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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
PRESENT HIGH WAGES

roads. 1t may fix the minimum rate
of charge. It may in its discretion
suspend new rate for ninety days
until it hears the merits of the case
and determines whether it shall be
continued.
One Of the most sweeping changes
made in the bill is its grant to the
Interstate Commerce Commission of
authorization to harmonic differences
between it and State utilities COM
missions, to grant hearings to them,
and to use their records for it's in
formation. Another is extension Of
authority to the Commission to sup
ervise issues Of securities of carriers,
not only in time but in amount. In
this, too, the State bodies are given
the right to present before the Com
mission such representations as they
deem just for conserving the inter-
ests Of their people and their respec-
tive States.
The measure will be taken up by
the committee Immediately after or
ganization and be put through to final
passage, it is anticipated, some time
during the summer
BUSINESS is BULLY!
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
AT BRIGHTLOOK

written by Rev. A. S. Woodwork
March 10, 1919, while convalescing
from a serious operation, and dedi-
Gated to that nu1nberless host of suf-
ferers who shall be blessed by the
ministrations of "Brightlook.")
Deep and dark is the Silence
Unfolding the valleys and hills
AS l lie on my cot at "Brightlook'
Wearied and bruised by life's ills.
Works of skill and infinite patience
Here are wrought for the veal OF
mankind
Life and death, here, are intermingled
No more Race and Greed will one
find.
Bound by bands of deep inter-suffer-
ing
The days spent here will ne'er fade,
May Life be truly rewarded,
Nobler, truer, deeper. be repaid.
Until such time, as the "Great
Healer"
With love, that ne'er equaled by
other,
Shall adorn the weak frame of the
toiler
With the beauty of our Great Elder
Brother.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
CABOT

Miss Alice Paine went Saturday to
Hardwick to visit her sister, Mrs.
Carrie Crowley for a few days, from
there she goes to St. Johnsbury to
visit her uncle, Orvis Hale and wife,
for time.
George Crane of Middlesex is Wis
iting relatives here for a few days.
Mrs. w. R. Rowland and daughters
Esther and Irene of South Vernon,
Mass, came Tuesday to spend few
days with her sister, Mrs. w. K.
Barr.
The body of Mrs. Charlie Cade was
brought here Monday from Woods
vile, N. H., for burial beside her hus-
band and daughter. They were for
mer residents of this place.
Ralph White, who has been in the
employ of Uncle Sam at Lakehurst
n. J., has received an honorable his
charge and is at home.
Cary Smith had a horse get kicked
so badly it had to be killed.
Several of the farmers have tappec
their sugar orchards but not mucf
sugar has been made yet.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Rogers went
Friday to Boston to buy their spring
goods.
Master Jack Rogers has gone t.
Enosburg Falls to stay with hi'
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cassidy
while his parents are in Boston.
The Community Birthday social a
the Methodist church last Friday eve
ming was well attended and gooc
time was in store for all. Home
l'made candy was served.
The friends here of Mrs. Charlie
Rowland and her mother, Mrs. Mar,
Bailey of Plainfeld, are sorry to lear
they are both i'll with pneumonia.
Mrs. Cordelia Mack, who has bee
spending the winter with her brothe
and wife at Barre, returned home on
day last week.
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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22

AS members of the Associated
Press that organization is entitled
exclusively to the use for republica-
ton of all news dispatches credited
to it or not otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
hshed herein. All rights of republic
cation of special dispatches herein
are also reserved.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
THE CALIFORNIAN STAFF

Responsible for a good newspaper in
St. Johnsbury
Editor and Manager w. d. Policy
Local Editor Chas. C. Lord
Reporter Mrs. Alice Massey
Bookkeeper Robert Mackinnon
Office Manager Miss Florence Rouse
Proofreader Miss Margaret Robbie
Subscriptions Mrs. w. E. Barrett
Foreman Raymond Packard
Operator Miss Ruth Impey
Operator Myles S. Gilman
Operator Louis F. Oriol
FRESHMAN Arthur Boucher
AID. Compositor Mrs. Annie Moran
Press Tender Maurice Barrett
To save time on phone business, call
for the person desired by name
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
SATURDAY, MARCH %, 1919
Lies Dreary Path

