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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
California Oil Crazy.


With the gusher era, California has
added to the worlds wealth in her usual
generous and spectacular manner, re.
minding one somewhat Of the western
millionaires Of the "scotty" type, who
fling their golden largess right and left
to be scrambled for, net taking any
particular pains to dodge the kodak Of
the newspaper man while making their
splurge.
The official estimate Of tie riches flung
skyward BY the oil wells Of the state
during 1909 has just been given TO tie
public. It represents the tidy sum Of
thirty-two million dollars, according to
the report of state mineralogist Aubrey.
This is the estimate Of the value Of
the years output, which amounts to
more tnan fifty-eight million barrels.
No wonder capitalists from the East
and abroad are pricking up their ears
at the sound Of tile roaring geysers af
black, ll.smelling fluid, which, neverthe.
less, has such a golden simmer to it
when seen at the proper angle. No won
der that California is going aoil crazy
just as in other times it succumbed to
the gold fever and the corner-lotitis Of
the days Of the real estate boom.
According to the United States geo.
logical survey, the amount Of oil remain
ing in the ground to be brought to t1e
surface for the benefit of the lucky in-
vestors, will come to about ten billion
barrels. So that the years output great
As It is, may be reasonably compared
to the handful Of gold that 4scotty9
throws 10 the bell,hops.
Strange as it may seem. the fact that
there il an inexhaustible supply Of oil
win tend to raise the prices in the long
run rather than to lower them, and the
explanation Of this seeming paradox g
that oil burners will be Installed in con-
stantly increasing numbers with the as
surance that there viii be no oil famine
TO render them useless. Therefore The
owners Of generous wells like the Lake.
view gnsher watch it, flow Of about 4Oi-
600 barrels day without any despond
ent forebodings 81 a glutted market.
The Lakeyiew is the most famous Of
the gushers which has brought sudden
wealth to its owners. Imagine column
Of black oil spouting from two hundred
e four hundred feet high throwing
spray for miles about and formsug yer.
table luke Of crude petroleum in the
reservoirs That sounds like spas
mode attempt to make d showing when
company IS expected, but waen you
think Of flow ike that keeping up
with practically no interruption, irom
the middle Of March to tho present
writing, il appears to be very lengthy
spasm From California New Gusher
Era, BY G. L. Edholm, in Teehnieal
World Magazine for September.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
Indoor Baseball.

He had besought the pharmaceutical
chemist to give him something with
which he might kill moths, and the
pharmaceutical chemist had supplied him
with camphor balls, but the next day
he was back again, holding some Of the
fragments Of the balls within his hand
care yez the same young man phwat
sold them things to me yisterdayf" he
roared,
Il am replied the pharmaceutical
chemist eomposedly. What's wrong
with them NJ
"Phwat's wrong with Thin ?" repeated
the irate purchaser. eThe idea av sellin
thin things to kill moths, or anything
else! See here. If yez can show me
the man that can hit moth with O.
single wan ay thin, I'll say nuthin' about
the ornimints an lookin glass me an
the missus broke. Answers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

um. He proposes TO die penniless. and
on April II. when be win be ninety.
one years old. he win give away the re.
mainder Of his fortune. DR.. Pearsons.
however, makes no claim to distinc.
ton as a philanthropist He says OF
himself, with refreshing candor;
II do not pose as benevolent man
I ana a thrifty and frugal old man.
have labored all my life to make mon
ey. and ! have made It. and honestly
too. have no benevolence in me, not
a particle. am the most economical.
close listed man you ever met You
can see II in my face. am doing all
that am doing on business principles
After working hard and practieing
economy for seventy years TO lay up
money said 10 myself:
"'What am ! going 70 do with thisl
cannot carry II out Of the world in
my dead hands. Collins we're not
made to carry money In, have got
to leave Il: that's the way to look at
IT, Now. what shall / do with itr"
In this practical frame Of mind Or.
Pearsons began his course OF bene-
factions, and be has already given
away s6.O00O00 TO colleges to further
the education Of young men.
In connection with the American
tour OF Sarah Bernhard, who will
reach this country about midwinter
story Is being published in Paris which
is new so far as the French public is
and may be so to many
here. II relates TO the divine Sarah
and the great John + Sullivan.
Once these two celebrities we're stay
Ing at the same hotel In Australia. and
-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

