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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
TALK OFTHF TOWN


Parasols at one-half price at Abbott's
Special prices on wash skirts at Mrs
Shepard Co., Inc.
Get your favorite college ice or ice
cream sodas at Cummings & Lewis
We sell Coon's ice cream; strawberry
vanilla and chocolate. Barre Drug Co.
j. E. Paddock of Saxtons River is pass
ing several days in the city on business
A pineapple mallow sunde will keep
you feeling cool this hot weather, at
Cummings & Lewis
Peter Gotta of Montpelier is employed
in the Ross barber shop during the alb
sence of Edwin Ross
H. E. Reynolds of Washington street
has resumed his duties in the N. d.
Phelps Co.'S hardware store, after va
cation of two weeks.
Mrs. Joseph Bacon and daughter of
Providence, h. l., are visiting at the
home of the formers sisters, Mrs. Gene
Beaulieu and Mrs. Charles E. Beaulieu
of the East Montpelier road.
John Mclean of Montpelier resumed
work at the Union Clothing store this
morning, after vacation of two weeks.
Orreste Bofiino Of Maple avenue began
his vacation from the same store to-day.
A daughter, Mary Harriet, weighing
ten and one-half pounds, was born to
DR.. and Mrs. II. G. Stetson OF ST. Johns
bury Wednesday, July Is. Mrs. Stetson
was formerly Miss Flora E. Barclay of
this city.
The weekly open air dance held in the
Woodbury. lake house pavilion at Wood
bury pond last evening was attended by
twelve nurses stationed at the City hos
pital and their guests. The party was
transported to and from the pond in
w. G. Eastman's auto truck.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
FIRST BREAK IN 70 YEARS
If Middlebury Is Not Able to Have a
Fair This Year.

|. Middlebury, July l9.--If not rescinded
or altered in due season, the order of the
state board of health forbidding, among
other affairs, county fairs in the state
this year will break up the long contin-
ued series of fairs given by the Addison
County Agricultural society. The first
fair of this unbroken series was in 1874
and the fair of last year was, therefore,
the I'D annual one. 1t will be a matter
of regret toNthe officials of the associa-
ton if they are not able to have the 73d
fair this year. There are great many
interesting facts connected with the his
tory of these fairs. Until about 80 years
ago the fairs were always held in octo-
Der, except in occasional years when
heavy rains broke up the track and con-
sequently lessened the attendance, neces-
stating the postponing of the fair even
into November. In one year there were
two postponements forced by rain, but
the fair was finally held and the record
kept unbroken.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
Colleges Seeing the Light.

1t is not at all unlikely that the col
leges will find themselves much better
off next fall than they thought they were
going to be. The gloom which has hung
over so many institutions since the war
began is being lifted by the unusually
large increase in the number of high
school students who have expressed a
determination to continue their educa-
ton through the higher branches. From
all colleges the report is the same. Senior
and junior classes will be much smaller
than is customary, sophomore classes
will be about normal size, but freshman
classes will break all registration records.
All this is not conjecture; it is fact
based on the returns received from en-
trance examination boards. The drive
for education as usual" is beginning to
show results, and many high school boys
who had no notion of going to college
are making up their minds that in no
way can they better serve their coun-
try than by obtaining the training which
higher education affords.
But no matter how large the entering
classes next fall total registration will
be well below normal As one result
every college viii have financial prob
lem on its hands. Confronted on the one
hand by a sharp decrease in revenue
from tuition fees and on the other by |
the injunction of civil and military su-
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thorities to make no reduction in facul-
ties, our institutions of learning can do
little else than expect good-sized deficits
and prepare to take care of them as war
debts. The innumerable campaigns for
large endowment funds to increase fac
ulty salaries or to build new buildings
will have to be held in allegiance and at
tention centered on efforts to raise mon
ey to meet current expenses. No one
doubts that the colleges will find way
to weather the storm but economy must
be their rule just as it is already the
rule of every individual. The time is at
hand for taking a careful account of
stock in order that all waste may be
eliminated. The college dollar must be
made to go longer way than it went
before.-Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
BUY FLOUR IN SMALL QUANTITIES.
Housewives Warned That Attempt to
Hoard and Store often Is
False Economy,

