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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-01

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-04-01

OUT or TOWN AGENTS
BostOn-Eagle News Co, 597 Wash
ington and 70 Summer Streets.
observation-disclosures e. Blodgett.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
BOYS AND GIRLS INSTITUTE.

Next month the Boys and Girls
Institute will be held at the Agricul-
tural College. The influence of the
industrial contests held throuout the
state the past five or six years can
not be estimated. Into thousands of
homes there has entered an enthusi-
asm for more scientific farming by
way of the boy or girl to whom these
contests have given inspiration. Would
that every board of county commits
sioners might realize the advantage to
their county of band of young peo-
pie returning from the Institute chock
full of the latest ideas in corn raising.
poultry culture, dairying, domestic
science, diversified farming, etc. The
same board who grudgingly doled out a
few dollars for the travelling expenses
for these young boosters for better
farming in the county, thus making
the county attractive to the pros
pective settler, will often appropriate
hundreds Of dollars for a bridge to
crafty the wishes of some influential
citizen. Give the boys and girls a
chance They have made good and
they will continue to do so.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
MAKING N. D. CITIZENS,

Valley City has found way to
build better citizens for North Dakota
which has attracted national atten-
ton. The Forum republishes this
evening, two articles from magazines
of national circulation, commenting on
this work.
Rev. Alex Karr. secretary of the
Valley City Chautauqua, is the man
who is responsible for this fine effort.
Rev. Mr.. Karr interested wealthy
North Dakotans in the need for build
ing character into the lives of young
North Dakotans. They gave literally
to what is in effect permanently en-
dowment fund to carry on this splen-
did practical work.
It will pay readers of The Forum
to read the articles reproduced in this
issue, telling just what is being done
at the Valley City Chautauqua each
Fargo Forum.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
BE There WITH THE LOBBY"

A hearing was held at Minot this
week by the state railroad commits
sioners to hear a petition OF the Great
Northern Railway to substitute mixed
trains for passenger trains on certain
branch lines. 1t would seem as though
North Dakota is beyond the mixed
train period. An exchange suggests
that as the proposal comes close after
the distribution Of bulls by Mr.. Hill
to certain well-to-do farmers it seems
that the people are to pay for the
bulls after all.
The Lansford Journal says: I'VE
look to the state railroad commission
to look after our rights without put
ting us to the expense of sending a
lobby" to Minot to protect our rights;
in the premises" The railroad COM
missioners have been good to Valley
City, and they can be trusted to do
what is right, but they are not mind
readers. The Lansford fellows and
the others along the branch lines
should be on hand at the hearing.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
BOY EAGER TO SELL SEALS.

The other Gay a little boy went
into store, where the Red Cross
Christmas Seals ornament the WIN
dow and asked for some stamps to
sell.
81 haven't got cent he admitted,
"but l can sell lot of the stamps,
and l want to do it,
"All right, here are twenty-five" !"
said the woman in charge. I'll trust
you. Go ahead" :
1t was not long before he was back
with the money and anxious to sell
more. He was accommodated, and is
still working for the cause when he
can get time to do so.
Perhaps it was curiosity that
prompted the question, but anyway
ne was asked why he was so anxious
to help sell the seals.
well, my father and two sisters
died with tuberculosis" said the boy,
and I know that this money will go
to help other sick people, and so
am gong to do all can for you"
Have you bought your share OF
Red Cross Seals? -a...
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
HOW RED CROSS SEALS HELP.