The most intimate member of the
family circle is the clock.
A workingman and his boss always
envy each other.
The car is beginning to start up
these mornings without the teakettle.
A niger is colored person with
no money.
If there's a heaven, the average
father will find it.
A lot of printers wear eye-shades
for the same reason that a lot of
EngGshmen wear monocles.
There are a lot of folks going
around with broken hearts who don't
let the pieces show!
Some cigars ought to sell at fifteen
cents per-to keep some men from
perpetually buying them!
A man with a stomach that can
digest raw horse usually swears in
loud tone of voice.
The ladies already have several
rooms covered with new wallpaper
mentally.
Red mittens and riches never seem
to go together-unless it's in long
after years.
Why is it that widows are always
prettier or homlier than married
women?
A woman can never see JUST why
new harness for the horse is nee
essary.
The home newspaper is the best
friend a man has in the community
and yet there are some indiscreet
enough to "slap its face"
A bright remark-written or other
wise-is something you've known all
along but lacked the proper phraseo-
logy to put in the proper words your
self.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
Dream Tears,

Far better to dream Of crying than
of laughter, for tears in a dream mean
joy and merriment in real life; While
laughter, when it is dream laughter.
presages difficult circumstances.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
No Ads. After II O'clock !

Passumpsic Lodge. No. IT, r. 4 A.
M
Called Communication, Monday
evening, March "a, at 7.30 p. m.
Work E. A. degree. Good attendance
desired. Visitors welcome.
Annual Communication, Thursday
evening, April 10.
Oville N. Pinney, w. N
Fred Fl. DolloH. Secretary
Haswell Royal Arch Chapter No. II
Called Convocation, Wednesday
evening, March 10, at 73O p. m.
Work Mark Master degree.
Annual Convocation Friday eve
ming, April II.
Birney L. Hall, E. Fl. p.
r. G. Moore, Secretary
Palestine Commandery, No. S, K. T.
Rehearsal on the Order of the
Temple, Tuesday evening, March 25
at 7.30. Special Conclave Tuesday
evening, April 1st, at 7.30. Work K
T.
Stated Conclave, Tuesday evening
April Is.
2. S. Waterman, Com.
A. M. Lang, Recorder.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22

Entered as second-class matter
May 1, 1916, at the post Office at st.
Johnsbury, Vermont, under the act
of March 5 1879.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22

TERMS-By mail, 81 year; six
months 81; three months, 81. Deliv-
cred by carrier in st. Johnsbury at
so cents a month. All subscriptions
by order of the government are
payable in advance.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22

The average consumer, viewing re-
cent fluctuations in butter and egg
prices might naturally ask "Who is
rocking the boat?" When in three
weeks butter and egg prices each fall
81 cents, and then butter prices be-
gin to swing up again, the consumer
thinks that this must be caused by
manipulation, and that temporarily
the law of supply and demand is
not in operation. The real facts In
the case are interesting.
There are two main factors which
brought about this unusual drop in
butter, both of which were absolutely
unforeseen. Either factor alone
probably would have been sufficient
to upset the market-but taken to-
gether, the result was inevitable.
The first factor requires some little
explanation. In August the Govern
ment Communicated approximately
60 per cent. of the storage stock OF
butter for the use of the Army, Navy
and allied countries, and notified the
trade that even this large amount
would not in all probability meet
Government requirements. This lefi
a severe shortage in regular CONNER
cial stocks and resulted in a rising
market
In early January, however, the
Food Administration announced tha
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
Evening Caledonian
Established 1887

Published daily, except Sundays
w. D. Pelley Publishing Co., Inc,
4 IFS Eastern Avenue
st. Johnsbury, VT. Telephone $50
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
What's the Matter With Butter and
Egg Prices?

