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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Looking over Vermont Town Reports.

(By Daniel l.. Cady.)
Along before March meeting day,
For towards month or 80, d say,
While vet the ground is solid white
And not a robin 5 song in sight;
While yet the snow contraptions stand
Upon the Propagation land;
You're apt to notice anywheres,
Around behind the Grange Hall stairs,
In blacksmith shop, or store backroom,
Or any place Of public gloom,
\ nice old bunch of nice old sports
A-going through the Town Reports.
If you re a boy whose ear is spry,
And don t let on, and slip up sly,
The Overseers account you ii hear
Discussed like this or very near:
Paid, pair of crutches, Pat Mekim;
One crutch has always done for him:
Paid, care and nursing. Jacob Grcif;
That Hun has got husky wife;
Paid, Pittsburg stogies, Joe Larue;
'Twould cost Us less if Joe would
chew -
Oh, they could practice round the
courts,
Them tops that search the Town Re.
ports.
Paid. funeral sermon, Reverend Gas;
| We III bet twas what they call Il mass:
Paid, pain rclicver. IIuldah Dake;
She : full of morphine, let her ache:
Paia. hcarse and horse for William
Brown;
Ifow's that? we've got a hearse in
Paid. doctor twice, Belindy smell;
That 5 tough ON us, she can get we'll:
Paid, lodging tramps and phone at
Cramps;
That's rich, telephone for tramps: :
They re surely wise, that bunch of
sports
That sets and searches Town Reports.
The Road Commissioner next receives
Thcs raps and straps to grace his
+ sleeves:
Paid, extry shoveling, sixty days;
Some shoveler that, old one-armcd
HAYES:
Paid, Winter road and day : expense;
Oh. yes, he moved two lengths of fence:
Paid, brush and stone for Slipback
Hill:
That 5 50 5 TO keep 'cr slipping still:
), Paid Georgia pine for eulvert beams;
, He'd better bought some chocolate
creams:
They sure could practice round In
courts,
Them tops that search the Town Re
ports.
q And so they 90, straight up and down
f Through every officer in town;
I M certi fipd 1rcauut1rt lives
, Whose ar sue Especial service gives
They know each itemcd line they seer
Q And what its been for years before;
r They know a first sclectman : charge
In second lister wound DC Fargo:
O Oh. there be folHs 81 every part,
: And wartime docsn I change the heart
1 There s them that fight and man tn
. forts.
! And them that search the Town Ri
ports.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
FILES PLAN FOR
REORGANIZATION
Boston & Maine is Seeking
Approval of New
Securities
WOULD CONSOLIDATE
ITS LEASED LINES
Hearing Set for Feb. 81 Before Massa-
chusetts Service Board-Plan Con-
templates Taking up s2,soo,ooo Yer
mont Valley Notes.

a.
BOSTON, Feb l2-ln petition filed
yesterday by the Boston & Maine Rail
road Co. with the public service com
mission that company seeks approval
of its plan to consolidate its leased
lines with the Boston & Maine. 1t fur
.ther asks approval of the issue of Ger
tain stocks and bonds necessary for
the consolidation. Hearing on the pc
tition has been set by the commission
for II on the morning of Feb. q.
Reorganization of the Boston &
Maine Railroad system, the petition
points out, would include the lines of
the Fitchbufg, Boston & Lowell, Con-
neeticut River. Concord & Montreal,
Lowell & Andoyer Manchester & Low
ell and the Kennebunk G. KennebunlS-
port railroads
The terms of the consolidation have
directors of the Boston & Maine rail
road and each of the subsidiary com
Panies and 10y at least 4 majority in
interest of all stockholders of each Of
he subsidiary companies.
For the purpose of eifecting eonsoli-
dation the Boston 4 Maine have voted
to issue and deliver to its subsidiary
companies in payment for their proper
ties and franchises new first preferred
stock. The aggregate par value of
this preferred stock, distributed into
/ classes designated respectively as \, +.
! {. y, and 4. is equal to the aggregate
/ par value of the outstanding stocks of
the subsidiary companies
! By the consolidation agreement the
Boston & Maine railroad may before
Jan. J.. 1924, issue $4,000, 600 of 6 pei
cent cumulative first preferred stock
designated as first preferred stock, class
| +. at not less than par, for the payment
pro tanto. of $l1.6o6,0 600 of } per cent
londs hereafter referred 10.
Stockholders Of the Boston & Main,
voted to issue to the director genera
of railroads for cash at par upon con
solidation, Sl7 100000 of ; per cen
bonds, PAYABLE July |. 1920. and t
apply the proceeds of the bonds as fol
lows:
ID $13,306,000 to the payment OF TIL
principal of the unfunded debt of th
Boston & Maine outstanding March
1918.
(2J $2,000,000 to the payment o
principal Of unfunded debt of the Con
necticnt River Railroad company out
standing March IL 1915.
| CD S2,300,000 to take up a lik
amount of per cent coupon notes o
the Vermont Valley railroad, on whie
the Boston 4 Maine is 1ndorscr, date
June /, 1915.
Stockholders further voted to issu
to the director general Of railroads fo
cash at par, upon consolidation, 81
273,000 Of 6 per cent bonds, pavabl
Jan. !, 1929, and to apply the proceed
as follows:
Cd $l.s59,00o to payment Of liz
amount of current debt of the Fitcl
burg Railroad company
CO $4,000 TO payment of liz
amount of currant debt of the Bosto
& Lowell Railroad company.
The issued capital stock of the 30
be $Sl 472,s0O. The aggregate prime
pal amount Of the outstanding bond
notes and other indebtedness. IS 3d.
e60,000 and the amount of additions
bonds which it desires TO Issue upon Il
completion of constellation is $19, 81!
l000
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
PERSONAL.

