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The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

The college. through it's field men. Is
demonstrating the value of drainage,
where needed by doing sample" jobs for
the instruction of farmers.
the past have yielded only a fraction
available for crops and increased in
value in the year 1917 alone.
Our method of reclamation, how
ever, has been directly the opposite Of
that used by our western neighbors.
They have supplied water for the
farms-we have drained 1t from them.
Very recently the department me-
chanics of the college. for purposes
having to do with the present food
campaign, set out to ascertain the ex-
tent to which drainage is being pushed
within the state. The results of these
findings were n revelation.
1t was learned, for instance, that 12,-
100000 feet of drain tile 3 inches in
diameter and smaller was manufac-
tured In Michigan in the year 1917.
while 1926, ,720 feet Of drain tile larger
than 3 inches in diameter was pro-
duced. In addition, 10,0OO,O0O feet of
drain tile was shipped into the state,
making total Of more than 2J,000,O0O
feet of tile laid in the twelve months
ending on January !, or enough, If set
end TO end. to reach distance of 2.SS7
miles. The amount Of land drained
was ut least 10000 acres, which as a
reclamation project compares quite fa-
vorably with what has been going on
at the foot of the Rockies.
An enterprising statistician has fig
ured out what this work means in
terms Of wheat production. This new
ly drained land, according to his esti-
mate, is capable Of adding at least
100000 bushels TO Michigan's annual
yield. In determining this yield, 1t was
assumed that the large tile was used
mostly to drain ground that hitherto
has not produced crops. Enough of
this tile was put in to carry off the wa
ter from 10000 acres of new land.
There is reason to believe also that at
least 1000 acres Of the $4,000 acres
drained by the small tile, was new
land, or low spots which no crops were
being raised before drainage was at
tempted. This gives us 10000 acres
of new land drained and similar
amount Of land upon which crop pro-
duction has been increased by drain
age. Inasmuch as areas requiring
drainage are as rule some of our
most fertile lands, 1t has been assumed
that the new land drained will produce
at least % bushels Of wheat to the
acre, or its equivalent, and that on the
old land, the yield will be increased
at least ten bushels to the acre.
Nor is the work done yet. Already
there are evidences that reclamation
will go on this year just as briskly.
il not more so, than was the case
year ago, and the questions coming
up are not so much questions of the
value of drainage as OF size of tile to
use and of methods of going about the
job most efficiently.
Ordinary drain tile ranges in size
from two inches up 20 u and even II
inches, and the capacity of this tile to
carry water varies according to the
square OF the diameter-a 3-inch tile,
for instance, will carry two and one
quarter times as much water at the the
same rate Of flow as Will Pinch tile.
The square of three is nine; the square
Of two is four, and four is contained in
nine two and one-fourth times, as stat
ed above. Using the same rule, 1t will
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22
Gloves Have Strap Wrists.

A noticeable feature of the current
demand Is the tendency toward a
larger use Of strap wrist or Biarritz
effects, says the Dry Goods Econom-
list. This, no doubt, is due more or
less to the practical nature of such
styles, making them suitable for wear
with the tailored effects In suits and
dresses which are now the vogue.
Moreover, the Biarritz idea, especially
In soft gauntlet design, conforms
readily to any expression of military
note.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22
circumstantiaI Evidence.

Tommy was making a visit to his
grandparents, who owned large
dairy. He had been forbidden to touch
the tempting-looking pans of rich
cream. One day his grandmother
caught him coming up from the cellar
with very suspicious white rim over
his upper lip.
Tommy" she said. "I am afraid,
from your looks, that you have been
disturbing my pans of cream"
"Oh. no, haven't" Tommy hastened
TO explain. ~ just ran my tongue
gently over the top."-Country Gentle
man.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22
Simple Blouses.

Among the newest assortment of
blouses are some from Paris which in
dicate a marked preference for fine
materials and simple lines.
There are models made Of handker-
chief linen whose only trimming is In
hand fagoting; others are delicately
trimmed with drawn work or have in
sets of real filet lace.
The new high collar Is featured, al
though in Difference to the wishes OF
many American women Paris has sent
blouses that have the familiar v neck
with the sailor or round collar.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22
MUCH T|LELA|D IN
STATE DUR|NGYE
New Drains, If Laid End to End,
Would Reach at Least
1887 Miles.
IS ROOM FOR MUCH MORE
Lack of Drainage Is Still the Chief
Drawback to Agriculture in Many
Parts of Michigan.
From Department of Farm Mechanics,
Michigan Agricultural College.


