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COUNTY MONITOR
BAN
Vol 48 No. 5
BARTON, VERMONT, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29. 1919
Single Copies 5 Cents.
ORL
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
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h nd at two cents perword for first Insertion
! d one cent per word thereafter. Oash
t ust accompany the order. A'o advertixe
nxtil trill be inserted for less than twenty-five
crnt.
FOR SALE
FOR SALE 4 weeks' old pigs at
reasonable prices. Alfred Blair, Bar
ton. 5-6p
FOR SALE Registered black Per
cheron stallion, Douglass 116566. E.
L. Graves. 5p
FOR SALE Cheap, one Ohio' 8
horse engine, mostly new. B. J.
Humphrey, Orleans, Vt., R. No. 3. 4-6
FOR SALE 10 H. P. Woodpecker
gasoline engine, one H. P. Sampson
power, one hand derrick. John Barn
ard, Barton. 31tf
FOR SALE OR RENT Double
tenement with barn and garden plot.
All modern improvements, thorough
ly built and always rented. Well lo
cated in Barton village. Inquire of
W. M. Wright, agent, Barton. 2tf
FOR SALE As my business call?
me from Orleans the larger part of
the time I offer for sale my meadow
and small pasture in Orleans village.
Also my business block on Main St.,
consisting of two stores, two tene
ments and stable in rear. Inquire
of H. W. Buchanan, Barre, Vt. Hotel
Barre. 2tf
WANTED
WANTED Live poultry. Elrick,
Barton. 18tf
WANTED Kitchen help, also an
all-around man. Valley House, Or
leans. 2tf
WANTED Girl for general house
work. Good wages. Mrs. John
Berkewitz, Irasburg. lw
WANTED Calf skins, 5 to 7 lbs.,
$2.00; 7 to 9 lbs., $2.25. E. Sockol,
Main street, Barton. 5tf
WANTED Live poultry at 27c lb.
and fresh eggs at Orleans express
station next Tuesday. E. S. Kelley.
Tel. 123-13, Orleans. 4tf
SALESMEN WANTED to solicit
orders for lubricating oils, greases
and paints. Salary or commission.
Address the Harvey Oil Co., Cleve
land, O. lwp
WANTED Men to solicit orders
for fruit and ornamental trees, roses,
shrubs, etc. Part or full time. Per
manent position. Pay weekly. Apply
C. W. Stuart & Co., Newark, New
York state. 43tf
MISCELLANEOUS
Prices on dairy skins have taken a
jump. Bring them in and get the
high prices. J. M. Carter, Albany.
5-7p
FARMERS' NOTICE Will take
stock Feb. 10 and 24. Wanted at
once, 10 cows to freshen in March or
I April. Dodge, Orleans. 5-6
FARMERS' NOTICE Will buy
stock Monday, Jan. 13th and 27th.
Dodge, Orleans. 2tf
I INSURANCE Best stock and mu
tual companies. Surety bonds. F.
I W. Baldwin, Agent, Barton. 26tf
TO RENT
TO RENT Six-room tenement,
with barn. F. H. Sisco, Orleans. 5tf
TO RENT First class tenement,
Lincoln avenue, 6 rooms and pantry,
". flush closet, two large closets, large
Heranda, large woodshed in base-,-ment.
Garden, storm windows,
Screens. H. C. Gay. 3tf
J Franklin Babb, Monday Evening.
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The next number in the Barton en-
I lertainment course is J. Franklin
13abb, who is sent in the place of
Mark Sullivan, and the date is Mon-
day evening, next.
i He will probably speak upon the
subject, "You and Your Town," and it
is needless to say that a man of Mr.
Babb's experience as a speaker and
writer, makes assurance of a worth
while address. He has wit, humor
and more he is said to entertain as
well as lecture.
Tickets at Pierce's.
Gain has oft with treacherous hopes
?d men to rum. S-.r hocles.
Congregational Church Notes.
Rev. W. A. Warner, Pastor.
Sunday, February 2d
10.45, Morning service.
12.00. Fundcy school.
COO, Christian Endeavor meeting.