Buy -four in small quantities and pro.
tect it carefully from spoilage, is the
keynote of a suggestion from the United
States department of agriculture.
Sound -four milled from standard
wheat exhibits very little tendency to
decompose when stored in a proper man.
ner. Nevertheless, there is considerable
loss of -four through spoilage as a result
of improper storage, particularly during
the summer months. Flour dealers nat
urally have to carry in storage an
amount of -four proportionate to the
current needs of their trade. Housekeep-
ers on the farm and in the city should
purchase flour in accordance with their
needs only. 1t is false economy for the
housekeeper to purchase larger amounts
of -four than can be used within rea-
sonable length of time. This may be
barrel for large family; more often it
will be the 50pound sack. Any storage
of -four in excess of the consumers needs
constitutes boarding which, under pres.
ent circumstances, is an unethical and
reprehensible practice, of no profit to the
individual who practices it, but injurious
to the best interests of the people.
Since it is the duty of everyone in the
present situation particularly to avoid
all waste, it is incumbent upon each one
so to store the normal stock of flour as
to eliminate all waste whatsoever. The
precautions that are required have been
well worked out in practice and are stat.
ed as follows by specialists in the de.
partment of agriculture:
There are three cardinal principles of
-four storage. Flour should not be stored /
in the cellar, since the cellar is rarely
free from dampness, even though special
flour bins have been built in. 1t is COM
mon to find odors in a cellar, and -four
absorbs odors and is contaminated by
them. The cellar is cool, but is usually
too damp. Flour should not be stored in
the attic of the usual type. The temper
allure is too high in summer, there is no
circulation of air, and the -four is likely
to acquire musty odor Flour should
not be stored in the pantry or kitchen,
except in small quantities, since the tenn
perature is certain to be uneven and the
iour is likely to be contaminated by {
doors.
If practicable every household should {
possess a small room for storage of non. &
,dorous commodities. Such room is
pest located on the north side of the '
1t should be ventilated and c
DOL and even temperature should be !
Where such a room is not !
AVAILABLE, closet may fit the require I
nents well. The bins or containers I
hould be kept clean, and when an old S
took of flour is exhausted, the container v
hould be carefully cleaned before new a
took is placed.
Naturally the -four must be guarded t
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
German Atmosphere" in Vermont.

They have summer school of Ian
guages at the little college town of Mid
dlebury,-V and t is interesting to see
that it is very strong in its German de-
psrtment, which is under the direction OF
lady from Heidelburg. 1t is one OF the
pecularities of this German department
that the students, who are about forty
in number, are not permitted to speak
any other language than German from
breakfast to bedtime-so that the streets
of the Green mountain village now re-
spond with the accents of the father
land. The directress of the school, with
due zeal for the thoroughness of her sys-
TEN, has announced her intention to Gre
ate German atmosphere" in Middle
bury. With such an atmosphere already
prevalent at the University Of Vermont,
the Green mountain region must almost
imagine itself, in these days, part of
the Schwarzwald or the Erzgebirge. And
all this is the more strange, since the
casual visitor to Vermont nowadays is
constantly impressed with the intense
hostility of the population to everything
German. Whatever the reasons for the
special development of German schol-
asticism in Vermont may be, the teach
ers and organizers of the German at
these may do their country
a real service by teaching nothing but
the sentiment and the literature of the
Did Germany-the Germany of Luther, |
If Winckelmann, of Wieland, of Goethe, |
If Schiller, of Heine--the lyrical and ar
tistic Germany, not the Germany of
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
Fairness in the Draft.

