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The Adair County news., 1914-12-16

Our mail from Edmonton was
so heavy last Thursday night. it
required a double rig to bring 1t
in. Parcel post is getting to be
quite an object.
Mr.. Thos. Gowen presented US
with an ear of corn that had sew
en- ears attached to it with every
ear having some good corn on it
Who can beat Mr.. Gowen on the
cultivation of corn.
Messrs. Rodgers, Rose & Co.,
our new mill men, have had
their machinery in their rolling
mill over-hauled by mill right,
and they are now prepared to
make as good flour as any first
class mill.
Several from our town attend.
ed the sale of A. R. Keltner last
Wednesday. We understand that
he did not sell very much of his
property from some cause best
know to Mr.. Keltner.
The sad news reached Us last
Monday night announcing the
death of our old neighbor and
friend, Bro. W. w. Yates, who
died at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Laura Mitchell, at Edmon-
ton, on the 7th, with heart trou-
BILE. We all knew that uncle
Weeden was in very delicate
health, but we did not realize
that the end was so near. He has
been citizen~of our community
for fifty years or more and we
know that he was a good honest
man and had many friends in
this community. He was always
ready to lend helping hand to
any benevolence purposes when
presented to him. He was a mem
Der of the Baptist church and a
christian gentlemen. He was
prompt to attend his regular
services. His remains were in
tered at the Yates cemetery,
near this place. by the Masonic
fraternity. A short funeral SER
vices conducted by Rev. Chris
tie, of the Methodist church, be-
fore z large audience of relatives
and friends.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-16

Several hogs near here have
died with the cholera. It is
hoped that We can get our meat
put away before it strikes US.
Prof. T. A. Strange, who has
been in critical condition, is
able to sis up some now.
Misses, Beatrice and Launah
James are on the sick list.
West Sparks and Jim Sparks
were in your city last Tuesday.
There were five negroes Bap-
tized here last Tuesday.
Your scribe was in town last
Saturday buying premiums and
candy for his school.
Miss Edna Flatt visited your
scribe last Tuesday night.
Mr.. j. M. Shive, our hustling
merchant, got his eye badly hurt
last week by stick of stove
wood. hitting him in the eye.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-16

Henry M. Bosworth, in a two
column card, announces, through
the Metropolitan papers, his can
didacy for the Democratic NOM
ination for Governor.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-16

The President message which
was read before Congress, last
week, has met with approval, by
the press, throughout the coun-
try. 1t was not lengthy, but to
the point.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-16

Attorney General Jas. Garnett
went TO Washington last week to
attend the Rivers and Harbors
Congress. The writer who men,
toned General Garnett's depart
ure for the national Capital,
stated that his announcement
for Governor would come about
the first of the coming year.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-16
Rugby.

Hog killing is the order of the
day. Some few lost their meat
that was killed a short time ago.
The Adair County news., 1914-12-16

Former Lieutenant Governor,
M. C. Afford died at his home in
Lexington, last Wednesday.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

Mrs. Emma Stoddard Hayward died
at her home on Maple street Friday.
July "a, after an operation for appen-
dicitis had been performed. An opera
ton was deemed imperative Thursday
but there were complications OF the
disease and there was no chance for
recovery. Emma Stoddard was born
in Charleston Oct. l3. 1861. the daugh-
ter Of Lawrence j.. and Adeline
Goodwin Stoddard. She married Wilson
G. Hayward and for several years has
made Orleans her home. She leaves
husband, G. Hayward, an employee OF
the Fairbanks company of st. Johns
bury, daughter, Mrs. Geo. Drown OF
Danville, daughter, Hazel Hayward
Of Orleans and one son, Walter G.
Hayward of Fairfax. The funeral
services were at the home Sunday, the
Rev. Mr.. Smithers officiating and
interment was in the cemetery at
Westmore, where the Rev. Mr.. CLARK
offered prayer.
Card of Thanks-We wish to thank
all those who so kindly assisted during
the sickness and at the burial of our
dear, beloved wife and mother.
w. S. Hayward.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hayward,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Drown.
Miss Hazel Hayward.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29
ORLEANS

