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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
BIRTHs

At Waban, Mass, April IS. "A son, Will
liam Bailey, to MIR. and Mrs. ElIabree d.
Locke and grandson to Mrs. Curtis &. Pol
lensby.
At Lyndon, April 10, daughter TO Mr..
and Mrs. Allen LynauRh.
At Newark, April II, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Beane
At East Barnet. April o. a son 20 Mr.. and
Mrs. Guy Gilbert.
At West Danville, April II, a son TO Mr..
and Mrs Wallace Ainswo rth.
At West Danville, April IT, a son TO Mr..
and Mrs. Harvey lumbar.
At st. Iohnsbury, April 10, a daughter 70
Mr.. and Mrs. Haley Morton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
The Acorn.

Take a large acorn. suspend 1t by a
thread so as to nearly touch the water
in any glass vessel, set it upon your
mantelshelf, bracket or table and let
It stand there for about two months
without in any way interfering with it
excepting to supply fresh water. The
acorn will burst, throw root down
into the water and a stem upward.
sending out from the stem beautiful
green leaves
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
RECENT DEATHS.
Robinson

A dispatch received here on Sunday
announced the death that day of Biz
ney A. Robinson at his home in New
tonville, Mass. He was a native OF
Underhill. Born in 1870 and grad
uated from st. Johnsbury Academy in
the class of 1890. In 1895 he mar
ried at Brantview, Miss Mabel, daugh-
ter of William T. and Mrs. Rebecca
Fairbanks. The larger part of his
business life, dealing in automobiles,
was spent in Worcester, Mass, and
of recent years in Newtonville with
an Office in Boston. He is survived
by his wife and three children,
Bertha, Clifton and Winfield His
sister was the wife of the late Gov.
Fletcher D. Proctor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
RICKER's LOCAL MARKET

The receipts at w. A Ricker's Market
for the week ending April 9, 1915, were.
Poultry, 300 a 10 cents.
Lambs, 10 q 6 cents.
Hogs, $50 a 612 to cents.
Cattle, 40 a to cents.
Calves, 800 a to 71a cents.
Mich Cows, a $40 to $40.
Wool, "a 26c.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish TO thank all the kind friends and
neiRhbors and also the bearers shopmateS.
mill workmen and friends from the Academ,,
for their words and acts of sympathy durinS
the sickness and death of our beloved Mon
and brother. Homer, also for the beautif5I
floral tributes.
Mr.. AND MRS. JOHN w. CAMPBELL.
Mr.. AND MRS. CARL ALLIES
Mr.. AND MRS. ALBEIT HALL
WILLIAM J. CAMPBELL.
st. Johnsbury, VT.
April 20, 1915.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
Souners

Mrs. w. J. Somers died in San
Francisco on Saturday, April 10.
Kate Burbank, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Gustavus Burbank, was
born in Danville. In 1858, at Dan
vile she was married and the II
year-old bride went directly to San
Francisco by way of Panama. Last
summer she travelled in Germany,
leaving the day before the war broke
out, visiting her nephew, James
Weeks of this town last October on
her way home. She is survived by
a daughter, Mrs. Ford Patterson OF
Belvedere, Cal, and one son, Dr.
George Somers in San Francisco,
Cal, with whom she made her home
at the time of her death. Mr.. Som
ers died in 1909.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21

Hard to Steer Proper Course.
If you praise yourself your own lit
tie world, which thinks it knows you,
will mock and gibe at you for a boast
er, while If you say you have a poor
opinion Of yourself it will gladly take
you at your own low valuation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
The Hard Knocks.

This old world at best is only an
anvil and life a sort of Plutonian
blacksmith that, with varying blows,
strikes us into form. The blow that
hurts us most may shape us best
Exchange
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
Ebony of Commerce.

Ebony is always soaked in water
for from to Is months as soon as
cut. 1t comes chiefly from Mauritius
and the East Indies.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
SURPRISED ExnIorer.