East Lansing, Mich.-Most of us,
when we think of reclamation projects
nowadays, call To mind the mammoth
dams of the middle West and the thou
sands OF acres of once semiarid and
nonproductlve lands now teeming with
bumper crops. Montana, Wyoming.
certain districts in Oregon and Utah
these, we would answer, if the Ques-
tion were asked us, are the centers of
agricultural reclamation.
Few of us would think of including
Michigan in this list, but the facts of
the matter are that Michigan really
Is one of the greatest Of these. Forty
thousand acres of our hitherto non
productive lands, or lands which in
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22
Practice Rotation.

Besides using lime to control club
root of cabbage. every effort should be
made to keep the seed bed free from
disease and to prsctIve rotation Of
crops In which cabbage or related
crops does not occur oftener than once
In 6ve years
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22
Club Root Of Cabbage.

Club root of cabbage shows itself as
swellings on both the large and the
small roots. IT is caused by a parasite
which takes the nourishment intended
for the plants and leaves them stunted
and siclly. Once introduced into the
soil this parasite may live for many
years and attack other members of the
cabbage family, like the caullflower,
turnip and rutabaga.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

are easy and pleasant to take and excel
lent results are accomplished by their
use. Used by Mothers for .3T years.
Sold by Druggists everywhere. IS cents
Trial package FREE. Address,
THE MOTHER GRAY CO.. lie Roy, N Y.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22
FRECKLES
Now !. rs. Tin. 70 Get Rid Of The.e UsIy Spot.

There's no longer the slightest need OF
feeling ashamed OF your freckles, as the pre-
scription othine-double strength-is guar
anteed to remove these homely spots
Simply get an ounce OF othine-double
strength--from your druggist, and apply
little OF IL night and morning and you should
soon see that even the worst freckles have
begun to disappear. while the lighter ones
have vanished entirely. IL II seldom that
more than one ounce is needed TO completely
clear the skin and gain beautiful clear
complexion.
Be sure TO ask for the double strength 9TH
fne, as this IL sold under guarantee of money
back ~ IL fails TO remove freckles--Adv.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

receives the gift may acknowledge it
to the sender. A personal word of
cheer and hope and friendliness may
be inclosed, too, If the sender wishes"
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

Clothing made of pressed feathers as
a substitute for wool has been invented
by an Italian priest.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

These days It is not always neces-
sary for fellow TO be an out-and-out
German spy TO deserve hanging.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

New York's debt limit is reduceu :,
$2.114.325.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

down ana got 80
weak / could hsr2 y
stand, and had had
aches every day. !
tried everything !
could think Of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pink h Vege-
table Compound and
she told me about
it. From the first
day / took it'll Ibegan
to feel better and
now / am we'll and
able to do most any
k in d Of work. I
have been recon-
mending the Com
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

pound ever since and give you my per-
mission to publish this letter" miss
Flo KELLY, 476 So. 14th ST., Newark.
N. ].
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, was SO successful in Miss
Kelly's case was because it went to the
root of her trouble, restored her to q
normal healthy condition and as result
her nervousness disappeared.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22
A NERVOUS
: i BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three
years / suffered from nervous break
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

England now has more than 4,775.-
900 women wage earners.
The Clio messenger., 1918-03-22

be found that a 4-inch tile will carry
four times as much water as 2-inch
tile, and so on.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
CALEDONIA COUNTY.

