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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
New Land For Fruit.

Fruits of all kinds do we'll upon
cleared woodland provided, of course.
that the location and mechanical con-
dition of the soil are suitable But it
is not wise to plant trees on such land
until it has been thoroughly plowed
and is in condition to be conveniently
cultivated. In planting an orchard
upon stumpy land stumps should not
be allowed to remain in proximity to
the newly set trees. The stumps will
not only int. fere with cultivation, but
greatly endanger the trees by bruises
from horse or plow.
Among small fruits the strawberry
thrives especially we'll on recently
cleared land. Upon such soil it makes
most satisfactory growth and fruit
age. and much less labor is required
to keep the weeds and grass down. as
the ground is not impregnated with
foul seed. This immunity Of new
ground. compared to old land, from
weed and grass infestation is most
important factor not only in straw
berry culture. but in all gardening or
trucking operations.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28

possible to estimate that he has travelled
during his years of service nearly 275, 900
miles, or 10 circuits of the earth.
a careful search for one of the patients,
who was soon to be discharged from the
State hospital for the insane and who
was helping in carpenter work, resulted
in finding his body on the river bank
Thursday morning with his throat cut.
The man was known there bv the name
of Phillips, was of middle age and is said
to have come from Underhill. Phillips
was first missed Wednesday night. No
blame for the suicide is attached to the
hospital authorities as he had already
had his liberty during good behavior.
Norbert, the eight-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Thebarge of Benning-
ton, died on train at Ionsonville, N.
y, while on the way to one of the hos
pitfalls in Troy. The child fell on stone
wall a few days ago and injured one
knee, but little attention was given to
the bruise until he became delrious.
Blood poisoning was the cause of death.
Mrs. Richard Bradley, wife of former
trustee of the Brattleboro Retreat, has
presented $4,000 to that institution in
memory of her husband, who for MANY
years and up to the time of his death
was trustee of the institution as his
father had been before him. The money
is to be used as fund in establishing
and building a recreation building for the
patients of the Retreat.
Secretary H. G. Thomas OF the YER
mont Fish and Game League and the
committee of arrangements are making
arrangements for the annual meeting
and luncheon to be held at Hotel Cham
plain, Sept. II. 1t is expected that Vice
President Sherman, Speaker Cannon and
Others of national prominence will be the
guests of honor. The party will go by
steamer from Burlington, returning late
in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Wade have
probably been married the longest Of
any couple in Stowe. They have just
passed their S7th and S5th birthdays,
respectively, and have been married ca
years. Mr.. and Mrs. Wade are in COM
Portable health and would easily be
taken for ten years younger. They have
occupied their present residence for sixty
years. One daughter, Miss Jessie Wade,
is left to them of FIVE children.
The engagement of Anna Elizabeth
MacClanahan, daughter of Mrs. Rosa
Hill MacClanahan, of Chicago and DR..
Wilfred T. Grenfell of Labrador has been
announced. Johnson people will remem-
girl in the c. c. Chadwick family, and
later as one of the teachers. Miss Mac
Clanahan passed most of her youthful
days there and Johnson friends will be
pleased to know of her future prospects
and extend congratulations.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28

(A) TRAP NEST MADE OF ORANGE BOX.
till released This trap nest gives good
satisfaction and can be made very
cheaply. "Ideal' trap nests, shown in
figure marked B, have also been used
and found quite satisfactory. They
have the advantage Of occupying
small space.
When one is anxious to build up
certain strain of birds, either for egg
production. special, fancy or exhibition
stock. the trap nest if looked after,
will show which hens lay and which
hens lay certain eggs, thus enabling
the breeder to know exactly what he
is doing. They require considerable
time in the way Of keeping records
and releasing the hens after laying.
Each hen has her own individuality.
Certain hens lay eggs that are nearly
always hatchable. Some hens lay
we'll Their eggs are nearly always fer
tile, but will not hatch either under
hens or in incubators. The chicks will
develop to Il certain size, often fully
formed. but die in the shell. A few
hens lay eggs that are seldom fertile.
In selecting birds one has several OBJ
jects. The saying is often heard that
"the hen that lays is the hen that
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
CRAWFORD RANNEY,
INSURANCE,
ST. JohnsburY, Vermont.
License to Sell Real Estate.

