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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-18
Greed and Jealousy.

Germany not fighting for subiuga-
ton Of other nations, but FOR protec-
ton of her national life.-Headline
In the beginning the world was led
to believe that Germany got into the
fight only as a result OF the Austrian
ultimatum to Servia Then came the
excuse that the racial and political
conflict between Slavic and Teutonic
interests and aspirations demanded
the shedding of blood. Many are
reasoning that the war was the direct
result of the bloodlust, Others see
only family quarrel, the car, the
kaiser and the king being cousins
and jealous of each others populari-
ty and possessions. Never was a war
so tainted with commercialsm. New
er was there a war for which history
will experience so much difficulty in
finding the excuse. Every school
child understands the American Revo
luton. Every school child under
stands the American Civil war. On
the lip of every one today is the
question: What is this war for?'
and no one knows, The kaiser's own
paper tried to find out and was sup
pressed. -Pittsheld Eagle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-18
Fortunes are being made

and lost-over night There can be
no mistake in buying an assured in
come for life, while you have the
money Better be sure than be
sorry. Look into our Life Income
plans. National Life ms. Co., of VT,
(Mutual.) Earle S. Kinsley, General
Agent, Mead Building, Rutland Vt
Adv.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-18

An English college authority after
patient investigation declares that
the people of the United States are
a distinctiyely Teutonic race and
have the same tendencies as the
other Teutons without their courage
We almost don't dare say this before
the Burlington News.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-18

The statement in the associated
press dispatches that the hospital
ships in Salonili harbor are about
the only sanitary spot in the whole
Balkan peninsula, indicates the dang
err that the armies in the near east
have to face. The science of SANTA
ton is chiefly the science of cleanli-
ness and it has not yet penetrated to
some parts of the earth where ciyili-
cation is the Oldest.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-18
All subscriptions payable In advance.
FRANK q. HOWE. Editor and pu
Saturday, December 10, 1915.

There is a great future for the
business college that will teach spell
ing. punctuation and capitalization
and that won't issue diploma to stu
dents deficient in these essentials.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-18
Deafness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
tho diseased portion of the ear. There IS
only one way to cure deafness, and that 10
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an indamed condition of the mu-
cous lining OF the Bustachian Tube When
this tube 10 infamed you have rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when 1t Is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result. and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored TO its normal condi-
tion hearing will be destroyed forever: nine
which 10 nothing but an infamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces
case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrb Care.
Send for circulars. free
f. J. CHENEY II CO, Toledo. Ohio,
Sold by Druggists, 75c,
Take Tails Family Pills for constipation,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-18

The Anglo-French war loan was a
great success according to the Pro
British because the American people
promptly took two-thirds of it. 1t
was a great failure according to the
Pro-Germans because one third of it
remains in the hands of the under
writer's and is being offered at dis
count.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-16
HOW TO KNOW MUSHROOMS
Government Bulletin Describes
Edible Species of Fungi.

Washington, July 1O.-As ev-
erybody knows, a deplorable a.
mount of good food goes to
waste because the public is ia
maliar with but few of the
may edible species of fungi. It
is true that the nutritive value
of fungi has been much exag-
gerated; they are by no means
comparable in dietary value to
meat, as is often claimed; but,
on the other hand, they are more
nutritious and when properly
cooked decidedly more palatable
than many things that enter in
to the everyday menu. A desul-
tory propaganda in behalf of
mycophagy has been carried on
for years, both in this country
and abroad.
The latest contribution to this
campaign is Bulletin No. IT'S,
just issued by the Department
of Agriculture, entitled "Mush-
rooms and Other Common
Fungi" In this useful manual
the authors, Flora w. Patterson
and Vera K. Charles, tell us, a.
mong other things, of the efforts
which certain European Gov
ernments have made to teach
their citizens the food value of
mushrooms. All over France
exhibits of the more desirable
species are held; while at Rouen
during the season there are
ually lectures on this subject, IL
lustrated by fresh specimens. In
Saxony systematic instruction
concerning mushrooms is given
in the public schools.
The French have taken to can
ming many wild mushrooms, ir
addition to the familiar Agarcius
campestris grown in mushroom
cellars, and these are now ex,
ported to the United States
which also receives tons of drieC
wild mushrooms from China.
The new bulletin contains de
~seriptions, in language as non.
technical as the circumstance
admit, Of more than $50 species
Of fungi, together with splendi,
photographs Of at least half o.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-16
You Know About These Kid
ney Pills.

