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Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29

the oil has to be pumped; from others
1t gushes upwards through the iron
piping with force that sends it to
a height that may be up to 600 feet
or more. The latter form of we'll goes
under the name of spouter. Obvious
ly. when well spouts, much oil
would be wasted if the flow comes
into play. A workman, clad in an
oil and gas-proof dress that resem-
bles that of diver and is fitted with
the usual long air tube. approaches
the well from which the oil is gushing
and fixes cap with gate valve" to
the pipe, thus arresting the flow
Then a branch connection pipe is
fitted for the conveyance of the oil to
the reservoirs. The gas given off by
spouters causes all silver within a
radius of many miles to turn black.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29

The Associated Press is mutual
organization of persons representing
more than HOO morning, evening and
Sunday newspapers, having for it's
purpose the collection and distribu-
ton of important news of the world.
1t is Incorporated in New York state,
has it's own leased wires and each
member contributes the news of his
own vicinity. It's revenues are de-
rived chiefly from assessments levied
upon it's members, an dthe number of
words daily received and transmitted
at each of the important offices is
over 10000. Foreign bureaus are
maintained in Berlin, Buenos Aires,
Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Havana,
London, Mexico City, Paris, Peking,
Petrograd, Rome, Stockholm and
Vienna. A number of leading papers
in South America were elected 10
membership last year. It's member
ship is American entirely. English
and continental newspapers have
other news services which, unlike the
Associated Press, are operated foI
private profit.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29

T. Turner and Miss Gilspe, were
Sunday visitors in the capital city TO
attend the annual thanksgiving SER
mon of the Knights of Pythias and
Court of Calantha. S. L. Daniels
turned out with the K. Of p lodge and
acted as Prelate for the Pythian breth-
rem.
Miss Frances E. Alexander of Bis.
bee was the house guest of DR.. aud
Mrs. Jas. Livingston, 1873 West Main
street.
Be live wire and boost your home
town. Phoenix is all right, but oh
you Mesa!
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29
Society and Local News
n. E. Whlte IndIsposed-


Mr.. N. E. White, 1888 East Madi-
son street, is confined to his home
this week suffering with a slight i'll
ness.
Organize Club in Mesa
The executive board of the Arizona
Federation of Colored Women's clubs
went to Mesa last week for the pur-
pose of organizing a Ladies' Glee
club. Mrs. Lynn Carter, state presi-
dent of the Federation, presided at
the meeting and read very interest
ing paper Appropriate and timely e
marks were made by Mesdames How
ard, Lucas, Jones and Smith. Mrs.
Georgia A. Owens also made some
timely remarks and entered her name
as a member of the Glee club IF
Mesa Mrs. Sarah Taylor of Mesa
was chosen president of the new or
ganization Mrs E. Turner, vice
president and Mrs. Laura Lewis, as
sistant secretary. Mrs. Lewis made
few remarks that were very instruc-
tive. The ladies of Mesa are intel
ligent, thinking women and will be
a valuable addition to the Federation.
The party from Phoenix was royalty
entertained at luncheon by Mrs. S. ID.
Wilson. After an enjoyable visit
about the city, the ladies returned
TO Phoenix.
Excelsior Club Meeting
All members of the Excelsior club,
S. M. T's, are requested to meet
Tuesday evening, 7:30 at Doris hall
for the purpose of forming a perman-
ent organization Any member who
is absent without a good and legal
excuse will forfeit all money paid in
to the club. This will be the last
meeting of the Excelsior club, as the
organization will henceforth be known
as lodge and full attendance is
desired. Mrs. E. NJ Brown, deputy
organizer.
Bsbee Visitor
Miss Frances E. Alexander of Bis
bee was a visitor in Phoenix few
hours last Wednesday. She is a teacher
in the public school at Bisbee anc
is spending a few days vacation witt
DIR. and Mrs. Jas Livingston of Mesa
Miss Alexander is a charming young
lady and the wonder is that she has
been permitted to retain the title O.
'Miss" for 10, these seven years shi
has been teaching in this state. We
feel safe in venturing guess that sh'
will not be wearing the title OF MISS
seven years hence.
A. M. (. Church
Sunday school, 9:45 a. M, preach
ing, IL a. m. and s p. m. Ali as Hn
vited to attend these services. iieF
r. H. Herring pastor.
Second Baptist Church
Sunday school 9:45 a. NJ, preaching
II a. m. and 8 p. M A cordial wei
come is extended the church goms
public to come out and worship VIII
us Rev. c. A. Gilmore, pastor.
c. M. {. Church
Sunday school, 10 a. m. PREACHING
IL a. m. Epworth League, 7 p N
Preaching p. m. Everybody invited
Rev. A. c. Caldwell. pastor
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29

