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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
ST. JOHNSBURY
PARTIES BUY
WHIPpLE ESTATE
Local Syndicate Buy Several
Thousand Acres in New
Boston, N. II.

A big real estate deal has recently
been consumated in New Boston, N
H., by the sale of the fancy farm OF
the Whipple Company of over $500
acres to Il st. Johnsbury syndicate
composed of MI Davies, owner of the
Plymouth creamery, Gilman Brothers,
The Riverside Lumber Company, own.
ed by the Gilman Borthcrs, Ralph d.
Sherry and Frank L. Carr, and Fred
S. Woods. The farm was establised
by the late landlord of the famous
trio of Boston hotels, the Touraine,
Parker House and Young's and Mr..
Whipple expended nearly $500, 900 on
the property. AS all patrons Of these
famous hostclries know, the New Bos-
ton farm furnished much of the pro-
duce for their dining rooms.
The st. Johnsbury parties have
bought the property to close it out
and Fred ID. Gilman will spend good
portion of the winter there disposing
OF the real estate and live stock, while
Mr.. Woods will remain there indefi-
nitely as bookkeeper.
There are Is houses on the pro-
perty, one of the finest creameries in
New England, large store, hen
merry with nearly 1000 hens, a model
piggcry with nearly 1900 hogs and
shoats, 23 head of horses, and 435
head of cattle. The latter arc mostly
graded Holsteins and Guernseys,
though only thoroughbred bulls are
on the farm. There are also $50 head
of sheep.
The buildings include a blacksmith
shop, a woodworking shop, paint
shop and the ownership Of the village
water system is also in the deal. The
owners estimate that there is from
70O, 600 to 100000 feet of lumber and
from the large apple orchard there
was harvested in 1918 1000 barrels
of No. / apples. Vinegar is made
from the apples that are not marketed
and there are seven carloads of vine
gar already to put on the market.
One of the finest pieces of property
on the place is an $4,000 concrete
barn where some 80 head of Guern-
seys are housed. The other buildings
are models of their kind, but the con-
crete barn is the best of all. One
barn contains 100 head of HOlsteins
Mr. Gilman has already sold off
some 25O head Of cattle, the old
homestead where Mr.. Whipple was
born, and the 1919 apple crop and will
continue to sell the property through
the winter and spring until it all is
closed out.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
GRAVES BUYS
new THEATRE
AT LEBANON
Globe Manager of st. Johns
bury Adds Fine N. H.
House to His Circuit

Manager II. A. Graves of the
Globe Theatre and his son, Allard NJ.
Graves returned Friday from Boston
where they have been during the
past week booking the very latest
productions for the Globe theatre for
the coming months and also conclud-
ing the purchase of theatre at Leb-
anon, N. II. The purchase of new
, theatre will give Mr.. Graves chance
TO book productions ut two houses
which will give him better claim on
big productions and early releases.
Young Mr.. Graves will become res
ident manager Of the Park theatre ut
Lebanon and the house will be re-
opened under his management on
Thanksgiving week with "His Majes-
ty, the American" which recently
broke all records of the Globe theatre
when given u two day run here.
The Lebanon house is the Park,
the ti:lest theatre in that town. The
houes seats $40 and has Il main floor
and balcony. 1t is in brick struc-
tulc by itself and the only other occu-
pant is the WoOlwOrth store on the
ground floor The house was built
only three years ago and is up-to-date
in every respect. 1t has been manag-
ed for the last three years by Fred
Cantlin, who now retires.
Under Mr.. Graves management
the very best of attractions will be
booked. Mr.. Graves has already in
creased by $50 per cent the cost of
the productions which he has booked
for this house over the price paid by
the former management. He will see
that Lebanon gets the same high
class and early release productions
that have been the feature that has
made the Globe Theatre 50 success
ful in St. Johnsbuly.
Among the big productions which
Mr.. Graves has booked for the two
houses are the latest Alice Joyce pro-
duction vengeance of Durand",
which Mr.. Graves says is one Of the
best pictures he has ever seen; "The
Third Degree" "The Lion and the
Mouse" both from the famous stage
plays of the same titles; two big Fox
productions, "Checkers" and Evan
geline"; all the William Falnum and
Tom Mix productions, and the new
Mary Pickford production soon to
be released, "Pollyanna." The next
William Farnum production will be
"The Riders Of the Purple Sage"
Lebanon is a thriving manufactur-
ing town Of G,000 and there is big
plant of the American Wooden Co.
The only competition to the Park
Theatre is small theatre which has
been there for the past ten years
the Lyric.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
GEO. H. CROSS
DIES SUDDENLY
SUNDAY MORNING
Was One of st. J0hnsbury's
Most Successful Rusi-
ness Men

