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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-21
Will Investigate Strike.

The committee on buildings and
grounda OF the board OF education will
meet at the new high school building
this morning at 9 O'Clock 10 make an OF
flciai Inspection OF the progress OF con-
struction and 10 examine into the cOndi-
lions existing by reason OF the strike
troubles among the Iaborers
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-21
Mohler Visits Here,

A. J.. MohIer president of the Union
Pacific system, with headquarters in
Omaha, with q few friends, is IN Salt
Lake CITY on one OF his regular routine
trips over the road. He Is accompanied
by his brother. George Mohler OF Spo-
kane: BY w. NJ. Burgess OF Omaha, and
Mr.. Mohler's secretary. l. -. Lyle The
party will leave today on the return
trip.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-21
May View Body.

All friends wishing TO view the body
Of the late James ". Skinner. aged So
years. who died MAY II. 1913 can do so
AT the funeral parioTs Of Joseph WIZ
liam Taylor, 25S South West Temple
street Wednesday from . To 8 p. IN. The
body will he shipped 20 Stanford. III.
Thursday afternoon over the Oregon
Short Line
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-21
Farewell Testimonial Planned

\ missionary farewell will be rendered
Elder Daniel Y. Spencer, who leaves soon
for Germany a mission for the Nor
mon church. at whitney hall Friday
evening at Sis. An appropriate pro-
Gramne las been arranged, after which
dancing will bo In order
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-21
Idea Proposed.

The effect OF tie decision in It's applI-
cation TO curb and gutter extension No.
20. in which the city now has $40. 400
lied up, will be to release about half that
amount which will then become avail
able for the carrying on of the reservoir
projects in Big Cottonwood canyon. Work
must be done on the reservoir sites this
year II the city's rights are TO be pre-
served. and the commissioners have been
casting about for many days for a way
OF raising the necessary cash. all surplus
having been exhausted by improveme nts
previously authorized.
Several days ago the idea of withdraw
Ing SIS 900 of the $50. 900 appropriated
for curb and gutter extension No. 20
entered the minds OF the commissioners
and the city attorney was asked for an
opinion as to whether such action would
infringe the constitution, wherein it
is provided that no debt shall be in
Cured in excess OF the taxes for the cur
rent wear.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-21
Report Sneak Thieves.

Three complaints OF the activities OF
nocturnal sneak thieves were made TO
the police yesterday morning. g J Ca
port OF 1927 Brooks avenue told OF the
from his rooGs. Gust Holso. a COW
boy, complained that $50 had been sto-
Zen from his room AT the Norge rooming
house.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-21
MAY GET MONEY FOR
RESERVOIR PROJECT
City Attorney Holds Part OF
Improvement Appropria-
tion Can Be Used.
BELIEVES PLAN Is LEGAL
To Specify Part Of Curb and
Gutter Extension Work
for This Year.
BELIEVES PLAN is LEGAL

Tie financial s;ringency in which the
city has found Itself recently. SO far as
concerns ready cash FOR necessary water
improvements. was br!Gsed yesterday by
the city attorney who advised the street
commission in written' opinion that the
city Is not bound by law 10 appropriate
n one Time the full amount FOR any one
Improvement authorized during the cur
rent wear.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10
NORTH DANVILLE
Mrs. Jemima Green Seriously Ill
The Visitors of the Week

