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Arizona republican., 1915-08-12
Ferquson Asks Help

HOUSTON. Aug. 11.-GOvernor Fer guson telegraphed tonight from Rock port where he is spending his vacation. to the president asking him to double the federal troops now on duty in the Rio GIandc valley. He said he pur- poseIy delayed the request hoping the situation would clear. The conditions are now perilous and grave, he said.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-12

traI American republics were invited to confer on the Mexican affairs. He is determined however, to afford prOtec- ton to foreigners in Vera Cruz. While the president recalled no cabinet mem hers, practically all are expected to be in the capital in time for the regular cabinet meeting on Friday morning.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-12

LEMONS-1O cents a dozen at Mc- Kee's-Adv. 1t
Arizona republican., 1915-08-12
To Strenqthen Forces

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11-Raiding and guerilla fighting along the Texas border will be met with a strengthen ing of the United States forces there if Major General Funston requests it
 Secretary Garrison and other officials insisted that any such troop movement would have no connection with the Mexican internal affairs and would be only for the protection of Americans in that district. General Funston has ready on the border of Texas City about l7,OO0 troops. Secretary Garrison tele-
Arizona republican., 1915-08-12
TEXANS ARMED
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that eighty armed Mexicans are hid ing at his ranch. They are said to have threatened to kill him if he told of their presence
 Officials have reports that seven teen hundred former CarranZa soldiers crossed the river along a zone 120 miles wide from point below Brownsville to Rio Grande City up the river At least thirty different parties are said to have crossed The river bank winds through brush and woods far from any roads, so a small army would have difficulty in guarding it.
 It was rumored this afternoon that officials on the Mexican side of the riv CT, which is under Carranza control were responsible for some of the troubles on the American side, either bv laxncss of discipline or by direct con nivance.
 However, there is no evidence that any higher Mexican authorities are in volved.
 The arrival of troops appears to have caused the bandits to shift rapidly westward into less populous sections. Telephone messages tonight from the portion of Cameron county. north of here where fighting has been going on TOT two weeks, indicated the outlaws had either left or were in hiding
 About Mercedes, a few miles north west of here rangers and cavaIrymen pressed the bandits so hard today that some of them fled across the river. The cavalrymen captured 8 horses from one band near Mercedes after a long chase in which so far as could be learned, no one was wounded.
 Reports that politicians on the Amer ican side were responsible for the up- risings have aroused much resentment here
 Fffty-one citizens representing all political factions here, addressed the following statement to the Associated Press tonight:
 The statements attributed in todav's dispatches to the secretary of war and General Funston to the effect that con- ditions of brigandage in Cameron and Hidalgo counties are due to any politi- cal feud are absolutely without founda tion. We represent all shades of poli- tical belief and all political factions and We absolutely know the statements made are untrue. All factions here are cooperating as American citizens to re- store order and obtain adequate pro- lection for our families and property"
 Telegrams of protest were sent Gen. enar Funston and the war department.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-12
LYNCH ATTACKS

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Arizona republican., 1915-08-12

This new book outlines the road very completely and the map it carries con meets with the Goodrich route beck from Denver to all Eastern points, and with the Texas book at Phoenix.
 The majority of these roads have been completely signed with Goodrich
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
Member of the Associated Press.
Saturday, MAY Is, 1915.
RECORD WHEAT CROP.

The government crop report for May /
will be received with qualification through
out the United States and will be encour
aging to citizens of war-torn Europe
The growing crop of winter wheat prom
ises not only to surpass all expectations,
but to break all records in our history,
being estimated at co., 100000 bushels.
Its condition is the unusually high one
of 929, compared with SIS of a month
ago. The condition of meadows and rye,
the stocks of hay on hand and the aver
age condition of pastures, spring blowing
and spring planting are likewise crafty
ing. While there are attempts to use the
report by bears, it is very likely that
prices will be above normal, regardless of
the continuation of the great war. The
withdrawing of millions of men from the
fields of Europe will result in crops being
abnormally short There will be a great
foreign demand for American agriculture
products, even should the war come to a
speedy end.
There is some uncertainty as to just
how much the cotton acreage is curtallec
this year. There is evidence that muct
more grain has been sown in cotton states
than heretofore. Yet it is likely thai
there will be a large cotton yield. TIL,
surprising thing about the war demand i
the failure of Europe to accept corn as ;
substitute for wheat for use in making
bread It NAV be due to custom 1t i
accounted for in part by the European
practice of waiting for bread to get COLI
before it Is eaten. But aside from al
question of exports, it is comforting t.
he assured of a bountiful food supply 70
this country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
Those Western Massachusetts Roads.
NORTHAMPTON Gazette.)