George II. Cross died very sudden
ly Sunday morning just after he had
completed dressing for church, his
death coming as a great shock to this
community.
Mr.. Cross was born in Concord,
N. H., Feb. 6, 1896, being the son of
Charles Harrison and Caroline
(Houston) Gross. Early in his boy
hood his parents moved to Montpelier
where one of his schoolmates was
Admiral Dewey. After spending u
short time in the west he returned to
Montpelier and entered his fathers
bakery. There he learned the trade
and soon became foreman Of the c..
II. Cross and Son plant. In 1860 he
went to Fort CovingtOn, N. Y, where
he remained few years, and where
he married Dec. "a, 1869, Miss Ellen
Matthews of that place. He came to
st. Johnsbury in 1867 and bought the
bakery that stood near the site of St.
Aloysius church of Col. William p.
Fairbanks. For a5 years he was at
the head of this business which stead
lily grew until in 1897 he built large
and handsome brick structure on
Railroad street. In 1911 he retired
from active business, having become
in the meantime one of the best
known and successful bakers in New
England.
Mr.. Cross until the last was active
ly interested in st. Johnsbury affairs.
He had served as a member of the
school committee for eight years, was
a director and later president of the
Board Of Trade, and was the first
president of the St. Johnsbury Gas
Company. He had been for many
years a director in the Merchants
National Bank. For over 12 years
he has been a deacon in the North
Congregational church and one of
the most faithful attendants at all it's
services. He was also vjce-prcsdent
Of the st. Johnsbuly Cemetery Asso-
ciation.
He leaves besides wife, one
daughter, Jennie p, wife of DR.. J.
Frank Trull of BiddcfOrd, Me-, one
nephew, Charles H Cross End of
Boston, and two nieces, Miss Carrie
l.. Cross and Mrs. j.. Lawson, both
of Montpelier. Both his daughter and
Mrs. Anna Somerville Metzgar of
San Francisco, who has been so
closely associated with the family,
were here at the time of Mr.. Cross
death. Mr.. and Mrs. Cross lost two
sons, Charles and Harry Matthews
Cross, the latter being associated
with his father in business at the
time Of his death in 1911.
Following prayers at the house for
the immediate family there will be
the funeral service at the North
church on Tuesday afternoon at 2.3O.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
American Citizens
In Judge HOwe's Court

Two he'd making citizens - - ----
Judge Harland B. Howe of Bur
lineton has been here the past two
days presiding at Il session of the
Federal court for naturalization pur
poses. Those who are with him are
Henry Conlin of Winooski, the new
clerk; Arthur P. Carpenter of Brat
tleboro, the marshal; Koran c. Small,
the government examiner; Miss Esth-
cr f. Anderson, deputy clerk; Mrs.
Ralph C. Sulloway, Judge Howe's sec
retary. Friday 18 first papers were
granted and five petitions for second
papers. Two former soldiers were in
Guided. Almost as many will be
granted Saturday before the court ad-
joulns. Most Of the applicants for
are Canadians by birth.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
OVlTT BOY
DROWNED WHILE '
MOTHER SLEPT

Frederick Clyde, the two-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. G. 3. Ovitt, was
drowned Thursday afternoon in his
own home at Danville by failing into
a ten gallon stone jar filled with
brine. The mother was asleep and
the little fellow went down cellar
and fell into the crock where the
family stored their butter. The body
will be taken to WoOdsville Saturday
where the service will be held.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ovitt recently lived
at No. II Winter street in St.
Johnsbury and had lately moved to
a Danville farm. Mr.. Ovitt is Il
railroad man and besides the father
and mother there is one other child, q
daughter less than one year old. The
family have the sympathy of all in
their sudden bereavement.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
SNOWDRIFTS
FOUR FEET DEEP
In WALDEN
Rural Mail Service Hit and
Telephone Wires Still
Down