Mrs. Jemima Green is seriously i'll
at this writing. Her son, Harvey Var
mum, and wife of Jacksonville were
called here Sunday, and her grand
daughter, Mrs H. Chamberlain of
Nashua, N. H., is here on account of
her sickness.
A. L. Massey of St. Johnsbury
and Miss Grace Rice of City Island,
N. Y, were in the place, Sunday.
H. S. Clark was with friends in
st. Johnsbury a few days last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Allen and
three children of North Walden were
at D. A. Langmaid's Sunday visit
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Partridge of
Peacham visited her sister and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sanborn,
Thursday.
Mrs. Walsh, who has been at Will
liam RObinsOn's the past two weeks,
has gone to her home in Danville.
Mrs. Mead of st. Johnsbury who
has been caring for Mrs. James john
son, has returned home.
Mrs. Jack Miller visited her niece,
Mrs. Ward ellis and family a few
days last week.
Mrs. o. H. Stevens has returned
lIOn Iu6 D6dCH. I1ST S1SIefs MISS
Clara Anderson of Grinnell, Iowa,
is visiting her for ten days. Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens and Madam
Stevens and Miss Anderson were at
George Massey's in st. Johnsbury.
Madam Stevens will spend the week
with Mrs. Massey, her granddaugh-
ter.
Arthur and Ralph Emmons who
have been visiting their grandfath-
er at DrummOndville, P. O., have
returned home.
Miss Florence Clifford spent Sun
day at G. G. Massey's.
E. H. Jameson who was called
home from Farnham by the death
of Mrs. Jamieson's mother, went
back Saturday.
Miss Pearl Parker, Mrs. w. R.
Bell and Franklin Bell of Lunen-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10
The Farmers and Banking

Much is being said about agri-
cultural credits and the securing of
money by the farmer at low rates of
interest. Much of the talk is of lit
tie value because the talker under
stands so little about credit and safe
methods of loaning money. The
banks, which are the great lenders
of this country, in this vicinity are
as ready to loan farmer money for
short terms as any other class OF
business men. But they have to study
carefully his credit the same as that
of a business man when he asks a
loan. The real difficulty is that a
man experienced in making loans
may not rate a persons credit as
high as the would-be borrower does.
Often, too, the established rules of
the bank which are based on the
general conditions Of loaning do not
allow as much credit as certain in
dividuals really deserve.
But the farmer borrowing of the
bank has to pay six per cent inter-
est on his loan and many feel that
is too much. 1t is stated that the
German farmer is getting his money
for four and a half per cent and in
some instances lower than that. This
makes the German system a matter
of interest. 1t seems the plan is
for several farmers to pay a mem
bership fee of $3.50 and organize
a bank under the laws of Germany.
When the members have made their
initial payment on a share of bank
stock worth $500. they are entitled
to draw 500 each, provided the
total sum does not exceed five per
cent of the assessed value of all the
members combined property. The
liability of a member of the bank
for its Indebtedness extends for two
and one-half years after his with
drawal from the membership. A
savings department is maintained
and the bank pays the depositors
three and three-fourths per cent in
terest and the charge to borrowers
is four and one-half per cent. But
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

during the winter months, when the
farmer does not need the money, it
is loaned to the central banks for
four per cent on call loans, four and
one-quarter per cent on loans for
six months and four and one-half
per cent for twelve month loans.
Each member of the bank has one
vote, except the treasurer, who has
a salary but no vote. Complete pub
icity of all details regarding ~the
loans is maintained among the mem
bers.
There has been a large growth of
these Institutions in Germany and
so careful have they been in making
loans that losses are exceedingly
rare. AS the banks gain financial
strength they have acted as the
cooperative agent for the members
buying collectively supplies in the
spring getting good prices and good
materials. In the fall it purchases
the crops of it's members and acting
as a wholesaler gets the best prices
for them. In one town ii has started
a cooperative electric society which
furnishes power to consumers for
two and one-half cents per killowatt
hour and five cents for light and
has financed several other COM
munity enterprises which enable its
members to get their material at
the lowest possible cost.
1t looks like a very attractive
thing for the farmer but it prob
ably will be some time before Yer
mont farmers will enjoy the bene-
fits of such an institution. In the
first place there must be a spirit of
cooperation developed that would
make the organization possible.
Then there would need to be a law
allowing the organization of this
kind of banks. Further depOsitors who
would be satisfied with three and
three-fOurths per cent interest must
be found. If these things could be Sc
cured there would be little doubt
about the rest as the Vermont farm
ers might be depended upon to adopt
rules for loans that would protect
themselves. and at the same time
help the borrower. 1t would not
mean that every farmer who wanted
money could borrow all he desired,
but any man whose credit is good
could get the money absolutely need
ed for the conduct or development of
his business at a lower rate of inter
est than he does now. 1t is a pro-
ject worthy of careful study and in
time may come to the farmers of
Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10
The Law and Justice

