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The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01
Time to Call a Halt on the Practice

vision limiting the functions of the
secret service, 1t was not striking at
the president. but at a custom. At
all the members who had anything to
do with II. Representative Walter l..
Smith of Iowa, drafted the provision
and 1t was put in with the approval OF
Chairman Tawney and all the mem
bers Of the appropriations Committee.
Gradually congress itself has en-
larged the inspection. or espionage.
system of the government but for the
most part, 1t has done SO under ex-
ecutive pressure Naturally, the fact
that the congressman helped to Gre
ate SO many spies" would be expect
ed to stop their criticism but 1t is
fashionable now to blame good many
things on the president. The army Of
government detectives numbers all
told about 5000. Nearly all of these
men are engaged in travelling about
the country and mingling with tho
so. .OOO. 900 people outside of Washing
ton. The list includes secret service
men, postofflce inspectors, special
agents of the land service, pure food
inspectors, meat inspectors and 9TH
ers. The talk that in some instances
secret service agents have been used
to work up damaging information
about congressman who are objection
able to the administration seems to
be without the slightest foundation.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01
Shameful Treatment of Uncle Ike

office furniture was all standing out in
the corridor. This was too much. on
he went to see about it. What he
found out was that there had to be a
place to put a new power plant, and
his room was the only one available.
Where was he to go now9 Oh, he'd
have to go over in the house office
building until the senate office build
ing was finished.
So now, Uncle Ike. who has more
money than he knows how to spend
and who could buy himself a thousand
committee rooms, is located away over
in the extreme southeastern corner
Of the house Office building-Anacostia
they call 1t in the house-and 1t looks
as II he will have to stay there for a
few months anyhow.
AS consequence. he Is an exceed
ingly sad-looking senator these days.
1t is said that some one heard him re-
mark the other day that he would put
up temporary Office building of his
own on the capitol grounds IL he could
get the permission. Vain hope.
Two other senators have been sent
over to the house office building with
Uncle Ike. They are Cummins OF
Iowa and Du Pont OF Delaware. Bat
that doesn't console him an
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01
Gr.diron Club Gives Annual Dinner

after the recent national campaign, the
dinner presented an exceptional op-
portunity for the merry makers.
One of the funniest skits was a roll
call after the recent national political
battle. The mournful tap of a drum
was heard in the anteroom and there
came marching in tattered and diIap-
idated troop. The uniforms showed
the members had been on the firing
line. The president of the club an
nounced in solemn voice that the
slaughter had been terrific. The
members of the troop answered
to the roll call. Sergt Jim Wat
son was reported as killed while
riding to the front on the water
wagon" Private Charlie Lands fell
at Watson's side" Private Charles G.
Dawes passed in his checks" and
Private Frank Lowden was shot in
the pocket" Corporal Norman E.
Mack was reported as "burying the
dead" Corporal William ]. Bryan was
among the missing" Corporal Loeb
was lin the hands of his friends" Pri-
vate Taft was reported present and
Color Sergt. Hitchcock was announced
as here, with the colors."
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01
federal Sleuths Kept on the Jump