Sugar planters in the Hawaiian isl
ands are facing a shortage of bags
used as containers for raw sugar.
These bags have been imported from
Calcutta. Recently machinery was
sent to Honolulu from Washington for
manufacturing the bags from the fiber
of banana tree trunks.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29

A Los Angeles company recently
ordered flood lighting projection for
lighting rice fields at night to keep
ducks and geese away
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29

for Globe and Miami to conduct re-
vival meetings. They report pleas
ant trip to the towns on the South
side.
Mrs. Geo. w. Caldwell Ill
Mrs. Geo. Caldwell, 233 East Jeffer-
son street was confined to her bed
few days this week suffering with
acute Indigestion. She is mucn irl
proved at present.
Phoenix tribune., 1919-03-29

Brazil is the second largest con-
sumer of paper and paper products in
South America, importing more than
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
THE SKYLINE TOUR
STARTS ADVERTISING

Widespread advertisement Of Mid
dlebury as the convenient western
gateway to the Monroe Skyline Trail
over the northern range of Green
Mountains is contained in a circular
just issued by the Green Mountain
Club, proposing Middlebury as the
starting point for summer tourists, who
would enjoy the thrills of Today
tramp from here to Mt. Mansfield.
This literature, which gives a definite
schedule Of just how the trip can be
made from point to point is being sent
to hundreds of members Of the Green
Mountain Club, not only in Vermont
but in New York City and elsewhere,
and this announcement really inaug
urates the first seasons use of the fine
trail which Professor Will s. Monroe,
president of the New York section of
the Green Mountain Club, completed
last year, and to which he is now ad-
ding the luxury of several cabins.
The choice of Middlebury as the
Starting point is due to the fact that
grades on this section of the Long
Trail are easier if taken from the
south. and it affords the tourist the
climax of Mt. Mansfield, the highest
in the state, for the finish of the 10
day trip. The excellence of hotel ac-
commodations here and train facilities
make Middlebury preferable to many
other gateways to the mountains, and
the actual entrance upon the Skyline
Trail can be directly reached from
here by automobile. The southern end
Of the completed trail is at the point
known as Middlebury Gap, point
which lies in the Hancock Ripton Pass
and which is reached by good auto
mobile road through East Middlebury,
Ripton past Bread Loaf Inn about
two and half miles, a total distance
of IA miles Detailed maps showing
all of the features of the trail, all the
way from Middlebury to Mt. Mans
field, are available for inspection at
The Register Office, through the court
esy of Professor Munroe and they will
be gladly exhibited to anyone interested
in planning to negotiate the trail.
Prof Monroe has already completed
five lodges on his Al miles of trail and
with the use of Pleiad Lodge at the
southern extremity of the trail near
Middlebury Gap, it will really mean
six comfortable shelters in which
trampers may spend their nights and
prepare their meals. In the past month
he has completed FIVE new lodges at
Glen Ellen, about six miles north from
the summit of Mt. Abraham, and at
Cooley Glen between Mt. Grant and
Mt. Cleveland while five miles further
north. this week he reroofed the Emily
Proctor Lodge in Bread Loaf Glen
which is one OF the most beautiful
camping spots on the trail.
The circular which Secretary Theron
S. Dean is sending out to the members
Continued on page four
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
HAY CROP IS FINE
GRAIN LOSS BIG

