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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
WEST HRATTLEBORO.

Miss Agatha Stafford has returned
from a visit with friends in Turner's
Falls, Mass
Miss Davis, teacher in district No.
!, has returned from her vacation at
her home in East Dummerston.
Mrs. Mary sTarant of Elliot street
was operated upon at the Melrose hos.
pital Saturday morning by DR.. f. r.
Lynch, assisted by DIR. Fremont Ham
ilton.
The schools opened here today. Mis-.
Alta and Miss Elizabeth Dennison
teachers, who spent the vacation al
their homes i'll Bernardston. are bach
at the school, hnt Miss Leonard is il
at her home in Fitchburg, Mass. ant
viii not return for another week. Sh,
is suffering from blood poisoning in he
hand
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
Floyd Goodyear. ID, Killed
Almost Instantly in
Springfield, Vt.
EVERETT MORSE WAS
SHOOTING AT TARGET
The Other Lad Ran in Front of the
Rifle Just as the Trigger Was Pulled
Goodyear Died While Being Taken
Homo on Sled

SPRINGFIELD, Vt, Jan Floyd
Goodyear, j, was shot and killed by
lis playmate, Everett Morse, also II,
Saturday afternoon. Tie boys had
been hunting ANA lad cooked their din
ncr in the woods aud started for home
When they were going to shoot at
an elm tree for a target it was Morse 5
turn to shoot, and the instant he pull
ed the trigger the Goodyear 10y ran
in front of the tree and the bullet en-
tered the side of his head.
The Morse bog ran to his own home
for help and with his sister carried
the Goodyear boy as far rs they We're
able aud then had to return for his
hand-sIed The boy was breathing
when they lifted him on the sled. but
was dead when they reached the Morse
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Goodyear exon
crate the Morse BOY from ANY blame.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05

TO be covered by the proposed exten.
sion TO be at least 500 aud assuming
that 10 cars were run each way per day
from Z o'clock q. IN. until 1890 D. m.
for 800 days IN the year, made the
following computations: Assuming that
there were SIX passengers to car each
way, or that average ca very eonserva-
tive estlmate), that one half of these
were cash fares at six cents each and
the balance bought car tickets of 90
rides for dollar, the daily receipts
would be 96 fares at six cents each,
1915 and % fares at FIVE cents each,
$50, making 3l0.56 day for 365
days, or total earnings from this source
OF s3,S54.40. Subtracting the running
expenses as furnished by Mr. Adds,
would give a profit of 81 ,004 At, or prac-
tically- 10 per cent on the investment.
This does not take into account the
number of bundles or packages likely
to be carried, which is quite an time,
or the amount of increase in traffic on
Canal street and vicinity by the run
ming OF ears every 10 minutes
All Of these figures and estimates, in.
Gliding those made by Mr. Adds. were
submitted to . practical street railway
/ man, who has been engaged in building
and operating roads in New England
for the past - or 90 years He was
asked to give mis- opinion He pro-
nouneed them sound and practical, but
| thought the estimate made by the com
mittcc on number of passengers WAS
\ rat her low, at least very conservative.
These figures and a few more con
yincing arguments We're what the com
mittec desired to place before Presi-
den Neloon if they could have been
granted an opportunity.
There is one other very important
factor in connection with this discus
sion With the present building &c
tivitv in the vicinity of the proposed
line. which must necessarily be en-
HANGED in case the road is extended
that will be of direct advantage tc
the Twin State people through the fur
nishing of gas and electricity. eithel
one or both, for nearly every houst
that is built. They ought to take
cognizauce of this. and doubtless do
The committee fail to see for what
reason in view of what they present
here. backed BY the opinion Of stree
railway expert, the residents Of Estev
vile should be called or to aid il
building the goai or why it will cos
any such sum to build the road Z;
clained by President Meloon.
T.. B BARROWS.
f. J. EDDY,
ID. L. TASKER
Citizens Com.
RrattIeboro. Jan. ), 1914.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
WILLIAM WATSON DAVENPORT
Blind Man Had Remarkable Business
Career.

