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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
Power Digging

A demonstration which should be
watched with interest by Addison
County farmers is now going on at the
United States Government Farm in
Weybridge where a power ditcher is
making the dirt fly in a spectacular
way. Both the present County Agent
and his predecessor, Mr.. Carrigan, as
well as a number of visiting agrcul-
tural experts, have declared that one
of the surest ways to get more profit
out of many Addison County farms
where meadows are low and wet, is to
install a drainage system, but practi-
cally no work along this line of i'm
provement has been attempted owing
to the high labor cost and doubt as to
the advantages to be obtained.
The combination Buckeye caterpillar
tractor and rotary dtcher which is
being used on the Government Farm
was brought here from Washington, d.
c., last week after having been used
with success in Maryland and Virginia.
From The Register office windows its
voyage was viewed as it passed up
Main street in Middlebury to the scene
of its operations and with its chain of
digging buckets and caterpillar action
it looked like an odd animal But re-
ports from the Farm where it is being
worked under the direction of ]. R.
Haswell, a government engineer, and
operated by Arthur Bingham, it is
eating up the dirt with marvellous ra-
pidity.
Under favorable conditions it will
cover 1900 feet day, digging ditch
fourteen inches wide and from six inch
es to five feet deep, work that small
army of men could not do in many
days. The machine digs true to grade,
the grade being obtained by sighting
over an angle iron at targets set along
the line of the proposed ditch.
The drainage system consists OF one
main ditch, and with the side branches
it will provide for about ten miles of
thing. The land, which is so situated
that the water stands on it until late
in the spring, is typical of many farm
lands similarly handicapped and if the
Government project eventually shows
up to advantage, as there is every rea-
son to expect of it, it will be a local
object lesson of large Importance.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
TOWN TEAM WINS
IN THE LUCKY 18TH

An exciting ball game was played on
Porter Field yesterday afternoon when
after thirteen innings the visitors from
Pittsford admitted their defeat by the
Middlebury Town Team by a score
of 9 to s. Middlebury started scoring
with four runs in the first inning and
until the sixth the game looked like a
pretty one-sided affair, but the s to |
lead that the local boys had accumu-
lated led to some careless playing and in
the ninth inning Pittsford had tied the
score. Everybody then frightened up
and the game continued for three more
scoteless innings. In the tenth frame
Parker, the first man up for Middlebury
hit for three bases and Myrick follow
ed with a single, scoring Parker with
a winning run. Mccormick, a former
U. " M. pitcher, pitched throughout
for Pittsford, but the honors on the
mound really went to Gallepo who
pitched for Middlebury. He struck out
fourteen men and allowed only five hits,
as compared with twelve hits off Nc
Cormick and eight strike outs. The at
tendance at the game was exceptionally
good, it being half-holiday at the
stores.
In a much slower game, the Middle
bury Town Team was defeated last
Sunday at Lake Dunmore by a team
from Rochester by the score of 9 to 4.
Arthur Kenworthy and James Geddes
pitched for the local team and Gerald
Butterfeld caught. The Rochester
battery was John Vail and James
Trask.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25

from Middlebury Gap north to Bolton
village on the Winoosk River 20 miles
east of Burlington. Maps of the trail
from Bolton to Smugglers Notch 40
miles free on application to the Cor
Mountain Club
1t is earnestly requested that all
those planning to take the whole or
any part of the trip outlined herewith
write to Theron S. Dean, Cores
responding Secretary of the Green
tain Club, Inc, Masonic Temple, Bur
lington, Vermont for suggestions re-
garding equipment, clothing, shoes and
detailed information regarding railroad
timetables, points for getting to or
leaving the trail, cabins trail changes,
and farm houses within reach of the
trail where food and lodging may be
obtained.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
Our Wonderful Wilderness

