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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-08-29

; ow for a western trip through Mon
tana, Idaho and Washington, going
as far as Olympia to attend the state
fair. She intends to take a we'll
earned vacation, and probably will
remain in the state of Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Enger and child
rem arrived home Friday last from g
months visit at their old home neal
St. Paul. The first day Mr.. Engel
was offered his old position in store
They had a first class time visiting
relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Negaard and
children left last week on motor
trip to visit their former homes in
Minnesota. They do not expect to
return to Westby. Mr.. Negaard will
ook for location where he will have
large field for his trade Of paint
ing, etc.
Jake Weller, John Flaskerud, Hen
ry Jacobson and D. W. Timbrell ana
John Baker left Monday for Yellow
Grass, Can, where they will remain
during the threshing season.
Arthur Hetland has sent his kit bag
home and is expected soon.
Mrs. Leibach and Miss Alice moved
to Dooley Thursday to open a res
| taurant.
julius Kamprud was calling on
| friends this week, going back to Cros-
by yesterday.
Last evening Ole Grytness enter
tanned friends at spring chicken din
ner at the Home Cafe.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schmid and son
motored to Weyburn last week and
found the roads and crops in good
condition.
MI. and Mrs. Elmer Nesseth and
family of Wisconsin are visiting at
the home of Charlie Johnson and Art
1verson.
Albert Mayhem was in town Satur-
day.
Mrs. o. Helsut was Westbv
shopper Friday.
Mrs. Peter Solberg was a Westby
shopper Saturday
Mrs. Otto Stadig returned Monday
from visit in Canada.
Will Anhalt and family called on
lis mother Friday last.
Mrs. L. Sjerdal was III the city the
early part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Hanson called
on the Larsen family Sunday.
Arthur Iverson E was in from the
north country on Monday.
Mat Madsen has bought VIM. Flas-
keruds automobile and garage.
Mrs. Rosenthal of Plentywood was
IN the city on business Tuesday.
Cards from Mr.. and Mrs. Nels
Nelson at Banff and Seattle state thew
are thoroughly enjoying their trip
through the Rockies and to the Pa
cific. -
Mrs. Ed. solberg was a Westbv |
shopper Monday.
Floyd Finley of Tribune, Sask.. ,
called on his Westby friends Sunday.
Olga Rostad of Elkhorn was call
ing on her Westby friends Tuesday.
Mrs. Geo. Peele and children re-
turned Saturday from their eastern
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. Teffet were call
ELS on their Westby friends this
week.
Mrs. Eddie Solberg will take a
house in Westby for the fall and win
er.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Berg visited
with the Henry Ecklund family SAT-
friday.
Jacob Twet has been under the
weather for a few days but is around
again.
Miss Martha Nelson underwent an
operation for appendicitis at Ken
mare last Saturday.
A number of our young people at
ended the party at Henry Jensen,s
saturday evening. Games, music and
midnight lunch combined to make .
olly' happy time for all present.
Sig Hammer has taken a house IN
ne city and will soon bring his fa,,i
y in from the farm. i
john Stoen and Mr.. Paulson are
usy these days threshing for II,
arme1s north of town. Il
MEDICL-,i LAKE
M ,rc T.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09

Through classified advertising you may
get into direct communication with the
people who are considering the homo.
buying problem.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
PLENTY OF WORK FOR
ALL WHO WANT It
No Reason Why There Should
Be Any Unemployed Men in
Vermont, Says Commissioner
Simonds LAUNDERING Inter.
ests Particularly Want Help