a court is established as a disin-
terested tribunal before which the
facts in a dispute between two par
ties may be presented and a decision
made which shall give justice to
each of the parties. Such an insti-
tuition is of incalculable benefit to
any civilized community and is
worthy of public confidence and sup
port. But there is a we'll established
feeling among citizens that the
courts do not live up to the condi-
lions imposed upon them at the time
of their creation, that the methods
of procedure have become so tech
meal that injustice instead of justice
is frequently the result. This opin-
ion is we'll expressed editorially in
the London Times while discussing
the address of w. H. Taft before
the American Bar Association at
Montreal. 1t said
Just as Americans have over-elab-
GRATED machinery for politics till
the Democracy at times seems al
most bound and helpless in it's tolls,
so they have magnified the proceed
ure and mere technicalities of law
until justice is in danger of being
thrust backward and lost sight of.
What the United States needs more
than anything else is a reformer of
the Jeremy Wentham type to restore
common sense to its codes and sim
plicity to their administration.
In criminal procedure especially,
Americas today is very much as
ours was in the time of the Stuarts.
1t is hopelessly enmeshed in techni-
calities, and neglects justice and
perspective in the. chase after i'm
possible infallibility of form.
1t is this fetish of the worship
of forms and rules that has made
judicial procedure in America
handicap to justice and a comfort
to criminals, and too many decisions
of state courts on social, industrial,
and constitutional issues seem to
have been formed with the same
quibbling spirit.
They have lost touch with life;
they have grown petrified in petit
Jogging distractions; and no prob
lem that confrOnts the American
people is more urgent or cuts deeper
than the problem of how to lead
them back to reality and common
sense.
That these evils are not confined
to the United States cannot be sue
cessfully maintained after the Thaw
in Canada. In face of
the plain law that a person who has
been in an insane asylum within
five years cannot enter Canada, this
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10
SOUTH RYEGATE
(Too late for last week


Mr.. Andreoletti in company with
another Italian has bought the house
on Pleasant street, owned by Mrs.
T. S. Longmore.
T. S. Longmore for many years
quarry foreman for M. H. Gibson,
has resigned, having bought the
himself.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Simpson went
to Middlebury last week to visit Mrs.
Simpsons brother.
Miss Alice Smith and John Met
calf entered Peacham Academy last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rowland OF
Cape Cod, Mass, came Monday to
spend the week at c. M. Libbey's.
Mr.. Rowland was principal of the
high school here several years ago.
Miss Mary Patterson of Barre
spent the weekend with Miss Hattie
McAllister.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. S. Love spent
Sunday at A. T. Beaton's on their
way home from Lake .Morey to
Barre.
Mrs. S. Mills and son, Samuel,
went Friday to Brookfeld to visit
for few days.
Miss Ida Rosa of Quincy, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank
Rosa.
Misses Marguerite and Helen
Grove. spent last week with their
aunt, Mrs. Norman Morrison, at
Barre, returning Saturday.
Miss Beatrice Pierce who is TAX
ing a nurses training course at
Maiden, Mass, came Saturday to
spend her vacation with her aunt,
Mrs. T. S. Longmore.
The village school opened Tues
day with Miss Martin as the new
teacher in the grammar room and
Miss Lord of North Thetford in the
intermediate and Miss Lillian Guild
of this place in the primary room
as last year. Misses Lord and Mar
tin will board with Mrs. George Ro-
ben.
The Embroidery Club met last
week Tuesday, p. M, with Mrs. S.
Mills
Mrs. S. J. Eastman of Hardwick
spent several days here last week
with Mrs. T. S. Gray.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10
A Word to Correspondents

