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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
RE-MAPPING OF ALL MIDDLE.
BURY JUST FINISHED
Continued from page one

sure. Mr.. Donahue, in showing these
maps, recalled the Importance of this
detail about water pipes. In one city
Fitchburg, the map showed that two
| factory buildings had equipped them
selves with automatic sprinklers for
| fire protection and both hooked them
up with 4 INCH main from which it
would have been utterly impossible
for them to have obtained sufficient
water pressure in the case Of fire.
The Middlebury maps are accom-
panied by a key map of the whole vii
lage, describing the water facilities and
the fire department. OF the former,
the fire insurance companies are in
formed that we have gravity system
installed in 1902, bringing water from
mountain springs located nine miles
east of the village, the water flowing
through a siX-inch main to the storage
reservoir on Chapman Hill, having a
capacity of a million gallons. An s.
inch pipe runs from the reservoir to
the street mains, from which there ra-
date s l-2 miles of distributing mains
of s, 6, and 4-inch diameters. There
are IS MIGRANTS and an average pres
sure of 10 lbs. per square inch, which
is above the average for such gravity
systems.
Notation is also made on the maps
that our fire department as now newly
organized includes 80 "call men" each
man paid So per year and 60 cents per
hour for each call The maps show the
location of the two fire stations and of
all the MIGRANTS, the rule being that
no house is more than 500 feet dis
tant from a hydrant, and usually much
less.
In detail, the map shows that certain
buildings, such as The Register Office,
the Battell Block, and some of the
College Buildings are equipped with
special fire protection i'll the way Of
hose and standpipes. Every special
fire hazard, such as the location of
pile of shavings near a saw mill,
garage, the non occupancy of property,
etc, is also indicated
Mr.. Donahue, who has made his
home here for five or six years, has
been employed in these insurance sur
veys in various parts of New England
for many years. The maps costing
several hundred dollars in case of even
the Middlebury sections, are made only
once in ten years.
The maps are chiefly of use at the
home offices of the insurance companies
where in case of determining fire risks
or accounting for fire losses, experts in
New York or maybe in San Francisco,
can Immediately turn and obtain quite
an accurate conception of the situa-
ton in Middlebury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
DATES OF MANY
COMING EVENTS
Saturday. February "a

Saturday, February 28-
500 P. M-Basketball: MIDI VS.
Norwich at Mccullough Gym.
Sunday, February 20
500 and 10:45 A. M-Services at st
Stephens.
lO:45 A. M-Congregational church
sermon by Rev. H. c. Newell, Chris.
tan Leadership-the Challenge of the
New Day"
1O:45 A. Methodist church, ser
mon by Rev. G. M. Moody, what
Shall You Do With Your Life?"
l0:45 A. M.-Baptist church: Sermon
by Rev. R. E. Whittemore, topic;
Acknowledging Our Stewardship"
1900 Noon-Sunday School at Meth
odst church
1900 Noon-Social Problems Class at
Methodist church.
1900 Noon-Sunday Noon Club
meets at Baptist church
1900 Noon-Bible School at Baptist
church.
1900 Noon-Bible School at Congre-
gational church.
$3.50 P. M.-Junior Christian Endea-
vor at Baptist church.
500 P. M-Rev. c. A. Barbour,
president Rochester Theological Semi
nary, breaches at Vespers at Mead
Chapel
Gas P. M.-Senior Christian Endea-
vor at Baptist church.
ZOO P M-Epworth League meets at
Methodist church, "The Conquering
church in China"
ZOO P. M.-Christian Endeavor
meets at Congregational Church. "The
Results of Our Words and Deeds"
7:45 P. M.-Union Worship at Bap-
fist church with sermon by DR.. Clar-
ence A. Barbour, president of Roches-
ter Theological Seminary.
Monday, March /
Middlebury High and Graded Schools
Reopen.
7:30 P M-Monthly meeting of the
official board of the Methodist church
at the Parsonage
7;30 P. M-Teacher Training class
at home of Prof. and Mrs. F. E How
ard on South street
Tuesday, March Q
1000 A. M.-Middlebury Town
Meeting.
Thursday, March A.
400 P. M-Junior Epworth League
at Methodist church.
7;30 P. M-Prayer meeting at Bap-
fist church.
$50 P. NJ Prayer meeting at Con
gregational church, "Lenten Studies in
the Life of Christ"
7;30 P M-Prayer meeting at Meth
odist church.
Friday, March s.
100 P. M. Executive Committee of
Farm Bureau meets at Battell Block
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
FOUR HATS ARE IN
GUBERNATORIAL RING
CONTINUED from page one