7. 00, Preaching service.
Th:? will be a union service in the
kthodlst church.
The regular mid-week prayer i
' cn Thursday evening at 7.30.
meet-
LEGISLATURE MOVES
VERY SLOWLY.
Orleans County Men Get Several Bills
before House. Much Routine
Last Week.
After another Friday to Monday
adjournment the legislature is back
in the harness, making an effort to
hasten its work.
A number of bills introduced by
members of the house from Orleans
county will be of special interest to
our readers. Among them are:
House bill 43 by inr. I'm Slips of Iras
burg: To appropriate a sum not to ex
ceed $10,0 ) i t j assist th tTvvn of Iras
burg in constructing a highway from
the village of Iresburjr to the village
of Orleais. lief erred to Appropria
tions committee.
Hous2 bill 44 by Mr. Connal of New
pert 1 own : To amend subd; ision XII
ot Section C4 of the General Laws, re
lating to exemptions from taxation.
Provides for exemption on money
loaned to county, town, school district,
vitltge or incorporated school or fire
d. strict if at a rate not to exceed five
instead of four per cent Referred
to Taxation committee.
H 52, by Mr. Hastings of Glover;
to amend Section 6717 of the Gener
al Laws, relating to the licensing of
vicious dogs; must have signatures
of five persons in state, instead of
town in order to secure a license of
vicious dog. General committee.
By Mr. Martin of Albany, to ap
propriate a sum not to exceed $10,
000 to assist the town of Albany in
constructing bridges across Black
river in said town; to appropriations.
H 54. By Mr. Connal of Newport
town. An act to authorize the state
librarian to deliver a set of the "Ver
mont Digest" to the Town of New
port. To Library.
Legislating was laid aside in both
houses of the general assembly one
forenoon last week to listen in joint
assembly to a message delivered by
the Honorable William P. Dilling
ham, for the past 18 years a member
from Vermont of the United States
senate. Senator Dillingham center
ed his message upon "certain ele
ments in public affairs which, if fos
tered, will work badly for the his
tory of the country and of the world."
His arguments were against the con
tinuance of centralized government in
the hands of the chief executive of
the nation, such as had been delegat
ed to the president as war measures,
but which Senator Dillingham thinks
are dangerous as a general principle.
On the evening of the 22d, a joint
session of the committees on federal
relations was held in representatives'
hall on the prohibition amendment
resolution before which it was ex
pected both sides would be represent
ed. The hall was filled though many
representatives were not present.
Governor Clement turned out to be
the only speaker. Others were ex
pected and he said he was to have
been the last speaker. He argued the
possibility of the unconstitutionality
of the amendment and the inherent
right of a people to govern them
selves, and the right of a sovereign
state to decide upon its own laws and
run its affairs according b its con
stitution. In opening his message
the governor asked the question:
"Shall the state of Vermont continue
to exercise its internal right as a
state, or shall it submit to have its
internal affairs regulated from out
side the state?"
The following joint resolution was
passed on Friday:
Whereas, The federal government
is in control and in the operation of
all lines of transportation, telephone,
telegraph and cable lines, wireless
stations and other public utilit1'1";, and
Whereas, There is now pending in
Congress legislation, by the terms of
which that period is to be extended
for a period of five years, and
Whereas, In the operation of said
public utilities under said federal
control, attempt is being made to fix
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BARTON LOCAL NOTES
L. A. Chadburn of Glover street
is on the sick list.
Claude Norris was ill with influ
enza a few days recently.
E. B. Cass of Newport was a busi
ness visitor in town Tuesday.
Miss Etta Folsom was home from
St. Johnsbury Center over Sunday.
H. S. Chappell of West Burke spent
Sunday at the home of W. H. Chap
pell. Mrs. N. J. Caron is in St. Johns
bury hospital for a surgical opera
tion. The Afternoon Study club will
meet Thursday afternoon at the club
rooms.
Miss Ina Tedford of Richmond and
niece were recent guests of Miss Eva
Baxter.
Mrs. John McLellan and daughter,
Hazel, arrived home from Texas Fri
day morning.