An African explorer found a yer,
modern American sewing machine be-
ing operated by a woman In a native
village in the heart Of the dark con
t1aenk.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
MARRIAGES

At Lancaster, N. H., April II, Clarence A.
Lancaster.
At Mt. Vernon. N. Y, April z, w. ] Smith
and Miss Christine Smith, both Of st. Johns
bury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21

Give Us an international mind to I'M
derstand. an international heart TO
GeeL-WlIIimm ID. ID. AinGy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
Precaution.

why did you insist on having your
new servant arrive on Saturday. ask
I'd the neighbor.
There's no train back till Monday"
replied Mrs. CrossIots I'VE wanted
to be sure Of having help for our Sun
day dinner."-Washingto Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
ooean,t Want 70 Know Acc.

A Moorish woman regards 1t az
point of honor to be absolutely ignO
ant Of her age.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
Rickaby Agency
95 Eastern Ave.
FOR SALE

Single Comb, White Leghorn eggs for
Matching. Prize winners at Caledonia
County Fair. Most popular laying breed.
Telephone 71-11
A. II. LYSTER, St. JOhnsbury, Vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
Pointer for Poets,

TOTHNIT TOT FOGT1.
IL trading stamps were given with
the works of the poets more women
would buy them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1915-04-21
WEATHER

At Bingham's Drug Store, for the week
ending April 19.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
SALARY CUT IN TWAIN DISPLAY CIVIC PRIDE
COUNTY TREASURER HIT HARD
BLOW BY LEGISLATIVE ACT.
Elected on Basis of Fifteen Hundred
Per Year Change in Tax Col
lector Reduces to $3.50.

When Fred J. Holman was elected
to the office of county treasurer last
November it was with the expectation
that he was to receive $500 per year
for period of two years, but the re-
cent legislature blasted these hopes in
returning to the sheriff the duties in
connection with the collection of tax
es. The regular salary carried by the
office of county treasurer is $3.50 per
year, but the added labor of collect
ing taxes gave it an extra $780, This
latter compensation will now be elm
mated, leaving to the treasurer an
amount insufficient to even meet the
requirements for his daily bread. On
the morning of May % the tax collec-
tions will be turned over to Sheriff
John W. Orr, on which date the cut
in the treasurer's salary will become
effective.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
SPLENDID COMMUNITY MEET.
ING HELD FRIDAY NIGHT.
Women Speakers From Metropolis
Enthus Audience With In
structive Addresses.

Both instructive and entertaining
were the addresses before the COM
munity gathering at the high school
building last Friday evening, held un-
der the auspices of a joint committee
from the Woman's and the CONNER
cial clubs, and the pronounced sue
cess of the meeting must have been
gratifying to those who were instru-
mental in bringing it about. The large
auditorium was well-filled with citi-
zens interested in the Identification
of Dallas, and from the close atten-
ton given the themes under discus
sion it was evident that more than
curiosity had prompted this atten-
dance. Mrs. Bertha, Taylor Voor-
horst, who has been a conspicuous fig
ure in civic improvements in Portland
during the past several years, gave
an interesting account of how the
work had been accomplished, but to
Miss Alice V. Joyce, a teacher in the
Portland public schools and an expert
on school gardening, was it left to
demonstrate what betterments of
this character really mean to a COM
munity, lantern slides being used to
illustrate the various phases Of the
commendable movement. Miss Joyce
has travelled abroad extensively, and
has gathered hundreds of views from
Germany and other foreign countries,
many of which were shown with good
effect. Miss Joyce gave an entertain
ing lecture on the work as the pic
lures were thrown on the screen.
1t is the purpose of the two organ
izations under whose auspices the lee
turers appeared here to inaugurate
with the opening of spring an active
campaign for the Identification of
Dallas, and an effort will be made TO
induce property holders not only to
clean up their premises from A to 2,
but to plant rose bushes and other
shrubbery in parkings and gardens.
In this work they will have the as
sistanee Of the council, which will
soon name a general cleanup day for
the city and see that provisions Of
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
An Interesting Relic.

Probably one of the Oldest and most
interesting of relics owned locally is
a bible and hymnal in the possession
of Simon Mosser of this city. The
bible is a small volume about 3x5
inches and about IA inches thick
bound in brown leather, much worn,
and resembling greatly a large plug
of tobacco. On the frontpiece of the
bible appears the date 1881, presum-
ably the date of printing, but Mr..
Mosser contends the date of compila-
ton. About the middle of the book
is also a title page dated 1907 and on
this page appears the picture of a
bear which is the seal of the city of
Bern, Switzerland-Bern in the Swiss
dialect means bear. The bible, or the
latter section at least, was printed in
the government printing Office at Bern
and is in the Swiss dialect of the Ger
man language.-McMinnville News.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
WEST SALEM VOTES BONDS.
Thriving Town Will Have Municipal
Water System.