cure any thing like immunity to tn.
berculosis IN animals. myself saw
him do this almost a year before
Koch's announcement Of his work on
tuberculosis"
Or. Dixon started as lawyer His
health broke down. and going abroad
to regain it. he became interested in
bacteriology. He abandoned his pro.
fession. studied medicine and entered
the department Of bacteriology in Kings
college, London. then went to Munich
to study in Pettenkorff Laboratory Of
Hygiene. A man with such training is
entitled TO discover almost anything.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

point where | am
almost ready to say
we have a factor In
the treatment of tu-
berculosis W b lie b
means at least an
immunization to a
greater or less ex-
tent"
DIR. Seneca Egg
bert. professor Of
hygiene in the Med
co-Chirurgica col
lege OF Philadel-
phia. says: Dixon
was the first to Sc
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

That President Taft doesn't play golf
merely for pleasure is indicated by the
statement that recently, when prevented
from playing that game because Of the
rush of executive business, he took to a
half hour or more of boxing and other
indoor exercise as substitute for golf
Golf is a business to which Taft has set
himself to fight down his flesh; exercise
Is imperatively demanded by his physi-
sal welI-being.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
Few Men at sixty Can

honestly show one hundred cents on a
dollar for money invested, after all the
years Of fret and worry. Endowment
insurance taken while reasonably young
guarantees return Of principal plus an
nual dividends If you live, and pays
what you might have saved II You do
not live National Life Insurance Com
pany, Montpelier, Vermont. Mutual
S. s. Ballard. General agent. Mont
peiier, Vt: n. b Ballard, local agent,
Barre, VT. fMntnail
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

If the town Of Springfield sends Justus
Dartt to the legislature, it win be con.
ferring distinct favor on the state Of
Vermont, as well as making itself well
fortified. Mr.. DARTS services in two
recent legislatures stamp him as strong
man for the place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

Int traEeulenne 8
passionate declama.
ton as she conned
her lines at night
in her room greatly
disturbed the pugi-
lists repose. Meet
ing her one day on
the stairs. he frown-
ed at her so horri-
bly, and gave such
an ofnfnoua Urnvpl
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
Jingles and tests
Her Haunting Fear.

Bridget Time brings many changes,
Nora
Nora-Indeed it does.
Bridget Whin | was little I used to
cry for fear the policeman would get
me, and now I cry for fear / won't get
the policeman Harper's Bazaar.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

which the contests
OF today were mere
strug-
giles in those days
OF reconstruction in
the south when pol
tiles was not merely
political. but social.
professional and re-
ligious as we'll and
men had to back up
their convictions on
the duellng ground.
He has fought a
corrupt gang Of Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

sity made her repu-
tation. Miss Haz-
ard was born in
Peacedale, r. l..
June 10. 1856. the
daughter Of Row
land and Margaret
Hazard. She was
educated BY a gov.
erness and tutors
and at Miss Mary
csH, -. -ok-oI 81.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

man" has recently
been having about
the same expert
ence, He was re-
ported lying at the
point Of death.
with absolutely no
hope OF recovery,
but happily IT was
only a case Of base
ballitis = an amic-
ton that is serious
at the time. but
that never ends IA
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

A serious accident TO Barre man
yesterday while he was attempting to
crawl over a freight train shows that
the shortest way is quite apt to be the
most dangerous, too. The best plan is
not to NEEDLE with trains, even If they
appear to be stationary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

Texas. from rail-
reading to real es-
tate. Colonel Green
does not 90 in for
society at all. for be
il lame. One OF his
legs was injured
when he was a boy,
and be has been a
cripple ever since.
He considers socie-
~ a waste Of time.
He has not mar
rfaa atthar 0r4g
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
Considered Conditions.

