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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
FOrty-twO Prizes Offered
for Essays on U. S. Army

The St. Johnsbury Commercial club
in cooperation with Scrgt. Tomling-
son, have arranged the details of tho
essay contest among the school chill
drcn upon the advantages of joining
the United States army and an
nounces that AZ prizes arc available
in this contest. Twelve of these will
be assigned to the public schools and
divided nmOng the rural schools, the
fifth and sixth grades and the Junior
High school. Ten prizes will be allot-
ted to the Academy. 10 to the Con-
vent school and 10 to the boys paro-
chat school. The best essay from
each of these four schools will be
entitled to the Commercial Club cash
prizes and the winner of the first
prize will have their essay sent on to
Albany, N. Y, to compete for the
government prizes.
All essays must be written by Feb.
20 and the details of the contest and
awarding of the prizes arc left with
the heads of the four schools above
mentioned. The young people are al
ready becoming much interested in
the contest and some excellent cs-
say: may be anticipated.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
High Praise for
John w. TitcOmb

John W. Titcomb, now of Albany,
N. Y, and the first superintendent of
the United States Fish Hatchery ut
st. Johnsbury, recently spoke at the
Malone Fish and Game club banquet.
In speaking of the Malone clubs good
fortune in securing his presence the
Malone Telegram says: State Fish
Cultulist Titcomb is widely known rs
one of the ablcst fish experts in the
United States and his talk is sure 10
be of much interest and value along
the line of work which thee lub is
SO successfully carrying forward. The
Telegram says:
"Mr. Titcomb was for many years
connected with the department of
fisheries at Washington and was also
State fish culturist in one of the New
England States before his services
were secured in similar capacity
for New York State. The good work
which he has done while head of the
department at Albany is too well
known to require extended mention
here"
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
Midnight Fire In
Business Center

At seven minutes before midnight
the alarm was rung from Box AZ in
the heart of the Railroad street bust
ness district of st. Johnsbury and
both the automobile trucks were
Hpickly in front of the shoe shop of
fFerdi. land J. Nadeau at 78 Railroad
street where there was Il lively blaze
in the cellar. The hose was soon laid
and the blaze cxtinguighcd, though
not before some damage had been
done on the floor ant. partitions. The
store was insured through the Craw-
ford Ranney Agency and it is not
known how the fire started.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
County Court
AdjOurns Term

Caledonia county court adjourned
Wednesday until June after one of
the longest and livclicst sessions in
many years. Judge Fish turned his at
tcntion to the hearing of chanccry
eases and heard the case of Harry Il.
Clapp vs.. Fred S. Woods. The
hearing took all day Wednesday and
vas continued on Thursday until Fri
day. |
The defendants arc/sons Of the Iatf
Arthur P. Clapp. 1hcil father died
two years ago leaving a farm and per-
sonal property and debts of several
thousand dollars. The heirs decided
agreement that he would decd back
the farm to the defendant as well
as the personal property, or an agree
nlcnt that he would deed back to
them on certain conditions. The
defendant undertook to pay the
('"o and was to he compensated for
his services. He subsequently sold the
farm, and the hearing was for tho
purpose of an accounting to deter
mine how much is due the sons for
the benefit Of their bankrupt estates.
1t was discovered on the hearing
that there is a dwelling house on the
farm that was built by Il sistcr-in-
law of one of the brothers which was
not included in the deed given by the
defendant and the condition of the
title of tho place caused Il halt in the
case until Friday.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
AMERICAN LEGION
TO GIVE AWAY
FORD AUTOMOBILE
Plans Made for Big Easter
Ball at st. Johnsbury
ArmOry

4 brand new Ford touring ear is
to be given away AZ the first Grand
Easter Ball given by the st. Johns
bury Post of the American Legion on
Monday evening, March 20th at the
Armoly. The one hun he'd and fifty
or more men of the Legion, most of
whom saw thrilling service on the
battlciiclds in the Great War, have
pledged themselves to make this
their first big social cvcnt-onc that
Northeastern Vermont will long re-
member.
At the regular meeting of the Lc-
gion Tuesday night some livc-wirc
committees were appointed to look
after the affair and to make the
arrangements. The money received
from the Easter Ball will be the nu.
clcus of a fund with which the AM
crican Legion bo.:s hope to establish
Il permanent home in st. Johnsbuvy.
They have two find places in view
and will now try to raise money
enough tho buy one of them. Along
with other New England cities and
towns the war veterans believe they
should have a place where they can
assemble for rest and recreation and
where they can invite visiting mem
bcrs of the Legion.
Sargent Bros. orchestra will fur
ni,h music at the ball and there will
be a concert by home talent.
The committees in Charge of the af-
fair are: Ball. Carlyle l.. Sargent,
cl'airman; Webb Batchedcr, Earl
Clark, Edward Hudson. Advertising:
Kenneth Kirk, Charles Crca*cr and
Raymond Leonard.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
Send Is of DR.. Rees
Sermons 10 Friends
For Only rs Cents