Three members of the family of
Fred Blair at May pond, are having
the influenza.
Dr. Hillegas of the state board of
education met the local school board
here Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Govro and
daughter, May, are very sick at this
writing with influenza.
Miss Martha Hall of St. Johns
burv has been spending a few davs
with Mrs. O. M. Rowell.
" John Rowell of Newport. R. I.,
was a jruest of Mr. and Mrs. A. P.
Underwood over Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Walker has moved
from the home of Mrs. Pawney on
High street to the Flanders house.
County Reaches Relief Quota.
C. L. Erwin of Barton, county
chairman, announces that the. follow
ing towns of Orleans county are over
the top in the drive for relief of the
distressed peoples of the Near East:
Town Chairman
Albany, C. M. Hitchcock.
Barton, C. C. Cassidy.
Orleans, R. A. Hamilton.
Brownir.gton, R. A. Dutton.
Coventry, A. M. Wright.
Craftsbury, Carl Peterson.
Derby, Nelson Stevens.
Derby Line. Esther Butterfield.
Glover, R. E. Davis.
West Glover, Bruce Buchanan.
Holland, J. E. Lackey.
Irasburg, O. N. Washer.
Lowell, Frank Barney.
' Newport City, R.' W. Spear.
Newport Town, C. W. Kelley.
Troy, I. C. Bryant,
Westfield, W. B. Gilpin.
Westmore, Mrs. George Craig.
Westmore leads with a paid over
subscription of S3 l-37r :
Coventry follows with 23o over
subscription. The drives are not completed in
Charleston, Morgan, Greensboro and
Jay. .
County Conference of Congregation
alists. One of a series of so-called "re
treats" to be conducted throughout
the state in the interests of the evan
gelism among the Congregational
churches will be held at Newport on
February 7 under the leadership of
Rev. L. A. Edwards.
All the Congregational pastors of
the vicinity are expected to attend
this meeting and it is believed that
the interest thus aroused and the co
operation begun will result in the in
vigoration of the churches and in
marked increase of membership. The
movement is part of a nation-wide
concerted effort among the Congrega
tional churches to secure an increase
of at least 500,000 new members by
the end of 1920.
Rev. C. C. Merrill will be a speak
er at the conference and a very prac
tical program is planned.
Hearing on Sale of Telephone Co.
E. A. Cook, receiver of the Inde
pendent Telephone exchange, adver
tises in another part of this paper a
hearing on the sale of the above nam
ed company at the county court house
at Newport at 1 o'clock p. m. on Feb
ruary 10.
While the notice says the property
has been sold to the New England
Telephone & Telegraph company, Mr.
Cook says his understanding with the
chancellor is that should any inde
pendent parties appear then or before
with the required money they may
have the property. It is understood
there are independent parties who
hope to be able to take over the
property.
The annual Peerless sale is adver-
tised to begin Feb. 6th and continue I
three davs. See aH nn nno-o siV 1
&
Mrs. C. M. Dwinell of Orleans vis
ited her aunt, Mrs. Charles Cutler,
last week, and other friends in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hawkins of
Whitefield, N. H., were week-end
guests of her mother, Mrs. Burton
Wing.
Dean P. McLellan has received his
discharge from Camp Jackson, Co
lumbia, S. C, and arrived home last
night.
Miss Porter is at her home in
Johnson, ill with influenza. Mrs.
Erw;n is teaching during h?r ab
sence. Mrs. C. P. Jenness accompanied
her sister, Mrs. C. E. Wilson, to Bos
ton today where she will have medi
cal treatment.
Walter Barton, who works at the
bobbin mill in Sutton slipped onto
the big saw one day last week and
lost three toes.
Ernest Smith, who has been very
ill with pneumonia, is improving.
Mrs. Smith and the two children have
been quite ill.
Miss Harriet Austin has been at
the Govro farm a few days past and
Mrs. Vercoe has also been caring for
the sick there.
Miss Blanche Paquette of Warren
and George Cook of Glover were mar
ried at the parsonage, January 24th
by Rev. Warner.
