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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1914-01-30
we'll get that
MILK CONDENSERY
Everything Looks Very Fav-
orable Reports Committee
IMMEDIATE MARKET
FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS
Special Meeting Of Agricultural Asso-
citation Tomorrow and Short
Course Next Week

Prospects for the dairying in
dustry of this immediate section
of the Arkansas Valley are bright
ening with each succeeding day.
Everything looks very favorable
for the establishment of a milk
j, condensery at Rocky Ford, to be
ready for operation next fall, as
briefly reported below by our COM
mittee who last week met with
Libby, Mcneil & Libby, and now
comes a creamery representative
who will purchase all the butter
fat that the herds, may produce
until such time as the condensery
is in operation, so that those who
may stock up with herd of milk
COWS are assured .of market for
their product right away.
A. r. Holway representing the
Swift & Co., dairy interests was in
Rocky Ford Sunday interviewing
some of the farmers regarding the
purchase of butter fat. Both he
and the expert agriculturist en-
ployed by the company. will be
here next Saturday at the meet
ing of the agricultural association
and will present their proposition
to the members.
The attendance at the meeting
of the Otero County Agricultural
association on Saturday afternoon
filled the rooms to ca pacity.
The report of the committees
who returned from Chicago on
Friday, after a visit to the parties
interested in the milk condensery,
was most favorable and everything
looks bright for Rocky Ford as a
location point for the new plant.
The association will by no
means rest on their oars but will
keep at work in furtherance of the
scheme and in addition TO the
committee who are working among
the farmers, a committee of five
was appointed to take up and con-
tinue the active work of securing
the plant, the committee consist
ing of ]. NJ. Shaulis, G. J. Cover,
William Morrison, Roy Seaman
and G. L. Govreau, and they will
have every detail in form to pre-
sent to the representatives of the
Chicago concern on their visit
here in; the near future.
The price of milk to be paid by
the company should they locate
here will be substantially the
same as is paid at Lamar.
A telegram was sent by the as
sociation to the government COM
mission having the new banking
plan in charge, urging Denver as
point for the legation of one of
the eight regional Banks, and MIR.
Vaudeville was appointed to re-
present the banking interests of
Rocky Ford and vicinity and the
associ alton at the meeting in Dem
ever.
A special meeting will be held
next Saturday to hear the reports
of thu several committees, and
several experts will be present to
speak on subjects of interest.
Farmers Short Course
The program for the farmers
short course to be held under the
auspices of the Otero County Ag-
ricultural association at Rocky
Ford, Feb. 4, and 6 has been ar
ranged and is one of the most in
teresting to the farmers in general
at the present time that could
have been brought forward.
The meetings will be held at the
rooms of the association and the
course will open Wednesday even
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Ruas of a Noble Scot.

William Carstairs was William Ills
chief counselor in ecclesiastical mat
ters. What noble man this sturdy
Scot was! An Episcopalian curate who
had been ousted from his parish and
was a thorough irreconcilable called
upon him one day by appointment. He
was then principal of Edinburgh uni
versity. He found Carstairs il a rage
His tailor had sent in a misfitting suit
He threw the clothes about the room
and then, looking at his visitor. thought
that they would fit him. Would he
not take them as q sort of atonement
for the i'll temper which he had shown?
The next day the visitor came back to
restore a ten pound note which he had
found in the coat pocket. No" said
the principal. when you took the
coat you had right to all that was in
it" Carstairs had planned the whole
affair.-From 1.-THE Scot of the Eight
eenth Century" by John Watson, d. d.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Cut It Short.

While building the Panama canal
Colonel Goethals knew exactly what
he wanted done and would brook no
arguments. One morning a rather
fidgety subordinate came into the colo
nels office
Il got your letter. colonel" he began,
land / came to-
He got no further, for the colonel,
with uplifted eyebrows, cut in:
Letter? Letter? There must be
some mistake. l have written you no
letter.
"Oh. yes, colonel" repeated the man.
I've got it here. It's about the work
down ar Mirafiores. Now, you see
Again the colonel cut in:
"Oh, I,see! But you misled me- You
spoke of my letter. You meant. OF
course, my ordersn'
The colonePs blue eyes stared coldly
at the argumentative man, who, sud
denly feeling that the conversation was
at an end, faded away"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

DR.. Johnson's house in Cough square.
London, is Il noble old piece of Queen
Anne architecture, and in stripping
the walls of their surfeit of paper
and canvas and stuff the restorers
came across several quaint old cup
boards, and these have all been pre-
served with their original handles and
mountings and add enormously to the
domestic verisimilitude of the place
AT the top may be seen the spacious
garnet, where the doctor kept his six
clerks shaving away at the dictionary
which first brought him fame; and
alongside the house and the caretak'
er's lodge is the tiny garden which
Carlyle in his essay on Johnson de.
scribes as rather larger than a bed
quilt
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Plane Trees of Cannosa.