"How do Red Cross Seals really
help the consumptive? Here are few
Illustrations from our experience,
said the visiting nurse of a western
city.
"There is little Leo. Almost every
body about town knows Leo, the lit
tie newsboy with crutch. He came
under the care of the association foul
years ago when he was little fellow
five years old. He had tuberculosis
of the hip and ankle, the leg was mis-
shapen and twisted, and he could
walk only by the aid of two crutches
"In these four years he has had
expert treatment by specialists of the
city, who gave their service to the
free dispensary supported by the asso
citation, and he has been given every
advantage of skill and nursing that
the association provides for its
patients. Today he uses only one
crutch and specially made shoe, and
his is now an arrest case. While
thru carelessness the disease might
develop again, he has no tuberculosis
now, and it is altogether probable that
he may eventually be able to throw
away the remaining crutch.
Then there is a working man, who
when found by the association had
been unable to work for more than
a year. Food and other needed things
were provided, and as soon as he
was able he was enrolled as patient
at the tuberculosis clinic. Improve
ment was slow at first, but he was
careful and intelligent, and after some
months he was able to go back to
work. He is now so much better
that he reports to the clinic only
occasionally, and his improvement
continues.
another man perhaps owes his life
to Red Cross Seals. He had been
unable to work for a good many
years. Under the care made possible
by the fund derived from the sale Of
Red Cross Christmas Seals he. is
starting on his second year of work.
"A young widow, whose husband
died from tuberculosis, had become
infected through caring for him. She
came to the association, aud is now
working and caring for her two lit.
tie children.
"These are only very few of the
many cases that Red Cross Seals
have helped"
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
TRANSIENT ADVERTISING.

The matter of transient advertising
is one that has always caused consid-
cradle comment and will probably con-
tinue to do so until the end of time,
shall newspapers last that long. A
newspaper should not under any cir
cumstances take an advertisement for
anything that is not absolutely as re-
presented in every detail and it may
be unjust to advertise for competing
towns, in fact the Times Pecord re-
fuses more such advertising than any
one store in Valley City does during
the year. For instance just this week
a contract was offered for certain
line of goods by a large store in Far
go that would have been worth more
to the Times Record than the business
Of any store in Valley City engaged in
the same line of business but was re-
fused on the grounds that the paper
must stand for home interests. Now
in return have the merchants adver.
tising the same line of goods been
equally loyal, and bought their printed
supplies through the local shops and
will they in the future show the same
loyalty to home institutions? Valley
City has several wide awake general
stores who are taking full advantage
of their opportunities, but fortunately
that can not be said of all the other
branches Of business and outsiders are
willing to invest in Valley City oppor
tunities, but because of a spirit ol
, loyalty to home institutions theil
money must be refused. Here is mat
ter that is worthy of consideration by
some of the institutions who "only ad
vertise to help the paper"
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
SCHEME GOES WRONG.

The state of North Dakota finds
that the scheme inaugurated by the
legislature to advertise state candi-
dates for office has turned out to be
a boomerang on the state, as the last
publicity pamphlet cost the taxpay-
ers $3,541.99 more than the. candi-
dates paid for the expense of the
pamphlet. Candidates do not appear
to rush into the scheme of paying
500 a page for their announce
ments in this state pamphlet, whose
practical utility as an advertisement
is very doubtful. It is another one
of those subsidiary schemes in con-
nection with primary nominations
which experience has shown does not
meet the expectations or fill the bill.
The nominations of most Of the state
candidates under the present system
is done without intelligence, without
any concerted concentrated inten-
tion on the part Of the voters.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
WILL HELP THE cHAUTAUQUA.

AS rule railway companies have
fairly good cause for any new depart
ure. They are not actuated by senti.
ment, neither do they act without due
consideration. Their endorsement of,
or participation in, any undertaking
always has back of it good and suftl-
cient reasons.
If any proof were needed that the
work done by the Valley City Chau-
tauqua through it's encampment for
farm boys and girls was valuable
one it has been furnished by the
Northern Pacific Rrailway Company,
which has volunteered to assist in the
activities Of the encampments at the
1915 assemblies.
Mr.. NJ. F. Murphy, superintendent
of the Agricultural Extension depart
ment of that road, recently spent a
day here in consultation with Secre.
tary Karr, planning ways and means
by which his department can render
the largest service to the cause.
The Times Record is not yet at liberty
to make public the details of the work
planned, Mr.. Murray however stated
his conviction that the encampment
work for farm boys and girls as con-
Quoted by the Chautauqua had in it
immense possibilities of useful devel-
opment and that no legitimate outlay
of time or effort would be spared by
his department in the effort to assist.
His plan so far as outlined con-
templates systematic, continuous and
for-reaching cooperation embracing a
large territory and extending through
a period of years.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
LACK OF EFFICIENCY.