ESTATE OF WILLIAM r. HASTINGS,
STATE OF VERMONT, District of caledonia, SIS.
To the honorable Probate Court for the
district aforesaid.
To the heirs and all persons interested In
the estate of William r. Hastings. late of
Danville in said district, deceased, greeting:
Whereas application hath been made to
this court in writing, by the administrator,
OF the estate of said deceased, praying for Ii
cense and authority to sell the whole of real
estate of said deceased to wit: Five acres of
land, more or less, with a dwelling house
and outbuildings thereon and twenty-five
acres of land, more or less, called the Green
bankslot, all situate in Danville. in the County
of Caledonia and State of Vermont, repre-
senting to said court that it would be benef-
cial to the heirs and all the persons interest
ed in the estate of said deceased. to sell said
real estate and convert the same into money.
And bringing into court the consent and
appreciation in writing, of all the heirs to
said estate residing in this state and setting
forth the situation of the real estate.
Whereupon. the said court appointed and
assigned the 9TH day of August, A. D. 1909,
at the Probate Office in st. Johnsbury in said
district, to hear and decide upon said appli-
cation and petition. and ordered public no
tice thereof to be given to all persons inter-
ested therein, by publishing said order, to-
gether with the time and place of hearing,
three weeks successfully in the CALIFORNIAN,
a newspaper, which circulates in the neigh
borhood of those persons interested in said
estate, all of which publications shall be pre-
vious to the days assigned for hearing
Therefore, you are hereby notified to APP
pear before said court, at the time and place
assigned, then and there in said court to
make your objections to the granting ofsuch
Given under my hand at st. Johnsbury,
in said district, this Goth day of July, A. D..
1909.
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
What Becomes of the Corn.

People often wonder. particularly
those who have travelled for hundreds
of miles through the corn belt, what
becomes of corn which is grown every
year In the year 1908. when the to-
tai crop was 2,666,0O0,000 bushels,
PAL. 100000 bushels were consumed in
flour and grist mill products, 100000
bushels in the manufacture of starch,
100000 bushels for malt liquors, IT,
100000 bushels in the production of
distilled liquors, 100000 bushels for
glucose, 19O,000000 bushels for export
and 100000 bushels for seed, max
ing total of 518000,000 bushels, or
1913 per cent of the entire crop. The
remaining S0.7 per cent or 2,11SOOO,-
900 bushels, seems to have been used
almost entirely for feeding.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28

canes, somewhat like those Of the rasp-
berry, spring from the base. This is
the next seasons fruiting wood and
must be attended to. The Logan berry
makes very free growth, and winds
soon twist the\ shoots. which must
then be supported. After the crop has
been gathered the old fruiting wood Is
cut out, and the new shoots from the
base take its place. The plants fruit
in July and August and do we'll on
north wall or high fence or may be
trained to wires or iron hurdles. The
fruits are e9eemed for preserving
Much the same culture is required
where the blackberry is grown in the
garden. The wineberry is an excellent
fruit for preserving or for tarts and is
prolific. 1t makes a strong growth and
requires similar treatment to the
Logan berry. 1t is welcome in the
shrubbery or on a fence, and it makes
much wood. Other berries such as the
berberis are grown for garnishing and
generally as bushes In strawberries.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
FARMERS FOUNDING BANKS.
Interesting Aspects of a Movement
Which Goes on Extending.

