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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15
Grange Footnotes.

To-day is the tomorrow that we wor-
ried about yesterday, and it didn't hap
pen"
What will we do with the legislator
who went back on us? is a question
to be discussed in many grange
meeting in the next twelve months.
Eureka IN. " grange offers 800 in
premiums to the member raising the
most corn to an acre under prescribed
conditions. The purse is divided into
four premiums of $45, $50. $15 and
$40.
Turner grange of Maine has one Of
the best grange halls In the state. 1t
is 4S by So feet, two stories, fully
equipped and cost $4,000. Turner
grange has 40 members, and they are
all alive.
Since the last annual meeting OF the
Dominion grange twenty-six new
oranges have been organized and tive
that were dormant have been revived.
This undoubtedly is the best record
made in well nigh a quarter Of CEN
tury past.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15
INTERESTING DECISION.
Court UphoIds the Principle of Arbi-
traton as Set Forth In Patrons Fire
Insurance Policies

Court UphoIds the Principle of Arbi-
tration as Set Forth In Patrons Fire
Insurance Policies.
The Patrons Mutual Fire Insurance
company Of Lansing, Mich, has re-
Gently won victory in the courts
which will have interest for grange
insurance companies in other states.
1t appears that the arbitration feature
of the Patrons insurance policy was
challenged. The attorney general of
the state held that the grange insur-
ance organization did not have the
right to compel policy holders to sub
NIT to arbitration their differences with
the company relative to settlements Of
losses. He held that the arbitration
feature was in contravention of the
statutes and prevented the adjustment
in court of points at issue between the
company and policy holders.
The company applied for writ to
compel the attorney general to ap-
prove of the policy form, and the
court has granted it, stating that the
uSl cSheut III llc poiiSs 40 Noiuis"hJ
one and declaring "the doctrine is
well established in the state that mem
bers of voluntary society may set up
tribunal to adjudicate the differences
that arise between the association and
its members and make its decision
final in the absence Of bad faith or a
refusal to act or pay after an adju-
dication has taken place"
The case has excited considerable
interest in insurance and grange cir
cles. Speaker Baker of the lower
house, who is also a member of the
state grange executive committee
headed the attempt to secure legisla'
ton during the last session to bar ar
bitration in mutual companies, but II
did not carry
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15
HIS OTHER MINE.
He Found q Use For It After He Had
pallied With New York.

TobHo . Soo Vt ~ ft0 ttae
Dallied With New York.
Australians most picturesque charac-
ter got to town the other day. He Is
Tom Brown, miner, speculator, after
dinner speaker and world traveller.
Sixty-fve years old, he has just re-
turned from a visit to Al South Ameri-
can mining region, where the ther-
mometer stood 100 degrees in the
shade.
"That isn't anything to what Aus
tralia can do" said the tall, lean trav-
eler. "It's q fact that we can fry
eggs on sun heated shovel out in our
country"
1t is his boast that forty years ago
he was captured by the Maoris, strip
ped and tied up, to make the piece de
resistance at cannibal feast. Luck
saved him, he got back to Sydney in
time to take part in the gold rush, and
for generation he has been one Of
Australia's richest men. Just write
Tom Brown, Australia on an envel-
ope, and I'll bet you that the letter
will find me-" he declares. When he
first struck New York he put in few
days seeing the city while waiting for
the arrival Of his steamer.
II guess the high prices won't
frighten me-" said he. "I've got a
gold mine working for me and anoth-
er gold mine that know is good that
l have never opened up. I'm holding
that in reserve"
Three days later one of the others
Of his party reported to him. "Tom,"
said he, ''shall we make reservations
for the return to Australia or stay
here few days longer?'
II don't care" said Brown, "only IL
we decide to stay here for awhile
walk around to the cable office with
me. 1 want to cable my manager to
open up that other mine"- Herbert
Corey in Cincinnati Times-Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15
A Great Advantage to Working
Men

j. A. Maple, l25 S. 9TH St., Steuben-
vile, o., says: "For years I suffered
from weak kidneys and severe bladder
trouble. l learned of Foley Kidney
Pills and their wonderful cures so |
began taking them and sure enough l
had as good results. as any heard about.
My backache left me and to one of my
business, expressman, that alone is a
great advantage. My kidneys acted
free and normal, and that saved me a
lot of misery. 1t is now pleasure to
work where it used to be misery
Foley Kidney Pills have cured me and
have my highest praise. John w.
Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15

