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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
GENERAL XENOPHON.

Daniel l.. Cady in the New YORK SUM
Go get my old ".\nabasis'
/ want to read once more
OF "D'rius" and Parysats
And Paphlagona's shore;
Old Mars is active there again,
The battle lines are drawn,
And something seems to draw me back
To General Xenophon.
don't suppose he's General now,
And his ten Thousand Greeks
Are soil and seaweed. I'll allow,
But still their spirit speaks;
I pitch my camp with them at night
And break with them at dawn
feel | owe a cheer or two
To General Xenophon.
| The light armed archer's armor clnks,
| The heavy hoplites clangs;
| From desert pools the soldier drinks
| For weary parasangs
| I'm with 'em when they sight the sea,
| When hope is almost gone
| | hear EN- cry "Thalassa," Saved;
| Yes, saved by Nenophon.
The story takes me right along
| Through Wild Arabistan,
Where Slavs and Britons battle strong
| To-day towards lspahan:
But Tissaphcrnes won't be there
To either fight or fawn-
| He's been complaining ever since
| He tackled Nenophon.
These soldiers flash the Western lamp
| Across the Asian night;
| For us they thirst, for us they tramp
| They're Greeks by every right.
| wish ! might some tribute pay
! To them a-marching on,
Like that unto his master paid
| BY faithful Nenophon.
My old "Anabasis" I'll take
| want to march some more,
want to make some satrap ache.
Some Persian peltast sore;
| ! want to be around the place
Where this new clash is on,
And give a rousing cheer or two
| For General Nenophon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
COAL NEW MEXICO.

The return of normal mining conditions
in Colorado after the settlement or the
coal miners strike at the end of l9li mad
a marked effect on the coal production OF
New Mexico in 1918. which according to
q. T.. Lesher, of the United states Geo
logical Survey, amounted to 3,Nl',9io short
tons. valued at &,iSl 1851, decrease COM
pared with 1914 of 59,7i9 tons, or nearly
two per cent. in quantity and Si9,5lo, or
- per cent. in value. Although such fac
tors as mild weather and small demand
from Mexico for coke in part account for
this decrease, the fact that all counties
except ColfaX had increases and that the
output of Coifax county decreased nearly
10000 tons indicates rather clearly that
Colorado fields adjoining that county on
the north regained markets which in the
strike year 1914, We're supplied by the
Ration fields in Colfax county, New Mex
leo, and that the strike contributed large
ly to the increase in production recorded
for New Mexico in year when all other
States in the Rocky mountain region
showed decreases.
The number of men employed in New
Mexico coal mines increased from AIS
in 1914 to 4,26 in 1915, but the average
number of days worked decreased from
.H3 to Do. and the average annual output
per employe from ON to 3GS tons. The av-
erage daily output increased slightly, from
32s to 3.47 tons, The proportion of the
output shot from the solid decreased from
10 per cent. in 1914 to three per cent. in
1915. and that undercut by hand increased
from Go to so per cent. The proportion Of
coal mined by machines was Ii per cont
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

ever roads a state highway department
and the secretary of agriculture mu-
tually agree. The House bill called LOT
an annual appropriation which should
not exceed s25,0OO,0o0.
The fact that very large proportion
of the funds for this work would come
ont of the eastern States figured con-
spicuously in the debate in Congress
The western lawmakers claimed that
the eastern States got most of their
money from the western states, and
that this appropriation was but retribu-
tive road justice as it were.
In any event Uncle Sam seems to have
launched new system of federal aid
for the construction of roads in the
different States. and nobody can predict
where it will all end
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
VERMONT 4 CREDITOR STATE.

Most men know that an enormous
aggregate of money is loaned by the
people of Vermont, but comparatively
few persons fully appreciate the fact
that our State stands in an exceptional
position among other States financially.
That is why some of us are lnsistent
that Vermont shall not contract the
bond-issuing habit for trunk system
of highways or storage reservoirs for
the benefit Of water power interests up
building other States at our expense
and so on. The following correspond
ence between Congressman Greene and
President Darwin T. Kingsley of the
New York Life Insurance company
helps to emphasize Vermonts splendid
isolation as misunderstanding State
Washington, d. c., May S. 1916
"Mr Darwin =. kingsley,
President New York Life Insurance
Company.
''34s Broadway, New York.
my dear Mr., President:
Il have just been looking at the
seventy-frst annual report Of the com.
pany sent polcyholders and have beer
impressed by the fact that in the lists
Showing government and other bond.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
MORMON TOWNS IN MEXICO.
Utah COIOnists Have Made Land Bios
som NarVelOusIy.