Mrs. Stella A. Goodro, D. D. P.,
will be at Derby this evening to in
stall the officers of Wide Awake Re
bekah Lodge No. 68.
Miss Lida Chadburn came home
from Hartford Monday on account of
her father's illness. He is somewhat
improved at present.
Rev. Milo Turner is recovering
from his severe illness of last week.
Rev. Suitor of Irasburg occupied the
pulpit here for him Sunday.
Mrs. Margaret Currier and Na- I
poleon Currier, both of Glover, were i
married at the parsonage January ,
23, by Rev. Wilmond Warner.
Mrs. S. A. Hunt spent Sunday at holders of the Uarton savings isanK the bereaved family.
Eradford, the guest of Mrs. L. J. ! & Trust Co. was held at its banking j nWFI I
Brown, and attended the funeral of ' rooms January 4th, and the follow-j ujnriu
Mrs. D. Eastman at Lancaster, N. II., ; m2 officers were ejected: II. L. Cut- j Dr. E. L. Miller, veterinary sur
on Monday. I l?r, president; F. W Baldwin vice ; ?eon, who ha3 recently been dis-
Miss Gladys M. Chandler of New
York City, daughter of Mrs. Eva
M. Chandler of this place, was mar
ried on Jan. 21st to Joseph W. Bailey
of Hudson, O.
Dr. E. L.
veterinary sur- '
gc-on, who ha recently
hpon His. (
charjred from Veterinary Corp, U. S. ,
A. has located at Newnort, Vt. Callj
Davis Livery Stable 138-2. ad. j
NO TOLLS TILL MARCH 1.
Request of Public Service Commis
sion Continues Free Service
One Month.
Manager Brown informs us that
the free telephone service will be con
tinued until Mareh-lst, at the request
of the public service commission. This
will give the telephone users an- i
' other montn of free service which has
Inspection of Orient Chapter O. E. S.
The recular meeting of Orient
, - 19 a t h -r- .
Chapter Pso. 16, U. .fci. b., r riday eve-
, ' i . ,'uT ofij u:rr
nmg was largely attended, it beng
T. ,T.,i-
inspection. le wotk was exem-
. i-oti ,5T:v,
piilied in a creditable manner, with
few corrections.
Mrs. Anna A. Evans, Grand Ma
tron, F. W. Cutting, Asso. Grand Pa
tron; A. O. Austin, Deputy Granr
Patron of the seventh District, and
Mrs. Florence K. Pierce, Past Grand
Ilatron. were called upon for re
narks. They responded in their usual
ulsasing way. An excellent supper
was served at 6.30 and all returned
to their homes, feeling that it had
been a most pleasant and profitable
meeting.
Member of 2Sili Division Returns.
Earl Cross, son of Mrs. C. F.
Shores of High street, arrived home
Monday night accompanied by his
wife. Cross was a member of the
famous 26th or Yankee Division
which has been so "highly lauded by
all the Boston papers. He was -in
the service over 11 months and in
some of the hardest of the fighting.
He has his gun and several other
trophies and tells many very exciting
and interesting incidents of the great
war.
There will be a special meeting of
Orleans LodgeNo. 55,F. A. M., on
Friday evening with work on the 3d
degree. Light refreshments will be
served. Members are urged to
come out.
The high cost of living is surely
breaking in Barton. Last week fresh
eggs dropped ten cents a dozen, but
ter five cents a pound, and one of our
merchants marked down cotton cloth
one cent a yard.
Ernest Sanborn arrived home Mon
day morning with his discharge from
military service. He has been in the
service about six months, and was in
a school for cooks and bakers at
Camp McLellan, Ala.
The adjourned meeting of the
Woman's Literary club will be held
with Mrs. Reirden tonicrht. Jan. 29.
will all members having books of
e songs bring them to the meet-
m- toT.D1f t a S- u v eD-;
ster, r eD. o.
,,- J J - i i. , v v, years in St. Johnsbury and Liowell,
YA e are giau to know that the mat- . . t, , 0.- " rpi '
- v i .,v, 4U f; 'coming to Barton 22 years ago. Iney
tens to be broasht to the attention - 50th wedding anni-
of the commission, and hope that ( two Mr. cloutier
some moaification in the proposed industrious man,
new toll rates may result, faithful in all his duties and won a
sier, icu, v. oeurge VjOing.