The following interesting article
has been mailed this paper from the
offices of Swift & Co., Chicago and is
of especial interest to the farmers of
this community.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
ITALY THREATENS
| TO TAKE DELEGATES
FROM CONFERENCE
Withdraw From Conference
Until Fiume Is
Assigned
RHINE FOR FRONTIER
Foch Says We Have Fought in Vain
RHINE FOR FRONTIER
Foch Says We Have Fought in Vain
Unless Rhine is Made
Frontier

PARIS, (Asso ciated), March "a
The Italian dele cation to the eace
conference has unanimously de cided
to withdraw from the conference I'M
til Fiume is ass igned to Italy con-
temperarnously with the conclusion
Of peace.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22

PARIS, Wednesday, March I'll
Negotiations between the int tallie
commission and German govern
ment' S representatives at Possen have
again been interrupted at q time
when the result seemed about to be
reached. It is said this was the re-
suit of the evasive attitude Of The
German government. Dispatches
state the German high command ap-
pears to be in open conflict with the
Berlin cabinet and will not undertake
to respect armistice between Germans
and Poles.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
EVANSVILLE

Miss Vera I. Leland is sick with
the mumps.
Mrs. L. A. Drown has returned
home from Newport where she has
been nursing.
Louie Emerson of Orleans spent
Sunday with his father, L. E. Emer-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Miles 8 are
visiting in West Burke for a few
weeks.
Mrs. Walter Norris and children Of
Orleans spent the week end with
friends in town.
Alice Randall has moved into the
house with her father, W. ]. Moore.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22

BERLIN, March 21-Two German
steamers scheduled to sail on Tues
day in accordance with food agree
nlent with the Allies, have been pre-
vented from leaving Hamburg be-
cause seamen refused to operate the
ships demanded by the Entente
Some newspapers protest against
the resolution saying it represents
the will of "snall commUnistic sec
ton"
PARIS, March 21-"The Rhine is
our only good line of defense. I do
not demand the annexation. But if
we do not secure that military from
tier we will have fought in vain," is
the sta cement made by Marshal Foch
in the Matin. IN discussing the
last days of the war he said. "They
were wonderful soldiers who gave us
the victory. Ny only merit was to
have had faith and nerve not to have
despaired. We signed the armistic
in spite OF certainty OF crushing the
German armies, to avoid killing one
more man and because it gave US
everything necessary to a French |
victory"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22
KNIGHTS OF pYTHIAS

Regular meeting in K. of P. Halk
Tuesday evening, March %.
Fl. w. Clark, C. C.
FL. e. Anderson, z. r. & S.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22

A bright remark-written or other
wise-is something you've known al
along but lacked the proper phraseo-
logy to put in the proper words your
self.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-22

The most intimate member of the
family circle is the clock.
The Clio messenger., 1919-02-27

All of $500 and under cash. all sums that amo
will be given good bankabe notes bearing cent inter-
The Clio messenger., 1919-02-27
TERMS or SALE.

Five dollars UNDER cash. that amount nine months ii
good bankabe notes drawing seven per interest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-23
~: g5 cit 4<r E

This contributed for the the Victory Loan
Daphne Circle No. ?, Neighbors of Woodcraft
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-04-23
k! Get on the Honor Roln Don't Wait t,EBe Asked!
Help Complete Our Record

The
i Umaila County's 230075. 9A&
Pndons $846525 two-thirds of
Loan and much will lend We have failed
/
We n e CALL
VOL
untary subscriptions will be taken Call bank today
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19

ward be picked up again in the course
of the next few rounds of shots.
The best way to treat these compa-
MES is to leave them severely alone
and stick to your own State, where
you know the people and know that
your money will be invested in an
earnest desire to prove up territory
where the indications are favorable
for striking oil. These companies are
the prospectors of the business in
Nevada. They are not engaged in a
campaign of misrepresentation by
guaranteeing gushers OF in promising
something that cannot be accom-
plished. They are prospecting COM
panies and are promoted as such.
The men behind them are well known
and those who buy stock In COM
panies engaged in an effort to open
oil wells in this State know that if
they succeed they will confer the
greatest boon that could come to any
community and reap a rich harvest.
Nevada oil drillers will see that
everybody gets a run for his money,
and that every dollar subscribed is
applied in an honest and scientific
way to bring about the desired re-
sults.-[Tonopah Bonanza.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19

