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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-10-05
Pope.

William S. Pope died Sunday
from a general breaking down of the
system due to old age. He was born
in East Calais, August 6, 1916, and
was one of a family of nine children,
eight of them girls, of whom two
sisters alone survive him. When he
was between seven and eight years
old the family moved to ST. Johns
bury and into the house in which he
spent the rest of his life He was
for 3 years a faithful emp1oye of E.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-10-05
Perfection Roofing

is right-or nearly every purpose onto many build
nqS now
Quality brand is also good-none better-you will find
all thicknesseS and great variety large
stock as is found New Enqldnd-S of odd rolls at
reduced prCesthey going fast though and you'll have
to hurry
Going to paint? Better not wait prices are jumping
all the me-Our Colonial Floor Paint all riqht-The
Auto carriage paint is the real thing, no mistake.
Velvetd q in paint is unique in finish cover
ing CdpdCy-for enamel it sells at low price and is
first class in qudlityyou ought 1t the WdsMaHy
of the largest buildings in the country painted with it,
"Fdmous Bronzlte"-every shade of green-no higher
than common pdin-don fade eherpdse liquid. Tell
us your wants.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Copyright. 1900

The circuit judgeship made vacan.
by the promotion of Judge Van Devan-
ter of Wyoming to the Supreme Court
Of the United States will be filled, it
is said, by the promotion OF one of the
district Judges Of the Eighth, circuit.
The report Of the board of army en-.
gineers upon government reclamation
projects has been submitted by the
President to his Cabinet and after
some notifications it was approved.
The contents Of the report are held in
secrecy.
Homestead entrymen who have COM
pleted five years. residence and cult.
vstion Of their claims as required by
the homestead law. are permitted, un.
der additional instructions to the gen
eral land office and Reclamation Serv-
ice, approved by Secretary Ballinger,
to transfer one or more of the units
of farm where the claim involves
two or more units.
Christmas In Washington was the
epitome Of quietness. President and
Mrs. Taft and their family spent the
day At home. except for attendance at
church in the morning. The President
went alone to All Souls Unitarian
church. while Mrs. Taft accompanied
BY Miss Helen Taft and Charley TAFT.
went to the fashionable st. Johns
Episcopal church.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
THE LATEST IMPORTANT DIS.
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF The week
SHOWING THE PROGRESS or
EVENTS IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
WESTERN.

Ell Paso. Texas.-The Southern Pa
cific passenger train to New Orleans,
was robbed In the heart of the city
by bandits Of $3.50.
The Rio Grande is planning to intro
duce on their Denver-Salt Lake
through train quick lunch car which
will be equipped with everything
usually found In first class quick
lunch restaurant.
William Howard Sheeks, whose
proudest boast was that he had never
told lie or quarreled with his wife,
and who had celebrated more wedding
anniversaries than any man in Missou-
ri, died at his home near Kirksville,
at the age of 80.
Word has reached Manila of q fierce
engagement in the Basiaman River
district, Davao, between Monobos
tribesmen and detachment of the
Third United States infantry. Private
Holt was killed aud corporal and pri.
vate, names not stated. were wounded.
The Llewellyn Iron works in Los
Angeles were partially wrecked by an
explosion. presumably of dynamite.
The force of the explosion tore out
the front Of the building, smashed
windows more than block distant
and awakened people in residence dis.
tricts more than two miles away.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29

kOos near Sugar City anA oaAs vay
with . large quantity Of psioalsss
aens and silvsrvare
Heary r. Sale. las student Ct Les
angeles. Cal. and the youngest soa q
the late Henry T. Sale. Colorado pioo-
Ger. died at his home In California OF
leritonitis.
Through the Denver CoasoliAated
Stock Exchange propositioa has been
made to the Commercial Club at Ker-
sey to erect . creamery and butter
factory in Kersey.
From the present outlook Denver
will obtain the next annual coavention
Of the National Wool Growers' Associ-
alton. which il the largest and eldest
association OF Its kind In existence.
Believing that northern Colorado At
f0rded an excellent market. Seniors
Palaz1o and Razo Of Guansjuato,
Mexico. have consigned twenty car
loads or 100000 pounds Of barlic to
Greeley.
The following postmasters have
been appointed: Leal. Grand county.
Joseph NJ. Pruit. vice. G. o. Bailey,
resigned; Lehman. Grand county,
John A. Schoonover. vice. C. M. King.
resigned.
For the first time since its construc-
tion. water is now flowing through the
Croke canal at Golden. one of the
lsrsest and most important feeders OF
the Denver Reservoir and Irrigation
Company system.
After being beaten into insensibility
by his two companions, John Cheney,
blacksmith. employed by contract
ing firm constructing the Model Land
and Irrigation Company's reservoir, At
Trinidad. was robbed Of $55 and all
his valuables
That all is not harmony In the Har-
mony district. farming section ly-
ing southeast Of Fort Collins, was
shown when practically every male
resident OF the district appeared in
Judge Potter's court as witnesses or
spectators to the trial of Grover Will
son. charged with cruelty to animals.
IN that he killed q dog.
1t is expected that George 8. An
derson. colonel Ninth cavalry, who
will soon be promoted to brigadisr
general. will be detailed to command
of the Department of the Colorado to
succeed General Sarl d. Thomas, who
is to retire.
The jury in the case of George T.
Fredericks OF Colorado Springs
against the Denver & Rio Grande
railroad for damages for the death of
their son, Frank, killed in the Hustled
wreck August 14th. gave plaintiff $5,-
600.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29