Originally the secret service of the
United States had two functions and.
two only. Those were the detection
of cOunterfeiters and the hunting
down OF Illicit distillers. A good many
years ago. however. long before Mr..
Roosevelt entered public life. one OF
the presidents detailed secret serv-
ice men to serve at the White House.
There was not the slightest authority
in law for such procedure. but con-
gress had 4 good deal of considera-
tion for the executive and this vio-
latiOn of law went on year after year.
Finally congress, seeing that the prAc-
tice had become permanent and not
wishing to engage in a dispute VITA
the executive branch, conferred the le-
gal authority necessary to enable
presidents to make such a detail.
Gradually the presidents enlarged
the practice Of detailing secret serv-
ice men and sent them hither and
yonder on all sorts OF errands. Then
other administration officers-cabinet
chiefs and even bureau heads-with-
out the remotest authority In law.
called upon the secret service branch
for agents to send out on confiden-
tial missions. Chief Wilkie of the
secret service was up tree. figura-
lively speaking. lie did not have
men enough to go around. Congress
allowed him a blanket appropriation.
but 1t was not large enough to hire all
Of the detectives demanded
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Aeronautics, it is predicted in naval
circles. will eventually form part of
the studies of the midshipmen at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Gen. Edgar NJ. Marble, former COM
missioner of patents, q well known
figure in army and business circles Of
Washington and New York. died at
Washington December oath from pa
ralysis.
Pres.-elect William H. Taft has de-
cided to visit Texas at some convent
ent time after his Inauguration, prefer
ably at the end Of the special session
of Congress which he Is to call to
revise the tariff.
After eight months the United
States has resumed friendly relations
with Venezuela and William l. Bu-
chanan has left on the cruiser North
Carolina to visit that country, look
into the situation and make q report
His. report to the State Depar<ment
will decide whether the United States
will accord formal recognition to the
government.
The death rate for Chicago during
the past year has been only 14.1 per
thousand, which places 1t among the
healthiest cities in the world.
The program for President-elect
Taft ind two or three engineers to go
to the Isthmus Of Panama - look over
the work there 10 declared On the best
authority to be 4 matter Of inspection
and precaution and nothing else. No
unexpected or unusual problems have
arisen. 1t is stated. and there 10 NO
alarm that the work on the canal may
be proceeding upon improper or futile
Hines.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01
GENERAL NEWS.

The New York subway is doing 80
per cent. more business than last year
and the elevated per cent.
Tho meeting of the Pan.American
Scientific Congress was opened at
Santiago. Chilli. December 25th.
The first snow of the season covered
England and Wales to the depth Of
several inches on December 9th.
Congressman Robert c. Davey Of
Louisiana. died at New Orleans Dec.
26th after an illness of several months.
1t Is announced In New York that
dividend and interest disbursements
for January. 1909. will exceed $780,
100000.
The Alabama insurance department
has decided to ask for law giving it
control over all classes of fraternal in
surance.
Miss Annie 8. Peck has arrived at
New York from a triumphant tour Of
the Peruvian and Ecuadoresn noun
tains. where she scaled the summit of
peaks In the world. reaching an alti-
tude Of $4,000.
The Pope has fully recovered from
his recent illness. He received Arch
bishop Ireland Of St. Paul in private
audience 4 few days since.
The failure of Henry w. Poor, q
well.knoWn banker and broker Of Wall
street, and for years the publisher Of
Poor's Manual Of Railroads. was an
nounced Saturday. 1t Is believed that
, his liabilities will reach $4,000
James Douglass has been elected
president OF the new Phelps. Dodge
Company, recently organised with .
capital Of $50. .00O, ,Oc9, combining var.
tous copper companies-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01
eAUossT Fao4 the NETWORK o.
WIRES RouMo ABOUT
the WORLD.
DUMNe THE PAST WEEK
A RGcoR0 o. IAseoRTANT EVENTS
coMoGMsEo ron 0Usv
PGoVLE.
WgsTemn NEWS.

