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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

will be strong, and this will Assure ;
good market. With tne industry ea
established, Oregon onght to be apt
compete successfully in the maIYF% n !.
the world. European land on whca "
is grown is extremely high priced
land in the Lys valley in Belgium
ing for as high af $50 an acre
pared with such rentals as 'als Y
gon land is cheap-and this iln'
connection with tine large anolH
fibre produced by Oregon siia'' i
no n fnrtnr I'm chean prOduetl0l.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

knew, when the
turobbing drum and
the fife are dumb,
oh, what will the
lamsels dot They
may watch and wait
by the garden gate
as they watched in
the days Of yore,
but the strong
Young men will re.
turn again TO the
twilight tryst no
more, Wars shad.
ow falls on tine huts
and halls, ard
fhpOuuh tt A.. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

Portland Telegram: Strychnine hid.
den in small piece Of raw hamburger
steak is being used by dog po'souer
in the Overlook district, according to
the report made yesterday by 5. NJ
Redfield, Of $50 Patton avenue, to de.
tective headquarters. Redficld's dog
was poisoned yesterday. The residents
Of the district are incensed over the loss
Of several blooIcd dogs, and a reward
has been offered. An indignation
meeting was held yesterday. Two years
ago dog poisouer raided Overlook.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09


men grope; but the darker shade. Snr
the widowed maids who mourn a o,er
.u' wreck OF hope, 1t is theirs TO
moan and 70 walk alcog desolate path
ana sere' and the whispered vows
meath the swayIng boughs are tbings
VI the lesteryear When the talo rs
.VlG the intirm and Old may weep for
thCir strong Young men; "an5 49,
well, they II sigh, that we soon sban
vo' wy ana be with our sons again " Bus
tae widowed maids in the dorLer
saAdes no comfort like that can win,
through the years they n wait for tbo
jasper gate to open and let them in.
i';ss' i'';s'''Es s.!.'...' lE.'; ..-,,,. M1MA.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

man died on Coos river at an age well above the 100
mark The transition from life to death in that locality
Is so little marked that he might have passed the border
line good many years ago only his neighbors failed TO
notice it.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

They say that the soldiers of the opposing armies in
Europe played football against each other on Christmas
day And probably there were more crippled men in the
ranks that night than after the average day of the
ordinary routine of war.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

All the results of are not to be deplored The In.
eatona Opera company has been forced to disband be-
cause so many of the foreign singers have been detained
in thewar zone
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

The dismissal of Captain Lawson by the board Of con-
troll for refusing to make an appointment he deemed IN
necessary illustrates the evils of the law passedby the sen
ate machine giving the executive the right Of summary
removal Heads Of departments and state Institutions
and all other appOintive officers now puppets
They have nothing to do but take orders from the real
power behind hem although in of trouble scandal
they would be the scapegoat for the administration In
matters Of policies appointment of their assistants they
are blanks and practical politician in the governors
chair has the power to build up machine composed Of
his strikers and ward heeers at public expense 1t is
vicious law degrading to every instinct of honest public
service and the only hope that the present admnisra
tion will not abuse its unlimited power until honest fair
minded legislators the people themselves by initiative
wipe it off the statute books The action taken in the
Lawson case had for its object the placing of another
faithful henchman on the public salary roll Simply that
and nothing more.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

British gunboats are holding up Rogue River apples
declares the Medford Sum- which proceeds to demand i'm
mediate reprsal. Next thing we know that Medford
bunch will be invading Canada
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

trade balance has shifted from of on
the import side to an excess of 100000 the export
sde exceeding that shown by any previous month IN he
countrys history" This remarks the New York Evening
Mail s the index of the prosperity offered to this
nation by events beyond its control The same paper
goes on to say that the foreign demand for goods in
cleasing at rate which should stimulate industries
enable the nation to throw off quickly the burden OF
unemployment under which it has bent
In the same six months during which the main currents
of our foreign trade reversed foreign exchange
swung from the highest to the lowest levels ever recorded
Thus last August the New York Commercial reminds
u.s. ut costs seven dollars to remit pound sterling from
New York to London" although the normal value Of
pound is $780,. few weeks ago the exchange value Of
the pound sterling touched the low record Of $479 The
same condition. differing only degree is reflected in ex-
change rates in Germany France and Italy As the Bos-
News Bureau remarks, he problem that was ours in
August is Europes in February" the main difference be-
ing that our predicament then though acute bound
to be brief while Europes is probelmatcay Indefinite
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09
After the War

