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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02
VT. FORESTRY DEPT. COOPER
ATES WITH LUMBER COS

One Of the difficulties experienced
by the Vermont Forestry Department
has been to keep efficient men for the
summer fire patrol and lookout work,
as well as for the more technical for
estry work During six or seven
months of the year, while there is
danger of forest fires, watchmen are
maintained on Cancels Hump, STRAIT
ton Mountain, and other high points,
who are constantly on the lookout for
fires. In other localities patromen
are employed. During wet seasons
these men are used in surveying and
estimating the state forests and in
other lines Of technical work The fire
prevention work is made possible
largely by cooperation with the Fed
eral Government. Vermont received
last year $1,000 from the Government
for the protection Of the navigable
watersheds. While there are several
lines Of forestry work which these
men could pursue in the winter, the
lack of funds available for the For
estry Department makes it impossible
to hold them. In this way good men
no sooner become trained than they're
obliged to seek permanent employ
ment elsewhere. The present season,
however, the Forestry Departmnt has
developed scheme Of cooperation
whereby these men can be taken over
and paid during the winter months by
lumber companies. So far as the reg
ular force Of patrolmen goes the de-
partment stands ready to recommend
them to lumber companies either for
marking the trees which should be
cut; for inspecting the cutting; or for
scaling logs. Mr.. Chamberlin, who is
the Waterman on Cancels Hump dur
ing the summer, has already secured
work for the winter in this way on an
operation near North Duxbury. I'm
der the direction Of the Forestry De-
partment he marks the trees which
are to be cut; inspects the cutting to
see that it is properly carried out; and
scales the logs on the sideways. By
securing permanent employment for
men in this way, the Forestry Depart
nent will not only be able to build up
! more efficient body Of rangers for
tself, but will be in position to help
lumber companies TO secure better
men than they are often able TO Sc
.ure.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02

es, used last year and this year to GOV
err up ordinary deficiencies, will have tc
be retained. Other taxes may have tC
be resorted to. Yet there would be nc
need to resort to such additional taxes
if the administration had the courage
to turn real money into the general
fund of the Treasury by issuing Pan
anna Canal bonds for the purpose of
repaying the excessive advances made
from that fund for canal construction.
The United States has laid an I'M
fair burden on the present generation
by trying to pay the cost of the canal
in so large a measure out of current
Treasury revenues. The canal will
benft the next generation more than
it can benefit this one. It's cost
ought to be fairly apportioned among
the benefciaries. Congress never in
tended to saddle three-ffths of it on
the taxpayers of single decade. The
Panama Canal act provided for the
issue of $375, 100000 of bonds to meet
the expense of canal construction.
But so far only $13S,600,S69 has been
raised by bond sales, while $222,438,-
321 has been spent out Of ordinary
Treasury receipts.
There is no good reason why the
$222,43S, 1921 so far advanced by the
Treasury should not be reimbursed
and the construction account from
now on should not be paid through
bond sales. A real system Of national
defence is as great public need as
the Panama Canal is. We may lose
the canal if we fail to put ourselves
in condition to defend it. If we shift
to the next generation a proper share
Of the financial burden of supporting
it we shall have enough cash on hand
with which to create an adequate navy
and to get modern military system
started.
The administration hostility to an
ISSUE of Panama Canal bonds is pure
y political. 1t wants to hold the
threat of new taxation over the coun-
Try so as to cool down ardor for mill
AIRY preparation. 1t wants to close to
public use an ample source Of revenue
available. 1t should not
De permitted to do this. Here is tax
'und already collected which can be
Used to the greatest possible public
advantage.
If Mr.. McAdoo's statement proves
anything it proves the folly of letting
his great resource go unutilized in a
.risis which calls for the enlargement
# our navy and the immediate re-or-
sanization of our antiquated military
stablishment.-New York Tribune.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02
NORTH POWNAL
Everett Morgan is recovering from
an attack Of appendicitis.