And now the generous baseball
magnates are going to let the players
buy their own uniforms.
Arch Hoxsey Of the Wright team
again outdid the eagle and other nat
ural denixens Of the higher altitude at
the Christmas matinee Of the aviation
meet in Los Angeles.
Carl Morris Of Sapulpa. Okla. her
aided as the white mans hope"
knocked out Marvin Hart OF Kentucky.
former heavy weight champion of the
world. in the third round in Sapulpa.
Fighting the last seven rounds of a
twelve-round bout with broken hand.
Hugo Kelly made a whirlwind finish
in Chicago and secured the decision
over Frank Klaus OF Pittsburg.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Natural oss ssr Colorado

Denver-AI of northern Colorado.
including Boulder. L0ngmont. Berth
Oud. Loveland and Fort Collins. is
to he supplied with natural gas from
the Boulder field of the United Oil
Company. A pipe line will be con-
structed early next spring. This is
the first attempt At piping natural
gas on an extensive scale In this por
ton OF the West. The Standard Oil
Company is installing At Boulder an
extracting plant to separate the gaso-
line from the natural gas. The plant
will cost 100000. The gas runs two
TO seven gallons of q fine quail. of
gasoline to the thousand feet. Bould-
er Ia producing 100000 cubic feet of
gas daily. which will be sufficient. 1t
lie believed. to supply the big towns
of northern Colorado. State Oil In
spector Claude f. Sweet will refer to
the new plant In his annual report to
the governor. The plans have been
considered for some time by the
Standard Oil Company and will be car
ried out as soon as the extractor is
installed. Il am informed" said Mr..
Sweet, that the gas will be better
than the ordinary kind because it will
go through a system Of refinement.
II is believed the supply can be fur
nished cheaper than by coal produc-
ton. There is only one small natural
gas plant In Colorado at the present.
but this scheme will be on large
scale" The Boulder field this year
has produced $4,000 barrels OF crude
oil, worth $1.50 barrel. 1t carries
nineteen to twenty per cent gasoline.
The refineries there produced 100000
gallons of fuel and gas oil and 1,O00.-
900 gallons of coal oil and gasoline.
The Florence field has produced 2OO,-
600 barrels Of crude oil, valued at 81
q barrel. The two refineries near
Florence produced 100000 gallons of
gasoline and coal oil, 100000 gallons
of fuel and gas oil, 100000 gallons
smudge oil for the Western Slope,
100000 gallons lubricating oil. and
10000 pounds Of paraffin. The re-
tail price Of these products amounts to
$l.5O0.OO
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Report Of Mining Com mission.

Denver.-Main causes OF coal mine
accidents. according to the Shafroth
commission. headed by Victor c. Alder
son, president of the State School OF
Mines: Carelessness and ignorance
on the part of miners, mostly foreign
ers. in violating the accepted laws OF
safety; lack of discipline in almost
every mine visited. and. Indifference
of one division of mining operators to
safety of mines. Main recommends.
tions: Establishment of a board of
coal mining commissioners that shall
supervise all coal mines in the state:
establishment by coal companies at
own expense of inspectors to patrol
mines and enforce rules; creation o.
mining Institutes" to instruct coal
miners in their duties: that the pro-
posed commission hold examinations
and issue certificates to mine superin-
tendents, company inspectors, fore
men, fire bosses and "shotfirers,' and
that none but certified men be en-
ployed in such positions; division OF
state into seven districts with deputy
inspector in charge Of each; that res
cue stations be provided in coal
centers; and that revolution take
place in the prevention OF fires and ex.
plosions in mines through the use Of
fireproof materials in construction and
in ventilation; and that one cent per
ton Of all coal mined be paid by oper-
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
News Summary of the Past Week

