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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
PRESS COMMENT.
Farms Rising In Value.

1t is a remarkable thing that more
people will buy land when prices are
rising than when values are low and at a
standstill. The present trend in connec-
ton with farm values in Vermont is a
splendid illustration of this tendency. A
man who sells many Vermont farms
told the writer yesterday that there was
growing demand for farms in this
region in spite of the fact that values are
approaching to marked degree as a
result of high prices for various foodstuffs
which are produced on our farms. Some
people who went West expecting to make
a fortune in western farm lands are re-
turning to Vermont, realizing that at
present prices there is better opportuni-
ty to establish a farm home here than in
the West.
A movement which is tending strongly
to strengthen the prices of farm lands is
that inaugurated by President William
c. Brown of the New York Central lines.
The back-to- the-farm movement has
been formally and permanently organized
by the creation of the Agricultural I'm
provement Association OF New York and
the election as its president of the head of
the New York Central lines and origina-
tor of the project to transplant thou
sands of city workers with their families
on farms in the State.
The purpose of the movement is to as
sist in attracting attention to the
opportunities offered in agriculture the
condition now being very different from
what it has been at any time in the past.
There are many farmers who are success
full from business standpoint, yet there
are hundreds of cheap farms which may
be purchased for even less than the build
ings on them are WORTH while the land
is capable of producing valuable crops.
This is as true of Vermont as it is of
New York, which was particularly in
volved in the statement; and it is safe to
say that all New England States will be
the center of similar movement from
natural causes in the not distant future
Back to Vermont farms. is coming to be
the cry of the investor as well as farmer,
and we shall be greatly surprised if the
next FIVE years do not witness a radical
change in farming conditions in Vermont
as we'll as in farm values.
Vermont soil is worth more than
mere living for a farmer. II is being
made TO pay handsome profit in many
cases, and the slogan should be what
Vermont farm has done Vermont farm
can do Burlington Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
What Fleetwood Hasn't Done.

He hasn't had paid workers all over
the state working up for revenue only a
sentiment for his candidacy, but he has
conducted a personal canvass without
spending cent except for the legitimate
purposes of his campaign.
He hasn't bought double columns in the
state papers exploiting his virtues and
his career, nor has he flooded the state
with marked copies" OF any of the
many papers that are supporting him.
He hasn't offered to pay the expenses
of any delegates to the state convention,
nor promised any one an office if elected.
He does not believe in conducting a
campaign along these lines and he is not
afraid to take his chances on the result.
Because he stands manfully against the
use of money in the campaign, knowing
that the use of money is not only debas-
ing but illegal, he has made friends all
over the state who will delight to honor
him with the nomination at the state
convention on June 80.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
oil for Laying Dust.

If the trial by some Rutland residents
on its streets of crude oil compound for
permanently laying the dust is satisfac-
tory. as it is confidently believed that it
will be, no doubt other citizens on other
residential thoroughfares will go and do
likewise. 1t is urged by the manutactur-
ers of the patented product that one or
at the most two applications will keep
the dust laid thoroughly for an entire
season. and do it more satisfactorily and
more economically than can be done by
water sprinkling. And they seem to have
evidence of the truth of this from other
cities where it has been employed.-[Rut-
land News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
District Convention.