Everett Morgan is recovering from
an attack Of appendicitis.
DR.. Frank Potter of Boston, has
been a recent visitor in town.
Jesse Sheldon has been quite seri-
ously i'll with an attack Of append
citis.
I Mrs. Thomas Armstrong has been a
recent guest of her sister, Mrs. A. N
Smith.
Peter Pitts of Passaic, N. j., has
been spending some time with friends
in town.
Miss Charlotte Smith entertained a
party Of little friends on the occasion
of her seventh birthday.
The first deer reported shot in this
town was brought down by Raymond
Is. Bates, son Of NJ. Brownell Bates Of
this village.
Harold Dean Of South SALISBURY,
has been recent guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Perry Thompson in the east part
Of the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sedgwick L. Smith
have returned from weeks visit
with their son, Eugene l.. Smith, in
Pittsfeld, Mass.
Mrs. II. w. Clark of North Adams,
Mass, visited Mrs. lone Whipple and
Mrs. Charles Gulden at "The Naples"
prior to their return to Hartford,
Conn.
A son has been born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Tatro in the North Adj
ans Hospital. Mr.. Tatro has been a
clerk for several years in the A. N.
Smith store.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Chaffee have re-
turned from their wedding trip and
will reside in East Pownal. They Wis
tied Mr.. Chaffee's former home in
Morrisville, VT.
Miss Florence Morgan, who is
nurse in Schenectady, N. Y, was call
ed to her home here to care for her
brother, Everett Morgan, who has
been seriously ILL.,
Mrs. F. lone Whipple and Mrs.
Charles |. Gulden, Jr., have closed
their summer home here and gone to
Hartford, Conn, where they will
again spend the winter.
Mrs. Samuel Wright Of Pownal, has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Amah
Waite in Stuyvesant Falls, N. Y.
Friends of Mrs. Waite, one Of North
Pownal's former residents, will be
pleased to know she is entirely recov-
cred from her serious illness Of last
summer.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02

Among recent publications of the
Department of Agriculture, the fol-
lowing will be of interest to Benning-
ton County farmers. They may be
obtained free upon application to the
Editor and Chief of the Division of
Publications, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, d,
c., as long as the departments supply
lasts.
The Northern Hardwood Forest:
Its Composition, Growth, and Man
agement. BY +. H, rockingham,
Forest Examiner.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02

Silver Fox Farming in Eastern
North America. By Ned Dearborn,
Assistant Biologist.
Formulate for Calculating Interest
on Farm Equipment By W. j. Spill
man, Chief, Office of Farm Manage
ment.
The Field Pea as Forage Crop. By
II. N. Vinall, Agronomist, Office Of
Forage Crop Investigations.
Outdoor Wintering of Bees. By +.
F. Phillips, in charge Of Bee Culture
Investigations, and George S. Demuth,
Agricultural Assistant.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02

The work of cutting over 5000 acres
of timber for pulpwood will be begun
in Somerset by the Northern and
Eastern Lumber and Pulp Company,
Of which Peter Bove, well-known OPP
orator in the northern part of the
state, is the head. Mr.. Bove, who has
opened branch office in Wilmington,
says he expects to put 1900 men at
work before the contract is completed,
sending in gang of about $50 men
into the woods this winter. The wood
will be sold to the Deerfeld Pulp Co.
at Mountain Mills and most Of it will
be used by the new mill, now in
course Of erection.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02
MERELY A COINCIDENCE?