"hen the war is Ger, with its wealth
OF s2re-the worst that the world q 'er
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

When the governor invokes his czarke powers in or.
doesn't speak well for the law or the governor eitbo
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

However it was John Paul Jones\who began the fash.
ION OF hosting the American flag over British vessels re-
marks the Columbia State NN'''S ie-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

Silslaw Pilot: Several of the people
residing in the vicinity of Florence had
an experience that very seldom hap.
pens here. Wednesday morning about
3: 80 a number OF clocks stepped in the
country south of Florence and some
felt slight tremor, but nothing was
Thought Of it until news came that
there had been an earthquake in Cali
fornla at about that time. 1t may be
that we are getting in line Of the
Quakas.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09
STATE NEWS
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Medford Mal-Tribune: Advocating
the advertising of the city the local
Commercial club has appropriated SlOo
toward the taking Of pictures of Med
ford and surrounding country to be
exhibited at the Panama Pacific eX.
position. A scenario win be prepared
and several local characters will be in
the cast
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

Wilamina Times: 1t is reported that
Postmaster Belt recently got a ship
mout OF live fowls by parcel post. How
to get them to their destination was a
sticktr, and after careful study of the
postal laws ne decided that they were
not maiable and returned them to the
sender.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

Peadleton East Oregonian: Major
Lee Moorhouse has recently edded n
rare arrow head to his collection Of
curios. II had been Clipped out of a
clear, red stone by the early Indians
and looks as pure as ruby. The ma
jor secured it from a cowboy who had
picked it up on Sucker creek near Bak-
er. He has had it mounted and is wear
ing it on his coat lapel.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-09

i''s'' i'';s'''Es s'!. ''l.'i s.-,r. M.kMs.,,.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
Bristol Man Is Killed.

The terrific wind storm which prevail
ed in Bristol Friday did much damage.
Sidney B. Grant, living in Bristol
Flats south of the village, was killed
shortly after 6 o'clock in the evening,
while he was out doing his chores. The
wind blew down shed, timber strik-
ing Grant and killing him. His wife
went out looking for him and found
him under the timbers.
Mr.. Grant leaves his wife, two sons,
one daughter and has a brother, Irving
Grant, living in West Rutland.
Several buildings were unroofed, trees
up-rooted and telephone wires blown
down, Children in South Starksboro
remained in the schoolhouse until after
9 O. clock in the evening when the wind
subsidized and rain began to fall.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26

The method adopted by some
states in conforming to eugenic
principles is not only brutal, but a
damnable stain upon the state that
allows such principles to be carried
out. Why should people who are
weak mentally or below the normal,
or of blood that inclines toward
evil things, be forced to suffer ster-
ilzation like so many dumb brutes
simply to satisfy the whims of few
eugenic believing cranks? Are we
reverting back to savagery? Must
young couples suffer this indignity
of inspection before wedlock to sat-
isfy such outrageous laws that are
abnormal in themselves? Out up
on such modern theories and those
who would cater to them. Grown
up man and womanhood is no time
to tinker with eugenic principles.
Begin at birth. DR.. Hasselden and
Mrs. Anna Bollinger of Chicago have
set fine example in this direction.
1t was blessing to the child, fam
lily and communi ty in allowing it to
die. 1t was the right principle to
work upon, and far less inhuman
than allowing it to grow up, and
possibly torture it or like beings
with barbaric torture in later years.
Conform to eugenic principles at
birth, if you will-not after the be-
ing has grown up.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
Carmania's Cat Did High Stunts Dur
ing Gun Firing.

