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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
Crossing at White River Condemned

| What is considered the most dangerou,
grade crossing in this state will be abol
ished by order of the Vermont railroad
commissioners For several months the
commissioners have been investigating the
crossing at this place. Five hearings have
been held on the matter and there have
| been many meetings of the board. The
| order issued by the board is a result OF
this investigation, and subway will take
the place of this crossing at grade, where
passengers must cross eight tracks to get
from the railroad station to this village.
BY order of the board the subway must
be constructed before Oct. ], 1909. In its
findings the commission says:
These tracks are without protection of
any kind, and some of them are frequent
" blocked by standing trains. The num-
Der of persons compelled daily to cross
these tracks amounts to several hundreds.
1--WE find that public safety and con.
venience demand that said crossing of
these tracks at grade be dispensed with.
1--WE find that the public convenience
main in its present location, and that
crossing said eight tracks at grade be
eliminated by the, construction of a sub
way
The board therefore orders that a sub
way be constructed before Oct. 4, 1900. to
have a footway ten feet high and twelve
feet wide, and driveway twelve feet
high and twenty feet wide. The floor of
the footway will be granolithic paving
The side walls of the footway will be
faced with white enamelled brick. The
roof and the other parts will be covered
with white coating. The subway will
be lighted with vault lights in the way
time and with electric lights at night.
There shall be baggageroom in the un-
derground chamber.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

The matter of supremest gravity now
confronting the people of the United
States, and of far more public seriousness
than current political discussions, is the
drouth This touches the life of the peo-
pie at all points to threaten it. When it
is stated that Lake Champlain is eight
feet below high-water point that it is
possible to walk across the Ohio river in
places where usually the water is 80 feet
deep; that many cities are menaced by a
water supply too small to afford fire pro-
lection, and fast approaching the place
when it must be sharply husbanded for
drinking purposes; when mills are down
over wide area because water-power has
failed; when forest fires are burning in
the great Adirondack region, in Maine
and other New England states, and
throughout almost the entire Northwest,
and are barely held from the widest de-
vastation, and the fire has crept under
ground-we have situation full of the
deadliest possibilities.
Not even the light and casual rain
comes to help out mankind. Nor would
this render any great service in CONTROL
ing the dangerous situation. 1t will re-
quire long and strong outpouring to
sink down and extinguish forest fires that
are tenaciously smoldering beneath the
surface 1t is pitiable to look upon the
rivers of this region reduced to proper
tons such as the oldest inhabitant
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
From the kindergarten.

The editor of The Reformer rather
seems to hug to himself the idea that it
is great thing to be bolter. There are
times when, perhaps, boiling is permiss-
most good by promiscuously boiling each
and every candidate up for office the
way The Reformer seems to have. done.
This Wanting of independence sounds
good but no one ever accomplished any,
thing by working alone all the time even
if accredited with superior knowledge and
virtue. We are all independent, yet, at
the same time, not so independent but
what we acknowledge mutual dependence,
one upon the other, in all things. Any
one can bolt, but the man that throws
out his colors once and for all and stands
by his party even when mistakes. are
made, trying to correct from within
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
Lest We Forget.
(St. Adams Messenger.)