l. G. bradley is in New York this
week OH business for the G. L. Bradley
corporation.
Attmn John ~ Harvey left last
night for New York and Pennsylvania on
a business trip.
Mrs. John Haekley of Greenfield is
visiting here today with her aunt, Mrs
L.. A. Whitney.
Nh. aud Mrs. C. G. Tyrel have re-
turned to town from Bridgeport Conn.,
where they had been making their
home Mrs Tyrcl has entered the em,
pIoy OF the Vermont Printing company
in the proofreading department
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
ABANDONED AT SEA.
Amerlcan steamship Left With Feet
Of Water Aboard

NEW YORK, Feb. The American
steamship Accoma, $500 ton wooden
vessel, New York for Marseilles Feb. Z,
was abandoned at sea yesterday with eight
feet Of water in her engine room, aceor'l-
ing 70 message received today by the
naval communication service from tie
British steamship Dongar1a. The crew of
lie .Aceoma was taken on board the Brit
ish shin in a latitude 360S. north longi-
uude 626l west She was owned by the
United States shipping board.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
ToDAY'S CASUALTIES.
Official Summary Released for Pub
ication This Afternoon.

. WASHINGTON, Feb. Ito
day $ casualty releases contain 1865
names, of which SIT are IN the morn-
ing list and I,02l are in the after
noon list Following is summary
of the elassifieations released for
publication this afternoon:
K5aled in action. ........ 10
Died of wounds .,....... Is
Lied from accident and other
scauses. II ....#.s.4.- =
lbed of disease. ..... 81
Wounded severely ....... S.
Missing in action ... 10
Wouifded, degree undetermined. 2sl
Wounded slightly. ......... Col
Total. ......s.. ,02l
One Vermont name appears in to
drew Flynn of Moretown being re-
ported wounded severely.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
DENOUNCED PACKERS TALK.
Honey Says Their Testimony Was IN
justified

WASHINGTON, Feb T. Francis J..
IIeney, who. has been examining packers
witnesses before the senate interstate
commerce committee appeared today BE-
fore tile house committee and denounced
the testimony given there by the five
leading packers. He declared the attacks
on thefederal trade commission were I'M
justified.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Defined.

One day while we had neighbor's
little boy out for drive we passed a
pasture in which We're several cows
and calves. I asked him what those
little animals were and he spoke up
quickly, TITS what after it grows up
is a cow."-Exchange.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank. the " r. c., the
e. a. r., relatives and friends for their
kindness during the illness and at the
time Of the death Of our dear father
Frederick I. Stewart; also for thu
beautiful flowers.
The Family
Bratilebero, Feb. II, 1919
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12

Consider the ways Of the little green
which never does its best
lighting until it is down
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
BIRTHS.

In West Brattleboro .(Melrose hos
pital). Feb. :, a son, Ernest. 10 Mr.5and
Mrs. Harry Taylor of Brattleboro
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
DEATHS.

