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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
Vermont Notes
News of the State Gathered
Here and There.
Ex-Gov. F1etcher's Headquarters In
Senatorial Contest Established at
acknowledgements s1,7OO
for stamps.

The Fletcher headquarters located in
tho Metcalf building over Duke & Har-
ringtons store In Northield says the
Montpelier Argus. are in full swing un-
der the management OF Charles Plumley,
who is busy night and day Howard L.
Hndley, editor Of the Rutland Herald,
who was at headquarters last week. went
back to Rutland Saturday. Lynn NJ.
Hays of Burlington is there off and on,
looking after the advertising end of the
campaign Other callers at the office are
said to have been Y. j. Trainor of White
River Junction, who figured prominently
In the vigorous campaign for the reten-
ton of the local option law. and w. r.
McFeeters of Enosburg who was treas
urer of the republican state committee
in the last State election. also sea-
soned campaigner.
There Is every indication that Allen
NJ Fletcher Is in the fight "to finish
and there is also report that he may
oven be in the fight after the primary
battle in September, irrespective of tho
outcome. There is no question that the
Page men are "holering' for FIRST aid,
says the despatch to the Argus. for the
first time since the Campaign opened and
have realized that battle Of the first
magnitude is in progress.
Although the Fletcher senatorial club
has opened headquarters in Mortified
in rooms which cost only SO month for
rent, republican voters appear to favor
Page at the present time. While the re-
publican town committee is unit for
Page 1t is said they are not disposed 70
take sides so far as to circulate petitions
for his nomination Mr.. Page has sent
papers here az we'll as to other towns
asking that signatures he secured There
is n feeling that town committees which
are supposed to be neutral should not
take part in the battle to the extent OF
circulating papers Tor any particular
candidate. It is said that no offer TO pay
men to go around and get signatures for
the time they lose has been made by
Page headquarters, the management OF
which appears to be directed from Hyde
Park. although there Is n rumor that
either a main office or a branch will he
opened in Montpelier Mortified people
were in hopes that Senator Page would
open his HEADQUARTERS in Mortified. Ir
addition to sworn petitions, other petit
tons to get a line on voters are beins
circulated in some sections. according &c
, news reaching Mortified.
The Mortified postoffice receipts viii
show a remarkable increase In the mex
statement. Seventeen hundred dollars
worth Of two cent postage stamps were
bought by the Fletcher headquarters las
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
THE COST OF PREP

The Senate army bill calls for the enor-
nous appropriation of $3.50 .i9S,000 for the
support of the enlarged army 1t is the
biggest military supply hill ever report
ed to Congress, the Senate committee
having added sl4S, 295 to the House bill.
The Senate also has passed the naval
bill calling for s315 100000 for naval pre-
paredness. That makes total of s6i5,
sos 600 for national defense. More than
half n billion. 1t sounds like "A stag
EerinE sum. Yet Great Britain alone
has had to spend nearly fourteen billion
dollars for two years of war Germany
has spent nearly fifteen billion dollars.
Weakness has never prevented war, but
strength sometimes has. The s645.59S,
Coo for national defense may prove TO
he national insurance against a posi-
BILE war that would cost ten or twenty
times as much And If war should come
it will mean the saving of thousands up
on thousands of human lives. Prepared
ness saves lives, once a war is under
way. An army without adequate ar
tillery would be moved down like wheat
In a Kansas field. Anticipated battle
ships would be swept from the sea like
paper targets. The question that con-
fronts Congress is to find sufficient rev.
enue. A protective tariff. while afford
ing safety to industry and wages. like
wise produced sufficient revenue. Low.
erng the tariff on sugar lost millions
to the treasury, without reducing the
price Of sugar.-Thomas F. Logan in Les
lies
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
TAMtUIIPAs. MEXICO.

