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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13

Washington, ID. C.-The Carmack
amendment to the Hepburn law, max
ing the initial carrier liable for loss
OF interstate shipments during trans.
portation. was declared to be consti
tutor al by the supreme court
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13

Spokane, Wash. - Five men were
killed and a number of persons injured
in a collision between North Coast
Limited No. 2 and east-bound Burkng
ton train in the Northern Pacific yards
at Cheney.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13
Train Kills Pioneer Miner.

Mystic, s. D. Jan. Tracy, n of
the oid-tine miners and prospectors in
the Mystic district, met a tragic death
under the wheels of a Burlington pas
senger.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13
Child Drinks Whisky and Dies.

Chicago, iii. Anna O'Hern, 3h
years old, Who drank a third of a pint
of whisky, Monday, while suffering
from pneumonia, died in her parents
residence.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13
A Brush With Madam,

Artist-Madam, it is not faces alone
that paint, it is souls.
Madam-Oh, you do interiors, then.
Boston Transcript.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13
Mother and Scr Ernz.n

Winnipeg. Jan. THE Lodies OF
Mrs. Samuel Turner and her 1e-year-
I'D o We're found several miles from
heir farm near North Portal. Saskat
clewan.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13

Caxiyis once told : man WHO was
nnancially interested In gold mining
thak m the gold ever produced by
CA1k0rnia wks not worth one good
10y potato. And vet the potato
- 6cotlnnd has . history OF less than
- years. . the Edinburgh Dis
pnxeh- When Macdonald al Clan
nnnld. in 1743 brought seed potatoes
fcr hin tenants In South Uist they OBJ
Jeeted to planting them because the
Dotnto \ not mentioned In the Billet
GumswhAt later George Bachop, one
- - Ochtertyre tenants, when told
~ Nh uffe that she had potatoes for
suDper. cOntemptuously replied: Tat
11ml tntties. I sewer suppit on them
- days. and Wilma the NIGHT
c. them % the herd. gle me
nowens
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13
BLOOD POISONING AND coMPLI-
CATION OF DISEASES ARE
CAUSE OF DEATH.
CONSCIOUS TO THE LAST
Entire Family Is at Bedside-Was
Ha~rrison's Secretary of War
Had Notable
Career.

Washington, ID. C. - Senator Steph-
en- b. Elkins, of West Virginia, died
at his home here. At his bedside
were his wife, his daughter, Rather
inc, and four sons, David, Richard,
Stephen and Blaine, and the physi-
clans. Death was due to septicaemia
or blood poisoning. He vas conscious
until within a half hour of death.
Senator Elklns became i'll in the
early summer at his home at Elkins.
w. Va. He was kept in strict confne-
ment there and only the members OF
his immediate family were allowed to
see him. On Nov. 3. when he was re-
moved TO Washington in a private cal,
physicians declared that he might be
abe 10 take his seat in the senate at
the opening of congress. Though no
funeral arrangements have been an
nouneed, it is probable that the SEN
ator will be buried at EIkins, w. Va
Services in the Senate.
During a large part of the time OF
his service in the senate, Mr.. Elkins
was chairman Of the important COM
mittee on interstate commerce. As
the head of this great committee he
had charge of the Hepburn rate regu-
latien bin Of 1907 and of the admins
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13
ARGUMENT FOR GOVERNMENT Is
BEGUN BY SPECIAL ATToR-
NEY McREYNoLpS.
BASED ON WILSON TARIFF
Gigantic Monopoly of World Trade
Alleged in Argument by Fed
eral Attorney Nc
Reynolds.

