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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

Now, wouldn't it be a Christmas
present to our people here, if by some
miraculous manner 5000 tons OF
good alfalfa hay could be brought in
and stacked in their yards; If 24,OOo
bushels of oats and $4,000 bushels
of barley could be struggled into
their granaries without an effort on
their part; if $4,000 worth of wheat
were deposited in the bank to their
credit-wheat that they knew moth
ing about=that the Good Lord just
grew for them and brought them for
holiday gift?
| But suppose they wanted to go to
congress, or to ride in an auto, or TO
go fishing, or to talk about the tariff
or the war or their neighbors-and
when the Good Lord beckoned them
to come and get their share OF the
bounty, they were too busy, or were
MT there at all, or were mad at some
thing or somebody and wouldn't
take it?
Those crop returns say that
large number of people haven't been
willing to take a part of that $125,-
600 bounty for the 1914 crops
that was the biggest gift they have
ever had offered, because of the high
price of wheat; but every year, Tor
the past five years, from $4,000 to
$125,00O a year has gone glimmer-
ing from this one tract because we
weren't ready to take it on the
Lords terms as bounty.
If the Recorder were to offer to
each subscriber corner lot in Heav-
en- as Christmas gift; or a free
grab at the Rockefeller or Carnegie
fortunes; or the love of the sweetest
houris in the garden of Allah-and
nobody would take the gift, it would
MT be worth much to the tract! Got
to take these gifts and use them!
We don't know farming as we
ought to. We try to spread our
selves all over a farm that we can't
pay for; an overgrown farm monster
that takes us by the back of the
neck and shakes us as cat shakes
a rat or mouse. Bills knock on the
door, scratch on the stoyepipe CHM
ney, throw stones and make the cats
and dogs howl, lie in wait and steal
our pigs and potatoes and fat chick
ens,-bills for water maintenance
that we can't use, for half-plowing
that isn't worth anything at all as a
producer, for irrigation that is in
effective because we haven't the
ground ready to water economically,
for taxes, for interest-and we get
corns and sprained joints trying to
dodge them-and we sulk or lose out
in the distribution of the Christmas
bounties that Providence wants to
give us in our fields. Providence
ought to hit many of us in the head
with brick for our stupidity-and
maybe she has, some of u.s. But it's |
all our own fault
Richfeld ought to have a Better
Farmers Club; Christmas Gift
Farm Club that will try to make |
Christmas last the whole year
round. The Good Lord put the fer |
Lility in the soil, the ozone in the air, |
the water in the hills, the strength |
in the arm, the grey matter in the |
brain to utilize all for the growing |
Of crops and the building of happy,
homes. They're all here
and we use them all, more or less,
except sometimes the grey matter at |
he psychological moment! The
Better Farmers Club would probably
'ndeavor to show the laggards
wherein they fail; cheer them up,
'rod them up, maybe even lock them
Up If they're merely cross-grained
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24
SHEEP ON WOOD RIVER PROJECT

to pick your pockets in excessive &C
reage, in taxes, in water mainten-
ance, in quantity of blowing, seed
ing, harvesting; but just what you
can actually FARM. If you have
two teams, and big strong boy who
wants to work and help the old man
win out home for the family, why,
of course, you can tend more acres
than If you are alone. But JUST
WHAT YOU CAN CARE FOR.
Some figures on the preparation of
the soil wouldn't be amiss. 1t
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

and preverse. The better farmers
club would make IT a disgrace the
same as theft or arson or forgery or
drunkenness to raise crops like the
general average that has made this
fertile country look like a desert, an
impecunious robber of men and wo-
men who toll on the farms.
Like magic, this country could
prosper If 1t were really farmed as it
could and should be. There is hard
ly single acre that is better, or
worse, than any other acreHit's all
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

general average of all the good and
the bad-that would have brought
$4,000 more bushels to Richfield in
1914
And suppose the alfalfa average
of the Richfield tract alone were
brought up to the average of the bet
ter SO farmers-that would have
brought almost 5000 tons more of
alfalfa to the farmers here on this
tract in 1914; worth from $4,000
to $4,000 according to how they
were prepared to use it.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-24

Q measure the water and know by,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
WELCOME VERMONTERS.
Open House of Vermont Association Mt
Washington during Encampment.

