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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-04
BONNEVILLE

Mrs, A. A. Benson and daughters,
Dorothy and Marion Burbank, went 10
New Jersey Thursday.
A motion picture company viii be
al The Town Hall this week. There
viii bo a dance on Thursday evening.
An automobile party consisting Of
Mrs. Alden Coleman, Mrs. H. o. Cole
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1919-09-04

man, Mrs. Ethel Emery and Mrs. G.
L. Burbank were in Brattleboro,
Thursday.
Mrs. Flora johnson is building a
new addition TO her house. New chin
news have been laid and the grounds
about the house have been greatly inn
proved in appearance.
DR.. j. w Gardiner and wife and
Miss Estabrook Of New Jersey, Mr..
and Mrs. John Traeg and Mrs. Vim
cent Quigley Of New York, who have
been guests at L. F. Benson's, have
returned home.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
WINTERS AND WILLIAMS
ELECTED SCHOOL TRUSTEES

More interest was manifosted IN
the school election last TUESDAY than
has been shown for some years I'm
II past. However, there wre only
l. votes cast, which shows that
only about onc-ninth OF thn voting
population were sufficiently inter
ested In the public schools to take
the time necessary To express their
choice for school trustees That aE
many voted as did was simply due 10
the fact that few Interested partiea
were out with their cars and convey
cd people to tho polls
The one thing more than any thing
else, that created what little tier
ast was taken in the election was the
fact that Mrs. o. H. Groo was placed
n the field as candidate. This
apparently aroused those who were
personally opposed to Mrs Groo or
objected to having n woman on the
scnool board, for the count of the
ballots showed that Mrs. Groo receiv-
ID only &c votes out OF tho I42 that
were cast.
The five candidates who were vot-
ID for were Mrs. o. II. Groo, Mar
in Winters. John J Jones. Milford
Williams and II. n. sheldon.
The count of the votes showed
Williams and Winters to Ne the sue
'essful candidates. the vote standing
aa fol1oWo.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
LITTLE GIRL BADLY BtRNED
BY COAL OIL EXPIO OsIOG

Odell% the seven-year old dauEh-
ter OF MT ana Mrs. Marvin Dayton
VINO reside on the p. w. Olson ranch
near Cokeyille. narrowly esraped
pelng, burned to death last Saturday
AFTERNOON. In her ef forts To mako
the IRE burn better In the range.
the little girl took the coal oil can
and started pouring oil on the
smouIdering fire. when the oil sud
denly lgnited. the gas causing the
can TO explode. aad setting her dress
on fire. The child's screams and tho
noise OF the explosion brought her
mother, who was IN the adjoining
room. TO her side. Quickly procuring
some bed clothing. sh4 wrapped them
about the child. and succeeded in
subduing the flames but not until
her little daughter had been badly
burned on the cheAt. left arm and
nip. Fortunately her face Was only
slightly burned. and her hair did
not catch fire.
The little girl was brought into
COkeyille as quickly as possible, and
DR.. MADEIRA dressed her burns as besi
he could. Monday she was brought
TO the Montpelier hospital. wher.
better care could De given hex
While the burns on her left arm and
chest were severe the indications ar,
! that she viii recover
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
STORY OF NEW FORM OF
STATE GOVERNMENT
Third InAtallment)

