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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Vill<Se Told Briefh
for Busy Readers

f. C. Archibald of Manchester Cen
ter was in town Tuesday on business.
The W. R. c. Will hold their regu-
lar meeting this evening in C. a R.
hall
Miss Daisy Barber Of Bradford ST.,
who has been confined to the house
by illness for few days, has recov-
cred.
Mr.. and Mrs A. J. Barber Of Brad
ford street who have been in for
some time are now able to he about
the house.
The condition of Charles r. San
ford of Bennington Center who has
been in i'll health for some time IS
very critical He has been unable
to take any quantity of nourishment
for some time
Miriam Lodge of Rebekahs will en-
terrain the Odd Fellows and their
wives at a supper in odd Fellows
han on Monday February 2l The
ladies are TO bring their sewing and
will meet in the afternoon for so
cial gathering. The supper is free
and will be served at $50
The following is the result of the
shot-puN contest among the members
of the high school Y. NJ. C. A. gym
nasium class Thursday afternoons.
Paulson, 2S feet, inches; Harmon,
81 feet, liz inches; Moore and Lev
in q feet, S1s inches Tonight the
mems class will have a similar con
test
The snow interfered with traffic
both on the trolley and steam roads
this morning The sleeper from the
north was over two hours late. The
trolley system was running off SEIZED
ule early today. One of the first cars
to Hoosick Falls jumped the track
below North Bennington this morn
ing and delayed traffic for some time.
At meeting recently of the Ac-
tors club Of New York City a vote
was taken as to who was the most
popular comedian on the American
stage today and it was unanimously
decided that Eddie Foy was by big
odds He played here in "Fantana"
and The Earl and the Girl" it will
be remembered with a star cast "Mr
Hamlet of Broadway" is his offering
now and has made a great hit He
will appear in North Adams in March
and an effort is being made to get
him here.
The annual business meeting of the
Ladies' Aid society of the First Bap-
fist church was held February II,
1910 The officers for the ensuing
year are President, Mrs f. w Brad
ford, first vice president, Mrs. Is, l..
Bates; second vice president, Mrs. f.
H. Norton, secretary, Miss H. l.. Nor
tom treasurer, Mrs w c. Bull The
following were elected leaders in
their respective circles, Mrs Fred
Harmon, Mrs HOLSTER. Mrs. Newton
Cottrell. Mrs. n. l.. Brown, Mrs -.
b. Houghton and Miss Vera Bull
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18

Boys and Girls Sweaters at reduced
prices.
Mems and Boys SOC Winter Caps re-
duced to soc.
Mems SOC Waldorf NegIlgee Shirts
43c; Boys SOC Shirts Csc.
Mems SOC Fleece Lined Leather Gloves
and Mittens at 39c.
Mems and Boys Winter Gloves at cut
prices.
Ladies So and 81 Trimmed Hats at
STAG.
R. & G. and C B short length Cor
sets, the $l.OO ones 69c, the ST so
kind 81 and the 81 ones $3.50.
Ladies' So 90 Silk PetticoatS at 81 90.
Ladies fine Sateen and Heatherbloom
PetticoatS, were 81 at zoe, $3.50 at
$1.19, So ones at $l.49.
Good Csc Corset Covers at 17c.
Good $l.25 White Muslin Peticoats
a, csc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18
TRYING TO. BREAK COTTON RING
Millions Of English Spindles Will BE
Idle Until April 26

Manchester, Feb. lS.-The Ameri-
can section of the Federation Of Mas
ter Cotton Spinners has decided by a
unanimous vote to continue the short
time running until April 20.
1t is reported that the owners of
100000 spindles outside the fedora
ton will cooperate in this agree
ment.
Hopes are entertained here that the
spinners will be able to break the
cotton ring.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18
ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FAST
Hauls Thirty Loaded Freight Cars at
Fifty Miles an Hour.

