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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-01


Miss Bertha Reed of Montpelier spent
several days in town last week.
Miss Jean Buzzell is i'll at the home
Of her parents on Traverse street.
Mrs. Nathaniel King has returned from
a short visit with friends in Randolph.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Z. Beckley spent
Sunday with friends and relatives in
Barre.
Dr. and Mrs. Clarence S. Steele or
Barre We're in town Friday to attend the
Masonic ball
Miss Francis Wakefield remains quite
Ill with erysipelas and Is being cared for
by Mrs. Josephine LOOMS.
The books Of all the town officers will
be closed today and placed in shape to
be audited by the last Of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Kenyon and Mr..
and Mrs Noble Love of Barre were
the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. L. G, Smith
on Friday.
Nat. A. Wheeler has returned from
Bellows Falls, where he was called the
first Of the week by the illness of his
mother.
Mr. and Mrs. George Alnion of Mont
pelier were in town Friday to attend
the Masonic ball and were guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. n. G. Cady.
Mrs. Charles Baldwin of Barton, who
is spending the winter with her mother.
Mrs. Pernelia Stebbins, has returned
from q short trip to Maine
The members of the Alpha Sigma ri
fraternity of Norwich university pleas
antly entertained the cadets who have
pledged themselves to join the society
later, az the fraternity house Saturday
night Many Of the older members Of
the society were present and made re-
marks.
The sixtieth anniversary ball of the
Dewitt Clinton lodge, A. f. and M, took
place in the armory on Friday evening
and was both social and financial sue
cess. There were eighty couples in the
grand march, led by Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Lance There were about twenty five
couples from Montpelier, Barre. Water
bury ard Randolph Whittier's orchestra
furnished music and added materially to
the success Of the occasion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-01
EAST CALAIS

Dan Brown was in Marshfeld Thurs
day.
r. G. Goodell was in Plainfeld Thurs
day.
D. D. Lamb was in East Montpelier
this week.
james Mutton Of Marshfeld was in
town recently.
@. D. Smith of Marshfield was in
town Wednesday.
Will Harrison and wife Of Marshfield
was in town Friday.
Clayton Whitcomb went to Richmond
the first Of the week.
Mrs. Jennie Lamphere has been Wis
iting friends in town.
AIRS. Frank Shattuck went to Bell
mont. N. H., Wednesday.
Elmer Brown and Frank Ladeau were
in East Montpelier Thursday.
w. E. Bliss returned home from
Montpelier for good Thursday.
Harvey Bullock Of Mnrshfed was a
business visitor in town Wednesday.
Arthur Mack and wife Of East Mont
pelier visited his parents Wednesday.
Mrs. Clayton WhitcomD has been Wis
ting at the home Of her parents in
Moretown.
Walter Eastman went to Waterbury
Monday to attend district meeting Of
the Masons
Mrs. Forest Tebbets, who has been
IN at the home of her father, ri. r..
Leonard, has so far recovered 50 she re-
turned to her home in Cabot Thursday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-01

Stops itching piles instantly. Cures
piles. eczema, salt rheum, letter, itch,
hives, herpes. scabies-Doan's Ointment.
At any drug store.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-01
MORTIFIED

Death of Samuel Curtis, longtime
Resident of the Place.
The death of Samuel Curtis occurred
on Friday night at the home of his
daughter Mrs. Alice Thurston, on Cross
street, at seven o'clock, from heart fail
re. Mr.. Curtis, though in i'll health
for many months past, was appearing
in his usual manner and talking with
friends when he died. He was about
eighty years old and long time resident
OF Mortified. He was for many years
in the employ of the Central Vermont
abroad as yardmaster He was mem
Der Of Dewitt Clinton lodge, 4, and A.
NJ, and an Odd Fellow
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-01
BUSINESS TROUBLES.
Edward Tucker of waltham Files Pc
tition in Bankruptcy,

Rutland, Feb. Edward Tucker of
Waltham, has filed petition in bank
ruptcy with Clerk +. S. Platt Of the
United States court. His liabilities are
$5es and his assets amount to ss44 of
which S410 is exempt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-02-01

Heavy, impure blood makes muddy,
pimply complexion, headaches, nausea,
indigestion. Thin blood makes you
weak, pale, sickly. Burdock Blood Bit
ters makes the blood rich, red, pure--re-
stores perfect health.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
CROP OF RAILWAY RUMORS
Usual Spring Talk Is Heard in Railway Centers
Likely to Wait on Anti-Railway Legislation.