Aside from its own present interest
in and vision of the possibilities of the
development Of our mountains for tour
ist appreciation, The Register feels un-
der obligation to a certain sentiment
that has prompted us to launch ex-
tensively into mountain lore.
OF many interests which made Col.
Battel a notable character in the his
tory of Middlebury, there was none
more generous, more far-sighted or
wholesome than his interest in the
mountains. 1t was more than fifty
years ago that be began such extensive
purchases in these mountain regions
that some of his visionless critics
Thought him daft and in need of re-
straint" but it developed upon the
reading of his will that his whole idea
was that of a public benefactor, with
the view of preserving to posterity one
of the most beautiful forest regions in
New England. This tract is today
one of the largest and handsomest
parks of primeval timber in this sec
ton of the country.
1t is interesting that in a book which
has been published this year by Mr.
Allen Chamberlain describing Vacation
Tramps in New England Highlands"
Col. Battell receives high praise for
his foresight and unselfshness in saw
ing for Vermont that feature which
gave to the state its name
Lord Bryce, the noted author of "The
American Commonwealth once made
an address in Burlington, as Mr.. Cham
berlain recalls, when he urged that
every effort should be made TO spare
the woods whenever they are an ele-
ment of beauty,----to keep open the
mountains and allow no one to deuar
pedestrians from climbing to their tops
and wandering along their slopes"
Mr. Chamberlain devotes consider
able portion OF his book to an appre-
citation of the mountains in this section
and as experienced as he is in noun
tain climbing and full as he must be
with the beauty Of other sections, he
finds unexpected charm in our noun
tains and declares that Professor Mum
roe has so carefully located his trail
that there is mot a monotonous inch"
on any of tina 81 miles which he
tramped.
The only thing necessary to make
our mountains really famous as a re-
creation ground for many tourists is
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25

to arrange for their acquaintance with
them and the first move in this direc-
ton should be our own familiarity with
our mountain assets
There are already more people in
New York City than there are in
Middlebury who can tell you of the
actual glories of the Green Mountains,
for many city trampers have visited
them while to the snug and busy vii
lager anything like a Today pilgrimage
in the hills is almost frightful. Under
certain circumstances trailing the sky
line over our mountain peaks may be
undesirable as a practical vacation,
but there are many who would for
evermore be living advertisements OF
the glories of the Trail if they would
but once make its acquaintance.
We ought as a duty-as is suggested
in the preface of Mr.. Chamberlan's
fine book-to go over this range, or
something like it, as a pilgrimage at
least once a year, in order to remember
how fine the earth and sky can be
and are.
The late John Muir, the famous
naturalist of the Rockies, once wrote:
The tendency nowadays to wander
in wildernesses is delightful to see.
Thousands of tired, nerve shaken over
civilized people are beginning to find
out that going to the mountains is
going home; that wilderness is a ne
Cessity, and that mountain peaks and
reservations are useful, not only as
fountains OF timber and irrigating riv-
ers, but as fountains of life"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25

Some remarkable evidence is gather
ed by the anonymous Sweeper who
writes paragraphs for The Rutland Her
aid, which in today's edition discloses
that Port Henry, ~ Y, is the only
oasis in this section of North America
where a man can buy seven quarts OF
straight edge whiskey these DAYS 1t
was a Middlebury man, says The Her
aid, who did the trick. The second
chapter in this engaging mystery will
doubtless soon be written in Municipal
Court, but in the meantime everyone
is entitled to a guess.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25

The eliminating event of the Span
ish School year will be given Saturday
evening, August 8, when the Spanish
students will present the play, Gel
Patio" by Quintero Brothers. The
annual play is always open to the pub
lie and this year Professor Moreno-L Ia
Gale, the director of the Spanish
School hopes to hold it in the Opera
House so that larger number of towns
people may attend
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
TOM ELLIS
OPPOSITE R.R. STATION
For Sale Cheap

The DR.. E. H. Martin House on
North Pleasant ST.. 212 stories, IL rooms
and pantry. Two complete bath rooms,
one on each floor. Set tub. Large
barn with five stalls. All buildings
slated. Large shady lawn and garden.
Also the old Seminary building on
Seminary St., suitable for tenement
house. For further particulars inquire
Of F. J. Hubbard, Agent.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25

The New York World appears to be
taking an unbiased view of the matter
when it advises automobile tourists to
travel on Vermont roads. Whatever
we say in occasional evaporation, the
fact remains that Vermont roads COM
pare favorably with those OF most
states and for a mountain country they
may be considered at this season of
the year in as fine a condition as any
one could reasonably expect Even
with an occasional bad spot, the Yer
mont roads offer so much variety OF
scenic charm that it is not at all sur
prising that they are becoming prefer
able to some of the creased boulevards
over in New York state. There is a
certain monotony about a perfect road
Just as there is about a perfect person
or a course of life that is never ruffled.
For our part, give US a road with a
few vices, provided it be not incurable.
1t is really an encouragement that,
however much improvement we may
wish for or attempt, it will be long
while before the beauties of Vermont S
mountain roads grow boresome with
the perfection OF the white fence, oiled
surfaces and speed maniacs. The World
writer is perfectly safe in his recon-
mendation of the Vermont routes, and
it is pleasing to The Register that he
has not overlooked the trip through
Middlebury as one of the desirable
tours.
The fact that in Addison County over
$4,000 is being spent on road improve
ment this summer is evidence that we
are not asleep
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25

