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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19
Carpet Samples
Mail Orders

will be filled when accom-
panied by Check or Cash.
Ten cents will deliver by
Parcel Post and insure goods
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19
FIanneIetfe Night Robes


LinOleumS
Printed small-ends. Enough for small room
pantry, bath or closet, ten or twelve yards
Regular price, SOC and Coo per yard
Sale, soc per So. 3D. for the piece
Carpet Samples
For rugs, 27 81 in. and few larger B.
sells and Administer, few Tapestrys. Regular
value, $3.50 and $500. Sale, 75c and S1.25
CretOnne Pieces
For pillow tops, all French, very handsome.
II u in. Sale, 29c each
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19
Silk PettfcOats
w HIT T ALL RUGS.

Are sold at one price the World over with one
exception, when the factory decides to stop max
ing pattern, all dealers are allowed in January
to sell such pattern at Cost. We have about
twenty such patterns. These prices mean to you
more than ever, as the prices will take big
jump before Spring.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19

Merchandise ALI From Our Regular
Stock, with the exception of sam
pie line of Muslin Underwear
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19
WhittaIl Brussels

Whittall Brussels
9 feet. Reg price, $21.5O Sale, S17.0O
8 #. in. K 10 #. in. Reg. price, $3.50.
Sale, $500
K IL #. Regular price, $780, Sale, S27.OO
WhftfaII Royal Worcester Wilton
6x9 fit. Reg. price, $29.75. Sale, $500
8ft. in. 10 #. Gin. Reg. price, 1880
Sale, $500
9 K II it. Reg price, $4,000. Sale, $500
WhiftaI Anglo Indian
9 K II # Reg price, $500. Sale, $500
Whiftall Anglo Persian
The best Wilton rug made in America. 9x12
feet Regular price, $1,000. Sale, $500
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19
Black Cotton Petficoats

Made of Gloria twill and heavy sateen,
winter petticoat, "Smooth-set" top, regular
extra sizes. Regular price up to $1.75.
01Io P11oo QSo 1o,d
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19

ed founces, in changeable colors of blue and
green, rose and green, violet and black, green
and black, and plain colors of green, navy, rose,
violet, Hague blue, brown and black in regular
and extra sizes. Regular price up to $500.
Sale Price, $275 and So so
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-01-19

Wooden Co.'S. diagonals full length yoke lined,
adjustable and regular coat collar, set-in sleeve,
colors, navy and black. Regular price up to
$1,000 Sale Price, S6.75
Lot 2 Made of zibeline, boucle, shark 's-skin
and pebble-cheviot. Many of them are full
lined, colors, navy, grey, brown, Belgian, black
and mixtures. Regular price to $4,000.
Sale Price, $1OT5
Lot g. Contains all of our best coats, in ma
terials of woo-plush, corduroy (plain and snow
fake), diagonals double-faced coatings, poplins
and broad cloths, also high grade mixtures,
trimmed with plush, velvet and fur, colors, navy,
brown green Belgian and black. Many of these
coats have fancy Innings. Regular price up to
$500. Sale Price, $1375 and $3.50
ChiIdren'S Coats
Lot. l. Made in zibeline, chinchilla, boucle
and corduroy, colors, navy, brown, Belgian and
tan, sizes, 6, 8, 10 years. Regular price up to
$1,000. Sale Price, 1926 and S4.Z5
Lot. g Contains mixtures and plain cloths
in chinchilla, boucle, corduroy and zibeline, col
ors, grey, brown, navy, green and Belgian, sizes
II and IA years. Regular price up to $1,000
Sale Price, $3.50 and $3.50
Ladies' Fur Coats
We have decided to discontinue carrying fur
coats. We have only few left and the prices
we quote are ridiculousy low.
/ DARMOT coat, 81 in. long, large size, self
trimmed, Skinner satin lining. Regular price
$500. Sale Price, $500
NEAR SEAL coat, 81 in. long, rounded
corners, heavy corded silk lining, self-trimmed.
A wonderful coat at the price quote. Regu-
lar price, $780, Sale Price, $500
l NEAR SEAL coat 48 in. long, has beau
tiful throw scarf and deep cuffs of skunk-dyed
oppossum fur, brocaded lining. Regular price,
$138.0O Sale Price, S35. 90
Fur Sets
1 NIPPON MINK set, shawl collar, pillow
mutf, handsomely lined Regular price, $4,000
Sale Price, S27. so
JAP MINK set, large pillow muff, fancy
neck piece trimmed with heads and tails. Regu-
lar price, $500. Sale Price, $1,000
JAP MINK set, pillow muff fancy collar.
Regular price, $45.00 Sale Price, $1,000
l POINTED FOX set, muff and neck piece
trimmed with heads and tails Regular price,
$475O. Sale Price, $34.5O
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Lot. l. Mixtures and plain navy, sizes "a,
SO, 40, velvet and self-trimmed. Regular price,
$3.50. Sale Price, S7.75
Lot 2. Contains suits made in gabardine,
men Swear worsted, poplin and few high grade
mixtures, velvet trimmed, guaranteed Innings,
sizes 16 to A. colors, African brown, navy,
green and black. Regular price to $22.50
Sale Price, S1O.75
Lot 3. Contains our best tailored and fancy
suits, velvet, fur and braid trimmed, plain and
fancy materials, in checks, mixtures and colors
navy, brown, black, taupe and green. Regular
price, $2750 to $4,000
Sale Price, Choice at S14.5O and $3.50
Lot f. "Stylish Stouts. These are suits
adapted to the stout well-proportjOned figure,
in colors, navy, brown, grey, green and plum,
sizes up to 4615. Regular price $500 to $780,.
Sale Price, $145O, $3.50 and S22.50
Ladies' Cloth Coats
Lot l. Made in heavy cheviot and American
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28
Why Glass Doesn't Stop Lioht.

