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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08
Canadian Forests Going.


The first complete report of the
Canadian forestry department, which
is for the year 1909, has just been
published and shows some condi-
lions that will bring the matter of
conservation before that country
more urgently than ever. Here are
some of the facts stated. The cut of
white pine is fast diminishing and
now ranks second in the quantity
cut but is first in value. Spruce
leads in the quantity cut, Douglas
fir ranks next and cedar fourth.
Hardwoods form only ST. per cent
of the Canadian timber cut. In fact
it is so scarce that hardwood is i'm
ported from the United States. The
production of square timber in Can
ada is almost stopped because it is
difficult to find good timber large
enough to square.
These statements show that Can
ada's timber supply is not mex
haustible as has been claimed, and
unless the methods of stripping for
ests are changed Canada cannot
depend wholly upon it's natural sup
ply much longer. 1t should also in
crease interest in the cultivation of
forests this side of the line because
very soon our timber will not have
to compete with the cheap Canad-
ian supply. The decreasing supply
in both countries makes cOnSerVa-
ton an important question.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08
Money Campaign Wanted?

Eve believe that the legislature
should enact such a law as shall sur
round the political party caucuses
with the same safeguards as now
protect the election at the polls.
And we further recommend such
legislation as shall compel candi-
dates for party nominations and pol
itical Offices to make public an itemi-
zed account of their campaign expen-
ses and such other notifications of
the existing statute regarding cor
rupt practices in political campaigns
and elections as shall tend more
certainly to secure the free choice of
the peoples servants in the govern
ment and make the manner and
method of that choice clear of any
features repugnant to the enlighten-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08
This State splendidly Managed.

No state in the union is more eco
nomically administered than YER
mont, or has more modern systems
of administration Compare our
insane asylums with those in Massa-
chusetts, or any other state; our
states prison, house of correction
and industrial school; our jails are
all first class, most of them new
buildings. Instead of dry rot in
Vermont, we are leading the strenu-
Gus life in more ways than one.
Take this village, with only $780,
900 grand list, population of 1900.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

800, 900 in population while the gain
in the whole state of Massachusetts
was less than 100000. These ques-
tions, of course, all have their rela-
tive relations and are explained
when their causes are understood.
We have no gold or silver within
the borders of Vermont. We have
one copper mine, which cannot be
worked until copper is more scarce
in Arizona, Montana and other great
copper states We have marble,
granite and slate, and those indus
tries are being developed as fast as
the demands of the country at large
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08
Senator Lorimer's Case.

The good news comes from Wash
ington that the senate will probably
vote this session to unseat Sen. Lor-
inner of Illinois because he secured
his, election by bribery. 1t will be
remembered that the senate COM
mittee on elections by a majority re-
port favored seating him because it
had not found enough votes pur-
chased to really change the result OF
the election. This attempt on the
part of the majority to whitewash
Sen. Lorimer was not we'll received
by the public and it now appears
that the members of the senate can
not endorse such a technical vindi-
cation.
The real sentiment of the senators
was aroused last week by very
able speech by Sen. Root of New York
who said he could not accept the
findings of the committee and he al
so questioned the effort of the com
mittee to get at the facts in the case
The public will accept Sen. Roots
statement that both the state anC
the country had been disgraced b.
the methods of the Lorimer election
We sincerely hope the report tina
the senate will vote to unseat Sen
Lorimer is correct. Such a vot
will do much to increase confidenc
in the senate and will tend to re
strict bribery and corruption in tn
choice of it's future members.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

We have just built schoQ
which with the grounds cos
600. We will wager that I'd
equal that in any village in
chusetts of the same size and
Compare the tax rates of all t
gressive and Senterprising villal
Vermont. Start at Newport
go to Brattleboro on the east
from Bennington to Richford on
west side, and you will find
they are taxing themselves heavl
for modern improvements.
We have one of the best grade
crossing laws in the country. Our
law is better than Massachusetts, as
it compels the adjustment of so
many grade crossings every year. We
have one of the best public service
laws in the United States, far better
than Massachusetts,, and equally
as good as Gov. Hughes public
utility law in New York. We expect
the present legislature will appro-
pirate yearly 100000 for improved
permanent highways. 1t is admit
ted by all we'll posted automobilists
that Vermont is far and away ahead
of New Hampshire, rural New York
and Maine in the character of its
highways.
1t is not fair or just to measure
CONTINUED on page 81
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

