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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
New England at the Front
i'm Establishing Great
Industry
FIRST AUTO MADE
IN BRATTLEBORO
Years Ago - Nearly Quarter of Cen
fury Before Other Pioneering Work
Was Accomplished.

New England is justly proud OF the
the automobile industry, writes David
Beecroft in a Boston despatch TO the
current number of Automobile. While
the center of production has moved
westward in accordance with the ideas
of Horace Greeley no one will ever be
able TO wrest from the six New Eng
land states the able pioneering work
done within their confines within the
last so years. We who's have lived
throughethe last 20 years and mingled
day in and day out with the automo-
bile industry, forgot the thrce.seore
years previous to that time, and if we
would look at the inception of the auto
mobile as q practical road vehicle in
the United states, we have to turn the
hands of the century clock back TO
$50 and look into the local history
of Brattleboro, VT, that picturesque
city nestled among the hills of the
Connecticut river.
Here almost So years ago was built
a practical steam vehicle, which in
most respects resembled q single horse
wagon, yet il had a good boiler and
q two-eylinder engine, with cylinders
approximately in. in diameter. This
pioneer American automobile. if not the
first TO be built on this side of the At
lantic, was constructed by a practical
machinist whose name we have not
been able TO learn, but whose work is
authenticated from various sources.
The boiler was made of I-shaped tubes
20 in. in diameter and so placed that
the lower ends of these tubes served
as a CRATE, while the flame followed
them toward the top. Thus does Yer.
mont establish its right TO priority in
the field Of automobile pioneering, be-
tween the Atlantic and the Hudson
II was nearly n quarter of a century
later before any other definite pioneer
ing work was accomplished, which
brings " up TO the days Of the Civil
war, We all delight in saying that
necessity is the mother of invention,
but the present war leads US TO almost
re.word this axiom and write it that,
war is the mother of invention.
The present war has worked wonders in
motor transportation development and
in more obscure circles il would seen
that the Civil war had turned the at
tention Of many inventive minds tC
some form Of motor transportation.
About this time Sylvester Roper be
gan his experiments with steam We
hicles which continued until 1892 wher
he was killed on the Charles Rive,
track in Boston by o fall from steam
motorcycle which he was demonstrating
on that track. While the develop
ments in Brattleboro, VT, seemed Il
stand alone in the past, Roper furnishe
the connecting link which brings tn,
steam pioneering of the middle year
of the nineteenth century up to tn
present date.
Roper's Vehicle of 1865.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

The funeral of Mrs. Florence E. Farr
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2
O'Clock at the home of w. d. ellison on
Brook street.
There will be an important meeting
of Brattleboro chapter, American Guild
of Banjoists, Mandolinists and Guitar
lists, this evening at 7.30, in Harmony
hall. Besides the orchestra rehearsal
committees will be appointed to have
charge of the various activities of the
organization.
The young people Of West Brattle-
boro will give minstrel show Thurs
day, March 8, at clock in Academy
hall. Local hits have been carefully
prepared and plenty of fun is assured.
The Bingville orchestra will render mu-
sic. The proceeds will go towards the
piano fund and it is hoped that there
will be large audience. Tickets are
on sale at Stockwell s store.
The Brattleboro Woman club will
hold its next meeting tomorrow after
noon at $50 in Odd Fellows temple
| Prof. Frank A. Waugh of the Massa-
chusetts Agricultural college will speak
on A Better Place to Live. The meet
ing will be open to visitors by the
payment Of the usual guest fee and the
subject is one that should interest all
Mrs. L. A. Carpenter of Chester will
sing
James Twomblv was taken seriously
with q heart attack while eating din
ner this noon in the Albany cafe. DR.
Thomas Rice responded to an emer
geney call and had him removed to his
| room in Bushnell s roominp house or
| Elliot street. Later he was taken tt
the town farm He has been in feeble
health for some time He has a small
income from property In Massachu
sets.
The regular meeting of the Mair
street Parent-T Teacher association viii
be held in the main room In the high
school building Thursday evening a.
730. Pupils of the eighth and nintl
grades will have the program in charge
and II promises to be very interesting
Eight grade pupils will give a radiopti
con talk in connection with their study
of industrial geography and nintl
grade pupils will give a talk in connec
ton with their study of English his
tory, and there will be singing by tn,
ninth grade glee club. Refreshment
will be served in the domestic scienc,
laboratory after the meeting and a so
cial time enjoyed. This meeting is hell
in the evening in order that bot
mothers and fathers may attend par
ticularly the latter, and it is hoped tina
the pupils will be rewarded for thei
efforts by an unusually large attend
ance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
BELLOWS FALLS.
Charged with Improper Use of Mails