Republican Convention of Second District
to be held at Montpelier, June 70.
The following is the official call issued
by the Republican committee of the
second Congressional district for the
convention to be held in Montpelier on
the 29th of this month, together with
table showing the number OF delegates
that each city and town in three coun-
ties in the district are entitled to:
Republican convention of the second
Congressional district of Vermont will
be held at Montpelier on Wednesday,
the 29th day of June, 1910, at O'Clock
p. NJ, for the purpose of nominating
candidate tor representative to the Sixty
second Congress OF the United States, to
be supported by the Frcemen of said dis
trict at the Freemen's meeting Sept. 6,
1910, also to elect district committee
OF one from each county constituting the
district, tor the next biennial term
Cities and towns will be represented
in said convention by the delegates
elected on the basis of one delegate from
each city and town and one additional
delegate for every 100 votes, or fractional
part thereof exceeding fifty, cast for the
Republican candidate for governor at the
September election in 1908.
The delegates must be chosen at pri-
mary meetings called by the Republican
committee in each city and town, and
should provide themselves with proper
credentials, signed by the secretary of
said primary meeting at which they are
elected, and present the same to the dis
trict committee (who will act as the COM
mittee on credentials) at their headquar-
tiers at the Pavilion Wednesday forenoon
the goth.
The primary meetings for election of
delegates to this convention must be held
in each city anc town on Tuesday. June
II. 1910, the date fixed by the district
committee, pursuant to the provisions of
Section 1875 of the Public Statutes.
]. H. LUCIA, Chairman, Montpelier.
GEO H. GRAHAM. Sec'y, Bellows Falls
]. F. MEAD. Randolph.
o. S. ANNIs. No. Troy.
K. w. SIMoNDs. ST. Johnsbury.
E. B. FILM. Springfield.
l. ]. BowKER. Lunenburg.
Republican Committee Second Congress
sional District.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
The St. Johnsbury Caucuses.

The caucuses to elect delegates to the
republican congressional, state and
county conventions will be held in the
Town Hall next Tuesday evening at
100 O'Clock. Every republican voter
should remember the time and the place
and be there. A delegation for the con-
gressional convention will undoubtedly
be chosen to support Hon. Frank Plum
ley for Congress. Mr.. Plumley is making
good in Washington and will have no
candidate in the convention against
him. St. Johnsbury has a worthy candi-
date for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and the
delegation elected Tuesday night will
Loyalty support Hon. L. P. Slack for this
office.
In previous issues the CALIFORNIAN has
given it's reasons for supporting W. H.
Worthen for high sheriff and in another
column appears a letter from St. Johns
bury citizen clinching the arguments al
ready advanced for Mr.. Worthen's nomi-
nation and election. There ought not to
be any question about securing a county
delegation favorable to Mr.. Wor thens
candidacy. And the same is equally true
of the other candidates from this town
on the county ticket: David E. Porter
for senator; Judge Walter P. Smith for
Judge of probate; Robert W. Simonds for
states attorney.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08

house, possibly wait for others to arrive
before they can get the hose cart out and
on the way, so that necessarily there
will be other valuable minutes lost.
1t is said and vouched for by many
different people that it was fully twenty
minutes after the alarm was given be-
fore stream of water was playing and
the fact that the nearest hose company
was almost within stones throw of
the fire should be taken into account in
this case.
With a paid FIRE department there
would unquestionably have been fully
fifteen minutes saved and that means a
great advantage in almost every case,
and in this particular one it is thought
the FIRE could have been easily extin-
guished at that time. What would have
happened if the conditions had been
different, the Lord only knows. With
no wind at all and the adjoining build
ings soaking wet on the roofs everything
was in our favor. 1t is generally be-
Iicved that If the conditions had been
normal the loss would have been very
large, some maintaining that not a
single building in the square bounded by
Main, Summer, Central and Church
streets could have been saved, possibly
much more than this.
have letter before me written by
the mayor of Burlington. VT. in which
he says, among other things, II have
recommended in nv annual message the
substitution of motor for horse service
all through the department for the
reason that the most important feature
in responding to an alarm is the necessity
of getting there quick" Other things in
this letter in regard to the fire of the
Hotel Burlington shows conclusively
that it was not the fault of the paid fire
department, whatever, that the loss was
SO great. 1t was the fault of the hotel
people in trying to extinguish it them
selves, before giving alarm.
CHAs. S. HASTINGS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
Weights and Measures.

