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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

James Clark" who raised check on
Whitehall, N. Y, bank from IS to $50
and purchased some wire netting in Brat
tleboro to be shipped to Wardsboro, Tor
which he never called, but left with the
1904 in cash, has been located in Hud-
son, N. Y. His real name is Henry Sitter
he is nearly so years old, and is said to
have gained illegally, by raising checks,
over $350,000. Many of the checks which
he is alleged to have raised have netted
him over 81 500 each. Sitter is in jail in
the New York town on check-raising
charge, is also wanted in Great Barring
ton, Mass, and Pennsylvania town, be-
sides in Brattleboro, TO which place ne
will be extradited when the New York
authorities are through with him. He
has operated under the names of Clark,
Goodwin, Thompson and many others
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

In one days fishing Floyd Lasell and
John Bean of Burlington secured at
North Hero 30 pounds of perch and about
20 pounds of pike.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
Four Lines for 25c

The Times will publish Wants. Lost ant
Found, For Sale, To Let etc. short advertise
ments--at the rate Of four lines for twenty-five
cents for the first insertion and fve cents fol
each subsequent insertion.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Seventy acres OF land have been plant
ed mostly to potatoes and beans in Enos-
burg Falls by the children.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Owing to hard times in Bristol, the
biennial banquet of the high school
alumni of that place has been cancelled
for this year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
ABOUT THE STATE
HAPPENINGS OF INTEREST FROM
DIFFERENT SECTIONS

Newport milkmen have raised the price
OF milk to 10 cents a quart.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
Rowland Building. Barre. Vt

FOR SALE-Farm $50 acres good build
ings running water at house and barn fine
wood lot whole seasons manure under barn /.
has been under state Of cultivation already
have 20 acres of broken ground and or 10
acres plowed over for corn and potatoes !;
reason for selling proprietor has granite busi-
ness in the city and can't see to both price
$4,000. but for cash and quick sale can do
better; inquire Of Louis DeBlois, 81 Maple
avenue phone 7la-2 Aft
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Bellows Falls has an epidemic of Ger
man measles. One hundred placards had
been placed up to Saturday night.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Offerings received during the month of
June in the Sunday school of Trinity
church in Rutland will be used to pur-
chase a $50 Liberty loan bond
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

The Bellows Falls Baptist church and
Village are having a little tiff over the
grading Of School street. which was su-
|, ihoriEed four years ago but has not been
taken up until this spring. Two fights
NJ stairs have connected School street
with the square and the trustees have
now removed the top fight and proceeded
with the grading. This makes a cut six
feet deep in front Of the Baptist church
and Will affect Church street and several
residences. The Baptist church has tax
On steps 20 Incorporate. 80 that il may
contest the grading The chairman Of
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

SALE OR RENT-Cottage in Webstervile.
$500 1t
RFNT-Tenement, Beckley court, 5000. 7tf
SALE OR ExCHANGE--Farm and personal
property in Wilamstown; SO acres of land
one-third each OF moving land. pasture. wood
land; buildings fair. running water at house
and barn mail delivered close TO school you
can purchase this farm by reasonably small
first payment 7tf
SALE OR RENT Cottage on East street
extension s rooms. hall. pantry, outdoor sleep
ing porch. large front piazza. furnace heat.
electric lights. gas f: finished in the wood, hard
wood floors rent $500. 5tf
FOR SALE-One $40 1915 Hudson automc-
bile a e-cylinder T-passenEer car: new last
overhauied and in excellent shape 7tf
II A. PHELPS co.
Telephone si4-2 Miles Block. Barre. VT
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Miss Ellen c. Rowell, graduate of the
Rutland Business college, has gone to
Washington, ID. c., where she has posi-
ton as stenographer in the war depart
ment at ST 900 year.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Fseiory output no. up~srds Fl hfty millions
annually. Largest selling brsHd of lee CaE.s
AZ tss verb Fartsry. Manchester. y. n.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
FEMALE HELP WANTED

girl apply at Eureka Restaurant POS North
Main street, Barre 69tf
MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN WANTED for
general homework wages, $500 per week ;
apply or write to w. S. Phillips, Bethlehem,
N. II. 67ti2
WANTED-Chefs. pastry cooks, Mattresses
chamber maids, laundresses, homework girls,
kitchen help, bellboys gardeners and farm
help apply 10 Littleton Employment Agency.
Littleton. N. II. 4stf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

