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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
HOrtOnia Co. and Gaysville
Electric Light and Power
Co. to Be United
COMPLETE PLANS
FOR CONSOLIDATION
Opportunity to Develop 10000 Horse
Power at Tinmouth with Large stor
age Basin-Over $500, 600 to Be Elk
pended in undermining Plants.

BETHEL, August 1O-AIrangeemnts
have Just been completed for the consoli-
dation of some of the largest electrical
companies in Vermont The combination
will include the Hortonia Power company,
whose headquarters are in Rutland and
the Gaysvllc Electrical Light & Power
company, whose headquarters are at
Bethel. Over 100000 will be expended
in undermining the plants already owned
and in developing water privileges already
secured.
\ line will be run from the present
plant of the Hortonia company at Bran
don over Rochester mountain to GAYS
vile, 2S miles distant. At Gaysvlle CON
ncction will be made with the WATERPROOF
or plant of the Gaysville Electric Light &
Power company. A few years ago the
GavsviIlc Electric Light & Power company
absorbed the Bethel Electric Light &
Power company and IS now owner, in addi-
ton to its water power plant at Gays
vile, Of a water power in Royaton about
one mile below Bethel village and steam
auxiliary plant at Bethel The Gaysvile
company has been supplying from these
three plants, all linked together. lights
and power at Gaysville village. Bethel vii
lagc, Randolph, and for operating and cut
ting sheds Of the Woodbury. Granite com
pany at Bethel village and for operating
the Bethel quarry
PENNSYLVANIA coal cannot compete with
Vermont white coal" The Gaysville
company cannot meet its present demands
for energy from its water power alone In
| times of low water, when it is necessary
to use the steam auxiliary plant the com
| pany is selling energy at positive loss,
! the cost of steam power being so much
more than water power. Randolph now
is using about 200 horse power and is de
handing 300.
Contracts closed last Thursday call fol
the following improvements in the pres
ent system Two wheels have beer
bought for the Royalton plant, one of 45(
horse power and one of 300, with two gen
orators of the same capacity. A 1000
horse power steam turbine has beer
bought for the Bethel steam plant Thes,
are to be installed within 60 days On,
hundred miles of wire have been bought
and the work will be pushed at once o
securing the rights of way and pushing tn
line over the mountain.
: The Brandon plant is water power wit
steam auxiliary and is capable of develop
ing LOCO horse power. The Hortoni
Company has just bought one of the mos
. ideal water power privileges in New Ems
. land, situated in the town of Tinmoutl
: about Is miles from Rutland, capable c
K developing with the proper storage owe
e 10000 horse power. About 1000 acre
: of land can be flooded by dam built j
/; a narrow gorge at the outlet of the va
ley. This dam should be about 80 fec
j. nigh. 200 feet thick at base, tapering t
!: 30 feet at top. With a penstock 90
/ feet long, head of APO feet can be 81
= icured
!. The chief promoter of the new projec
s is l. NJ Frost
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
WHEAT CROP NEARS
THE BILLION MARK
Washington Forecasts Production of
966, 100000 Bushels-Great Corn
Yield Also.

WASHINGTON, August 10.-The gov
ernment crop report issued yesterday pre-
diets a harvest of nearly a billion bushels
of wheat 966, 100000 to be exact, 91S,-
100000 bushels of corn, and / ,402 800
600 bushels Of oats
Bumper crops Of rye, white and sweet
potatoes, rice, and hay also are predicted
for the prosperous farmers, who have
planted 80, 146,O eco acres, or 1O0O0,O 900
acres more than last year to their chief
products
The wheat crop, the greatest ever
grown in this country, and nearly equal
ling the crop credited to Russia in 1913
of 1927 $4,000 bushels, will be worth
more than 81 600, 600 600, while the corn
crops value may reach S2,50000O The
| Russian production is credited to 6:i gov
ernments of European and p governments
of Asiatic Russia
| The estimates of the chief crops, an
nounced yesterday, are based on condi-
! tions of Aug. /. They show that all crops
| will be greater than last year Interest
centred on wheat and corn. Both showed
Improvement over July conditions, though
|
Central states interfcred with threshing
Oats also suffered in those states, but in
other districts the Improvement more than
offset this
Corn prospects increased alomst 100,
100000 bushels, the chief gains having
Ibecn Illinois, 100000 600 bushels; Kansas
~, 100000, and Texas 100000
Kansas showed loss of 12,OG0,0Ot
bushels in winter wheat; Oklahoma, &,
100000; Nebraska, 100000, and Mis-
tsouri, 100000 while Ohio and Indian;
showed an increase of 100000 bushel
leach.
While potatoes promise to exceed thei
former record production by 103 ,00O,00'
bushels and sweet potatoes by 4,OO0,00'
bushels. Other increases over recor
crops indicated include tobacco, 2S,O0O
900 pounds; flax, 100000 bushels; hay
100000 tons, and rye, ! 300, 900 bush
lels. Corn prospects fell 206,OoO,000 bush
els and oats 100000 bushels below til
records
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10

ADVERTISE YOUR TO RENT
IN THE DAILY REPORMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
TOWN SHEND.

