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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-08-17
DID YOU THANK HER?

She spent a long hot hour get
ting it.; and you thought it was a
fine meal. But did you take a
second to tell her so?
Maybe she was so we'll pleased
watching you enjoy her cooking
that she didn't eat much herself.
Notice the women who do the
cooking in hot weather and you
will see that they haven't much
appetite.) But she was quick to
see when you needed a second
helping.
Maybe, when you had finished,
you lighted your cigar and picked
up the paper and went out to the
front porch. And you felt per-
fectly c%omplacsnt in tho assur
ance that you had completed a
good days work.
But her work was not done.
She had to go out into the stuffy
kitchen and spend another hour
over the steaming dishpan.
And she didn't even get a tin
for her trouble.
Not that she wanted it. What
she wanted was something like
this:
Gee, Flo, that was a dandy
dinner. Bet nobody in this street
had a BETTER"
What will your little word of
appreciation mean to her?
The difference between tears
and smiles over the measly dish
pan; the difference between a
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-08-17
The Best Laxative.


10 keep the bowels regular
the best laxative is outdoor ex-
ercise. Drink a full glass of
water half an hour before break
fast and eat an abundance of
fruit and vegetables, also estab-
fish a regular habit and be sure
that your bowels move once each
day. When a medicine is need
ed take Chamberlain's Tablets.
They are pleasant to take and
mild and gentle in effect. %.
tainable everywhere.-Adv.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-08-17
COWS
BY ERNEST C. FOSTER
Our Own Expert in Bovineqy
COWS

Lo, the poor COW. Female by
nature, she must chew, and gum
being not provided, the cud sui.
ficeth.
To my sy sympathetic soul, the
COW is the most patient of all ex.
amples set before us. Her calm
submissive nature touches the
tenderest of my heartstrings.
Beautiful COW! I love her!
And such treatment as is gen
orally hers!
I have known COWS that have
fed a family, raised a mortgage
and provided an automobile, with
no reward or recognition what.
ever other than a meal ticket on
Natures garden with now and
then a bucket of bran thrown in
for Sunday dessert.
Let us arouse ourselves, conn-
trymen, and inaugurate a ma
tion-wide movement for the Up,
lifting of the Cow. 10 her is
due the. popularity of our break
fast foods. She is the nucleus
of the ice cream social. She
sacrifices her babies on the altar
of R%ormands. Gracious COW!
We salute thee.
Let US imp]ore her forgiven
ess, gentlemen-we who have
neglected her in the past, and
today let US make a solemn VOW
that her future shall be bright.
er. Let US provide for her q
garden wherein no fly shall be
permitted to fly and where only
the most delectable of greens
shall grow. And henceforth,
when we drive away in her auto,
let US watt a kiss to her over the
grassward and wave our hand.
kerchiefs in fond adieu.
The man who knows he has a
COW only when he milks he1
should drink his coffee black.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-08-17
LIGHT COMPANY GETFRANCH|SE

The City Council met in spe-
cial session Monday evening
pursuant to a call made at the
regular meeting the previous
Monday for the purpose of con.
sidering the request of the Hope
Light & Power Co. for a new
franchise. The old franchise
would expire in four years and
in order that the company might
safely invest money in improve
ments they plan to make they
desired that a new franchise be
granted.
A great deal of discussion a.
rose over some of the POINTS, in
the proposed grant and slight
changes were made after which
the franchise was passed by a
unanimous vote.
Among the features is a re-
duction for both power and light
rates and also a reduction in the
price the city will pay for street
lighting. Heretofore the rate
has been zoe per K. W., the new
rate will be 1860 which with the
1919 discount on bills paid be-
fore the 10th of the month will
make the rate 15c per K. w.
The rate for power will be re-
duced to practically Sc. At these
rates no one in the city can af
ford TO be without electric lights.
Since the Hope Light & Power
Co. has taken hold of the plant
the service has been improved
very materially and the compa-
ny has done all it could possibly
do to give the patrons full salts
faction. A short time ago a
twenty four hour service was in.
stalled which has added to the
value of the lights and has also
enabled quite a number to install
motors where they have been
compelled to use gasoline en-
gines before. The reduction in
the rates is also voluntary on
the part of the company and un-
der the present load will prob
ably not allow them a great
margin of profit.
The new rates and ordinance
will go into effect Immediately
after being accepted by the com
pany and being published in the
Pioneer. A full copy will be
found in this issue.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-08-17

