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The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
AS To Controller Bay.

The Controller Bay investigation
has been dropped at the suggestion OF
the attorney for the prosecution. Louis
D. Brandeis. Why did Mr.. Brandeis
80 advise!
Because the Guggenheims have been
pried loose from the Cunningham
claims in the Boring coal field and
those thousands OF acres Of coal have
been restored to the public domain.
Because the public has been assured
that not one single acre OF coal shall
pass from public ownership except in
cases negligible in number and
amounD where the letter and spirit Of
tse law have been fulfilled.
Because in the place or Ballingerism
the interior department has policy
providing a government railroad gov
eminent docks and a government coal
mine for the supply Of the navy.
Because Dick" Ryan has withdrawn
his illegal claim.
In a word, the Controller Bay invest
CATION was dropped because the Taft
administration reversed Its Alaskan
policy.
But Controller Bay was, neverthe-
less, the hinge on which the question
turned II II had not been for the
prompt and aggressive resistance to
the Ryan grab 1t IL not likely that
Secretary Fisher would have gone to
Alaska at all, In which case there "a
no reason TO believe any progress to-
ward a free and decent Alaska would
have been accomplished.
AS Il is, two great issues remain to
be carried-government steamships
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
From Another Point of View

5 more receive. that's
Nexti in comes Whereas. resolved
bottle OF
dealer
up to us on Monday
that
while
Louis
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
'The Only Good Franchise Is Dead One'|
MAYOR THOMPSON Then Candidate)|
Books and Magazines.
A STORY OF ,hs chIIdrsn'. Ward.

A Story OF the Children's Ward, by
Blanche Van Leuven Browne, ID
story with an appeal for the crippled
little children who are barred from
everything In life on account OF their
misfertuaes. There is romance
woven in. but for the most part II Is
a true story, and the writer knows
OF what she speaks for she spent
many long years In the children's
ward in big city hospital, and after
learning from her own experience
what crippled children need, has
given her life to the building OF hos
pital-school 10 care for the little I'M
fortunates.
A Story OF the Children's Ward Is
published in, the interest OF the Van
Leuven Browne Hospital school. and
the present edition Is the second that
has been issued. II Is for sale at the
Van Leuven Browne school, No. 80
Kenilworth-ave., Detroit. The pro-
ceeds are all devoted TO the work OF
the institution.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
It Happens Sometimes.

The late Eustace de Cordova will be
missed on the New York stock ex-
change" said a New York broker He
had a. caustic and yet kindly wit
II remember hearing Mr.. De Cordova
reply to a toast at lawyers banquet.
He said a lawyers wife asked her hus-
band anxiously as she was turning In
one night:
do you think II is better, dear. to
lie on the right side"
my darling the lawyer answered.
~ YOU are on the right side II actually
If lie at all New York Sun
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
Where MACS" Are Many.

Here is another story about the
of Macs. A traveller, on
i@ating the through tran to the north
1t Newcastle. forgot his macintosh,
and ran along the train asking for 1t.
eT3ave you seen black macintosh
he inquired OF the occupants Of COM
bartment. Ma" came the reply, but
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
Greater Than Party.

What kept party lines drawn sharp
ly in this country for generation
was the Civil War. For years the Re-
publican leaders In the north used
The government about as they pleased
under the cloak OF an appeal TO
MAINTAIN the union. In the south the
appeal to sentiment has been even
stronger.
But now the war is halfcentury
gone and new issues are arising TO
which the party leaders have not yet
adjusted themselves. So party lines
are fading and party loyalty sits
lightly on men. Or, as clifford Pin
chot put Il In Chicago last night,
party has lost its power because a
greater than party Is here-the issue
of social justice"
The old pleas for party loyalty
won't do. The only way for the par
~ today to win the voters 10 by de-
serving their confidence on modern
issues. --Kansas City Star.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
with the Flag In Panama.