Fire In Buffalo, N. Y, destroyed
property valued at 100000.
Felix Swope Of Midway, KY, nephew
Of the late Colonel Thomas Swope,
who threatened to bring suit against
the estate left by his uncle, is said to
have received 100000 in settlement OF
ms claim. The nephew has dropped
the suit.
Mrs. Marshall Field of Chicago,
must pay an inheritance tax of SIC, 900
upon the $1.00O.OOO she received as a
rrenuptial settlement from the late
Marshall Field. By decision of the
Supreme Court wealth thus given il
held not to be exempt from the in.
heritance tax.
The wage dispute between the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and sixty-one railroads west, north and
south of Chicago, has been settled.
There will be no strike. Instead, the
engineers got an average increase of
101s per cent of their 1910 wage scale,
giving them Christmas present Of an
average Of approximately $1S2 for each
of the $4,000 men involved for each
subsequent year. This means $685.
900 per annum for the railroads, over
what they are now paying.
More than score OF lives were
snuffed out as the result Of . fire
which destroyed leather goods fac
tory in Philadelphia and rs many more
were injured, many of them fatally.
While the firemen were fighting the
flames from the roofs Of adjoining
dwellings the south wall of the factory
collapsed, burying nearly two score of
firemen. AS soon as the extent Of the
calamity became known, policemen
were hurried to the scene In an ef-
fort to save those who were still alive
in the debris. by tearing down the
north wall. which was tottering. This
wall collapsed, killing eleven police
men.
From thirty to thirty-five firemen
are believed to be dead in Chicago,
ten bodies have been recovered and
al least a score are seriously injured.
several fatally, In a fire which des-
troyed the big beef storage house of
Nelson Morris & Co.. and for time
threatened to wipe out the whole Chi
cago stockyards. Foremost among
the victims of the fire was the head of
the Chicago Fire Department, Chief
James Horan, who, with his second as
sistant. William Burroughs. and more
than score of men, was killed when
a terrific explosion Of ammonia tore
off the roof Of the burning structure.
forcing out its walls and trapping tho
fire chief and his party under an over
hanging canopy and against line Of
freight cars, where they roasted to
death while rsscuers vainly fought The
Gulta Of flAm4a.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
GEN ERAl.

New York has a policeman poet,
and Mayor Gaynor says his poems are
good. He is Theodore Dulfer.
Stanislaus Pettanza, one Of ten Ital-
ians charged with kidnapping Gius-
cppe Longo and Michael Rixzo, in New
York. was convicted and given fifty
years In prison.
A lone bandit celebrated Christmas
in Kansas City by going through Mis-
souri, Pacific train No. liz. and hold.
ing up more than 100 passengers, from
which he took oaly money and
watches.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Liquor Cause. Rlotlns.

Greersburg, Pa.-The strike-ridden
coal fields of Westmoreland county
are in the throes Of rioting. the re-
suit Of large quantities of liquor being
shipped into the various mining camps.
The third murder in twenty-four
IN the death Of Tony Carcino, strik-
er, who was formerly employed at Os-
horn. Carcino was living in strik-
ers camp and was shot when there
was an assault on the camp. About
seventy-five shots were fired.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Important irrigation Move.

Greeley.-By the building of the ne ~
ditch for the West Sterling district.
for which the contract was let to ID. A.
Camfield for $4,000. $4,000 acres of
land. 5000 acres more than was orig
inally intended. will be brought under
irrigation by the waters of the River
side reservoir and the Platte river. II
WAS the original plan to use the outlet
ditch of the North Sterling project for
the main ditch of the West Sterling
system. but the two irrigation districts
not being able to reach an agreement
the West Sterling people decided to
build an entirely new ditch and con-
duct Its affairs separate.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Miner 0o0tiOA.