song mixed with the rafting of
the dishes and a sob hidden by
the securing of the kettles.
Such a little thing for you to
say, so much for her to hear.
Women are like that. Did
you ever stop to think, man, that
unless you take q little pains to
put some JOY into the life of the
woman who is your wife, she
isn't going to have any too much
of it? See9-Exchange.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1916-08-17

"a All notices OF entertainments of
any nature at which admission is
charged given by local organizations
r charged at the rate of five cents
per line per insertion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
458 $50 438-I,3 46
Exhibition Bout in New York Theatal
Was Strenuous Affair.

George w. Bailey, suffering with a
broken nose as the result of an ex-
hibition wrestling bout in New York
theater with Ed (Stangler) Lewis, who
appeared here short time ago in a
bout with Tom Draak, is now with
Schilling's Athletes, a snow connected
with Soils United Shows. This exhib-
ition opened in Scranton, Pa, Saturday
evening. Bailey is one of team of
wrestlers who is willing to meet all
Corners.
Bailey writes that he went on for an
exhibition bout IN a New York theater
with Lewis and he supposed it was to
be 2 formal exhibition. Lewis, he
writes, for some reason or other de-
cided to make the bout one that car
ried the ear marks of earnestness
without notifying Bailey The result
was ? very strenuous affair and
among the things that happened was
the breaking of the nose of George w
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
HANSON THROWS UNKNOWN. >
Former B-attleboro Wrestler Now in
Wilmington, N. c.

Fritz Hanson. who made wrestling pop
ular III Brattleboro at one time and I'M
popular n another, Is holding forth il
Wilmington. \. C., and is very nopuiar
mere. according TO the Morning Star o
That city Hanson has been wrestling
matches with an Unknown" who has
Worn mask. From the account of the
last match which Hanson won, he appar-
emily lost the first two matches The
masked one is claimed TO be Louis Laiuc
If Plymouth, \. c.
Hanson last Friday defeated the Tn
SHOWN" in two straight falls, using the
mead scissors and hammerlock to win the
irst fall and a half-nelson and inside
crotch hold to land his man the second
time.
, 1t will be interesting news to local
wrestling enthusiasts to know that John
Nilonis challenged the winner. The last
time Hanson wrestled here was against
Nilonis, match that seriously damaged
the local reputation Of the game.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
Sporting Notes.

Both Boston teams slipped on The
same day.
Columbia university defeated CO.
gate at New York yesterday, to |.
1t is not often that Walter Johnson
retigos under fire as he did Monday.
under the guns of the Red SoX.
Yesterdays defeat of the Red Sox
in Boston by Washington was the first
time since 1914 that the Senators had
been able to win in Boston.
4 considerable part of the reas N
for the University of Pennsylvania
team losing its games may be found
in the team batting average of III.
Crowell made his first appearance on
the slab yesterday and twirled two
innings against the Yankees, escaping
without a hit being made off him. He
did not issue a pass either
The Worcester, Mass, baseball club
has been presented with home and
travelling uniforms by the Boosters
club of that city Now that you
think Of it the Twin State league
missed a chance to increase expenses
by not having two sets of uniforms.
Ray Heating, the Yankees spitball
pitcher, has accepted terms. It Is
said that the kid has got his mind OF
the wonders of New York, which he
saw first when signed to play with
the Yankees three seasons ago, and IS
willing to settle down and tend to bu-
siness. If this l. true Donovan has a
valuable asset
William Hanna of the New York
Sun echoes the feelings of many read
ers of college baseball scores when he
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
BELLOWS FALLS SCHEDULE.
High School Baseball Team Opens April
% at Barber Park
Especial to The Reformer.)
BELLOWS FALLS, April

