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The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1918-07-26
ATTENTION.!

ATTENTION.!
All interested in the
purchase of hay for
feeding purposes are
requested to call at the
First National Bank at
once. This is entirely
tor your own protection
and you should respond
Immediately.
We want to assist you.
The First National Bank
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
WEYBRIDGE

Mr.. and Mrs, Albert McAuley are
parents Of a son born Saturday,
llA Boies attended the automobile
show in Burlington Saturday,
Rev J NJ Bishop, the new pastor Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, ar
rived last Saturday and preached a
strong sermon Sunday morning, re-
turning "a his studies at Troy Confer
euce Academy at Poullncy Sunday eve
ning
Mr. and Mrs w. J, Newton, Miss
Grace Elliott, Mr. l., II Fske and
Master Harley W, Clark motored to
Bristol on pleasure trip last Sunday
afternoon,
Mrs, J, s, Shaw who has been con
fined to the bed by illness the past two
weeks Is slowly eonvaescing,
Mr,and Mrs, ia, Harrington and son
Robert were the guests OF Mr., HaTing-
tons sister, Miss Lucy, at the Harring-
ton homestead last Sunday,
Miss Emma S. Baker was at home
over Sunday from the school which
she Is teaching at Salisbury,
Mrs, Mary Josephine (Bingham)
Bowdish, widow Of Joseph Bowdish,
died at the home Of her SON. Edward
Bowdish, Saturday morning, She was
SS years old and is survived by one son,
Edward, with whom she lived, and
two daughters, Mrs Carrie L, Bryant
of Mddlcbury and Miss Martha S,
Bowdish OF Cooleyvilc Mass also by
one sister, Mrs, Adeline Bird Of Spo-
kane, Wash, and brother, Chauncey
Bingham, Of Weybridgc The funeral
was held at the Congregational church
/ in Wcybridge Tuesday afternoon at ?
o'clock, Rev Louis Green, pastor, Of
iciated. Rev, Vernon c, Harrington
at the grave. The bearers were Charles
Bingham, Arthur Bingham, Perry Bling,
ham, Charles Baker, Karl Shaw, and
phlo Elmer. Burial was IN the Wey-
bridge cemetery
Mrs. Florence Emelnc Parkhil Twit-
chel wife OF Daniel S. Twitchell, died
at her home in New Haven Tuesday
morning at o'clock Mrs Twitchell
fell on the ice about four weeks ago,
injuring her hip quite badly, but for the
last few days she was thought to be i'm.
proving and her death came as a shock
to her family and many friends.
She was 81 years old and besides her
husband, she leaves two daughters Mrs.
George Thompson of Kansas City, Mo,
and Miss Bernicc Twtchell of Brook
Ign, her mother, Mrs Martha Parkhill
OF Wcybridge, and a brother, Charles
Parkhill, Of Helena, Mont Mrs, Twit-
chell was born in Weybridge, December
S, 1860 the daughter Of Nathan and
Martha Smith Parkhill
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
Estate of
Charles T., DeIPhia
late of Cornwall

The undersigned, having been appointed by the
Honorable Probate Court for the District of Ad-
Olson, Commissioners. to receive, examine, and
ad Just the claims and demands of all persons
against the estate of Charles E. Delphia, late of
Cornwall in said District deceased. and all claims
exhibited in offset thereto. give notice that we
will meet for the purpose aforesaid. at the late
residence of the deceased. in the town of Corn
and Both day of September. next. from 10 o'clock
a. M. until u o'clock M. on each of said days
and that six months from the 10th day of April
A. ID. 1918 is the time limited by lsaid Court for
said creditors to present their claims to US for
animation and allowance.
Dated at Cornwall. VT, this 18th day Of April
A. D. 1918
Carson Fisher,
Charles F. Benedict. Administrator. is
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
Estate of
SiIas A. Ilsley
late of Middlebury
GTATE OF VERMONT.

