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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
JOSEPH N. AYRES
To Be HEALTH
OFFICER
Has Received Appointment
From State Board
SUCCEEDS H. L. STILLS0N
Retiring Official Had Served Twenty
Three Years and Made Record
for Efficiency.

Joseph M. Ayres has been appoint
ed health officer for the town of Ben
nington to succeed Henry l.. Stillson,
who recently resigned because of
failing health. DR.. c. S. Caverly Of
Rutland, chairman of the state board
of health, was in the village a few
days ago to confer with Health Off
Ger Stillson in relation to his retire
ment and TO investigate the situation
regarding the coming vacancy.
Mr.. Ayres, who is Il registered phar
macist of several years experience
and therefore in the possession of
trained knowledge that will be of value
in his new position was given the
endorsement not only of large ma
jority of the local physicians, but also
of many prominent citizens and Off
Gals.
The retiring health officer has held
the position for % consecutive years
which is PROBABLY one of the longest
records, If not the longest, of its kind
in the state. He was especially fit
ted for the position because of educa-
ton and experience Mr. Stillson came
to Bennington from Poultney in 1871
following five years as a member of
the staff OF the Rutland Herald He
was educated at the Troy conference
academy and at the Eastman bust
ness college in Poughkeepsie Soon
after coming to Bennington, he be-
came associated with the Bennington
Banner and the thorough acquaint-
ance with the people and the condi
tions of the community acquired in
the newspaper business served to
add to his already excellent equip
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06

3Sx5l H. This assembly hall extend
ing through Into the third story. The
third floor contains a lecture room %
x46 IT.: physical laboratory; a chemi-
cal laboratory; biological laboratory
and drawing room.
This building was planned by Z. G.
& G. c. Gardner, architects, Spring
field. Mass. Il now accommodates $50
pupils. II has been in use three years
and cost complete $4,000. Il is OF
red brick, terra Gotta and stone trim
mings. and finished substantially in
the same manner as the Gilbertville
building as reported in Mondays pa
per. II might cost $4,000 TO build il
now.
n the object In Bennington is to
provide for a social center. IN con
nection with a new high school build
ing Il is suggested that Il would be
much better 10 arrange for the Assem-
bly, ball on the first floor
We need your cooperation.
The School Board,
II. H. Webster. Secretary.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
EDWARD o. TOWNSEND
Native Of Bennington Who Had Pass
ed Life In LAUNDERING

Edward o. Townsend died Wednes-
day night at his home on Branch
street extension, following years
illness Of Bright's disease. He was
GO years of age.
Mr.. Townsend was native of Ben
nington and had always resided in
town. He had always followed the
lumberig business and was well
known in the community and gener-
ally well liked.
Surviving are three sons, George
Townsend of Pittsfield, Walter and
Charles Townsend of this town, and
three sisters, Mrs Frank Allen, Mrs.
Nancy Rice of Bennington and Mrs.
Elsie Eddy of East Wallingford.
The funeral will be held from the
home of Mrs. Frank Allen of County
street, Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
The burial will be in the village ce-
metery.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
BARS LIQUOR SHIPMENTS
Congress to Get Bill vetoing Con-
signment to Prohibition States.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Early action
in Congress on the Interstate ship
ment of liquor into prohibition or To-
cal option communities is expected,
now that the House-Committee on
the Judiciary has reached an agree
ment to report tomorrow the measure
known as the Webb bill.
The bill as amended would divest
all intoxicating liquors of this inter-
State commerce character when ship
ped into another State for use in vi
olation of any law of that State. Rep
resentative Webb of North Carolina
will ask the Rules Committee to re-
port special rule providing for
prompt consideration of the bill.
Without such rule, limiting debate
and fixing a time for action, it would
be impossible to put through legisla-
ton of this character.
There are strong opponents OF the
Webb and Kenyon bills in Congress,
but sentiment in the House seems to
be overwhelming in favor of the
principle of the Webb bill It's au-
thor said tonight that he believed 1t
would pass by ten to one vote. An
endeavor will be made to have the
Webb bill taken up for passage by
the House on Saturday. The Senate
has adopted an order providing f..
the consideration of the Kenyon
Liquor bill on Monday.
The Kenyon bill as originally intro
duced was identical with the Webb
bill, but the Senate committee added
a section providing for the seizure of
liquor upon its arrival at the bound
AIRY of a prohibition or local option
State. This is regarded as of doubt
full wisdom and constitutionality, and
was not included in the House meas
ure.
The states of Georgia, Kansas.
Maine, Mississippi. North Carolina,
North Dakota, Tennessee. and West
Virginia have prohibition laws. I'm
der the Webb bill it would be unlaw-
full to ship liquor into those States.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06