In view of the fine results
which tho publication Of DR..
Recs' sermons are having we are
making Il special offer this week
to those who wish to get the vital
messages contained in these SER
mons to friends and relatives
who are unable to attend the
meetings.
The DR.. RceS Evangclistic cam
raign will continue for two weeks
more after this week. This makes
total Of fifteen more sermons
he will preach. We will mail TO
any address in the United States
the Calcdonian- Record for the
next Is days at II total expense
Of % cents.
DR.. Recs and the st. Johnsbury
clergymen have several time
publicly congratulated us upon
our fine work in printing his
sermons. We reach close to 10000
readers daily, while he i, able to
talk to less than 1,GO0 day.
His message is too important and
serious to be confined to the walls
of the church. He is anxious to
get the message back to those
who arc unable to attend. You
can aid him and YOU can do fine
religious work by sending his
message to relatives and friends.
Leave the name and address of
the persons YOU wish to have
papers sent to with Rev. Mr..
Richards ut the Rccs meetings
or at the C;ledoni,il- Record Of
fee.
fortN-iiVc persons avalled
themselves Of this offer at the
DR.. Rccs meeting last night.
More were received over the tclc-
phone and at our Office today.
Hand YOU list of names in to-
day. Sure.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
TOWN CAIN
One con. 11SS1

! Nearly 200 voters, including half Il
dozen ladies, gathered in the ST.
Johnsbury Town hall Saturday after
noon to nominate officers to be elect
cd at the March meeting 1t proved
to be rather tame affair after all
with only one contest and one ballot,
the contest landing Walter S. Russell
as candidate for ovcrsccr of the poor
by Il large majority. The caucus
organized by choosing David f. Por-
ter chairman and Preston e. May,
clerk and the following officers were
placed in nomination.:
Moderator, David +. Porter.
Clerk, Charles G. Blalcy.
Treasurer, Charles &. Bralcy.
Constable, M. e. Garfield.
Collector, NJ. {. Garfield.
Sclcctman for three years, Charles
N. Whitney.
Auditor for three years, Guy W.
Hill.
Lister for three years, i. X. Graves
Town Grand Juror, Charles A..
Shields.
Town Agent, J. Rolf Scarlcs.
School director for three years, Dr..
". G. Kicker.
Ovcrsccr of the Poor, Walter s.
Russell.
Road Commissioner, \. +. Law
renee.
Mr.. Lawrence was nominated for
sclcctman, but declined to serve, stat
ing that his position bad been stated
in the columns of The Calcdonian-
Record Fred S. Hartman was nom
mated as ono Of the candidates for
oversccr, but stated that he WAS not
candidate for this position. In
nominating DR.. Kicker for school di-
rector Charles A. Shields spoke of the
faithful and satisfactory work Dr..
Kicker had accomplished on the board
The only candidate receiving IL NOM
ination by ballot was Mr.. Russell.
The first ballot was declared void and
the official ballot resulted as follows:
Whole number votes cast 14G
Necessary for choice "a
Walter S. Russell 1926
Conrad r. Beck 10
F. s. Hartman |
And Mr.. Russell wa, declared the
nominee of the caucus.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
COAL SHORTAGE
MOST SERIOUS
in MANY YEARS
Little or No BituminOus
Coal in Sight and Bins arc
Practically Empty

Northeastern Vermont is facing
the most serious coal shortage in
years. Even the trying times of two
years ago and during the wu,' arc not
as bad as now con1roDtS this part
of the State. There Is coal cnroutc
but when it will reach here is Il prob
lem owing to the continued storms
and the fact that the railroads take
such coal Il; they need.
Eight of the la. .gcst business
blocks in ST. Johnsbuly, which are
heated with soft coal, have fuel
enough for less than y week and with
no new supply in sight. A carload of
soft coal which came to Mcnut e.
Parks yesterday helped relieve the
situation temporarily.
f. 4. & II. X. Idc Company have
been trying for several days to get Il
shipment Of ten cars of bitumnous
coal but they have IL, yet received no
assurance that it will he sent. They
have secured shipment of II cars of
hard coal but it is uncertain when
this will arrive.
All up and down the Passumpsic
division Of the Boston & Maine the
situation is the same. House holders
who believed they had placed enough
coal in their bins for the winter find
the severe weather has burned up
their supply so that they will have
to have an additional ton or so.
Where this supply will come from is
Il problem.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
ARE REVIVAL g..
MEETINGS 7. 10
GOOD r. 20
DR.. Rccs Attacks Position
Those Who Stand AlOot
From Real Religion

