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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13

increased mileage for the same
amount of money. In two years
building $50 to 300 miles of road
might be reasonably expected. With
such an object lesson hefore the peo-
pie, the good roads problem of the fu-
ture would probably be compare
lively easy problem with the compile
ton of trunk lines the demand for
permanent cross roads would become
general and satisfactory plans would
undoubtedly be devised for obtaining
them. The large town could well af-
ford to contribute literally in this di.
reCtion.
In the establishment of trunk lines
of permanent roads he safe would
soon realize the dream Of new modern
summer hotels filed to overlooking
with city people Girdiing the state
with permanent roads is simply in
telugent cultivation of Vermonts
unequaled natural attractions
The News recognizes that there
would be many difficulties to over
come i'm attaining such a system Of
roads. hut it does not believe that
anything like the impossible is offer
ed IN these suggestions. Neither
would the News visa to be under
stood as implying that what has been
attained is of no particular value. The
permanent road building thus far has
been worth its cost. But it has not
reached a point where better and
more satisfactory progress can be
made MORTIFIED News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
BIG TIMBER LAND SUIT
Involves 10000 Acres-$2oo, 600
Attachment Filled.

Concord. N. H., Sept 1.-THE lat
est step in litigation covering years
of time and involving the ownership
of hundreds of thousands of acres of
timber land and the names of men
prominent in Boston and New York
financial circles was taken Wednes-
day when Streeter & Hollis of this
city. counsel for the Forest Products
company and George B. James, filed
at Woodsville, in the Office of the
clerk of the superior court for Graf
ton county a bill of complaint against
that Maine corporation which was
organized in September, 1904, under
the name of the Eastern Timber com
pany but which in June, 1905,
changed its name TO Publishers Pap
err company On July %, 1909, the
Publishers Paper company filed a bill
in equity against James and the
Forest Products company. in which it
set up claims to 10000 acres of land
of the latter company and to various
other damages, in pursuance of which
il placed attachments to the amount
of 100000 upon property of James
and the Forest Products company"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
An Argument That Failed.

Vermont was thrifty enough to lay
up over four million dollars in the
savings banks of the state in the past
fiscal year Save one, this is the best
record made i'm any year since SAFE
supervision began. When the ques-
ton of adopting the local option
liquor law was before the people, our
friends that opposed it urged with
much earnestness that one of tAe first
effects of the new statute would be
observed in the shrinkage OF deposits
in the savings banks. This was a
favorite argument as most readers
will remember AS a matter of fact
the deposits in the savings banks and
trust companies have neen steadily
increasing since 1903 ami increasing
in a higher ratio than before that
date. To be sure, The Messenger
would not be so foolish as 20 attribute
this gain to the direct effect of re-
formed liquor law, hCweSer much
foundation there may be for the orin-
ion that ;he liberalization of the stat
ute may have had a more or less
beneficial influence upon business and
social activities generally, But it is
evident that the bank deposits in
crease in spite of the law anyway
And the relation of this fact to the
extravagant arguments OF our neigh
bors six years ago is all that The
Messenger cares to suggest q hf,7'IIi|
time-St. Adams Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
Good Roads.

1t seems to be generally conceded
that nothing would be of more real
benefit to the progress of Vermont at
this time than few hundred miles of
permanent highways.
We have a good many miles of i'm
proved roads in the state already. but
they are scattered from Canaan to
VERMONT trip here and there. A
good thing as far as they go, but
they are of little value compared to
what they would be if all the money
spent in permanent roads had been
put into one or two strips,
The News doubts if it would be
practical or possibly wise just now to
mortgage the state to build perman-
ent highways. The value of good
roads, however, is coming to be more
generally recognized and it would
seem that the time is about ripe for
a movement towards better results
If the next legislature could be in
duced to take the necessary steps to
Law our trunk lines of road on the
east and west sides of the state it
would be start in the right direc-
ton. If the proposed lines paralleled
the railways for the most part they
would go through the larger towns OF
the state and accommodate the great
er number of people.
If a line run from Vernon to New
port and was intersected at Hartford
with a line to Montpelier and Burling-
ton and thence down the west side OF
the state to Bennington the most pop
ulous towns of Vermont would be
touched
Then if the permanent road fund as
an experiment could all be put into
one strip of road for a couple of years
compelling the towns through which
it passed to bear a liberal share OF
the expense as compared with other
towns, it would be an object lesson
worth while.
Road building in one piece under
direct state supervision would mean
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
NEW COURT RULES
Superior Judges Announce Num-
Der of Changes.