Boston, Aug. "a Under orders from
Attorney General Wickersnam, the grand
jury Of the district court yesterday con.
sidered beef conditions in New England.
There were few local witnesses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

Vermont people who have never seen
Mount Mansfield or Cancels Hump are
not to be placed in the same class as
the Rhode Island man, who, though liv-
ing within twenty miles Of Newport
for 81 years, had never seen the ocean,
or Newport even. Most Vermont people
do stir out of their own backyards occa-
sicnally.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

That a candidate for congressman
should have spent $4,000 in his primary
campaign is surprising, for one is apt
TO wonder where SO much money could
be legitimately put out. Ex-congress-
man Joseph c. sipley of Pennsylvania
may be able to tell a waiting public
bow the thing could be done.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

The Vermont fairs have received their
"Gol" signal. May they one and all
prosper, eliminating in the biggest and
best state fair at White River juno
ton.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

SHAW scuOOh sue
also studied abroad and. in addition,
owes a great deal to ten years work
at Brown university with Professor J.
Lewis Dinman. She has degree OF
Lit. d. conferred upon her in 1870 by
Brown university and LII. y. granted
her In 1905 by Tufts college.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

After the second defeat Of his wharf
project, Mayor Jim Burke Of Burling-
ton may be ready to get divorce from
''my people, because Of incompatibility
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

Texas has lost Colonel Edward II.
Il. Green as a resident Hereafter be
will make bis home In New York city.
where be will look after and direct the
vast interests OF bis mother, Mrs. Het-
ty Green. who is now In her seventy
nth year. When Colonel Green first
went to Texas It was to look after his
mothers large interests there. Not
only has he done that successfully.
but he also has acquired great many
OF his own. He is said to have his fin
ger in almost every corporation and
commercial enterprise IN bis part OF
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

The Loyal Order Of Moose has joined
the fraternal geological garden, and
there are yet few more animals in
the woods not thus honored.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

American Magazine Of series Of art.
cles BY Ida NJ. Tarbell shortly to appear
in that periodical on the subject Of tie
tariff.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

FIeu 70 BhfFIt. Sic
Is the eldest daughter of Lord Esher
and her interests and those OF Barrie
are mutual. for she is an amateur au-
thor and playwright and plays the drum
in an amateur orchestra Miss Brett,
or, more properly, the Hon Dorothy
Brett. Is twenty-seven years old and
has American blood In her veins
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

Nothing but a political significance can
be put TO Roosevlt's western tour, start
ed yesterday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

Some time before Mark Twain died
a newspaper reported his demise. and
the famous humorist wired the editor
as follows: Report OF my death
greatly exaggerated. ! wouldn't do
such thing at my time Of life." Mar
shall p Wilder. the noted funny
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
SECOND SPY Captured.
Another Englishman Arrested by the
German Authorities at Borkum.

German Authorities at Borkum.
Eden, Germany. Aug, "a. A second
Englishman, in addition to the one cap
tured Monday at Borkum, was arrested
yesterday at Borkum on suspicion that
he also il spy. He offered violent
resistance to arrest, It was reported
that photographs had been taken of the
Notifications at Borkum and Of the new
defense works on the island Of Wang
eroog, in The North sea near the en-
trance to Jahde bay
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
People Of Note
What a Few OF Our Celeb
rites Are Doing.

Ne g.. q Amer a.,
remarkable
aud liberal phllan
throplsts is Or. ID.
X. Pearson $ Of
Chicago. who has
Just placed bis
home on the real
estate market and
announces that
after Il is sold he
will pass the re-
m ain der Of his
DAYS ID n sanitari.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

Another cross-state railroad being sur.
veyed. There is a great deal Of smoke,
and there may be some fire.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

The recent dismissal Of Colonel John
s. Mosby. the famous southern cav
airy leader OF the civil war, from his
position Of attorney in the department
Of justice at Washington removes from
public life one Of the most picturesque
OF the characters that figured promI-
nently in that great struggle. Though
still hale in mind and body, be has
lived during bis seyenty-three years
through more than the ordinary man
would experience In the lifetime OF
Methnselah-
He has fought In war whose big
ness made ambition virtue; be has hg-
ured IN fierce political struggles beside
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

that she tainted dead away Next
morning she moved 10 another hotel.
Nine. Bernhardt was asked the other
day whether the story were true.
yes" she said In her peculiarly win
ming English. but | don't bate him
for II. Sullivan is one great big dread
fully splendid man. Such a thrill mag.
nifque as he giyel"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