Although in few places there are a
NUMBER Oh unemployed at the present time
in Vermont. the total is small compared
with the number of men needed, accord.
ing to the statement of r. w. Simonds.
state Industrial commissioner. who wa,
IN the city Friday to hold some hear
ing. Mr. Simonds stated that the lumbe>-
men in the state Were anxious to do all
they could this year and the scarcity NJ
labor was the only thing which is holding
them back. The wages are big, ranging
all the way from S65 to sS5 per month he
sldes all expenses This is straight time
IN Rutland there Is little let-up with
perhaps n couple of hundred men out of
work. In st. Johnsbury there is another
iet-up with lesser number UNEMPLOYED
ana those are the only places where timea
are dull outside of Burlington and WI.
nooski, where the slack period is caused
by the temporary letting up of the Amer
lean Wooden company's plant To offset
these few hundreds of UNEMPLOYED there
Is need for between 5000 and 5000 unskilleo
laborers, with a keen demand for skilleo
labor in some lines. Thus far the signing
OF the armistice has hurt no one in YER
mont outside of the places named. The
woods are not the only places where men
are needed AS the quarry operators have
predicted right along, the coming OF
peace has meant business for them and
men are needed badly in the quarries of
the state. The output in them, as in the
woods, will depend on the amount of la
Dor which can be secured
Between now and the first of March
Will be the hardest period to get
over in the readjustment of things. ac-
Of Nv
that there will be a steady Improvement
and by the first of September Mr.. Smonds
expects to see business in great shane.
not only in Vermont but throughout the
country. From all he can learn in con-
sultation with other men in close touch
with industrial conditions business ought
10 be up to so per cent. of its capacity by
that time, and that is great deal better
than normal In ordinary pre-war days
business was not much better than 60
per cent most of the time. Mr. Simonds
is also optimistic regarding la
Dor disturbances. He thinks that wages
and conditions will adjust themselves nat
urally and easily. Here and there may be
few rough spots but these will be insig-
nitcant in comparison with the country az
a whole.
Already many Vermonters have return
ed to their native State after working,
outside where the high prices of labor at
tracted them. These people are getting
back into their old lines of work, and the
same is true of many of the returned SOL
diers They are going back to the farms
and shops where they We're before and
taking up the ordinary course of events
without much trouble. Among the SOL
diers who went from Vermont there is a
large number of men who are needed
badly in industrial lines at the present
time, and there will be little difficulty in
securing employment for them.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
DECEMBER WEATHER
Mean Temperature Three Degrees
Above the Normal for the Month

Meteorologist j. X. Hooper, in charge
of the local station of the United States
weather bureau reports a mean temuera-
ture for December of 20 degrees, which is
three degrees above the normal December
temperature in Burlington and in marked
contrast to the mean temperature for
December of 1917, which was only II de-
grees above zero. The highest during the
month was SO degrees, on the Ord, and
the lowest was zero on the 31st. The
greatest daily range was "a degrees on
the 9th, and the least daily range was six
degree on the 18th. The precipitation
(rain and melted snow amounted to It's
inches the normal for the month being
169 inches. The prevailing wind was from
the south, the total movement S,5l4 miles,
the average hourly velocity 114 miles, and
the maximum velocity Al miles per hour
from the south on the 22d. The month
was made up of four clear, four partly
cloudy and % cloudy days Precipitation
in quantity sufficient to measure occurred
on 16 days and the total amount included
POS inches of snow, of which eight inches
remained on the ground at the end of the
month. Fog was noted on the 4th ana
18th, solar and lunar halos on the 10TH
and sleet fell on the 18th, 18th and 25th.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
COUNTY COURT ADJOURNS
September Term At An End; Assistant
Judge Trncy Resigns

Assistant Judges Henry w. Tracy of
Shelburne and Romeo A. Norton of Hunt
ington completed their terms in the jul
dcial chairs of Chittenden county court
Friday morning when the court off,
cially adjourned its September session
Judge Tracy goes to the Legislature this
week as a senator from Chittenden coun-
ty and so resigned his office, while Judge
Norton was appointed to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge Adst sew
eral weeks ago and his terms expires
February l. before another term of court
is held.
The term was one of the shortest in
many years, but much work was tram
sacted during the session, which occupied
just IS full days. being adjourned from
time to time. There were several i'm
portant divorce cases heard but not a
jury case of any importance. Four re-
spondeuts were sentenced to the States
prison for long terms and many civil
actions were heard. the last of which was
that of the Unadilla Silo company VS..
Il. f. Nash, ct al, an action of con-
tract Judgment was rendered for the
defendant and his trustee.
At the March term, c. \. Barber of this
city and c. H. Hayden Of Jericho, the
new assistant judges, will take their
seats.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
STATE BUYS 5000
ACRES OF WILD LAND
Purchase Is Located In Washing
ton County and Is the Largest,
Most Accessible and Most De-
sirable Acquisition of the Kind
Yet Made