Washington, D. c., Sept. 22-The Yer
mont state association of the District of
Columbia VIII keep open house at tho
association rooms in this city Thursday
evening, september 20. in honor of Ver-
mont veterans attending the national
encampment Of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Admiral George Dewey and General
l.. a. Grant. commander of the old Ver-
mont brigade, are among those invited
as guests Of honor There will be a
suitable program, but the chief purpose
OF the meeting is to afford an opportunity
for an informal reunion Of Vermont
veterans from all parts of the country
There are about twenty-five such veterans
now living In Washington and vicinity
among them being Maj. John Conline
L. S. A., retired. who served in the First
and Fourth Vermont regiments, Captain
Charles G.. Gould and Lieut.. Willard G
Davenport Of the Fifth regiment. and
Can't a. j. Hartshorn of the 18th regi-
ment. Judge Hosea B. Moulton, native
of Concord Vt, but who served in a
New Hampshire regiment in the Civi
War. is president of the Vermont associa'
tiOn.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
PURCHASE SCALE PLANT.
Howe scnle Works VIII Add to Their
RutIand Industry.

Rutland, Sept 22.-The Howe Scale
company of this city has purchased the
business of the Springfield, Ohio, Scale
company from the Winters-Colcman
company, manufacturers Of the Sonander
automatic grain scale. The Rutland
concern will take over all the machinery
and patents Of the Springfield company.
two carloads OF paraphcrnalia being now
en- route to this city. The Howe Scale
company already have an automatic de-
partment, but they make scales of small
signed to measure and weigh material
loaded into cars from elevators, al
though smaller types are made. The
entire floor of the Howe Scale company's
now building. 100 by 40 feet. wifi be de-
voted to the new department. The
force of employees will be increased sub
stantially.
Ex-Gov. John A. Mead, president Of
the Howe Scale company, does not be-
lieve the booms incident to war orders
are healthy for an industry. He said
to-day: The general business of the
Howe Scale company Is good and tho
volume is much greater than year
ago. We have tried to push our regu-
lar llnes and have not sought orders for
articles foreign to the scale business,
believing that any boom which might
result from manufacture of war ma
teria would be more than overbalanced
by the slump which Is bound to come
ut the close Of the conflict In Europe"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
TWO IN HOSPITAL.
Rear Axle of Automobile Breaks and
Occupants Of Car Jump Out.

Brattleboro, Sept. 22.-Two men are in
n very critical condition in the Memorial
hospital as the result of the breaking
of the rear axle of an automobile three
miles south of BrattebOro this noon
and the subsequent jumping of the men
from the machine. They are Fred
Thomas Of Chicopee Falls Mass, and
Arthur Gardner Of Springfield, Mass,
both employees of the Springfield Street
Railway company. Thomas has badly
fractured skull and Gardner has prob
able fracture of his skull Both are
married and have families. Mrs. Card
ner reached the hospital tonight.
III. f. Wright, chauffeur of the car.
n resident of West Springfield. Mass,
said that he had been engaged by
Thomas to take n party of three to the
fair here. The fourth man. who was
uninjured, Wright does not know. lie
said he got puncture and jammed
on his brake and as he did so the left
rear axle snapped. Gardner. who was
on the rear seat, jumped and was In
stantly followed by Thomas. Both land
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
American Government, However,
Will Make No Effort to Secure
His Safe Conduct until Vienna
Responds to U. S. Request.
REPLY IS EXPECTED SOON
Action against Won Papen De-
layed until State Department
Is Assured by Correct Trans
latiOn That He Said "Those
IdiOtic Yankees" in Letter.