open. ! switched on the light There
was a man reaching into the safe. He
turned pale as a sheet and faced me.
| went to him. He was Simpson.
81 wasn't taking anything out. l was
putting it back" ne gasped, holding
out his hand with some bills in it"
simpson" said, you're fool"
81 know it,"
81 have known of this for long
time. Tell me how you did it."
81 pared the skin of my forefnger
down to the quick, making it so SEN
sitive that can feel the tumblers fall.
breathed a sigh of relief He was
returning all he had taken. I did not
report the matter. and he has never
again taken such risk at money bor-
rowing. He had a narrow escape
from a wrecked life.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15
essate Court Sessions.

.. ,ur PROBATE COURT EOK
...r OF ESSEX will be held as
.... rUg wear i4II.
.l the forenoon of the first
...ruary, June, September aud
.r Tile afternoon Of each of the
.r.l Mondays Of MAY, August
March. in the Afternoon.
.......r. Uu the first Saturday OH .eacl
IONS will he held at any place il
81. Oh. .-rCCment.
i. riluicatiuus to Guildhall office
..ta. Register; to Canaan to ED
trrr ..al. JUDGE
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15

Some Instances Cited, Showing What
the Grange Has Done In Various
Towns-SchoIarships to Agricultural
Colleges an Aid to Farmers Sons and
Daughters.
Some oranges have already given
this matter of community betterment
practical consideration. One grange
raised the money and procured a stone
watering trough for horses and had it
cut and set in convenient place in the
village. In plain letters the name and
number of the grange were carved
upon it, reminder to the passerby
that this grange has thought for 9th
ers, even for dumb animals. Another
purchased from its own funds a num-
ber of rubbish boxes, which were
placed on the sidewalks in the village
and in which loose papers and rubbish
were deposited instead of on the street
as formerly. Another held Fourth of
July celebration and turned over the
proceeds to needy village church.
Another assumed the care of the vii
lage cemetery for year, kept head
stones erect, grass moved and weeds
cut and made 1t an attractive place
rather than an eyesore, as it had been
Another conducts an implement ex-
change, where for a small rental farm
tools are loaned to poorer farmers I'M
til they are able to buy. One county
grange contributes every year money
and supplies to a nearby city hospital
where poor patients are treated with
out charge Two hundred dollars or
more in cash was contributed to this
object last year. Thus in many ways
the grange cO-operates with others for
village and rural improvement.
State Grange Scholarships.
Some of our state oranges are aiding
worthy farm boys and girls in procur
ing an education at the agricultural
colleges. In Massachusetts two schcl
arships of the value of $50 each are
given to the winter short courses In
the agricultural college at Amherst
One scholarship will be awarded tn
year for the best essay of not ov
1900 words on one of the following
subjects: "The Progress of Agricul
ture In the Past Quarter Century
THE Present Qualification For a Sue
cessful Massachusetts Farmer, 'Towr
Appearance a Factor In Town Prog
ress." A like prize is offered to the
young women who may write on '"Tht
Greatest Problem In Massachusetts
Rural Life" or "Woman's Responsible
ity For the Ideals of the Home" OF
what Women of Today May Accom-
plish In Actual Agricultural Undertak
ings" The awards will be made a
the state grange meeting In December
and Immediately after the announce
| ment the winners Of the scholarships
will be presented to the grange an(
will read their essays. This plan vii
arouse much interest among the grang'
young people. New York state grang
awards twelve scholarships Of So
| each to the winter course at Cornell
Agricultural college. Contestants ar
required to take competitive examina
| tions in a general knowledge of agri
culture and in English, history, civics
arithmetic and spelling. Examination
are held in each county which ha
candidates for the scholarship. We re
| gret to say that not all of these schol
arships were taken last year. Youni
people of the farms should appreciat
these advantages and what the stat
grange is trying to do for them.-Th
Country Gentleman.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15
MAINE AND MIDDLEMEN.
Greed Of Commercial interests Is
Awakening Oranges to Combat.

