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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-05

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The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-05
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MADE WELL
Followed a Neighbor's Advice
and Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vernon, Tex" For three years I
suffered untold agony each month with
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-08-05
Shame ON Them.

PERHAPS there the virtues of Hebrs
Casra Perhaps there few who know that there limitations
the MARKET and knowing this demand Fcher ALL motherhood then,
that call attention the limitations and counes that may be
before them
is all motherhood everywhere that ring the warning beware
the Juasgood For thirty Feths Cto has been aid
in the upbuding of population; aid in the saving of babies
And yet there those who would ask you try something Try
this Try that Even try the remedy for the tiny scarcely breathing babe
that in all robust womanhood would yourself Shame them
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20

"A meeting Of the committee of the
District Nurse Association will be held
this evening at the home of Judge J..
Z. Weeks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
Freshmen 21, Grades II

Heavy scoring featured the first OF a
series of games between the Freshmen
OF the high school and the All Stars OF
the grades Wednesday afternoon in the
school park. The Freshmen nosed out
victory 2ll7 but will be harder
pressed in the second game, Monday
afternoon, the grade boys say The
latter arc practising faithfully in high
hopes of winning the remaining CON
tests of the series.
For the Freshmen the batteries were
COrvin and Smolinzski and Eddy; for
the All Stars Dorey and Cartmell
Tully was high scorer for the high
school with four runs. Cartmell, Bald
win and Lacy all got three runs each
for the grades.
The mines were: freshmen Corvin,
catcher; Smolinzski, pitcher; Eddy,
lb; Tully, 2b; Barnes, ss; Farnham,
3b; Wood. cf; Barron, rf Newton, IT.;
Grades: Brown, %; Smolinzski, lb !;
Cartmell, p; Carrigan, 3b; Baldwin,
IS; Lacy, cf; Dorey, c; Smith, RI; Bush,
H. Church was the umpire
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
GREEN MT. HOUSE \
TO OPEN JUNE 1

After being closed for almost two
years. the well known Green Mountain
House in East Middlebury will open
June / under the new management of
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle H. Tisdae. Ex-
tensive alterations have been made
both inside and outside the famous
old hostelry, even to the changing of
its name to the Green Mountain Inn.
The new proprietor is the nephew of
Clinton w. Tisdale who had operated
the hotel since 1905.
The hotel will cater to tourists and
summer boarders in particular. There
are fourteen sleeping rooms newly
furnished. An auction of the old fur
niture was held several weeks ago. The
plumbing has been renewed and new
paper and paint literally applied. Mrs,
Tisdale will be in personal charge of
the kitchen. She has had previous ho-
tel experience as a cook in Fitchburg.
Mr.. Tisdale had assisted his uncle
from time to time in different depart
ments of the Inn during the past dec
ade.
The hotel was founded about 20
years ago. 1t opened under the name
of the Glen House. In 1905 c. W. Tis-
dale purchased the property and
changed the name to the Green Noun
tain House. He was obliged to close
it in the fall of 1919 on account OF the
illness Of his wife The Inn is situated
on the edge OF the village of East
Middlebury, at the foot of the noun
tain road leading to Ripton and the
Long Trail. For the lover of fishing,
hunting and mountain hiking the spot
is considered very favorable. There is
a trout brook within a short distance
OF the house with Lake Dunmore not
far away.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
MISS BALLOU GIVEN GOLD
BY RUTLAND BAR ASSN
Lawyers Present Her With Token for
35 Years Court Service

In token of the esteem in which she
has been held by the lawyers of Rut-
land, the Barr Association of that city
presented Miss Ella NJ. Ballou with a
purse of $3.50 in gold Friday on the oc-
casion OF her retirement after 35 years
OF continuous service as court stenog-
raphef. Attorney J. c. Jones in pre-
Senting the gift expressed the regret
which the members of the bar feel at
her withdrawal from court service.
Miss Ballou has been stenographer
in the Addison County court for the
same length OF time. Here she is held
in the same high esteem. At the close
of the last September term of court
she retired to become the private Sec
retary of Attorney w. S. Fenton. She
has been succeeded in her court duties
by Mrs. Katharine NJ. Nichols of
Brattleboro formerly the bookkeeper
at the Addison County Trust Com
DanV
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
BUT TWO VACANCIES
IN LOCAL SCHOOLS

