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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
INSTRUCTION ABOUT HORSES.
Is Being Given at the Vail Agricultural
School

| Lvudonville, Jan 2i.-As first step
in carrying out policy of bringing 70
| its agricultural students the benefit OF
successful Vermont experience along AZ.
ricultural lines, the r. ~ F,'ail agricul-
tural school has had the services of FL
mer SmaIley of Morrisville, during the
week of Jan. Z.
Mr.. Smaley has been for 80 years an
eminentlv successful dealer in horses in
Vermont. For the past eight years he
has held the position of superintendent
of horses at the Vermont state fair. He
gave his time gratuitously to the boys
Of the school. and through them TO his
state From his long and successful OK
perience he brought the boys instruction
and information which will be invaluable
to them
His time at the school was spent in in
formal discussion or Horse Talks" dem
onstrations, and practice in horse iudg-
ing. In his discussions with the Bows
large number of topics relating to
horses were taken up. The following
subjects give some idea of the practical
information which he was able to bring
to the school:
l. Why the Vermont farmer should
raise his own horses.
>. The type OF horse for The Vermont
farmer to raise.
3 The management OF the brood mare
while in foal
4. Methods of rearing colts
;. The daily care Of the farm horse.
q. The Judging and buying of good
horse.
I. Points ON the harness and hitch of a
horse.
s. Disease of the horse. Ca their cause,
(b home remedies, (cl when to call the
These are only a few Of the many
matters taken up by the boys with Mr. |
and the discussion was enliv-
nned by many Of Mr.. Smalley's personal
experiences and emphasized by the prae |
teal source from which it came.
Two forenoons were devoted to actual 4
practice Of horse Judging. The draft 4
horses and colts Of the main farm son
lected with the school furnished material 1
'or one forenoon Of work
Through the courtesy Of =. a. Darling
II East Burke. tho bows with Alr Small
~ were enabled 10 eXsmine his fine sta
Ne Of Morgan horses, including the stall
ion. Sir Ethan Allen. which Mr.. Smalley /
one Of the nearly perfect horses
n tho state.
II Is needless 10 state that she bows 81
he school werc interested Their volun
airy attendance upon the conferences.
heir earnest attention. and their "a
.rcssed appreciation showed how much
hey valued Nr- Smsllcv's 'seTvioes
IBIS conference j. only one Of many
rhirh are 10 follow during the school
ear and 81 ahifa Vermont men who
ave brrn sEzinenfly succcssfui in some
Inc 81 farming arc 10 give 10 TIRE be.s
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
VOLUNTEER WORKERS.
Thousands of Reporters and Special Cor
respondents Gather Crop Statistics.

Credit to Ia, los volunteer crop report
ers and special correspondents through
out the country who served without com
pensation, is given in the annual report
of the chief of the bureau of crop est.
mates, United States department of agri.
culture.
To show the degree of accuracy of its
work by the aid of volunteers the bu.
reau report cites two examples:
For the IL years lo00-l9l6 the number
OF pounds of lint cotton met weight) as
reported by the bureau of the census was
rs ,4l9, $4,000. As estimated i'm Deem
Der annually by the bureau of crop esti-
mates the crops were given at 81, Dds. 739, :
900. For the II years the per cent Of
was IL. For five wears.
l9l2-l9l6, the per cent of underestimate
was 0.s. For the three years IoI4-l9l6
the per cent of underestimate was o.
To determine the accuracy of the de-
partment's estimate of rice production
for 1915 and thereby afford basis for any
necessary adjustments, reports of re-
ceipts of rough rice from the 1915 crop
were obtained from every rice mill of i'm
portance in the United States. These re-
ports accounted for 2S,995.2I3 bushels.
The total production as estimated bv the
bureau of crop estimates in December.
1915, was 2s,g47 200 bushels. The under
estimate was about two-tenths of | per
cent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
Amendment to Section 8, Chap
ter, 10 of the Revised
Ordinances