H. 65--An act to amend section
1872 of the Public Statutes relating to
the system Of voting.
H. 107-An act to amend sections
/ and of No. 10 of the Acts of 1908,
entitled "An act to create the office
of nursery inspector and to prescribe
his Duties" and to fix the salary OF
said Inspector
H. Alan act to amend section 1863
of the Public Statutes, as amended
by No. Of the Acts of 1903, relating
to assistant clerks.
H. 477-An act to enlarge the pow
ers Of fire district No. in Dorset.
H. 518-An act to amend section
1875 of the Public Statutes, relating
to the sale of commercial fertilizers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
WEATHER FORECAST.
Probabilities for this section for the
Next "a Hours.
For eastern New York and western
Vermont fair tonight and Friday.
Successful Expedient.

Il tried to sing my youngest boy 70
sleep" said Senator Sorghum. but II
wouldn't work. Then l told him a
story. and that wouldn't work either"
How did you get him to sleepY
My wife came to the rescue with
one Of her clever suggestions. deliv.
cred one OF my speeches to him.
Washington Star.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
MAKING II Easier.

George Dinglebat, isn't this the
ninth time you have asked me to mar
ry your"
every likely. Laura. And say, why
can't we have an understanding in the
matter-a division Of labor, as 1t wereI
i'll do the asking. and you keep tab"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
Na,ur.,. Me,hod..

Nature is no spendthrift. but takes
the shortest way to her ends. AS the
general SAYS 10 his soldiers. III you
want a fort build a fort" so nature
makes every creature do its own work
and get its living. be II planet animal
Or tree--Emerson.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
The Real Thina.

ADO these emotional actresses ever
shed real tears7" asked Mrs. Crouch.
between acts.
Sure" replied Mr.. Crouch. Every
now and then they hit a bum town
and get peak at the box office re-
ceipts." -Cincinnad Enquirer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
MODERN SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Description Of Turner's Falls, Mass
School Built Three Years Ago


School Built Three Years Ago
The school trustees present today
a picture Of the Turner's Falls High
School. Turner'S Falls. Mass.
This building is approximately us
xS0 II. In the basement is a gymna-
stun 47x61 It., II II. high; a room for
manual training 33x27 IT.: heating
and ventilating arrangements. two
tubular boilers being used; boys and
girls sanitaries and store room space.
The first floor contains three class
rooms, 27x33 It.. one recitation room,
20x2s It.; Supt's Office. private Of
fee: a principals room; teachers
room: storage rooms and Supt's gen
eral supply. and for the special school
supply. Special toilet rooms for the
principal Supt and teachers.
The second floor contains three
class rooms. two recitation rooms.
each 7oX2s n. and an assembly hall.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06
UTAH KILLS DIRECT ELECTION
Senatorial Proposition Loses in Up
per House by Two Votes.

Salt Lake City, Feb. 5.-A joint
Senate resolution ratifying the
amendment to the Federal Constitu-
ton providing for the direct election
of United States Senators was killed
in the Utah Senate late today. The
vote was 9 for and against the res
olution, two Senators not voting.
Both the Republican and Democra-
tic State platforms at the last cleo
ton Endorsed the amendment. All
the Democratic Senators supported
the resolution.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06

Crawford 10 do a thing well. you
know. you must do Il yourself Crab
shaw-But you miss the fun Of seeing
the other fellow wOrk--Judce-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-02-06

A helping word to one In trouble IL
often Ike a switch on q railway track
but one inch between wreck and
smooth rolling prosperity.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
sTUCK's ISLANDER.

