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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL.

Mrs. Jesse Wcatherhead Of Guilford
will send her black Persian male eat,
Ganni, TO the Boston show.
The Mary Geddis class of the Meth
odiSt church will meet Monday even
iu@ at 1.3O in tine home OF Mrs. c. G.
Wheeler.
Max Snow of Elliot street, a packer,
and Miss Mary +. Whitney Of p Oak
street, were married yesterday by Rev.
Delmar +. Trout, pastor OF the Univer-
salist church.
y telephone alarm for a chimney fire
III the house occupied by William Shaw
at % Washington street called the com
hInation auto truck AT l2.lj o clock this
afternoon. There was no fire damage.
James K. LeRav returned today. at
ter visiting three weeks in Greenfield.
Northampton, Williamsburg, Boston,
Broohline, Havcrhill, East HaverhilI.
East PcppereH, North Adams and
Bennington.
The committee in charge of arrange.
mentS for ladies nights at the Yer.
mont WhcS club have arranged for
the first one TO toe held Tuesday even.
ing, Jan. l6. Others viii be held
Wednesday evening, Feb. II, and
Thursday evening, March %.
The New England Order of Pretec.
ton will hold its regular meeting Mon.
day evening, Jan :. at o clock in
Grand Army hall Officers will be elect.
ed. The members are requested TO car.
~ the packages promised for the beue-
tit of the flower fund. \ good attend.
ancc is required.
The glass for the many windows in
the new HoIstein- Friesian building ar.
rived this morning, after being long
I on the road from Buffalo. Y. y. The
glaciers who are to set the glass were
wired for today and il is expected that
the setting of glass will be started
Monday The large heavy glass for the
/ big skylIghr has not arrived. but if is
expected TO be here Monday. Once the
glass is set the steam will be turned ON
and rapid work will be made of com.
| plotting the building.
| Work for the American Fund fo,
/ French Wounded will be resumed Mon
/ day afternoon at 80 O'Clock at tn,
! home of Mrs. Y. /. Hawlev. Anvont
/ interested is cordially invited To hell
/ ON since last August. Surgical dress
mgs. comfort pillows. flannel shirts
/ socks, sweaters. muillers and many
4 other things have been sent to Boston
/ headquarters and from there they ar,
/ forwarded 20 France Just now the
| demand for socks, sweaters and All
knitted articles is great and if any
/ one Is willing to knit any Of these arti
! cleN at home warn win be furnished.
The Purcbrcd Live Stock Sales com
/ Pauv IS sale of Feb. 6 and : will con
tain tho finest lot Of cattle ever Of
lfered in sale OF the Holstein- Friesiar
cattle with the possible exception of
that in Detroit last year. There viii
be the world S record age COW, FIucIa
dechthildc, who has the official reeor,
of 80 pounds of butter in seven days
also the mother OF the seven-montbs
old bull that sold in the Brattlebor,
sale in October for $1,000. Anotbc,
i choice animal viii be an 1s-montbs.ol
son Of the $4,000 bull, King Segis pom
tac Alcartra. whose dam is the ex-cham
plon world s record 4.year-old. Lair
mont Zcrma Pietic.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06
WESTMINSTER.
Comes from Ministerial Family.

Rev. J.. W. Wild of West Stewards
town has accepted a call to the first
church to take effect about the first
OF January, says the January issue of
the Vermont Missionary, under West.
minister heading. There has been 4
growing interest in the Women s Mis-
slonary society in Westminster during
the present year. The contributions
have doubled over those of 1915. 4
more spiritual attitude is manifest at
the meetings, as well as a larger at
tendance. Mr. Wild. the new pastor
comes from q ministerial family long
identified with Vermont His father
Rev. A. w. Wild, held pastorates in
Pittstield, Greensboro, Peacham and
Charlotte, and prepared an extended
History of Congregational Churches,
now. deposited in manuscript in the
Cdngrega library in Boston and
used by Mr.. comstock in his recently
published History of Vermont Congre-
gationalism. His grandfather Rev
Daniel Wild, had nearly life pas
torate, 1S30-1S67, in Brookfeld. His
uncle, Rev. +. 2. Wild, held pastorates
IN Craftsbury, Newport, Derby and
Manchester His mother was one Of
the presidents of the Woman S Board
of Missions, Vermont Branch. Mr.
Wild has until recently been engaged
in newspaper work, his last connection
being with the local paper in Lancas-
ter, n. H. From there he went to
Stewartstown to take charge of the
church, and was subsequently ordained
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06
PARoCHIAL SCHOOL TESTS.
Names of Pupils Having High Aver.
ages in Examinations.