Washington, Sept 22.-The American
government will make no effort to secure
safe conduct from the United Statcs of DR.
Constantin Dumha, Austro-IIungarian am
bassador here until the Vienna govern
ment has replied to the request that the
Ambassador be recalled. This was stated
on high official authority tonight.
DIR. Dumha himself teegraphed Assist =
ant Secretary Phillips of the state depart
ment from Lenox. Mass. to-day giving
notice that his government had recalled
him home on leave and asking that the
American government arrange for his sa afc
conduct to Vienna. He added that he had
planned to sail on September 2S.
Acting Secretary Polk conferred with
President Wilson tonight on the Dumha
Incident and other international questions.
A reply from Vienna Is expected within
the next few days to the note asking that
Dr. Dumha he withdrawn from Washing
ton in consequence Of n letter he wrote to
his former minister outlining plans for
disturbances in American munitions
plants.
lnasmuch as dispatches from Vienna
have indicated that the government there
already has chosen n temporary successor
TO Dr. Dumba, 1t is taken for granted
here that no attempt will be made to
send the later back here whatever NAV
be the manner of his going
The delay In receiving n replv TO the
Dumba note is believed by officials 70
he due to difficulty IN communication be-
tween Washington and Vienna
The President was still considering to-
night what action If any, to take in re-
gard to Captain Franz Won Panon, Ger
mn" military attache here. Alexander
Nuber Won Perokcd. Austro- Hunga ria n
consul-Peneral in New York and othor
Austro-Hungarian and German officials
involved in the Dumba incident Photo
graphic copies Of more Of the letters
taken from James F. J. Archibald in
London will be awaited before final action
will be taken.
a letter In German written by Cap
tain Won Papen, in which occurred n
phrase which has been translated
"those idiotic Yankees" was referred
to translators at the state department
to-day to determine the exact mean
ing of the German words.
Most Of the Archibald letters al
ready received here were sent to the
department Of justice by the state de-
partment. They will be examined by
Assistant Attorney General Warren to
taken against Archibald and others
not having diplomatic status, involved
In the case.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23

in Brandon, where Mr.. Atwcl IS an attor-
ney. have returned and have opened their
house on Court street.. j. Smith If
Troy. n. y, was In tow =. c1uuOO n
past few week nu,dGlchurv and 1gI', "orn@ 5n@
wall, has returned to her home in Wor-
cester, Mass.-Mrs. II, f. Pinney has gone
to Shelburne. whore she will spend the
next two weeks with her PARENTS
Charles t. Pinncy, cashier of the National
bank, was in burlington Wednesday on
business.-Charles Lamorder has returned
from Nergennes where he has been on 4
visit to his daughter, Mrs. Charles Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. william Foote, who have
been spending the past 10 days In Rutland,
have returned.-Mrs. Guard Duncan has
gone to Rutland to visit fiiends.-Town
Clerk ]. NJ Burke has issued up TO date
1sl hunters liceses and one non-residen.
license.-Miss Lillian Cole has gone tc
Proctor to visit at the home Of G. II
Dutel1e.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
J. d., JR., SWINGS PICK.
Also Spends Night In Camp with Min.
ers mt PrimerO.

Trinidad. Colo, Sept. 21.--John d.
Rockefeller, Jr,. slept In a coal camp at
Primero tonight. After a busy day OF
inspection, in the course OF which he
swung pick in the Frederick mine and
ate luncheon on the porch Of a rustic
mountain cabin under towering pines at
Stonewall. the Standard oil magnate late
in the afternoon reached Primero. Tired
out the fnancier announced he would
not return to Trinidad. but would spend
the night with the men In the camp.
Mr.. Rockefeller ate dinner In the
miners boarding house and spent the
early evening talking with the men who
had Just come from the underground
workings.
Mr.. Rockefeller's day of inspection be-
gan at the Frederick mine at Valdez.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
PIECE OF TORPEDO.
Hespcrinn PASSENGER Declares He II ~
Proof of Submnrine's Work.

Montreal, Sept, 21.-Major Nercr -
Barre, of a Canadian regiment, a sur
vivor of the steamer Hesperian. to-da g
exhibited n piece of steel, which he sa u
he picked up on the deck Of the Hes
perian following the fatal explosion, tt =
major declared the steel was part OF
torpedo and termed the contention tha, I,
the ship had struck n mine absurd" "
Major Barre who was returning from
service in Flanders, said that viii
Captain Main and other officers of Il p
H~sperian showed GOODNESS and couraE
after the ship was struck. the crew WI
far from competent. Thirty-siX Canada 1
soldiers did valuable work in launchin 4;
lifcboats and rescuing passengers tt
major said all passengers and crow haN p
been saved as he did not leave the sh =
until four hours after II was struck, J.
added that everything seemed To 50
wrong and thore was n great difficult.
In launching the boats"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
MCALL NOMINATED
At Republican Primaries in Massachu.
setts--Easy Victory for Walsh.

