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ton and the Senate finance committee
reported IN favor Of fixing It at 81
- ton. When the matter was up for
debate Senator LaFoilette stated that
sA1ke paper mills In Wisconsin could
not continue to manufacture print
1aper, if the duty was reduced to 81
- ton, but would be compelled to at
once abandon its manufacture and II
such d rate we're enforced Immediate
II It would put them out OF business.
aHe favored retaining a duty Of 81
: ton until 1912 to enable them to
uadually go out Of business Of man
ufacturing print paper. The only
difference between his position and
that Of Senator Crawford was that
The latter favored fixing the duty at
a, atom without putting q limit upon
the lime 60 as to enable these mills
q continue the manufacture Of print
paper upon the American side as long
- sit u possible4for them to do It,
aad sc they can get free pulp wood
and freeSwood pulp wood from Cam
Ada they viii probably be able to con-
fipae INDEFINITELY"
senator Crawford then admits that
10 voted to sustain a tariff for the
beueht Of the constituents Of Senator
LAFollette, OF Wisconsin. In order to
keep those paper industries going,
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Freeman Knowles, the Lantern ed
itor of Deadwood. has turned down
the offer of his friends to pay his
fine of $500 imposed by the federal
court, or, rather, sustained. 1t looks
more like Knowles is playing the
act Of a martyr than anything else.
OF course it is his privilege to lay in
Jail If he wants, and perhaps the ed
itor considers that he will get a good
deal of free advertising by editing HE
newspaper from his cell in the Jail.
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from a trip out to Pukwana, near
which place he bought a quarter Sec
ton of land for one of his sons. Mr..
Meter is the father Of young Meter,
who has been pitching such fast ball
for Sioux City in the Western League.
and whom Ducky Holmes has sold
to the St.. Louis Nationals for $4,000.
Meter has been playing with the
country clubs around Marcus and
last summer he pitched a game in
Omaha that brought him into prom
thence. He was with the Sioux City
club for six weeks, when Manager
Bresnahan, of st. Louis, heard of the
phenom and went to Des Moines to
see him pitch a game. Bresnahan Of
fered Holmes $4,000 for the young
man to be delivered on the spot. Mel
ter went to st. Louis last Friday. Ask
ed If the son got any Of the purchase
money, MI. Meter sad the boy had to
go where he was sent. and that
Holmes failed to come across with
u dollar that he made out of the
young pitcher. The old man said he
did not think anything of selling a
horse OF steer, but when it come to
selling his son it seemed a queer
proposition. Father Meter, however,
had a strong note of pride in his
voice when he spoke of his son and
the future that was before him-if|
he made good in the big league.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
LET US GET TOGETHER.

The Rutland Herald, of recent
date recently made most excellent
suggestion when 1t said:
"The Vermont improvement Soci-
ETY., the Morgan Horse Club, the Ho-
tel Mems Association, the Grange, the
State merchants, the manufacturers,
the newspapers, and the railroads
all have something in common-good
roads, better advertising and more
summer business for the State. Why
not hold a get together meeting?"
Here is possibility of accomplish
ing something. We have talked a
great deal about a larger develop
ment of our State resources. That is
better than a state of Indifference, but
there must be something more than
talk If results are to be obtained.
The plan outlined contains an idea
that ought to result in action. Let a
convention be called at some central
place during the coming winter, and
let not only the organizations men,
toned, but any other societies inter-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
GOVERNOR PROUTY'S TRIP.

The account of Governor Prouty's
trip down the Mississippi to New
Orleans, with President Tafts party,
which he has kindly given to the
Journal, and which is printed else
where in this paper, will be interest
ing reading for all Vermonters. He
shows that even here in Vermont we
are interested in Mississippi deep
water project, because we are inter-
ested in cheaper transportation
rates. If water transportation can
be secured, for part of the distance,
then the products which we purchase
from the South can be brought here
more cheaply than by an all rail
route. Moreover, with returning
prosperity the railroads are likely to
be overtaxed with products to be
moved.
The spirit of loyalty found in
the South is very gratifying. 1t will
soon be half century since the
Civil War began. The old wounds
should have healed in that time, and
President Taft is an ideal executive to
act in the role of harmonizer.
The Governor brings out a pro-
found truth, when he points out that
the least progress is found where the
least effort is needed. In tropical
countries, where Nature furnishes
fruit for food and fig leaves for
aprons, there the lowest civilization
Is found. 1t is in the hill countries
of the temperate zone, where man.
kind must battle with stony soil
and wintry weather, that the strong
est men are bred, and the greatest
deeds are accomplished.
A conference of the Governors OF
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
(THE GOvERNORSHIP.)
lManchester journal. ]