STATE OF VERMONT.
DDISTRICT OF ADDISON. S.
To the Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Addison
To all persons interested in the estate of Sas
A. Ilsley late of Middlebury. in said District.
deceased, GREETING
At Probate Court, holden at Middlebury,
within and for said District on the ed day of
April, 1918, an instrument purporting to be
the last Will and Testament Of Silas A lsley. late
of Middlebury, in said District, deceased, was
presented to the Court aforesaid. for Probate.
And 1t is ordered by said Court that the 18th
day of May, 1918. at nine o'clock a. m. at the
Probate Office In said Middlebury. be assigned for
proving said instrument; and that notice thereof
be given to all persons concerned by publishing
this order three weeks successfully in the Middle
bury Register. newspaper circulating in that
vicinity. in said district, previous to the time
appointed.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear be-
fore said Court. at the time and place aforesaid.
and contest the probate of said will. If you have
cause.
Given under my hand, at Middlebury, in said
district. this ed day of April, 1918.
II CHARLES |. BUTTON. Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
Estate of Milo p. COburn
late of Weybridge
OTATE OF VERMONT / 6

OTATE OF VERMONT 90
- DISTRICT OF ADDISON '''
The Honorable Probate Court. for the district
aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate Of
Milo P. Coburn. late Of Weybridge. in said Dis
trct. deceased. GREETING:
Wher las, said Court has assigned the Goth day
of May. next, at 9 o'clock a. m, for examining
and allowing the account Of the administrator de
bonis non Of the estate Of said deceased and for
decree Of the residue Of said estate to the lawful
claimants of the same. and ordered that public
notice thereof be given to all persons interested in
said estate by publishing this order three weeks
successfully previous to the day assigned, in the
Mddlebury Register. newspaper published at
Middlebury, in said District.
Therefore you are hereby notified to appear OF
the Probate Office in Middlebury, in said District,
on the day assigned. then and there to contest
the allowance Of said account IL you see cause,
and to establish your right as heirs, egatees and
lawful claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand. this 29th day of April
1918.
Is CHARLES |. BUTTON Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
WEST CORNWALL

Mrs Harriet PaStene is at the home
of her brother, Frank L. belong, for
few weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Towner of Bird
port were guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.
Dewitt Sunday
Nelson Maheu and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. LaPine and Mrs. Mary At
wood have been ill of grippe.
Mrs. M. o. Field is improving slow
ly.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. c. Drolette were
guests of c. S. Sherbino of Bridport
Sunday.
f. L. belong has Perfection Milk
ing Machine" which is giving good sat
sfaction.
Walter Harrington who is employed
by Joseph Drolette is quite ill.,
Little Carl Church has returned from
Burlington where he had been for eye
treatment.
Mrs Joseph White has returned to
her home after spending the winter
with her son, Lucius, and other relatives
in Burlington, the last week she passed
with her niece, Mrs. Erwin Sears, in
Middlebury.
Miss Katharine Griswold entertained
Mrs. Louise DeLong, Mrs Harriet
Pastene Mrs. L. Dewitt, Mrs. L. c.
Drolette and Mrs. H. E. Taylor Tues
day afternoon.
F. E. Foote is making preparations
for the building of large commodious
barn on the site of one burned last
summer when struck by lightning.
News from Allie Drolette is that last
heard from he was Somewhere" in New
Jersey. He left Camp Devens with
other soldiers sailing for France but
WAS taken Ill and left ON the Mav
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
Estate of Mary l.. Lake
late of Weybridge
MATE OF VERMONT.

GTATE OF VERMONT.
- DISTRICT OF ADDISON. IS. J
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
Aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate Of
Mary B. Lake. late Of Weybridge in said Dis
trict, deceased. Greeting
Whereas. said Court has assigned the goth day
of May. next. at $3.50 o'clock a. M, for examining
and allowing the account Of the administrator of
the estate of said deceased and for decree of the
residue of said estate to the lawful claimants of
the same, and ordered that public notice thereof
be given to all persons interested in said estate
by publishing this order three weeks successfully
previous to the day assigned. in the Middlebury
Register. newspaper published at Middlebury,
in said District.
Therefore, you are hereby notified to appear at
the Probate Office. in said District. on the day
assigned, then and there to contest the allowance
of said account II you cause. and to establish
your right as heirs. legatees and lawful caman is
to said residue.
Is CHARLES l. BUTTON, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03

benefit of said ward as the law directs would be
beneficial for said ward.
Whereupon, the said Court appointed and as
signed the 18th day of May. 1918, at ten o'clock
a. m. at the Probate Office in Mddlebury.
in said district to hear and decide upon said APP
plicaton. and ordered that public notice thereof
to be given to all persons interested therein. by
publishing this order three weeks successfully
in the Middebury Register. a newspaper. pub
shed at Mddlebury, in said district, which cir
culates in the neighborhood of those persons in,
terested therein; ali which publications shall
be previous to the time appointed for the hear
ing
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court. at the time and place aforesaid.
then and there in said Court. to object to the
granting Of such license. If you see cause.
Given under my hand at Middlebury. in said
district this 22d day Of April 1918.
II CHARLES |. BUTTON. Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
Estate of
Charles Woodwork
late of Weybridge
CTATE OF VERMONT