You don't have to be an expert
druggist to know a good kid
ney remedy. Nearly everyone
knows enough about such things
to recognize the fact that Buchu,
Squill, Juniper, Asparagus, Dig
italis and Potassium nitrate are
the good old standard remedies
for kidney trouble.
These ingredients are COM
bined in the form of
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1915-07-16

KIDNEY PiIIs

in the most scientific way, so
that the full strength of each is
retained. The result is that Pen
star Kidney Pills have made a
remarkable reputation for ex-
cellence.
If your kidneys are not acting
or if you have wandering
pains in the small of the back,
depressed spirits, lack of am
bition and vigor, the probability
is that your kidneys and blad-
der are disordered and you need
this standard remedy. We sell
a great many of them and have
never heard of a single dissatis-
fed user. Prices, rs and 80
cents.
The PensIar Store
Westerman & Rankin, 1922
Main st. Phone 95.
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The PensIar Store
Livery and Feed Stables.

Schaberg Bros. have recently
the livery business Of
the old reliable firm of J. G.
Young, ST., and are prepared to
furnish the public with carriages
at reasonable prices to and from
churches and other public gath
erings and also buggies and
other accommodations pertain
ing to the livery business.
SCHARBERG BROS.
Lexington, No.
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the species described. The poi
sonous species are carefully
pointed out, and several recipes
for cooking in other kinds are
appended.
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TUCSON, ARIZONA'S
BUSTLING CITY
Chamber of Commerce Splendid
Active Force.
IRRIGATION IS A FACTOR
Desert Land is Reclaimed by an
Abundance Of Water and
Made to Yield Fine Crops
Churches, Schools,
and Fine Homes.