WGeTEMN NEWS.
Every saloon In Ottumwa. Iowa. vas
cl"sed December 2end a. the result Of
. religious revival.
A class Of candidates for commits
si00s ~ second lieutenants In the
army will be examined ut Fort Leav-
envorth. Kansas. January End.
! Alderman Bath House" John Cough
lin Of Chicaso. accused of assault and
battery On Lyman Atwell, 4 newspa-
per photographer. was found not guilty.
Francis J. Heney at Chicago Monday.
on his way to New York. said he was
feeling NO effects from the bullet
wound which he received recently In
court.
Two slight earthquake shocks last
Ing less than three seconds. were felt
ut San Francisco and in the cities
about the bay December ed. No dam
age was done.
President Frank Trumbull of the
Colorado & Southern railway has con-
firmed the report Of the sale Of that
road to the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy. which makes 1t = part of the
Hill system.
Practically the entire business Sec
tiOn Of Ravia. Oklahoma, a town Of
100 Inhabitants in Johnston county,
Oklahoma. was wiped out by fire
Christmas Day. the loss aggregatins
about S65.ooO.
O,,tcLsond ~rh;,b b,, hoon AIocov
cred underlying the site of the new
S20.O00,0 600 depot of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad on the West
Side in Chicako will add about half a
million dollars to the cost of the struc-
ture.
William H. Bartlett, q millionaire
Chicago broker and owner of the IA
nous Bartlett ranch in Vermijo Park.
New Mexico, was badly injured there
on December 23rd by the falling Of
bis horse. His left arm and shoulder
were broken,
Peter Claudianes, the Greek charged
with dynamiting the home In Oakland,
Cal. Of former Supervisor James l..
Gallagher, the star witness for the
prosecution In the San Francisco brib-
cry graft cases, has been found guilty
and sentenced to life Imprisonment.
The Nebraska Anti.saloon League,
which held its state meeting at Lincoln
and practically re-organixed, is to take
the initiative in a movement which its
trustees believe will become national,
looking to the closing Of the mails to
liquor advertisements by act of Con-
gress.
In Wan Chang, the Korean who shot
Durham White Stevens, American
diplomatist and adviser to the Korean
Emperor. At San Francisco, March
23rd, resulting in Stevens death two
days later. was found guilty Of MUIR
der IN the second degree December
23rd.
There will be presented during the
coming sessions of the legislatures in
Colorado and forty-four other states,
a uniform pure food law prepared by
the committee appointed by the nation
al and state pure food commissioners
to draft universal provisions on pure
food enactments for all of the states.
8. C. Lillis. = wealthy banker and
stockman of Lemoore. Cal. was SEN
fenced by Judge Wellborn at special
session, Of the federal court at Fresno.
CAL. to six months In jail and fined
$1,000. Lillis was convicted at the
last session of the federal court on a
charge Of Illegally enclosing large
= areas Of government land.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1909-01-01

Dairy farmers will watch with inter.
est the joint Investigations Of the Wis.
consin and Illinois experiment sta
tons on tuberculosis cows. The work
Of either station will serve as a check
on that Of the other, inasmuch as the
experiments at Madison will be similar
to those 1t UrbaIa. The bacteriolo.
sists OF the two stations will be in
charge Of the work. Inasmuch as iii.
nois and Wisconsin are the two great.
est dairy stations in the country. the
cooperation Of these two stations will
be of great significance In the new
movement to eradicate tuberculosis
from the herds OF the country.
II you are troubled with straw worm
or joint-worm, tie surest way Of deal
ing with the pest is to destroy both
stubble and straw. The stubble may
be burned. or plowed under SO deeply
and carefully that none will be left
sticking out to form passageways for
the adults when they come forth the
following spring. The straw may be
destroyed by fire. or by any other con-
ventent method. 1nasmuch as the
ioint-worm is known to inhabit grasses
such rs frequently grow in the fence
COWS about the edges of the wheat
fields, and as our studies would indi-
cate that some individuals of the
wheat straw-worm may have a similar
habit, II would be well to burn on or
otherwise destroy the grasses along
he fences before next spring. II both
iessian fly and straw-worm be pres
mt, the grower has but to destroy
Stubble. straw and grass along fences.
and to practice late sowing. to avoid
serious injury from either pest
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03

reforesting land in New York and a
number of tho New England states,
was the subject of conference, on
Monday at the Office of State Forest,
Fish and Game Commissioner Whip
pie in New York city Monday.
Those present included forest eX-
perts from New York, New Jersey
Massachusetts, Connecticut. Yer
mont, New Hampshire and Penn
sylvania, as well as representatives
of the national forest service.
Prompt efforts will be made to
eradicate the disease, which has
proved fatal to large tracts of forest
in Europe. but has never before
gained foothold in this country.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
BASE BALL.
A Three-Game Series with
HolyOke Begins To-day.

The first of series of three games
between Woodstock and Il Holyoke,
Mass, team will be played today on
Vail field at 4 o'clock. The other
games will be played Monday at
10 il. m. and 4 p. IN.
The following is taken from the
base ball columns of the Springfield
( Mass } Republican
"The Holyoke semiprofessional
ball team will journey to Woodstock,
Vt, Saturday morniag. where it has
three games scheduled with the
strong Woodstock team of that place
The Woodstock team is one of the
strongest Vermont teams, having
already beaten many fast mines.
The lineup of the Holyoke team
will be as follows: Mills and Dick
Connors. p.; O'Leary, c.; Lynch, h.;
White, 2b.; Bowers, 3D.; Mccormick
ss.; McFalvey, Lafrennie and Han
nihn in the field"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
CAMP BILLINGS
Third Season, 1909.

