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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26

A litter and feed carrier track runs
through the center of the barn and
makes it an easy matter to keep every
thing clean, so that there is no excuse
for allowing manure to accumulate.
The track which handles the carriers
runs out through the sliding door in
the back of the barn to a manure pit
or directly to the manure spreader,
from where the manure is taken to the
fields.
The frame of the barn is supported
on a good concrete foundation that is
carried down to spread footings below
the frost line. The walls are also car
ried "a inches above grade and the
studs are placed on top of this wall.
To protect the ends of the studding
and prevent them from rotting they
are placed in studding sockets made
of cast iron. These sockets are i'm
bedded in the concrete and present
one of the best ways Of constructing
frame barn structures. Holes are pro-
vided in the sides of the sockets sc
Iudt LHSy Cdu ue udllSu 10 Ln0 upright
timbers. Post sockets are also pro-
vi6ed for the double row of posts that
run through the center of the barn.
The construction of the feed room
shows very careful attention to details.
The sliding door that shuts this room
off from the rest of the stable is
placed on an inclined track so that il
is self-closing. This prevents the
horses from getting into the grain and
eliminates the possibility of someone
forgetting to close the door.
Above the stable is a NOW that can
be used for the storing of hay and
straw. The roof is Of the self-support.
ing gambrel type so that a large unob-
structed space is left in this upper part
OF the barn. A dressed and matched
| flooring is placed under this so that
no dust or chaff will fall down into the
stable.
A vertical sliding hay door is pro-
vided which does not take Up any valu-
able room and cannot be torn off its
hinges by the wind. Sliding doors
are a great convenience for this pur~
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
BY WILLIAM A. RApEORD.

On the larger farms it is very nee.
essary to have room for the horses
that are needed in the work during
certain seasons Of the year, such as
during seeding time in the spring and
also during the fall blowing. Farmers
that use during these seasons as many
as IL horses say that good barn for
them is the best kind of economy. 1t
keeps the horses in fine condition and
makes it easy to regulate their feed
and take care Of them so that they
can work ten hours day if necessary.
by building a special barn it is pos
sible to provide the various convent
ences, such as feeding devices, manure
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
AMERICAN ENGINES IN EUROPE
Will Be Kept Busy Supplying De-
mand for Them.

And now comes the American loco
motive, pushing its way where it has
never been seen before-in Europe
Our iron-horse is now world-popular,
as much in demand in China as in
Canada, and going $67S,615 worth in
Cuba last year.
1t is only within the last fiscal year
that the United States has sold it's
railroad locomotives to Europe to any
extent. Save for one locomotive sent
to Austria Hungary in 1910 and an
other in 1911, and three sent to Spain
in 1913, no exports of steam locomo-
tives to the continent are revealed
by the official statistics of the United
States for the half decade ending
June 80, 1914. In the twelve months
following that date, however, period
practically coincident with the first
year Of the present European war
81 American-made locomotives were
shipped to France, nine to Greece, ten
to Serbia, and five to European Rus
STA. Twenty steam locomotives were
exported to Asiatic Russia in the same
period
In 1913, our banner year, the world
took 662, or $6,442,674 worth. Now
that the war is on both belligerents
and neutrals look to Uncle Sam even
for more. One firm alone has re-
ceived an order for rs large freight
locomotives for Spain, and Is passen-
ger locomotives for Serbia.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26