Tho prominence which the Mexican
State Of Tamauipas is occupying in the
border news of the day makes the fol-
lowing bulletin, issued by the National
Geographic society from its Washing
ton headquarters, of timely interest:
owing to the border outrages com
mitted by bandits who have invaded
Texas at points opposite the Mexican
State Of Tamauipas, public interest Is
focused on this political division of the
southern republic which has immensely
rich resources both minerals and agri-
cultural, but which has not been devel-
oped by American and European capt.
tai as have other sections of the coun-
try.
"Tamaulipas is about the size of
Maine, but with only about one third
the population of the New England COM
monwealth. Its gulf coastline, low,
sandy, hot and moist, extends north and
south for go miles from the mouth of
the Rio Grande to the mouth of the Pa
nuco river, where is situated the i'm
portant seaport of Tampico with its ia.
bulously rich oil fields. This coast Is
indented with many shallow lagoons
formed by the islands and sandbars at
the mouths of the Rio Grande, Conchas,
Soto la Marina and Tamesi rivers. In
winter it is swept by violent 'northers
which are exceedingly dangerous to navi-
cation and which cause great discomfort
to the natives
That portion Of the State bordering
on Texas is flat and Is very dry for
eight months of the year but when ir-
riSated is extremely fertile producing
hountlful grain crops as we'll as sus-
tanning numerous herds of cattle. The
southern and central sections produce
sugar cane. bananas, coffee and tobac-
co in the well-watered valleys In the
mountainous regions, back from the
coast, the state possesses immense po-
tential wealth in its undeveloped gold,
silver, copper, marble, asphalt and salt
mines. Even in the Tampco district the
great underground reservoirs of petro-
ieum have been tapped only within recent
years.
1.-THE mount ms of Tamaulipas, which
boast salubrious climate TEEN with
game, and sportsmen of Mexico City
make annual excursions to this region
to hunt deer and the vast flocks of wild
fowl which nest in the neighhorhood Of
the numerous lakes that dot the state
"Tamaulipas owes its commercial
inheritance largely to it's ixtle fibre In
dustry and to the great volume of trade
passing through Tampico, which ranks
next to Vera Cruz among Mexican gul
ports Its total commerce for 1913 wal
moro than 263 10000, while Vera Cruz
TRADE was 100000. From Tampico t.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
WINOOSKI LIST.
AID FOR THE MILITIA.
Fund of 1895 for the Boys mt the Mex
lem Border.

The remnant Of a fund raised for the
benefit OF Company NJ at the time of
the Spanish War has been deposited and
drawing interest at one OF the local
banks for eighteen years, and now APP
of the Merchants association are in
debted to the trustees Of the fund.
Colonel f. T. Woodbury. Of burlington
and r. H. Prouty of Montpelier, fer tho
transfer of this money to the general
fund now being raised for the benefit
Of Companies NJ, c and hospital corps
and their dependent families MI Prouty,
In writing his favorable reply to the
chairman of the military committee. had
this 20 say: Il think the object a grand
one and feel that the citizens OF Bur
lngton are working for a noble cause
in looking after the necessities of our
boys at the font Colonel Woodbury.
in conversation also expressed his en-
thusiastic approval of putting the money
into the general fund for the use of Bur
llngton soldiers.
At a conference of the military COM
mittee Saturday afternoon it was decided
to send to Chaplain John NJ. Thomas a
Cneck TOR SZUi, ds soon as the necessary
papers have been executed TO complete
the transfer TO the military COMMITTEES
of the money OF the 1898 fund. This will
be done in response to his appeal in the
following letter TO the committee through
It's secretary, Mr., Hanbridge
There are many things not provided
by the government which are almost
necessary for comfortable living in this
climate. Just now the captains of Com
panies NJ and do not desire articles
to be sent from home, but they say If
you would be willing to put the funds
in my care here, subject to their call in
case of need, II could be very useful
I am sure it will be carefully spent and
| shall be pleased to act as dispensing
AGENT. The boys are standing the heat
and discomforts remarkably well, and
are in very good spirits I think the
university men were very proud to hC
among the first companies to be assigned
! IN outpost duty
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
MANY GOING TO LyNDONV|lLE
T. N. Vail and II. F. Graham to
Speak to Forestry Association.
W. II. Brown VIII Talk on the New
Project Now in the Air Of Insur-
Ing Timber Lnnds-The
Program.

President Theodore n. Vail of the Amer
lean Telephone and Telegraph company
and Horace T. Graham of Craftsbury,
State auditor, will be among the speakers
at the 18th annual meeting Of the YER
mont Forestry association, to he held at
Lyndonville and vicinity next Wednesday,
August @ Their addresses and the ex-
rected presence of larger number Of
members i'm attendance than have graced
any previous meeting will make this years
gathering unusual
The state forest plantation, which those
attending will inspect, comprises about rs
acres of some of the worst land In the
State. It was chosen for that reason, to
show how Scotch pine will flourish even
in a comparative desert. There are trees
as high as your head, which were only
planted in 1912. Even white pine and blue
pine, Rocky mountain native. grow upon
it. Tho fire wardens who meet in the AFT
ernoon are from caledonia and orleans
counties. Tho Berlin Mills company, a
member Of which, w. r. Brown, will he
ono Of the afternoon speakers, is one of
the largest paper concerns I'm New Eng
land. lie has made n private study of the
project Of insuring private timber and is
more or less of an authority on the sub
icct. The field meeting at Lyndon Corner
will lie, it is anticipated, moro largely at
tended than any held so far.
Tho Vermont Forestry association was
responsible for the creation Of the depart
meut of forestry of the state. That is, 1t
initiated the legislation which established
the department. W. J. Van Patten of
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ol,1 ,ra. r,aton Of so,+h povo,tor
and state Forester 4. F. Halves. The
election Of officers will he a feature of the
business session.
state Forester Hawes will deliver brief
| address on the more special aspects of the
associations work.
This is the program:
FORENOON.
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,,,tr,i.o .,rd ,ord ,Corvevanoes will
,,,aa, ..otn. froa, ror,h ard eorth arr,v.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
ALONE.