The following are the results of the
tests taken by the children of St. Mich
acl 5 Parochial school:
Grade 9.-Highest average, Bridget
%; Martin Cunningham,
81; Daniel Lyons, 81; Alice Manning,
"a; Mary Pellerin, 81; Lawrence Shee-
by, 90; Louis Young, 80; Marguerite
Heus, SO; James Long, 81; Loretto
Baker, a. Edward Shea, IS; Anna
Fleming, -.
Grade slightest average, Mary
Grady, 9G; Evelyn Austin, 80; Elsie
Danyew, 90; William Connors, 80; Mary
Curry, 50; Eugene McGarrigle, so;
George Shea, -; Christina Young, "A /;
Marie Long, IS.
Grade Highest average, Alice
Boyce, 100. Ninety per cent or over,
Elizabeth Sheehy, Mary Tarrant, Mar
jorie Baker, George Young, Eugene
Moran, Mary O'Connor; so per cent or
over, Henry Blake, Fred Gonyer, James
Baker, Beatrice Prentiss, James Crit.
fin.
Grade 6.-Highest average, Margaret
Danyew, 91.5. Ninety per cent or over
Mary Carey, Ruth Filion; so per cent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06
Heard at the Seashore.

The crawfsh doesn' t seem to be
very intelligent.
No: he was the most backward
pupil in the school Of fish. Florida
Times-U Union.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06
METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Taken at 10 High Street, Elevation 388
Feet, for December.

Maximum temperature, As (5th)
minimum temperature, 3 (30th) F.;
mean temperature, pa; mean maxi.
mum temperature, SOL; mean minimum
temperature, lj.7; maximum barometer.
544l (2Ith); minimum barometer %. "A
10TH; mean barometer. 1898; clear
days, o; party cloudy, II; cloudy, s;
prevailing wind, north; snow fall. l2.5:
precipitation, 2.3s; precipitation De.
cembcr, 1913, 80; total precipitation
for year 1916, 1912; total precipitation
for year 1915, 43l1; deficiency this
year, 4.29; snow on ground 1T end ii
month, b inches. T. L. Vaughan, Oh.
server.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06

Josephine O'Connor, Elizabeth Grady,
Maurice. Austin, Peter Sullivan, Ruth
Deffner.
Grade ,. - Highest average, Charles
Garrityy 50. Over SO, Margaret Ken
nedy, leroy Latham, John Barbatti.
Grade Highest average, Timothv
O'Connor, 81, Roger Shipman, 90.
Eighty per cent or over. Katherine
Haus, Helen Miller, Stasia Masaiada,
Edward Curtin, katherine Connors and
Helen Long.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06

Successful methods for the control
Of the footrot OF sweet potatoes, a
serious and destructive disease in sew
eral states, have been developed hv
the specialists of the department.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06

The bureau of soils is cooperating
with cement mills. blast furnaces. and
wool scourers with the object of en-
abling them to recover potash as a by
product wherever this proves to be
commercially feasible.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06

For correcting soil aeidity, l. ton of
burned lime is practically equal to IL
tons Of slaked lime or . tons Of ground
in case all three forms are
of equal grade of purity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06

The bureau of soils of the depart
mcrt last year mapped in detail the
various soils Of "a, ,440 acres in Is
areas in % states.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06

There were, in March, s7,2lG old age
pensions in operation i'm Australia, out
of % total of l2o,3Ql granted up to that
date
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06

The mineral springs ot Peru viii hc con
served anu exploited uudor the direction
of the public health department.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-06
The government of Colombia will es-
tablish national institute of agricul-
ture and IN experimental farm,
CONSERVATION OF PAPER.

Every citizen ought to be willing
to see that not a pound of paper is
wasted.
Demand from every clerk that any
unnecessary wrapping of packages
be dispensed with.
If you have no further use for to-
day S newspaper save it for the
school children's playground fund.
Thus you will be helping conserve
the nations paper supply and at
the same time helping along a wor-
thy local cause.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
CastIeman Leaves
To Be Married

Somewhere. in Mississippi next
week J. B. Castleman, secretary
and treasurer of the new Lords
burg Lumber Company, who
came here from Benson three
weeks ago, and Miss .AlleyneMc-
Cabe, a popular Vicksburg, Miss,
young lady will be united in
marriage. Mr.. Castleman left
for Vicksburg Tuesday evening
and expects to be gone about
two weeks.
Miss McCabe is a member of a
we'll known southern family and
is prominent socially at Vicks-
burg. She will return with her
husband to Lordsburg to make
her home.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
LOrdsburg Twenty Years Ago

