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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25
STATE CHEMIST ON
PURE FOOD LAW
Forms of Misbranding Staple
Food Articles in Viola
ton of Law.

In addition to the forms of mis-
branding mentioned in the last article.
there are number of others of which
the statute makes spec fc mention.
Perhaps the most important of these
is the one relating to weight and
| measure. An article is deemd mis-
branded if the package, bottle or con-
tainer bears any false statement as to
the net weight or net measure of the
contents. The law of this state does
not require the manufactures to make
a statement on the package relative
to weight or measure. but if any state
ment is made, it must be strictly true.
In some states the law requires that
all package goods must be labeled to
show the net weight or measure con-
tained in the package. and the absence
of this information constitutes mis-
branding.
Nearly all kinds of goods sold in
packages have some time or other
been misbranded relative to the net
contents IN the package. There is
today much difference of opinion as
to the justice of requiring a manufac-
turer to state the net contents of
good packages. but there can be no
honest difference of opinion concerning
the justice of a demand that all state
nnpntu rnlatiDn 70 tho Yn;NE ,ha1I -
true. There is no justification what
ever for false claims, either as to
weight or volume, and yet the con-
suming public has been grossly de-
ceived for years by means of short
weights and short measures. Manu-
facturers of package goods have at
times been content with selling the
containers at the same ratio pos pound
as its contents, but it has been no un-
common thing to find goods deficient in
the weight claimed even when the
weight of the container was taken
into consideration and it has been
equally common to find short measure
in package goods sold by volume.
unfortunately the practice of manu-
featuring and selling short weight and
short measure goods is still profitable,
and examples of it can be found at the
present time in almost all retail
although such examples do not
misbranded goods because
of the absence of any claim as to
weight or measure. Nevertheless the
purchaser believes from the size of the
package that it represents a certain
weight or volume, and is as truly de-
ceived as if some claim was made on
the package.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

We will refer to only one class of
goods in connection with which there
have been great abuses of the public
confidence and great frauds perpetrated
upon the pocketbook of the consumer.
While it is only food accessory.
and not food itself, nevertheless
lemon extract is a very important ad-
lunct in the culinary department, and
enormous quantities of it are pur-
chased by the house wife each wear.
Our present state law has been i'm
force less than two years. Prior to
its enactment we made an extended
examination of the different brands
then On the market. Thirty different
brands were examined and with only
very few exceptions the actual con-
tents of the bottle were less than the
volume claimed on the label, the de-
ticiency in some cases being nearly so
per cent. According to the contents
claimed, these extracts sold for a
fairly unifor:, price per ounce; but.
when calculated upon the basis of
actual volume of extract, the price per
ounce ranged from 5.4 cents to 20.7
cents. 1t was found that in most
cases where plain bottles were used as
containers the volume of extract was
very close to that claimed, and that
the greater deficiencies were usually
found where the bottle was panelled
on four sides. Such a bottle often
has but little more than one-half the
capacity suggested by its external di-
mensions. AT the present time a
large proportion of the lemon extract
on the market is contained in deeply
panelled bottles, which from the size
might be taken for four ounce bottles,
but which, in reality. hold much less.
AS rule they bear no claim as to
contents. and are therefore not le-
gally misbranded, because our law
takes into account only the label de-
sign or device which a package bears
and does not recognize the container
itself.
The statute also specifies that food
products shall be regarded as mis-
branded if the label fails to bear a
statement as to the quality or proper
tion of any morphine, opium. cocaine,
horoin, alpha or beta encaine. chloro-
form annahisindiea, ohloTaI hydrata =
or any derivation or pre-
paration of any of these substances,
that it contains. This provision as
relative to foods seems wholly super
huous. Certainly none of the sub
stances above mentioned have a legi-
innate place in any article of food,
and no case has ever been reported
where a commercial food product was
found to contain any of them. Just
what abuses were intended TO be cor
rected by this provision is not a
point difficult to understand
Our law does not, apparently. re-
,ognize confectionery as being suscep-
tible to misbranding, but declares
hat it shall be regarded as adulterat-
ed if it contains terra alba, barytes.
tale, chrome yellow or other mineral
substance, or poisonous color or flavor
Continued on back page
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