Commenting upon the lack of war
stamps, ordered placed on the various
documents made necessary by the
war tax the Minneapolis Journal has
the following to say:
Imagine railroad advertising an
excursion for which special tickets
were required, and then informing
long lines of anxious patrons, gather.
ed to take the train, there were no
tickets on hand. Worse than this, sup
pose some of the passengers who
could not delay their departure with
out great inconvenience and loss of
money, were informed by the company
that, if they took the train without
first getting ticket, they would be
subject to a heavy fine! Yet this was
precisely the situation that the Gov
eminent imposed upon business men
by not having revenue stamps on hand
to meet the demands of the war tax.
Here we have another concrete ex.
ample Of the difference between bust.
ness efficiency under governmental
supervision, and the public service rem.
:dered by private corporations. 1mpres.
sive notices were sent broadcast warn
ing citizens who wished to be law.
abiding to be ready-and then every.
body was ready but the revenue Off
Gals Poor old Uncle Sam, he has to
put up with what is probably the
highest priced corps of ineficients
extant; and we all have to help him
foot the BILL
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
A GREAT AUDITORIUM.

The great Fargo Auditorium is
about completed and that city is very
proud of the structure. The grand
opening, when all Fargo will take
part, will be on the 5th, 9Th and 9TH.
A great celebration is planned, the en-
tire population of the city will, take
part. The first convention will be the
Editorial Convention which will meet
there Jan. 7th and 9Th. Fargo is a
mighty lively place and the press of
the state as we'll as the citizens gen.
orally are greatly pleased that the
hopes long deferred, for an auditor
ium suitable to handle big conven-
ti0ns.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10

dear, old-fashioned mother with
sweet voice, eyes into whose clear
depth the love light shone, and brown
hair list threaded with silver, lying
smooth upoa Ter faded cheek. The
hands, worn with toll, gently guided
our steps in childhood and smoothed
our cheeks in sickness, ever reaching
out to us in yearning tenderness.
Blessed is the memo:y of an old.fash-
ioned mother. It floats to us like the
beautiful perfume of some wood bios
SONS. The music of other voices may
be lost, but the enhancing memory of
hers will echo in our soul forever
Ex,
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
FREE MOTOR CAR ADVERTISING.

There are few cheap skate auto.
mobile manufacturing companies
which are sending out yelled advertis-
ing and through their dealers attempt
ing to get the small papers to publish
it as news, although they are compel.
ed to pay the larger papers for the ser.
vice. There are also a few foolish
newspaper men, strange to relate,
who are so simple that they fall for
the bait and publish the advertising
free, and consider it news. If the
various companies want advertising
they should pay the same rate for
space as is paid by local advertisers
and newspaper men should see to it
that all classes of matter furnished
by the automobile publicity depart
ments be paid for or rejected.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
AN UNFORTUNATE CASE.

A subscriber, with family, and not
a cent in the world to face the winter
with, came into the Times Record Of
fee recently and requested the publi-
cation of the facts in a recent real
estate swindle in which he was fleeced
Of sum of money. The facts as stat
ed by the subscriber would seem 10
warrant an arrest but since the officers
have taken no action we must assume
that either the subscriber had mis-
stated the facts or that there is some
loop-hole through which the swindler
has managed to escape criminal pross-
cution, which leads up to what the
writer wishes to say. Assuming that
there is some merits in the claim Of
the poor man who lost his money, this
is a case for the real estate men Of
Valley City to interest themselves in,
and if the facts are as stated, then
some action should be taken at once.
If there is man claiming to operate
a real estate office who is deliberately
swindling innocent victims in the in
terest of decency as well as the land
men who are doing square business,
an organized effort should be made at
once to rid the community of him. 1t
is not within the rights of this paper
to refer further to this matter unless
arrests shall have been made. The
family of this man who lost the money
will suffer unless the money is re-
stored. He bought property in good
faith, paid his money and learned lat
er that the seller did not ..:.,'1 the
according to his scoiy.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
WHO is TO BLAME?