Montpelier, Sept 1.-THE new
rules adopted by the judges of the su-
perlor court and published under au
thority by them to govern county
courts and courts of chancery have
been sent to attorneys in different
parts OF the state. There are several
changes in the rules that have gov
erned heretofore, among them the
following:
No attorney shall become bail or
surety in any criminal prosecution
nor in a civil case except by recogniz-
ance in original process and on APP
peal.
All requests to charge shall be type
written.
A case remanded from supreme
court that has once been tried upon
its merits shall be deemed ready for
trial if remanded at least 10 days be
fore the time for assigning cases for
trial.
When a case is set for trial or is re
ferred to a special master and no re-
plication has been filed, the general
replication shall be considered and
pleaded and the case shall go on trial
thereon
Tne size of the docket is prescrib-
ed TO be four inches wide and six and
one-half inches long with only two
cases on a page.
No deposition which has been TAX
EN- during term time or within seven
days of the day on which the term
opened shall BE- used in the trial of
any case except the dispositions OF
witnesses who became i'll after tne
time limited and of persons who are
going out of the state not to return
before the time of rial
Files and records shall not be tax
en- from the custody of the clerk of
the court except in civil cases and
then only in the discretion of the
clerk when receipt for them has
been given.
When a bill of exception is signed
subject to amendment 1t shall state
the time within which the amended
bill must be filed which in no case
shall be more than 80 days from the
rising of the court.
No plea or declaration in Offset con
tanning common counts shall be filed
by the clerk unless accompanied by
the specifications.
The judges will not as a rule ap.
point the same attorney to defend
more than one respondent at the
same term of court
These rules are the result of sew
eral meetings of the superior judges
acid during the past summer to for
mulate them
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
PolIutinq Our Streams.

Charles W. Baker of Plainfield, n.
3D., writes to the Hyde Park News and
Citizen the following which is deserv-
ing of more than passing attention.
Il notice that Vermont papers are
discussing methods of attracting sum
mer visitors from the cities to Yer
mont VIII you permit me to call at
tentiOn TO one neglected opportunity
which ought not to go longer unim-
proved. Vermont ought to be a para
disc for fishermen who seek brook
trout: and IL might be if the law
against the discharge of sawdust and
shayings into the stream were obeyed
A notable example IS the Gthon
river. 1t mas a rapid fall; it is fed by
mountain lakes and the water in it
never becomes very warm or lacking
in motion. Keep the sawdust ont Of
that stream and aid nature by stock
ing from the state fish hatcheries and
the Gihon could be made in few
years as fine a trout stream as there
is in New England The fishing
rights along the Gihon in the twelve
miles OF its course from Lake Eden
to its junction with the Lamoille
could be made worth a sum, | believe,
that would surprise the farmers along
IT, Even now, one can take large
trout from the Gihon, though it is re-
markable how they survive there,
wnen one sees the clouds of sawdust
whirling in the eddies where the
trout usually lie.
There is nothing unreasonable in
rnnt,ft.fnsr tho co,xrt,,fllu ~ lyaan tboiY
refuse out of the stream 1t will all
burn and the apparatus for burning it
is not expensive to install or operate
Moreover, the sawdust and shavings
ought all TO be used on adjacent
farms in stables and barnyards.
Again why not keep the Lamoille
pure as well as tde Gihon? Even as
it is, succeeded in taking three fine
large trout from the l.amoille this sea
son; but the wonder is, how they sur
vive there, polluted as it is by the
sewerage of Morrisville and | believe
also of Hardwick The former town
has small excuse for pouring its filth
into the stream. for the sandy plain
on the north side of the river at Nor
risville is an ideal location for the
disposal of the sewage on land, and
the towns own power would place it
there at small expense.
Let me say, in conclusion, that
am by no means an extremist upon
this matter of stream pollution. | be-
lieve there are places and conditions
where it is not unreasonable to dis
charge sewage into rivers. But Yer
mont has an asset in her beautiful
mountain streams and lakes which
she ought TO properly value and pre-
serve, particularly if sac desires to in
crease her attractiveness to summer
visitors. With her sparse population
there is little reason why she should
permit her streams to be polluted,
and | trust this suggestion may in
iuence those who desire the best
prosperity for our state.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
Refreshing Contrast