| In spite of the charge made in Wash
ington that northern states and north
ern cities are having their census esti-
mates padded in order to make their
proportion of the draft heavier" the
American people can hardly believe that
the government has been deliberately
unfair.
census, showed material differences be-
tween the proportion of men of draft
age in different states and different cit
les. The proportion of men between 20
and 80 years in Massachusetts, was Is
per cent larger than that in Vermont.
Localized and war industries have in
creased such disproportions.
The registration estimates which were
derived from the estimates of total
state population based on the 1910 fig
ures did not take that into account.
Hence the disparity between those es-
Inmates and the registration figures in
different states, although for the coun-
try as a whole, the forecast was quite
IemdTkdDle LOT lue accuracy.
In deciding on the draft quotas the
registration figures of the states showed
accurately the number of men of draft
age. Upon these figures the estimates
of the population from which the draft
should be drawn were worked
out.
States and cities, therefore, will give
in proportion as they have young men.
A factory town with 10000 people may
have 1000 young men. A remote coun-
ty with 10000 inhabitants may have
only 500 young men because of the
drawing power of the city. If the town
gives 100 in the draft and the county
80 they give in proportion to their young
men. If each give 100 they give in pro-
portion to their population, but the per-
ions most vitality concerned, the young
men, will not be chosen fairly.
As the law made no allowance for
liens draft quotas had to be made with
nut reference to them. If Congress sees
it to change the law citizens living in
districts with great alien populations
will not be drawn on as heavily as the
orm of the law now demands. Should
Congressman Dents proposal to sppor-
ion the draft in accordance with the
opulation of military eligibles" be
dopted, the unfsirness of the law in
his respect would be eliminated.-Bos-
on Globe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
WAS WITH YOUNG MAN.
Hazel Gallant of woodsville Tells New
Story of Disappearance.

Woodsville, N. H., July l9.-After
maintaining a stubborn silence for "a
hours, Hazel NJ. Gallant, the pretty IA
year-old girl who returned suddenly to
her home Tuesday afternoon, after hav-
ing been missing since Sunday, told a
story to the authorities that leads them
to believe they are at work upon case
| that demands the most careful investiga.
ton.
Sitting in a cell in the county jail, the
attractive little girl whose case has
aroused widespread interest, told story
that involves a young man who is said
to be well known in this section and in
Manchester. The police are now bending
every effort to locate him.
Hazel left her home early Sunday
morning and until she stepped off the
train here Tuesday, meeting her father,
who was about to start out in search of
her, nothing definite had been learned as
to her whereabouts. Great anxiety was
caused by her absence and search that
extended to several states was at once
instituted.
Although the authorities, led by Coun-
ty Solicitor Raymond U. Smith of Man
chester, had attempted to procure the
girls story she had persistently refused
to divulge much about her experiences
until yesterday afternoon, when she
made complete statement of what had
befsllen her.
She stated that two or three weeks
ago she-became acquainted with young
man, thought to be about 20 years of
age, whose name she says is Timothy !
Sullivan, Familiarity called Bob" She
believed he was staying in Woodsville
or Wells River, VT Authorities are
not convinced, however, that Sullivan is
the mans real name.
They met at the Vermont end of the /
toll bridge, so the story goes, and Bob"
gave her small sums of money, ranging 4
from so cents to So. He told her to buy
clothing with this money and she did SO,
secreting the apparel in a woodshed in
the rear Of her house. The last meeting
was Saturday night, when Hazel said
they made plans to leave the following
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
The Salvation Army and the Great War

| At the national headquarters of tn,
Salvation Army in New York City, i
has been definitely decided that in con
nection with the great war the Saliva
ton Army throughout the United States
will take the following active part there
with:
l. 1t is decided that the Salvation
Army of America will send unit of &c
motor ambulances to France for the
benefit of the American troops at the
front.
2. 1t is decided that each provincial
headquarters erect and be responsible
for the support of at least one set of
buildings at the mobilization camps in
America, known as "a Salvation Army
hut" in which meetings will be held for
the troops.
There will also be in connection with
each hut lounging room, q writing and
reading room, where writing material
will be furnished free for the troops. A
lunch counter win also be installed and
everything possible done for the comfort
and encouragement OF those who will
give their service, and perhaps their life's
blood, for the flag.
In the New England province, which
consists of the states of Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont, the amount to
be raised for this worthy cause is $4,000.
The portion of that amount that Barre
is asked to contribute is $500.
The committee in charge of the effort
in Barre have decided on "one.w week
commencing Monday, July 80,
finishing Saturday, Aug. 4.
Watch for further announcements in
this paper.
Make checks payable to the Salvation
Army and deposit same at the Quarry
Savings bank, Barre, VT.
Ensign Crawford,
Officer in charge.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY

from vermin. Flour should be examined
occasionally to see that decomposition
has not begun. Conserved in this man
ner, the sack of flour in the household
and the larger stores of the retailer can
be utilized practically to the exclusion of
any waste through spoilage.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19

