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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-16
POTATOES OF QUALITY

If you want the best eating Potatoes you
ever want some for seed this spring.
don't fail to communicate with us. Special
price in fve-bushe lots or more; satisfaction
guaranteed. A. T Smith & Son, East Hill,
Barre, VT tel. 1851 box 29s, l7tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-16
Montpelier & Wells
River Railroad
EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER %. 1918
TRAINS LEAVE BARRE:

TRAINS LEAVE BARRE:
7.20 A. M. Daily, except Sunday,
for Wells River and in.
termediate stations.
1925 p. M. Daily, except Sunday,
for Wells River and in
termediate stations.
DROP. M. Daily, except Sunday,
for Wells River and in
termediate stations.
e.30P. M. Daily, for Wells River
and intermediate sta
lions. Has through
Pullman sleeping car
for Boston, arriving at
1880 a. IN.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-04-16
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-One colt 10 months old; one
colt 2-years old one mare years old, sound.
gentle; one mare IL years old. good driver
and fearless. M. ]. Mclean, Wiliamstown.
VT 2st3
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
Billy Roeser, Oklahoma's "Coal
Oil Johnny" Spent $780,
900 in -Four Years

City and planted the lawn with shrub
berry The blue grass alone cost $7,09'
and when the shrubs were set in place
he had the finest lawn in Oklahoma
but it had cost him total Of sS,5o0
Such a fine house and lawn haS
to be dedicated with house warm
ing. and he gave one that they arl
still talking about in Oklahoma HC
went to Kansas City, where a mai
named Morton had the finest cafe OF
Main street Billy hired Morton
chef and all his walters, and even his
dishes and took Morton himself alonl
to Tulsa. and to furnish the music h
hired Carl Buschs orchestra. He too,
the whole thing down to Tulsa Wit
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
FEW FOLKS HAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
Druggist Says Ladies' 4ae Using
Recipe of Sage Tes&nd
Sulphur.

Hair that loses its cslpr and lustre,
or when it fades, turnsSgray, dull and
lifeless. is caused By lack of sulphur
J in the hair. Our grandmother made
UP mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur
to keep her locks dark and beautiful,
and thousands of women and men who
value that even color, that beautiful
dark shade of hair which is so attrac-
tive, use only this old time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture by asking at any drug store for
a 30 cent bottle of "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy which darkens
the hair so naturally, so evenly, that
nobody can possibly tell it hasA been
applied. Besides, 1t takes off dandfNff,
stops scalp itching and falling haiE
You Just dampen sponge or soft
brush with it and draw this through
your hair, taking one small strand at
a time. BY morning the gray hair dis
apears; but what delights the ladies'
with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur "a
that, besides beautifully darkening
the hair after a few applications, IL
also brings back the gloss and lustre
and gives it an appearance of abund-
ance. For sale at Owl Drug store
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

and leased a tract of land and bor-
roWed enough money to put down a
well. He watched the drilling closely
and when the well got down to indi
cations of oil sand he stopped the
drilling and gave ont word that it was
a dry hole. Then he leased all the
land he could near it. He had no
money to pay on the leases but he
deposited them in escrow in a bank
for few days, and then he returned
to his well and finished the drilling.
1t proved to be a good well, flowing
200 barrels a day natural and he
sold it and his other leases near it
for $4,000 clear profit.
He put that money into lease on
a tract of 100 acres south of Cleve-
land, and induced some friends to lend
him enough money to put down a we'll,
giving them an interest it in.
1t was a gamble all around, but
Roeser stood to lose every dollar he
had
He put down five wells, got oil and
sold at a profit Of $40 OOo. With that
money he leased 24O acres in the
Gushing field, and in CD days got oil,
7 o'clock that morning he had obtained
to risk it all on one plunge that would
either break or make MIN millions.
Last summer and fall he leased 20
900 acres almost in one solid tract
near the famous Boston tract, where
the net revenue in one month from X
wells was 100000
What will you do with the money
If you get it?' he was asked
81 have got a good many relatives
that | want to help, and a host of old
time friends that want to stake
The people of Tulsa are watching
and hoping that BILLY" will strike an
other few millions, and if he does.
look out, but lightning seldom strikes
twice in the same place.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
His Stomach Troubles ever

