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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

All members Of the Daughters circle
of the Universalist church are request
ed to meet at the Red Cross rooms for
work Wednesday evening at $50.
The New Literature club of Prospect
Hill win hold its annual meeting tomor-
row evening at 7.30 clock in the home
of Miss Lillian G. Newton of Thomas
street.
A meeting of ST. Michael s Athletic
association will be held in the Knights
of Columbus rooms tomorrow evening at
$ O'Clock. All members are urged to be
present as important business is to be
transacted.
The annual meeting of the Mutual
Aid association viii be held at the new
headquarters at 9 Harris place Wednes-
idav afternoon at 2.45. This will be fol
lowed bv a reception to the public from
IA to 6 O'Clock. All are invited to at
/ tend.
The Brattleboro branch of the Won
Ian IS alliance will hold its first meeting
of the season at the Unitarian Parish
house Wednesday afternoon at 3
clock. Reports viii be read, and
there viii be informal discussion on the
subject, How shall we interest our
young people. Tea will be served and
lit is hoped that the season viii open
with q large attendance.
/ General Andrew jackson chapter, No
u, United States Daughters Of 1912, held
meeting yesterday with Mrs. George
S. Dowlcy, with nine members present.
Mrs DowIev was elected vice regent in
place of Mrs. l.. L. Holden, resigned. A
vote was taken to give the Red Cross
500 Music ON the victrola was enjoyed,
after which Mrs. l.. X. Fuller read Our
/ Colors, by Mary Shipman Andrews Re
+ freshments were served,
The church night service at the Cen
tire Congregational church Friday at
40 will consist of a stereopticon lee
ture under the auspices Of the Junior
+ Christian Eudeayor society. The lee
fturc describes the work of Miss Caro-
! line Sewall. missionary of the Woman s
Board of Missions, who is a teacher in
/ Ticutsiu. China. A silver Offering will
be received for her work. There will
bc sale Of candy and nuts at the close
of the meeting.
! There viii be an important meeting
of the directors OF the board of trade
i'm the rooms .his evening and it is urged
that every member be present. Among
other matters to he discussed are the
refcrcuda of the United States cham
Der of commerce, the control of prices
and the regulation of railroads during
the war. Regarding the latter issue
there is a movement nation wide to al
low railroads To incorporate under Unit
ed States charters, thus placing the con
I+rgE gF RIGHTS of Surh p0rHnra-i0ug in
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09
ALLEGED BURGLARS CAUGHT.
Three Men Placed in County Jail at
st. Adams.

ST. ALBANS, Oct Civilian St.
John, claiming to hail from New York
state, was arrested yesterday on the
charge Of grand larceny and lodged
in the Franklin county Jail. It is al
legged that he stole about $40 worth of
brass and a cable belonging to the
Central Vermont railway company.
Henry Sisco and Howard Leavitt are
also in the county Jail charged with
the burglary of Monette & Brown 5
store in Swanton and other places in
that village the night of Sept. p.
The young men were located in Platts
burg, n. Y. 1t is thought they dis.
posed OF some Of their booty in Mon
treal
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09
ECUADOR BACKS UP PERU.
VIII Not Receive German Diplomat If
He Goes There from Lima

QUITO, Ecuador, Oct. 9.-The Eeua-
dorian secretary Of foreign affairs yes
terday sent q cablegram to the Ecua-
dorian legation at Lima announcing
that Doctor Perl the German minister
to Peru and Ecuador, resident at Lima,
viii not be officially received by the
Eeuadoriau government in case he at
tcmpts TO come to Ecuador
The action of the Ecuadorian for
eign secretary is understood to have
been taken to demonstrate Ecuador S
close utilization with the union of the
American republics
Doctor Perl, the German minister to
Peru. was handed his passports by the
Peruvian government Saturday. 1t
was reported from Lima that he would
go to Ecuador.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09
SHIP CONTRACTS SOON.
Daniels to Assign Largest Number Ever
Built for the United States.

WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.-Contracts
fer the largest number of destroyers
ever built for the United States govern
ment probably viii be assigned this
week. Secretary of the Navy Daniels
said he expected the contracts would
be signed within a day or two by five
shiPbuilding companies, He confirmed
the statement that the largest contract
would 20 TO the Fore River Shipbuild-
ing company Of Quincy, Mass, which
viii build forty-six of the boats lin
fulfilling our extensive program. He
said, 80 We are relying to a great ex-
tent on the Fore River. President Pow
eli is confident that his company will
be successful and | expect it will be -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09
.ERASTUS E. PIKE
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Domestic Trouble Said to Have Been
Cause of Rutland Mans Act
Expected to Die.

RUTLAND. Oct. g.-Erastus +. Pike,
a stone mason. attempted to commit
suicide yesterday afternoon at his home
ON Adams street by shooting himself in
the chest with a .3S-calibre Marlin
rifle.
Nanhbors heard the report of the
gun and his groans and notified Or.
IF. IT, Gchhardt, city health officer, and
the police, who arrived within a few
minutes, and the wounded man was
sent to the Rutland hospital in the
Stcarus ambulance. He was meon-
scious before he reached there and late
last night was in an extremely critical
condition. There was very little ex-
pcctatiou that hc could recover.
Dependency, caused by trouble with
his wife, who had brought suit for
divorce, is supposed to have influenced
Mr.. Pike to try to take his life. 1t is
said that he had made two previous
attempts Of the kind within the last
year or two.
MIR. Pike lived alone and he was
alone ian his house when he shot him
self. lie was found on the back piazza,
where it was evident by the position
of the gun and the presence of a
stick about the right length. that he
laid down and pressed the trigger with
the stick. The bullet entered the chest,
near the heart, rlowcd ont below the
left colIarboue and rc-entcred the neck
below tine ear passing out at the top
of the head and through the floor of
the porch.
Mr. Pike f. G- vaare ofI TTn boe
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09
ENGINEERS AFTER VOLUNTEERS.
They Want 1O,500 Road Builders to Go
With Them to France.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. = The en-
gineer corps is looking for l0,500 men
with road construction experience to
serve in an engineer brigade which
is soon to go to France to do road
building work with General Pershing s
eXpeditionary forces. The regiment
will be made up entirely Of volunteers
No man actually called for military
service is eligible Rapid advancement
is promised men with special qualifca-
lions and few college men, preferably
with military experience, are wanted
as non-commissioned officers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-10-09

After all, the people in this country
who are helping the kaiser most are
those who will not work, and right
next to them are the frivolous, extrav-
.agant, light-headed people who waste
the substance Of those who do.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

proiect al Fort sumner on the Pecos
river is 20 he completed there rs re
vival Of the important ella fNeF PIoJ-
eel i'm western Grant county tNe 5I+s.e
san Juan water supply IS benz Slud1ed
by engineers an da multitude OF smaller
storage and diversion constructions are
under way
Draining Grand and PeeOs valleys.
This, coupled with Sl,pn",o"e spent lL
community drainage work IN tht fe-vS
valley below Roswell and the taNilS
M Of the drainage problem IN tne 1.lo
Grande valley means mar me itt -
fion development Of New MeAiSo uH9
advanced into the final stage OF care
fuI engineering and responsible imam
cling and that the next five II el-Al
wears viii see the major portion OF the
states irrigaDie area reclaimed
Pumping VIII Reclaim Millions
When IN. work Is done there viii not
h. =. 900. 200 acres under irrigation pAL
with the development possible DE pump
in- in the Nimbre valley lrloutai4
10 Demfug in the Tularosa basin OF
Orero county. iu the Estaucia valley
of Terrence county and the PorialeS
valley OF Roosevelt county ana very
POSSIBLY In parts of The tdo Frdlile
valley. very near to 1000. NoH acres VIII
have been placed under some system Oh
relia BILE water supply
MesiILa Valley Green with Fields
What the development of TINS Nast
resource means to New MeNico and the
advancement iu the LIS Cruces district
since floods We're checked and q p-rrua-
nent water supply provided. a factory
to manufacture beet sugar seems a
probability of the near future a Las
Cruces. The trip Or rail from Elucon
into II Paso. q few years ago the dust
lest rail ride IN America IS now rest
full journey through green fields almost
uubr5sen by untitled land only n oe-
ginning ina development has been MADE
in the Mesilla VALLEY. Very little llnaE-
ination is required To picture this val
lev 10 years hence when IL mas begun
to care for "A reasonable portion OF the
large population IL viii eventually sus-
tain Drainage and channeling OF the
Rio Grande means similar development
north Of the Elephant Butte reserN orr
in the Espanola valley further nortn'
and in the wonderful Taos valley near
the headwaterS-
Brisk Demand for Irrigated Land
All district reports agree upon the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