Stamford, Feb. lS.-Hauling thirty
loaded cars a heavy freight engine
and a caboose. the new electric
freight locomotive of the New York
New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Company attained speed of 80
miles an hour on test run from
New Rochelle to Stamford yesterday
afternoon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18
RESERVES COAL LANDS

6allineer Withdraws 2,o6s,4e2 Acres
Also 127,122 Acres from all Entry
Washington. Feb 1S.-An exten-
sive temporary withdrawal of lands
from the public domain was made by
Secretary Ballinger yesterday, invol
wing 2,06S,492 acres reserved from
coal entry and l21l22 acres with
drawn from all forms Of disposition.
AT the same time 56.43l acres were
restored to settlement.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18
Notice

Whereas my wife, Dorothy +. Buck
has left my bed and board without
due cause or provocation hereby
forbid all persons harboring or trust
ing her on my account as | shall pay
no bills of her contracting after this
date.
Fred s. Buck.
bennington, VT, Feb Is, 1910.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18
EAST ARLINGTON

Rev, James p Harper will preach
in the Congregational church Sun
day, Feb. 20, at o'clock p. m.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18
Here are Few Specimen Offerings

7c Prints at 6, l24c Ginghams at lOc
per yard.
SOC and SOC Sheets at 45c, l5c Pillow
Tops at l2ac.
Mems heavy rolled edge 75c Rubbers
at Csc.
Boys heavy rolled edge 75c Rubbers
at 62c
Mems good 81 so Shoes at 81 %; 9th
erS at cut prices
Ladies' NOVECK Shoes, 81 ones at
So Is, $3.50 ones at $3.50, So ones
$3.50, $2.75 ones $225 and $3.50
ones $2.15.
Ladies Fur Sets, we're $3.50 at $5.o8
were SIS at $40.
Ladies MufS and ScarfS l-3 to IL off.
Mems 81. so Waldorf Shoes at $2.19.
EmerSonS at previous reductions.
Other great bargains all through the
store equally numerous.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-02-18
Notice

Whereas my wife, Lily May Drohat
having left my bed and board with
out just cause or provocation this is
to notify and warn all persons from
harboring her or from trusting her
on my account as | will not be res
ponsible for any bills of her contract
ion after this date.
Joseph Drohat.
Pownal, VT, Feb. TO- 1910
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

leaving on his vacation that the work
for his department would be done by
the Forest Service, instead of splitting
the Investigations up between several
bureaus, as has been the case here
tofore. The experiments are to be
practical in every detail, and for this
reason they will be carried on in large
part on a commercial scale. This
feature is made possible largely
through the cooperation Of the Amer
lean Paper and Pulp association, which
will work with the government In get
ting the results which are hoped for.
That part OF the experiments which
il is not necessary TO carry on in the
commercial plants will be conducted
In the new products laboratory of the
Forest Service. at Madison, Wis.
Assistant Forester William l.. Hall,
In charge Of this branch Of the work,
has returned to Madison after a trip
10 this city to center with other off,
Gals OF the department concerning the
investigation
Henry s. Graves. the chief forester,
is much interested in the plan for the
work, and thinks thG5 the experiments
will give the government the best op-
portunity Il has had TO help solve one
OF the most important problems con-
nected with the utilization of forest
products. II is likely that he will
make a number of trips to the Madi-
son laboratory and to the mills after
the work has begun. In speaking of
the proposed work today, Mr.. Graves
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

SAID: =,
."rhe demand for this extensive In
vestigation into the manufacture OF
paper pulp from American woods other
than the fast dwindling spruce was
brought about partly out or the IN
creased consumption of products by
the paper-using industries and partly
because OF the prohibition Of the ex-
port OF pulp wood cut Sfrom crown
lands by several of the Canadian prov
inces. To insure a permanent supply
of paper pulp for the making OF news,
wrapping and other cheaper grades
OF paper II seems certain that this
country must depend principally upon
the conservation and economical utll
ization OF the forests within Its Dor
ders.
THE method known as the ground
wood process consisting OF pressing
a two-foot stick OF wood by hydraulic
pressure against a revolving grind.
stone Is the cheapest process OF pulp
manufacture and besides, produces q
much larger quantity OF pulp than the
chemical processes. The spruce Is
practically the only kind OF wood
used in the original wood process.
The demands upon the remaining
spruce supply are very great, and as
the cheap production OF the lower
trades Of paper depends largely upon
the cheapness OF the processes, one
OF the most important lines Of work OF
the government experts will be direct
ed towards determining how far the
more abundant and cheaper woods can
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