CONDUCTORS wANTED-MEN EXEMPT
YEARS OLD; APPLY CAR HOUSE, MONT
PELIER OFFICE. BARRE OFFICE; BARRE
& MONTPELIER TRACTION & POWER co.
6qt3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

the board of trustees of the church il
II. G. Bacon, and he is also president OF
the board of village trustees.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
POULTRY AND EGGS

EGGS from cur best s. {. Y. l. Red yeariinr
hens. rs for s. go. A. 2. Abbott 2itf
FOR SALES c. Rhode Island Red ezrs
from heavy winter laysrs mated with pediEresd
coekerels from hens with erE records a "a
ard ll5 year. eEl-s. fi.oo for IS gs.l0 per
ina setting hens. si-5o each level MrIeod.
Barre. VI. tel. Sel-L e1ties
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Johann Sembach, the noted tenor Of
the Metropolitan opera house in New
York, has rented cottage at Point of
Pines, Lake Bomoseen, and will spend
the summer there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

FOR SALES registered Holstein bull calves
and l registered Jersey bull calf John r.
BENJAMIN. r. d. No. 8. Barre; tel. Montpelier
67S-W. 6stf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
SPECIALS

in slightly used machines in perfect condi-
ton
International Spreader, nearly new. $4,000
Grow John Deere Corn Planter used
............,......... $500
condition ........,,............. $500
Lime Spreader, used only days. 24.00
Pillow .................. 500
Cultivator ................. 400
Come and see.
A. w. ALLEN co.
Distributors for Washington and Orange Co.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Henry T. Bolduc, member Of the
United States navy, doing duty at New.
port, R. L., is seriously i'll there with
spinal meningitis. He is II years of age,
the son of Henry Bolduc of Rutland and
student at the business college in that
city up TO the time he enlisted He first
had measles, then pneumonia, then pleu-
risy, and finally spinal meningitis.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

During the thunder shower Sunday
afternoon, lightning struck milk can in
James Gallagher's we'll in East Burke,
breaking the glass and spilling the con-
tents into the well, The electricity then
followed the iron pipe to the house, where
Mrs. Gallagher received quite shock. In
the same town, the barn of William Kel-
ley was struck and his driving horse was
killed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

FOR SALE-Two double teams ; one weighs
$500, one 1900; Canadian horses for infor-
nation call 1884,, L. Hebert. Williamstown.
Vt SETS
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Prof. Samuel p. Mills, assistant prin-
cipal of the Newport high school, has
been in Cambridge, Mass, for a physical
examination preparatory to entering the
aviation service of the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

FOR SALE-Party leaving city at once ac-
count OF military service must dispose of
brand new household furniture; bargain; If
interested, phone 596-M. 67tf
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

The Vermont Press association is to have
its summer outing on the top of Mount
Mansfield. A meeting will be held in
Stowe the afternoon of Friday, June 90,
and Saturday evening the members OF
the association, their wives and children,
will ascend the summit of the mountain,
where they intend to stay until morning
and see the sun rise.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

FOR SALE-At a bargain, 2 registered Hol-
stein bulls, l months old and l IL months
old Pavilion Farm. Montpelier, Vt; phone
S-W 6st6
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Two mills for grinding feed !;
Just right for farmers with small engines :
John T. Calef, Washington, VT 70t2es
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

For many years Station Agent Briggs
located at Hartford, has been digging up
and transplanting from their native
haunts TO the station yard specimens of
wild flowers, until the garden is very ex-
tensive and perhaps more beautiful than
at any other station along the line of the
Central Vermont railway. A long double
row of hepatieas and blood roots were in
bloom for two weeks and in the hepati-
cas- were no less than ii different varie-
ties. The garden is so well planned that
some of the plants are in bloom from the
first days of spring until late in the
autumn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