-
- DISTRICT OF ADDISON. IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
Aforesaid
To all persons interested in the estate of
Charles Woodworth late Of Weybridge. in said
District, deceased, Greeting
Whereas, said Court has assigned the goth day
of May, next, at $3.50 o'clock u. M. for exam
lining and allowing the account of the admin
istrator of the estate of said deceased and
for decree of the residue of said estate to the
lawful claimants of the same. and ordered that
public notice thereof be given to all persons in
terested in said estate by publishing this erder
three weeks successfully previous to the day as
signed. in the Middlebury Register, newspaper
published at Middlebury. in said District.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear at
the Probate Office, in said district. the day as
signed. then and there to contest the allowance
of said account II you see cause. andto establish
your rights as heirs legatees and lawful claimants
to said residue.
Given under my hand. this LIST day of May,
1918.
Is CHARLES l. BUTTON, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
SOUTH STARKSBORO

Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Hammer and
daughter, Ruth, Luceel, Mr.. and Mrs
H. F. Hammer and Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Atkins were in Addison Wednesday to
visit Mrs. Emma Hammer who is i'll.
The sugar house of Mr.. Munson was
burned Thursday night.
Raymond Lavarn has purchased a
span of horses from party in Bur
lington.
Daniel Hallock was recent guest at
Russell D. Young's.
Rev. E. ]. Meader who has accepted
call from the Friends church this
summer will board at D. D. Follans-
bees.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
Estate of
GustaVus II. Smith
late of MiddIebury, VT.
STATE OF VERMONT
~ DISTRICT OF ADDISON, So,


~ DISTRICT OF ADDISON, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
of Addison
To all persons interested in the estate of Gus
tavus B. Smith, late of Middlebury. in said Dis
trct, deceased. Greeting
At a Probate Court, holden at Middebury.
within and for said District on the LIST day of
May. 1918, at 10 o'clock am. an instrument pur-
porting to be the last Will and Testament of
Gustavus B. Smith, late of Middlebury, in said
District, deceased. was presented to the Court
aforesaid. for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court that the goth
day of May, 1918, at the Probate Office in said
Middebury. be assigned for proving said instru-
ment and that notice thereof be given to all per-
sons concerned, by publishing this order three
weeks successfully in the MiddIebury Register. a
newspaper circulating in that vicinity. in said
District, previous to the time appointed.
Therefore. you are hereby notified to appear
before said Court. at the time and place afore-
said. and contest the probate of said will. if you
have cause.
Given under my hand at Middebury. in said
District, this LIST day of May, 1918.
Is Charles /. Button, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03
Re Eva Nj. WOlcOtt
of ShOreham
ATE OF VERMONT

GTATE OF VERMONT 9,
- DISTRICT OF ADDISON ''
The Honorable Probate Court for the District
Aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate Of Eya
M. Wolcott, of Shoreham. GREETING !:
Whereas, application hath been made to this
Court by the guardian Of Eva M. Wolcott for
license to sell the real estate of said ward. viz
an interest in the estate of her father James E.
Wocott, decreed to her the 4th day of May, 1891.
Representing that the sale thereof for the pur-
pose of putting the proceeds of such sale at in
terest, or investing the came in stocks or other
real estate or using the avails thereof for the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03

The friends of Mrs John Orvis of
Bristol are panied to hear of her severe
illness with pneumonia. Mrs Orvis re-
sided here a number of years.
Eastman Arnold continues to i'm
prove.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1918-05-03