During the fight in which the arm
ed liner Carmania sank the German
commerce destroyer Cap Trafalgar,
the ships cat on the Carmania broke
various worlds records in sprints
and high jumps, writes a member Of
the crew to friends in London.
The old cat didn't seem to know
what to make of it, says the letter.
He was on ordinary occasions a
lazy kind of cat, and spent most
of his time hunting sunny corners
for sleep. But when the firing COM
menced, he covered the whole ship
like a streak, from foc'sle head to
stern, on deck and below, trying to
climb masts and scramble up the
funnel, and every time a gun was
fired, he would jump up in the air
as high as the tops of the freight
booms. 1t was some time after the
fight before he quoted down to his
old habits. But we will match him
against any other cat in the world
in his peculiar kind of athletics"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
Writes of Experiences On Firing
Line.

Cor don Riddell, a ieweler of
Barre, has received a letter from
his brother, James Riddell, who
gives an intimate and interesting
account of his experiences on the
firing line in Belgium and France.
Private Riddell is member of the
Second Gordon Highlanders and is
recovering from rifle wound in
the head, the second battle scar he
has received since he went to the
front. When the letter was penned
late in June, Mr.. Riddell was con-
valescing at the Gives hospital,
Groly Road. Leicester, Eng. Ex-
perts of Mr.. Riddell's communica-
ton to his brother are given below:
Dear Gordon:
Have just received your letter
this morning. Well | am sorry to
say | was pretty severely wounded
at Fesheber, near La Base, on the
18th Of May. We took four lines
of German trenches, but we lost
about 200 of our regiment; I was in
the 7th division, composed of LIST
Grenadier guards, End Scots guards,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
Christmas Fun of Troops in Trenches.

Though serious fighting has been
impossible along the ragged line
from Ypres to Armentieres where
our troops are mainly congregated,
there was an abundance of fun in
the sloppy trenches on Christmas
Day, as told by jolly padre. who
returned from the firing line this
morning. He said:
Two soldiers, after signalling
peace from a perilous position on
the crown of the trench, walked
across to the German lines, carrying
with them some mince pies and 9TH
err seasonabIe offerings and messages
of Christmas greeting. They
brought back with them tales of a
cordial welcome, a bottle of good
wine and many Christmas cards for
distribution.
Two German soldiers apparently.
of the Landsturm, who essayed to
return the call little later, were
less lucky, being arrested and held
prisoners by an over-officious sentry
until set free with apologies and
good wishes by an officer who came
by.
In other parts of the lines the
men on both sides concluded an I'M
official armistice, and during Christ
mas Day men of both armies walked
freely between the trenches, swap.
ping tobacco and the compliments
of the season. Snapshots of mixed
groups of English and Germans are
not uncommon souvenirs of the
day."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
Vermont Crop Report.

Corn-Estimate this year 2,26O,OOC
bushels, final estimate last year 2,115,-
900; price November to producers SO
cents per bushel, year ago 80 cents.
Wheat Estimate this year 10000
bushels, final estimate last year $4,000;
price November 1 to producers $1.15,
year ago $l.06.
ats-Estimate this year 3,483, 900
bushels, final estimate last year 1865
900; price November to producers So
cents per bushel, year ago Sd cents.
Barley-Estimate this year ago, 900
bushels, final estimate last year Ala, 900;
price November to producers SO cents
per bushel, year ago 80 cents.
Potatoes Estimate this year $780,
900 bushels. final estimate last year,
4,2O0,00 price November | to produc-
ers "a cents per bushel, year ago 40
cents.
Apples Estimate this year 1874, 900
barrels, final estimate last year |, 067, 000
price October Is to producers $3.50 per
barrel, year ago $l.65.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
BARTON.

