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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
WORK AT LABORATORY.
OF 3.OM Specimens Examined During q
Quarter. Half Were for phtherfa.

\ good portion of the just-issued quar-
terly bulletin of the Vermont state Board
of Health is given up to study by q
Boston physician Of the epidemic OF poll
omyeltis in Springfield, Mass. during the
year 1910, with shorter article by DIR.
9. :. Cavcrly of Rutland. president of
the State Board of Health, on the out
break of the same disease In Vermont in
1870 continuing in lesser degree during
1911. There We're y cases in Vermont dur
ing 1910 and - cases have thus far been
reported for 1911. The mortality rate
was. however. twice as high in 1911 ~
in 1000 the figures being - and Il per
cent. respectively.
Several pages Of the bulletin are given
up To- a report on the 3,oe2 specimens OK
amined at the state Laboratory OF Hy-
gieuc during the fourth quarter of 1911.
This number included LEA cultures for
diphthella haccilli. 3sG samples Of spu-
tlm for tuhercle baccilli 2l6 Of blood. ls5
Of waters. III Of milk and cream, 40 Of
foods and 30 miscellaneous analyses. OF
the - samples OF milk that were found TO
he hclow standard. e were either dirty"
or ''ycrv dirty" the other two being
"wutored." Five Of the dirty samples
were obtained in burlington OF the milk
that reached standard or above. many
SAMPLES were only barely passable.
Only 10 of the 10 samples of food fell
lv the Wavside. \ certain so-called ban
ana extract was found 10 be "a colorcd
ethereal flavor" The bulletin closes with
the following news item:
Apparently the epidemic of smallpox
which has been in the northern counties
of the state will soon be entirely erad'-
Gated If this leads to general vaccira-
ton Of the people in every county or the
state. il will prevent repetition OF the
cxporience Of the last four months. We
learn that a malignant form OF the dis.
ease has appeared in Montreal and other
parts of the Province Of Quebec Health
officers and physicians should he vigtlant
IN recognizing every case that may occur.
Quarantine at once and report by tele-
graph to the office OF the secretary OF the
State Board Of Health at once. There
have been practically 500 cases In the DIFF
ferent counties where II has prevailed.
just as we go to press telephone reports
a large number of cases in Relvidere and
adjoining lumber camps
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04

None Of the quartette Ia vicious or has
ever been arrested for anything exceptin,,
drunkenness and then they as rule are
harmless, their favorite stunt being to
festoon some corner or go TO sleep on one
OF the highways. In Barrett's case. the
period elapsing between arrests IL deter
mined solely by the length Of sentence i'm
posed upon him and he is seldom out OF
Jail more than 10 days at a time. During
the year Of 1911 he was arrested in DE-
cember. october, June and just about d
year ago this time.
To punish these men. who will do thu
Same trick again as soon as liberated
has cost the state many dollars as they
never pay a fine. and the punish Is useful
only in so far as II keeps them sober fol
the period they arc behind the bars.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
A PLEA FOR VERMONT.
How o"r Grcnt Streams Have BceI
DcpletoI-NEnt should lie Done

10 the Editor of the L'ree Press:
Years ago there were many noted trou.
brooks in Vermont, and on almost every
brook in the early settlement OF the
State saw-mills were erected in which
logs of all dimensions were sawn into
plankS and boards, according to the wants
OF the settlers. Timber was growing pro-
fusely all over the State and 1t REQUIRED
strength of muscle to remove portions
Of the primcval forest that covered tho
state with magnificent trees of many
Kinds, and The Green Mountain boys
were blessed with Just the right kind
o. Drawn and muscle that lifted them
ior the work Of removing the forest and
preparing The rlch SOIL OF Vermont for Gull
uNation. Thousands of stately trees were
cut from the stump and burned to get
mem OIL the land. so that the farmer
could use .he pillow and the hoe and raise
Il crop of grain and potatoes sufficient
Tor the use Of the family with a surplus
for market. In the early years of the
settlement of Willamstown. Vermont.
there were fifteen saw mills I'm opera-
ton at the same time. now there Is not
one left In the town that Is run by water
power. There are two portable saw-mills
at WORK in the town, anu they win soon
convert what spruce and hemlock trees
are left into lumber and find a market
Tor the same in cities and PROSPEROUS
districts in the land.
After The saw-mii came the log-mill
constructed upon many small streams
throughout the Stale. Attached TO these
lazy mills was a small pond of water
held in place by a dam cons ructed across
the brook from which water was taken I'm
sufficient quantity to turn a small wheel
that gave power to run saw that cut
the logs into blocks OF the proper length
for iirewood, and many farmers in the
towns procured their Years supply of
firewood In this manner, These lazy mill
ponds were the abiding resorts of brook
trout. In the sull waters Of these ponds
! the trout found desirable spot for their
spawning beds, ana from this source tho
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
DINNERS IN COURT.
"'"-N"o"" Sunrtette \n.w-r IL
(h0rEes of lntOxIcnfInn