~'~NS ~ int6FcSTS Is
Awakening Oranges to Combat.
Aroostook county. Me. is a great
field for potatoes. Thousands upon
thousands of bushels are raised there
every year. There are also grangers
in that county-hundreds of them. 1t
appears that the middleman has been
trying to get the upper hand of some
of these grangers, and they retaliate.
The latest development in this direc-
lion, says State Lecturer McKeen in
the Tribune Farmer, is the getting
control of the market for copper sui
phate in such a way that no grange
can buy it even by the carload with
out paying tribute to local merchant.
Up to this season oranges have been
buying it in carload lots and distribut-
ing it themselves, but when an attempt
was made to do the same thing again
this year they were referred to the
local merchant and it now appears
that the difference in price is to be
from w to 2 cents pound, which
represents the toll exacted by the greed
Of the commercial interests and in the
end foots up round sum, which, like
all other exactiOns of monopoly. final
ly comes out of the farmer, whose
products form the basis of all light and
life. Meetings are being held and at
tempts are being made to purchase CO.
operatively some other product that
shall take the place of bordeaux as n
blight preventive. Sal soda has ap-
parently "done the trick" in sections
Of the county, and the grange is fully
investigating its value. If this COM
paratively cheap substance can be
used and the fact is proved by the
grange it will be a vast boon to the
| potato growers of the country.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15

State Lecturer e. B. Dorsett Of
Pennsylvania suggests a country life
program for the grange some time dur
ing the summer. He advocates having
the church, the school and the grange
each represented in the program by
the minister, the teacher or county su-
perintendent and some member of the
grange respectively. If it is desired
TO have an address on farm legislation
secure some member of the legislature
However, he does not advise loading
down the program with too many or
too long addresses. The state lecturer
well says the grange should not only
favor improvements in country life
conditions, but should take the initia-
tive in promoting such improvements.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15

National Secretary Freeman reports
the number Of oranges organized or
reorganized from April l, 1911, to June
80, 1911, both inclusive, as follows
Organized-Co Colorado, 7; Idaho, 7; Iowa.
5; Kansas. 2; Kentucky, 2; Maine, 2
Maryland, 3; Massachusetts, 1; Michi
gan, IA; Missouri, 1; Nebraska, 5; New
York, IA; Ohio, 1S; Oregon, 7; Penn
sylvania, s; Rhode Island, A; South Da
kota, 5; Vermont, 1; Washington, 13
Reorganized-C California, l; Colorado
/; Ohio, /; Rhode Island, 3; Pennsyl
vania, 2; Washington, 4; West Vir
ginia, /.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15
Aroused.

The young woman in the stern of
the boat had whispered softly the
word "Yes." But stay right where
you are, jack" she added hastily. "If
you try to kiss me you'll upset the
boat"
'"How do you know?" hoarsely de-
manded Jack, horrible suspicion al
ready taking possession Of him.-Lon-
don Ideas.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15

Every year a large number of poor
sufferers, whose lungs are sore and
racked with coughs, are urged to go to
another climate. But this is costly and
not always sure. There's better way.
Let DR.. Kings New Discovery cure you
at home. ait cured me of lung trouble"
writes W. R. Nelson, of Calamine, Ark,
"when all else failed and l gained Al
pounds in weight. It's surely the king
of all cough and lung cures" Thousands
owe their lives and health to it. It's
positively guaranteed for Coughs, Colds,
LaGrippe, Arthma, Croup-all Throat
and Lung troubles. Soc and 500
Trial bottle free at j. w. Thurston's.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15

No Better Than Father Used to Make.
Young Husband-Still sitting up.
dear? You shouldn't have waited for
me- I was detained downtown by i'm
portant business, and Young Wife
Try some other excuse, George.
That's the kind father used to make
Chicago Tribune.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-09-15
WORK OF ORANGES
A Large Field For Service In
Community Betterment.

Some Instances Cited, Showing What
the Grange Has Done In Various
Towns-SchoIarships to Agricultural
Colleges an Aid to Farmers Sons and
Daughters.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
MUT|LATED MULES
riend Cuts Off Ears of Animals While
Standing at Rack in Pendleton.
Property of Lou Eaton.