"A test on governorship candidates:
Write the names of the men likely to
be considered in connection with the
office, Then imagine that you have a
big business enterprise and must
choose from the names before you
one man to handle it. Write that
name. Vermont Phoenix.
What this State needs for a Gov
ernor is a good business man, not an
idealist even though he be good fell
low and all that. The running of the
affairs of this State is a fairly big
business proposition and when the
Phoenix asks one to pick out name
from among those mentioned as pos
sible candidates for Governor as the
one whom you would choose to carry
on big business enterprise for you
there certainly seems to be one above
all others that would be selected
namely, Dr. John A. Mead of Rutland
If you don't believe 1t just take good
sized business proposition to the DR.
and see how quickly he will analyze
II and show you where the strong and
weak points are. Without wishing tc
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
TELEGRAPH NEEDS.
BARRE Times.)

The efforts of the Montpelier Board
of Trade to get the Postal Telegraph
Company's line into its city bring up
again the general belief that the
Western Union Company would serve
it's Barre patrons in much better
manner if it should divorce it's bus
mess from that of the Central Ver-
mont railroad and have an office on
Main street in the center of the bus
mess district. The business of the
local office has been growing steadily,
particularly in the transmission of
money, and the volume of patronage
seems to warrant an office strictly for
Western Union business. In case the
Postal Company should extend its
lines from Burlington to Montpelier,
there would undoubtedly be an ex-
tension further to Barre; in which
case, the Postal would have an Of
flee in the business district of the city
and secure much of the business
which might be retained by the West
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
ONE OF OUR URGENT NEEDS.

One of the most urgent needs of
the north central portion of this
State is the extension of the Mount
Mansfield Electric road from Stowe
to Morrisville. To an outsider it
would appear that the arguments
were all in favor of such an extern
sion AS an article printed elsewhere
in this issue shows it takes SO per
cent of the receipts to pay the oper-
ating expenses. The remaining 1 per
cent will not go very far toward pay
ing interest on heavy debt, to say
nothing of reducing the principal
This would seem to be a case
where the spending of more money
for building a line as far as Norris
Vile might turn a losing enterprise
into a profitable one.
There are few sections of Vermont
where a road nine miles long could
be built as easily and cheaply as the
proposed route between Stowe and
Morrisville. A good freight and
passenger traffic awaits such an ex-
tension, and such line would be of
great advantage to the people of La
noble county.
When Vermont awakens to her
possibilities as a summer tourist re-
sort, as she is going to do in the near
i
portant route for summer travel.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
PRAISE FOR JOHNSON WOMEN.
bradford OpiniOn.)

The ladies of Johnson have erected
a public library building by their own
efforts. Years of hard work lie back
of this accomplished task. Some
time this month there will be dedi-
cation and the new library building
will be formally started on it's career
of usefulness. We have not heard
the name which has been given it,
but the Dread Club has the honor of
being it's mother. The ladies of John
son are not wholly unrelated to their
sisters of other towns, although more
energetic. Many towns owe the ex-
istence of their libraries to the eff
forts of the gentler sex, although
mere man very often furnishes the
temporary abode for the preserva-
ton of her labors. Oh, yes, woman
has accomplished many things in the
worlds work before the day she took
to throwing acid to get the right to
vote. The question is, how much
more will she be able to accomplish
with the ballot in her hand, since a
composite woman is much like COM
posite man, some good, and some bad
and some happy mean.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
ludlow Tribune.)