An instance of what proper super
vision of weights and measures can ac-
complish has just come to light in New
York city. The Retail Grocers' associa-
ton there, in response to letters from
the city's bureau, has notified all it's
members that in weighing butter for
customers they must cease to include the
weight OF the little wooden boxes in
which the product is sold. This is one of
the steps taken recently to protect the
customer, and others are to follow, as
the result of the investigation now being
conducted.
AS the inspection goes on enlightening
revelations are made. In Brooklyn
aside from the weighing of the wooden
butter dishes, short weights are reported
on bacon and smoked ham. Packages
of -four, sugar and rice have been found
under weight, and indisputable evidence
that people are paying for what they do
not receive is being collected generally.
In New York state these abuses have
grown so that the public is fast awaken
ing to the need of more stringent regula-
ton of weights and measures. Here in
Vermont there is an increasing belief
that something should be done to help
the consumer get full value for all food
products. This feeling has crystallized
with the action of Coy. Prouty in call
ing tor a conference on weights and
measures, to be held next month at
Montpelier. The expressed object is ito
consider our present laws, with a view
to such modification of them at the com
ing session of the Legislature as will
protect the state from becoming the
dumping ground of short weight goods
because OF the more stringent laws
which are being enacted by the neigh
boring states"
There is no room for doubt that efec-
tive results could be obtained through
legislation making it necessary to brand
the exact weight or quantity on each
and every package shipped into this
state, and some standard certainty
should be established to make impossible
deliberate frauds on the part of manufac-
turers. If, as is argued, products fire.
quently lose in weight and volume from
evaporation, shrinkage, friction or jar
during transportation and from other
causes, the change cannot be great
enough to vary much from the estimate
marked on the package. But it must be
admitted that some of the arguments
advanced against the weight branding
provision are appealing ones.
Any measures considered by the Yer
mont conference should be carefully gone
over in order that the legislation which
may result shall not drive reputable
manufacturers of other states from our
markets by excluding their profits. In
fairness to the claim of certain manufac-
turers that the weight and measure pro-
vision of the national food and drug act
is sufficient to protect the consumer of
package goods, that contention merits
full discussion before being rejected. if
action is planned affecting package
goods.
But there is no question about the
need of uniform standard of weights
and measures in this state. If the con-
ference accomplishes the establishment
of that standard it will have fulfilled
one of the principal purposes for which
it was advocated.-GR Rutland Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
The Fire Department Query Again.

Since writing my letter a week ago
today, published in the CALIFORNIAN
last week, in which 1 advocated the
great benefit of a chemical engine, in GER
tain cases, we have had another dis
astrous fire under an entirely different
nature. What has this fire taught us ?
One thing very evident is that everyone
should be familiar with the alarm boxes,
more particularly the one nearest their
residence or place of business.
1t is said that the first person to dis
cover the fire, being almost a stranger
here, did not know either the location or
the method OF giving an alarm, so that
several minutes of valuable time was
lost.
Another thing, well known to every
BODY, is that when an alarm is rung
in the night there must be an allowance
made for the time it takes the volunteer
department to dress, get to the hose
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
Bellows Falls, Vt. June 1st, 1910

Republican Committee.
On the basis fixed by the committee
cities and towns will be entitled to re-
presentation as follows:
Caledonia county: Barnet, 8; Burke. 8;
Danville, 8; Groton,2; Hardwick, 8; Kir-
by, /; Lyndon. 5; Newark, 1; Peacham,
2; Ryegate, 8; Sheffield, 2; ST. Johnsbury,
9; Stannard, 1; Sutton, Q; Walden. 2;
Waterford, 2: Wheelock. 2; Total. 40
Essex County: Bloomfield, 1 Brighton.
8; Brunswick, 1: Canaan, 2; Concord, 2;
East Haven, 1; CRANKY, i: Guildhall. 2;
Lexington. 1; Lunenburg, 2; Maidstone,
/; Norton, 1; Victory. l. Total. 10.
Orleans County: Albany, 2; Barton, 6;
Bloomington. 2; Charleston, 8; Coven.
try, 2; Craftsbury, 8; Derby. S; Glover, 8;
Greensboro. 8; Holland, 2; Irasburg, 2;
Jay, 2; Lowell, 2; NJ organ, 2; Newport,
5; Troy, 8; Westheld, 2; Westmore. 2.
Total. 81.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08

The Washington Sunday Star pub
lshed brief interviews from leading
senator's and representatives. giving
their reasons for alignment with the
regulars or the insurgents In congress.
Representative Frank Plumley is quoted
as saying:
II came to the House with strong con-
victions that there should be more
liberal rules and a more liberal inter
probation of them; that for the rep
resentative there should be a large in
dividual initiative in matters of legisla-
ton and that the leaders should receive
their instructions from the body of the
majority members instead of handing
out Instructions to that majority"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
Letter on the Sheriff Question.
Editor CALEDoNIAN:

Editor CALIFORNIAN:
AS George F. Winch is claiming in this
campaign that he did not promise to
move to St. Johnsbury and give his entire
time and attention to the duties of the
office OF sheriff if he was elected, and as
Mr.. Winch procured me to nominate bis
delegation in our caucus four years ago,
desire to inform the public that at the
time he arranged with me to nominate
his delegates he told me that as he had
been appointed sheriff by the governor
that he would like the satisfaction of an
election by the people; that if elected he
would move to St. Johnsbury and give
his entire time and attention to perform
ing the duties of his Office, and authorized
me to make this statement in his behalf
which did.
lOf course 1t Is unnecessary to state
that none of these promises of MIR. Winch
have been fulfilled. At that time he made
pretended negotiations for the purchase
of a residence in ST. Johnsbury, which
negotiations Immediately ended on
his nomination. This same course of
conduct was pursued by him when he
was candidate tor election two years
ago and again this year he has been
| throug h the same 'ormalities of pretend
ing to negotiate for the purchase of a
home in ST. Johnsbury in which to reside
l submit that the voters have no reason
to think that his representations in that
respect are any more sincere now, than
they were two years ago and four years
ago. How much longer will the voters
of Caledonia County be misled and
deceived by such course of conduct and
by such promises which are biennially
made and as regularly broken.
Very truly.
Frank D. Hill.
St. Johnsbury,
June 6, 1910.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08

few clouds in his horizon. Unless the two
Windsor county candidates compromise
by dropping out in favor of Allen Nj. Flet-
cher Cavendish, Mr.. Stacks chances of
being nominated for second place on the
State ticket are exceedingly good, as it
looks from The News observatory
Mortified News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08

Howard L. Hindley, late editor of the
Rutland Herald and the president of the
Vermont Press Association. has decided
to continue in journalism on the Pacific
coast and is located at Seattle. Mr.
Hindley is journalist who will be great
~ missed in this state and he has host
of friends who wish him continued sue
cess.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
A Mistake In Dates.

The Hartford Courant says that GER
tain Washington correspondent Picks
out Vermont's aged Mr.. Page as the
best listener in the Senate when other
men are speechmaking!"
Shades of Methusaleh has it come to
this! The aged Mr.. Page!"
Know by these presents, Mr.. Courant,
that Mr.. Page is mere boy young in
thought and feeling, by no means patri-
archal i'll appearance, and only 81 last
birthday. or just eleven months older
than his colleague Senator Dillingham;.
Senator Page has a youthful interest in
everything that is going on, and in the
Senate proceedings he feels particular
interest, as necessary to the full perform
ance of his duty to the state and nation,
and the satisfaction of his own conscience.
He has higher ideal OF senatorial duty
and responsibility than the average man,
and he is living up to his standard.
aged" forsooth! Why, it's impossi-
bic to imagine Carroll Smalley Page as
lacking in the snap. vigor and progress
iveness of robust manhood.-[ Burling-
ton News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08

Mayor Frederick w. Plaisted of Au-
gusta declares that whoever is nominal
ed by the democratic state convention
will be the next governor of Maine. Per-
haps lightning will strike Mr.. Plaisted
who has many friends in ST. Johnsbury
wllch he made when a student at our
Academy
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08

After nominating Frederick 6. Fleet
wood for governor and L. P. Slack for
Acknowledgements at the republican
state convention. the rest of the ticket
will be quickly filed. The others viii
be Guy w. Bailey for secretary of state;
Edward Fl. Deavitt for state treasurer;
Horace F. Graham for auditor of ac-
counts; John 6. Sargent for attorney
general. These four gentlemen will sue
coed themselves in Offices which they
have filled with ability and distinction.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-06-08
Chances Good.

L. P Slack of St. Johnsbury seems to
be enjoying a pretty healthy boom for
lieutenant governor just now, with very
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Entered at the St. Johnsbury post office as
second-class mail matter.
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This paper is entitled to a place on the
Printers Ink Roll of Honor.
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