quartettc which il would be hard to
peat were in city court Friday to an
hwer 10 charges of intoXication The first
was the veteran, Joseph Barrett. who an
swered to his 10Th charge since 1875. and
ne pleaded guilty. volunteering the
stranger story by way If explaining
Nherc ne procured his liquor. The other
'hree were James Flynn Edward Roach
ana Thomas kerns. all possessors of
'omething In the way of records since
1915.
FLYNN was up for the eighth time and he
pleaded not guilty but was speedily found
So without much opposition. and took an
appeal to avoid making a disclosure This
policy was followed by Kerns, who faced
the court for the 18th time. +. G. Webster
becoming surety in the sum Of 800 in each
case, The sentence for each was slj ana
costs. which means an alternate sentence
OF a little over Go days in the county jail
Roach was the nearest to being novice.
this being only his fourth appearance.
lie was sentenced to a fine of So and
costs with an additional 80 days The
party saved something on the costs a.
three were consolidated and made the
trip TO the jail togethertn two hacks.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
FORFEITED CHARTERS.
FOrty-Five Corporations Have Failed
to Pay Their License Tax.

Failure to pay the corporation licenses
and make returns TO State Tax Commits
sioner j. f.. Cushman within tho specified
time have caused 10 concerns to lose their
charter rights Seven Of tho companies
had never organized. The companies for
the most part were small and not many
had really got to work, but some familiar
names are seen on the list. including the
famous All Around the World club, which
did business in Winooski and was
prominent in number of county court
cases The Vermont Motor company and
the Vermont Construction company were
among those in this city The time limit
expired at IL o'clock Monday night. The
list follows:
ORGANIZED CORPORATIONS
Alburg Produce company: All Around
the World club; American Marble com
rany; Ascutney Mountain Granite com
pany; Backus company. Bellows Falls
New Industry company. Bethel Electric
Light Power company; Loyce-Perldns
Lumber company; Burke Granite com
pany; Burlington 4 Southeastern Railway
Co: Calais Creamery association; Cen
trail Electrical Laboratory, Inc: Claren.
don Marble Saving company; F.. r.
Clark Automobile company of Vermont.
The F. & S. Manufacturing COMPANY
Grant-Anderson Forging company; fy.b-
bard Perkins Shoe company; Mail
order Merchandise company: Manchester
cheese Factory association: Manchester
Depot Hotel company: Montvert Manu-
featuring company; c. H. Moore COM
pany, Myr'la Va n n Z .
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
THE MAGMA CEARTA OF TIE COAL
FIELDS.

This year It happens that labor No
sot'atlohs IN both the anthracite and
bituminous Industries occur at tho
same time. Failure of either rroup
Of miners to come to an agreemAnt
may have influence upon the sttttud,
% tho other and so result in n mora
extensive tieing up of industry than
the country has ever known.
The agreement under which tho an
thracite miners are working dates
back to 1908. In that year the miners
led by John Mitchell struck for high
or wages which their employers re-
fused and the resulting struggle was
felt from one end OF the country TO the
other. The strike was settled through
the intervention OF President Roose-
Welt. and the award of a board of ar
brtrators resulted In the three years
newed. BY this agreement the miners
received an advance OF ten per cent
all along the line. with the promise of
ono cent for every Ave cent rise over
$3.50 In the price of domestic grades
OF anthracite. TIL. result of this last
clause alone has been yearly Increase
OF four million dollars in the wages
Of the men. Now the miners ask for
still further concessions
The demands of tho miners have
been submitted under nine heads. The
chief OF these call for an agreement
to last one year instead of three. rec
ognition of the union and co-opera-
ton OF the employers in collecting the
union revenues an advance OF twenty
per cent. over the wages granted by
the 1908 agreement. an elght-hour
day without reduction of pay. and a
minimum wage OF $3.50 per day for
miners and s2.75 for labor,rs.
The workmen support their demand
Tor more pay by the assertion that the
ost OF living has gone up. and argue
that II the arbitration board found the
present schedule of wages necessary
IN 1903 Il more generous one must he
necessary now. The reply of the mine
owners is that their business Will not
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE.
Committee Presents Nominations OF
Candidates for This Years Election.

