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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News o. the Town and Village Told Briefly
foT Busy Reader

Thomas Powers of School street,
who has been III is convalescing.
Born, Thursday, a son to Mr. and
Mrs. o. Partenope of North street
Mr.. and Mrs. Amyel Baker visited
in Cambridge, n. Y, yesterday.
Miss Nellie Roy of Dewey street
has returned from a brief visit in Val
ley Falls.
Ralph Connor's last book. "Corpor-
al Cameron" has been added to the
library shelves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Waite have Re
turned from visit to Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Contois Of North Adams.
L. c. Holton, the School street flor
list. has purchased of Charles Farm
ham a six-acre plot on the North Ben
nington road. The land is located
just west Of the Hicks property.
Mrs. c. S. Morse and daughter, Eli
nor. will go to Greenfield, Mass. Sat
urday morning to attend the wedding
of Mrs. Morse's nephew, Louis Lyons
and Miss Martha Wilson, which is to
take place Saturday evening. Louis
Lyons is a son Of Fred Lyons former
ly OF Bennington.
The delegates to the State Boys
Conference at Saxtons River will al
rive there at about 4 O'Clock today
and will attend a dinner given by the
ladies Of the churches of the town in
the evening. after which the organiza
ton Of the conference viii take place
at the regular evening session. over
/ gao boys attended the conference.-the
year at Springfield and this year
promises to be even larger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-17
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
sssr - rhe Town and iII<se Told Brlsfh
ens Dszss Readers

James Judge has returned from a
visit in Rutland.
John II. Leahy of Main street vi
sited in Pittsfield Thursday.
Marvin White has finished work for
the Twin State Gas and Electric com
pany.
There will be a meeting of the w.
r. c. tonight A large attendance is
desired.
Miss Victoria Temple has come
here from Averill Park to pass some
time with her mother, Mrs. John TEN
pie. of Main street.
Raymond Higgins has finished work
at the brush back factory and has
employment with the Twin State Gas
and Electric company.
Mrs. o. +. Reimer and two children
left yesterday to spend the remainder
of the winter in New York. Mr.. Rel
mer will join them there in day or
two
Mrs. Gilbert Ransom is in Hoosick
Falls, where she was called by the
illness of Mr.. Ransom's mother.
While there she is the guest Of Mrs.
Dean Brown.
The funeral of Lorenzo Brown was
held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon
from his late home in North Benning
! ton, Rev. w. !. Coburn Officiated. The
bearers were members Of the family
George +. Donnelly has returned
from Pittsfeld, where he has beer
1 leading the orchestra at the Empire
theatre for a few days during the alb
sence Of the director
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-17

ing refreshments were served. Sew
eral members from Hope lodge, Of
Manchester were in attendance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
TEACHERS NOT ADEQUATELY
PAID

A compilation Of reports on the
remunerations of school teachers.
with statistics from 48 states shows
that the pay for the service aver
ages less than the pay of carpenters,
coal miners, factory workers and
common laborers. The average wage
of the instructors in Minnesota, in
Guiding several thousand persons en-
gagged in that useful calling, which
only attracts men and women of high
ideals and lofty ambitions, along
commendable lines, is less than that
is obtained by others whose chief
qualifications for work are main
strength and awkardness. Who will
contend that this is as it should be?
The work of teaching requires edu-
cation which is expensive to obtain.
1t calls for culture and good health
in addition as we'll as a high stand
ard of morals and uncommon gifts
of tack and disciplinary power.
These qualifications would seem to
entitle teachers to rewards common
surate with those of lawyers and
physicians. Where lies the remedy?
Should school authorities pay wages
according to the means at hand?
But the means at hand are not ade-
quite and they will not be until the
people tax themselves sufficiently to
meet the constant demand of better
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
Office Of the Board Of Education
INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT |
OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ED
CCATION OF INDEPENDENT
S. HOOL DISTRICT OF VIRGIN

MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ED
UCATION OF INDEPENDENT
S. HOOL DISTRICT OF VIRGIN
Ia, MIMI, JANUARY 18, 1913.
There being no quorum present
on January 18th at the adjourned
regular meeting, it was decided to
adjourn until January 18th.
Meeting called to order at S:15
p. m. by Chairman R. J. McGhee.
Roll call: Present, R. J. McGhee,
w. H. Eaton, Andrew Hawkinson, J.
H. Fleming, Mitchell Stewart, Lafay-
cite Bliss. Absent, c. E. Hendrick.
The minutes of the regular meet
ing of January 8, 1913, were read
and approved.
Communication was read from C.
X. Shand, architect, also an opinion
by R. J. Montague, who stated that
in his opinion Mr.. Shand was enti-
tied to per cent additional on the
Homestead school. After some dis
cussion it was moved by w. H. Ea-
ton and seconded by R. ]. McGhee
that communication be placed on
file. Carried.
Superintendent of schools made
the following recommendation:
1t is hereby recommended by the
superintendent of schools for the
Independent School District of Vir-
ginia, Minnesota, that the salary
schedule of engineers, fremen and
janitors be readjusted as follows:
Ole Klemetamo, head janitor,
Technical 80. $85. 90
Martin Myre, janitor ...... 1900
Charles Crawford, fireman-en-
6lueer S5.UO
Erving Smith, fireman-engin-
Get .....'... .So.OV
Louis Brisson, janitor, Roose
welt 1900
Henry Rorvik, janitor. ..... 1900
Thomas Carroll, janitor, John
son 5000
Ernest Geske, janitor, pri-
mary ................ 1000
H. ]. Eaton, janitor, Central 1000
Arvid T. Lostrom, janitor
North Side ............. $500 |
William Fitzgerald, atten.
officer and engineer. .. .1O5.OO
1t is recommended that Alex Austa |
be employed as janitor of the Home
stead school at a salary of $4,000
ger month unit! June 20, 1913.
After some discussion the follow
ing resolution was passed:
Resolution introduced by J. H.
Fleming: - |
l., Resolved, BY the Board of Educa-
ton, of the Independent School Dis
trict Of Virgins that the salaries Of |
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07

While the parcel post may slim
ulate mail order business it will also
greatly enlarge the territory that
may be served by local merchants.
In one respect it gives the latter a
distinct advantage. A mail order
house more than 500 miles away
must pay 81 cents to send a TO-
pound parcel through the mail. The
local merchant mailing the same
article for delivery in a 50-mile ter
ritory gets his package carried for
80 cents.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
THE TELEPHONE ORDINANCE

The ordinance which the city coun-
Gil has finally passed, which pro-
vides, through competitive bids, for
the granting of franchise for the
construction, maintenance and opera
alton of a local and long distance
telephone exchange in Virginia, goes
into very minute detail, in all its
fourteen sections and takes four and
a half long, close lined, typewriter
pages to carry it, in the form in
which it was adopted. A summary
of the ordinance:
It provides that the telephone
company may have conduits or erect
poles anywhere in the city, except
on park property, but permission
must first be obtained and it is re-
quired that the work shall be super
vised by the city engineer. The
council retains the authority to
change locations of poles or con-
Quits to be changed at any time. The
company must furnish an indemnity
bond for $4,000 to protect the city
against claim for personal or prop
centage of it's gross earnings it will
pay to the city as a license fee. The
rates to be charged for the various
kinds of service shall be specified in
the bid and shall also state what
cities near Virginia shall be connect
ed with the Virginia exchange with
out toll charge.
erty damage during the construction
of the lines.
The company, which will be the
successful bidder for the franchise,
submits as a part of it's bid, the per-
Provision is made for a board OF
arbitrators to determine what toll
line charges shall be in case of ques-
ton. The successful bidder for the
franchise shall have its local and
long distance service in operation
within nine months after authority
to install has been granted. The
rights, privileges and authority, pro-
posed to be granted are not exclu-
sive and they expire after period OF
rs years. The rights granted may
be assigned only with the consent OF
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07

THE game wardens have good
reason to believe that one logging
firm near Skibo has been feeding it's
camp crew of sixty men all winter on
venison and moose meat and part
ridges and that this one camp has
had slaughtered Tor its use, at least
sixteen moose, which as 400 pounds
to the animal means three and a
half tons of wild game meat. 1t is
also estimated that the number of
deer and moose slain by poachers is
ten or more time the number killed
by licensed hunters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07

the council and the assignee is re-
CURED to agree in writing with the
city of Virginia to be bound by all
the provisions, before the assign
ment is valid.
The grantee is required to allow
connections on it's switchboard With
any other toll line company which
uses standard equipment. The
grantee must provide space on it's
poles for police, fire alarm and cleo
trio light wires, without expense to
the city. 1t is required that the
grantee shall extend it's poles and
wires to give service to outlying dis
tricts where an average of five tele-
phones to the mile may be connected
up. The city may purchase or &C
quire the property of the grantee af-
ter period of five years. The fran
chise value is fixed at the amount of
all monies paid into the city by the
company, plus interest at per cent.
Sealed proposals or bids on the
franchise will be advertised for and
considered at the meeting of the city
council to be held March II. At that
meeting the franchise rights may be
granted to the corporation, individ-
ual or firm, accepting the rights, OBJ
legations and conditions and Offering
the most valuable consideration, in
the way of a percentage of gross
earnings. The bidders will be re-
CURED to state what particular type
!. of service it is proposed to install,
what charges are to be for local
service, for free service to COM
munities adjacent to Virginia and
what service will be given the city
hall and other departments without
charge. There is also the require
ment that telephones which the city
shall be entitled to shall be at one
half regular rates as stated in the
bid Bids have to be accompanied
by $4,000 surety bond. The city
may reject any and all bids. All
publication and advertising expenses,
in connection with the franchise
shall be borne by the corporation,
individual or individuals, whose bid
is accepted.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
fey, Mr. President.
Nays: Aldermen Heritage, Matt