M. Henderson Nelson, who enlisted .Mr?P- A; Gmff tow recently re
last February, going from Wheelock, ceived three letters from her son, Le
where he was at work, has received on GoinS saying he expected to sail
his military discharge and came home
Tuesday. For several months past
he has been engaged in shipbuilding
at Newark, N. J., having, with oth
ers of his company, been granted an
indefinite furlough to engage in this
work.
Charles Chadburn, who was a
member of the 223d Aero Squadron
and has been in overseas service since
August, until his return in December,
bs rprpivd his'militarv discharge at
Camp Devens and vlsicJ h 3 pnrc.t,
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Chadburn, .last
week. He left Saturday night for
Hartford, where he will work for his
uncle.
Lieut. Raymond F. Sherburne, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Sherburne
of St. Johnsbury, but formerly of
Barton, and well known here as a
wrestler, has been made athletic of
ficer of Kelley aviation field at San
Antonio, Texas. This means that he
will have charge of all athletics there
and papers speak highly of him as an
athlete.
The Berkeley Sextette, orchestral
entertainers, gave their entertain
ment under the Barton Entertainment
course Wednesday evening to an un
usually good house. The program
consisted of orchestra numbers, read
ings, songs, instrumental solos and
specially costumed selections which
made up a very fine program. The
six young ladies proved themselves
players of splendid ability and pleas
ing personality.
The regular meeting of the After
noon Study club was held at the
home of Mrs. J. F. Batchelder Jan.
16. Seventeen members responded
to the roll call. An interesting pro
gram was given on "Insect Life."
Paper, "Ants, Bees and Wasps," Mrs.
W. B. Proctor; paper, "Butterflies,"
Mrs. Mara Kins: paper, "A Practi-
cal Knowledge of Insect Life, Mrs.
Mahala Nelson; reading, From the
Bee People," Mrs. Nettie Allen.
The annual meeting of the stock-
presiueni; v.. a. veus-.er, irtasurcr , ,
A. G. Owen, assistant treasurer; di-
; rectors. H. R. Cutler, F. W. Baldwin, ;
F. D. Thompson, E. W. Barron. C. S. i
Wfcb-ter. A. C. Chnse, F. D. Porter,
IF. M. Sears, C. I. McGuire. The
bank is in a very prosperous condi- !
lion as 13 f nown uy me r.ranc-iai i
statement reproduced on page two of j
is paper.
The donation, oyster supper and !
Napoleon Cloutier.
Saturday morning Napoleon Clou
tier died of heart trouble at his home
on South Main street, following an
illness of about tp weeks. He had
been in failing health for several
years.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Antoine Cloutier and was born in St.
Alexander, P. Q., March 15th, 1830.
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j lar.ee circle of friends who regret the
! -passing of a kind friend and neigh
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He leaves to mourn his death, his
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wife and five children: Fred of New-
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port, K. 1., Mrs. J. J. Lamere of bt.
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Johnsburv, Mrs. Melvin Sheltra and
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Mass.. and Mrs. Wesley Drew of
Glover, besides several grandchildren
and other near relatives.
He was a faithful member and at
tendant of St. Paul's church and the
funeral was held from the church on
Tuesday morning, Rev. F. Marceau
officiating. Burial was in Mt. Cal
vary cemetery, St. Johnsbury, beside
the children who died many years
ago.
The funeral was conducted by Pet
er Cota and the bearers were Judah
Brooks. Fred Martell. Ed. Hafford
and Calixte Grondin.
Those from out of town to attend
the funeral besides the children and
grandchildren were his only brother,
Joseph Cloutier and daughter, Mrs.
Thomas Legendre, and Baptiste Bou
dreau of Rock Forest, P. Q., brother
of Mrs. Cloutief.
Card of Thanks We wish to thank
all those who so kindly assisted dur
ing the illness and death of our dear
husband and father, and for the beau
tiful floral tributes.