Washington, ID. c. Oral argu-
ments of the proposed dissolution of
the so-called Tobacco Trust were
begun in the supreme court of the
United States by j. C. McReynolds,
special assistant to the attorney gen
eral. At least one important result
was accomplished in the first few min
utes that Mr.. McReynolds spoke. He
surprised some members of the court
by stating that the dissolution was
asked not only under the Sherman
antitrust law but under the Wilson
tariff act of 1894.
Mr.. McReynolds told the court that
this was the first case that had ever
been brought under the Wilson tariff
act. This act, he explained, applied
10 instances Of restraint of trade
where an. importer was 4 party.
Meaning of Restraint.
Much discussion had taken place in
the trust" cases as to whether or
not the phrase, restraint of trade"
as used in the Sherman antitrust
law was equivalent to restraint OF
free competition"
Mr.. McReynolds pointed to the VIII
son act as the congressional inter
probation of the Sherman act, passed
four years previous in which all doubt
as to the meaning had been removed
by using the phrase restraint of free
competition"
Nearly the entire time that Mr.. Nc
Reynolds spoke was devoted to a his
tory of the so-ealled tobacco trust
from the time the first American to
bacco company was organized in 1890
for the alleged purpose of effecting a
monopoly of the cigarette trade, and
trus avoiding competition of'independ-
ent corporations, down to the incor-
pcration in 1904 of the new American
Tobacco company as a holding COM
panv, controlling IS companies inter
ested ina various branches of the to-
bacco~ business.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13

Heavens, Marie, | shall be ruined
II you buy yourself furs like this!"
Don't be so silly! Can't you see
I've put on the white fur rug out Of
the drawing-roome"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13

A inyent0r In New York claims to
1ove perfeccs4 : solid fuel for auto
Duhflss. tAs ehief advantages a which
- that II gives Oh no odor and 10
&akolesa- A oon a. We are assured
$50 his new fuel is rs he represents
n % be ne shall start q movement
60 TIE purpose CT having him ne
1900 = . OF the country ~
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13
Competition Removed.

These combinations he described az
designed to remove competition. Once
organized, he told how competing
plants were purchased, each purchase
being accompanied by covenants on
the part of those who were selling out
not to engage in the business of man
ufacturing or selling tobacco within
rom ten to go years in the United
States, except Nevada and a territory
or two.
Finally, he turned to the contracts
of the American Tobacco company
with the so-caIled British tobacco
trust, The Imperial Tobacco
company. BY these contracts he said,
the trade of the world in tobacco had
been parcelled out between them, the
American trust" taking the United
States and Cuba for its own; the Brit
ish trust" Great Britain and Ireland
and the British-American Tobacco Co.
organized by the two trusts"
Carrying on the tobacco business in
the rest of the world. As a result Of
these combinations, he alleged that
competition for the purchase Of leaf
tobacco had been eliminated in tn 3
United States.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13

Cape Town once lived under so Sc
80 ! code Of sumptuary laws that
pnything like display was restricted
~ the governor and his immediate
exreae- Thus runs Article vi. Of the
D1keA laws against hurry and osten-
fn1k0n. NO q less in rank than .
tmf0r merchant and those among the
ciE1zens Of equal rank and the wives
- daughters only II those who are
- hive been membsrs ~ any coun-
= slnil venture to ms umbrellas.
n practics this restricted the posses
- and nse a. umbreIlas to about so
pnrsoas In Cape Town
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-13

RnnxsutAwney tFa-1 man has in
= pocket telephone. about eight
ms1nuG. two inches broad and an
tntek. which can be used By put
rng attached to it into . hole
ncnno 0xed On the telephone poles
- 1ewn The idea h ingeni-
= - P-unxsutawney pocket
rh - - device.
$500 New YORK eiu = -
fnne 60 en- snlarss IL
4v1nk6 - Aswnvas1
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
BACK TO VERMONT FARMS,

The Morrisville Messenger notes a strik-
ing tendency of the times as follows:
"Only eight out of forty-tWo men who
applied for positions in the navy, while
the recruiting officer was in Burlington,
were accepted The others did not meas
IRE up 20 tho physical requirements of
the department, but then Vermont farm
ers' sons did not apply The State Is now
Offering them better inducements right
here at home, Farming not only pays
but 1t is becoming most fashionable
occupation since the movement. back 10
the farm commenced Stick to the
farm boys and mix brains with your
Drawn"
Supplement this statement by another
to the effect that people who formerly
went West are returning 10 tine Vermont
farm and you will have the complete sit
uation stated. II you are SIN uncon-
WINGED compare the prices Of Vermont
farms with the prices that prevailed five
years ago and you may discover that Yer
mont farms axe no longer going abeg-
ging' IN tho market. The future Of the
Vermont farm is indeed promising.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31