Is Step in and meet the office force
at Addison County Trust Co.'S Bank.
4 per Cent.-Adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
THE SKYLINE TOUR
STARTS ADVERTISING
LContinued from page onel

Continued from page one
of the Green Mountain Club and others
interested, presents the following
schedule for a Today tramp from Mid
dlebury Gap north to Smugglers'
Notch:
First Day-8.75 Miles
Miles
MiddlebuTy Gap (2,l49 ft) to Burnt Hill 200
Latter to Bread Loaf Mt. 1888 IT, 500
Latter to Lodge in Bread Loaf Glen lis
Second Day-5.9O Miles
Latter to Cooley Glen Lodge $50
Third Day-2.00 Miles
Latter to Lincon-Waren Pass (2,44 it, 400
Henry Davis farm 10 miles west OF
Pass, meals and odging)
Lincoln-Warren Pass to Battell Lodge $500 IT, 200
Fourth Day-6.O0 Miles
Latter to Mt Abraham (4,O40 IT, IS
Latter to Mt Ellen 4l6O IT, $50
Latter to Glen Ellen Lodge lis
Fifth Day-5.50 Miles
Latter to Champlain Panorama on Gen1
Stark leo
Latter to Baby Stark Mt 23s
Latter to Molly Stark Balcony 90
Latter to Birch Glen Lodge I25
Drank II, Beane farm / mile west tel
ephone meals, lodgng)
Sixth Day-1O.55 Miles
Birch Glen Lodge to Burnt Rock Mt. 4.4O
Latter to Montclair Glen Lodge $40
Latter to North End Of Skyline Trail AS
Latter to COUGHING Lion (Camels Hump,
4Oss IT,, huts, caretaker, TEL $50
Seventh Day-4.5O Miles
COUGHING Lion to Bolton village $50
Meals and lodging at c. S. Bushs
OF A. c. Huntleys)
Eighth Day-11.25 Miles
Bolton TO Bolton Mt Lodge as
Latter to Summit OF Bolton Mt $500 it) $50
Latter to Mansfield Trout Club G4OO ft)
telephone $50
Ninth Day-6.25 Miles
Latter to Nebraska Notch 200
Latter to Needles Eye 500
Latter to Summit House on Mt Mansfield
telephone LIS
Hotel to Chin, 4,4o6 IT., highest point
in Vermont 10 miles.
Tenth Day-12.33 Miles
Hotel on Mt Mansfield to Barnes Camp
in Smugglers Notch 233
Meals, lodging and auto July 10 to
September l5 1870
Latter to Smupplers' Cave north end Of
Notch 200
Latter to Morses Mil uelephone) 200
Latter auto or wav) to Jefiersonyille
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-07-25
THE MIDDLEBURY REGISTER
CHARLES E. CRANE
Editor and Business Manager.

)NE YEAR in Vermont. .......$l.O 100
ONE YEAR outside Vermont. 1875
New-York tribune., 1919-11-08
Motors and Motorists

The name Of DUPONT figures on an
automobile that is coming from VII
mington, Del. 1t is named for Paul
du Pont. whose father, +. G. du Pont,
invented and perfected smokeless pow
der Paul du Pont is \ graduate Of
the University of Pennsylvania, and
while he was still in college obtained
I'd with him rs vice president and gen
eral manager is Arthur NJ Maris, who
started the Biddle Motor Car Company,
but left the automobile business for
he war. lie had nine and half
months Of service with q motorized
artery and wound up as major in
the 43d Artillery.
The du Pont car, which will be seen
at the coming Automobile Salon for
the first time, was designed by John
a. Pierson, who was with the Crane
simplex. His assistant is r. G. Sloan
formerly with Biddle. Parke Ross,
sales manager of the Elgin Motor Car
Company, is sales manager for du Pont
motors and Charles Marx, works man.
nger for the Wright Martin, is super
intendent.
The November meeting Of the metro.
politan section Of the Society of Auto
motive Engineers will be held Novem-
Der 90 at the Hotel Commodore, while
the Automobile Salon is on at that
hotel A paper will be presented by
George J. Mercer, q consulting ensi-.
neer, on "Thc Trend of Body Design
AS most of the cars on exhibition at
the Salon have custom built bodies, it
will be an appropriate place and time
for such a paper.
In connection with the Hotel Mems
Exposition there will be a meeting
November II, at the Grand Central
Palace, at which Francis NJ. Hugo,
Secretary of State; William McAuoo,
chic city magistrate; Captain f. ).
Greene, Commissi ioner of Highways,
and Paul Archibald secretary of the
Automobile Club Of New York, will
speak.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-08
Luxembourg Crowds Are
Silent at Rulers Wedding