The committee chosen by the alumni Of
the University Of Vermont to nominate
candidates from whom the alumni may
vote for the position Of trustee have made
their selections. and the registrar NJ w
Andrewe, sent Monday to those ON
titled to vote a blank ballot, together
with brief sketches of the three candi-
dates named. who are Or Fred r. Klddor
OF Woodstock, Edmund G. Mower of Bur
l!npton and Charles d. Watson of ST. AL
bans. Dr. Kidder was graduated from
the University In the class of 1850. and is
now one of the trustees. having been
elected for four years in 1893. judge
Mower was graduated in 1897 and was n
trustee from 1877 to 1911 Mr.. Watson was
for three years Il member of the class Of
1894
Ihe ballots must be returned to the reg
istrar by june Is, and the successful name
Will be presented to the trustees as that
OF the candidate recommended by the AS
socate Alumn! for election % trustee
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
VERNJON1-S VERDICT.

The esteemed Boston journal adver-
tises itself as "the only Roosevelt pa
per in Boston" We are gratldcd to re-
produce what il has to say about the
result in Vermont and to let the state
ment stand wholly without comment
in order that those who know the
facts in Vermont may realize just
what Is being said:
The victory Of the Roosevelt men In
Vermont is made more striking than that
in Name because of the quiet way in
which the campaign has been conduct
Cd. There has been no blowing of
horns or making of claims. These
were left in Vermont to the old guard
who have bean describing the way In
which they would "deliver" the State.
The caucuses held on Saturday
night. though old STYLE. in a straight
out contest show majority of Roose-
volt delegates chosen to tho State con-
vention and to the convention Of the
second district
The odds were heavy against the
supporters of Roosevelt. The Office
holders and the corporations were
lined up almost soldly for the Taft
ticket. and the tactics which were EN-
ployed In the effort to "dAliver" were
not amateurish.
But the young men were in the lead
and have lined up the Green Noun
tain State squarely with the progress
sives. The way in which the towns
lined up should be of interest In New
Hampshire, where, politicians say, the
towns vote will not come out. And
the Vermont victory cannot be belit-
tied BY cheap filings about a record for
greenbackism. such as the Boston Her
aid lung at the republicans of Maine
after Portland's vote
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
LICENSE COMMISSIONERS.
Fees Practically the Same rs Inst
Year-Hcnrings ApriI 1877.

The board Of license commissioners met
and organized Monday. G. A. BARRIER
Is again chairman of the board. Tho
board is now ready to receive applica-
lions for licenses.
The board set the last dav for receiving
applications for liquor licenses Friday,
April L. and the last day for hearings.
Saturday. April y.
Fees for licenses were established as
follows: First class. 500; second ella -,
1910; third class. $3.50: ffth class $50,
These fees are the same as a year ago
except for the third class license which is
$50 lower.
a year ago the board granted seven first
class licenses. II second. third class and
seven of the iifth class
me board has opened an Office AZ room
- IN the strong building on Main street,
me same quarters as last year
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
BURLINGTON FOR TAFT
President Got All but Two Of
Votes Cast at Caucus.
sixteen Delegates Chosen Saturday
Afternoon and Evening to state
Convention ana Same Number
to District Convention.