Stuck-Rev Hudson Stuck-mission- ary. mountain climber. lecturer an, SO forth. pays his respects to the ay- craze Alaskan in his meetings down in the States. In Current Events. |, publication edited solely for school children. he says that the greatest difficulty in the work of civilizine Alaska is not the cold nor the lone liness nor the wild beasts nor the Indians. but the bad white men win, infest the territory Further he says:
 Tt is pitiful to he obliged to teach savage people not to despise the white man
 Oh. Mir. Stuck Why don't yod turn your Christian attention toward ci,ilizing the white man if he needs 1t more than the Indiano Is he hopeless@ Or are the financial re- turns too smalla
 Arehdeaeon Stuck, his fur coat trimmed with silver gray fox as he went about over Alaska prospectinc instillins in that same Indians mind a suspicion of the whites, reputed to have started the trouble at Fort Yu- kon winch will cost the government in the neighborhood of so. 900, and kicking up what fuss he could, climb ed Mt. Mckinley as an advertisement. then went back to the States and toll the school children that Alaskans were bad lot
 The average Alaskan is to be des- pissed by the savages. Key. Stuck wants the school children of the States to believe, Through the columns of Current Events" he seeks to instil this idea into their young minds, that they may come to look upon Alaska as a sort of Hole e-in-the-waIl," where dwell guerrilla bands who have their from which they sally forth to rob and slay
 That a man. so widely informed on Alaska as Rev. Stuck, should be guilty of the above statemtns, sems in credulous. But the Rev Stuck may he assured of one thing. and that is, that the average Alaskan thinks a little less of him than he does of the average Alaskan. He may be able to fool the Indian little longer, hut those bad whites that he speaks of have banned him long ago
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
MALL!

Agitation makes toward perfection The mail system will stand more of t as the same is far from perfect Just now We are getting Cordova papers which were published October 9th And this after the 12.000 pounds have arrived. One Denver paper re- ceived lately is dated July 18th This also in face of the fact that prior to December first We never received a full maximum of 800 pounds.
 This is fine. We are beginning to see the funny side of it. The comical fuss who furnishes us interiorites with such side-splittng jokes ought to be remembered substantially He should be treated to vacation A good, long, restful vacation vaca- tion so long that it would cover the rest of his natural life
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
------ MISSIONARIES.

And shall eat a missionary be- fore the moon is old"
 In Alaska, at least parts of it. there exists q bitter prejudice against mis- sionaries. This is so pronounced that it must have a foundation either real or fanciful
 What have the missionaries don" to Alaska? Have they jumped any mining claims. corrupted any courts or run away with bank deposits ? Were they part and parcel of The Spoilers" in Beach's story of Nome ten. would they figure villainously in it?
 Hardly. What then do their orfens- es consist of, that the mob would have them hung?
 They graft off of the poor ienor- ant Indian." is the reply. "One year they sent s135.ooo worth of fur out of the country"
 So? Are they the only ones who graft off of the Indianso And do they give nothing in return?
 "Eut the missionary grafts behind the shield of religion" is the answer
 This is the crux of the matter It is their religion which is more of fensive than their graft. The Protes- tant hates tine Catholic. the Catholic hates the Protestant and the freethink- CT despises them both. These are plain facts and there is no use beat ing about the bush" Abusing mis- sionaries is popular pastime. Yet sitting the matter to the bottom, it hard to see wherein the mission aries have caused more harm to Alas ka than other grafterS
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