carriers, etc, that help in making the
handling and conditioning of the ami
mails very easy work.
The stable should be large enough
to hold the horses that are needed dur
ing the busy season. The one shown
here has stalls enough for IL horses
and also has four stalls that can be
used for valuable animals or for any
reason desired. Outside Dutch doors
are provided in the box stalls In addi-
ton to an inside door and windows.
Dutch doors are a great convenience
during nice weather. They enable
horses or cows to get plenty of fresh
air without leaving the barn. II ami
mails are allowed to look around, as
they can with such methods Of con-
struction, they are not as likely to be-
come restless.
Concrete is not a satisfactory mate
rial as a general rule for the stalls
of horse stables, as shod horses are
apt to slip and perhaps injure them
selves. 1t is very desirable to provide
material that can be washed down in
the same way as concrete andy yet pro-
vides a surface that is resilient and
that will not become slippery.
There are two materials that have
been used for this purpose with con-
siderable success. One is the cork
brick that is specified in the accom-
panying floor plans and the other is
the treated wood block. The wood
block is in various forms and is treat
ed with many different substances. Of
which the most common is creosote.
Cork brick is made Of granulated
cork which is mixed with refined as
phalt and then pressed under heavy
pressure into a brick The brick is
very resilient and never becomes slip
perry and can be washed down with a
hose, as 1t is waterproof.
The brick are laid up in half-inch
Portland cement cushion and the joints
between the brick are grouted.
In some horse barns floor of this
type is laid over the complete barn,
but in most cases concrete floor is
plnced in the barn outside Of the stalls.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
THE MASSACRE AT THE MILL

1t was a hot August night in 1877,
and Herr Weidig of Vogelsberg,
couldn't sleep. He lay in bed abusing
the climate, and wishing morning
would come. Thus being wide awake,
he lost no time when he heard a fran
tic rapping at the outer door. He put
his head out of the window and be-
held a little girl at the door beneath
him.
"Himmel!" he cried; IF that is not
little Bertha Yunger, with nothing on
but her shirt. Was list los, mein Kind?"
Little Bertha, in a panic of terror,
gasped out that her mother and broth
er were murdered, and the house burn
ing down. Herr Weidig looked away
In the direction of the Yunger home
and saw red glare, growing stronger
every moment. He lost no time, but
alarmed the village, and in short
time every villager able to walk was
headed for the fire. Arrived there
some Of them rushed boldly into the
burning house, and rescued the baby,
sleeping calmly in his crib. And in
doing so they stumbled over two dead
bodies, that of Mrs. Yunger and her
eldest son.
Ludwig Yunger was a prosperous
man. He owned the Spring Oil Mill,
close to the village of Vogelsberg, and
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26

O short distance from Weimar. His
family consisted of his wife, four sons
and the daughter Bertha. Two of the
sons attended school at Weimar; the
eldest, Herman, assisted in the mill,
and the fourth was the baby. All the
Yungers were industrious and econoGl-
ical, and highly respected throughout
the countryside. Ludwig had but one
weakness, and that was hunting.
Whenever possible he took his gun
and went to the woods, and his CON-
panion on such expeditions was an
elderly man named Langoltz, who was
q notorious poacher.
In the summer of 1877 the water be-
hind the dam was low, and there was
not enough power to run the mill
steadily, SO Ludwig decided to have
the machinery thoroughly overhauled.
So he engaged an expert machinist
named Reinhardt, who was a stranger
In the neighborhood. Reinhardt board
ed with the Yungers, and soon became
q favorite Of the family He had
fought in the recent war, and had
many good stories to tell. He was
good to the children, and excellent
company for them all. But he was ex-
tremely reserved about his own his
tory, and little was known about him,
even when he had been in the neigh
borhood for weeks.
This was the condition of affairs at
the oil mill before the fire, That fire
destroyed the house and barn, and part
Of the mill itself; and when the star.
tied neighbors and the authorities had
investigated everything, they con-
fronted a battling mystery. There
we're the bodies of Frau Yunger and
Herman. They had been murdered
The son had been shot, and the moth
er's skull had been crushed. But
where were Ludwig and Reinhardt?
There was no sign Of them anywhere.
Little Bertha. after giving the alarm,
had sunk into condition approaching
Imbecility, and the doctors refused to
have her questioned, saying that her
reason would be permanently impaired
II she were molested at that time.
The days went by, and still there
was no clue to the whereabouts of
Ludwig Yunger and the machinist. All
sorts of theories were framed up. It
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
RAILROAD SPEED MANIA DEAD
Even the Twentieth Century Limited
Is Running on Slower Sched-
uie Now.
Speed, service, comfort"