Colonia Dublan, which has suddenly
loomed large on the Mexican horizon. is
the subject of a war geography bulletin,
Issued by the National Geographic So
cicty from its Washington, d. c., head
quarters. which says:
THE proposed new base camp for Gen
eral Pershings punitive evolutionary
force in Mexico is one of several pros
porous Mormon settlements in the Casas
Grandes valley, some 10 miles south Of
El PaSo, on the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre
d Pacific railroad. The colonists from
Utah have made the land blossom to such
an extent during their four decades of
occupation that the Indians believe the
prosperity of the strangers to he due to
the discovery Of secret gold mres worked
at night.
'All the territory in the Colonia Dub
Ian region Is mine of inexhaustible
wealth to the achaeologist for here are
to be found many relics of a prehistoric
race Among the most interesting of these
are the ruins of houses built in the nu-
merous caves which dot the cliffs of the
Casas Grandes river, Not only were these
caves used as places of residence, but,
like the ancient Egyptians, the aborigines
i
meath the concrete floor of the latter
scientists have discovered many num-
mics at n depth of few feet Among
the pecGliarities of these remains have
! been noted the fact that the bodies lie
on their left sides, the knees drawn up
and the faces toward the setting sun
We're employed, the bodies in some of
! a. a "a q ra in ri. No 30
preservation, thanks to the saltpetre in
the dust, The hair of these people differed
from that Of most Indians, being slightly
wavy and soft, resembling peculiar
| characteristic of the Moqui tribe
"A much better grade of pottery is to
| be found in the ruins OF the Casas Grandes
valley than is manufactured by any of
| the Mexican Indians of to-day. Much of
the earthenWare is deliberately decorated
with representations of animals and hN-
man beings.
+ I'm the Sierra Madres. which look down
/ upon Colonia Dublan from the west, is a
region described as the greatest natural
game preserve on the North American
| continent Here the grizzly, the silver
! tip and the humble brown bear can be
bagged by even the most inexperienced
hunter who starts out from Casas Grandes
accompanied by mounted Mexican
guide. This is the best season of the year
for hunting bear, while mountain lions
and iaguars can he stalked at all times,
Mountain sheep. deer. antelope panthers,
wildcats, timber wolves. red and silver
foxes are to be found in great numbers
in the hills
During this, the dry season of the year,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
DISINTERESTED.

Say, woman, lovely woman would you
Al not for untold dollars would you
90 thing like that,
Ana nave the tout ensemble Of your
costume fall down flat?
guess not.
snail the autocratic edict Of some schem-
Materially lengthen out the skirts Of
coming suits,
And thus cause observation of those mill
linery boots
Keep EN- short,
o, woman, charming woman, would you
or so many stylish patterns-of such
variegated hue
With somber outside wrapper that
allowed no peeking through
You would not
Shall that badge Of female freedom, the
BE gradually heightened till it traileth
in the dirt,
And with the festive microbe most In
dustriously flrt9
Keep EN- short
O. the shorter skirts are youthful-they
turn back the hand Of time.
And they help to clothe the figure with
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
VERMONT IS FOR HUGHES.