Boston, Sept. 22-Samuel w. Mccall of
Winchester has been nominated by the
republicans as their candidate for gov
crnor
Calvin Coolidge of Northampton. now
president of the Senate was nominated
for lieutenant governor.
AlonZo Il. Cook the present State
auditor. won denomination from the
republicans. Samuel George of Ilaverhll
and Senator BaElcy of Boston. his op-
ponents for the honor dividing the anti
Cook strength between them.
Governor Walsh was re-nominated on
the democratic ticket with a very hand
some vote the Dcitrich opposition cand-
dacy totalling less than 1000 votes.
Harold Williams Of Brookline. the demo-
cratic organization candidate for the at
torney- -generalshiD, was swept out of tho
race by Joseph J. Donahuc of Medford,
who carried Boston by some thousands of
votes.
Governor Foss's republican gliher-
material ambitions failed to make even the
ripple expected. His total vote will prob
ably not exceed 500, and he was first
In the field with an admission of de-
feat.
In Boston the republican primary vote
of n year ago was almost doubled. Out
side there was n general increase in the
number of participating republicans. but
the ratio Of increase was not so large.
Thanks to the general advertising given
the matter by the newspapers. reports
as to the number of ballots spoiled by
reason of men voting out OF the party
lines We're relatively few.
The size Of the Walsh primary vote
would also seem to dissipate the stories
that the democrats participated to any
particular extent in the republican
primaries.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23

There he donned overalls and jumper
and trudged through two or three miles
of narrow tunnels n thousand feet below
the crest of the hill into which tho mine
is driven. In one of the rooms" he
borrowed n pick and chopped away until
chunks Of coal came rafting down to
the floor greatly to his delight.
From valdez, the Rockefeller party
motored to Stonewal n summer resort
in the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo
mountains. and almost 80 miles west of
Trinidad. There Mr.. Rockefeller was the
guest OF honor at n luncheon given by
r. J. Radford, chairman of the state
committee, which expended 100000 of
Rockefeller foundation money for the
relief Of unemployment following the re-
cent coal strike.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
VERGENNES.

William r. Middlebrook, son of
Mrs. r. c. Middlcbrook, depot agent
for the Great Northern Railway com.
pany, with headquarters recently at Ma
doc. Mont, has been promoted to the posi-
tion of travelling freight agent for the
aame company, his headquarters being at
ST. Paul, MINI. Mr.. Middehrool- is YER
Fennes boy. graduate of the Vergennes
high school and of Dartmouth College
and has been in the employ Of tho Great
Northern Railway company since his
graduation.-Charles Roharc, who has
been spending n few days with his wife
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller,
has returned to Windsor-Mrs. Leslie
Riggs and children of Stockholm, y. Y.
are visiting her father, John T. Preston
Mrs. Frederick Louder and sons, Donald
and Clement, Of Fairfield. Me. are spend
ing n few days with her brother, Elcazar
Ware
G.. f. o. Kimball went Monday To
Bristol to preside over a session of the
New Haven district probate court in the
absence Of Judge +. w. Tutte.-Superin-
tendent and Mrs. Alfred w. Smith, rrin-
cipal j. c. Walker and family. Mrs. r. =
Field, Mrs. f. l.. Taplin the Misses Too
Icy. Dickinson and Preston, teachers in
the Nergcnnes school went on an excur-
sion to Fort Ticonderoga Saturday.-IVa,-
ter Grierson ana Mr.. Davis Of the State
! Industrial school went Sunday to Barre
whore they We're called by the serious ILL.,
ness Of their mothor-in-aw. Mrs. Harris
Miss Katherine Fish has returned from,
n visit to Mrs. John Jones Of Cast,eton
John y. Murray II New York. mlrager
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
ANOTHER FRYE NOTE.
Germany Submits Another Message ON
sinking American Ship.

washington. Sept, 2?,-Another note
from Germany regarding the case Of the
American sailing ship William u. Frye,
sunk by the commerce raider Prince
Eitel Friedrich. was received tonight
by the state department and was COM
municated to President Wilson by Act
ing Secretary Polk, II will be made
public tomorrow.
Tho sinking Of the Frye has been the
subject OF extended correspondence be.
tween Berlin and Washington, and IL ia
understood that an agreement on dis.
puted ousstians = In sight
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
BRYAN SEES PRESIDENT.
A Two Hours Chat Mt White House
The Topic Not Given Out.