First publication, Aug. 8. 1919.
Last publication. Aug. 81. 1919.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19
NOTICE OF SALE OF SEWER
BONDS

Notice is hereby given that under
and pursuant to a motion and resolu-
ton of the City Council of the City
of Winnemucca, duly made and
adopted on the 21st day of July, 1919,
the said City Council hereby offers
for sale, and at the hour of 2 o'clock
pm. of the 2Sth day of August, AID.
1919, the said City Council will sell
to the highest bidder for cash, twenty
Of the Sewer Bonds of said City, num-
bered consecutively from l to 20, in
elusive, in denominations of $500 each,
bearing interest at the rate of 6 per
cent per annum, redeemable at the
rate of two bonds annually. consecu-
lively as numbered, as is provided in
that certain Act entitled IAN Act to
Authorize the City Council of the City
of Winnemucca, Humboldt County,
State Of Nevada, to issue bonds for
the purpose of extending, improving
and constructing additions to the
sewerage system within said City of
Winnemucca." approved March 81,
1919
Sealed bids are hereby invited for
the purchase Of said bonds; no bid
under par value will be received or
considered.
Mail or leave bids with undersigned
enclosed in sealed envelopes.
The City Council reserves the
right to reject any and all bids.
FANNY HARP,
Clerk of said City of
Winnemucca, and Clerk
of the City Council there
of.
First publication, Aug. 9, 1919.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19
WARNING AGAINST
VAINGLORY

Philadelphia has a bunch of num-
mics in a museum quite like the Su-
tro collection at San Francisco; but
we can't see that they have a bit of
fun. 1t must be monotonous to lie
still for several thousand years.. The
only lesson WI can figure out of 1t
is that the dust of the Caesars, mixed
with moisture, would make as sticky
a mud as any old 'dobe. This should
teach us not to swell up and get
stuck on ourselves.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19

Camefs are sold every
wherein scientifically sealed
packages of 20 cigarettes or
in a & ass4ne-paper-covered
carton. we strongly recon-
mend this carton for the
home or Office supply or
when you travel.
r. j. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Winston-Salem, N. c.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19
o o o .


@ Action and cheer drive away o
" the microbes. o
@ Churches should get the pretty o
@ women to pass the plate. o
o We all have to get burned a .
Q few times to gain knowledge. .
@ Since prohibition arrived, 1t is .
o not 20 far from any one point to Q
@ another. .
O Brotherly love is good. but o
@ look out for that sisterly brand. Q
o Folks used to have more sense .
o than to get nervous pr~ostration. .
o What brand of nerve tonic do Z.
O you use? Q
o 1t is a wonder how pianos do 9
o stand the strain. Q
o Life is too short to be making Q
o excuses. 9
o Don't look blue: that's the .
Q sky's privilege. Q
o An unce of fulfllment is Q
y worth a ton Of promise. Q
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19
NEVADA FIHST-
TEXAS NOT AT ALI


