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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04
Increasing Pay to Farm Help.

A contributor to the current issue of
Farm and Fireside, says that the time is
coming when farmers will have to in
crease the wages of their help. Follow
ing is an extract:
There is one phase.of the question
that the farmers rarely touch on in
speaking of farm-labor difficulties, and
that is the wage problem. Back as far
as 1870 farmers were paying about as
much for hired men as they are now, yet
nobody ever seems to take into consid-
Grafton the fact that if lbetter wages
were paid young men might be'attracted
to the farms.
In my childhood a neighbor of ours
who needed man the year around, paid
a young capable farmer one dollar per
day, furnished him house-rent, fuel,
chickens, cow, pig and garden, and con-
sidered himself fortunate to have him.
That is about.assmuch as the married
laborer can get.now, and often farmers
deduct for holidays and stormy periods
when there is only the feeding on hand.
Personally, l know of graduates of agri-
cultural schools being offered only twen-
ty-five dollars and board per. month, the
same wages paid to unframed and un-
taught workers. On our own farm a
young college student mot an agricul-
tural student) worked last summer for
fxun Hcll ND III o,1I
was well pleased to get it. To be sure.
he was only boy, and boy with sew
eral fingers off one hand, which rather
handicapped him, but he was faithful,
honest and intelligent. He set his own
price and said he never earned that much
before. In my childhood my faaher paid
man twenty dollars per month and
kept horse for him, putting up with
various tribulations in the way of much
running to town and staying out nights.
Careful inquiry among our neighbors
revealed the fact that twenty dollars per
month is considered a fair price for a
young and inexperienced Farmland,
with one dollar per day on working
days for grown man.
Now two hundred and forty dollars
per year doesn't look very attractive to
the average youth, even if living is
thrown in. The time was when young
man could pay attention to young lady
without very much expense, but that
time is past. Entertainments, suppers,
lectures and all forms of amusement
have doubled in price, but the wages
have remained stationary. And when
the young man begins to think of set
ting up home of his own, what can he
do with the savings of two hundred and
forty dollars per year? 1t is no wonder
the sons of farmers take to town as
soon as they are old enough to work. +"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04

Gov. John A. Mead has named We'd
nesday, October 9. as Fire Prevention
Day. This is in compliance with the
request of the National Board of Fire
Underwriters, and the governor urges
the public, school authorities and heads
of other institutions to set aside this
day for the removal and cleaning up of
all rubbish and material which increases
risk of confagration. He also urges
the adoption Of means for fight
ing as well as preventing fires and to
hold fire drills regularly and to provide
every means of safety. 1t is hoped that
the people will bear this in mind and
profit by the suggestions of the gov
ernor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04
A PROCLAMATION.

Gov. John A. Mead has issued the
following proclamation for the observ-
ance of a fire prevention day, as re-
quested by the National Board of Fire
Underwriters:
The immense and steadily increasing
fire losses in our state and nation are
and should be the only argument neces-
sary to stimulate our people to an active
campaign to eliminate or largely reduce
this burdensome and total waste of life
and property.
The five mutual fire insurance com
panies of our state alone during the
year ending August l, 1911, paid to
their policy holders and for expenses
S516, $50, and for the year ending
August /, 1912, these same five com
panies paid for the same purposes $537,
632, showing an increase of over
S2l, 600 in these mutual companies
alone. Add to the above the losses
sustained by the stock companies in
Vermont and the aggregate loss will
largely exceed one million of dollars
annually in Vermont.
The aggregate loss of property in our
country for the year of 1911 was in
excess of $217, 200, 900, over SO, 900, 900
in excess of the fire losses of 1910, and,
in addition, in 1910 nearly $50 persons
died in buildings destroyed by fire and
nearly 1920 lost their lives as the
result of burns, and when it is estimated
that many of these lives and fully
$3.50, 900, 600 of this loss of property is
due to carelessness and should have
been prevented, this subject should ap-
peal to us as one surely of great import
ance.
The social as we'll as the economic
welfare of our people is ever improved
through educational methods and thus
it has seemed advisable to call the
attention of the citizens of our state to
those conditions which are permitting
this immense loss and urge them to
carefully consider those methods which
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04