Frank T. Taylor, in business in
Hardwick for the past Is years or
more and manager of the well known
corner store, will be a candidate for
| Hardwick town representative and
has filed papers to that effect Mr..
| Taylor will make an able representa-
tive, being man broad in his views
and a man who will work for the best
interests for both the town and viii
lage. He will not have much opposi-
ton.
Sergt. Alcide Morency, the first ST..
Johnsbury boy to be wounded in ac-
ton in France, has been awarded a
| military medal for special bravery.
Sergt. Morency was wounded March
27 and ordered to a hospital, but re-
quested to be allowed to remain with
his company, made light of his injur-
les and stayed on the firing line.
Two boys, Frank Ross and Ben
! jamin Green, who have been robbing
village stores, summer camps and
pretty nearly everything else in St.
Johnsbury, have been located in a
shack near Gallup's mills and were
arrested by Sheriff Worthen. The
authorities think SO much of the
youthful desperadoes that they are
both still in Jail in default of $1,000
bail in each case. In the deserted
shack with the boys was found a
large amount of booty. The activi-
ties Of the boys have been extensive
and in addition to facing a trial in
Caledonia county, they may face one
in Essex county, for the sheriff of
that county will have writs issued for
them for breaking into Shadow lake
camps, which are in Essex county.
To July 27 the sale of War Saw
ings stamps in Orleans county towns,
maturity value, was as follows.
Groton is the only town in the state
that has actually purchased more than
/ her allotment.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
Estate of Ephrem Davignon

STATE OF VERMONT
District Of Orleans, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the dis
trct aforesaid:
TO all persons interested in the estate of
EDhrem DaviCnOn late of Glover in said
district deceased,
GRE ETING:
At q Probate Court, holden at Newport
within and for said District on the 18th day of
August, 1918, an instrument purporting
to be the last will and testament OF Ephrem
DavignOn late OF Glover, in said District
deceased, vas presented to the Court afOre-
said for Probate.
And it is ordered by said court that the
18th day Of September, 1913 at r. w. Bald
wins Office in Barton at 300 O'Clock D. M
be assigned for proving said instru-
Tnent; ard that notice thereof be given
to all persons concerned by publishing this
order three weeks successfully in the Orleans
County Monitor, newspaper circulating
in that vicinity, in said District previous
to the time appointed
Therefore, You are hereby notified to ap-
pear before said court at the time and place
aforesaid, and contest the probate OF said
Will if you have cause.
Given under my hand at Newport in said
district this 18th day Of August, 1918.
1885 r. NJ. 5 POONER. Register
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
WEST CHARLESTON

Mrs. Ara Morse is i'll.
Mrs. Mary Foster is not as we'll.
Mrs. Josie Royce has returned
home.
H. H. Tracy is entertaining a broth
err from Brockton, Mass.
Mr. Shannon of Newport is visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Rose Wilson.
Carleton Hamblet was home from
training camp for over Sunday.
John Harvey and daughter of New
port visited his sister, Mrs. Coffey,
Sunday.
Ralph Barrup visited his aunt, Mrs.
Loren Silver, in Newport two days
last week.
Allison Bowen of Derby has been
here several days to visit relatives
and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Badger and
sons are visiting in West Burke and
ST. Johnsbury.
Leo Callahan and family Of Beth
lehem, N. H., are visiting her mother,
Mrs. Leavens.
E. M. Pickel has been shingling the
tenement belonging to the Island
Pond Electric Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Young of Orleans are
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. B. Holton.
Continued on Page Seven)
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21

H. H. Whiting of Mortified, Leroy
Howard and family of st. Johnsbury,
Marion Howard of Barre and Doris
Howard of Piermont visited at D. c..
Towards last week.
Miss Nancy Bailey is quite ill at
the home of her niece, Mrs. F. w.
badly shattered, and she is in a seri-
Gus condition, but it is hoped that
she will be better soon.
George Newman died at the home
of his parents in" Sutton, Thursday
morning. He was sc years of age
and had been i'll with tuberculosis for
his parents and two sisters. The fu-
neral took place at the Newark
church Sunday afternoon, Rev. J. @.
Angel of East Burke officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin B. Smith cell
ebrated their Goth wedding anniver-
sary on Wednesday, August 7th. A
pleasant family dinner party at which
all their children, except one son,
! Royal, were present, was the crown
| ing feature of the day. Mr.. and Mrs.
Smith were presented with beauti-
| full bouquet of sixty carnations, be-
sides other gifts, and host of good
wishes from their many relatives and
friends.
SUTTON NORTH RIDGE
Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley Kelley of Der
by were in town recently.
School will begin Aug. Goth, with
Mrs. w. c.. Curtis, teacher.
Miss Cora Curtis is spending few
days with her aunt, Mrs. Wesley Kel-
ley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Bradley of
Lyndon Center are at the home Of +.
F. Richardson.
Quite a number from here attended
! the Fordson tractor demonstration at
ST. Johnsbury Friday.
Miss Dora Sails of Lancaster, is ex-
pected this week to spend few days
with Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Grant.
Miss Belle Fairbanks. who has been
at Lutte Frasiers' in Pinkham since
her school finished, has returned
| home for a short vacation before be-
ginning her school in Kirby.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
Furniture Plant Changes Hands.