With the Flag in Panama. Is time
ly story full of adventure and infor-
nation on the building OF the great
canal across the Isthmus OF Panama.
II deels with the career OF an adyen-
turous young man who leaves his
studies in engineering TO take up prac-
teal work on the canal. Adventures
and hardships and finally success are
put together to make a very good
story for boys.
With the Flag in Panama, by Hugh
c. Weir. is published by w. A. Wilde
& Co, Boston. and is for sale In the
local bookstores.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26

Among the many
the Pacific coast
has permitted to
blossom In Wash
ington soci e t y .
none has been any
prettier or more
graceful than the
daughter Of the
s senior senator
from Oregon, Miss
Carrie Lee Cham
berlain, who will
make her bow to
the younger C o n
gressional set In
December.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
The Probable Present.

Rufe Hoskins Is looking around for
his wife's Christmas present and
seems undecided between an electric
brough1-u and a grand piano. One gets
that from his ak but those who know
washing machine.-AtchisoFs Roh-
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
The Green Book.

The big feature of the Green Book
for January is a novelization OF Henry
s. Sheldon's play, The Havoc" Gaby
Deslys, who has become rather we'll
known through various exploits, con-
tributes an article on My First Night
on the American Stage. There are a
number OF other articles by we'll
known players, managers, and the
atrical critics, and the regular depart
mania
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
Food For Thought.

Capt. Prescott. OF the Fifth Infantry,
was leading a long hike In the Philip
pines. Food gave out and his command
was forced TO resort TO the emergency
rations. which consisted OF condensed
food of one kind and another.
The captain was riding past some
Negro soldiers at breakfast time one
morning An old Negro sergeant sa-
luted.
"Cap'n." said the sergeant.
What IL it?'
''Cap'n, we all don't like these we're
ina ginary rationsT-Saturday Even
ing Post.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26

there's a red Mackenzie here. Lon
don Chronicle.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26

II a man is too slow to catch cold
II can at least overtake him.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
KIHE
LnTLfGHT

Among the many pretty debutantes
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
~" said the sergeant.

Better one foot in the grave than
two.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26

and government coal mines for do
nestle and Industrial supply.
And they will be carried becaus,
they are absolutely right.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
The American Magazine.

In the January American Magazine
there is stirring article on World
Scouts that is really important news
TO American readers. II is an ac-
count Of the World Scout movement
which is an outgrowth OF the Boy
Scout movement. Its object Is TO en-
roll the boys OF all nations in one or
ganization which shall strive for end
ing war.
other articles OF special importance
in the January American Magazine
are The Uneasy Woman" by Ida Nj.
Tarbell: LaFollette's Autobiography.
in which the senator relates an offer
of money that was once made to him
II he would use his influence improp-
erly with a Judge; A Worldly Wise
man talk on Christmas; an exclusive
interview with George Arliss. the ia
nous actor: Human Nature In Ha-
wall" an extraordinary piece Of writ
ing by Ray Stannard Baker, and The
Man in the Cage" an announcement
of q series of articles describing the
life and laNpr OF men behind the bars.
The fiction includes contributions
from Arnold Bennett and II. O. Wells,
who are believed TO be the two most
talked about novelists OF the present
generation: detective story by P.
c. Macfarlane: a small boy story by
Lucy Pratt: stories by Edna Ferber,
Vaughan Hester. and others. Men
ton should be made, too, OF ABE
Martins" amusing observations ON
The Wives o. Great Men"
The Detroit times., 1911-12-26
Outing.

The Outing Magazine for January
Is full OF good out-of-door stories and
articles, most OF them having a touch
of seasonable frost In them. ]. Earl
Clauson writes of the Quest Of New
foundland and Albert Harper con-
tributes Just Snow-Shoeing, which
contains many interesting illustra-
tons OF the sport. DEMONSTRATING
Deer and Elk is an interesting article
by Dillon Wallace and Learning to
Sail an Iceboat is another that Is
timely. by Percy NJ. Cushing. There
Is plenty of outdoor fiction and the
usual departments including the Of
fetal football honor list for 1911. and
review OF the seasons play.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
" The Blue Mouse. ("

THE Blue Mousse" Clyde Fitch's
version of German success, is one
of the best and wholly entertaining
farces of the present time. 1t holds
the record for a seasons run in New
York. The Blue Mouse" comes to
the Music hall next Wednesday
evening, under the management oil
e. j. Carpenter. A carefully selected
company supports Miss Wanda
Ludlow, who was seen in the same
play here year ago.
Tickets on sale at Morgan's Drug
Store, Monday Sept 25 Prices 35c,
SOC, 75c and $l.00.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
HARTLAND HILL.