III Westminster, Feb 9, sumner {
Rideout, -
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
RECORD MAIL SERVICE.
Letter Mailed in San Francisco Jan. 20
81 Reaches Treves Feb. 4. IIfss

WASHINGTON, Feb. T. Gen.
Pershing notified the war department
today that Il letter mailed ut San Fran
cisco on Jan. 20 reached Treves. Ger
many, Feb. T. This,is regarded as a
record mail service. the despatch
said
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
CUDWoRTH LEADS ATTACK.
Continued from Page -

house bin /. to require women voters
to pay poll tax. Owing to the ali.
senee of the committee on state lnsti-
tutions at Waterbury, the bill was
made a special order for 1850 today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-02-12
ROYAL HEIR CALLS ON WILSON.
FRINGE of wales and Stan Visit Murat
Mansion

PARIS, Feb. y I In the interval be-
tween the meeting OF the peace conference
commission on a society Of nations and
the session OF the supreme council yester-
day President Wilson received the Prince
of Wales at the Aurat mansions
The prince called on the president in
company with his staff
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09
GREEN TIMERS ARE
 SERVICEABLE FOR TIES

Of interest to timber users in Alaska is a recent experiment by the forest service to determine the comparative durability of untreated green and sea- soned timbers when used for poles, posts or railroad ties.
 Douglas fir and western larch rail- road ties laid by the forest service in cooperation with the Northern Pa cific railway indicate that there is practically no difference in the life of green and seasoned ties. In this test the seasoned ties lasted 7.8 years, while the green ones lasted 7.7, or but one-tenth of year less.
 A similar test of poles made in CO., operation with the American Tele- phone and Telegraph Company show that the rate of decay in green poles is but trife less than in seasoned ones.
 The fact that green and seasoned timbers have the same durability when used in exposed places is easily explained. Moisture content is the principal factor in determining the rate of decay of a stick of timber As soon as the timber is placed it be- gins to take up or give off moisture,
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

according to it's condition of season Within a relatively short time in ex. posed construction both green and seasoned timber reach the same mois. ture content
 Obviously it is time and money wasted to season timber for use in ex. posed construction.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

Some Fairbanks residents sought tC have the local city council pass an or dinance to keep the daylight saving law in effect in that town. The coun cil did not agree to do it.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

FOR RENT-Furnished cabins. See Dooley.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

Scarborough Pictures that please at prices that are right Over Cordova drug store. Phone 140-3 rings.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09
SHORT STORIES ABOUT ALASKA
 OCCURRENCES

Henry Bailey, an old-timer of Daw- son, died at Mayo recently.
 Peter Steil of Fairbanks is building a large toboggan slide for the edifica- tion of the young and old of the In- terior metropolis.
 Pete Krga and Gerone N. Yuyulich arrived in Seward recently from Ne mana, having made the trip in sixteen days. They report the trail rough, with little snow.
 Sergeant Charles M. Sheehan, the first conductor to take an American train into Germany, arrived in Sew ard recently, and is now working for the railroad commission.
 Some Fairbanks residents sought to have the local city council pass an or dinance to keep the daylight saving
  cil did not agree to do it.
 Martin Rothe, a Wisconsin veteran of the late war, and participant in eight major battles, arrived at Seward last week and will work for the Alas kan engineering commission.
 Al Beet, an old-timer, has purchased { the White House at Anchorage from Bob White. This is the hostelry made famous by "Mother White" the old-time pioneer of Anchorage.
 One hundred and two pupils have rngistered in the elementary schools of Wrangell and twelve in the high school. The town is growing rapidly. Tom Savage and August Waunsch, TWO Well-known hunters of the lnte- rior, have gone into the Toklat district to get their winters supply of meat They have two dog sleds and big outfit.
 Since the Nenana river closed at the iuncture of the trail with the Kan tisbna trail considerable travel has been done between the two cites. The district would be filled with pros pectors but for the big cost of outfits.
 E. T. Weber and Con Dudley, who are engaged in prospecting on Emma > creek, in the Ester district, arrived in Fairbanks and reported having sunk a number of holes to bedrock. They have nothing to say, however, rela- tive to the prospects found, but an- nounce that they are going back to work soon.
 Dad" Abbey, a former old-time Nome miner, writing to friends in An cborage from the Texas oil fields, says he is in it up to his neck; but will close out in May and return to the Northland. He says the towns are full of people excited over oil leases, and the hotels are full. Sev- eral Anchorage people, including Clyde Coleman ad Paddy Cumming are there.
 Mike Cooney of Nenana has started a dog team express between the two ends of steel via the Broad Pass route, and will carry baggage for mushers and will also carry passengers. It is 130 miles between the ends of steel, and Cooney is quoted as saying that owing to the trouble in getting over the Richardson road he looks for good patronage this winter"
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