to'' Aipahs -hessehseFl
Here are the republican platform pledges
of laws TO be passed by the general as
sembly this fall:
Further and larger appropriations fol
our general school fund.
Wider and more efficient supervision OF
our common schools"
Measures providing for better qualified
and better paid teachers for our rural
schools
Establishment, wherever practicable. OF
classes for industrial and manual training
and domestic science
Such remedy for double taxation,
whenever and however it exists, as will
equalize the burden
"Such laws as will make the duty 10
pay the lawful tax debt which may be
collected whenever the evidence shall APP
pear"
Such changes as the legislature has the
power to make, to simplify and expedite
legal procedure and to make the admins
tration of justice more speedy"
"The passage of such legislation as will
put the public under the same liability to
workngmen in its service as obtains in
the case of private employers"
"An absolute exemption from attach
ment by trustee process of wages to the
amount of ten dollars"
can equitable employers liability law,
drawn along the lines Of the national law,
thus ensuring the workingmen of Yer
mont the same measure of protection now
given by federal law to men engaged in
Interstate commerce"
Larger appropriations for the
nursery for forest seedlings and for educa-
tional and organizing work along the lines
of intelligent forestry; beginning
:. made in state forest reserve"
placing of all public service corpora
TONS including telephone, electric light,
and gas companies, under government SUI
pervision."
Careful and authentic investigation of
our unused water powers and such further
legislative action as will properly aid in
their development"
CONTINUED efforts to the improvement
of the public roads, in the method of
their construction and in the manner of
their repair"
"Such changes in the present [liquorl
law as will prevent community voting
YES from multiplying the vote of an adj
ioininp community nv granting n license |
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
Value Of a Board Of Trade.


II seems surprising that j, should be
necessary To take extraordinary measures
10 arouse enthusiasm in the board oi
trade. This organization Is something
that belongs 90 each one Of u aud Il i
az much the duty Of every business and
professional man 10 push Il along a. 10
courteously and promptly wait on our
customers. II takes a wonderful LOT Of
energy, effort. enthusiasm. determination
aud persistence 10 make any business 20.
and the board Of trade, although II has
the moral backing Of all It's members
must have a working force behind Il
which will not recognize small obstacles
and which viii be a creative as well as a
protective agency. The welfare Of one Of
Us is the welfare Of all Of Us in matters
which this body j. called upon 10 con.
slider and IL should h. n question Of self.
protection for every merchant 10 be rep
resented at every one OF these meetings.
II is an easy matter for the members
10 sit by their own fircsides while Others
are celebrating upon matters OF local i'm
provement and enterprise and then grum.
Die over the decision arrived at and 10
pirate about the non deficiency OF the board
OF trade These are worse than useless
members Of any active working organiza-
ton. There is more value in the local
board Of trade than the average business
man is likely to realize. There is lot 10
be gained in these semi-occasional gather.
ings through the swapping OF ideas and
experiences, and no other helps OF such
value can be secured so cheaply. The
board of trade meeting is above all else
a breeding place for optimism. II stimu'
lates the business man to drive eternally
on. despite discouragements and pull
backs.
The proposal to arouse interest through |
social or other special gatherings should |
meet with ready response and the board |
should have an active and prosperous
winter before it,
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

The city of st. Adams finds itself in a
peculiar and extravagant scrape through
the ridiculous error made in the construc-
ton of a new trunk sewer. 1t has been
discovered that the sewer, now nearing
completion, has no available outlet, the
open brook at Newton street being about
two feet above the pipe at its bed and
making connection there an impossible
ity. The only way out of the blunder is
for the city to build at least l,2OO OF more
feet beyond the terminal planned To do
this the right of way must be purchased
of several individuals, some of whom OBJ
ject strenuously to having the sewer
cross their land. The city is hampered
also by the fact that the available funds
are exhausted and should the necessary
addition be constructed the increase in
cost would be about $1,000. 1t now looks
as though the sewer as contracted for
will be completed, but will for time be
useless.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

\ worker in the vineyard OF the Lord,
J. Hall Long by name. writes us that by
the advice OF some state friends ! am in
the speedway for chaplain Of the next
house" and intimates that word in his
behalf would he OF benefit TO his candi.
dacy. No word in commentator OF any
minister who is in "the speedway" for
the position of chaplain will be uttered by
us. Sincere and righteous may be the mo-
tives all the clergymen who aspire to the
job of invoking the wisdom Of an all
wise Providence for the next Vermont
legislature. but we have no patience with
the methods of those who are actively
campaigning for the place. As word of
warning we feel constrained to quote the
old saying that "the road to He'll is paved
with good intentions"
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
Where's the Connection?