A commission that has investigated
the high cost of living in New York city
finds that it is due largely to the cost of
bringing the produce from the farm to
the city, from the railroad station to the
wholesale house. from the wholesale
house to the store of the retailer, and
from the store to the home of the con-
sumner with trade profit at each step.
In this way potatoes that sell for seven
ty-five cents in the country are two dol
lars bushel in the city to those who
buy them by the peck. Apples rot on the
ground in the country because there is
no demand for them at fifty cents a
bushel, yet at the fruit store in the city
they sell for three cents apiece. This
New York commission recommends the
uniting of large group of people in the
city in purchasing agency and country
groups into rural selling agencies, so
that the producer and consumer may
deal directly with each other, thus elm
mating the profits of the wholesaler
and retailer, and the cost of two trans
portations. Mirror and Farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04
NJ K. MOORE,
Estate of william Con ant
of Salisbury

Share of Edward Conant, Absent rs years
STATE OF VERMONT,
ODISTRIcT OF ADDISON. SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the district
aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate of Will
liam Conant late of Salisbury, in said district
deceased, and in Edward Conant. his son.
GREETING.
Whereas. said court has assigned the 14th day
Of October, next, at 10 o'clock a. m. for showing
cause why the share of said estate that Edward
Conant, son of the deceased. and absent and I'M
heard Of more than rs years, two years of which
are after the death of said William Conant, should
not be distributed among the other heirs of said
William Conant according to P. S. 1880. and order
ed that public notice thereof be given to all per-
sons interested in said estate by publishing this
order three weeks successfully previous to the
day assigned. in the Middlebury Register. a news
paper published at Middlebury IN said district,
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear
at the Probate Office in Middebury, in said dis
trict, on the day assigned. then and there to show
cause if any you have why said share should not
be distributed and establish your right as heirs,
legatees and lawful claimants to said share.
Given under my hand this oath day of Septem-
Der. 1912.
SO Charles l. Button. Judge of Probate
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04
ANOTHER MIDDLE
BURY CASE.
1t Proves That There's a Way Out
for Many Suffering Middle
bury Folks.


Just another report OF case in Middle
bury. Another typical case. Kidney
ailments relieved in Middlebury with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
James NJ. Tracy. S. Pleasant St., Mer-
chants Row, Middlebury, VT, says: mo
one can realize how much Doan's Kid
ney Pills did for me. l feel that they
saved my life. l suffered more or less
from kidney complaint for nearly twenty
years. The first symptom was rheuma
tic pain across my loins, and at times
sharp twinges darted through my
kidneys. My kidneys became disordered
and the kidney secretions were irregular
and painful in passage and unnatural.
Inflammation of the bladder also existed
and nearly drove me frantic. | had
dizzy and fainting spells, and my whole
system seemed to be affected. Getting
no relief from the treatment of local
doctors, | went to Burlington to see
what they could do for me there, but
was not helped, returned home in
despair. / could not leave the house,
in fact, was so helpless l could hardly
walk. Finally comrade urged me to
try Doan's Kidney Pills, and / went to
Sheldon's Drug Store and got supply.
They helped me right away. | noticed
improvement in a week. l slept better
at night and the pains in my back were
relieved In about a month | was back
to my work, and my health was restored
all due to Doan's Kidney Pills. l will
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills as long
as live"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80 cents.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name - Doan's and
take no other. adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04
u1tooleburY Register

Miss Margaret Kelly, reputed to be
the highest saleried woman employed
in the government service, is to be mar
ried, according to reports from Wash
ington. Miss Kelly is a protege of
Charles S. Hamlin, who was assistant
secretary of the treasury under the late
President Cleveland. Through rela-
tive Mr.. Hamlin was induced to secure
position for Miss Kelly, and he placed
her in the treasury department, SO the
story goes. From the start Miss Kelly
''made good and has the distinction of
being the only woman ever to be in com
plete charge of the U. S. miEts during
the absence of her superiors.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04