While returns from the presidential
preference vote in Vermont towns Tues
day are incomplete. figures from diff
ferent sections of the State and includ-
Ing both cities and towns are sufficient
TO indicate that Hughes has carried the
State by material margin over Roose-
Welt. The strength developed by Roose-
Welt, who carried St. Adams, Swanton
and various other towns, justihes our
assertion frequently repeated that presi-
dental sentiment in Vermont was
divided between the ex-prcsident and
Justice Hughes. our aim throughout
was to prevent antagonism from de-
veloping between the supporters of the
two men so they could cooperate as
the two men both stand for progressive
republicanism
II is not surprising that with no can
oidate In the field, with the certainty
that the State convention would elect
Hughes delegates to the national con-
vention, and with a preferential primary
having no binding influence on dele
yates, larger vote was not polled in
the preferential primary Tuesday
The test of the direct primary pr1n.
ciple will come in September, when We
have real direct primaries with no con.
Ventons to do the work, and when con.
tests over State, senatorial and county
and legislative positions are sure tc
bring out a large vote at the one and
only primary to be held
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

der skies so clear that at night the stars
shine with brilliancy sufficient to cast
shadows.
Before the United States adopted the
enecuVe method of combining Indian tribes
10 reservations, the cruel Apaches preyed
constantly upon this region, their very
name n Pima Indian word meaning EN-
emy'' being indicative of their war-likc
nature Among themselves the Apaches
are known as Shis Inday (men of the
woods)."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
TAKEN WITH GROUP.

"a few nights ago one of my patrons
had a child taken with Group" writes
NJ. T. Davis, merchant Bearsvlle, w.
Va. About midnight he came to my
store and bought bottle of Foley's Hon.
oy and Tar Compound. Before morning
the child was entirely recovered Many
such letters have been written. j, w.
O'Sullivan (Adv)
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
COPPER PRODUCTION IN PENNA.

The copper produced in Pennsylvania
is a by-produCt separated from magnetic
ores of the Cornwall iron mine in Leo-
anon county. \ small production Of lead
in 1915 was reported from Mercer county,
but no production of gold, silver, or zinc
has been reported
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
e. II. HAYDEN FOR ASSISTANT
III DGE.

To the Editor of the Free Press
It is understood that the term of the
office for the assistant county judge for
the countYof Chittenden expires in Febru-
AIRY, 1917. and it is for the voters of the
county to decide who shall he Judge Fred
w. Halls successor. At the republican
convention held four years ago when
Judge Hall was nominated, Charles II.
Hayden received strong vote for that
position. Mr.. 1Iaydcn's many friends de-
sire that he this year receive the nomi-
nation and election for that Office. Mr..
Hayden is well known in the county, who
for many years was "A prominent educa-
high schools at lincSburg. Essex and Tn
dcrhill. He has since been engaged in
the mercantile trade at Riverside in Jeri-
cho. and is well qualified to fill the posi-
ton of assistant Judge. The rights and
claims of Jericho for one of its citizens
to he considered favorably for that office
is much strengthened from the fact that
no one has been selected as assistant
judge from Jericho for more than Sc
years. II will not he fair to crowd an
other county officer into burlington, city
;hat is now favored with two senator's
judge Of probate and States attorney.
The friends of Mr.. Hayden present his
name to the voters of Chittenden county
/ for the office of assistant judge
CITIZEN OF JERICHO.
/ Jericho, May Is. 1916
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

It is encouraging to learn that the
Pan-AmeriCan Union, representing SOUTH
ern countries on this continent would
give Uncle Sam moral support, if car
rama should force Intervention by the
United States.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

Vermont is the only state so far in
which the voters expressed their prefer
ence for presidential candidates wholly
Independent of the personality of dele
With the exception of the democratic
ballot voting was done under the handi-
rap resulting from the printing of no
name on the ticket.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

IT required more than an outpouring
by Jupiter PluViuS to drown out the
desire of Vermont voters to express
their preference for President of the
United states, although it doubtless
had a dampening effect.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

Hughes and Fairbanks is already
talked and it sounds like n winning
combination. II includes two oil the
great doubtful States, New York ana
Indiana.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

War critics are now beginning to talk
that Europe's struggle may continue into
The fourth year, instead of lasting only
three years, as predicted by Lord Kit
ehener. BY the way, what has become
If Kitchener of Khartoum?''
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

Indications point to one of the hvest
political years in the recent history OIL
Vermont. II can no longer be charged
that the field is not entirely open to all
hspirants for any office.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

When you want anything. advertise
m the new special column OF this
paper. Some bargains are offered
there this week which It will pay you
10 read about See page two. Thls
manor baa more than 5000 readers
every week and one cent word VIII
reach them all.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
CLOSE ONES.