Mr.. Dyspeptic would you not like
to feel that your stomach troubles
were over, that you could eat any
kind of food you desired without in
jury? That may seem so unlikely to
you that you do not even hope for an
ending of your trouble, but permit us
to assure you that it is not altogeth
er impossible. If others can be cured
permanently, and thousands have
been, why not yon? John r. Barker
of Battle Creek, Mich, is one of them,
He says, Il was troubled with heart
burn, indigestion. and liver complaint
until used Chamberlain Tablets
then my troubles were over" Sold
by all dealers.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
4 Druggists FsV0rIte Kidney
Remedy Fixed Him

Fifteen years ago had an attack OF
acute kidney trouble. ! consulted a
physician who gave me medicine which
only relieved me for time After
disseminating his medicine my trout
BILE returned as severe as before.
Having heard OF Swamp-Root gave
it trial and can honestly state that
three dollar bottles cured me, never
having any sickness in fifteen years.
/ have sold DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root
as druggist for many years and can
give it the very best of Recommended
tions at all times.
You are at liberty to use this state
ment any time you wish.
Respectfully,
w. C. SUMMERS,/
1919 Central Ave. Kansas City, Kans.
With Grand View Drug Co.
State of Kansas
County of Wyandotte
On this 1lth day of August, 1909
personally appeared before me. w. c.
Summers. who subscribed to the with
in statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and in fact.
CHARLES WILSON,
Notary Public
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

Billy Roeser, Of Tulsa, is called
the Coal Oil Johnny Of Oklahoma.
Seven yeaAs ago, when the great
Glenn Pool Of oil was discovered
south of Tulsa, he had leases on sew
eral hundred acres OF oil lands in the
heart Of the oil producing district
He sold 50 acres Of it for s950,o00 in
cash and had nearly a million dollars
worth Of oil lands left.
This 0udden wealth was too much
for Billy He had never much
money before, he was only % years
old, and he began to devise ways to
spend it.
The first thing he bought was a
house in Tulsa. The finest house in
that city was owned by George Bayne
Billy" bought it. furniture and all, for
$35. 900 cash, He had never even been
in side of 1t before he bought It.
When he went out to look it over he
did not like the furniture BILLY
says he gave It all to his friends and
relatives.
1T was pretty good furniture bat
not good enough for a millionaire, y
he said the other day. And so I told
some relatives OF minc and some
friends who had homes T. go out and
cart It away. They took ! all. Strip
ped the house hare And hen re-
furnished it,"
How much did that cost ou?"
"Not % very much Only abe NJ s45.-
600"
The furniture came from St Louis.
II was solid MAHOGANY Re set for
an art dealer 10 come from Nov York
and he showed him the inside OF the
house and whore he wished piotu -es
to be hung. and then gave him s. .0'0.
and said
you bring cut paintings worth thai
much"
The house had lawn of about two
acres, but IL vas nearly bare cf
grass.
Billy" wanted gcruine blue grass
lawn. and he had l. freight cars load
I'd with blue grass SOD in Neosho. No.
and had it shippo' - Tulsa md laid
on the lawn. II grew and flosrished,
and IS there 10 this day. Such fine
lawn had 10 have shrubs. and he took
down 4 nursery man from Kansas
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
IN GUTHRIE
The Evidence Is Supplied by Local
Testimony.

III the reader wants stronger proc!
than the following statement and ex-
perience of a resident of Guthrie,
what can it be?
w. II. C. Brown, 2O9 n. Fifth st.
Guthrie, Okla, says: Il do not be-
lieve | would be alive today were it
not for Doan's Kidney Pills. For at
least seven years l was a victim of
kidney complaint. At one time
had attacks of gravel. This left my
kidneys very weak and after that
suffered almost constantly from a
lame and aching back. The kidney
secretions passed too frequently at
night and when being voided. were
attended with pain. was treated
by physic;. nd used one remedy
after another, but found only tenn
porary relief. ! did not think there
was any help for me. 1t would be
almost impossible for me to describe
how miserable | was when got
Doan's Kidney Pills at Cramer's
Drug Store, tnow the Corner Phar-
They helped me so greatly
from the first that | continued using
them. Three boxes restored me tol
good health. The endorsement II
have given Doan's Kidney Pills be
fore still holds good"
For sale by all dealers. Price 30
,enis. FosterIM.lburn Co. Buffalo.
Sew York. sels arssts for the
United States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
ale nc other. ADV.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
3
PREACHER
RETRACTs
,s.AesG CHARGES
SAID HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
WERE MORALLY DE-
LINQUENT