/
Foundations are now being laid In
the department OF finance for tie
preparation OF state budget which
Ia expected to eliminate the evil of
haphazard Legislative appropriations.
The budget vii be careful scien.
tific analysts OF the financial needs
OF the states several institutions and
departments. designed OF course to
enable the legislature To authorize
equitable expenditures.
Outstanding among the recent
achievements OF q E Bowerm6n
Finance Commissioner. IN the intro
duction into all OF the counties Of
the state of new aud mOdstniEsd
form OF bookkeeping. County Of
flcials generally have acknowiedK god
that this improved system affords
complete records. makes information
readily available and saves time.
Among several regulations recent.
~ promulgated by the finance de
partment wah q rule requiring all
state money 10 be deposited with the
state treasurer. In the past certain
funds have been deposited la semi
private accounts where they have not
b0en drawing interest for the state
An active campaign has been cas-
ried on by the department through
the banks Of the state urging the
people against the exchange Of fsdeF-
al bonds for other sO-eailed 80
curities. This particular activity has
met with a splendid response from
virtually all Of Idaho's banking In
stitutiOns.
Efforts have been made by the de-
partmsnt TO examine into ths bonded
indebtedness Of the various counties
Ia several instances u has been pos
sible 20 prevent transactions APP
preaching the fraudulent In the sale
Of county boEds.
buperylBton OF the administration
and enforcement Of laws governing
,As asscssment Of property and levy
and the collection aud appOrti0nmeni
~ taxes, one Of the main tasks dele
gated 20 the finance department
probably Wili not be entered upon
until later In the year
Marked Improvement In the reg
stTatlon Of vital statistics and a
thorough syachFonlzinE Of the work
of the three state asyiumH devoted %
he care Of the insane are among tho
more important results which have
been achieved by J. X Whit. com
missioner OF public welfare
DR. r. y. LaubauEh OF the bureau
Of public health service In the -sI-
fare department II rapidly bringing
the registration Of birth and death
certificates and other essential stat
stiles 10 a point where Idaho will b.
recognized BY the United States cen.
sus bureau. The census bureau de
mands 30 per cent efficiency.
BY . process Of Conference and
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
BLOOD POISON FATAL
TO MRS. NED BOLLES

Mrs. Ned Bolles died at her home
in this city last Tuesday night at 10
o'clock, after an illness of less than
week. Death was caused from
blood poison resulting from an in
fection of tooth.
Deceased was As years of age on
the 9th of last April. She was born
in Montpelier and had spent her en-
tire life here. She was the daughter
of Joseph NJ. and Sarah Phelps. one
of the pioneer families of Montpe-
lier.
During her short illness, Mrs.
Bolles suffered intense pain up to
within about ten hours of her death.
when she became unconscious. Once
afterwards-about noon on Tuesday
she regained consciousness only
long enough to recognize and call
by name all members of her family.
Besides her aged mother, she is
survived by her husband, four sons
LELAND. Theron. Reginald and
THAR and one daughter. Maurine.
She is also survived by four sisters
and one brother-the latter, w. o.
Phelps-is now seriously i'll with ty-
phoid fever. There are also five sur
viving half brothers and four half
sisters.
Her funeral services were held
from the Third ward meeting house
yesterday afternoon at 2 O'Clock.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
ALEXANDER LEFT BIG
DEBT PEOPLE MUST PAY
Present Administration Handicapped by Deficit
Piled up During Past -Four Years--Makes
Expenses High at This Time.

Boise. Idaho. Sept. sit Is appar-
tDnt that considerable misinformation
has been distributed over tho state
either for political effect adverse to
the present state administration or
| innocent In the guiso of hastily
written news stories. These who are
concerned in the matter from tho
standpoint OF opposition to tho re-
I publican administration are pretend
ing TO make II appear that world OF
money IL being expended In excess of
the normal or necessary expenditures
This is far from the truth as the
official record shows
To begin with. the present state
administration was left a Legacy Of
81 ,62l .313.ll by the Alexander Ah-
ministration. that II had To provide
In order to reostabliSh the states
credit and place Idaho on cash ba-
sis.
From 1913 To 1918, both inclusive,
the Alexander administration dolib-
erately failed to levy sGOG.3l3.ll.
which was necessary TO meet tho cx-
penseH that the state administration
itself had incurred. This deficiency
had to be met by the last legiala-
ture and the present administration.
Moreover when the late Governor
Haines turned over the reina OF ad-
ministration to Governor Alexander.
there was an actual cash balance of
$4,000 In the treasury. This was
all used by the Alexander adminiHtra-
tion. The Alexander administration
also spent for expenses t12l.OOO in
surance for the soldiers home and
tho Lewiston Normal school fires.
$4,000 that was provided for tho
Snake river bridge and $4,000 sim
ilarly provided for the Gem IrriEa-
tion district.
All these items total nearly 81
$4,000. In addition the Alexander
administration created deficiency
in 1913 OF $217.1s5.3O In current OK
pcnse.
This total Of &l.S5O.OOO represents
the cost In money to this state of tho
Alexander administration. In other
"ords, II wns n tho red that much
and the present administration had
to make II up.
The present administration was al
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
SEWER CONTRACTORS RE.
QUEST EARLY SETTLEMENT