This is an ideal summer camp for
boys and young men conducted an
nually by the Windsor County Com
mittce of Young Mems Christian
Associations.
The camp opens July 7, for boys
10 to Is years, closing July II, al
lowing ten days.
The camp opens July II for young
men over Is years, closing July "a.
allowing seven days.
The camp is at Fairlee lake, 10
miles from White River junction,
five miles from Ely Station on the
Boston Il Maine railroad. Stage
meets every train.
The life boy loves-plenty of
wholesome fun; fishing, swimming,
boating, tramping, athletic and
water sports where boys are happy
and healthy, free and fearless, safe
and shielded. They get real camp
ing life, with special supervision by
Christian men with experience.
Dr. Charles IL. Tyndall, famous
scientist and wireless telegraphy ex-
pert, has been secured for few days
at the camp, Demonstrations will
be given with apparatus on the shore
of the lake that will be one of the
features of the outing
Instruction will be given by nat
uralist about birds, insects, flowers
and woods.
Parents cannot find better place
for their boys vacation than at Camp
Billings.
For information about the camp,
address County Secretary A. G.
Hurd, White River Junction, Vt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
Fight on Pixies Peak.

After desperate hand-to-hand
fight Sunday on the summit of Pixies
Peak, 1900 feet high, John A.
Clark and George Shipley, Chicago
ans and former students of Dart
mouth college, are in Jail, and How
ard II. Robinson, government care
taker of the Summit house, is in a
critical condition at St. Francis hos
pital in Colorado Springs.
The fight was the result of a quar-
rel over the charge made by Robin
son for accommodations at the Sum
nit house. The battle took place in
the darkness when the three men
were the only ones on the mountain
top. The two young men say that
Robinson attacked them, but they
fought in self-defense. Robinson
was left unconscious and has not been
able yet to give his version of the
encounter.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
George L. Fletcher 90 Years
Old.

Hon George l.. Fletcher, for
many years II regular visitor in
Woodstock as IL member of the
Windsor county bar, celebrated his
Goth birthday quietly Saturday at
his home in Chester, receiving the
congratulations of friends.
Mr.. Fletcher was born in Chester
and has lived there all his life. He
studied law with Adams f. Slough
ton of North Chester and afterwards
with Gen l.. A. Grant, being admit
ted to the bar in 1859. lie has been
commissioner of Uni ed States cir
cult courts and has been in full prac-
tice of his profession up to within Il
few years.
Mr.. FletcLer's grandfather was a
soldier of the revolution, being with
Gen. Washington at Valley Forge
His father WAS in the war of 1912
and died at the age of II, while his
mother lived to see her Tooth birth
day, dying some eight months later
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
Shaving Soap.

1t is commonly assumed that soap
is used in shaving for the purpose of
softening the hairs, but this is
mistake, declares a writer in con-
temporary. 1t is used, ON the con-
trary, to render them hard, stiff and
brittle, in which condition they best
yield to the razor. Hair being nat
urally oily, were we to shave dry or
with water only, the razor would
either slip over the limp hair with
out cutting it or, entering about half
way, bend the hair back and slice it
lengthwise, all the while straining it
most painfully at the roots, and as
razor would thus slice and pull out
probably large number of hairs at
once the inconvenience and dis
comforts which one experiences in
shaving under the existing condi-
tions would be considerably intensi-
fed. -,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
State Highway Money.

The apportionment of the state
highway money for 1909 is com
pleted and the distribution of this
money will be made after July /
Treasurer Deavitt's tabulation shows
that there are l5,02S miles of high
way in the state, II gain of l6 miles
over 1908.
The amount to be distributed is
$lO5, ,45S.23, against $l03,O7l.Sl III
1908. Danville has the largest mile,
age, 1876 miles, Hartland second
with 1875 miles. The village oi
Lyndonville has the smallest, one
mile, and will receive $702.
Windsor county has the most
mileage, 1903 miles, and Grand Isle
county the smallest amount, nc
miles.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
Wanderers 6, Brownsville 3.