Section s, chapter 10, of the revised
ordinances and all amendments thereto
are hereby revised and amended to read
as follows:
Section s. There shall be paid to the
officers of the fire department such hour
ly daily, monthly or Nyearly salary in
full for all services as the city council
may determine, and there shall &c paid
to all regular members of the paid fire
department for their services as tirAmcn,
pipemen and drivers, as follows Fire
men and pipemen for their first six months
service shall receive seventy-two dol
lars per month, seyentyfive dollars per
month for the next eighteen months
service, seventy eight dollars per month
for their third years service, eighty dol
lars per month for their fourth years
service, and eightyfour dollars per
month for the remainder of their services.
Drivers, which shall include drivers of
the auto apparatus, shall receive seven
ty-fve dollars per month for their first
six months services, seventy eight dol
lars per month for the next eighteen
months service, eighty dollars per month
for their third years service, eighty
three dollars per month for their fourth
years service, eighty-seven dollars per
month for the remainder of their services
as drivers in said department. The fire
committee shall determine the amount
of time off and the vacations to be given
TO the various members of the depart
ment, and the time and conditions under
which the same may be had.
Presented to the board of aldermen
Jan. Is, 1918; read once and passed TO a
second reading. Read second time Jan.
%, 1918, and adopted by the city council
and ordered published in the Barre Daily !
Times, and published in the Barre Daily |
Times in the issue of Jan. "a, 1918.
James Mackay, City Clerk.
Approved Jan. %, 1918.
Eugene G. Glysson, Mayor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
HIS MANHOOD
BY OLIVE GROVES.
I'm UN IIIt MtN IUTe
per Syndicate.D

|
She stood at the street crossing ant
waved to the motorman TO stop. Their
she boarded the car.
1t was crisp morning, and the sur
was just peeping over the HORIZON like
ball of FURNISHED steel. The street
car was already packed, and the motor
man was standing with his hand or
the crank TO let the vehicle go.
Il have picked her up at all hours
of the night" he remarked to a pas
senger beside him on the platform. He
was Paul Lacrolx, the motorman,
young, handsome.
The electric car was on trip to-
ward the business center of large
city, and was uncomfortahly filed, as
usual at that hour, with stenographers.
clerks and a few miscellaneous pas
sengers.
Going down an avenue that paral-
leled the street upon which the car
was running was another young man,
handsome and self-opinionated. He
was a camoufiaged employee. for he
spent certain hours in the Office of HIS
father, who was a rich business man.
He had been looking lover the top" and
facing high balls" the night before,
and being late to work, was racing his
little snbmarine-in common parlance
called an automobile--to reach his Of
Ace on time.
On went the electric car, held in
leash by the motorman, who remem-
bered the presence of his lovely pas
senger. There was no more room for
and none disembarked, so
the car moved on without further In
The manipulation Of the mundane
turned on more Juice"
and speeded up to make up for the
time he had wasted the night before.
His mind was partially upon the high
balls that had sparkled in the electric
unsteady.
The street down which the car hur-
lied and the avenue down which the
was racing were rapidly
Down some distance was
/ circle upon which stood an eques-
rlan statue. and there the street and |
venue became one.
When within block of this circle |
he car. In answer to ring. came to a
top. Pushing her way through the |
rowded aisle, Miss Blanche Carter.
he passenger who had merited the
consideration of the motorman, disem-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
THE UNION DRY GOODS COMPANY

barked. Holding tightly TO her hand
satchel she made her way toward a
massive brick structure block away.
Lacroix did not see who had left
the car for the crowd was too dense.
When the signal to go was given he
put on full power. Now obvious TO all
else than reaching his destination on
schedule time, he was soon going full
speed.
In this age, when all realize that the
building in which they work may he
| blown up by dynamite, the house in
which they sleep RACED by bomb from
flying machine. the vessel in which
they ride destroyed by a submarine.
and that they may be riddled as they
walk along the street by a trench
gun masked ten miles away, or ridden
down and crushed to pieces by joy
riders and hair-brained chauffeurs in
automobiles-even now ones nerves
are not equal to looking on unmoved
at an electric car controlled by love-
mad motorman, and an automobile
handled by Wildcats youngSter
dashing wildly and rapidly toward
each other And ii Is not to be won
dered at that as the street and avenue
came together and car and auto, I'M
awares, were making for the same
point at the same identical moment,
the occupants Of the car, penned as
they were, should be excited.
Seeing no chance of avoiding the
collision, the young man jumped from
his auto. Occupants of the cur rushed
madly toward the rear. Lacroix turned
off the current and put on the brake.
He might have let go and run back
ward to safety, but the manhood In
him asserted itself. He might have
been selfish In that he thought of the
girl who impressed him so much. But
he remained steadfastly at his post.
Reaching the large brick structure,
which was an infirmary. Miss Carter
entered. She had scarcely finished
donning her professional suit when she
was called upon to assist in dressing
n badly wounded young man. 1t was
Paul Lacroix. He had been the only
one who haS cen injured by the col
lsion, and injuries were serious
Pauls life hung on thread for some
time, and then slow recovery fol-
lowed. But as time sped onward he
learned to be dependent upon his nurse
and to regard her in another light than
that In which he thought of her the
day he was injured. At length he be-
gan to regret the coming of that day
upon which he must leave the hospital.
One day the nurse brought to his
)ed a bit of roast turkey and pot of
iowers--her gift. He looked up at her
With tears in his eyes. and said:
II indeed have much to be thankful
or but I want one more gift. Can
nave itT And he reached out his
lend and drew her INTERESTINGLY to-
ward him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24