A young lady, her cheeks flushed
with indignation and her eyes flashing
fire, burst in upon her parents and
demanded that papa Immediately go
and lick certain Smart young man
in this town.
why, papa, he flirted with me; he
asked me which way little one?' and
offered to follow me. l want him
whipped. Oh, if were only a man."
Mamma naturally got dads hat and
told him where the old six-shooter lay
hidden away. But papa didn't take
the hint.
Daughter" he said, calling the girl
to one side, mo one on earth is more
interested in you than your old dad.
No one quicker would rise to your de.
fense. This very instance has led me
to study you, and this is what l have
learned.
"You 60 down the street very scant.
lily dressed. You deliberately expose
as much Of your person as is neces
sary to appeal to the carnal instinct
in man. Your lovely neck; a large
portion Of Your well-developed breast
your arms and-by means Of a slit
skirt and transparent hosea goodly
portion Of your lower limbs are ex
posed to view. The portion of your
body that is covered is clothed in
such way that every curve and an
gle is brought out in bold relief.
Then, when you pass a man or 8
group Of men, you giggle, toss youl
head, and perhaps remark to your CIR
comapnion that this town is the slow
est old town you ever saw. And II
some man accepts your challenge yor
want him shot.
"Not long ago was in a town ant
wanted a glass OF beer. came to {
big building along the side Of which IL
big black letters was the word 'Sa
loon.' l stepped inside to find tha
it was some other line of business, bu
one which is often run in connection
with saloon. called for a glass O
beer, and the proprietor seemed t,
doubt as to whether he should shoe
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
BARNES COUNTY IN BOYS ACRE.
YIELD CORN CONTEST.

The swalds have been made in the
Boys Acre Yield Corn Contest and
Barnes county hoys drew six of tie
prizes. These WINES are:
VIM. Velure, Has tings, yield COS
bushels, prize $40.
Willie Eggers, Page, yield 64.8 bush
els, prize $40.
Leonard Boom, Litchvjlle. yield,
GIL bushels. prize $40.
Thomas boom. >li:chville. yield 61.1
bushels, prize so.
Audrey F.. Holcomb, Valley City,
yield Cl.! bushels prize SO.
The only other county that draws
six prizes is Wells.
This contest was conducted by the
North Dakota Experiment Station,
while the prizes were put up by the
Better Farming Association.
The highest yield in the state, 9S8
bushels, vas secured by Walter Gran.
lund Of De Lamere. The highest yield
secured in the northern section was
1854 bushels raised by Henry Schmidt
of Emerado. Nearly 700 boys entered
this contest.
Corn is one of the most important
crops that can be brought into North
Dakota farming and the boys, encour-
aged by the prizes in these contests,
have worked out the factors that it
takes to produce big yields. The first
of these is the use of well selected
home grown seed. All of the 16 win
ners in the southern section this year
used home grown seed and all but two
in the northern section and these two
stood low on the list. Good tillage
and manure are also important factors
as weyy as early planting.
Requirements for entering this con.
test were that the boys had to be 10
to 1S years of age, that they furnish
their own seed corn and grow at least
an acre of corn under field conditions
This corn was judged by members
of the Experiment Station and the fin
al awards were based on corn mature
enough for cribbing, and 76 pounls
were required per bushel. From this
it is plain that what the boys have
done can be done on any farm as il
has been done in field way.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
NOTICE TO SOCIETIES.

