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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
RECORD WITHOUT A STAIN
Engineer Has Run Trains for Fifty
Two Years Without an Acei-
dent of Any Sort.

Fifty-two years as q railroad man
and fifty years as an engineer on the
New York Central railroad, without
an accident or black mark of any
sort against him, is the proud record
Of Dennis John Cassin, who retired
from the service on August IS at the
age of seventy years.
Cassin, an alert, keen-loOking man,
with a gray mustache and gray hair,
does not show his age Those who
have seen him in the cab of the big
locomotive that pulls the Empire State
express from the Harlem yards at AL
bany would take him for a man Of
about fifty, but UP at his trim little
house at 597 Walton avenue, The
Bronx, he has documents to prove that
he was born on April IS. 1874, at
Greenwich, now the City Of Rensse-
laer. He became just fifty years ago
on August IS a fulI-hedged engineer
His first engine was one of the old
woodworking "dinkies" that used to
run between Westchester county
points and the old downtown Grand
Central terminal. AS engine building
progressed he got better type of To-
connective and finally he became the
dean and the most trusted engine
driver on the road. Despite the fact
that he started in when that sort of
work was in it's infancy, he has kept
fn11Ny ohroact Of nd hoc
passed all the examinations that up-to
date methods require of railroad en-
gineers.
His proudest possession, outside of
his family and his record, is diamond
ring he won some years ago in a popu-
larity contest conducted by a railroad
magazine, when he was voted, by a
big majority, the most popular en-.
gineer in the United States.
In addition to the important duty of
taking the Empire State safely to AL
bany at a mile-a-minute speed, Cassin
turns around in the Albany yards and
brings whirling back tC this city an
other of the crack trains Of the road,
the Southwestern limited Better
than a mile minute he makes at
times with this train.
In his time Cassin has carried mil
lions of passengers and he can spin
many yarn about the big men he has
had in the coaches behind him. Cover
nors of New York, presidents of the
! United States bankers, merchants.
mayors and famous persons of all sorts
have ridden behind Safe Dennis
Cassin. In addition to being the dean
of the Central forces, Cassin is one of
the oldest active railroad engineers in
the world.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
DEPOT PUT UP IN COACHES
Odd Arrangement Made Use of in
Emergency by Railroad
in Indiana.

After a railroad station at Michi-
gan City, Ind, had been destroyed by
fire, leaving the companies which had
occupied it without facilities for han,
ding their local business, a number
Of passenger coaches We're set out on
an adjacent siding. and converted into
complete depot. These served ade-
quately to house the ticket, telegraph,
and baggage Offices and also provided
comfortable waiting rooms for the pa
irons. The locations of the various
offices were indicated by overhead
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
DEATH OF JOHN STEWART
Ex Governor of Vermont Served His
State In Many Capacities

Middlebury, VT, Oct. 31.-John
W. Stewart, a former member OF
the United States senate and formerly
governor of the state, died suddenly
of heart trouble. He was 80 years OF
age.
He was governor in 1S70-72, rep .
resented the First Vermont district
in congress from 1883 to 1891, and
on the death of Senator Proctor in
1908 was appointed to fill the unex-
pired term. He had previously been
speaker of the Vermont house Of rep
resentatives and member OF the
state senate.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
SECOND CLEANUP
CONTEST IN UTAH
Remarkable Results Achieved
In Initial Campaign.
REVIEW OF WORK DONE.
DR.. T. M. Beatty, Secretary of the State
Board of Health, Has Reported That
the First Campaign Reduced the
Death Rate Throughout Utah.