Not least among trees which have be
come celebrated are two giant plane
trees at Cannosa, near Ragusa, that
pearl of the Adriatic." Within three
hours walk of Ragusa, on an elevation
above the tidelcss sea, lies the famous
garden of Count Gozze. From a prim-
tive landing place a path leads up be-
tween olives and pomegranates, myr-
ties and blenders to the level spot
where the two colossal trees have stood
from time immemorial. The effect
of the larger tree upon spectator
standing beneath it is positively over
whelming. 1t takes twenty-five PAGES
merely to walk closely round the trunk,
while the spreading branches reach
horizontally for from thirty to forty
PAGES and then bend upward and fork.
A good sized public meeting could be
held in the shade of either of these
immense trees.-Wide World Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
WILLIAMSVILLE.

Guy Lamson of Greenfield is visiting
his grandfather. w A Brooks
Miss Alice Elmer Of Cleveland. O.. Is
visiting her grandmother, Mrs y b.
Perry.
G. c. Temple and son, W Harry Tenn
pie, went Friday to Putnam, Conn, re-
turning Tuesday.
There viii be dance in Grange hall
this Friday evening with music by Lett
singers orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. T. Sykes of Hartford,
Conn, are guests for a week of DR.. and
Mrs L. B. Gordon.
Mrs. ID. c. Johnson and son, Bernard,
went Saturday to Springfield to be guests
of the Misses Reid, who spent the week
here.
Mr. and Mrs J ", Williams and two
children went Thursday to Boston for a
several weeks visit with his sister, Mrs.
f. NJ Chase.
Mrs Harry Shellhammer returned Sat
urday to her home in New York, after
several weeks stay with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Pierce
Mr. and Mrs F. L Freyenhagen. who
have been visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. c. X Stedman, have returned Il
their home in Springfield.
The Camp Fire girls will give another
food sale and ice cream will be served
also on the lawn of the Methodist churcl
Saturday afternoon at , o'clock.
| There was large and appreciative audi
] ence at the concert in Grange haIl Satur
day evening. Each number was enthusi
astieally received and both Mr.. Miller anc
Miss Hendricks responded to encores.
Chaplain Charles NJ Charleton auC
family, who spent a month with hi
brother. Rev. A. S Charleton, went Mon
day to Nantasket Beach to spend montl
before he returns to his duties on tn,
hattIeship Nebraska. Mrs Lila Grou
and son, Frank, went with them to spenC
the month.
The Boy Scouts. accompanied by Scou
Master Rev. A $. Charleton, went on
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
GUILFORD CENTER.

Ernest Herbert has been in Marlboro
ihe past week, visiting his parents.
The ladies will meet in their rooms
Aug. 20. Dinner will be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Cook went on
he excursion last week to Block Island
and Watch Hill.
Mrs. Catherine Howard of Brattlebo.
is visiting at Conrad Miner s this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben A. Cook and son
Russell, of Ftehburg visited his uncle
z. f. Thayer, the first of the week.
Mrs. George NJ. Thomas of Brattle
)oro spent Monday with her brother
md wife, Mr.. and Mrs Frank Thaver
Mrs. Ernest Marble of Bartonsvillc
laughter of Mr.. and Mrs. II. l.. Clark
lied last Saturday at the Melrose hos
lital after an operation.
Conrad L. Miner went Friday II
Shirley, Mass, with his daughter. Mrs
Albert Hail. and SON Mr. Miner return
ID Sunday, but his daughter will remain
two weeks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Got Away From the Odd One.