ml6oS o00Seo0.
Colorado has 1000 miles Of stats
Highways.
William F. Doherty. a pioneer resi-
dent of Idaho Springs is dead.
Greeley lodge OF Elks has under con
s:deration plans for $4,000 club
house.
Captain A. C. Lee. . well known Sal
sation Army worker Of Colorado
Springs is dead.
There were 2.2OO irrigation enter
prises begun in Colorado In the last
seventeen months.
A cOncentratOr for treating the ores
of Giipin county may possibly BE-
erected In Golden.
A Cherokee Indian woman. - year,
cid. is the only pauper that Jackson
county has ever had.
Michael Savo. a fireman at the Pu.
eblc smelter. was fatally injured by q
boiler ON which he was working ex'
ploding.
The state highway commission has
expended $4,000 In the construction
OF state roads since its creation last
summer.
On the charge of giving short weight
warrants have been issued agains:
twelve leading coal companies in Colo
rado Springs.
Joseph Collier. who had conducted
Photographic studios in Colorado for
the past thirty years, died at his home
in Denver.
News OF the conviction in Kansas
City of Mrs. Nellie Neal Of Cripple
Creek on charge of shoplifting has
been received.
The state land board has sold 277..
900 acres of land in the last seven.
teen months. at an average price of
sl1.51 an acre.
Richard Moron. charged with rob
blng the postoffice at Pando. Colo,
has been arrested by the local authori-
ties at Red Cliff.
Nearly $S,OOo.0O0 in the form of
checks for dividends have been dis
tributed by Denver corporations dur
ing the holiday season this year.
A record was established at the post
office in Greeley when more than $500
was taken in for stamps, envelopes
and registered matter in one day.
The Colburn Automobile Company
has had plans prepared for an auto
E.obile factory in Denver, to cost. in
Guiding equipment, about 100000.
Manuel Rodericez reported to the
Lolice in Pueblo that he was held up
in that city by two men who robbed
him Of SIS, watch and q revolver.
Judge G. F. Patrick reported to the
I olice that burglar entered his ranch
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Colorado Project Approved.

Washington.-Pres Taft has
approved the report of the special
hoard of army engineers recommend
ing the apportionment of the new
$40 100000 fund, provided by Congress.
among reclamation projects in the
West. The board favored completion
Of the Grand valley and Uncompahgre
projects in Colorado and the Presi-
dents approval assures this state of
more than one-tenth Of the fund to be
divided among ten states and terri
tories.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Gates Gives Fifty THOUSAND.

Port Arthur. Tex.-John w. Gates.
founder Of the Port Arthur collegiate
institute, has announced an additional
gift to the institution Of $4,000, fol-
lowing the formal transfer of the col
lege property by the city Of Port
Arthur to the Methodist Episcopal
church, south. He pledged that $780,
600 In addition would be spent by the
new owners during the net five years.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Hail Ton Of Gold.

Seward, Alaska.-Half a ton Of gold
was brought out over the trail on dog
sleds by party Of five miners who
arrived from the Iditorod district
This is the camps cleanup since the
close of navigation for the winter.
The gold will be sent to the govern
ment assay office at Seattle. Mem.
Eers Of the party say the trail 10 rough.
making hard work for the heavy laden
dog teams.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
New York and Philadelphia.
'ou are bsttsf II

New York and Philadelphia.
She was . beautiful and statuesQuo
blonde who had changed her residence
from New York to this city and -
cured position a. stenographer IN
the omcss Of q staid. dignihsd citizsa
Of good old Quaker descent On the
morning Of her first appearance she
went straight to the desk of the boss.
presume" she remarked. that
you begin the day ever here the same
- they do In New York;"
"oh. yss." replied the boss. withsu4
Siancing from the lstter he was rsaA-
ing.
well. hurry up and kiss me then"
Was The startling rejoinder. Il want -
ct b work"-Philadefphia TOao-
graph
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Three Children Burn to Death.

Glasgow. Ky.-On returning home
from an errand. Mrs. Robert Boles Of
Wisdom, KY. found her home in ashes
and in one corner of the ruins the
charred bodies of her three young
children. When Mrs. Boles left home
she carefully covered the fire and
locked the doors. 1t was evident that
the children had tried to escape. but
" ere trapped.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
ARCH MOxSEY
BREAKS RECORD
eevEMYvFuvE rNoueANo pG0
PIE WITNESS sTARvLiNo
FGAY.
GOES 11,A74 FEET HIGH
THIS RECORD WAS ACCOM-
PLISHEo IN FORTY MILE
GALE.

