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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10
MRS. LAWRENCE HICKMAN.

Mrs. Lawrence Hickman died We'd
nesday night Mt the family home s
miles northwest o. Clovis after short
illness. The funeral service was con-
Quoted Thursday afternoon at the
home by C. W. Lambert, pastor of the
Christian church. of which she was
member. Mrs. Hickman was only -
years of age Besides her husband,
she leaves an infant daughter that was
born only last week. The bereaved
husband and other relatives have the
sympathy OF all in the loss Of one so
near and dear to them.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10

|. V. White, proprietor of the Sani-
tary Barber Shop has caught the
spirit of helping the country to feed
itself. He will have Il crop planted
near town and part of 1t will be five
acres Of beans Indications are that
beans will continue to be a good price
this fall, and Mr.. White is figuring OIL
making bigger profit out Of his
crop than from his barber shop.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10

One Indication that people are In
tending to raise something at home
this year is that merchants report the
sale Of more garden seed than ever
before at this time Of the year.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM.

The following is the program for
the commencement exercises of the
Clovis high school which will be held
at the Christian church, Friday, MAY
Is, at 3 p. III.
lnvocation--------Rev. G. W. Lambert
instrumental solo Miss Norma Baker
Glee Club.
Address David X. Boyd
Vocal S0lO--------Mi Miss 10 Welch
Presentation Of Diplomas
--------------~-Dr A. l.. Dillon
Benediction-----Rev. :. B. Culpepper
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10

Smashing. rcdhlooded love drama VI
the great war now In progress. THE
Girl Phlippa" by Robert W. Chambers,
at the I.yccum Theatre Tuesday aud
Wednesday. May IL and 16.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10

n. g. Bailey has purchased the gro
Gerry business ut the old Clovis Feed
store from J. A. McFarlln and A. \.
Adams. Mr. Bailey took charge If
the business the first Of the week.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10

One quarter section near Clovis for
only s11OO. Terms. Reagan Land and
Cattle Co.
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10

Try Mexico Commission Co., for
hides. poultry and eggs. i5-tt
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1917-05-10

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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

err and as a measure of preeaution he
urged that all currant and gooseberry
bushes be kept out of the cemeteries
if five-needed pines have been set out.
Personal experiences were given in an
excellent illustrated lecture by Supt. Pc
terson, who gave the association the
benefit of his observations while erect
ing a cement fence around Mount Au-
burn cemetery in Cambridge in 1916 and
1917 The slides were used TO show the
development of the work from its in
ception to the finish, when the audience
looked on wall which is regarded as
the last work in the fence makers art.
Mr. Peterson emphasized the fact that
plans and specifications used in Cam
bridge were peculiar to the lay of the
land and the SOIL and that they might
have to be changed perceptibly if they
were to be followed elsewhere. His con-
elusion was, however. that the cement
fence is both practicable and desirable.
The conventional design of the concrete
fence consists mainly of posts and pan
els. Foundations for the posts were laid
first, and while some difficulty was en-
at first in building the forms,
It was quickly overcome and the work
was carried on without hitch.
Trouble which other cement fence
builders had encountered in making cor
lers was avoided by building the two
oining panels and the corner post in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31
EVENING SESSION.
Papers on Epitaphs, Tree Pests and Gem
etery Fences Read.

The session last evening was some
what shortened at the end to allow the
superintendent to attend the round
up in Rowland hall, where Carroll's
orchestra played for dancing. The pro-
gram consisted of a paper ON "Epi-
taphs" by Atty. S. Hollister jackson of
Barre, paper on Some Shade Tree
Posts" by Harold L. Bailey of Brad
ford, head of the state insect suppress
sion department; and an illustrated lee
ture, entitled Concrete Fences as
Adapted to the Cemetery" by John +.
Peterson of Mount Auburn cemetery,
Cambridge, Mass. Owing TO the lateness
of the hour the paper on Pricing of
Cemetery Lots by W. N. Rudd Of
Greenwood cemetery, Chicago, H., was
deferred until this forenoon.
Attorney Jackson's interesting discus
sion OF epitaphs was in the nature of
plea for the retention of sentiment along
with the development of art in the mod
ern cemetery. An epitsph is link be-
tween life, death and the great hereafter
and il speaks from the garden of sleep"
its message of character, faith, hope and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