E. Northwestern, which proposes TO
build from Whitewood to the Belle
Fourche irrigation country northeast
of Whitewood, and is incorporated by
Whitewood business men.
The promoters Of the Veblen &
Northwestern line have amended their
articles of incorporation. The hrst
proposed line was from Veblen to
Hankinson, on the Great Northern
road in North Dakota, but the amend
ment proposes to change the line to
run from Veblen to a point on the
Milwaukee near White Rock.
The people along the line between
Huron and Chamberlain are DESTROYS
of securing the construction of an eX-
tension of the Great Northern from
Huron to the river town. A delegation
Of business men from the two towns.
and from points between visited }. j..
Hill in St. Paul, but did not receive
much encouragement. He agreed to
consider their project when the Great
Northern again does any building in
the state, but said he wanted 20 know
how much further anti-railway legis-
lation is going to be carried in the
state before he would take any action
on South Dakota lines.
The people of Buffalo and southern
Hand and Hyde counties are at work
attempting to secure pledges from
land owners in that part of the state
to pay a certain cash bonus for al
extension of the Milwaukee Messing
ton Springs extension to Pierre. 1t is
entirely a farmer move, and whether
the railroad would consiter any propo-
sition from them is a question.
Another farmer proposition is a line
from Sioux City to Centerville. Such
a line would be through the oldest
settled portion of the state, and is be-
ing pushed by farmers of Clay and
Mol counties. 1t would give Sioux
City better connection with the south.
eastern part of the state and cut off
a good many miles in getting to that
city. At a recent meeting at Alsen, it
was stated by some of the boosters
OF the project that the capital was
ready to be put into 1t as soon as a
right OF way was secured.
me out Dakota Central is report.
ed to be ~disposing of its grading out
fits, and evidently intends to let up on
construction for a time at least. That
line Is considering the putting on of a
gasoline motor car to run in and out
OF WATERFOWL, to stop at cross road
points and allow farmers to get into
the city to do business. The car TO
Il into WATERFOWL each morning
from as far south as Wentworth and
back in the afternoon.
Work is to be resumed at once on
the trolley line from Brookings to
sioux Fails, down the Sioux val
ley. A. H. Wheaton, now that he is
no longer food commissioner, is said
to be at the head of the project. and
will devote his attention to the work.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

tunnels jointly, working one end OF
the first while the waste is being re-
moved from tho near end of the other,
thus economizing on both time and
labor.
BY. carrying, the water the six miles
to the plant, through pressure pipes,
the company secures a water fall of
700 feet and a minimum loss in trans
mission.
More. Power for Stamp Mills.
The company already has a 500
horsepower electric plant at Engle-
wood, which will be continued in OPP
Grafton in addition to the new one
which is built, chilly for the mills
and shops in Lead. The mills are
now dropping 100 stamps daily,
which require two and one-half horse
power to the stamp. The mines are
now furnished power by the 1000
horsepower compressor at the Ellison,
together with the compressor at the
Golden Prospect and the B. & M.
The whole work will be in direct
charge of Richard Blackstone, the
chief engineer, under the supervision
of Supt. T. J. Grier.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
SPRAYING POTATOES
FOR BLIGHT AND BUGS
Mixture for the Former and Poison for the Latter
BY E. p. Sandsten, Horticultura1ist, Wis
consin Agricultural College.