Wednesdays Snowstorm bids fair
to be Oac Of The severcst of the COM
ing winter in it's disastrous effect up
on the telephone service, while .'ur,l
mail carriers in this section can tell
stories bf decidedly Arctic tn%e.
One of the rural mlil carrier, whose
route from st. .johnsoury takes him
through North Dalvillc found snow
in the highway | 5inches lcep and
in the highway Is inches deep
where it had never driftcd before in
the heaviest storms. In several plac
cs the road was abandoned and the
carrier made his way as best he could
through fields. Even then it was I'M
possible to deliver all his mail as
he could not get around.
The telegraph company had less
trouble than the telephone company,
though C. II. Ward, the lineman for
the Vermont International Telegraph
Co., found drifts four feet deep in
Walden. This line was i'm trouble
Wednesday but soon put in order.
The lines south were repaired Thurs
day and Ill are in working order Fri
day.
Wire Chief Nichols of The New
England Tel. & Tel. Co. informed Il
representative of the CaledOnian
Friday morning that the trunk lines
were working, but that the linemcn
were still working in half dozen
towns in this immediate vicinity
mending the wires. 1t was one of the
Severcst storms the company has
ever experienced and coming so cary
in the season took them completely
by surprise.
At Hardwick the electric plant was
out of commission and in attempting
to plug in ut the central station a
short circuit followed which develop
ed enough electricity to melt all the
copper fixtures and turn a solid met
al into liquid in Il fraction of Il
second.
Those who happened to be caught
out in automobiles had -sorffe stre:a
uous experiences, but the worst that
has been reported was in the case of
a travelling man who was trying to
come from Hardwick to st. Johns
bury. He arrived at the home of
Mrs. p. f. Hale in Walden late in
the evening and asked if he could
spend the night there. He said he
started from Hardwick that after
noon and expected TO make st.
Johnsbury that night, but he was so
nearly exhausted that he begged to
be kept over night with the Hales,
and of course they took him in. He
told them he had dug his way
snowdrifts all the way to
Walden, that he had finally found a
barn where he could store his car
and that he wanter shelter for the
night. The drifts were over four
feet deep in some places and he had
been many hours OH the road be-
tween the two towns.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
OPENS MODERN
BEAUTY PARLOR

Mrs. V. M. Richardson, graduate
of one of the finest beauty parlors
in Boston, has located in St. Johns
bury and opens thoroughly up-to-
date manicuring and hair dressing
pa,lor in the Pythian hall building on
Saturday. Her new beauty parlor is
finished in white enamel furnishings
with rose hangings. The rooms are
large and light.
One of the special features of the
furnishings is shampoo board
where the patron can sit comfortably
in 4 chair with head laid back while
the shampooing is being done. Mrs.
Richardson will specialize in hair
dressing, face and neck massage,
scalp and hair treatments, children's
haircutting and manicure.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
COL. RUITER
RESIGNS AS
'.>,.>~ AK CASHIER
Will BE Succeeded at the
Merchants National Bank
BY Clayton II. Bond

Col. Charles w. Ruiter has resign
ed as cashier of the Merchants MAJ
tiOnal Bank to take effect the last of
this month and he will be succeeded
by Clayton V. Bond, who has been
teller at this bank since last April.
Col. Kuitcr resigns to take Il position
with the Cary Maple Sugar Company
and his many friends will be glad to
know that his new position will not
take him out of town. He will re-
main Il director Of the hank and for
Il while will devote part of his time to
banking affairs.
Col. Ruiter has been connected with
the Merchants Bank for 80 years and
has been its cashier for nearly "a
years. During that time the banks
deposits have steadily increased and
its business has widencd throughout
this entire section.
Mr.. Bond, who will succeed Col.
Ruiter, as cashier is a st. Johnsbury
boy who was educated in our public
schools and Academy. He was in the
First National Bank Of st. Johnsbuiy
for three years, with The Northern
Lumber Company nearly two years
and for eight years in the Los Angc-
les Trust Company, one of the larg-
est financial institutions in southern
California. Since April he has been
teller at the Merchants bank. With
II years of banking experience he en-
ters upon his new position splendidly
qualified and a large circle Of
friends wish him continued success.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
How EX-Service Men
Can Become Citizens

Any alien who has been honorably
discharged from the military or nav
al service of the United States may
become naturalized without making
a declaration of intention; without
proving five years residence in the
State of Vermont; and without
paying the fling fee of four dollars.
Such aliens are required only to pro-
duce their honorable discharge and
to prove their identity by two citizen
witnesses. No particular length of
residence either in the United States
or the State need be proved Before
filing their petitions, such aliens must
submit to an examination by an
agent of the Bureau of Naturaliza-
ton.
All aliens who have been honOrably
discharged from the military OF naval
service of the United States, should
take advantage of this law and ap-
pear at the session of the United
States District Court which is to be
held at the County Court House in
st. Johnsbury on Saturdal, November
8, 1919 at nine o'clock in the fore
noon, when the session for final hear
ings will be held. All alien soldiers
who can conveniently do so, should
appear during the afternoon, OF even
ming, of November 7th, to make their
petition and then return for hearing
Saturday morning, so that there may
be an opportunity for those living
outside of St. Johnsbury to meet the
Examiner on the morning of the 9th,
to make their petition and have their
final hearing.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
MIGHTY HUNTERS
GET A BIG BEAR
and FOUR DEER
ST. Johnsbury Trio Returns
Home Friday With all
Kinds of Big Game