BELLOWS FALLS, April ~.
Manager Harry Duffy of the high
school baseball team has arranged his
schedule for the coming season. The
home games VIII be played at Barber
park this year. For the first time il
several years the Memorial day game
will not be against Vermont academy.
The schedule is as follows:
.spril %. Vermont Farm Machine
company at Barber park.
April %, Brattleboro high at Barber
park.
May 6, Vermont academy at Barber
park.
Nav Is. Keene high at Keene.
May %, West Rutland high at Bar
Der park.
May y, Brattleboro high at Brattle-
boro.
May %, West Rutland high at West
Rutland.
Nav 50, afternoon, Norwich univer-
sity freshmen at Barber park.
June ;. Vermont academy at Saxtons
River.
June 10, Keene high at Barber park
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
PULPITES TO MAKE
DECISION TOMORROW
Meeting VIII Be Held TO Conside-
Having Twin State Bail This
-Eespcr5 Wants TO Sly.
Especial to The Reformer.)


BELLOWS FALLS, April 10.
Baseball fans will be asked to de
eide whether they want Twin State
league baseball here the coming sea
son tomorrow evening, when a meet
ing Will be held in Banquet hall. They
also will be asked to elect new direc
tors for the coming year and to eX
press their preference as to what teams
should constitute the league.
There has been much baseball gcs-
sip within the past few days 1t has
become known that Newport wants to
remain in the league and that some
of the Ciaremont followers and sup
aorters Of the game are willing TO have
their rivals back in the game, Clare
met is waiting to hear from other
towns before il gets down to work,
ut opinion there is stronger for base
hall than it was a year ago this week,
when a meeting was held in the town
hall to decide whether the town would
enter team in the Twin State. Ma
ior Z. NJ. Keyes of Kcene says that
that city is anxious to have Twin
State ball but there is 4 lack of Epep'
ard no one seems willing to step for
ward and start the ball rolling and to
assume the responsibility of keeping
it rolling through the season.
Greenfield wants to be considered
when il comes to organizing the cir
cult. Jack Cellar 5 six-club league
stretching from Leominster to Pitts
field, and back by way of Northamp
ton, and including Greenfield, is not
looked upon with favor by the mer
back of ball in that town.
As usual, Bellows Falls would like
TO have Brattleboro in the game again
It is thought here that if someone
would emerge from the amelia stage
long enough to call meeting and ge
the fans together in that town thu
fans might see their way clear to raist
money to re-enter the league.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

\ corking good team could be gotten to
gethcr in BrattIeboro and one that
would give the c0llegians a rub. The
Brattlehoro league games last year
showed that there was a lot of material
here aad IS for battery candidates
there would be enough and to spare.
The beauty about the twirlcrs available
is that all of them are good stickers
and some of them can play in other
nnSiti0nS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

writes that he would as soon read, AMI
with as much understanding, a string
OF - as Oh he. III; 4 maa, 81;
Duh 'el, ri. Papers whose policy vii!
not permit the abbreviation cf any
thing In the news column al tie sci
eietv editor or the police court depart
ment so murder the sporting pages by
Authorization as to make it a subject
for protest even from sporting depart
ment writer's themselves
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
DUNLEvY's TEAM MAY COME.
Plan on Foot to Have st. Michael $
College Play Memorial Day.

There is little scheme on to have
the ST. Michael s college nine, OF
which Bernard Dunlevy Of Brattleboro
is captain and shortstop, run down to
Brattleboro and play game Memorial
day It hasa t been SO many days since
Bernard was playing with Brattleboro
high school and later with the Knights
of Columbus team of the Brattleboro
league Several men in town are plan
ming to bring this little plan to focus.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