should surely prevent one-half of this
waste of life and property.
Believing that the welfare of YER
mont so demands, |, John A. Mead,
Governor, do hereby designate Wednes-
day, the 9th day Of October, A. D. 1912,
as Fire Prevention Day, and do hereby
call upon our people to devote the day
to inspecting their buildings and prem
Uses, thoroughly removing all unsightly
and combustible material, to carefully
repairing and cleaning all parts of their
heating apparatus. All SCOT and ashes
should be removed rendering the same
safe for winter use. Boards of educa
ton should personally examine the
institutions in their charge. City and
village authorities should cooperate
with them and with the public gener-
ally in the adoption and enforcement of
such rules and regulations as will pre-
vent-this enormous and constant drain
upon the resources of our state. The
superintendent and teachers of our
schools should carefully consider this
eminent danger. Fire drills should be
had regularly and every means of safety
provided. invite the public press to
take ar active part in awakening the
public to the Importance of this move
ment and impress upon every individual
sense of responsibility to his neighbor
and himself, to the end that the loss of
life and property by fire may be reduced
to minimum.
Let us remember that our per capita
loss annually by fire in Vermont is
1926, twenty-five per cent. higher
than the average per capita loss in the
United States, nine times as large as
that of the average per capita loss of
the five leading nations of Europe.
AS another has said, America is a
nation of money makers - Europe a
nation of money savers. America
figures that the most important thing
is to make a dollar Europe, that it is
equally important to save one.
America regards fire as misfor-
tune and one sympathizes with the man
who has had one-Europe regards fire
as the result of crime, and they inves-
tigate and if possible punish the man
who is guilty.
1--WE figure that the insurance COM
pany restores the oss-they, that the
insurance company indemnifies the
owner for a loss, which can never be
restored. Our supreme effort is to
extinguish fires - theirs, to prevent
them.
1--WE are losing fortune every day
they are saving one"
Should we not, then, endeavor to
profit by their example, the result OF
two thousand years of experience.
Given under my hand and the great
seal of the State, this twenty
day of September, in the year of oul
Lord, one thousand nine hundred anc
twelve, and of the independence of the
United States, the one hundred anC
thirty-seven.
JOHN A. MEAD, Governor.
By the Governor:
HARVEY r KINGSLEY,
Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04
Order to Show Cause on Applica .
ton for Discharge.

In the District Court of the United States for
the District of Vermont. In Bankruptcy.
In the matter of
Bankrupt.
Whereas, application has been made by the
above named bankrupt for a discharge, as provid-
ed by paragraph 14-a of the bankruptcy laws of
1898; now. motion of Hon. F. L. Fish, attorney
for such bankrupt.
1t is ordered: That all creditors of Warren
E. Tubbs bankrupt, well as all other
parties in interest, show cause, at hearing to be
held such application before the District Court
of the United States for the District of Vermont,
at my Office in Middlebury, in said District, on the
4th day of October, A. d. 1912, at 10 o'clock in
the forenoon why such application should not be
granted.
Middlebury. VT. September %, 1912
ALBERT w. DICKENS,
80 Referee in, Bankruptcy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04

The Farm and Fireside, in a recent
issue, pays high tribute to DR.. w. ].
McGee, who died on September A, as
follows: 'In DR.. MCGEE the world lost
true soldier of the common good. For
many years he has been in the employ
of the scientific bureaus of the United
States Government in one capacity or
another. He was an ethnologist, a
geoogist and an expert in a dozen
lines. But his best work has been done
since he reached the age of fifty. No
man was more potent in the great
conservation movement than Doctor
Niece. A son of the common people
and selfeducated, he devoted to the
principle that the earth on which we
live is the common inheritance of the
race, perhaps the most wonderful store
of knowledge possessed by any man of
his time. He was the quiet, working
force back of the more spectacular
demonstrations of the conservation agi-
tation. He was a true believer IN the
common people of whom he was one,
and all his work was for them. The
nation and the world will be the better
for his having lived"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04

The Groton Times says: 1.-The deer
hunting season will soon open and the
army of hunters will then tramp the
forest and field for shot at the sly and
elusive deer, which to lovers of nature
lend enchantment and beauty to our for
ests and make our scenery doubly at
tractive. Hunting with the high
powered rifles now made, keeps up the
list of slaughtered deer from year to year
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-10-04
Estate of
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Norton
Commissioners Notice