st. J0hnsblDy sportsMen do not
have to organize Il county bear hunt
that results in calling out l25 hunt
ers but no bears, but when they start
out for biz game they come back
with the goods. Walter J. Lewis,
Frank c. Snerbulnc and George +.
Stevens returned Friday niGlh from
a ten days hunting trip in Bartlett,
N. H., and have interested their
friends all day in telling how they
not only killed II hiH bear, but later
brought down four deer. This is th"
first time the trio have been success
full i'm getting 4 bear and they are
naturally much clated over their good
luck. They found that winter had
already arrived in the woods, how
ever, as there was two feet of snow
in Crawford Notch and to cross a
brook on the hunt they had to wade
through snow Il loot deep
The night they arrived in camp
Mr.. Stevens heard Il bear up on the
mountain and the next morning he
started to rout him out of his den,
leaving the others in the valley. Mr..
Stevens soon located his den and
when the bear started to run across
the valley to another mountain he
fired three shots. None were fatal,
however, and the bear ambled along
until he came to an abandoned rail
road track. There Mr.. Sherbur.le was
waiting for something to happen and
it happened when the mighty hunter
fred at the hear. The shot passed
through the shoulder and pierced the
heart and the bear soon dropped
dead, but not before he had rolled
about 100 feet from the railroad
track. 1.
The boys estimate that the ami
NAL weighed about $50 pounds and
he was q fine specimen of a. black
bear. Much of his meat was eaten in
t..srap, bet MI. Sherburne brought
home little for sample.
Flushed with their victory the
hunters started out later for deer and
during the time they were in camp
they shot four Mr.. Lewis got two
of them, including fine 10-pronged
buck, and the other two were brought
down by Mr. Stevens, who is Il dead
shot when il comes to getting veni-
son. The boys brought home their
deer and will have dressed venison
10th for themselves and their friends.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12
Mr.. and Mrs. Narcotic
Entertain Friends

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred l.. Narcotic of
st. Johnsbury entertained a number
of friends and relatives last evening
in honor of their 25th wedding an
niversary. The evening was pleas
antly spent with games and music
by Mrs. Ira Chickering, Mrs. Pelkey
and Master Fred Shastany.
Ice cream, cake and fruit were
served by the hostess. Mr.. and Mrs.
Narcotic received many tokens of
remembrance from friends, among
which were cut glass, cut flowers and
a large number of cards.,
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-11-12

Miss Bertha Buzzell of the depart
metn of education at Montpelier has
gone to Boston where as secretary of
the Teachers Retirement Fund assoc
iation, she will spend few weeks in
gathering information at the State
House in that city relative to the
plans under which it is proposed to
conduct the business affairs of the
fund in this state.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-19
0. E. S. MATRON
ASSISTS IN 7. R.
MEMORIALDRIVE

Crawford Wheatley, chairman for
Sumter coutny of the Georgia divis-
ion Of the Roosevelt Memorial asso-
citation, announced Saturday that
Mrs. J. NJ. Shy worthy matron Of the
Order Of the Eastern Star, had ac-
cepted the Craftsmanship of a COM
mlttee to handle the drive among the
members of the Eastern Star, to be
assisted by Mrs. J. H. Quarterman,
who has accepted the assistant chair
manship. He also announced that J.
L. Hightower, president of the local
Shrine club, had undertaken to han
die the drive among the members of
the club.
The drive will begin Monday, Oct.
20, and continue through the week.
All contributions are to be entirely
voluntary Georgia's quota is $780,
600. If the drive in the state is sue
cessful, it means the establishment of
a half million dollar educational insti-
tuition at Roswell, Ga, the old home
of Roosevelt's mother, for the teach
ing of Americanism, according to
Chairman Wheatley.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-19
BUILDSBADROAD
TO TESTFAMOOS
OVERLAND

