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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-08
MEMBERSHIP
CAMPAIGN FOR
ELKS LODGE
Ten Teams VIII Canvass
for Members 3 Months
of New Year

Acting under instructions from
the Grand Lodge a selectiye mem
bership campaign has Deen inaug-
urated to increase the msmh-r-
ship in the ST. ohnsbury Lode.
No. l343. 3. p. o. Elks, and 10
teams nave been formed. The
captains OF the sarious teaiu> are
{. l.. Rattigan. Milton L. Julian,
Elbert ]. Lynch. Harry II Carr,
Robert Z. Nichols, Gordon Car
field, Harry " Clarke, Guy Vs..
Hin, Alex. II Porter. Frank f..
Harris. Team have also bsen
formed in Newport. WoSd-v Ilc
and Lyndonvilic where the S.
Johnsbury lodge has MANI mem
bers. The canvass will be- nlade
from Jan. I through March 3 1922
and considerable friendly aHal9
has already developed amne sha
VARIOUS teams.
Four OF the teams met az h.
Elks Home " edne day ev.nina 20
arrange 10 the canvass ard about
e. Elks we've present FlIov ng
fhe bu mes, 81 the even ling an
(Consinued on Rage ~
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-08
HONOR LYNDON
ELEVEN WITH
BIG BANQUET
Arthur Bassett Will Cap
tain Lyndon Institute
Team Next Autumn

A hilarious and hospitable ban
quet occurred Tuesday evening, In
honor of the Lyndon Institute
football team, which tied st. AL
bans for the state championship.
The banquet was served in Cables
Hall at six O'Clock, and about 220
men were present, including the
eleven and the special guests, who
were introduced amid appropriate
applause.
The Village Improvement Socie-
ty, with Mrs. G. M. Campbell as
chairman, served the supper and
that is sufficient guarantee that it
was banquet indeed, and one
worthy all the encomiums that
have been given. Mrs. Daniel
Gregory; with an able corps of
assistants, had charge of the din
ing room, and these people were
all ably seconded by many helrers,
men and women, who took hold
and did their best to make it a
gala occasion. The menu includ-
ed soup, roasted fresh hams, with
mashed potato and turnip, cram
berry sauce, rolls, coffee Dough-
nuts, apple pie and cheese, ice
cream and a variety of cakes.
Music was furnished throughout
the evening by a local orchestra,
including Harold Sherre and Ray
mond keyser, violins, Charles Ste
vens, piano, Heman Burpee, cor
net, Leon Curtice, cello, Herman
Squires, Clarinet, Aphonse Aubin,
trombone, Will Bemis. saxophone,
DR.. F. H. Davis bass viol, Har-
ley Johnson, drum and traps.
This orchestra furnished most ac-
ceptable and tuneful noise, when
it could be heard above the sing
ing, shouting and other hilarious
noises, that made distant listeners
think the championship game was
being replayed in Cables Hall. IR-
deed most of those who attended
were as hoarse the next morning,
as those who took that ever-mem-
orable Burlington trip.
After the "eats" had been dis
posed of, with good will and gusto,
the talks began. DR.. Smith pre-
sided as POSTMASTER, with his
usual aplomb and ready wit, and
had brand new line of appropri-
ate and funny stories. Each speak
er was supposed to confne himself
to special topic, but in many
cases it seemed impossible to ~in
them down to their subjects. How
ever, all that was said was sood,
was true, and was interesting,
while each of them spoke in his
own peculiar and individual way,
and from his own point of view.
The Rev. Charles E. Gould was
called on for the subject of
"Sportsmanship" which he inter
preted as the spirit of fair play, as
important in other lines of life,
as in athletics. He enlarged on the
value of clean sports to coin
munity, and then went back to his
boyhood days, and rave reminis-
censes of the kinds of sport which
were current then, and the many
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-08
VERMONT HAS CUT
five MILLION
CHRISTMAS TREES
RefOrestratiOn Urged by
Am. Forestry Assoc. TO
Save Supply

4 large part Of the state Of
Vermont is now practically
great Christmas tree farm, ae-
cording to the American Forestry
association. and one which Is be
ing badly overworked This state
furnishes annually about 5,OO0,JO0
trees for decorative purposes.
These trees are b. far the most
profitable crop which many hill
sections Of the state can grow, hut
unless the cutting is better rogu-
lated. the association says. the
crop will be exhausted. Rcforesta-
tion of large areas and better fire
protection are also needed.
The Christmas tree cut tnls
year will not be as heavy a. in
former years because Of the fed
eral quarantine on certain area,
in the opinion Of State Forester
" G Hastings The cut Is gen
orally heaviest along the qUamn-
time AREA west Of the Connecticut
aver, around Ludlow and Morn
vile e-pec.ally The vicinity o.
Momipshcr ard HardWick also ait
ness heavy cut every yea
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-08