Charles j. Budlong, 50, a notions ped
dler, was arrested in the postofiice yes
terday afternoon by United States Mar
shall Arthur p. Carpenter of Brat
tleboro He was taken to Burlington
last night for arraignment in the United
States district court on a charge of
sending improper matter through the
mail to j. f. Bucklee, 2. o. Box 1926
Hartford, Conn, on Jan. IS.
Budlong came to Bellows Falls about
three years ago from Walpole, \. H. II
is said he had postoffice boxes here, in
Walpole and in Westminster, and he
received large amount of mail from
every section of the country. 1t is
said that he has been an ardent advo
cate of the birth-control movement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
DIVOLL A CANDIDATE.
Ex-senator Would Like to Be Fish and
Game Commissioner.

MONTPELIER, March 6.-Natt L..
Divoll of Rockingham, senator in the
1915 legislature, has announced his can
didacy for. the office of state fish and
game commissioner to succeed John W.
Titcomb, resigned. Mr.. Divoll is a
farmer and business man and it is under
stood that he would, if appointed, be
engaged as chief clerk and expert fish
.culturist, proceeding on the theory that
the commissioner should be, first of all,
business man. 1t is probable that the
appointment of a commissioner will be
made this week after the legislature
reeonvenes and other appointments may
be made at the same time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
WOMEN WHO FADE EARLY.

How often we hear the expression,
GLOW she has faded' or " Hash t she
grown old.' Her friends see it. Her
husband sees it. She realizes it her
self with a pang. Often she knows
the reason, some female arrangement
has fastened itself upon her and makes
it almost impossible for her to drag
around from day to day. Such women
should remember there is one tried
and true remedy for their condition
and that Lydia f. Pinkham s Vegeta
BILE Compound for more than forty
years has been restoring women tc
health and happiness. Try it
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

weighed less than 700 pounds and was
capable Of speeds as high as 20 miles
per hour. AT that time public senti
ment was strong against automobiles,
but Notwithstanding this Roper .
horsepower engine carried coal under
the seat sufficient for a day. running
and the estimated cost of fuel was
cent per mile. The engine could be
operated on 90 pounds of steam
While Roper was continuing his
steam development for the next 80
years other New England pioneers
flashed acorss the horizon of automo-
bile invention In 1864 another New
England inventor, Spencer, contracted
one or two carriages that were fire.
highways.
w. w. Austin, of Lowell, Mass, in
1863 built a steam vehicle which he
drove about the country for several
years. 1t operated with 100 pound
steam pressure, used horizontal boiler
In 1876, II. S. Taylor of Derby Line
VT, built a light weight vehicle, which
was run on the roads for some time
The vehicle weighed not more than
500 pounds, and its use was much re-
stricted by the existing bad roads.
1885 Epoch Making Year.
The year Of 1885 proved an epoch
making one so far as steam was con
cerned in New England. One of the
pioneers who came into the limelight
in that year was James II. Billiard OF
Springfield, Mass, who from that date
until his death a few years ago was
constantly engaged in the development
Of steam. Mr. Billiard began work on
his first steam vehicle in 1885, when he
designed cylindrical boiler with fire
tubes placed lengthwise through it. The
front axle was used for driving, and
had the two-cylinder engine immedi-
ately in the rear of it. The cylinders
were 8 by l.2 inches with a clearance
of 90 degrees. With true inventive
instinct Mr.. Billiard soon took up the
question of developing a flash boiler
and il also registered to his credit that
| he developed automatic control for q
steam vehicle. The steam pressure
regulated the amount of fire, shutting
| il off entirely when a certain maximum
\ was reached. He used a pilot fire
which was constantly lighted. He was
one of the first to atomic fuel oil, us
| ing small atomizer. This vehicle was
successfully operated through the state
Of Massachusetts in the summer OF
! 1856. The vehicle was so light that
| il could easily be lifted by two men
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

viii be surprised how it will help on
the grain bill.
Don't apply more than twenty loads
of manure to the acre on the corn field:
apply the rest lightly on good grass
ground. 1t will give you mere returns
tnis way.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

many of the strong men who have
gone out from Vermont to fight the
battles of life well equipped with the
firm foundation Of an education gained
in their own state. Her broadened
view of life has enabled her to know
and understand that liberal educa-
ton can be acquired by simply coming
in touch with the daily lives of great
men and women.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
Back to Her Tender Years.