Chief Forester w. G.. Hastings of the
".ate forestry department az Montpelier
sIVes out the information that the State
vi vermont lis closing n deal whereby II
purchases through the State Forestry de-
p''rtfneht about 5000 acres or wild land
near Lanesboro on the Montpelier &
"els River railroad and locally known
as the Goslant tract. This purchase is in
keeping with the recognized and we'll
estaplished policy of the State in forestry
matters to secure through purchase GER
tam or its wild cutover lands to be oper-
ated as forest property by the forestry
department incidental to It's oyner work
ana TO show through example how such
tracts of land should be treated bv forest
owners and also to net a revenue for Use
III future forestry operations This area
is perhaps better suited Tor demonstra-
lions purposes than any other tract of
similar size in the State The railroad
passes through the tract and the area will
therefore be viewed with interest annually
ny thousahds OF the citizens of Vermont
us wen as by strangers passing through
.he state The area is also most suitably
located since 1t Is an integral part of n
much larger area, consisting of some 25,-
oOo to 10000 acres of desolated country. all
state and through scientific forest care
ne reclaimed from its present state of
hon-production. There is no reason why
such lands should not be changed from n
worthless state to one of>highcst intrinsic
value, and especially is this true when the
change can be brought about without ulti-
mate cost to the State. In fact a forest
tract In the most deplorably wrecked con-
oi'loil can he made to not only pay it's
way put to yield handsome revenue at
tne END OF the fist rotation of say so
years.
Ihis acquisition in ono stroke creates
the largest single piece of forest property
the state has acquired. The second and
third largest of the 10 State forests are
the Mansfield and Camel's Hump forests.
with 1900 and 1890 acres of land, respect
lively, Not only is this the largest forest
tract ever acquired at one time by the
department. but it is likewise the most &C.
cesslble and also the least rugged. All of
these things are factors which go to make
thls by far the most desirable purchase of
its kind the State has ever made. The
money for this desirable purchase was
made available partly through direct an
preparation for the purpose. partly by
earnings of the forestry department and
partly through savings effected in the
money provided for forestry administra-
ton by a discontinuance of some of the
field activities in forestry matters, due to
the scarcity of labor and the excessively
high prices prevailing. All things con-
it is felt by Mr.. Hastings that the
states money could have been spent in
no more judcious manner.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
CAMPAIGN BEGUN ON
VENEREAL DISEASES
Department Formed AS Part of
Work of State Board of Health
Federal Government Gives
Vermont $3.50 For Use In
Treatment