This week has seen almost feverish
activity on Addison County farms
where, under handicap of a labor short
age, farmers have been scurring to take
advantage of the good hay days, and
at the same time, in many sections to
wage war on the grasshoppers, whose
invasion this year is still more serious
than last season, threatening the loss
of several thousands of dollars worth
of grain crops.
Practically the whole county is infest-
ed with the hoppers, particularly the
lake towns and those farms bordering
on Dead Creek and Lemon Fair Up
to week ago the pests sported in the
pastures and meadows, but now that
the feed in the pastures is getting short
and hay in the meadows is being cut,
the invaders are storming the grain
fields where they are doing serious dam
age, particularly among the oats. Hun
dreds of acres of this crop will be cut
in the next few days in order to save
the grain from being stripped by the
,ravenous hoppers. The immense pas
lures and meadows form such an eX-
tensive breeding place that County
Agent Bartlett says it is practically i'm
possible to keep the pests under con-
troll unless universal use is made of the
poisoned bran bait, the recipe of which
was published in the recent issue of the
Farm Bureau News.
1t is a discouraging outlook for the
farmers for grain was hard to sow this
spring, and the crop was coming along
exceptionally slow with the prospect
lof a poor crop even without the further
damage that the grasshoppers are max
ing "No one" says Mr. Bartlett,
Should wait until the hoppers are drop
Iping the grain. The poisoned bran bait
should be generously used in strips
around the fields, and if the grain is
near a meadow leave strip Of grass a
rod wide next to the field, which will
help to hold the hoppers in check for
a time. In applying the bait one ap-
Iplication will not take care of the fields
indefinitely, it must be replaced every
three or four days" Farmers who are
not acquainted with the formula for
poisoned bait may obtain it from the
Farm Bureau Office.
Notwithstanding the threatened loss
from the grasshoppers the farmers are
harvesting a remarkable crop of hay,
one of the finest in several years. Coun-
ty Agent Bartlett estimates that the
Weld is at least 20 per cent better than
the average and though much of it is
already in, some farmers are having a
particularly hard time in finding the
necessary labor The potato crop, al
though somewhat backward has been
coming on much better recently and
ought to be up to, if not above normal.
See Slader, Optometrist, at the Sar-
gent, Thursday August IA
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
PRESIDENTS HOUSE
TO Be READY SOON

Although building generally is al
most at a standstill in Middlebury, a
notable addition to the modern resi-
dences in the village is being made this
month by the extensive alterations at
the so-called Seely house at No. 3
South street which will shortly be
ready for occupancy by President John
M. Thomas of Middlebury College.
This old residence is a landmark to the
older alumni of the college, as for many
years it was the home OF Professor
Henry Martyr Seely who was known
to many generations of graduates as a
most successful and popular professor
of natural history. In May, twenty
six years ago the house was the scene
of the wedding of Professor Seely's
daughter, Sarah Grace, to John Martin
Thomas who was that year ordained
as a minister at East Orange, N, j.
and who fifteen years later became pres
ident of Middlebury College There is
therefore, a deep-rooted sentiment in
the choice which President and Mrs.
Thomas have made of this property as
a presidential mansion, and as the alte-
rations have progressed it is disclosed
how excellent a site the property is
for this purpose
At the rear or east side of the house,
is beautiful meadow land sloping
down to the banks of the Otter Creek,
and on this side there is not only
remarkably beautiful view of the bend
in the river, but also of the Green Noun
tain range. 1t is therefore on this side
that the most extensive changes in the
house are being made, including the
erection of a two story porch enclosed
with glass, the upper portion of which
is to be a sleeping porch, and still fur
ther to avail themselves of this eastern
view Dr. and Mrs. Thomas have raised
the roof of the house and put in large
windows in a room at the southeast
corner which will be their own quar-
ters An upstairs hallway is being re-
modelled into one of the four bathrooms,
this one adjoining guest room at the
Continued on page five
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
COUNTY ROAD WORK ONBETTER BASIS
$4,000 IS BEING SPENT THIS YEAR

north to Vergennes City line. Patrol
man Q. B. Swain of New Haven, seven
and one-half miles.
From Vergennes town line north
through Ferrisburg to Charlotte, and
also from North Ferrisburg station east
to North Ferrisburg village. Patrolman
Edward Sears of Ferrisburg, eight
and two-thirds miles
From Bristol limits to Starksboro
town line and also to Lincoln town line
Patrolman Michael Crowley of Bristol,
six miles.
From Bristol village limits west to
New Haven town line also south to
Middlebury town line, via South Bris-
tol, also from Bristol Flats to New Ha-
ven town line, near New Haven Mills.
Patrolman John Benedict of Bristol,
seven miles.
From Bristol town line north to
Huntington town line through Starks-
boro Patrolman Powell Tatro of
Starksboro, seven miles.
From Vergennes city line through
Panton and four miles into Addison on
turnpike. Elliott Miller of Panton
eight miles.
From Addison Four Corners to Chin
ney Point Patrolman A. L. Patten of
Addison, eight and one-half miles.
These patrolmen are held directly re-
sponsible for the condition of the roads
assigned to them. Their duties consist
of keeping the bitches clean, the holes
patched up, raking the stones, and run
ming the scraping machine.
Aside from this county work con-
siderable improvement is being at
tempted by the town commissioners
and in Middlebury notably Commis-
sioner James McGlinchey has a project
under way on Chapman Hill road where
a gang is filling in with crushed stone.
One of the most extensive projects
in the county is one which will cost
upwards of $1,000 and which is being
carried out on the road to Salisbury,
from a point known as the Thomas
farm north to a point near the Nelson
farm on the main road to Middlebury
As auto travellers we'll know, the work
has been going on for some time from
JuuCllOu vi luG SdAlSOuly anu LAM
roads south, where the road is now clos
ed, and will later this fall be extended
toward Middlebury as far as the Nelson
farm. This project which is being
financed with federal cooperation is in
charge of a Mr.. Douglas from St.
Johnsbury and the engineering work is
being overseen by D. R. Donahue of
the State Engineers office. A Telford
base is being put in with gravel road
surface and culvert drainage, The
grades are also being cut away.
Commissioner Cady, who in addition
to his county road work has charge OF
the village sidewalks construction, was
asked by The Register what improve
ments were in prospect in this line this
summer. 1t was suggested to Mr.. Cady
that in some places conditions were
wretched, and he appeared fully alive to
the fact and hoped that another year
the village could appropriate sufficient
funds for extensive sidewalk improve
ment. For this season at least one
section would be improved, and that
in the vicinity Of the Catholic Church
where St. Mary's Parish will cooperate
with the village in the expense.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
COLLEGE OFFERS A
FREE CHAUTAUQUA'' y