The News commends the article on
The Governor and the Legislature
in another column, reprinted from the
Bellows Falls Times, as possessing Il
lot of common sense. Gov. Proutys
advice hit the News to some extent,
although it has often praised the leg
islature, and in some instances for
not doing the things he recommended
The News also believes that its criti-
cisms have been warranted. Never
theless. it does not regard the COVER
nor as a scold. AS a matter of fact
the News was pleased to know that
Gov PrOuty had the courage to stard
up and tell the newspaper men just
what he thought, even If II did con
Germ them. II was a refreshing con
trast to much of the fulsome praise
the press often receives from public
officials. The News is of the opinion
that Gov Prouty will stand better
than ever with the editors of the state
as a whole, because of his little
speech to them Mortified News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13

Bennington has this week closed
the most successful baseball season
in its history. The fact that the team
has won more than two thirds OF the
games it has played is interesting, but
Of less Importance than the f,'Gt that
the team has been clean, sportsman
like aggregation of bright young men,
who have been popular with the peo-
pie, not only because they could play
ball, but because of their personal
qualities. We have also been forum
ate this year in the teams we have
played against, particularly with
NORTH Adams and Pittsfeld In spite
of the sharp rivalry the contests have
all been good natured and have great
ly promoted a friendly feeling among
the people of the three towns. We
have used their teams well and they
have done tne same by ours. The ball
players and the fans who nave come
up from North Adams and Pittsfield
have been of 60 kind that we are
glad to welcome. When we could
win we have been pleased and when
we couldn't, there has been no sting
because the victors We're our friends
and neighbors and all of us have
been glad to see good clean sport and
let the best team win. To Manager
". S. Higgins is due a large measure
of credit He has nad the hard work
Of getting the players together and
planning and executing the campaign.
He has given the town the best team
and the best sport it has ever had. He
has been Loyalty supported by the
other members of the board of man
ayers and by the people of the town,
but ne has carried the heavy end of
the burden most creditably and sue
cessfully.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
Easy Money

The Bennington Banner is inclined
to think that the fact that the conf
dence men connected with the circus
recently in this state approached tae
authorities in Bennington for in for
nation as TO what latitude they would
be allowed would indicate that in
other towns I'm Vermont the sharps
were deliberately allowed to skin the
unwary. This does look a trihe sus-
picious, although in fairness to Brat
tleboro officials it should be stated
that the circus did not actually snow
in this town but on the island, which
is under jurisdiction of New Hamp-
shire Yet. after watching the opera
tion of one of these games. one is al
most persuaded that a person gullible
enough to be fooled by its apparent
trickery ought not to be left with
any money to handle-Brattlebor
Reformer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
CERTIFICATE