For stealing two pet rabbits belonging
to John Z. Holmes of Rutland Peter
Foye was sentenced to 80 days in county
jail. He stole them for rabbit stew,
after he found they were not for sale,
but they were rescued before the cooking
process had begun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Mrs. Nina Adams, formerly of Middle
town Springs, was shot and killed by
John S. Radley of Green Island, n. Y,
at his home, where the woman boarded.
He then killed himself The cause of the
act was a quarrel over board bill Mrs.
Adams was divorced from her husband,
who still lives at Middletown Springs,
and Mr.. Radley leaves a widow and son,
the latter at the training camp at Fort
Slocum. Mr.. Radley was SO years of age
and Mrs. Adams 45.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Austin Newell of Saxtons River, aged
Is years, who was on probation after an
episode with Burton Bemis and Gladys
and Sarah Jackson of Springfield, has
disappeared, and with him went his ia
theirs Ford car. He was traced as far as
Springfield.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

SECOND HAND CARS FOR sALE-one
Mitchell Six, 1916 model, in fine shape; will
sell cheap; other 2d-hand cars, very low /;
also 2-ton truck; viii also show the new
Premier. which is a great car G. r. Andrews,
Mortified, VT estl2s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

FOR SALE-A few choice. high-grade Hol-
stein cows; w. G. French. phone gill. 6stss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

FOR SALE large derrick mast, with cast
ings, long guy ropes also l heavy sweep
fast and slow gear. including drum for boom
hoist: all capable Of handling rs tons inquire
of c. 5. Whittier, Montpelier, VT. stiff
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Two vacant houses. with barns and
outbuildings, belonging to Mr.. and Mrs
Ransom McDougall Of st. George and To-
Gated in East Charlotte, were burned to
the ground May 81. The fire was evi.
IDENTIFY of incendiary origin.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

MIXED STRAWBERRY PLANTS-Best va
rieties for VT soc per 100, $500 for $780, 81. 90
Tor LOCO; Cuthbert raspberries 81 per 100
customers paying parcel post A. A. Storrs,
East Bethel, VT s5tIss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
MALE HELP WANTED

WANTED--Competent ad setter; one who
understands makeup, mailing and Newspaper
presswork preferred; good wages, steady situ-
alton to right man Herald and News, Ran
doph, VT. 70t6
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
BUSINESS CARDS
GOULD'S PIANO ROOMS

Established in 1891. Customers get the benefit
of my no-rent, no-agent and no-commission
pIa /. Ask for book of a thousand references.
SO sPAULDING ST. BARRE Phone Al
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

Wesley G. McMurray of Williamsburg,
Pa, who was married May rs to Miss
Emma l.. Fischer of Bennington, died at
the Samaritan hospital in Troy, n. Y,
June 3, before their wedding trip was
completed. He was taken ill with spinal
meningitis the day of the wedding, when
they reached Troy on a trip that was
also to include Boston and New York
before the journey was terminated at
Williamsburg
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

II A. PHELPS co.
Telephone sl4-2 Miles Block. Barre. VT
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06
RaileY's Music Rooms

Fstablished over 45 years. The place to buy
GOOD pianos at the lowest possible price also
carry Victrolas and Records. II. j. LaRoe.
manager, phone 22-W
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

FOR SALE-Fsncy old potatoes, $500 per
gu also mich cows on short notice; P. A.
Smith, Lower Cabot VT, sits.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

FOR SALE--Five-passen Mitchell touring
car; all in good condition; inquire at 10
Eastern avenue upstairs. 65tss
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

SALE OR RENT-Cottage in webstervill
$500. Il
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-06-06

WANTED AT OMEGA man with horse 10
take established tea route in Groton and vicin-
ity Eastern Estate Tea Co. 7otf
WANTED-Strong boy at Holmes Bakery
est
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-04
MAY Examine All Drafted Men.