The two and half millions for
roads which is to be spent in five west
ern counties will build 200 miles OF
roads in 43 towns In the eastern
part of this region of new road con
struction will lie the Worcester AthoI
road, yielding in time through connec-
ton by state highways from points on
the Vermont and New Hampshire Dor
der to the Cape towns of Massachu-
sets. Special Joy will be carried at
the western end by the highway to be
built between Pittsfeld and Northamp-
ton, with north and south lines coming
into it from towns long isolated. OF
course road building in the hill regions
to be benefited will be costly, since
expensive grading and gravel filed
roadbeds will be required on all the
routes. It is estimated the cost must
be from $4,000 to $4,000 per mile,
an outlay, of course, impossible to such
localities without this state aid. ANY
such expenditure as these figures look
to the use of macadanl, and we are
sorry Gravel roads, with proper side
drainage, are moro durable than ma
cadam, easily kept in fine condition BY
the use of the drag, and pleasanter TO
ride over. They cost far less, and a
far greater area could be covered by
the appropriation than by the use of
macadam.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
China Story May Be Continued.
(Fitchburg Sentinel.l

Japan seems to have shattered pretty
thoroughly the self-government of
China. At the same time, this story
must be marked "'to be continued. -
just look at the situation. Though 1t
lets Japan into China with great powers
over Chinese government, politics and
industry, see where it leaves China.
The Chinese people will, apparently, be
in condition of peace and prosperity
while they are changing from a despot-
ism, with no regard for human life or
property, TO the form of a republic. Chi
nese win surely show great advances if
they make the most of their enforced
opportunity. With the growing capac-
ity for self-government and self-asser-
tion. and with power to cooperate, who
can tell how long it will be before
China will be able to throw off all the
hostile power Of Japan? There are two
sides to this seeming misfortune to
China.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

Herman Ridder Is owner of the Stats
Zeitung, the most widely circulated and
influential German newspaper in Amer
lea He has been a stanch champion of
Germany in the present war, but there
is no question about which side of the
hyphen he stands upon when this country
is concerned. He is one of our so-called
German-American citizens, which simply
means that he is a true and loyal Ameri-
can, with sympathies strongly for Ger
many in its relations toward other Euro
pean countries In discussing the Ameri-
can note on the Lustania he says: "The
German-American must suffer in any
conflict between the United States and
Germany pains of which their fellow-citi-
zens can never know anything. 1t is
rather time for showing them the great
est degree of consideration. They have
fought to uphold the flag in the past and
they win do so again, against any enemy
whatsoever They deserve the fruits of
past loyalty, until they have forfeited the
right to claim them. There has never
been but one flag under which the Ger
man American has fought. There never
can be but one flag under which he will
ever fight. And the flag is the Stars and
Stripes"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
At the Library
Interesting New Books

Abroad at Home, Julian Street.
The Real Turk, Stanwood Cobb.
Home Life in China, Isaac Headland
These three books dealing with races
SO diverse in every way as the modern
American, the modern Turk, and the
Chinese of today, are of especial value
at just this time when racial antagon,
isms are running high and every SORT
OF passion and prejudice is famed by
the gales Of war. In the first place the
writer's are competent. Prof. Head
land, author of the book on Chinese
life, has been connected for many
years with Pekin University; Mr.. Cobb,
who furnishes the book on the Real
Turk, has been an instructor in Rob
erts College at Constantinople; Mr..
| Street, writer of the book on America,
| is one of the younger American writers
who have drifted to New York city
from the Middle West All three writ
ers are Americans by birth and educa-
| ton.
| One does not need to read between
\
Mr. Cobb s to perceive the affection
admiration, and respect with which
| they regard the races among which
| their lot has been cast The funda.
| mental lesson of these books is the es
| sential likeness of men and women the
world over The Chinese may serve
soup at the end of dinner instead of al
the beginning, but Chinese parents love
their children, value honesty in bust
ness affairs, and are neighborly, like
| Americans. The social customs of tbs
Turks are very different from our Gus
toms, but the Turks are a profoundly
religious people, keenIy interested il
educational matters, genuinely demo
cratic in spirit. In like manner, Mr.
Street starting from New York, visit
ing towns and cities to the Pacif
CONSTRUCTING by the way in Pix
county, Missouri and in rural Kansa
Encountered many different modes o
life but an essential likeness in tn
people living there. The solidarit
of mankind is far more important tina
the differences due to institutions an
customs. Men profess widely divergen
beliefs but the things which guld
daily conduct are much the same til
world over.
These three books are in a way type
Of the new book of travel. The Doe
/ Of travel of the last generation was ap
to be personal and geographical, mail
y occupied with annoyances, distance
mountains, rivers and buildings TIL
new travel book is psychological, deal
more with people than with thing
: Pages of description of European c;
thedrals, Mohammedan mosques,
IChinesc pagodas leave no clear impre
: sion on the mind, but Prof. Headland
account of Chinese cooking "goes I
: the spot.
Besides4ehese new books we have
; | the shelves, okler books of the San
q type. Dar-ul-Islam by Capt. Pa
9 Sykes of the English army Is a Ease
{ mating account of sojourns in little vi
/ tied regions of Asia Minor. Then the
are the entertaining books by Pro
Giles on Chinese civilization The.
Y books are much more pleasant an
T more valuable reading than hasti
e compiled and inaccurate accounts
c the war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