Philetus Hulett is visiting relatives in
Brattleboro.
Miss Kate Holbrook of Chester is a
guest at the home Of r. L. Fitch.
Mrs Lizzie Hulett and son, Gerald,
went Saturday for visit with relatives
in Hudson, Mass.
The regular meeting of the Dorcas
Guild will be held in the Congregational
vcstry Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Batchelder and
child returned Monday to their home in
Granite Falls, Mimi, after spending a
months vacation at the home of MIR. and
Mrs E. b. Batchelder
Theodore Ockles returned Sunday to
Burlington after spending weeks vaca-
ton at the home of f. II. Allbee. Mr.
Ocliles will work for the remainder of
the summer for the Burlington city enbi-
ncer.
Mrs. Hunter and children, who have
been at the home of Rev. r. II. Bos-
worth for the past month, went recently
to West Rupert, where they will spend
the month of August before returning to
their home in Brooklyn, n. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs Melville DeRonde, Mrs.
Edward Shuster and daughter, Miss Cath
crime Shuster. are guests at the Congega-
tonal parsonage. This lis Mr.. and Mrs.
fDcRonde's second summer in this village,
| their appreciation of the picturesque seen
| cry in this section causing their return.
Both they and Mrs Shuster were parish
toner's of Rev. Mr. Bosworth at their home
| in Brooklyn, \. \.
A meeting of the Helping Hand viii be
held at the Baptist parsonage ron Thurs
day afternoon. Hereafter the meetings
viii be held fortnightly on Monday after
moons The following officers have beer
elected: President, Miss Sylvia Kidder
vice president, Miss Annibel Barber; sec
rotary Miss Marian Cummings; treasurer
Miss Eloise Cummings. The society
cleared about Sc at the ice cream salt
Saturday afternoon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
IS PROMINENT MEN
ARE ARRESTED
Crusade Against Careless Automobile
Driving Started by Morrisville
Authorities

MORRISVILLE, Vt, August 10.
Many prominent men in this section of
the state We're caught in the snare laid
Sunday by J. s. Parker to catch careless
automobile drivers and yesterday s. war
rants were issued by States Attorney
Maurice for their arrest Twenty Of the
number for whom warrants have been is
sued are prominent residents of this town
and the rest are from various parts of the
county and state. All are charged with
failing to sound warning signal at cor
ners and intersections of streets
Several weeks ago Mr. Parker was APP
pointed by the board of trustees, with in
structions to stop careless driving on the
streets of the village Sunday he sta
toned Deputy browns at the Randall
corner and Mr.. Parker remained at the
corner of Maple and Main streets and
the numbers of the offending automobiles
We're taken.
States Attorney Maurice said that II
of the offenders would be given chance
to pay the minimum penalty of 81 III case
they pleaded guilty to the charge
Among those for whom warrants have
been issued are c. F. Smith, who foui
years ago was a candidate for governor or
the prohibition ticket c. H. A. Stafford
a member of the board of the Waterbury
State asylum, DIR. A. J. BaIleau of thi.
town, H. +. Shaw of Stowe, a former
county senator, b. F. Fiiield of Montpel
Ter, f. G.. Spaulding of st. Johnsbury, T
NV Reed of Windsor, O. G. Bugbee q
j Hartford c. d. Miles of Barton, c. f
| Palmer of New Haven, and w f. \
Hanks of Bristol
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10

fine is not paid Mrs. Robertson must
go to Ludlow street Jail.
Mrs Robertson was last heard of in
Long Branch, n. J., whore she moved
Immediately after a 100000 verdict was
returned against her in favor of the
street firm of II. Content & Co., with
whom she speculated heavily in Union
Pacific stock.
Mrs. Robertson, in her Wall street
career, which she carried on unknown
to her husband, made a most pictur-
esquc figure She gamblei in Union Pa
cifc to the tune of hundreds of
thousands and recorded $150,000 in
winnings in one day. a big slump in
the market wiped it out. Her broker
age firm sold her short. She refused
to pay the loss and the brokers sued
her.
On the witness stand she declared
that Harold Content, head of the firm,
had told her she could not lose and if
she did they would carry her, because
her luck seemed phenomenal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
A FALSE STANDARD OF CULTURE