Death Rate Throughout Utah.
The second cleanup contest in the
state of Utah is now on. The first one
was inaugurated early in 1914 by the
secretary of the Utah Development
league. He worked through the COM
mercial clubs of the state, the COVER
nor and the state board Of health. AS
a result Utah in 1914 conducted the
first cleanup town contest ever held in
this country under the auspices of a
state bureau.
So remarkable were the results last
year. says the Survey, that the con-
test is being repeated this year by the
state board of health, the Utah De-
velopment league cooperating. The
manner of conducting the contest and
the mode Of scoring will be essentially
the same this year as last, so brief
review of last years event will show
the general value of the movement.
The contest started about the middle
of March. Each town organized a
committee of citizens who outlined and
directed its campaign. Provo, a town
of 10000 population, selected a commit
tee of fifty A captain for each Of the
$50 city blocks was also appointed. By
a centrally chosen street the town was
divided into two competing sections.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
THE RURAL PRESS
e The Local Paper Most Useful
Agency on the Farm-The Press,
Pulpit and School Trinity Of
influence That Must Be
Utilized in Building
Agriculture.
BY Peter Radford
Lecturer National Farmers Union

Lecturer NdllO3ltl + dIilltlS I. A4loll
A broad campaign of publicity or
the subject of rural life is needed in
this state today to bring the problems
of the farmers to the forefront. The
city problems are blazoned upon the
front pages of the metropolitan dali
les and echoed in the country press,
but the troubles of the farmers are
seldom told except by those who
seek to profit by the story, and the
glitter of the package ofttimes OBJ
scures the substance A searching in
vestigation into the needs of the
farmers will reveal many inherent de-
fects in our economic system that can
be easily remedied when properly IN
derstood and Illuminated by the pow
er of the press.
The rural press, the pulpit and the
school are a trinity of powerful in
fuences that the farmer must utilize
to their fullest capacity before he can
occupy a commanding position in pub
lie affairs. These gigantic agencies are
VI SdIlLSu III every lulc NOililiANlilIJ
and only await the patronage and co
operation of the farmers to fully de
velop their energy and usefulness
They are local forces working fol
the best interests of their respective
communities. Their work is to build
and their object is to serve. They
prosper only through the development
and prosperity of the community.
Every farmer in this state should
subscribe for the local paper, as well
as farm periodicals and such other
publications as he may find profitable,
but he should by all means subscribe
for his local paper, and no home
should be without it. The local paper
is part of the community life and the
editor understands the farmers prob
lens. Il is the local press that will
study the local problems and through
its columns deal with subjects of most
vital Importance to local life of the
community.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Railroad Advance

Before the year 1880 most English
railroad carriages had only four
wheels and weighed ten tons. From
1880 to 1890 they had six wheels and
weighed fifteen or sixteen tons; from
1890 to 1900 they had eight wheels and
weighed twenty-four tons, and since
1900 the fashion is twelve wheels for
dining and sleeping cars and the
weight thirty.fve to forty tons.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
THE Power of Advertising.

The Influence Or advertising is clear
iy yialD'e in the homes and habits of
The ,atmars ana the advertising col
GMAs u. the press are making their
Imprint upon thS lives of our people.
The farmer Possesses the things that
are best advertised
The farmer is entitled to all the
advantages and deserves all the lux
uries OF life. We need more art sci
ence and useful facilities on the
farms, and many homes and farms
are well balanced in this respect, but
the advertiser can render service
by teaching the advantages of modern
equipment throughout the columns o,
the rural press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

heavy steel boom of the dredger sud-
denly became unleashed and struck
out Just in time to hit the wooden
trestle violently and weaken some of
it's supports. Almost at the same in
slant the passenger train shot on to
the sagging section, smashing through
and falling on top of the work train.
Only the observation car Of the pas
senger remained ON the elevated
structure.-Popular Mechanics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

From the citizens of each section doc.
tor and layman were chosen, CONSTITUTE
ing Il committee of four judges.
When Il resident finished cleaning up
he notified the judges that his premises
were ready for inspection. The judges
scored his premises on a possible basis
Of 90 points. If he scored 70 points he
was given Il red or blue button accord.
ing to whether he belonged to the red
or blue army. The army receiving the
greater number of buttons prevailed.
In Lehi prize of $50 was given the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Road Dragging.

Good roads save money, because:
They cheaper transportation to the
markets; they reduce the drain upon
capital invested in horses; they pre-
vent waste of time, and time is
money" they add to the joy of living,
and JOY adds to the effectiveness of
life; good roads may be had by drag
cling; use the drag.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
DaiIv ThoJohl.