Robertson Paper company of Bellows
Falls, the largest manufacturing of
waXed paper in the United States and
for years has been prominently iden-
tilted with Vermont matters. In adj
dition to holding practically all the of
fees within the gift of his town, he
was representative from Rockingham in
the Legislature of 1910 and senator
from Windham county in 1912 He
was also one of the delegates at large
to the last republican national conven-
ton.
He was president of the Greater Yer
mont association for eight years during
its most active period and throughout
the war served as state chairman of
the American Protective league, chair
man of the highways transport COM
mttee and member of the state com
mittee of public safety and the advisory
board of the Vermont coal commission.
The announcement of Mr. Hardness
is as follows
James Hardness, one of Vermont's
leading industrialists, today announced
his candidacy for the republican nomi-
nation to the Office of governor. Mr..
Hardness says that it is his intention
to make a campaign on program of
progress that will solve many of our
state problems, and that within a short
time he will submit this program to
the consideration of the people Mr.
Hartness is president of the Jones &
Lamson Machine company in Spring
field and has been one of the moving
spirits in the remarkable development
of this place. He is a republican of
lifelong standing and has been actively
interested in many phases of public
life In 1915 he was appointed to the
state board of education and was made
chairman by Gov. Charles w. Gates,
which position he has held ever since
and was recently appointed to a new
ive-year term.
During the war Mr.. Hardness was an
active worker He was appointed
United States food administrator for
Vermont which position he later re-
signed because his time and energies |
were taken up with other war work
among them being service on the inter
allied aircraft board on which he served |
as an American representative This
work took him to Europe during the
war He was also chairman of the
committee of public safety by APP
pointment of the governor,
At one time Mr.. Hartness was presi-
dent of the American Society of Me
chanic Engineers and was national
of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce. His work in the in
dustrial field was recognized in 1910 by
the University of Vermont which con-
ferred the honorary degree NJ. E. on
him, and in 1914 by Yale university
which gave him the NJ A. degree Mr..
Hardness is an inventor, having taken
out over 100 patents and is a member
of the Institute of Mechanical Eng-
neers, a member of the American AS
Economical society," a fellow of the
American Society for the Advance
ment of Science, fellow of the Royal
Astronomical society of London, fell
low of the Royal Aeronautical society
and a member of the Royal Societies
club He is one of the few civilian
aviators in the state and is president
IF the Aero Club of Vermont.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
COLLEGE OBSERVES
WINTER HOLIDAY

Middlebury Colleges first observance
of Winter Holiday, Monday, February
%, was marked by a browning success.
Under ideal weather conditions fully
three hundred undergraduates donned
heavy wraps, bedecked their pedal ex-
tremities with skis, snow-shoes or any
other apparel available and stalked
forth to meet King Winter half way.
The morning events, comprising an
nter-class carnival, commenced at TO- 80
on the long, low plain, part of the
Otter Greek valley, which lies directly
back of the Slight rise to the rear of
the Upper Campus. Here a perfect
course was laid out along the fiat,
snow-Covered surface for ski and snow
shoe dashes while about two hundred
yards south and somewhat towards the
east a well elevated knoll, one side of
which dropped off sharply to the plain
below made an ideal location for the
ski jumps.
The meet was finally won by l920's
host of experienced entries most of
whom were members of the Outing
Club team which has competed so sue
cessfully in collegiate meets dur
ing the past two weeks and who ac-
counted for all but one of their 80
points. The sophomores took second
place with a total score of % while
the freshmen representatives out-dis-
tanced the 81 team 11-6 in the race for
third honors.
During the afternoon, Chapman Hill
was the scene of lively sports, when the
Womens College paid court to the
Jolly Old King of Winter. The woods
had been decked for the occasion by a
thick carpet of snow, a wonderfully
effective study in color contrast. The
steady crunch, crunch of fifty pairs of
snowshoes announced the arrival of
the royal attendants, clad in bright
sweaters, gay tams, and many pair
of knitted socks. There they tried their
skill in the art of taking the snowshoe
slides, gracefully. The proverbial
silence of the woods was gone while
delightful shrieks proclaimed the thrills
of this new sport.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27

