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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

Interior woodwork and furnitur,
painted or vanished.
Floors oiled, painted.
Potted plants.
/ Movable chair-desks.
Teachers desk, chairs, teacher.
table
Adjustable desks.
] Heating and ventilatnig plant.
Sanitary drinking fountain.
Adjustable shades admitting light
from top or bottom).
kindergarten chairs, table.
Book cases.
Domestic science equipment.
Manual training equipment.
Angle lamps.
Victrola or like musical equipment.
Song books.
Library books, weekly paper (Cur-
rent Events preferred).
Teachers Journal, magazine for
school.
Webster's dictionary.
Flag for interior of school room.
Pictures framed (by noted artists.
Flag pole and flag for school
grounds.
Base ball outfit.
Basket ball outfit.
Volley ball outfit
Croquet set.
Swings, see-saws, horizontal bars,
etc.
New steps.
Painting exterior Of building.
Window screens.
Door mat.
Window boxes, bird houses.
Grading schol grounds.
Trees.
Shrubs.
Flower beds.
School gardens, home gardens.
Improvement of roads near build
ing.
Improvement of unsightly spots
near building.
Improvement of ut-buildings.
Walks from road to building.
IL. Any other improvements APP
proved by your superintendent.
Note: Teachers should be careful
not to undertake any improvements
requiring permanent changes in the
building without consulting the School
Directors. We found one case where
! teacher painted school floor in the
spring, not knowing that the trustees
we're planning hard wood floor dur
ng the summer.
Ia. The following ways of raising
money and bringing about improve
nents are suggested:
Entertainments.
Soap orders.
Candy sales.
Suppers.
Children's earnings.
Children's contributions.
Saturday work by pupils.
Community bee.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

$500 in School Prizes. Contest For
Rural Schools
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

$500 in School Prizes. Contest For
Rural Schools
The County Association will divid,
$500 among the rural schools Of the
county in its annual school improve
ment contest this year. The prizes
will be given in the following manner
Rules Governing Contest
Il |. The contest will be open to all
public schools in Bennington County
outside of the incorporated districts OF
Bennington and North Bennington.
3 The money will be divided among
the schools in proportion to the
amount of money raised by the teach
er and pupils for improvements dur
ing the time of the contest.
3. No one school shall, however, re-
ceive more than $500 If the appor-
tionment of any school exceeds this,
only $500 will be given.
d. A school shall consist of one
teacher and the pupils under her, thus
three room building will be three
schools and may receive three prizes.
5. improvements which are secured
without expense, viz, by work Of
pupils or by neighborhod bee will
be given an approximate value in
money and will be credited the same
as if money were raised and the i'm
provement purchased.
6. Improvements secured by the use
of last years prize money will not be
credited.
7. Improvements secured by money
voted by the town or school directors
will not be credited
s. The contest will open Dec. list.
1915. All entry blanks should be sent
in not later than Dec. 10th. Send
them to The County Association,
Bennington, Vermont Under no con-
sideration will any entry be received
after Dec. Goth and no school will be
given a prize which is not properly |
entered by that time.
9. Contest will close Saturday, May
n, 1915, and report blanks must be
in by Wednesday, May 31st. Any re-
port blank not received at the Asso-
citation Office by 9 a. m, Thursday,
June 1st, will forfeit its prize.
10. Prizes will be Immediately de-
cided and announced. Prize money
may be spent for any school improve
ment subject to the approval of the
Secretary of the Association and the
School Superintendent.
IL. Prize money may be secured i'm
after the awards by teach
srs so desiring.
IL. The receipt of Entrance Blanks
n December and Reports in May will
'e Immediately acknowledged by the
Association. If you do not receive ac-
write at once.
a. The following improvements are
Interior of building plastered, pa
,ered, painted or murescoed.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

o. p. Black was in Arlington last
week
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