Approved February 3rd. 1913.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Resolution No. $50.
City of Virginia, Mimi,
January 2Sth, 1913.
Resolution awarding job printing
ct the city of Virginia to The
Quickprint'
BY Alderman NOLAN:
Resolved, by the city council of
the city of Virginia, that the bid of
THE Quickprint" for job printing
of the city of Virginia for the year
1913 at the regular and reasonable
commercial rates, be and the same
is hereby accepted, and the mayor
and the city clerk are hereby author
lied to execute a contract on behalf
of the city covering said work upon
the furnishing by The Quickprint"
OF bond of five hundred dollars
($5O0.00) conditioned for the pro-
per performance of all work re-
CURED under this resolution.
Moved by Alderman NOLAN, sup
ported by Alderman Harvey, that
above resolution be adopted.
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage, Har-
vey, Lundstrom, Keller, NOLAN,
Mattson, McGhee, Coffey, Mr.. Presi-
dent.-9.
Nays: None.
Adcpted January 2Sth, 1913.
Approved February 3rd, 1918.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
Resolution No. SCI.
City of Virginia, Mimi,
January 2Sth, 1913.
Resolution expressing thanks to
James P. Boyle, Cleon T. Knapp and
their co-workers.
BY Alderman NOLAN:
Resolved, by the city council Of
the city of Virginia, that
Resolved, that in the prompt pas
sage by the state legislature of
Chapter Three CD of the General
Laws of 1918, for the purpose of
facilitating the completion of the
purchase of the Virginia Electric
Light & Water Plant, Honorable
James P. Boyle and Cleon T. Knapp
and their co-workers, who had
charge of said bill, gave another
evidence of the confidence and es-
TEEN in which they are held by their
fellow members of the legislature,
and of the efficient service which
they are capable Of giving and are
giving to their constituents; and
this council takes pleasure in
spreading upon its records this res
olution as an evidence of it's ap-
probation of the services rendered
by these gentlemen in behalf of the
city of Virginia in a matter in which
the people are so much interested
Moved by Alderman Mattson, sup
ported by Alderman Coffey, that
above resolution be adopted.
Ayes: Aldermen Heritage. Har-
vey, Lundstrom, Keller, NOLAN
Mattson, McGhee, Coffey, Mr.. Presi-
dent-9
Nays: None.
Adopted January 28th, 1913.
Approved February 3rd, 1913.
Moved and supported that the
council adjourn until next regular
meeting.
Carried.
M BOYLAN,
President of the City Council
ALBERT E. B1CKFORD,
City Clerk.
corporate SeaD.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07

THE man who wants to be
gambler and is not willing to be
sport and be game, is a no-good
gambler. This is the statement of
local man in discussing the case
OF the arrest of Tredennick of Eve
leth.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07

pay for teachers. The reply may
come back that the peoples school
taxes are already high enough. No
tax for education is high enough if,
economically administered, it fails
to meet the requirements of the age.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07
Attest
CITY Clerk.

~ City Clerk.
. Resolved further, that the city
clerk is hereby authorized and d.
rected to cause notice to be pub
lished in the official newspaper of the
city Of Virginia. II least twice, con-
tanning general description Of
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07

ITO be dub is foolish and it is
foolish to be dub" This is one
of the sayings in the lines of Madame
Sherry.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-02-07

THE grounding did not see his
shadow. However the homecrofters
have plenty of time yet to get their
garden tools in best order for the
spring planting.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1913-04-04

The correct treatment FOR cuts.
burns, scaIds, wounds. sores lumbago
rheumatism, or neuralgia is BAL
LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT 1t is heal
ing. penetrating and antieeptie which
is everything that is needed to effect
a complete cure. Price Csc, SOC and 81
per bottle. Sold by all druggists.-Ad
CONcORDlA LODGE f. n. OF a.
Conc0rdia Lodge, Fraterna1 Union Of
periea, meets in Yonge's Hall on the
ond Thursday evening Of each
th. Geo. L Taylor f. NJ
X Sage. Secretary Ad.
RENT Pleasant room. Large.
rs. Close in. Gentlemen. Ad-
aonabIe, care Star.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-01-23
THE JEFFERSONIAN