BY Randolph Cnurcnlll, III Inc
South Bend (lnd.) Tribune.
Tucson, Ariz., June 23.-This
has been one Of the most inter-
esting visits the present writer
has ever made to any unknown
country, a vast domain almost
unappreciated and certainly
misunderstood by the big army
of Americans who crave a castle
of their own. When Arizona
was begging for statehood re-
CARELESS of New Mexico's claims
a distinguished senator who
never trod the soil west of the
Missouri river said: II am not
in favor of giving an arid sand
desert with a few mining camps
two voices in this august body"
and somehow this is about as
much as many people know Of
this wonderful state which has
now over 100000 inhabitants,
1880 square miles and min
erals, soil and climate all its
own.
Arizona lies in Americas big
semiarid plain, to be sure, but it
is far from being a domain Of
barren rocks and sand, sun
beaten sterile acres with a few
fast decaying mining camps and
here and there an unkept ranch
as we sometimes hear. When
leaving Ell Paso the other day a
friend said: "Why, don't try to
stop in Arizona; it will be so hot
you can't stand it and there is
nothing to engage your pen,"
and as this was one Of the four
states in the great republic
which ] have not traversed and
written of l was determined to
break my journey to the Pacific
at Tuscon.
The little dilapidated mining
camp made famous in story and
wild west so-called literature of
which one hears so much was
not to be seen, but the bright
new and growing city of Tucson
was in evidence the moment the
Pacific express pulled into the
depot. However, / had to wit
ness the going of my predilec-
tions and it was hard for me to
realize that / was going about,
amid well paved avenues of
beautiful residences and fine
public buildings as we'll as bust
ness like blocks, one of our most
beautiful and fascinating little
cities.
Ideal, Busy Little City.
The rough mining camp with
its saloons, gambling hells anC
undesirable inhabitants haC
been metamorphosed into ar
ideal little busy metropolis as
pretty as it is sober and quiet
Surrounded by its mountains
under its sublime blue sky anC
made verdant and green by
trees, flowers and gardens Tue
son is anything but a dilapidateC
mining camp; in fact, a NOR,
beautiful and Industrious city o.
10000 souls would be difficult t,
find.
Arizona has much waste LAM
and its sun burnt sand plains an,
rocky mountains will never in
vite habitation except for tn
precious mineral deposits in it
billy Businesses, but notwith
standing all this, much of it
many millions of acres are fe1
tile when irrigated as the delt
of the Nile.
In the making of this wor
drous nation the provincialisr
of many great minds is ne
where better shown than in tn
extension of its domain, for di
not some statesman claim tina
the states should not go ives
of the Allegheneys, and tn
Louisiana purchase was con
batted, while the accession frol
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of the house?
Had these men succeeded in
closing the door to this part of
the American acreage the repub-
lie could not boast of its precious
mineral supremacy, its greatest
fruit belts and its irrigated agri-
cultural sections rivaling the
low lands of the Netherlands and
the delta of the pyramids.
Of course, this old section in
Indian lore and territorial his
tory is practically a grand new
country as only a small portion
of Arizona is finished; the ge-
MUS of the engineer has brought
fruition and splendor to many
little zones of agricultural fer
tility by the use Of DAMS, wells
and pumps sufficient to demon
strate the great possibilities of
the "baby state" which joined
its sisters in the race for high
est honors less than four years
ago.
Mineral Wealth of Arizona.
The mineral wealth of Arizona
in copper, zinc, lead, gold and
silver are beyond present COM
putation. Of copper the United
States produces one-half of the
worlds supply, while Arizona
gives out of its opened mines
nearly one-fourth.
In the production Of livestock
the big pastures of this new
state are helping to feed the
world, while its forests in many
sections upon a thousand hills"
tell us that there is something
here other than barren sand
plains, rocky hills and cactus
wastes.
Since this section lies in Amer
ica's great semi-arid domain,
rains falling mostly in July,
agricultuer must depend upon
proper irrigation, but we should
bear in mind that when the
soil is capable of irrigation and
the cost of it being compare
lively cheap as in Arizona that
this condition affords the far
mer, the truckman and the fruit
grower a veritable paradise.
Some time ago l told the
readers of The Tribune from AL.
bany, Ga, about their wonder
! full pecan industry and nov
: away out here in the southwes.
l find another new thing under
the versatile American sun-al
English walnut growing section
of marvellous possibilities, GOV
ering the great and fertile val
ley of Santa Cruz of which Tue
son is the center. An expert
menting mind, C. R. Biederman
discovered this industry re
: Gently by finding it an easy tasl
, to graft the English walnut OF
the native black walnut as il
; done in California and has thu.
, given this section another in
dustry of vast possibilities.
This discovery is now bein,
, perfected commercially by Gen
! Manning, who is planting LOO
! Arizona black walnuts on 16I
, acres of the Scotch farms, AM
will have the English walnu
grated on them next spring b,
Mr.. BiedermaD, who will get tn
scion wood from imported Cali
fornia trees.
FOrerunner of Great Industry.
d That the walnut grove at tn
e famous Scotch farms will be tn
f forerunner of another great in
o dustry throughout the SAINT
Cruz valley no one doubts. O
d the black walnut, while it is no
d such a commercial asset as tn
l. English variety, yet it is va.
.e liable and abounds in Arizona.
IS A magnificent native walnu
l. tree is pointed to by Senate
IS Mark Smith as an example q
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of mesquite covered wilderness,
cleared and developed water for
the tract, and made it over into
alfalfa, corn and grain fields,
garden patches, diaries, walnut
groves and cotton fields. Here
is the story of how it was done:
One of Tucson's enterprising
citizens, a banker and at the
time the president of the Cham
Der of Commerce, induced one of
the government engineers sta
toned in Arizona to make an in
vestigation of the underfow of
the Santa Cruz river which
runs past Tucson. The Santa
Cruz river flows several feet UNI
der the sandy surface except
during flood periods. This en-
gineer's report was so encourage
ing that it was Immediately
submitted to Chicago capitalists
who had developed irrigation
projects in Texas, Colorado and
Oregon, who in Tucson had their
own engineers make further in
vestigations, following which
they purchased the land and be-
gan to clear and develop it.
How Water is Obtained.
The water was secured by dig
ging a ditch 20 feet deep across
the channel of the Santa Cruz
river at a point where its chan
mel was confined to the width of
a mile between mountains and
foothills. Nineteen 16-inch
wells were drilled 200 feet apart,
the proper distance having first
been determined by a most
thorough test of the quantity of
water available and the water
bearing area affected by pump
ing. High power irrigation
pumps and electric dynamos to
operate them were installed and
a concrete conduit connected
with each well. This conduit was
set nine feet under the first
water bearing strata so that the
pressure from it would draw &
considerable portion of the year
The water so secured is carried
in concrete bitches to the land tt
be irrigated and it is carried anC
used in winter as we'll as sum
mer, for in this climate farming
is a IL months industry. Their,
are no idle months when tn,
stock must be fed from the ha,
! and grain raised during thu
summer; there are no snow anC
/ heavy frost to make the lane
/ lie fallow and keep the farmer
: prisoner in his house. Here the
: dairy cattle feed on growing
alfalfa the year round, hogs are
: In pasture in February anC
March, garden truck is raised il
January and the fields are grow
( ing barley to be cut in Apri
/ and followed with corn and otheI
) summer crops. The farmer,
) wife can have her flower gardel
: in continuous bloom and plucl
roses as well as chrysanthe
Z NUNS for her Christmas decora
lions. The farmer at Tucson
does not get gray worrying
} about a possible drought o
! whether he will get water il
t time to make his crop. He know
= that water is ready for his us
e when he wants it.
= Farming in this section is no
pioneering. On the project 0
the Tucson Farms company ey
e cry farmers home is electri
q lighted and has running waite
and telephone. Schools are cor
%veniently located. The childre
f can start in the kindergarte
+ and go through the state univel
q sity at Tucson without leavin
/ the parental roof. In the cit
There iS avaYv donouina+;Op =
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and there are poultry and fruit
upon the mesa, or high
er land, which are sources of
splendid income to their owners.
To put it briefly, agriculture
and horticulture in their various
phases, are giving Tucson a very
rich back country which a few
years ago was unproductive and
called by the ugly name "de-
1t is a safe assertion that
to find desert at Tucson in a
few years the traveller will need
to travel quite a distance be-
yond the city.
This city is situated 300 miles
west of Ell Paso, Tex, and 500
miles east Of Los Angeles, upon
the main line of the great South
ern Pacific and also is the
western terminal of the new
Ell Paso and Southwestern rail-
way; it enjoys an altitude of
2,400 feet and is nestled in the
rich Santa Cruz valley with
timbered mountain all about it
and is probably the largest city
in the state.
Citys' Streets Well Paved.
The streets are well paved and
the business blocks and public
buildings would do justice to a
much larger city, while many of
the residences are beautiful in
deed, having outgrown even a
suggestion Of a western mining
camp town. The state univer-
.sity has exquisite grounds,
beautifully planted in trees,
flowers and botanical gardens
with fine buildings costing $780,
900, with a splendid faculty and
over 800 students, which speaks
volumes for the "baby state"
There are seven public parks, a
Carnegie library, six public
school buildings, two Indian
schools, four hospitals, a Y. M.
&c. A. and thirteen churches.
The United States magnetic
observatory and the Carnegie
desert botanical laboratory are
fine institutions. There are
four miles of street railways,
eight hotels, four banks, while
several of the many retail stores
are big houses, Albert Steinfeld
& Co., being one of the largest
wholesale and retail stores in
the southwest.
AS this is a great stock mar
ket Armour & Co., Swift G. Co.,
and Libby, Mcneil & Co., have
plants here. The four wholesale
houses carry stock valued at
$800,000 and do a fine business.
The banks have deposits of over
$4,000, 900, with combined re-
sources of some $4,000, 900,
which gives this little city f.
nancial standing of no mean
value.
The S. P. railway Offices and
shops located in Tucson employ
$50 men and pay out for wages
monthly over 5000, 900. The
daily newspapers of the city, the
Tucson Citizen and the Arizona
Daily Star, are splendid journals
of commanding influence. There
are four mills, two big ice
plants, a gas and electric light
plant, local and long distance
telephone systems, many min.
ing and pumping m achint
houses, machine shops, carriage
and saddle factory, large brick
yards and a foundry in Tucson.
Splendid Chamber of Commerce
The city boasts of a splendid
Chamber of Commerce which
caves nothing undone for Tue.
|, son and Arizona which is in it.
power to accomplish. The presi
dent is Gen. L. H. Manning, on,
of the states ablest bushes,
men, and the secretary is Johl
-
II. Myers, who came here threl
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$4,000 yearly, And nearly
all for things you never see
things you never miss until the
tire falls down.
Yet our late price reduction
saves our users about FIVE million
dollars this year. And that was
our third reduction in two years.
tOtalins As per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-05
JEWETT CITY
Town's Vote for No-Lieense 338-For License 2e1-Demoorats Win Out Mrs. Julia Wilcox Celebrates s9th Birthday.

