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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
ON RAILS AND THROUGH AIR
Cape Town Man Has Idea Which, If
Successful, Will RevoIutionize
Methods of TRANSPORTATION.

Think of travelling from New York
to Chicago in couple of hours! I'M
agine breakfasting in Boston and hav-
Ing supper in San Francisco or Los
Angeles! Picture yourself speeding
across the continent at the rate of at
least 500 miles an hour in a train that
sometimes runs on the rails, but more
frequently glides smoothly through
the air.
All this is rather startling, even in
the morning of the twentieth cen
fury; but it is exactly what Cape
Town inventor is seriously promising
the world. What is more, those who
have seen the working of the model
should the promise be made good, at
least to degree.
His name is Essen and he halls
originally from Birmingham, Eng
The train which he has devised is to
run upon single rail with a cable
overhead. The power will be cleo,
tricity, and there is trolley pole at
each end of the cable to the motors
below There is also an aeroplane de-
vice by which the train may be lifted
from the rail when sufficient speed
has been attained and supported in
the air. The velocity is then to be
maintained, or even increased, by
means of propellers with which the
train is to he fitted.
Mr.. Essen assures us that a speed
of 500 miles an hour can be main
tanned with ease and will be entirely
safe for the passengers. He also
points to the economy of monorai
road, especially one that is to be uset
by trains developing power to sur
mount any grade and able to fly.
But confident as he is of revolu
tionizing transportation, he is forced
to admit that tiny model sometimes
does things that are not to be repro
duced on the larger scale of the prac
tical machines they are supposed t
miniature.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
. Orchard .
inflammation
PRUNING FOR BETTER FRUIT
Avoid Practice of Cutting Off Branches
Easily Reached From Ground
Begin at Top.

In pruning apple trees, it is we'll to
avoid the common practice of cutting
off all the branches easily reached
from the ground, and leaving the tree
looking like large feather duster
Begin at the top and thin out branches
which shade the center of the tree too
much, writes F. w. Faurot in Farm.
ers' Mail and Breeze. If the tops are
too high, lower them moderately and
gradually so as not to disturb the bal
ance between top and roots If the
root system has been developed to
take care of a large top and much of
this Is suddenly removed, the roots
will send up so much more material
than the remaining top can use that
there will be big growth of water
sprouts, Most people remove too lit.
tie instead Of too much of the top,
but it is often necessary to distribute
the work. over two years and some.
times over three years
Trees planted too thickly may need
thinning, but if the branches of neigh.
boring trees, overlap, the level ones
may be cut back to some upright
branch. Always prune close to the
trunk or main branch, and never leave
stub to carry decay into the tree.
Paint all cut surfaces with white lead
and raw oil. Cut out blister canker
completely, and disinfect the pruning
tools in mixture of corrosive sub
Innate in thousand parts of water,
or disease may be carried from tree
to tree.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
GUARD AGAINST LATE FR0STS
to Be Adopted by Every Farmer
to Protect His Trees.

There are cheap and effective meth
DDS of combating late frosts, so far as
orchards are concerned. and they
ought to be adopted by every farmer.
The smudge fire is as cheap and re-
liable a means as may be needed, or
one may go to the expense of provid-
ing metal heaters IL profitable crop
Is expected.
A half dozen smudge fires for an
acre orchard, or for each acre, will
probably be sufficient This Is merely
a matter of few hours work through
the last two or three frosty nights of
spring.
When we consider that an acre of
fruit is worth from 5000 to $500. the
trouble of keeping up few little fires
around the orchard for six or eight
hours seems trifiing.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
FORCED TO AID PHYSICIAN
of Patient, Had to Act Entirely
Different Part.

Former Senator Isaac Stephenson Of
Wisconsin was taken i'll one summer
day away up in the wilds >of that
state. He was at fishing lodge far
beyond the honk Of autos and tie
shout of newsboys and publicity agents.
necessary to travel several miles afoot,
then cross lake or two in q rowboat
or canoe, and proceed farther by buck
board. The moment his heart began
to act up he took little general-pur-
pose pill that he always has in stock
about his clothes and dispatched a
man for doctor.
1t was e. rough journey going for the
doctor, but the man was used to such
trips. The doctor, on the other hand,
was new to the region, and had done
most OF his travelling up to that time
in trains and buggies. He was com
pletely exhausted by the time he
reached Stephenson's camp.
Did you find doctor?" called the
senator, as they approached.
Yes, but he's all in," yelled back
the camp courier. Guess we'll have
to carry him"
All right" said Stephenson. wait
till | get my coat off and I'll help
you"
And the eighty-fve-year-old senator
helped to carry in the physician who
had come to minister to him.-Illus
trated Sunday Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25

FUSED AUTO TO SWITCH CARS
Satisfactory Manner, Saving Much
Valuable Time.