why are you asking mo for help .
Haven't YOU any close relatves?"
Yes. That's the reason why I'm ap-
pealing to u."-Birmingham Age Her
aid.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

Terms-si.OO Ycnr. In Advance.
DAILY by mil $500 n year in advance.
RATE IN CANADA
DAILY. $500 n year In advance
WEEKLY. $500 ycnr In advance
FREE PRESS ASSOCIATION.
publishers. burlington. VT
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

owned, etc. our own state Of Vermont
does not appear.
is there some reason for this that n
Ncrmonter would he interested to learn
Does it involve the character of our
securities at home or is there some
other feature of it that is easily
explained?
My query is simply that Of an inter-
cstcd Nermontcr who tries to follow UP
inquire for information of men who
know how to give it.
every sincerely yours,
FRANK l.. GREENE"
TO this President Kingsley replied as
follows:
New York, May ., 1916.
MY dear Mr.. Greene:
1.-The reason there are no bonds Of the
state of Vermont or any of the
municipalities of the State of Vermont
in our statement is that Vermont is a
creditor state While theoretically poor,
Vermont is Il money-lender.
II don't remember when an Offering
of state or municipal bonds from Yer
mont has been made to the finance
committee.
II assure you that the absence of
these securities from the list does not
in any way represent any prejudice
against the State. 1t simply happened
that way under the laws of supply and
demand
Very truly yours,
ID. p. KINGSLEY,
president"
1t is also creditablc to Vermont cities
issuing bonds that they are not Obliged
to hawk their goods upon the bond
market, but usually find firms coming
to our very doors for such gilt-edget
securities at unusually low rates OF
interest.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
APPEARANCES ARE SOMETIMES
DEC EpTI\E

CHEEKY Passenger (who is getting mp
Married VS.. Single sports on board) Come
on, old sport, you're married, amt you?
The Old Sport-No. I'm not It's simply
seasickness that makes me look like
his.-PassinG Show.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

II you are not satisfied with your fur.
nished room. the classified ads can rem.
der YOU a service.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18

FREE PRESS WANT ADS. PAY BEST.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
WANTED.

BURLINGTON, THURSDAY. NAY is
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
r.. J. BOOTH, President.
II Gives Stendy aud Reliable Income
with safety and Security.

r. ID. wORTHEN. Treasurer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-18
JOHN }. FLYNN. vicc-prcsident
BANK INTEREST.

HARRIE v. HALL. Asst. Treasurer
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15
Death Of Mail Clerk.

W. W. Norman, aged 60 years, died
in Fort Worth last Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Norman was not known to many
Ardmore people, but his history is
closely linked with the mail service
to this city and for that reason his
story is interesting to Ardmore peo-
pie. For twenty-six years he was a
postal clerk between Fort Worth and
Purcell For &c years he handled the
mail in to Ardmore. He was one of
the first men put on that run when
the Santa Fe took its first mail con-
tract and he has stuck to his job and
has been faithful to do his duty up to
the time he was called away.
Mr.. Norman is the man who gave
Dee Mccoy. an Ardmore boy, his first
instruction in caring for the mails on
a railway train.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15
Ardmore, Tuesday February IS, 1916,
THE GARRISON RESIGNATION

The abrupt resignation Of Secretary
of War Lndley NJ. Garrison, followed
as a matter of course by that of his
assistant, Mr.. Henry Breckenridge,
and the prompt if reluctant acquies-
cence of the president, comes as a
thunderbolt, Unexpectedly striking in
the midst of supposedly harmonious
official family at Washington.
The publication of the correspond
ence preceding this sudden break in
the cabinet reveals an unfortunate diff
ference Of opinion between the presi-
dent and the head of the war depart
ment upon a matter Of the utmost
importance to the nation. That this
difference was irreconoilable, the sec
retary evidently believed, and that
he thought It involved the success or
est to his heart to which he had de
voted the best of his great abilities
and the utmost of his energy, IS oh.
vious.
This Is not the time or place to
go into the merits of the army pro
gram on which the secretary had
staked his official career or of that
which committee of congress, with
one eye on patronage and perQuis
ties, apparently is preparing to sub
stitute for it. The important fact Is
that the president has lost one of hi,
most competent advisers at a criti
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15

