The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-09-03

The Tribune has this to say re-
garding the way to catch summer
visitors:
mSo-and-So, who has been my
guest for a week, likes Ludlow Sc
well that be is coming back for
another stay in September re-
marked villager the other day
as How did it happen that So and
So and his family stayed way up
to Tyson for their summer out
ing?n was asked of somebody else,
who was speaking of late arrival
at one of our resorts. co." was
the reply, "they saw the place ad-
vertised and came along to see
what there was to it; and they
think this a fine section of country
to come to-"
"These two instances are but
types of many others that could
be cited-instances of favorable
impressions of the general beauty
and attractiveness of this section,
and the generating of inclination
and purpose to come again.
"Straws' show which way the
summer visitor breeze blows; and
the more interested the commun-
ity get in the development of the
summer visitor business, the more
briskly will the breeze blow"
OF course we know that this sum-
mer is about gone and SO the ad-
wise is of little present use to
Bradford and vicinity but we ex-
pect there is another summer COM
ing, and advertising to be effec-
tive must be done in advance. We
note ourselves, that numerous
items in our local pages read some
thing after this manner d.
have just returned to their homes
after spending several weeks at
this or that farm. This is the third
or fourth summer they have en-
joyed their vacations with u.s.
Get them to coming and they will
follow it up, but you have to adj
vertise one way or another to get
them to come first.
eff typhoid, or diphtheria, or
smallpox break out in your com
munity, do not try to conceal the
fact. Tell the truth. 1t is far bet
ter in the long run. Attempts to
suppress the facts and rumor will
make conditions tenfold worse than |
they really are and, when at last |
you do tell the truth, the public |
viii be reluctant to take your
word"
Walter n. Crockett of the Mont
pelier Journal included the fore
going statement in his remarks be-
fore the State Board of Health
Officers at the recent meeting. 1t
IS an exact statement of facts, but
one that is hard for many mer-
chants as well as for health Off
GERS to understand. The first in
'tinct of men is to cover up the
act in the hope that it will not be :
Known beyond the borders of the
own or city and so that trade I
will go on undisturbed. But these '
ropes are ever i'll founded as every I
own knows where an epidemic has
,roken out.
There may be those in st. Johns !
Jury who will not approve the YER {
lict of Chief Judge John w. I
lowell in the st. Johnsbury water i
ase, which was against the use of
7ater from the Passumpsic river.
he defence was, that forbiding it's !.
Use was in violation of personal +,
-berty. The Judges ruling that !
As to personal liberty, our Bill :
f Rights declares that govern
1ent is or ought to be instituted
or the common benefit, protec-
ion and security of the people, Il
alton, or community and not for h
he particular emolument or adj :
antage of any single man, family,
r set of men who are a part only
I that community" appeals to
Ommon sense and as this water
polluted and endangers public
ealth il used for domestic pur-
oses, st. Johnsbury needs to be
rejected against itself if the town
ants to continue using disease
den water.
Some other sons of other men,
ot so wealthy as E. H. Hartman,
onld find it much to their advan-
ge TO wise up" on Dads business
young Walter A. Hartman is !.
1ing, according to- his own ex- II
anation of his summers work,
Try a surveyors chain out west.
ne operating department of
is to be his next field,
he says, I've got to wise up
! all branches of the business