st. Paul. Mimi, Jan. 21.-"I with
draw that statement without reserve"
said Kew. Julius A. Schaad, rector Of
the Church of st. John the Evangelist,
before his congregation today. He
was retracting a statement charging
moral delinquency to high school
girls.
IF this unntentiona, but volcanic
remark of mine results in arousing
parents from indifference and false
sense of security regarding the pleas
ure life and environment of youth,
he added, any personal loss or suf
fering which have on account of ii
| is amply repaid
Il want to tell you the actual facts
| about the sermon of last Sunday.
assume full responsibility for it.
ask no favors. Least of all do | want
to apologize for it.
During my residence in St. Paul
there have come to my personal
knowledge various phases or moral
delinquency on the part OF some of
the young people of even this we'll
favored residence district.
When fact followed fact and the
alleged investigation to which | re-
fewed last sunday came to me, the
thing lay SO heavily on my heart and
forced itself So insistently upon my
brain that | literally ached with the
burden Of it all. suppose that ex-
plains the utterance of last Sunday
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
'sUFF LEADER
WEEDS CHUM' 5
HUSBAND
BRIDE OF MAN w Fl o S E
CHILDREN SHE TOOK
TO RAISE

Baltimore. Md. Jan. 21.-'Mrs.
Reginalq B. Foster, for two years
pres dent of the Just Government
League of Maryland and one OF the
most Jealous and popular advocates
Of The Cause" who last September
retired from active suffrage work to
give her whole time to rearing two
children. left motherless by the deatA
OF her girlhood chum, Mrs. Reed. be-
came the bride of the children 5
father. Herbert b. Reed Of New York
yesterday.
Wor6 Of the marriage was received
here today. The ceremony was per-
formed in New York. When Mrs.
Foster left her work here she insist
ID that she was still as devoted to
the cause as ever, but that the appeal
10 her heart was too strong for her
to resist.
The former Mrs Foster is a sister
Of f. Griswold Theln and OF Mrs.
Charles f. Phelps. Jr,, OF this city
Her first husband was a young ply
!, ,cian, a graduate of the Johns Hop
kins University Medical School, who
lost his life in an accident. she had
been a nurse and was graduated from
the Johns Hopkins Nurses school.
The children to whose rearing Mrs.
Foster decided to devote her time,
We're Louise and Anna Reed, 4 and
6 years old, respectively.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take a Glass of Salts if Your Back
Hurts or Bladder Troubles You

No man or woman who eats meal
/ regularly can make a mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally
says a we'll known authority. Meat
forms uric acid which exeites the kid
neys, they become overworked from
the strain, ge; sluggish and fail to fill
ter the waste and poisons from the
blood. then we get sick. Nearly all
rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble
nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness
and urinary disorders come from
sluggish kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache
in the kidneys or your back hurts OF
II the urine is cloudy. offensive, full
OF sediment. irregular OF passage or
attended By a sensation OF scalding,
stop eating meat and get about four
ounces OF Jad Salts from any pharm
acy; take a Tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast and in few
days your kidneys viii act fine. This
famous salts IS made from the acid of
grapes and lemon Juice. rombined
nth lithia. and has been used for
enerations to flush and stimulate the
J 1neys, also to neutralize the acids
lr urine so Il no longer causes irrita-
Z n. thus ending bladder weakness
lad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
IN ire; makes a delightful efferyes-
cc-t lithia- water drink which every
one should take now and then TO keep
the kidneys clean and active and the
blood pure, thereby avoiding, serious
Kidney complications. For sale by Owl
Drug store.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

certain tract east of the old Glenn
Pool Roeser did not go home He
went to garage instead and rented
had been brought in that day on a
motor car. and rode out to the new
we'll. He saw it was a gusher, and by
and sold for a profit of 100000.
He had 100000 then, and he decided
the oil lease on a tract of 100 acres
not far away. With that lease in his
pocket he returned to Tulsa and that
afternoon he sold it for 5000 clear
profit
With that money he went to the new
Cleveland oil field. northwest of Tulsa
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
ctristlan Church Prayer Meeting.