The mysterious mutilator of horses
who has been operating through Una
tilla and Walla Walla counties during
the past two years and upon whose
head there has been placed price by
infuriated horsemen. is apparently
again in Pendleton. says the Live
Wire.
Lou Eaton, residing about two and
half miles east of Pendleton. is the
latest victim Of the orazed hend and
two valuable mules owned by him
have been mutilated for life.
The team. valued at over $4O0, was
driven to town Tuesday evening by
J. B. Caldwell. They we're tied in
the rear of the Neagle blacksmith shop
and when Caldwell went to get them
to return to the ranch at about IL
O'Clock he discovered that some mis-
oreant had cut one ear from each
mule, close up to the head.
A motive for such dastardly piece
of work can not be imagined by the
owner or the officers. The only theory
advanced is that it is the work of the
same insane individual who mutilated
the Rhcnimus and Haw stations in
Pendleton and several Others in this
county and in the vicinity of Walla
Walla.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07

The burden OF l'russia's military
state not spared even to the babes in
their cradles. has proved too much for
some Of the Younger members of the
royal families In The House OF
HohenzOlern" Mr. Brayley Hodgetts
mentions that the two sons whom the
first crown princess of Prussia bore
her husband tat the beginning of the
eighteenth century, both died in their
cradles. one from n nervous shock
caused by the salute from heavy guns
with which his arrival was heralded
and the other from the burden of a
golden crown which was placed on his
head after baptism
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
IT IS AN UNUSUAL AFFL|CT|ON
Swollen Tongue Threatens Life of
PendletOn Babe,

The three-year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Merton Fletcher of Willow
Springs is resting easily at st. An
thongs hospital following delicate
operation performed Saturday by Drs.
Riugo. Parker and Lieuallen. says
the Live Wire.
The child. together with her par
ents, was brought to Pendleton Satur-
day by DR., Lieaullen in his auto. At
that ii Q growth 10 the sumavilliary
glands had caused the tongue to swell
until it filled the mouth. stopped the
throat and was protruding from the
mouth. Apparently the child was
slowly choking to death.
A hurried consultation was held and
an immediate operation decided upon
| An inoision was made under the ohin,
the growth removed and the tongue
opened up. The immediate benefioia
results were remarkable aud the chill,
in now rapidly recovering.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
HEAD BROKEN, ANKLE CRACKED
Chas. Leadbettor, Stranger, Intro
duced to Blow From Novel Weapon.

Charles Leadbettor, stranger who
came to Athena to work in the har-
vest fields, is nursing a broken head
and fractured ankle as the result of
being introduced to blow from a
novel weapon in the hands of Charles
Grant, the restaurant man.
The weapon used was potato mash
or and the blow was stunner. open
ing the scalp so that five stitches were
re luired to close the wound. and it
fioored Leadbettor to the sidewalk
before crowd in the street.
Grant, who was serving as special
officer. escorted Leadbettor to the city
Jail from which he was released a
short time afterward that his injuries
might receive attention. DR.. Newsom
dressed the wound and later discovered
that bone in the right ankle was
fractured.
The trouble started at Grants res.
taurant. where Lee dbettor had ordered
and paid for meal. He says he dldn'i
get the meal and demanded his money
back. Grant refused the request and
Leadbettor says, made f:r him with {
billy. struck him with it and went in
to the restauI ant, returning with the
weapon that laid him out.
Grant says Leadbettor came into
his placo of business. ordered and
paid for meal and went out while
it was in process Of cooking. Later
he returned without coat or hat and
started to abuse him. He was using
protane language and Grant says he
told him to quit as there were ladies
passing on the street. With that.
he says, LeadbettoI tore in to clean
him up. He pulled the billy which
he says Leadbettor grabbed. wrenohed
away and swatted him in the jaw.
Realizing that he bad sorapper to
deal with and arrest, he went to the
kitchen and procured the potato
masher. Grant says be feels justified
in taking the course be did, other
wise he says he would have been in
for a lacing, for being some scrapper
himself. he intimated that a man who
could hook him on the jaw with the
cleverness that Leadbettor exhibited.
stood good show CT putting him out.
The trouble will probably be aired in
police court.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Our Modern Factory Spoon.