the victory is half won before the
 contest begins
 Tn" Democrats of Alaska are not
 AS we'll organized as were the Indians
 of the plains in the festive days or
 Buffalo Rin Those who are firbri,,
 at all are mere bushwhackcrs. firing
 random shots without order. plans or program
 Outside, the Democrats are doing things. They are establishing ,b. fact that the Democratic party did not retain its being for the mere pur rose of ohjecting to what the Rcnub. | icans did They are making bit of history. They are shaking things from their sleep. They are making desired enemies They are about to confer government railroad upon us How are the Democrats of Alaska itsportinE themselves. Are they join ing hands to make the administration a complete success. or are they play | ing ieap-frog with the Republicans.
 near-Demoerats and flp-flop artists If every variety
 The only party in Alaska that has i what approaches an organization. Is he Socialist party They could go
 out on the political warpath tomorrow
 md know what they were about. The Democrats of Alaska are in a "omical state of chaos. just at a time when above all others they have req sons for uniting Victory would perch
 on their banner. hut they have no ban ner for it to perch on Everyone is a free lance. shooting without rhyme or reason
 i The Democratic administration Is in -ood standing. Ii is doing for the peopl" what no Republican regime
 for years has dared to do It is mak- 1 ing good in the nation There is no support of Alaskan Democrats Dis 1 organization is nothing short of non support. It is negligence amounting i to betrayal If is the black hand" spirit of Hearst and Mclean stabbing from the dark. and not the spirit which has defied Wall Street, one of the most gigantic powers on the face of the earth. put couple of spices on the Constitution and is further striving to make of America soma- thing more than eory commercial amphitheatre wherein the kings of finance may play their heartless, bloody games
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
CHRIS

pn this day, about 1913 years ago, was born the man who said Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you Though he may not have originated the words, he lived up to the principle embodied in them to such an extent that no other
 These simple words would sol1 every provoking problem that con fronts people or nations Do unto others as you would they should do unto you, and crime. poverty, wretch edness and hate would vanish swiftly from the earth. Do unto the other fellow as you would want him to do if he were in your place. and there would be no hungry children, no scar let women. no prisoners in our jail, and the court room would be as silent as country road at midnight
 It is so easy. Why do people not take up with it at once? Because they cannot reconcile this beautiful ideal to the way they make a living Men before them have set the pace. They have little choice but to pursue that course Most people would like to follow the Golden Rule if they could do so and not starve Hence the coming of cooperation which makes toward the fulfiment of the Golden Rule
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
WHAT IS LAwa

Law is nothing more or less than Puhic opinion. statutes to the con trary notwithstanding. As an eminent American once sail: Law is what the people will back up This it is and nothing more. If anyone doubts it. he should have been in Fairbanks for the last week
 Public opinion has just won some cases. Before the cases were called. public opinion had decided what the verdict should be, Public opinion backed the court room. sat on the jury and rendered the verdict shorn of all pretense. this is what i: amounts te
 This is not saying that public opinion is a detrimental force Far from it. It is only advanced to show that public opinion is really the law of any community
 In the South. public opinion sane tions lynching. although the statutes of its States define the act as murder In nearly every part of the United States public opinion exonerates the man or woman who kills in the de- fense of home or honor. They call it the "Unwrittcn Law, but in reality it is nothing more or less than pub lie opinion.
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
WILSON SAYS IT IS.

The prospects are bright for Alaska
 longer is it to be merely a gypsy land the sparse population drifting
 back and forth across it-Arabs of
 the North. It is to be thoroughly
 domesticated.
 Not only does the administration
 propose that it shall have a railroai l The administration proposes that
 Alaska shall have a system of rail
 roads, with branches and spurs tappin.
 every region of it that has resources
 to be developed.
 Alaska is to be one of the great
 ment ownership is to be tried out
 It's coal. it's forests. it's oil are to be exploited by the government for the
 benefit of the people. And now is the
 very time for the poor prospector to
 grab onto likely quartz ledge or
 some placer ground and hang to it
 until the golden days arrive. Don't
 wait until chechacos have come m and gobbled them all up. The outlook
 for Alaska was never so good As to it's future prospects, a perusal of the i following paragraphs quoted from
 President Wilson's last speech to congress will give a more comprehen- sive idea:
 "A duty faces us with regard to | Alaska which seems to me very press ing and very imperative; perhaps I should say a double duty. for it con | cerns both the political and the mater ial development of the territory. The people of Alaska should be given the full territorial form of government ! and Alaska. as storehouse, should be unlocked. One key to it is a sys- i tenn of railways These the govern ment should itself build and admins. ter. and the ports and terminals it should itself control in the interest of all who wish to use them for the service and development of the coun- try and it's people.
 But the construction of railways is | only the first step: is only thrusting in the key to the storehouse and throwing back the lock and opening the door. How the tempting resources of the country are to be exploited is another matter. to which I shall take the liberty of from time to time call ing your attention. for it is a policy which must be worked out by we'll considered stages, not upon theory, but upon lines of practical expediency It is part of our general problem of conservation. We have a freer hand in working out the problem in Alas ka than in the States of the Union; and yet the principle and object are the same. wherever we touch it. We must use the resources of the coun- try. not lock them up. There need be no conflict or jealousy as between state and federal authorities. for there can be no essential difference of pur- pose between them The resources in question must be used but not de-
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

