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Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-11-30
Work horses for sale. j. j.
Smith.

Robert Taylor and family hav
moved from Anthony, Me-
Mexico, to Canutillo, Texas
which is near Ell Paso.
F. R. Holloway reports tina
the WeideRanders, who went t
San Juan county about the sam
time as Mr.. Holloway, have gon
to California.
M. G. Daugherty will have
sale of horses, cows, farm i'm
plements, corn, hay, etc., at hi
place a mile north of New HON,
school house on Friday, Dec. Is
Mr.. Sweeney, living northwes
of Moriarty, sold his beans tt
Mr.. Meltabarger recently at 7c
and they brought him $105 al
acre. He had twelve acres.
Dexter Killingsworth of the
Cedarvale country has been ex
perimenting with winter emmer
and believes it will prove a profit
able crop for this country. He
will continue his experiments.
Estancia Chapter No. % o. E.
S. will meet Thursday at 1:30 p.
m. December 7. All members
are requested to be present. An.
nual election of officers. Miss
Chance Evans, W. M.
Newt Hughes of the Venus
neighborhood is in the front
rank of bean raisers in the val
ley. He had Is acres and got
20, ZOO pounds-over 300 pounds
to the acre.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Meador
came in last week and have rent
ed the Fitzpatrick house near the
Baptist church. Mr.. Meador
will work for the Valley Auto
Co. They had been on the Cox
ranch, west of Magdalena.
Charles Wilson came in last
week from Augusta, Kansas, to
look after business in court. He
spent most of last week in Mori-
arty. He says Augusta is the
center of the greatest oil fold ST.
far discovered in Kansas.
Col. Prichard, Mr.. Davies and
Judge Wright of Santa Fe, W.
C. Heacock and E. w. Dobson of
Albuquerque, G. E. McGinnis of
Santa Rosa, are among the out
of-town attorneys in attendance
during the current term of court.
DR.. Ewing and family and
Mrs. Watson returned last week
from their visit in Indiana. DR..
Ewing says crops were not good
in Indiana this year, and the
farming population doesn't t profit
by the prevailing high prices.
The stores will be closed part
of the day today, Practically
everybody is taking a holiday
except the printer, who never
has holidays. However, we are
sincerely thankful that so many
people of the county have so
much to be thankful for this
year.
The N. M. C. train Saturday
and also a special run on Sunday
were packed with teachers going
to the state meeting in Santa Fe,
until standing room in the aisles
was at a premium. Some of the
Estancia teachers went by auto,
and most of the balance went on
Sunday. There is no school
this week. and the youngsters
are having a lark too. Most of
the teachers will return on a
special train to-day.
There is some newspaper dis
cussion as to what the legislature
ought to do this winter, and
among other things the matter
of primary law has been
broached. The Albuquerque
Journal is much opposed to a
primary law, and advances the
stock argument that under a
primary system the manipulators
of politics and the wealthy have
it all their own way, while the
poor man and the man little
known stand no show at all. But
it is a singular fact that the po-
litical manipulators are unani-
mously and vehemently opposed
Estancia news-herald. [volume] (Estancia, Torrance County, N.M.) 1912-19??, 1916-11-30
Lost

About % angora goats. Re-
ward. Ned Bergman. Mcintosh,
N. M.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
STANDARD BASKET LAW
Fixes Standa rds for Fruit, Berrfes and
Vegetable Containers.

Standards for Climax baskets for cranes
other fruits and vegetables and other
types OF baskets and containers used for
small fruits berries and VEGETABLES in In
terstate commerce are fixed nv an oct
annroved b,. tha President August a -o1s
The law will become effective November
/. 1917
The effect of tho art will ba 70 reou,ro
IN, usa az standards In narufacturipg
sale. or shipment for all Interstate com.
merce. whether tho containers arc fu,ed
or untitled. 4 large mart Of the traffic n
fruits and vepetahIes in this country ON.
tors iutersta+. commence Tbo lou 70
lates onl, 70 tho containers and will M,
affect local ,e.,,lotiors T., rag,rd 70 ho,,.
ed ,,eos.,ro az. o,ha, ,,otbod % tI,,ra ,
snecial .v.n,ntin, frnn, ina o,orotiors -,
tho law is mad. fo, OH cor,,irors ,,o,,,,.
f,ctur.d snld 80. sri,,,a, ,,,h,,, ;,,,a,to,
for axnort tn foroJrn nn,,ntria. ana n.t,,
such rontoirors occnrd wiz, ,ho snao,f,o.,
,inns If ,ba forei,,, ,,,rc,osors ~ oan,n,,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
EIGHT MILLION WOMEN WORK EV-
FRY DAY.

