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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
River Notes,

| Sherman Abbot has put new powe
dory on the river this week.
Between 80 and 35 powerboats ar
owned in Bratteboro and vicinity.
Arthur Blood has bought George Cakes
motor canoe. 1t is 10 feet long and thu
| fastest power canoe on the river.
R. G. Bacon and H. E. Whitney have
received a new engine for their speed
boat, and are now planning to have the
craft in commission by the time the
river is clear of logs. Boating enthusiasts
are expecting some interesting speed
trials between this and some of the other
alleged fast ones.
Charles Richardson of Bellows Falls
took an unexpected bath Wednesday af
ternoon. He was standing on Charles AL
lens float in the rear of the Swift com.
pany's local branch when in fit of alb
sent mindedness he walked off the end
into Is or 20 feet of water. Mr. Rich
ardson had stopped in Brattleboro over a
train, being on his way south and was
obliged to continue his journey in gar
ments borrowed from his various friends
about town.
Clifton Fox has his 2l-foot speed boat
ready for launching and will put it in the
water as soon as the log drive passes.
The boat is finely fitted and equipped,
anu lds q slA uOlsSDONCl oIdy CHSluC.
A force of river men on their way to
the dam Sunday were induced by some of
the motor-boat owners to stop and build
a boom in front of the Bigelow boathouse.
The boom has proved a great protection
as a northwest wind forces the logs over
on that side of the river, and would
damage the boats We're it not for the
buffer.
Three-foot hashboards have been put
on the dam this week and the river oppo-
site Brattleboro has risen accordingly.
The water is at present just about level
with the top of the flashboards. This in
crease in height widens the river consid-
erably for miles above the dam and
greatly improves the docking facilities at
Bigelow's boathouse on the island. The
log drive has made comparatively slow
progress during the past week, only a
few sticks having reached the dam. So
slight is the current in the river at the
present time that a south wind drives
the logs upstream. Yesterday many
thousand feet were driven from point
some distance below Root island to the
mouth of West river A boom has been
built at the dam and what few logs have
arrived there have been put through the
sluice without difficulty. The rear of the
drive has not been sent over the Bel
lows Falls dam yet and it will be prob
ably two weeks before the river is clear
at Brattleboro.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
Give the Pupils a Chance.

Randolph Herald and News.
There is considerable complaint over
the severity of the examination tests held
recently for the admission of rural pupils
to high schools of neighboring towns.
In West Brattleboro not one in 80, and
in Bethel not one in IL, of the applicants
passed. The complaint is that the ques-
tions were unusual and ill-adapted. The
passing mark certainly was not high, and
such an outcome is remarkable. 1t is
understood that the test was prepared by
the state department of education. That
ought to be headquarters for correct ae-
ton, but it easily might not be, IN this
respect
The high school education for advanced
pupils, compelled by law to be done at
the expense of towns without such
schools, which pay the tuition where the
pupils attend, is one of the very best fea-
lures of our present educational system.
Much of its success, however, depends
upon its application. 1t will not do to
let down the bars and make the entrance
tests so easy as to be farcical, with the re-
lot of poorly prepared scholars, clogging
the wheels altogether. One the other
hand, it is a manifest injustice to make
the tests so severe as to keep out ambl-
tious and deserving young people who
really ought to enter The aim should be
to subject the applicants to exactly the
same tests that the pupils of the lower
grades have to undergo in passing to the
high school.
We should rather see error in leniency
shown the rural pupils than the opposite.
The average scholar coming in from the
back town may not be so well prepared at
the moment in all respects as his town
cousin, but the fact that he comes of his
own free will argues in favor of his desire
and ambition to acquire education, and
in the generality of cases such pupils
will. in a short time, overtake and often
outstrip those to whom schooling has be-
come a grind. At any rate, it is always
easy to drop student who doesn't keep
up, while If he is barred out at the be-
ginning there is no chance for him-a re-
suit that may have a wide influence on
his whole life.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23