Boardcr-This beef is very tough; il
is evidently from an old COW.
Mrs. Hashleigh-Let me tell you sir,
that the tenderest beef ! ever ate was
from COW ID or 20 years old.
Boarder-That S easily explained; the
cow was so old she was childish
Boston Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

Mutt Ain t Nature wonderfuls
JEFF. Why?
Mutt She gives US faces, but we
can pick our own teeth.-Princeton
Tiger.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

Carnations, zoe per dozen; roses,
$3.50; violets, s1.25 per hundred; sweet
peas $50 per hundred; tulips, soc doz.;
daffodils, zoe: Easter lilies, So; Gala
lilies Qarge) So; marguerites, l5c doZ.
Nearly all of these are grown in our own
houses. Excellent quality. Tel. 23l-X.
c. \. Bond, Florist 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06

Anyone having anything in the line
Of clothing, shoes, or newspapers that
they will donate to the Salvation Army,
if they will natifv the officer in charge,
Envoy G. " Beckwith, Elm street,
| they will be called for 'phone 3S3-R.
| Brattleboro orchestra will hold a
dance in Red Mems hall Wednesday
! March :. Adv. G
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
Roper 5 Venice OF 1863.

As far back as 1863 Roper had
four.wheelcd steam vehicle which
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19
VICTIM or TETANUs SHOWS
STRENGTH AND MAY RECOVER

Chalmer. the six year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Foster is danger
ously III. suffering fom tetanus. eaus-
ed by the infection Of a cut on his
foot The injury was received while
wading in an irrigation ditch. For
several days the little chaps Jaws
were locked and Il was thot he had
slight opportunities for recovery
During the past few days the dis
ease has responded TO treatment and
IL Is believed ne will recover
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19
Quick, CIarice!
The POWder Puff

A pretty pair OF colored girls call
ed number" 10 dhone users Tuesday
morning. Now don't jump at con-
clusions and imagine that the local
force went on a strike and that Man
ager Lewis went TO sunny south for
strike breakers. That was not the
case. Neither is II true that the pow
der puffs were out OF kilter, or any
thing like that.
The real reason for the change OF
complexion was the removal OF the
stove that in years past has warmed
the girls at the board. The stove
had been there, since the memory Of
Central runs, not TO the contrary, and
some times Central's memory Is
long one. especially for those who
are not polite over the phone.
The stove just bad to be moved as
part OF the plan for the steam heat
ing plant in the First National Bank
building, ad nnnnnnnnnnnnnleFdfbc
building and any man, and most any
housewife. knows what happens when
stoves are removed. the SCOT just
covered the girls. replaced the rosy
cheeks with ebony grease and gen
orally mussed two perfectlynice clean
dresses as only SCOT can muss them,
and BY noon time. when the moving
Job was completed and the yoang
ladies went home even their mother
could hardly recognize them.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

p. NJ. Boals, secretary OF the Pay
ette-Oregon slope Irrigation District.
was in Ontario on business Monday
Mr.. Boals reports that the residents
of that thriving section are happy
over the prospects for big erop and
the improved condition Of the district
The bonds OF the district have been
relssued at a substantially reduced fg'
ure and the settlers are able 10 see
financial independence in the not dis
tant future
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19
EsTRAY NOTICE

Estray COW in our pasture
April 25, branded on left hip, dew
lap on neck Owner can have same
bv proving property and paying all
expenses incurred
JH. BROWN 2s A.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

A. L. sproule came down from
Blue Mountain Springs where he Is
running two bands OF sheep this sum
mer In the forest reserve. There was
some change In the weather for Mr..
sproule. for when he left the Springs
there was frost on the gronud, while
mercury was hitting the century mark
when he reached Ontario.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