E. E. Doe is in Boston on business
this week.
Fred Hunt is taking a weeks fishing
trip in Maine.
Frank Howard formerly of this town,
is visitor here.
Mrs. Fred Towle Is visiting her
parents in Derby.
Miss Hazel Wells was visitor in st.
Johnsbury last week.
Arthur Vedder is moving into one of
Fred Towle's tenements.
Glen Clement of Berlin N. a., is
visiting Alton Doe this week.
Mrs. Mary Packer of st. Johnsbury
is visiting Mrs. NJ. A. Ordway.
Miss Lillian Taylor of Derby visited
Miss Bertha Kline over Sunday.
F.B. Hall of WaItham, Mass. is
visiting his mother for few days.
Leslie Brown of New York is visit
ing at L. ]. Matheson's for week.
Mrs. Dorothy Pudvah Hoyt has
returned to her home in Manchester.
Mrs. Nj. A. FulIington and son from
Ottawa are visiting at Jerre Marston's.
j. B. Winget and daughter, Gladys,
are visiting relatives in South STRAIT
ford.
Have you your set of aluminium
dishes yet? Read the offer on page
four.
Philip Luimbra has finished work
here and gone to his home in Nashua,
n. n.
The Veneer mill is shut down this
week for repairs, but will start again,
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. D. French are in
Boston this week on business and
pleasure.
Mn. Alice Cole is visiting her son,
E. C. Cole. at Camp Abena, Belgrade
Lakes. Ne.
Miss Hazel TWombly is again work.
ing in the bank while E. A. Bean is OF
his vacation.
Miss Laura Gray, who has bee,
taking vacation, has returned to ~
Turnbull Office.
G. =. OrdWay and family of Jamaica
Plain. Mass, has been spending sever.
al days in Orleans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl TwonbIy o.
Waterbury and friends are guests .
Wallace TWombly'A
Mr.. and Mra. Lester Il. Kinsley an,
Dr.. and Mrs. Wells have returned iron
camping ut Stone Pond.
Letters ct the postodiee remainin,
uncalled for are: Archie Iapoint. II
L. Lock and Ralph Moss.
Mr.. and lfrA J. c. Allen of Burliprr
ton Were guests ut G. IS. SINNERS Ii
PAST weak. eQroute - 3 kinneEo Ne.
Ara. James NeF arlane Of Waterbu1
and her donehteK, NTa. Robert KnoWlo
are visiting NK1. Colby Stoddard.
1Grs- Joseph Bonuregnrd and dau'lb
tier, Alma. Of st. John&bnEy Wep,
guests 1t = A. Girard's last week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29
Congregational Church Notes.

The midweek service will be held
this evening at 73O. The pastor ex-
poets to return home in time to be
present. Let US all do our best to
make this good, strong. helpful
gathering.
Morning worship Sunday at 10. 80
o'clock. The sermon will be upon
some appropriate and helpful theme
and there will be some good music by
the choir under Mr.. Taplin's direction.
A large attendance and profitable
service is expected.
The Sunday school will meet at the
close of morning worship. Lesson
topic, THE Triumphal Entry" Class
es for all ages already organized and
cordial welcome for all who can join
US.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

NV. end NEU. G. L~Sh0o0or al
LobanOn, II. H., formerly Of this plaza,
were visitors In town ID past week.
Nr. and lErs. q. B. Smith and llr.
and Nrs. ". D. Twoinbly we're q
Willoughby lake the 1irst Of the week.
Several state bankers were guests Of
]. g. TuFnbull and visited the Central
Savings Bank & Trust company Tues
day.
New steel is being laid on the spur
track running to the TuHnbull feed
store and other repairs are being
made.
Mike Huntonix, Z Russian, has
finished his labors at the shops here
and today starts to return to his home
in Russia.
Alton Doe and party from Berlin,
n. H., toured the White Mountains
last week, covering distance OF over
500 miles.
A new attractive gold leaf sign has
been placed on the south side of the
Central Savings Bank & Trust COM
pany building.
Mrs. L. J. Matheson has been visit
| ing her parents at Barre the past
week, Mr.. Matheson spending the
week end there.
Fred Towle has gone to Littleton
where he has q position with q hard
ware house. Later he will move his
family to that place.
A. o. Austin is in Boston this week.
He will return the last of the week
with Mrs. Austin, who has been visit
ing at Natick some weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Hooker of st.
Johnsbury are at the Valley House,
where Mr.. Hooker is convalescing
from q badly sprained ankle.
Joseph Bridges goes this week to
of the Maine Volunteer Guards. He
will be away about two weeks.
Joseph Oktavec. president of the
Lafargue Piano company, and son
were business guests Of the e. L.
Chandler company the first of the
week.
Mrs. E. Pickett and daughter, Miss
Pickett of Montreal, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
M. johnson of Burlington and II. 0.
Marshall of Boston are guests at the
Valley House.
The ladies of the M. E. church held
a lawn party at the home Of Mrs. F,
J. Kinney last night, where ice cream
and cake were served and music was
furnished by the Chandler company
band.
Orleans people will be grieved to
note the death of Miss Florence Ed
munds of Bristol Saturday. Miss
Edmunds was the daughter of DR.. G.
F. Edmunds, a former resident Of
Orleans.
Mrs. D. w. Davis of Derby Line and
| the Misses SaIlie and Alice Baldwin Of
Montcalm, N. H., were guests of Mrs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