UhiSH SOSS vi INhShNHi9'
The farmer-banker is becoming an
important factor in the interior towns.
In literally hundreds of little towns,
some with not more than 100 pOpula
ton. have been started banks during
the past three or four years. Many Of
these have farmers as stockholders
and officers. Some Of them are prac-
tically owned by farmers only oneyor
two stockholders being from the town.
These banks get large deposits be-
cause they draw from farming sec
tons that have been prosperous dur
ing the past decade, and the fact that
leading farmers are stockholders gives
prestige to the institution Indeed, this
is so we'll understood that most new
banks in the farming sections try to
secure as many farmer stockholders
as possible. 1t is not uncommon to
find small banks with nine or eleven
directors nearly all of whom are farm
ers, placed there because of the benefit
to be derived from the advertising.
The influence of this is directly to-
ward conservation. The farmer be-
lieves in making the bank safe; hence
he looks with doubt on commercial pa
per and ties his faith to farm mort
cages and similar investments. If
nothing offers he keeps the money in
the vault until at times banks have
Go to 70 per cent of their deposits in
cash and sight exchange. He likewise
has a well defined doubtfulness of ev-
erything that savors of Wall street
and cautions his officers to use great
care This is particularly true since
the furry of 1907. and it results in
tying up a great deal of money that
should be working. The farmer-bank-
er is being educated, but at present he
is a factor to be considered in the esti-
mate of interior bank conditions.
The bank commissioner has found
new scheme in bank promoting. He
discovered that in the small towns of
the central and western counties Of
the state men are organizing banks
as speculations. The promoter goes
into towns that have already more
banks than needed and easily finds in
vestors ready to put in money because
of the banking craze and the adver-
Using they get from being bank Off
GERS and stockholders. To push the
matter the names of leading men of
the state who are said to be interested
are used without their knowledge. The
promoter puts in very little money and
usually manages to get that out as
soon as the bank starts. incidentally
he sells bank fixtures, safes and sta
tionery, from which he reaps COM
mission of $500 or more. He moves
on to a new town and works the plan
over again. This has become so COM
mon that the banking department has
aired the plan and has exposed some
specific instances, hoping it will put
stop to the practice.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
NOTICE.

We desire to call your attention to the
fact that the American Liver Tablets
are a perfect laxative. They are purely
vegetable and act as a tonic to the
stomach and bowels as we'll as a mild
stimulant to the liver. The habit of
constipation is one of the chief causes of
i'll health. Drinking plenty of cold water,
eating coarse food, physical exercise,
regularity in habit, will cure large
percentage of the cases. Yet many
require a laxative at times and every
home should contain The American
Liver Tablets as part of the home equip
ment. The dose is one or two at night
children one-half tablet. They are sugar
coated. They never cause gripping or
any bad effect. The American Liver
Tablets can be bought at any drug
store or will be sent, postpaid, upon
receipt of price. Two sizes, 10 and %
cents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
(B) PATENT TRAP NEST.

pays" The majority of those in the
business consider egg production the
best end Of the business. 1t is often
the surest. There is much less risk
attached to it. Then if the production
can be increased from five to ten eggs
a hen per year you are doing a good
business. The average hen does not
produce over eighty eggs year. At
the Maine station, where the trap nest
system has been in use some years.
the record last year was between 1876
to 40 eggs per hen, which shows
considerable gain over previous years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
Creating a Food Supply.

Burbank has estimated that a single
kernel of grain added to each sheaf of
wheat grown would be sufficient to
supply the navy of a civilized country.
1t is we'll known that he has done more
than this. He has in most of his prod
ucts generally doubled their produc-
ton. In this connection what makes
his cactus immensely valuable to the
stockman is that it can be grown and
need not be used for fodder for two or
three years and when cut is just as
good as ever.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28

Any timber will last quite we'll ii
set in this way: Dig a square hole
about foot deep, throwing the dirt
well back. Sharpen the post and drive
well into the bottom. Then put fat
stone against each side and a chunk
against the post the boards holding
it the other way. This prevents their
rotting off at the surface Of the ground,
as they always do.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
A Wonderful Blackberry.

Although the planting season for
many fruits is gone. it is not too late
to mention a species of blackberry
known as the Logan. 1t is very sue
cessful in England and can be adapted
to some climates in our country. 1t
yields wonderful crops. While the
plants are perfecting their fruits new
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
i arm ana
Garden
POULTRY TRAP NESTS.
Easily Constructed and Warranted to
Give Good Satisfaction.