The fixtures in the Davis store are
now being disposed Of.
Mrs. F. H. Pillsbury is taking a vaca-
ton in Providence, R. |.
A. w. Boswell and family were re-
cent visitors in Bloomington.
Little Mary Louise Atanasoff fell off
the piazza and broke her arm on Satur-
day morning last.
Mrs. P. L. Webster is spending
Thanksgiving week with her daughter,
Vera, in Lebanon, N H.
Harold Baker of West Glover, who,
with several young men, went to the
Northwest last fall for the harvest sea-
son, has returned.
Mrs. Carrie E. Burnham entertained
several friends of her daughter, Ruth,
in honor of the young lady's sixteenth
birthday last week.
- Beautiful evergreen trees are being
loaded here for the Christmas trade in
the cities, which no doubt give pleasure
to many adults as we'll as children.
Mrs. C. H. Blood is very i'll with, it is
feared, tuberculosis, and All. Dana with
inflammatory rheumatism. The family
of A. R. Wakeman are quarantined
for scarlet fever.
Rev. |. A. Ranney preached to a
union congregation at the Methodist
church Sunday. In the morning
Thanksgiving sermon from Psalm 24:5,
in the evening, Cor, 1871. I'd.
Mrs. Leon Batchelder and Mrs. Zura
Hanson of Elm avenue invited several
ladies to an afternoon visit in honor of
the birthday of Mrs. Lucretia c. Frost,
who was the guest of honor at the
home of Mrs. Batchelder.
The Woman's Alliance gave an oyster
supper in their dining rooms in the YES
try Of the Methodist church on the
evening of the 18th, and the G. E. SOC
iety gave chicken pie supper at the
Cong1 church on the evening of the
18th, both of which were well patro-
nized.
There is something very interesting
about mystery. Is there anything
about new club that is re-
ported in town? | hear it is called the
Industrial Club. The New Modern H.
lustrated Dictionary says the word
means pertaining to productive in
dustry." What are they producing,
and who are the president, treasurer and
secretary? Where is it located, and is
there a new club house
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26

Nothing less than renaissance has
come to our church at Holland. For a
long time it had been growing weaker
and weaker, on account of death and
removals. The tenure of the church
land was insecure and the edifice was
dilapidated. But year ago, through
the faithful work of Rev. S. M. Harris,
then pastor, the title was made secure
and properly recorded. When his sue
cessor, Rev. E. B. Harris, was appoint
he soon took up the work of repairs.
The foundation was made firm, cement
steps were built in front, and steel cell
ing, hard wood floors, new pews, pulpit
set, altar railing, carpeting, paint and
paper, new stoves, etc, were procured,
and duly put into place. The total eX
penditure to date has been 1884.
The reopening was held Saturday and
Sunday, Oct. 16 andl7. Some question
ed whether people would come out on a
Saturday morning, but the faith of the
pastor was rewarded in seeing the
church filled morning, afternoon and
evening. The district superintendent
preached five times in two days and also
took charge of raising the balance of
$189 still due on repairs. When this,
and more too, had been secured, Rev.
o. j. Anderson, of Derby, Rev. 0. E.
Barnard, of Island Pond, Rev Mr.. Hal
lett, of the Congregational church, and
the pastor of the Advent church made
felicltous remarks. Excellent music
was furnished by the choir, assisted by
singers from Morgan Center, and by a
local orchestra. Rev. E. B. Harris read
an historical sketch of general interest.
The Methodist Episcopal church was
organized in 1920, being for more than
thirty years the only church in town.
The present edifce was built in 1874.
Among the eight first members was
Eber Robinson, who was the third set
tier in town. He was born in Windham
county, Ct, in 1859, and served in the
Revolutionary war. He was also a
member of two constitution conventions
in Vermont. In recent years Methodism
has owed much to Sydner r. Fletcher,
a grandson of Eber Robinson. Mr.
Fletcher was a man of rare ability and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
VERMONT NEWS

Mrs. Samuel Whalley, of Charlotte,
who was 80 years old Monday, wore a
dress she finished making that day.
She does all her own homework for
herself and husband, who will be 80
years old next March. Mr.. Whalley is
also active and it is no uncommon thing
to see him climbing ladders about their
home.
Ball Lyons captured large three
year-old fox single handed, near his
home in Bennington recently, without
injuring the animal. A second fox from
the same hole was shot trying to escape.
The pelt was an exceptionally good one.
The live fox will be placed in a cage
which Mr.. Lyons maintains on his farm,
where he already has two other animals
caught last winter. He will endeavor
to breed litter of the animals.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
Desert Gems.