Rev. Edward D. Hickey of Springfield,
convicted last Wednesday of assault on
Sylvina johnson. of the same town, was
sentenced in Windsor county court Tues
day to pay fine of $1,000. Counsel asked
clemency of the court on the ground of
FIR. Hickey's poor health.
Editor C. T. Fairfield of Rutland was a
member of a party who made an ascen..
sion Tuesday in the balloon Heart of
Berkshires at Pittsfeld, Mass, and landed
at Winsted, Conn, without mishap. The
balloon was in the air an hour and fifty
minutes. 1t reached height of 500 feet.
At meeting of the state library as
ISOLATION held at Middlebury, July 10, a
hearty vote of thanks was extended to
the press of the state for the, assistance
to the library cause through the publish,
ing of library news. A prize was offered
by the association for the library which
should do the best work in publishing
items in the press and from several close
competitors the committee making choice
awarded the prize to the. Bristol free
library. A similar prize will be given at
the end of the current year.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23

A keen eyesight and an abundance of
daylight has heretofore been necessary for
the purpose of sorting cigars into the va
rious grades of color in which they are
put up. All efforts to perform this opera
ton by artificial light have been unsuc-
cessful in the respect that the results
were never satisfactory and the work was
slow and severe on the eyes of the sorter.
With the introduction Of the new tung-
stem lamp It has been discovered that this
work may be done with ease and satisfac-
illumination Of these lamps that enables
the sorter to detect the most delicate de-
grees of difference in the shading Of the
wrapper.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
Dates of Vermont Fairs.

Addison county, Middlebury, Sept
2427
Caledonia Fair Grounds Co., st. Johns
bury, Sept. l4-l9.
Caledonia Grange, East Hardwick. Nc
fair.
Dog River Valley, Mortified, Sept
l4-l6.
Franklin County, Sheldon Junction
Sept. IA.
Lamoille Valley Morrisville, Aug 24-26
ton, Aug. 40.
Springfield Agricultural Association,
Springfield, Sept. II.
Valley Fair, Brattleboro, Sept. $3.50
Vermont State, White River Junction,
Sept 2l-24.
Windsor County Agricultural Associa
ton, Woodstock, Sept. 10.
Rutland County, Rutland, Sept. 10.
Bradford Ayr. Assn, Bradford, Aug.
2426.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
COrSetS

A fine assortment of sizes in Fine Corsets
Regular ST. and $50 qualities. Alteration
Sale Price, each. ..............,...39 800
Two Hundred Paris Corsets, not all sizes
of every style; values SOC and SlO0. Altera-
ton Sale Price, each. ................. 25c
r. & G. Corsets, regular goods, all sizes,
so quality. Alteration Sale Price. >. CSC
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
WOmen'S Knit Underwear

Ladies Vests low neck, short sleeves; regu
lar price l9c. Alteration Sale Price, each So
Ladies Vests, low neck, no sleeves; regular
price 19c Alteration Sale Price 49, 12H(
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
Skirts

One lot of White Skirts, hemstitched and
tucked; regular price 2oc. Alteration Sale
IllCe sOr
White Skirts, three rows hemstitched tucks,
deep Hamburg ruffle; regular price SOC. Al
teration Sale Price. Observation-Disclosures 9c
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
Coats and Suits

One lot of Ladies Fine Tailored Suits in a
variety OF colors. Regular prices $500 to
$1,000. Alteration Sale price. $3.50
Two Fine Tailored Suits in navy and gray;
regular price $40 Alteration price. $S.9S
Eight Suits strictly up-to-date models, in
all the leading shades; regular prices SIS and
$50 Alteration Sale Price ..... $3.50
One Lot of Cravenette Coats; regular price
$40 Alteration Sale Price. $4.95
Fine Pongee Silk Coats, sample garments;
regular price SIS. Alteration Sale Price
$16.5O
Ladies' Princess Wash Dresses in tan and
blue Regular price $3.50 Alteration Sale
Price Observation-Disclosures. .$1.75
Ladies' Princess Wash Dresses in combn-
alton of colors; regular. price $3.50 Altera-
ton Sale Price. Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
Gents Underwear

Mems Fine Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers;
regular price 371ac Alteration Sale Pfice
21c
Mems Negligee Shirts, regular price &C.
Alteration Sale Price. 39c
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
The New Store
j. SUTHERLAND & co.