Service flags are selling at 70 cents
each at the Register of Ce-Size 2 x3ft
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-12-10

and number of its population. one
must remember that out of 360Oo,oo0
inhabitants in Italy at the beginning
of the war only l1.000ooo were male.
This seeming diSproportion is caused
by emigration, which was largely com
posed OF mate adults. Ont of those
1I.OOO,O 600 only 9.OO0o0O were adults
economically productive. Consequent
~ the subtraction of the mobiliZed
fn.reS has had an acute reaction on
l!,s. ecnnulnic life of the nation. 1t is
estimated ;lat on an average only lD
adtiitS remained in each town or VII
lame to provide in each case for some
$40 children below the age of fifteen.
Furthermore, the traditions of ltai-
ian family life render the work of their
women an economic factor of less inn
portance than in some other countries.
| though il has been utilized to the ut
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oHLONikl

was organized July 4, 1917, and by DC
tober branches were in effective opera
ton in Toyko, Yokohama. kyoto, Osa-
ka and Kobe, with between 800 and
400 American women working Jealous
ly for the cause The offer of silk I'M
derwear for the service men in France
was one Of the first interesting things
proposed by the Japan chapter of the
American Red Cross, the silk being Il
resistant for the much dreaded GOO
ties" But as yet their desire TO swathe
the American Expeditionary Force in
silks has not been carried into effect.
The Japanese Red Cross co-Operates
most heartily with the American Red
Cross and is sending supplies to the
front, not only through the Japan
chapter of the American organization.
but on their own initiative. Relative
to their splendid cooperation, Baron
Ishiguro, president of the Japanese
Red Cross and a retired surgeongen-
eral of the Japanese army, said re-
Gently:
Il feel that am working with you
in the same room for the same cause
of humanity-the Spirit of the Red
Cross has no boundary of state, nei-
Their has it any religious prejudice, nor
racial distinction"
In Honolulu the members of the Ha-
waiian chapter prepare their surgical
dressings for the far-off fields of
France in the old throne room of the
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palace Of King Kalahana. From the
y.aIls the pictured countenances OF
Hawaii's former chiefs look down,
sphinx-like. on the unaccustomed
scene. while a beautiful Red Cross flag,
the gift of the late Queen, flaps desui-
torily in the soft, lazy breeze waited
in from the Pacific.
Juniors Everywhere. Too.
One of the interesting units OF the
Shanghai chapter of the American Red
Cross is the Junior membership at Fuh
Tan College. This unit, composed en-
tireIy of Chinese college youths. is do
ing a splendid work to keep the Spirit
of the Red Cross paramount in its ter
ritory.
In the palatial workrooms of the
Cuban chapter of the American Red
Cross in Havana 5000 comfort kits
were made by willing hands last April.
bringing cheer and thoughts of home
to 5000 American men with the colorS.
And so it goes throughout the rami-
fications of the Fourteenth Divisional
division which is doing its share and
rnuch more to meet the appalling emer-
gency with which the American Red
Cross is confronted.
In fact, it would seem that every in
dividual affiliated with the Fourteenth
Division of the American Red Cross
has consecrated himself unreservedly
to the service. ever mindful of the
cause that prompted the action.
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the present moment the strength OF
the Italian army is i,02J, 200, including
the tlass of men born in 1900, who
have been called, to the colors recent
Iy. II may he said. then, that the ma
tons mnn-puwer. has suffered Il per-
mancut loss of nearly million.
Hni. serious us is this loss. Italy has
inflicted an even greater punishment
rluon the foe In Austrian prisoners
alnue she has taken approximately n
million. The Austrian loss in killed
and wounded Is, of course, unknown la
us, but even the most conservative eS-
itnatrs make il far greater than ours.
In the June offensive on the Pave
nlone over 2Om 200 Austrian dead were
lpft on the licld.
Fighting Under Extreme Difficulties.
Aside from their achievements in
other theatres of the war, ltaiy's sol
licIs have fought through fifteen tn'
rinHS ufTcnSivcS on the lSonzo ana the
Pave, inliicting terrible losses ON the
foe in each. These campaigns were
carried on in mountainous regions and
under rigorous weather conditions that
taxed To the utmost the genius of tile
military engineers and the endurance
of the troops. The foe, when h0Stili-
ties opened, were entrcucled in care
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fully prepared and seemingly impreG-
nahle positions, backed 10y network
of military roads and railroads. ON
The Italian side were deep SorgcS, I'M
rScalahle cliffs. almost impaSS;w'Ie gla-
ciers. passes filled with snow and conf
mautled by Austrian guns. There were
no suitable roads or bridges. The sur
mounting of these difficulties has chat
lenged the admiration of the engineer
ug world.
Over 2,JOO miles of roads have been
constructed on the mountains of Italy
and of Albania. and l,NiU miles of
aerial cable railroads (TeIeferiche)
have been built to carry food, ammll-
milton and guns over deep ravines.
Economic Difficulties.
The magnitude of this military effort
can he fully appreciated only when one
takes into consideration the economic
structure of the nation and the nature
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progressive step in its work, but the
country concerned Where no such
society existed, the consent of the gov
eminent of the country in question was
secured before chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross was formed.
The work of the various chapters in
the Fourteenth division is carried on
ielentically with the work in any chap
ter in the United States, and, in spite
of the vast distances separating them
from the headquarters in Washington,
d. c.. their activities run along as
smoothly as those in close touch with
the executives. All of the products
of the workrooms are packed and ship
ped to the warehouse in New York
city, various steamship companies
transporting the large boxes free OF
charge.
+ All for Huma iity.
In JaDan the Amer an Red Cross
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the United States, but from oil over
the world. In the whirIwind of find
ing herself" the Greatest Mother in
the World" was forced to turn il deaf
ear TO her children in the remote sec
tions, but, with the demands of recog-
milton becoming so frequent and so
earnest, the Fourteenth Division was
formed November l, 1917. For the
convenience of distribution of sup
plies and the concentration of actiVi-
ties the United States was divided into
thirteen divisions by the National
Headquarters, and the new division,
naturally, became the Fourteenth.
The extension of the American Red
Cross to the overseas possessions OF
the United States was Il looked for.
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TRENCH DIGGING AFTER A
MOUNTAIN SNOW STORM
SyALfA~
orr. p~0po
C~o~ ~.H'~