sion and are practically the Same a'
those in use by that commission A"'
hanks for electric light and gas coii-
panies were prepared by the run'ic
Service commission after consui'a''o"
with special committee apPoin'e"
by tho Vermont Electrical ASSOCIATION
about n year ago. The commission
has recently formulated two ne" setS
of blanks for telephone companies one
Kind being for the larger companies
and the other for the smailef coinpan-
iCs. The blank for the larger coripa"-
les follows closely the form usen i"'
the same purpose by the Massach"-
setts highway commission Necos
nlzing the fact that most of the sinai-
Ter companies. farmers' lines, etc. nave
not facilities and the clerical rorce
sunlcrent to keep their accounts ana
Consultations thereof, as fully az are
kept by the larger companies. the com
mission has adopted similar ana
more abbreviated form Of report Al
together there are l7i public service
companies making annual reports 20
the commission
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
CRUSADE AGAINST CRIME.

A host of citizens in all walks OF
life have been brought recently face
to face with the necessity of adopting
measures of successfully combating
over the country. Vermont IN com
mon with other states has been feel
ing this need
In view of all tho facts in the case
there will he general appreciation OF
the following suggestions of the Rut
land Herald:
ut is fcrvently hoped that Governor
Mcad's commissioners to the third an
nual convention of the Institute OF
Criminal Law and CriminoIogy in Bos-
ton will bring back some live suggcs-
irons for the amendment OF Vermont's
ernor would appoint an able and en-
crgetic commission to revise the
criminal law and procedure Of the
state, possibly the epidemic of lawless-
ness we have suffered under could be
checked"
Theories innumcrable have been ad-
| vanced regarding the prevention of
crime In Vermont as well as elsewhere
but the solution of the problem re-
mains 10 nc determined. 1t Is to be
| hoped. therefore, that tho question:
may be seriously taken in hand in
Vermont at the earliest possible time
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
VERMONT no,upiNC SCHOOLS,

tI'rom the BELOW. Rails Tines
vermont rae few GOOD boarding
schools and they have a 0c,I all their
owr. Willie the numerous excellent high
schools effect tho attendance Of Vermont
pupils, there is "a chance for these schools
to attract nup.is from other states If
tho STANDARD maintained is sufficiently
hiSh Then too the great majority Of
towns have no high school Of their own
and rs their youu% people must leave
home for what education they have some
VII prefer to go TO- boarding schools, It
is because conditions are what they are
that institutions ike Leland aud GRAY and
vermont academy in this part Of the
State and MONTPELIER seminary and others
in other parts of the state MI a want and
40 a good work. They are an important
part Of our educational system and i'll
Ions continue TO be recognized as such,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31

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Advertisements and subscriptions re-
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Full advertising rates sent on applica-
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
THE LIEUTEN ANT GoyERNORsHP.

The Vergenn-s Enterprise, whose
editor, r. W, McCuen Is a possibility
in connection with tho republican
nomination for lieutenan.-go governor,
prints the following:
"rhe ST. Adams Messenger copies
with evident approval the mention
this paper made OF The probable candt.
dscy Of exMayor w. r, Austin Of st,
Adams. He is one Of the brightes 81
young men In the State and tho best
presiding Officer we ever saw 1t a state
convention. The state could do worse
than elect him lieutenant- governor,
This leaves only two counties on the
West side. Rutland and Grand Isle,
that have not been entered in the race
directly or Indirectly, Addison leading
with five ana Chttenden coming next
with two, Rutland county has very
excellent material in former States
Attorney Il. w. Lawrence, who IL one
0: the coming men on the west side
and Grand Isle might enter Or. G. II
Pranch. tho present energetic repre-
sentative from Grand Isle town, in or
der to have the list complete.
However. whom all is said and done
the race for the lieutenant governor
ship In the convention viii not see
"crowd" at the finish, for the process
of elimination always works its newt
able and irroe stable influence.
We undol tand that Mr., Clement II
Smith of I-amoille county, master 0
tie Grange, who has been promincntl
mentioned. Is not candidate for tn
Office.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
SAYINGS OF FAMOUS MES.