The officials at the polls in Jewett City Monday were--M Matthew Geary, moderator; license box. William G.. Murray; constitutional amendment, J. H. Lee: ballots, Frank Cusick and Frank Babcock; license ballots, W. R. Burdick, Adrian Menard; license en- velopes. E. M, Gray and AZarias Gre nier; checkers. Solomon Wechsler and H. H. Burnham: inside guards, Thom- as Murray and F. x. Casavant; out Elligott; booth tenders, John Donnally, George Pariseau, George Cyr-
 At the Pachaug town house the moderator was Charles Morgan: checkers, Robert Wilbur, John F. Gardner; license box, S. F. Palmer; official envelopes. William Lapointe and Frank Terry; license envelopes, George B. Sheldon and Daniel Ken yon: license ballots, Harry Holmes; booth tenders, William Edmonds and James Crary. The vote stood as fol- lows: License, No 35s. Yes 2si. Con- stitutional amendment yes 125, No 27. Following was the vote in detail:
 Republican-Assessor Joseph Gull lotte, 276; board of relief for three years, Edward A. Geer, 2S7: for two years. Horace D. Myott. 1s1; for one year, William Montgomery, 2S1; se- iectmen. Thomas McBroome. 2so; John Welsh, 2S4; town treasurer, John Welsh. 2s4: auditor. Frank B. Robin son. 2s2: collector of taxes. Louis M. Gingras, S15; constables, Pearl D. Nor gan, 291; Andrew Chesebro. 2s6: Louis Vachon, 28S: Adelard Menard, 2e5 1: registrars of voters. first district, Eii G. Lague,. 2S5; second district, Fran ' CON V f-.F -"T" -t
Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-05


 In the town of windham for the first time in several, years. the majori- ty- of the ticket is republican. With 56 disputed votes uncounted Ernest P. Chesebro, republican. leads James P. Mustard, demorcat, by ,10s and A. L. Gelinas, republican, leads George H. Backus. democrat, by 12 for se- lectmen-
 Frank P. Fenton, demorcat. Is elect ed town clerk and treasurer by a ma- jority of About 250. John R. Pickett. democrat, defeated Frank R. Jackson, republican, for assessor by about 80 votes. The board of relief consists of M E. Lincoln, demorcat, A. Chagnon, republican, and Martin Waterhouse, republican.
 It is probable that George A. Bart lett, republican. has defeated Morris M Welch, democrat, for collector of taxes, and that the republicans have elected for the town school committee Frank E. Guild and Katherine J, Spalding. the democratic member be- ing H. Dion.
 Yes ballots numbering 1908 and the No ballots sSS, giving a majority of 120 for license, about 200 less than the majority at the last election
 Only the most strenuous work by the license men kept Windham from the dry column.
 On the constitutional amendment the vote was Yes 1s7. No 1s2.