Being a state official and authorized
to administer oaths and certify docu-
ments. | hereby certify that cores
pondenct laid before, me tnis morning
from an Eastern city, states as fol
lows: A. DIR. b, an old practition-
er in tais city has had Bright's Disease
for years, is bed ridden, and is simply
waiting his time. He has taken three
bottles of Fulton's Renal Compound
with more than the usual results. Wed
nesday, of last week Il brother physic-
ian called TO see him. The latter up
on finding he was better, asked what
he was taking. DR.. B. replied. 1t
is in the window" The Dr's rejoin-
der was And so you are taking that
stuff, too, are you? | had severe
case of Diabetes in a patient who left
this city and whom | expected To die
Yesterday l had letter from him
stating that he had taken Fulton s
Compound and was we'll"
The following report is made by an
other prominent physician in the same
city. using Fulton's Compound on an
acute case of Brigat's Disease--'case
is now on the second bottle with as
tonishing results"
Witness my hand and seal in evil
dence of the genuineness of this cor
respondence affixed at Oakland, Cal,
this December %, 1907.
(SeaD T. G. Landregan,
Notary Public.
No matter whether you call it kid
ney trouble, Nehritis or Bright's Dis
ease, it is a case of inhamed kidneys
and as the old time kidney medicines
are kidney eXcitants, it is clear why
they are futile. Fultons Renal Com
pound is the first successful Renal
emollient thus reducing kidney inflam-
nation which is now durable for the
first time Even the serious, suppos-
ed incurable forms yield.
Literature mailed free.
JOHN j. FULTON co.
San Francisco, Cal.
B. A. Quinlan is our sole local
agent. Ask for bimonthly Bulletin of
late recoveries.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
The eovernor and the LealsIature

Governor Prouty has been mildly
criticized by few newspapers for mis-
remarks after the banquet at the
press association outing at Newport.
The governor first complimented the
press of the state by saying it is
real power in moulding public opinion
on important matters. Because 1t is
a power every editor who has at heart
the good of his state and his fellow
man should consider carefully before
he INDUCES in ridicule or criticism of
public men and Institutions. He re-
GREETED that the legislature of 1908 nad
been not only critized but literally
fayed by so many papers in the state
He thought it was time to say a little
about the good things the legislature
did, and insisted that they did do
some good things. The Rutland Her
aid and other papers think that the
governor tried to get back" at the
he third degree is in the lodge-room,
and the place TO scold editors is in
their own papers
We do not consider that the gov
enor did scold or intended to. He
told little truth and the truth,
though it may hurt little, is good to
hear. For several months cussing
the legislature was fad and the
cussing was badly oyerdone. The
legislature was a sad disappointment
in many ways. and 1t was all right
for the newspapers of the state to ex-
press their opinion of its inactivity
and inefIiciency but there was little
sense in rubbing it in month after
month and never saying a word about
the few good laws the legislature
placed on the statute book Tne crit
icism and ridiculing was oyerdone
The governor said so in plain langu-
age and in an transformations manner.
No. he was not "lecturing" the boys
or getting back" at them. He talked
about the legislature of 1908 rather
than "Nermont's influence in the Ma
ton" CT some other abstract subject.
When one has an after-dinner part he
must talk about something. The gov
ernor talked on an appropriate subject
and was not guilty OF breacn of ct.
quote either Only those papers
which are trying to calm a guilty con
science have any occasion to kick
Bellows Falls Times.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
FIR AK B HOWE. Rditor and PubHshs

The writer was visiting a few days
ago with an agent of one of the big
nurseries of Western New York. This
agent travels each fall and winter
through eastern New York and wes-
tern Vermont selling fruit trees, berry
bushes, plants, shrubs, etc. One of
his remarks was a striking comment
on conditions in Vermont. He said:
In Vermont there is no use calling
on many farmers, but in New York
have to call at every farm in town
Questioned further on this line he
stated that his trade in Vermont was
with village and city people who have
small places, with owners of large es-
tates and with very few farmers.
For instance, he said that at Benning-
ton he calls on just about half dozen
tactual farmers, at Rutland and Bur
| lingtOn, a few more, while at Man
chester, Brandon, Middlebury and
similar towns anywhere from one to
three or four. He has tried making a
thorough canvass of tne farmers, but
says it is no use. The farmers say
it is too much bother to raise fruit.
The trees have to be trimmed and
sprayed and there is wait of five or
six years before the trees come into
bearing In New York state, says the
agent, at least in Rensselaer,, Column
bia and Greene counties where he
travels, practically every farmer buys
fruit trees or berry bushes and often
both. The market for choice fruit is
improving all tne time No longer
ago than last spring Oregon apples
were being sold at Corsiglia's fruit
store in this village. Just as good
apples can be raised in Vermont as in
Oregon. If anything the flavor of the
Vermont apple is the better, yet Yer
montffarmers are taking little inter
est in the great development of apple
and other fruit culture now in pro
gress.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
A Narrow Escape

Edgar NJ eoayllss, a merchant of Rob
insonville, Del, wrote: About two
years ago l was thin and sick, and
coughed all the time and if | did not
nave consumption, it was near to it.
| commenced using Foley's Honey and
Tar and it stopped my cough. and l
am now entirely well, and have
gained twenty-eight pounds, all due
to the good results from taking Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar.-Quinlan Phar-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
NOTICE
To the Taxpayers of The Bennington
Grndah SchoOI DIstrict!