Washington. Sept. 22-President
Wilson and Former Secretary Bryan
met at the White House to-day for the
first time since the latter resigned
from the cabinet three months ago.
Mr.. Bryan sought the interview "to
pay respects" For nearly an hour the
two were alone together in the green
room and they parted smiling.
What the President had said. Mr..
Bryan declined to reveal, nor would
he intimate what subjects he. himself,
had broached. The White House
gave out no information beyond the
statement that there had been a gen
oral talk" pleasant and cordial.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
SUBMARINE FOR FORD

Washington. Sept. 22.-Secretary
Daniels tonight teleEraphed Admiral
Usher commandant of the New York
navy yard. authorizing him to place Il
submarine Mt the disposal Of Henry
Ford tomorrow If the manufacturer
can arrange his engagements so as TO
make the trip then.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23

ed in the road. The car did not over
turn and was stopped within % feet of
the point where the axle snapped.
Two cars that soon appeared brought
the men to the hospital, where 1t was
Immediately seen that they were criti-
cally injured. Wright reported the acci-
dent to States Attorney q. y. Hughes
and was allowed to 20 home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
DIR. MINT DEAD

New York, Sept 22.-Dr Austin Flint,
alenist who was much In the public eye
recently as the star witness for the State
against Harry X, Thaw. was found dead
I'm his home here to-day. ApoplcXy. ac-
cording to his son. DIR, Austin Flint. Jr.,
was the cause of death, Dr. Flint was
10 years old.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23
Explosion Tears Up Seventi.
Avenue in the Block between
oath and 25th Streets-Sur-
face Car Plunges into Hole.
100 PASSENGERS GO DOWN
Only Two Fatally Hurt-Why
the Explosion Occurred at the
Time 1t Did Nobody Knows.
Man in Charge of Blasting
Has Disappeared.

New York. Sept 92-Although rapid
progress was made in the task Of IN
covering the ruins Of the section # the
partially constructed Seventh avenue
subway. wrecked by n dynamite blast
to-day, no more bodies were recc ve~el
and the death list late tonight rename
at six.
Two Of the dead were passengers on
a trolley car which plunged into .ho
excavation when the blast tore up the
street for block between Twenty
fourth and Twenty-ffth streets Thov
We're Louis krugman, %, and Mrs Mar
tin V Newton. 65 years old. y woman
who watched the removal Of tic in
jured to an improvised hospital died .a;e-
from shock and hysteria.
The four other dead were labore~s on
gagged in subway work. Comparn:ivelY
few Of the 100 passengers who went
down with the car sustained serious in
jurles.
Tonight four distinct investiCa tions
were under way while the wo.lz Z
clearing the wreckage proceeded. How
the accident happened has not been
officially determined beyond tho fact
that the blast ripped out the under
cave In. In an effort to fix responsi-
bility the police search turned t.
Augusta Newzanotte known also as
August Midnight the blaster. who i7
missing, He is wanted on a charge
Of homicide.
Tile contractors in charge Of 'hc
subway work declared that their rules
require that every man In the excGva =
tion within 201 feet of the point whoro
the blast il exploded must leave and
that ample warning must be given in
order to stop all traffic. Examna-
ton of the trolley car showed its
wheels We're locked as It struck afte"
it's fall. The motorman said ho 70
ccived a signal to stop when IL the
/ middle Of the block.
| District Attorney Perkins, in charge
of one end Of the inquiry, tonight. en-
raEed a rumber of engineers to mako
an examination and upon the nature
of their report will depend. he sail
the question of an action for criminal
| lnerlise1ce.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23

New York. Sept. 22.--Mrs. Henry w.
Watson OF Langhorne. Pa. wife of Repre-
sentative Watson Of the eighth congress
sional district of Pennsylvania, died sud
denly late to-day in n sixth avenue sur
face car. The police say they found s12, 90
In cash. and jewery valued at more than
$1,000 on her person.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-09-23

Toxic, Sept. GA preliminary court has
found X. Hayashida, secretary of the
lower house OF Parliament and four mem
bers and l3 former members of the House
guilty of bribery In connection with an
attempt to induce the opposition to sup
port the army bill All the convicted men
were remanded for trial,