The Second Week of Great Alteration Sale going with
great bargains every section of the Not with the
of they werea the first week OF this sale
and have made strenuous efforts preparations tor this
week. with the satisfactory results imaginable. No matter which
you will that prices have touched Rock Bottom
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
Muslin Underwear
Department

Our prices will average fourth to a third
less than value.
Tight Fitting Corset Covers, tucked front;
regular price 121ac Alteration Sale Price
1Oc
French Corset Covers, slightly soiled regu-
lar price 25c. Alteration Sale Price. 19c
Several Styles of Tight Fitting and French
Corset Covers, lace and Hamburg trimmed
regular price 37Hc. Alteration Sale Price
25c
French Corset Covers, two and three rows
of Val Lace, ribbon run; regular price soc.
Alteration Sale Price. ................49 c
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-07-23
Hosiery

Ladies Fast Black Cotton Hose regular
price 1212c pair. Alteration Sale Price, per
Ladies' Fast Black and Brown Cotton
Hose; regular price l9c pair. Alteration
Sale Price, per pair. ..................l lie
Ladies Fast Black Cotton Hose; regular
price 25c pair. Alteration Sale Price. .19c
or 3 pairs for SOC
Children's Fast Black Cotton Hose; regular
15c and loc qualities. Alteration Sale Price,
per pair NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. lie
Children's Fine Tan Hose regular price 1oc
pair. Alteration Sale Price, per pair. lie
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-27

to dry farming. II the dry lands of
the . west were being exploited dis
honestly and to the detI4nent of in
weston and state alike, the m
cial bodies which were responsible
for calling the first convention wanteN
TO know the truth. II dry farming
was destined to play an important
part in western development they
wished the fact established.
More tllan 300 delegates attended
the first congress. They represented
many states and included farmers.
government and state officers and
scientist members of the teaching
STATS of agricultural colleges.
When the first closed
there remained no further doubt of
the possibilities of development I'M
der proper methods and conditions OF
soil and climate.
The second congress was held in
Salt Lake City. January, 1908. There
were more han o delegates. repre-
s~etning practically all the seni-arid
states.
| Up to this time the congress had
| e. considered as a vehicle through
| which theoretical and practical dry
farmers might meet annually for an
exchange of deas.
The second congress authorized the
| Ut SdilZdllOu Ol IL great euucdilOHdi
| and political propaganda in behalf of
he west through the dissemination of
dry farming literature. publication of
reports ond official bulletins and the
encouragement of newspapers pub
fishers in their efforts to %acquaint
their readers with the truth about dry
farming.
II authorized the officers of the
congress to cooperate with all state
and government investigators and ex-
pericnenting farmers.
The third congress in Cheyenne.
Wyoming, February. 1909. eca an
International congress. Delegates were
| present from many states outside of
the semi-arid districts of the west and
official representatives Were there
from Australia. Mexico. Brazil, Cana
Ia the Transvaal and Russia. Greet
ings We're read from many other ma
tions
The second congress had authoriz-
ed the %ssuance Of bulletins and offic-
ial reports to members of the con
gress. Annual dues were fixed at 81.
The secretary was able to report near
ly 1900 actual membership su5scrip-
4 tons recorded previous to the third
congress. These represented in addi-
ion to the United States and the
countries sending delegates as above
named Turkey. Turkestan, Cape
Town and Algeria.
Previous to the third So
900 copies of official bulletins were is
sued thousands of personal letters
written in reply to farmers who re-
queSted information about dry farm
ing. hundreds of statistical reports
were prepared for publication and
newspaper and magazine publishers
urged to give publicity to the truth
about dry farming.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-27
HEATED DISCUSSION IN
DRY FARMING CONGRESS