TAFTS POPULAR VOTE 1857, ,676.
New York, Dec. IS. The total
poular vote of the presidential candi-
dates at the last national election
was made known today in official form
by the filing of the last official vote,
that of Michigan. The total shows
the following votes cast:
Taft, republican, 1857, ,676.
Bryan. democrat, 6, 1893, 1872.
Debs. socialist. 448, 453.
Chain, prohibitionist, 241. .252.
Hisgen. independence, 80, 1856.
Watson, peoples, 1851.
Gilhaus, socialist labor, Is. .421.
Total for all candidates, l4,852, =
239.
This grand total exceeds by 1.341-
53l the total number of votes cast in
the presidential election of 1904, when
the grand total was 13, $40, 708.
Compared with the 1904 election the
candidates of the republican and demo-
cratic and socialist parties increased
their vote this year. The reverse is
true of the candidates of the prohibi-
tion, populist and socialist labor par
ties. The independence party did not
figure in the presidential election four
years ago.
The biggest difference in a party
vote is shown in an innreasa for Rryan
of l,3I5. 2l1 over the total vote cast
in 1904 for Alton B. Parker, the dem
ocratic candidate. Taft received IA, -
1870 votes more than were polled for
President Roosevelt in 1904, and Debs
ran 49. 368 ahead of his predecessor on
the socialist ticket.
The heaviest loss is shown by the
populist party, which with the same
candidates registered 83, 3l2 votes less
this year than in 1904, when their
total was 1T, 1873. The prohibition
candidate, Chain. ran II. 284 votes be-
hind the 1904 mark of his party, and
Gilhaus, the socialist labor candidate,
received only about so per cent of the
vote given to Corrigan, which was 81,
249 in the previous presidential race.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25
TELLS OF DOUBTFUL STOCK
DEAL.

According to recent newspaper
dispatch sent out from here, j. A.
Wood of Walla Walla las thrown
much light on the operations of
George Sheldon, Major Ferris. Geo.
and j. M. Lamb of Lowe. Idaho. who
are alleged to have engaged in an
extensive swindle of stockmen. Mr..
Wood Is trying to recover $4,000 worth
of pure bred Hereford cattle sold to the
quartet for fancy prices and for
which he took their notes in payment.
Asked how these men secured the
credit upon which they purchased
stock estimated in value from $l0O, 600
to 5000, 900. Mr.. Wood said:
MY investigation discloses these
facts: These men wanted to pur-
chase this stock from me, and Sc
cured letters from the banks showing
their credit to be good for that amount
(about $4,000, and at that time there
is no doubt they " Were worth that sum,
but it is charged, whether truthfullv
or not | can not say, that after OBJ
tanning these letters of credit from
four banks they put their real property
out of their own names. some deciding
it to their wives. They continued to
use these letters, winch nan been
given to enable them to purchase $4,000
worth of property, and | believe,
bought property all over the north
west, from Boise, Idaho, to Portland
and the Big Bend and Yakima Dis
tricts.
l paid no commission on my deal,
but sold the men a fine lot of pure
bred Hereford cattle for which | paid
fancy prices in Missouri, and got
fancy prices fer the stock when l sold
to these men. My suspicious were
aroused when the exposures were made
in the newspapers. and | went after
the stock. was just in time to catch
nine head of my pure bred cattle,
which had been sold for beef and were
being shipped out of the country. |
got them, but that is but small
portion of the 73 head in the herd. "
Mr.. Wood has had more than his
share of hard luck in the loss of stock
this year. In addition to the loss to
the $4,000 worth sold to the Lowe syn
dicate he had 20 head of fine work
horses and broodmares stolen from his
ranch and brought into Washington
and Idaho, where they were sold. He
has recovered a number of the stolen
animals and is on the track of others.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25
OFFICERS OF EVANSVILLE
GRANGE.