Los Angeles. Calif.-Seventy-f five
thousand people saw Arch Hoxsey. the
Pasadena aviator, break the worlds
record for altitude here Sunday.
He scared more than two miles up
into the sky-to be exact. his barO-
graph registered height of 11.474
feet. or nearly . thousand feet above
the altitude Of 10.499 feet recently at
tanned by L. Gagneux at Pau, France.
This 10 the second time the existing
worlds altitude record has been brok-
- in Los Angeles. the first being last
January. when Louis Paulhan rose .
little over 1000 feet.
Hoxsey accomplished his feat in .
gale Of forty miles an hour. that
wrecked Hubert Latham's Antoinette
monoplane. and kept more cautious
Gviators on the ground.
Hoxsey sailed into the sky at l
O'clock. At 2:45 his Paragraph
showed the record height over Venice.
seashore resort more than twenty
miles from the field.
Coming down he made q series of
thrilling spiral glides while thousands
OF feet in the air.
Before he came lightly to earth the
crowd was on its feet cheering.
He was lifted from his biplane by
fellow aviators, who paraded up and
down before the grandstand bearing
the intrepid flyer upon their should
ers.
The crowds insisted on making
hero Of Hoxsey. They did not give
him time to doff his furs, but marched
him back and forth before the grand
stand.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29

Attorney r. w. Morris filed suit
in the District Court in Pueblo for
$4,000 damages against the city for
injuries received while running after
an East Pueblo car. According to
Morris he stumbled over an obstruc.
ton in the street and fell. receiving
spfains and bruises.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29

ators into . funA to hslp meet ex-
penses Of proposed oe0nissioa and the
increased Inspection cost And the
added cost to the miaes viii mean a.
tual saving in freedom from catas-
trophe and accidents.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
WASHINGTON.

American troops are in readiness to
be rushed to Cuba to maintain peace
and protect American and other for
eign interests.
Formal orders have been announced
by the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion reducing the price heretofore ex.
acted by the Pullman Company for up.
per berths in sleeping cars.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Tho Victor.

The Victor,
Csssidy-Harrigan was around n
day heaSsin' about tn b'atin' he esv
J1nnsgan last Monda'.
Cassy-Last Monda'f Sure thaS.s
near week ago. 'Tis q wonder ho
wasn't around sooner.
Csssidy-Aysl but It seems hs caly
focovefod from It this morntns.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
School 0oarSs Gnlarae.

Fort LuptOn.-SchOol boards have
been put to new use in this county.
Relieving that there should be more
sociability in the neighbOrhoOd the
school board of district No. lO2 has
inauEurated series of dances AMI
nAsket sOcials.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
To Be Set Free.

Austin, Tex.-Seventy-five state con-
victs will be pardoned during holi-
days, having had executive clemenay
by Gov. Campbell.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
COMING EvExrs II cea4aaAns.

at Denver
Jan. 1s-1l-NationaI Stock Show. Den
yer.
Jan. 11-1S-Colorado Cattle Growers
Convention. Denver
Jan -l9|cOlorado and Wyoming
La nber Dealers Association conven-
tion, Denver,
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
Lone-Ranse Rifles for Police.

Lons-Range Rifles for Police.
Pittsburg.-Chagrined by the esr
cape of a score of burglars during the
last month for lack Of long-rangs
weapons, William Bennett. chief oe
rolice Of Braddock, \ suburb. has Or
dersd ten regulation Springfield rifles.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29

~ Q ruls Q ~ 1sao & NuagsaN
Csld Csgs vill hssak - say ~ -
Hssvsst pesansah. Il rslisves IL hao4
threat aad lsa9 slnost insanity. fhe0
earrisd . ths vest pocket lsr - e -
tins - sayvhsss. Priss = esels 4 ~
druagista.
II yss nssd Nsdiaal Advies vsits -
Nunyoa's DoetsrS. Thsg viii carefully
4a6oss yssr cass and give yss advisp
bY nail absolutely frss. Addrsss Prel
0elp6h, Pa
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29
A orsat Invention,

A Great Invention.
Vancs| think Ferdie rank, vtth
Ddlson a. an inventor and bensfaeA>P
OF man.
Luslla-WAat did he invsntf
Vanoo-as invented q dsyics b
pwsvsnt cisavstts papers fwom b,slA
ing away In . stwong brssss-scr.as,
Stop gassatqsl Try ths bsgs anl ~
SFta!n rs@sd1 for en painful ailmn10-
HamHns Wizard on. The way n =
Rsvss IN sorsnsss hom Prains, 60
vssnda. burma. seads, sts, b wend9zL
lmoranee gives greater freedom Il
wessfsnos than Inspiration, aaA =
often mistaken for It.
Mn. Whl1Sw's 0ssxAAn1 a
::sz::s :se::s ls:;si.S 81. k:s:::: z: ss
Occasionally you hear sons 10
mentioned a. being . good ltas.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29

Occasionally you hear sosns
mentioned a. being . good itar.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-12-29

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