one piece, thereby insuring prevention Of
spreading, fault which had been no
ticed in other fences. About three
fourths of the work was finished in 1916
and the remainder completed last spring.
The cost per linear foot was 1852 and
building the reinforcement in sections
where the lay of the land made ii i'm
perative involved the expenditure of
Slab per foot. Labor represented nearly
81 per cent of the cost, material 80 per
cent, and reinforcement more than 90
per cent, with four per cent. reserved
for trucks and teams. In summing up,
the speaker said:
"The cost basis was figured on last
years work. but will be very fair
average, from the fact that although
steel and labor have advanced, our pre-
vious experience counted in pushing the
job along. Five years from now | hope
to see the wall covered with English ivy,
ampelopsis, wistaria, rambler roses,
here and there Towering crabapple
tree or Japanese cherry, Towering
shrubs, low and high, and occasionally
a good sized specimen tree to break the
skyline | venture to predict that we
shall forget the concrete is there and
that part of the cemetery wall which
may be visible | believe to be of such
color that it will mingle with the whole,
and the idea of fence will be altogeth-
er lost in the landscape"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

est granite center in the world, and the
claim is certainly well founded and,
think, entirely true" Continuing, he
described the geologic formation of gran
! tie, asserting that with the exception of
the Windsor green, all Vermont gran
ties are of the typical sort. The black
specks in the Barre GRANTEES are biotite
mica and, obviously, the more Of these
the darker the stone Knots, as they are
known, are in reality little scales of
mica In Vermont, unlike New Hamp
shire, no true granite is found in the
Green mountains, but only in the lesser
mountains or foot hills. Geographically
all Vermont GRANTEES are east of the
Green mountain range, while all of the
marble beds and most of the slate are
west of the mountains. After describ
ing Barre as the principal center of the
deposits, Prof. Perkins mentioned the
quarries in Calais. Woodbury., Hardwick
Ryegate, Bethel, Groton, Derby. Windsor
and Dummerston. In 1880 Vermont sold
granite to the amount of 100000, and of
late years the value has Appropriated
S6,000,000. During the period of devel
opment Barre has increased from viii
lage of some 1000 to a city of Ii 900.
At the close Prof. Perkins directed the
attention of his hearers to bulletin No.
404, q. S. geological survey, in which
r. Nelson Dale gives the results of a
very thorough examination of all the
granite deposits in the state,
application of Landscape Designs to-
the Cemetery" the subject of Prof.
Burns lecture, was one of particular in
terest to the superintendent, and as the
professors remarks were admirably sup
plemented by colored views, his period
was especially enjoyed. He explained at
some length the beginnings made by
landscape gardeners in America and
stressed the Importance attached to this
work by leading cemetery supervisors
and others interested in the upkeep of
public burial grounds. His stereopticon
views depicted number of fine land |
scape arrangements, Jome of them laid
in Vermont with a Green mountain
The pictures also showed
in sharp contrast sites in their natural !!
state and after scientific methods of ar.
had been applied. Prof. I
Burns address was replete with helpful
for the superintendent who
had just begun to realize on the oppor
tunities for development before him.
The speaker made it plain that the
problem of the cemetery supervisor
where landscape gardening is necessary
runs parallel to that of the man who
the care of public parks, play
grounds, etc. He paid tribute to the
forward-looking superintendent of
America who are doing much to spread
he gospel of aesthetic landscape garden
ng.
Remarks by Supt. Currie in his paper
IN cremation were provocative of much
rood -natured debate, with the result that
he matter was dismissed when it be-
anne evident that the convention was
divided on the question. Mr.. Currie, at
he outset made il known that he fla
'ored cremation and supported his I
Jews by relating his own experiences as
lead of a cemetery where cremation is I
onstantly practiced For the reason
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

