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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
Recalled by Recent DevaSta-
ton In the Lake States
ONE in NEW BRUNSWICK
Killed 100 Persons, Destroyed 500 Build,
ings and a Number of Towns-An-
other Still More Serious Fire
in 1871 in Same Section.

The terrible work Of the flames which
have burned over and destroyed nun.
dreds Of thousands Of acres of timber
and property to the value of millions
in the Lake States, recalls to memory
other great forest fires which have
attained historic Importance.
One of the earliest of these was the
great Miramichi fire of 1925. 1t began
its greatest destruction about one
o'colek in the afternoon OF October 2
OF that year, at place about 60 miles
above the town of Newcastle, ON the
Mirandohi river, in New Brunswick. BE.
fore ten o'clock at night il was 20
miles below Newcastle. In nine haurs
1t had destroyed belt of forest so
miles long and 25 miles wide. Over
more than two and one-half million
acres, almost every living thing was
killed. Even the fish were afterwards
found dead in heaps on the river
barks. Five hundred and ninety build
ings were burned, and number of
towns, incluing Newcastle, Chatham and
Douglastown, were destroyed. One
hundred and sixty persons perished,
and nearly a Thousand head OF stock.
The loss from the Miramichi fire is es-
timated at 5000 900, not including the
value of the timber.
In the majority Of such forest fires
as this the destruction of the timber
is more serious loss, by far, than
that of the cattle and buildings. for it
carries with it the improvement of n
whole region for tens of even hundreds
of years afterwards. The loss Of the
stumpage value of the timber at the
time of the fire is but a small patr of
the damage to the neighborhood. The
wages that would have been earned in
numbering, added to the value of the
produce that would have been purchased
TO supply the lumber camps, and the
taxes that would have been devoted to
roads and other public improvements
furnish mucn truer measure of how
much, sooner or later, it costs a region
when its forests are destroyed by fire.
The Peshtigo fire Of October 1871,
was still more severe than the Alirami
eih. II covered an area of more than
1000 square miles in Wisconsin, and
involved loss in timber and other
property, Of many millions of dollars.
between 1000 and 1900 persons per
! shed, including nearly half the popula.
ton Of preshtipo, at that time town
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
JOHN D. NEVER DREAMED
OIL WOULD PAY SO WELL
Tells All About 1t in a Magazine Article
The oil Trust Not Cruel,
lie Says

New York, Sept. 20, John d, Rookie.
Teller appears. for tie first time, in the
role Of an author, in series Of articles
on oSome Random "Reminiscences OF Men
and Events" the fret Of which will ap.
pear on friday in the October issue Of
THE Worlds Work.
Mr. Rockefeller. at the outset. refers
20 the extent to which he has been asso.
eiated with Interesting people, especially
in the business world.
1T has not been my custom TO press
my affairs forward into public gaze" he
SAYS, but / have come TO see that II
my family and friends want some record
Of things which might shed ligat on
matters that have been somewhat dis
cussed II Is right that | should yield 10
their advice. and in this informal way
go over again some of the events which
have made life interesting 20 me-
Mr.. Rockefeller gives as another rea,
son for speaking now, that I'll tenth
OF the things that have been said are
true, then dozens Of able and faithful
men who have been associated with me-
many OF whom have passed away, must
have been guilty of grave faults.
For myself. had decided to say
nothing. hoping that after my death
the trust would gradually come TO the
surface"
Mr.. Rockefeller speaks Of the develop.
ment Of the Standard company and says
that the plan OF selling direct to the
consumer and the exceptionally rapid
growth OF the business bred q certain
antagonism which suppose could not
have been avoided"
OF the direct selling to the consumer
he says:
This was done in fair spirit and
with due consideration for everyone's
rights"
Mr. Rockefeller SAYS that in the carly
days the oil industry was considered a
most hazardous undertaking. "None Of
as, he says, ever dreamed Of the mag.
nitude of what proved TO be the latest
expansion" Further on he says;
Another thing TO BE- remembered
about the so-called octopus Is that there
has been no water introduced into tae
capital, nor in all these years has amy
one had to wait for money which the
STANDARD owed.
1T is a common thing to hear people
say that this company has crushed out
its competitors. Only the uninformed
could make such an assertion. II has
and always has had and always will
have hundreds of active competitors
The Standard has not now and never did
have a royal road TO supremacy, nor is
its success due to any one man, but to
the multitude of able men who are work.
ing together"
In discussing The Modern Corpora
ton" Mr.. Rockefeller says;
Beyond question there is a suspicion
Of corporations, but it is folly TO con.
denim all corporations because some are
bad, or even TO be unduly suspicious Of
all because some are bad But the cor.
poration in form and character has come
to stay-this is a thing that may be de-
pended upon"
Mr. Rockefeller recalls what he said
at an official hearing. that IL \ were to
suggest any legislation regarding indus I
trial combinations it would be: First,
federal legislation under which corpora
tons may be created and regulated, If
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
A Counter Proposition.