The business of getting husband has
been superseded now by the business Of
earning money That is the opinion of
millions Of women, and the october WOm-
ans Home Companion tells how they 10
IT, 1t SAYS in part,
AS late as fifty years ago, Il girls ufe
was marked by certain simplicity of
purpose Her business was To get nus
band, Never mind what kind. just gct
him, II was terrible thing to he called
an old maid Also, aside from the Iidi-
Guile of spinsterhood. there was the adde l
fact that it involved dependency ON sore
tolerant relative. who doesn't remember
the old maid aunts of our childhood, al
ways busy, fitting over the house in cap
and shawl and getting their happiness in
the happiness OF others. Why, they were
old women at forty
what else was there for them to do
except to marry? The professions and
trades were closed to them, business
had not yet opened its doors, ana
the stage was regarded as not being quite
nice Woman's one place was the
home. and II she didn't have one, that
was her fault
ct. ess than fifty years ago To-day eight
million women are at work, figuring in
every department of human endeaVor.
There are more than four hundred occV-
pa tons | believe. and women are TO be
found In all except railroad engineers and
telegraph lnesmen. No avenue is close
TO them, and society not only admits WON.
mans rights to a sane individuality, but
encourages her in the development of her
capabilities.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
1RAJAN'S WALL.
(From the boston Herald J

NfIOH the boston Herald
The great war thrllsts it's tongues Of
flame into scenes that mark the beginnings
of human history and the foundations Of
religious and empires In this moving
picture our attention has been called TO
the traditional site of the Garden of Eden,
to rivers that are supposed to have wa
tered the earthly paradise, to Mount Ar
arat, Mount Sinai and Mount Lebanon, I,
relics of the Assyran, Babylonian, Egyp-
tian, Parthian and Roman empires, al1
to places that are closely connected with
the rise of Judaism Ioroastrianism. Chris
tianity and Mohammedanism. 1t is lii
tie world, and war can but tread on an
cient ground. Not long ago we We're re-
minded by the lighting at Ctesiphon, on
the Tigris, that there the ParthianS de-
feated Trajan, and now comes the men
ton of Trajan's Wall in the Dobrudja as
a battle line, with the Russians and Rou-
manianS on the north ana the Germa uo
and Bulgarians on the south.
1t was in the year l0l that Traian led
his legions forth from Rome to conquer
the Dacians, whose country comprised
the provinces of Moldavia. Wallacha and
PENNSYLVANIA. which the Roumanians are
now endeavoring to reunite under one
sovereign. DaCia's warrior king, DeCebal-
us. defended his land SO well that Traja1
had to start a second campaign four years
later before DaCia would acknoWlede
Roman rule. The wall that bears the EN-
perorS name is an earthWOrk extending
from the Danube above Czernavoda tC
COnStanZa on the Black sea. 1t is ne
great rampant, being just an carthen ridge
from eight to L. feet high. but the Turks
defended it against the Russians in 1851
and it may be useful in the present Do
| !
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
STUDENT GUAROSNEN LEAVE
II Discharged from Federal Serv-
ice at the Fort Friday.
Most Of Them Leave Imme diately for
Their HOmes-Believed Not to
he Subject to Furthe-
Call.

The II students, former members OF c
company and of the attached SAM AIRY
troops Of the Vermont National Guar |,
who arrived Wedn esday morning a. fort
Ethan Allen, frori Eagle Pass TeSa"
were discharged Friday afternoon from
The federal service. most OF them leaving
Immediately for their homes. 1t was orig
finally planned to discharge the boys AT
nine O'Clock in the morning, but II was
three IN the afternoon before the ANAL pa
pers were signed and the men received
their pay. The guardsmen received their
federal pay OF s15 per month for August
and q days of September and most Of
them also received several dollars addi-
tionsl, the unexpended portion CT tho :
| clotring allowance, which Is 81 cents per
day. The student guardsmon have not yer
| received any OF the State pay which the
special session of the Legislature voted
them. Whether or not the state rHst
furnish them transportation from Fort
Ethan Alien TO their homes is also n
r;ooted question. Transportation from
! their home stations TO TIE mobilization
camp was furnished the companies. as
! they were not tnen in the federal service.
\ large number OF queries have been re-
ceived as to whether the m!litiamen Wnen
discharged from the federal service would
revert back to their status as state mill
! tiamen. prior - .her taking the federal
oath. "V, It appears that with their as
ciarge from the federal service they are
free from further duty as either federal
or State militlamen, unless they re-enliSi.
! Reports are current that the balance of
the Vermont troops will not he discharged,
but will merely be furlouEhed to the re-
serve list. which would leave them sub
feet TO call. for the remainder Of their
| enlist mont term.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
SALE OF THE ADVANCE.
Editor Merle MacAllister Becomes Also
the Owner of the Paper.