By a vote of more than four to one
the electors of West Salem on Satur-
day last voted to take over the mains
and equipment of the Kingwood Wa
ter company, build extensions and i'm
provements and operate the plant as
a municipal enterprise. Water will
be obtained from wells or sunken res
ervoirs from 3 to 40 feet below the
surface of the ground and so con-
structed as to be water tight except
at the bottom, thus insuring an abun-
dant supply Of water that will be as
good as any in the state.
Many civic improvements other
thar the water system have been in
stalled during the past year in the
thriving little west side town. In
fact the average citizen of Salem does
not appreciate the fact that West Sa-
lem is making some very rapid
strides. A $1,000 sewer system has
just been completed, supplying the
larger part of the city and draining
slough that has been menace to
health. A system of street lighting
has been installed, numerous streets
have been improved and cement side
walks are being laid.-Oregon Mes
senger.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
POLK'S DEFICIT rs SMALL.
Commissioner Report Shows How
Counties Stand January First.

According to Insurance Commits
sion Wells report, counties at the
close of the quarter ending December
81, last, % of the "a counties of the
state had deficits and IL had a sur
plus. The reason given for so many
counties having deficits is that it was
at the close of the year and the tax
levy had been exhausted. The report
is made by insurance commissioner in
his capacity as state accountant, and
it will be the last he will make, as
the bill abolishing the department
will become a law in 80 days.
Counties not bonded, having defic-
its are; Baker, $11, ,765.23; Benton,
$27,5S119; Clackamas, $139,01790;
Coos, $99,195.97; Crook, $91 1,S14.21; /;
Curry, $36,316.65; Gillian, $7,527O3; !;
Harney, $57 ,p67. A; Josephine, $751;
974.05; klamath, $40, 0,345.99; Lane,
sS6,826.57; Lincoln, $72,S45.79; NAL
heur, 1927, ,733.17; Morrow, $2,46O.05;
Polk, $27,6O7.27; Umatilla, $11, ,145.-
80; Wasco, $8,51631; Wheeler, $54,-
506.41.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
Big Realty Deal In Yamhill.

What is said to the largest real es.
tate deal recorded in Yamhill county
in many years was made public last
week when Mr.. and Mrs. Thad Howe
transferred an 800-acre ranch neal
Sheridan to Joseph E. Lindquist for
a reported consideration of $11S,OO0
The fact that $93 in revenue stamps
were required to file the deed indi-
Gates that a small mortgage existed
against the property.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
ESPECIAL ELECTION CALLED FOR MAY 10
Question of Amending Charter to Authorize Council to
Issue Bonds to the Amount of $52 900 for Purchase
of Water Plant to Be Submitted to the People. s
After having waited fully an hour

After having waited fully an hour
for Alderman Ghorke, who had been
temporarily excused by the mayor, the
council last night by vote of five to
two passed an ordinance providing
that an amendment to the charter au-
thorizing the aldermanic body to issue
bonds in the sum of $4,000 for the
purchase Of HI. V. Gates equity in
the water plant be submitted 70 the
people at special election to be held
on May 10, 1915, for their approval
or rejection. The vote on the measure
was as follows: Ayes, Barber,
Gohrke, Miller, Westover, Young,
Nays, Hayter and Knight.
Alderman Hayter and Knight were
the only councilmen to discuss the
proposed ordinance, and both opposed
its passage, the councilman-at- Large
leading. He said that, so far as his
knowledge obtained, public sentiment
was against the purchase of the water
system at this time. The council had
undertaken through a mass meeting
of citizens to feel the pulse IF the
people, but that meeting had failed to
avail anything Of definite character
AS councilman-at-large he had been
elected as representative Of all the
people, and he had therefore taken
the trouble to ascertain the sentiment
of the business men of Dallas by in
terviewing some sixty of them on the
question: care you in favor Of the
city, at this time, issuing bonds to the
amount of $4,000 for the purpose of
buying the equity of Mr.. HI. V. Gates
in the Dallas water plant" Alderman
Hayter stated to the council that he
had simply put the question Zip to
those whom he had interviewed with
out expressing an opinion himself,
and had found only four favora gle to
the proposition. He read fromEa list
the following:
In favor of bonding: J. W. Sween-
ey, W. A. Ayres, C. W. Shultz, G. w.
Vaughn.
Against bonding: Conrad Stafrin,
j. C. Hayter, A. S. Campbell, w. H.
Gaynor, Vassall & Craven, W. A. Col
Inns, W. R. Howe, H. A. Webster, H.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
Will View Proposed Road.