Winfield, that he and Charlie Stumph
were discussing in the Standard Oil
offices references in Heart newspa-
per to certain telegram from a
Standard Oil official to a politician
in Washington. The office boy, Ner-
rill, overheard their conversation
and told them that the original of
the telegram was in the files in his
possession. At their request lie
showed it to them, and the plan was
then made for stealing and selling
1t. The theft was easy and Stumph
handled the sale. From this trans
action Winfield got $1,000.
The next theft came almost by ac-
cident, at least Winfeld's share in
1T did, he said. Winfield had for
gotten his keys one night and re-
turned to the Office for them, when
he found Charlie Stumph going
through Mr.. Archbold's desk,
Stumph told him to keep his mouth
shut and he would get his share. 1t
was considerably later when the two
letter copy books were taken out
over night and "rented" for $500 to
man named Eddy, who, Winfield
thought, represented a Hearst news
paper
W1nfeld's mock arrest in Chicago
took place last month. He said:
Il was dressed and was leaving
my house when l had an encounter
with five detectives. l had reached
the sidewalk in front of the house
when the men grabbed me and asked
my name. One of the men threw
back his coat and showed his police
badge.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-01-23
Congress Investigating Frauds in

supply of oil for our refineries they
will be able to crush u.s..
MI. Wilson was emphatic in his
detailed discussion of the pitfalls
that had beset the path of the Uncle
Sam company. Among those criti-
cised in a lengthy brief he filed with
the committee, for their attitude to-
ward the company:
Judge John Pollock of the district
court of Kansas; Judge John F. Phil
lips Of the district court for Missouri;
Samuel Adams, assistant secretary of
the interior; r. P. Goodwin, assist
ant attorney general for the post
office department; David w. Mulvane
OF Kansas, and various other Off
Gals.
Mr.. Wilson said when the company
endeaVOred to get petitions from
citizens all over the country asking
President Taft to order Secretary
Fisher to approve the Uncle Sam
leases on July 4, 1912, that Secre-
tary Fisher, on July 8, gave the AS
sociated Press the false information
that said leases had been approved"
AS result of the publication Of this
information, he said, eve received
congratulations instead of petitions"
T. F, Leahy, of the Usage tribe,
corroborated that portion of Mr..
Wilson'S testimony relating to the
giving of leases to the Uncle Sam
company by the Usage tribal coun-
Gil. Members of that council, whom
he represented, were removed from
office by the Secretary of the Int
rior land new election has been
called. Mr.. Leahy asserted that the
secretary's opposition to the Uncle
Sam leases was the cause of his 'un-
authorized and summary removal" of
these chiefs.
The committee adjourned until
Monday, when Representatives of the
interior department will be heard.
The Uncle Sam company is asking
Congress to pass a bill directing the
Secretary of the Interior to approve
the disputed leases.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-01-23
NEGRO TELLS HOW ARCHBOLD
LETTERS WE'RE STOLEN.

Washington, D. C.-The CIapp
committee Investigating campaign
funds heard the direct testimony
last week as to the actual manner in
which the letters and kilograms pub
lished in the Hearst newspapers and
Hearst's Magazine we're taken from
the files of the Standard Oil Com
pany.
Willie Winfield a confidential ne
gro messenger of the Standard Oil,
and son Of butler Of John D. Arch
bold, was the witness. He told the
committee under oath, though with
evident reluctance, how he and Char
lie Stumph, also connected with the
office, and Frank Merrill, an Office
two letters, and finally carried off,
for photographing over night, two
letter copy books.
Winfield said his share of the
profits from these transactions was
supposed to be one-third, and
amounted to less than $4,000. He
told the committee, however, that he
suspected that Charlie Stumph, who
handled all the negotiations for the
sale, had defrauded him out of a
large portion of his dues.
Where Stumph sold the letters,
Winfield says, was never divulged to
him, though he saw the telegram
and the two letters and then many
other items of the Standard Oil cor
respondence printed in the Hearst
newspapers. 1t was the publication
of these other letters and kilograms
which first aroused Winields sus-
picion that Stumph was not playing
fair.
'But when my suspicious were
aroused" said Winfield, "Stumph
was too far away"
Like Gilchrist Stewart, the negro
lawyer who previously testified, Win
field told the committee an exciting
story of alleged false arrest by fake
policemen and detectives in Chicago.
Unlike Stewart, however, Winfield
did not recognize any of his captors
and he was released.
1t was during the year 1904, said
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-01-23
PAGE THIRTEEN

Il said [ was William Anderson.
AS soon as the landlady opened the
door the five Of them rushed in and
one of them stood by me while the
other four ransacked the house.
They found nothing they wanted
and released me-"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1913-01-23

Many young men have written Mr..
Watson thanking him for his "Shore
Talks to Young Men" Price, zoe,
postpaid. The Jeffersonian PubIisFI~
ing Company, Thomson, Ga.