The Illustration marked repre-
sents a trap nest constructed by stu
dents in the poultry course ut the
Pennsylvania State college, 1t is made
out Of an orange box.
All that is required to make these
trap nests are frame and tilt. as
shown in the figure. The tilt is balanc
ed. On the hen entering the nest at the
rear of box her back touches the tilt
which drops forward and confines her
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
W. j. ALpRIcH. M. D.

3 Cherry Street, st. Johnsbury, VT.
General Surgery and Gynecology,
Office hours. l to . and to : p. M No
patients seen mornings or Sundays except by
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
CHARLOTTE FAIRBANKS. M. D.

Office - Main St. Residence "a Western Ave.
Office Hours: 10 to - a. NJ, 100 TO $50
p. m. Monday and Thursday : to p. III
6ld by appointment
Y E. Telephone
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
Business Directory.
PHYSICIANS,
n, n, MILTIMORE,

H. n. MILTlMORE, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon. Office and residence
50 Main Street.
Office Hours: So
1902
IS
n. E. Phone 1912. Cit Phone M-S7
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
At the Old
Stand.

All kinds of Furniture. Stoves
CrOCkery. Glassware and every
thing for the household.
Also three good Driving Hdr-
ness. pair Work Harness. Whiffle-
trees. Neck YOkeS. etc.
Am still cleaning and laying
carpets and give the same prompt
attention.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
c. A CRAMToN, M. D.

. p ONAW ONJ VT D
st. Johnsbury, VT.
Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Office 20 Main St. Over Post Office
Office Hours-9 a. III. to > p. m. Even
ings, except Wednesdays, from until $50.
Appointments for examinations of the eyes
for glasses can be made in advance by letter
or telephone.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
Carries Mail In Automobile.

The first United States mail carrier to
make use of the automobile in Vermont
is Thomas Halloran of Bennington. Mr.
Halloran is also the first mail carrier
appointed at the Bennington office, and
he carries his mail from the first post
office established in the state Carrier
Haloran has the long route out OF the
Bennington post office, his patrons being
residents of Bennington Center, where
there was formerly post office. His
three trips each day make it necessary
for him to cover nearly 40 miles. Hal
loran in a few months will be awarded
two black stars for 20 years service.
With a 40-mile journey on week days
and half that distance on Sundays, it is
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-07-28
Scrambled Eggs In Mail.

Some person across the Canadian
border, wishing to perpetrate joke
upon the U. S. postal authorities. sent a
setting of three dozen eggs to Brattle-
boro recently. Although they were V,
evidently meant for Matching, they
resembled the scrambled variety when
the mail pouch which contained them
was wa opened. 1t would have been i'm
possible to have mailed the package on
this side of the border line. Upon open
ing the bag the mail was found a., oT hp e
from the contents of large tin box in
which the eggs had been placed.
It was necessary to clean the post office
to remove the traces of the eggs, and the
smail pouch was subjected to gasoline
bath. The egg traces were removed as
we'll as possible and the mail sent out.
In some cases the addresses were entirely
obliterated, and Postmaster Taylor Will
have large assortment of mail for the
dead letter office.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
WILL SOON BE SHIPPING
FROM ANOTHER LEASE

Within the next two weeks an
other property of the Tonopah dis
trict will be sending forth ore for
treatment. James McQuillan, Tom
Kendall, William Douglass and as
sociates are now engaged in max
ing preliminary arrangements to the
extraction Of ore on their lease on
the Wandering Boy claim. The
gentlemen will work through the
old shaft on that property from the
300-foot level. At that station an
ore body has been encountered
which returns values of shipping
grade.
Yesterday to a representative OF
the Bonanza, Mr.. McQuillan stated
that the lease was looking excep-
tionally fine. He conveyed the in
formation that it is but the matter
of a fortnight until the lease would
be numbered with the producers.
The returns have been received
from the Gillespie lease. The
amount received by Mr.. Gillespie
and his associates in the lease
proves that they have a property
from which they may expect a grea.
deal. Twenty-Five tons of the ore
shipped to Millers for treatment, re-
turned over $500 net.
The Bonanza lease on the Jim
Butler is looking splendid. Indica-
lions point to early shipments from
that leasehold.
With the big mines producing
heavily, the leases sending forth ore,
certainly 1t looks as though Tono-
pah will surprise even her greatest
admirers by her production In the
next year.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
PARTY MAY CLOSE
BIG RAILROAD DEAL
Especial to the Bonanza