Mrs. Mary' Cloutier and family.
musical program held at the Meth
odist church Tuesday evening was
largely attended and enjoyed by all.
The supper was both bountiful and
delicious. The program consisted of
selections by the Schubert orchestra,
piano duets, Misses Marion "Young
and Florence Blood; whistling solos,
Mary L. Wheeler; duet, Mrs. R. P.
Webster and Miss Marion Redfield;
clarinet duets, Messrs. Homer Potter
and Alden Owen and readings by
Mrs. M. A. Turner. Each number
was exceptionally well rendered and
together made an entertainment of
high order.
BROWNINGTON
Oliver Dwyer of Sheffield spent the
week-end with friends in town.
George Wilson of Irasburg visited
at Calvin Wilson's several days last
week.
Mrs. Henry Newton is sick at the
nome ol her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
very soon for home.
Joel Temple died very sudden
ly Friday, Jan. 24. The funeral was
held at the house Sunday and the
body was taken to Morgan for burial.
The time is up for paying sub
scriptions to the Orleans War Relief
association on Feb. 1st. Will all
those who have not 'met their pay
ments please bear this in mind.
BROWNINGTON CENTER
;th Vera, arrived at
George Young's Jan. 22,
The people were sorry to learn of
the serious illness of George Howe at
Orleans. Mr. Howe has been a resi
dent of this town for a good many
years.
The oyster supper served by the N.
E. M. P. A. was a great success,
about a hundred being present. The
county agent and Mr. Currier gave
some very interesting and helpful
talks on milk and farm products.
More of these meetings will follow in
the near future, and it is hoped that
every farmer in town will become a
member of this association.
HOLLAND
Henry Tice is in very poor health.
Mrs. Hamilton is visiting in
Charleston.
Jos. Flinn was in Newport the past
week, serving on jury..
Herbert Flinn is confined to the
house with a bad knee.
There are several cases of influ
enza at Hiram Powers'.
E. G. Moulton was a business call
er in Stanstead Monday.
Harry Page, who was sick in Mont
pelier hospital is at home convales
cing. Mrs. Alvin Batchelder died Friday
after an illness of nine days with
pneumonia. She was 46 years old.
She leaves a husband and eight chil
dren, the youngest being five years
i old. Much sympathy is extended to
charged irom veterinary Corp, u.
a. has located at Newport, Vt. Call
uavis Livery Stable 138-2. ad.
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NLMOilT CLNTr.R
The annual donation (chicken-pie
sjppr) is to be held Friday evening.
at Un ;r. s nan. A very line enwrr-
tair.mer.t with some horne and some
out-of-town talent win ie jfien.
Don't miss it.
GIGANTIC MOTOR
CAR BASE.
Albany Boy Writes of Great U. S.
Automobile Unit.
Fascinating story of America's
great motor camp, Holabird, in Vir
ginia, told by Pearle E. Griggs in a
letter to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Griggs, of Albany:
Due to the fact that the Committee
of Public Safety has not allowed the
papers to publish anything about the
operations at Camp Holabird, com-
paratively little is known about it.
j Camp Holabird is located about 10
j miles east of the city of Baltimore,
j Md., bordering on the shore of Col
i gate Creek. This strip of land was
' of little or no value because of its
marshy nature. Perhaps the reason
for choosing this place was for the
exceptional commercial value it had.
Camp Holabird is the smallest army
cantonment in the United States, but
I dare say it deserves as much credit
as any of them.
The first appearance of the No. 306
Repair Unit was at Camp Meigs just
out of Washington, D. C. There were
at that time only a few hundred en
listed men. In March the unit was
transferred to Camp Holabird, where
it has been permanently stationed
for all times. Skilled men were se
lected from all over the United States
to come here and repair government
trucks, until now the camp personnel
shows 7000 enlisted men. The Motor
Transport Corps is a new branch of
service and it has charge of all re
pairs, convoy and storage of all army
motor vehicles. There are for ser
vice in the United States 40,000
trucks, 9,000 passenger cars, 15,000
motorcycles and bicycles and 6.-000
ambulances. Of this number SOfr
come under the jurisdiction of Camp
Holabird The government has now
in the parking fields in this camp
5000 three to five-ton trucks besides
hundreds of passenger cars and thou
sands of motorcycles. Col. Leisen
ring, commanding offiecr, of this post
has several times received requests
from Washington for reports on the
number of horses and mules he has
under his command, but each time
he has said, "None," for horses are of
no use here.