The controlling interest in The Ad-
vance, the weekly which was primarily
the organ of the Progressive party in this
State. was Friday transferred by Guy
h. Horton, president of The Advance
company, to Merle MacAllister, who has
been the editor of the paper the past four
months. MIR. MacAllister has not puJ-
chased the entire stock of the paper. Mr..
Horton retaining a small portion of it, and
shares are held by others.
Mr.. MacAllister has very successfully
edited The Advance since his connection
with the paper and has many friends
throughout the State who will wish him
greatest success in the future. lie has
been in newspaper work for the past six
years. He was graduated from Maine
Central Institute, one of the leading pre-
paratory schools in Maine, and had =
years work in the Journalistic depart
ment of the University of Wisconsin For
a time he was secretary to Jacob Riis and
came to Vermont from Portland, Ne.
where he was connected with the Por,-
land Press
Mr.. MacAlister. when seen Yesterday
stated that he came to Vermont for the
sole purpose of being connected with a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
SEVERE SENTENCE IMPOSED
Gilbert Gets Two to Three Years
for Breach of Peace.
yimiIar Sentence for Woman Guilty of
Adultery Suspcnded-Jury In Chit
tendcn County Court Excused
until Tuesday.

Charles Gilbert, the negro who was
found guilty in county court Wednes-
Gay, Sept 20 OF breach Of the peace.
his offense consisting of stabbing one
Carl Springfield. also a negro. with n
5ackknife, on the night of July 81,
was sentenced Thursday morning by
Judge Waterman to serve not less than
two nor more than three years at the
house of correction In Rutland. States
Attorney Hopkins urged that in view
of the mans previous bad record. the
maximum sentence of five years should
be given him. while his attorney. s. r.
Moulton. pleaded that he had already
been punished for his previous offences.
Gilbert was taken to Rutland Thursday
by the sheriff's department.
Martha White of Hinesburg pleaded
guilty to an information charging her
with adultery with James Dawson. who
is now serving a sentence in states
prison, and was sentenced to serve not
less than two nor more than three
years at the State prison at Windsor
In view of extenuating circumstances.
set forth by the States attorney. SEN
tence was suspended and the woman
was placed in the care Of the proba-
ton officer for three years.
The jurymen were excused from fur
Their attendance at court until nine
o'clock Tuesday morning as there We're
no cases ready for trial, There
was a hearing Thursday in the divorce
case OF Susie Goodrich VS.. Charles
Goodrich. which was taken under ad-
vsement by the court.
The case Of the New York Moline
Pillow company VS.. u. II. Mack. apt,
an action of contract. which was set
for trial by jury, will be treated as a
mis-entry and the case will be trans
ferred to city court.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
PROBATION OFFICER BUSY
23S Cases Handled in His Off
in Past Six Months.
Only Eighteen ProbatiOners ViOlat(
Terms of Their ParOle-Several
Notably Good Results from
This Privilege Reported.

The semi-annual report covering II
period from the first day of the Mari
term 1916 of Chittenden county court
the first day of the September term l9j
which has been fled with the county coul
by A. l.. Sherman, probation officer, c0|
ers 2SS cases. OF which l39 were on n
docket at the beginning of this periu
making 80 new cases which were receiv'
during this time. Seventy-eight of the O
cases were concluded; 81 probationers b
ing released by the expiration of the
term; one discharged by the court, OF
deceased, eight discharged upon recon
mendatiOn and II surrendered and cor
mtted for violation Of their parole co
ditions. SixtN-one of the old cases st
remain upon the docket.
OF the 80 new cases received during /
past six months. 81 were from the Bli
lington city court. four from the Winoos
municipal court, two from justices Of Il
peace, two from county court and 3S co
ditionally pardoned by the Eoverno
Seven OF these have been surrendered n
committed for violation Of parole conc
tons, four We're released by IN. expIr
ton of their terms ana one has been ?
leased upon recommendation, leaving
new cases remaining upon the docket.
Twenty-one probationers have been Sc
to the state hospital for treatment. ind
order of the court. and 40 reports fro
prohationers have been properly made Al
recorded during the past six months.
The financial report of the probation OF
Ger shows that during the past six mont
S6o5S has been received from probatione
and sos paid out under orders Of 4
court A balance of Sl22 is now in I
probation officers hands.
The report concludes with the folloNil
paragraph; There have been sever
notably good results from the privilege
probation, and Of course. some failur
by probationers to avail themselves of {
privilege given them, which have been (,
lowed by immediate commitment to ser
their sentence"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
POLIO CLOSE TO CITY.
Essex Center Case Nearest One to bur-
hngtOn This Year.