The First Christian church has
changed the tine Of lis PRAYER meet
ing fiesn "Wednesday to Thursday
evening. All members are requested
Is be present Thursday evening, 75o.
a special program has been prepared
consisting Of addresses Of special in
terest TO all ages.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
A DIFFERENCE IN
WORKING HOURS

A mans working day is hours
His body organs must work perfectly
2i hours to keep him fit for hours
work. Weak, sore, inactive kidneys
can not do it. They must be sounu
and healthily active all the time Foley
Kidney Pills will make them so. You
cannot take them into your system
without good results following For
sale by all druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

Arthur A. MeLear, long treasurer
Of the Democratic state committee
Of New York, and close friend oi
Charles F. Murphy, boss of Tammanl
and till recently Democratic leader
in the state. has pleaded guilty IN
court TO the charge Of receiving cam
pa ign contributions from contractors
on state work. As treasurer Of the
committee he received contributions
from companies engaged on con
struction work for the state in viola
tion of an act passed a few years
ago This was the first definie re-
suit OF an investigation into grating
in connection with contractors on
state roads and the Erie canal
Other men have been indicted and
viii lie tried later
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

SNEFFELS, COL. A. J. Walsh was
badly done up with rheumatism and
sent for Foley Kidney Pills which was
the only thing that would cure him.
Geo. Potter, OF Pontiac, Mo-, was down
on his back with kidney and bladder
trouble anu Foley Kidney Pills made
him we'll and able to work. 1t Is a
splendid medicine and always helps.
Just try it. For sale by all druggists
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
The "Mischief Quartette" and
It's WorE

Each year the month of Januar
numbers its list Of victims from influ
enza, la grippe, bronchitis and pneu
monia, The prompt use or Foley
Honey and Tar Compound will cnec
the onset OF cold and stop a cough
preventing the Development to NOR
serious conditions. Keep it on hand
ror sale by all druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
Not How Cheap-But How Good.

What will a few cents amount to
on floor sweep when you are assured
that ii is properly made. No kero-
sene in our. Bull Dog Floor Sweep.
Phone 1881. Lesh Ind. Oil Co., 3li
w. Okla. ave.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
Letter to
Or. kilmer & Co,
Binqhamton, N. Y.

Prove Nhst SwampARoot VIII Dc
For You.
Send ten cents to Or. Kilmer & CO.
8inghamton. n. Y. for sample size
bottle It will convince anyone. You
will also receive booklet of valuable
Information. telling about the kid
leys and bladder When writing,
le sure and mention the Guthrie Daily
Leader. Regular tifty-cent and one.
lollar size bottles for sale at all
rug stores.-Adv
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

To aid in finding an electric light
switch in dars room q Philadel-
phian has patented one containing
luminous composition to shine in the
dark.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