Randall and his son, Joel, of Bridport,
and daughter and husband, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Moore of Ossining, N. Y,
also Mrs Randalls brother, Horace
Bond of Keene, N. H., and Burton Full
Ter, brother-n-law, of Rutland, The
bearers were L. V. Fisher, R. r, Rob
bins, Lee Harris, Carl Morse, Leland
Stone and B. R. Field. Interment was
in the church yard cemetery. Mr.
Randall was a devout Christian, a
kind neighbor and a most devoted hus-
band. The sympathy of the commun-
ty is extended to Mrs. Randall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
Tell This to the Man Who Lacks
Confidence in the Future of
America

America has emerged from the
world war with
6 p. c. of the worlds population
7 p. c. of the worlds land
20 p. c. of the worlds copper
&C p. C. of the worlds oil
IS p. c. of all corn grown
60 p. c. of all cotton grown
80 p. c. of the worlds silver
So p. C. of the worlds coal
40 p. c. of the worlds iron and steel
20 p. c. of the worlds gold
So p. c. of the worlds automobiles
% p. c. of all wheat grown
40 p. c. of the worlds railroads
Previous to 1914 we owed Eng
land so much money that the an
nual interest was 300 million dol
lars. Now England is paying us
$50 million dollars a year interest.
Before the war we owed about
four billion dollars abroad. To-
day the net indebtedness of Eu-
rope to America is ten billion dol
lars. We possess about one-third
or more of the total wealth OF the
world. America is now the rich
est nation and the financial cen
ter of the world. Before the war
England was the greatest ship
owning nation. After 1920 Ameri-
ca will have twice as many ships
as England.
At the dawn of the greatest era
in our history every citizen of the
United States should bear these
big facts indelibly in his mind.
The A. w. Employees Booster
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
CORNWALL NEWS
(Mrs. C. H. Lane, Correspondent

UNITS. I. ID. Lane, Correspondent
Alfred Payne and entire family who
have been i'll with influenza, are slowly
recovering
Rev c. R. Hamln, who was i'll with
a grippe cold and unable to officate at
the funeral on Monday of J. Frank
Randall, is much improved.
Mrs. B. R. Boardman and Clayton
Murray son of Jerry Murray are i'll
with pneumonia, and many homes have
patients i'll with the grippe epidemic.
The funeral of J. Frank Randall, who
died at the Fanny Allen hopistal on
Thursday, February 10, where he had
been several weeks recuperating from
a serious operation, was held at 2
O'Clock Monday with a prayer service
at his late home in Middlebury, con-
Quoted by the Rev. H. c. Newell, pas
tor of the Congregational church. The
funeral services were held at the Con-
gregational Church in Cornwall of
which he had been for many years an
active and consistent member. For
quite term of years he had served as
one OF its deacOns, resigning when he
moved last November to Middlebury.
Mr.. Randall was born in Bridport,
January 81, 1854, a son Of the late Joel
and Lucy Andrus Randall Mr.. Ran
dali moved to town in 1865, where he
has since resided. January 81, 1874, he
was united in marriage to Mary Bond,
daughter of DR.. Franklin and Martha
Southmaid Bond who survives him,
also one brother Milo Randall of Bird
port, and a sister. Mrs. Emma Vail of
Middletown Springs. Among the rela-
tives present at the funeral were Milo
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27
HEAD AND FOOTE