Inc second case of poliomyelitis to
appear this year in Chittenden county
Is that or Orvis. the -year-old son
or MI. ana Mrs. Loyal Remington. The
case was discovered at Essex Center
saturday. and is the one which has
appeared in closest proximity to this
city Although laboratory tests were
not completed by physicians Of the
state board of health Sunday. Doc
tors Ladd and Taylor. who have seen
the infant who is suffering with the
disease, are of the opinion that II Is
a plain case OF infantile paralysis.
The child lives with his parents at
the home of his grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Nichols. in Essex Center.
He was first noticed to be i'll on Friday,
but he may have been i'll day or two
before. DR.. NJ. w. Hunter of Esse x
junction was called on Saturday and
the case was reported to Dr. G. r. Dali
ton. secretary of the board of health,
as case of poliomyelitis. DR.. Ladd
saw the child saturday afternoon and
Or. Taylor of the research laboratory
at the College of Medicine visited the
patient Sunday afternoon. Paraly sis
or the muscles has not vet showed on
the child. the case being more one OF
weakness. The house. in which a boy
IS years of age also lives. has been put
under strict quarantine.
The origin Of the case has not yet
been traced. So far as has been ascer-
tained by the laboratory physicians nc
definite history of contact has been
found. People from Essex Center
have been to Underhi,l and there /.
the very remote possibility that The
disease may have been brought to the
child in that manner. there being one
case in that town.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
SENATORIAL NOMINEES.
Republican Candidates for Upper
Branch OF Vermont Isegislature.

Republican Candidates for Upper
Branch OF Vermont Isegislature.
Following are the % republican camel
dates for the office OF State senator, nomi-
mated at the recent primary:
Addison county-H. f. Day OF Riptoi,,
A. w. Foote OF Cornwall.
Bennington county--W. D. Howe of
Readsboro. J. II. Dimond OF Manchester.
Caledonia county-W A. Kicker of St.
Johnsbury. NJ. G. Morse Of Hardwick.
Chittenden county-D. c. Hawiey, FL 8.
Peck and NJ. s. Villas OF Burlington. H. H.
Wheeler OF South Burlington.
Essex county-G. A. Hubbard Of Guih =
hall.
Franklin county-W. H. Fairchild OF
Fairfield, n. p. Ladd of Berkshire.
Grand Isle county-N. X. Martin of Al
burg.
Lamoille county-Linus Lea vens OF Cam
bridge.
Orange county-C. II. Bigelow Of Brook
field
Orleans county-M. A. Adams OF Derby
Ct. W. Russell Of Irasburg
Rutland county-W. E. AIdrich and G
Poultney. Redfield Proctor OF Proctor
Washington county,. e. Steele oi
Montpelier, F. {. Bancroft OF Barre town
b. r. Demeritt Of Duxbury.
Windham county-F. A. Dewitt Of New
fame, H. F. Eddy Of Brattleboro
Windsor county-A. l.. Cady OF Bethel
w. l. Kendall OF West Windsor, l.. T.
Taylor of Springfield
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
A BILLION BRICKS.
Output Increases In Hudson River Re
KiOn.

Greater New York is the leading com
mon-brick market in the United States.
about billion brick being used there
annually. The principal source OF this
supply is, according to the United States
geological survey. department OF the In
terror. the Hudson river region extending
on both sides of the Hudson from New
York to Cohoes. including Bergen county.
y. j.. and within the last few years the
Raritan river district, Mddlesex county.
y. j., has sent large quantities of COM
mon brick TO New York. In 1915 the out
put Of common brick in this region was
9G0, 527 900 brick valued at s5009. O65. or 1921
per thousand. This was an increase OF
~ 26l 600 brick and st5S,233 and of 81 cents
per thousand over 1914. The New York
portion OF this region marketed TAI ,b6S ,ODo
common brick in 1915. valued at S744,5S,
or s5,5 per thousand, which was b)u;
three-fourths of the quantity and value
of the entire region and was an increase
of 62.4iS000 brick and s61.149 and OF o.
cents per thousand over 1914 Ulster
county was the leading county In produc-
ton and value Of common brick, report
ing 2S,343"0 brick valued at Sl.llO492, or
nearly "A third of the output and value or
the New York portion OF the region. an
increase OF 1885, Zoo brick and Nli,ls6 over
1914 Duchess county was second and
Rockland county third
New Jerseys portion Of the production
or the region was 2ls $50 400 brick, value
at sl'2oi'ol' an increase of sslo,Oo brlcK
ana or sls7,S4 compared with 1914. The
average price per thousand Increased 6s
cents compared with 1914
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
MINIsTERIAL CAREER OF THE REV.
q, A. KERR.
Utrom the l;lmira star-Gazctte