School opened Sept. IL with Miss
Mildred Gilbert of Woodstock as
teacher.
A. F. Putney visited his Uncle,
t. N. Putney, in Windsor recently.
w. E. Bugbee and wife and Miss
Olive OF Manchester, Conn. visited
MIR. Bugbee's grandmother, Mrs.
E. A. Morse, recently.
Thermometer registered rs the
9th inst. Corn was badly frozen.
E. w. Mossey and wife and Miss
Thalma, Mrs. Frank Cheney and
Miss Edith Cove took a business
trip by auto to Hanover Tuesday.
Miss Marie Putney visited her
brother, T. N. Putney, in Windsor
a few days recently.
Lewis Grenier recently visited his
parents in Washington.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
WEST WOODSTOCK

Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Royce re-
turned from a six weeks visit with
relatives in Illinois, Iowa and Mich
igan, Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis S. Perry,
Mrs. Josephine M. Barber and G. S.
Miller were in Sherburne on Thurs
day.
Mrs. Elizabeth Boyce, who has
with her daughter, Mrs. Benson, al
Royalton, returned home on Mon
day.
Thos. J. Adams is at Royalton,
Windsor, Reading and w. X. juno
ton this week. He is too busy to at
tend the worlds fair.
Mrs. r. o. Braman returned from
Westport Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaiah Benson were
in White River Junction Wednes--
day.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
Entertainment at Music Hall
Monday Evening.

Miss Marion Wilson of New York
reader and character impersonator
who gave delightful entertainment
here some time ago under the
auspices Of the senior class of the
High school, will appear here again
at Music hall next Monday evening
She has been secured by Rev R lie
Blanc Lynch, and the proceeds Of
the entertainment will be applied &c
the debt Of st. James church
Tickets are now on sale at Morgan's
drug store prices. 25c, Soc and
75c. The blue and green tickets
sold by the children must be ex-
changed at Morgan's for reserved
seats.
Miss Wilson is clever Ind versa
tile artist, interpreting wide range
of characters with equal skill and
her program is one that is sure L
interest and please every one.
Miss Wilton will be assisted in
the entertainment by local musicians
in vocal and instrumental numbers
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
His unIuokv pav.

His Uniuoky Day.
Friday is such an unlucky dayp
she sighed.
1T isn't half as unlucky as Tues
dayP retorted her companion. 'Last
Tuesday, for instance, fell out of a
second floor window and was run
over by cats meat barrow"
How terrible" she exclaimed, shud-
dering.
Eyes, and on the Tuesday before
that" continued the sufferer, II tum-
bled into a duck pond and was brought
out on the end of a boathook. On the
Tuesday before that was chased by
an Infatuated bull. On the Tuesday
before that-but why continueT
"Why don't you stay at home OH
Tuesdays?" suggested his companion.
you'd be safer indoors"
Because I'd lose my job IL did,
he replied. I'm bioscope actor, you
see. and ON Tuesday we make our
comic films" --Answers.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
NORTH POMFRET

Misses Lila and Lena King, Mrs.
w. Nj. Adams and Mrs. George
Baker are helping in the Floral hall
at the fair this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis McInnes OF
North Andover, Mass, are at his
cousins, Mrs. Colburn's, Sunday.
Walter Wilson is working at
Cloudloud, making the butter and
acting as bookkeeper.
d. w. Roberts and A. w. Rob
erts have both been on the sick list
the past week.
Bernice Harrington is working FOR
Mrs. w. M. Adams.
Mrs. T,nkham has been sick, but
is now much better.
Some Of the friends Of Elton and
Lester Clifford gave them very
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23

