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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-13
WATERBURY,.

Howard Thurston died at the Center
Friday night of tuberculosis. He was born
81 years ago last March and spent most
of his life in his native town. He was
the son of James and Martha Lyon
Thurston. He was educated In the pub
lie schools and at Green Mountain Sem
mary at the Center. For 10 years he
had been employed most of the time in
the machine shops In Connecticut. He
married Miss Idella Szer Of Windsor
Lodge. Conn.,, September 8. 1914. He re-
turned to Vermont two years ago and
worked in Montpelier for the Lane Manu-
featuring company. Since June his health
had failed. He was a social member Of
the Modern Woodmen Of America and
I the Grange at the Center. Besides his
wife, he Is survived by his parents. and
one brother. Henry. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon at two o'clock al
the home Of his parents. the Rev. w. 8.
Hill officiating
Thursday and Friday evenings in the
opera house the Waterbury High School
Athletic association will put on the three
act farce The Arrival Of Kitty" Those
taking part are Miss Beulah Gray, Miss
Barbara Luce. Mrs. w. j. lie Baron, Miss
Florence Hande, Carroll Swasey, Loren
Eldredge. Everett Holmes, Don Grout
and Burlegh Lyford.-Mrs. M. F, Strana.
han. OF Bradford remains with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Arthur Ryan, Miss Blanche
Stranahan having returned to her school
work.-Thursday. December 20, at Hoo
a. mr. at the Waterbury auction rooms
the old Andrews farm and the Neill
farm In Dowsville will be sold to the
highest bidder for cash. w. d. Turner
Is the administrator Of the Andrews
estate and w. II. Carroll, auctioneer.-
An exciting game of basketball was
played Friday evening between the
Waterbury high school and Mortified
high school. In the start the visiting
team seemed to be in the lead but the
home team gained and came off VIC
torious. with score Of 20 to 90, in favor
of Waterbury.-Ten thousand Red
Cross seals have been received by
Mrs. Charles b. Adams to be sold this
year and are on sale at the two drug
stores and the Waterbury Inn. The
school children also begin to sell them
this week.-The Rev. Albert Clark, d. D.,
who recently came to America after
many years In Prague. IL now located
In Boston and Ii getting rested after
the exciting trip and events through
which he has passed.
Mrs. AIDA Anderson Of the Center has
received word from her son. Floyd Ander-
son. that he has enlisted as an electrician
In the quartermasters' corps. for immsdi-
ate service In France. Mr.. Anderson was
graduated last year from the Rensselaer,
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SOUTH WOODBURY..

An automobile truck. loaded with $500
pounds Of maple sugar. enroute from
Hardwick to Barre. became stalled near
this village Saturday evening. Joseph
Brothers. with a span Of horses. took the
truck In tow to its Observation-Disclosures
was no preaching service Sunday as the
pastor. the Rev. M. w. Hale. was unable
to be present on account Of the Storm
Relatives and friends here were sadden-
ed to hear Of the death Of Mrs. Nervie
Foster Lawson, which occurred at her
home In Calais Monday.-The Rev. M. w.
Hale will furnish the evenings program
at the church sale Friday evening with
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A GREAT CHANCE TO SAVE.
(From the Windsor Journal.)

Vermont could save a quarter of its
million dollar appropriation for the aid OF
the federal government II the next cam
paign for State elections was omitted and
the next session Of the Legislature as we'll.
We have laws enough In Vermont and
people In general are not complaining
about their fairness, nor the present con-
duct of public officials.
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WILL PULL THROUGH THE WINTER.
(FrOm the Bennington BannerO

New England will pull through after a
fashion this winter In spite OF the coal
situation but next winter the case is
sure to be more serious and the time to
remedy It Is now When there is a real
coal famine, the first places cut of will
be where there is plentiful wood supply.
and that means Vermont Only a few
years ago three-quarters of the people In
Vermont burned wood and they are likely
to do 80 again. 1t is no great hardship pro-
vided the wood is dry. and the way to get
dry wood 10 to buy It a year ahead when
II 10 green and dry It under cover. This
winter 10 the time to break next winters
fuel famine.
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WESTF1ELD.

Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin W. Bailey announce
the marriage Of their Oldest daughter.
Ethel Elfreda, to Guy Andrew George Of
Mansonville, Canada. Owing to the seri-
GUS illness Of Mrs. Bailey's mother the
ceremony took place at the Congrega-
tional parsonage, North Troy, the Rev.
| william Miller officiating. The couple
have been spending q week with relatives
! IN Canada. Mrs. George has been active
" associated with all the church and So
cial festivities, and since graduating from
the North Troy high school In June. Ii.
has taught in town, last year at head
of the village school and this year in the
mill district, and will finish her year. Mr..
George will remain on the farm with Mr..
Bailey until summer at least.-While there
are thousand upon thousands of cords OK
wood within two miles Of town, 80 much
pulp wood has been cut 1t il almost impos-
sible to get enough to keep warm In the
village.-The village schools close Friday.
It Is not decided yet whether or not they
will resume before March.-Last Thurs
day o. w. Bailey took Morgan Doyle. aged
90, to Waterbury. He is occasionally out
of his right mind. For years he was de-
voted to the incessant care Of his invalid
wife and lost his little home farm. He has
20 relatives living except a daughter In
Boston.-Blair has taken his gang OF chop
pers out Of the wood and for some time
has had several teams drawing immense
loads Of logs to his North Troy MILL He
has rented George Miller's house and Is
going to put In a boarding house. He has
converted the old storage shed into
horsebarn to keep five spans drawing logs
from the woods. It is much regretted that
there Is no mill in town to work up the
lumber here.-The Misses Hazel Miller,
teacher Of domestic science in Springfield,
Mass, and Laura Miller of Boston. who Is
teaching the muscular treatment for
poliomyelitis. are working under the d.
rection Of DR.. Lovett Of Boston, are ex-
pected home for the holidays on the oath
There was a small attendance at church
Sunday owing to the severe and Indictment
weather, Miss Pearla Hunt was q week.
- - wv ~ D.y -
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DERBY.

= DR.. Carter and his family have moved
into their new home. For a number Of
weeks, the nearest doctor has been four
miles away.-The Christmas campaign for
Red Cross membership will begin the frst
of next week.-The Rev. w. A. Dawson
of Burlington, secretary Of the Vermont
Baptist State Convention, will preach at
the union service in the Baptist Church
here Sunday evening.
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HAPPENINGS IN VERMONT
XContinued from page ~

patronixed. mercury registered 10
degrees below zero In several places Fri.
day morning.--E. w. Hardy returned
Saturday from a FIVE weeks canvassing
tour.--Mr. Coplan's household goods ar
rived from Canada Saturday.
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care could we'll all be first class jelly
Two and one-half millions Of bushels Of
New England apples are made into cider
annually. A farmer In western Massa-
chusetts bought a $500 cook stove dryer
and spent the evening in his home with
his pipe and dried his Gull apples that
later sold for 12h cents per pound real
icing about rs cents per bushel for apples
that formerly were allowed to rot on the
ground.
BOYS AND GIRLS WORK
How the maple sugar club Of Lyndon
started I'VE years ago to interest the
young people in the art and industry Of
making sugar. and last year progressed
so far as to lease q sugar camp In the
woods. run It from start to finish and with
a profit of about $50. was told In detail
by Mrs. John B. Chase. q director of the
Home Project club Of that town. The ad-
dress by Mrs. Chase was most interesting
to the young and older members of the as
ISOLATION alike. and all heartily approved
Of the methods taken In Lyndon by the
club. The club ran fairs and exhibits and
had more orders for their products than
they could MI. Any child between the ages
Of II and 10 can belong. and there IL to be
q park established this year where q child
can lease from one to ten sugar bushes
to work.
CANADIAN METHODS.
The Canadian methods Of handling
maple products as given by John L..
Grimm, an officer and wholesaler Of the
Canadian Maple Sugar Makers organixa-
ton. who was unable to be present, was
read by M. r. Goddard. president Of the
Canadian organisation. Tho addresa IN
part: maple syrup and sugar making in
Canada goes from one extreme to the
other. 1t verges from the primitive method
to the most modern and from the low est
form Of blackstrap burnt to the A-No. l.
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During the past two months the officer
for the Humane society has made q out.
ot-town visits to investigate complained
OF conditions In the care Of animals. The
city OF burlington has been made healthier
by the destruction of AZ sick animals (s1
cats. six horses and Ave dogs). Two horses
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-27
FARM LEGISLATURE IOF RADICAL