Evansville Grange, at its regular
meeting last Saturday night, elected
the following officers for the ensuing
term.
Master--Fred Hodges.
Overseer-Wm. Hogan.
Lecturer-Mrs. Wesley Lybecker.
Chaplain-Mrs. Getchell.
Steward Willie Kamerrer.
Assistant Steward-Tom Bryant.
Lady Assistant Steward Minnie
Houch.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

schools are continuously changing.
Only a per cent of the teachers of
Whitman County hold the same
schools that they held last year. No
good can result from such continuous
changing. In countries where edura-
tion has its highest developement
teachers are employed for life.
Our people do not feel the intimate
relation Of our schools to home life and
to the welfare of our country. "Think
of the absurdity of sending our child
ren to the doctor or dentist of whom
we know nothing about - says Prof.
Showalter, land yet we send our
children to the strange teacher in
utter confidence regardless of the fact
that her influence may be good or bad
or Indifferent.
Too often We ask for the cheapest
teachers. Directors will write to the
superintendent asking him to furnish
the cheapest teacher he can, and it
would be absurd for these men to ask
the implement dealer for the cheapest
plow or wagon.
1t is too much the case, especially
with the rural school teacher, that this
profession upon which the welfare of
our country depends is used as a step
ping stone to positions more renumcr-
ative. Men and women spend but a
few years in the work just to prepare
for or which is better paying.
What can we do to improve the educa-
tion of the boys and girls of the farm?
Should it be that the country school
children of Whitman County receive
only 1-2 as much money as do the
children of Spokane. Figures show
that for every 81 we spend for educa-
tion in the country $5 is spent for
tobacco. $27 for liquor. This is truly
amazing.
Changes are needed, some of which
should be Immediately while others
will take time. The farmers of our
state should not be satisfied with nom
professional men or women in the
school. The country school teacher
should be prepared to do this work.
Prof. Showalter made strong ap-
peal for more thorough admins ira
tion and supervision of the country
school, stating that much immediate
Improvement could be made.
In his own case where he has the su
pervision over 180 school districts and
has only a part of the year to visit
them, he finds that he can do little
good in assisting and directing the
school administration of each district.
With one short visit giving what as
sistance he is able to, he must leave
the teacher to do what she may.
In the concluding words of his ex-
cellent address he brought to mind
the fact that farmers should take
greater interest in the country
teacher and her work. "Give her
home in your district" he said, and
don't leave her to find her boarding
place" The interest and cooperation
of the community in the teacher and
her teaching is essential to a success
full country school.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

FOR RENT--Office room on main
street. j. r. Rupley. If.
Rev. Leo Totten and family are
here from Oakesdale spending the hol-
idays with Pullman relatives.
Mrs. Vaughn has gone to Sand
point, Idaho, to spend the Christmas
holidays with relatives.
The stock of the Bell Grocery
store has been purchased by the Rur-
gan-Emerson. and consolidated with
that establishment.
R. Lanning is showing a beauti-
ful gold headed cane that he received
as a Christmas present from Evening
Star lodge, No. &c. Knights of Pythias,
of which Mr.. Lanning is one of the
most valued members.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

W. H. Harvey and family are
contemplating a months visit to the
state capital during the coming ses-
sion of the legislature. They will
either visit Olympia, or go on to Cal
ifornia for the winter.
Prof. Mcdonald went to Spokane
Tuesday on a business trip.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

BARGAINS IN REAL ESTATE.
100 acres, hill land, $500.
100 acres, hill land, $1,000.
280 acres hill land. s2800.
100 acres bottom land. S12. 900.
Many other ranches for sale. Write
for information, or see
Edward Young,
Pullman, Wash. R.F. D No. 3.
CHI Brittenham,
Cambridge, Idaho.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

Hon. L. C. Grow, of Palouse,
recently appointed state president of
the Farmers Union in place of N. b.
Atkinson, of Waitsburg, who had re-
signed, was in the city Wednesday.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

r. S. Tucker and Paul Heiser will
give series of weekly dances in 10.
OF hall commencing Friday January
Sth. Gentlemen 75cents, ladies free.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1908-12-25

Geo. Lawrence, who has been in
British Columbia points the past
month, returned home Wednesday.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17
FIRST GAME TOMORROW.
Series for Town Championship Will
Begin at $50 p. m.