White bread is fattening because we
rarely digest 1t completely. Starchy
foods are quite unaffected by the gas
trio juices which digest the meats.
Their digestive ferments are obtained
chiefly from the saliva In the mouth,
which therefore should be thoroughly
mixed with each mouthful before swal-
lowing. But white bread Is SO soft
and lacking in substance that we un-
consciously swallow 1t long before 1t
has had fair chance to become suffi-
GENTLY fermented with the digestive
saliva. The result is delayed digestion
df digestion takes place at alb, and at
the best the starch is very apt to be
converted into disfiguring unwanted
and unhealthful fat.--London Mail.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
Meeting of the Junior Aux
iliary.

A meeting of the Junior Auxiliary
will be held Saturday, September
80, at 9. 80 a. M, at the home OF
Mrs. Frederick Billings.
Prizes are offered for the best
exhibit of flowers or vegetables
grown in the .children's gardens and
shown at this meeting, the flowers
to be arranged in vase, jar or bowl
the vegetables in basket, box or tray.
Artistic arrangement will count one
half and no child to receive help
from an older person.
The winters work will consist of
the raising of crocus, the bulbs to be
planted at this meeting. Each child
is asked to bring flower pot six
inches or more in diameter. A
picture will be taken of the children
while doing this work and it is
hoped all will be present.
Any child not already a member
may become one by attending the
meeting and paying the ten cent
dues.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
CLIMBING a coooanut Tree.

Cocoanuts when ripe fall to the
ground and when necessary are pluck
ed by men who climb up. II sometimes
makes ones blood run cold to see
them run up the trees like monkeys,
Two ways are practlced for mounting
the trunk. In thescase of small tree
or at an odd moment the man walks
up the trunk, keeping his feet fat
against 1t and throwing his weight
back from II as much as possible. re-
tanning his position at the same time
by the tension of his arms. The other
and safer plan Is TO pass loop OF cord
around the feet, which are thus kept
close together, and grasp the trunk Of
the tree, the arms meanwhile assisting
the climber. who moves upward in a
series of jumps.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
. Key West-to-Havana Filler at
Valley Fair.

j. A. d. McCurdy, who first sprang
into fame by his daring and perilous
fight in Curtiss biplane oversee
from Key West to Havana, has been
secured by Secretary 0. F. Benson
to give exhibition flights every day
at the Valley fair, to be held at Brat
tleboro September 26, 81 and 20,
This is an attraction that is sure
to create intense interest throughout
Vermont, New Hampshire and Massa-
chusetts because Of the reputation of
Mr.. McCurdy as one of the leading
and most spectacular "cloud-split
ters" of our time. Flights will be
made each day OF the fair, and the
fact that Mr.. McCurdy seems to en-
joy springing difficult and un1xpect-
ed feats for the entertainment of the
spectators, will, it is expected fill the
grounds every day with visitors from
far and near.
This feature completes an un-
usually strong aggregation of Valley
fair attractions, the Diving Horses
each day, automobile parade the sec
ond day, $1,000 free-for-all the third
day, together with the splendid reg
-ular attractions, making combina-
ton that is sure to be highly apprec-
lated by the crowds.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
Mo Eaar.

At well known club in New York
the other day one of those bores who
are the bane of all clubs drew his chaiI
up to Robert w. Chambers and said
genially:
chambers, you are writing at the
rate Of two and sometimes three nov
els every year. to say nothing Of your
annual sheaf of short stories. Aren't
you afraid that time will come when
you will have written yourself out?"
"My dear sir" MIR. Chambers replied
II have no such fear. Just look at
your own case. You have been talk
ing for more than sixty years. and yet
you haven't talked yourself out have
you 2p--Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
Ex-Gov. Proctor Failing.