ing and make it most rich and
tasty dressing. Simply adding sour
cream with sugar and salt to sliced
cucumbers or cabbage. with a dash of
salt and pepper, you have a most ap-
petizing salad ready to eat
Sour cream used as a white sauce
in place of milk to serve with fish is
another dish not half appreciated or
known.
Sour-Cre5n1, Biscuit.-There is no
more enjoyable hot biscuit than the
one enriched by sour cream. To each
cupful of sour cream add half tea
spoonful of soda, using two or three
tablespoonfuls of shortening, accord
ing to the richness of the cream.
Drop Cookies.-Take a half cupfuI
of butter, soften it, add to one cupful
of sugar. beat well, add beaten egg,
two cupfuls of -four, a fourth of
teaspoonful of soda and three and
half teaspoonfuls of baking powder
and a half cupfu1 of sour cream, mix
well, and drop by spoonfuls on but
tered sheet Sprinkle with granu-
lated sugar and bake in a moderate
oven.
ingerhread.-Beat a quarter of a
cupful of sugar, add a cupful of mo-
lasses, two well-beaten eggs, one cup
full of sour cream and three cupfuls of
-four. A teaspoonful of soda and a la
blespoonful of ginger. Beat we'll and
bake in a large dripping pan.
Sour cream griddle cakes, gems and
| spice cake, sour cream, one cupful,
| with the same of sugar and nutmeats
| cooked together until thick makes
the most delicious cake filling one can
/ imagine.
M~y.
NeEAG. Ek~,zs.eN~.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
WEST BRATTLEB0R0

Mrs Hugh Adams is boarding at
Miss E. L. Weatherhead IS for the pres
ent.
Work on the state road is progressing
well. The first course of crushed stone
is now being laid.
Mrs. Helena D. Mathews was called
to Springfield, Mass, Thursday night
on account of the serious illness of her
sister-in-law.
Mrs. Francis Avery returned to
Charlemont yesterday, after visiting in
town with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Blodgett.
f. D. Ranney returned from Boston
yesterday, accompanied by his mother,
Mrs. Elizabeth Ranney, who is a guest
at the Brooks House.
Lafayette Clark of Oskaloosa, Ia,
| who was called here on account of the
death of his mother, Mrs. c. s. Clark,
has remained for visit.
Katherine and Elwyn Miller were op-
Grated upon recently in the Memorial
hospital by DR.. Hopkins of Springfield
| Mass, for the removal of adenoids and
tonsils.
Mrs Purle Convey and little daugh
ter, Ina Belle, returned yesterday after
noon from Williamsville, where they
had been visiting Mrs. Covey's grand.
parents.
Miss Jessie Pike of Springfield
Mass, who had been visiting in Lon
donderry, came Thursday and was |
guest until Friday of Mrs. George c
Harris, when she returned to Spring
field.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
TO SUISSE IRERs.

1t is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service In the delivery of
cooperation of subscribers 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 enabl-
ing 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
secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

Wouldn't you like to be in Rutland to-
day so that you could be numbered
among the first passengers in that cross
state ride in steam mountain wagons
Here's hoping that the project will prove
success beyond the most sangulne
dreams of its promoters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

Ex-President Taft, aside from advising
all Americans to support President Will
son, wisely refrains from talking on our
problem with Germany. He has deeper
understanding of the burden that the
President is carrying than any other man
in the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
Move to Improve Rural Schools.