has gained ground in this. century
which looks upon the bearing and
rearing off. children as something
coarse and vulgar and to be avoided,
but the advent of Eugenics means
much for the motherhood of the race.
Happy is the wife who, though weak
and ailing, depends upon Lydia +.
Pinkham S Vegetable Compound to re-
store her to health, and when head
aches and backaches are a thing of the
past brave sons and fair daughters rise
up and call her blessed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
EVEN THIS SHALL PASS AWAY,

Once in Persia reigncd a king
Who upon his signct ring
Graved a maxim true and wise, ''
Gave him counsel at a glance,
Fit for every change of chance,
Solemn words, and these are they:
Even this shall pass away"
Trains of camels through the sand
Brought him gems from Samarcand;
Fleets of galleys through the seas
Brought him pearls to match with
these.
But he counted not his gain
Treasures of the mine or main;
What is Wealth. the king would
say;
Even this shall pass away"
In the revels of his court,
At the zenith of the sport,
When the palms of all his guests
Burned with clapping at his jests,
| lie, amid his figs and wine,
| Cried: Oh, loving friends of mine!
Pleasure comes, but not to stay;
Even this shall pass away
Fighting on furious field
| Once a javelin pierced his shield,
| Soldiers, with a loud lament,
Bore him bleeding to his tent,
| Grooming from his tortured side,
+" Pain is hard to bear he cried,
f" But with patience day by day,
Even this shall pass away.
Towering in the public square,
| Twenty cubits in the air,
Rose his statue carved in stone,
Then the king, disguised, unknown,
| Stood before his sculptured name,
missing meelzly, What is fame?
Fame is but slow decay
Even this shall pass away.
Struck with palsy, sere and old,
Waiting at the gates of gold,
Said he, with his dying breath,
Life is done, but what IS deaths ~
Then, in answer to the king,
Fell a sunbeam on his ring,
. Showing by a heavenly ray,
Even this shall pass away
) Excursion to Newport, h. l., Angus
26. See AID. on page g.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
professional Cards

W. II. LANE, NJ. D.. 1T Main ST.. over
Perry's store. Hours, / to 3 and to 8 p.
N. Sundays by appointment. Phone, 789-W.
Residence, Belmont Ave. Phone. 7S9-R.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10

st.; telephone. 25a. Once, Leonard block.
gosrA, 100 TO 8. and to q. Telephone
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
Some Nerve.

"Please, Idly, win you help poor
man who ain t done nothin' in the way
o work for more N II munce?"
Dear, dear: perhaps l could find
you something. What can YOU do?''
''Thank y, Idly, thank y kindly,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10

@. & ALDRICH, ID. D. Hours. 1890 to
$50. TO 3. Office phone 1c6-W house
iG5-R X-ruT work a speciality.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10
BIG FINE FOR CONTEMPT.
New York Woman Ordered by Judge
Gavegan to Pay S42496.

NEW YORK, August 10. The
heaviest fine ever imposed by the SUI
prone court Of this state for contempt
fell today upon Mrs. Sarah L. Rob
ertson, wife of DR.. Joseph A. Robert
son of the Polytechnic Hospital. Justice
Gavegan fined her $42, 1876 for failure
to appear for supplementary examina
ton. The court decreed that if the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-10

mum; eff y could p'raps give me some
washin' ter do, ] could take it 'ome
TO me wife. London Opinion.
The Socialist press., 1915-01-30
French Eiect;ous
 Postponed.

The general and local e,ssctions that shou' d have occurred in the coming Spring have been post poned by common consent. The Socialists are using all means within their power to keep their organization intact, and strength ening it wherever possible.
The Socialist press., 1915-01-30
Mercy and Murder
 Go Hand In fland

On the day that John Wana- makers "Msycy Ship left Am erica loaded with food and cloth ing for the widows and orphans of Europe, a Murder Ship" also left, loaded with powder and lead to be used in making more widows and orphans in Flu ope. Truly, the average charitable christian works iq wondrous ways his plunders to perform.
The Socialist press., 1915-01-30
Terrible Teddy

Rooseveltis is again to the front urging the United States to fight Germany in case the Kaiser cap lures London.
The Socialist press., 1915-01-30

1s7, ,781 persons in the Funny Houses of the U. s. to say noth- ing of the Henry Dubbs who vote the democrat an d republican ,tic- kets.
The Socialist press., 1915-01-30
THE GOD OF GOLD {.
900
By MARGUERITE HEAD.

