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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-12-12
STORES MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
To WELCOME VISITORS
BIG CROWDS ARE ANTICIPATED EACH DAY
RAILROAD FARES TO Be REFUNDED
EVERY MERCHANT OFFERS WONDERFUL INDUCEMENTS
BIG CROWDS ARE ANTICIPATED EACH DAY
EVERY MERCHANT OFFERS WONDERFUL INDUCEMENTS

~ EMIDJI merchants have been preparing for weeks to-
welcome the people Of this section to the great "Coop
erative Trading Festival" which wall be- conducted by
the Bemidi Pioneer. This plan has been worked
large will continue for twelve days. commencing
Monday December H. and ending Wednesday, December TO-
Every merchant who has cooperaed in this movement W
offer inducements the goods and prices that cannot be-
surpassed duplicated town city the stae
Not only do these Bemd stores offer canse to increase
buying power money and better quality of MERCK
andise the price, addition this they will REFUND
YOUR RAILROAD FARE if you buy anything speak Of at
ALL It therefore, readily be that will to come
Bemd during this great Trading Festival and supply
needs in every line of merchandise.
TO ADVERTISE BEMIDJI AS A TRADING CENTER
REASON FOR MOVEMENT.
in this city offering remarkable prices
which ouoown people do not take advantage Of because they
simply the habit of going to ohee city own The
have therefore, agreed refund fares of all outo
buyers during the Cooperative Refndng Sae order
Bemd the trading point of this section Of the
state
Arrange your trip Bemdi now, for yourself and FAM
M and participate the wonderful advantages offered during
this great "CoOperative Trading Festival" !" -
the advertising pages and choose the things that
interest you most Plan shopping before down
this and to be in Bemd for the big opening day.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
GRANITEVILLE

A daughter, weighing five and hall
pounds, was born Friday, Aug 4, to Mr..
and Mrs John Smith.
Miss Theresa Miles returned Friday
from a two weeks visit in Burlington.
Mrs. William McAuley and Mrs. Nor
man McAuley have returned from visit
to Spring Hill, p. Q.
Misses Helen Carey, Yvonne Bilodeau,
and Helen Halligan, Frank Finnegan,
James Donahue and Byron Blaisdell mo-
tored to Lake Morey Sunday, where they
spent the day.
c. Roscoe MacIver of Fort Ethan AL
len, spent the weekend at his home here.
Mr.. Maclyer, with the members of the
company, expects to leave for the border
this week.
Miss Bertha Mclean, who has been
visiting friends here, left Friday for East
Barre, where she will spend few days
with friends before returning to her
home in Mortified.
Meeting of branch No. IL, O. w. l. u.
of n. A., will be held in Miles hall on
Wednesday evening. Aug. 9, at o'clock.
Balloting for ]. L. secretary treasurer
and other business. A good attendance
is requested, p. j. Finnigan, secretary.
Miss Henrietta Mclean of Montpelier
is spending her vacation with relatives
here.
Rev. ]. Turcott left yesterday after
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
Honest Backers of the Dishonest.

1t is beyond the bounds of belief how
professional takers, lay and clerical, pos
ing as philanthropists, can obtain as
hackers of their games men and women
OF integrity. prominence and of influence
With such names at their command it is
comparatively easy for swindlers of
plausible address to live well without
working, and for time at least to col
lect funds without accounting.
No person of responsibility should al
low his name to be used in connection
with any project that involves the col
lection of money from the public with
out knowing beyond the shadow of a
doubt that the project is honest and rep
resents something more than desire to
graft. No matter how high sounding the
name of the organization may be. and no
matter how oily It's promoters may be,
those who permit the use of their names
without knowing the actual purpose of
that use are doing injustice to them
selves and greater injustice to the public
Worthy charities do not lack creden-
tials. Genuine phianthropists are suffer
ing for actual necessities, while bogus
war relief organizations are framed by
professional takers. The public should
be cautious, but the public has right to
expect something more than caution on
he part Of those whose names are well
known and are therefore an asset 10
very swindler who can obtain the use
4 them--Boston Traveller.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
NEARLY 100 PRESENT
At Bonaccord Picnic on the East Hill
Saturday.