! Jesus was on his last Journey
Jerusalem, and passed through J
cho. He "paSScd through and
not come back. There were doubt
many in that city who, If they k
Of his presence, though. it might
sibly be good for the blind man,
he had no meaning to them. Sc
St. Johnsbury: there arc many
think these revival meetings may
good for the "down and out ma.
but, for them? Oh, no. Yet is tn
one in this town who would not
blessed by meeting Jesus" in tn
meetings, as some have done?
And there was man named z
rhcus who was chief of the pu
cans, and he was rich. "Promin
people" followed Christ, as alw;
For Christ has commanded the ht
age and disciplcship of many of
kccncst intcllects, the noblcst chara
crs. the most efficient in act
among men. Think of such men
Joseph of Arimathca, Saul Of Tars
Sir Isaac Newton, Christopher {
umbuS, Cromwell, the Duke of ".
lington, Washington, Patrick Hen
nearly all tn G signcrs of the Dccla
ton Of independence and the f,zm
! Of the Constitution; Franklin, CT
Webster, and the immortal Linct
etc, etc. The best people OH VIII
| the sun has ever shonc are tn,
who have joined the company of !
/ followers of Jesus Christ.
! And he sought 10 sec Jc.
and could not for the press i
was. and could not for the press, ,
cause he was little Of stature. I
press to see Jesus continues, and v
continue more and more, for not o.
in this land, but in all lands II
are stretching out thcii' hands, q
with up)iftcd faces filled with
pcctancy, they arc crying out "
would see Jesus" If the whole co
-. r.,,,.<
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
MurdO Mclean Dies
at Are of sc Years

Murdo Mclean died Sunday morn
ing in St. JohnsbuIy ut the age Of
So years. He had been in feeble
health for some time. He had made
his; home during the past ten years
with his two sons here, John and
Norman Mclean.
Funeral services were held at the
lome of Norman Mclean at o'clock
Tlonday morning. The two sons left
with the remains for Gould, p. e., Of
which town Mr. Mclean was ono of
the pioneers. He was born in Scot
land, coming to Gould with his par
cnts at the age Of Is years.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18

There are some people who have no
time to worry about the danger of Il
Bolshcvik revolution, as they are
devoting their entire attention to get
ting a per cent beer bill declared
constitutional.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
RED CROSS NOTES
IMPORTANT

a special business meeting Of I
Red Cross will he held ut the roo
in the Pythian Block on Tuesday .
tcrnoon at 4.15. Reports from +
Tag Day, new lines Of work to
opened will be discussed. Miss VAR
will speak Of the work Of the cXc'
tive secretary and the cooperation
the various societies in town.
The executive board will meet
the home Of Mrs. David S. Conant,
Church street on Tuesday mOrni
Feb. II, at 10 O'Clock.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
CONTINUED on page four)

lily while sick with the flu." = y
Another lady who lost husband Q
children during the epidemic, altho
Strengthened circumstances gave.
as a,gift of gratitude to the Red CT.
for timely assistance. -
One of tho best -.scaturc, of +
whole canvas WAS the fact that
good many people asked qucstit
about the work of the Red Cross
conducted today. To these people
would say come to the Red .Cr,
rooms IN Tuesday, there reports 1
given and you may find much to
If you cannot do thai, read the II
Cross notes in the Calcdonian-1
cord.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-18
BUTTERFLIES ARE OUT
IN LUNENBURG

The following is from our Luncn
burg correspondent:
On Saturday, the llth, an ua-
usual valentine was received by
your correspondent, when Elwyn
kimball brought large brown
butterfly which he found clinging
TO the barn on the II. +. kimball
farm and the same day Albert
Gray brought lemon grown by
Mrs. Gray in her window garden
which mcasur" Y by Ii inches.
SnrM SprinS is Y way to Lo"'n-
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
A WASTE OF MONEY