Why doesn't the closed window shut
out light just as much as it shuts out
sound? Both light and sound travel
through the air and their waves come
in contact with the glass. The light,
after it has gone through the window.
seems just as strong or stronger, while
the sound seems ever so much weaker.
Why is it? many of US have wondered
The reason is that light is not a
wave of air, while sound is. Light Is
wave in the ether which is in the
glass as well as in the air, so that light
in passing through glass still has its
natural path of ether.
But when sound waves strike the
window glass they must put the glass
into vibration, and the glass In turn
must make the air inside vibrate. All
this lessons the strength OF the sound
waves and they reach our ears capable
of producing less startling effect
than the light waves which reach our
eyes.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28

was the route traversed by hundreds
or perhaps thousands of destructive
eruption clouds, still lie drear and
desolate, because the soil was COM
pletely swept away by the blasts,
and the material left behind as well
as that added by the eruption Is toe
porous for the retention of the water
necessary to restore 1t to fertility
Furthermore, the rainfall of the west
side of the island is much less than
on the east side, and the region is
dried by the rays Of the afternoon sun
From Martinique Doctor Hovey pro-
ceeded to the Island of ST. Vincent,
where more than three weeks we're
devoted to the study of Soufriere
twelve days of the time being spen,
in camp ON the volcano. Here, as In
Martinique, the vegetation has re-es
tablished itself more thoroughly Old
the windward than on the leeward
side being that which fLceives the
greater rainfall, and the leeward side
not only receiving less rainfall but
also suffering from the heat OF the az
ternoon sun. Considerable portions of
the Soufriere received immense de.
posits of gravelly ash nom the recent
eruptions, and these are largely bar
rem at the present time. Other areas
received. a finely comminuted ash
which retains water better than the
coarse material, and suffers more rap
Id decomposition. This fine ash Is
now coated more or less thickly with
moss and lichens. and often bears, in
addition, bushes, trees, and tree ferns.
The outer limits of the original zone
of humiliation showed merely a de-
struction of the vegetation then coat.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28
MORE SHEEP NEEDED
Industry Not as Attractive Here
as in Australia.
Department Of Agriculture Just Com
pleted an Investigation, Results
of Which Are published In
Recent Bulletin.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of AgrlcultureD
More and larger focks of sheep are
necessary to the full development of
profitable agriculture in the middle
and eastern states. Under present
conditions sheep raising in this coun-
try has not proved as attractive as
In Australia and New Zealand, and i'll
consequence the department Of agri-
culture has recently conducted an in
vestigation, the results of which have
just been published in Bulletin 313,
into the basic principles of the in
dustry in those countries.
In New Zealand, says this bulletin,
sheep raising is conducted on lines
midway between those followed in
our farming states and those in the
range states. In Australia the sheep
Industry is, in the main, what would
be called In America a range propo-
sition.' With a total land area of
a little more than the state of Wyo-
ming, New Zealand has about 24,5OO,-
900 sheep as against 100000 in Wyo-
ming. The average size Of the New
Zealand flock is now 1,124 and seven
eighths Of the sheep are In fiocks Of
more than 500 head each. In Wyo-
ming the average size of the flock is
nearly 5000 head. From one to eight
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28
Utilizing All the Ground.

