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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
Municipal Managers.
(NeW y ork Times.)


Without attempting any decision for
or against the general superiority Of
the new municipal manager plan
OF running towns, as compared either
with commission government OF the
Older form or the familiar huge group
OF elected officials, one can say that it
certainly has one great merit lacking
III both of them. That merit lies in
the fact that in the managerial scheme
/ there Is for the first time a frank and
complete abandonment of what is mn
doubtedly the most absurd, stupid, and
injurious Of American habit,-that OF
insisting that a city should never en-
/ pIoy as Il servant ANYBODY except one
| of its own citizens.
/ SO long has this habit been followed
/ tfat not only do most of our voters
share the politician 5 natural horror NJ
the thought Of calling upon somebody
! from out of town or out of the dis.
/ trlct to do town or district work-anl
draw salary therefrom-but they are
almost sure to consider ii a personal
insult, and to resent it as such. if any
/ body even hints that a sufficiently able
occupant for any possible office cannot
be found within the town : or dis
I trict 5 limits. This silly conccit has
/ even been embodied in many Of our
laWs-in so many. indeed. that lie j.
highly exceptional citizen who doe.
not see political blasphemy and an at
tack OH the constitution in the suages
ton that Il municipal corporation, like
any other, should be served by tn,
best man it can afford to hire. regard
less of where he was born and wher,
he has been living.
The result of this deIusion, helpe,
out by the closely related and as firm
J " held imbeciity that a man. afteI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

holding an office for period proper
toned to his partisan activity, nor his
competence to perform its duties,
should either get out or be put out, so
that somebody else may have chance
to get some easy money, is only too
well known to US all
The city manager plan does at least
change all that. Theoretically, at least.
before selecting its chief executive. the
town following it looks the whole
world over for the best qualified man
It can get, and, after il finds him.
makes his tenure Of Office depend on
Just two things-his giving satisfuc-
ton to his employers and his content
ment with the pay and treatment they
give him. That is business: it IS also
the uncommon sort OF sense we humor-
onsly call common sense.
Its general adoption would in time
create what we so much need and have
never had--a class OF professional Of
ficcholders. The men TO whom we now
apply that term-in well-descrved dis
arrangement, as we misuse it-are only
professional salary-draWeIs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
/Lez2e- TA@>&tseA~
-Four Kinds of Writing.

Narration, on the whole. goes from
event to event, moving through a com
pick Of temporal relations. and also
uniting events by any other means
that may be available Description
moves from object to object. keeping
to some order, which i usually spacial,
but may also be often a matter Of
time relation. Exposition goes from
fact to fact. or from fact to idea. or
frem idea TO fact, OF from idea To idea.
sometimes simply stating matters, AT
other times dealing with complicated
casual ami temporal relations. Ar2u-
mentation is the great begctter Of de-
rived facts. the solomon among the
literary methods; by system ar com
parsons it makes new facts it docs
not do its business if il makes no con
ciuslon. even il the conclusion is that
no conclusion IS possible. William
Tenney Brewster in Writing English
Prose.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
Member of the Associated Press.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Is. 1913.

Gov.-elect Walsh of Massachuse
makes strong plea for the election
Ct state officers biennially. The Bay
State in many respects is one of the
most progressive commemorative in
the country, but it cIings to an absurd
custom in holding elections every year
There is nothing to be said in favor of
annual elections. 1t means a tremen-
dous expense to the state and to eandi-
dates and it keeps affairs generally in
Il chaotic condition.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

Twenty governments and thir-
weight states have agreed to turn in
and make the San Francisco fair the
greatest event of the kind ever held.
One hundred and scventy-seven con
crosses and conventions of various or
CARNATIONS have been arranged for the
Exposition year in San Francisco. and
negotiations are in progress with many
more organizations in different
parts of the world; for some of the
congresses will be international. others
national, and others vet pertaining
only to the Pacific coast of the United
States. The organizations that have
already agreed to hold congresses and
conventions in San Francisco in 1915
include those representing civic, reIi-
gious, social service, educational. fra
ternal, business, labor, commercial
horticultural, live stock and other in
/ terests. 1t is figured that the whole
exposition will cost $S0000,O00
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
Family Keeps Live Christmas Tree.