Editor Jamason of the White
River Junction Landmark announces
the installation of a new press, fol-
der and motor and other improve
plant. We congratulate Mr.. jana
son on his success and progress.
The many improvements that have
been made in Vermont printing
plants in recent years reminds us
that Vermont has got very good
and progressive lot of newspapers.
In fact we doubt, if size and popula-
ton are considered, if any other
state that could make as good a
newspaper showing as Vermont
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

The United States senate tied on
the passage of the ship subsidy bill
and the vice president cast the de-
Gliding vote in favor of it thus pass
ing it in that body. 1t is not ex-
pected it will pass the house. The
house has passed the bill creating
permanent tariff commission but
it is not expected to pass the senate.
Thus between the two houses the
presidents plans promise to fail.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

There will doubtless be a large
increase in the deposits in the saw
ings banks in Vermont between now
and the first of April. The law
limiting the amount a person can de-
post in bank and have it exempt
from taxation has been changed so
the bank will pay state tax on any
amount the depositor leaves with it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08
A Chance for Vermont Farmers.

A Chance for Vermont Farmers.
The announcement for the forth
coming farmers congress, which
will be held in Burlington from Feb
ruary 20 to "a, is explicit in stating
that the gathering is for work and
not pleasure, no plans being made
for social affairs. This is unusual.
The spirit of sociability is strong in
Vermonters, and wherever few OF
them are gathered they indulge IN
their penchant freely, oftentimes to
the detriment of the work in hand.
In this particular case of the farm
ers' congress, the time is short and
the magnitude of the work is i'm
portant; hence, there will be little or
no time for social functions. Work
should be the keynote of the gather
ing, and if the plans of the promot-
ers of the congress are carried out
much good will be accomplished in
asmuch as leading minds in agr1cul-
tural subjects will participate in the
discussions and lead on the train of
thought to broader considerations.
In fact, the list of speakers is so at
tractiYe that it is pity that all the
farmers in the state cannot have the
opportunity of listening to their ad-
dresses and of subjecting them to
questions growing out OF the adj
dresses. The sphere of the congress
is necessarily somewhat limited, be-
cause of the inability of the great
majority to attend; but those who
do attend can carry back the ideas
gained at the congress and relate
them in grange and elsewhere. How
ever, the attendance ought to be
much larger than last year, when
it reached an enrolment of 800.
AS stated in the announcement the
promoters of the congress will be
pleased to communicate with those
interested in the work. Barre
Times
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN.
One year to any address, $15O
Six months, 80
Three months, .sUU
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08
ADvERTTsgNG RATES.

Local notices, wants, for sale, etc,
2 cents per word first insertion. Legal
notices 10 cents a line, three Insertions.
insertions. Dissolution, liberation and
similar notices $3.50 each for three
insertions. Card of thanks, % cents.
Obituary poetry, 10 cents a line.
This paper is entitled to a place on
the Printers Ink Roll of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

Sore Threats and. coughs mean use
the American Throat Tablets.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

Entered at the St Johnsbury post
office as second class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

ton, Pike, Porter, Powell, Seaver,
Sheldon, Shepardson, Smith, and
Taplin; those who voted in favor OF
the Boston and Maine were Senators
Adams, Butler, Butterfield, Clark,
Coolidge, Davis, Edgerton, Field,
Hitchcock, Scribner and futile.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CALIFORNIAN COMPANY.

w. j. BFGELOW,
Editor and Publisher.
rs Eastern Avenue. st. Johnsbury, VT
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-08