The Richford Manufacturing Co.,
located in Richford has sold it's stock
to the Nelson & Hall Co. of Montgom-
cry Center. This stock represents a
sum over $4,000. The new manage
ment will continue to manufacture
chamber furniture for the present,
but will probably eventually change
it's product to veneer packing cases
and other veneer product. The Rich
ford Manufacturing Co. has success
fully conducted it's chamber furniture
business for II years under it's eff
cient manager, George E. Read Dur
ing this time the plant has grown in
size and quantity of output. Last
year it's sales amounted to about
$15O,OOO.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21

5SO7 Sacto Ave-, Sacramento, Cal.
ST had Stomach Trouble for 10
years, which became so bad that I got
Stomach CRAMPS tz0o or three times
a zVeck.
After years Of terrible torture, I
read about sFruit-a-tives' or Fruit
Liver Tablets, and sent for trial box
and wrote that it was the last remedy
Would use-if 'Fruit-a-tives' did not
help me, would die.
After taking the trial box, I felt
better, SO kept on taking 'Fruit-a-
tives' for nearly year, and am thank
full to say 'Frult-a-ti0es' SAVED myIJe.
It also saved a friend from an
operation for Stomach Trouble, after
he had given up all hope of getting
well''. Mrs. F. S. STOLZ.
SOC. box, 6 for $3.50, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent on receipt of
price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited,
OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
WEST BURKE

Ruth Brigham has been visiting
friends in ST. Johnsbury.
Mrs A. C. Way was in St. Johns
bury Tuesday of last week.
Mr.. Walbridge of Montpelier visit
ed friend in town last week.
Floyd Bishop of Newport, N. H.,
has been visiting at III. S. ChappelPs.
Arthur Bishop and family of Bur-
lington are visiting at Eugene Gent
ley's.
Rev. Willard Arnold and his Boy
Scouts are camping at Bald Hill this
week.
Mrs. Mary Walter of Centervale
has been visiting at Sydney Brig
hams.
Mrs. Susie Smith is keeping house
for Miss Myrtle Alexander, who is
improving.
Miss Georgia Dearborn of Newport
was the guest of Miss Florence Hum
phrey Friday.
Hazel Cummings and Nora Wood
ruff Of Lyndonville visited at w. A.
browns last week.
Miss May Wiley of st. Johnsbury
has been the guest of Miss Maude
Smith the past week.
Miss Ethel Sykes of Charleston
was the guest of Miss Edith Holt
over Sunday recently.
Mrs. Nettie Mccoy, who has been
attending summer school at Keene, N.
| H., is at home again.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Plynn Chase of Brat
tleboro visited at B. H. Marshall's on
Tuesday Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Russell of
Nashua, N. Fl. ,have been visiting rel
atives and friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Porter have re-
ceived letter from their son, Sergt.
Robert Porter, now in France.
Miss Lillian Fairbrother of Au-
burndale, Mass, has been spending
her vacation with relatives in town.
Mrs. James Gaskell has been spend
ing a few days with her daughter,
Mrs. Lane, in Livermore Falls, N. H.
Rev. Fred Blodgett and family of
Saratoga, N. Y, visited at George
Davidson's, the latter part of the
week.
Mrs. Emma Woodruff, Mrs. Ava
Humphrey and daughter, Blanche,
spent last week camping at Willough-
by lake.
Mrs. Nancy Silsby of Lyndonville
has been visiting her sisters, Mrs.
Sargent and Mrs. Humphrey during
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Archie Bailey and
daughter, Thelma and Mr.. and Mrs.
Burton Gray have been spending the
Ipond.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
Estate of William Cobb
STATE OF VERMONT