Plans are being made for an aero race
from New York or Washington to Alaska
during the coming summer. 1t is also
planned to build huge hydroplane to
have a wing spread of 600 feet, twelve
liberty motors and crew of sixteen men.
This machine is to be built for the pur-
pose of making flight across the Pacific
from San Francisco, touching at Hawaii,
thence to the Philippines and on to Japan,
where note from Josephus Daniels will
probably be rendered into picturesque
Japanese script and delivered to the
Mikado on a platinum platter by our am
bassador extraordinary and plenipoten-
tiary It Tokyo. Our Secretary of the
Navy never does things in, niggardly
way. All our availal lie submarine chasers
and destroyers will be stationed at inter-
walls along the route to furnish first aid
if the airship meets with accident. OF
course the liberty motors will use large
quantity of gasolene and the naval con-
tingent will use great deal of coal. But
no matter about that. Let the public use
less and pay more for what it uses. That
will even it up as far as supply and de-
mand is considered. AS to the cost, the
public must pay for both these exhibitions
of useless waste which VIII run we'll up
into the millions.
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
HENRY B. HALL

The Boston Globe of March 18th gives
the following obituary of Henry B. Hall,
former Belfast man and a frequent
visitor here, where he had many friends:
Henry B. Hall, master of the John
Winthrop School, Brookford street, Rox-
bury, died yesterday afternoon at his
home, 1856 Pleasant street, Dorchester,
after weeks illness from pneumonia.
Mr.. Hall was 81 years old. He had spent
a part of every year since his 2lst birth
day teaching, having taught in the bos-
ton schools for more than 40 years. He
had been master in the Phillips Brooks
District since 1900, when that district
was formed, and had been in charge OF
the John Winthrop School since 1911
when the district was divided.
Mr.. Hall was born in Bangor, Me-, re-
moving to Belfast at an early age. He
was student in Hebron Academy, West
brook Seminary, Castine Normal School.
Waterville Classical Institute and Colby
College, before coming to Boston IN 1879.
He subsequently studied at Harvard and
in other institutions.
He began teaching as substitute in
Boston, and served as an Instructor IN
many grammar schools here before he
was appointed in 1887 submaster in the
Lewis District, where he remained 10
years, until his appointment as master of
the Phillips Brooks District in 1900
In 1900 his new district was the largest
ever opened in Boston under the district
system. He was engaged in evening
school work for many years, first as as
sistant and then as principal of the Dear
born Evening School, which position he
relinquished because of ill health in 1891
Mr.. Hall never married. He leaves as his
nearest relative brother, Boardman Hall
of 1876 Beacon street, Brookline. Mr..
Hall was member of Timothy Chase
Lodge of Masons at Belfast, Me-, of Mt.
Vernon Chapter and Joseph Warren Com
mandery of Knights Templars in Rox-
bury, and the Delta Kappa Epsilon fra
ternity. The funeral will be held from
his home Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
The body will rest in the receiving tomb
at Forest Hills Cemetery until summer,
when it will be taken to Belfast, Me, for
burial
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
WALLACE S. MITCHELL

Friends in Belfast and vicinity learned
with sincere regret of Mr.. MtchelPs
death which occurred in Portland, March
18th. He was frequent visitor here and
was highly esteemed On account of ill
health he had planned to come to Sears
mont another summer. His wife was
daughter of the late A. X. Paul of Sears
mont and one of the heirs to his large
farm. A special from Portland says of
Mr.. Mitchell:
"Wallace S. Mitchell, aged 46, circula-
ton manager of the Evening Express
Advertiser, and employed on the paper
since 1885, Is dead after an operation a
few days ago. He was born in Freeport.
Dec. 5, 1878, son of Mr.. and Mrs. William
A. Mitchell, the father having served as
town clerk for many years. Obtaining
his early education in the rural schools,
Mr.. Mitchell was graduated from Free
port high school and the succeeding year
entered Bowdoin college graduating from
that institution in the class of 1896. The
year of his graduation from Bowdoin col
lege, Mr.. Mitchell was taken into the
employ of the old Portland Courier and
there remained until 1899 when the Cour-
Ter was suspended. He was made circu-
ton manager of the Express, serving in
like capacity for the Telegram and held
that position at the time of his death. In
1905 Mr.. Mitchell married Miss Belle Paul
of Portland and she with four sisters and
two brothers survive. The sisters are:
Mrs. Charles Simpson and Miss Nellie
Mitchell of Brunswick; Mrs. L. S. Butler
of Franklin and Mrs. Thomas Carter of
Revere, Mass. The brothers are Clarence
of Boston and Arthur of Freeport. Mr..
Mitchell was member of the Delta Up
silon Fraternity of Bowdoin college. He
was identified with the Masons."
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
PROSPECT.