RENO, Aug. 12.-George Wing
field, president of tbD Goldield Con-
solidated Mines company, accompan-
led by Charles Knox, president of
the Montana Tonopah Mining com
pany; c. NJ. Hobbs of the Nevada
California Electric Light and Power
company, and C. o. Whittemore. a
prominent railroad man connect ID
with the San Pedro line, left this
evening in W%ingfeld's automobile
for Mono lake, California. Charles
Sadlier accompanied the party as far
as Carson City. The other members
of the party will continue directly IN
to Mono lake.
While In the Mono lake country
the party will visit Rush and Lee
vining creeks and inspect them for
power sites and will go over the
Bodie railroad running from Bodie
into the timber belt. This road has
been owned for two years by Knoy
and taps a large and rich timber
district. It is stated that the men
have an option on more than 15-
600 acres OF timber and If the tim
Der is large enough. and thisI
enough the Tonopah and Goldfeld
railroad will be extended from c.
lumbus marsh or Coaldale to Mon>
lake to haul this timber to Col +
field, Tonopah and other camps sur
the mines. If a corporation Is form.
ed to develop this country, bull
power plants and extend the Tono-
pah and Goldheid railroad the me
mentioned will be the principal -
corporators and 1t will be one OF tn
richest corporations in Nevada.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
LOOKING AFTER WATER
RIGHTS in THIS SECTION

State Engineer Frank r. Nicholas
is spending a few days in this Sec
ton on business connected with his
office. Mr.. Nicholas is state engi-
neer and has been looking after
water rights in the Monitor valley
and at Round Mountain.
Mr.. Nicholas is one of the most
efficient officials who ever held down
the position of state engineer. His
Office is n of the most important
under the government of this state,
During his term he has adjudicated
many differences between parties as
regards water rights, thus saving
the parties concerned thousands of
dollars in legal fees. He is one of
the hardest worked officials in Ne
vada.
The state engineer will remain
here today, to be in attendance on
the district court.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-08-14
PUDDY GRIMES SAYS LAW
LAW WAS NOT FOLLOWED

1t appears that this eounty's
troubles have just begun so far as
they concern the action of the COM
mlssioners in employing a firm Of
San Francisco accountants to ex-
pert the books of this county. Yes
terday County Recorder Puddy
Grimes informed the firm OF Lester,
Herrick and Herrick, the account
ants, by mail that he would not
audit the bill presented by that firm
for services rendered in delying into
the details of the offices of this
county.
Mr.. Grimes acted upon the
grounds that the work was not only
unsatisfactory, but under the law he
could not draw a warrant for the
amount, the contract itself being in
strict violation of the law in so Far
as it involved a sun in excess of
$500. namely $1,000.
The commissioners before ad-
journing took no action In the prem
Uses other than to send a communi-
cation to the Californians calling for
certain explanations regarding the
inaccuracies OF the report.
But the real question is: Was IL
or was 1t not a contract? There
hinges the issue. The action of the
commissioners was taken upon the
advice of the district attorney, it Is
said. That official is of the opinion
that the services performed did not
come under the head of a contract.
the work being from day to day ut
a certain wage per diem Recorder
Grimes differs with the legal ADV.
ser of the board. He says in IN
mistakable language that a contract
was entered into. a contract in every
particular contrary to the law. tie
says he will sign no warrant that at
best calls for a waste Of the peo-
pies money. He also says that
there was plenty of home talent
that could have done a better job
than the individual sent here from
/ California.
The question is one of intricacies
and worry. No doubt the commits
sioners are scratching their heads
and wishing that it was over with
If indeed they do not wish that it
had never commenced.
The allowing of the bill will un-
questionably prevent a law suit. The
accountant firm will not let the
chance Of getting over $4,000 slip
by without a fight. 1t cannot be
questioned that II acted in good
faith. Then. upon whom does the
responsibility rest?