DR.. Constantin Dumba, then ambas
sador of Austria Hungary to the Unit
ed States, on Aug. 20 last wrote +
the Austro- Hungarian minister TO
foreign affairs as follows.
1--WE can disorganize and hold up
il not entirely prevent, the manufac
ture of munitions in Bethlehem anc
the Middle West, which is Of great i'm.
portance and amply outweighs the ex-
penditure of the money involved"
That was on Aug 20. Nine days
later, on Aug. 20, an explosion wreck
ed the powder plant Of the American
Glazing Mill at Acton, Pa; an explo-
sion with two deaths occurred in the
Du Pont Powder Mills near Whining
ton, Del; an attempt was made to
wreck a train carrying guncotton from
the Aetna Powder Works near Gary,
Ind; and the shrapnel plant of the E.
j. Codd Co. in Baltimore was damaged
by fire. Two days later still, on Aug.
81, the shell plant Of the Malleable
Iron Works at st. Charles, ILL.,, was
damaged by fire; and train carrying
dynamite from the Du Pont de Mem
ours works at Pinole, Cal, was wreck
ed with loss of two lives.
Such incidents continued. On Sept.
4 guncotton bomb was found in the
briggs Seabury ordnance plant at
Sharon, Pa. On Oct. an explosion
occurred with loss of four lives in the
Aetna powder plant at Emporium, Pa.
On Oct. 10 an explosion occurred in
the Du Pont de Nemours Powder
Works at Pompton Lake, N. j. Oct.
90 saw the burning, at Seattle, Wash.
of great warehouse filled with mu-
nitions for Russia, with loss Of $780,
900. Nov. 10 was marked with the
burning Of Machine Shop No. Of the
Bethlehem Steel Co., at Bethlehem,
Pa, containing 800 guns destined for
the Allied powers, with losses approx
imating $4,000, 900; and the burning of
the pattern house Of the Eddystone
plant at the Baldwin Locomotive
Works near Chester, Pa. The next
day, Nov. II, saw the burning of a !
steel rope mill Of John A. Roebling's
Sons at Trenton, N. j., and the dam
aging by fire Of the munitions plant
Of the Thomas p Sicily Bolt Co., in
Philadelphia.
In every case but one the cause Of
he disaster was either unknown" or
obviously malicious In every one Of
he unknown" cases there were sus-
,icious circumstances, strongly indi-
,ating malice. In the one exception,
IN innocent cause was assigned, but
without the slightest proof, while cir
strongly suggested mo-
ives for making such an assignment
Without regard for facts.
1t may be that this prompt and per-
istent following of DR.. Dumba's sug-
,estion with overt acts for its fulfil.
nent has been a mere coincidence, and
hat every one of the disasters or
threatened disasters would have oc-
urred just the same il he had never
made it and had never contemplated
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02

VIM. Martin of Brattleboro, while
calling at the home Of neighbor, OPP
ened the door into the cellar, instead
of the hall door, as he started TO go
home, and fell to the bottom Of the
stairs, striking his head on the cement
floor and tearing one side Of his scalp
so that it fell down over his ear.
Thirty-three stitches were taken TO
close the wound
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02
JUGGLING WITH PREPAREDNESS

S1puLbANp Win NEi AhEDANLop
1t is hard to see exactly what Secre-
tary McAdoo was driving at when he
issued his forecast of expenditures at
the next session Of Congress. His
statement of the condition of the
Treasury and of the cost of the admin
istration's programme Of military
preparedness is disingenuous and con-
fusing. 1t resorts to novel bookkeep-
ing devices to conceal the depletion of
the general fund of the Treasury
caused by excessive appropriations for
purposes having nothing to do with
the national defence. 1t minimizes
the outlay to be made in 1867 I'M
der the administration plans for the
increase of the army and navy. It
deprecates the issue of bonds to con-
tinue work on the Panama Canal or
the issue of bonds to repay advances
made on Panama Canal Construction,
long overdue to the Treasury. Yet in
the same breath is recommends con-
tinuance of the emergency war rev.
enue taxes, retention of the sugar
duties and the levying Of new income
and excise taxes.
What is Mr.. McAdoos idea He
has never shown ar interest in any
other form of military preparedness
than the purchase of feet of mer-
chant vessels to be operated by the
government commercially and turned
over to the navy as auxiliaries in case
of war. The administration has been
trying to avoid taking any measures
to create real national defence, on the
plea that the cost would be exorbitant
Yet here is Mr.. McAdoo Initiating the
balance in the general fund by includ-
ing in it $58,079,525 of disbursing
officers credits and the national bank
note redemption fund of $26,6Sl 800, |
which used to be carried as Treasury
liabilities. He also reduces the extra
amount to be spent on preparedness
from $116,S32,000 to 49,, 800 900, on
the ground that although the former
sum has been estimated for and will
probably be appropriated, only $685.
100000 of it will be spent before July
1, 1917. What is the object Of trying
to make the country think it is going
to get preparedness at reduced rates?
Can it be that the Secretary of the
Treasury and the President still hope
to induce Congress to spend $4,000
900 or S30,000,000 on a government
owned merchant marine, after provid
ing for an insufficiently increased
army and navy?
The United States cannot escape the
of genuine military prepar-
alton. That is for us an unavoidable
of the Great War We
are making a good deal of money out
Of the war, but we shall have to pay
bff lDI AlidN /
ity. We shall be left in an interna-
tional isolation after the war is over
which will compel us to arm in self
defence. Congress might as well rec
ognize this fact and begin to lay the
basis of substantial and durable mill
itary system. Such system cannot
be created by spending a bookkeeping
surplus in the Treasury or by asking
Congress to vote sl16.3s2, 900 with the
Of using only 500, 500, 900 of
Il next year.
If Congress is wise il will disregard
Mr.. McAdoo's sleight-of- hand finance
and look the situation squarely in the
face. The sugar duties will have to
be continued. They never should have
ben removed. The emergency war tax
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02

interference with legitimate American
industries. 1t may also be that the
moon is made Of green cheese. Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-12-02