Billings, Oct. 27.-The first heated
discussion of the Dry Farming Con-
gress toe place this morning when
the report of the executive committee
declared I'm favor of the present name
of the organization. Many of the del
egates favor changing the NAME. as
they say dry farming congress is
misleading. Spokane and Colorado
Springs are the leading candidates
for the next place of meeting of the
convention.
Dry Farming Congress.
Billings. Mont, Oct 27.-With ma
ny more delegates present and mark
ed by the greatest enthusiasm in the
Farming Congress began the second
days session this morning. Facts, fig
ures and statistics are being hurled
at the heads of the few who still hold
.Jhau dry farming" is a wiA
which is now open offers concrete
proofs of what may be accomplished
lby the new methods. Ii the world
derives its greatest wealth from the
soil then history is being made in
| this little Montana city this week
Untold millions may be added to the
nations wealth as a result of the pa
pers and addresses which are being
| calmly read and discussed before the
\ arneS men comprising Inc
| II was not until the present con
grsss That the dry farming" move
ment came into its own. Previous
meetings have been largely ATTENDED
but they were necessarily devoted
largely TO a discussion of theories anC
opinions. The congress has now ha6
| time to realize on this Interchange q
IDEAS, with the result that the early
development of Il seni-arid lands
| of the West will bring millions OF
acres of now almost worthless land
under early cultivation, will furnish
homes for many times the present ag
ricultural population, will increase
the OF the United States
! and will in time insure America
against possible crop failures.
Land once sold for taxes is eveI
now producing every variety of cerea
vegetable and fruit. From a drus
or the market al so cents an acre
TO active market value at $25 90 al
acre is by no means an unuSua ad
vance in dry farm land prices in sue
cessful dry farm districts during tn,
past five years.
The first session of what was ther
known as the Trans-Missouri Dry
/ Farming Congress was held in Denver
in January, 1907.
1t was organized TO bring a bette
understanding of the acts in REGARD
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-27
To Improve the Tennessee.

Hartman, Tenn. Oct. 27.-To pro-
cure the continuation of government
work along the whole length OF the
stream is the object of the Tennis
see River Improvement Associations
annual meeting here today. Much
benefit has been derived from the
work already accomplished.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-27

Ed s. Seay and A. Dunn returned
hast night from a five weeks trip to
the east, having visited the Boston
wool market and looked up wool con
ditions all over the east. They report
that the wool market is steady and
strong and that although the deliver
les have not been made. practically
all the wool on the Boston market
has been sold, Associated Press re-
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-27

$500. 900 to loan on Irrigated farms
long time loans. interest payable an
nually with privilege to off loan
before DUE. b. Herbst, Financial
Agent. 303 ". Main. opp. p. o.
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If the Roswell Business college
can't qualify you to keep books in
any Wholesale house or National
Bank you get a free scholarship. $50
words. practice matter in less than
60 days. VIII exchange scholarship
for real estate in or near Roswell.
J. f. WOOTTON.
D2t K WET.
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Minnesota Daughters.

Minneapolis. Oct. FL Minnesota
Daughters of the American Revolution
held their annual meeting today in
the Andrew Presbyterian Church.
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A PUBLIC BALL.