for IL Is % per cent. But the gain IN
calls-th burden OF which fails OIL
the telephone company ami not on
the subscriber is greater still-32 per
cent. Now, then. over these Will come
the additional calls made by the ElkS
during the 10 days OF their stay IN DC
troit. end they will come In proper
ton to the loads at ordinary times.
AT this point it might be well to
give little explanation OF the tralnc
end of the telephone business.
Detroiters understand pretty well
what is meant BY the rush hours when
the expression is applied to the street
cars. No diagram is needed to show
the men who lives in Howard
street. for instance, that the facilities
for getting there are patronized most
heavily between $3.50 and $3.50
D. m. He understands this without
the aid Of Illustrations.
It is likewise not hard to conjecture
that the heaviest calls OH the restau-
rants are at breakfast, lunch and din.
ner. No curves, however graphic, can
mako this more ineligible than one
own appetite.
But how many Of us realize that
there are periods during the day
marked az distinctly as the cravings
of the inner man upon the outer
which show regular variations in the
use OF the telephone?
We all know that we use the telo-
phone less at night time than during
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

the day. But the telephone day itself
is divided into periods, which, II MOTH
ing Out of the way ever happened,
would appear as chemically and as
regularly as the rising OF the sun.
These periods vary according To the
locality. but in their own province,
SO to speak, they would be fixed
For instance, take the Main ex,
change, which handles practically ali
the calls of Detroit's business center
and some others besides.
From midnight up to the FIRST hours
of business there is here, as we might
expect. very little telephone business
comparatively speaking. But between
: and S O'Clock the calls mount sud
denly into the three thousand odd
and they jump, during the succeeding
hour, more than ESQ per cent. me
number of calls goes on increasing
throughout the morning in the nam
exchange until between 10 and IL
o'clock, when the heaviest traffic IS
going on. Incidentally, II may be OF
interest TO know that this period or
heaviest traffic Is characteristic OF
cities in tie middle west; the eastern
cities have their telephone peak
about an hour later, while mrther
west. the climacteTic moment averages
about 20 minutes earlier thar here.
nut to resume. After IL O'Clock the
traffic becomes gradually lighter, es-
pecially during the lunch hour, nut
rises again about o'clock as business
resumes its sway; then SINKS ana
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

supposed, Just about noon time.
During the afternoon the telephone
In the residence districts Is falrl
busy. 1t is now l'eing used for socin
purposes, and though the traffic Is bt
seyenty-five per cent Of what II wa
in the morning, II nevertheless keep.
the operator well ON the oui vivo.
The heaviest tratfic-the peak OF
the load as IL Is called In telephone
offices-occurs, In the neighborhood
o. homes, between the hours OF seven
and eight in the evening. But no tele-
phone problem Is needed to arrive at
this information. Everybody knows IL
is then that arrangements are being
made over the telephone for evening
diversions, visits, and so forth. A
great deal OF telephoning to the thea
.er is also being done between those
hours.
And these figures In turn drop and
drop, until the hour OF midnight mr.
riyes. when a handful OF girls can
take care of all the calls that come
into the residence district exchange.
These two sketches are but drop
I'm the ocean of traffic studies. OF
surprising interest are the curves
which show, during the year let us
say, how the cnlls on the coal man
rise, then fall, while those on the Ice
man fall and then rise, the two
curves sometimes forming amost a
symmetrical figure. And there. are
hundred OF other private businesses
the heart beats OF which the telephone
records with unerring accuracy.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12
s,r Eloln Watch Honors EIks.

Among all the elaborate decorations
prepared TO welcome the visiting Elks
this week, none are more Imposing
nor more appropriate than the enor-
nous electric watch OF the Elgin Ma
tional Watch Co, on top OF the Valpey
building, 213-217 Woodward-ave.
During the entire Elks' carnival the
hands of this huge Elgtn watch Will
point to IL o'clock, the hour when all
EIks honor their absent brothers.
Although many similar emblems are
displayed about the city, no other
equals in size or prominence this
Eigin timepiece. At night, with Its
hundreds OF electric bulbs glowing
with genial welcome, It will indeed
be a spectacular reminder of the APP
pointed hour for pledging loyalty to
brother Elks everywhere.
Occupying as it does. this command
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