William Watson Davenport died Sun
day noon ut his home on Main street
in Greenfield. Mass, following an i'll
ness OF several weeks duration He
was in his I'D year. Mr.. Davenport
was a man of remarkable accomplish
ments, having accumulated very
large fortune in spite of. lifelong
blindness. He was a native of Levden
and in spite of she handicap from
which he suffered, he acquired an edu-
cation which served him IN many ways
as well us though lie were possessed
OF all the faculties. He started his
business life with no capital, beginning
as a farmer, which occupation he con
4 tinued to re connected with all his
! life. although his greatest business ex-
perience was in the buying and selling
of cattle and wool. In these lines he
WAS an expert Of remarkable qualifi-
cations, his sense of touch being so
highly developed that his Judgment
upon the quality Of wool and the
weight and condition of cattle was
better in many instances thsn that of
persons of equal experience who were
able to see. In the course of his bust
ness career he accumulated IA fortune
/ tIlHI c&ttCNS @l.pOU.bt.
He was for a number OF wears a
seleetman in Leyden, where he was
born. and served the town in other of
fices and was frequently called upon
TO administer estates, where his iudg
nent and honesty were relied upon by
the courts as well as by individuals
lie had made his home IN Greenfield
several years, but continued TO carry
on his farming operations IN Leyder
Mr.. Davenport was married III l6ft
to Mary Green Knox and they have
reared four children, Stephen T. h
Davenport of Greenfield, a farmer AM
stock raiser. Mary Lucy, who has made
her home with her parents, and WHIT
has been very active in the affairs OF
the Second Congregational church dur
ing her life in Greenfield, Charles NJ
Davenport, who is engaged IN the prac
: ticc Of law in Boston. and Saral
! Bertha, who Is engaged IN teaching
r Mr.. Davenport s sympathes were Will
: the Democratic party.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
III authority on botany than Your.

Of IN authority on botany than your
self
The young man &aFei, aud retired
TO cail his cmPloser.
cur assistant said the woman,
addressing him, Uniforms IRE that this
rtant docs cqUaily We'll IN shade or
sun
Wei, madam, | think ~ !. right. :
= Really. . most accommodating
plant, said the woman scornfully-
/" Ny good sir, il isn | natural
IL Precisely. madam ou see. II :
I'll artificial plant.
.Ani then the wonan having paid
for her purchase. went out. with a
flushed face, and shut tie door with 4
Siam that nearly broke the glass panels.
New York Mail.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
Promoters of Esteyville Troll.
ley Extension Unable to
Meet MelOOn
HAVE COMPILED
FACTS AND FIGURES
Believe Suggested Loop Would Yield
in Excess of 10 Per Cent on Invest
ment, Besides Furnishing New Bust
ness Along Other Lines.
Editor of The Rcformer

Editor of The Heformer:
In your paper Of Jan. : you publish
some statements PurPortins to have
been made IN President M,loon Of the
Twin State Gas < Electric Go. in re-
gard to the cost Of building the pro
posed extension, etc, quoting him as
saving that III his opinion the cost of
budding the road would be prchibitive.
lou also state that none of the com
mttec who have had the matter in
charge were present, which was true.
The committee wish it understood, not
outstanding that they presented a
petition signed ~ nearly all the prop
erty holders in the vicinity Of Estey
vile. many of them leading citizens of
the town also having the backing OF
the board of trade, asking that a hear
ing be granted, that they nave thus
far been unable to meet Mr.. Meloon
only for very brief interviewed /
few minutes nOtice-und were then
tCld that "he wished to hear no sug
gcstions, that he must leave in a rev
minutes in ordcr TO take the train. but
expected TO be here again II two or
three weeks and would. be glad TO meet
those interested. lie came. but on an
other business rrand, i; seems. Those
who were directly interested IL the
road were not notified, and had no
chance to interview him on the much
moOtcd question.
II your paper quotes him correctly
lie did volunteer to gIre some OF those
present. who were fortunate in securing
an audience with him on another i'm
rortant matter, something from his
standpoint regarding the proposed
trolley extension The committee wish
to reply to some of these statements
as we begin to realize it may be Il long
time before we have an opportunity tc
meet President Meloon, and present
our side of tine argunlen.
When the committee first interview
Cd Manager Adds in regard TO the
trolley extension he very obiigingl,
and willingly outlined what he thought
would be an entirely practical anI
feasible plan of building loop line VI
through Esteyville from the corner o.
Pine street. up Maple street, arouu,
through the principal streets, dowi
Belmont avenue, striking the iron tina
is already laid to the Valley Fai
grounds, running the ear down Cana
street and up Main street between TN
time of the regular ears, thus givlnt
the people on Canal street l5-minut
service. Also, at the time we present
ed. the petition, Mr.. Adds assured Il
that hc would Isc every effort 10 hav
il presented to the proper officials. an
we have every reason to believe tina
lie did 50. We haze always found hi,
ready and willing to listen or advis
with the committee.
At that time he gave ~ figures an
estimates, Which he had compiled, q
TO the cost Of the road complete an
electrified, $4,000; interest on inves
mcnt, depreciation, expense of motto
man and conductor, cost of clectri
power, Il sum totaling -, $50 Fro
these figures rs a basis, tho committee
after first carefully ascertaining IL
number of people living III the distri'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
IF YOU CAN'T KEEP WARM