Mayor Fitzgerald Of Boston evidently
thinks himself the Moses Of the Demo
cratic party in Massachusetts,.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

In other words. Mr.. Wilder had got
so wrought up over the poor playing
Of the Giants that IL weakened bis sys-
tenn. and he was laid up for several
days. A most remarkable change in
bis condition was noticed. however.
when the team began to outplay its
opponents again. and the doctors sery-
ices are no longer required.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
5,6O5

No hangman's job in weathcrsaeld,
at any rate.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
In the Limelight
Side Lights on the Great
and Near Great.
NHERE is no

n more vel.
come guest az
the home of Lord
Esher than j. NJ.
Barrie. the author,
who is quite as
widely known and
read In America as
In England. This
fact lends credence
to the report that
the Hon. Dorothy
Brett is to be mar
- - ca
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24


does not hesitate TO announce that be
is confirmed bachelor. When he is
in New York he gets a bushel Of beg
ging letters day at his hotel. He is
wiser than his mother, however, for he
never opens them now.
Miss Caroline Hazard. who has re
tired as president OF Wellesley college
owing to III health. was little more
than a child when she began her lit
erary work. Her FIRST published book
was translation OF German songs,
and later her prose and poetry became
very we'll known. Her ode. THE Great
Western Land" formed part of the
opening exercises of the Worlds fair
at Chicago Her Memoirs Of the Late
Professor Dinman" Of Brown univer-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24
MONTPELIER.
Surveying for Proposed cross-s state Rail
road from Here to Rutland

Surveying for Proposed cross-state Rail
road from Here to Rutland.
The work Of surveying for cross.
state railroad from Montpelier to Rut.
land is well under way, the corps en-
gagged in the work being in camp at
Waitsfeld at the present time. The
plan Of the Rutland & Montpelier Rail-
road company, Incorporated in 1896, Is
to build steam road Of standard giage,
which win start in Moretown, directly
opposite Middlesex, and pass through the
towns Of Waitsdeld, Warren, Granville,
Hancock, Stockbridge Pittsheld, Mendon
and end at Rutland The distance Gov.
cred would be about s5 miles and there
seems TO be no unusual obstacle 10 over
come. Should the road be constructed,
the saving in freight between the two
cities would be quite an item. The cost
Of surveying, which approximates Sl0,.
900, is being met by those interested
in the construction Of the road, and the
actual building Of the railroad viii de-
pend upon the cost Of carrying out the
project According to the amendment
to the charter of the company, work
must be commenced before November 20,
1911, and be completed before November
20, 1916. The act Incorporating the COM
pany provided that the capital stock
should I've Sl000G00, which can be in
creased 10 the amount necessary 70 carry
out the building 81 the road. this cap.
ital stock to be divided into shares Of
500 each The commissioners Of the
company named were w. NJ Hunting
ton, e. H. Edgerton, w. ID. Hunting.
ton, +. A. Kezer D. d. Hemenway, G. w.
Brigham, r. w. Slayton, Plyna Parker,
IL w. Lyford, Charles Dewey, Rock
wood Barrett and X. j. Flint. A mum.
Der Of Montpelier men are interested
in the work OF the surveying, which
will decide the exact route and cost Of
constructing the proposed road.
An eight pound son was born yester.
day to Mn. and Mrs. Daniel F. Mccoy
ern.
A small deer WIS killed by the cars
Monday in Middlesex. Several deer,
mostly fawns, have been struck BY trains
lately.
The work Of re-laying the concrete
walks at the rear Of the State House,
which were torn up during the process
Of installing the new ventiating sys.
tenn, was completed yesterday. f. c.
Getchell had the contract.
Suit WIS brought yesterday by the
city authorities against the town OF
Hardwiek, to recover pay for the case
Of Wheeler boy sent from that town
last winter to the Heaton hospital. His
expenses were at first paid By public
subscription, after which the town Of
Hardwick was notified that it would be
expected to pay the amount due. This
has not been forthcoming, hence tie
suit.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