Don't use harsh physics. The re-
action weakens the bowels, leads TO
chronic constipation. Get Doan's Reg
ulets. They operate easily. 25c at all
stores. adv
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-06

There has been considerable
complaint Of late about automo-
bile owners who have habit OF
driving at a high rate of speed
on Bayfield, street. This is es-
pecially true in driving around
the curve at Washington avenue
and unless automobile owners
are more careful the city author
tiles will have to pass an ordin-
ance regulating the speed at
which automobiles can travel
along the streets of our city.
Up to the present time very
few accidents have occurred but
with reckless driving it is only
matter of time when someone
will be seriously hurt.
In coming around the curve
at Washington avenue auto driv-
ers should sow down and blow
their horn in order that they
may avoid a collision with a team
or some vehicle coming in the
opposite direction.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-06
40 Members in Nor. Luth.
Confirmation Glass
Services to be Held Next
Sunday Morning. Com
munion in Evening.

Next Sunday will be a big day
at the Norwegian Lutheran
church in this city when a class
of forty will be confirmed. This
is the largest class of local peo-
pie that has ever been confirmed
at the church in this city and
shows the result of the excellent
work done during the past year
by the pastor Rev. Chr. Chris
tiansen.
The confirmation services will
begin at 1000 o'clock in the
morning and communion services
will be held at 7:30 o'clock in the
evening. The following are the
members of the confirmation
class:
English Class
Orvil Arntson, Carl And erson,
Alfred Anderson, Albin Erick-
son, John Handberg, Lawrence
Haugen, G. Arnold Johnson,
Hjalmer Kiran, Walter Larson,
Frederick Lund, Ingvald Scam
fer, Alfred Zeilsdorf, May Bran
strom, Esther Blexrud, Ragna
Halvorson, Nellie Johnson, Lydia
Kjarvick, Anna Peterson, Sina
Scamfer, Carrie Swanby, Arva-
line Zeilsdorf.
Norwegian Class
Eivind Hirsch, Harry Johnson,
Edwin Sagen, Ludwig Traumel,
Edna Anderson, Myrtle Bartness
Hilda Blexrud, Minnie Hove,
Dina Hove, Sina Holt, Clara
Larson, Gladys Larson, Esther
Nelson, Inga Olson, Clara Sole,
Myrtle Sheen, Inga Stone, Alice
Vangsness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-06
Wisconsin, Thursday. May 9th, 1915

Hostess Hive of Washburn ir
honor of the visiting delegates
and the members of the local
Hive. The banquet was given
in the large dining room at the
Hotel Washburn, covers being
laid for more than one hundred
persons. The dining hall was
very prettily decorated in lodge
colors with touches of green
here and there to set off the
place. A very sumptuous supper
was served.
In the evening State Commits
sioner Harriet Olson delivered
an address, in which the history
| of the order was related and the
scientific insurance plan
explained. The address proved
very entertaining.
At the afternoon session forty
members were initiated into the
local order and the Bayfield,
order was also consolidated with
the Washburn Hive.
The evening was spent at
dancing, the hall being very
prettily decorated for the
occasion. The dance was open
to members and their many
friends.
A great deal of credit is due
the members of the Washburn
Hive and the officers for the
manner in which the rally was
carried out and much of it's
success is due to their efforts.
The visiting delegates have only
the highest praise for the man.
ner in which they were enter
tanned while in the city and
their visit to Washburn will be
remembered. State Commander
Miss Olson of Milwaukee, in
speaking of the rally said it was
one of the most successful she
has ever attended, and her
praise for the manner in which
the rally was planned was most
glowing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-06
A. Picott Dead