There is plenty of fun ahead for the
amateur experimenter right here in Yer
mont. He has only to take leaf from
the British government, which is direct
ing the attention of the people to such
wild edibles as the frog, nettles and
whortle berries. Fungus diggers are not
a rarity on the hills about Barre and on
a recent Sunday traveller noticed no
fewer than 10 persons assiduously delv-
ing for the succulent mushroom. Hun
dreds testify to its potency as health
giving article of diet, and it is said that
here in Vermont the possibility of con-
fusing the edible variety with the pois-
onous kind is very remote. Probably
nettes and hedgehogs will not be greatly
disturbed until 1918 and even then the
food supply will have to shrink percep-
tibly before the woods and fields are in
vaded for that purpose. Most people will
have to learn to identify whortle- berries
before their hunger is appeased from that
source. II is assumed that a very fair
percentage of our population has eaten
frogs legs at one time or another
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

Because it must hew to the line, the
state board of health has been forced to
use its influence in the abandonment of
all plans for state and county fairs this
year The season for these countryside
gatherings is almost at hand and perhaps
we shall discover presently just how
much the fair has come to mean in our
scheme of neighborliness. The same rule
which put the Chautauqua companies out
of the running for season is applied to
country fairs of high and low estate.
Washington and Tunbridge must suffer
eclipse along with White River Junction,
Rutland Brattleboro and Middlebury, to
name a few of the larger ones. Thous-
ands will feel sense of something miss
ing when September days come and go
without the big reunion on the fair
ground, but it is better to forego the
pleasure of these reunions than to suffer
the dreaded malady, poliomyelitis, to
spread. 1t is better to be safe than
sorry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

that the best usage seems to insist that
ashes of the deceased be buried, instead
of scattered to the four winds or car
ried home, Supt. Cufrie asserted that
cremation is not inmicable, but in real
ity conducive to the prosperity of the
cemetery. Many years, no doubt, will
pass before cremation is made manda-
tory by law or becomes universal, but
the speaker expressed the belief that II
will surely progress. Reason, common
sense, scientific research and knowledge
win not be opposed to this reform in
the future The superintendent declared
that erematories for the larger cities are
practical and self supporting, even prof
table
He discussed the system from sani-
tary standpoint and found nothing but
good in it, Turning TO methods, he said
there We're two distinct groups Of Gre
matories, l. e., those in which the retort
is heated externally, coal or coke being
the fuel used, and the container that is
heated internally by the gases of coal,
coke or wood generated in separate
fire or furnace and conducted to the re
tort. Electricity has been tried, but the
system Is still in the experimental stage
and not yet satisfactory. The internally
heated type is used by a majority of
At the close the speaker said Let
us encourage and support cremation by
its principles and provid
ing cemeteries for its practice, but let
US admonish eremationists to pay due
regard to the ashes, giving them respec-
table burial, preferably in the grave
rather than in structures of perishable
which, however well construct
ID, must inevitably, in due course of
lime, go to ruin to be disposed of with
heir contents in the manner future gen
,rations may consider proper or find
contingency however re-
note not agreeable to contemplate"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