orlean.Luu clo,aG

At North Troy Saturday Orleans
team was defeated by North Troy by a
score of toe ia a.game replete with
errors and brilliant plays. As q
pitchers contest the honors were very
evenly divided between BRssett and
"Pop" Gardyne, but until the seventh
inning Bassett had the better of the
argument and Orleans looked an easy
winner and although Bassett was hit
in the last three innings, two errors
were directly responsible for the loss
of the game. Harold Bassett at the
receiving end of the Orleans battery
played a superb game and the hitting
of Turnbull and Harry Bassett figured
materially in the score. Nine hits of
Bassett for total of Is bases with two
passes to first and eight hits of "Pop''
Gardyne for total of 11-with one
pass and man hit by pitcher shows
how nearly the box men were matched.
But two of Orleans five errors count
ed in the final score, but these two
happened to be enough. The fielding
and batting of Frank Dana and Land.
ers of North Troy was feature. The
score by innings and a summary of the
game follows:
Innings 12s456 $3.50 RI E
North Troy O01O11 121 70
Orleans 1902 $4,000 6 8 S
Batteries, North -Gardyne and
Barrows, Orleans, Bassett and Bassett.
Two base hits-Harry Bassett 2, Turn
bull. Seaver, Fowler. Three base hit,
Landers. Double plays-Lee to Math-
ews, Smith to Turnbull. Base ON balls
off Bassett 2, off Garydne 1. Hit by
pitcher, Gardyne ;..struck out by Gardyne
Z, by Bassett 3. Umpire, Mitchell.
Orleans plays North Troy Saturday al
Skinner Athletic Park, Orleans at p.
m. It should be a 'crackerjack" game,
worthy the support of all local fans.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

Es II. AOCQEOp 4UGSQ0ys HISS ALICE
Baldwin is = teacher in Bryn M0wr
college.
About twenty baseball enthusiasts
went to North Troy Saturday to see
the Orleans and North Troy game and
were we'll paid for the trip. Besides,
nothing helps ball team - much rs
to have the support of its own towns
people.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Magoon have
returned from their trip TO Edmonton.
Alberta. They report very pleasant
trip of over $500 miles and assert that
both of them are much improved in
health and glad to again be back in
Orleans.
F. ]. Kinney and Carl Dwinell left
Monday night for weeks fishing trip
in Maine. They have tent and will
make it q regular camping trips with
the one idea of getting good catch.
Last season they made the same trip
and had the best OF luck.
Seventy.two quarts Of raspberries
gathered by Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Kinney
and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred AllchQrch in
two half days at the Towne Brothers
farm in Irasburg. is a good record,
especially when you consider how few
the men actually picked.
Mrs. Lillian Doe Woodbury. and sis
ter, Miss Woodbury., went Friday for a
weeks outing at Portland, Me. From
there Miss Woodbury. goes to Manset,
Me-. accompanied by Mrs. Woodbury.
as far as Bangor, who then goes to
Scarboro beach for a week.
Orleans and Barton that one of ]. G..
Turnbull's sons ran over q man at
Island Pond with an automobile, kill
ing the man. 1t is reported that young
Turnbull was arrested and locked up
there, but there is no foundation to
these stories.
| CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