To be sure, the birth rate is low,
but we would suggest that it is not
good taste for anyone in Massachu-
sets to read the riot act to Vermont
ers on the birth rate. Unless stat
istics are misleading. the American
element is just about as prolific in
Vermont as in Massachusetts. We
might suggest an explanation or rea-
son, why New York city gained L.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-01-12

tor Of Thomas F. Psssman Versus
Widow and heirs Of H. W. bikes
Decd dated 2sth day Of Dec, 1910 and
to mo directed for exection, I have
seised and win offer for sale and cell
to tho last and highest bidder Ut the
principal front door Of the court
house on
Saturday, February 18th, 1911
between tho legal sale hours for judi
cisl Gales the following described
property to.Wit:
Seventy eight acres OF land more or
less described ~ follows lying and
being situation in the eastern part Of
Zachsrish Graham H. B. 80, Up. 8, s.
r. 10. East st Hell. Mer. and outlined
- commencing at the N. w. corner
Of Sec. 8, in ssid Up. and Range
thence running West 800 yards,
thence South East course 1860 thence
East sl5 yards to n. r. lue to point
Of beginning.
Term Of oele: Cash with benefit Of
appraisement. This 9Th day Of jan
uafy 1911.
JOE N. MAGEE,
SHERIFF
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-01-12
Hardy H. Smith
Versus

y. P. Fornea s Others
18th. Judicial District Court, State Of
Louisiana, Parish Of Washington.
Notice 10 hereby given that by vir-
the Of . writ Of aere facias issued out
Of tho above named court In the mat.
tor OF Hardy H. Smith W. W. p.
Fornes 4 Others dated 21st day Of
November, 1910 and to me directed
for execution, I hsve seised and will
offer for ssle and cell to the last and
highest bidder st the principal front
door Of tho court house on
Saturday; January 2lst. 1911
between tho legal ssle hours for judic-
i'll ssles tho following described prom
srty to Wit:
00acreo Of land bounded n. by lands
Of W. i. Warren, E. by lands running
parallel with Oovington and Columbia
road, 8. by r. r. and T. P. Fornea
and Sam Robertson, and. W. by W. L.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-01-12
Tina ]. Lea, Wife
VS.. No. 1640

VSs ANVs AV1V
Thomas H. Rainey, Husband.
18th. Judicial District Court, State of
Louisiana, Parish Of Washington.
JUDGMENT
This cause came on to be heard
pursuant to previous assignment, and
after hearing the evidence, the case
was submitted to the court and taken
under advisement, to be decided in
chambers, and considering the evil
dence and the law applicable thereto.
and by reason Of the law and the evil
dence being in favor of plaintiff and
against the defendant,
It Is therefore ordered, sdjud9ed
and decreed, that the plaintiff, Mrs.
Tina J. Lea, wife Of Thomus H. Rainey
do have and recover Judgment
against her said husband, Thomas H.
Rainey, for the full sum Of Five Hun-
dred and Ninety Five 1896. oo) Dollars,
such being the amount Of her par.
spbernsl funds and property received
by her said husband, and by him con-
verted to his own use and benefit;
It is futher ordered, adjudged and
decreed that the community OF &C.
quets and gains heretofore existing
between plaintiff and defendant be and
the same Is hereby dissolved, and that
the plaintiff be d~creed the right to
administer her own affairs separate
and apart from her husband.
1t is futher ordered, adiudged and
decreed that the due notice of the rem.
dition OF this judgment be given by
publication a. the law requires, and
that the defendant pay cost.
Thus done and signed at Chambers
this December 18th, 1910.
THOMAS NJ. BURNS, Judge.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-01-12

warren in TIPS. RE. being same
land acquired by ". P. Fornea from
". L. wsrren on Jan. 25th. 1910, as re.
corded in Conveyance 4. Folio 313 Il
IA Of the official Record of washington
Parish, L.,
Terms of sale: Cash with benefit of
appraisement. This 22 day of Dec.
1910
Joe N. Magee, Sheriff.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-01-12