(From the I;lmira Star-Gazctte)
Tho life of the Rev. George Alfred Kerr,
now pastor of the First Methodist Church
of Schoharic. y. V, is n striking example
of what native ability aud consecreate |
efforts can accomplish.
lie was born in 1851, at Great Barring
ton, Mass, and is a son of the Rev. George
Alfred Kerr a deceased Methodist clergy
man. The Rev Mr.. Kerr was thrown on
his own resources when only IL years old
and commenced life as a printers appren-
tice on the Lansingburg Gazette for $50
n year and his board. Later he worked on
the Troy Daily Whig After taking n
course at the Fort Edward Institute he
entered Wesleyan University in the fall
of 1873.
Still later he entered Drew Theological
Seminary and was graduated in 1852.
Since he has been pastor of Methods.
Churches at LancSboro. Mass, and Eliza
BEETHOVEN, y. y, benjamin street Mission,
Albany, Hinesburg, Manchester Cente-,
Vt, Charlton, Burnt Hills, n. v, Luzeruc ,,
Middleburg, n Y, Ncrgennes and Ferris
burg, Vt. South SALISBURY VT, Tonk
hanock, n. Y, South Glens Falls, n. Y,
Broadway Church. Rensselaer,, y. Y, and
SChoharie, y. Y, where he is now serving
his fourth year.
He is now In the 32nd year of his
ministerial labors. During the first year
at Wesleyan University he boarded him
self and during the last year he paid his
expenses 10y preaching. He preached DO h
years during his theological course and
during that time was pastor at New
Brighton, Staten Island, and at Maple
wood. y. J. During all this period he has
displayed undated zeal and has never
failed to respond to the needs Of a poor
church rather than to accept more lu-
crative charge. As reVivaist he 1as
held large number of special services,
and is frequently called to assist his
brother pastors. He is a man Of resources
and is an interesting and thoughtful
preacher. He has always been an ardent
prohibitionist. has led in reform move
ments. and is now president of the Troy
conference social service commission,
During the summer he supplies city
churches. He has been twice married,
first to Mary Helen Rritten OF Madison,
y. j., and after her death to Lillian Ma
Comber of Chesterfield, y. Y.
| His children have been Mary Holtn
Josephine. a graduate of Troy conference
Academy. Vermont; Mildred Marion, de.
ceased; Genevieve. a graduate of TOY
| Conference Academy; Ethel Mable. n
! graduate Of Columbia University, and now
7 a teacher of domestic scienc. at Gers
/ Fails y. y; Lepha Lillian, a senior a;
| the Schohaiie high school; Irma Lucille
and George Raymand
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
AUTUMN STRAWBERRIES.

F. K. Mcneil of New Haven on Sat
urday brought a box of fine ripe straw
growing plant, fun Of blossoms and
berries. green and ripe, This variety
OF strawberry will bear all summer
hut MI Mcneil has cut the vines back
ana prevented the development or the
fruit so as to make the autumn crop
extra nne and large. This is the second
season mat Mr.. Mcneil has success
ruby raised this latc-bearing straw
berry.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
PASSING THOUGHTS.

1t is well to he satisfied if things 60
part Of the time as We like to have them.
Gossip is something that we detest
when we cannot he present to hear it.
AS We learn to know our own faults we
become less harsh judges of the faults of
others.
While we ever strive for better things
let us not fail to appreciate the good that
we have.
Let all adInonitons he affirmative
"Dont's" never get anyone anywhere.
Albany Journal
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
HE WAS WORRIED AND HOPELESS

For ten years was bothered with
kidney trouble writes r. +. Hutchn-
son, Little ock. Ark II was worried
and had almost given up all hopes. |
used five boxes of Foley Kidney Pills
and am now a we'll man" Foley Kid
ney Pills drive out aches pains. rheu-
n1atism and all kidney trouble svmp-
toms. ]. w. O'Sullivan. Medical Hall. q
Church ST. Adv
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28

Statewide newspaper, having certain
ideals for such Il publication which he
thinks possible to materializc. Vermont
he considers to he adapted to the carrying
out of such ideals. 1t is his intention to
bring his paper into a place between th :
local weekly and daily now unoccupled.
He intends to emphasize the news Ell i
and also to raise the literary standard.