Darius Grecn-Ouch!
The MontRolners-There nothing like
giving the public little hot air,
MI ckefellcr-Whcther they call It
petrol or gasoline you know where IT all
comes from.
David-On second thought. | see that |
ought to wish for larger wings than
those of a dove,
Young Lochinvar-I can take one pass
cnPer Miss.
Noah-For long distances, though. st'll
prefer a boat.
Hannibal-When l want TO ride over
the Aims I always use elephants,
Robert Burns-Hoot. ! wadna trade my
Pegasus for a the airships In creation
Chicago Tribune,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
81 MINER SCHOOL or FORESTRY
AND IORTICULTVRE.

AND UORTICULTURE.
The summer school of forestry and
horticulture just closed in sharon was
a now venture on the part of the State
forester and has proved n great sue
cess. 1t was held at the state forest
given to the State by Hon. Charles
Downer year ago, where the variety
of forest and orchard conditions offers
exceptional opportunity for such
course. The University of Vermont
co-opcrated with the State forester in
this effort. several of its Institutional
staff being used.
Extension work along these lines Is
one of the largest fields of usefulness
that a state university can undertakes.
AS exploncd in the circular issued by
the State forester, this school was de
signed to enable the owner of wood
| lands to adopt forestry methods on his
own land. To quote from this bulletin:
The greatest need now for bringing
|
cstry on a general scale, is the estab-
lishment of schools of this nature:
and IT is intended that If this first at
tempt proves as popular as 1t is hoped
that it will, that later on other sim
liar schools will he operated in other
portions of the state and whore diff
ferent forest conditions obtain"
It can now he stated definitely that
thls school at sharon will he repeated
students enrolled this first season.
The students VINO went from all parts
Of Vermont, from Richrord to Rrattlc-
horo ard from Lake Champlan 10 tho
Connecticut. with ono from No.
Hampshire. combined gu,'re.~ "1'
ing in tents with serious work IN
which they all took a rca! iute.cs
Lectures We're given in the forcnoons
by Professor Hawes and Mr.. chandler
on horticulture and PROFESSOR Burn
on forest botany. In the afternoons
the students accompanied the variou
instructors on excursions or in GolH
work along some practical line n
this way all Of the class had an oppot-
tunity to prunc and spray apple tree
to do the various kinds of Wor,
necessary in forest nursery; to max,
forest plantations and inspect planta-
land to thin out young naples an,
mark for final harvest lot of 81,
hardwoods.
August II was Sc; apart as "Sharor
day" and the state forest was vlsitc,
by about two hundred and fifty guest
from Sharon and the surroundin'
towns. one Of the pleasing feature
of the occasion was the fact that man!
old Sharon residents we're back from
Michigan, Tennessee and other STATE
attending the old homo festivities .
the previous day. Addresses wor'
made by A. r. Hawes, State forester
Prof. j. l.. Hills. dean of the agrICul
tural department of the University O
Verm ont; Hon. Clement !. smith. mas
ter Of the State Grange, lrof. NJ. +
, Cummings. and Nj Charles Green o
O White River. recently appointed b
y Governor Mead, member OF the stat
r During the course OF the speeches scv
eral spoke apprcciatingly OF The splen
g drd gift of Mr.. Downcr which mad
- the school possible.
:. We sincerely hope this may mea
I the beginning Of forestry movemei
4, o' wide proportions In Vermont.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31

In speaking of the recent session Of
the Vermont health officers the Rut-
land News says: Vermont health Of
fCers seem to have received some val
liable instructions at the recent sta 6
school for them in Burlington. but it,
the people that need the instructions
more, observes the Barre Times Per
health officers in our respective towns
to dole out the Information piecemeal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31

t,or,i, ., .s,oo. arc better than
,i,,,, l,,,. o., ,,aso,,.irc
,i,,ta ot,,ar root hoile1 with thc
.,.,,,,,,. ,,..1 g. ,i,,,s tomato preserves
,..no,I,. t,,,,.a,.o. ,,o oovor
ra,,,,.1 ,,a,,.,,..,,as sbouId he kent I'm a
dire. da,,, o,ara
tau,. a,,,,a ,,.r, >, found n conven,en.
,,,o for nut+,,,,, away fruit cats,,ps
r,t,o .,t,,,,an ,,i,.oe q dellphtful flavor
9, ,,oio,, ,,ra.a,,,oe
,oi,,. t.,, ,,,,. ho modc or half y
.,,,,,,,o ~ c,,r,,ai c,,, crosswavs folded
IN. tho corner. ,,'d Gown M on ono side.
,r,,,ie ,riu r.,l,n a rointcd bag. which
,bu,,,, lao ,,,,,,d ,.,.r .anos and finished
v.itt lon,,, f., ro,,c b,. r. tho flannel is,
y.r,,re ,i,,.,,.i, ",o, water before if is
r.od ,,, ,o,,,. ,,.;,, ,,,ss tbrourh moro
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31