For our modern factory made spoon
the stock is first rolled and cross roll.
ed TO get the graded thickness that is
needed. The spoon outline is then OBJ
tained by means OF cutting out dies.
The blanks thus formed are struck up
by another set of dies. which orna.
ment the front and back and even
bend the spoon into its proper shape.
at the same time stamping the re-
quired sterling and the makers
mark. II spoon is made by this
latest of processes the sterling mark
can be found raised on the surface in.
stead of incised, as was the case when
the marking was done separately
Handicraft-
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
Dissatisfied With Mule Race.

W. r. Taylor attended the oelebra-
tion at Pendieton Tuesday and says
the much advertised wild mule race
was a frost. inasmuch as broken
mules were entered in the race instead
of wild ones. MIR. Taylor further as
serts that the method of placing tho
riders was not fair. There we're more
riders than mules, and instead of
drawing for the chance to ride, those
having the race in charge told oertail
ones to take q mule. leaving Others
who desired to ride without an oppor-
tunity. A $50 saddle was the prize
offered in the race. Braden Gerking
was on the ground to ride, but the
mule awarded him was taken and
ridden by another rider. leaving the
boy out of the race entirely. Mr..
Taylor is of the opinion that it would
not take more than another tall game
and mule race to set this community
knocking instead of boosting the
Roundup. Jinks saws that it was pos
sible for Montgomery, who had the
race in charge, to have given win
ming mule to favorite rider, under
the method employed.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
SALAMANDER SUPERSTITION.
A,w the Reptile May Have Got Its
Eireproof Reputation.


Fireproof Reputation.
There IL II very ancient h'lrf that
the reptile known aS the Sa.almahurr
Is proof against fire. II Is nn1 KtOWn
how this superstition had its RISE, un
it will probably always continue IL l'p
held by some people, although II mas
been cOnrlusively shown Ina' u" arc
proof qualities OF the rrra,itt .'N.>l
only IN imagination.
DR.. StejneSer. rpptilian expert ut he
Smithsonian institution, tells II STORY
which may furnish Il reason im 'n,'
continuance of the belief IN ln'>lit,il.
"Once was camping out. nr SAYS,
with II party OF friends, hunt.n& ana
fishing. We had lighted II ng nre,
using for fuel several old Io"S Nhlr
we We're seated around Wrirh;u@ rlt'
were engaged II young laui At my
side gave u little scream auu pointed
into the flames. lookpd ana there
was small salamanca Craving
embers. 1t walked away uuhut and
made its escape
Now. that salamandpr had mr'u.
pied a hole in one OF ~" Iu%S 'ed
for fuel. Several species o1 It's K;Id
live in old tree trunks. l,ouhiIeSs tltlS
one found that it was getting un an
fortab hot and crawleu uul. t'HinG
moist and shiny. its body WIS protect
ed from injury by fire tong enough to
enable II to escape through Ia" em
bers. But the sight of the iizarn hr
liberately making its appraranr" from
the midst Of the fire was certainty
very surprising. Any ignorant person
might easily have been led to ini0glnr
that the creature was tirepro0t. II
seemed to me quite probable that the
superstition took its origin from inst
such occurrences" New York Word
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-07-07
MEN WHO MAKE SAFES.
Closely Watched After They Resign or
Are Discharged.

Closely Watched After They Resign or
Are Discharged.
A number of years ago two prospec-
tive safe breakers succeeded In obtain.
ing employment in two different safe
factories, worked over a period of
years in the various departments, gain
ed all the information that they desired
and, subsequently working together.
managed to battle the safemakers by
their skill in opening complicated safes
in different parts of the country.
The police were at loss to understand
how the safes had been opened, and
only upon the apprehension Of the two
men several years later was 1t learned
that the Jobs had not been inside
ones, as was originally suspected, but
had really been the work of two men
who had been initiated into the mys-
teries of safecraft and had put their
knowledge to criminal use.
This put the safemakers on their
guard. and an exceedingly complicated
system was Immediately put into force.
whereby not only was the pedigree Of
evary workman looked into closely, but
the work among the employees was so
separated that no one man or two men
could gather enough information about
a safe to put it to dangerous use after
ward. Furthermore, when an employee
is discharged or when he voluntarily
leaves his position his actions are
watched. and, although safe companies
refuse to discuss this particular point.
it is a matter of record that any for
mer employee Of a safe company who
is possessed Of intimate information
regarding the secrets of that COM
pany's safes is kept under constant
surveillance.-Harper's Weekly