opeSu, SclNlCeJ CUulUTL.
For years an American railroad used
the three words for advertising it's
passenger service. A few days ago
the railroad began its advertising
campaign for summer travellers. In
all it's literature the word speed or
an assertion its trains are fast can
not be found American railroads
have unthroned the Speed King"
The greatest war ever known
among railroads, the speed war will
be abolished this year. Efforts to
break records are a matter of history.
Competing lines have mutually adopt
ed a standard speed scale.
The time of the fastest train in the
world, the Twentieth Century Limited,
running between New York and Chi
cago, has been increased two hours
between the two extreme terminals.
Scores of railroads once believed
the fastest trains would haul the most
travellers. But the public didn't con-
slider it that way. Then western
railroad announced that it would place
the finest train in the world on it's
road between Chicago and San Fran
cisco and charge extra fare.
Extra fare for speed?" casually in
quired the railroad world.
mo. Extra fare for service" an
swered the railroad. That was the be-
ginning. Today if one wishes to
break speed records he must hire
special train.--Kansas City Star.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
SAVING the Babies.

The 1915 death rate among babies
one year old in st. Louis was the
lowest of any year on record and is
among the lowest of all the cities in
the country according to report just
made public by the st. Louis pure
milk commission. The death rate was
so in 1000, a reduction from rate Of
1903 in the previous year. The great
falling off in deaths is held to be due
TO, first, the persistent campaigns Of
the health department, the pure milk
commission and other social agencies
for the last fifteen years, together with
the enforcement of the new pure milk
law during the past year, and, second,
to the unusually cool summer.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
Canadian Railroad MILEAGE.

The annual report of the Dominion
of Canada controller of railroad sta
tistics for the fiscal year 1914, recent
ly made public, states that the aggre-
gate of railway mileage officially re-
garded as being in operation on June
80, 1914, was 30,795, or 1892 miles
more than on the corresponding date
Of 1913. The capitalization of Cana
dian roads increased by $276,990,069
during the year, and is now nearing
the $2,00O,0000O0 mark, the exact fig
ure being $1,SOS,S30,761.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
Ground Floor Plan of Horse Barn.

pose and are rapidly taking the place
of both the inside and outside hinged
door.
A circular concrete water tank
shown in front of the barn in the il
lustration is a great convenience. The
inside is made with slight taper
toward the top so that there will be no
danger of ice bursting the tank. The
circular tank also leaves no projec-
tions on which the animals can hurt
themselves.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
Horses That Are Properly Housed
and Cared For Make Money
for Their Owners.
SPACE IS IMPORTANT POINT
Building Described Below Has That
Requisite and Practically All Con-
veniences Necessary - Special
Attention Given to the
Feed Room.

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building work on the farm, for
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is. without doubt, the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
Ill, and only inclose two-cent stamp for
renlv
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
Railroad Sold for 81.

The California railroad commission
has authorized the sale of the capital
stock of the Laton e Western rail-
road, a twenty-mile line in Fresno
county, to the California, Arizona &
Santa Fe Railway company for the
sum of 81. The Laton road has no
equipment and no funds.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-05-26
More Lively Matter.

willie, Mrs. Dubwaite would like
to hear you recite. The Wreck of the
Hesperus.' Be a good boy now and
oblige her"
Jaw, I'll bet she's heard it before,
ma. 'Spose you tell her what you said
to pa when he came home last night"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-03

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Rumorsi
Of friction between General Funston
and. Secretary{B Baker are rife in Wash
Iington and those in touch with the
l.sftuation believe them to- be true
General Funston Is essentially sol
idier, q plain, direct man, who when.
chargedSwith responsibility has tnyar-
IDLY made good. He has, however, been
ESaccustomedFtpEasfre hand when orr
lderedsto perform military serYicessandf
naturally ii unused to that Tom OF,
supervision which consists; as in this
instance, OF IA public announcement;
that General SFunston is to have a.
free hand,,n followed by petty dtctasl
ton ofpdetails from Washington: The.
energetic Kansan is deeply concern
|sedssforSthe welfare?ofGhiB troops and is
understood to have 1ittlespatience with
the Administrations extreme solicit
stude for the Of Carranza. Car
rama, as Us we'll known, professessto,
be in hearty sympathy withBthe apunt-l
tive expedition which has theSappre-i
ihension5 ofstheSbandit Villa as its$purs
pose, but h Sdisplays hisssympathys
by putting and unnecessary
obstacles inSthe way9of the American
military forces. Furthermore, Cen
eral Funston s described asymortiied5
by the Observation-Disclosures of
the areo and wireless corps fof. the
army. I'm Justice to Secretary Baker
1t should be said that he is not prtmar=
MISREPRESENTATION theSo which
are NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hard,
" seated In hts saddle;S Secretary Bak.
Ter Is compelledst to carry Quito the tninSt
5utest detail the orders OF President
Wilson. For ChfefSof staff on whom
he should be ablesto lean;sheshassGen5s
Neral Scott, beholden TO the President
for that post8and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Of the Presilent,s lfondnessa for him
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WASHINGTON NEWS .:-
GOSSIP Go:

and Yofkhis fondnesss forHviIla. Never
was the War department $50 directly
under the personal supervision OF the
President and those who nominally
are In chargesrealize sthatfM Mr. Wilson
will brook no opposition, nor even
tolerate any urgent representations
which conflict with his own precon.
ceiyed notions. a realization of the
true conditions emphasizes the DIFF.
tficulties ofSSGeneral F,inston's task,
but 1t should also arouse isympathyf for
.SecretarySBaker.
DanIeIs' Folly
Besides urging Congress to appro:
PIRATE $11,000,000 for Government
armor plant, Secretary Daniels has
now! proposed that $705, 500 be proytd:
ed for aEGovernment sprojectile5plant
The contention! OF the Secretary OF
the Navy Isl Of course that the lack
of complication among prtyatesnanI:
.facturers,l Of these results
IN he%GoYernment'sg beink 3robbed:
iThos familiar with the subject realize
that while the Government mightsn not
be robbed throughsthe establishment
Of such plants, the chances all favor
its f1curr1ng expenses and liabilities
far in excess of suchSprof1ts as sthe5p pr;
jyate firms may make. In fact some
Of the manufacturers OF armor plate
ihaye3ottered to supply allJthe Govern:
iment3needs for d term OF hve;years
at d fxedSprfce5o Of 1895 perston, which
lis much less than is paddy any El;
iropean government, or at the actual
cost OF manufacture plus such fea:
,sonable profit as may betagreedt upon
by the Secretary OF the Navy and
themselves. Thesinsincerity of those
who insist on the establishment Of q
Government plant is shown by their
sunwillingness to provide for the sys::
Itamn@of strict cost.accounting which
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-03

Pursuant stoStheF power and authof-
}ity vested In the LiquidatingICon1Ini
tee ofithe First NatfonaltB Bank OF Fair.
mont o banking c6rpofation, the UNI
altoniEfiiI MIL HUTCH
finB6nNands$D . Frame. Constituting
said Liduidating Committee will omer
for saIe,st0tthoShtgh6s bidder ct pub
lie auction att the front door OF the
Court o1Ees0 & Marion County, in8the
CITY Of Fairmont, State sof w Wiz
Ygfnia, on ssth6&1st day gof March.
Ii916: ntttwo O'CLOCK efns the afternoon
of aaidggday subject to the conditions
EptipuIadonB, agreements and re9tr1c=
EEions contained in the !seyeralSdeeds OF
Conveyance to which reference Y
hereafter made.
j. All that certain lot Sorsparcelsoi
real estate belonging to the said The
First National Bank Of Fairmont.,
fronting onR Adams Bometimas called
.Mathl7stfeet, in5the Cttygof sFatr11ont,
County SofSMarfon and StateSof West
$VifEiniatS bounded and described 90
Efoi1ows: HsEitinin6 on Adamgs Street
Sat thescornersof@ lot Of Thomas ":
with said Adams
EStfset,S and In Snoftheaatefly direc:
StionS distance 'ofl7SsfeetSto 6ofnefEof
tTh6maSfE.SF Hail thenceSpafAllel with
sMonFo6s Street. inSa sontheasterly%d t-
Srsctton. and with line Of said HalIsA
,distanceEot 21afeet86S inchesj thence
Adams Street, and in q
northwestern direction q distance of
81 fset 3Sinchas; thence parallel with
Monroe Street, and In atsoutheaStsrly
dlresttonS asdistanssNef AZ ~ f sss53 9
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THEY'RE 8EINEl DON'T STAY
eILIoUs@ HEApAcHYSoR
coMsIIRATEp.