While riding or walking it shows that
you have not the proper clothing on.
What You need we have. The mild
fail weather had lot to do with our
having an unusually complete stock so
late in the season and this fact has
made 1t necessary for US to cut prices
down to Il low margin OF profit rather
than carry them over. That helps you.
Ambrose Knapp, clothier, Main street.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
DID SANTA FORGET

You wanted Nictor2 Too bad, but
we knew he would be so busy he would
miss connections with some Of his year
" customers on that very thing and
we arranged to have enough on hand
at all times to fill late orders. 1t
seems as if those we have now were
even better than the last shipment and
as for records, we have all the latest
l.. III. Barber. music store, High street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
THESE COLD MORNINGS

4 hot dish Of oatmeal or some other
breakfast food goes pretty good, Gives
you a start for the busy day. Vow
we have about every kind of breakfast
food made in our stock, some of them
you never tried and they are mighty
good. Let us name you some Of them
and have a change some morning. The
folks viii like it. r. ii. Amidon, gro
Ger
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
TWENTY MINUTES LATE

As the trains are frequently at this
season gives you ample time to walk
mp to Hoadley's cafe and get lunch.
The cafe is always open, the coffee al
ways good and always hot and you
can get anything from ham sandwich
to a steak and get it quick. Hoadley :,
one minute from the station.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
WE DON'T MAKE THE STEW

But we have the oysters that SO TO
make the stew the real thing, You
know those same shell fish fried IN
crumbs are delicious. Did you ever
pin strip of bacon around an oyster
with toothpiel1 and fry it that way /,
II YOU have not You still have some
thing coming your way that IS delicious
eatina S. Wells s Son, Gahmen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
WHY DON'T YOU

Touch up those hardwood floors You
have been promising vour wife you
would tackle as soon rs the long win
ter evenings came around. The even
ings are as long as they ever will be
now and we are long on all kinds OF
supplies for the floors And. for that
matter. We can meet any demand YOU
might wish to make on any hardware
house Robbins < Cowlcs. hardware.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
NOT EVERYONE KNOWS

How 60 cut meat. Lots OF people Ito
not know what cut of meet they really
want. Now when We cut meat we
give you exactly what you want and
if you do not know what il is We will
experiment until we get you what you
do want. And there is not much in
the meat line that is good that we
have not in stock for cash. Davis q
market The Abbott.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
O'NEIL AND FAY

In a refined singing and change act viii
be the vaudeville attraction at the
Princess theater the first three days
this week. They are a very clover
couple who never fail to please. There
are some pictures scheduled for the diff
ferent days this week that are the kind
YOU remember long afterwards.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
Vermont S Last Hanging.
Boston Transcript.