The Daily Times job plant is we'll equipped for all classe of com mercial printing.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

Best coffee in town served at ths City Bakery. 13-ti
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

"I am not a story-book wom- an. l am only one of your with family to bring up and watch over and a home to manage. More over, 1 have succeeded quite well as a mother and house managerial least my friends so assure me.
 And I find time, too, for keeping in touch with wom- en's affairs, for making social call now and then, and for do- ing enough reading and such to keep myself mentally brushed up.
 Of course you employ a maid, I hear you saying. But that's the unusual part of 1t. I don't. I've simply found a '. new way for gaining ten hours a week-that is, it is a new way to me. 1 have learned what real Family Laundry Service is.
 @'I used to labor eight to ten hours on Monday over boilers and washtubs and be simply played out for the balance of
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09
How One Woman
 Lightens Her Washday Labors

the week. Now I send every thing clothing, bed clothes, table linen and household arti- cles to the laundry.
 "The laundry does all the most toilsome work of washing for me, leaving to me only the finishing of some of the smaller pieces. Everything is washed most beautifully. The flat pieces come back ironed more daintily than I could do them myself. The towels are de- livered as snowy and fluffy as can be, while the miscellan- eous pieces, like skirts and shirtwaists, are returned all nicely starched, ready for me to iron.
 Isn't it a sensible arrange ment? And the cost is so moderate.
 This is the experience of hun dreds of thrifty housewives who send us their weekly washing. Call us up and let us tell you more about this ideal service.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

WANTED-A housekeeper. Address
 Pat McKenna, Mile 34. 34-5t
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

Henry Bailey, an oldtimer of Daw- son, died at Mayo recently.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

Pete Krga and Gerone N. Yuyulich arrived in Seward recently from Ne mana, having made the trip in sixteen drys They report the trail rough, with little snow.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

Sergeant Charles M. Sheehan, the first conductor to take an American train into Germany, arrived in Sew ard recently, and is now working for the railroad commission.
The Cordova daily times., 1919-12-09

Peter Steil of Fairbanks is building a large toboggan slide for the edifica- tion of the young and old of the In- terior metropolis.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-11
A CLEANS UP
ON LAW BREAKERS

Bismarck, N. d., Oct. 11.-Assist-
ant Attorney General e. B. Cox re-
tprnedl yesterday from Beach, where
he had spent the week looking after
the Golden Valley county capitals
morals. AS a result of Cox's visit a
dozen arrests were made in Golva and
Beach for violations of the anti-cigar-
cite law and for maintaining punch
boards and similar gambling devices.
Fred Stevacak, from whom Langer's
law enforcement agents contracted
for the delivery Of 200 quarts of whis-
key, was given a preliminary exam
ination and bound over to district
court, while Ole ~Skrukrud, his alleged
accomplish, is still to have his hear
ing in justice court on three separate
counts-for offering whiskey for sale.
for importing it for sale and for
keeping it for sale.
AS a, result of facts brought out
during the raid, Cox filed with the
mayor of Beach charges against Spe-
cial Officer Sherman of the Beach po-
lice force. Cox alleges that Sherman
was blind and deaf to the, liquor traf-
fc going on under his nose.
The vice squadron was highly com
by the mayor of Beach and
the head Of the police department on
the success of their cleanup.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-11
NORTHWESTERN News

80, men involves a vast amount Of
work; the correspondence is very
large, and it is requested that all n
necessary communications be elimin-
ated. You know whether or not you
expect to build a home, buy a farm or
go to school this year. If you in good
faith expect to do one of these things
your application should .be placed on
file here; otherwise nothing nor
should ,tbe done Wy you until you are
ready to comply with the provisions of
the statute.
No payments will be made until aft
er March /, 1920, at which time there
should be about 100000 in this fund.
Inasmuch as the law requires that
this shall be paid out pro-rata to
those soldiers whose applications have
been approved. it is impossible for
this Office to make any definite state
ment as to the amount of money each
soldier will be; paid. obviously the
amount will depend upon the number
of approved applications"
To date 700 completed applications
have been fled\with the adjutant gen.
lc1Al, - ..-a 81 .'.- - N-....
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-11
NEW ROCKFORD
GIRL flONORED