aim, and gave a reception that was Z
wonder to the new oil town that only
/ few years before had been an Indian
trading point. The reception cost $5,-
300
little while after this Billy" went
o an automobile show in Kansas City
and bought six motor cars at cost
1f $4,000 He had them shipped to
Tulsa. A dag or two later ne took
one of them out to an oil we'll that he
vas drilling in, and coming back to
own the machine got stuck i'll the
mud. This made him angry. After
ne reached town, he was standing on
he corner looking gloomily at the
mud covered machine, when friend,
Tim Cremin. came along and asked
what was the matter.
That machine is road louse," said
Billy"
Why, what's the matter with it?''
Stuck me in the mud. Whatll you
give me for it, Tim?'
Tim said he would give 5000
Its yours" answered Billy and
rim took the machine home.
Another time there were to be some
motor car races in Tulsa, and Billy
said he'd be blamed if he'd allow some
outsider to come in and win it. Il
was only a short time until the races,
and he wired to Indianapolis, ordering
A racing car shipped by express. 1t
arrived in time for him to enter it in
the race, but there was no one in
Tulsa who could run it in competition
with the trained racers of the racing
circuit, and Billy lost. He sold that
machine, which had cost him $4,000
for $1,000.
He took his attorney and two friends
for motor car trip through the East.
They went 10 Chicago and hired two
high-power cars and two chauffeurs,
and they went first to the races at
Crown Point and then toured the East
ern states.
nv troot IA oD1 bn
would not allow his friends to spend
cent. Ealfl
He gave $1,000 to his church in
Tulsa. and he gave away thousands Of
dollars to friends and poor relatives.
While he was spending money IN
this lavish manner, Roeser was in
vesting in oil leases on a large scale.
= million and a quarter was not
enough for him, and he was plunging
for more. Three years ago there was
excitement about oil in Illinois, and
Roeser. with some others, organized
a syndicate and went there and leased
10000 acres in Bond, Clinton aad
Montgomery counties 1t was a plunge
for millions, and it lost. One well af-
ter another turned out to be dry holes.
At the same time Roeser was glungins
oil near the old Glenn Pool, where
he had first made his fortune. He
based 5000 acres there, and he sunk
$4,000 in busters"
He sold the big house, the furniture,
his paintings. his motor cars and cv-
erything but just enough to furnish
modest cottage for his wife and two
and sunk that money after
,il, too.
One night in February two years
lgo. he got off a train in Tulsa and
With $40 dn his pocket, and it was ev-
.ry cent he had in the world His |
rife wept over the loss Of the fortune,
'ut Billy" said to her:
That's as much as had five years
go, isn't it?''
One night Roeser was walking to-
Tard his home when he met on the
treet an oil prospector whom he had
ided in ais lalmy days. and the pros
erfor tcfd him of neW p-fenpr fhafl
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
State Of Ohio. city of Toledo. l..
Lucas County So

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he II
senior partner of the firm of L. J. Cheney
& Co.. doing business in the City of To.
ledo. County and State aforesaid. and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev-
cry case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by the use OF HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me md subscribed In
A. ID. 1SS6.
tScaD a. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Send for
testimonials. free.
+. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

B1ll Dog Floor Sween-ln meta
drums made correctly with the props.
floor oil. No explosions from II
Phone 1881. Lesh Ind. Oil Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
Fresh Eaas.

Use Memo oil, the pure kind and
be assured of more chickens from
your incubator eggs. Phone 1881.
Lesh Ind Oil Co. 81 W. Oklahoma.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
To Those Who Inquired.

Yes, we have gasoline with IS
gravity test if you want it. Lesh
Ind. Oil CO.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
Struck Oil,

That is what you get when you
call for Memo Oll-the bright pure
burning no smoke oil. Phone 1881.
Lesh Ind. Oil Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
W. GLEASON.

In Germany there has teen patent
ed a process for converting water
into hydrogen peroxide by the use
Of chemicals which are recovered af-
terward for further use.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21

Don't forget the guarantee-Nenlo
oii--pure, nc water. all oil-eyary
ounce oil Lesh Ind Oil Co.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
WOMEN AND WET FEET

Cold ana wet feet are dangerous
coiahina tioa. especially TO women. ana
congested Kidneys often result Back
ache, urinary Irregularities and rheu-
matte feyefs are not unusual results
Foley Kidney Pills restore the regu-
ia~ and normal action Of kidneys and
bladder and remove the cause of the
trouble. Contain no habit forming
drugs. For sale hg all druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1914-01-21
Standard
i | @ @ e,l

Medicine the whole world over
HOODS SARSAPARlLLA. Drug
gists everywhere sell and feel safe
in recommending it because It
givea such general satisfaction.
'Purifes, builds up, creates apps-
tito, overcores that tired fteilra.
Get bottle today.