Sunday services. Sermons at 1870
and 7.3O by the pastor. The morning
service is followed by the Bible school
to which all are invited. During the
Sunday evenings of August, except
the I'd, the pastor will give a series of
brief sermons on Mountain Voices. -
The theme for August 2 will be,
''Sinai, the Mount of the Law. "
Special singing by chorus choir.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

The w. II. M. society will meet with
Mrs. Jenness Thursday afternoon at
2.30 o'clock.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

The Equitable Life Assurance
Society Of the United States
B. O. Smith, Local Agent
Orleans, Vt.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

A meeting of the stewards and
trustees will be held at the church
Thursday evening at 8, o'clock. I'm
portant business. It is desirable that
each one be present if possible.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

Ell. Lothrop Tuesday. Miss Alice
Baldwin is Z teacher in Bryn M0wr
college.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

Methodist Episcopal Church Notes
Prayer service tonight at 7.3O
o'clock
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

New steel is being laid on the spur
track running to the Turnbull feed
store and other repairs are being
made.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

Mike Huntonix, Z Russian, has
finished his labors at the shops here
and today starts to return to his home
| in Russia.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

The Sunday school was favored Sun
day in hearing helpful remarks from
M. E. Church, superintendent in
Virginia. It is always a pleasure to
hear from others who are doing aggres-
sive work.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

Several state bankers were guests oi
]. g. TuFnbun and visited the Contra
Savings Bank 3 Trust company Tues.
day.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

~-Isy. ond MUG L~ShaoGor Of
Lobanon, II. a., formerly Of this place.
were visitors IN town ID past week.
Mr.. ana lIrs. n. B. Smith and III.
and Mrs. ". D. Twombly were ax
WIllOughby lake the first Of the week.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

The ladies of the M. E. church held
a lawn party at the home Of Mrs. F.
]. Kinney last night, where ice cream
and cake were served and music was
furnished by the Chandler company
how'd
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

Alton Doe and party from Berlin,
n. H., toured the White Mountains
last week, covering distance Of ove1
500 miles.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-07-29

A new attractive gold leaf sign has
been placed on the south side of the
Central Savings Bank & Trust COM
panY building.
The Springfield herald., 1914-09-18

sand acres of good agricultural
land in the county, and several
thousand acres more that would
be ideal for stock raising.
Under our present homestead
laws 32O acres can be had for
paying the fees. Improving the
land and making of it a hom :.
Three years. residence is reouir.
ed.
In addition to the homestead
law, by the desert right law
both the man and.wife are enti-
tied to a half sechon each. The
conditions of the desert law how.
ever are such as to make it in
advisable to make use of this
right. The entire tract must be
irrigated, ana to do so from wells
is too costly an undertaking; and
it is then to be paid for at SIPS
an acre.
While there is still great
deal of government land in the
county, there is proved up land
that can be had al such a low fig
ure as to be really better for the
man with the means than t.,
bother with government claim.
Good proved up land can be
had at from $500 to $1,000 per
acre, depending on the locality
and improvements. Small stock
ranches can be bought at those
figures, or individual claims can
be bought up And small stock
ranches thus built up.
The well-to-de renter here has
his oportunity, Either i'll taking
government land, or in buying
land outright. With any where
from half . section to two or
more sections, we'll lequipped for
farming and well stocked, there
isn't a place on fhis side of King
dom Come that will yield better
returns on the Investment.
First of all is to come and see.
Then if you decide to locate, the
next thing is TO learn the coun-
try, for you will find here a dif-
ferent proposition, as to pro
ducts andmetlods, than you had
in eastern cli4es.
Seeing is believing, but this is
country has to be learned.
The Springfield herald., 1914-09-18
After the fair is over, !
send your premium list !
to friend back east-a !!
good ad. \