Editor Gilpin of the Barton Monitor.
who was the first Vermont editor 20
go as a passenger in an aeroplane, can
now claim honors beside Editor Fair
field of the Rutland News who was
the first editor so far as we know to
go up IN a balloon. Both had better
follow the example of Atwood, who
says he hopes hereafter to keep his
feet on terra irma.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31

Colonel DuPont's gift to the State Of
Delaware is a highway 103 miles long,
from one hundred feet to two hundred
feet wide, running from one end of the
State Of Delaware TO the other. In build
ing this road the powder king is person.
ally determined to see that it is built
right, and he IS going to superntend the
construction of it himself. More powder
TO his elbow
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
WANTED.

When you want anything, advertise
in the new special column of this
paper Some bargains are offered
there this week which 1t will pay you
TO read about. See page two This
every week and one cent word will
reach them ell.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31

Atwood received 10000 prize mou"
e., for his flight from ST. Louis to
New York, but the trip cost $4,000.
Atwood's net profit therefore is $500,
plus fame.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
GREAT LLCk.

MY wife struck 1t lucky yesterday
THAT so? HOVE"
She bought six canteloupes and two OF
them were fne,"-Detrolt Free Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31
PUBLIC SERVICE
COMMISSION NEWS
Orders Issued Include Work at
Rutland, Essex Jc., Barton,
Cambridge Jc., Middlebury.

plain Railroad company against Helen A. /
Holton. sdmrx., ct OIL, asking hat the .
commission prescribe the limits of GER
tain land which the railroad company de-
sircs 10 take for railroad purposes \ !
hearing has been called on this petition ,
at the PASSENGER station of the st. J. & l.. /
G. r. r. Co at HardWick on ScntcmDer /
at 1890 a. m.
The adjourned hearing and conference /
relative to the burlington union station
matter is set for September at the
county court house in Burlington at 900
a. m.
\ petition has been fled by city council
of burlington vs.. Rutland r. X. CO., G.
V. Ry co. and Champlain Transportation
company, OF AL. praying for the eimina-
tion of the Grade crossings at COLLEGE,
Main and King streets. \ hearing has
also been assigned on this petition for
september c. Mt the same time and place.
The following ORDER have recently been
is -ued and promulgated:
In re petition OF the Vermont Marble
company for permission to construct a
spur track at grade across The public
! highway ia the iowa OF Mt. Tabor cad
| ing from tho vi,}re Of DANNY to North
| Dorset. An order has been issued. grant
| ing permission f1r tho petitioner to con-
struct spur railroad track from tn"
| main line Of the Rutlarl railroad across
| said highway To the end of the Vermont
! Marble companies inclined tramWaN
/ which is to be constructed from tn" foot
| Of the mountain TO the quarri"s above.
! This crossing is 10 be used Only for setting
| IN empty cars or cars loaded with SUD
plies for the quarrics, and for drawing
rf.r. ia,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-31

Terms-Sf.Oo n Year. In Advance.
DAILY by mail $500 a yenr In adva nee.
RATE IN CANADA.
DAILY ...... $500 n yenr in advance.
WEEKLY. $500 yenr in advance.
FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Publishers, burlington. Vt
The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1911-05-02

A special from Lexington, Ind. says:
Pinis vining. a farmer. that reports n
strange occurrence in his barnyard.
For years he has owned big brindle
TON cat. which formed a strange at
tachment for a fat speckled hen. They
ran about the yard To gether and were
the best of friends, The other day
Mr.. Vining went to his tool holse to
get a pick. lie found the hen on the
nest and the cat near by keeping COM
pany. A few days later he went to
the Toulouse again and found the hen
dead and the big cat IN the nest A
few days later Mr. Tom PATCHED out
twelve healthy chicks, which follow
him all over the yard, anu when ne
lies down the little ones warm them
selves with his shaggy coat