Two cars of freight billed to an ILL
nois merchant were left recently on a
siding in an inconvenient place for
unloading them. To wait for the rail-
road company to reswitch the cars
would have consumed considerable
time, so a motorcar was employed to
do the work. The machine which was
used is light, five-passenger touring
car. A cable was attached between
it and the lead freight car and the pull
successfully made. Although the test
was a severe one, because of the COM
parative lightness of the machine, it
was completed without difficulty
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
ASKS PATRONS ADVICE
RAILROAD INVITES CRITICISM
AND SUGGESTIONS.
With the Idea of Bringing Its Serv.
ice to as Near Perfection as Pos
sible, Eastern Line Has Adopt
ed a Novel Idea.

A prominent eastern railroad has
placed nearly 5000 posters in passen-
ger and freight depots throughout its
system, asking the public for criticism
and advice, so that patrons of the road
may get what they desire in the way
of service.
Printed in red and black, the posters
are attracting wide attention among
travellers.
why does the railroad ask you to
do this?" the poster asks. Because
it needs your confidence; it asks your
cooperation; it asks for your friend
ship. To serve you properly without
this is an impossibility. You will help
the railroad to serve you if you will
give serious thought to the solution
of it's problems which concern you
directly"
1t is said that this is the first time
that railroad has ever appealed to
the public in this way for suggestions
and criticisms. The poster reads as
follows:
What Causes Lack Of Confidence In
Railroads?
What is your opinion?
The management of this railroad wants
to get at the causes wherever they exist
and remove them.
The starting point is to get people who
10 lack confidence in this railroad to say
so and to tell why.
Why does the railroad system ask you
his?
Because
1t needs your confidence.
1t wants your cooperation.
1t asks for your friendship.
To serve you properly without these is
almost an impossbility.
You will help this railroad to serve you
f you will give serious thought to the
solution of its problems which concern
you directly
When you think of something this rail-
road can do TO improve it's service and
make people think better of it. tell the
management about 1t.
If you can tell this railroad ways to
make people understand it better, please
give the management the benefit of your
advice.
Another division of the system has
even gone further. 1t has appointed
a special committee to meet the first
and third Wednesdays Of each month
the patrons who have suggestions or
criticisms to make.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
SEVERE TEST OF CAR ROOFS
Santa Fe Line Makes Sure That Its
Coaches Are Capable of Keep
ing Out Rain.

An artificial rainstorm has been de
vised by Charles N. Swanson, superin.
tendent of car shops of the Atkinson,
Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, as a
means of testing the roofs of new cars
and repaired cars before they are
being put INTO service to make sure
they are 4ainproof. The apparatus
consists of spraying device which
throws a very large quantity of water
controlled from little house at the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
No Need to Worry.

That she was a nervous little old
lady was apparent to the whole car
When young woman with a baby
entered and sat down next to her
her quickly moving eye detected i'm
mediately that the child was placidly
chewing the green transfer.
Your baby-the transfer-look!
she exclaimed
The young mother hastily rummaged
her hand satchel and produced a vel
low transfer. "Oh, thank you" she
said. ITS all right--that's yester
days transfer; here is today's. "-Har
per's Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
The CITY OFFERS
few ADVANTAGES
CHICAGO Banker Gives Some
Sound Advice to Young
Men and Women.
SHOWS RURAL OPPORTUNITY
Farmer Has Greater Possibility OF
Comfort in Old Age, With More
Wholesome Pleasure and
Real Cultivation.
BY FREDERICK H. RAWSON, Presi-
dent Union Trust Co., Chicago)