Washington, Oct. a-Decision OF
the war department on the suggestion
that thss.remaining, sexen million reg
istered men be examined Immediately
and classified for service in order that
they may have knowledge of when to
expect call and arrange their affairs
accordingly awaits action by congress
on the war deficiency BILL Funds to
carry out the project are contained in
that measure.
Secretary Baker said today that OF
some thirty-five governors who had
been asked If they believed it wise
and expedient to proceed with the eN-
animation of all registered men, only
two had opposed the plan. Those
who did so on the ground that it
would make too great a demand on
time of the examination boards, vir-
tually all the members of whom are
serving without pay. The department,
the secretary added. had not reached
a decision as to the wisdom of the
plan and he indicated that none was
to be expected until congress had
acted and shown its will in the mat
ter t. ..
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-04

j.
Miss Lorene Allen visited ffieno
in Rich Hill one day the last Of th'
week.
John Clapp came down from Kan
sas City the last OF the week to .spene
"a few days with his daughter,s Mrs
J. A. Rogers.
| Rolon Smith, of the Hawaiia'
Islands, a son of the late /. NJ
Smith, of Spruce, arrived the last o
the week on a visit to Bates counul,
relatives.
Butler was we'll represented at tn.
Glory Week festivities in Kansa!
City last week. Those who were
there report a fine time every minute
of their stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Hargett ant
daughter returned, the last OF the
week from Versailles. where they hae
been called by the illness and deatr
of Mr.. Targets father.
Mrs. J., p, Edwards received :
cablegratn Sunday from her grand
son, First Lieutenant J. P. Arnold
saying that he had arrived in Liver
pool on his way to France.
Park Hulen, the horse buyer, w:ls
in town Saturday and bought quite q
number of horses. Hulen pays goot
prices and when he comes to towr
the farmers bring in their surplus
horses and he. ALWAYS. .treats then
"a nr,are .s. is..=s. ,.s.-''s- ~.ss.: .:
The Eureka coal mine, near Rich
Hill was closed last week on account
of filling up with water. The coal
was about all taken out at this mine
SO that the loss to the company is
not large. (,
Frank Pattee, of the Amsterdam
Enterprise. was in the city Monday
en- route to Appleton City to attend
district meeting of the Knights II
Pythias lodge. We acknowledge a
fraternal call.
Mrs. J. Ed Jones and Miss Juaneta
Jones of Kansas City, arrived Sunday
to visit Butler relatives. They lett
the first Of the week for Rich Hill,
where they are spending few days
with friends and relatives.
Monday night the Sprague lodge
of. Odd Fellows visited the local
lodge. The brought with them three
candidates for the degrees which the
degree staff of the Butler lodge ex-
emplified in their usual first-class
style.
The city scales, at the southeast
corner of the square, have been out
of commission for several days due
to thorough overhauling which they
were being given. New iron beams
were put >under the platform and
some new boards were put in the
floor Of the platform
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-04

| The revival meeting at the Baptis
church is still in progress. Sunda.
night the congregations of the othc
churches were dismissed so that the!
could attend the meeting. Rev
Scroggs, of the Presbyterian church
preached a very interesting and for
cible sermon.
DR.. T. C. Robinson, of Amsterdam
was pleasant caller at this offic'
Monday and reports that building
that were destroyed by fire in tina
town last winter have about all beer
replaced and with better buildings
The Doctor was a witness in cas-,
in the circuit court.
The outdoor band concerts for th;:
season closed with the concert u
Friday night. The Butler band, un
der the direction Of Chas. Fisk, is
the best band in this part of ths
state and the concerts this season
have been greatly enjoyed by ths
people of Butler and surrounding
country. ~, A4%. IL.
The funeral services of Nv. P
Duvall were held at the family resi-.
dence, on East Fl. Scott street, Fri
day afternoon at three o'clock and
interment made in Oak Hill ceme-
terry. The funeral was delayed ow-
ing to the absence of Buford* Duvall
who was on an automobile trip
through Kansas.
= y, < w. GsRs-0f BzasS Soua
most progressive farmers aud stock.
men, was IN the city Monday with
two fine young male hogs from his
herd of Tamworths, which he was
shipping to parties in West Virginia.
Mr.. White has been breeding Tam
worth hogs for several years and is
convinced that for general purposes
they are the best that grows,
Orders have been issued by the
postoffice department designating
the Butler office as the clearing
house for the offices in Bates coun-
ty. Each office will get its stamp
supplies from the. Butler office and
all quarterly reports will be sent to
that office, where they will Le
checked over and audited. As there
are fifteen offices in Bates county
this will entail a whole lot OF extra
work on the force in the Butler Of
flee.
]. F. Kern. who harvested q big
wheat crop the past season on the
Kern Beatty ranch. four miles north
east of this city. was in town. Mon
day and reports that he would finish
sowing 32o acres on the river boz
tom ranch this week and also plant
100 acres additional near Nyhart.
The acreage in wheat the past sea
son ON the ranch was 265 acres,
yielding 5000 bushels of wheat, an
average Of from IS to As bushels to
the acre-Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-04
List Of Letters
~1