rises once more about o'clock. This
IL tho hour when considerable tole-
phoning goes on between business Of
fices and the homes OF business men.
The merchant telephones his wife,
peradventure, that he has q friend
whom he Is bringing to dinner-or, II
peradventure be the word, he may be
telephoning her that he Isn't coming
home at all, being, OF course, detained
by the most exacting business imagin-
able. This is about o'clock. Then
the calls drop steadily per hour until
midnight again when, in the Main eX-
change, they average about one IN
every IL seconds. This means that
any one of the 80 odd positions of
the main board Is called upon to at
tend to call once every quarter OF
an hour-"hich will never give a tele'
phone operator nervous prostration.
That Is what takes place during "a
hours in the business part Of the
town. Now let us turn to residence
district and see the marked points Of
difference.
Here IL Is not until 9 o'clock that
the telephone girls begin to ger busy.
The earlier Users OF the telephone
take the receiver from tho hook at
this time and wire their orders to the
grocer, the baker and the butcher,
though the heaviest telephonlng OF
this kind is done about half an hour
later. Telephoned orders 70 the
markets go on all the morning but
they fall off abruptly, as might be
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12
THE ADVANCED COST
OF DANCING

NEW YORK, July Especially -
They've increased the cost Of dancing.
Ira la, la lay. lie loo,
Oh, everything's advancing.
Ira lie la, ira ray to roo.
The beef trust got its grabbings,
The sugar trust ditto, too.
My tootsie-wootsies now they're jab-
bling:
Ira Ia la, ira lay de loo.
When beef went up there was moth.
ing to do but to dance merrtly along
Just as though you liked II
Now there comes New York alder
man with stealthly tread, who sud
denly decides that dancing Is taxable
by the pound or square yard. and ~
he gets his measure through the city
council there will be tax OF $50
on every dance hall In the city.
The terpsichorean trust win, CT
course. expect the cancers % pay the
tax and the fiddler. too.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12
GAGE is NO BAR TO LOVE-"
DECLARES BRIDEGROOM, 70
New York Man, Bent and White
Haired but Stalwart. Proves Be-
lief by Marrying Widow.

lief by Marrying Widow.
NEW YORK, July 11.--Bent, white
haired and wrlnkled, but OF huge
frame and twinkling eye, is John
Stewart, a retired farmer Of Flush.
ing, l.. l.. 7S years old, who has just
taken to himself a wife. When ask
ed about his marriage he said:
by lingo! it's nobody's business,
so it amt. Supposin am 7s-mighty
near to so? Well. 1 guess mebbe |
amt learned nothin' in all them
years? Shucks! Age ANTS no bar
TO lovin'-not a bit. A man OF so
can love a woman Just as well as a
man OF 81. That's what I've found
out about Il, and there you be-"
Moreover Mr.. Stewart isn't going
to board any more with his niece,
Mrs. s. T. McKenna, at No. % Madi-
son avenue, Flushing. He has pur-
chased a pretty villa at Crocheron
and Bell avenues. Bayside, and IL Is
there that he soon will take his bride.
She Is % years younger than Stew
art, and her name was Mrs. Lydia
Worth. Stewart Is her third husband
Stewards first wife died three years
ago at the age Of "a. Mrs. Worth
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

State Telephone company are watched
with care. But, more OF them as they
are they will be buster.
OF the regular use of the lines rom
the Elks' Temple nothing need be said,
These lines, although they will be
used at rate OF a thousand to one
compared to heretofore, are leased by
the Elks themselves from the Mtchi-
gan State Telephone Co., and their
use is a simple matter OF merchan-
disc.
But the hundreds and hundreds OF
extra calls throughout the city OF De-
troit. for which the telephone company
receives not a cent, although II has
TO provide help and equipment an
order that they may be contaminated
satisfactorily. constitute the real bur
den IL the telephone business.
Yet these are emergencies which
telephone companies have handled be-
fore. The Michigan State Telephone
Co. itself has handled many OF them
with signal triumph. 1t il only that
but few of the public realized tho
conditions.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

telephone girl. Then again, when holi-
days fall on Saturdays or Mondays,
Il means that ordering, marketing and
many business deals for two days
must be compressed into one. Here
the telephone comes to the rescue,
and here is where the company Shout
ders the extra heavy load.
Now, for the present juncture. over
all these traffic conditions, ordinary
and extraordinary comes the sweep
ing advance of telephone business
caused by the Elks. So much must
be added ut every point, to show how
they affect the total.
There will be little regularity about
the use Of the telephone by the b. L.
o. T.. during the next ten days. Some
OF tho visitors will get up early in tho
morning, and others Of them-per-
haps-wont. Many will telephone TO
the theaters for tickets. Others Will
enter into the social family life of De
troiters. and so help swell the num-
her OF times the receiver is removed
from the hook in the residence dis
tricts.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12
WILL TRY TO SOLVE
PAPER PROBLEM
Uncle Sam To Make Investigation Of
Wood Pulp Industry-Chief
Forester Enthusiastic.