It is reported that the Yamhill
county court will look over the road
route from this place to Dolph. That
they will get the grade from the Bee
ranch in a southerly direction to the
creek called Sour Grass; thence west
erly, connecting with the Tillamook
rock road. By this route they would
leave out all the Dolph hills, and it is
said that they can get 3 per cent
grade that looks like the practical
route.-Sheridan Sun.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
ordinances bearing on this subject are
rigidly enforced.
HOP MARKET Is STRONG.
Best Sale Since Last Fall Made at
Hillshoro Saturday.

There is no denying the fact that
there is strength to the spot hop mar
ket Sales have been made recently
at steady advances, the climax being
reached Saturday when part Of the
crop of Fred Lackey at Hillsboro,
amounting to 100 bales, was sold to
Bishop & Keyt at 141ac. This is the
highest price paid since early last
September
The 1914 crop Of Oregon S is gradu-
ally disappearing, and it will not be
long, dealers say, before it is cleaned
up. There is not particle of 'busi-
ness for American account. Every
demand from Great Britain is prob
ably occasioned by the fear that there
will not be a large crop there this
year, and maybe none at all. As re-
suit, the American hops will be stored
to guard against such condition.
Another feature is the possibility of
an embargo on hops. There is moth
ing certain about this, but should one
be declared, the hop business in this
country will come to an immediate
stop. 1t is further asserted that there
is little likelihood of hops being stor-
ed in warehouses in this country. If
the hops purchased cannot be shipped
at once, the opinion prevails that
England will not take them at all.
Should the food situation become SO
acute that it is necessary to give all
space in bottoms to their shipment, it
it cinch hops will be left on the
docks and not transported at all. That
tells the story plainly.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
JOHN MINTo OF SALEM DEAD.
Prominent Citizen Passes at Ripe Old
Age of so Years.

John Mimic, resident of Oregon
since 1874, and member of one Of the
early sessions of the state legislature,
died at Salem last week after an i'll
ness of one week. He was so years
old. The passing Of Mr. Mimic re-
moves one of the best-known of con-
temporary pioneers. He was for many
years an intimate friend of the late
F. x. Matthieu, and was a witness of
the remarkable development of the
state from frontier conditions to its
present state of civilization.
Having been a member of the lower
house of the Legislature in 1862, 1868,
1880 and 1890, Mr.. Minto attended
the subsequent sessions of that body
as a spectator and during the early
part of the recent session suffered a
fainting spell on the floor of the low
er house. For time it was thought
that he was dying, but he recovered
fully and was an interested spectator
several days during the latter part of
the session. Mr.. Mimic was hale and
hearty during his entire life until his
fatal illness and was possessed of a
remarkable fund of information re-
garding the history of the state.
Death was due to sentility.
Funeral services were held at Odd
fellows hall, Salem, Saturday, and
interment was in the Oddfellows
cemetery there.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02