To demonstrate fully the riding
qualities Of the new Overland - },
E. B. Wilson, of the Los Angeles
branch of the Willys-Overland-Pa-
ciic Company, has constructed =
bad road" in the heart Of the Cali
fornia city" j. D. Hooks, of the
Hooks Motor Co., says.
So far as is known this novel
road IS the first to be built for sales
demonstration purposes. In the mast
1t has been the custom for autoroo-
bile statesmen to seek the smooth
highways for demonstrating cars to
prospective buyers. That the Willyg-
Overland has departed from.this Gus
tom and is subjecting the Overland
to tests which ordinarily might be
avoided, speaks well for the con-
struction of this new car which now
we are demonstrating here.
The road constructed bv the
Willys-Overland in Los Angeles is de-
scribed as being without parallel in
the history of that city which is wide
ly known for its smooth surfaced
thoroughfares. 1t occupies a large
tract of ground near the sales room
Of the company.
Although but a quarter of mile
in length almost every possible
troublesome condition which might be
encountered in the toughest coun-
try has been included in this road,
There are bad railroad crossings.
numerous chuck holes, ruts, mud,
sand, short turns, steps and curb
ings. Nothing has been omitted to
test the capabilities of the new car.
The test track is so unusual that the
big motion picture companies have
built scenarios of comedy and drama
which the track will be used for the
main action.
In demonstrating the new models,
the Overland salesman drives the
prospective purchaser over these
hazards, in order that the passenger
may judge for himself the easy-rid-
ing qualities Of the car produced by
the new three point spring suspen-
sion. The car will thus be sold on
the qaulity it shows under what
would ordinarily be considered the
worst sales conditions
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-19
Mere Mention
About Town

New Sheet Music. Bell The Jew.
eler.
T Furlow Gatewood, superintend-
ent of the First Baptist Sunday
school, is i'll with typhoid fever
The best Western Beef at Bragg's
Market. 17-2t
Cliff Stephens, who has been at
Scales Mill, is very i'll at the Plains
Sanitarium.
W. A. Jewell, of Milledgeville, was
a visitor in Americus yesterday.
F. S. Smith, of Savannah, was in
the city on a business mission Satur-
day
J. L. Minis, of Nashville, was a
business visitor in the city Saturday
morning.
S. NJ Boyaton, of Arlington, at
tended the fair in Americas yester-
day.
P. E. Green, of Atlanta, was in the
city on business yesterday.
Times-Recorder Want Ads Get Re-
suits Phone SO.
Mrs. Quimby Melton, of Birming-
ham, is spending a short while at the
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-19
AMERICUS SOCIAL EVENTS
Department Conducted by Mrs n Allen Office Phone sa
Residence 1885,

, Vienna, are weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. a. c. Crockett. They
were Joined here by their daugh-
ters, the Misses Julia and Pauline
Lemard, who came down from Wes-
Ieyan to spend Sunday in the city.
Dr.. and Mrs. c. P. Davis were re-
cent visitors to relatives in Ella
vile.
Mr. and Mrs. I. c. Thomas. Of
Albany, were visitors at the fair
on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. White, of
Lutney, were in Americas yesterday
attending the fair.
DR.. J. C. Berry, Miss Mary God
win and Miss Deborah Creighton
motored to Albany yesterday and
spent the day with relatives.
Mrs. c. 0. Niles will leave tomor-
row for Washington, D. c. where
she will spend two weeks as the
guest of Miss Mary Mathis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Rogers, Of
Albany, are spending the weekend
with Mrs. n. A. Ansley, on Church
street.
Mrs. W. NJ. Martin has returned
to her home in Fitzgerald, after a
visit to Mrs. F. G. Oliver
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Kemph win
arrive in Montgomery Sunday, Mr..
Kemph having been transferred from
San Diego, Cal, to Taylor Field
Mrs. Kemph will be remembered here
as Miss Belle Ansley.
The Woman's Missionary Society
will meet Monday at pm. at the
First Methodist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clinton Rigsby re
turned Saturday from their wedding
trip to Macon, Atlanta and Column
bus, and will be at home temporari-
ly at 521 Jackson avenue.
Americus times-recorder., 1919-10-19
RAILWAY STRIKE
PENALTY GOES
IN SENATE BILL

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18-(Bv
Associated Press. Provisions to
md railroad strikes By penalzing
smpbqyees who strike or others VINO
Ggnent strikes was written into the
geH1ng railroad bill By the senate
interstate commerce committee to-
lag.
Provision was also made for the
establishment Of q federal c0mnlls-
Hea 5n wages and working condl-
z0na This commission viii have q
zumber Of subordinate regional com
uTttees for the prompt settlement Of
Deal disputes