By MARGUERITE HEAD. O. man, within thy altar place. Thy pictared windaws shine With many scene or ssinty face From nhe life of one of old; Yet in each finely wrought de-ign, trace the God of Gold. How high, how high t4e spires rise To pierce the vauted blue! Like Babels, clad in strange disguise, That tell in symbols bold, How oft from pulpit, choir and pew. They praise the God of Gold And some VI thin the temples walls, Are dressed in satin fine. While girt in rags the rauper ca Is For bread that they have doled, And shi"ers as he stands in line Before the God of Gold Through chill and dark and storm the gate Is barred to him who knocks; Think you that 4e wou idly wait While men were racked with cold, Or would he smite the temnls locks And crush the God of Gold.
The Socialist press., 1915-01-30
Peace On Earth.
By Eugene V. Debs.


 By Eugene v. Debs.
 The hundred daily papers oI the scripps League embraced m in the Newspaper Enterprise Asso- citation recently asked "the fifty most representative persons in th, United States to give thei' opinion-to tell in. what way they thinA we Americans cal be of the most service ill bring ing back peace oil earth snd good will toward en.'The fol- lowing is Eugene v. Debs' con tribution to the symposium: r There has never been "Peace on earth and god will toward men" and We shall have to gc forward aud no. backward t, realize that ideal. Civilization is still in primitive and rudimen tary state. It has taken count less ages to bring us from tht brute, the cave man aad the sa age to where we are today. Th. ! development has been painfully slow, tut steady, and will conti nue to the fnrthest stretches ol time.
 ."Thou shalt not Xii II" is nov the law. But it applies only to il diviluals and net yet to na tons To slay your neighbours m uldc unless you are in inform. B when tue nation stays it's neigh bors and the killing amou unt il to thous ands, it IS not murde, but patriotism to be proud of glorlfy and rejoice over.
 When fhall peace come t, earth? When the bru.e aud say age shall have died ill Us ano we have become human. In |: word, peace will come to eal'L when humanity has been hum anized, civilization civilized an d christiauity christianized.
 The war in E lrope is crime against civilization but it ha! to come, It did not come by chance. Every war has it's cause Modern wars are between rival nations for commercial srprem- nacy:.
 It is of little use to cry out a. ga;nst war while we tolerate |, condition that breeds war.
 Capitalism makes var inevita ble. Capitalist nations not only exploit their workers but ruth lessly invade, plunder and ray age one another. The profit sy tenn is responsible for it all. Abo fish that, Establish industrial democracy produce for use, ,and the incentive to war vanishes. Until then lnen may talk about HDaoon o, oortl,D hut ;t Jill l.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
Honorable Mention.)
Two Little Artists.

BY Henrietta Dentz. Aged 10 Years. .R.
1, Gothenburg Neb. Blue Side.
Mary sat with her pencil against her
lips, looking at what she had drawn on
her slate. She nodded her head and
said to Emma:
Here is the ink pot, there is the glass
of flowers, there Is the book. I have
drawn them all and they are 50 good
that ] do not know which is best What
have you been doing7"
Emma was leaning over her slate and
did not look up or say anything. but
two large tears were rolling down her
cheeks.
What's the natter" asked Mary.
''I can't draw them. I have tried and
tried but cannot make them right. So
I've rubbed them out and there is moth
ing on my slate" said Emma.
IT shall make real pictures when I
am woman" said Mary, land I shall
sell them for great deal Of money.
So shall be very rich. Would you not
like to draw pictures for people TO buyr'
Yes sobbed Emma. Then she said:
Let me look at your drawing. Mary"
So Mary gave her slate to Emma, who,
to her great surprise, left eff crying and
burst out laughing, saying;
II don't call that drawing. They are
quite as funny as mine were"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
The Wild Rose.