WASHINGTON, July 1l.-Wood
pulp and papermaking experts in IN
Gle Sans employ have begun prepar-
atoms for what will be probably the
most Thorough investigation ever
made by this or any other country
looking towards a solution of the so
called white paper problem.
That congress wanted to get at the
bottom Of things was shown when 1t
made two appropriations amounting
10 $4,000 for wood pulp experiments,
the agricultural bill giving $4,000 and
the Jsundry civil bill an additional
$40. 600. This is more than four times
as much as has ever been allowed for
similar work, ard all Of the money
will be available for use by the de-
partment OF agriculture.
Secretary Wilson decided before
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

was living in rather lonely fashion IN
rooms at No. AZ Madison avenue. She
arranged TO take her meals In MIS-
McKenna's house, and she and stew
art became friends. They said noun
ing of their intention TO marry. After
midday dinner on June % they went
10 Jersey City and we're there married
by the Rev. Thomas Y. Spencer. Ihey
cot back in time for supper, put IL
wasn't until yesterday, when stewart
had the Bayside cottage all ready Tor
occupancy. that the marriage became
known. The bridegroom has a snug
fortune
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

ing position in the business section
of the city, it will be in full view OF
the thousands of visitors. Its enor-
nous size will serve to impress on
them the world wide popularity oil
the Elgin watch and Its tremendous
sale. More than 100000 Elgin
watches have been manufactured and
acid during the past az years.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12
Keen crIticlam.

This is what call spineless car
toon. I'm the paperT
why. I consider I. quite vigorous
Doesn't IL depict the OIL trust as an
octopus?~
''Yes: but an octopus Is an inverte-
brate."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

Thus 1t is seen that there is tele-
phone Toad" OF some kind always
somewhere or sometime-even under
ordinary conditions.
But conditions are seldom ordinary
with the telephone company. A sud
den hot spell, causing calls for medi-
cal assistance. or storm, bringing
damage in its wake. or O IRE the
blaze # which illumines III sky
all thcan things swell the work of the
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

Aren't you sorry Tor the poor tn-.
formation operator? The telephone
company says in answer to this that
many more OF these young ladies' have
been engaged To handle the extra
hundreds of questions that will be-:
shot at them from day to day. II re-
auires a special kind of personality
to be good information operators
and girls who make satisfactory EN-
ployes OF this kind with the Michigan
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
- a 9 r . RIA
ROUND TRIP SUNDAY ExcUR-
sIoNS JULY 18TH.
ain Brush

1880 a. m.
Passengers are requested to pur.
chase tickets in advance at the City
Ticket Office. II not used money viii
be refunded.
CITY Ticket Office, 124 Woodward
Ave, Phone Main SO.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

be used to produce commercially {
good grade OF ground wood"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-07-12

Ru.ines.-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks right Times PrintinG Coz ID
John R-st. Main hsS, or CITY $3.50
Arizona republican., 1910-04-10
Eat and Get Thin

This is turning an old phrase face about but modern methods of reduc- ing fat have made this revision pos sible.
 If you are overfat and also averse to physical exertion and likewise fond of the table and still want to reduce your excess flesh several pounds, do this: Co to your druggist Cor write the Marmola Co, 213 Farmer Bldg. Detroit. Mich3 and give him Cor send them) n cents For this modest amount of money the druggist will put you in the way of satisfying your ann bition for a nice, trim. slim figure. He will hand you a large case of Marmola Prescription Tablets (compounded in accordance with the famous Marmola Prescription), one of which you must take after each meal and at bedtime until you begin to lose your fat at the rate of l2 to IS ounces a day. That is all Just go on eating what you like, leave exercising to the athletes, but take your little tablet faithfully and without a doubt that flabby flesh will quickly take unto itself wings. leaving behind it your natural self. neatly clothed in firm flesh and trim muscles.