New Rockford, N. D., Oct. IA
paper published at Yakima, WASH
ington, recently contained the fol-
lowing notice of In honor bestowed
upon Miss Cornelia Appy's trio, Of
which Miss Dorothy Payne. a we'll
known New Rockford girl is pianist:
miss Cornelia Appy's trio last night
received a signal honor when Sam
uel Hill invited it, with Miss Elizabeth
Fourier as %soloist, to play at the re-
ception he is planning to give in honor
of King Albert and Queen Elizabeth
of Belgium in case the royal visitors
find 1T possible to be with him at his
home in Seattle. Mr.. Hill, who was
recently made a, grand master Of the
Order of the Crown by the Belgian
monarch and who is the only Ameri-
can to have this distinction conferred
upon him. is expecting the visit of
the rulers of Europe's heroic little
kingdomeand is making all the great
number of thoroughly qualified mu-
sicians in Seattle and the other coast
cities, the invitation to the Yakima
trio is altogether noteworthy.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-11
BOUNTY MUST
\ BE SPENT AS /:
u LAW DEGREES
Folders Can Invest State
Money in Homes, Educa-
ton, or Farms.

Bismafck, N. D.; Oct. Ito build
y home in North Dakota; to buy a
farm in North Dakota; to pursue or
CON plete an education-for these
three things and for nothing else will
the North Dakota soldiers bounty
money be available, Adjutant General
Fraser informs Flickertail service men
In a circular letter.
Many letters" says General Fraser,
are received in this office asking
whether or not the money, car be used
to buy farm machinery, horses, cattle,
seed grain or to start a business. The
answer to all these questions Is
mo"
"1t also cannot be used to build a
home or buy a farm in some other
state. If you have established your
residence outside Of North Dakota and
continue to reside there you are o a
beneficiary under this law.
Unless you expect to build, a home,
buy a farm OF go to school this year.
no application for payment from the
returned soldiers fund should be
made at this time. The application
may be made at any future date.
Your. military record is on file in this
office. n when you are ready to COM
ply with the terms Of the law you will
be entitled to your pro rata share of
this fund. Any soldier who at the
present time owns his own home or
farm may apply, for the money to re-
duce or pay off a. mortgage or make
permanent improvements theeon
provided such home or farm is in
North Dakota.
Compiling the service record OF
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-11
STEALS SILVER
FROM AUTO WHERE
TWO ARE KILLED

Detroit, Mimi, Oct. lit
has lately become. known here
that silverware belonging to Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Nesheim, whose
car wa struck by the N. p. flyer
last Sunday night on a crossing
near here, was stolen from the
Car following the accident. The
tragedy Is one of the saddest ever
occurring in this section Of the
state, as Mr.. ,Nesheim was almost
instantly killed and n of the
children lived but a. short time
after being found ON the cow
catcher Of the engine.
The silyerwarc which was
stolen was given to Mrs. Nesheim
as a wedding present and was
highly priced by the family. A
vigilant search Is being conduct
ed to find the unnatural mis-
creant.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-11
COURT
DENIES PLEA OF
i. LEMKE FOR TIME

Bismarck, N. D., Oct. 11.-An eff
fort on the part of William Lemke,
representing the Observation-Disclosures
can bank and State Examiner o. e.
Lofthus, to further delay proceedings
in the clearing up OF the Fargo bank
middle, was sat upon by the SUI
preme court this week. Lelnke filed
a formal motion for a postponement
of the hearing on the courts alterna-
tive writ, originally set for the 18th.
The court in rather short order de-
MED the motion. Lemke declared
more time was necessary to prepare
for the showing which the Scandi-
navian-American bank. closed a week
yesterday by the. state banking
board and ,reopened this week by the
supreme court, wishes to make.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-10-11
Frazee Man
Killed In Alabama

Frazee. Mimi, Oct. 11.-Hugo
Leusch, formerly of this place, whose
death was reported some few days
ago from Flatwood, Ala, was MUIR
dered and not killed by accident as
first reported.
1t has developed that a negro, now
under arrest, owed Leusch a small
amount of money which Leusch had
tried to collect. The colored man Is
reported to have said that he would
get ever with the old gobbler." while
discrepancies in his testimony after
arrest have pointed strongly toward
his guilt. Mrs. Leusch had been pros
trated with grief since the affair. Mrs.
John Gebo, a sister of the murdered
man, lives in this city.