Tomorrow afternoon at $50 o'clock will
see the opening OF the town baseball cham.
pionship series between Company ! and
the Brattleboro Athletics. All OF the pre-
liminary arrangements have been com
pleted and nothing remains now but to
start the ball a-rolling The series is for
the best three in five, winners 10 take 90
and losers 40 per cent. OF the net receipts,
There will also be special purse of $50
for the winners of the series, each team
contributing half of this amount. Thomp
son of Winchester will umpire the series.
Managers Waterman and Rowe of the
respective teams met Monday night and
agreed upon the lists from which the
different teams may be composed. Com
pany named Hal March, Spike" Davis,
Nendal johnson, William Lee, Murray
Tucker, Thomas and James Clune, Charles
Dunleavy, Ralph Allen, Onslow Thompson
and Floance Ferriter. 1t also has the
right to one out-of-town player and will
probably take Connors of Miners Falls, a
clever infeder The players from whom
the Athletics will select their team are as
follows Dan Riley, o. j. Rowe, Charles
Stolte, Raymond Frost, Hugh HARDWOOD,
George Anderson, John Grady. Louis
Allen, Louis Ellis, Harry Busby, McLaugh'
i'm and Peck.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17
WANTED AT THE JUNCTION.
Joseph Macdonald Hunted For by Lo-
cal officers Wednesday.

Deputy Sheriff NJ. p. Davis made a
| frultless search for Joseph Macdonald
| "Wednesday afternoon and evening Mac
Donald is wanted in White River Junction
where, it is alleged, he wrongfully procured
money on two checks drawn on a Lyndon
vile bank. Macdonald was recognized by
the cashier who closely questioned the
man. The checks were not made out to
Macdonald but he said they were made
called in Lyndonville. The cashier was
not satisfied and obliged Macdonald to
get man to identity him under the as
sumed name. Macdonald succeeded in
getting a resident of White River junction
to say that he was the payee of the
checks but shortly after he had procured
the money advices came from the Lyndon
vile bank that no payment should be
made on the checks the bank had just
cashed. Macdonald escaped the minions of
the law in that town and was last seen in
Brattleboro. At noon Wednesday be was
recognized by John O'Brien, conductor OF
the through freight train from White Rlv-
er Junction. Others of the crew saw the
man and positively identified him. Mac
Donald was afterward seen on Root is
land eating doughnuts and still later one
of the train crew saw him start for Yer
non. This was at 100 Wednesday after
noon. At o'clock Sheriff Davis was not
flied but he was unable to locate the man.
Mr. Davis searched the island, followed
the track as far as Whithed's, and kept
his eye on the freight yard until the 1890
freight pulled out The man is described
as about feet 10 inches in height, weight |
about IT'S pounds. He wore black suit,
black SLOUGH hat, had a black moustache |
md red face He appeared to be 40 |
years old. 1t is said that $50 is offered for
he mans capture.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17

live. One of the prime requisites for this
life is the securing and maintaining tor the
child the perfect physical equipment.
That the physically handicapped are still
with us, our eye aud ear examination con-
clusiyely proved. OF the 400 pupils ex-
amined during the fall term - per cent.
were defective. Notices were at once sent
To parents, IN many cases 10 the same
parents who have been receiving notices
about the same defects for several years.
The majority OF parents and guardians
have consulted specialists and provided
treatment for defects, but some parents,
regret to say, are crlmnally neglectful.
We need systematic medical inspection
and legislation to enforce treatment Tor
these physical needs. My last years report
emphasized the 80 per cent. OF our enroll
ment with neglected teeth. The so per
cent. are still in evidence, so j will add to
tn arguments presented for enforced clean
Illness, the statement that many eye and
ear troubles are due to neglected, defective
teeth. Teeth, not properly cared for and
decaycd, are the cause OF cancers oil the
stomach, sometimes. Nearly all facial
neuralgias are due to defective teeth.
Cannot parents be made to co-operatey'
The reports of Miss Emma Gregg, super
visor of music. and Miss Florence Good
,nough, supervisor of drawing, touch upon
he work that is being done in these de-
and outline plans for the coming |
ear. There is also a report on the summer |
chool from Mrs. Cora G.. Leonard, chair |
nan of the philanthropic committee of |
he Brattleboro Woman's club.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17
A GENUINE sWATFEsT.
Bellows Falls Defeated Company in
Slugging Match Saturday.

In game that resembled ring around
the rosey' as much as baseball, Bellows
Falls won from Company | on the island
Saturday afternoon. The score was 10 to
TO- Only one man of the 20 who particl-
pated in the cavorting contest failed to
win his way to the initial bag by means OF
safe hit. There was stick-work enough
to satisfy everybody; there were errors
enough to annoy everybody, particularly
the local fans who are backing Company
to win the town championship series which
begins tomorrow. The veteran battery,
"Anheuser" Bush of Brookline and
Humid Aver of Windsor. were IN the
points for the visitors, while the Clune
brothers started out as the battery for
Company l. BY the end of the sixth, how
ever Brother Jim came to the conclusion
that discretion was the better part OF
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17
New Books at Library.