Frank Nelson, who has been acting a
express messenger south of White Rive
junction, has resumed work between her,
and Barre.
Mrs. George Pell, who was operated
upon for appendicitis two weeks ago, il
making nice recovery.
Persons from this city who went t.
Fort Ethan Allen Wednesday report that
mumps are prevalent and that pest
: house has been provided for the member:
of the lst Vermont regiment who con
tract the disease.
DR.. and Mrs. L. r. Campbell, who have
been enjoying their wedding trip through
the West, arrived here last night and
went to Barre, where they will visit for
week. They went to the Pacific coast
on their trip.
An effort is being made by some peo-
pie here to have band concerts Sunday
during the quarantine and it is believed
by those who are advancing the idea
that if people would cooperate by stay
ing at home that these could be given
from the roof of the Langdon block over
the Apollo club and be heard all over the
city. A musician who is interested in
the matter stated last evening that the
plan is feasible.
While j. NJ. Boutwell's Packard auto
mobile was standing in front of the
Blakely drug store Wednesday evening
the automobile of Dr. H. L. Watson ran
into it. The latter car was being driven
by Miss Marion Watson, who for the
moment lost control of the machine.
One fender on her machine was bent and
the top of Mr.. Boutwell's car was torn.
Mrs. Flora Cobb of upper Barre street
fell while walking near her home last
evening. The crossing on the sidewalk
near her home is very blind and she
walked off it. Others have fallen at the
same place.
Two oxygen helmets for use by the
fire department have arrived and have
been placed in service. They were re-
Gently bought by the city council.
Abraham Dudley of Derry N. H., is
visiting with relatives in the city.
+. A. Rowland has returned from
visit with his family at Willoughby lake.
Mr. and Mrs. j. +. Dutton have gone
to Canaan, n. H., for visit.
Because of the war and lack of local
interest, the directors of the Y. NJ. c. A.
have closed its doors and given up the
lease. The Wood art gallery trustees
will remodel the building and conduct |
the gallery as it has been in the past
few years, under supervision of an Off
Ger of the Y. NJ. c. A.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
PLAINFIELD

Rev. L q. Sherburne Of Berlin viii
speak IN the n. Z. church here Sunday
morning. July =. a. the usual hour.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19

Special meeting Of Barre
aerie, 1873, F. o. E., Friday
evening at 7:3o o'clock. Every
member requested TO be pres
ent. Important business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19

Regular communication of
Granite lodge, No. IS, F. and
A. NJ, Friday. July 20, at 1880
- p. m. Per order W. NJ.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
BARRE DAILY TIMES
, THURSDAY, JULY 10. 1917.
The Weather

Fair tonight aud Friday; moderate
south TO southwest winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
MONTPELIER
About 800 Applicants for Citizenship Are
Held Up.

Because Charles Def. Bancroft is un.
able to obtain first and second books for
naturalization purposes the work in this
section is hung up temporarily. There
are some 800 applications pending, but
nothing can be done until the books ar
rive. Other places are having the same
trouble.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19

See the special hose values at Abbott's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19

Regular meeting Of Hisws-
tina lodge, No. 20, l. o. o. F.,
Thursday night at 1880. Work,
gree. Let every member be
Per order noble grand.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

SEWING DONE at reasonable prices: E.
Martinson. u Seminary street. top floor.
fO6tQs
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-07-19

TO RENT-Desirable down stairs tenement
Of rooms modern improvements and GEN.
trally heated: inquire A. A. Boyee. / East
street, or phone 26i-i2. lOstf
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-09
WANT BASIC GRAIN MARKETS
EASTERN MONTANA TOWNS
President Of Equity Society Proposes
Billings and Great Falls to
Federal Grain Board.