COHIHIIbr1Ohert NOIICb.
The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Hon. Probate Court for the District of Addiso
commissioners. to receive, examine and adjust thS
claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Elizabeth H. Norton, late of
Orwell. in said District, deceased and
all claims exhibited in offset thereto. hereby give
notice that we will meet for the purpose afore-
said at the First National Bank of Orwell. in the
town of Orwell in said district, on the 18th day
of October and It'll day of March next, from
O'Clock p. m, until clock p. M. each of said
days and that six months from the 7th day Of
September, A. d. 1912, is the time limited by sail
court for said creditors to present their claims to
US for examination and allowance.
Da ed at Orwell VT, this Goth day of September
A. D.. 1912.
% p b L . Wells Eens., Commissioners
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-12-12
Interesting Sidelights
.ssss.-:.....s.:s....

After the swearing il. then for the
eussing ont, Washington Post
The small boys good behavior Is
getting very near he crisis Butte
Ainer
Ii India me coz Is sacred. il
this country it Is the hen Toledo
Blade
Nos watch for improved editions
log the Congressional Record Allan
Ia Constitution
d. union there is s-rens1h-until
Boston Herald
4 plain. blunt man. Colonel Henry
Watterson uOW speaks Of British
suffr4gettes as -she devils Hart
ford Times
Moths nested ii the furry hat o.
a man living on ThIrteeath street.
tie is nov using a hair tonic on III
Minneapolis Journal
Having read how the richest men
in the world made their money II
i easy for the resi- q Is 70 60 and
DO likewise SIreling Standard
Nov that the Panama congress
has taken recess. the United States
congress can get in the umelighr.-
Nashville Tennsssean-
Ferdinand tsar d the BuIgarians.
is 50 elaled over the success Of his
,rri1Ts that he permits them 10 call
him Ferd Isl Louis Giose
Los Angeles compels rs students
IN the cooking school 70 eat their
own pies Talk about raising a gen
Grafton Of dyspeplics. = Cincinnati
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-12-12

Tribune.
shades Of Annie Laurie the Pair
Maid Of Perth ard Highland Mzry
3 scotch suffragette Jhrew 3 shoe
At = Judge Of Aberdeen Kansas City
Times
Even those Of Us who are schooled
I'D humility find il good deal
easier 70 forgive our enemies after
they begin trading with us--Galves
ton Ness.
One Of these college savanLs pro
poses 70 teach wives how 10 spend
money Only one guess Is permitted
a. 20 whether he Is married or not
Cleveland Leader.
Congress is 10 spend most q its
time AZ the short session spending
a billion dollars. Most people think
ID wouldn't take them that long ID
decide Kansas City star
Ii Is understood that the original
Wilson man viii BE- rewarded with
an office. if there should be offices
enough 10 FIJI the kan
sss City Journal
Members Of the Swedish pzrlia-
ment we're poisoned b. arsenic IN
wallpaper which suggests one Way
10 force the adjournment Of an Iln-
desirable legislative body Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Another great blow 10 business has
been struck b the p0stoffice depart
ment Il wont LET any euterprising
concern have monopoly on the
kind Of packages required for the
parcels post Indianapolis News
Hiram Maxim. who is working on
a silencer for street cars. Is shifting
a cold trail What is really needed
Is a silencer for pianolas and graphic
phones. or. peradTenture for the
street car whistler.-Deuve Times.
A new kind Of religion has been
developed in Chicago In which no
he'll Is recognized. That's the sort
Of religion the Chicagoan needs If
his future happiness Is 20 be taken
into Onsiderati0n. - Bardolph News
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-12-12
A Fool For Advice