A Newspaper Covering
the Entire Northeast Sec
ton OF Vermont State
Every Working Day.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-08

rescue on Their arrival to day at
the New York navy yard
They lightened one end Of the sub
marine until it appeared above the
surface and then sat perched on
this pinnacle for more than 10
hours until after darkness had
fallen. By lighting matches they
attracted the attention of a pass
ing tug which brought them
here.
Several of the men, as we'll as
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-08

Lieut. Francis Adams Smith, were
suffering from chlorine gas caused
by salt water flooding the storage
batteries.
The submarine left Bridgeport
on a trial trip yesterday afternoon.
About one mile off the entrance to
the harbor, after making a nose
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-08
The Weather

Increasing cloudiness
followed by snow late
tonight or Friday. Ris-
ing temperature.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-12-08
Crew of Fifty-one Have Thrilling
Adventure on Trial Trip of Submersible
Crawled Through Torpedo Tubes
and Perched on Sunken Craft
for Ten Hours
(By the Associated Pressl

NEW YORK, Dec. 8-Fifty-One members Of
the crew of the submarine S48 who escaped through
torpedo tubes after their craft had made nose dive
and stuck to the bottom, told remarkable story of
Evening star., 1921-12-09

wxy. and special bargain sales are
being offered to stimulate early buy
ing. The holiday demand IL almost
entirely. for servicesble and medium
priced articles, and buyers are max
Ing their money so as far as possible.
This trend ts noticeable in both the
urban aud rural districts of this Sec
ton. 49,. 30. 49,
The Wholesale dry goods trade has
improved somewhat this week. with
ord@rs for spring goods larger than
they were q year ago. Jobhers are
delighted with the way merchants are
clearing up their back accounts. In
ventories now in progress show stocks
Of wholesale dry goods to be excep-
tfonally small. Spring orders are
moatly for wash goods. ginghams,
hosiery and underwear.
Members Of the building trades who
are now receiving $1.25 an hour are
considering q proposal for cut of 20
per cent and an agreement with con-
tractors for one year. A large num-
ber Of contracts have been let for
building of roads by states in the
southwest and southeast, and these
projects are gradually reducing un-
employment
Evening star., 1921-12-09
DETROIT BUSINESS OUTLOOK
REMAINS ALMOST UNCHANGED
Bargain Sales Of Motors Continue Unabat-
ing-HoIday Trade Leads in All
Lines-Elsewhere.

inventory. This custom is taken now
as matter of course. although until
a year ago demand kept SO far ahead
of Ford production that only the
smallest possible time was allowed
for inventory. December Of last year
and OF this year, however. have shown
a seasonal slowing down Of demand.
which permits of ample time for
checking inventory.
The general business outlook re-
mained almost unchanged this week,
as inventory trading is going on, In
many lines and Christmas trade. is
getting first attention. The Kalania-
zoo Paper Box Company started oper-
Evening star., 1921-12-09
Trade Compares Eavorably
With Other Holiday Seasons
ny RALPH SMITH.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ATLANTA, Ga, December 9.-Christt
mas shopping has given retail trade
the impetus 1t needed to overcome
unreasonable weather. Merchants in
this section are doing q business
which compares favorably with other
years and complaints are few and far
between. Country merchants; finding
their stocks- depeted. are getting
back into the market. and, rs q result.
wholesalers and jobbers are getting
their share Of the business.
Georgia still Ii .bulliSh on cotton
values and the spot situation remains
unchanged, farmers being. nrm in
their determination not to turn loose
holdings. 49, :. -. 49,: .'.-.i. -
Community meetings are being held
throughout, the state to decide on
crops for the coming year and further
curtaflment of cotton acreage 10 cer-
tain. 1t. 10 equally certain that more
foodstuffs will be planted. A number
of communities are contemplating en-
try into the dairying and stock rails
ing field on an extensive scale. Some
counties have organized cooperative
marketing associations to take care
Of the sale Of such products next year.
Pecan. raising has proved profitable
this year. Many growers report the
demand far exceeded the amount they
could supply. ~:
Evening star., 1921-12-09
Washington Stock Exchange