By FREDERICK H. RAWSON, Presi-
dent Union Trust Co., Chicago)
Unless the young man is spe-
cially trained by education
and practice for some particu-
lar kind of work to be found
in the city, or has capital to be in
vested in some legitimate enterprise,
he will be better off in the country or
small town.
Cities are all overcrowded. Jobs in
all ordinary lines of industry are
scarce because there are generally
more job.hunters than jobs. With so
much competition for work, labor is
cheap and wages are low.
1t costs much more to live in the
city than in the country. II man
receives low wages he must find shell
ter in low-class lodgings-crowded
dirty, garretlike places in poor neigh
borhoods where fresh air is at pre-
MUM and the constant noise madden
ing. He cannot buy good, nourishing
food but must get along on what he
can afford to buy. Consequently his
health suffers. He cannot afford tc
buy clothing of good quality, 80 he
must wear shoddy. He can save moth
ing out OF small earnings, so sickness
or any other emergency need for funds
finds him in serious circumstances
And to live as he must live is con
slant invitation to sickness.
City Pleasure False.
There seems to be an impression
In the country that life in the city
Ia one continual round Of entertain
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
Not Tin on Art.

Wifey-Did you attend the big pic
ture sale up in town?
Hubby-Yes, Susan, and saw Rem.
brandt knocked down for mere song
Wifey-Gracious, what brutality!
And was the poor mans singing 80
bad that 1t caused the crowd to knock
him down, Henry?
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25

ment and pleasure. All such so-called
pleasure is expensive and all of it be-
comes quickly tiresome. There is the
saloon, the low-class moving picture
show and the dive, as forms of enter
tainment not found in majority of
small towns. But in the city men who
cannot afford better things have a
tendency to drift to these places and
get acquainted with people and habits
that wreck character. City entertain
ment is false, artificial.
have been up in the Dakotas quite
a bit. | have found that farmers and
small town people usually are better
read than the average city person
better informed about worthwhile
things than | am. They get good
newspapers and good magazines in the
rural communities. They can hear
the worlds finest music on the pho
nograph. They get as much dramatic
entertainment as the majority Of city
people get, for in every village and
town there is at least one moving pic
ture show. They are always within a
few hours of the city's rush and bang,
for the express train and electric in
terurban limited penetrate every cor
ner of the nation.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25

saw in a level position, but dispenses
with one person, enabling a single
man to operate it easily. The guide
rests on step which is cut out Of
the trunk with a few chops of the ak,
and then it is very readily adjusted
for work. The handle on the business
end of the saw is turned at an angle
with the blade, so that it's manipula-
ton is further facilitated.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
The DIAGNOSIS.

Doctor-What's the patients mean
temperature?
Nurse-From what his relatives tell
me, don't think he has any Other
kind.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
Damage Suit to Learn Whether or
Not a Car Roof Leaks.

side of the tracks. The cars to be
tested are hauled under the spray
twice. The cars are then entered by
the inspectors and all evidences OF
leakage are chalked for the guidance
Of the repair men. When the cars
have been through the repair shops
they are again subjected to the rain.
storm test before they are put into
service. The volume of water is Sc
great that it is possible to locate leaks
in the side sheathing or ends of the
cars.-Popular Science Monthly.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
limo for Grating.

All grating should be done Just be-
fore the buds on the trees begin to
swell or open. The scions must not
be older than last seasons growth;
that is, you must use the newest wood
there lie upon the tree.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
1t should and doubtless does

1t should and doubtless does
go without saying that David
Franklin Houston, secretary of
agriculture, is interested deeply
in the solution of the problem
of how to keep the young men
of the country on the farm.
Mr.. Houston, like many others
who have given careful study
to the situation, declares that
the cry should not be "Back to
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25

Genius and common sense blended
usually spell success.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
important to Mothers

Smiles make better salve for trou-
Bile than do frowns.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25

To Prevent The Grip
Colds cause Ghp Laxative Bromo Quinlne re-
moves the cause There is only one Bromo
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25
The Unwary Girl.