His Daughters Beau--I-er--er--
want to ask you, sir, for your er-er--
daughters hand sir
Her Father-rm not disposing of
her in sections, but I'm willing to lis.
ten to any proposition involving all Of
her, sir.--Cleveland News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26
FOOT BALL PLAYER is pARALYzED
Boys Spine Seriously Injured in Game
in Waterbury.

Waterbury, Conn, Sept. 26.--Wilfred
Balthazer Martin, half back on the Wa
terbury high school foot ball team. is
in serious condition at the local hos.
pital. as the result Of an injury TO his
spinal column during practice game Of
foot ball Thursday,
The body is paralyzcd from the shoul.
ders down.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26

possible, encouraging combination OF
persons and capital for the purpose Of
carrying on industries, but sufficient to
prevent frauds upon the public"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-09-26

that be possible. Second, in lieu thereof
state legislation as nearly uniform as
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
Base Line.

Mr.. and Mrs. &. Langdon have re.
turned from their OHIO visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pulen OF Cass county
have been visiting their son, w. Pullen.
Mrs. Fessenden has been staying with
her daughter, Mable Woodruff, for a
few days.
The meetings are still in progress
Rev. Emmons is assisted by Revs. Bass
and Carpenter part of the time.
The aid dinner at Mable WoodruF's
was success. A dinner will be served
at the home Of A. ID. Leech, December
16
Some from this place attended the
triple birthday party at Mrs. Sweets
in GoblevlIe, 1T being her birthday and
that OF Mr.. and Mrs. N. p. Woodruff.
Nearly 100 young people invaded the
home of Harry Barney, Friday evening
bringing with them we'll filed paske is a nd
gave them an old style house warming
The photograph and social chat enter.
tanned for while. but the bare floors
were so inviting that they were soon
tripping the fantastic toe and all went
merrily on until o'clock in the morn
ing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
Bangor.

Mrs. Cuthbert entertained friends
from Comstock recently.
+ ecton of officers of the L. o. T. NJ.
M. was held December 8.
The w. c. T. U. society will meet
with Mrs. B. K Howell, December 10
Mrs. Wan. Ray is improving slowly,
but is DESTROYS of securing some lady to
assist her
Mrs. Nellie Phillips has just returned
from a seven weeks stay with her sons
10 Chicago
Geo p Sherwood, employed with the
Hastings Express Co., Chicago, spent
Sunday with his family in Bangor.
Mrs. Mary Hammond and daughter
Vivian were out of town guests at the
home of w. p Austin for two days.
Mrs j. A. Fiodleys Sunday school
class sold various Christmas articles at
Mackellar's millinery rooms, Saturday.
Congregational aid will hold bazaar
in the belong building Friday and Sat
urday. The men of the church serve
supper Saturday evening.
Mrs. Adela Eastman has lust finished
putting on the improvement on her
dwelling. She will spend few weeks
with her daughter in Kibbe.
Mrs. Eta Piper and son Irving at
tended the funeral of nephew at the
home of David Cross, brought here from
Portland, Ore, ny his brother, Glenn
Duff.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
Covert.