This country is so new and so given
to thinking of farms as huge areas
for cultivation that the idea of utiliz-
ing every bit of land as Europeans
do, makes little Roadway here. Inten-
sive cultivation is practiced. but on
the outskirts of eastern cities. where
some farmers are making good liv.
tngs by intensive cultivation of small
tracts of land there are other tracts
Just as good lying idle which at least
could be made to yield vegetable sup
plies for several families and at the
same time pay small rental II cul-
tivated by a few workmen In their
spare time. School children's gardens
on vacant lots in various sections of
this city show the possibilities of such
ventures. The old American idea that
every family with access to bit of
land should have its own garden was
an excellent one. 1t would be good to
have it revived.-New York Tribune.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28

under the care of herders. but arc
fenced into "paddocks" which vary
from 5000 to 10000 acres In size. Here
they are left 10 run at viii under prao
tically natural conditions. In many
cases they are only rounded up once
year for shearing. Even at Landing
time there is little necessity for at
tenuon. This plan not only lessens
labor-a difficult problem in all parts
of Australia-but puts the sheep into
better condition than when they are
in charge of even the best herders.
On the other hand the fencing of
the sheep run is, of course, an added
expense, but this is considered as less
important than the advantages al
ready named.
The greatest difference of all, how
ever, between the American and Aus
tralian sheep industries is probably
to be found in the handling OF the
wool after 1t has been shcrn. In Aus
tralia and New Zealand the wool al
most invariably remains the property
OF the grower until 1t is sold to the
manufactures. Under this system the
cost of actually shearing the sheep is
only about one-half OF the amount
which the grower expepds in prepar-
ing his wool for market. He himself
divides the clip into various lots, and
the grading is done ,th uniformity
and exactness. Overclassing, however,
is avoided. In one Queensland shed
10000 two-year-old wethers were
shorn and the clip divided into IL
classes. In New South Wales flock
of 1000 head composed of ewes, year
ling ewes and rams, % classes were
made. but this is probably an instance
OF overclassing.
Despite the expense that this prac-
tice involves, the Australian is firm
ly convinced that he realizes more for
his wool by selling it In such a num-
Der OF distinct lots that the manufac-
turer can find exactly the kind of
wool he needs for a particular fabric
and can buy that wool alone. An add
tional advantage is the opportunity
that this system allows of enabling the
grower to determine the profit that he
makes from each particular type OF
sheep and wool. ss.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28
TO PURIFY DRINKING WATER
More or Less Danger from Typhoid
Fever and Dysentery in Using
Water From bitches.

By w. G. soCKETT. Colorado Expert
ment Station.)
Wherever ditch water is used for
drinking purposes its use is always
attended with more or less danger
from typhoid fever and dysentery. This
risk can be considerably reduced by
treating the water with hypochlorite
of lime or bleaching powder, which
can be purchased in one-pound sealed
packages from any dug store for about
20 cents per pound. Water IN eisterns
may be treated as follows:
For 5000 gallons place one ounce OF
the bleaching powder (so-called chic
ride of lime') in vessel containing
approximately two gallons of water;
stir rapidly for about one minute; al
low it to stand for five minutes so
that the insoluble part OF the lime will
settle to the bottom; pour the solution
into the cistern containing the ditch
water, and by means of a long paddle
stir vigorously so as to mix the hypo-
chlorite of lime thoroughly with the
water. After so minutes the water may
be used.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28
I R EDMUND OTIS HOVEY,
curator OF the department Of
geology and invertebrate pale