This experiment station has o n
years in the leading potato growing
counties in the state to determine,
first, whether early potato blight CAL
%ternaria Solani) can be controlled by
the application of Bordeaux mixture,
and, secondly, to determine whether
spraying should be recommended to
the potato grower as a profitable in
vestment and insurance against
blight.
The term "early blight" is mislead-
ing, due to the fact that the disease
does o usually do serious damage
until after August Is. 1t must also
be noted that the early blight upon
potatoes does not rot the tubers. This
injury is generally caused by some
other organism. The early blight
found is confined entirely to the vines
and reduces the yield by causing an
excessive percentage of culls and
small potatoes at harvest. The last
three weeks growth Of the vine is
the important time in the formation
of tubers. By infesting the vines at
this time, the disease shortens the
growing period about two weeks,
causing the large percentage of small
potatoes.
If these affected leaves are ex-
amined with a high power magnify
ing glass it will be discovered that
the tissues or cells of the leaf are
~permeated with little threads or
strands of the fungus, which act like
roots in absorbing the food supply Of
the leaf. If the leaf is thoroughly
torn apart, very often at the ends of
the little short threads will be found
minute club-shaped bodies called
spores, which serve a similar purpose
as do the seedc to the higher plants.
(See Fig. p This little fungus plant
grows and develops similar to the
way of the potato on which it feeds,
The little ~thread-like plants are
wholly imperceptible to the naked
eye. The black spots visible on the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
mothers DAY." PROCLAIMED.
Governor Of South Dakota Fixes Date
for State Observance.

In a proclamation which has been
issued by the governor he fixes a date
for Mothers day. in the state, as
follows:
"Recognizing the Importance of the
home as the fountainhead Of society,
and realizing that no craftsmanship or
legislation can save us If our homes
become abodes of ignorance and
degradation, l, r. S. Wesley, governor
of the state Of South Dakota. hereby
set apart and designate the second
Sabbath in our National memorial
month Of May, as Mothers Day. in
grateful and loving remembrance Of
the one who. in our infancy, watched
over us with tenderest care, in our
youth gently guided us to higher
ideals, the counsel Of our maturer
years.
"The fitness Of the observance Of
this day appeals to all social, ira
ternal, civil, military and religious Or
CARNATIONS alike; to him who has
missed life's browning Joy, the tender
mlnlStratlons OF a mothers love, no
less than to the n who has derived
the elements of a noble character
from the maternal care bestowed in
childhood. Probably never before was
a movement inaugurated which in
such a short time attained national
recognition.
Official, professional and business
classes are all asked to join in the
observance Of this day, and | further
recommend that the churches observe
the day by special addresses in honor
OF Our Mothers and by the wearing
and distribution of the white flower
s~ymbolizing purity, beauty and frag-
rance-the attributes of a true moth
er; also hat an especial effort be
made to enable the aged and shut
ms to attend these services.
"R. S. VESSEY,
Governor"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

A Modern and Desirable Type Of Po-
tato Spraying Machine in Operation.
will Spray 20 to 80 Acres Per Day.
Extra NozzIes Can Be Attached II
Desired-This Machine Is Equipped
with a Pump, Pressure Tank and
Safety Valve.
living dormant upon the vines for
some time. 1t has been observed re-
peatedly that those growers who are
successful in spraying are men who
have taken the pains to study into
the simple facts just mentioned upon
the development of this disease. The
principle involved then in successful
potato spraying is as follows:
During the rapid development of
the disease, the mass of thread-like
mycelium is growing very rapidly in
and upon the leaf. The minute spore-
like bodies (see Fig. p are being pro-
duced on the surface of the black
spots already noted. These spores,
when they light on the leaf, terminate
and grow, causing another black spot
where the cells of the leaf are de-
stroyed. During favorable weather
conditions, and very often when the
vines are weakened by injury, this
multiplication of the fungus progress
es at an inconceivably rapid rate, and
is wholly imperceptible to the naked
eye. When the Bordeaux mixture. or
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
TRIP ORGANIZATION.
Settlers Petition to Have II Develop
ed-Are Too Late.

After the required legal petitions
had been filed with Gov. Vessey, and
he had, under the provisions Of the
law in such cases, fixed the date of
election for organization of Trip
county at June first, he received a tele-
gram from a "Homesteaders associa-
ton at Dallas, asking that action be
delayed until November first, to give
them time to acquire legal residence
and take a part in the organization.
Their request came too late for con-
sideration, as the proclamation fixing
the date had already been SEN out,
but v e if it had come earlier it
could not have had much effect, as
the law provides that action be taken
when a sufficient petition has been
filed, and two different petitioners.
either with the required number of
names, had been filed asking for &C
ton on organization, and the procla-
nation followed, as required by law.
While this may shut some of the new
settlers out of IN opportunity to Sc
cure offices, it is one of the unavoid-
able results of the law as it now
stands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
s1s 1886 In 8. D. STATE FUND.
Treasury Report for March Shows
Good Volume Of Business.

