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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-25

business Saturday between trains.
Last Wednesday, June 18th, to Mr..
and Mrs. E. Brockelsby a baby girl
was born.
We hear it said that the chautauqua
lat Denison next month will be the
best yet. Thaviu's band this season
will have twelve grand opera singers
with them.
Hon. Ed Downey. of Jackson, spent
Friday with his Vail friends.
Miss G. Barden, of Des MOines, is
here to spend the summer with rela-
tives.
James McCune, of Arion, was in
Vail Friday.
Clark Winans and son, of Odebolt,
spent Monday here with relatives.
Miss Mildred Dingman and Anna
Wahlin spent last week at Perry with
their aunt, Mrs. E. Levine.
Mrs D. Mcmahon and son, from
near Manila, were calling on friends
here Thursday.
Misses Anna Mae Dillenberger and
Hattie Voss were West Side visitors
Monday evening.
VIM. Enanbach and r. Mcguire
were at Lake View the first of last
week on business.
Thos. Dalton was caller in West
Side Wednesday on business.
Mrs. John Duffy was visitor last
Friday in Omaha.
Rev. Peter Murphy returned Friday
from a few days. visit with relatives
at Marshalltown.
Mrs. R. Friend, of Denison, was a
visitor here Friday at the Charles
Peterson home.
Miss Minnie Dalton was a Denison
visitor Tuesday.
Miss Nell Kearney was a passen.
ger to Denison Thursday.
Mrs. c. Mundy is improving her
residence property on Main street.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones, of Deni'
son. were Sunday visitors in Vail.
came down from DenisOn Saturday
evening and visited until Monday
morning with their folks.
Joe Monaghan, of Denison, was a
Vail visitor Sunday.
Mrs. NJ. Conroy. of Arion, spent a
couple of days last week in Vail at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. NJ. L.
Houlihan.
Col. NJ. R. McGrath took his depart.
ure Saturday evening for Boston
Mass, where he will meet his sister
who is there on a visit from Ireland
and who he has not seen for thirty.
eight or forty years, and together they
will visit relatives for couple OF
weeks.
Miss Mary Powers closed her term
of school in Iowa township last week
and will spend the summer vacation
in Vail with her parents.
Mrs. Brown and Mrs. H. Boeck were
Denison shoppers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed McAndrews, of
Denison, attended the funeral of the
late John Mcdonnell here last Fri
day and visited with friends and re-.
atives until Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. T. j. Kenney left Sunday noon
for Omaha, where she will be Joined
by her sister, Mrs. Thos. Cornell, and
together they will leave Monday for
Morril, Neb., for visit with their
sister, Mrs. Alice Abst.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jess Dieter and chill
dren and Miss Grace Dieter motored
to Denison Thursday on business.
Paul GrOnemeyer and Geo. Keane
made trip to West Side Tuesday.
Mrs. E. Murtaugh, daughter, Anna,
and son, Torrance, were visitors last
week in Omaha.
NJ. Kral visited last week with rel
atives at Glidden.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1913-06-25