DR.. Charles B. Wright, head OF the
English Department OF Middlebury
College, gave a reading Monday even
ing in the Old Chapel before a large
gathering, the first OF series of y or
more entertainments to be held this
summer at the Summer School. DR..
Wright read "Zoduc Pines Labor
Union" by H. c. Bunner and "The
Petunias" by Dorothy Garfield Fisher,
A number of the village people were
present
The English School, under which this
reading was given, has arranged a pro-
gram for the rest OF the season, also,
the plan being to have a speaker every
Monday evening. The schedule for the
next three weeks is as follows: July
2S, Professor Frank W. Cady; August
4, DR.. S. T. Williams; August II, Miss
Gladys Lott.
A series of three general lectures have
also been arranged by DR.. E. D. Col
lins, director of the Summer Session.
The first will be given in the Mead
Chapel next Tuesday, when DR.. X f.
GGlSGlt pl lOIGSSOl Vi OullOdl DOlClOCi
will speak on Problems OF World
Peacd, Immediately following Prof
fessor Hathaway's weekly organ recital.
DR.. Geiser is well qualified to speak on
this subject since he has been making
special study of this matter for the
past year. Wednesday, August 6,
Theron S. Dean, secretary of the Green
Mountain Club, will lecture with the
aid of lantern slides, on "The Long
Trail, the skyline path over the
ridges of the Green Mountains This
talk will be given in the lecture room
OF the Chemistry Building at o'clock.
The third general lecture will probably
be given by George NJ. Rowland who
will speak on Japan" Mr.. Rowland is
graduate of Middlebury College in
the class of 1888 and is now attending
Summer School during a furlough from
his missionary work in Japan.
Two evenings will also be given over
to the Music School, in addition to the
Tuesday evenings on which the weekly
organ recitals are held. Next Friday
Miss Minnie Hayden, vocal teacher Of
the Music School, will give a vocal
recital in the Mead Chapel. The fol-
lowing Friday. August 8, a similar re-
cital will be rendered by Miss Hayden's
pupils.
The complete chronological program,
SO far as is known to date is:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
N. s. FOOTE IN FLIGHT
OYER MIDDLEBURY

Norman S. Foote, travelling over sixty
miles an hour, cut some thrilling cir
cles around Middlebury on Wednesday
afternoon and still escaped being held
up for excess of the speed limit.
In an airplane, as passenger OF It.
John ]. Lynch of Rutland, Foote quail
flied as the first resident of Middlebury
to travel in the air. At about three
o o'clock Wednesday afternoon Mr.. Foote
called up his wife in Middlebury from
Rutland and told her that between four
and five o'clock he would fly over his
own house in his first airplane trip.
Aviator Lynch, recent army leuten-
ant and former member of the Class
of 1919 at Middlebury College who has
been making many flights at Rutland
took Foote as his passenger at a rate
which is unofficially reported as cost
ing a dollar minute for flight which
took about fifty-hve minutes, The air
plane started from Kelly Field at Rut-
land and at about ) o'clock appeared
over The Register office in Middlebury
at a height of about 1000 feet, from
WHICH LVuCH ulu SPl al ulNS' NO'9
so close to earth near the Foote resi-
dence on College street that he could
be seen waving his hand from the plane
A quantity of advertising matter was
thrown overheard, but the machine did
not land here The return to Rutland
was made by way of Lake Dunmore
and Salisbury.
Mr.. Foote said that one of the pur-
poses of the trip was to survey the
country for desirable landing places,
which require a field of about LOO feet
in length. The only spaces in this vicin-
ity being practicable for landing ac-
cording to Foote, were the county taT
grounds and Meehan's Park at Lake
Dunmore.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25