Designs to the Cemetery" was the topic
of a lecture by Prof. G. +. Burns of the
department of botany at the state uni
versity, who illustrated his remarks with
stereopticon views. James Currie of For.
est Home cemetery, Milwaukee, Wis, gave
an unusually Illuminating paper on "The
Crematory as an Adjunct to the Mod
ern Cemetery" George NJ. Zapf of Bal
timore, Md, special delegate from the
National Retail Monument Dealers as
ISOLATION, who was to have delivered a
paper on Relation of the Cemetery SUI
perintendent to the Retail Monument
Dealer" was not present.
Supt. Puckett's strong plea for uni
formity in cemetery laws led to a long
discussion, which eliminated in the APP
pointment of committee to inquire into
the adyisabilty of drafting proposed
laws. Mr.. Puckett's remarks had to
do with the delicate feelings OF juries re-
garding the bodies of the dead and the
sometimes unavoidable disturbance
thereof. He expressed belief that the
public is disposed to place good deal
of confidence in the ability of cemetery
to take care of remains
trusted to their disposition and quoted
from legal sources The le-
gal rights of the family are paramount,
and everywhere cemetery superintend-
ents are wholly DESTROYS of living up TO
the letter of the law. Statutes clearly
indicating whether or not debt could
be secured by mortgage on cemetery.
lot and prescribing the rights of parties
in such lot pending the expiration of
the time allowed for redemption would
remove many uncertainties, in the opin-
ion of the speaker The American Bar
he said, has made consider
able progress in an effort to have uni
form laws passed in the various states,
but much remains to be done in the
matter of cemetery legislation.
In closing the speaker urged the APP
pointment of committee to be charged
with the duty of procuring the aid of
the bar associations in having certain
laws enacted 1t would mean much if
every member could tell without con
sulting his attorney exactly what are
he rights of the owner of commercial
cemetery and of its patrons under prac-
,ically any set of circumstances and re-
yardless of where such cemetery is To-
,ated.
Prof Perkins carefully prepared
study on granite and the granite indus
ry of Vermont was one of the distinc-
i've contributions to the program. YER
mont is far in the lead of every other |
tate in the matter of granite produc-
ion. II was originally used in Yer
mont for walls and foundations, and so
ar as the records show the State House
Il Montpelier was the first large build |
ng to be constructed of Vermont gran,
te. The stone was drawn from the old
Wheaton quarry and it is as fresh and
ound as at first, after exposure to Yer
mont weather for so years.
The speaker discussed in detail the
'hases of Barre's mammoth industry
nd said: Barre claims to be the lsrg
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

Every worker of stone should be inter-
ested in the Georgia project for the crea-
ton of a soldiers memorial on the gran
lite face of Stone mountain. An age-old
craft, that of the stonecutter, is to make
possible the completion of this gigantic
project Some of the most skillful cary
ers in the nation are to be modified un-
der the direction of Gutzon Borglum and
several years will elapse before this sheer
mountain wall is relieved by military
figures designed to serve as an enduring
monument to the lost cause
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

love, said the speaker, 1t lays stress
upon the value of good character and
encourages emulation; it is token of
the abiding faith of our fathers, the
sacrificial love of our mothers: and
withal bids up hope at a time and in
a place where hope, too, seems dead,
AT times the speaker inUerlarded his
remarks with apt quotations from the
memorials erected TO the deceased Of
high and low estate. Some of them hui
morous, acting as safety-valves to SOM
bre surroundings, and other seriously
rejecting the good deeds of the dead
Epitaphs are not out of style and in
referring to more fashionable, modern
cemeteries, the speaker spoke of the
chill and GOODNESS about the magnificent
monuments which are inscribed with
names only. In strong contrast one Wis
its some of the older cemeteries TO find
small, often inartistic stones, roughly
hewn, poorly set and with the names all
but obiterated. And yet the inscrip
tion of an epitaph has not faded and
one finds therein something that was
missed in the more modern part of the
burial ground. There is sentiment, love,
faith and hope There is the resting
place of real, red -blooded people who
not only followed the blessed rule of
speaking no i'll of the dead, but found
time to write well of them upon their I
monuments.
At the close Mr. Jackson said; "Epi I
taphs out of style Then let us bring I
them back into style. Let us put
little sentiment into and upon our mon
Let us add to the fashionable
dress of our modern graves some Of the
homely virtues of the epitaph. Let us
write upon the grand memorial a simple
sentence, so that art may not Danish
sentiment from the land of the dead"
Parasitic insects got the scourging
they deserve in Mr.. Bailey's timely pa
per, and he found in group of men
of the cemeteries ready lis
teners from the beginning to the end of
his remarks First aid treatments were
carefully explained and at the outset
he referred his audience to a number of
books where information concerning the
eradication of pests may be obtained.
There are three groups of destructive in
sects, those which eat the leaves by
chewing, those which suck the juice from
foliage or bark, and those which work
within the bark or tree by boring. Three
general methods of treatment are re-
luired Gypsy and brown-tail moths
ire in the first division, as are the elm
eaf beetle the canker worm, the forest Il
ent caterpillars and several species of |
ussock moths. Arsenate of lead and H
'ther arsenieal poisons are used advan-
ageously in spraying. The sucking va
iety, in the second class, include pre-
scale insects and aphis. For
hese the treatment is spraying. III
The control of boring insects, the
bird group, involves more general II
ct of principles, for when the work of II
he borer becomes evident there is gen II
rally no cure for the immediate part
f the tree in which il is located, and
he insect death is of primary impor- y
ance only in preventing reproduction.
Ulster rust was described by the speak IL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