Bonaccord football players, other mem
bers of the soccer club of that name,
their wives and additional invited guests
enjoyed the hospitality of Amos Hall at
his farm on east hill Saturday afternoon,
when nearly 100 people journeyed up the
steppes and made the most of real
froiic out of doors. The outing was the
answer to an invitation extended some
weeks ago by Mr. Hall, who is one OF
the honorary members of the club. Ideal
weather prevailed for the grove picnic
Kenyon's auto bus transported most OF
the women to the picnic grounds, two
parties leaving either extremity of the
city during the noon hour.
A variety of amusements provided for
the guests included dancing, the host and
hostess having converted their large barn
into temporary dance hall for the pas
time. Athletic competitions for young
and old were provided. there was an
a abundance of refreshments and before the
trip back TO the city was undertaken,
President George Mowatt of the Bonac-
cords had chance to thank Mr.. and Mrs.
Hall for their hospitality in warm words.
In response, Mr.. Hall spoke for himself
and the hostess and assured his guests
that they were welcome to return at any
time.
Competitions resulted as follows: La
dies race. Mrs. lines LIST, Mrs. keir I'd,
Mrs. Booth Sd; girls race, Flora Melon |
aid LIST. Clara Gibson I'd, Elizabeth Booth !
Sd; boys race, l.. Webster lst, G. Mo
watt I'd, F. Bissett Sd; ladies' race, Mrs.
Sreig lst. Mrs. Ross ID Mrs. Thorn 3D.; |
girls race, Elizabeth Gray lst, Mary |
Ross ID. Catherine Smith and Jessie
Mutch Sd tied ladies place kick, Mrs.
Booth lst. Mrs Greig ID; mems place
dick. William keir lst. James Coutts ID
The Bonaccord committee consisted of
he following: G. Mowstt, president; J.
Quits. W. lines. W. Keir. J. Gray, A.
3enzie. A. W. Cormack, secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07

eral statutes a law to end industrial
slavery among children reflects little
credit on our national lawmakers. The
vicious result of certain forms of le-
galized child labor, especially as counte-
nsnced in the South, are too we'll known
to call for extended comment. The is
sue must be put squarely up to Congress.
The people OF this country who believe
that the welfare OF the rising generation
should be considered above the interests
OF a group of child slavers want to know
how each senator and representative
stands on this question.
In the caucus seven senators registered
their opposition 10 defeating the immi
grafton rider idea, thereby tactily indors'
ing the practice OF child labor at its
worsA rhey were Messrs. Bankhead and
Underwood of Alabama; Martin and
Swanson of Virginia; Simmons and Over.
man of North Carolina, and Beckham of
Kentucky II will be interesting to note
what other senators will want to add
their names TO this honor roll.-New
York Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
CRUSHED TO DEATH
AS AUTOMOBILE
TURNED TURTLE
Albert L. Douglas, st. Johnsbury Road
Commissioner, Lived Only Half
an Hour After Accident
Last Night.

st. Johnsbury, Aug. - Albert L,
Douglas, age 81, road commissioner for
st. Johnsbury, was fatally crushed be.
meath an auto truck which he was driv-
ing last night with party of seven made
up of men of his department, three OF
them accompanied by their wives. He
was returning from a trip to the White
mountains. About a mile east of this
place the car struck a stone, smashing a
wheel. Douglas lost control of the ma
chine, which swerved AT the bank and
then turned turtle, pinning the eight oc-
cupants beneath it. All but Douglas
crawled from beneath the overturned car.
DR.. H. Fl. Miltimore was called, but
Douglas was so badly crushed about the
chest and abdomen that he lived but half
an hour. Joseph Duclos suffered broken
eolarbone, and Mrs. Ernest Fountain re-
ceived injuries to her chest and back
In the party which made the trip Were
two other cars. In one of them, Mrs,
Douglas rode, while her son, William, OF
Mortified, drove the other. The oceu-
pants of the latter saw the accident and
went to the rescue, but Mrs. Douglas did
not learn of the affair until her arrival in
town. While the party were working to
lberate Douglas from beneath the car,
his sister, Mrs. Herbert Moore of this
place, drove up in another car and learned
that it was her brother.
Douglas was native of Maidstone and
lived in st. Johnsbury about 25 years
Besides his wife and son, he is survived
by five brothers and two sisters: Frank |
~ l.
Can, Walter of Concord, n, |
f., Hubert of Waterbury, and William of
ST. Johnsbury, Mrs, Herbert Moore and
Mrs. Clarence Dyer OF ST. Johnsbury. He
was one of the best known road builders
n this section of Vermont and had been
.oad commissioner for several years
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
CURRENT COMMENT
White Pine Blister Rust.