Remaining uncalled for in the post
office at Butler, Mo-, for the week
ending Oct. I6, 1917:
Mr. Etenal Catom, J. A. Clark, J.
A. Chelf. Dave Houston, Mr.. Forrest
Rayhom, Mr.. r. c. Robinson. Mr.. +.
T. Simpson, Mr.. H. L. Tucker, Mr..
O. b. Thomas, Mr.. w. B.. Walden.
Mr.. Glen Yurgst, Miss Sadie Boyse.
Mrs. jamie Commings. Mrs. w. Fl.
Smith.
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter office Oct I6. 1917. If not
delivered before. In calling for the
above, please say Advertised" CIV
ing date of list.
]. E. Williams, Postmaster.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-04
C.R. Long made business trip ia
Fl. Sill the last Of the week.

- ~.
Il c. r. Long made business trip Il
t Fts Sill the last Of the week.
Miss Linda Nix returned the las
of the week from three weeks tr;l
to Minneapolis and other northern
I points.
Miss Helen Braden spent last weel
in Kansas City with her sister, Mis-
{ Mary, who is teacher in the public
schools of that city.
Chas. Mcfarland returned Frida,
to the Mcfarland ranch near, Kress
Texas, after few days visit in thi'
city with home folks
H. H. Henry returned the last o
the week from Colorado Springs
Colorado, where he had been spend
ing couple Of months.
Mrs. H. G. Cook and daughter
Miss Josephine, went to Kansas City
+ the first of the week where Miss
Josephine entered the St. Theresa
academy. 4
B. F. Jeter, pension attorney, re
ceived notice the first Of the week
that the claim for widows pension BY
Mrs. Margaret Heckadon, widow Of
the late Philip Heckadon, had beer
allowed.
George Smith of the 2Ist United
States cavalry, stationed at Fl. Riley
Kansas, who has been visiting with
htxruusizer.>-o1drx Sarah SuHttiT, ypmh.
east Of town. returned to his regimen,
Wednesday.
L.,C. Shubert, who is employed by
a big mercantile establishment in
Kansas City, came down Monday
with two auto trucks and moved his
household goods to that city where
he expects to reside in the future.
G. D. Arnold, formerly Of f'Sulnm;t
township, but now of Terre Haute,
Indiana, arrived in the city Sunday
morning with the body of his grand
son, Asthur Radford, who died at the
General hospital in Kansas City Fri
day. 4.m.sS
Judge and Mrs. A. B. Owen and
daughter, Mrs. ]. S. Newton and lit
tie son, Robert Owen, left Tuesday
on . motor car trip to independence
and Kansas City. where they expect
to- spend about two weeks visiting
relatives and friends
A vacant house at the corner ct
Lake and Broadway was entirely de-
stroyed by fire Sunday morning
about 1880. The fire. had gained
such headway before the alarm was
turned. in that the fire department.
which responded promptly to the
alarm,. could do, nothing. The buiid-
ing. had been occupied by Chas.
Wilson, who had moved the day be-
fore. The origin of the fire Is un-
known. 49,
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-04
Change in Insurance Agency.

NJ. F. Fullbright, OF the Choate 4
Fullbright Insurance agency, has sold
his interest in that firm to J. w
Choate. The transfer took place
Monday morning.
Mr.. Choate is not new to the in
surance business. having for num-
Der of years conducted an agency in
this city. The firm is now composed
of ]. w. Choate and his son, Leslie,
doing business under the name of
Choate & Son.
Mr.. Fullbright has not decided
definitely what he will do.