Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-07-10

Stuart Called a Strong Man.

: WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Stuart Called Strong Man.
announcement of his candidacy for
the state senate by Charles L. Stuart,
of Lyndonville. Mr.. Stuart repre-
scented Lyndonville in the house at the
1917 session of the legislature and he
was one of the most popular of that
body's members. He has shown him
self an ardent war worker, and there
is every reason to believe that if
elected he would be valuable mcm-
Der Of the upper branch at the COM
ing war session of the legislature
ST. Adams Messenger.
Educational Survey of New Hanlp-
shire.
The Rockefeller foundation has
completed its educational survey Of
the rural districts of New Hampshire.
The state government stands ready
to allow the foundation to proceed
with IS program of equipplng the
farmii1, cc122-,un;t;os of the state with
frst-class public school system.
Ernest w. Butterfeld, superintendent
of public instruction, will be the gov
ernment's representative N the ad-
ministration Of these schools. Forty
towns are to be rejuverated by the
out of an effort like this.-Brattle
boro Reformer.
Coal at Island POnd.-Not.
The much talked of coal mines near
Island Pond refuse to be discovered,
for the recent diligent search by Der
by and Canadian parties failed to
find any outcroppings Of black dia-
monds. If the editor of the Herald
gets time he will take pick and go
down to these mines, for he knows
it's only by digging" and a constant
plugging" that black diamonds are,
brought to the surface. In the mean
time don't get excited. If it's there
we'll find it, and all shall have fair
chance to "stake their claim. isl
and Pond.
Believes Graham Would Run.
Instead Of asking Governor Ora
ham to continue in office for another
two years in order not to disturb
functions for the furtherance of war
work, there are some good Republi-
cans who are feeling around for the
governorship on the plea that Ora
ham does not care to run again. Per-
haps Graham does not care to have
the Office any more buff there was a
unanimity Of feeling in his party on
that question he would doubtless con-
sent to remain in Office for two years
more 1t is hoped that the democrat
ic organization in Vermont will not
nominate a candidate for any of the
state Offices. Such action on the part
of the Democrats will show that they
have a higher purpose in their Or
ganization than ''politics. There is no
need of a change in the state admin
istration now. Horace F. Graham is
satisfactory to almost everybody re-
CARELESS of his party utilization. Do
we hear any dissenting remarks on
this doctrine ?-Windsor Journal.
Civic Enlistment.
The increasing unanimity of the
response to the call for financial sup
port of the war, as one drive follows |
another in rapid succession, is most |
encouraging and reassuring evidence !
of the spirit of American patriotism
and the growing purpose OF the
American people to carry the war to
a victorious conclusion.
We are getting hold of the fact in
real earnest, that it is not only the
boys at the front and in training who
are enlisted in the war, but that the
whole civil population, every man,
woman and child, is enlisted to do
whatever is requisite and necessary,
and to the limit of their ability and
means, for Americas successful pros
ecution of the war, that quotas for
bonds, for war stamps, for the Red
Cross, ETC., are to be met just the
same as quotas for men; and that re-
quests for subscriptions to these va
the same force by the civil population
man position by the men at the front.
The idea of civic enlistment must
be recognized and accepted by all, as
just as essential as the enrolment of
the man power of the nation for ac-
ton upon the field of battle.-Enos-
burg Standard.
Revise the Vermont Quotas.
Before another drive in connection
with the war is put on in Vermont
there ought to be revision of the
for each town and city in
the state on which the quotas are
based. The quotas are based on the
population Of 1910 as shown by the
U. S. census. Those figures are now
wrong in nine cases out of ten A
few towns and cities may actually be
arger than they were in 1910; scat
5ering towns may be holding their
own; but the majority of the places
nave fallen short of the census fig
Tres. Indeed some of the towns are
losing population at an alarming
rate, This is due in part to the de-
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