The establishment of a trout rear
ing station is being considered for
Vernon. Options have been secured
on Cold brook in that town and it is
the present intention of State Fish
and Game Commissioner Titcomb to
put in between 30 and 40 tanks, suffic-
lent to raise something like 100000
trout from the fry to the lingering
stage. The establishment of this
plant is part Of a project to build
rearing stations in various parts Of
the state SO that trout Matched at the
main plant in Roxbury may be reared
TO the lingering stage before they are
put into the streams.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
How to Best Care For Summer Pumps
and Low ShoaA

The summer low cuts have been dis.
carded. Many an owner Is putting
them away, expecting to get good
deal of wear out OF them In the spring,
But unless properly taken care OF she
will be sadly disappointed. All shoes
are more or less damp with perspira
ton, and rs they dry out the toes turn
up and deep wrinkles settle across the
leather.
Here is the remedy: Brush well, re-
moving every particle of dust, rub
with vaseline, pack full Of crushed pa
per, wrap with paper and pack away.
In the spring you will find them soft
and comfortable and a good shape.
"a penny saved is n penny earned"
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25

Mrs. Orville Bushey, Hardwick
woman, shot 150-pound buck Mon
day of last week. Mrs. f. r. Lynch of
Brattleboro, is another successful wo-
man hunter. While with her husband
in Grafton she killed handsome buck
with light rifle at distance Of about
10 rods. Mrs Clara J. Grover of East
Clarendon shot 200-pound doe.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
How to Test Wall Paper For the Pres
enoe Of Arsenic.

Green wall papers should never be
used In nurseries, as some contain ar.
senic and small children may pick on
scraps and put them In their mouths.
II piece of green wall paper on beins
burned smells Of garlic arsenic Is pres
ant
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
NORTH RUPERT

o. P. Black was in Arlington last
week.
Mrs. Clara Paddock will go to Dor
set Wednesday.
Henry Roberts caught a bob cat in
one of his traps recently.
The fall term of school will end
the day before Thanksgiving and the
winter term will begin the following
Monday.
Merritt Sheldon, George Lee and
Charles Leach returned Thursday
evening from Mendon where they had
bene hunting deer. They wer unsuc-
cessful. S. F. Adams and Otis Brooks
have shot deer this season.
PAWLET
DR.. II. B. Denman and Bernice Weed
were in Manchester Thursday.
Noble Croft sustained a broken arm
Thursday while working in the woods.
Among local hunters who have Sc
cured deer are Fred Alexander, Paris
Moore, one of the Barnes brothers,
James Morris and Henry Warner.
Much sympathy is expressed for
George Young, Jr., and family. His
son, Herman, has been i'll for week
with scarlet fever and on Thursday
Mrs. Young contracted the disease.
The death of his father adds to the
family's troubles.
George Young, ST., died last Thurs
day morning. He suffered stroke of
paralysis Monday night and never re-
gained consciousness. He was born in
England about 70 years ago, coming
to this country when young man.
He is survived by his wife, three sons,
William and George Jr., of this place,
and Harry of Walpole, N. H., and
three daughters, Mrs. Charles Andrus
Of Granville, N. Y, Mrs. Carrie Sipple
who lives at home, and Miss Nellie
Young of Providence, r. |. The funer-
al was held at the Methodist Church
Sunday at o'clock. Miss Nellie
Young and Harry Young were called
home Wednesday.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-11-25
BENNINGTON COUNTY VERMONT
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION

This Section is Given up Weekly to Community Betterment
The Material is Furnished by The County Association.
Headquarters Savings Bank Building, Bennington. VI.
Secretary Willard w. Bartlett
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
WHEN KINGS WE'RE FIGHTERS
In tho Old Days Rulers Were MOI
Kept Out Of Battle, But Led
rs l5 Their Soldiers.