The old question, 'How old is Ann" is
is superseded in many localities by the
more puzzling question, How drunk
must a man be to be drunk. Milton
Times.
In the days of the Dutch occupancy of
Manhattan, the sturdy burghers held it to
be an unwritten law that man was not
drunk so long as he could lie on the
ground and hold on to the grass.
Governoreect Prouty is certain of a
competent secretary of civil and military
affairs in Aaron H. Grout and a man
whose experience as executive clerk in the
administration of Governor Proctor will
be of value to him.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
Electrified Bennington.
bennington Banner.)

There have been number of state con-
ventions held in Bennington during the
past year, but no organization has made
such an impression upon the community
as the Vermont Electrical association,
which concluded its two days gathering
here last evening. A large majority of
the members and associate members in
attendance upon the convention were
most progressive industry of the present
age and the vigor and energy that would
naturally be associated with the great
business was at all times apparent. They
were sociable lot of men, too, made
friends quickly with the people they met
and we would all be pleased should the
association make Bennington the perma-
nent meeting place for all annual sessions.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

Elsewhere NE print an editorial from
the 81. Adams Messenger calling aitcn-
,ion To the pledges which the republicans
Of Vermont made in their platform
adopted at the state convention The re
suits Of the next legislature will show
whether or not these pledges were sin
ccrcly made. Assuming that they were It
is imperative, a. The Messenger points
out, that these questions he given oarcful
though, Immediately 80 that carefully
drawn bills covering the different points
will be ready for introduction as soon as
the legislature convenes. The most care
fully constructed measures deserve ma.
iun delibcniion before passage and the
earlier they are introduced the more time
there will be for such deliben,ion. In
this connection The Reformer feels like
urging again the passage OF measure
for change in the form OF bal
lot and the adoption Of ballot similar 10
that now in use in Massachusetts,. Such
a ballo, is as important, in our opinion,
A. a direct primary law.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

saaRely remembers % have sn~n before
The volume II paper upon which news
isieEs rely is veiy low, With no water q
sishl f0F grinding the pulp. Adde'i % al
this e0nars lhe daheeE fFoin hfe, AlFeady
tkefo aFS mafe eanfasFallans than usual
ani the ulnsasl cate shonh be ekeIelsesl
lrsl tiTss hoeasne started, The ease u tbs
slig uksm. When q ihf-si.ains hTo he
eau. tho Irpmen we're told that Ihel
r0ald nse the water for one hour only,
lesi the drinking supply H. dangerously
drawn upon, Is too nearly the case SEN
rnlls,
The foregoing paragraphs from an
editorial in the Springfield Republican
siss comprehensive picture 81 the eeun'
lp.wide effects II the dry weather which
has been our portion for the I,as, month
or more, This particular section Of New
England Is not yet suffering as are some
other parts al the country, hut even here
abouis many towns arr facing the grave
dangers OF a water famine, while every
where the whitening effects Of the drou,h
aw apparent one particular result Of
this andiiy Is an Increased amount 81 dis
ease. due no doubt 10 germ'laden duet
and contaminated water supplies. Hap
pills. this town Is not yet confronted with
any scfious problem as mgands It's water
supply, Yet il would do us no harm 10
keep constantly in mind the old adaso
that We never miss the water ,ill the well
rms dry
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
nRArrLEBono, FRIDAY. SEPT. %. 100
TO RrroRMrR SUBSCRIBERS.

Beginning January !. 1905. NC discontinued the
practice 81 printing dates on the lAieis II papers
10 Indicate the date 81 expiration u subscriptions
We keep a ledger account with each subscribcr
and give a receipt for every payment The label
pan L impraeticAblc and 10 icing discarded b.
q early all publications A. the end Of the year II
your subscription Is unpaid q hn vii be sent you.
AZ fast as subscriptions arr renewed the dates
viii be removed from the labels Keep your no
eeipt from year 20 var In case you question the
accuracy Of our records.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

The postmaster at Keyser, in the
mountains of Garrett county, Nd, re-
Gently became tired. of his job and
wrote the following letter to the post
office department: "We hereby resign
the postmastership, with all the emolu-
ments and glory that are in an office
of this kind. leaving good opening for
some ex-congressman or other high Off
and nutriment of licking 20 cents
worth of stamps a day. We will also
go on their bonds if they come supplied
with unwashable shirts and reversible
collars
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
They Take the Kinks Out.