The council met in regular session
Wednesday night. All councilmen
were present and in the absence of
Mayor Hoff, President of the Coun-
Gil, Clark, presided.
1t was ordered that in the future
all poles to be set by the Utah Power
& Light Co. should be placed at
points designated by the street COM
mittee, in conjunction with the city
engineer.
The city clerk was instructed to
advertise for bids for the construc-
ton of concrete bridge 20 feet wide,
with concrete abutments, across the
Montpelier creek on Lincoln avenue,
said bridge to be constructed accord
ing to plans and specifications to be
furnished by the city engineer.
The clerk was also instructed to
advertise for bids for the labor only
for constructing concrete retaining
wall $50 feet long, soAth of the
bridge and along the south side of
the creek.
Cross walks were ordered con-
structed to connect up with side
walks which have been constructed
this summer.
Ordinance No. 179 was read the
second time in full. This ordinance
provides for the regulation, care and
sale of dairy products in the city.
The ordinance will be placed on its
final passage at the next regular
meeting of the council.
Water mains were ordered ex-
tended $40 feet on Fourth street and
All bills against the city were al
lowed and the report of the city treas
urer for the quarter ending July i,
was filed.
Frank PARROT, of the firm of Par
rott & Christofferson, the sewer
contractors, with their attorney, l..
r. Maktineau, of Salt Lake were
present, and talked over the final set
tlement for installing the sewer. As
neither attorneys Bulge or Merrill,
who have been retained TO look after
the city's interest in the matter, were
present, nothing definite was done.
Mr.. Martineau stated that his clients
had waited patiently for q settlement
for the work done, and felt that the
time had come for the city to take
definite action. Mr.. Parrott stated
he was very anxious to have the mat
ter settled by the 5th Of the month
At the request Of Mr.. Martieau, a
motion was passed directing the city
clerk to write Bulge & Merrill and
urgently request them to come tC
Montpelier at once and go over T.
: records so that a plan of settlement
with the contractors could be agreed
upon by the time asked for by Mr.
Parrot.
The council then adjourned sub
ject to call when the city's attorney.
were ready to report on the sEel
question.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05

so confronted with tho fact that tho
Constitutional limit on bonded in
inhtcdnoSs ot two m lllon dollars had
ocn reached " thin sa than ttO.-
90, ~ Il was necessary. In order to
icfray the growing expenses of gov
eminent. which had Increased In har.
many with expenses of every otrNr
business and every family In the state
20 mako appropriation and levy adj.
rect tax Hut for thia constitutional
Limitation. much of this money would
have beer raised by bond issues.
thereby avoiding direct taxation.
II vii be recalled that $3.50 900
was appropriated for highways To
which there can be no objection by
those who are interested In tho
growth and development OF .ho state.
One hundred and seventeen thousand
dollara was appropriated for tuber-
culusiA hospitals. which arc certainly
needed In view OF the spread OF tho
great white plague In Idaho. In ad-
dition there was an appropriation OF
tOil l.267 for the insane aAyiuma, In
stitutc for the foehle minded, and for
Improvement at various state sduca-
tional institutions.
All thoac improvements were com
parativoly necessary for tho state
certainly has to take care of It's In
btitutiona and of those unfoTtunAtea
dependant upon II and to do every
thing possible To promote develop
mont.
II there shall bo eliminated items
for highways. tuberculosis hospitals,
otc.. which amount tn 81 1000 900 and
which. hut for the constitutional lin
II ON bonded indebtedness. would
have been secured by a bond issue, II
In plain to be seen that tho last leg.
stature and the present admlnistra-
tion have been extremely circumnpect
In providing and sxpendlng funds.
In Wow OF the new form OF govern
ment. which has introduced many
economies and r'uch efficiency In tho
nlHtration of tho states affairs,
whom tho records shall be finally
writ and compared with those OF pre-
Vloua administrations. the public will
know that their business has been
most cnpably handled.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
EVERYTHING READY FOR
THE OPENING OF SCHOOL
Pupils for High School and Higher Grades Should
Register Today and Tomorrow--Assignment
of Teachers.