There seems to have been some mis-
regarding the free ad-
Nertising of society affairs and in or
der that there may be no misunder-
standing in the future the following
rules will be observed. No charge will
be made for giving publicity to any af-
fair where no charge is made, but in
all cases where anything is sold or ad-
mission charged the regular advertis-
ing rates will prevail. The news de-
partment will handle all charitable af-
fairs as regular news, one insertion as
a news item only. a Is.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
MODERN BUSINESS METHODS.

Under the most modern rules of
war, the thing to do is to sneak up on
your enemy in the dark, or in sub
marine, or an aeroplane and catch him
when he isn't looking. If you can kill
him without getting out into the open
so much the better.
After all, there are some striking
similarities between modern war and
modern business. - Kansas City
Times.
Is this a true Indictment of the
standards and ethics of business today
in this country? Nothing could be
farther from the truth. The resort to
underhand and underground trickery
is alien to the spirit OF modern busi-
ness. Indeed, the most striking evolu-
ton of this generation has been the
growth of business integrity and busi-
ness fair play. Business nowadays is
conducted almost wholly on credit,
which is only another expression for
mutual faith of the buyer and seller in
each others character
From the very nature of our CON-
mercial and industrial structure, busi-
ness has grown to be open and above
board, because of the scale upon
which it is transacted. The man of
affairs today has no time to tritle with
subtle schemes whereby he may hood
wink a customer or a competitor. The
day is past when one customer is
treated one way and one price quoted
to him, while another customer gets a
different deal and a different price.
Our grandfathers were wont to re-
gard the horse-trader as very shrewd
fellow. Today, the horse-trading type
of business is recognized as the most
costly procedure in the world, not for
the buyer, but for the horse-trader
himself; because he is able to do bust
ness with customer once and only
once. Modern business works along
just the opposite line; it tries to build
up steady and satisfied clientele.
There is not a successful business
concern in America that does not rate
its good will as among it's chief and
most valuable assets. Good will is
not founded upon "sneaking up On
your enemy in the dark as the Kan.
sas City Times would have us believe.
Indeed, competitor is no longer
looked upon as an enemy" but rather
as a constant source Of energy that
stirs to better service and better value
for money received.
AS the Chicago Evening Post put it
the other day, business means the
struggle for existence in which we are
all engaged in one way or another 1t
means the service we are giving not
only to our own family needs, but to
the material progress of our time"
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
ANOTHER POPULAR IDOL GONE.

Lights turned out because speaker
was unfit to continue address" is the
news that comes from Detroit, follow
ing visit to that city of Champ
Clark, leaving the impression that
Clark had been Celebrating well but
not wisely" 1t is a pitiful lesson, a
great man like this, branded as an un-
fortunate and led from public hall,
after the audience had left on account
of the speakers condition. The moral
is apparent.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
"AGAlNsT THE POSTAL LAWS"

There are some fellows who are so
mean as to deliberately beat the print.
er out of the paltry price of subscrip.
tion to the local paper. A fair sample
Of that sort Of fellow was located this
week out in Oregon. Fortunately
North Dakota has few if any of his
kind. In as much as he could have lit.
tie use for the paper, it has been dis.
continued. Here is the letter. We omit
the signature
Medford, Ore, 1892.
Sir Go ahead with your funny work
l tried to get them to stop that paper
when my term was up but you keep
sending it against the Postal Laws So
no go to it.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10
MARRIED.

Married-Miss Minnie Drenger and
Ole Overdahl were married at Fargo
last Monday afternoon at p. M, Rev.
Anderson officiating. They will make
their home in this city. The bride
whose home is in Minneapolis, has
been employed at the Litchville hotel
the past year. The groom is a we'll
known plasterer and contractor. The
Bulletin congratulates. Litchville
Bulletin.
The weekly times-record., 1914-12-10

me, kick me into the street or call a
policeman.
Daughter, I was stranger in that
town. l didn't know that man or his
business, l was merely guided by his
sign.
"The man who accosted you is a
stranger here, and daughter, as said
before, l have studied you and your
ways
Moral: Don't advertise unless you
are willing to deliver the goods.-Ex'