Business of importance to the welfare
of the State of Vermont was transacted
at the monthly meeting of the State
Board of Health. held at the Office ,of
the secretary, DIR. G. +. Dalton Fri
day. Chief among the matters of bust
ness taken up was the formation of a
department of vcnereal d seases, consist
ing of DR.. II. l.. Pache of Burlington and
Major w. w. Townsend, formerly of
Rutland, now of Burlington, as con-
sulting surgeon.
Reports from different departments
show that, outside of the epidemic of
influenza. there have been very few COM
municable diseases in the State during
the month of December. The reports
show 1893 cases of influenza in 50 towns
throughout the State, 50 cases of measles
one case of smallpox. three of typhoid
fever, % of scarlet fever. seven of ger
men measles, 81 of chickenpoX, 81 of
erysipelas, So of whoopng cough. So of
diphtheria 104 of mumps, 16 of tubercu-
losis, IA of syphilis. and 30 of gonnorrhea
The State Board of Health has received
$3.50 from the federal government for
the use in the control and treatment of
venereal disease in the State. The work
Of the new department of venereal dis
consist of the following program.
1.-The follow up every reported case
and attempt to give the proper treatment
2-To stimulate reporting among the
doctors
"A series of free consultation clinics
at various points in the state, conducted
by Major Townsend, to which physicians
will be invited to send patients, and cases
not under regular treatment will be adj
mitted, also These clinics will be held
as far as possible at local hospitals.
4-Free distribution of arsphenamine,
but under conditions which will insure
its safe administration.
"a detention hospital for criminal
cases at the House of Correction in Rut-
land.
GA campaign against drug store pre-
scribing and treatment.
IA campaign of education and pub
licity.
AS a part of this same meeting. the
legislative committee of the Vermont
State Pharmaceutical society met with
Major Townsend and DR.. Pache to form
ulate amendments to existing laws in
regard to venereal disease control. This
legislative committee is composed of the
following druggists Of the State: +. w.
Churchill of Proctor, +. G.. Mcclellan of
Rutland and NJ G. Beebe of Burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. II. Neal Celebrate F-if-
ticth Anniversary of Marriage

The golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dan b. Neal was celebrated at their
home in Hartford, December 81. Besides
their five daughters and two SONS, several
grandchildren were present Their
daughters are Mrs. T.. C. Brigham Of
Springfield Mass. Mrs. George A. Dorr
of Newport, ". H., Miss Grace Neal of
Wakefield, Mass, and 'Alleda, also of
Massachusetts, Their sons are Alfred
B. Neal of Hartford, Conn. and Charles
a. Neal and wife, who are at home with
the father and mother. Grandchildren
present were Miss Lydia, Miss Alice and
Master Brigham of Springfield, Mass.
Philemon and Bentley Neal of Hartford.
Others present were EX-Gov. Samuel T.
Pringree. who was best man so years
ago. and Mrs. Plngree. Fred L. Davis.
and wife, Seth b. Wright and wife.
John e. Andrews and wife, the Rev. F.
G. Alger and wife, Mrs. Il. A. Gillette
and daughter, Helen, Mrs. Roland f..
Stevens, Mrs William S. Pingree, Israel
G. Sprague and wife, Horace C. Pease
and wife and Carroll Spaulding and wife
of Hartland.
Gov. Pingree, in n happy vein, gave
some interesting "reminiscences OF the
wedding of so years ago, not having kissed
the bride since, The Rev. Mr.. Aiger added
his note of good cheer and Mrs. Horace
Pease read poem prepared for the
occasion by a friend of the Neal family.
Refreshments were served. rejecting
much credit to the daughters Of the
family.
The children favored the parents with
fine couch and many pieces of gold.
New Years breakfast the next morning
found sixteen chairs occupied around the
table.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
ICE FOR NEXT SUMMER
Standard Company Succeeds 10 Busi'
ness of Consolidated Company

The local ice company known as the
Consolidated Ice Delivery company,
which has harvested fully three-quarters
of the ctys ice crop for the last 10 years
closed it's business January /, 1919, and
the outstanding coupon books are re-
deemable at its Office, 1872 College street.
One of the partners of the old company
the Standard Coal & Ice company. has
leased the Lawrence BARLEY ice houses,
also the Chandler ice houses in Winooski
and will continue the ice business. The
river ice will be for cooler purposes only,
and there is storage for about 1000 tons.
The capacity of the Standard and Bart
lev houses Is a little over 5000 tons each.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
FREEMAN MURDERED
University of Vermont Student Did No,
Die From Accident