The total registration Of the Lords
burg precinct was l02, the largest
registration in the memory of the
Oldest inhabtant.
DR.. and Mrs. Woodward of Pearce
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. P. M.
Chase.
Major Llewellyn expects to hold a
campaign meeting in Lordsburg. He
is a candidate for the house from
Grant and Dona Ana counties.
r. P. Barnes, A. B. Laird, w. r.
Merrill, H. H. Belts, A. Weitzel, c.
H. Kirkpatrick, T. F. Farnsworth are
all candidates on the republican tick
et. w. B. Walton and John l.. Burn
side are among the democratic candi-
dates.
Ed. Note: There are number Of
political editorials in the Liberal of
20 years ago which we should like to
reprint. Most of them are about
Grant county citizens alive and well
today so we believe it would be unfit
for us to dig up these frank state
ments until after we have our life in
sured or get the PERMISSION Of sever
al citizens and one congressman.
+. V. b.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
Big Week For The
Boys Tobacco Fund
Many Contribute For The Xmas
Tobacco

Women are not barred from con-
tributing TO the Western Liberals
Boys In France Tobacco Fun" cam
paign Three generous contributions
were received at the Liberal office
this week from Miss Inez Wri. hit,
Mrs. NJ. +. Wright and Mrs. Fran is
Burt. All Of these ladies are in SYM
pathy with the tobacco fund move
ment and have done their bit for the
comfort Of the American boys now in
the trenches.
Peter Jochem knows what the lack
of tobacco means to a soldier He's
been there himself even though it
was long time ago. 81 want 60 do
my share and help along the fund.
I'm also going to do all | can TO get
others to contribute to the tobacco
cause" said Mr.. Jochem when adding
to the funds size at the Western Lib
eral.
Jack Heather ,s given $500 to
the tobacco funo, being the largest
single contribution so far 1--WE rot
a brother over there in the trenches
and hope some Of these smokes will
reach him too" said Jack. Others are
not barred out of following Jacks
good example Of contributing $500
to the tobacco fund And remember
the boys want some of those good old
smokes for Christmas
Although in Lordsburg but few
hours to vote on Tuesday DR. NJ NJ
Crocker called on the Western Liber-
al office to contribute to the BOYS "a
France Tobacco Fund. DR.. Cr0cker
will be gone several weeks longer
and wanted the remittance to reach
the general headquarters in time for
the Christmas packages for the boys
IN the trenches.
"There is still a shortage Of tobacco
for the men in the American training
camps here" writes one of the press
correspondents from France in a re-
cent dispatch "There is much discom-
fort among the men as a result. They
consider French tobacco, which they
must resort to when no other is avail
able, as among the horrors of the war.
In the way of personal things, there
is at this time nothing so much de-
sired and needed by the American
fighting men in France as tobacco.
This is an appeal to those at home
to help the "Sammie" in this predic-
ament. 1t is a predi>ament in which
they cannot help themselves. The
"Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund. J"
for which the Liberal is receiving
subscriptions, has been requested by
the head officials of the American Rel
Cross to supply 100000 packages Of
tobacco for the American Gvhti1g
men in France before the holidays.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
COnsCripted Boys Transferred

During the past 10 days those
boys from Grant county in the
National Army, who were drawn
in the selective draft and sent
to Camp Funston Kans., have
been transferred to W d e | y
seperate points within the United
States. Their transfer indicates
that the government is speeding
up the work of training them
for active service on the battle
fields of Europe.
Those Grant county boys who
still are left at Camp Funston
are fast dwindling and it is more
than likely all will be sent tonew
training camps by order of the
war department.
George Cureton is at Camp
Kearney, California. H arry
Farrior, O. McMeans. Walter
Bartlett and Melvin Jones are
still at Camp Funston.
The best job printing at the
Liberal.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
Cattlemen Interested
In Soap Weed Cutter
Demand For New Invention
Exceeds The Supply