I want little farm to own,
Where | can go and live alone;
OF course, I'd want my wife to go,
And children, half a score or go.
To live alone. I'd want some friends
That could use for social ends;
I'd want to he where neighhors are,
Whom I could visit near and far.
I'd have some cattle, sleek and fat,
So | could find where peace was at;
A dog. perhaps, a horse or two,
Their friendship I should find so true
Old-fashioned posies, gay and rare,
I'd greet from my piazza chair.
To lend sweet music to the ear,
I'd have brooklet babbling near
My acres should be broad and long.
To give me room to sing my song
And not disturb my friend next door,
Who rates the cheerful soul bore.
In groves and meadows. lush and green,
I'd have a most enchanting scene
But. please excuse lack Of words
can't describe the singing birds.
Most every day I'd drink my I'LL
OF scenery DER vale and hill;
My TRENDS In town could quit thelr holes
And come up there to feast their souls,
Where, If they brought city cough
They'd find place to walk 1t off
No dresr disease could eat them up:
Good, wholesome cheer would I'LL their cup.
I grow more weary every day
| OF people standing in my way:
| The city crowds make living tough,
a half could go, and leave enough,
Ones bliss is not so much in wealth
AS love and Joy and booming health;
I'd gladly live on half my pelf
II could only boss myself.
| I'd then be free to go or stay.
| And not a soul could say me nay;
! I'd live Just where ! want to be
With only those want to see;
| The rest, I'd find by telephone,
And that's the way ia live alones
Now, don't YOU think this selfish scheme
Is very like your own pipe dream?
w. Stowell Mills, in Brooklyn Eagle
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
VERMONT BREVITIES.

The Bennington Automobile club
plans the erection of a garage 100 by
95 feet.
Anna Susczynaka, noted Polish plan
list, is the guest of the Rev Valentine
Michulka of West Rutland.
A house in South Ryegate owned by
G.. Zamhelli and occupied by Mrs. An
gelo Rosa was burned, at a loss of ST.
500.
Albert Bigelow Paine, the we'll
known writer, and Col. George Harvey,
editor Of The North American Review,
have been guests Of Theodore n Vail
at LyndonVille.
frightened by a locomotive, the
horse II. G. Stockwen was driving at
Websterville, backed ard threw his
driver. Mr.. Stockwell suffered injuries
to one side
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
GARBAGE COLLECTION.
Contract System "a FaiIt &c, Says Man
Who Holds ii.

uo 1hOius fAs
Bids will BIO opened by the members OF
the local board OF health Monday for the
collection of garbage In this city. The
contract will be for a term OF three years.
The method which has been in practice in
Burlington of doing away with the gar
bage has not so far worked out as success
fully as was expected when it was put in
operation.
During the past year complaints have
been made in numbers to the members of
the board OF health, the mayor and other
city officials by citizens whose garbage
was not taken care Of. At several meet
ings of the board of aldermen this subject
has come up for discussion and at one
meeting two of tho aldermen gave in
stances of where the garbage had not
been collected in their wards. Dr. F. w.
Sears. president OF the board of health,
and Mayor A. S. Drew spoke on the sub
iect At that time DR. Sears gave 1t as
his opinion that the collection OF garbage
by contract was n failure and that the
best way to dispose Of the garbage would
be to let the city take care of it in one OF
its departments.
Mr.. Hathaway, who at present holds the
contract for collecting garbage. holds that
the contract system is and always will be
failure. and that from experience it Is
not satisfactory to the men holding the
contract, or the people, The contract sys'
TEN Is all right In theory, but it fails to
work out in practice, as 1t depends toe
much on conditions that cannot he CON
trolled. The men who do thi" work are
usually those out of jobs, who arc not
any too reliable and efficient men cannot
be made to do this work. AS soon as g
man shows any signs of efficiency h'
finds a better job. and a new man has tC
be broken in for the work, learning tn,
| streets on his route, etc,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
iExICAN STATE or SONORA
IL Great Possibilities In Mining and
Northumberland Indian
Tribes.