104. $500 at 104.
Capital Traction $500 at osZ, $500 at
e3A. $500 at S3&. $500 at 93%.
Potomac Electric LIST 5s-&1. 900 at 9lL
Potomac Electric cons. 5s-$l. 600 at 30
Potomac Electric 8. m. and ref. ISL 900
at 104h.
Capital Traction-1O at 92K 10 At 90.
Washington Gas Light at 4sIs.
Columbia Graphophone pfd.-l0 at Is, 100
at 10. 100 at Is. 100 at Is. 100 at Is, 80 at IS.
AFTER CALL.
LAnston Monotype-20 at 72M
Capital Traction-5 at 90.
LAnston Monotype-20 at 71N. Q At ~,
100 At 71h, 100 at 71h, 20 at 71A. 10 at II,
Is at II. 10 at II, at7l.1S at II.
Noney-Cau loans. GAS per cent.
Evening star., 1921-12-09
BY PHIL 3, HANNA.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DETROIT, December 9.-Automobile
manufacturers here .,are cleaning
house in order to make presentable
financial statement at the close of the
year. Bargain sales of motor cars are
continuing unabated, and one manu-
facturer Of a well known make is
holding a sale at cost. with war tax
paid. The big Ford plant at High
land Park will close for a week or
ten days the last of the month for
Evening star., 1921-12-09
Commodity Reports
From Various Sections
Wool.

KANSAS CITY. NO., December .
(SpeciaD.-Missouri farm women are
getting together and are doing their
own manufacturing this winter. They
are making articles for their own use
from their own wool and other products
because Of low market price.
PHILADELPHIA, December 3 (Spe-
ciai).-The wool market here is firm
and woolen goods are in steady de-
mand.
SEATTLE. December . (SpeciaD.-
The boom In wool on the northwest
territory has quieted down, with prices
ranging slightly below the Twenty-Five
cent-a-pound level for the finer clips.
Evening star., 1921-12-09

CLEVELAND. December . Especially.
The Clsveland-Akron Bag Company
reported today thats sits sales have
shown a steady increase each month
since May. and that they are exceeding
those of last year. The plants Of the
company, as a whole. are operating at
80 per cent OF capacity. and the Cleve-
land plant is running at 100 per cent
The company has mills at st. Joseph,
Mo-; Goshen, Ind; Buffalo and Boston
Mil, Ohio.
Evening star., 1921-12-09
Fruit.

Shipment Of apples from tho chief
Warrington producing centers up to
December 4 totaled 1880 cars Of 756
boxes each. Sixty per cent of these
were shipped to eastern and southern
states. There are 800 cars now in
storage.
Evening star., 1921-12-09
All Business More Active :.
Than It Has Been for Weeks
BY J. N. FINlNG.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS, December 9.-All lines
Of business are more active than they
have been for many weeks. Christ
mas shopping has gotten we'll under
Evening star., 1921-12-09

ations this week on twenty-fouf-
hour. basis to care for rush orders
due to Christmas demand. Qmcials
OF the company say merchants under.
estimated the Christmas trade 1nd
allowed box stocks to get too low.
Production by the company now 10
exceeding the high records made dur
inE the war 1.44-:
Evening star., 1921-12-09
Hardware.

NEW ORLEANS. December 9 (Spe-
ciaD.-Hardware sales are increasing.
stimulated by recent stabiliZation of
Evening star., 1921-12-09
Oil.

BATON ROUGE, La. December 8
(SpeciaD.-The Standard Oil Company
Is erecting twenty new tanks with a
capacity of 100000 gallons on its
properties near here to take care of the
increased oil output from the second
pipe line now under construction to
the North Louisiana fields.
Evening star., 1921-12-09

MINNEAPOLIS. December . (spe-
cial) Of this state market
ed 45.9 per cent OF their products this
season through cooperative agencies.
This record places Minnesota at the
head Of the list in this method of dis
posing OF agricultural products. State
oflicials say this method resulted in
Increased returns to farmers.
Evening star., 1921-12-09
Glass.

