Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-11-29
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Graham Will Shake EN- Up.

Graham Will Shake EN- Up.
Many rumors are current that Gov
ernor-Elect Graham is not only going
to give some of the state commission
ers thorough shaking up-but is to
throw monkey wrench into the
thrashing machine on court expenses.
1t looks now as if he would give the
municipal court judges an opportuni-
ty to earn their saiary.-Waterbury
Record.
Balance Rock at Willoughby Won
der.
A recent visit to the Profile in the
White Mountains brought to the wrl-
ter realization of the Importance of
the action which has preserved that
unparalleled piece of inspirational
scenery Edward A. Tuck of Con-
cord, N. H., who has also been through
the Franconia notch recently, in writ
ing to the Manchester Union, urges
that model Of the Flume Rock,
which fell many years ago, be placed
in the original position occupied by
skill and money for the restoration
could be found, and he urges that the
state should be the custodian of both
of these marvellous scenic attractions.
Mr. Tuck also urges that a bronze
tablet for the satisfaction of inquir-
ing tourists be provided. All of his
suggestions are worthy of adoption.
Here in Vermont there are dozen
marvels of nature which thousands
of people would visit annually if
little effort was made to bring them
to public attention. In Westmore is
Willoughby lake, the most beautiful
sheet of water in New England.
Willoughby is now receiving atten-
ton, but probably not one person IN
a hundred who goes to this beauty
spot ever hears of Balance Rock, a
marvellous freak of nature, with
solid rock weighing hundreds Of tons
supported by such a small foundation
that person canwalk or crawl under
almost the entire formation. Balance
rock is less than a mile from the lake
shore-Brattleboro Reformer.
Prohibition Makes Good.
Whenever a state has been added
to the Prohibition column the vets
have solemnly assured the public
that prohibition, once tried out, would
soon become SO unpopular and unsat-
isfactory that the voters would soon
oAAS
dim and distant past one or two states
l.act!7e lily did reverse their Ve~dicts.
But the western and southwestern
states that voted dry more than q
wear ago have been so well satisfied
with prohibition thatnot only did they
vote. on Tuesday, November z, to re-
tain prohibition, but also to strength
en- it: In several of the states the
, I-wets introduced amendments calcu-
, late to cripple the prohibitory laws
, These, without exception, were voted
down In Washington, for instance
evry county gave a majority against
E the beer-makers' measure.
Oregon, not content with voting
down the beer amendment, strength
ened prohibition by adopting the
f "bone-dry' measure, under which i'm
t portations of liquor for beverage pur.
poses are forbidden.
; Idaho, which has had statutory pro
hibition, voted three to one for consti
; tutional prohibition. Utah, angry be
: cause its governor vetoed a bill fol
prohibition, threw out the machine Of
: which Jack Spry was the main whee
t and elected governor and Legislature
pledged to the enactment of prohibi
: ton. Florida, which is almost dr.!
+ now, did the same thing.
= And so it goes. Whenever state
, honestly and earnestly tries out pro
hibition, you can't make the people
change about. They discover that the
dire prediction prophecies made by
representatives of the liquor interest,
do not pan out. They learn, too, tina
r the sober, conservative claims of ben
efts made by the drys are realized.
The Preceding temperance wave
: written about in wet literature ant
! talked about on stumps, hasn't mad,
a preceptible recession.-The Nation
al Daily.
Tubercular Dangers.
In every town in Vermont excep
some of the very smallest there ar
cases of tuberculosis which are fur