A bulletin message from Proctor
yesterday stated that ex-Gov. Proctor
had failed perceptibly in the past
few days.
DR.. Theodore Janeway and DR..
Emmanuel Lehman of New York
have again been at Proctor in coun-
Gil with the attending physicians.
None of the physicians hold out
any hope of a favorable outcome.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23

THE BUcK-HUNT TIMBER LANDS
AND rlILLS OFFERED FOR
SALE

In order to close the Mudeett
estate, what is known as the Buck
Hunt Mills and timber lands are now
offered for safe. They consist of
saving and dressing mills, and three
to four thousand acres of timbered
land, several hundred acres oil which
are heavily covered with old-growth
virgin spruce.
This is very fine property for some
enterprising concern to take up.
The lands nearly all slope down
toward the mills, which are situated
upon the estate, and alongside the
property runs the ST. Johnsbnfy and
Lake Champlain branch of the
Boston & Maine Railroad, the mills
being on a private siding
The mills have been recently
enlarged by the addition OF com
modious dry kiln, equipped with an
up-to-date, latest style Sturtevant
blower. A new Berlin hardwood
flooring machine has also recently
been added to the equipment.
We understand that the property
will be sold on the basis Of So 90 for
the hardwood and So 90 for the
spruce stnmpage, and that two other
large timber properties in this
county are also on the market. The
facts concerning any Of them can be
obtained by addressing Carroll S.
Page, Treasures, Hyde Park Lum-.
Der Company, Hyde Park, Yer
mont.-News and Citizen.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
PosT-oFFlcE NorIcE

Mail trains arrive 7.52 a, M. s.2a p. m,
8 p. m.
Mail trains leave 1920 a. M, $40 p. M,
and $40 p. m.
Bridgewater Rutland and Ludlow stages
leave 8. 45 "a. m. and 800 p. m.
South Woodstock. 400 p. m.
Barnard and Bethel, 8. As a. m.
Rural free delivery routes leave at s.16
Il. IN.
MAILS CLOSE-For early stages $50
u. IN. Later mails, 1000 u, M, 800 p. m.
aud 40 p. m.
Sunday-2 to p. IN.
SUNDAY mail closes 1920 a. m.
FREDERICK CHAPMAN. p. M.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-09-23
WOODSTOCK NEWS
! GOOD YEARS WORK


Reports at the Annual Meeting
of the Woodstock Improve
ment Society.
The eighth annual meeting of the
Woodstock Improvement Society
was held in the parlors of the Con-
gregational church Friday evening,
Sept. 10, and was called to order by
the president. F. Thomas Kidder.
The storm undoubtedly kept many
at home, but about 80 members and
friends of the Society were present
The recording recretary gave a
brief outline of the work accom-
plished during the past year, all Of
which was reported in detail by the
various committees.
The treasurer reported having re-
ceived 1920 in annual membership
fees. and there are now go life mem
bers. Also very good progress has
been made toward the establishment
of permanent fund, the income of
which may be used in connection
with the annual fees for work about
the village.
The committees ON membership,
garbage, streets, parks and squares.
all reported the usual amount of
work done and still. going on.
The committee on the Junior
Auxiliary reported that SO children
had plants last winter, and 32 chill
dren-22 girls and 10 boys-had
gardens this summer. This COM
mittee urges the cooperation of par
ents in this work, as in several cases
the gardens showed some neglect in
their care.
Reports by the committee and by
the supervisor of the children's
playground were given. This is
the new work of the Society this
season and it certainly seems to
have been successful About fifty
children have been regular attend
ants.
The following named we're elected
to serve as the executive committee
for the year l9ll-19l2: DR.. F. L.
Rev. Benjamin Swift, j. l.
Dana, H b. Chapman, Mrs. F. S.
Billings, Mrs. John French, Miss e
l.. Fuller, Miss b. S. Knapp, O A.
HI. f. Perkins, DR. H. G.
Jackson, G.. E. Raymond. Ector p
Gobie, F. w. b. Smith, R. P. Woods
At the close of the business meet
ing the audience was entertained
with an exhibition of pictures of the
prize gardens and the
playground and other views in this
vicinity. This part of the program
was very enjoyable, as the pictures
we're clear and beautifully colored
md were thrown on the screen with
4 few words of explanation for each
one by DIR. Frederic S. Lee.