The report of condition of the state
treasury for April shows in the gen.
eral fund $1S5,636. Out Of this and
other revenues, a call will be made
between now and the middle OF the
month for 5000, 600 of general fund
warrants, which call will practically
wipe out the warrants issued for legis-
lative expenses. The collections on
the March call Of state taxes were
better than the average, Al per cent
of the total state taxes extended for
the year coming in on that call, which
shows that the people of the state
are paying their taxes early this year.
The state treasury has been doing a
good volume of business for the month
of March, the total receipts exceed
ing 1880, 900, of which $791,32S was
paid into the various funds through
YAK collections and fees. The pay
I.ents through the department for the
v!onth were S496,050 of general fund
warrants, $780, 900 of old revenue
warrants called in, and $4,000 of in
terest on these securities.
A year ago the quarter of a million
issue of evenu warrants were taken
to Chicago and sold on the market
at a five per cent interest rate. The
bids, twice the amount was f1oated
in state banks at n and on e-fourth
per cent lower rate.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT,
Section Of Board Caught Under Mail
Wagon, Upsetting It and Throwing
the Rural Driver

Section Of Board Caught Under Mail
Wagon, Upsetting It and Throwing
the Rural Driver.
Chris Hanson, carrier on a rural
mail delivery route running out of
WakoE.d ia, was the victim of a peculiar
accident. While driving along the road
with his mail wagon, he drove over
a heavy section of a board which
struck the ground slantingly, the ID
per end catching under the mail wag-
on in such a way as to tip over the
vehicle. throwing the horse upon it's
side and throwing Hanson and the
mai sacks violently to the ground,
Hanson was badly shaken up, and for
a time thought he had been injured
internally. While he was attending
to right the mail wagon, the horse
struggled to its feet and being great
ly frightened by the mishap, dashed
madly away, completing the wrecking
OF the harness and vehicle. Notwith-
standing the ;nimal's fright, force of
hahIt was so strong with it that upon
req ching the next mail box it came to
a ~standstill and awaited the arrival
of Hanson.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

The usual spring crop Of railway
rumors for the state are flying about,
and whether any Of them will take
definite form remains for the future
to tell. Most of the officials, major
and minor, of the different railway
operating in the state are taking the
position that there will be but little
if any railway construction in South
Dakota until they know just how much
further the a~nti-railway legislation
which has prevailed in the last two
sessions is to be carried. In this they
may be running a bluff, and may mean
what they say. At any rate, up to the
present there Is but little on which
to BASE actual roalroad rumors
So far as west of the Missouri river
is concerned, it Is claimed, On what Is
considered good authority, that the
Milwaukee will construct a line from
their coast extension down into the
heart of the section of the state which
is to be opened to settlement on the
Standing Rock and Cheyenne River In
dian reservations the latter part of
this year, with a terminal in the vicin-
ity of Thunder Butte, the line to ex-
tend from Lennon, or some point
further east.
The Northwestern last winter kept
a surveying crew out most of the win
ter running a line from their Black
Hills extension up into the same sec
ton of the country. Since the sur
vey was completed nothing further
has been heard of the project, and the
local officials Of the o say there
will not be for a year or more, SO far
as they have any knowledge in regard
to 1t. That the legislative action last
winter stopped any further move in
that direction.
Another project which is being dis
cussed is the laying of track on the
grade between Pierre and Aberdeen.
This umo floats practically every
year, and this time it is the Mime
apolis & St. Louis road which is to
take up the work. Aberdeen people
appear to feel confident that the work
is to be done by that company, and
this year yet. The grade is owned
by Pierre, and the men who have
1t in charge. while not giving out any
definite information, take the position
that it will be an operating road with
in . short time. The grade is open as
a donation to the railroad system
which will makes an operating line Of
1t and the people of Pierre will
have no objections to it's being used by
any system which will put a new line
irt~ the city.
while the existing lines of road do
not appear to be showing any direct
intention Of construction in the state
this year, a number of moves by local
business men and farmers are under
way to attempt to induce action. One
of these is a new company in the
Black Hills, known as the Black Hills
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

Disking Land.-Few men realize the
great advantage to be secured In disk
ing and before breaking for corr.
Where corn is to follow corn q
weighted disk harrow can be used, not
only for a stalk cutter, but for q pull
verizer of the surface and the saving
Of the humus of the corn stalk, which
is lost where they are burned, to-
gether with the greater ease with
which the land a be broken make
such a method of handling very desir-
able. One Of the greatest benefits.
however, m from the much better
connection that is made between the
bottom of the furrow and the turned
soil where the layer that Is turned
under is pulverized instead Of hard
and cloddyD as is too often the case.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
WILL TEST DEMURRAGE LAW.
State Association Of Farmers EIe.
vators Brings an Action in South
Dakota.