And the young woman who wants to
leave the old home town or the farm
for the city? 1t is much harder for
her to get along than for the young
man. Wages for women in the indus
tries are very low and jobs are
scarce. Decent living conditions are
beyond her reach unless she gets good
nay. Pitfalls. for the unwary or unfor-
tunate young woman are everywhere.
Even If the girl must work as do
nestle back in the home town she gets
as much pay likely as she can get
without special training in the city.
Living conditions are healthful, phys
ically and morally, in the rural COM
munity. Recently ! watched a large
crowd of girl workers enter factory.
Nearly every one wore those high
French heeled shoes. ] venture not
one had bank savings account. Sup
pose one of those girls gets sick, or
the factory shuts down. What can
she do?
The whole nation will be vastly bet.
ter of when our young men and young
women of the small towns-I include
cities of ten thousand population in
this escription-decide to make the
most of opportunity at home.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-02-25

little change is a good thing, but
Q big roll of bills is better.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04
Hotaling Accused of Pay
ing Alleged Fraudulent
Claims of BiltmOre.
ST. 562 DISCREPANCY
CHARGED BY JURY
Committees Sergeant-at'Arms
Pleads Not Guilty-Swann
Will Delay Trial.

After three weeks investigation OF
the Thompson committees Hotel Bit
more bills. the grand jury yesterday
indicted Charles X. IIotaling, sergeant
NJ arms of the committee, on charge
of auditing and paying fraudulent
claims on the state. Judge Mulqueen
in General Sessions. before whom
Hotaling pleaded not guilty, released
him IN the custody Of job +. Hedges,
his counsel.
Regarding the Indictment. District
Attorney Swami said:
"The grand jury has made its de-
cision and have no comment to make
on II. shall continue to give the
case my careful personal attention.
but shall not move it 10 trial until the
entire work Of the Thompson com
mittee has been completed. or until
such time as | am assured by the
members Of the Thompson committee
TINT Mr.. Hotaling can be spared from
his york without IN any way en-
barrassing or inconveniencing the
committee
The indictment in four counts says
that Hotaling aided and allotted the
prorating of the expense bills OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04

Thompson committee and u shows that
on bill for S5.230.65, incurred be-
tween January rs and February %.
1918, there was a discrepancy OF 81
562 -. II does not attempt TO trace the
discrepancy.
According to the evidence some Of
the discrepancy i accounted for by
the fact that Senator Thompson's
room. which cost $40 day for twenty
I'VE days. was charged on the bill APP
proved by him at $3.50 day. II was
also shown that one item for S19O.61
charged 10 "restaurant' was made up
Of a dozen miscellaneous items. in
GLIDING $1,000 for theatre tickets,
s23O.75 for baggage. etc.
The crime charged in the indictment
is violation of sections 1868 and
SOD Of the Penal Law. Penalty in the
nrst instance would be 1--WE years IN
prison, a fine of $4,000 or both Viola
tion Of / 1854 calls for fine Of five
times the value of the money fraudu-
lently obtained and a loss Of the
privilege Of holding public Office.
District Attorney Swami brought the
charges against the Thompson com
mittee 70 the Alteration Of the grand
jury soon after Senator Thompson an
nOunced that his committee had struck
g new trail in its investigation OF the
Public Service Commission and would
90 into the interfering directories
Of the public service corporations and
corporations which have been selling
supplies.
Mr.. Swami insisted that ne was &C
tuated solely by what he had read IN
the newspapers of the revelations Of
Assemblymsn K. Hunter McQuistion,
Of Brooklyn. Mr. McQuisticn charged
that he was down on the audited bill
for d room at the Biltnore Tor twenty
I'VE days at $3.50 a day. when he had
never occupied room IN The hotel
during the life OF the committee.
Il can't understand why Hotaling
should be the only one accused when
the account was sworn TO by the hotel
said Senator Thompson last night. All
Hotsling did was TO pay the money.
New York County justice is beyond me
in this respect
News of Hotaling's indictment was
received in Albany, his home town. IN
silence Governor Whitman would not
comment on n.
Il am surprised" was ell Speaker
Sweet had 10 say.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04
HONEST ADS HERALD
NEW ERA, SAYS WILSON
Real Efficiency Is in the Facts,
Saws President.