stroytd or wasted: used. but not mon. "potiz"d upon any narrow idea of individual rights as against the bid- Ing interests of communities That a policy can be worked out hy con. ference and concession which will re 'taSe these resources and yet not icopardi2e or dissipate them. | for ono nave no doubt; and 1t can be done an "heS or regulation which need be no ''Ss acceptable To the people and i"FerhmentS of the States concerned man to the people and government of the Nation at large. whose hcrifar. these resources are. We must benJ our counscfs to this end A common purpose ought to make agreement easy"
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29

nm to do so, and refuse them when
 "'i not' for the scope of commis- sIoncr.s authority to determine wha. shall be investigated is Just as broad as his mind is narrow.
 The commissioners office. which k only justice of the peace called by another name. has not yet adf,st ed itself to its new clothes Down i,. the States these offices lra run ,p the commission plan and arn not nm satisfactory. of course. bpin: elect. is somewhat different frol,. being a.. 1'Fntel For in making appointments k the 'rorehneck." who often is endowed hy nature with far more bra;hs and a liner sense of right and wrong, k passed up for some one whose unalid cations is his lovely hair.
 on the whole the commissioner bIsi- ness is only one of the little lessons of selt-s"Ecrnment which the people will have to learn They come high at s2'.ooo per lesson. but if We profit by II there need be no entire loss. There are plenty of good men in Alaska to i'll the commissioners offices. even on the percentage plan. but they ar hot seeking the office The office will have to seek them
 l,,
 dtans attempt to graft on us in good humor. Poor To is fast getting civi- liZed
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
ORGANIZATION.

Disorganization and defeat both be- gin with d" Also, they are syn onymous terms to a political party. One usually explains the other.
 The National Democratic party, or sanized and in waiting against the time when people should regain their senses. elected Democratic Presi- dent and majority in congress- The Democratic party of Alaska, disorgan- ized. elected nothing By virtue of a Democratic President. Alaska got Democratic governor and some lesser officials who are more or less Demo- cratic.
 Wherever there have been victories (speaking generality civil or military, 1t has been the result of thorough or ganization. The history of the world is back of this statement Organized, with a consciousness of being right,
The Alaska citizen., 1913-12-29
ATTORNEYS OFFICE.

Everybody knows how to run the district attorneys office these days. There are some hundreds of people in and about Fairbanks. who. to judge by their verbosity, could run in on the ball-bearing. rubber-tir system and please everybody that ought to be pleased.
 Trossleys mistake. if he has made any. seems to be that he has taken the public too seriously He has talk en it for granted that they want all of the laws enforced all of the time
 They do not and they never did They say that they do, but they don't mean it. Yet the tough part of it is that one never finds it out until h.. has entered into something which is immune and which he cannot with draw from.
 It is revivifyine, however, to hear from the lips of these same men: "Crossley is an honest man." Every where: "Crossley Is an honest man." Some add. "But. .' yet what may follow does not dim the gold of their first remark An honest man is respected even by his enemies.
 Crossley should not take the public too seriously. They are more or less of joke. Yet those who may want to get him out of the way. might do well to reflect a bit Driven to rest against the pillars. like Samson of old. he might take it into his head to let the roof of responsibility down on the heads of a small multitude.