Dakota.
The state association of farmers
elevators has retained the law firm of
kean & Lawson to represent it in an
action in Lincoln county against the
Milwaukee & st. Paul railroad, to test
the validity Of the reciprocal demur-
rage law passed by the Legislature of
1907.
The farmers elevator companies, it
is understood, have a bill for collec,
tion if the court approve the law. 1t
provides that shippers may have for
ty-Cight hours to load and t~wenty-four
hours to unload cars and for all time
owe must pay 81 a day.
Tie railroad companies are required
to furnish cars to be loaded within
sevCnty-twO hours, must start loaded
cars toward destination within TWEEN.
ty-foIr hours, and must forward cars
loaded or unloaded, received by a con.
Meeting line, within the same time. or
pay a penalty of 81 a day for all ex-
cess time.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
STOCK BOARD ORGANIZES.
Stewart Of Euffalo Gap, S. D., Chosen
Observation-Disclosures Adopted.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Adopted.
The last legislature provided for a
state live stock sanitary board to look
af Ter live stock regulations in the
state. Tie first meeting for the pur-
pose of organization has been held,
and Frank Stewart Of Buffalo Gap was
selected president, and Frank Cook
Of Belle Fourche, secretary. Besides
the members of the board, James Will
o of the agr icultural college, and
DR.. J. P. Foster of the bureau of ami
NAL industry, were present.
The board adopted several regula-
tions, which will be printed in PAM
phlet form and distributed among
stock
Gov. Vessey has appointed as the
board of examiners under the new vet
Urinary law Of the last session: J. A,
Graham, Sioux Falls; ]. c.. Trotter.
Beresford; j. P. Foster, Huron; E. l..
Moore, Bookings: C. Mcdonnell, Wa
tertown.
The Black Hawk Medicine COMPANY,
has changed hands, the purchaser be-
ing Frad Villas of Bookings.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23

upon late potatoes usually comes be-
tween the dates Of August Is and
September 20. Therefore, it is /eces.
sary to guard against the claims Of
some men that special dust machines,
which are adaptable to applying poi
sons, may also be used in combina-
ton with dust sprays for the blight.
However, the same machine some
times can be used for both
The station has had excellent results
from combining the arsenates used
against the beetles with a weak Bor-
deaux mixture. When this combina-
ton is put on early in the season, care
should be taken to keep the pressure
down SO that the material is not
wasted. The weak Bordeaux mixture
used prevents any injuries which
might result from some mistake in
mixing the arsenic compounds. In
midsummer the Bordeaux mixture
would also have some fuhgicidal value.
The station has applied with success
the different poisons in combination
with lime water, which also prevents
injuries from free acid in the poison.
1t must be remembered that to sue
cessfuly control the beetles, the poi.
son must be applied Immediately or
soon after the eggs hatch. For this
reason, when potatoes are raised on q
large scale, it is necessary to have
machinery which covers a wide area
in a days time. Weak Bordeaux mix
ture is made by combining four
pounds Of copper sulphate with eight
pounds of lime to 100 gallons of water
containing the poison. This weak
Bordeaux mixture should be made in
the same manner as the standard Bor-
deaux mixture.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-04-23
DAILY PRESS FOR 50 90

The Sioux Falls Press is Out with a
great subscription offer that is soing
to be n Of the biggest things that has
ever come to that popular paper. en-
MAY 22nd, 1909, and on that day only.
any II who will send 81 will receive
The Press for a year. The conditions
are that if an old subscriber he must
pay up all a~rrearages and that the let
ter enclosing the $500 must show that
1t was mailed On May %, for if it
should be mailed a day later it wi | be
returned to the sender. lhe $2.CO
rate is for but one day, and will never
be repeated.