Asa Wrightman and Miss Hattie Lang
we're married December 3.
S. ii. Shattuck captured a good many
of the best prizes at the South Haven
poultry show last week.
The Rebekahs are preparing play
for the holidays entitled "Tompkins
Hired Man." Earle Walters is manager.
Mr.. and Mrs l. A. Carpenter have
gone on visit to Kansas and other
western places. They expect to be gone
some time.
A. Defeilds of Coloma has rented Mrs.
Geo. Bender's farm one and one-half
mile south of Covert and expects to take
possession soon.
Mrs. A. r. Benner and her brother,
Chas. Teachout we're called to Kalama-
zoo last Wednesday by the serious ill
ness of Mrs. Benner's daughter, Mrs
Will Dole. She died Thursday al Bor-
CESS hospital and the remains were
brought to Covert, Friday, and the flu
neral was held at the Advent church
Mrs Dole was formerly Miss May Smith
of this place.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
MANY WILL Be HELPED BY IT
Tells How to Prepare a Simple
Mixture to Overcome Disease.

Tells How to Prepare a Simple
Mixture to Overcome Disease.
To relieve the worst forms of rheuma-
tism, take teaspoouful of the follow
ing mixture after each meal and at bed
time:
Fluid extract dandelion, one-half
ounce; compound kargon, one ounce;
compound syrup of sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
These harmless ingredients can be OBJ
tanned from our home druggists and are
easily mixed by shs king them well in a
bottle. Relief is generally felt from the
first few doses.
This prescription forces the clogged-
up, inactive kidneys to filter and strain
from the blood the poisonous waste
matter and uric acid, which causes rheu-
matism.
As rheumatism Is not only the most
painful and torturous disease, but dan
gerous to life, this simple recipe will no
doubt be greatly valued by many suffer
ers here at home, who should at once
prepare the mixture to get this relief.
1t is said that person who would
take this prescription regularly, dose
or two daily, or even few times week
would never have serious kidney or uri-
nary disorders or rheumatism.
Cut this out and preserve it, Good
rheumatism prescriptions which really
relieve are scarce, indeed, and when you
need it you want il badly.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
NEWS FROM THE
NEIGHbOR TOWNS
Interesting Paragraphs by Our
Staff Of Suburban Core
spondents.
VAN BUREN, correspondence
3ase Line, Lawrence, Rural Route
No. 8, Sunny Lane and
Many Others.
WIdey District.

DR.. Phipps went to Chicago, Satur
day.
John Ryder was in Chicago this week
attending the fac stock show.
l. Sherrod began work for the Kibbie
telephone company this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Palmer are visiting
relatives in the northern part of the
state.
Frank Morrill, returned Monday from
a trip to western Texas. We understand
that he purchased 100 acres of farming
land there.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
Had a Close Gall.

Mrs. Ada l.. Groom tho widely known
proprietor of the Groom Hotel, Vaughn,
Miss, says: "For several months | suf
fered with a severe cough, and con-
sumption seemed to have its grip on
me, when a friend recommended DR..
Kings New Discovery began taking
it and three bottles affected a complete
cure " The fame of this life saving
cough and cold remedy and lung and
throat bealer is world wide Sold at A
Z. Martins drug store. SOC. and 81 90.
Trial bottle free. M
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
G/endQIe.

Samuel Griffin and wife are visiting
10 Chicago
Mrs. j. q. Burdick visited in Kalama
zoo last week.
Mrs. Clyde Stanley visited Mrs. Grace
Town, Saturday.
Elder Hoffman of Alegan preached at
the church, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Vickers of Goble.
vile spent Sunday at Adam Beach's
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
A Healthy Family.

"Our whole family has enjoyed good
health since we began using DR.. Kings
New Life Pills three years ago." says l..
Maine. They cleanse and tone the sys.
tenn in a gentle way that does you good.
25c at A. G. Martins drug store. u
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
Would Mortgage the Farm.

A farmer Oh Rural Route 2, Empire,
Ga, w. A. Floyd by name, says; Buck
lens Arnica Salve cured the two worst
sores l ever saw; one on my hand and
one on my leg. 1t is worth more than
its weight in gold, would not be
without it il had to mortgage the farm
to get it" Only 25c. at A. @. Martins
drug store. IN
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
SCOTS
Emulsion

the oil is emulsified and made
easy to take-easy to digest
and easy to be absorbed in to
the bOdy-and is the most
natural and useful fatty food to
feed and nourish the wasted
body that is known in medicine
today.
Nothing can be found to take
its place. Ifyou are rundown
YOU should take it.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11
An Indigestion
Remedy Free