director of the farm markets bureau
The county auditor also comes under
the authority of this department to
some extent, as it requires him to
furnish to the director upon applica-
ton such information as can be oh e.
tanned from the records of his office.
Not only is the assessor liable to pun
ishment and fine for failure to comply
with the requests of the bureau, but
the official also forfeits his salary for
that month. There was a = God deal of
objection raised to this penalty.
A TOrrens land bill passed the house
during the past week by a large vote.
A bill which provided for taxing the
cost of abstracts of title to the defen-
dant was killed by a vote of fifty-two
to eleven. The maximum fine for viO-
lations of the game preserve law is
reduced from $500 to $500 in order to
give justices jurisdiction, according to
the terms of bill which passed the
house Bill providing for the punish
ment of persons attempting to induce
child to commit an act which if
committed would make the child de-
linQuent in the eyes of the law, was
passed by a large vote. An attempt
to amend the herd district law was
defeated The proposed bill makes it
mandatory instead of discretionary
with the county commissioners to
create district on the proper show
ing The bill provides that a major
ity of all voters in each voting pre-
cinct in the proposed district must
sign instead of a majority of voters
i'm the whole district. and gives the
stockmen as we'll as farmers a hear
ing
Benzine, naptha. lubricating oils,
greases and fuel oils are all brought
under the jurisdiction of the dairy
food sanitary departments by senate
bill So, which has been passed by the
house These products must bear
labels certifying as to their purity and
must conform to the standard adopt
ed by the department. The statutes of
limitations in cases of embezzlement
from the state. cities, towns or coun-
ties, is removed by a hill approved by
the house but provides that sureties
of such officials can not be held if an
action to recover is not filed within
five years after the commission of the
crime.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-27
NEED FOR LABOR COMMISSIONER

Looking over the provisions of the
statutes as they stand, there appears
to be little more need for a labor COM
missioner than Governor Alexander
thinks that there is when he asks that
the job be annihilated. However, since
the statute was enacted, a new situa-
ton has arisen by reason of the abb
olishment of the old private employ
ment agencies and the establishment Of
municipal agencies to take their
places. These municipal agencies are
good III their respective localities, but
there is no effective cooperation be-
tween them. A clearing house for the
state, which could send word about
where Il surplus OF workmen in one
part of the state could find jobs in
another would prove a blessing to
both employers and employees This
work could be performed by the labor
commissioner and would be worth
more than his salary. At the sam q
time that he was working with and
through the local public agencies as
indicated, he could with the same gen
eral object in view cooperate with
the United States department of agri-
culture.
The time is coming when American
unskilled wOrkmen will organize. All
should realize this fact 1t is impor-
tant for them and for civilization that
they form a part of a reliable Organl-
LdllOn ike the American FeQefallOu
of Labor rather than a part of the
L. w. w. While it is no part of the
business of the labor bureau to assist
in such organization. anything which
would tend to raise the independence
and possibility of the unsklled
wOrkmen and at the same time make
him feel that the people realized his
real dignity, would have a tendency
to detach him from irresponsible syn
dicaliSt societies and attach him to
more efficient and meritOrious ones
JAMES d. WHELAN
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-27
Public Forum
As TO BIBLICAL DANCING
AND BYRONIC POETRY!