Regular meeting THURSDAY.
Jan -. II Barre acne. +. q.
= 81 Wcrthsn hall David
NicDonsld. president.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
RETAIL PRICE STATISTICS
Arc Received from As of the Leading
Cities of the Country.

The bureau of labor statistics OF tho
L. S. department of labor for several
years has been collecting current retail
prices OF the principal articles Of food,
and Of coal and gas More recently retail
prices of staple dry goods have also been
collected
These retail prices are now obtained
from approximately 900 sources, of
which ! 800 are grocery and meat stores
and bakeries. The number of correspond
ents has been increased by nearly 500
in the last year These reports are re-
eeived from IS of the leading cities of the
country, all sections of the country being
represented
Food prices are reported each month,
and summary figures are computed aud
published in each issue of the Monthly
Review of the Bureau of Labor Stats
tics, closely up TO date. These statistics
arc of particular interest and value in
connection with conditions growing out
of the war
After the summarize tion in the Review
the mass of detailed figures are compiled
as a bulletin. Such figures for 1916 are
now available as bulletin 22S.
The prices of food are shown in the
bulletin for each article. each dealer, and
each month. With the price Of bread the
weight Of the loaf is also stated The
retail prices of dry goods are collected
only for May and October each year.
Coal prices are obtained for January and
July and gas prices are obtained only in
April In addition to the detailed figures,
Communications are made for each arti
nle, and for all articles of food com
bined. as whole, in the form of relative |
numbers (perccntagesl aud such relative |
numbers are presented for each year !
back to 1907, and by months from 1912
% 1916 inclusive. These monthly rela
i've numbers are also shown III chart |
orm.
The bulletin also gives interesting com
nent made by the dealers in connection
With their reports, descriptions OF the ar.
icles, and explanations Of market meth
IDS
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

BIG BARGAIN IN PIANO If SOLD AT
oNCE-Write *. Y. b. Times Office for
particulars and price. 265t3
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
MONTPELIER
City Council Thinks There Has Been Pa
per and Printing Waste.

Conservation of paper and printing wa'
one OF The features Of the city council
meeting last evening when Il was report
ed by the printing committee that II had
found wasted envelopes aud paper that
aldermen OF several years back had
printed and which had not been used.
Therefore, II was voted to have adnd.
ard paper for the city and all depart.
ments use the same lctterheads There
Is no loss without some gain, according
To the property committee, who reported
that owing to the fact that the city has
been unable TO secure two carloads OF
coal Tor the heating of city hall the city
has saved 500 this winter, Monday
evening the board OF civil authority will
meet 20 revise the checklist for March
meeting City Attorney G. l.. Hunt was
given authority TO secure Il settlement Of
the case with the Blanchard Real Estate
company in which an aflrmancc of judg-
ment is expected for the city in the SUI
premc court. All departments will be
limited Feb ! in their purchase Of sup.
plies and none will be made unless there
is requisition. Mayor Mitchell reported
that with Chief Connolly, he visited
the pool rooms Wednesday and found
that most of the young men in these
places had permits, also that the owners
were willing to cooperate with the au
thorities in Kidding the places of minors
after the curfew had rung and at all
times unless they have permit from
parents The council seemed to think
the parents were more at fault than the
owners of the pool rooms. The Tabor
bridge which was constructed during the
summer was reported ready for traffic
following the acceptance by the city and !
those interested. The painting will occur
next summer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24

the benefit of their experience aud their
success. Several such men have already
agreed TO come to Lyndon Center, and
the boys of the I. n. Vail agricultural
school will have the rare opportunity OF
sitting at the feet of the most success
full farmers which Vermont possesses.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24