The " Wanderers" made up of
players formerly well known in
neighborhoul leagues slipped out of
towna week or two ago and defeated
the crack Brownsville nine on the
latter's grounds in one of the most
sensational games of a dozen sea-
sons. Score, & to )
The game went ten innings. The
fast Woodstock bunch included Rob
White, catcher, late of the South
Branch league; Moody, picther +.
Carbino, Bean, johnson and others
Woodstock went to bat in the
ninth with the score 3 to 3, and
with the bases full every runner
scored on wild throw by the
Brownsville catcher.
This was the first of three games
between these teams. One game
will he played here,
Standing of the clubs:
Won Lost Pet.
Wanderers. o l.OOO
Brownsville, o 900
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03

ball, which glanced from his bat and
struck him in the right eye, making
II deep cash above the eye, Cady
tack his place, The injury is not
considered serious, but Carrick will
probably be out of the game for Il
week or two.
Rutland didn't get together in the
first inning and the locals gathered
four runs, which they needed in the
final count. After that Quigley held
his own and support was steady and
sure.
Woodstock didn't play the limit
all the time, but occasionally showed
good speed.
In the ninth Rutland scored three
times, two-base hit and an error or
two by the locals assisting the visit
ors. But for Fitzmorris' fine throw
from the field to home plate, ending
the game, the score would undoubt-
edly have been tied.
The score
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Woodstock, Vermont.
Printed Saturday Morning
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
WOODSTOCK NEWS.
Joy Rider" Bumps a Hy-
drant -- Water Famine.

A " Joy ride " by IA visiting chauf-
feur and collision with Il hydrant
near the Episcopal church put the
water service out of commission over
most of the village about 1870 Mon
day night.
John Ii. Hoffman. the chauffeur,
who came from Washington, d. c.,
was discharged the next morning,
as he disregarded very strict orders
never to take the car from the gar
age without permission. The car, IL
big Mercedes, is owned by Mrs.
b. II. Warder of Washington, who
recently bought the Harry White
house, opposite St. james church.
Young Hoffman started out blithe-
ly but disobediently with several
companions shortly after dark, head
ing up the river, the machine not
having any more lights than the law
allows Everything went we'll on
the way home until he started to
make the turn at St. James church,
taking IL somewhat circuitous route
to avoid observation, perhaps. lie
was going, he said, about twenty
miles an hour when he saw the
hydrant which, in cutting IA new
roadway, was left not far from the
center of the thoroughfare. lie had
time to put on the emergency brake,
but was not quick enough to avert
collision, one wheel of the heavy
machine hitting the hydrant and
breaking it near the top of the
ground.
The smash let loose lively tor
rent, which rose nearly to the knees
of the joy-rider before he could back
his machine out of the way, being
helped by young man who was
summoned by the noise of the en-
counter. The car was not crippled
and it was Immediately hurried to
the garage on Cross street.
The water rushed over the road
way above the church and down
nearly to the head Of the park, the
grey stone lilice looking like "A
m)ated castle in the m 'onlight The
food filled the bitches an ran over
the sidewalk in front Of the town
hall, but the water fell as soon as the
surface sewers could be opened up
Engineer LaMountain and his
assistants worked all night and about
noon Tuesday the water famine was
relieved.
The hydrant has been guarded by
Il barrel or plank since the change
in the roadway was made, but
through some error it was left free
Monday night to wreck the first
passing vehicle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
Sarah Orne Jewett Dead.

Sarah Orne Jewett, Lit. d., the
well known author, died at South
Berwick, Me-, June 25. She was
nearly 60 years old.
Among her best known books are
,"Deephaven". "A Country Doctor"
"A Marsh Island, "A Native of
Winby". The Country of the Point
ed Frs, 1.-The Queens Twin, and
"rhe Tory Lover.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1909-07-03
The Chinese Draqon.

The Chinese dragon has the horns
of the stag, the ears of the OK, the
head of a camel, the neck of ser
pent, the feet of a tiger, talons Of
the eagle or of the sparrow hawk,
the scales of fish. 1t is regarded as
the reptile par excellence, but as a
reptile aerial, not making his So
journ but in the highest air, from
where he descends, however, some
times to approach the earth in the
case where it is necessary that some
thing extraordinary should happen
The character Chinese which desig-
mates it is loung.-"Memoires Sur
les Chinois." %. .r--'--