There is as yet no indication thst
the people of Vermont are deeply
concerned over the election of their
next Governor. The early wave of
manufactured sentiment, which took
on a Morrisville tint, and the immed-
lately subsequent attempts to smoke
out the Rutland doctor, have been sue
ceeded by a quietness decidedly re-
freshing to that part of Vermont's cit
izenship which believes there is no
need to hurry this thing unduly.
Undoubtedly, when the cold wealth.
er campaign shall have started, when
the Thanksgiving poultry has bee1}
gastronomically dealt with, when the
holidays and their imperative demands
are things of the past-about thej
time, say, when the new year takes
hold-the fellow who has his ear to-
the ground will discover that some4%
thing is moving; and it may be that
the most attractive commotion will
be noted in locally not yet suspected
of harboring gubernatorial dis
turbance.
Well, we can all afford to wait Mid
winter or early spring will be soon
enough to stir things up. In the
words of the well remembered Dun
ton of railroad restaurant renown-
Plenty of time"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18

be agreed--all following the same
plan. The time of planting, number
of civilizations, nature of soil, days in
ripening, and other matters, with the
yield of shelled corn should then be
reported and data collected and pub
lished.
Getting some light upon this fun
damental,' we then seek, in a similar
way, to solve other questions, such
as these: Will three, four or five
stalks to the hill, grown in the usual
way, yield the greater profit? In every
acre there can be 1870 hills three
feet each way or 1850 hills with
checks three feet by two feet. Have
we experimental proof of which way
of planting is best? Can Western
dents be grown here proftably COM
pared with flints? And so SO. Thus
we farmers, by concerted action, might
settle, with reasonable certainty
many simple but important items
properly belonging to ourselves, and
leave to the experiment stations
more complicated work. The latter,
no doubt, would gladly aid us by pro-
ducing through the law of variations
and heredity, distinct and approved
types of corn, and through cross pol
lination unrelated kinds of great
vigor, and thus enable us in few
years to greatly increase the yield of
this golden grain for the enrichment
of our Green Mountain State"
These suggestions are very prac-
teal. There is no doubt at all that
the Vermont corn crop might be very
largely increased if we usedI more
brains as fertilizer.
The new spirit that is stirring in
New England is a promise of better
era for agriculture, and one of the
results entirely possible is a largely
increased yield and better quality
of the staple crop, corn.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
SHERIFF FRANK H. TRACY.
lD.,4IoI IIo,oIdl

Sheriff Frank H. Tracy of Montpe-
lier is receiving some very flattering
publicity these days. all of which is
probably embarrassing to him as
Tracy is one of the most modest mer.
In fact. after making allowance for
the natural exaggeration of neighAor-
hood friends, most of the good things
said about Washington county's she'1<
iff are true. He is the only sheriff.
in Vermont who has voluntarily, g
ly, and, we suspect, at some perso
loss, undertaken to carry out the
tent of the law in the matter of e
ploying prisoners in the county ja}
in useful labor. His work in than
respect is worthy of the warmest'
praise, in which the Herald is glad
to join. By the way, it runs in the
memory of this paper that the Her
aid was something like the first, out
side his own county, to recognize the
valuable character of the work which
Tracy is doing.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18

untold millions would be available
for improving the conditions of the
people. Think what the United
States could do in the way of freeI
education, better roads, retaining
desert lands and increasing the OPP
portunities, the comfort and the hap
piness of the men, the women and the
children who make up this Nation.
Such ideas may be laughed at as
an idle dream, an impossible Utopian
scheme, but some day they are going
to become a reality. That day may
be far distant, but the Journal would
not be surprised if persons now living
saw the glorious realization of this
hope. When that day comes over
children will wonder that we could
have wasted our princely revenue so
long in such a barbarous and use
| less fashion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
Too Weak to Sit Up.

more than half the States of the
Union cannot fail to be of benefit to
all these officials, and indirectly to all
the States. One of the many wise
things which President Roosevelt did
was the calling together at Washing
ton Of the chief executives of the
States for a discussion of national
problems, and that conference is
likely to be followed by many more.
The better we are acquainted with
each other, as States, as Governors,
and as people, the more closely will
the American commonwealth be
bound together in an indissoluble
union as one great Nation, and the
better able we shall be to work out
wisely and patiently the great prob
lens which demand solution.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
CORN GROWING IN VERMONT.