In 1889 a hunter in the northwest of
New South Wales wounded a kanga-
roo. The animal went off through the
mulga and the salt bush at a pace too
fast for the hunter to follow and was
soon out of sight The hunter was a
bushman and did not despair. He fol
lowed the blood trail, hopeful of a
short search and a speedy bag. At one
point of the pursuit it may be that the
trail grew faint and neCessitated a
closer inspection. Anyway the hunter
stopped and picked up a piece of stone.
This he examined. The red spot was
not on it; it was in it. 1t was not
blood that he saw; it was opal. Such
was the beginning of the White Cliffs
opal fields.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
Mississippi Steamboatinq.

The steamboat age on the Mississippi
began about 1921 and fourished for
fifty years. AS early as 1884 the num-
Der Of steamboats, on the Mississippi
and its tributaries is estimated at go,
and in 1842 there were $50 vessels,
with a value of S25,0O0OOO. But the
golden era was from 1S49 till the war
Never did the valley and steamboating
prosper more than then. Thousands Of
bales of cotton were annually shipped
to southern markets, and the wharfs
Of st. Louis and Memphis and Vicks-
burg and other large ports were stack
ed with piles Of merchandise and lined
with scores of steamers.-Travel Mag
azine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
WAR EXPERIENCES.
An Episode of the Battlefield.

An episode of the battlefield is
related in letter from the front
concerning two sappers who were
buried by the explosion of Ger
man mine, but dug their way out
after sixty-one hours work. The
two men were entombed in a small
space at the end of a counter-mine
gallery. By means of knives they
made a vertical chimney only TO find
that it issued less than a yard from
an enemy trench. Waiting until
night, they dug in another direction,
and after twenty-four hours reached
the upper air. Each has been
awarded a medal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-11-26
Sherriff'S Sale of Real Estate
Abbie Cheney VS.. Mary A. Stumpf.

Notice is hereby given that hold an
execution against Mary A Stumpf, the
above named defendant. in favor of the
said Abble Cheney, issued upon a
judgement rendered by the Caledonia
County Court at the June term 1915
thereof, for the sum of Seven Hundred
Twenty eight Dollars and thirty-one
cents and costs of Forty three Dollars
and tifty-five cents, and that said execu-
ton has been levied and extended upon
the following described parcels of land
situated in the town of Charleston, in
the County of Orleans, in the State of
Vermont, with the appurtenances there
of, and with the said defendants right
in equity to redeem the same, as the
property of the said defendant, Mary
A. Stumpf, to wit:
''Said real estate being three hundred
fifteen acres, more or less, off of lots
80 and 40 in the first division lots in
said Town of Charleston and lots num-
bered 13 and Is in the, second division of
lots in said Town of Charleston, and be.
ing all and the same real estate decided
to the said Mary A. Stumpf by A. C.
Fellows by deed of warranty dated the
9th day of September, 1904, and re-
corded in Book II, page 129 of the Land
Records of said Town of Charleston,
and being the same land decided to said
A. c. Fellows by Cynthia D. Gallup by
her deed dated June 8, 1904, and re-
corded in Book II, page AZ, of said
Charleston Land Records, except about
eight acres decided Geo. W. Driver by
Mary A. Stumpf and Wilson Buck as
mortgage. which real estate is bounded
on the northwest by land owned by
George w. Driver; on the northeast by
land owned by E. j. Streeter and G. R.
Durgin; on the southeast by land owned
by G. w. Horn and by land owned by
w. G.. Hinton; and on the southwest by
land owned by J. w. Cook"
Notice is hereby further given that by
virtue of said execution, and hy the d.
rection of W. W. Reirden, attorney for
the creditor in said cause, unless the
said amount of said execution, costs
and interest, together with my fees
and legal charges thereon, is in the
meantime paid and satisfied, | shall
sell the real estate above described,
with the appurtenances thereof, and
with all the said debtors right in
equity to redeem the same, or so much
thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
the amount of said execution, interest,
and all costs thereon, at public auction
to the highest bidder for the same, at
the dwelling house on said premises, in
said Town of Charleston, on the 18th
day of December, 1915, at one o'clock
in the afternoon, to satisfy in whole
or in part said amount of said execution,
costs, and interest, together with my
fees and legal charges thereon, as Ill
>rected in said execution.
Dated at Barton, Vermont, this 18th
day of November 1915.
Attest,
GEORGE E. JENNINGS,
Deputy Sheriff.
48-3Wks-b.p.