California is the first state to throw
down the gauntlet to Texas oil COM
panies which have been substituting
daily newspapers with most alluring
advertisements of easy money picked
up on phantom gushers. The COM
missioner of corporations says 80 per
est wildcats, without any hope of sue
cess and without any foundation fol
their Misrepresentation, which are
designed to mislead the speculative
public. The blue-sky law of Califor-
mia will be invoked to bride these
swindling schemes and place the men
backing the statements behind the
bars, where they belong.
After a careful investigation the
commissioner asserts that not a soli-
tary company with any sort of rea-
sonable prospects for success is Of
fering stock for public subscription,
as the most likely locations have been
absorbed by the going companies and
nothing is left ove except the worth
less acreage which has been rejected
by experienced men who know the
difference between a well and a hole
in the ground. The daring of the per-
petrators of these fraudulent COM
panies in furthering statements and
making predictions has been so I'M
scrupulous that lone but those at a
distance could be deluded into buying
stock in these wildcats.
The chief culprits in the eyes of
the blue-sky law commissioner are
the newspapers which have thrived
on the ill-gotten gains extracted from
the pockets of poor people who could
not afford to be robbed of their saw
ings. The situation is tersely set
forth in a statements in which the
commissioner says: "If these adver-
tisements were true it would end
business in San Francisco, because
every one would put his money INTO
oil stocks and reap a tremendous for
tune"
Paying particular attention to the
Texas oil stocks which had refused
to get a sales permit in California,
the commissioner said that the open
ing of n good well in the field was
the signal for ~wildcatters Il acquire
land anywhere in the vicinity and to
offer their shares in glowing adver-
tisements. If other states had the
nerve and initiative to follow the
same example, hundreds of thousands
of dollars would be saved to home in
vestors. who would look around for
opportunities in the local field, where
they were acquainted with conditions
and understood the nature of the
offerings.
Distance lends enchantment to the
view, and the average man v~enturing
into an oil investments plunges into
a sea Of trouble. He knows nothing
Of the millions of dollars which have
been sunk in oil. nor does he possess
any knowledge Of the hazards of the
business. An oil gusher may gush
today. and tomorrow or next week
dwindle into a mere drizzle that has
to be pumped from depths of 5000 to
5000 feet. Once a well ceases to flow
that is the end of the investment. for
there is no comeback like in a mine
where a ledge may fault and after
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19
COLD STORAGE
AND HIGH PRICES

The nation has been startled the
past week by seizure of amazing
quantities of foodstuffs = the prime
needs of the people, such as beef,
butter, eggs, and SO forth in all
parts of the country. These food sup
plies have been held for specula-
ton, pure and simple. And specula-
ton means for the purpose of in
creasing the selling price thereof.
Instances almost without number
may be discovered, by those who care
to observe. of the destruction of per-
fectly good food, to further the ends
of food Spectators"
rather a mild term to use in speaking
of the human wolves who scheme to
starve people into giving over their
money. Also "simpletons" would be
inexpensive as a description of an
alleged intelligent people who stand
supinely by while the b~areface rob-
berry continues, and say at is all
strictly legal; the law permits it." In
this country the law permits what
ever the people permit-theoretically,
that is. The theory should be made
practice.
Congressman Edwin D. Ricketts, of
Ohio has compiled some startling sta
tistics regarding the food situation in
the United States, that should be
brought to the attention of every citi-
zen who is concerned over the high
cost of living. Figures showing the
quantities of various kinds of food
now held in storage, as compared
with similar data for a corresponding
date last year, are included in Mr..
Ricketts, tabulations. He also shows
the profits made by big packing firms
in recent years.
The Congressman has utilized his
figures in support of an argument for
legislation that will prevent the utili-
zation of cold-storage warehouses for
purposes of price imitation. II you
want to read some authoritative facts
regarding our present food supply,
send to Mr.. Ricketts, for a cop of his
speech.
OF course, the simple and logical
way of stopping proiteering in the
United States is for the people them
selves to quit buying of the %prfiteers.
Such a course would put any trust
out of business. A two-weeks' Austen
ton from meat, for instance, would
probably be a benefit to nearly every
man, woman and child in America;
and it would be a crime in the pack
ers which they would never forget.
But no such sensible act may be
hoped for until individual man learns
that it is HE who must do the good
and sensible act. Advising ones
neighbors how they might do good is
a profitless pastime. So long as the
individual is willing to profit by the
self-sacriice of others. all the while
refusing to curb his own self-indulg-
ence, and finding reuse therefor,
he will have to pay tribute to prof.
teers. Legislation cannot accomplish
good which mar will not strive for
individually.
90 COpTu Un
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-08-19
YEA, 30! THESE
ARE DRY DAYS

Down in the Ozark mountains. if a
fellow lays four bits down on a stump
and boots like an owl he can get a
whole quart Of moonlight whisky, but
that doesn't help anybody living in a
prohibition community - they get so
dry they can't boot!