IN the December Woman Home
tompamion Bertha Bellows Streete,.
writing q little article entitled Chris
mas tiXings, tells As follows how
one family She knows keeps live
Christmas tree:
Zone family in this neighborhood
has a live tree every year. 1t was just
a tiny 9ne the father dug up for his
baby's first Christmas one time when
he was out driving. Instead OF placing
in on a standard he planted it in a
small tub, ana after it had been III
vested OF its holiday decorations il was
taken ont and set in the ground. tub
and all. Each year it has been brought
back to the house to bear the presents
for that small boy and his little sister,
then returned to its place to stand oAt
Of doors until another Christmas came
around.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

Charles Sumner Bird 5 campaign ex-
pcnse account shows total expenditures
of $30,3S3.12. This brings the aggre-
gate admitted personal campaign ex-
penses of the four leading gubernato-
rial candidates in Massachusetts this
year up to 76,999. 55-not including
funds from other sources handled BY
the several party committees Running
FOR the governorship is not a poor
mans game in Massachusetts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
Parcel Post in Holiday Season.
Springfield Mon. J


With the parcel post service in oper-
alton the postal system of the country
will undergo the supreme test during
the holiday season Hundreds OF
thousand, perhaps millions. of pack
ages that heretofore have gone by ex-
press Will be sent rs mail matter and
every facility of the postal service will
be taxed to the uttermost. Under the
conditions that obtained before the in
stallation Of the parcel post the mails
have always been overburdencd with
the holiday business, principally be
cause 50 many persons delay their
Christmas shopping and the mailing OF
Christmas gifts until the last few
days before the holiday This year.
unless there IS a great reform on the
part of the public, the postot1iee Off
cials will be overwhelmed bv the
volume OF business. 1t will be abSo-
lutely impossible to deliver the Christ
mas mail ON or before that day if a
larger share of the public does not co
operate by sending out its holiday
mail good deal earlier that has been
the custom heretofore This is a mat
ter that concerns the public as much
as it does the postal authorities. Al
senders of Christmas gifts wish Il
have them delivered on time. The
only sure way 70 accomplish that Is
by doing one 5 Christmas shopping
early and sending the mail packages te
the postofiice at least a week before
Christmas and MS much earlier as pos
sibln
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

Two women engaged in sociological
work have Just come out of a week IS
voluntary confinement in Auburn pris-
on firmly convinced that life therein
Is not pleasant or easy. They com
plain that an inmate is limited to one
cup of water in a cell for drink night
and morning, that an extra blanket is
luxury even if prisoner is cold and
that one towel week is all that is
permitted an inmate. Their complaints
in these respects, and doubtless in
others, are justified. No prisoner
should be compelled to undergo posi-
tive cold, and he certainly should be
allowed plenty of clean water. There
is another side to the question, as the
Rutland News points out: There is
a good deal of unwarranted hysteria
prevalent about prison conditions.
Prison life was never intended to be a
pleasant or comfortable existence.
While everything should be done in a
humane manner to work the refOrma-
tion of a criminal, he should not be
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

Who wrote The Hoosier Schoolmas-
ter, and is there another book by the
same author called The Hoosier school
boy?
Edward Eggleston wrote both
books, The Hoosier SchooImaster being
best known. Eggleston's books were
a new departure in American literature.
being the first to treat of the homely
life of the middle West, and the stories
are simply told and possess great
charm. He was a Methodist minister
for some years, but gave up the minis
Try because of bad health and devoted
himself to literature, until his death in
1902.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertsing-Run of paper,
80 cents an inch for first insertion; 25
cents an inch for each subsequent in
sertion. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change Of copy
ReaAing Notices-Ten cents a line first
insertion with 80 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change
of copy.
Position, 10 pere cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
ECONOMICAL DISHES.

Meats which are not tender enough
TO serve as steaks, chops or roast5 are
as nutritious as those which cost more
money per pound. All tough meat
should be cooked long and slowly at
low temperature
Griilards.-ChOp a medium sized
onion fine, dredge it with Hour and
fry in hot bacon fat until brown. ADD
two pounds of round steak, cut III
small pieces. Season well with salt
and paprika add a cup of canned to-
matOes free from juice and water suf-
hclent to cover. Cook on the back
part of the range, well covered, for
two hours.
German Meat salls.-Trim all the
fat and skin from a pound of round
steak, put over the fire with q quart
of cold water, one onion, d stalk OF
celery a tablespoonful of parsley and
a teaspoonful OF salt. Cook one hour.
Soak large slice of bread III water,
squeeze until dry, then mix one pound
Of the round steak minced fine; add q
beaten egg and two tablespoonfuls OF
melted butter. one tedspoonful of salt
and dash of pepper. Make into balls
as large as an egg and boil ten min
utes in the broth Brown 4 tablespoon
full of flour in a tablespoonful of but
ter. strain the broth and add it, stir
ring until thick. Pour the gravy over
the meat balls and serve.
Meat Loaf.-To each pound OF
chopped beef add two ounces OF fat
pork or suet; mix with a fourth OF &
cup Of bread crumbs, one teaspoonfu
OF salt, seasonings of herbs and {
beaten egg. A few drops of vinegal
or lemon juice softens the meat fbel
and makes it more digestible Thi:
loaf may be steamed one or two hours
or put into the oven and baked. bast
ing occasionally Any OF the loaf lef
over may be dipped III egg AM
/ crumbs, fried and served as Gro
! quettes.
Baked Bread and Cheese.-Slic,
stale bread half an inch thick and Ia,
in pudding dish with alternate lay
. ers Of cheese and little salt Whel
the dish is full and the cheese is OF
top, pour in milk slowly until til
bread is nearly covered. Cover an
bake half an hour; uncover and brown
! The bread will puff up and look a
good as it tastes.
I =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
TO SUBSc RIDERS