THE FIRST ANNUAL BALL OF
ROSWELL NEST NO. 1175, ORDER
OF OWLS, WILL BE HELD IN THE
GALLIEUR HALL ON THURSDAY
EVENING OCT. %, MUSIC FUR
NiSHED BY THE NORVELL Or
CHESTRA. EVERYBODY INVITED
O2ft2
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s A OF THE

w. c. T. u. CONVENTION.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 27.-Tle closing
day of the w. C.. T. u. Convention
was devoted to reports Of organizers
and superintendents.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-27
ports Notwithstanding.

ports Notwithstanding.
A. ID. Garrett. Herbert Fitzgerald
and c. p. Shearman returned last ey-
ening from a business trip to various
towns in Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Summersgill returned
last night from a visit in Clovis and
with their daughter i'm Denver. They
have been gone several eek
A. r. Forsyth and s. G.. Turner
came in last night from San Antonio
for a few DAYS business at court.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-27

Joe Mitchell. of Texico came in
from the south this morning and will
be here for a short business visit.
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THROW ON THE LIGHT.

Your business principles may
he right: your goods the
best: your service to cuSto-
mers faultless. But the pub
lie has got TO know about ii.
Advertise in
THE DAILY RECORD.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-27

Dressmaking. plain and fancy, Mrs.
Woodland zoe n. Lea. 0lt4~
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-26

with blood. 1 opened his shirt and
saw his right collar bone broken and
protruding through the flesh. I
forced some brandy down his throat
and he revived What happened?" 1
asked again.
You had one chance for life, and
that was the death of the rhino. 1
had one chance in a thousand of saw
ing you and killing the rhino. / took
it and gave the rhino both barrels of
the express. Your face is singed a
little from the flash. The recoil of
the blunderbuss has hurt my Shout
DER
He put his left hand over and felt
the shattered collar bone. Il suppose
it's all up with me- he said "Tni5,
on top of the fever, is too much" He
smiled and fell back unconscious.
The natives who had fed returned,
and we examined the five porters who
got the rhino's charge. Two were
dead, three badly Injured.
Through the night l sat beside my
unconscious comrade in the flicker of
the camp fires, listening to the dull,
monotonouS droning of the insects in
the trees, and seeing faces in the
embers, one face especially, a kind,
thin face crowned with white hair
weeping rs 1 told her of Jappie, her
hunter sons death. The chill before
dawn struck the earth. 1 turned to
put some wood on the fire. Glaring
in the grass few yards away 1 saw
two green. phosphorescent eyes. L
seized my Luger pistol and rose. Like
a flash a lion sprang away before 1
could shoot. A little later the forest
burst into thunderous roars. 1t seemed
to be full of lions, which were attract
ed by the smell of the rhino's blood.
De Villiers did not die. He came
through it all. He now organizes
hunting expeditions into East Africa
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-26

erage sportsman uses in Africa For
instance, he will carry a taxidermist's
outfit and cure and preserve his game
Immediately after it is shot
AS soon as a lion or leopard is killed
the skin must be removed, cleaned,
and treated with a taxidermic prepa-
ration of alum. Then to protect it
from beetles, it must be soaked in
turpentine and put in charge of a ma
tive runner, who takes it to the near
est post for preservation. Often when
a skin arrives at its destination the
numerous insects that infest the coun-
try have eaten it full of holes and it is
absolutely worthless.
Speaking of carnivora and the other
fauna of Africa, let me say for the
benefit of the American writer's, lee
turers and artists who wish to pre-
tend to a knowledge of African ami
NAL life that there are no yaks, alli-
gators, kangaroors, turkeys, bears or
tigers in Africa outside of a circus or
a geological garden. There are two
species of rhinoceros, the bicornis or
prehensi.e-lipped, and the sinus or
square-mouthed rhino. The latter, al
though almost as black as it's rela-
tive, is called the white rhinoceros on
account of a blue Slaty tinge in it's
skin. To be exact, there is no such
thing as a white rhinoceros. Both
have two horns. The Asiatic rhi-
noceros has but one. Crocidiles and
alligators differ greatly in appear
ance. and the latter do not live in At
RIGA. The Asiatic elephant is also
different in appearance from it's At
rican relative
Now about tigers, which have been
treated so freely as African game in
recent American articles. 1t all de-
ponds on ones nationality whether or
not there are tigers in Africa. The
leopard is called tiger (tiger) by
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1909-06-26

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