En5oy iite! Keep clean inside with
'CSs6aTsts. Takegone o. two IL night
and ENJOY the INCEST gentlest Liver
and bowel cleRntfng you eyer expetis
E6nced. woke Steelins gtands Your
thead va Be cIears Your tongue cIeans
breath Tlgtt, stofnaeh sweet and your
ilfv6f and thirty Oct ok bowels acttye.
,Gee d box 81 auy drug store md
IBtfaikhten jnp. STOP the headacheai
IbiiioffB apelis. hid e6Id1 ana bAd. days
-Bnsht0n up, Cheer up clean lptI
lMotheEs should gixea whole eAsrateks
to children wien troga, biiioug, fever:
,i6h or II tongue & enntad-they are.
arm1ese=neEsr-g ripe orsnicken.
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.eb,ss soilowed ana net the

'ehtse followed ana net the same
Thfeatened with reeeivershtp and
unable to pay ITS bond interest the
company, three ago, Wassfeor5
IEanized. Operation and managementi
OF the property was turnedSoye To-
IHenry$L a Dohertys& sGoaofs New York
IoperatorsEots public utility propertiesa
Anothersoutstanding feature tsStnatS
the men who clamoring tors
union recognizing are the same mem
who two years ago stood Loyalty py4
the company during the free;ridtng
period. NosWage squestiongts Etnyolyeds
liz is simply aiquestion OF the right TO;
wear the snionS button.
IL am attempt ishIlade to operate
the cars with$nonunionistss the4car5
say they will call out all union
5workerssi In the3heat; I!ghts power and
gas department. This would throw
Toledo into darkness, close many OF
Its biggest plants and leave homes
+wtthoutilight, heat orSgas.s
While the union carmen and the
street car company rheGds are playing
a sort Of button. button, whose gcs
the button" game. Toledo keeps on
walking and downtown business
houses and 3theaters say they have
suffered very little because the
springIike weather Is conducive to
walking.
city Health officer c. D. selby
says Toledo should worry. It is
really fortunate, that the people are
forced to walk It Is the most health
tll exercise I know
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-03

iAo'clock Tuesday3afternoo there was
not "a city carEon Toledo streets.
And the thousands of workmen in
Toledo factories when they quit
work. found :leggtng IT. the most
popular means Of transportation to
their homes. The few jitney buses
were crowded to capacity. Since then
the number Of buses has quadrupled.
One OF the striking features Of the
situation is5sthe good nature with
which citizens are facing the tncon.
.y~enience. In the minds of some It
does not bode well for the Toledo
Railways & Light Co. which, since
1904, has fought the city practically
at every stage OF. the game in an ef.
fort. to get aSrenewal of car franchise
rights III the streets.
The feeling against the company
has been bitter since 1904, when It
tried to railroad q 25.year franchise
through council. A socalled petition
in boots" of 1000 citizens prevented
that. Many efforts OBSCURE a fran:
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lEEFA ri $500 gl=s sHE2aFHe.1fE 'Arsf E4yEi
ToLEDo%o!; April s3@7Toledo speo-
pie who had more than 100000 free
rides two years ago when the street.
car company refused to accept fares.
under the emergency three;cent fare!
ordinance passedsby council after the
company's franchises h~ndsexpireds are
paying for these rides today by .hoof-
ing it, Il III.
Here's the reason:
twenty-five years ago%the carmen.
had a union. 1t was wiped out by car.
company management. Many efforts
to organize the men since;tailed.
Three weeks ago more than 700 OF
the 800 carmen agreed to organize
and signed.
On tuesday morning the new un-
IONS buttons were distributed. The
first man to appear at the car barns
wearing a button was ordered not to
move his car.
Then came other buttoned men.
The same order was given them. BY
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-04-03

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places where they afe Setnployed oEFto
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beers ~ the$orSanizatpn hive eSeig
handled d tenntb racquet or Q rolf
club, but connpetent instructors Vim
8be etgaged Is brenk them IL ON ~ lhe
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