Vermont is more or less concerned in
rust, which threatens the white pine for
ests Of the country with destruction.
Vermont has been setting out thousands
OF white pine seedlings in the past few
years in the work of reforesting the
state, so ii the rust or infection invades
the mature trees and young groves,
much of the valuable work of the past
10 years would be wasted.
1t has sometimes been asked why white
pine was selected as more suitable for
reforesting the states cut-over areas,
and the answer has been that tl) it Is
readily propagated and transplanted, 81
it is reasonably hardy and survives our
winters well, and 81 it grows rapidly,
to great height; a. it is easily
trimmed, cut and worked.
The softness of white pine and its
tendency to decay have been urged in
objection to its general use, but it seems
peculiarly fitted to grow in this climate
and is particularly valuable for masts
and spars, When painted, it stands the
weather WELL although not comparabl BILE in
durable qualities with the slower growing
pines.
Vermonters interested in replacing our
vanished forests will hope that the in
vestigations of the federal government
will speedily bear fruit and that some
remedy for the fatal disease may be
found. So far, there is no indication that
the blister rust has attacked any of our
native or transplanted pines.-Rutland
Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
AN ANTI TUBERCULOSIS CAMPAIGN
IN VERMONT

The organization of the Vermont Asso-
citation for the Prevention of Tuberculo-
sis, which was accomplished at Rutland
last Friday evening, may mean the be-
ginning of strong supplementary work to
that now being conducted by the state
board of health. The latter organizat ton
is doing good work along the line of edu-
eating the people to the best methods of
avoiding the disease, but there is lacking
in the application of the lesson the per-
sonal influence the situation is much
like the attitude of the teacher and the
pupils, the former striving to impress
upon the latter the necessity for action
and the pupils failing TO catch the de-
msnd for their personal interest in the
matter. The forming OF a state society
means that the people are beginning to
awaken TO their own personal response
bilities in the situa ton, to recognize that
there is something in the propaganda Of
health that Is for them and for their in
terests. The natural sequence would be
the organization Of branches OF this state
organization in sll the larger communi-
ties of the commonwealth so that there
could be closer cooperation in the great
work which lies before the sponsors Of
the movement. The efforts toward wip-
ing out tuberculosis have been too loose /
iointed heretofore 10 accomplish the best
results. Coordination Of effort NAV rea
sonsbly be expected TO follow.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
VARIED ADJUSTMENTS
Furnished Good Time for Picnickers at
Caledonia Park.

Manchester Unity Odd Fellows and
Odd Ladies, undaunted by the sweltering
heat, assembled 200 strong at Caledonia
park Saturday afternoon for their annual
the Granite City lodges were we'll repre-
scented at the picnic and there were many
guests. There at the park the heat i'm
posd no such cruel prescription on energy
as it did here in the city and old and
young alike entered merrily into the
spirit OF the festivities.
First on the afternoons program was
baseball match between the bachelors and
benedicts, with Charles oliver and Will
liam Leith in the points for the old
timers and G. Stewart and r. oliver for
the fedglings. Pitcher Olliver's record
as a big league luminary of other days
posed no such cruel prescription on energy
aid OF eight other heavy stickers, he
brought home the bacon for the married
men.
Other sports were decided as follows:
Ladies place kick, Miss Bella Thompson
LIST, Mrs w. d. Gellatly I'd, Miss Mar
garet Garlic Sd; married ladies' race, Mrs
Nellie Bianchi LIST, Mrs. f. Chapples I'd,
Mrs f. Bottiggi Sd; single ladies' race,
Bella Thompson LIST, Olive Mcknight ID,
Janet Brock 3d. small girls race, Gladys
oliver LIST, Elizabeth Garlic 3D. Ruth Nc
Knight 3 boys race (under IL years. /
James Davidson lst, Spero Manniatty I'd,
George Walker Sd; boys race tower III
years., James Walker LIST, Harold Olliv |
ar I'd, Ralph oliver 3D.
There was a cooling atmosphere in the
pavilion and the presence of skilled or
ehestra was soon discovered and many /
took to dancing, Refreshments there
we're a-plenty and the time went quickly.
Special train accommodations had been
provided for the picnickers, going and
coming, and it was well after I o'clock
,efore the grounds were vacated.
The joint committee in charge of the
,uting had for its personnel the follow
ng members of the two lodges Mrs,
Nellie Bisnchi, Mrs. Ellen Stephen, Mrs.
James Palmer, Mrs. Alice Gilbertson,
Yrs. John Walker, Forrest Chapples,
Tharles oliver, John Walker, John Ken
edy and James Rothney.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
Forest Fire Prevention.