Many people who are otherwise
healthy suffer from indigestion, or
dyspepsia When you consider that
the stomach and allied digestive or
gans are the most important organs
of the body, it would seem that a dis
order there is to be taken very SER
iously
Dyspeptics cannot eat the things they
like; food sours in the stomach then
chronic constipation begins, or, as is often
the case, you have been constipated all
along, and the stools are forced and
irregular.
But there rs no use letting indigestion
go until it becomes chronic and under
mines your health. 1t is good advice to
suggest to you that you go TO your drug
gist and get a bottle of DR.. CaldwelPs
Syrup Pepsin, the wonderful cure for
stomach, liver and bowel troubles. That
is what c. Fowler, of Carson City, Mich,
did and he is well today. Others who did
the same and are cured are Ida A. For
tune, OF Grand Junction, Tenn, b. F.
Thompson, of Shenandoah, Ia, who ac-
tually considers that 1t saved his life.
You can obtain a 50-cent or 81 bottle OF
the druggist, and, taken according to d.
rections, II will probably be all you need.
II Is liquid acts gently, never gripes,
and besides the laxative effect, contains
exceptional tonic properties which tone
the stomach, and that is what Is es-
pecially needed in indigestion.
! All sufferers from indigestion who have
never used DR.. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin
! can obtain free test bottle by writing
| the doctor. 1t will be sent direct to your
/ home without any charge In this way
thousands have proven to their own sat-
isfaction DR.. Caldwel's Syrup Pepsin Is
the very remedy they needed TO cure In
digestion. When once you use this grand
remedy you will throw violent cathartics,
tablets salts, etc, away.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11

If there is anything about
your ailment that you don't
understand, or II you want
any medical advice, write
20 the doctor. and he will
answer you fully. There Is
no charge for this service.
The address Is DR.. w. b.
Caldwell, 500 Caldwell bldg,
Monticello. Ill.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11

Send this advertisement. together with name
of paper In which it appears. your address and
four cents to cover postage, and we will send
you Complete Handy Atlas of the World
SCOTT & BOVINE. 400 Pearl St, New York
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1908-12-11

Doctors

say take Cod Liver Oihthey
undoubtedly mean SCOTS
Emulsion.
II would be just as sensible
for them to prescribe Quinine
in its crude form as to pre-
scribe Cod Liver Oil in its
natural state. In
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-19
Mr.. BENSoN'S ILLNESS.

The grave illness of Secretary of
State Frank w. Benson is matter
OF deep concern to the people at large
as we'll as TO the host OF personal
friends interested, and the hope is
abroad that he may yet master the
ailments against which he has contend
ed for so long, and fill out, not only
his term OF Office, but that larger and
fuller term of life the ratio OF aver
ages permits to men OF his age He
has the warm sympathy OF many
friends in this end Of old Oregon, and
ii good wishes count in the scheme
OF effective, yet indirect, forces, he is
certain to get well, with, or without,
the threatened operation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-19
OREGON LIVESTOCK.

To have state fair without live
stock department would be like
circus without horses and bareback
riders or clowns. The Oregon State
Fair, which will be held at Salem on
September 1919, next, will be a rec
ord-breaker in the matter OF livestock
exhibits If one may judge from the
letters OF inquiry for space, which the
secretary, Frank A. Welch, is receiv
ing daily at present. The usual large
herds OF former exhibitors will be on
grounds and there vii be new breed
ers numbered among those seeking
honor and the ribbons. Harry West,
the Jersey breeder at Scappoose, Co
lumbia county, is going TO be out in
full force with his string of heavy
cream producers, of which ten have
lately been purchased by him in In
diana, the cost price being $4,000.
They are Of rich blood, and Mr. West
will give ell other eJrseymen lively
rub for the premiums w. c. Nor
row and A. F. Domes, of the VIII
iamette aVlley, will be numbered
among the Jersey breeders who will
be showing their cattle for the first
time at the state fair; and there are
others, too. D. H. Looney, Of JEFF
ferson, is among the entries with his
splcndii Jerseys and Guernseys. The
tkinsons, cf Newberg, have made
requisition ior space for their Jerseys,
which were not at the fair OF 1907
owing to others matters which pre-
vented them making a display. The
Holstein BREEDERS will be right up in
front, also, for P. A. Frakes, OF Co.
lurnbia county, and John L. Smith, Of
near Spokane, Washington, are COM
ing with their black and white ami
mails who fill the milk pals to over
flowing.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-19
BROAD CHARTER WORK.