The tendency Of cars, kaisers, kings
and other potentates to get into the
European war personally is marked
Several times 1t has been necessary to
pull the kaiser of the firing line. King
George, beyond, all doubt, is just as
brave, and the car IS known to have q
similar nankering for the trenches. As
for the king of Italy, If his country
we're to enter the war it would be en-
tirely impossible to keep the gallant
Victor Emmanuel II out Of the first
fight that happened, with his inherit
ance from a long line Of fighting kings,
and particularly from his father, King
Humbert, whose personal intrepidity,
shown at Novara and elsewhere, over
came all dynastic objections to his ex.
posture to bullets and bombshells.
1t must indeed be CALLING to the EN-.
perors and kings to have to keep out
Of these scraps. In the old days it was
always the business Of kings to lead
their troops in the very forefront Of
battle. Consider Richard Occur de
Lion, for instance. He fought day aft.
er day in the Crusades, performing
prodigies Of valor. Even Richard III,
the alleged hunchback, stood or rode
for hours in the front rank, slashing
and spearing and beating down all op:
position. In those days a king had to
be a fighter. In other words, every inch
q king.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
fRvGALITY ON The FARM
Seems to Be Generally Recognized
That Agricultural. 10 Seldom :
Spendthrift. Y ,

ffxfN Ss1NRE Es ELGpSG = stF EAN AE34M1y 8y.kVNsta6f o.
The simplicity, frugaIity and thrift
Of life in the country, pictured as fol
lows by Archbishop Messmer, who evt
IDENTIFY is fond Of his subject as well
as Intimately familiar with it, makes
q striking contrast with the wasteful
extravaganza seen in the cities:
Country life seems to be particu'
larly. productive Of habits Of frugality
and economy. As a rule. you do, not
see much high life on farms: what
there is comes from the city. You see
not many dainties. on the farmers ia
BILE. A good, substantial meal Of coun'
try products, bread Of his own baking
hamsof his own smoking, good water
from his own well, and perhaps some
hard cider from his Qwn press that's
all he wants. Economy-did you ever
hear of a farmer spendthrift? He, is 9
rare bird. Is Il not proverbial thai
nothing Is 10 hard as TO pull a dollar
from a farmers pocket? He will give
you bushels Of oats or potatoes, a sack
of cabbageheads, q chicken or even .
goose, a ham, or . mutton-leg-all
things that you cannot easily take
along; but cash, oh, you must please
wait until he has sold his stock, OF
grain or potatoes. Well, let us admit
that this may be q little o%verdone-
the fact remains that country folks are
known all over the world as a saving
class-far more than city folk. II II
happens that a farmer has got some
money, he is very slow in putting it
out on speculation, he is afraid of oil
and mining stocks. He puts it in the
bank, or, better still, on good and safe
mortgages. He saves"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
NATIONAL POLITICS WARMING VI