Uncle Sam uses the very best
makes of trucks, such as Packards,
Whites, Pierce-Arrows, and one de
signed by the Packard Motor Car Co.,
especially for army use, the Liberty
Six, without question the best motor
truck ever built.
The buildings of the camp are of
the most modern tj'pe, constructed of
steel, cement and glass and as near
fireproof as any shop can be built.
The headquarters shop for the No.
306 Repair Unit, is in just such a
plant as this and may well be called
the $2,000,000 motor beehive. It is
480 feet by 497 feet, and is divided
into a dozen sections or bays, as they
are called, each having its own par
ticular work to do, for example, Mag
neto and carburetor department, Ma
chine shop, Chassis department,etc.
These sections are equipped with
everything imaginable in the line of
machinery and apparatus. In turn
each section is subdivided into small
groups of mechanics, so that every
detail is handled by men who are fa
miliar with the work, as an illustra
tion, take the machine shop. There
are so mony kinds of work that the
crankshaft grinding, piston grinding
bearings, etc., are taken care of sep
arately, in this way first-class work
manship is insured.
The efficiency of the plant has been
planned to such perfection that the
entire overhauling of a truck can be
accomplished in three days, with an
average capacity of 50 trucks daily.
To add to the production the camp
has assigned a detail of men to sort
the cars and trucks as they come in
to the receiving park, so that at all
times they are able to tell in a few
minutes just how many are awaiting
repairs.
Perhaps the most interesting place
in the camp might be the crating
shop, for there Uncle Sam had a
watchful eye all during the months
of June and July when General Per
shing was calling constantly for more
trucks. The American forces in
France have received from this camp
alone over 14,000 trucks since June
1st, 1918. During the first three
weeks in July nearly 2,000 were crat
ed. This building, though compara
tively small is 350 feet by 200 feet.
One making a tour of this shop will
see traveling cranes from two to ten
tons' capacity, stationary cranes, both
hand and power, conveyance belts,
power rolIs in fact, everything that
will speed up production. A Packard
three-ton truck, can be torn down,
crated, ready for overseas, in one and
a half hours. The crate when finish
ed in three feet square by 22 feet
long.
The light-car garaere is 300 feet bv
100 feet and i3 used entirely for over
hauling passenger cars. Its equip
ment is the same as any modern gar
age. Aside from being able to repair
any car now in the service, we are
able to actually build trucks from the
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of material carried in tUx-k at
the Spare Parts warehouses. Th'rej
are two of thje buildircs, each beinyj
1000 bv 2"0 feet. Col. Lienrint ,
made the statement recently that j
"trurks eat up parts like mules at
hay," ro it i e: v to- understand th? j
ne-esitv of rr h Iar'e warehouses.;
To protect t's enormous exr e-Hj-
ture of ir,'r.'- th governrt his '
vrctfl a wat'-r tower in tha re-n'.r-r
nf the i"-p -'!tS a ranaHtv of 2 ".
W) gallons. It is 100 f--t from th
loftov! t,f t"i tar-k to th jT'i'i" !,
thereby ere? tiri pf-si'jre ero'ifh to
tfco' a t n of wat-r over any
b'j'f',ir fn th camn.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad has
Influenza Claims Two from Same
Family.
Pliny Govro, eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. V. R. Govro, died of double
pneumonia following influenza, at his
home two miles north of Barton vil
lage, Saturday morning.
He was born in Albany, Jan. 1,
1S91, and moved to Barton about 11
years ago, where he has lived ex
cept for a short period.
Mr. Govro was n vounc man of
! sterling worth, industrious, efficient,
ana a lavoruo wnn all wno knew nim
a man who will be missed not only
in his home, but in his town. He
leaves besides his parents, four sis
ters and a brother, and many distant
relatives to mourn his loss.