Many of our readers and more
particularly town correspondents,
were disappointed last week to see
no news from their town in the Cal
edonian and we feel a word of eX-
PLANTATION is due. Four pages of
the paper are printed Tuesday
mornings and that part of the pap
er cannot be changed in any way
after that time. Very often we have
to print matter of a general nature
that is not of so much interest to
our readers as local news from their
own town would be. But the local
correspondent has not sent the
weekly letter in time to have it set
for these four pages which are
printed Tuesday. So we have to use
the general matter and run our
chances Of getting the town news in
on the four remaining pages. Often
some important thing happens or
some advertiser brings in a larger
advertisement than expected and we
do not have the room we expected.
The result is part of the news we
have in type cannot be printed
We have studied much how to
remedy this difficulty, and have not
arrived at a satisfactory remedy,
The editor never can tell on Tues
day morning how much news or how
much advertising he will have so
can not tell just how much space he
should have. 1t would help much
however, if every correspondent
would when possible, get his news
letter to this Office on Mondays If
anything important happens on
Monday or Tuesday call The Gale
DOMAIN office at our expense and tel
ephone us about it. In this way
we can plan better how much news
we shall have and be more sure to
get it in the paper. Be sure to
remember to telephone about any
important matter like an accident,
the death of a prominent townsman
or fires and we will maintain our
reputation for giving the people of
Caledonia county the most Caledonia
county news of any paper in the
world
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10
EAST CABOT

Misses Maidene and Merna Wal
bridge of Cabot were recent guests
at Charles Austin's.
Mrs. John Dunn is home from
Mary Fletcher hospital, Burlington,
where she went for an operation
for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orvis Hale of ST.
Johnsbury were visitors at Robert
Barr's over Sunday.
Ella Clark is working at John
Dunn's.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Odekirk of Bos-
to nspent Thursday at r. S. Bars
o. H. Heath and wife of Cabot
were at 1. G.. Peck's, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Nelson of
Cabot spent Saturday at Robert
Barr's.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

The fish and game law requiring
any one not a citizen of the United
States to pay a non resident license
for hunting in Vermont is to be
tested in Barre where an Italian who
has lived in that city for ten or
twelve years, but has never been
naturalized, has been refused res
ident's license. 1t might seem to
some that living so long in a town
would entitle a man to the same
license his neighbor who is a citizen
of this state can secure. But this
Italian has for a long term of years
enjoyed the free public schools, the
use of free public highways and
streets on the same terms as the
citizen who is subject to jury duty,
to a draft for military service and
many other duties of citizenship. He
has enjoyed privileges the citizen
does not have and it does not seem
unreasonable that he should pay an
extra charge for some of the special
privileges he desires.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Mr.. Hawkinson, the road COM
missioner, informs us that the town
has road drags and they were used
on the main highways previous to
the big washout late in July. He has
been unable to use them since then
because since the roads have been
repaired it has been so dry drag
is no benefit. We make this state
ment in justice to Mr.. Hawkinson
as we did not know a drag had been
used in this town when we made
our criticism last week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

The successful determination of
the fish in Silver Lake, Barnard, a
body of water sixty-five acres in ex-
tent, preparatory to stocking it with
trout is doubtless the fOrerunner OF
such operations in other ponds and
lakes in the state. There are many
natural trout waters where the trout
have been driven out by perch and
pickerel that could be treated the
same way and greatly increase the
good trout fishing in the state.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

man with wealthy relatives back of
him, fees from New York asylum
there and defies deportation through
legal technicalities. The whole his
tory of his case has been one of the
greatest disgraces to law and justice
of recent years.
To our mind the most urgent duty
before the members of the bar and
the justices of the courts is to mod
ernie and simplify procedure so
justice can be done rather than
evaded in our courts.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Two years ago there was consid-
cradle talk of erecting a cold stor-
age plant at Wells River, but it mas
not been done. 1t might be a good
thing for the Caledonia County
Farmers Association to investigate
the feasibility of a similar plant at
St. Johnsbury where the produce of
the country could be sent, graded
and shipped in large lots to the most
profitable markets to be found. A
trainload of Caledonia county pota-
toes, butter or other agricultural
products would be an advertisement
that would attract the attention Of
successful business men everywhere.
1t is worth thinking about.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