special prom otions in such cases.
Such students are usually hindrance
to the rest of the class and do not
get great deal of good out of the
work themselves.
Through an oversight in getting
out our circulars we omitted men
tioning the name of our music SUI
pervisor, Mr.. ]. B. Tueller. We take
this opportunity to apologize for the
error For the last two years Mr..
Tueller has had charge of the mu-
sic in our entire system and has
achieved most creditable results. We
urge very strongly that the parents
visit the schools and see the work
that is being done by Mr. Tueller.
His method is superior to any have
had the privilege of seeing. No one
is getting better results among the
children. Mr.. Tueller will continue
his work during the coming year. He
is building up a musical department
that will in two or three years be
surpassed by none. Will parents CO.
operate with us in urging that all Of
the high school pupils register for
music. We desire to put on a splen-
did operetta this year but it requires
a large class of music students to do
so.
The faculty is lined up as follows:
High school-A. ]. Winters, science
and mathematics; Gladys Barbour,
history; Faith E. Downs, English;
IHldegrade >. c. Olson, commercial;
Lorenzo Swensen, manual arts: AL
ma Wentz, home economics; John
A. Sharp, r. A. Payne, Charles Lind
say and Jesse Beebe. junior high.
Lincoln school.-Sadie Foster,
principal and second grade; Maud
Heggie, first grade; Mollie Wohl-
wend, fourth grade; Amy Dalrymple,
fifth grade and H. c. Manley, sixth
grade.
Washington school Constance
Brown, principal and first grade;
Dorothy Horsley, secord grade Ar
tel Stephens, third grade; Annie
Lauridsen, fourth grade; Ruth e.
Gray, fifth grade; Helen Schloredt,
sixth grade.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05

Ontinuni contact through correapon-
ieneo aud visits and inspection. tho
anperintnndent OF tho three inAans
hylnma have enabled them TO profit
10Th by mutual mistakes and mutual
'roficlenclea. Uniform system Of Fn-
iorts will be installed In all Of tho
Institutions In the near future.
Commisalonor white plans TO pro-
cent at tho next session Of tho IsRis-
hture detailed reports which will
nave aS their principal feature an
accurate forecast Of the probable fu.
turo needs Of the three aayiums The
unfortunate blaekfoot situation will
%" remedied tho moment funds arc
available
Surveys Of the three Institutions
probably viii be- made Ia the nnar
iutur1 by inVnatiEhtorn representing
tn" National COMMITTEES ON Mental
Hygiene. an organization devoted 10
paychoDHthic research which already
has done much credItabIs welfare
work Tor the insane In co operation
with authorities Of other states.
Al Lava Hot Springs. an inatttu.
ton under the control Of C0mmlasIon-
or White by Legislation authorizing
iAsuhnee OF bonds for extensive i'm.
prOVemSuts, new natatorium cover
ing Two OF the larger pools has been
completed. Buildings CONTEMPLATED
al the Idaho Boldisrs' home may not
Dc erected IT once az legislative ap.
proprtations Intended for tho purpose
nave proven inadequate
Perhaps ths most spectacular of
the achievements Of W. q. Bw0nd.
sen commisaiOneT Of reclamation.
has been the satisfactory adjustment
OF the various difficulties which hAVo
arisen as result OF this years rec.
ora breaking water shortage.
distribution ana apportionmsnt of
water In all the streams OF the state
became urgently necessary aa soon
a. ths early summers unusnaI scar.
city d"Fslposd and with the lnGls en-
caption OF an instance OF court inter
vehtion. C0Rm'ssionsT ewendssn
mAas MS adluatmsnts 10 aatlsfaetor.
ny that ne won the cordial appro-
bation Of several Influential eltlsso.
who had been bitterly opDoass 10 ,sS
lhsA OF definite reclamation depar r.
msnt
Directly as a result Of the D.xt.
bill alignment. she reelamat,,', -
/ part uaent has been able to exn~Si,.
-rsmsnduOusly matters Of Carey A.,
administration. Under ths late and
unlamsnted system Of land board
control. Carey Act applications. par-
iicalAFiy II they involved legal ana
enEinseTing Questions. often were not
acted upon for Dlx m0ntha or a year.
pat Sith the present Capitalization
OF functions action has always been
prompt.
CommissioneF Swendaen annouu-
ssd only recently that he has bSen
informed BY the commissioned OF
the general Land office a. Washing-
ton that the patent list on the Sal
! tCoutinusd oa tth pagal
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
(By Supt. Cummings)