waving grain, and beautiful
groves, and many other brakes
of civilization are had, the biz
yards of the west will be tanned
down to what the mild storms of
the east now are. 1t is not as
cold here as in the same latitude
in the central states. The ther-
mometer rarely registers below
zero; and most frequently rang
es from ten to thirty above.
And this is Colorado's winter,
than which a better could not be
found it the whole world were
hunted down.
Our springs and falls are al
ways grand. While in the CEN
tral states you wade mud up to
your eye brows, here we usually
have good roads and pleasant
weather, with the same pedes-
tflan satisfaction that is en-
joyed in the winter season. As
the spring advances the rains fall
more numerously, as if by the
Advise providence it was or
dained that they should fall only
as requir'd by tn luxurios growth
of the vegetation for it's support.
Beautiful Spring! Glorious
Spring! Co!orado's Spring!
Flowing il a mellow atmosphere.
wrapped in blanket of green,
with a halo of sunshine aSd a
crown of flowers, where, O
where is thy peer.
Summer comes, and with it
comes the rain-as much as falls
In other parts of the greats states
Continued on page A.
The Springfield herald., 1914-09-18
Baca County
Ten Years Ago
And Now
Historical al Descriptive. /


"a revision of the write-up OF
Oct. 8, 1919.
We wonder how many of the
good people of Baca county have
stopped in their rush and hurrah
for the good things in life
health, wealth, and prosperity,
long enough to contrast the
present in its history with con-
ditions as they existed in this
county ten years ago.
OF course the old days in it's
history are ever present in the
mind; but the change in the
country in just ten Years. from
an exaggerated and veritable
backwoods stage to the advantag-
es of the most approved ami up
to-date modern conveniences, is
a transformation in it's history
that reads more like a fairy-land
romance than chapter in real
life.
The man who came on the
scene ten years ago found the
country in chrysalis state, in
which condition il had been for
seventeen years, and with no
change except in the accumula-
ton of wealt (and moss), by it's
prestine inhabitants.
At that time there was hardly
a thought that in all the years to
come there would be any change
The old timers had the country
partitioned off between them,
and believed sincerely that it
was as full of people as it could
hold, for the reason that they
believed it forever doomed for
agricultural purposes.
Cattle being the source of
wealth to those old timers, farm
ing was Thought of only as a
means Of providing feed for
stock when billiards. and deep
SHOWS made feeding essential;
and farming was consequently
little thought of.
Farming tools were conse-
quently of a some what prilnative
nature. OF riding listers there
The Springfield herald., 1914-09-18

Ten years ago there were sew.
en- to fourteen schools in the
county, with an average probab-
~ of seven or eight pupils.
There were six or seven resident
teachers in the county. Now
there are 45 schools. and in the
county altogether something
like Que hundred teachers.
Ten years ago there we're
three or four Sunday schools,
with few pupils each. New
Il ere are probably fifty, and
ench with a fairly good atteud-
ance.
Such are some of the changes
that have come over the county
in the past ten years.
The Springfield herald., 1914-09-18
A STUDY
Of THE MIRAGE.

The Wonderful, Puzzling, and
Picturesque Scenes of tn.
Dry West Not Elsewhere
Witnessed in the
World.
Sometimes Great Deceptive
Lakes of Water, Sometimes
Stilted Forests of Weeds,
Or EIongations of
Men and
Beasts.
Sometimes Waves or Undulations
of Mirrored Objects in the
Atmosphere, in Imita-
ton of Prairie
Fires and Great
Conhagra-
tions.
Sometimes an Elevation of OBJ
jects beyond the Horizon,
Bringing Them into
Plain View,
The Objects Being Sometimes
Erect ana Sometimes
Inverted.
ln the first place, just why the
mirage pronounce me-rahzh)
IS here is shrouded in mystery.
Is. it the dryness of the climate,
t.c rarity of the atmosphere, or
our short grass? Why does our
atmosphere reflect light. and
other atmospheres not do SO?
Ii it is our dryness, why not
the phenomenon when bot and
dry elsewhere? If it is rarity
or short grass, why is that so,
and doesn't it look as if a dense
atmosphere would present a bet
ter rejecting surface than a rare
one? If it is heat, by reason of
our short grass, why do we have
it during our wettest and coolest
weather?
These questions in full we will
not attempt to answer, but will
PASS them up for the next neigh
Dor to speculate upon.
Whatever the cause, we have
il spread over the country in un-
limited quantities, and we shall
here content ourselves with
of the modus oper-
andi Of produ, ion and peculiari-
ties presented.
THE WATER MIRAGE,
The expanation of this phenom-
enon is simple, it being simply
he reflection of the sky in the
atmosphere.
The water mirage is never
more than few degrees above
he horizon. and sometimes cor
(Con tinued on page 2.)