Due 70 other banks and
banksrs ................ 1850 90
Individual dsposists subject
70 ehssk. ........ ....... .s,oss %
Time osrtidcatse of deposits l5,10l 81
Demand certihcstes OF
deposits ................ 3,27l q
Cashier Q checks outstanding g SO
Total. .S77 1852 SO
State OF Louisiana
Parish of Washington.
| I, W. W. Warner, Precedent and I,
W. I. Daniel, Cashier Of the above
,asmsd Bank, do solsmuly swear that
tho shove statement ID true to the best
ut my kncwledge aud belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 3nd day Jsuusty 1911.
+, n, K, ADAMS
Notary Public.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-01-12

]. WV. bahinaton, Ptssldsnt. and
1, w. u, Bsbipgton, Cashier Of Tho
.bove inaaed Bank, do solmsnly smear
that tho shove statement 10 true 10
tho best Of my knowledge and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to before mo,
this 3lst day Of December, 1910.
P1entiGa B. Carter,
Notary Public.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1911-01-12

Repoet furnished % The State Exani.
usr Of oenks By tho shove Bank ct tho
Close q bueinoss on Dec. q, 1910.
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Hackley State Bank
Located at Hackley, Louisiana
Parish of Washington.

Report furnished to the State Examiner of State
Banks by the above Bank at the close of
Business on Dec. %, 1910.
RESOURCES
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-07
BELITTLES WASHINGTON

That census Director Durand is
none too friendly to the Northwest
is indicated in the recent publica-
tons of fisheries statistics for 1908.
They place Washington in a very
unfavorable position, ranking it
fourth among the states of the
Union. Taken year in and year
out, Washington outranks all states,
as the reports Of the state fish COM
missioner show. But now the gov
eminent department comes out
with figures three years old, that
tend to discredit 1905 wonderful
showing. Durand has given Wash
ington undesirable publicity by ac-
cusing eleven cities of trying to
steal". at the last census. At that
the state stands first among the
commonwealths of the nation,
having net growth of 12O per cent
in population during the past ten
years. Durand is a Californian.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-07
THE COLUMBIA RIVER

The events of the past two years
have but emphasized the Importance
and urgency Of deepening the mouth
and river channel of the Columbia
river so that the largest ships can
come and go with the least possible
delay. The development of the
rail transportation, az well as the
opening of the upper stretches OF
the river make it imperative that
the work be pushed to completion
with all possible haste. The Col
umbia is certain to be one of the
great water highways of the world.
Natural conditions and the working
of economic laws will compel it.
1t is fortunate, therefore, that its
importance is recognized in every
quarter. Every part of the North
west is interested in this river-the
outlet of all the streams draining all
the vast Columbia river basin. Its
improvement affects directly the in
terests and welfare of this entire
oaa&.o~1
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-07
ARBOR DAY

To arouse greater interest in the
practical and ethical benefits of
growing ornamental and useful trees
and shrubs, Gov. Nj. E. Hay of
Washington has designated April
Is as Arbor Day. A general OBJ
seIvance of the day is urged and
commercial organizations are giving
it their support in the more progress
sive communities. 1t is pointed
out that in the treeless parts of
Eastern Washington farmers would
find trees very useful. Nut trees
would prove advantageous and do
we'll, in many sections. Arbor
Day gets much attention in the
East and it is time the West paid
more attention to it.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-07
TIE HOUSE FLY AGAIN

The Civic association of Chicago,
in bulletin recently issued pays
his respects to the fly in this
wise:
He is frequenter of offal; the
fly lays her eggs in the manure pile
or other filth. All the germs-all
the imaginable, abominable mi
crobes-fasten themselves on the
spongy feet OF the fly. He brings
them into the house and wipes them
off his feet. The fly you see walk
ing over the food you are about to
eat is covered with filth and germs.
If there is any dirt in your
house or about your premises, or
those of your neighbors, he has just
come from it. 1t is his home.
Watch him as he stands on the
lump Of sugar, industriously wiping
his feet. He is wiping off the dis
ease germs; rubbing them on the
sugar that you are going to eat,
leaving the poison for you to swal-
low.
He wipes his feet on the food
that YOU eat. on the faces and on
the lips of your sleeping children.
This does more to spread typhoid
fever and cholera infantum and
other internal diseases, than any
other cause.
Disease attacks human beings
only when they are brought in con-
tact with it. For instance, you
cannot get typhoid fever unless you
swallow the germ of typhoid, and
you do not swallow these germs I'M
less they get on the food you eat or
in the liquids you drink, or in the
glasses or cups from which you
drink.
Not only does the fly scatter the
seeds of disease from his body over
your food, but, before your fruit
and vegetables are placed on the
table they have been subjected to
his filthy habits, either in the kit
chen or in the stores. Intestinal
diseases are more freq uent whenever
and wherever flies are most abund-
ant, and they, snd not the summer
heat, are the active agents in its
spread"
The street sprinkler is well worth
the price, both to travellers and to
the merchants.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-07
GOING SOME
section.