Those three-line filters which every
newspaper keeps in stock to piece out
an otherwise short column, form an al
most inexhaustible compendium of in.
formation We learn for instance that
in Japan at the present time the scien-
lists are trying to squelch a new cpl
demic called the "tsutsugamushi",
But this, or "1u" or any of these
newfangled epidemics which so relent-
lessly pursue us, are not, fortunately, so
recurrent or so widespread as plain
old-fashioned politics, Here is one con-
tagion against which there is no quar-
antine, and it appears from yesterday S
news dispatches that not few promi-
nent Vermonter's have been exposed,
with fear in some quarters that there
may develop the undesirable crisis of
a three cornered campaign for the cleo
ton of governor next fall.
From the southeastern corner of the
state come the almost simultaneous an
nouncements of the candidacy of Fred
H. Rabbit of Bellows Falls and Of
James A. Hardness of Springfield, both
"industrialists" who openly express
their desire to be honored with the
Republican nomination for Governor.
At the same time, to the northeast,
Curtis S. Emery of Newport, is put
forward as a candidate and Mason S.
Stone, now the running mate of Cover
nor Clement, has all along been con-
sidered as at work for the nomination,
although no formal announcement has
been made. With the possibility, but
improbability, that Frank W. Agan Of
Ludlow will enter the race, it promises
to be possibly five-handed game, as
the Rutland Herald says, when it comes
to the primaries; and a three cornered
fight when it comes to election unless
somebody is willing to take a back
seat.
Addison County's interest in the sit
uation is now particularly centered on
the candidacy of A. W. Foote of Corn
wall for Lieutenant governor, and in
view of his close touch with state poll
tics and his representation of the farm
ing interests, it is probable he would
make an acceptable and helpful running
mate for any of the gubernatorial can
didates
There is something more or less prom
ising about all of the gubernatorial
candidates, and the voters are to be
congratulated that so good a field is
to be presented The entrance of Mr..
Hardness is especially welcomed by The
Register and we entertain Confdenc
while neither he nor any of the other
candidates are notably from the soil,
the farmer vote can find no reason to
be unfriendly to such an able exeCu-
tive as we believe Mr. Hartness would
make. Further examination may be
desirable into the records and programs
of the various men, and it is fortunate
that the lineup is sufficiently early to
permit of this. We do not want any
dark horse mr. anV three COrnered game
such as was forced upon the electorate
in the Clement Darling Howe case.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-02-27

The energy wasted in postponing I'M
til tomorrow duty of today will often
do the work. -Orison S. Marden
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-06
WATER CARRIERS WIN
Garry Point Against RaiI-operated
Vessels

Washington. Feb. 6.-The agreement
reached by the House and Senate con
ferees on features of the Cummins bill
bearing upon the relation of rail and
water transportation is viewed as a
complete victory for the advocates of
the improvement and utilization of
water transportation. The outstanding
features are these:
Owners of railroads are not to be
permitted to own and operate in traffic
on the Great Lakes or in coastwise
traffic water lines which are competitive
with the rail lines.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
is prevented from exercising any power
over minimum rail and water rates.
though power is still retained over
maximum rail and water rates.
Originally the House bill provided
that railroad owners could own and Op-
crate water lines in competition with
rail lines and no limitations were made
The waterway men staged their great
est opposition to the railroad legisla-
tion on this section of the bill and finally
obtained some concession in that opera
ton of water lines finally was limited
to the Great Lakes and the coastwise
traffic. Rail lines were excluded from
operating boats on all inland rivers and
lakes other than the Great Lakes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-06
FAKES HOLD-UP TO BE HERO
Railway Man confesses He Wanted
to Win Favor of Sweetheart

Harrisburg. Feb. 6. William NJ
Byers, twenty two years old. station
master at LemOyne for the last thEee
years, who startled the community a
week ago by a story of having been
bound and gagged by negroes. who tor
AIRED him with a razor TO induce him to
tell where the money of the Office was
kept, has confessed to Pennsylvania
Railroad officers that he had staged the
hold-up in order to apepar as a hero in
the eyes of his sweetheart.
1t was recalled that Mr.. Byers
had figured in a similar hold up" sew
eral years ago at Elighspire, Railroad
officers took a negro who had been in Jail
month to the PENNSYLVANIA station
offices and called Mr.. Byers in, He i'm
mediately said the negro was one of
those who had held him up. He was
then charged with taking the entire
story, He admitted this, saying he had
led ansAgagged himself after scratching
his hs and his face, The railroad
will y Y him in his present place, be :
causi e has violated no rule If tie com
pany.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-06