There are but two vacancies in the
ranks of the teachers of the high and
graded schools, in History and Grade
v All OF the teachers have been re-
engaged for the 1922 terms with the
exception of Misses Mildred Evarts of
Grade w and Ethel Billings of Grade
l, resigned. Miss Esther Ripley of
Poultney has been transferred from
Grade V to succeed Miss Evarts who
will direct the Boys and Girls Club
work for the Farm Bureau Miss Ber-
tina Preur of Salisbury has been chos-
en- to succeed Miss Billings who will
be married in the near future to
Charles Jewett of Weybridge.
In the high school Miss Mary Smith
will be succeeded in the department Of
French by Miss Mildred Hodges of
Morristown, y. j, who will conduct
a class OF Latin also, William MoMas-
ter has resigned his history class and
his successor has not been chosen as
vet.
John Smolinzsk has resigned the
janitorshp of the two buildings and
will be succeeded by Mr., and Mrs.
Frank COusino.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
Local Boys Meet Disaster in North

Local Boys Meet Disaster in North
A baseball team from Middlebury
met disaster on the Richford, VT, and
CRANKY, Quebec, diamonds Saturday
and Sunday The overwhelming score
of 1870 and 2l-3 fail to demdhstrate the
superiority Of the team against which
the locals were opposed Their op-
ponents were the pick of Canada, the
fastest professional nine that any
of the Middlebury men had ever seen,
six Of them negroes. Witham pitched
very good ball against them in the first
game although his defense failed to
stiffen against the battering of Rich
ford's offense. He started the second
game in CRANKY and gave way to Art
Benedict of Cornwall whose slants
were lifted at will far out into the lot.
Benedict and Hardy were the sluggers
Of the Middlebury outfit, with Crew
starring in the field. OF the Richford
and Cranky teams all were stars.
Savage and Kenworthy did the catch
ing for the locals.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
LOCAL FARMERS COOPERATE
IN FRUIT TREE SPRAYING
County Agent Plans to Care for 5000
Trees in East Middlebury, Corn
wall and Weybridge

Cooperation in the spraying of fruit
trees has been inaugurated by the Ad-
olson County Farm Bureau under the
direction of County Agent F. R.
Churchill. A solution of lime sulphur
and arsenate of lead is being used to
combat the diseases of fruit trees that
have made their appearance. The
coddling moth, scab, canker, bud
moth and apple worm are the worst
enemies of the orchardiSt at this time
81 the year. The spraying was begun
Tuesday afternoon in the Earl Dewey
orchard. There are 2000 trees in the
East Middlebury section and 1000 in
Weybridge and Cornwall that will be
sprayed. While it is impossible to
cover more than a small territory with
the single unity at hand in the small
time peculiarly adapted for the work,
it is expected that much good will
result in this initial attempt to do the
spraying by the cooperative plan. The
spraying will be repeated in early
July
All farmers are urged by the County
Agent to spray their apple trees at
the present time. An ounce of preven-
tion now will be worth more than
many pounds of attempted cure in
the harvest season.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
BOYS PLAY WITH MATCHES
AND BURN FATHERS BARN
VIM. H. Odell of Cornwall Loses $1,000
When Children Set Fire to
Hay in Fun

While William H. Odell of Cornwall
labored in the potato field Tuesday af-
ternoon his little sons Carl and Clyde
set fire to his barn in playing with
matches. A $1,000 loss of building,
motor truck, calf and implements re-
suited The youngsters of and
years had climbed to the hiding place
of the box of matches and had hardly
started their dangerous game when
loose hay on the floor was ignited. Be-
fore Mr. Odell could answer their cries
OF fright at what they had done the
structure was doomed He was un-
able to save the calf or drive the truck
out on account of the headway of the
flames. His loss is partly covered by
insurance. The truck was burned COM
pletely, the wreck being bought for
$1,000 by man who wanted parts of
the engine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
PLAYGROUND ASSN
HAS FUND OF $3.50