AS ships meet at sea, homent to-
gether. when words OF greeting must
be spoken, ana then away into the
ieep, so men meet IN his world and
think we should cross no mans
path withoHG hailing nimt and, If ne
needs, giving MIN supplies.-Renry
Ward Beecher.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Police Hunt For Slayer

Boston, Nov. .-Gisschino Bossio,
80, died last night, with five bullet
wounds in his head and body. The
police are searching for Pasquale
Laporte, who is charged with the
shooting.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

Several fatalities resulted from a
railroad wreck of most unusual ma
ture which recently occurred near
Rainier, Wash At the point where
the tragedy happened the tracks of one
railroad company cross those of an
other on 30-foot trestle. A work
train was passing beneath the ele-
waited structure carrying a steam
shovel on fiat car as passenger
train approached overhead. The
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
IN BOSTON MARKETS

Quotations given here are strictly
wholesale and retailers must expect
to pay more for small lots:
Butter-Northern creamery extras
1914 assoc; western creamery extras,
2Y1s @29c; western firsts, 27Q2Sc.
The Silent Band.
IT am a man of few words
"Shakel I'm married, too."-Bostol
Transcript.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

signs extended from the car platforms,
while the customary bulletin board
announcing the time of arrival and
departure of different trains was at
tached on one side Of the car which
served as a ticket office-Popular Me-
chanics.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Railroads Worth Billions,

The value of railroads and their
equipment in the United States is
placed by the federal census bureau
at $16,14S, 100000; of street railways,
1886, 100000; of telephones, s1,0S1,-
000, 000.N
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Safe Bet

A New Jersey town IS conducting \
contest to find its nomeliest man.
Without knowing anything about It's
citizens Wen pct It s the town beauty
doctor,-Detroit Free Press,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

According to a Theological expert,
the colorings of mushrooms are ex.
ceedingly varied, including possibly
the subsequent beautiful blue of the
victim who gets a toadstool by mis-
take.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
SLAYER of Children Insan.

Boston, Oct. 29.-Harry e. Nut
ting Of Groton, who shot and killed
his son, Everett, and his daughter,
Matte, was adjudged insane and
comitted to the state hospital at
BridgeWater.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Continuity of Service

The Pennsylvania Railroad company
reports that the majority of persons
who enter the service of that company
and remain in it two or three years
usually continue in the service until
they die or are pensioGed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Signal Wire Too Tiuht.

One OF the worst railroad accidents
on record was caused by too-tight
new wire, which pulled the signal
down little. The driver thought II
meant "all clear" with the result that
collision occurred.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

The farmers are in need of personal
leadership. They have political lead
ers, but they need local industrial
community and educational leaders.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Use Powdered Coal.

Some Of the big railroads have been
using powdered coal with very salts
factory results The coal, finely pow
dered and dried, is stored in recep-
tacles from which it is blown into the
firebox in jets by air pressure, much
the same as oil fuel is used. The dry
powder is converted into gas almost
instantaneously, the temperature OF
the firebox is not lowered and the
Objectionable heavy black smoke is
obviated. This method is also more
economical of fuel than ordinary fir
ing and materially lessons the labor
of stokingA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Sell Your Products.

Sell your wool when the price is
'airly good. Holding wool, or any 9TH
ar crop very long is risky buisness
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Railroad Watchmen on Stills.

West bottoms on tall posts. Like a
stork, poised on one leg, they stand
sentinel ever the traffic. The watch
man has to climb a ladder to get into
them.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
RAILROAD SENTINEL

It must have been a tree dweller
instinct that prompted the Rock Island
railroad to put it's watchtowers in the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
To Fiqht For Italy

Boston, Nov. 1.-Over 700 Italians
who have been called home to fight
sailed on the Cretic. This was the
fifth large delegation of Italians who
have left Boston for the war and
brings the total well over 5000 men.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
Steadfast and True.