| Clearly fire prevention is not solely a
metropolitan problem. The northern
New England states are shrouded to-day
NY a pail of yellow smoke from the for
est fire which has burned thousands of
acres of woodland in the Canadian prov
inee of Ontario; the flames have swept
over many villages and towns; more
than $50 persons are believed to have
persisted. And the fire is still burning.
As in the city, the real fire menace
in the woods is carelessness. The unex-
tinguished match sent spinning by some
smoker is as dangerous TO the standing
timber, now becoming all too scarce, as
to the timber which has been converted
into human ha citations. The forest has
also in the hunters smouldering campfire
danger that the city does not know. A
few Goals left sglow may be famed by
the wind into furnace which sweeps
whole mountain range.
Little by little, through fire proven
ton bureaus, the cities are managing
to neutralize If not TO conquer the care
lessness which renders fires certain. In
New York City the annual fire loss has
been cut from Sl2,OO0000 in 1911, the
year the local fire prevention bureau was
founded, to s5,7T7,0lS in 1915. Com
missioner Adsmson believes that it can
be made still smaller and smaller. But
year after year the smoke from the for
est fires rises. Sometimes it is heavy
enough to obscure the sun even over
Broadway. As long as Congress refuses
to take up forest prevention as Sc
rious business the smoke will continue
to rise from the forests OF the United
York Evening Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
WAS BORN IN BARRE.
Mrs Charles B. Granger Died at Ran
dolph, Mass, Saturday.

Mrs. Charles b. Granger died at her
home in Randolph, Mass, on Saturday
morning She was born in Barre in 1852,
Lucella French, daughter of Nehemiah
and Susan (Jones) French. She was
married TO Charles B. Granger in 1880
and they moved TO Massachusetts, about
p years ago.
She leaves to mourn her loss, besides
her husband, two sons and one daughter,
Lee Ketchum of Marshfield and Pearl
ketehum of Cambridge, Mass, and Mrs.
Harry Harvey of Randolph, Mass; also
two sisters, Mrs. c. H. Kenerson of Barre
and Mrs. Ralph Hopkins of Cabot, and an
uncle, John Jones of Barre.
The funeral was held to-day at her
late home in Randolph, Mass, and the
remains will arrive in Barre Tuesday
night. There will be prayer service at
the home of Mrs. Granger's sister, Mrs.
c. H. kenerson of 20 Church street,
morning at 10 o'clock, Rev.
B. G. Lipsky of the Methodist Episcopal
church officiating. Interment will be in
cemetery in the family lot.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
From a Mexican City Resident.

| In the August Woman's Home Com
panion is story on Mexico by Kath-
arine Holland Brown. In it an American
woman in Mexico writes the following
vivid description of Mexico City under
the present regime:
do you remember the Prophet Jere-
miah's doleful condemnation of those
who shout peace, peace, when there is
no peace Theoretically, peace has brood
ed over Mexico since my last letter to
you. Carranza has been recognized
We have a brand new American ambas-
sador, a brand new entente cordiale, a
dazzling new policy OF reconstruction.
Villa, Zapata, the whole array of Car
ranza's rival chieftains, have been driven
from the city, and now sulk in their
more-some of the time The trains are
r1lnning-by fits and starts. Even lit
tie belated mail has trickled in. Yet
mines and mills are still stopped. The
roads are still perilous. Stray troops
of thieves and cattle-rustlers wander
through the more lonely ways and help
themselves to whatever they desire. Ev-
cry day come reports OF robberies at out
lying maciendas. The poor poems hardly
dare work in their bare little fields
The city is still beset by its old enc
mies-hunger, sickness, revolt. 1t Is
a mad world, my masters, most heart
breaking, piteous world, Porfrio Diaz
and the great brutal landowners of his
day sowed the dragons teeth To.day's
crop of misrule and starvation and ban
dts and disease is the fruit of their
sowing, TIN take long days work |
to stamp out that bitter harvest"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
The Child Labor Bill.

The action Of the Democratic Senate
caucus in pledging the majority to vote
down any attempt to attach the immi-
grafton measure as a rider TO the child
labor bill gives promise of early favor
able consideration of the latter. This
effectuslly blocks the plan of certain
southern senators D. saddle on the child
labor bill, which they oppose, an immi-
grafton rider with the obnoxious liter
acy test provision in the hope that Pres
ident Wilson would veto It. a. he al
ready has vetoed a similar measure.
Congress delay in putting in the fed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07