A curious story comes from the peo-
pie of the Niger. a very rich man
died, leaving the vast fortune (for Nj
geria) of 20,001 cowries 1t fell to the
lot of the king to divide them among
three sons, and he was at his wits
end to know what to do with the one
cowrie. A wizard was called in. who
gained boundless credit by doing out
the cowries one by one until only six
remained. These he divided into three
lots of two each and gave lot to each
son. The king to this day attributes
this very satisfactory outcome to con-
juring. -Independent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Windsor Castle Kitchens.

The kitchens at Windsor castle are
perfect in all their arrangements. The
chief kitchen is fine lofty room lined
with white tiles. 1t contains mar
velous collection of copper saucep0nls
that vary in size from the dimensions
of a tub down to that of Il tiny break
fast cup. Another feature is the huge
steel table used for serving. 1t is bril-
liantly polished and has hollow legs
through which steam passes upward.
heating the whole table. Another
apartment is called the green room"
and is set apart for fruit used at des-
sert, and there is also room assigned
to the table deckers," whose sole duty
it is to attend to the floral decorations
of the royal dinner table.-London Ex-
press,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
BROOkLINE.
Perry bush Wedding.

\ very pretty wedding took place in
the home OF Mrs. and Mrs. E. L. Bush
at o clock on the evening of Aug. ),
when their only daughter, Grace Anna,
was united in marriage to Dellard Earl
Perry also of this place. Rev II. s.
McIIale performed the ceremony, us
ing the single ring service. The bride
was goWned in blue silk trimmed with
shadow lace and carried white sweet
peas TIE bridesmaid was Miss Luth-
era Perry, sister of the groom, who
wore white embroidered wolfe and the
best man was Henry Bush, brother of
the bride. They stood during the cere-
mony under an arch of evergreen and
flowers. Miss Mildred Reed played the
wedding march. There were present
only near relatives of the contracting
parties. They received many beauti-
full and useful presents including sill
yer tea set, a large supply of silver,
china, and table linen. After the cere-
mopv refreshments of ice-eream and
cake were served. The wedding cake
WAS made by Mrs. l.. w. Bush, grand
mother Of the bride. Mr.. and Mrs.
Perry have been taking a carriage
drive to Jamaica and Bondville where
they visited relatives. Congratulations
and best wishes are extended to them
| by their friends here.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

Hoyt Marsh has returned from his
outing in New Hampshire.
Miss Maud Wellman is helping Mrs.
Wilson Winchester this week.
Miss Ruth Stevens went last week to
the White Mountains to work in a ho-
tel
Mrs. Charles Bates remains about the
Same. Mrs. Wilcox is caring for her
now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Austin attend
ed the Old Home day celebration in
War6sboro last week.
William Boutelle and family have
moved from Massachusetts to the
George Boutelle farm.
Harry White, who lived in town
when a boy, and son called at l.. W
Bush s and A. G. Wellman 8 last week
Bert Brown and c. NJ. Allbee were il
West Wardsboro recently, blueberry
ing. They picked nearly 80 quarts OF
| large berries.
| J.. w. Bush was called to Springfield
Mass. Tuesday by the death of Franz
Rogers. which took place Monday. Th'
funeral was held Wednesday and thu
body brought here for burial. Mrs
Bush has been with her sister since
Saturday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
GUARDING THE DIAMONDS.
Thousands of Miles of Barbed Wire
lncIose kinherley's Mines.

Machinery and barbed wire have
supplanted the rude methods of break
ing up diamond bearing blue earth and
protecting the valuable finds employed
twenty years ago in the South African
diamond mines.
The depths of the strange, crater
shaped hole in which the peculiar dia-
mond bearing earth is confined are
now penetrated by shafts, reaching
hundreds of feet down into the earth.
with forty foot levels The broken
earth is removed in closed trucks to
the surface. where, after a season of
exposure to sun and atmosphere strewn
on the ground. it is hauled to the mills.
Here pulsators finally locate the 'dia-
monds on grease covered inclined ia
bles, to which the diamonds adhere,
while loose sand, earth and gravel are
washed away by water.
Acres of ground covered by broken
earth brought up from the mines con
tain possibly millions of dollars worth
of gems, and these treasure troves are
protected by high fences of barbed
wire, with intricate arrangements al
the corners and Mt the gates. About
1000 miles of wire are used in the de
lenses about the Kimberley mines.-
New York Press.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
WESTMINSTER.