Insurance Commissioner j. G. Brown
has gone Co Concord, \. H., where he is
attending a conference of the commits.
sioners from the three northern states
and Massachusetts, over insurance mat.
tiers.
States Attorney Allen Martin of Essex
Junction was in the city yesterday. as
was Elmer johnson of st, Adams, both
OF whom were at the state library.
Charles Black, attorney for the Central
Vermont railway, who was in Barre on
Wednesday, left last evening for his
home in st. Adams.
The program of the teacher conference
which is to take place in Montpelier Fri
day and Saturday of next week has been
published by the students of the junior
high school OF Plsinfield and Ia very
clever job for youths Of their age. The
Friday conferences will occur in the high
school building, but in the evening the
public will be invited TO listen to Rev.
George Adam of the British war office in
city hall. as well as Prof. Bushnell Hart
of Harvard university. Saturday morn
ing Prof. Angelo Patri, principal of the
45th school of New York and author of
THE Schoolmaster in Great City" will
address the conference, as well as Prof.
Craven Laycock of Dartmouth college
Among the other important speakers are
Miss Mabel Carney of Columbia uniyer
,ity on rural school problems; II. J. NJ.
Jones, +. A. Rowland, Commissioner Hill
egas, Miss Bessie Goodrich of Hyde
Park. Prof Clyde Hill and Supt. Fred
erick Reimherr of Waterbury, who win
talk upon the subject in their different |
school activities. The teachers in this |
section of the state were unable TO at
end the state meetings last summer, so
hat this is to be the important meeting |
If the year for Washington county and |
some 500 teachers are expected to at
end.
l.. H. Greene went to Swanton this
morning having been called there by the
Ieath of Judge G, :. Gates, father of his
irst wife, who died last evening.
The annual payments of corporation
axes have commenced to arrive i'll the
ffice of the state treasurer. These vary
rom $40 to $50 corporation. Each
ompany licensed in the state has TO pay
Is tax according to the capital stock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
TALK OFTHE TOWN

Stock taking sale at Abbott's.
Get one of the Japanese lacquered trays
at special prices at Hooker's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-24
BARRE DAILY TIMES
THURSDAY, JANUARY a. 1918.
The Weather

Snow tonight aud Friday; warmer To-
nights variable winds becoming south
and fresh.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-30
CHAMBER COMMITTEE
ON CITY LEGISLATION

A committee on municipal legisla-
ton was named yesterday by A. Left
wich Sinclair, president, president of
the Chamber of Commerce as follows:
George H. Calvert, jr., chairman;
Walter c. Balderston. Dean Caldwell,
Dr. Howard P. Cobey, Louis Cantor,
James P. Coon, Walter B. Guy, Arthur
]. May, Edward A. Newman, Melvin
G. Hazen. Percival Hall, Duane E.
FOX, Louis Gutenberg, James A. Too
mey, George Wallace Jones, Charles
F. Nesbit, Louis Greenberg, ]. L. Lap
idus, Joseph D. Kaufman, James H.
Hayden, Franklin H. Hough, r. Harri-
son johnson. William c. Sullivan, Al
vim l. Newmyer. Robert e. Mann.
Joseph Y. Reeves. P. ]. Haltigan, DR..
T. v. Hammond, James Francis Smith.
Leon Pretzfelder, Lem Towers, IT.,
Mark Stearman and Charles Francis
Wood
The Washington herald., 1918-06-30
JOHN POOLE TO HEAD
WORLD ROTARY CLUBS

News was received here yesterday
Of the election Of John Poole. president
ofthe Federal National Bank. as pres
dents Of the International Association
Of Rotary Clubs at its ninth annual
convention in Kansas City. Mo.
Mr.. Poole was elected on the second
ballot by a large majority. His cleo
don was made unanimous on the mo.
ton of Robinson A. Mcdowell, OF
Louisianan. past first vice president
and a candidate for president.
Three vice presidents were elected
on the first ballot They are Albert F.
Adams. Atlanta: Erward r. Kelsey,
Toledo, and William !. Lansing, Prov
tdence. Rufus /. Chaplin, Of Chicago,
was made treasurer and Alfred E
Rovlands. OF FL Paso, sergeant al
arms.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-30
RULE IN FAVOR
. OF COLLECTIVE
LABOR BARGAIN
Taft Walsh Board Decision
Is Notable. Victory
for Unions.