BY Phyllis Armstead. Aged II Years.
North Bend, Neb. Blue Side.
In a sun-flecked spot by running
brook grew a small, slender stalk. Dur
ing the cold winter months the small
stalk was covered with a soft, downy
coverlet of snow. but when the spring
time came 1t was no longer a dry stalk,
for some green sprouts began to shoot
out from the stalk Then slowly the
tiny green leaves began TO unfold them
selves. Then one day early in June a
small green pod-like thing came. AS the
days flew by small point of pink came
out of the green pod, then the green uN-
folded and displayed a beautiful pink
blossom. When winter came II turned
into the small stalk again.
Springtime brought another surprise,
for though the stalk was the same as
before the ground around it began to
bring forth more stalks. When fall
came these stalks had small brown
cradles. which one day opened up and
showed some small black babies. They
were whispering among themselves
Let's run away" said one.
I'm going TO the roadside" said an
other.
Then three or four said: ''we are 60
ing to the prairie"
'TWeil. goodbye" they all said and
away they flew TO grow up and live as
as they had and became so wild that the
other flowers called them wild Roses. -
and this is what they are called today.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
Stories of Nebraska History
III A. n. sHnLDoN

gust 10, Lieutenant Grattan and twenty
nine men with two cannon we're sent
from the fort to the Brule camp after
the young Indian who had killed the
COW. Lieutenant Grattan was a young
man from Vermont. barely 81 years old.
who had no experience with Indians
Tho great chief among the Sioux at
that time was named Tho Bear. He had
talk with the lieutenant and said he
would try to get the young Minnecon1ou
TO give himself UP. II was q great dis
grace for free Indian OF the plains TO
be taken TO prison and tho friends OF
the COW killer would not let him go
The Bear then tried to have Lieutenant
Grattan 80 back to tho fort and let him
bring the young Mlnneconjou later. The
lieutenant ordered his soldiers TO run the
two cannon TO the top of little mound.
to point them on the Brule camp, and
told The Bear that he would open fire
n the COW killer was not given up at
once. Pointing 10 the thousands of In
dams, men, women and children. who
were spread over the valley as far az
the eye could see. The Bear said. These
are all my people. Young man you must
be crazy" and walked toward his lodge
guns and bows. A moment later the two
cannon and volley OF muskets were
fired at the Sioux camp. The Bear was
killed. A storm OF Sioux bullets and ar
rows cut down Lieutenant Grattan and
his men before they had time to reload
their guns,
The Sioux camp went wild. The death
OF The Bear. the taste OF white mans
blood set them crazy. Warriors mounted
their ponies and rode about the field
The squaws tore down the tepees and
| packed them for flight. Some one called
out to the Indians. TO take their goods
which were In a storehouse near a trad
er's post waiting for the United states
officer who was coming to distribute
them. The Sioux burst into the store
house tumbled the goods from the
shelves, piled them on their ponies There
were two traders near by who were mar
riod to Indian women. Their friends hur-
ried them out OF sight to keep them
from being killed by the furious war
riding over the northern ridges by thou
sands. carrying away their plumber, They
buried The Bear wrapped in richest buff
falo robes I'm a high pine tree near the
Niohrara river. From this burial the
bands scattered over Nebraska, wyom-
ing and Dakota. urging Indians every
where TO kill the white men and to drive
them from the country. Thus tho Sioux
war began.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-29
Wealthy Privates
In This Regiment

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.)
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE, Aug. 24-"We are in sight OF
the trenches at last" said private In
what is known as the Stock Exchange
battalion of one OF the regiments OF the
new British army its been a long pull
In a hard market. But we never missed
getting our shilling n day and our wives
have got their separation allowances reg
ularly"
There are privates in the Stock Elk
change battalion who have names we'll
known in the world OF finance. Some OF
them have subscribed fortunes to the
latest war loan.
AT home have three bathrooms in my
house and sixteen bedrooms" said one.
"Out here am glad to stand up in line
with towel over my shoulder and take
my turn with the wash basin. AS for
sleeping on straw in barn. II Is para
disc after a hard march. suppose we
will get these other things, too. like
everybody else does in the trenches"
Bound 70. though you have ten thou
sand year" remarked another. Maybe
you have one In your shirt now"
what interests u.s.. said divisional
staff officer rs not that they are stock
exchange men. but are they good sol
diersg'
Many speak German as a result OF in
tematlonal financial relations.
1T would be odd. said one. ~
should be shooting at Kaufman. who Is
on the Berlin exchange. We went to
school together In Germany"
Not all In the Stock Exchange battalion
are affiuent or members OF the exchange,
but all were recruited from the Stock
exchange district. AS they march along a
road In France, laden with dust the t25
a week clerk and the big broker are elbow
10 elbow and the observer cannot tel
one from the other.
There Is another battalion composed OF
artists. architects. musicians and men OF
kindred callings Many officers have been
promoted both from the ranks of the
Artists Rifles and the Stock Exchange
battalion Then there are battalions Of
miners. sportsmen and companies from
the same factories and groups of friends
who enlisted IN body In order 10 be to-
gether.