St0ckmen in this section of the
county, and all through the southwest
where soap-weed grows in large guam
titles are interested in the progress
made toward manufacturing a new
sOap-weed cutter at Deming. Several
of the machines are already success
fully operated In this region and a
number more have been ordered.
President w. J. Wamel, of the Da-
vies Manufacturing Co., at Deming
is erecting a factory with a floor space
of 25,000 square feet near the Cox
building on Spruce street where Man
ager A. ID. Davies is installing a lot
of machinery for the purpose Of manu-
featuring the Davies Soapweed Gut
ter that makes excellent COW feed out
of the biggest nuisance on the plains
at about one dollar per ton.
Orders for the machines are COM
ing in that will keep the factory in
continuous operation, but the COM
pany has been fortunate enough to Sc
cure the services of Sam Richtin, an
expert blackmith of much note. The
machines will be rushed to completion
with all due speed.
Stockmen all over the country are
becoming much interested in this won
derful machine that makes something
out of nothing.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
Reward For The
Kaiser From Stems

Two officers of the Bethlehem
Copper Company at Stems, N. M.
are in favor of the Sammies
capturing Kaiser Bill dead or
alive or his side kick Won Hin
denberg. These two men have
offered to give $4,000 shares of
their personal stock in the com
pany as follows: 10000 for the
Kaiser, 5000 for Won Hinden-
berg and 1000 each for any of
the first ten German generals.
The stock win be deposited in
the 1st National Bank of Lords
burg for the boys.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
News Before Press Time

Eugene McElgin has been appointed
assistant secretary Of the Chamber of
Commerce.
The condition of Mrs. Conner is i'm
proved today. John Allen who was
shot week ago Monday is very low
at the DeMoas hospital. He has made
a death-bed statement of the shooting
at the mine.
c. Ray Miller was here yesterday
from st. Louis planning to open up
some local mining property near Lees
Peak.
5000 is being collected today by Mes
danes Trimble and Gordy for prizes to
school pupils for attendance, examina-
tions, etc.
j. P. Porteus has just received an
assay giving values of 27 per cent cop
per and 3.6 OF. silver from the Bonney
mine.
Mrs. Jack Heather has received q
aew WHY'S Six from the local agen j,
H. Fitzpatrick. The latter's new gar.
age will open for business the coming
week.
WANTED Furnised house or two
rooms for light housekeeping. Advise
at Western Liberel Office.
Today's contributors to the Boys II
France Tobacco Fund are Mrs. Bartlett
of the Hollen House, $500 and Edward
Mansfield of Of Stems, $500
Messrs Mitchell, Kelly and Fitzpat
rick are the Four Minute Speakers a
the Star theatre for the coming even
ings.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
New Mexico Is Dry
By Large Majority
Every County In The State
Goes Dry

Lii Ole New Mexico's done
gone dry.
First reports by 10000 majori-
ty and it has at last dwindled
down until today the state is
claimed by the drys by a majori-
ty of 10000 votes. All of the
precincts in New Mexico have
not been heard from but it is
evident the drys have made a
sweeping victory.
Lordsburg went wet 115 to sc.
The Voting here was very light
only POI votes being cast out of
334 registered. Many of the 201
votes cast were by affidivavit.
Messrs Reynolds. Augustine,
Randall and Mitchell comprised
the local election board. They
finished their work by $50 pm.
There was little or no work done
by the wet interests. The drys
did some work but no keen anita
gOnism was shown here at any
time during the campaign. II
was an extremely que election
for Lordsburg.
From over the county the fol-
lowing results have been OBJ
tanned:
Hachita 81 wet 28 dry, Animas
a wet q dry, Valedon 16 wet 81
dry, Silver City 121 wet 222 dry,
Tyrone 45 wet las dry, Santa
Rita SO wet 214 dry, Hurley $50
wet 1888 dry, Central 68 wet %
dry, Pinos Altos 19 wet % dry.
1t is estimated that the county
went dry by 300 votes.
Deming POI dry and 66 wet
votes.
Prohibition in New Mexico
means Bone Dry on and after
October 1st 1918. When it goes
into effect and the saloons move
out there will be in Lordsburg 7
vacant store buildings on the
main street and about 80 people
will be out of employment or
will leave town. Lordsburg also
loses the big Arizona trade
which has been filling the hotels
restaurants and garages. Pro
hibition will likely hit this town
harder financially than any other
place in New Mexico owing to
the big retail and wholesale
liquor trade carried on here.
The saloon men have taken
their defeat like good sports and
not a man has howled. On Tues
day morning Walter Chesser
wrote on his bulletin board Ride
her cowboy let her buck. " We'd
nesday morning the board said
She Bucked"---nothing more.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
MEDIATION OF THE PRESS.