II have used DR.. Kings New Life Pills
for many years, with increasing satisfac-
ton. They take the kinks out of stom-
ach. liver and bowels, without fuss or
friction" says N. H. Brown, of Pittsfeld.
vt. Guaranteed satisfactory at F. H.
Holden & Co.'s drug store. 25c.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

C. +. Law of Wallingford died Sunday
of tetanus in the Rutland City hospital,
after suffering for more than 36 hours.
Mr.. Law was injured Sept. ID while
alighting from train, the flesh being
torn from his right heel. At the time
the wound was carefully dressed and it
was supposed to be healing well until
lockiaw developed.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25


The identical republican convention that
defeated the reform candidate in New
Hampshire last week put itself solemnly
on record as follows:
The republicans OF New Hampshire are
proud Of their history of more than fifty
years. They challenge just criticism OF
their almost continuous administration of
state affairs No scandal besmirches Their
long record. They have met in the past
they will meet in the future. the issues as
spirit of fairness, OF progressiveness and
Of justice to all.
''The issues as they arise" is good The
republican managers in the granite state
have religiously prevented from arising
any issue that it would annoy them to
meet
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

Governor Elect Prouty will recognize
the Vermont National Guard in making
his staff appointments, but most of the
members will be prominent business men.
Prediction promises evidently cut more
ice with Mr.. Prouty than the sound argu-
ments of most of the state papers in be-
half of staff composed wholly of Ma
tional Guard officers
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

Jamaica, Putney and Rockingham are
the Windham county towns that failed to
comply with the law requiring towns to
return the vital statistics for the first six
months of the year before Sept. !.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers.

Foley's Honey and Tar affords imme
date relief to asthma sufferers in the
worst stages and if taken in time will eff
feet cure. Sold by all druggists.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

There is considerable talk about the leg
islators going to Barre or Burlington to
board. Why not go to Middlesex?
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
Prejudice Keep, Alive.

rather than from without Is the man With
the trpe independent spirit.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25
The MeddIer
III the coat fifs YOU. put 10 on.

A. an exhibitor Of thoroughbred short
horn cattle. George Fisher Of Dummers
ton is never behindhand, but he cant
exceedingly near being week too late
to Judge this breed al the Charlemont
Mass. fair last THURSDAY. Mr.. Fisher
visited this office on business last week
Wednesday afternoon aud ia the cours,
Of conversation made the statement that
he was going TO Judge shorthorns III
Charlemont next week Thursday, Sept
H." The person with whom Mr. Fisher
was talking noticed the discrepancy in
the date and asked il he did not mean
Sept. %. For a few seconds he was pos
tive that Sept. IL was week away, but
when confronted with the calender he
became convinced forthwith and started
out at once TO make preparations for by
ing the appointment which he had al.
most skipped by seven DAYS. As rule
The Meddler does not believe in telling
Jokes on people, but as long as he was
indirectly connected with saving Mr.
Fisher some humiliation and considerable
ioshng he feels justified in blabbing.
At the junction of Canal and South
Main streets there j. sign board which
directs people TO Vernon by the way of
Prospect hill Many automobile tourists
have followed this sign only to discover
after a long period Of climbing on the
ow-gear that they could have gone an
other way and avoided the hill. II has
been suggested-and The Meddler thinks
he suggestion a reasonable one-that the
Vernon sign he moved from its present
ocation to the corner OF Bridge and Yer
non streets, as Vernon street is the
EASIEST and most direct road to Vernon,
md the one which all Automobiles pre-
er to use.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