- The new pubic service commits
sion evidently is going to work on
the telephone problem just the way
the old commission intended to, give
the companies a chance 10 pc heard
before any orders are issued. This
is fair and if the telephone business
is not fairly conducted the public
will know it and the commission
can act intelligently in the matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Here is the tribute of Pres. Ben
ton of the University of Vermont to
st Johnsbury business men. While
speaking at a dinner of the Burl1ng-
ton Merchants Association he said:
Neither have 1 found conservatism
among your business men. Not in
the boom days of Kansas did L see
there such enthusiasm as. among
the business men of st. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Morses Mills in Mountain school:
Miss Katie Sanborn in the Tampico
school, and Miss Ruby Ellsworth in
the Stanton.
Benjamin and Anna Stanton and
Edith Clifford and Harold Gadapee
entered the Academy at st. Johns
bury Tuesday on their first year s
work
William Hamilton of st. Johns
bury spent Sunday in the place with
friends
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Two Vermont fairs last week had
serious accidents to the aviators,
one being fatal. Let us hope Gale
donna county fair will not be the ira
ditional third in the chain of air
accidents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Mrs. Jack Ralston OF Plainfield
visited at her fathers, M. J. Bea-
tons, Friday.
M. ]. Beaton has gone to Canada
to visit relatives. Mrs. Beaton will
accompany him home.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10
Tudor Tea

The biggest selling tea in Boston
comes to you in an inexpensive yell
low package that keeps in OIL fra
GRANGE. Advt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Local notices, wants, for sale, etc.
2 cents per woId first insertion Legal
notices 10 cents a line, three inser-
tions. Probate notices $500 each for
three insertions. Dissolution, liberia
ton and similar notices $3.50 each for
three insertions Card of thanks, rs
cents. Obituary poetry, 10 cents a
line
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10
OUT OF TOWN AGENTS

BOstOn-Eagle News Co, 597 Wash
ington and 76 Summer Streets.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Foley Kidneys Pills cure obstinate
cases of kidney and bladder trouble,
rheumatism and lumbago, because
they remove the cause. You can not
take this honest curative medicine
into your system without getting the
right results. Try them. G. G.
Bingham. Adv.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

This paper is entitled to a place on
the Printers Ink Roll of Honor.
THE CALIFORNIAN co.
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Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
office as second class mail matter
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TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

Now is the time to get a new
roof or the old one repaired. A
Corrugated Galvanized Iron Roof
lasts best, costs less than shingles
and needs no painting for years.
If you need rubber roofing call
and see me. We repair and lay all
kinds of roofing. Let me show
you a Galvanized Iron Roof.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

The rs cent piece was made
famous by the American Liver
Tablets, the perfect laxative.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-09-10

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE CALIFORNIAN COMPANY,
w. J. BIgeIOw,
Editor and Publisher.
76 Eastern Avenue. St. Johnsbury, VT.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-07-17
Too Much to Expect.

Camp Meeting John Allen, the grandfather of Mime. Nordica, was for many years picturesque figure among the Methodist ministers in the state of Maine. He was good deal of a wag, and his utterances were much appreciated by both saint and sinner. At one time, having gone to Lewiston to attend quar- terly meeting, he was approached in the street by several young men who were evidently out for a good time. "Camp Meeting John,' said the spokesman, "who was the devils grandmother"
 "The devils grandmother" re- piled the old man in the quick, sharp tone so characteristic of his speech, "the devils grandmother how do you expect me to keep your family record?'