A republican caucus TO elect 16 delegates
and 16 aiternates to the State convention
to be held in Montpelier April 10. for the
purpose Of choosing four delega tes-at-
large to the republican national conven-
ton also to elect 10 delegates and the
same number of alternates to the first
district convention. to be held In this
city April for the purpose Of choosing
two district delegates to the same con-
vention, was held in the city hall Saturday
afternoon and evening. The call was read
Mt three O'Clock by A. l.. Sherman, n mem
Der Of tho republican city committee
Hamilton s. Peck was elected chairman Of
the caucus and Alphonse n. Duhamel
secretary on motion Of Cassius Peck it
was voted that check lists be used and
that the ballot boxes remain open until 8
O'Clock. The chairman appointed the fol-
loving tellerS: Ward one. G. y. Rumsey
and Robert Taylor; ward two, Charles
Lane ard Joseph St. German; ward three.
Charles Caissc and \. r. I.angevln; ward
four, f. T.. Morgan and David McCuen
ward five. S. J. Beatty and l.. +. Smith
ward six. G.. A. Laduke and f. r. Lord
There were printed ballots for dele
gates to both state and district conven-
tons. headed For President. william
Howard Taft" and no other ballots APP
pearcd, although there were inquiries for
them by some Roosevelt men.
The whole number of votes cast for
state delegates was 335, all headed az
above stated except that on one ballot Mr.
Roosevelt's name was substituted for that
Of Mr. Taft. and one ballot bore the name
of Justice Hughes in place Of the presi-
dents. but there was no change made in
the printed list of delegates
There were 32) ballots cast for the dis
trict delegates, with the Same changes
as on the ballots for state delegates.
The chairman declared elected to the
respective conventlonc the delegates
named on the printed ballots. as follows.
TO STATE CONVENTION.
Decentralization y. McKillp. Rufus
+. Brown. Thomas Reeves. Edmund c.
Mower. Charles !. Dion. Thomas w
Quincy. Louis Pine, Harrie V. Hall. Guy
NJ Page. r. l.. Patrick. n. G. Smith. :
r.. Moulton. c. r. lockwood. J. G. Bell
rose. Joseph Agcl George ID Jarvis
Alternates-C. a. Barb2r. c. S Palmer.
NJ. c. Berry. J. w. Page, c. H. Mower.
w. Lane. F. 8. Pease. f.. NJ Horton, j.
/ Stearns. II. Robillard. T. Z. Hopkins
3. II. Miller. c. J. Russell. r. y. Jones
II. c. Humphrey, G D.. Williams.
TO DISTRICT CONVENTION.
Delegates-H. w. Allen, r. E Brown.
Fl. Il. Shaw. II. J. Shanley, c. \. Barber.
Lawrence BARLEY. ]. S Patrick, l. VI.
Bregstein. J. e. Reeves. NJ. ]. Barnes.
Dr.. b. J. a. Bombard. w II. Ridley, +.
E Morgan. f Lanou. r. b. Lamson.
A. II. Duhamel
Alternates-C. l.. Smith, Z. w. ]. Haw-
kins. j. F. Messenger. II. II. Hagar. II.
Hickok, 8. l.. Platka. II. S. Weed. f.
J. Beaupre. II Gladstone. William Thyme
r.. a. Whitlock. DR.. G. T. Loudon. T.
Durrell Simonds. W. o. Lane. Charles
Caisse. Peter Lander
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04

The fact that the New York Ameri-
can. whose owner wants to he candi-
date for the vice. presidency. on the
democratic ticket. Is turning all it's
guns on President Taft. shows clearly
who is expected to he the republican
candidate for the presidency.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04

Does ex-Gov Batchelder of New
Hampshire. efficient head of the nation
al grange, who has come out for
President Taft in sprte of reciprocity
know less or more about the tariff than
some Vermont farmers, or IS he a bot
ter republican or what?
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04

j. George Hugdins. bennington. VT,
says, II was attacked with a severe case
of lumbaeo and suffered untold agony
! had pains across my back and could
hardly move my arms. l was advised to
take Foley Kidney Pills which 1 did. In
very short time the pains left and !
have never had lumbago since Foley Kid j..
ney Pills receive my highest recommenda-
ton" j. W. O'Sullivan. q Church St.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
$13. rs

We have lines for
much less than the
$3.50, and you know
we have them up to So
per SHIT. The $3.50
are Of good. honest ma
terials, reliable non
fading colorings; they
are cut in latest style;
they are made reliably
and strong. All the
the new shades of pur-
pie, blue. gray, brown,
etc, and wen take
PRIDE to take the same
pains to please and see
Your garments fit. as
1ho'lgh YOU purchased
here our highest grades.
Everything in mems
fXlngs for Easter is
here on display now.
and You can be suited.
Good variety in the
most costly to the least
costly, SO they are re-
liable.
Hats, 81 to IS; Shirts,
5Oc to 5000: Gloves,
81 to SO; Underwear,
soc to $3.50; Ties, Poe
to 80; Hose. Zoe to
100.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04

Colonel Dunton, farmer or fignsate
was relieved Of a roll or s"' wednesday
by a farm hand. WIN Smith, "A rover, who
decamped shortly after purioining the
money.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04
BURLINGTON, THURSDAY. APRIL 4
WANTED.