R EDMUND OTIS HOVEY,
curator of the department Of
geology and invertebrate pale
anthology of the American
Museum of Natural History has re-
turned from three months expedi-
ton to the Lesser Antilles. He spent
most of his time on the islands of
Guadeloupe, Martinique and st. Vim
cent, where he continued the studies
of the active volcanoes of the West In
dies. which he began In 1902, during
the great eruptions of Mt. Pelee, Mar
Unique, and the Soufriere of st. Vim
cent.
Doctor Hovey spent 16 days on the
island of Guadeloupe, three of which
were spent on the summit of the Sou
friere, where temperature observations
on the fumaroles were made and sam
pies OF escaping gases collected. These
fumaroles have been active, with va
rying degrees Of strength, during all
the historic period of the volcano. A
marked increase of discharge OF sui
phurated steam took place at the time
of the eruptions of Martinique and
ST. vincent, and an area several acres
in extent was then added to the active
region. The vents maintain the force
OF their discharge, but the temperature
does not in any case exceed 100 degrees
Z. (212 degrees FL. The eastern mem
Der OF the twin islands forming Guade-
loupe is sedimentary in origin. Doctor
Hovey spent much Of his time study
ing Its geological relations with refer
ence to their bearing on the general
history of the Antilles.
On Martinique he devoted most of
his time to Mt. Pelee itself, and the
rdined city of st. Pierre, and spent
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28
YOUNG STEERS FOR FEEDING
Make Best Feeders for
Average Farmer - Nelphbors
Ought to Work Together.

1t is highly important that the
young steers selected for feeding are
Of the right sort. With the present
prices of feedstuffs and labor, econ
omy is necessary to eliminate loss and
waste If the feeding operations are
to be profitable.
Scrub feeding cattle are rapidly be-
coming thing of the past. 1t ID
money out of the pocket to put good
feed into a "robber" steer. The pres
ent demand is for feeds of high quail.
ity. A steer with low, blocky, wide.
round body, with short legs and wide
back, with broad muzzle and short
head, a large roomy middle, showing
ample room for consumption of large
quantities of food and with fine thick
soft hair has every Indication of being
a profitable feeder.
Two-year-olds make the best feeders
for the average farmer. Such cattle
can seldom be beaten when it comes
to rapid and economical profits.
Three-year-olds, provided they be pur-
chased reasonably, are sometimes
used to advantage but as rule two
year-olds make more rapid gains than
do the older ones. In selecting feed
ing steers it should be kept in mind
that uniform lot of cattle always
takes the eye Of the buyer and sells
at fancy price. Thus, you see the
necessity of feeding steers of like
shape, color and breed. To secure
this kind of steers purebred beef
males should be used. NeIghbors In
a corn, beef and hog district ought to
cooperate and follow similar lines, II
best results are to be secured.
After selecting the right sort OF
steers for feeding purposes the next
point is, to feed them off as quickly
as possible.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28
Basque Language.

The Basque language is like no 9TH
'er at present spoken in the civilized
world, though it has many features in
common with the languages OF the
North American Indians. or it Baron
Alexander Won Humboldt once wrote:
"The words are spelled Napoleon and
pronounced Nebuchadnezzar." The
Basques, SO far as history treats of
them. have always been a quiet, pas
toral and agricultural people. Even in
America they are known as good herd
ers of sheep and mixers Of kline. Cole
tum, non amman. mutant qui trans
mare current" so we find that the man
whom this story concerns, when about
twenty-one years OF age, crossed the
seas and under new skies took up
once again the customs of his race
and became a shepherd. and later .
0hesp-owusr and rancher.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28
Midnight Causes ~ Health.