Miss Martha Wright returned to
New York city today.
Miss Amy Gibbs of Blandford,
Mass, is guest of Miss Nellie Penn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Davis and daugh-
ter have returned from three weeks >
trip at the beach.
Mrs. Margaret Winchester and son,
Horace, who is clerk in Houghton
4 Simonds : store in Brattleboro, are
spending their vacation at Revere
Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. A. p. Cutting and
daughter, Hollis, Of South London
derry and Mrs. }. Q. Pierce of Bel
lows Falls were guests Of Mrs. L. A
Pierce Wednesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Two Views of the Self Made Man

A pathologist of standing inveighs
against the self made man" III terms
that will be surprising to many. The
self made man." he says, lis often in
the process of degeneration. and the
first evidence of degeneracy in a fami-
ly is the selfshness and meanness or
the cunning, avarice and moral guile
by which the self made man succeeds
in amassing fortune for his still more
degenerate children to spend in crafty
ing their selfish Desires
There is another side to the matter,
and Thorenu saw it when he said that
the man who had acquired wealth
would insist on having his sons edu-
Gated. and thus he would become the
real founder of family.-Springfel
Republican.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
BONNEVILLE.

An automobile party OF four from
South SALISBURY spent Sunday at
Flora Burbank s.
Rev. and Mrs. Clarke of Worthwhile
n. Y, came Tuesday to spend their va
cation with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Kendall were III
Manchester Sunday to attend the fu
neral of Miss Elsie Kendall.
Mrs Nellie Burbank and two daugh
tiers, Dorothy and Marion, have gone
to New Jersey to see her mother, WHIT
is i'll.
Miss Olivia Burbank has returned
home from two weeks visit IN Ben
nington with relatives. A cousin ac
companied her home.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Saint simon,s Poverty.

st. Simon. the celebrated French
author who wrote 1.-THE Reorganization
of European Society" was twice driv-
en- by want to attempt his own life.
and, although he died natural death
In the end, it was among the most lam
entable surroundings. For fifteen
days" he says. writing to a friend just
before the end came, Il have lived
upon bread and water, without a fire.
l have even sold my clothes"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
y ACETYLENE GAS.
carbide of Calcium, Which Produces
II, and an Accident.

1t, and an Accident.
The immense production at. Niagara
falls OF carbide of calcium, the curious
artificial stone which when bathed in
water gives off acetylene gas, recalls
that this substance was first manufac-
tured in America by accident through
the metallurgical operations of L. L.
Wilson, near a small stream in North
Carolina.
While using limestone and salt in
smelling he noticed among the melted
Stag which day by day ran nearer to
the brink of the little stream a gray
ish-white substance new in his expert
ence, but thought little of 1t until one
day the molten Stag overhung the wa
ter and began to flow into 1t. Then
suddenly a bright white flame burst
out of the molten mass and enveloped
1t for some time.
He drew from the dry Stag some of
the strange material and touched a
match to it, but without result. Then
he poured some water upon it, and at
the next trial the liberated acetylene
gas broke into fame.
Thus in 1892 accident discovered n
practicable way of producing that
acetylene gas first discovered in Eng
land in 1886 by Edmund Day while
experimenting with potassium tartrate
and charcoal. 1t remained, however
| for the intense heat of the hydroelec-
| trical furnaces of Niagara to turn out
| this wonderful stone in almost perfect
| purity and immense quantities.-Na'
| tional Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Feminine Courane

Don't you think women are natural
~ more courageous than menu chal-
lenged the champion of her sex.
"Of course" said the horrid cynic.
mo man would ever dare to get off
car the way the average woman
does."-New York Globe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Food of the Chickadee.

The food of the chickadee is made
up of insects and vegetable matter in
the proportion of seven of the former
to three of the latter. Moths and cat
erpillars are faVorites and form about
one-third of its food, while beetles,
ants, wasps, bugs, grasshoppers and
spiders make up the rest. The vege-
table food consumed is composed of
seeds, largely those of pine, poison ivy
and weeds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
BRATTLEBORo LOCAL.