A good deal of attention is being
given to the raising of corn. This
has been particularly true in the
West, where careful selection of seed
and intelligent methods of cultivation
have succeeded in increasing the
yield to the extent of millions of
bushels annually, thus adding a vast
sum to the national wealth.
In a letter in the Middlebury Reg
lister i, w, Peet has written on this
topic IN very interesting manner.
He says In part: 4r
"With yearly influx OF a million
immigrants, all consumers, and, With
but few producers and with our own
increase in population largely segre-
gated in cities, the price of all grains
in the future, corn included, must be
high. 1t will pay us to raise it. Not
long ago Vermont and New Hamp-
shire produced more corn per acre
than any other States in the Union
Why question our ability? Two years
ago the writer produced corn meal al
less than ona dollar hundred. With
a clover sod and chemical fertilizers
not used in this case, far better
showing could be made.
But single experiment proves
little. There should be concurrent &C
ton, on the same line, by the many
Suppose we farmers, in Addison
county should try at first, to settle |
< few simple but fundamental facts IL
corn-raising, after this wise: Ascer
tain first the variety, or varieties o
corn best adapted to our soil and eli
mate. From recommendations o
seed-men and leading farmers lie
the Oranges select a dozen or NOR
varieties most highly approved; the
let all the farmers, who will, be re
quested to plant one hundred hills G
each variety, side by side in check
three feet apart each way with three
four or five grains to the hill, as ma
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18

medicines, and none seemed to do me
any good until used Peruna.
81 have taken six bottles and can
praise it very highly for the good it has
done me.
81 also find 1t of great benefit to my
children"
Systemic catarrh.
Mrs. Fritz Roethe, Pinkneyville, Ills,
writes: 81 feel real well, and am glad
am able to say this.
"One of my children had fever for
five months. Nothing would help him.
The doctor said it was malarial fever,
but his medicine did not help him at all.
81 then gave him Peruna, and it
helped him Immediately.
"Last winter did not expect to feel
as well as do now, and to be able to do
my work myself. had catarrh of the
head, throat, nose, stomach and bowels.
1 was unable to do my homework.
had to lie down or sit down. But since
followed DR.. Hartman's advice au
relieved of my sickness"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
COMMISSIONER MARTINS REPORT
(St IohnshurY Caledonianl

The recommendation of o. l.. Mar
tin, commissioner of agriculture, that
farmers Institutes be abolished and
movable agricultural schools be sub
stituted is new idea to Vermonters.
The failure of farmers institutes must
be attributed largely to the lack of
speakers who could really instruct and
interest the farmers. If the agricul-
tural schools can remedy this defect
they would be of great benefit.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
Pe-ru-na for Her Children.

ern Union with more accessible Of
fee and an office which was not sub
ject to the distractions of railroad
service. 1t may come to point that
the possible introduction of the Pos
tai system will force the Western
Union to have a street location.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
THE JOURNALS WORK.

The Montpelier Journal displayed
its enterprise in issuing an extra edi-
ton on the occasion of the fire in
Marshfield. 1t was pretty big fire
for Marshfield.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18

detract from the ability of any of the
mentioned" we are free to state that
as a good, all round, long headed
business proposition he has the rest
"skun a mile"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
(Rutland Herald.)

The Montpelier Journal had a
thoughtful article in a recent issue,
entitled Sights at the Capitol" BY
some strange oversight, however, it
failed to Include Mason s. Stone.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
MONE TWO MILLION HOMES WHERE Pc RUNA IS USED
Has Good Health Now.

Has Good Health Now.
o a m
cured him Peruna and he
much
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18
Pe-ru-na In the Home.