base as well as ninety feet from third
base. Some Igorrotes have tried to To-
cate it G3.G394J feet from the pitchers
slab. as they mistook the official pre-
scription, and consequently have been
unable to tx it so that it would be
quidistant-thirty yards-from first
and third bases. All this is to be cor
rected by officially stamped, sealed and
delivered surveys Of major league dia-
monds this year, so everything is bound
to be just perfectly lovely.
Here's Ebbets' Great Plan.
Ebbets' epOchal reformation of the
draft rule is merely revival of the
scheme to- give major league clubs the
right to draft minor league players in
the reverse order of the way the teams
finish i'll the pennant race-that is, the
tail end clubs of each major league
would have first crack at the draft.
and the pcnnant winners would have
last chance at minor league pros
poets" This would entail postponing
the drafting season, of course. At the
present time of drafting minor league
players the major league pennant races
are in progress. and some of the posi-
tions i'll the race are in doubt.
That would not be d serious hurdle
to overcome if the reformation would
produce any particular benefit. 1t does
not in the least change the fact that
the club owners with the coin and the
willingness to spend it will continue to
get the cream of the minor league tai
ent each year, barring accidents, if
they have good judgment or good
scouts. They can grab off the most
promising youngsters by purchase be
fore the drafting season opens, just as
( they do now. Only by eliminating the
purchase of minor league talent and
making it possible to obtain recruits
from the minors solely by way of the
! draft can Ebbets' scheme make any
great difference in the results previous
I ~ obtained.
Must Abolish Options.
Also in order to have the draft re
suit in obtaining much talent of value
it will be necessary to abolish the loan
ing of players under option contracts
by which practice the pick of the
minor leagues now is mortgaged tt
major league teams before the season
| starts.
One reform which might have beef
adopted by a simple eXpedfent is tn
abolition Of the pinch hitter, greatly t.
the Improvement of the game. To TIL
average fan the strategy of the aver
age manager is a cause Of peeyes
Much of it is not understood by then
anyway, and when it is understood
Is the occasion of lot of roasting i
the strategic move goes wrong. Tn
fans simply grind their teeth in rag
when an air tight pitcher is taken on
- let in pinch hitter strike out fo
| him with men on bases; then the sui
Etitute pitcher gets the everlasting ia
damned out of him. 1t is different, c
! course, if the pinch hitter delivers
clean hit that puts his team ahead an
the manager substitutes another al
{ tight pitcher who proves able TO hol
the score down. But that happens a
absurdly few times by compariso
I with the times it doesn't
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
SOME BASEBALL
REFORMS foolish
They Appear Ridiculous 10 the
Ordinary Fan.
MOVING PITCHERS is ONE.

Considerable Talk and Much Fuss Over
Uniformity of Diamond Does Not In
terest Fans to Any Great Extent.
New Draft Plan Another.
Tremendous Improvement in the
game Of baseball is predicted by the
magnates as a result of radical legis-
lation since peace was declared, with
Il view to correcting past evils, says
Cy Sanborn, the veteran baseball
critic.
Some pitching slabs will be moved
whole inch farther from the plate, and
all diamonds will be of certified uni
formity. Tail end teams of one sea
son are to become pennant winners in
the following season if the dream of
G. Hercules Ebbets of Brooklyn is re-
allied by the simple expedient of
change in the draft system.
In spite Of these vast Improvements,
If put in force, the baseball fan won't
be able to notice even a flicker OF
change in his favorite pastime. They
are all right in themselves, but eX-
tremely inconsequential compared to
improvements demanded by the fans
and overlooked by the legislators.
There is considerable excuse for that,
of course, as the winter has been pref
ty fun of endeavor to restore base
ball to = peace basis after the two
year upheaval caused by the Federal
league.
Make Mistake In Figures.
Uniformity in diamonds is highly de
S!rable In the interest of absolute fair
play, but it practically has existed In
the past. An inch may be quite per
ceptiblc on the end of a mans nose
but imperceptible in a distance OF
twenty yards or So The official lay
out Of the playing field is prescribed il
surveyors terms. and the distance be
tween the home plate and the pitchers
slab is designated by these hieroglyph
ics 600" automatically that means
sixty and fiye-tenths feet, or sixty anC
one-half feet, which means sixty fee
ana six inches Some ignoramuse
have taken it to mean sixty feet ant
FIVE inches; hence the great disparit,
in diamonds
This error has been of greater effec
IN locating second base. which is sup
posed to be 127.21S0 feet from tn
home plate and ninety feet from frs
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
Working Up to 1t.