PITTSBURGH, December . (Spe-
cial).-Glass dealers declare there II
an improvement in business. Reduc-
tion in prices OF materials entering
into the construction Of buildings.
they declare, is stimulating opera
.tions. Next year will bring real pros
perity, they believe.
Evening star., 1921-12-09

AKRON, Ohio, December . Especially.
The tire business Of most Of the
rubber companies in this district 10
running 80 Ia per cent above that Of
last year. according to the Industrial
bureau Of the Akron Chamber OF
Commerce The B. F. Goodrich COM
pany employed 500 more men this
week and Increased production to
10000 tires daily.
Evening star., 1921-12-09

Ehectf1cal 6QUIpmeDts
PHILADELPHIA, December 8 (Spe-
cial).-Many householders here have
been adding electric installations re-
Gently, to supplant gas for both heat
ing and lighting, and there has been
consequent activity among electrical
dealers and workers.
Evening star., 1921-12-09

NEW YORK. December 3 Especially.
Conditions in the bituminous coal
business here continues dull, with
prices low and still declining. Some
email shipments have been made to
foreign countries, but the demand for
export is slack
Evening star., 1921-12-09

CHICAGO. December 8 Especially
The cottonseed oil market here is in
a state OF stagnation, with buyers
manifesting no interest at the prices
quoted. Lfnseed oil is in demand. with
raw product. at 81 cents gallon. Flu
ture offerings are light.
Evening star., 1921-12-09

PHILADELPHIA, December 9 (spe-
ciaD.-Cigar manufacturers here are
pushing their various brands vigor-
ously and the amount of business Is
holding better than the average.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-25
SOUTH NEWFANE.

Fred Hesecok is staying at L. w.
" John NJ. stratton visited his father,
John s. Stratton, Saturday night.
L. W. Jackman of West Brattleooro
was in this part of the town on business
Ray Jones, who has been helping his
father. Sidney Jones, sugarlng, returned
Tuesday 10 Jamaica.
Clifton Sherman of Hartford, Conn,
was in the village Monday en- route To ms
summer home in Dover.
Miss Asia Landman of Jacksonville
was a guest at Sidney ID. JOnes's from
Friday to Monday evening.
Miss Doris Adams and cousin, Richard
Daniels. went Wednesday afternoon to
BrattleborO to visit relatives.
Mrs. Ernest f. Bailey and son, Donald,
of Greenfield, Mass. came last week 10
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira NJ.
The village school closed Tuesday for
a vacation until April Is. Miss y. Fanny
Smyth left Wednesday morning for her
home in Cabot.
The Ladies' Benevolent society met
Wednesday afternoon at the vestry. Re-
freShments of cake and coffee were served
after the business meeting.
Miss Jean Cunningham of New York
city, who spent the summer with her SIS
ters in Rogue Villa, Is at Mrs. john h.
Morses for the Easter vacation.
Mrs. Maud V. Stone who spent the
winter with her daughter, Mrs. Ralph
Thayer. left last week for Barre, Mass.
She will visit also in Bristol soon.
1t is unusual to make sugar after snow
is gone The open land is bare and brown
except in hollows and shaded places, yet
there have been several good sap days this
week.
The Marlboro Branch and BrOokside
schools are closed for four weeks of vaca-
ton The spring term in the former is ex-
pected to begin April and in the latter
April II.
The household goods of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward A. Cooke have arrived from New
York city and are being moved to the farm
recently bought of Mrs. Matte Ingram,
where they are stored until the house is
vacated.
At the Baptist church next Sunday
morning there will be an Easter sermon
by the pastor, Rev. f. X. Hackett, and
special Easter music by the choir. In
the evening the Easter exercises by the
Sunday school, pastor and choir will be
given.
Numbers of children and some grown
ups here and at Brookside have had the
prevalent cough, in some cases evidently
whOoping cough, while other cases are of
mild form and in doubt whether whoOping
cough or simply "a cough" Several cases
have recently developed in the Marlboro
Branch district
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-25