A MULTITUDE of families have dis
"A covered that Peruna is their standby.
In all the catarrhal ailments which
are likely to beset the various members
of the family, Peruna is the remedy
that brings quick and permanent relief.
No matter whether it be cold or a
cough, catarrhal condition of the head
or lungs, or arrangement of the stom-
ach and bowels, Peruna is the remedy.
A catarrhal condition of the mucous
mem branes is at the bottom of half
the ills to which the human family is
subject.
Peruna relieves these various all
ments simply by removing the cause of
the disease.
The chronic ailments it has prevented
and suffering it has mitigated will never
be fully recorded. .
Too Weak to Sit Up.
Mrs. Ruth B. Brent, Holmes, Pope
Co., Ills, writes:
at was in poor health three years
ago. kept getting worse, and finally
was so weak that could not sit up all
day. My feet and hands were always
cold. 1 had no appetite.
81 consulted one of the best doctors,
who said / could not be cured. I was
nervous, my heart would f1utter, and
had pain in my left side and also had
chronic constipation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18


81 got bottle of Peruna and one Of
Manalin, and wrote to you for advice.
While under your treatment L gained
three pounds month.
81 took several more bottles of Peru
ma, and now am well. am able to do
all my housework-cooking washing,
ironing, baking and mending.
Everybody compliments me on look
ing so much better than l used to. And
now have girl baby six. months old,
as fat as she can be-"
In more recent letter, Mrs. Brent
writes: 81 am sending you my little girls
picture. She is what 1 call Peruna
baby, for know if it had not been for
Peruna she would not be here. L wish
you great success"
Pe-ru-na for Her Children.
Mrs. Alice Boyle, SOB Clinton St., Cir
cleville, Ohio, writes: 81 want to in
form you what Peruna has done for me.
81 have been afflicted with catarrh for
several years. I have tried different
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1909-11-18

"My Little Boy Had
Scarlet Fever. and 1t
w as Thought lie
Never Could be Cured.
I Gave Him Pe-ru-na
and tie is Stout and
Hearty Now"
MRS. Alice Adams.
The Winslow mail., 1909-11-20
A Voice from Iowa.

A Voice from Iowa.
Some of the insurgents tell us
the new tariff law will not be
changed for ten years and vet
they are going to campaign the
state of Iowa against it. What
for? What are they going to
say? One thing they will not
say. They will not tell the farm
ers OF the very high tariff there is
on farm products, and they will
not tell the farmers that in the
interest of the ultimate consum.
er, = such high tariff on their pro-
ducts should be lowered unless
they are mighty sure there is "a
back door to get out of quick. =
Vinton Ia )"Eagle".
The Winslow mail., 1909-11-20
A Mean Trust.

A Mean Trust.
Only a very mean trust would
cheat the government out of the
customs duties due under rates
which it's own influence and its
own lobby agents had caused to
be written into the tariff law,
says the New York Times. But
that is what the sugar trust did
It's crimes have stamped it as the
meanest of the trusts. The scan.
dal of the fraudulent weighing
scales made it odious in the sight
of people. And now there is talk
of a thorugh housecleaning. The
forces of purgation are at work
from without and from within.
Albuquerque Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1909-11-20
To Build Auto Road.


The citizens Of Williams. no
doubt, will make every effort for
the building of an automobile
road from Prescott via Ash Fork
to this city and thence to the
Grand Canyon. It's understood
that the enterprising people of
Ash Fork are ready to raise as
much money for the building of
this road as will be raised by the
people of v illiams. 1t is also un-
derstoOd that the Santa Fe Rail
way Co., and the Harvey Hotel
Co, would be willing to make a
very liberal donation for the con-
structio1 of the road from Ash
Fork through Williams to the
Grand Canyon. The road could
be put in a first class shape for
a few thousand dollars.-Wil.
liams News.
The Winslow mail., 1909-11-20
Opening Postponed.

What was supposed to be de-
finite information Of the time of
opening the Yuma Indian reser-
vation, placing it on February 5
has proved to be an error Immi-
grafton Commissioner A. B.
ming telegraphed to Washington
and the reply dampened the
hopes of many who supposed the
first information was authentic.
The reply of Commissioner Den
nett is to the effect that no date
of opening the Yuma Indian land
has yet been fxed.-Tombstone
Epetaph.