I. Price, J. R. Allgood, ]. R. Craven
Jno. Uglow, F. J. Coad, D, P. Patter-
son, w. G. Vassall, Abel Uglow, F. J.
Craven, P A. Finseth, Willis Simon
ton, J. E. Sibley, E. jacobson, Walter
Williams, Aug. P. Riser, E. Hayter,
Geo. W. Myer, Walter L. Tooze, Jr.,
c. H. Manock, B. H. McCallon, E. C.
kirkpatrick, Hugh G. Black, j. D.
Smith, R. L. Chapman, E. V. Dalton,
A. B. Muir, Dan P. Stouffer, C. L.
Shaw, C. H. Morris, I. N. Woods, c.
G. Coad, F. E. Davis, d. j. Riley, j.
E. Shultz, W. V. Fuller, I. E. Kersey,
G. M. Brown, H. Marshall, c. Riser,
Jno. R. Sibley.
Alderman Hayter said the adoption
of the ordinance would mean a con-
siderable expense for special elec-
tion, and thought that expense should
not be incurred without assurance
from the people that they wanted the
water plant.
Alderman Westover explained to
the council how the proposition to
buy the plant had first come about,
emphasizing the fact that he had not
been instrumental in launching the
project; that the offer to sell had vol
unfairly come from Mr.. Gates while
the fire and water committee had been
in consultation with him with view
to securing better service for the saw
mill. He expressed a willingness to
submit. the question to the people that
they might be the judge in the matter.
Alderman Knight opposed the
adoption of the ordinance. He OBJ
jected to the ordinance because the
purchase price of the plant was not
given, and when the deal was about
to be consummated, he said, it might
be more. Alderman Knight said he
had interviewed thirtyAone men in his
neighborhood, and out of that number
had found but one who favored the
purchase. He predicted that the
amendment would be voted down at
the polls.
Mayor Van Orsdel invited further
discussion, in the same breath in
structing the auditor to call the roll,
which resulted in the adoption of the
as stated.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
Visiting the Schools.

State Superintendent of Public In
struction Churchill and County Su-
perintendent Seymour are today Wis
iting the high schools of Independence
and Buena Vista in the interest of
the Standardization of high schools as
outlined by the state board of educa-
tion. Tomorrow they will visit the
Dallas and Falls City schools.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
ORDINANCES ARE REPEALED.
Three Old Timers Eliminated, They
Having Become Obsolete.

No longer is it lawful to empound
animals found running at large on
the property at the corner of Main
and Court streets, now occupied by
the Bee Hive store, for the ordin-
ance, adopted in 1875, making that
the place of empoundment was repeal
ed by the council at last night s ses-
sion. Ordinance No. 54, regulating
and licensing automobiles, was also
repealed, as was ordinance No. 4,
passed in 1888.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
MAI. ABRAMS SUCCEEDS FERN
Salem Newspaperman Gets Place on
Industrial Commission.

Governor Withycombe has announc-
ed that he has accepted the resigna-
ton of Miss Fern Hobbs as industrial
accident commissioner and will ap-
point Major Carle Abrams of Salem
in her stead. He will assume the du-
ties of the office when Miss Hobbs
resignation becomes effective May 81.
Major Abrams was born January
26, 1879, on a farm in Polk county,
and was graduated from the Oregon
Agricultural college in 1900. He serv-
ed in Company K, Second Oregon
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
A Splendid Attraction.

On Sunday afternoon, March Z, the
Portland Symphony orchestra will
give its only concert outside of the
metropolis at Salem, and some inter
est is being manifested here over the
event. The orchestra is made up of
fifty-fve talented musicians. 1t gives
six concerts a season in Portland to
capacity houses. Mr.. Christensen,
president and one of the very able
conductors, will direct this concert,
and has selected an especially attrac-
tive program.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
An Interesting Demonstration.

The pruning demonstration given
on the farm of Frank Harris, one mile
north of town last Friday afternoon,
was witnessed by a goodly number of
orehardists in this vicinity, and prov
ed valuable information for them.
Prof. W. S. Brown is an expert in
this line.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
A Special Edition.

The Willamina Times will publish
a special edition, setting for the re-
sources of that locality, in the neal
future. Editor Hart should have the
encouragement of his constituency in
the undertaking.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02
Will Resume Operations.

The milk condenser at Amity, which
has been idle for several months, will
resume operations March Is after
having made some important improve
ments. There is a strong demand for
its goods.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02

In order to provide room for the
new theater building in course of
erection on Main street, Mr.. Riley
has razed sixteen feet from the ware
house occupied by Davis &Horn. The
building will have a depth of 100 feet.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02

Volunteers, during the Spanish-Amer-
lean war, and is now major Of the
Third Battalion, National Guard, hav-
ing been a commissioned officer in the
guard for IL years. Major Abrams
is part owner of the Statesman Pub
fishing company, and manager Of the
Pacific Homestead.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-02

A marriage license has been issued
to Clarence A. McCrow and Norma
NJ. Smith.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-02-17

SALE BEGINS
Saturday, Febru-
ury goth, and
ENDS
Saturday, Febru-
airy II.
Chi.dren's Coats

Sizes 2 to 6, values up to $500
to close out at, each :. $500