The American Constitution, Stimsor
342-l2
The Aztec God and Other Dramas, Ray
mond, Sl2-9.
Ballads and Other Poems, Raymond, Sill
1873.
The Book of Camping and Woodcraft, KEEP
hart, 1876.
Christianity's Storm Center, Stelzle, 260-3
Law: Its Origin, Growth and Function,
Carter, 340S.
A Life in Song, Raymond, Sll-l37.
Long Ago in Greece, Carpenter, JSSO-l2.
Memoirs of Russian Governor, Urusov,
Bl443.
A Mind That Found Itself, Beers, Bl442.
The Nature of Man, Mechinoy, 573-6.
Pragmatism, New Name for Some Old
Ways of Thinking, James, 104-7
The Shell Book, Rogers, 1913.
The Tragedy of Russia in Pacific Asia,
McMormick, 947-23.
True Stories of Crime from the District
Attorneys Office, Train, 1884.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17
READ THIS.

1t Is astonishing" remarked a we'll
lO"n authority on Diseases of the skin,
now such large number of people, espe-
~! ladies', are by attractively written adj
easements, induced to purchase some of
many socalled Beauty Creams now on
h market, not knowing of course that
mostly contain oily or greasy sub
r~lces that clog the pores of the skin
tbn,a ore g Tor that reason the very worst
Eraat s mat they could possibly use. My
6p sJI' ~ Of Pimples, Blackheads, Blotches
Eni5 ibll eluptions of the skin, is as follows
Nal a = invariably proved very successful.
hpti rr .he iace carefully every night before
hal win warm water and little oat-
h, ~. W. up IN a small cloth bag, then af-
IN 1i2l3s well, use the following inexpen-
sbiob ana perfectly harmless prescription
Cls.,uilc Gan be filed at any Drug Store:
b n "a ~ d.: Ether. ] or; Alcohol. Z
1 n. = thiS mixture on the face as often
hi mo-e during the day. but use night
\ ~ a'i.liig anyway, allowing it to remain
d. Ge at least ten minutes, then the
nm may be wiped off. Do not
I5 laGe for some little time after
IN ny following this simple treatment,
a. soon have clear and Brilliant
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-07-17
Baggage Master IA Years.

1t was II years ago Monday when David
S. Carey took charge of the Central Yer
mont railroad baggage office In Brattleboro
He has held the position longer than any
other man on the southern division, if not
on the whole line, and there is scarcely a
travelling man in New England who does
not know Dave" Carey. Eight station
agents have come and gone since Mr.. Carey
began smashing" baggage here Mr..
Carey's father was baggage master 10 years,
and as David used to help him after school
hours the boy acquired a knowledge of the
business. One day David took hold to give
his father a rest and he has remained
there till now. AT this season of the year
he and his assistant handle about $500
pieces of baggage a month, not including
transfers.
The system of checking has changed en-
tirely since Mr.. Carey took charge. For
merly brass checks were used, but the
paper card system is now in force. For
six years the railroad company has. sent
Mr.. Carey to New London at the time OF
the Yale-Harvard boat race, to take tick
cts on the observation train. and for sew
Mortified, Mass, to check out baggage
for people attending the summer confer
ences and for the girls leaving Northfield
seminary for their homes. He checked out
425 trunks in two hours one afternoon.
Mr.. Carey was born in Brattleboro, Feo:
O 1870. When he was a year and half
old his mother died and his fathers sister
took him to Fitchburg, Mass. When he
was six years old his father married and
he returned here and attended school,, tie
worked in the organ factory, travelled for
4 medicine company, was an upholsterer
IN a baby carriage factory, and then went
INTO the baggage room:
He married Miss Nellie Murray of Gard |
,er June al. 1899, and they have one
laughter. Mary. Mr. Carey has been chief
anger and is now financial secretary of
Il MichaeIs court, G. O. F., lecturer of
leo e, council, X. Of G., and state secretary
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