LUXEMBOURG, Nov THE mar
riage of Grand Duchess Charlotte and
Prince Felix of BourbonParma was
elcbrated at the cathedral yesterday
in the presence Of members Of the
Chamber and the State Council.
A large crowd gathered outside the
cathedral and the palace, but there WAS
little enthusiasm, the majorlty Of the
people watching the wedding procession
in silence.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-08
MESSENGER Steals $4,000

HELENA. Mont, Nov, 7.-Charlcs
Stevens, messenger boy for the
Union Bank and Trust Company, con
fcsscd to-day, the authorities an
nounced, the theft OF $4,000 in sccuri-
.los which he was conveying last
"Wednesday from the postotiice TO tn.
bank
New-York tribune., 1919-11-08

apartment at the Wyoming, at Seventh
Avenue and Fifty-ffth Street. Mr..
and Mrs. Tyler Morse. of Boston, sub
let the apartment and there arranged
for the meetings of Prince de Sagan
and Nine. Anna Gould, who had di
vorccd Count de Castellane and later
married the prince.
The lease of the Morses expired in
six months, and Mrs. Thomas brought
Not long after, Mrs. Thomas was sued
several times on bills for clothing and
jewelry.
Acted as His Nurse
Mrs Thomas and Mr. Shonts became
warm friends after their meeting, and
when the railroad man became i'll the
former actress acted as his nurse. Mrs.
Thomas also is in commercial life
president of the Davis & San
ford Company, photographers, at 597
Fifth Avenue. This is a corporation
with a capital stock of $50 600. The
secretary of this company is Benz amin
in the office of the Interborough com
pany and who receives bequest of
IS 900 in the will of Mr.. Shcnts.
Other bcquests made by Mr.. Shonts
were to Emanuel dc Chaulncs, grand
son, star sapphire scarf pin; to the first
born son of Mrs. Bingham, his daugh
ter, pearl studs; to Vivian Bell. chauf
four. $500. and to "my fricnd.' Louiso
Yeoman, $4,000. In the case Of trust
funds cstab ished for Mrs. Bingham and
the Duchess de Chaulnes they are to re
Give the income for Iife, and at their
death the principal is to so to their
heirs.
Trust Fund for Relatives
atcd in the Will. from which Miss Eva
Marshal Shonts, a sister, of Hinsdale
Ill., is to receive the incomc Fl m one
half. and two nieces, Jennie WhiTcn
md Mary Merriiield, the income each
9rom onc-quarter. If the rioces should
lie without issue the principal of their
| trust fund is to revert to Mrs. Thomas.
NJ Shonts provided for burial plot
in Woodlawn Cemetery and a monu-
ment. He directed that the body of
his father be removed from Center
vile, Iowa, and buricd in this Plot, and
expressed a desire that the body Of his
sister Eva Marshall Shonts be buried
in the plot, if she agrees
1t was announced yesterday that Cor
nelius j. Sullivan representing the ex-
ccutors of Mr.. Shonts would move in
the SurroFates' Court to have Mrs
Shonts removed as temporary adminis-
Request for Citations
Mr. Nicoll also requested that cita-
ions be issued to all the egatees to
show cause why the will shall not be
Omitted t. probate. This is likely to
delay the probation long time, be-
reuse the DucNessc de Chau mes who
s in France. must also be served It
vas said that technically the action of
Mrs ShoNts might be regarded as the
Ginning of contest.
The executors. besides Mr. Nicol ARE
= J. Berwind. coal operator recent ly
'ected ch0irman Of the board Of the
Peterborough and the Guaranty Trust
ompany.
At the home Of Ms. Thomas it was
said last evening tat she vas spend
! rg The weekend on Lone TslaNd
New-York tribune., 1919-11-08
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4 IT, Ca. / /, III y 1f...son