On Monday of this week an import
ant meeting of the Goats of the Ari-
zona-New Mexico Press association
held a meeting in the rear office of
the Western Liberal. Those present
were Joe Cohn of the Duncan News,
Chester Riggs of the Bowie Enter
prise and the two devils at the West
ern Liberal office. Many important
matters were discussed. Among 9TH
er things the war was settled during
the conference. A good time was had
by all as 1T is always fair weather
when good fellows get together with
-" now we'd be giving the thing
away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade B. Smith pack
ed up the other night with a two
weeks supply of food and camping
utensils for a camping trip. After
being gone about three hours night
fall set in and the coyotes began to
howl. They returned home and here
after will do their camping in their
camping in their back yard as it is
much nearer home.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
Fisrt National Bank Issues
War Tax Bulletins

The First National Bank of
this city has issued a War Tax
booklet published by Chester
LeNoir the income tax expert.
The book contains much valuable
and instructive information on
the new war income tax and
other important issues of the
day. There are tables showing
how much tax is due. on all in
comes falling within the law.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
VOLCANO MACHINERY SOLD.

The machinery of the Volcano mine
at Stems has been sold. A boiler,
engine and heater were shipped tO
Berger & Russell of the Atwood Con-
solidated Mining company of this
city.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09

The best job printing at the
Liberal.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
News Of SeIeCtiVe Draft
And Of Boys In Camps
Mang Leave Camp Funston For
California

The slackeus are coming in for
/. their share Of attention from the au-
thorities higher up within the very
near future according to information
received by the local draft board. With
over 400 names on the Pink list Grant
county may be one of the first i'm the
state to be taken in hand by the fed
eral authorities Ii is believed that
all local police officers, city and coun-
ty will be instructed to assist i'm the
rounding up of all men who either
failed to register, failed to appear
when called for examination or failed
to report when selected for military
duty. A very careful scrutiny is to
be made of all statements made in
claims for exemption as there is Sc
rious penalty for making false state
ments to avoid military service.
Men Show Up Daily
In the meantime a few men whose
names are on the Pink list are report
ing daily and getting out from under
the penalties that they otherwise
would face in any regard
would face. Any young man who has
failed in any regard in his duty to
his country in connection with the
military draft will be wise to recon
slider his past action and hasten to
make his peace with the authorities
before he is rounded up and some
thing a great deal worse befalls him.
No Word of Next Draft
No word as to when the final con
tingent from Grant county will be
sent forward has been received by the
local board. There were thirty-two
men to 90 up till this week when the
colored contingent of two men left.
However, there have been quite a
number of men sent by from the camp
by physicians and also a number of
married men with children so that it
is not unlikely that Grant county will
have to furnish more than 40 men
when the time comes. An order from
the military headquarters states that
all men leaving for Camp Funston
should have two suits of underwear.
The second draft is to be made un-
der the new system under which all
the men in the county are divided into
classes according to the fitness for
military service.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
Gods Country And The
Woman Booked Here
Will Be Shown Thursday At
The Star Theatre

Manager Briel of the Star theater
has booked one of the biggest fea-
lures of the year for next Thursday
evening November 18th, that will be
sure to pack the house. II is the big
photo play Goods County and the
Woman" This is the picture that has
played two return engagements to
the biggest show houses in FL Paso
and packed the theaters in Los An
yeles this summer to capacity.
Goods County and the Woman"
Special Vitagraph Blue Ribbon fea-
ture, from the book by James Oliver
Curwood, is a story of the Canadian
Northwest of the woman who loves
and of the men who live wild and
shoot true The feature of this pic
ture is the famous Siberian dog teams.
It is picture of the big SHOWS won
derfully filmed with an excellent
cast headed by William Duncan, Geo.
Holt and Nell Shipman, and directed
by the mastery producer, Rollen s.
Sturgeon.
Lordsbui photo lovers should not
miss seeing this big feature picture
next Thursday night. 1t is one of
the best to be obtained. The pre- cess
will be SOC and 25c.
The new serial picture "The Fight
ing Trail" starts at the Star theater
tomorrow Saturday. night and the
last episode of pearl of the Army"
which appears in the Western Liber-
al this week, will be shown
The new serial is a big western
drama taken by the Vitagraph COM
pany with Bill Duncan in the little
role. 1t is a stirring play from the
first scene on with the usual western
thrills Don't fail to see the first
episode tomorrow night.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-09
Playas POstofiiCe Closed

The postoffice at Playas, New
Mexico has been discontinued as
most of the residents of that
section have moved away. Many
of those formerly getting mail
at Playas are now receiviug it
at the Animas postoffice.