Declaration by Chairman Raymond
Robins of the 1916 Progressive national
convention that he is for Hughes is cal
culated to spike the guns of the Progress
sives who met in indianapolis and were
inclined to give Hughes the go-by. From
now till election day the Progressives are
likely to wander into the ranks of the
Republican party, for the time being at
least; and if they get good treatment
they may be inclined to stay permanent
ly. 1t would seem to behoove the Repub-
lican party, therefore, to see that those
men receive good treatment.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07

noon for Waterbury, to assist at the 40
hours devotion there.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Coxon left this
morning for Montreal for an indefinite
stay.
Mrs. A. w. Paine of Fairlee was
visitor in town yesterday.
Burt Macleod went to Megantic, P. G.,
last week, to remain few weeks, while
recovering from an attack of blood poi
soning in his hand.
Mr. and Mrs. John Spaulding of Mont
pelier are spending two weeks here with
Mrs. Spaulding's parents.
All members of A. o. H., division No.
3, are requested to attend the meeting in
their hall Tuesday evening, Aug, S. The
county president will be present. Smoke
talk after meeting. Per order Peter
Murphy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07

Twenty-Five citizens of st. Johns bury,
together with 70 tourists pettioned the
selectmen of Littleton, n. H., to improve
the main highway from the Connecticut
river to the village of Littleton; and the
selectmen promptly complied by instruct
ing their road agent to do the work. The
St. Johnsbury citizens and the transients
had better luck than the average citizen
meets with after petition to the select
men of his own town.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
CARELESS PICNIC PARTIES.
Left Wlliamstown Gulf Uttered and an
Eye Sore.

Left williamstown Gulf Uttered and an
Eye Sore.
Editor, Barre Times: The writer had
occasion, yesterday, to drive through one
of Vermont's most beautiful pieces Of
scenery, namely the winding passage
from Williamstown to East Brookfeld
Gulf Road" The hour was past mid day
and we passed fourteen picnic parties,
enjoying the chance OF eating their
lunches under the arch of trees and be-
side the brook that skirts the roadway.
All of these parties came in automobiles
and with one exception all the cars car
ried Vermont registration numbers.
Returning over the same road toward
evening the fading light, instead of
making beautiful scene more impress
sive, showed up in a distasteful manner
the remains of the various lunches. Pa
per wrappers, paste board boxes, discard
ed food. all were left scattered along the
roadside in mute evidence of the thought
lessness of the departed picnic parties.
To one who is a native of Vermont, and
has travelled enough to realize the SUI
premacy of her drives and scenes, all
attractive to the motorist, it seems that
this careless leaving of such remains is,
the least to be said, disgraceful treat
ment to the spot itself and to the men
of the state, who. through helping to
build such splendid roads have made
these places so easy of access to the mo-
torist and picnic party.
II would seem so much better to gath |
er up the boxes and papers and either /
put them out OF sight or carry them 10 /
the nearest dump, than to leave them to
be blown about, possibly to scare some 1
horse, or to float down the stream and /
find Judgement on some farmers land t
Perhaps the most displeasing point comes
in the disappointment that it occasions
the next picnic party to find the water
soaked wads of paper and the dirty
boxes, to say nothing Of the flies, scat
tered all over what would otherwise be
nice place TO spread lunch. Let us try
10 keep these places clean and Just as
natural as possible for this is wherein
les their charm. To do so viii help
% advertise the attractions Of our state
ind viii prove a satisfaction TO ourselves.
tSignedl "a Vermonter' !,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
Who Will Claim Them?

Letters uncalled for al the Barre post
Office for the week ending Aug were
Men-Claudio Abbistti. j. W. Adams
Menghini Bsttista a., Fred Dickey. G. c.
Hastings. Alsu Miettinen, r. N. Mind
Daniel Novsl, Antonio Ssnibrian, James
Willis.
Women-Nnss Helen FrseliCh, Alice
Markham. Miss Isabelle Patterson. Mrs.
Ernest Rsymo. Mrs. Robinson, II High
land avenue; Mrs. James Ro.s, Mrs. Jes-
sie Williamson, Mrs. Bertha Wilder, Mrs
James Wood
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-07
THREE WOMEN HURT.
When Automobile Slipped Off the Road
Near North Hero.

North Hero, Aug 7.-One woman was
seriously injured and two others were
badly hurt in an automobile accident
here about o'clock Saturday afternoon.
The owner of the car and the chauffeur
escaped without scratch. The party
was from Montreal and they were trying
to pass some automobiles when the emer.
gency brake was applied. The car went
over on one side and the occupants were
thrown, all of the women being injured
but the men emerging unscathed. The
Montreal train was stopped here at 7;29
and the injured women placed on board
and taken to Montreal hospital.