Conley Wilson OF Portland arrived
In Ontario this week visiting his
brother and sister. Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Wilson. On Tuesday with Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson he drove TO Falk's Store
for a short visit and with his brother
Barney Wilson Of Nyssa leaves this
week for Kentuckey to visit his
mother.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

c. w. Platt Miss Mae and Don
Plat. left Sunday for an extended
trip thru the Western part OF the
state. They will first visit the Har-
ney valley. after which they win cross
the mountains and after seeing the
willamette Valley and Portland, Win
take the trip TO Seattle.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

The Misses Cora and Ethel McNuity
left Wednesday evening for Seattle
and other Puget Sound points for a
vacation trip.
H. G. Boyer, manager OF Boyer
Bros. returned Wednesday evening
from an extended trip thru the In
terror.
Mrs. n. w. Swagler and daughter.
lone. left early this morning for Min
neapolls where they will visit relatives
for the next xix weeks.
John link OF Crane arrived In On
tarlo for the first visit he has made
In the city In ten years. Needless
TO say Mr. link remarked that the
city had made remarkable changes
since his last visit.
% --4asAds~
Attorney Claude c. McCulloch OF
Portland. member OF the hrm OF West
A. Mcculloch. arrived in Ontario Tnss.
day on legal matters In connection
with the sale OF the Payette-oregon
Slope Irrigation District bonds.
- ~---s-~~-
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. ID. Dorman and
family viii leave this week for u few
OF cool weather az Payette Lakes.
They shipped their camping outft
on Tuesday planning 10 follow Il on
wednesday but postponed their de-
parture until the weekend.
o.
Samuel Taylor. OF Butte. Montana.
arrived In Ontario Tuesday for short
visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S. +. Taylor. Mr.. Taylor was In Butte
during the recent Industrial troubles
there. and has an intereatIng story
TO tell OF the street lights which took
place on registration dayA
o.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rasmussen and
family left Tuesday morning Tor
Montpelier for short visit with Mrs.
Rasmussens parents. Later they
Will go TO Bear Lake where Mrs.
RASMUSSEN and children will spend
a few weeks. Mr.. Rasmussen will
return 10 Ontario this week to resume
his work ON the Crane run.
Paul o. q. cayoa returned Friday
from Los Angles. where he went for
treatment three weeks ago, On his
return Mr. Cayou. who has been con-
ductor on the Crane run for some
some time found that Conductor Fife
had asserted his pre-existing rights
and taken the run permanently. Mr..
cayou Is looking over a number or
the runs In this vicinity before TAX
ing similar action on one OF them.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

Attorney Claude c. McCullooh OF
Portland. member OF the Arm OF West
a Mcculloch. arrived In Ontario Tuss.
day on legal matters In connection
with the sale OF the Payette-oreson
Slope Irrigation District bonds
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

John Zink OF Crane arrived In On
tario for the FIRST visit he has made
In the city In ten years. Needless
TO say Mr.. link remarked that the
city had made remarkable changes
since his last visit.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

Two hundred trout was the re
suit OF two days fishing by a small
party OF fishermen. as reported BY
John Rasmussen who returned Mon
day from Stems mountain. where he
angled for two days.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19
7o,On Topics 7ersely Told

Sam Cream spent Sunday with
friends in weisor.
Rev. u. E. Baker is In Boise this
week attending the Idaho Minister'S
Institution
O.
While Mr.. and Mrs. ]. =. Farley
are out OF town. Mr.. and Mira y. l..
Stewart are occupying thei residence.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. Adam and family
are among the ontarians who are
escaping the heat OF the summer at
Payette Lakes. ~i~~s~
Mrs. ID. E. Baker. and her daugh-
ter-in-law. Mrs. II. Bartlett Baker.
arrived Friday on the traip from
Seattle.
George vanderhoof returned Tues
day from the upper country where he
went to Superintend the shipping Of
bunch OF stock.
o
MIR. and Mrs. w. II. Doolittle and
family left Wednesday evening for
Tacoma where they will spend eou-
pie OF months on the Sound.
.---~-r
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry blackwell and
daughter arrived In. Ontario this week
from Portland They made the drive
by auto, crossing over the John Day
route.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

Mrs. n. W, swagler and daughter,
lone. left early this morning for Min
neapolIs where they will visit relatives
for the next xix weeks.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

The Misses Cora and Ethel McNulty
left Wednesday evening for Seattle
and other Puget Sound points for "A
vacation trip.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-07-19