Nothing Is steadfast that is insin
cere,--Cicero.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12
MILLS REMAIN CLOSED
No Disorder When Strikers Gather at
Gates Of Nashua Plants

Nashua, n. H., Nov. 2.-Neither
the Nashua Manufacturing company
or the Jackson Manufacturing COM
pany opened its mills yesterday. The
militia was on duty at the gates,
where several hundred striking oper-
atives gathered. but there was no
disorder.
The companies had refused the de-
mands of the strikers for an increase
in wages and announced that they
would reopen the plants as soon as
conditions permitted.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-12

Factory to Utilize Tin Scraps.
Baltimore has factory to utilize tin
scraps
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-01-28
In TOmbs Sunday Night

New York, Jan. 21.-Harry X. Thaw
will sleep in Toombs prison next Sun
day night, not far from the cell which
he occupied when first arrested for the
murder Of Stanford White In June,
1916. If William Travers Jerome car
ries out the plan he announced today.
Mr.. Jerome said he would try to have
Thaw's case called for trial next week.
He said he would leave this city to-
morrow for Washington and from
Washington would go to New Hamp-
shire, returning here Sunday with
Thaw.
Before making this announcement,
Jerome had n long talk with district
attorney Perkins in which they dis
cussed the indictment charging Thaw
with conspiracy in the alleged plot
which resulted in his escape from Mat
teawan asylum in August, 1913.
In addition Jerome consulted Su-
preme Court Justice Davis, before
whom it is understood, Thaw is to be
tried on the conspiracy charge.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-01-28
NOTICE

Department of the Interior. United
States Land Office:
Notice is hereby given that the state
Of Idaho, on the 29th day of December,
1914, filed in this office a list of lands
No. 1896, selected by its State Board
of Land Commissioners for Indemnity
purposes under Section No. 4, Act Of
July Bird, 1890. as follows:
Lot /. Section 10. Township 9 South,
Range 81, e.
Copies thereof by descriptive sub
divisions have been posted In my Of
flee for inspection by any person inter
ested, and the public generally.
Within the next sixty days from the
date of the first publication hereof,
protests or contests, against the claim
OF the State to the tracts, or subdivi-
sions herein described, on the ground
that the same is more valuable for
will be received and noted for report
to the General Land Office at Wash
ington, ID. G.
Failure to protest or contest the
claim OF the State within the time
specified, will be considered sufficient
evidence OF its non-mineral character,
and the selection being otherwise free
from objection, will be recommended
for approval.
HENRY w. KIEFER,
Register.
First publication Jan. IA, 1915.
Last publication Feb. IL, 1915.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-01-28
TAFT SEES DANGER IN
CURE OF EVILS,
Says the Country is Suffering From
"Excess of Remedies" and Must Re-
trace Unwise Steps Taken.

Declaring that the country was halt
ing in business and progress and
learning the unwise steps that had
been taken and needed to be retraced,
William H. Taft, former president said
at Bloomington, Ind, January 81, that
the people should go back to the line
of justice, equality and moderation.
Professor Taft was the guest Of In
diana university and delivered the
principal address at the founders day
exercises, which celebrated the ninety
fifth anniversary of the university.
I'VE need not go back to the condi-
lions that led to the great reforms,
and we shall not do So" said Mr.. Taft.
Corporations have been driven out of
politics, and while, of course, corrup-
ton is not ever absent, the danger of
plutocracy has disappeared and the
publication Of politics has constituted
a real reform for which all good citi-
zens must be grateful.
"The hostility Of legislatures and
congress, consciously or unconsciously
has come to be directed against all
successful investment or capital with
out discrimination. Nothing is so tim
i'd as capital and nothing is so able TO
take ARE of what it has. The inquis-
itorial and nagging character of the
power of commissions, created for the
close supervision of corporate activ-
tiles, have so frightened capital as to
shrink investments and stop the r.
NAL expansion in the business Of the
country.
"The sad features of such excuses
of remedy" continued Mr.. Taft, chow
ever well intended is that the persons
who suffer most are the least able to
bear suffering-the wage earners,
whose comfort and living are depend
ent upon constant employment"
Urges Increase i'm Rates,
Increased rates for the railroads,
when the conditions require it, was
urged by Mr.. Taft.
Professor Taft criticized many OF
the new reforms in governmental at
fairs and declared hat the selection OF
candidates at a primary has not tended
to elimination of corruption or politi-
cal machinery and the selection of bet
ter representatives of a party.
"The standard of judges in those
.+o+ae vvhara the candidates are select
ed by a general primary have notably
and perceptibly become inferior tc
those who we're selected under the ole
convention system" Mr.. Taft declared
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-01-28
brief addresses by representatives of
American Chambers of Commerce in
foreign lands.
EXPENDITURES FOR LABOR
BY IDAHO FARMERS.