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night and it solicits the
cooperation of 5ubscrib ers to that end
prompt report should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, in person, by
telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

Can You tell me if Denton Snider
was an American!
Denton Jacques Snidcr was an Amer
lean author and lecturer, born in
Gilead, o., Jan. Q, 1871. He was grad
uated from Oberlin college in 1862,
end soon after became a public speak
or, giving lectures on various subjects
throughout the United States. He is
the author of !" Commentaries on the
Literary Bibles, in nine volumes, com
pretending Shakespeare, Goethe, Dante
and Homer, the Life Of Frederick Froe
bel, number of volumes of verse anc
other works
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
BADLY IRRITATEO SKIN
OF BABY QUICKLY HEALED
BY COMFORT POWDER

Miss =. 7. Burroughs, Poughkeep-
SIC, y T., trained nurse, says Com
fort Powder worked like a charm on
4 baby with badly irritated skin,
allayng the soreness and curing the
trouble. 1t IS the best powder made. y
Comfort Powder is skin healing
wonder for infants and adults. Be sure
you get the genuine with the sigma
ture of f. S. Sykes on the box
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

More than 100000 acres of public
land that had been withdrawn from
entry were restored during October.
President Wilson has approved the
restoration, which throws open the land
TO settlement. The largest restoration
o. sut h lands was in Montana. where
% vast tract had been held up by the
government pending investigation by
The government as to its coal deposits
Secretary Lane declares that about
",aeH, 0ad aeIc~ of public lands now
ara closed r. settlement until their coal
'rartu2 values are determined OF the
iaHa already classified by the depart
mont MS coad lands and restored to
aftaec entry, the secretary adds,
logoUu00 acres alone is valued by the
COS eminent ut SOL 100000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

permitted to expect or led to demand
the comforts of home A prison should
be just what it is designed to be a
place of reformation, of repentance,
and it should be thoroughly distaste-
ful to all who show themselves unap-
preciative of the privileges of society
and freedom.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
OUR QUESTION BOX

Is there a reliable rule for calculat-
ing the draught of chimneys from their
height2 Do the tallest chimneys on
land create draught equal to the
forced draught on steamships
The intensity of the draught varies
as the square root of altitude. The
creed draughts of some vessels would
require a chimney half mile high.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

Canada cuts about 2,0NO0co cords If
pulp wood annually. about half OF which
Is exported for manufacture in the United
States
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18

NVT1EN Mark Twain in his early days was editor Of
wv Missouri paper superstitious subscriber
him saving that he had found spider in his paper
and asking him whether sign of good luck bad The
hrnlorst wrote him this and printed it: OLD SUR
scRIBER Finding spider in your paper neither good luck
nor bad luck 70 YOU The spider merely looking
paper to which merchant Advertising go
to that spin his web the door and lead life of
undisturbed peace afterward.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-18
: KITCHEN
CAB 8 AIt]ELNN]E[, H
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IG 3Cl3 1A
81 WI GUILD you throw away a dia

81 10 GUILD you throw away dia-
mond because it pricied you?
Dne good friend is not to be weighed
against the jewels of all the earth. If
there is unl<indness between US. let US
come face to face and have it out. Quick
before love grows cold.-Robert Smith.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-04-18
ORDINANCE NO. II6