When Theodore Roosevelt reaches
Washington, he's going to be kept
on the jump from the minute he
gets here until he enters Idaho. In
Seattle, he will take part in a
parade, address the students at the
University of Washington, attend a
banquet, address a monster mass
meeting and participate in high
Jinks Of the Seattle Press Club-all
between the hours of 3 p. m. and
II midnight, April 6. This program
has the 0. K. of the former presi-
dent, one-time African game hunter
and present day long-distance
traveller.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-07
PRODUCING MILK BY THE ACRE

| From Prof. W. J. Fraser's Address at the
Illinois Dairymen's conventional
The amount of milk and butter
fat produced to the acre is, general
ly speaking, the final test of profit
able dairying where all feed is raised
on the farm. This depends not only
on efficient COWS but also on raising
crops that contain maximum
amount of digestible nutriment, and
especially protein, which is SO es-
sential for dairy COWS.
There are four different systems
Eof cropping for dairy farms. By the
first two, 100 acres of land will sup
port the equivalent of IS and 81
COWS respectively. Bv the other
two, the same farm will support the
equivalent of IS and 100 cows re-
spectively. The first will make 991
lbs, the second 1875 lbs. the third
1925 lbs. and the fourth $3.50 lbs.
of milk to the acre.
The poorest system of cropping
returns SIS. 16 to the acre in milk,
while the best system returns S4S. 20
to the acre. The first system will
give an annual return of S2625 from
the form and the last sS246, or
more than three times the first.
But this is not all. The net re-
suits as t. nitrogen in the soil is to
lose 1900 lbs. annually by the first
system, to gain 10 lbs. in the
second, $3.50 in the third, and $3.50
lbs. in the last. These differences
are due to the kinds of crops raised
and their adaptability to the feeding
of dairy cows; for the cows are fig
ured at the same natural efficiency
and soil equally productive in each
of the four systems. 1t is certainly
worth while to consider crop plans
that make such difference in the
returns and the maintenance of the
soil.
The investigations Of the Depart
ment of Dairy Husbandry the last
dozen years show plainly that the
farmer is not getting the profits he
should get for the investment of
time and money in milk produce
ton. There are several reasons.
One is inefficient COWS, and the
department has done much investi-
eating to show the difference in eff
ficiency of individual cows. An
other great waste is in raising crops
that do not yield anything like the
maximum amount of digestible nu-
trients to the acre that it is possible
to obtain This is especially true in
regard to protein contained in the
crops commonly raised on the dairy
farm and so essential in the ration
for dairy cows. For example, an
acre of timothy hay does not con-
tain more than one tenth as much
digestible protein as an acre of all
falfa hay.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-04-07

According to report issued by
the state land commissioner it is
shown that there are 12,OO7, $40
acres of Washington lands embraced
in forest reserves. These figures
are only approximations owing to
the fact that large areas are unsur-
veyed. In Okanogan county there
are 2,O9O, 430 acres locked up in
forest reserves, while in Chelan
county there are 1,6lS,2SO acres.
In no other counties does the total
area in forest reserves reach the mil
lion acre mark. In Thurston coun-
ty there are only $50 acres in forest
reserves which is the lowest amount
OF any county in the state. There
are ten forest reserves in the state
including lands in twenty-four coun-
ties.