Nearly four hundred miles of the Mex
IN border comprise the northern boun-
ry of the state of Sonora, the subject
a war geography bulletin just issued
Washington by the National Geograph.
society.
All our National Guard troops sta
bned in southern Arizona will be call
upon to patrol the border of the state
Sonora" says the bulletin. This,
tn the execution of the adjoining state
Chihuahua, is the largest political
vision of Mexico, comparing in area
TIL the state of Nebra ska. but having
Fs than one-fourth the population.
Sonora has a great variety of ell
ates and remarkable diversity of re-
Purces The lowlands of the coast re-
on, stretching along the Gulf OF Cali
rnia for more than 500 miles. and the
Alleys of the interior are hot and dry;
@ mountains are cool, and tho slopes
mperate. The northern section of the
ate along the border is largely desert
nd, with a minimum of moisture and
maximum of heat. where horned
ads, poisonous reptiles, jackrahbts
I'd prairie dogs alone thrive the year
und In the brief rainy season. from
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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

New Orleans by steamer Is 705 miles,
about the same distance as from Phila.
delphia to Savannah. From Tampico
to Galveston Is $50 miles The capital
of the state, Ciudad Victoria, has n
population Of about 10000 and Is situated
in the mining district, $50 miles north OF
Mexico city and $50 miles northwest Of
Tampico."
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
DODGE BARN BURNED,

Lightning struck the barn on the
Dodge farm on the Berlin Pond road
near Barre Friday night. and the
structure, containing 10 tons of hay,
was burned to the ground, The loss is
nearly $4,000. The buildings were
owned by Clinton Cuatsic. When the
bolt struck the barn, John Cilley and
RAYMOND Goodenough, were sleeping
In the hay NOW. but escaped and sue
ceeded in saving four horses and some
machinery.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
TRIPLE CELEBRATION TANNED.

Plans are being made for Springfleld's
triple celebration the last three days
in August, during which 1t is proposed
to commemorate the l25th anniversary
of Vermont's admission to the Union.
the 155th anniversary OF the granting
OF a charter to the town of Springfield.
and the 50th anniversary of the village
corporation. Prominence will be CIV
en- to the historic scenes and relics in
Springfield.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
EASYGOING TENANT.

what Kind of tenant is he?" asked
the prospective landlord
WELL III tell YOU" answered the
mans former landlord, "If your house
is new one he will be all right for the
first year, out the next he will want Il
entirely " "on Transcript.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

On some of the national forests of the
Northwest the snow lay on the ground
longer this spring than for many years,
In consequence stockmen have been con-
slderably delayed in getting their herds
on the ranges.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
TILE PRICE OLE PEACE.

- quarreled with my wife yesterday
and we haven't spoken since"
'Why don't you make up"
I'm going to, All I'm worried about
now is the indemnity. boston Tran
script.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

All OF the 2S counties Of Utah contain
portions Of national forests and conse-
quently all share in the % per cent. of the
national forests receipts which is paid
over to the road and school funds. This
Is true OF no other state.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
ALTOS ENDLESS CHAIN.

Ever tempted to sell Your automobile?"
asked the Cheerful Idiot. THE tempta-
ton is strong enough" replied Mr.. In
badd, "but there are too many points In
volved. You know morteaged my house
in order to buy the machine?" Yes,
know that" We'll. mortgaged the ma
chine in order to build the garage and
now rye had to mortgage the garage in
order to buy gasolene Puck.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

Experts of the forest service estimate
that the farm woodlots of the United
States contain from go to $50 billion board
feet of lumber and from one to one-and
a-half billion cords of wood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

LIES troubles help to make Us well
content with the imposshility Of living
1t over again.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
WOMEN'S LIST.

Miss Eliza A. Butten, Miss Carrie n.
Buffers. Mrs. Bloche Elssette, Mrs.
Joseph Bexter, Mrs. Alden Barra, Mrs.
Sarah NJ Bosworth, Elizabeth A. d
Beer, Lusy Flory. Mrs. horace Clark,
Catherine Hackett, Gertrude Hayes,
Mrs. Maurice Lord, Mrs. Henry A. Lane
Mrs. Murphy. Mamie Muir, Ada Marsha,
Miss O'Brian, Mrs. p. F. Pike, Mrs J.
G. Pike, Mrs F. p. Perry, Mrs. Claris-
sa Stanley.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

A vacation spent elsewhere serves tc
stimulate appreciation of the comforts OF
home.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

To facilitate having n place for every
thing and everything in its place, have
not too many things and places.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
PASSING TECCGHTs.

ones own mistakes are errors of judg-
ment the other fellows are stupid blum.
ders.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

one hundred thirty thousand maps of the
national forests will he distributed to
tourists this summer. These maps show
the best camp sites. good hunting and
fishing grounds, roads, trails. and tele-
phone lines, and give directions how to
reach points of interest.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

There are 592 consumers of tannin in the
United States who use annually 625,rD
cords OF hemlock bark, $4,000 cords OF
oak bark, and $4,000 cords of chestnut
wood.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

One of the things that woman can
never fully comprehend Is why man is
silent when he hasn't anything to say.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27
FOREST NOTES.

Coniferous timber has been found TO be
better suited than any other for the pro-
duction of ethyl alcohol
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-07-27

The most hopeless fool is one who
imagines that he is wise.