The centralization OF the charter
work here within the radius Of the
Common Council, by way Of member
ship, employment OF counsel, and the
naming of the seawall commission, is
taken to be SO much stretch Of
councilmanic authority by good
many Of our citizens, as to lend sharp
emphasis to the Portland plan; that
of appointing the mayor and two
councilmen, to select FIVE citizens
each, to make up the final commits
sion on charter provision.
The Inner circle" theory Of public
and organic work is worn threadbare
these days, and the people are de-
manding broader systems and are 60
ing to have them. The tendency of all
new municipal law, and in fact, Of
all law, is wider, freer, and lets the
public in on the propositions near
est to its interest, and this principle
is very pronounced in Oregon.
This without reproach in the pres
ent instance, and merely to apprise
those who are not wise to the situ-
alton that there is such feeling and
such comment, and that it is likely to
crystalize into independent charter
action before the Ides Of December
In fact there is strong talk Of radical
action among the taxpayers OF a
movement to force their own poll
cies to the front this winter and check
the alleged tendency toward extraor-
dinary public expenditures until the
cummunity has, in part, overtaken its
pending obligations
With new council OF thirteen
members in the new regime, it is
felt that the chances for redeeming the
city from more than she can stand
in the way of burdensome engage
ments is not made any brighter; that
the new organism will be unweildy,
less mindful of the economy essential,
and rather unpromising Of reform and
retrenchment, owing to the desire of
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-19

isl sat NJ q piano and Oscar Hammer.
stein sat at his desk and between
these two the voices were tried, one
after another and n, length,
But that was not all, for the impress.
sario had decided TO find out why
those who failed were lacking in
voice and TO this end DR.. Frank T.
Miller a specialist on the throat, was
there, lie sat in darkcned room
fortified by q light, reflector and nu,
mcrous instruments and the unsuc-
cessiul applicants filed in before him
and his reflector He examined throat
after throat catalogued defects and
explained why the voice was impaired
in It's effectiveness and was robbed OF
its beauty II was novel experiment
for most operate impressarios are
content with knowing that there are
bad voices without trying 10 find out
why they are bad. bu, Il may have
been balm Tor the rejected applicants
to be told that some ailment OF chord
or tonsil stood in the way OF their
singing Dr. Miller ais o accounted
Tor the voices OF the successful ones.
It was 4 new idea Of hunting q grand
opera chorus along scientific lines.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-19
THE POLICE COMMISSION.

The resignation OF T. F. Laurin as
a member OF the Astoria Police Com
mission, having been filed with, and
accepted by, the Common Council, the
matter becomes significant in view
OF the mooted abrogation OF the COM
mission at the hands OF the voters at
the December polls
1t will be a matter of rejoicing
when the useless and obstructive de-
partment is ousted. 1t has always
been more Of an impediment than a
utility and under the conflicting ordi-
nances in force, will ever be a nui-
sance, if not a menace. 1t has al
ways figured as "hfth-wheep and
can safely and nationally be dispensed
with, if only to leave the administra-
tion of this important element Of civic
free mad effective. With
all due respect to the gentlemen at
interest, the man resigning and the
man succeeding, we hope the council
will ignore the vacancy and thus put
itself on record for the benefit OF the
voting public before whom the sub
ject OF its final custer will soon come
for settlement.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-19
Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved.

l1r. Edward E. Henry, with the
United States Express Co., Chicago,
writes:
"Our General Superintendent, Mr..
Quick, handed me a bottle OF Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy some time ago to check an
attack of the old chronic diarrhoea.
I have used it since that time and
cured many on our trains who have
been sick. | am an old soldier who
served with Rutherford B. Hayes and
William Mckinley four years in the
23rd Ohio Regiment, and have no all
ment except chronic diarrhoea,
which this remedy stops at once" For
sale by Frank Hart and leading drug
gists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-08-19
A Faithful Friend.

" | have used Chamberlan's collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since
it was first introduced to the public in
1872, and have never found one in
stance where cure was not speedily
effected by its use. have been a
commercial traveller for eighteen
years, and never start out on a trip
without this, my faithful friend" says
H. S, Nichols of Oakland, Ind. Ter.
When man has used remedy for
thirty-hve years he knows its value
and is competent to speak Of it. For
sale by Frank Hart, druggist.