Mr. Editor: I will, I think be per-
mitted to refer through the public
print in respectful manner, to GER
tain features of an address recently
made in a public meeting by one of
our esteemed city pastors. At the
parent-teachers' meeting Friday p. m.
Rev DR.. Shepherd stated, in sub
stance. if we correctly understood
him. that biblical history Ct think he
referred to it as theology advised
him of only two kinds of dances: "the
sacred dance by men only, and the
dance of the daughter of Herodias,
whereby the prophet lost his head"
Now, as knowledge is worth having
we beg to offer a few biblical citations,
out of many possible ones Exodus,
chapter -, V. 80; 1st Samuel, chap
IS, V 6: Judges, chap. p, v. 21-the
latter being the occasion at which the
sons of Benjamin procured their
wives at a dance. by special direction
of the Elders of the Congregation )"
The other matter to which l wish
to refer is the quotation from one OF
Lord Byron's we'll known "Satires,"
entitled "The Waltz-An ApOstrophiC
HYMN This seemed to have been in
trOduced by the Doctor upon the the
DRY that it was a tribute to dancing
from Il devotee. But. although it is
one of the most indicate and vul-
carly suggestive of all of Byrons
poems, the facts seem to be that,
whatever his morals may have been,
the lame poet was not a dancer; and
that this particular poem was writ
ten in ridicule and dispara cement of
dancing in general and the waltz in
particular the latter being at that
time a new importation from Ger
many, little more popular in England
an hundred years ago than at the
present.
Two other matters have veXed my
soul in connection with this message
from the pulpit: First, how the
voice that trembled with anxiety lest
boys and girls he contaminated by :he
dance. could have pronounced TO
scores of them such a libidinous poem
Second. whether it was unhappy ok
Derience or prurient imagination
from which came a description of the
nhvsical contacts of dancing and
their effect on the dancers that to RE
seemed IN insult to every good woman
who had ever danced?
I. CONOCLAST.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-27
FREE LECTURES ON
WORLD EVENTS.

Twin Falls is to be favored with
a strong evangelistic campaign, con-
Quoted by Taylor G. Bunch of Port
land, Ore, and Franklin d. Wagner
Of Boise.
These men come to us highly rec
commended as able and interesting
speakers. because they deal with the
great world events now Transporting
in the light of Bible revelation.
Their lectures are nearly all illus
trated, dealing with Bible prophecy
and doctrine in a very clear and COM
prehensive manner.
Messrs. Bunch and Wagner will be
assisted by a competent corps of
workers who will assist in making
the meetings a success in every way
The effort of these men are said to
be free from methods usually employ
ed by the characteristic evangelist in
that they are free from sensational
ism, and denunciation of those who
differ with them in belief Instead
their lectures are an appeal TO the
calm and deliberate judgment of
their hearers
Their lectures will be given in the
Isis theatre beginning Wednesday
evening, February 2S and will CON
tinue every evening except Saturday.
Mr. Coleman, of Seattle, a bass So
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-27

way Will come on these and go back
on the specials.
Miss Jessie Warrington who has
charge of the affair said yesterday
that word had been received from
Miss Tarbell that she would be pres
ent at a luncheon given on the even
ing of Tuesday, March G., at o'c1ock
at the Parish hall and that she would
make a short talk. Miss Warrington
said that the organization had detor-
mined to let some outsiders in on the
luncheon but would limit the number
to 100 and let in only those who re-
served plates before Saturday.
The luncheon will be prepared by
Mrs H. J. Youngs and Misses Doris
and Cleva McAlister. Ten members
of the high school domestic science
class viii assist in serving.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-27
The Theatres
eFAIR ND WARMER.,,