cheering fact that accompanying the
new era OF irrigation construction Is
a brisk demand for irrigated land. not
from Spectators. but from people OF
means who are seeking homes and a
vorkin- investment This demand i
coming from all parts OF the nation.
Il indicates that reclamation this time
is TO be accompanied by actual develop
menr- Much Of the experimental work
on New Mexico irrigated land has been
done The new movement. like the late
movement To the dry farming" lands
is an educated movement It can avoid
the mistakes in the orchards and the
crops II plants aud the care 1t gives
them and o. VIII profit accordingly
The next five years viii see much %
New MeNico's irrigation development
accomplished. u viii not be "A period
Of quick. enormous profits for a few
nut OF steady, sure profits for the many
and II VIII add enormously to the
wealth Of The state.
New Homestead Inundation Begins.
Ten years after the first great home
stead rush, that for $50 and 800 acre
h0mestesds. New Mexico Is experienc-
ing a second stampede for free land
which promises TO and prObab bly, Will
surua$S the earlier movement IN pOpu-
lation added and certainly in acreage
withdrawn on Jan. ]. when the 6fr
acre stock raising homestead law be-
came effective New Mexico had Ia.
OWu. uuW acres OF surveyed public domain
Of uusurveyed government land open
TO entry Although no lands have been
i-uated bv the interior department
as csc acre lands. and although all fill
ings made now merely stand as prefer
cnce rights subject II the approval OF
the lands as falling within the meaning
of the law. something like 5000 separate
filings have been made in the SIX Uni
ted States land offices in New Mexico
al Clayton. Tucumcari. Santa Fe, Fl
Sumner. Roswell and Las Cruces The
area Withdrawn up 10 Jan = totals
above 3.0eo. 000 acres.
Filings Cover Every County.
The filings are being made in every
county IN the state They cover all
kinds OF land. and they are likely to be
approved. for most Of the remaining
public domain in New Mexico fits the
conditions Of the new law which re-
auire that il be chiefly useful for graz
ing and forage crops. For several days
the entrymeu stood IN line at the land
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

by no means exhausted when the public
domain is gone. StOclmen have been
buvine patented land as rapidly as pos
sfbIe The state owns more than 10
600. 900 acres of the original 1900, ov'
granted by congress. and is in no hurry
20 seIT IL It's leasing rates prObabl>
will go up. as viii the grazing tees Oh
fhe national forests. but the stoc --gI ON
ers- with protected range, and scieE ,:tic
,.lnge management. guarded dgdinS C
oveTgrazing and against invasion OF ne
Tsn-e rights, will be able to pay tne
Increased rates. Added 10 this 10 uOO,vc"
acres Of state and forest grazing lanaS s,
and 1000 900 acres OF private iane
-r-o,ts the bulk Of which is high class
,,razing land Win the patented fanos
owned by large stock growers NOR
.5'.n 20 Oa0. 600 acres or the best grsz 2
- 1,,,d IN fine southwest is secure 1ei
ti7 ranr, industry That aersase. N
protected scientifically m3nsSe y an,
y-;J core for an enormous Dad OF ea1'ie
'n sto S.jS1 point out also. that the
fcontinued on next paSeo
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

file aH through the year. depending
on when they can close their atia,is
or get away 10 make an investigation
Stockmen Take IL Calmly.
There is an impression current mat
tb. $50 acre laws operation means the
md of the great range industry in New
Mexico That il does not is made PLAIN
bv the attitude of the stOckmen them
selves New Mexico stOckmen did not
take kindly 20 the first homeseekers
invasion They objected to the forest
reserve plan until they saw IL in 9per-
alton and realized its benefits They
nave been looking forward TO the end
Of fh,. public domain for several years,
and they are ready Leading STOCK
growers. of both cattle and sheep. point
ON that there are more cattle on the
range in New Mexico now. l-loo,OoV
head than there were IN l&uo- Mheh
ti,e horqeseellers BEGAN to come There
viii be no less. they say. after the otO
acre nIiu-s have cleaned up the puoiic
land
plenty OF Crazins Reserves.
New N5Nicos grazing resource -
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