| An Ordinance defining common drunk
ard, prohibiting sale of Intoxicating liquor
| to such person. providing q penalty.
| The City Council of the City of Leavenworth
do ordain as follows:
| Sec. l. Every person. who shall be three
| times convicted of any crime of which
| drunkenness is an element or of any Ordi-
| nance of the City of Leavenworth defining
and Furnishing drunkenness, or any person
| who shall squander his property in drink,
or who as result of the use of Intoxicating
| liquor. shall abuse or fail properly to sup
port or care for his wife or any minor child
| lawfully in his custody shall be common
drunkard, and may be declared so by the
Police Judge of the City of Leavenworth
upon charge made by any officer of the
| City of Leavenwoth, or any individual
| competent to verify a complaint.
| Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons within the City of Leaven-
worth to furnish any person such as defined
| in Section of this Ordinance with intoxi-
| eating liquor in any manner whatsoever
and any person or perons violating this
| section of the Ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of n misdemeanor and upon conyic-
| ton shall be fined in any sum not exceeding
One Hundred Dollars ($10000)
| Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the com
| hitting magistrate upon the conviction of
| any person or persons as common drunk
ard to serve notice thereon on each per-
| son or persons or firm licensed to sell
| liquor within the City of Leavenworth Civ
| ing the name OF such person as has been
reasonable description of such person. so
| that he may be readily identified
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall be In fhll
| force and effect when it shall have been
passed by the City Council of the City of
Leayenworth approved and signed by the
Mayor; attested by the Clerk; approved by
| the City Attorney and from and after five
days from the date of its publication once
| in the Leavenworth Echo newspaper of
general circulation, printed and published
within the City of Leavenworth, and the
Clerk is hereby directed to cause the same
| to be published.
First reading: 18th day of April, 1913.
| Passed by the City Council this 10Th day
of April, 1918.
| Approved and signed by the Mayor this
| 18th day of April, 1913.
| FRANK e. CARLQUIST, Mayor of the
| City of Leavenworth.
| Attest: Guy A. HAMILTON, City Clerk
Approved: l.. j. NELSON, City Attorney
| Published in the Leavenworth Echo this
| 18th day of April, 1913.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1913-04-18

shall not be turned over to the City of Lea
venworth until such time as said City shall
be able to operate said system with its own
water from the system now being installed
by said City and until such time the said
Tumwater Light & Water Company shall
keep and have for its own oil revenues de-
rived from the operation OF said water sys-
tenn
Whereas, the City of Leavenworth has
this day passed an ordinance, the same be-
ing Ordinance No. 100 and which said ordi-
nance will not be effective the 10th day
of April, 1913, 1t is therefore resolved by the
Council OF the City of Leavenworth, that, as
soon as may be after the 10th day of April,
1913, the Mayor and CLERK of the City fof
Leayenworth issue to the Tumwater Light
y Water Company, or to the assigns of said
Company, Its warrants out of the Water
Fund of said City in such denominations as
may be designated by said Tumwater Light
| & Water Company orits assigns amounting
| in the aggregate Seven thousand five hun
dred sixty and 40-l00 Dollars (s756040l and
| bearing interest at the rate of eight per
cent per annum until paid, upon the deliv-
cry to said City by said Tumwater Light Il
Water Company of the proper instruments
OF conveyance of said property hereinbefore
described
The city council OF the city of Leaven-
worth do ordain as follows:
| Section /. That the action of the City
council in adopting the resolution last
above mentioned, and in purchasing the
| property therein described, be and the same
is hereby, in all things, ratified, confirmed
and approved.
Section 2. That demand is hereby made
upon the Tumwater Light e. Water Com
| pany to convey said property to the City of
| Leavenworth on or before the LIST day of
| May, 1918, the form of conveyance to be ap-
| proved by the City Attorney, and upon the
execution and delivery of said conveyance,
| so approved by the Oity Attorney, the
| proper officers of the City of Leavenworth,
| to-wit, the Mayor and City Clerk, are
| hereby authorized to issue warrants upon
| the water fund, amounting in the aggregate
| to Seven thousand five hundred sixty and
| 40-l00 Dollars t$7560.40) said warrants to be in
such denominations as shall be demanded
| by said Tumwater Light & Water Company.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full
| force and effect when 1t shall have been
| passed by the City Council of the City of
| Leavenworth; approved and signed by the
| Mayor; attested by the Clerk approved by
| the City Attorney; and from and after five
| days from the date of its publication once
In the Leavenworth Echo a newspaper of
general circulation, printed, and published
within the City of Leayenworth, and the
| Clerk is hereby directed to cause the same
| to be published.
| First reading: 18th day of April, 1918.
Passed by the City Council this 18th day
of April, 1913.
Approved and signed by the Mayor this
18th day of April, 1913
FRANK f.. CARLQUIST. Mayor of the
City of Leavenworth.
Attest: Guy A. Hamilton, City CLERK.
Approved: l.. j. Nelson, City Attorney.
Published in the Leavenworth Echo this
18th day of April, 1913.