A telephone message was re-
ceived in this city yesterday
morning announcing the death
of Mr.. A. Picott of Bayfield,,
death having occurred at four
o'clock Wednesday morning.
The cause of Mr.. Picott's death
was given as cancer of the
stomach. For some months Mr..
Picott had been feeling quite
poorly and nine weeks ago he
was taken to the hospital at Ash
land for treatment. His condi-
tion did not improve and he was
removed to his home at Bayfield,
six weeks ago. Since that time
he has never left his bed, al
though at times his condition
would seem to improve. Death
came yesterday morning as a re-
lief to his long suffering.
For many years Mr.. Picott was
a resident of this city, having
moved here twenty-seven years
ago. During his residence in
this city he made many friends
who will be panied to learn of
his death.
About ten years ago the family
moved to Bayfield, where they
have since continued to make
their home. Mr.. Picott was six
ty-seven years of age at the time
of death. Besides a wife. two
brothers and a sister, Mr.. Picott
leaves five children to mourn his
death The children are Elsie,
Edward, Eugene, Anna, and Mrs.
M. E. Doyle of this city. The
family has the sympathy of
friends in their bereavement.
Good Farm Horses for sale cheap
at Bassett's Livery at Bayfield,. adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-06
Eighty Delegates Attend Rally
Held in This City
Forty New Members Taken
Into Local Hive. Big
Banquet at Hotel.

What is considered to be one
of the most successful district
rallys ever held in Northern Wis.
consin by the Lady Maccabees
of the world was held in this
city Tuesday. The delegates in at
tendance included the Ashland
Hive, two Odanah Hives, and
the Bayfield, Hive. About eighty
visiting delegates were in at
tendance.
The Hotel Washburn was
made the headquarters for the
visiting delegates while the
sessions were held in the large
and spacious Armory.
The rally was called to order
Tuesday morning at ten o'clock,
the address of welcome being
given by Mrs. Belle Peterson of
the Washburn Hive. State Com
mander Miss Harriet Olson of
Milwaukee responded.
A Question Box was conducted
by State Commander Miss Olson
during the morningA hours
and an adjournment was taken
for luncheon.
The afternoon and evening
sessions included the following
program:
Call to order, 2 p. m.
Regular opening.
Receiving distinguished Visitor
Iand prepsging Altar with color
bearers and guards, by Northern
Light Hive No. 27, Hostess Hive.
Class Initiation and First
degree with guards by Ashland
Hive No. 9.
Flower Fund Hive with Color
Bearers by American Hive No.
II, Odanah. (This Hive is COM
posed entirely of Indian ladies.)
! Draping of Charter, with
Color Bearers by Odanah Hive
No. 49, Odanah.
Adjourn for banquet by Host
ess Hive at Hotel Washburn.
| Evening Program
Call to order, 8 p. m.
Selection by Orchestra.
Several vocal and instrumental
Selections.
! Also the Memorial Drill con-
sisting of 18 Guards, A Color
Bearers and officers of Ashland
Hive No. 8.
The Rally closed with dancing.
One of the features of the
5rally was the banquet given by
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-06
New States for Old

Petitions are out in Washington,
California, Idaho and Texas to divide
the commonwealth and to create
three new sovereign states. In
Washington it is proposed to take
the twenty counties lying in the
Columbia basin east of the Cascades,
add to them the narrow northern end
of Idaho and form the new state OF
Lincoln. In California the promoters
of the enterprise advocate the dele,
tion of the southern third, allowing
it to shift for itself, and the Texas
senate has looked with favor upon a
project to allow the Texas panhandle
to start menage OF it's own.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-06
478 Lbs. of Butter Turned
Out in One Day
Business is Steadily Growing.
Much Money Being Paid
Out to Farmers.

Business at the White Rose
Creamery in this city hit the
high mark on Saturday of last
week when 478 pounds Of butter
was turned out during the day.
This was on top of a large churn-
ing on the day previous. This
is the largest amount of butter
that has been made at the
Creamery in any one day since
the institution started business
and is an indication that the
business is steadily growing and
is bound to reach large proper
tions before long.
The White Rose Creamery
company is paying out large
sum of money monthly to the
patrons of the creamery and the
number of patrons is steadily
growing, which is an indication
that the patrons are we'll salts
fled with the treatment received.
Up to the present time Jacob
Strecker, a farmer residing west
of Washburn, has been receiving
the largest cream checks but a
number of the patrons are now
crowding him close and there
seems to be a rivalry as to who
can bring in the largest amount
of cream.
Station lave been established