II. G. Boyer, manager of Boyer
Bros. returned Wednesday evening
from an extended trip thru the In
terror.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-19
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all persons
interested, that on the 9th day of April,
A. D., 1917, the undersigned was
appointed by the District Court of Ma
haska County, Iowa. executor OF
the estate of Henry Van Reuelder, dec d,
late of said Mahaska County, Iowa.
All persons indebted to said estate will
make payment to the undersigned, and
those having claims against the SAM
will present them legally authenticated
to said court for allowance.
Dated this 14th day of April, 1917.
c. H. Bogard, Executor.
W. 7. Martin, Clerk. 4Ow3
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-19
IN AND ABOUT CEDAR
w. r. M. S. ENTERTAINED AT THE
HOME OF MRS. r. r. MOORE.

Cedar, April 17-By White Rose
The W. F. M. S. Society met at the
home of Mrs. F. F. Moore Thursday
afternoon, Mrs. Clarence Mcdowell
was the leader of the program which
was very interesting, twenty eight
ladies being present. Refreshments
were served and the afternoon was en-.
joyed by all present.
John Thomas and Ben Thomas was
called to Oskaloosa, Kansas, by the
serious illness of their sister, Mrs.
Spurlock. John Thomas returned say
ing that his sister was very low.
The A. R. T. c. Club was royalty en-
tertained by Mrs. Herve Richie, al
though 1t was quite rainy there were
quite few present. A dainty two
course lunch was served. Miss Mae
Richie will entertain May 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis Of williamsburg
are visiting at the Chester Davis and
Jim Coats homes.
Mr.. Pasturtorus was called to his
home in Pattenburg, Missouri, Thurs
day by the death Of his uncle.
Miss Ferne Sicily and niece return
ed home Monday.
Mrs. M. Garrett of Oskaloosa and
Mrs. F. A. Garrett spent Wednesday
with Mrs. Woods.
Mrs. Maggie Stephens and George
Meyers went to Martinsburg, Monday
to attend Mrs. Stephens husbands fun.
eral. He died in the Mt. Pleasant hos
pital.
The musical given in the Cedar Hall
was well attended and II was a great
treat. They took in eighty dollars,
which will go to help pay for the pi-
ano.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Lyons, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry McBurney, and Mrs. Co.'S
and went to Oskaloosa Monday even.
ing to hear the Minneapolis Orches-
ira
Miss Ethel Warner went to Oskaloo-
So Monday evening to sew for Mrs.
Tom Richie.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-04-19

Grinnell Herald: ] d. Calkins went
to Oskaloosa on Sunday to be with
his mother, who is in the hospital
there.
Mrs. Jennie Hamilton of Delta
spent the week end with her brother,
c. D. Hutchins and family, at 476
North Ninth street.
Wilbur Stegner has returned to his
home in University Park from Chicago
where he has been attending the Nc
Killip Veterinary School.
Mrs. c. Winter and Mrs. Marie
Westcott and little daughter Chris
tine are home from Los Angeles
here they have been spending the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Lewis returned
from Des Moines Monday evening
where they spent their honeymoon
and visited at the home of Mrs. w.
Riley, 304 Virginia avenue.
Paul Phelps, little SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. E. Phelps of Delta, who un-
derwent an operation for appendicitis
at Mercy hospital, returned home on
Tuesday and is getting along finely.
Mrs. Sina Evans, who is nursing
Miss Likes, 41O High avenue east.
returned home Monday from He'd
rick where she was called Saturday
by the serious illness of her brother
in-law.
Floyd Smith, son of F. A. Smith, is
spending a few days here at the par
entail home. Mr.. Smith is selling
aluminium for the Wear-Eyer com
pany. He has been travelling through
western Iowa, but soon goes to Des
Moines, where he will be permanently
located.
DR.. J. M. McClelland, former pas
tor of Central M. E. church, now at
Manhattan, Kas., writes an Oska-
loosa friend: The theme of all
themes today is war. 1t is with us
in our waking hours and in our
dreams, - especially those of us
whose boys are to be called on when
the day of battle is at hand. Harold
comes home this week to take his ex-
animation for a commission as sec
ond lieutenant in the regular army.
Herbert. is nineteen and subject to
call. How it brings it home to one!
Yet we are not standing in the way
of the boys. If their country needs
them they must go, no matter what
the cost to our own hearts"