When you want anything. advertise
in the new special column of this
paper Some bargains are offered
there this week which Il will pay you
to read about See page two This
every week and one cent word will
reach them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04

Want advertise your servant need--ant
get In touch With workers who road the
[AAsi
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-04-04

TermO--&1.OC n Year. In Advance.
DAILY by null $500 year in advance.
RATE IN CANADA.
DAILY. ..... $500 year In advance.
WEEKLY. 5000 ycnr in advance.
FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Publishers, burlington. We.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-11-01

John M. Strack, civil and structural
engineer was for 10 years city and
county engineer OF Spokane, and is {
candidate for county engineer on thu
democratic ticket in that county this
year. This should be evidence of the
esteem in which he is held by this
people who know him-a high esteem
His letter regarding Bitu-Mass paving
published herewith, will be of great
interest to the taxpayers of Moscow,
and particularly to the many Of them
who have resided in Spokane and
know Mr.. Strack. The letter is:
Spokane Ritu-Mass Paving Co., E124
DeSmet Ave, Spokane. Gentlemen
So many inquiries are made of me
as to the merit of Bitu-Mass paving,
represented by your company, that
take this opportunity to say that prev
ious to you organization, forming this
company, myself ana number of our
business men spent considerable time
Investigating the merits of Bitu-Mass
paving, intending to oDfganize com
pany for handling this paving in the
several northwest states However,
we were unable to raise sufficient
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-11-01

Taking the man from a sick-bed at
his home in Palouse, Washington,
Sheriff c. C. Brown last night brought
TO Moscow and lodged in the county
Jail H. l.. Hardy, known as Red
Hardy. who is charged with bootleg
ging
The sheriff is said to have been
stirred to action by an affidavit which
Hardy is alleged to have made, charg-
ing that about June 10, 1911, he paid
the sheriff SIS for the purpose. ac-
cording to the purported terms of the
alleged affidavit; and with the under
standing that the sheriff would not
arrest Hardy on a charge of violating
the liquor law. The affidavit is said
which declares that the sheriff was
furnished by a peace officer of the
county at that time with the evidence
upon which to arrest Hardy, and a
third one by still third party that he
knew of the payment of the money in
question to the sheriff by Hardy, and
understood it was for the purpose
of preventing his arrest on the boot
Logging charge.
Inquiry at the sheriff's office this
morning ELECTED the statement that
since the time of the episode at Gene
see in which Hardy was accused of
bootlegging, he had been resident
of the state of Washington. The af
fidavits are said to show that Hardy
was a resident of Genesee up until
less than a year ago.
AT the sheriff's office this morning
it was stated that Hardy was arrested
upon a warrant dated some time in
the summer year ago, probably i'll
June, although Deputy Robinson did
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-11-01
aBitu- Mass Is the Last and Best
Word in Modern Paving Mater
ials for City Streets.

If the city officials ana the inter
ested taxpayers of the city of Moscow
could only see the magnificent blocks
Of modern street paving now COM
pleted by the Spokane Bitu-Mass COM
parry in the city of Spokane. all doubts
as to the desirability of using this
splendid material in this city would
vanish.
The Ash street paving project ton
the north side of Spokane) has pro-
gressed rapidly and about eight blocks
are now completed The work is a
triumph for Bitu-Mass, for in spite
OF the worst climatic conditions pre-
vailing just as the paving was under
way, the finished pavement has solid
flied without warping. sinking or
cracking, and neither the rains nor
the frosts of the past week have af-
fected the beautifully hard, even sur
face
The Seventh avenue pavement OF
Bitu-Mass is admired by all who see
it. This is one OF Spokane's most ex-
elusive residence streets and is now
paved with this material from Bernard
owe to Monroe street.