was the guest of Vail friends Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Dingman and
two children and Mrs. ]. H. Johnson
went over to Denison Thursday in
the Dingman auto to do some trading.
Mr. and Mrs. West. of Odebolt, Wis
tied with friends here the first of last
week.
DR.. John Thompson, wife and fam
lily, of Onawa, spent the first of the
week here at the John Thompson
home.
A wrestling match in the opera
house here Tuesday evening of last
week drew very large crowd. The
match was between Jack Tolliver, of
Omaha, and Frank Halloween, of Vail,
and was won by Halloween. r. F. Cole
man, Of Omaha, refereed the match.
Miss Margaret Regain, who has been
teaching the spring term of school
near Kenwood, arrived in Vail Sat
urday evening for visit, she having
finished her school work.
Miss Goldie Atkins, of Schaller,
spent Sunday here with her aunt, Mrs.
J. H. Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McMahan and
son and Mrs. Ed McMahan and son.
of Manila, drove over and spent the
day at the Tom Powers home.
James Hill and Mart Lynch autoed
down to Carroll Tuesday evening for
visit at the P. F. Lynch home.
Mrs. Dingman, of Onawa, who has
been visiting here at the home of her
son, G. E. Dingman, returned home
last week.
DR.. Patterson, of West Side, was a
professional visitor Tuesday in VAIL
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Robertson were
calling in Denison Tuesday.
Mrs. Chas. Wood spent Saturday af-
ternoon in Denison.
Miss Edna Molseed was home from
Denison over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Magner, of
Denison, were Vail visitors Wednes-
day.
John Maloy, of West Side, spent
Sunday here.
Ed Duffy is now assistant foreman
of gang of men laying new steel for
the Northwestern.
T. j. kenney returned home the last
of the week from ten days stay at
Colfax.
Rev. James and Peter Murphy left
today (Monday) for LeMars to attend
the annual retreat for the priests Of
of this diocese. They expect to re-
turn home Friday.
Mrs. NJ. O'Reilly departed Saturday
morning for New Richmond, Wis, to
visit relatives for couple of weeks.
Lem Watts and family were over
from Boyer the first of last week WIS.,
iting friends and shopping.
Jas. Long was a passenger to Deri.
son Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Starek were
up from West Side Sunday and spent
the day with relatives.
| Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l.. Houlihan Sun
dayed at the Conroy home near Ari-
on.
Frank Paup, of Denison, was a Vail
caller Sunday.
Miss Anna Powers is spending the
week with relatives near Manila.
John Stagleman. of Woodbine, was
visiting here with relatives this week.
Mrs. Joe Duffy and Master Ray
mond spent Sunday in Carroll.
Sisters Bernadine and Avaristice
departed Sunday evening for Mount
st. Clare, Clinton, where they will
spend their vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Rowan are mourn
ing the loss of their seven months old
babe, who passed away Tuesday.
June 18th. The funeral was held on
Wednesday afternoon. Interment Was
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08

this town is on the verge of one
of the most important developments
in it's history, a development that
will greatly increase its working
force, the amount of goods produced
here, the amount OF wages paid to
workingmen here and the amount
of general business done here. This
will necessitate a great increase in
the housing facilities for working
men, in this town. 1t will require
the construction or many new homes
and they should be model homes be-
cause they are to last for genera
tions, and correct building will be
of inestimable value as the years go
by. There should be an organized
effort to get this work started be-
cause the sooner it is started the
sooner We shall be enjoying our in
creased growth and prosperity.
There is no other organization so
we'll fitted to take up this work as
the Commercial club. With all this
work waiting to be done the neces-
sity of an awakening on the part
of the members of the club must be
apparent. We hope the general
meeting planned for January will
be held and that IL will be rousing
one that will put new community
spirit and life into the hearts of the
business men of the town. 1913
should be a boosters year in St.
Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08

ed help and still the country echoes
with the cry for more farm labor
ers. Twenty-Five millions of horses
and mules are being used on the
farm and much of this work could
be done cheaper and better with
machinery.
Contrary to public opinion, the
farmer would be glad, indeed, to use
power machinery provided he were
able to find out something about it.
At present there is hardly a place
where he can look for this informa-
ton. The department of agriculture,
at present, has no means of investi-
eating the various forms of energy
suitable for the farm or for making
comparative COSTS with the various
farm machines. 1t will be the spec
ial duty of the bureau which Con-
gresham Rainey is trying to create
to take up this work at once, and
there is no doubt that such
department would be of the most
vital Importance to the entire coun-
try.
In addition to the American So
ciety of Agricultural Engineers, 9TH
er important national organizations
will support the Rainey bill. The
National Implement and Vehicle as
ISOLATION, the National Gas Engine
association and the National Electric
Light association have already TAX
en- steps to assist with the good
work. Every farmer can readily ap-
preciate a bureau of farm power
where such information pertaining
to farm machinery can be readily
secured without favor or prejudice;
where he can secure facts and fig
ures of the greatest value before he
buys gasolene engine, a gas light
ing plant or a plant for generating
electricity for light and power pur-
poses.
Among the countries which have
already adopted bureaus devoted tc
the testing of farm machinery may
be mentioned the following:
Germany: The experiment station
of the agricultural high school,
Hohenheim, Wurtenburg, makes
tests on all kinds of farm machines
to determine their suitability and
the power required to operate them.
The Agricultural Institute of the
University of Leipzig also makes the
same kinds of tests.
Hungary: The Imperial Expert
ment Station for Agriculture, Mag
yar-Ovar, Ungansh-Altenburg. Tests
newly invented agricultural ma
chimes and implements, or those al
ready in use, to determine their fit
ness for the operation for which
they were designed. Gives detailed
information on all questions relat-
ing to agricultural machines.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08
Feeling the Halter Draw