A Rate Bill has been placed in my hands Tor
collection as follows: 40 cents on the dollar on
the Grand List of 1909.
hereby demand payment of said taxes, and
notify YOU that | will attend at the bennington
County Savings Bank from o'clock unul
O'Clock p. IN.
There will be a discount of per cent. on
above Tax If paid within 81 days.
G II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July l, 1909.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
INSURANCE COINS RELIEF

out of that which threatens distress.
Insurance requires some self-denial
but returns a full purse. Goth year
National Life Insurance Company,
Montpelier, VT (MutuaD. Earl s.
Kiusley, Agent, Rutland, Vt.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13

and nourishment, and make the hair
grow upon sweet, wholesome, healthy
Scalp when all else fails. ,cuticura
Remedies are guaranteed absolutely
pure. and are priceless for preserving,
purifying. and identifying the skin, scalp,
hair. and hands, for eczemas, rashes,
chafngs. itchings, and irritations, for
pimples and blackheads, and for all the
purposes Of the toilet, bath, and nursery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
Every woman knows wha

Every woman knows what nuisance
a hot fire is on a summers day.
Fels-Naptha is a double blessing:
1t not only does the washing easier and
better, but it cleans the clothes in cold or
lukewarm water without a grilling fire to
boil them. No over-heated kitchen; no
nauSeating steam; no putting your hands
into hot water to roughen and redden them.
Add to this advantage the saving of
time, labor, fuel and clothes, and you have
some idea why women who have once
washed with Fels-Naptha will have no
other soap.
But you must wash the Fels-Naptha
way in cold or lukewarm water; never boil
the clothes or use boiling water
When you unwrap a cake of
Fels-Naptha, pin the wrapper on the wall
in your laundry, and follow the plainly
printed directions.
Be sure it is red. and green wrapper.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
Anty Drudge is Progressive.

Mrs. HaoiSe like to gas stove, but need so
much hot water for washing and scrubbng."
Amty Drudge" My dear woman Are you progressive
enough to use gas range and still wash and scrub
with hot water and od-fashioned soaps Don't you
know that with Fels- Naptha you can do all your
1t easier and better than with hot water ~
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13

vent dry, thin, ana
falling hair, re-
movecrusts. scales,
and dandruf, de-
stroy hair para
sites, soothe irri-
tated, itching sur
faces, stimulate
the hair follicles,
loosen the scalp
skin, supply the
roots with energy
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-13
NOTICE
NOTICE

To the Taxpayers of the Village OF Ben
ningtOn
A Rate Bill has been placed in my hands for
collection as follows;
65cents ON the dollar for the Village Tax, %
cents ON the dollar for the Highway Tax on
the Grand List of 1909.
/ hereby demand payment of said taxes, and
notify you that will attend at the bennington
Comfy Savings Bank from o'clock Il. N. un-
ill O'Clock p. m.
There will he n discount of per cent. on the
Village Tax if paid within 20 deys,
C. II. DEWEY, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT. July !, 1903.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1909-07-30
Bank Commission
Adds Assistant

Guthrie, Okla, July 29,-A. MI.
Young, state bank commissioner, has
added to his force Alexander Rich
mond, an expert accountant who VIII
be known as building and loan audi
tor, and who will thoroughly examine
all foreign and domestic building ana
loan associations. The first associas
ton 70 be examined BY Mr. Richmond.
was the Employees Building and Loan
Association of Guthrie. which Mr..
Richmond reports to be in splendid
condition. Mr.. Young desires that it
bc generally known that all building
and loan associations will be rigidly
examined and required to observe aiK
requirements Of the building and loar
law.