W. ~
Political king makers have their
ears and eyes open to spot a likely
Republican candidate for President.
The publicity bureaus are open, full
blast, in Washington and our mails
are a daily reminder that the War
wicks are busy.
Governor Whitman of New York is
the subject of a weekly letter sent
out to the press of the nation. The
fact that it is anonymous destroys its
publicity value, but that the friends
of Whitman are actively engaged in
getting his name before the voters of
the nation is certain.
1t gives us rather cold chills when
we read that Fairbanks is set upon
leading the Republican party back to
the White House. AS a Vice Presi.
dent Fairbanks was ideal. In the dip.
lomatic service he would shine for his
cold neutrality is just what is needed
now, when all the world is embroiled'
But as d leader-well, enough is said.
Senator William e. Borah looms up
rather formidable, but those who are
thought to know say he is geograph'
ically unfit.
Justice Hughes is considered one
of the strongest men the Republican
party could run 1t seems doubtful
whether he can be persuaded to retire
from the bench to make the cam.
paign.
Roosevelt, who is quiet. and even
docile, these days, is hardly counted
as eve a possibility, although it
seems almost certain that the Colonel
is r%econciled to consider the Pro
gressive party merely as a political
Renaissance.
But there will be plenty Of men
ready to sacrifice themselves upon
the altar of a presidential campaign.
National conventions have never
been short on candidates.
The Republican party can be re-
turned to power in 1916 easily. 1t
behooves the leaders to select a good
leader, under whose banner all fac
tons can enlist. ,.4..sp.e. ,s.s.., ..n.sg,-.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
give final
-. ARGUMENTS
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cause Of personal acquaintance or
fraternity connections no%twithstand.
ing. He dwelt at some length on the
seriousness of this matter in arriving
at their verdict.
Then he. delved into the facts Of the
case presented by the government
with reference to certain articles al
legged to be immoral and contained in
the March and semrannual or Sep
TENDER issues of the publication and
relating to the two counts under
which the defendants are charged.
Before the noon recess was taken, he
had given attention and read two par
ticular articles under consideration,
"Afinities and P%latonic''' and Three
| Weeks in the Magic City," These he
labeled obscene and of the foulest
kind of literature, aiming at the inno-
cence of youth and bent on the de-
| struction of virtue.
Claims Own Condemnation.
R.esuming his arguments as the af-
ternoon session opened, the district
attorney continued to place before
the jurymen other paragraphs and
| cabs contained in these issues.
Frequently and with special EN-.
phasis on certain sentences, Mr.. Hill
dreth would call the attention of the
Jury to his contention that the mater
ial penned and handled by the defend
ants led the youth down the pathway
of destruction. He made capital OF
the arguments that the defendants
condemned their publication by cit
ing the notice printed in the maya
zine which called attention to the fact
that the periodical would not be sent
by mail, but that persons desiring is
sues of Jim Jam Jems would receive
them subject to express charges fOr'
warded with their orders.
He also referred to a certain pre-
amble %purporting to show that jim
Jam Jems was for men, and warning
mothers to prevent its falling in the
hands Of their children. Mr.. Hi.
dreth concluded his remarks at $40
O'Clock. I3Son@
ItfDefense Has Inning.
After a recess of 10 minutes, Attor-
ney Tracy Bangs opened his argu'
ments. He deplored the fact that the
district attorney had seen fit to dig
up and intimate certain happenings
of the past in an uncomplimentary
reference to himself and added that
at times it appeared as if the gov
ernment's representative was prose
cutting him in place of the defend
ants.
Mr.. Bangs then took up the matter
of Postofice Inspector Anglers testi-
mony at the first trial in March, 1913,
purporting to show that Angler had
taken it upon himself to tamper with
a letter relating to his receipt Of the
semi-annual number of 1912. He had
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
PRAISES NORTHERN PACIFIC,

Ebert Hubbard pays the Northern
Pacific road a high tribute in the
March number of the Fra. Titus and
his big baked potato caught the imag.
ination of Fra Albertus and much of
the article is devoted to this distinct.
i've feature. We quote in part:
And the Emperor Titus, Dining-Car
superintendent of the Northern Paci.
fc Railway, began serving great big
baked potatoes, each one on a platter.
This platter is eight inches long.
Sometimes the potatoes will be nine
inches long and four inches in diam.
eter.
Bringing in one of these potatoes
and placing it before a hungry man
makes him look, and then he laughs,
and everybody else in the vicinity
looks and laugh, too! And then Titus
conceived the idea of never serving
a big baked potato that weighed less
than two pounds. 1t is several times
as much as anyone can eat, but the
idea of bounteous service, of generOs.
ity, is bound to make an appeal.
And behold Titus capitalized the
idea, and the world knows the North.
ern Pacific Railway as "The Route
of the Great Big Baked Potato"
His Majesty, the Emp Spud, was
once requested, in a letter, by an en-
thusiastic patron, to send him a bush
ell of those great big potatoes in order
that he might use them for seed, and
the Emp wrote back a brief, business.
like letter, thus:
81 would be glad indeed to send
your a bushel Of the great big North.
ern Pacific potatoes, but the fact is
we lever cut a potato for anybody
Following this he sent the man a
bushel of the big potatoes with his
compliments.
cit doesn't take many of these DO.
tatoes to make a Dozen said an as.
tonished Milesian. This great big
baked potato, the spud superbus, set
a standard.
''The motto of James J. Hill is:
"'Trust in the Lord and haul no
empties.'
Titus has simply appropriated the
slogan Of the empire-builder, but he,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
SEEING A LIGHT.