TEW MENICO has A total area OF
M 122-503 square miles and a poDu-
= lation averaging three and a
very small fraction TO the square mile.
The average IS small but New Mexico
points 10 it with pride. because II is
only little while ago that the average
was somewhat less than two people to
The square mile and those Who pre-
dicted that the state would support A
much greater population were classed
as dreamers. The physical discovery
OF New Mexico dates back several cen
turtles and covers several periods of
stirring and picturesque history. The
economic discovery Of the Sunshine
state began "A little more than 10 years
aCO when q horde Of land hungry home
seekers. without waiting for an invi-
tatiOn- came pouring in and insisted
upon making homes upon land whereon
the oldest residents confidently as
serted that homes could not be made.
HOmeseekerS Invade the state.
The hJmeseekers' invasion began in
1906. Prior TO that time III WAS the
prevailing opinion in and out Of New
Mexico that only about 1-e0J.0e9 out of
the states 7S,0oo-0e0 acres could eve.
be fsrmed by any form Of cultivation
wet or dry. 1t was known that the
state had a vast water supply going II
waste but aside from a few men called
:
there was no way 10 stop The leaks
The total irrigable area WAS placed
roughly at half "a million acres The
area believed susceptible Of cultivation
without irrigation was neld 10 be
around half million acres more most
y located on or adjacent 20 the misty
mountain tops Tho rest was rlasSeo
a. grazing land. which was ncld 10 r~
overstocked-
Government Makes Forest RrServc>-
About the time The homesieade's
from the Oklahoma overflow began set
Ting on and plOWlnE up land winch
pioneer cowmen considered a. starva-
ton picking for an anemic steer the
federal government began Withdraw w
ing vast areas INTO forest reserves ana
the amaZcmeut OF the coWmeu WaS oill
eoualied by the increduhty Of the best
Informed timber experts when told that
these reserves protected not only wat
ersheds, but some OF the most valuable
stands or merchantable timber in the
United States. The lesson did the lum-
bermen no good They learned about
its value after the timber was out or
their reach. But The stockmen, after
they recovered from the first shock Of
q restricted grazing area learned 10
their benefit that lands they thought
overstOcked under the old rough-3no-
ready methods were carrying less than
half their capacity in cattle or sheep
under scientific range management
@Dry Farmers- PerseVere.
In the remarkable homestead move
nlGuL u ArDp ~ ADNr- " A4NAl O.
drouth served to check II. more than
100000 acres Of public land was filed
on. chiefly in the eastern and south
eastern counties Of New Mexico Inc
ztockmen. and some others. cheerfully
predicted that the 'nesters" would
starve to death. Some Of them came
very near TO doing IL, for they knew
nothing Of scientific dry farming,
they titled the soil with no idea of
moisture conservation and the first
DRY year drove hundreds Of them
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

offices As many as 200 automobiles
from other states We're parked afoel l-
one Of the land offices in single day
TIM, covered wagon men moving more
slowly are Just beginning to arrive
The rush Will continue and probably II
will become heavier with the openiu-
of spriu. If this proves correct ana
the movement continues through sprht7
and summer. il may be left TO a sinei r
guess as TO what viii have become OF
fb. public domain of New Mexico ny
the md OF 1917. The prediction thai
tb.. $40 acre rush Will continue through
out the year is not mere conjecture
state Maintains Publicity Bureau.
The state of New Mexico maintains
q bureau of publicity in connection
with the state land office at santa RE.
its purpose being 10 furnish In1orma-
ton about the state and promote IT'S
deyeloDment. This bureau has oeen
literally swamped since Jan I ny tine
flood Of inquiries for Information re-
aardinc Gle acre locations. They nave
come from every state in the union ana
from men and women who expect ID
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27

FIthtN 81 N'I7lN1Il-- =.
New Mexico S. grazing resource -
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-05
Mrs. Scsnnell Says Troubles
Made Her Life Miserable
for Nearly Two Years.
CONTINUALLY NERVOUS
Her Strength 10 Unusual for
Woman Of Her Age Since
She Took Lanlae.