It is true, he said. that Premier
Nitti has taken up the chief remedy for
present financial conditions in Europe,
namely. a balancing of the national
budget by adequate taxation, and if he
can only induce his people to adopt the
other remedy mentioned in former Sec
retary Glass's letter to which ne refers.
namely. production--get to work-he
will find Italy gradually emerging from
her financial difficulties through an ex-
change of her surplus products for sur
plus products of other countries which
she needs. Then the exchange bogie
will disappear.
FavOrs Panic to Cure Profiteering
In a discussion over general condi :
tions yesterday broker proposed a
drastic remedy He said if it were in
his power he would let things rip.
If panic is to be the end of the pres
ent financial and economic muddle. as
some say it is. though they say it is
considerable distance off, let it come
he said.
We need it or some other radica
remedy to correct effectually the pres
ent reign of profteering fostered by ex
travagance. When one considers tn
difficulties of getting the most com
monplace duties performed and tn
, price that has to be paid for them, ant
the ingratitudp of the workers, on
often wishes for brief era of SOU
kitchens to bring all of us to ou
senses, he remarked.
A banker said that he believed tn
equilibrium of trade between Europ
and America will work itself out soone
than most people think. Once the tour
| lst season opens We will see big I'm
provement, he said.
There is one source from whic
Europe. before the war. was able t
profit against us which will be consid
erably curtaied in the future, and tha
was the freight bills for our surplu
products carried all over the world
ships mostly British. Now we will hay
our own merchant marine and will L
doubt carry some British merchandis
till Great Britain repairs the loss
her shipping destroyed during the wa
There is also another handica
against Europe in the matter of trac
| balances. and that is our retaining
the United States more than $500. 900
600 which we formerly sent each yet
to pay the dividends and interest c
stocks and bonds of our railroads al
7 industrials which were then owned
Europe. but which we purchased baC
at the beginning of the war.
! In view of this latter. he said. v
should reciprocate and purchase avai
, able European securities to help o.
the situation, just as Europe. when '
: were young nation, developing o.
resources, loaned us money to do it al
took our securities in exchange. b
: cause we did net have anything else
offer that she wanted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-06
HELP RAILROADS,
BUSINESS PLEADS
National Association of Manu-
facturers Wants Congress to
Provide for Upkeep
SEE TRADE THREATENED

Newark, n. j., Feb. 6.---Need of
prompt legislation by Congress for the
adequate and continuous upkeep and
betterment of railroad properties. of
closer alliance between manufacturers
and employees and for an organized eX-
preston by American industry to pre-
sent its aims for development before
the country were declared to be para
mount issues, by officers of the Ma
tional Association Of Manufacturers
Yesterday, addressing luncheon or
New Jersey members of the association
at the Hotel Robert Treat.
The speakers were Stephen G. Mason,
of Pittsburgh. president of the associa- l.
ton; j. Philip Bird. general manager
of the association. and the general
counsel, James A. Emery, of Washing
ton.
The matter of transportation, Mr..
Mason said. was one of the most vitally
important of the situations with which
| the country was confronted and one
that must receive immediate attention
Normal business prosperity and EN-
! ployment of labor will be threatenet
after March =" he declared. when the
railroads are restored to private owner
ship until the Congress takes prompt
action to provide by legislation for tn
upkeep and betterment of the railroad
properties" ="
Three steps must be taken by Con
gress, he said. to avoid protracteC
period of hand to mouth operation attel
the roads are returned to corporate
management. Congress must extend th
standard of return until revenue ha'
been adjusted to credit; it must creat
a revolving fund for government loan
sufficient for the roads to meet thei,
obligations to the public in case the in
vestment conditions continue unfavor
:, able and must authorize the refundini
of carriers capital debts to the govern
ment on equitable terms, said MIR
! Mason