There will be new reasons for admir-
ing Harry Lauder, the Scotch comedian,
when he returns to America in the au-
tumn. Only year ago his only son was
killed in action and while the great sor-
row has tempered the funmaker's humor-
GUS bump, he retains his old-time faculty
for entertaining, as was evidenced when
he sang his comic skits in the trenches
not long ago.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

First to die in Gen. Pershing's expedi
tionary force: Lieut.. Frederick Whal
strom. Even though death resulted from
a motorcycle accident, it may be said
that "he died amid the thunders of great
war"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

The Times Friday before Labor day
advice to the farmers makes its Goth an
nual appearance: Do not leave your NOW
ing machine TO rust in the shade of the
old apple tree. The warning is old, but
the need for it is ever present and be-
sides, someone may set it to music be-
fore another year rolls by.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

With pork at $40 on the hoof in Chi
cago and the price still soaring, there is
room for doubt as to whether it really
was COW that jumped over the moon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

Dutch neutrality needs a shock absorb
er.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

The autumn rains are welcomed by
Nermont's forest rangers.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31

The oyst.R months begin tomorrow
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-31
WILL MEET nv
ROCHESTER. ". Y,
NEXT YEAR

Continued from first page)
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-02-08

ric power, in some cases already
developed and ready to be turned
ON, and mountain streams running
to waste where it is not, while
railroads and factories burn oil
and ccal.
Is there anything more logical
for development of the west and
unlocking its mineral wealth and
conserving its oil and coal, than
early and rapid utilization of its
unused electric poweri
II would mean the expenditure
of tens of millions of dollars in
eleetriieation Of transeOntinental
and interstate railroads and could
be put over in the next five years.
1t would mean greatest expan-
sion of electrical industry in that
period and electricity would come
into its own, and the west would
come into its own as the greatest
manufacturing center in the
world.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-02-08
WHEREIN REPRESENTATIVES
REPRESENT.

The Idaho legislature on Satur-
day pledged to President Wood
row Wilson Of the United States
the loyalty of the people of Idaho
and sour lives, our fortunes and
our sacred HONOR in what is
termed "the most mOmentous
period" of the nation 5 history.
This action was taken after the
legislature had been informally
notified of the fact that diplomatic
relations between the United
States and Germany had been
broken.
The Idaho legislature is probab-
" the first legislature body in
session in the United States to
record itself as firmly behind the
president in the strained relation
ship existing with Germany.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-02-08
Meeting Bulk Grain Handlers.

Friday, February Is, has beer
made the date of the meeting oil
the farmers of the Northwest al
Spokane 10 discuss the bulk-hand
ling of grain, instead Of February
"A, as originally announced. The
change has been made so that
I grain-growers attending the bulk
/ grain conference con conveniently
attend the government hearing
scheduled for Spokane Saturday
February II, in connection with
the establishment Of federal grain
standards. Chairman Almer Me.
Curtain of the Inland Empire
bulk-grain committee appointed
a year ago, has issued the follow
ing statement:
At the meeting held in Spokane
last May at which an emphatic
declaration was issued in favor OF
handling grain in bulk instead Of
in sacks, il was arranged that a
conference should be held early
this year to give the farmers from
all sections OF the Inland Empire
the benefit of reports from the
men who had marketed their
wheat without buying grain bags
The date selected by the com.
mittee was February "a, but with
in the last day or two the United
States Department Of Agriculture
has made arrangements by teIe |
graph for the hearing February |
IL at the chamber Of commerce IN |
in connection with the
establishment Of federal grain
II was considered un. |
wise to try to have two grain
a week apart, and the
grain handling conference has
been definitely announced to be
held in Spokane Friday, Feb. rs.