cal moment, and that the war depart
ment has lost a capable head who had
made himself thoroughly conyersant
with the military needs Of the ma
ton and had devoted himself to the
preparation of project Of defense
with unprecedented zeal and patriotic
ardor Such a man viii be hard to
replace. His inopportune withdrawal
is a loss to the nation.
II will seem to many observers that
Secretary Garrison might have been
little less hasty, and, without sac
rifcing the principles which he held
so dear, might have waited to see
whether congressional counse
should prevail. But this, Of course,
was matter for his own conscience
and Judgment. If his action shall
serve TO crystallize the sentiment of
the country and Of congress in favor
Of practical plan which will place
adequate and properly trained mill
tary forces at the disposal of the
and under its own com.
mand the retirement Of even so yat
liable an official may in the long run
serve useful purpose. Barring this,
no good can come Of it. The Gar
rison resignation is deeply to be re
rretted.-Phiadelphia Record.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15
Mrs. Sarah F. Gardner, 80, Dies.

Marietta, Okla, Feb. 14.-AIrs. Sa-
rah F. Gardner, aged SO, died here
Saturday and the body was inferred
Sunday. She is survived by her hus.
band, T. S. Gardner, aged So, and
seven children. Her children pres.
ent at the funeral We're Drs. b. S.
and r. A. Gardner of Marietta, Mrs.
Kate Chance of Bomar, w. T. Gard,
ner of Montague, Texas, and B. T.
Gardner of Rogers, Texas. Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardner had been married for
sixty-three years, and formerly lived
at Rome and Aurora. Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15
1882 East Main Street.

able and that it will require at least
two weeks of clear drying weather
before seed can be sown, Agricultural
are advising against
"mudding in" oats, telling the farmers
it would be better to go in heavy for
corn rather than to take the chance
of grain under such conditions. 1t is
said this section Of the state will have
the greatest acreage of corn in its
history when the spring planting is
in.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15
FEBRUARY IS IN HISTORY

Galilei, astronomer, was
born.
1S2O-Susan b. Anthony, suffragist,
born.
1S45-Elihu Root, American states
man born.
1S79-Congress granted women the
right to practice before the su-
preme court.
1SS7-Limited woman suffrage granted
in Kansas.
1S93-President Cleveland advised an
neXation of Hawaii.
Battleship Maine blown up in
Havana harbor.
1914-State Treasurer ]. r. Kennedy
of New York committed suicide.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR AP.
POINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATORS

In the County Court, Carter County,
Oklahoma. In the Estate of w. l..
Florence. Deceased.
The State of Oklahoma, to the heirs
next of kin and creditors of the said
w. L. Florence, Deceased.
You are hereby notified that z. l..
Florence has applied for letters of
administration on said estate to be
granted to d. y. Fergherson and that
said application will be heard at a
regular term of said court held at the
court room of said court, on the 25th
day of February. 1916, at 10 a. m.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said court hereunto affixed, this 18th
day of February. 1916.
THOS. w. CHAMPION,
County Judge of Carter County, Okla.
l5-9t
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15
HOW A DRUGGIST Cured
HIS KIDNEY TROUBLE

For the past twcntyfour years !
have been selling Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root with eXcellrnt satisfaction to
nv customers who have used it. They
are always pleased with the results
obtained and speak very favorably
regarding the preparation. 1t cured
me OF "A bad case of Catarrhal In
flammation of the Bladder eighteen
years ago, after two months treat
ment with pharmaceuticals recon-
mended for inflammation OF the blad-
der. 1t is undoubtedly a remedy of
great merit in the diseases for which
it is so highly recommended.
Very truly yours,
j. w. HANAN, Druggist,
East Lynne, Mo.
November 3rd, 1915.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-02-15

A child that has intestinal worms is
handicapped in its growth. A few
doses of WHITES CREAM VERMI-
FUGE destroys and eXpels worms; the
child Immediately improves and
thriyes wonderfully. Price 25c per bot
tie. Sold by Bomar Drug Company.