The Montpelier high school includ-
ing the seventh and eight grades, will
be open for registration today and
tomorrow. All schools will be open
for work on Monday, Sept. s. We
urgently request that all students
who can conveniently do so, take
advantage of registering some time
today or tomorrow. This will give
us more time for individual consul
tion and a better opportunity to ad-
wise them in the selection of studies.
At the beginning of each year most
students are very enthusiastic and
have a strong desire to load them
selves down with much more work
than they can carry thruout the en-
tire year. We wish that the parents
would discourage this for the reason
that their children are usually un-
able to carry SO much and when they
begin to get behind in some Of their
lessons theySbecome dissatisfied with
both their studies and the school.
The regular amount that they should
register for (this does not include
the 7th and 8th grades) is four sub
jects or four units of work. In some
exceptional cases we may permit a
student to register for little more
than this.
This year we are going to hold
up higher standard of scholarship
than ever among our students. Ev-
erywhere schools are raising their
standards and we must be able to
compete with them. We want our
school to rank among the best in the
state and we are sure the people in
this community desire the same
thing. To aid this, let us urge the
parents to see that their children
enter when school begins. 1t is very
discouraging to both students and
teachers when the former enter
school several weeks late. Neither
one has chance to do his best
Many students did not complete
their work last year on account of
the Flu" situation and it will be
necessary in most cases for them. to
take the same grade over. We urge
that you do not ask us to grant
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05
COUNTY'S VALUATION THIS
YEAR OVER 90, ,OOO. 900

The total assessed valuation for
real property and public utilities in
Bear Lake county this year, as fixed
by the state board of equalization
is $S,S6S,62O.12. To this will be
added the valuation of personal prop
erty. which will make the total as
sessed valuation of the county some
thing over 100000.
The state board raised the asses
sed valuation on agricultural lands
In the county $21S,1O0 and on bus
iness lots $16,520 over that fixed by
Assessor Dunn.
The state board fixed the assessed
valuation of the public utilities in
the county, as follows:
o. s. L. Ry. Co.-....--....-.S3. 24O
Utah Power & Light Co. - 1,l24.435
Pullman and private car
company -..--.--..---. b4.32e
NJ. s. T. &. T. Co------ $500
Western Union Tel. Co $3.50
The board of county commits
sioners will meet next Monday to
fix the state and county levy for this
year. 1t is probable however, that
the board will not be able to deter
mine what the levy should be in one
day.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05


Bourne and ID. c. Kunz each received
one vote
The school board. as II now stands.
is composed OF DR.. Ashley Martin
Winters. Milford Williams, w. J.
Crockett and w. II. NTH. L. G.
French was also member OF the
board at the time OF his removal from
the city some two months ago. but the
vacancy has never been filled
The designations OF Messrs. Crock
EFT and Smith have also been filed
but no action has been taken by the
board. II their resigatiDns are ac-
cepted. the board. when II Is eyentu-
ally filled will have four new mem
bers. II is to be hoped that those
Eho are appointed Will be men who
rave the interests OF the school at
heart and will be willing TO donate
every minute OF time required for
the faithful discharge of their du-
lies. A man who will not do this
has no business accepting a position
on the board. or any other office for
that matter.
The law regarding the filling OF
vacancies on the board are as follows:
IF any trustee dies. removes from
the district or ceases 10 have the
qualifications for such office. or for
any cause his office is vacant. or he
neglects or refuses TO act. or without
excuse ceases 90 attend the meetings
Of the board for four successIye reg
uihr meetings thereof. his office he
comes vacant and - majority of said
board may appoint another qualified
person TO fill his unexplred term"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05

1t improves some men to get a
lpieee Of a woman's vocabulary.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-09-05

You can generally tell who's boss
by whether he smokes In the house
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-05-15
Dell 0NA AND NORTH
EXCELSIOR

Miss Ruth Ruggles of Baraboo visit
ed her friend, Lila Dryer, Saturday
and Sunday.
John Lindsay and Fred Henry of
Poynette visited at the J. w. Lindsay
home few hours Sunday. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed O'Connor, Jr were also guests
at the Lindsay home.
The ladies' aid society will meet
with Mrs Grant Dryer Thursday May
Is, for supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Bass and
daughter and Velma McGaw spent
Saturday with relatives in BarabOo
and attended party at the Puttkam-
mer home in the evening.
Mrs Norton Cone and sons Russell
and Frank visited her mother, Mrs. l..
Weidman, Sunday.
Tony Hudzinski returned home last
week after serving as soldier in
France
Mrs. Grant Dryer spent last Thurs
day with her mother, who is very poor
ly at present.