(Enosburg Falls Standard)
Under the act passed by the last
legislature to codify and amend the
elementary school laws, provision is
made for the extension of state aid
in the payment of teachers in rural
schools, and Vermont at last, by
legislative enactment, has under
taken to remove one of the obstacles
that has stood in the way of the prog
ress and improvement of the rural
schools of the state.
The inadequate pay of the teachers
in the rural communities of Vermont
has long been recognized as one Of
the reasons for the unsatisfactory
conditions in connection with the rural
schools, and the agitation for scale
of wages that would raise and
maintain the standard of teaching eff
ficiency has at last borne fruit.
That portion of the amended school
| law which relates to the subject, saws:
Sec. 1903. Directors duties. The
board of school directors shall en-
! ploy teachers, and shall fix the
amount of their compensation, but If
no case shall the compensation be less
than eight dollars per week.
! Sec. l04. State aid for teachers
There shall be paid to the teachers
employed in the rural schools, the
following sums, which shall be in
addition to the amount paid by the
several towns:
(a) Four dollars per week fol
| hn hO1
cate or who has had two years of pro
fessional training following grad
uation from first class high school.
(b) Three dollars per week fol
each teacher who has taught at leas
so weeks, and holds first grade Ger
tifcate, or who has had two years o.
professional training preceded by
two years work in an approved higl
school, or who has had one yeor o.
professional training following grad
uation from a first class high school
| (e) Two dollars per week for eacl
teacher who has had one year of pro
fessional training preceded by thre,
years work in an approved higl
school.
Provided that after July l, 1916, tn
state board of education may, in lie,
of the classification herein provided
make such classification of the rura
teachers as said board may deem prop
ef.
Sec. 1O5. Rural school defined. TIL
term "rural school, for the purpos
/ of the foregoing section, shall mea
any school having not more than tw
teachers, and Offering instruction i
not less than six of the eight or min
Years of the courses prescribed for eli
uputaPy schools
5 1t will thus be seen that with schoC
t directors cnjoined from fixing
lower compensation than eight dollar
per week, to which the state will ad
from two to four dollars, according I
4 the training and experience of I'll
2 teachers, there is established a min
mum salary of ten dollars per wee
for competent teachers.
: The effect, ultimately, of this ne
i state policy, should be to rendt
4 more attractive the profession of II
0 rural school teacher, to raise til
p general standard thereof, and insul
more permancy in the tenure of offiC
of the teachers.
This provision of the school law, t
5 gether with the section which esta
7 fishes minimum of thirty-four weel
of school in school year, are impor
ant steps in the movement to still fu
II ther improve on Vermont s educatio
e al system.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

New Hampshire in the last session of
the legislature copied the Vermont plan
Of small state subsidies to meritorious
agricultural fairs. The Claremont Advo-
cate complains because the aid did not
come earlier, saying that it might have
saved the Sullivan county fair in Clare
mont and the state fair in Concord, both
Of which were embalmed short time ago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

How can we use the
small amounts of left
over sour cream that are
a ways accommodating
from the cream cans ?"
Here is the answer:
Salad dressings of va
rious kinds are improved
by the addition of cream.
1t may be whipped and
added Il q hoilPd Dress
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

from other parts of the state who attend
ed the Greater Vermont meetings in
Brattleboro became inoculated with the
public spirit bacilIi with which this town
is impregnated
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

Today is straw hat day by edict of the
dealers But with the thermometer close
to the freezing mark this morning some
of us will hold onto our old lids a little
longer
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
'ZI|'NeHXH5ECEHEN


Alas! how easily things go wrong!
A sigh too deep or a kiss too long,
And then comes mist and weeping
rain
And life is never the same again.
George Macdonald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15
SOUR CREAM DISHES.

Among the women in the dairy dis
riots the question is asked every day:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-05-15

We feel sure that some of the visitor,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-22
EYoKEs sYMPATHY

The Mother see triangular
tray to hold a piece Of pie unframed
in a lunch box has been invented.
The Boy-But who would harm
such a little piece of pie as you cut,
mamma 2-Y onkers Statesman.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-22
INsPfRlNG

Ever notice how whisky causes a,
man to have a good opinion Of him
SELF"
''Yes; it makes aman rate himself
at his fun value, so to speak. :" =
Ptttsburg Dispatch,
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