The first meeting Of the Middlebury
Playground Association was held Sat
urday evening, OF the 1873 members
OF the prospective organization, that
being the number of persons who con-
tributed the one dollar membership
fee during the recent canvass, only
eight were present Temporary Off
GERS were elected pending another
meeting scheduled for the first week III
June
The treasurer, Peter J. Hincks of
the Middlebury National Bank, re.
ported that $2O300 had been secured
in the canvass of the town The mo
tion picture entertainment presented
under the auspices OF the association
had netted about $4,000. Peter 7.
Murray, manager of the town hall,
contributed $7.35 as the ten per centum
promised from the proceeds of an
evenings program.
Senator Willis n. Cady was chosen
president, Peter J. Hincks, treasurer
and Miss Emma Fuller, secretary. The
constitution OF the association was dis
cussed, and Miss Fuller and Mr..
Hincks were asked to continue their
work on the writing of it for presen-
tatlon at the next meeting 1t was
decided to order several pieces Of
equipment Immediately. The choice
OF a Leader for the playground work
was not made, although several young
ladies are being considered for the dl-
rection of the recreation of the chill.
dren
The equipment that has been order
ed includes a slide, two kindergarten
swings and large swing. The sand
boxes will be used again and the
teeter boards as last year. Benches
will be built around the playground
for the convenience Of the parents and
friends OF the children. The program
OF summer work will not be announced
until the superintendent is chosen
The play of the children will be made
both interesting and educational
The list of subscribers to the fund
will be published next week.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
PLAN INAUGURATION
OF THOMAS OCT. n
Especial 10 The RegisterJ

State College, Pa, May 1S,-The in
auguration of Dr. John M. Thomas
formerly president of Middlebury Col
lege, as president of the Pennsylvania
State College has been set for Friday
October II, and will be the greatest
holiday celebration ever held at Penn
State. Governor Sproul has accepted
an invitation to be present for the oc-
casion, and scores of college presi-
dents, government and state officials
will attend
The inauguration will be held on
the day preceding the annual alumni
Homecoming celebration on October
10 when hundreds of graduates will be
on the campus. In addition arrange
ments are being made for very i'm
portant conferences between the lead
ing agricultural and industrial men,
and the officials and faculty of the
college, for the purpose of determin-
ing how Penn State can be of greater
assistance to the people and the state.
These meetigs will be held on October
Is, the day preceding the Inauguration
Prominent manufacturers, engineers,
merchants, chemists, agriculturalsts,
mine operators and educators from all
parts of Pennsylvania will be asked to
partake in these conferences for the
general benefit of state industry and
education.
The three day program will bring
thousands of visitors to State College
Preparations have already been started
for handling the largest crowds ever
assembled here A special committee
OF faculty members is preparing to
send invitations to college presidents
and educational men all over the coun-
try, and the assemblage for President
Thomas inaugural will be the most
distinguished ever gathered in Penn
sylvania. The college trustees have
chosen Judge H. Walton Mitchell,
Pittsburgh, Vance c. Mccormick,
Harrisburg, and John F. Shields, Phila-
delphia, to make official preparations.
President Thomas has been at his
post at Penn State for just one month,
and in that time has made wonderful
progress with the affairs of the insti-
tuition He was for thirteen years
president of Middlebury College be-
fore accepting the Penn State call last
January.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
CAR TO START AT ORWELL
FOR EXCHANGE SHIPMENTS
Local Buyers Forced to Raise Prices
in Face of Farm Bureau