II there is one nursery rhyme that is
unpopular nowadays it is the one which
begins Rain, rain, go away; come again
some other day" Nothing would give
people so much satisfaction as to wake
up in the morning and hear the rain
pounding on the tin roof. Two or three
days of il would be real enjoyment. The
only thing that interferes with our wish
ing for rain is the fear that it will arrive
Just about the time the Valley fair is
scheduled to begin operations. We can't
really wish that, and yet the fair ground
will be grimy place unless Jupiter. p.
gets busy between now and Tuesday.
People who have been to the White River
junction fair this week say that every.
body looked alike after being on the
grounds little while. The dust there
was netting fierce" If The Meddler
were clerk of the weather he would order
a soaking rain to begin this afternoon and
continue without let-up until late Sun.
day night. He would have Monday dawn
clear and cool and the remainder Of the
week genuine Hooker weather"
If the Greenfield fair management is
disappointed because more people from
Brattleboro did not attend, it can find
the reason in the fact that special rates
from this town were advertised but not
actually in force
The Medder.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

EaisFed as second class matter. lsnaAf, O.
1897. al the pest ofhee az hrAiiiehero. W..
s.ssr the act ~ Congress u March ,. 1879
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-09-25

One hundred and ten ont of 1877 per
sons aboard the cannery ship Star of
Bengal were drowned Sunday afternoon
when the vessel, torn by gale from the
tugs which were towing her to sea, was
dashed ashore at the southeast end of
Coronation island off the Alaskan coast.
The ship is total wreck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
WEIGGEN AGAIN ESCAPES.
EX-POliceman Surprised by Officers,
But Makes His Getaway

Columbus, Kan, Dec. S.-PauI Weiggen.
an ex-policeman, and Dewey Allen and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
SOMETHING new.
President Sends an ILLUSTRATED
Mos age to COngrt IS.
Document Was Read in Both
Houses at Neon.
ALL In THEIR SEATS.
Rut Little Attention Was Paid
Ii IN THEIR SEATS.
But Little Attention Was Paid
to the Reading.
Cummins Sworn in as L. S.
Senator From Iowa.

Washington, Dec. S.-Interest in both
houses of congress centered today in
the presidents message. Senator Aid
rich, on behalf of the senate commit
tee and Representative Payne for the
house committee, appointed to notify
the president that the two bodies were
in session informed their respective
houses that they had performed their
duty and each reported that the presi-
dent had responded with a statement
that he would Immediately submit a
message in writing. Secretary Latta
followed close upon the heels of the two
committees, appearing first in the SEN
ate and then in the house. The read
ing of the message began in the SEN
ate at 12:15, quarter of an hour after
that body had convened and in the
house a few minutes later.
The galleries of both houses were well
filled and almost all the seats of sena-
tors and members were occupied All
of them were supplied with printed cop
les of the message which contained an
elaborate appendix accompanied by
numerous illustrations showing the re-
suits of the work of the forestry bureau
Senators and members gave compare
the message, but most of them immedi-
ately busted themselves with the print
ed copies before them.
Cummins Sworn In,
Washington, Dec. S.-The senate met
ing the journal Senator Dolliver pre-
scented the credentials of Senator-elect
Albert B. Cummins of Iowa. and the
oath of office was administered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-08
A TRIP TO
TOTAH VALLEY, TEXAS

At the foot of the Davis mountains,
in Reeves county. Texas, near and
southwest of Pecos City, lies the
beautiful Toyah valley. on the TOyah
creek. The valley is under irrigation
from natural springs. and the finest
fruits. vegetables. grains and alfalfa
can be raised in abundance. The
climate is healthfuI and fine, the alti-
tude is $500 feet Game and fish in
locality.
Why not you and your friends go
down and see it2 You can buy from
five acres up. and on payments, which
would suit both the man with limited
as well as large means. Excursions
run to Pecos City the first and third
Tuesday in each month.
If you are interested, and would
like information write me, at Topeka.
Kan S19 Kansas avenue l will
gladly send you literature and
such information as you desire.
Yours truly. F. F. GRIMES.
(Ex-State Treasurer.9 r..t. -,.. ~