One of the reasons why Fair and
Warmer the Avery Hopwood farce
classic which Selwyn & Company will
present at the Lavering theatre on
Friday and Saturday, March and 3.
after its year run at the Eltinge thea
ire, New York, was a record breaker
Tor making laughs and making money.
was that Mr.. HopwOod had devised
strikingly dramatic and coherent story
as the basis for his farce situations
The first act opens on a family dis
agreement between Mr.. and Mrs Bart
lett, married two years. because Mrs
Bartlett thinks his place is the home
There enters an eX-suitOr of Mrs Bart
let's, who cajoles her off to the opera
with him. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Wheeler.
meanwhile, have arrived with the no
ton that they had been invited to
dinner on that night They are dis
covered to be as sadly ill-assOrted as
the Bartletts. except that it is Mrs.
Wheeler who is overly domestic, and
Jack who pines for a spree. A deft
scene or two, and presto Mr. Bart
lett and Mrs. Wheeler are left alone.
facing the fact that they are not only
deserted, but have been deceived. They
vow a revenge. Although they have
no fondness for each other, they agree
to sit up together till the errant
spOuses come back, who finding them
thus compromised, will be abasbed by
their own wickedness and Will re-
form
AS the clock winds over towards
the wee small hours, the two limo
cents can hardly keep awake, and.
having heard that drinks were great
for keeping a party going, they be-
gan to mix and drink all the fear
some brews that ignorance and a eel
laret can provide.
What happens by the time the wan
derers return makes a marvellous
scene What happens. when, instead
of being penitent and abashed the
wanderers are outraged and threaten
the extreme penalty of the law, makes
another quite as good. The explana-
tons which don't explain, and the
circumstancial evidence which tight
ems with every coil, very nearly
wreck the two households. And even
at the very happy end, Mr.. Haywood
tips it off that husband who is real
ly better than he should be is vir-
tually impossible to reform
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-27
LAVERING FEATURES "FAIR
AND WARMER THIS WEEK.

" heralded attractions of the COM
ing season here will be Selwyn e
Company's presentation at the Law
ering theatre March 2 and 3. of their
farce sensation, Fair and Warmer
which made such a striking success
during the year of its run at the Har-
ris theatre. New York, that it had a
national reputation before the end
of its first six months
"Fair and Warmer" is the latest
farce by Avery HOpwood, who also
wrote Seven Days" and 'NobOdy's
WIDOW" and whose indisputable gift
of making ludicrous situations, built
around delightful and humorous peo-
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-02-27
DAIRY TRUST CHARGE
OF THE GOVERNMENT
Prominent Creamery Officials and Cor
pOratiOns Named in Findings Of the
Federal Grand Jury.

The United States grand jury in
session at Boise last week returned
true bills against the following
creamery companies:
Jensen Creamery company. cor
poration. of Salt Lake
Mutual Creamery company, cor
poration, of Salt Lake
Henningsen Produce company, Il
corporation, of Butte.
Schallinger Produce company, cor
pOratiOn, of Spokane.
Commercial Creamery company a
corporation, of Spokane.
The Lakewood company. a corpora
ton, of Spokane.
The lakewood company limited. a
corporation, of Portland
Klocl1 Produce company. corpora
ton. of Seattle
w. r. Jensen. president Mutual
Creamery company
A. p. Henningson, president of the
HazelwoOd company, OF Portland.
w. +. Henningsen. manager of the
Henningsen Produce company.
Carl Schallinger, manager CONNER
cial Creamey company.
=. w Ellis district manager of the
Mutual Creamery company.
Carlyle Hall, general superintendent
Mutual Creamery company.
b. B. Corless. district manager Mu-
tu7l Creamery company.
r. A. Goodhue, manager Goodhue-
WhimDle company, of Spokane
w. w Hamilton, manager Mutual
creamery company. lewiston
ID. r. Newman. former manager of
Mutual Creamery company. Boise
IT. A. Shellenberger. present manag
or Mutual Creamery company, Boise.
The above list contains the names
Of many of the leading dairy indus
tries in the northwestern states. The
charge is that they have violated the
provisions of the sherman antitrust
act which forbids coordination in re-
straint of Interstate trade and to OBJ
tain a monopoly thereof and with
the following specific overt acts:
Espionage.
The payment temporarily of high
prices in order to control the market
The issuance Of false weighing and
tests to iniure competitors.
Attempted bribery
Improper use of employees of com
petitOrs.
Preventing use of employees of COM
petitors.
Preventing storage for perishah;es
Giving Of short weight.
Influencing legislation against com
petitOrs.
Apportionment of territory after a
false showing of competition
Using coercion in the fixing Of the
prices for raw materials and charging
excessive and unwarranted prices to
the consumers.
Purchasing products of corr petitOrs
and making false claims about them
SDecial Agent Leon Bone of tie de-
partment of justice is said TO have been
working on the case for some time
other Witnesses for the prosecution
are: Q. Rasmussen, w. C. Scholtz.
Robert Ireland, II. J. Ferrish. J. l.
Larden Harrison Hess. J. K. White.