Washington. a state so close to Ore
gon that it became infected with
some of the same political ideas"
has dealt a body blow to the free
for-all, rough and ready" initiative
and referendum. The legislature of
that state has passed over the COVER
nor's veto three election bills. One
provides for party-platform conven.
tons, which shall have the power to
recommend candidates. Two other
measures propose to abolish the cir.
culation of initiative and referendum
petitions.
{ In the future petitions must be sign
aeaasSt a registration Office, thus~rid.
the initiative and referendum of
one of it's undesirable features. Pc.
litical itinerants will find it harder to-
accomplish their selfish ends through
%peripatetic methods. -tH#f.
Under the North Dakota constitu-
ton the initiative and referendum is
not the. gun behind the door, which
its advocates promised. It is rather
a loaded weapon in the hands of ire.
sponsible political gun toters. The
law as it will some day be applied
4 to sthe, sorrow of the state, is but a
leQol for tinkerers and flannel mouthed
: 80 "Z., D. o. ~. ,ii|
'jikBut rather than patch up a proceed
ure that is fundamentally wrong in
theory and pernicious in practice,
wipe it from Il slate.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
State News and Comment
A small fire occurred at the home Of
Mann Howard at Hazen.

A small fire occurred at the home of
Mann Howard at Hazen.
The school children at Deering will
give an operetta on March 26.
w. l.. Armstrong will become post.
master at White Earth on April /.
Dickey county collected its first in
heritance tax when it collected $3.50
from the Martin NJ. Chambers estate.
1t looks as though Williston was 60.
ing to have a lively campaign for com
missioners. There are six candidates
for two vacancies on the board.
Work in building the Presbyterian
church at Northgate, nea Flaxton,
has begun, and the opening will pro.
badly ta~ke.place sometime in June.
Governor Hanna has promised to be
there at that time.
l.. r. Johnson, who for the past sew
en- years has been in charge of the
plug" department of the American
Tobacco company in North Dakota,
has recently been appointed to the pc.
sition of general sales manager for
the state.
elected president of the North Dakota
Telephone association at the business
session of the. annual convention here
today. New Rockford was selected
for the meeting place next year. 9th
err officers elected are: Vice presi'
dent, w. H. Wilson of New Rockford;
secretary and treasurer, II. A. Liver.
more of Fargo. ~
With funds available, the Fargo
Automobile club will oil 20 miles OF
roads in the vicinity of Fargo this
year, according to plans discussed at
the annual business meeting and cleo
ton Ct officers of the club held in the
Commercial club rooms last evening
This amount of work was based upon
that done in this vicinity last year,
said ". M. Ball, chairman Of the road
committee.
Raiding chicken coopsSmay have its
comic side, but Charles Wilson and
Guy Norris of Minot are hardly in a
mood to appreciate it just now, as
they are on their way to the state
penitentiary for their failure to real.
ize the property rights of others. The
men pleaded guilty, anticipating short
sentences, but Wilson was sentenced
to 20 months in the ~penitentiary and
Norris was given 2 IL years. They
are olso charged with being implicat-
ed in a house raiding affair at the
Fen Olson home, neal Minot, several
months ago.
Photographing war scenes in Mex
leo moy have its humorous features,
hut Sherman Schlosser of Grand
Forks fails to see the joke. While
Schlosser was inifJuarez heiSSattempt-
ed to picture a scene-a soldier, on
guard duty, being the central feature
of the pictures Looking through the
finder of his camera, MSchlosser
thought he detected unusual move
ments on the part Of the soldier, and
looking up he found himself gazing
into the barrel Of the soldiers rifle.
Schlosser quickly5forgot all about TAX
ing pictlres-and also abandoned his
camera to the tender mercies of the
greaser. ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-03-27
Condition Of Missouri Ri0er

of abortion engaged in by Drs. Hun.
to-: and Mueller of Minneapolis, the
former having just been convicted. 1t
was through the exposure by jim Jam
Jems that DR.. Hunters exposure was
demanded, said Mr.. Bangs. Counsel
for the defense then put the question
to the jury, "And these defendants
should be convicted for this?'
: Attorney Bangs also offered the ar.
ticles of Mothers Day." "The Sink
ing of the Titanic" and "The Twi.
light Of Life" as a tribute to the edi.
tors character and in line with the
good work he has and is accomplish
ing by his pen.