Some one has said No man who
feels the halter draw feels much
respect for the law, or words to
that effect. The Chicago Federation
of labor at a mass meeting Sunday
adopted resolutions condemning the
conviction of thirty-eight labor
leaders for the dynamite conspiracy.
Here are some of the expressions
used:-
Principal among the denuncia-
tions in the resolutions were:
Prosecution of the union leaders
was based on Irumped-up charges -
Judge Anderson was partial to
the prosecution"
'The jury was prejudiced against
the defendants and was Influenced
by government agents"
"Ihe case was an attempt of the
government to crush organized labor
by 'railroading' it's chiefs"
There is little respect for the law
here. But here are some express
sions from no less a parsonage than
the only living ex-president of the
United States after learning that
three Idaho newspaper men, who
had published some of his infiamma-
tory criticism of the findings of an
Idaho court have been sentenced to
Jail for ten days in contempt of
COURT
am outraged and indignant be-
yond measure at the infamy that
has been perpetrated in Idaho.
y
No anarchist agitator could ever
do anything against the courts COM
parable in effect to these actions of
the highest of one of our state
courts. There could be no better
proof that we need in any state the
power to recall judges from the
bench when they act badly, and that
everywhere we need to give to the
people themselves the right expedi-
tiously to make their own constitu-
tions and to be in every act the mas
ters of their own destinies.
In other words, If the court does
not do what you want done smash
the court. Of course if you feel the
halter draw you should not respect
the law. You soon would not have
any law, courts or protection but
would simply be outraged and in
dignant," a mighty judicious temper
in which to approach any public
question.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08
1913 in St. Johnsburx

While it is customary to lay out
the plans of good things for the
year on January 1, there is enough
in prospect for this village this year
to warrant comment even at this
late date. The indications are that
the village is facing the loss of one
of it's important industries before
the year ends as more favorable bus
mess conditions are promised else
where. This is regrettable but, if it
is unavoidable, will have to be &C
copied.
There is enough left here however
to claim the attention and hearty
support of every man who wants to
see the town and community grow
Outside of the village is the pos
sibility of securing an agricultural
expert to introduce improved and
more successful agricultural meth
DDS among the farmers. 1t is a work
that should be promoted by every
business man in the town as we'll as
by the farmers themselves. Any
thing that will enable the farmer to
earn more money from his farm is
sure to benefit the business man and
sure to benefit the business man and
bring more money into it. The best
organization to take up this work is
the st. Johnsbury Commercial Club
and we hope to see an active and
persistent effort on its part to bring
an agricultural expert here. Let
Caledonia county be among the first
to take this step in advance.
Then there is every reason to
believe that the main industry Of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08

best way to do this would be for
the farmer to advertise In his city
paper just what ne has to sell and
the probable daily supply. In this
way he can form regular urban con
nections and enjoy a steady and
profitable business. His customers
can order by telephone; and prices,
supplies and quantities can be dis
cussed with satisfaction to all con-
cerned. The wise farmer who has
eggs, poultry, produce, etc, to sell
will establish his trade early BY
adopting business methods Just CAS-
merchants and manufacturers %.
Thousands of city families are eager
to get into touch with the farmer
producers but do not know h0w.
The newspaper is the proper and
convenient place for the exchange
of information. IL will be the hand
maid of the parcels post.-IBurling-
ton News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08
Vermont Agriculture

The December issue of The
Crop Reporter enables us to give
another comparison of Vermont's
standing in the nation as an agri-
cultural state. We find the
value of agricultural crops in Yer
mont for the season of 1912 based
on the prices paid farmers on Dec.
/, 1912, to be, Corn, $1,296, 5000:
wheat, $4,000; bailey, $S64,000;
re. $4,000; buckwhe It. $t73.aO);
1ma.CeF, 100000; nay. $21.2Iy.-
600; oats, 1889, 1000; tobacco,
$4,000; total, $26,7O7,OOO.
The acreage of these crops
was:-Corn, $4,000; wheat, 1000;
barley, $4,000; rye, 1000; buck
wheat, 5000; potatoes, 26.OOC; hay,
1,O1O,OOO; oats, 1900; tobacco,
100; total, d,181,1OO acres. This
shows the average value per acre of
allthese crops for the last season to be
$22.61. The average value of cora
per acre was $3.50; of wheat, $24;
barley, $2S; rye, SIS; buckwheat,
$21.s2; potatoes, $77; hay, $21;
oats, $2O.64; tobacco, 1910.
The average yield of corn per
acre in Vermont was 40 bushels
compared with an average yield of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08
Free Political Advertising