Lieut.. Willard ]. Freeman OF the class
of 1920, University of Vermont, medical
college. was murdered in France Decem-
Der 3, instead of having "died from acct
den," as reported in the army casualty
list. This information was received De-
cember 30 by his parents, DR.. and Mrs
Franklin w. Freeman of Lynnfield, Mass,
in letter from his brother, Lieut. Harry
Freeman. who is in France
Lieut.. Freeman met his death on his
2ith birthday by a heavy blow on the
head, apparently, and It is believed that
he was struck down by a thug near Paris
just after he had received his monthly
pay. Lieut.. Harry Freeman had just
returned from a prison camp in Germany
when he learned of the death of his
brother.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09

and enlarge its field of operation in many
ways. It is probable that bid will be
made to the village Of winooski for its
household business and perhaps later on
for lighting its streets. The st. Adams
company owns other power than that
at Fairfax and intends to develop that
also.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09

Miss Yale was formerly of Burlington.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-01-09
A LOAD ON HIS SHOULDERS

She-"You used to say that ! was all
the world to you" He-"Yes, and since
we've been married / can appreciate ex-
actiy how poor Atlas felt."-Brooklyn
Citizen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21

are certainly in a position to know our needs, are practically a unit against the recommendation of the legislative committee on judiciary and Ia fight will be made in Montgomery Ito prevent the crippling of Jefferson county's judiciary.
 There are now 10 judges serving and anyone at all familiar with the courts knows that they are kept busy. The large number of industrial plants in the Birmingham district is one fac tor that tends to greatly increase iiti- gation and where considerable sums of are involved the cases are al ways hard fought and often pro- tracted.
 Jefferson county will soon have of half a million. The bus mess of the courts will increase, rath- CT than decrease, from year to year. It is sensible and just to provide ade- quate means for hearing and dispos- ing of the thousands of cases that come up as quickly and as efficiently as possible.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-21
WHY CAHABA DIED

city on the old site. or if some great
 modern corporation should determine.
 for any reason, to erect a new industrial 1 town on the site of the old town, that
 new town would be abandoned no mat ter how much it cost, in less than five , years. No town can live on land that
 is under water at certain stages of the
 year.
 And yet, Cahaba for many years con
 tinued it's existence, after the state
 capital had been wisely removed to
 Tuscaloosa in 1926. Many wealthy and l cultured families living on the streets
 that ran along the higher ground es- tablished beautiful homes and lived pleasantly in spite of the occasional
 dlscomforts of the smaller floods Ca 1 haoa' as matter of fact, survived as
 a considerable town until the years fil-
 lowing the war
 It was in the early days of Selma, better equipped with transportation
 than was Cahaba. One of the first rail-
 roads constructed in the Black belt was
 built into Cahaba. The rails were re-
 moved to serve the pressing needs of
 the Confederate government. When Selma survived and Cahaba died. it was ! because of transportation; it was rnere-
 ly an operation of the law of the sur vival of the fittest Selma was built l upon high and we'll drained plateau, which never was flooded and which was
 much healthier than the site of Ca haba.
 In two other features of the Holt arti- cle, there is material for two essays on the early history of Alabama. which would be of absorbing interest-the un- lhealthfulness of the early towns and the struggle of the old river towns against
 the railroads. Any one who has visited the old cemeteries of the pioneer river
 towns such as St. Stephens. Claiborne and Cahaba are impressed at the early age at which men and women died in those days, as it Is revealed on their tombstones. The greatest curse of the l people, in the pioneer period, was ma laria It killed thousands and the medi-
 cal science of that period could not cope with it. The early settlers never
 realized the deadly menace of the mos quito; they thought malaria was pro-
 duced by underbrush decaying after it was cut down and by some sort of mias-
 ma which came up from the streams We trust that some competent writer with sufficient leisure will put the peo-
 pie of Alabama under an obligation by
 doing the pleasant but profitless work
 of studying records, and old conditions for lengthy thesis on the difficulties of pioneer life. We trust also that he will continue his work by presenting an essay the rise and fall of the
 river towns. Some survived and grew strong, such as Montgomery and Selma, by reason of their becoming railroad centers. Others went down, as did Ca- haba, Claibo orne and St. Stephens. We are persuaded that there are thousands of Alabamians who have a sympathetic
 interest in all that pertains to Alaba- ma of hundred years ago.