Letters received from Mrs. l. M. Cum.
mings, who is in Quincy, Mass with
relatives, have notified her friends that
she has been suffering with the grip.
Mrs. F L. Ward, who was called to
Bethel, Vermont, by the illness and SUBJ
sequent death of her father, John W.
Haley, has returned after visit of three
weeks.
Prospect people are glad to know that
DR.. G. A. Stevens of Stockton Springs
has returned from Florida. 1t has been
impossible at times to procure the servi-
ces of physician and with people isolat-
ed as they have been by storms and whole
families i'll, the outlook has been appall-
ing.
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01

several of their treaty agreements, and
having in substance told us that they in
tend to decide for themselves what other
items would be repudiated, the following
questions may be profitably considered by
the people of the United States:
Why should any practical and sensible
person wear mourning because we failed
to ratify treaty with nation which is
confessedly and brazenly dishonest3 Has
the United States anything to gain by
ratifying a treaty the terms of which, if
enforced, must be enforced on foreign
soil and at the point of the bayonet7
1t may be better for us to sit tight and
keep our powder dry.
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
REV. H. w. NORTON.

Rev. Harry W. Norton, Is, chaplain of
the Maine State prison. died suddenly
March goth. He was born IN Belfast and
educated at the East Maine Conference
Seminary at Bucksport, graduating from
that institution in the class of 1881. In
1884 he was licensed to preach by the
quarterly conference at Penobscot and
was appointed to supply the Methodist
church at Gouldsboro and Steuben, where
he remained two years. He afterwards
held pastorates at Or!and, Winterport,
Searsport, Dover, Patten and Newport,
and served as superintendent of the
Bucksport district of the East Maine
Conference for six years. He was ap-
pointed chaplain three years ago and had
given complete satisfaction.
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
A MARVELLOUS
KIDNEY REMEDY
In One Month, ''FTuit-a-dVes"
Gave COMPLETE Relief
658 FIRST AVE, Troy, N. Y

658 FIRST AVE, Troy, N. Y
81 have been great sufferer
for years with Kidney Trouble and
Constipation I tried Fruit "a tives'
about month ago, and with almost
immediate results. The Kidney
Trouble has disappeared and the
Constipation is fast leaving me-.
HENRY DATER,
Fruit a tives', or Fruit Liver
Tablets, the medicine made from
fruit juices and valuable TONES, is doing
wonderful work in bringing health
to sick people.
Soc. a box, 6 for $3.50. trial size Csc.
At dealers or from FRUIT-A.TIVES
Limited OGDENsBURG. N. Y.
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease. Ca
tarrh is local disease, greatly influenced
by constitutional conditions, and in order
to cure it you must take an internal REM
edy. Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken
internally and acts thru the blood on the
mucous surfaces of the system. Halls
Catarrh medicine was prescribed by one
of the best physicians in this country for
years. 1t is composed of some of the best
tonics known, combined with some of the
best blood purifiers. The perfect combi-
nation of the ingredients in Halls Catarrh
Medicine is what produces such wonder
full results in catarrhal conditions. Send
for testimonials free
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props Toledo, o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01

A group of incipient hoodlums who are
students at the University of Maine, re-
Gently applied a shampoo of molasses to
a freshman and rubbed in some feathers
as drier. The faculty has announced
that hazing of this or any other sort will
subject those who practice it to indefinite
suspension. The penalty for the above
mentioned indignity should have been a
fine of $500 and in default of payment
six months at hard labor on the High
moor State Farm.
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01

When the price of sugar was II cents a
pound little if any could the housewife
get. Now that the price is up around 20
cents pound she can get all she wants.
We wish President Wilson, Atty. Gen.
Palmer, the Sugar Equalization Board
and Mr.. Hoover would 60 into joint con-
vention and tell "huccum-dat dat a.
way?" We do not quite understand why
the low price ruled when sugar was said
to be scarce and why when sugar is plen-
tiful the price remains high.
The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
Three men were arrested in Provider

Three men were arrested in Providence
R. l., last week it being charged that
they had profiteered by retailing sugar
for % cents pound. That's alright they
should have been arrested, but what is
going to be done about the selling of l0O,-
600 tons of raw sugar in Louisiana at the
rate of II cents pound? Why should
the small rogues be hailed into court and
the big ones be allowed to 60 ''scott free"
with official approval?