Not too much sunlight. but too much
midnight is the real nerve destroying
factor at most pleasure resorts.
Dancing, highballs, bridge, pinochle,
poker. swimming, are the practices
that are oftenest overdone. The poor
office slave who exposes his puttyliks
body to strong sun and retires to his
hotel cot tired, blistered and home
sick, probably hasn't done his nerves
a hundredth part Of the harm that he
might have been able to buy In less
violent follies of midsummer mad
ness.
Sunlight. consumed In large quaint
ties, Ii the least evil In this country
winter or summsr.-bosfo1 Journal
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28

ing the mountain slopes and did not
suner destruction or deep burying of
the soil
Palms and tree ferns have regained
their pristine development and beauty
in this region, and forest trees are
growing. On the east side of the
mountain the sugar cane plantations
which fiourished before the eruptions
are now largely restored to cultiva-
ton and present heavier growth OF
cane than before, while on the west
side the peasant proprietors are al
ready taking up provision ground"
on the lower slopes of the volcano it.
SELF
Soufriere Crater Is Beautiful.
The great crater of the Soufriere is
beautiful enough to repay the lover OF
scenery for special trip to the island
1t is about nine-tenths of mile across
from east to west and three-quarters
of mile wide from north to south,
and lake approximately half a mile
IN diameter now occupies its lower
portions as it's predecessor did in the
days before the eruptlons which
changed the whole appears of the
mountain. In 1923 there was a little
pool of muddy water in The bottom of
the bowl through which disturbing
columns or puffs of steam were con-
tinually rising. In 1905 the pool was
much larger, was yellowish green in
color, and was not disturbed by any
eruptive discharges, but did not fill the
bottom of the crater.
Now the lake is apparently some
hundreds of feet deeper than it was
then, and occupies the entire bottom
OF the crater, rising we'll up on the
vertical walls in most places. Doctor
Hovey was able to make careful meas
urements with the theodolite which
established the surface of the lake as
being 760 feet below the point where
the trail from the western side OF
the island reaches the rim OF the era
ter, or approximately 2.14O feet above
the level OF the sea-
The interior walls of the crater are
coated with moss and tufts of grass
wherever there are slopes of volcanic
ash, and tree ferns and bushes are re-
establishing themselves In the rayines
cut by the rains while the vertical faces
OF the old lava beds making up a large
part OF the mountain add tones OF red
dish and yellowiah gray to the color
effect
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28

sheep per acre are maintained in New
Zealand on land which has been
plowed and sown to artificial grasses.
If the land has been surface sown
without blowing, this number is re-
duced to from one-half to two sheep
per acre. Land valued as high as
$3.50 an acre has been profitably kept
in grass for grazing alone, and near
ly one-half of the occupied area is
used mainly for sheep. The impor-
tant place thus occupied by sheep in
New Zealand is declared to be evil
dence of the possibilities of profit from
valuable land devoted to well-managed
flocks. The size of these flocks in
sures for them an interest and care
which is not so frequent in the farm
Ing states in America
In Australia conditions more near
ly resemble those in the American
range states. Much of the Australian
land now used for sheep growing is
destined to be devoted to farming. and
the government is taking an active
part in assisting this development. In
the meantime, land is plentiful and
the flocks have much space in which
to run. There is, however, one funda-
mental and important difference be-
tween the management of the range in
Australia and in the United States.
No Australian sheep owner is permit
ted to use the public domain without
charge. On the other hand, he is
In no danger of having his land
grazed by other persons flocks. I'm
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1916-01-28

der the leasing system employed in
Australia, the sheep owner secures
for long periods of time, at prices
varying with its value, absolute con-
troll Of the land he uses. When the
government is ready to resume the
land in order to divide it into small
er allotments, the sheep owner is
recompensed for whatever improve
ments he may have made, and is, in
addition, permitted to retain his own
central homestead. In the opinion
Of the Australians the additional Sc
curity and the permanence of the
business more than compensate for
the rent paid to the state. In Amer
lea, stockmen themselves are inclined
toward this point of view, as some
means OF controlling and improving
the public grazing lands is believed
to be urgently needed.
In another important respect, sheep
raising in Australia differs from that
On the American range. In Australia
the focks are not kept collected and