from star Corresprndcut Of Tic Tribune
81. Louis. Feb. 3.-ln his speech be
fore the business Mems League at
breakfast here this morning President
Wilson strongly Endorsed the campaign
for clean advertising IN which Inc
New York Tribune has been leader.
He was speaking of the need Of hon
esty IN international a. well as bust
ness affairs. and cited the clean ndver-
Using campaign as an example of the
movements in the country in this di-
reCtion.
"You know how the advertising men
Of this country have banded thense YES
together 10 see that advertisements
speak the truth" Mr. Wilson said.
"Now. that IL an inGeX OF what Is nap
ptning in America. We have upon
some occasions drawn II little strong
with regard to our individual business.
Now we are beginning to realize that
the real efficiency Is IN the facts as
thev nre. because they are going 10 be
uncovered sooner or later in the process
Ct business.
"You cannot sell thing that is not
what YOU represent il 20 be without
your customers ultimately finding out
that il is not what you represent it 10
be. So that. even upon an instinct
OF preservation. if you put II upon no
higher plane. you had better anticipate
the facts when YOU zee them coming,
and not get caught by them. The truth
is stronger and mightier than any
other influence in the world, in the
long run"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04
ANALYSIS OF A "PRORATED"
THOMPSON COMMITTEE BILL

ard restaurant charges 90 IA
oaing had called Eugene l. Miller the @
columns Of figures to the right IN the o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04
WOMAN BRAVES FIRE
FOR SISTER; RESCUED
Fireman and Policeman BRING
Pair to Safety.

Look look" shouted some one IN
the street, pointing toward the fire rs
cape. There she is now. She has her
CHANGING aloft, Fireman Joseph Mon
ohan halted. For an instant he was
paralyzed with fear for the safety OF
aged Miss Kate Gagan, VINO had beaten
off restraining hands and rushed oacS
into the blazing tenement TO rescue hei
sister. Mra. Annie Butler. II seemed
impossible that the woman could retai u
consciousness in the great clouds OF
lin the ladder scrambled the fireman;
Miss Gagan collapsed as he reached
her. MI
Remind Monohan clambered PATROL
man John Dunn. Fireman and police
man. each bearing a limp burden feit
their way down the slippery steel 70
the street ooo
The damage was estimated at So,OOO.
Tho ,ire started in the basement OF 200
Fast Ninety-sixth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-04
Plays and Players
of the Film World

II was rumored in local film circles
Yesterday, that Standard OIL mon had
acquired control of the Lubin Manu-
featuring Company of Philadelphia, ore
of the oldest producing concerns IN TIE
world. Its head, Siegmund Lubin, -
a pioneer in American motion pictures,
and its general manager, Ferdinand ".
Singh. is considered one Of the most
eyperienced men in the trade. among
the Lubin stars are Octavia Hand
worth. Richard Buhler. Ethel Clayton,
r. K. Lincoln, d. L. Don. Rosetta
Brice, while the directors include I'd
gar Lewis. Jack Pratt, Joseph kau.-
man. Edward McKim and others ne
value OF the various plants and SUI
dos al Philadelphia. Betzwood, JACK
sonville, san Diego. Phoenix and New
port is estimated at more than 3d.
O000 600.
Vitagraph has finished six-reelcr,
unnamed, in which Lillian Walker, she
of the dimples, is featured.
Pathe has filmed night scene along
Broadway in "New York showing
the electric signs at their very best
Anna Little. who had the lead in
"Quagmire" at the American studios,
is not at all sorry that that photo
play is completed. In It she had 20
sink into the quicksands and be res
cued by hero Tom Chatterton. She
saws she was not frightened at the or
deal, but she objected only because
il was such "mussy" affair.
Dorothy Barrett has been qelect Il
hv the Nonroyia Film Company TO taEc
the lead in "The Argonauts," a feature
production which IS expected TO run at
least eleven reels
The last heard Of William j. Taylor,
the Pallas produces. who with his star,
Dustin Farnum and company, went 90
Bear VALLEY, California. was week
ago. when the report was that they
had plenty Of crackers and tea and
that was about the only staple article
of food TO be obtained. i was also
said that the company was showed IN
with FIVE feet Of snow for miles and
miles between them and civilization.
Pauline Frederick and a supporting
cast left the Famous Players studio
Yesterday for Palm Beach and Jackson
Vile, where they will enact Audrey
before the camera under the direction
If Robert Vignola. The Announcement
that Miss Frederick IL TO play such a
mildly pastoral character as Audrey
will come as surprise 10 many who
have seen her in "lnnocent" and 10
seph and His Brethren" on the stage,
or "Zaza' and Bella Donna" on the
} screen.