Wi Ills = auvsin .oi' ~, - = c 7. IS ..,,,
~ lets ,t'n 1 s1. ,'.a \..ire
N Ill i'attea o't II c. ]. ss t.eyu sllo. a lat
is more com orta' e than Helmet 'nl It doesn't make
any difference whether You re Democrat or Rcpub-
ca'-~yon don't have to las year. hat or pav =
luxury tax on top Of this years 'rice ,causc have
every shape and shade in soft hat or derry. and
New-York tribune., 1919-11-08

L
3 Which hat shows
3 off your good
3 points to best ad-
3 vantage and har-
81 monies with the
.E color scheme of
.E your clothes? !
b The question is !
b not difficult if you !.
E look for me an
8 swer here. When ;
B you have decided
s on the h at you /
3 have the advan- E
B tage of knowing E
S that it will be cor 5
8 rect! (
b You may hesitate
e between a soft hat
b and a derby
8 but you won't hesitate
s. about the shop in !
5 which to buy the hat
s. if you investigate!
3 Just look at what I
s other shops round !
5 town have to offer for
3 the sum you want to
+, pay, and then COM
& pare! We do not stop (
3 at furnishing hats for
e5 the man AMI the occa-
Isl slon-wc also furnish
E} he hat for the purse.
IEs "Ldnsno>ureo
Isl is better than ever--and
Is} that's saying good
iE} deall The style. work
lE7 manship and materials
,E put into this hat are Of a
lsS quality not commonly
lsg associated with hats of
Iee the same price. Lans-
IEA downe appears in roll
Isl or straight brim effects,
lE, IN brown, gray. olive or
IES pearl-but is never any,
lEd thing but correctI $3.50,
,so tax 90.
IHt Then there are
d cloth hats
lE$ swagger hats for men
E1 who know the swagger
3 qualities of tweed and
q homespuns. There are
IES also cloth rats in
I'D brighter shades that are
81 popular round golf
I'd clubs. $3.50.
To cap the man
IA} there are caps for the
8 motorist. the golfer and
IN the .nan of out door
Is, clubs. You can choose
|ES from group Of smart
ia onc-piece caps Of tweed,
lta shaggy woolly caps for
.IE cold days. caps that
Ihs you'd tell in a minute
la were made for service.
ia appearance and wear.
Isl $1.44 to $4.O8
IEl Including the luxury Tax
Isl W0-~y.s-Mnin Floor. sSth Street.
New-York tribune., 1919-11-08

Nassau n Street, below Maiden Lane, N. Y. City
Park Row, opposite Ciy Hall, -.
ralton ran Street. opposite City Hail. Brooklyn, N. Y.
|A@ Broadway, al Flushing Ave, =.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-25
Increase ChicaQo Outnut.

Chicago, oct 2l.--Steel mill officials
at Gary, Ind, one OF the country's
greatest steel centers, today pointed
to operation OF tWenty-SeVen of forty
TWO open hearth furnaces, both units
Of the huge duplex mill and one-dav
production of ! 500 tons Of steel as
bearing ont their claim that the strike
of steel workers was broken so far as
Gary was concerned. Eight blast fur.
naCes were ready to start this morn
ing and four others were being pre-.
Iared Optimistic statements from
mill heads in other parts of the big
Chicago district were met by denials
by the labor leaders that the strike.
nearly tive weeks Old had been weak
ened
Federal soldiers having Gary under
military control today were preparing
fer an indefinite stay after Gen, Leon
ard Wood commander of the army
central department, was told yester-
day that the situation there would not
pc nit Of their withdrawal at this
time
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-25
ALLEGED OESERTER
TAKEN TO ROCKFORD

Commanded TO be returned to
Camp Grant under guard Col X. De
Morcy, accused army doscrtor pick.
ed up here Thursday night by Onccr
Fox, today was taken back to the
Rockford cantonm"nt 70 stand trial
by court martial on IA charge of being
\ w O, l.. Sergeant Cornelius Me
Grath gray haired veteran OF the
regulars, came to ottawa to take
charge Of Colonel a private in the 6th
division
De Mor"y. when taken into custody
by the patrOlmau, was wandering aim.
IeSslv on the streets in the wee sma
hours OF the mornln' Whom asked
what he was doing he could not give
a suitable answer and was taken to
the don jon keep where ne remained
while army authorities were notified
Of the find He claimed to have a
pass, Int his credentials were doubt
ed at the local recruiting otitce Later
Il was said at Rockford De Morcv was
d"serter
Sergeant NcGrath was dispatched
to Ottawa TO Get the private, The
pair lett for Camp Grant this after
noon