AT the Grange meeting Wednesday
evening there was a program of read
ings md stories, followed by social
hour.
An unusually large crowd was present
last evening Mt the band concert on the
common The program as published in
The Reformer was given and every
number was very evidently appreciated.
At Island Park tomorrow afternoon and
evening the Electric Feature Film Co pre-
SCENTS the Great Mine Disaster in four
reels. \ powerful story OF heroic deeds
and noble sacrifices of the men in the
underground world
Mary Agnes Rancourt, infant daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. p w. Rancourt of
Vernon, died last night The body will
be taken to Saltwater, n. Y, for bur
ial. Mr. Rancourt is superintendent of
the power company at Vernon.
Cards are out for the wedding of
Miss Lillian Eva Johnston of Brattle-
boro and Homer sherman Of Charlie
mont, Mass, to take place August 20 at
= clock. They win be at home at
Colonial Hill, Charlemont, after October
J.
At a meeting Of the trustees of the
Prospect Hill cemetery association yes
terday w. A. Shumway was appointed
clerk and treasurer of the corporation
to succeed the late George A. Hines.
Mr.. Subway will have entire charge
Of the cemetery under the direction of
the trustees.
The management of Island Park will
have to discontinue the Pathe Daily
special stock, which is imported from
Europe. Owing to the conditions in
Europe at the present the Daily viii have
to be discontinued. The Mutual Weekly
will be shown as usual ON Sundays.
William c. Horton S agency has sold
for Mrs. Mary f. Ordway of Portland
Me-, one of her houses on South Main
street and an extra lot to Mrs. Clara l.
Coleman of Jacksonville. Mr.. and Mrs
Coleman are to move to Brattleboro tc
make their permanent home in order
that their children may be educated in
the schools here.
John +. Mccarthy is writing for the
New York World Sunday Magazine The
Confession of a Bank Robber. MeCar
thy is the young man who was captur
ed after the robbing of the NewfanC
savings bank. He was pardoneG before
he had served his full term i'll the state
prison in Windsor and was afterwarc
of great assistance in securing the ar
rest of bank robbers aud yeggmen.
Further increase in the high cost OF
living while Europe is at war is foun,
in the increase today in the price OF
sugar at retail. Yesterday it could b,
bought for six and one-half cents ;
pound and today the price was boosteo
to eight cents. As for spices they hay,
gone mp higher than almost anythin.
else i'm proportion to their cost ana val
ne. Most of these are obtained, o.
course, from abroad and the war cam
on so suddenly that there was no op
portunity for the supply houses here t.
increase their stocks
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Work That Blinds.

Many of the workmen In the Vene-
fian glass factories begin to lose their
sight after they have passed their for
tieth year and soon become totally
blind. This is caused by the excessive
heat and also by the glare of the
flames from the glass furnaces.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
SKY Effects.

'"This scenery isn't what it was,'
complained the artist.
II can't see bit of difference" de-
clared the old farmer. What do you
miss?"
I'm looking for cloud like the one
l painted last year."-Seattle Post-In-
telligencer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
Offers as Fishers

In some parts of India offers are
used by the natives to catch fish for
them. So rapid is the speed of the
otter under water that no fish can es-
cape them. When not working the
offers are tied to stakes, like chained
dogs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13
His Excuse.

Teacher-Alfred. when was Rome
built? Alfred-In the night Teacher
How came yon TO make such mis-
take? Alfred-Well, you said yester-
day Rome wasn't built in a day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

The unfortunate thing about goot
resolutions Is that they are SO Otter
made too late.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

Ethel-Does Bob cut much lee with
Dolly Jones? Martha-Yes but the
cutting season is about over for Bobbie
they marry in two weeks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

"What are You going to take along
for summer realizing = Ny check book
viii give me all the occupation in that
line require.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

hike Monday to Marlboro South Pond to
spend the week in camp The party con
sisted of Howard Timson Floyd Washer.
Edgar White, Ronald Fisher. Graydon
Nlundell, Herbert Ingram and Perley
Stratton. p. c. Thayer and Elmer Tur-
ner Joined them Tuesday for day or two.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

Physical Director-Your chest expan-
sion is extraordinary! Pupil We just
had raise OF salary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

midas financial difficulties have
aused serious embarrassment to the
pear market.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

Vancouver, British Columbia, now
has 25,28S telephones in seryice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

Montana land Idaho have a mine houl
day for wQlkingwOmen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-08-13

Patience and determination will win
for most of US nine battles out of ten.