Bosworth. the Vermont murderer, had
the melancholy distinction of being the
last person in that state 20 satisfy a
capital sentence BY being hanged.
Hereafter Vermont will follow the lead
of Massachusetts. New York, Pennsyl-
vania and some ether states aud substl-
tute electrocution Whether the super
ioritv OF tire latter method has been
established Is probably 4 question still
debatable. Those who have been in a
position 10 give most expert evidence
are no longer qualified to testify. Is
the punishment more humane aud less
lingering l. il perhaps a step toward
the abolition of capital punishment ;
1t is not easy TO see why il should lead
to that end, but when an institution
that has been in service since the day
| Of JIaman and, probably, much longer,
passes. il may prcsagc all kinds OF
change. Electricity is ono Of the
forces Of an advanced civilization and
iii employing il for this grucsomc task
we may feel that We are putting the
| clumsy methods Of the past still fur
ther into the shadow.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
THESE COLD MORNINGS

Makes everyone want hot drink
80 start the day right on. Many like a
hot cup of tea at supper, too. The
better the quality of the coffee and of
the tea the better Will those hot
drinks taste. We have both in all
grades and mixtures because we spe-
cialize in those things.-Direct Import
IL" Co
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
WE DON'T BELIEVE

There is restaurant III the averag e
town that gives You such wide
choice in quick lunches as we do. You
may come in and order almost anything
that is served in a restaurant and want
it in a hurry and we will be able to
deliver. This is because most people
who want lunch want it in a hurry.
Hurry is our middle name Sherry 5
restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
WE ALL LIKE GOOD SHOES

And try to have them but you know
that YOU can wear shoes that have been
repaired at this time of year when YOU
are also wearing rubbers and overshoes
and that saves your new ones. Rubbers
do not improve the shoes they are woi
over so have your old ones fixed up
and wear them now. c. l.. Kaye. "a
Elliot street
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05

lemon juice, followed by washing
with Geld water aud driving IN the SUI.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-01-05
T.. B. BARROWS.
T.. j. EDDY,
d. Z. TASKER.

Brattleboro, Jan. ;, 1914.
Douglas Island news., 1914-11-04
Wickersham Wins

Election returns indicate that Dele gate Wickersham has carried almost every city and hamlet in Alaska. Doug. las Island gave him a majority of A.. The Juneau recording district, com prisiug, Juneau. Thaue, Salmon Creek, Perseverance and Meudenhall, gave Buuuell a majority of 3l, while in ketcblkan Wickeysham led by lo3 votes. Even Valdez, Buunei's home town, gave Wickersham a majority of 90 Tho exception iu the Third dis ,rict was Kodiak, where the vote stood Buuucl, lo1; Wickerstam, Z. it Is conceded that Wicker,ham will have a lead of at least l7Co votes in the terri tory.
 The senator contest iu this division was vigorous The returns so far re- ceived give Su,zer, democrat, a lead of 9S over O'Couuor, the uon-partisan candidate. Later returns may change these figures materially, but not enough Go alter the result. O'Couuor lost out in Juneau. where the watchlul official eye iuduc Q many to vote sor the democratic candidate
 With Che exception of the senator, the uou.parusaos carried the First by a good lead.
Douglas Island news., 1914-11-04

United State, Commissioners. eN-Othcio Probate Court, Precinct of Juneau, ler- ritory ot Alaska.
 In thc matter Of 2fthe the NOTICE or HEARING SSSn,,",fou doccascJ ON FINAL AccorNr Notice Is hereby given that the Huol ace count of William Stubbius, the admiuistra- for of the estate of Fraus Suudall, deceased. has been rendered to the above named court. and that Wednesday, the twenty thir3 day of December, l9l4 at ten o'clock lu thc forenoon of said day. has been duly ap- pointed by said court for thc settlement or said account, at which time amy person ln- tercsted in said estate may appear and hIe his exceptions in writing Co said account, and contest the same.
 Witness my hand aud official seal this 23d day of October, l9ll. Seal of Probate Court
 JOHN B. MARSHALL. United States Commissioner aud eN-Othcio Probate Judge.
 First pub Oct. 2,; last pub. Noy.25
Douglas Island news., 1914-11-04
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor, Ketchikan, Alaska, up to and including November 27, l9l4, for 2l2,OO0 linear feet of Sitka spruce aud Western bemlock piling, more or less, upon a designated area, at the head of Favorte Bay, and Chaick Bay, Admiralty Island, Tongass Ma. uoual Forest Alaska. No bid of less than 3 cent per linear foot for all piling up to and including 70 feet in length and l cent per linear foot for all piing over 70 feet in length will be considered Deposit with bid $500. The right to reject any and all bids rec served Before bids are submitted full information concerning the tim Der, the conditions of sale, and the submission of bids should be obtained from the Forest Supervisor, Ketchikau, Alaska.
Douglas Island news., 1914-11-04
Alaska's New Era

