college, contributed n
each to the list of killed and all of the
larger colleges had their usual roll Of
disabled players.
Foot ball enthusiasts will call at
tention to the fact that most of the
more serious casualties befell the
teams of the minor schools, the high
schools and normal schools, but the
fact remains that there has been no
considerable diminution of the num-
Der of accidents to the players gener-
ally. The only Improvement that can
be properly claimed is that in the de-
pertinent of the players and this is APP
parently due more to the enforcement
of the stringent rules against slug
ging than to the removal of oppor-
tunities for accidents in the natural
course of the play. Unless more &C
tivity is shown in devising rules that
will decrease the dangers of the game,
foot ball is scheduled to lose much
of its present popularity.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10
SOCIAL LIFE ON THE FARM.

On Friday mass meetings will be
held at all the country school houses
in Nebraska, where the farmers will
assemble to discuss some of the ques-
tions that have been submitted in con-
nection with the work Of President
Roosevelt's commission charged with
the study of social conditions on the
American farm. The main object of
these meetings will be to devise means
for furthering the educational aspect
Of the inquiry. In this way much
good may be brought out of the effort.
For more than a decade persistent, in
telligent and well directed efforts have
been made to instruct the farmer
along better lines in his work that the
soil may be titled to better advantage,
that the character of his crops may be
improved, that the yield may be in
creased and that his profit will thereby
be enlarged.
Any endeavor In this direction is
well placed, but the commission is
finding that it's work is more varied
tnan the simple suggestion would In
dictate. Just as farm operations vary
with the several sections of the coun-
try, so does the social condition, and
as methods vary between individuals,
so do social conditions. Farmers of
New England and farmers of New
York and Pennsylvania, farmers of the
Ohio valley, farmers of the Mississippi
valley, farmers of the Transmissouri
country, farmers of the Pacific slope,
farmers of the great northwest, farm
ers of the southwest and farmers of
the south all show the variation due
to the environment. And there is lit
tie likelihood Of the present commits
sion or any other similar body laying
down any hard or fast rules for the
"uplift" of these e
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10
Biggest and Bent.

san francisco Chronicle.
TIL National Corn exposition, which will
be held at Omaha from December o to 10,
will be a notable event, in that It will be
in a sense the great county fair OF the
western grain-growing states. The term
corn" as used by the National Corn as
ISOLATION, follows the European interpreted
ton and includes all the grains, and at
tention is also given to grasses. 1t is
promised that the exposition will provide
the greatest exhibition of grains and
grasses and Kindred Industries that the
world has ever seen.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10

President Roosevelt performed for
the Corn exposition the same service
President Mckinley performed for the
Transmississippi exposition, and the
chances are that the omen will be as
good in the one case al it was in the
other. This means a great deal. for
the Transmississippi still holds the
record as being the most successful
exposition ever conducted in this
country.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-10

The Corn show is not the first big
thing that Omaha has undertaken. but
1t has had the benefit of a lot Of ex-
perience gained in other enterprises
and is, therefore, Just hat much bet
ter than It would have been otherwise.