BOYS and girls extra TUT hose at
ferry's, made Of selected two-thread
arm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-24

800 'D''N = ' fcials in the Amer
lean consular service In faroff Asia
and purged the consulates Of their
corruption from vladivostok to Alden,
And in later years be has warred so
flercely upon the robber cattle barons
Of the west that even his superior OH
GERS at Washington bad repeatedly to
caution him about needlessly exposing
bis life to their vengeance
Colonel Mosby win now devote him
self to writing bis military memoirs.
Every year sees some new tuber-
culosis cure. but 1t is seldom that a
man OF science makes such an an
nouncement. DR.. Samuel G. Dixon,
commissioner Of health of Penngylva-
MIA. does not exactly say that he can
cure consumption, but be does say
well. we win put 1t In his own words:
"My experiments on the products OF
the tubercle bacillus have reached a
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Imperial Valley press., 1910-11-19
Aeronaut Young, Successful BaIIoonist. Begins Mono-
 plane at Fl Centro
Believes That Density of Atmosphere Below Sea Level Will Give Ten Per Cent. More Efficiency in Making Starts for Flights-May Exhibit Machine at County Fair

El Centro, blessed with many fea- lures of cosmopolitan city, although so young a town that it has scarcely found time to grace itself with metro poltan airs, has arrived" at the air ship stage. A ready, truly airship is being constructed in this city, and the prospects are good for it's completion to a stage sufficient for it's being eX- hibited at the coming Imperial County Fair.
 H. R. Young is the builder. He has been working nights and Sundays on the aircraft in an out of the-wa spot in Fl Centro, and has made good progress. He is now negotiating with the promoters of the County Fair for an exhibition
 Young was the builder of the Walsh airship, which made successful flights at San Diego and later was taken to Los Angeles, where it made successful flights at the airdome. He also helped construct biplane of the Curtis type in which Walsh made flights. Young has made several flights himself, and is also an aeronaut of long experience having made 109 parachute flights from balloons.
 He says he has studied the condi- tions which prevail in Imperial Valley and long ago became convinced that this situation, located below sea level he should be able to obtain at least ten per cent. more efficiency in mak- ing starts with his airship, because of the greater density of the atmosphere
 The machine which Young is now building at Fl Centro is a monoplane of the Antoinette type. It will have a capacity for carrying 1SO pounds.
 It is probable that Young will make a balloon ascention and parachute leap during the County Fair; and if his airship is sufficiently advanced he will have it on exhibition and explain it's workings to the multitude.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-11-19
ENDEAvOR RALLY
District Meeting to Be Held at Chris tian Church in HoItviIle To-
 morrow Afternoon.

The County Christian Endeavor Union will hold district rally in the Christian Church at Holtville, Sunday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock.
 An interesting program has been planned, which includes speakers and musical talent from the several val ley towns. Special arrangements with the Holton Inter Urban Railway Company provide for locomotive and one coach instead of the motor car to take care of the crowd. The train will leave El Centro at 200 o'clock and return at 5:20 o'clock.
Imperial Valley press., 1910-11-19
AUTO RACE TO FL CEMTRO
Big Sporting Event Scheduled For
 Imperial County Fair Week.

If the plans of Fred Fuller work out, an automobile race from Los Angeles to El Centro by way of San Diego will be one of the features of Fair Week in Imperial County next month.
 It will be necessary to raise $1 300 for prizes to induce entries for the race, and Fuller secured $500 in El Centro for starter, He will go to San Diego and try to raise the rest of the money along the route, The pro posed race doubtless will be sanction ed in Los Angeles, and there are as- surances of at least six entries. It is proposed to make the start from Los Angeles at 3 a. m, and the finish in El Centro at about D. m. The distance from Los Angeles to San Diego is 40 miles and from San Diego to El Centre 130 miles.
 The race has been sanctioned by the Fair Association.