The War Labor Board has Set its
face against the !, Individual labor
contract and In q decision reached
Friday but announced yesterday
has affirmed the right of labor to
collective bargaining.
Action came in the case of the
General Electric company's trouble
at its Pittsfeld. Mass. plant. 1t is
the first decision Of its kind by the
board and establishes a precedent
that will rule in all such conflicts
between labor and employers during
the war.
Case Of General Electric Co.
The General Electric has always
refused to recognize committees Of
its employees or representatives of
the union at its plant. Individual
contracts have been submitted to
prospective employees and have been
signed before the men have been
placed on the payroll. The same sys-
tenn prevails in many of the large
industrial plants of the country.
The case came to the board on
appeal both against the contract
system and on a question of wages.
w. H. Taft and Frank p. Walsh
have been appointed to settle the
wage dispute along with one at the
Schenectady plant of the same COM
pany. At the latter plant the COM
pany has recognized committees of
the employee
No More Individual Contracts.
In its order the board directed
that the individual contracts now
in effect be eliminated and that the
company make none such in the flu
ture. The stan OF the board will
The Washington herald., 1918-06-30
Ye Springtime
Gossip
By A. B. c.
lpoLoGlEs TO x C. B.

REMEMBER THE little girl
WHO WENT .
TO THE party
JUST TO ; ! = that
SHE WASN'T insulted
BECAUSE SHE wasn't
| INvITED-wELL that's me.
/ EVERY CELEBRITY" in
TOWN HAS been asked
TO SAY something
ABOUT THE Times
| ON THIS first anniversary
OF ITS regeneration.
NOBODY ASKED n
fro SAY anythins--
BUT HERE ! am.
YOU'LL SEE the pictures
OF ALL the artists
IN roDAY.s paper
EXCEPT 4; 3. G.
WHO MADE the Times
FAMOUS WITH his little
ADS FOR the firm of
D. ]. KAUFMAN.
ITS A great paper.
TAD. POWERS. Mckay.
K c. BALL get paid
FOR THEIR space.
AND WE hav. to pay
FOR OURS.
CAN YOU beat it:
O.
!. & y
. THANK YOU.
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DEPARTURES.

Accumulated excess Of temperature since Jan.
uary !, 1918 40; deficiency Of temperature since
June II 1918. ~; accumulated deficiency d
precipitation since January ]. 1918. 90; Dc
fciency u precipitation since June !, I9ls,t p 4
Temperature same date last year Highest. ;
lowest. g..
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TEMPERATURES IN OTHER CITIES.

TIDE TABLES
Compiled by United States Coast and Geodetic
Suryey.D
Today-Low tide. 75s q. m. and SIS .. m.
high tide. LIS a. m. and Isl p m
THE SUN.
Today-Sun rises. SIS - m; sun sets, SIS
p. 70.
Moon rises. lisa .. m; sets. II n g. m.
Automobile lamps to be lighted By Dos p. m.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-30
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District Of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia
Fair Sunday and probably Monday: light Sari
able winds
The Washington herald., 1918-06-30

GUIDES ome-Gr0wn Flowers
are preferred for all occasions.
Prompt delivery assured. 1914 F 81.
ADV.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-29
RIOT RULES
KANSASCITY

Kansas City, Mo-, March 2S.-Dawn
today found the downtown district Of
Kansas City patrolled by members Of
the seventh regiment, Missouri nation
al guard, home guards, to prevent q
repetition OF the rioting and wreck
ing of business establishments that
marked the first day and night of the
general strike Of all union workmen
in the city, called yesterday In sym
pathy with striking laundry workers.
Martial law has not been declared.
Following day of disorder in which
crowds estimated at several thousands
attacked and seriously damaged the
large laundry plants, the strikers made
a night raid on the downtown district.
Many restaurants that had not closed
in accordance with the strike commit
tees edict were visited, the employees
driven out and one of the buildings
partly wrecked.
Three alleged strikers were shot and
seriously wounded. one probably fatal
ly, in the attacks on laundry plants.
One policeman was struck on the head
by thrown brick There were nu-
merous reports of bruised heads and
other minor injuries.
Early today there was no indication
of further disorders. The strike lead
ers claimed approximately 1000 per.
sons walked out yesterday and that
the full force Of the general strike
would be felt today.