Fifty-one per cent. or 15,715 OF the
farmers of Idaho, employ hired help,
and their annual expenditure for this
item is approximately $500. 900, ac-
cording to a report which has Just
been issued by the Bureau of Census.
Ten years ago the yearly expenditure
for labor by farmers of this state am
ounted to ~s2,25O.OOO. and the increase
within a decade has been 19S per cent
of the amount paid for labor by Ida
no farmers in cash.
For continental United States the
yearly labor expenditure is more than
1851, 000,0 900 and 46 per cent of the
farmers hire labor. There are nearly
5000, 900 farmers in the country that
employ hired hands.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-01-28
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, U. S. Land
Office at Blackfoot. Idaho, January
%, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing named settlers have filed notice
of their intention to make final proof
on their respective entries before Theo
Turner, u. S. Commissioner at Poca-
tello, Bannock County, Idaho, on the
Sth day of March, 1915.
Warren NJ. Price, of P~ocatello, Ida
no, who, on November Ia, 1910, made
Homestead Entry, Serial No. 09199, for
the SEA SWA, VIZ SEA, Section2;
NWA, NEA, Section IL, Township 8
South, Range "a East, Boise Meridian,
to make three-year proof.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence up
on and cultivation of the above de-
scribed lands: Henry ]. Petit, Nick
Carsolla, Maurice Rossiter and Moses
Fannin. all of Crystal, Idaho.
Henrietta George, of P~ocatello, Ida
no, who. on October 10, 1910, made
Homestead Entry, Serial No. O8S28, for
the NEA SWA, VIZ SEA, NEA SEA,
Section 10, Township 8 South, Range
"a East, Boise Meridian, to make four
teen months proof.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence up
on and cultivation of the above de-
scribed lands: Manning Standby,
John Smith, Emma Green and Ernest
George, all of Crystal, Idaho.
HENRY w. KIEFER,
Register,
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-01-28
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, U. S. Land
Office at Blackfoot, Idaho, January
3, 1915.
Notice is hereby given that Zella q.
Schiewe, formerly leila Y. Johnson,
of American Falls, Idaho, who on May
IS. 1918, made homestead application
No. 0142SS, for SWANEA, NWASEA
section "a, township s south, range 80
east, Boise meridian, has filed notice
of intention to make final commute
ton proof to establish claim to the
land above described. before Carl lines,
U. S. Commissioner. at American Falls.
Idaho, on the LIST day of March, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses: Gott-
lieb Schiewe. William Fields, George
w. Blackmer, Johann Isaak, all OF
American Falls, Idaho.
HENRY w. KIEFER,
lila 2-1S Register.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-01-28
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department OF the Interior, U. 8. Land
office at Blackfoot, Idaho, Jan. 10,
1915.
Notice is hereby given that Jacob
Neu OF American Falls, Idaho, who on
Oct. 8, 1909 and Sept. 10. 1911, made
homestead entries Nos. 01039-010S52,
for NWh NEA, EM NwH NEA 5wA
VIZ NWH. VIZ SWA, Section 10.
Township 7 South. Range 30 East,
poise Meridian, has filed notice OF in
'ention TO make final five year proof
% establish claim TO the land above
'escribed, before Carl lines, u. s.
Commissioner, at American Falls, Ida
70. on the 18th day OF March, 1915.
Claimant names as witnesses: Jesse
Wilcox, Bernhard Adolf, John Tiede,
and Christian Neu, All OF American
Falls. Idaho.
HENRY w. KIEFER,
1-21 2-25. Register