The shipments of cattle to the Bos-
ton market has proven so successful
that Ralph A. Elliott manager of the
local branch OF the Farmers Ex-
change, will start a car at Orwell next
Monday. Henry Belden OF Shoreham
will be in charge of the shipment there.
As fast as the organization necessary
can be formed, cars will be started at
other points, North Ferrisburg will
soon have~a car Vergennes, Middle
bury, New Haven, Leicester and Sal
isbury are the present shipping points.
Since March 10 when the coopera-
tive marketing was begun about Is
cars have been shipped, including IS
cows and about 1000 calves, with some
sheep, pigs and beef. 1t is said that
the local buyer in Orwell raised his
price from to l0cents on calves imme-
diately after the inauguration of the
Exchange shipment. The local buyers
in Middlebury have likewise been fore
ed to raise their prices in the face Of
the Exchange competition, it is said.
The cows are sold to dairy farms
in the vicinity of Boston, and bring
from $1,000 to $4,000. The present re-
turns to the farmers for the cattle of
all kinds shipped average $1,000 week
ly. A record of each head is kept from
the time of shipment until sale and the
farmer is paid on the basis of the in
dividual merits of his consignment.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
Harry Wells and Nine. Curie

The Boston Evening Transcript OF
Saturday, May IA, has large picture
showing Madame Curie, the famous
French woman who discovered ra-
dium, in a procession at Smith College
in Northampton. Mass. Her escort in
the picture is none other than Prof
Harry E. Wells, Midd '94, who is head
of the Department of Chemistry at
Smith, and who is a brother of c. c.
Wells of Middlebury. Nine. Curie
had. on the occasion Of the picture,
just received the honorary degree of
Doctor of Science at Smith and the
photographer caught both her and
Prof. Wells with pleasant smiles as the
two passed through a lane of pretty
girl students.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
Business Girls Shower Sisters

The Misses Ethel Billings and Ma
rion Carr were given a shower by
twenty sister members of the Business
Girls Club Wednesday evening in hon
or OF their approaching marriages
Gifts Of cut glass, sugar bowl and
cream pitcher, were given to each as
souvenirs of the occasion. Games and
victrola music were the features oi
the program, followed by refreshments
OF ice cream and cake The decorations
were prettily formed from vari-colored
crepe paper. The Misses Gladys
Cartmen and Mildred Evarts we're
hostesses.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
Publisher Crane Returns Home

After seven months in D ell "a n d,
Florida, Charles E. Crane and family
returned home last Saturday evening
and they are, as formerly, occupying
the Lambert house at "a South street.
Mr.. Cranes health was greatly i'm
proved by the winters change, and he
returned on Monday to his desk at
The Register office. AS announced in
the editorial columns in this issue, he
has decided to retain the services Of
Daniel P. Rossiter who has success
fully edited the paper in his absence.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20