''What : the matter, Adolphus2
Why you look nervous and You can t
keep still. =
You notice it, do vou2 Fine! Fine.
! m smoking hundred cigarettes .
day, drinking about 20 cups Of strong
coffee, not to mention all the other
things.
But what 5 the idea?'
Don t interrupt me, old fellow 1 m
lust on the verge of inventing a new
dance Life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

The games against Brattleboro,
Keene aIsd Vermont academy viii be
Clover league games. The Bellows Falls
team won the championship OF the Clov-
er league last year, losing but one
Tamp
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
RAN AWAY FROM TEAM 3.
Team C Has Margin OF 98 Pins on Ma
sonic Alleys.

Team c rolled total of $40 on the
Masonic bowling alleys last evening and
easily defeated team B by a margin Of
9S pins. Crowen had high total of
2s5 and Skinner captured the single
string honors with mark of los. The
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
American League.

American League Games Today.
Washington at Boston (morning and
afternoon).
Philadelphia at New York.
Detroit at Cleveland.
St Louis at Chicago.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
National League.

National League Games Today.
Boston at Philadelphia.
New York at Brooklyn.
Only two games scheduled.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

~ Philadelphia
Philadelphia,
Boston,
Alexander and Burns; Rudolph,
Barnes and Gowdy, Tragesser.
At Cincinnati-l0 innings
Cincinnati, 10 :
Pittsburg, 3 >
McKenery, Schulz, Schneider and
Clarke, WiDgo; Adams and Schmidt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

South Africa imports 10000 feet of
moving picture films weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
YESTERDAYS GAMES.
National League.

National League.
At Brooklyn
New York Brooklyn, cold weather.
At St. Louis
Chicago-St. Louis, wet grounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
American League.

At Boston
Washington,
Boston.
Harper and Williams; Shore, Pen
mock and Agnew.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19
TARGET PRACTICE RECORDS.
Corp. Edw. Cavanaugh Leads Last
Squad with Mari CT 136.

\ dozen more Of the members of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

At Chicago
Chicago, 10 0
st. Louis, .
Faber and Schalk; Groom, McCabe,
Park and Hartley, Severoid.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

Shawkey and Nunamaker; Nabors,
Sheehan. Crowell and Mayors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-04-19

Considerable Talk and Much Fuss Over
Uniformity of Diamond Does Not In
terest Fans to Any Great Extent
New Draft Plan Another.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-10-03
MORE CASH AND
SHORTER HOURS

Chicago. Oct. 3.--Wage increases
or. shorter hours were announced by
the packers and garment Arms here
today. to affect 60. 900 workers. maxi
ing an annual increase In payrolls OF
35.000,000. The packers changes
are to affect all plants OF the firms
involved In the United States.
Wilson & Company, Armour &
Company. Morris & Company. and
Libby. Mcneil & Libby announced an
increase OF az cents an hour and a
ten-hour working day for all en-
ployes in the operating department.
Members Of the Wholesale
Clothieys' association will reduce
working hours from so to 4S a week.
Pay will remain the same. and time
and one-half will be paid for extra
work. This will mean 1000 900 In
crease in wages, because OF overtime
in busy seasons.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-10-03
TRACTION STRIKE
NEAR COLLAPSE

New York. Oct. 3.---Practlcal col
lapse OF the New York traction strike
was evidenced today BY the with
drawal Of police protection from sub
way trains and the decrease OF such
protection on the surface cars. Up In
Westchester county there was still
trouble on surface cars. but not what
the police regarded as violently seri-
Gus.
A bullet whizzing into q speeding
L train at Hath street early today
clipped off n piece OF the ear Of Mel
Vile Wright. 40 years old, and caused
a momentary panic,
Police were unable to locate the
sniper. Eleven cases Of violence were
reported overnight. A number OF
persons were injured when Third
avenue l. shuttle train crashed into
a huge electric wrecking crane.
In addition to the traction strike
here and In Westchester county, 1000
hod carriers are on strike In Man
haitian and Bronx for recognition Of
their union, and 500 window clean
ers are out for Increased wages. The
tug and ferry boat strike appeared
today to have been broken,