"Tanlac jus, put me up on my feet
again and can't praise Il too much,
declared Mr., NJ. Seannell lew days
ago. FOR since began using II an,
feeling stronger and better than ] have
m two or three years" Mrs Seannell
lives at l6i1 West Thirty-first street
and is the wife OF NJ Sesnnell, the
well known livestock dealer.
II suffered from indigestion and
stomach trouble Of the wors, type for a
year or two said Mrs, Seannell, and
my life was made miserable by i, My
stomach would hurt very much after
eating, there was a distressing swirling
feeling and much gas would form !
suffered agonies all the tin,e and could
hardly eat anything and my meals be.
came a daily dread because OF the pain
was sure to have afterwards ! 90,
very. very nervous and the leas, noise
in IN, room would disturb me so | had
no use for anything and couldn't bear
sometimes to have anybody around !
could hardly sleep at all, was eonsti.
pated. felt tired and weak all the time
and could no, do my household duties
Il was living in Elk City at the time
| began on Tanlse, and in December
was sick in bed and very bad off |
saw where ranlae was doing 80 many
people good 60, bottle to Try and in
short time found ! could eat NOR,
and my food didn', give me so much
pain. | kept on using Tanlao and i'm.
proved tigh, along, my strength re.
turned rapidly and my digestion 60, sc
much better ,ha, can now ca, anything
wan, and Y, don't have any bad effect,
afterwards ! am not bothered with
any stomach trouble OF constipation ant
sleep fin. every night | have pieket
up some in weight and feel stronsei
and full of energy. in tact ! am ,o'
anxious to work and often overdo m,
strength for one Of my age"
Tanlac Is sold In Oklahoms City b,
Westisll Drug Company under the per
scnal direction cf Q special Tsnlao rep
fe,entatiye ADV
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-05
WHAT BILLY SUNDAY SAYS

In one Of his msstllGs a Dssssa IL
noted evangelist an. II believu that
every disease can - ssrs1 By ssMss vssl
II W can ealy t1eesvef Y TAsrs b ~
an ailmsnt that ood hasn't ssmswhsrs %
hsrb growins that wiu ssss that An
ment,"
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siS:s s':s 80. !: ~ sy e. s,ss;::'., :s:s:i -,
:%sd ss:s Il ~ sSs vssEzE"s
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-05
NEW 49,


law prohibiting the us1
can flag on articles ofvcU
maintaining its dignity and
by using it only for ceremoni2
ton and for public buildings.
no doubt that it has been degy
through the manner in which 1t H.
been used, and that unthinking enthu-
siaSts have turned il into a thing with
out dignity or Saoredness or even re-
finement The flag is like ones re-
liglon, II should not be put to base
uses
Guarding the Flag.
Every woman who wants TO incor-
roratc II into her costume or who wants
to use the red, white and blue in her
every day apparel, should exercise
quite I good deal OF restraint over her
desires and sec to 1t that she does not
commonize the symbol for which men
give their lives
There is no reason against the use
Of redwhite and blue in apparel unless
1t be that a great amount OF senseless-
ness and ugliness has come about
through the desire OF so many common
place designers to dash it into their
clothes as means of getting them
sold Dignified women, those who are
iastidious about their clothes as well
as their ieelingS are not allowing their
sentiments for America to influence
their apparel
The three colorS arc very lovely and
they cam he used to advantage in a
hundred different ways withou, pulling
down the flag to the level of cheap
cosiurnety Accessories have been
designed which bring OUT these colors
and the use of the red, white and blue
will probably continue through the sum
mer until the world is weary OF IT, To-
day il is a kind Of hysteria, and It's
very popularity will force it out OF
existence
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-05
Farmers in Texas
in Federal Tolls

VERNON, Texas, June s--Georse
nodson Of Vernon. secretary Of the
local order of the Farmers and La
borers' Protective association, was taken
into custody today charged with con.
,pitaoy against the government Sher-
IN J. d Key received telegraphic in.
,,ruetion, from Federal District A..
,orney 0Dell of Dallas, ordering that
Dod.on, his father. c. p Dodson. and
w n, Smith Of Vernon he brought
before the federal grand Jury ins,anter
The Jury h investigating alleged anti.
eonseription eonspiraeies.
Vernon arms dealers. after receiving
wha, they term unprecedented calls for
high power rifles dsrine the last two
weeks, reported the matter TO the sher.
iifs department Precautionary sseps
have been taken for any possible
emergency.