in recent article on the economic
situation of Italy points out that whiie
Germany before the war dominated
the foreign trade of Italy so far as
manufactures were concerned, thit
country was one of the best customers
of the United States in raw materials
and foodstuffs. That writer also points
out that it was the adjustment or her
Industrial and commercial life to the
burdensome new conditions that mas
created an entirely new economic 1aD-.
ric in Italy.
"Italy's devotion. of her resources to
war purposes has been complete" says
Mr.. Sisson. "Her pre-eminence In the
| production of certain articles OF COM
merce marked her as the CHER source
of supply for similar products OF a
warIike nature. Her ordinary produces
ton of automobiles, aeroplanes, tur-'
bnes and heavy oil engines mas mere-i
~ been intensified and modified in thel
direction of such a Standardization as!
would permit quantity production.
Financially Italy Responded Well.
Financially Italy also has respond
ed to the demands of war with an
| open-handedness that has surprised
even herself. From August l, 1914, TO
the end of 1917 the total expenditures
of the state were SS.S95, 100000. Cal
culating on the basis of a monthly aver
aye expenditure for thewar of S24O.Uo,-
600, the total cost of the war to faly
would be more than Sl2,0o0,0OooOo.
The first national loan yielded about
$500. 900 900, and it seemed great
struggle, but the one in October, 1917,
welded about $1,000. 100000.
| 1t must be remembered, too, thar
labor shortage has meant food short
age 1t has established a vicious cir
Gle. Our fighters and industrial work
ers have accomplished their WORK
while forced to endure regime az
restricted diet that has meant real and
continuous suffering such as probably
is not TO be found anywhere among
the other belligerent peoples.
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1.-THE Fourtesnih Division of the
American Gcd Cross"
Does NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Does tlial neutrality-suspicious.
& 10 you Nho" 'hat l'e sun never Se's
on American women making SurEl'"'
htndageS' hoSpl'a' garments c"t''ol'S
cent robes knitted arlIcleS ana o'heF
cmfortS Tor our men III the service
II And their methods OF raising
money for the American LED cross
hey are typiealiy American tool
minstrel show In the NagaSaki y. NJ,
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tries was erected only after the con
sent of such organization was received
from the Red Cross society of the
tiu!eS the amount the division was re-
questod to raise. Particularly inspir-
ing was the response of the isolated
members-gt-arge, who, fulfilling va
riouS duties in remote sections of the
world. eagerly welcomed an opportuni-
ty to do Their bit" toward the defense
of civilization.
Grew Like Jacks Bcans.alk.
Remindful of Jacks beanstalk, the
American Red Cross grew from II mem
hership of thousands into personnel
of millions almost overnight when the
United States entered the war. Offers
of service came, not only from all over