St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1918-01-09

anuary 3, 1918.
THE federal control of trans
pcrtation systems herein and
heretofore provided for shall
continue for and during the per-
iod of tie war and until Con-
gross shah thereafter order
otherwise
Aside from this provision the bill
seems to be good one.
They say that freight is moving fast
er under government direction than
it did under private management
and that several trainloads of coal
are en- route for New England. This
is brought about by the government
its own orders on priority
of freight, but the public viii not
condemn this if the government gets
the needed coal to them.
Net all the brave men of Vermont
are with. the, army The fighting Of
fires under tie weather conditions Of
the past few days calls for bravery
and determination and large
amount of physical suffering. The
men holding nozzles to throw streams
of water on fires these days are per-
forming heroic service that is not
fully appreciated by the general
public
Annie Il. Pierce Of Portland Me-,
has been promoted from a clerkship
in the Office Of the register OF probate
to acting register, and proposes to
turn the salary of $4,000 a year over
to the regular register who is serv-
ing with the .colors. We have heard
Of no other demonstration Of patriot
ism that srrpasses this.
Littleton is suffering from a short
age of water in its reservoir and has
only three weeks supply of coal to
operate it's electric light plant TOO
bad the Fifteen Mile Falls power has
not been developed 50 they could get
electricity from there and do away
with with the use of coal entirely.
Women trained for nursing will
have a great opportunity for service.
The government estimates it will
need $500 nurses for service with
the ..rny and it has only $500 nurses
in service now There Will soon be
q. cell for every available nurse in
the country.
Hoover is talking of cheaper milk
produced on $1.25 corn. Local deal
ers ere paying $2.O6 for corn and do
not believe they can furnish it to the
farmers for $1.25. Unless the deal
crs ,2rc able to secure cheaper corn
there is little prospect of the farmer
being able to produce cheaper milk.
Editor Parsons of the Northticld
News says: 1--WE can all encourage
our local ministers by our presence
in some church at least once each
sunday. This is a habit once you
get used to you will enjoy How
long did it take you to get used to it
brother?
W. note some discussion of the
length of time it is necessary for the
American troops to train before go
ing into actual warfare. 1t looks as
though they would be obliged to
train until the War Department can
get some guns and rifles for them to
use and that will be some time yet.
The Brattleboro Reformer is pre-
dieting an early spring. We hope it
will prove a good prophet. Certain it
is tlat unless we have more delay
than we have had in the War De-
partment, more comfortable weather
sill be due early.
Farmers in Nebraska are consid-
ering the organization of a mutual
insu rance company to protect sheep
growers against damages by dogs and
coyates. Vermont farmers who wish
to raise sheep might investigate the
same project.
The government asks to have anti
trust suits against seven alleged
trusts postponed for the present be-
cause it does not dare interfere with
the finances and business OF such
large organizations under present
conditions We may find that trusts
are necessary to win the war
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