To all of these evening programs the
public are cordially invited.
Sunday, July 27-Readings from Ia
gore with organ accompaniment, by
Prof Edwin L. Baker at Mead Cha
pei at p. m.
Monday, July 2S-Reading of Shakes
peare's songs, by Professor Frank W.
Cady at the Old Chapel at s p. m.
Tuesday, July 29-Organ recital by
Professor Lewis J. Hathaway, and lee
ture on Problems OF World Peace"
by DR.. Karl F. Geiser at Mead Chapel
at p. m.
Wednesday, July 30 Illustrated lee
ture on Japan, by DR.. George NJ. Row
land in Chemistry Building at s p. m.
Friday, August l-Song recital by
Miss Marjorie L. Overing in Music
Hall at p. m.
Monday, August 4-Reading by DR..
Stanley 7 Williams at Room ? Old
Chapel, s p. m.
Tuesday, August 5-Half-hour organ
recital by Professor Lewis ]. Hathaway
at Mead Chapel at p. m.
Wednesday, August 6-Illustrated
lecture on the Green Mountain Trail
by Theron S. Dean of Burlington, at
the Chemistry Building, s p. m.
Friday, August S-Vocal recital by
Miss Hayden's music class Music Hall,
s p, m.
Monday, August l1-Reading by
Miss Gladys Lott at Old Chapel S
D. m
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25

For the first time since the war,
work on Addison County roads is re-
turning to normal activity with the
prospect that this season will see
considerable road improvement in
many sections. Owing to the retrench-
ment during the war period, more road
money is available this year than prev
ious seasons and County Road Com
missioner Willis ~ Cady has so far
developed the patrol system" that no
less than l05 miles of the main roads
of Addison County are now in the con-
stant care of county patrols, all in
addition to what is being done by the
various town road commissioners.
How great a gain this is in the mat
ter of patrols may be seen with COM
parison of other years. Last year only
81 miles were under patrol and five
men employed, while in 1917 there were
only two patrolmen devoting part of
their time to cover eight or nine miles
In all, over $4,000 is being spent
this year in county road work in Ad-
olson county, including $1,000 on the
federal project on the Middebury- Sails
bury road; and in addition to this
$4,000 total there is a considerable sum
represented in the state automobile
money from which fund the state
matches with two dollars every dollar
which the towns appropriate for re-
surfacing state roads.
Commissioner Cady is convinced
that as things now stand the patrol
system is the best method for road care,
and the various town commissioners,
appreCiating the advantages of state
and county cooperation, are giving
every possible aid to the patrol move
ment. The patrolmen have been picked
this year with unusual care for in road
work it is individual honesty and en-
thusiasm that tells most in results.
The roads now under regular patrol are
as follows:
From Sudbury town line west to
Orwell village and north to Shoreham
town line Patrolman, R. H. Walker
OF Orwell, eight and seven-tenths miles.
From Benson town line north to Or
well village thence west to Mont Calm
Ferry Patrolman William Burke of
Orwell, nine and eight tenths miles.
From Brandon line near Forestdale,
north through the east side Of Lake
Dunmore around to the Mountain
Spring Hotel. Patrolman, Michael
Mayhem of Leicester eight miles
From Brandon town line going north
through Leicester and Salisbury ,to
Middlebury town line. and also from
Salisbury village to Mountain Spring
Hotel. Patrolman George Plue of Sal
isbury Nine and one-fourth miles.
From Middlebury town line through
Cornwall to Shoreham town line patrol
man, Jerry Murray of Cornwall, six
miles
From Middlebury town line on Wey-
bridge street to Addison town line, via
The Monument, and also from The
Monument to Quaker Village. PATROL
man Luther Roscoe Of Weybridge, nine
miles.
From Mddlebury town line north
on the trunk road to New Haven juno
ton Patrolman R. H. Potter of New
Haven, five and three-tenths miles.
From Bristol town line through New
Haven via New Haven Junction thence