Great Falls.-President Burlingame
of the Montana Society of Equity has
sent an appeal to President Wilson,
asking that the federal grain corpora
ton designate Billings and Great Falls
as basic grain markets. The telegram
pledged to the government the most
loyal support of the Equity members
in all things and asks that the interests
'of the farmers of Montana be pro-
tected to the extent of making the
cities named the basic markets for
the Rocky Mountain section with
price of 1912 bushel for No. / North
ern wheat. The telegram says the
step is taken following careful in
quiry into the matter and after the
conviction on the part of Equity of
ficials that it will not injure the mill
ing interests nor would it cause in
crease to consumers of either flour
or feed.
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NINE OPERATORS
WILL MEET PRICE
COAL FROM BEARCREEK SHOULD
BE SELLING FOR SIP TON
SAY OPERATORS
NEWS OF THE CAPITAL CITY
New Auto License viii Soon Be
Ready.-War Has Had No In
fiuence Yet on Number of
Montana Orphans.

Helena.-"The Bearcreek coal opera
tors, whose product largely supplies
the people of Helena, have agreed tC
sell their coal at the government
price, said Fuel Administrator w. j
Swindlehurst, in stating the results OF
his trip to the Carbon county coal
fields. "If they do not they will be
prosecuted" he added.
The operators told me that coal
would now be selling at $12 ton if
the government had not interfered,' .
was another interesting remark made
by Mr.. Swindlehurst. "They said they
were entitled to it,"
Mr.. Swindlehurst is of the opinion
that the coal price matter has been
about settled, and that consumers at
Helena will get their coal at about
$3.50 per ton. This is screened coal,
such as they have always, bought.
A new problem has arisen to keep
the fuel administrator busy. Com
plant has been made to him by Great
rails fuel dealers that the northern
part of Montana is facing a coal fam
Inc, owing to inability of shippers from
the Sheridan, Wyoming, coal fields,
which largely supply northern Mon
tana with coal, via Billings and Great
Falls, to secure cars.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1917-11-09
MINERAL COUNTY WILL
CARE FOR SEN. WlLLET
Leprosy Sufferer viii Be Permanently
Isolated In Home Constructed
by Local Authorities.

Helena.-Senator o. J. Willett of
Mineral county, who is suffering with
| leprosy, probably will be isolated per-
| manently in an isolation house in his
| own county, provided by the local au-
thorities. The government bureau of
public health in the treasury depart
ment at Washington has written DIR.
w. f. Cogswell, secretary of the state
board of health, saying that the gov
eminent cannot do anything in the
matter and suggesting that course.
The authorities of Mineral county
also have written DR.. Cogswell that
they have selected a site for the isol
latiOn home of Senator Willett, and
the physician will go to Mineral
county and examine it. If it is salts
factory from sanitary standpoint,
doubtless the house will be built there.
The case of Senator Willett, who is
isolated at AlbertOn, where he lives,
cared for by Mrs. Willett, was called
to the attention of the federal author
tiles by Senator Walsh, at the request
of the state board of health.
In the letter from the bureau of
public health it is stated that an act
passed by congress February 3, 1917,
provides for national leprosarium,
and it is understood the institution
will cost $1,0O0,000. However, the let
ter adds, that the war has postponed
the erection of the leprosarium and
thereby delayed the national care of
lepers.
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Surveyors Quit for Winter.

All the United States surveying par
ties still in the field in Montans
should be in Helena by November 10
says ]. Scott Harrison, assistant SUI
pervisor of surveys, who reports that
many of the crews have been recalled
Some of the parties left the field sew.
eral weeks ago and others are arriv-
ing in Helena every day.
Ordinarily the surveyors spend the
winter months at the federal building
here, writing up their field notes.
This is long job, which means Civ
ing a scientific account of the work
done in the field. In this report are
shown mountains, streams, other nat
pral marks or barriers, and roads,
fences and bridges.
Few surveyors will be transferred
to the south this winter, according to
Mr.. Harrison.