disaster, quickens to action. Subse
quent upon the Collinwood disaster
many states placed upon their statute
books laws safe guarding the lives o
persons in public buildings. Door;
must hereafter swing outward and fire
escapes are a necessity.
But to these precautions in the case
Of large groups of children must be
added training in the use OF the fire.
escape A habit is more powerful than
an act and children trained to an in.
door tire-drill cannot reasonably be ex.
pected in case of dire emergency to
make an exit by a strange and unused
method
The matter Of fire drill as it exists
here in Middlebury may not be known
to all parents and other interested
citizens, and an explanation may be
timely at this point
Except for the first four grades, all
pupils, when the fire-gong sounds, make
their exit by the inside stairways. This
procedure is in direct violation of the
spirit of the law of our state and of
the safety which should surround our
most precious asset-our children.
Grades l, II, III, and ", being
on the first floor, and each room being
provided with a separate exit by
means of a short flight of steps leading
from a window to the ground, are
amply safe-guarded
The case of the pupils on the second
AAo- - Jt=nncaI Of FThara
are two outside. iron Stairways-one
on the north and one on the south
side Of the building, designed presum-
ably for fire-escapes. The exit on the
south side is reached by means of a
window in the seventh grade This
provides for grade VII; but grade
VIII must make use of the same exit
as grade VII. These two grades COM
muncatipg with each other, the joint
use of the single fre-escape is entire
ly feasible.a
On the south side of the building
the exit is by means of a window in
grade V, opening upon the iron stairs.
Grade vi should make use OF the
same fire-escape as Grade V, but herein
lies the difficulty There is no door be-
tween rooms V and vi. Sixth grade
pupils to reach the exit in room V
must file out of room VI and through
the hall into room V, distance of sew
eral yards. Here is a menace which
may be averted by placing door be-
pensive expedient for safety has never
been accomplished, doubtless owing to
the fact that the use of the fre-escapes
has not been contemplated seriously
until now.
One of our good teachers, who came
recently to us from a community in
which she had been well-trained in
the correct use OF the tire-escape, re-
lated to the writer that on hearing the
fire-gong for the first time, she, acting
in all innocence of our local conven-
tionalities, sent her pupils down the
fre-escape She was admonished that
no such procedure was cOuntenanced
in our precincts!
Another faithful teacher, when first
the ire-escapes were added to the
building, naturally inferring that they
were not entirely for exterior decora-
ton, permitted her grade to descend
by the outer stairway. On this occa-
SION the janitor informed the offender
tween rooms V and vi. This mex
Continued on page two)
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-05-20
GRADED SCHOOL REAL FIRE TRAP,
WOMEN TO ASSAIL SCHOOL AFFAIRS

In the signed communication to Th
Register that follows, Mrs E. d. Col
lins, wife of the Acting President o
Middlebury College, takes issue will
the School Committee of District No
for their alleged prohibition of tn,
use of the fire escapes in fire drill il
the grades school, In offering her let
ter, Mrs. Collins said that hers wa
but the first of series OF such commu
nications to be written by women o
the community in advocacy of certain
reforms in the local administration
These letters will be found particularly
interesting at the present time on ac
count OF the criticism by The Register
Of the Board of Trustees of the Vii
lage of Middlebury for their refusa
TO permit the public and particularly
the press to attend their meetings
The Selectmen of the Town of Middle
bury have extended to the public q
welcome to their sessions, while the
Trustees of the Village and the Schoo
Board meet only in the strictest secre'
cy. The chairman of the School Board
Ira H. LaFleur requested several
months ago that the Board permit
him to give to the newspapers a re-
port of the minutes Of each meeting
but without discussion his proposal
was rejected unanimously. The men,
bers of the Board however, have ever
been very courteous to a reporter seek
ing information, though the meeting
itseli is closed.
Mrs. Collins Letter
''Why are not the tire-escapes on our
public school buildings made use of"
is the not unnatural question often
asked of one interested parent by an
other in Middlebury The writer be-
came sufficiently interested in this
most vital matter to PROFOUND the
question to our local schoolboard and
elected the conservative reply that at
never had been done, Now conform
ity to precedent is expected and ex-
acted on occasions of formal nature;
but blind adherence to precedent, if
followed in administration of practical
affairs tends to stagnation and ulti-
mately to decadence
Is it generally known that the fire.
escapes on our school buildings are
not used for hre-drills7 Such is the
lamentable fact. Children play upon
them, and mount to the top of the
iron stairs even when covered with
sleet and snow. Yet we are assured
that to conduct a fre-drill over such
q dangerous descen<wonId be at great
hazard to life and limb
Better broken bones than charred re-
mains.
The old adage, "An ounce of pre-
vention is worth pound of cure is
applicable to our case As one OBJ
serves the double lines of children fill
ing into the graded school, one is re-
minded of the ill-fated children of
Hamelin town who disappeared inside
the yawning cavern in sight of their
helpless parents. Shall we Willingly in
cur the risk of such a disaster as that
which occurred a quarter of a century
ago at Collinwood when a school house
burned and nearly all the inmates per-
ished in the flames? The entire nation
was shocked at the needless sacrifice
OF these hundreds OF young lives.
Earth-worms are insensible to dan
ger unless quickened by a shock So
communities allow themselves no pre-
monition of danger until shock, a