for mining stocks MANAGEMENT Of the companies
investor does not profit The writer admits that mining men
y Investments "a mines or even prospects oui u ne whole
member q ne gntsehHesl public profted from
three mines N the Tonopsh paying today
strength Of Jim Buffers buTos lucky strike For winner
other fellows game Let him pay san Francisco Examine
Californian money
mother
Whose bun the Palace
money lined Mob Hin ~h palaces that the the vords
Whence the Floods
ana eorOIary Of
spring Of success that projected the Union Pacific the Southern Pae
TIC and Central Pacific Wells
o an
perussi the
refresh the Dennis
the San Francisco
ho are supposed 70 Dc oFeroudened ~h ereuy and lack q conf
dencenot Judgment metropolitan
newspaper admitted such
nos % preach TO admit with foolhardy malice he
three Perhaps
DOnoshue includes
that gentleman knoE that his bread and butter
payeheek b
mines the world has
ton than the day il bought By
What sydney
Europe with wealth that paed fires Is
fiction the outpuing to-day
rate Of s25eoo00o
Are the Nome Juneau spo
Lake Bingham Denver P
owed their erfs,a.ea - ,n ,., - In s,s. an s ~
dendsr $500
eoo0oo produced not the
chlnnera OF uldcsttars but concrete fact ,bt - at -r
Nevada
the BatteboFn
rot as the foregoing extract from m columns
the Examiners
his depth IN q Of
Philadelphia discussed by
the space years The To
nopah AininN reaped
harvest Of 'sse9oe dividends built
paid for itself The per divt
dend ne supplied the nant
ne M he construction q me Nevadacafornia Power
poraon which has expanded
tends from igoe Manhattan Bishop California with
subsidiaries Bode and doan
through the San BeFnardno
Cleaned
Of had
core This responsible
sands q soeaed pole line
under cultivation and raised the valuation
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-12-12
DOCUMENTS FILED WITH
COUNTY RECORDER

The following documents we're
filed today wIgh the county recorder
Proof Of labor A " Hodsen.
Snowflake No. ! and 2. and sally
claims. situated In unknown mining
district.
Notice Of conveyance r. La.
throp = al 10 r. n Lathrop. SNOW.
fake 10. l and and sally claims.
situated IN unknown mining dis
trict-
Proof e labor "a Rieschke. New
Year and Overland claims ia the old
Reyeil.e mining district
Deed Fl Marine 10 Mrs G.. Dun.
woody. lots and in block 4. To
nopah Consideration SO
Patent-Sfare Of Nevada 10 FL.
ward Clifford. 40 acres Of section 5.
township ! north. range As east.
Power Of attorney-A. NJ. Lebeau
to H. Bebeau, TO sell mining prop.
erty.
Deed &C. A. Haller to A. B. Mes.
tor e al Clipper group. Considera.
tion $500.
Deed A Halter ct al TO A. b
Nesbor et al Misletoe claim, Bull
frog mining district Consideration
$500
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-12-12

years $500 acre This ap
uabe California lands b laid
directly a he q O Nevada
nexhzusfibie Reference
recently printed Of mining companies
piled b. such
contained the Examiner The
financial Of The san Fran
correspondence school
Journalism mining before attempt
ing others mining investments
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-12-12

Certificates OF location on sale al
the BONANZA office.
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07

woman thank the man who gives up his
seat in q public conveyance to her and
stands while she sits at her ease. Again
and again 1t is a gray-haired man who
resigns his corner to q young girl. Once
in perhaps twenty times she thanks him
usually fippantly, as she might speak TO a
boy OF her own age. One girl declined
TO deprive a feeble oid man OF his seat. col-
oring prettily as she said: Thank you
ever so much! But am not going far and
don't mind standingF'
! could have given her my place and
kissed her besides, had not convention
ality forbidden the expression Of admi-
ration and affection. did murmur Thank
YOU" as she took her stand in the aisle at
my side. She coiored again and smiled I
have wondered since II she had the least
idea why 1 thanked her. The exercise Of
small, sweet courtesies was evidently
habitual
The Washington herald., 1912-04-07
Experience in Courtesy.

II had thought the structure caphous an
incident that occurred a day or two later.
in my own experience, might have modified
my judgment
Escorted by a member Of my own fam
fly i boarded a street car so close upon
the rush hour" that every seat was
filled A man sitting near the door arose
and offered his place to me- In accepting
It I said-as It seemed TO me naturally:
Thank you! you are very kind!"
Ny escort had raised his hat in acknowl-
Idgment of the courtesy and also thanked
the stranger. As 1 spoke he glanced at me
as II surprised-why / could not guess.
Leaning down from the strap to which he
hung, few moments later, he said In my
ear:
DO you know, / have not heard q woman
thank a man for surrendering his seat to
her for at least six months? 1t struck
my ear as a sentence in a foreign tongue"
Since when have made careful note Of
the number Of times that have seen a