Twelve hours later, his little niece,
Marion Moore, five years old, who
lived with her grandparents, died of
the same disease.
On account of the serious illness of
Mr. and Mrs. Govro and Miss May,
the double funeral Monday afternoon
was private, Rev. W. A. Warner of
ficiating. The flowers were many and
beautiful.
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to the Red Cross and all the
neighbors and friends for each and
every kindness during severe illness
in our homes. Also for the beautiful
flowers for our loved ones who were
taken from us.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Govro
and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Moore. :
built a network of tracks all over the
camp, making it possible to give
prompt service. Then, too, Colgate
creek, which bounds the camp on the
south east side is being dredged and
docks are being built to enable
freighter? to come right up to our
back door.
One Of the biggest problems uncle
has had to deal with was the roads.
Owing to the marshy nature of the
soil something had to be done to build
a road that would stand the continual
hammering of the Army motor
trucks. It took several costly ex
periments to discover the right ma
terial; but, today we can boast of the
finest highways in the country.
It is hard to realize how fast this
camp has grown from a few negre
shacks to one of the finest and best
equipped motor car shops in the Unit
ed States if not in the world. The
Motor Transport Corps as well as this
camp will remain permanent and one
would think to peep into our little
city that Uncle Sam was still in the
war game, from the way things are
booming, instead of preparing for
peace.
The fate of the Motor Transport
Corps at Camp Holabird has been an
unlucky one, for comparatively few
of us have been sent overseas to
share in the glory which the return
ing heroes will be given when they
are marched through the street of
their home town. Ours has been
the steady grind from morning un
til night, not eight hours a day as
some think, but twelve, including
Sundays, then to make everything as
comfortable as possible some soldier
from another branch of service often
takes the joy out of life by saying,
"Why didn't you join the army in
stead of the M. T. C.?" or "Tell your
mother to take down her service flag,
you are not in the army yet."
The following is an extract from
the Baltimore Evening Star:
"The Motor Transport soldier de
serves a well-earned tribute.L- this
service the men of higjxrTass pay
labored in the same giCase and grime
for the government pay check. He
had none of the glory of war. It was
not his lot to meet the Hun on No
Man's Land. His was the sordid work
but each of them shouldered their
burdens and when the history of this
war is finally written, the work of
the Motor Transport men will occupy
a large share, and he too, shares in
the glory of the victory that the mo
bility of movement provided through
his work made possible infantry and
artillery action a final success."
Sergt. Pearle E. Grigtrs,
Repair Unit No. 306, M. T. C,
Camo Holabird.
Baltimore, Md.
Albany Boy Writes Home.
The following letter was received
from Pvt. Bernie George by his fa
ther: France, Nov. 27, 1918.
Dear old Dad:
I know it is a little late to be writ
ing Dad's letter, but at the time I
should have written it we were mov
ing on the road. We moved by road
from Verdun to Marcilly. Marcilly
i3 a small town below Chaumont.
That is where we are now. No know
ing how long we will stay here. I
can tell you now where I have been
all summer. Our division started
work on the front Feb. 8, 1918 and
since then until the 13th of Novem
ber v.e have had only 14 days' rest.
But now it is over, inanic ocki.
The first front I was on was the
Toul front. We were stationed on
Sar.zJy for three months, carrying
ammunition nights to the front. One
of the worst places we had was a
bend in the road, where the Boche
h'dled every night, called Dead
Man's Curve, because so many were
killed there. It was sure som lively
n!ace at nifct. In June we moved to
th? Chateau Thierry front, where the
h'f scrap was roing on. We were
there nearly two months. I can't
corr.rr.'.rwre to t-!l you all that hap--
- -.. thf-rw Tr it would fM a good-
; A ''ik. We were through the
i of Chutes J 1 hk-rry j i:t eight
' fir? affr th; German wr r? driven
i A " I they were the'i'mrj the
r'a'-e to !.--at ths- band. Then we
rtartd cha;m? thm and v.e worked
nu'ht and day without proper sleep
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