Humble Occupant Sewed, Was First Al
derman, Then Went to Congress, Was
Governor, and Finally Became Tenant
of White House.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March pa de-
lapidated little building at Greenville, in
eastern Tennessee, upon the front of
which once hung the sign: "A. johnson,
Tailor and which was the place where
Andrew johnson, the man who sue
ceeded Lincoln as president of the
United States, began his business ca
reer, probably will be bought and pre-
served by the state of Tennessee
\ bill now is pending in the Tennes-
see legislature providing for the pur-
chase of the building and its mainten-
anee as a state relic. Its picture has
adorned Tennessee histories for years,
but the commonwealth has been slow
to take steps TO preserve the building.
The little tailor shop stands at the
corner OF East Depot, and College
streets, III the sleepy little town where
johnson, who was born in Raleigh, \.
6, emigrated at the age of eighteen.
Having served his apprenticeship to "A
| tailor, Johnson opened his first shop in
C;reeneville. After a year he was mar
| ried To Miss Eliza McCardell, to whose
/ lot it fell to teach her young husband
| tlonal prelImnaries, as johnson knew
only his letters when he became head
| of his own house, never having attended
school a day in his life.
| Johnson's political career began as al,
derman of Greenville. He then served
house of the legislature, then state SEN
ator. afterward to congress, became
| governor of Tennessee, serving two
| terms, United States senator. military
governor of Tennessee. was elected as
| yice-president of the United States and
| became president upOn the death of Lin
coin. His final political Office was that
| as United States senator from Iennes
see.
johnson, while governor of Tennessee
I once resumed his vocational implements
! He had formed a strong friendship in
/ the Tennessee legislature for w. w
! Pepper, of Springfield. a staunch Wing
and once a blacksmith. Despite their
| irreconcilable political creeds. the per
sonal relations of johnson and Pepper
were extremely cordial. Pepper became
1 Judge of the seventh judicial district in
| 1854 and after a visit to johnson, then
| governor. set about making a present ia
| his friend. fashioning shovel, which
! he sent with note explaining it was
| intended as a mOmento of a friendship
that was proof against all political dit
| feTences
| johnson, to show his appreciation OF
the token. took UP his scissors, and
needle and made a handsome beaver
cloth coat which he pressed and sent
TO Pepper 1t was a splendid piece OF
work: manship, probably the last OF
that kind of work johnson ever did
and exists to this day, the property OF
w w. Pepper of Springfield, Judge
PeDnar's only surviving son The coat
was made about eleven years before
johnson entered the white house and
the movement TO preserve his old tailor
shop in Greeneville by legislative enact
ment has revived that story of the
| tailor president.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-25
WEST DUMMERST0N.

Mary Clark, who has been i'll the past
week, is much improved.
Mrs. David 0'Keefe of Brattleboro was
a guest of Mrs. i. Connarn last week
William Aher of Bellows Falls was a
weekend guest at w. w. Burnham's
Mrs. Edward Phillips of Putney is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Frank Leonard
Mrs. $. $. Washer of Springfield.
Mass, was a recent guest at her home
here.
Kenneth Thayer of BrattleborO visited
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Thayer.
Saturday.
Walter Park of Newfane, who had
been visiting his son. Richard Park, re-
turned to his home Saturday.
Miss Dorothea Ingraham was operated
upon for removal of tOnsilS at the Memo
rial hospital at Brattleboro last Friday.
Women employed az domestic servants
in California viii have a 9-hour working
day, if a bill now before the legislature oil
that state becomes a law
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-03-25

week. She will attend the play Thurs
day evening.
The American Realty Co. is putting
pulp wood into the river this week.
Herbert Boyle has taken the Job of
drawing the soft wood for A b. Stark.
Mr. and Mrs. Evan Sargent, who were
recently married. visited his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. G. l.. Sargent.
Max Wolf. who recently sold his farm
on South hill, will move his family into
Mrs. Amanda Aliens tenement.
Mrs Agnes Wolcott and John VOL
colt came to their home here Monday
night. John WolcOtt will return to his
school next Monday.
Mrs Smith and daughter, Geralda, of
Wells spent a few days the first of the
week with Mrs. Smiths parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wales Cheney.
Mrs. Fred Holland of Brattleboro was
here several days last week to see her
aunt, Mrs. Loomis, who has been very
i'll. Mrs. Loomis is now more comfort
able.
The story-cantata, The Easter King.
will be given in the Congregational
church Sunday evening at z o'clock.
There will be no Christian Endeavor
service.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. p. Abbott of Spring
field, Mass, were here this week on bus
HESS. MI. abDotl mas returned nome
and Mrs. Abbott is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Fred Vail, in South Londonderry.
The Woman's Missionary auxiliary
held an interesting thank offering service
March 10 in the church parlor. In con-
nection with the responsive readings.
! Mrs. Ella Robinson gave a historical
sketch of the several missionary societies
and Mrs. 4. w. Thomas followed with a
| five-minute inspiring talk on, Service.
After the program a picnic tea, in honor
| of Mrs. Enoch Carver of Detroit, Mich.
was served. The thank-offering
| amounted to SO.