We recently called attention to
the fact the government was carrying
large quantities of mail free and the
other patrons of the mail have to
pay more postage to pay this ex-
pense. Since that time the postofficC
department has issued statement
saying that free political literature
sent out in the last campaign is re-
sponsible for the deficit in that de-
partment the past year. If the mat
ter sent through the mails under
the ranking system was to pay the
regular rates it would increase the
revenues of the department $2O,OOO,-
900 and about $3,25O,000 of this
would have been for political docu-
political speeches, reports and docu-
ments. This matter consisted of
complete political campaign book,
all of which had been made techni-
cally frankable by insertion in The
Congressional Record" 1t is esti-
mated that total weight of this
franked matter was between 7,OOO,-
900 and 100000 pounds, all of
which was transmitted as first class
mail.
Commenting on these figures Post
master-General Hitchcock, who has
long urged that restrictions should
be thrown around the use of the
Thanking privilege said:
The unusual expense entailed up
on the postal service through the
transportation by mail of the great
amount of political matter during
the primary campaign created a tenn
porary deficit for the first time in
two years, the total expenditures 70
the fiscal year of 1912 aggregating
$248,525,O 1000, while the total reve-
nues amounted to $246, 744, 600.
Had it not been for the cost of carry
ing franked political mail the pos
tai account would have shown a
surplus of more than $1,0OO,O00 in
stead of a deficit of $1,781, 900. And
this surplus 1 have indicated would
have been developed notwithstand-
ing the fact that the compensation
of postal employees was increased
during the year by an aggregate of
$6,OO0,OOO.
It is not indicated that one poll
teal party is more responsible than
another for this free use of the mail
but it will be admitted that it is
wrong to have all political parties
do free advertising through the
government ranking privileges. We
need further reform in our mail ser
vice but it must De in the legisla-
tive rather than the executive de-
partment of the government. OF
course this will not come until pub
lie sentiment demands it, therefore
one of the first steps toward further
reform is the creation of public SEN
timent on the question.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08

time IL he does his duty and the
present salary and allowance for
expenses does not meet the expense
forced upon a man who fills the
Office of governor in this ftate. Back
during the campaign we heard a
good deal about millionaire govern
ors. OF course a large share of that
talk was somewhat exaggerated, as
campaign utterance is likely to be,
but the fact remains that Vermont
has had only one poor man COVER
nor in many years and he practical
ly bankrupted himself in trying to
live up to the standards forced Oh
him by the position. If the people
of Vermont wish to continue to
choose their governors wholly from
the wealthy class and to debar a
poor man from holding the Office,
then the action of the house will be
approved. If, however, the citizens
of Vermont want to be able to elect
their governors with a view to abil-
ity and regardless of wealth the,
should at least be willing to pay a
mans reasonable expenses while in
office and that was all the Laird
bill provided.-[ bennington Ban
ner.
Chance for Farmers
While legislators and public men
are talking interminably about do
ing something to help the farmers,
the coming of the parcels post will
give the farmers a splendid chance
to help emselVes-which, in our
humble opinion is pretty much ali
they ask for or need.
The parcels post will give Ameri-
can farmers a great opportunity to
furnish their products direct to
consumers. In England, where the
system has been in operation for
many years, it is customary fol-
every city family to receive part OF
it's produce direct from the farms
This not only gives the farmers a
direct market that can be regularly
counted upon but also insures the
consumer against cold storage pro-
ducts and eliminates the cost OF
handling. Now the American farm
er has an excellent chance to pros
per by borrowing a leaf from his
British cousins book.
AS to the method of operation,
in detail, an excellent point is made
by the Providence Tribune. Ever!
farmer within reasonable distance
of a city should install telephone
if he lacks that convenience, and
make arrangements to send daily
supply of produce to the city. The
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-08

29.2 bushels for the whole United
States. The average yield in YER
mont is given first and that for the
whole country second in the fol-
lowing crops: Wheat Is and 15.9
bushels; barley 35 and 1877; rye
20 and 1853; buckwheat, 80 and
%; potatoes, 140 and 1874; oats,
43 and 37.4; hay, LIS and LAT
tons; tobacco, 100 and 7S5, 5
pounds.
These figures show that Yer
mont's yield per acre of her most
important crops is above the aver
age for the country. The large
acreage of buckwheat and the val
ne of an acre of buckwheat COM
pared with the value of an acre OF
corn makes one wonder why farm
ers raise so much buckwheat.