District of Orleans, SIS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the dis
trict aforesaid:
To all persons interested in the estate
of William Cobb late of Barton in said
district, deceased,
GREETING:
WHEREAS said Court has assigned the
2nd day of September next for examining
and allowing the account of the executor
of the estate of said deceased and
for decree of the residue of said estate to
the lawful claimants of the same and Or
dered that public notice thereof be given to
all persons interested in said estate by pub
fishing this order three weeks successfully
previous to the day assigned, in the Orleans
County Monitor, q newspaper published at
Barton in said District.
THEREFORE,, you are hereby notified to
appear at the Probate Office in Newport
in said District at O'Clock p. m. on the day
assigned then and there to contest the al
lowance of said account if you see cause,
and to establish your right as heirs, lega-
tees and lawful claimants to said residue.
Given under my hand, this 18th day OF
August, 1918,
B. NJ. SPOONER
33-35 Register
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
Commissioners Notice
Estate of Lucretia C. Frost

THE UNDERSIGNED, having been ap-
pointed by the Honorable Probate Court for
the District of Orleans, COMMISSIONERS
to receive, examine and adjust the claims
and demands of all persons against the estate
of Lucretia G.. Frost, late of Barton in
said district deceased. and all claims exhib-
tied in offset thereto, hereby give notice that
we will meet for the purpose aforesaid
at the office of w. NJ. Wright in the town of
Barton in said district, on the 3lst day of
August and the 2sth day of December
next from one O'Clock p. m, until three
O'Clock p. m, on each of said days and that
six months from the lst day of August
A. d. 1918, is the time limited by said court
for said creditors to present their claims to
us for examination and allowance.
Dated at Barton, this 10th day of August
A. d. 1918.
G. s. WEBSTER
G. r.. HA MBLET
1886 Commissioners
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21

down and got SO
weak / could hardly
stand, and had head
aches every day. !
tried everything I
could think of and
was under a ply
sician's care for two
years. A girl friend
had used Lydia E.
Pink h ANS Vege-
table Compound and
she told me about
it. From the first
day | took itIbegan
to feel better and
now | am we'll and
able to do most any
k in d of work. 7
have been re
the Com.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21

pound ever since and give you my per-
mission to publish this letter.
FLO KELLY, 476 So. 18th ST., Newark,
N. j.
The reason this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, was SO successful in Miss
Kelly's case was because it went to the
root of her trouble, restored her to a
normal healthy condition and as result
her nervousness disappeared.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
Community of Interests.

The rhinocerOs bird feeds on the
insect parasites that infest the hide
Of the great beast, and in return by
flying away at the least alarm, warns
it's host of the approach of danger,
an arrangement to the mutual adj
vantage Of bird and rhinOcerOs.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
Mr.. A. X. Gale Saws:

81 certainly was amazed with the
result of RAT-SNAP. It did the
work and no time was lost. It's new
er any effort for me to say good
word for the exterminator. And
anyone annoyed with such pests
should not delay minute while there
is such a preparation as RAT-SNAP
on the market" adv.
Sold by Fred D. Pierce, Barton.
Austin's Pharmacy, Orleans.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
Sales Nee
Total Sales eseary to
NHo%,,rs%x- Coror1ofo

Total $500, $40 90 s2so2476e s24o,s 2s4
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
for particulars to the

if you wish to prepare for a good position in
Washington, Albany elsewhere. En-
plOyment sure for those who are qualified
Girls are in active demand and receive the
same pay as young men. For catalogue adj
dress, CARNELL q HOLT, Albany, NY
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-08-21
A nervous
BREAKDOWN
Miss Kelly Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Restored
Her Health.

Newark, N. J.-"For about three
years / suffered from nervous break
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-04-09
VIENNA BELIEVES
PEACE TALKS ON
Latest Rumors Say Negotiations
Opened Between Ger
min and Wilson

NEW YORK, April 6--(Associated
Press -Wilson and the United States
are now involved in the alleged ncgo
tiations for peace with Austria. The
reports that the United States and
France have entered or shown willing
ness to enter upon such negotiations
are persistent in Austria, even in high
parliamentary circles. Czernin still in
sists that he was correct in his asser
tiOns that Overtures toward peace had
been received from France.
In Vienna telegram TO a Munich
paper, news of which has been received
by way of Zurich, it is asserted that
parliamentary circles in Austria be.
lieve that negotiations have been open
ed between the United States and Aus,
tria, conducted between Wilson and
Won Czernin directly.
From Amsterdam there were receiv.
ed messages which said Vienna an.
nouncement reiterated the assertion of
Won Czernin that a conversation rela.
tive to peace had been held between
France and Austria.