All history shows that human prog 4ess is ever travelling westward. An cieut civilization, such as it was, started in Asia. rheo it went westward throughout Europe. Then crossed the Atlantic and took foot in New England. For more than co years, the settlement and development of North Auerica has been slowly working westward, aud now the only remaining frontier is Alaska.
 The westward movement of civilized humanity, which fellows the course of Che sun, is always promoted ty men and women oG more than ordiuay en- srgy and enterprise. Itis their super abundant vitality that urges them rest lessly Go search forgreater opportunity in uudeveIoped countries, such as Alaska
 Until now the opportunities offered by Alaska Co people in the thickly set ,led sections have been limited prac sically Co a few placer mines of rich ness that would make their develop meut possible under adverse coudi tious. But the new government rail road is the magic wand that is promis- ing to change it all, and make of this neglected lend country of almost un limited opportunities.
 One worthy thing promotes au- other, aud the new government railroad is certain to be ,be cause of other im- portaut public enterprises. It can be expected that the coal mines that the government will coutrol will be util ized in hundred different ways to make more available the rich resources of Alaska. There will be power plants rom which will radiate feed wires to a thousand industrial undertakings. There will be further railroad extension as population and industry grows. There will be factories that will con vert the raw products of the territory into articles of commerce, and there will be farms and homes aud cities where there are now only trees and un- derbrusb and wasted vegetation.
 The men who come to Alaska now and take part iu its initial development will be the men of local importance a few years hence. Thus the young men of energy will find in Alaska oppor tuuities that, if taken advantage of now, will mean riches aud good social standing ia tune Co come.
 What we need Co do now is to let the world know what Alaska has to offer to the proper kind of people We want Go keep out of Alaska the men who are habitual faultGuders and encourage boosters Go come.
 Much of Alaska's present population is made Cp oG men who are doing every thiug in their power to promote the terrtory's best interests. It is ex. pected that they will attract many others ot tbeir Uud.-Ex
Douglas Island news., 1914-11-04
NOTICE no CPEDITOES

In the U. S Commissioners Court for the
 One. Juneau Precinct in Probate. In the matter of the Estate of Erling O.
 Iudcrgaard, deceased
 Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, administrator of the estate of trling Q. udergaard. deceased, to the creditors or, and al person, having claims against said vouchers. within six months after the first publication of this notice, to the odmlnis- frator of said estate at his place of business. situate in the Henson Block. iu the town oi Douglas, Alaska.
 Dated at Douglas, Alaska, this. 3th day oI October, 1914. JOliN hLN9"N'
 Administrator of the estote of Erliug O. udcrguurd, deceased.
 First publication. October z, 19l4
 Last publication, November J, lfll.
Douglas Island news., 1914-11-04

One of the largest assortments of pipes ever brought North may be .eeu at Eeist's Pool Room. There are pipes that will ft any kind of a mouth, from a college boys mouthwith cupid curves to an old worn ont mouth with grooves for the tobacco juice to run off. keist also has extra stems aud repairs for your old pipe5.-Adv
Douglas Island news., 1914-11-04

Two miners were killed Sunday night at the Treadwell mine by being over come with gas. They were Robert Edison, stope boss, and Mate Kiukela. Shift Boss Ben Erb, who was attempt ing to rescue the two miners, was unconscious for several hours and was resuscitated only by the vigorous and continued use of the pulmoter The scene of the accident was raise that is being driven from tine 2l0O foot level for veutjiaung purposes. An air hoist carries the meu up the raise l50 feet to a platform. Edison first went up, and, when he did not return Erb and Kin kella volunteered Co look for him. The powerful gas was too much for them also and Kiukela fell, with the above mentioned fatal result. Superintendent of Mines Laudsberg arrived ou the scene. aud under his direction, Erb, who was found on the platform, was taken down. Edison, who was also found on the platform, was past all human help.