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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17
Notice to Subscribers.
CURRENT COMMENT.

Raymond Robins, chairman of the
Progressive national convention and
candidate of the Illinois Progressives
for United States senator in 1914, has
formally announced that he would sup
port Charles Evans Hughes, Repub-
lican nominee for President; said it
was manifest" that the Progressive
party was dead and asserted that
"wise and sincere Progressives'
should join with Republicans in the
common struggle for social and in
dustrial justice in city, state and Ma
ton" In the statement, which was
addressed to the Progressives of the
country, Mr.. Robins said;
We Progressives stand at the
crossroads. American social, indus
trial and political life has broken
control. A new national mind and
conscience. developing social unity,
Industrial standardization, efficient pol
itical honesty from a self-controlled
democracy--this is the goal of our
generation in American life. be-
lieve in the character and courage of
the nominee of the Republican party.
He is the most conspicuous example
in our history of the possibilities that
American politics may hold for sue
cess in able and unselfish public SER
vice. For myself | gladly enlist with
the great majority of the Progress
sives of the Nation under the leader
ship of Charles Evans Hughes.
The supreme need in American po-
litical life is leadership supported by |
a voting rank and file that will or
ganize and maintain an adequate SOC
la, industrial and military prepared
ness, together with comprehensive
foreign policy. Can these imperative
needs be worked out by
states rights Democratic party that
plans a state dominated militia with
its menace of shiftless incompetence,
spoils politics and organized snobbery
in national defense force at time
Of world peril?
Comprehending our national ne
how can Progressives hesi-
ate long to choose between the party
If nationalism and the party of sec
Should not wise and sin I
ere Progressives go en- masse into
he Republican primaries, and, fight
ne shoulder TO shoulder with Pro-
,ressive Republicans, help and be
Helped in our common struggle for
ocial and Industrial justice in city,
tate and Nation? If this is generally i
lone we can continue TO work to-
-ether and bring back chastened
republican party to its ancient faith
n human rights and national integ- .
ity
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

N Gus stories which some pre-
v sent day critics find dull; he
wrote of philosophical no.
tions with which readers do not al
ways agree; others still find fault
with some Of his tales of adventure.
But Mark Twain wrote other books
which everybody has agreed will live
and one of the gems of that library
is "The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn"
"The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn" followed "Tom Sawyer" 1t is
usually regarded as the greater book,
an immortal novel of boy life.
There are many stories for juven-
lies written down" to what authors
mistakenly imagine is the juvenile
level, and few great novels whose
heroes are juvenile. "Huckleberry
Finn is of the second sort, great
novel, written about boy and read
with keen enjoyment by boys and men
and women. 1t is not usually girls
favorite.
Mystery, romance and adventure
make "Huckleberry Finn a splendid
book for boys. Character picturing,
rare humor and the atmosphere of
the Mississippi River, the great river
that Mark Twain loved and about
which he wrote his greatest prose,
make it a novel of which most adults
will never tire.
"Huckleberry Finn" begins where
Tom Sawyer" left off. Tom and
luck found the money the robbers hid
anne into a small fortune apiece The
Widow Douglas took Huck Finn to her
ZONE and tried to civilize him. Things
lad reached a point where the son of
he village drunkard could stand civ
lization no longer when Huck's father
eturned and kidnapped his son.
The greater part of the story con-
ems the adventures of Huck and Jim,
Hiss Watson's runaway slave, as they
oat down the Mississippi.
Those vivid pictures of the great
liver in the heat of midday, in the 81
ence of midnight, swept by sudden
hunder stormns, masked by thick
og and the descriptions of the pic
Iresque population that lived along
!, will never fade from the memory
f lovers of ''Huckleberry Finn"
AS for humor, the book is full of it.
Whoever has once read it will not
,on forget such discussions as that
here Huck and Jim argue why a
renchman does not speak English.
Says jim: "Why, Huck, doan' de
rench people talk de same way we
1es?"
"No, Jim; you couldn't understand
word they said-not a single word" Z
"Well, now, | be dingbustedl How
} dat Gomez" ..
81 don't know; but it's so. l got
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17
I ales of the Town

How sweet the ways of motherhood
How kindly they can be-
Old Uncle William was asleep beneath
an apple tree
His head thrown back, his mouth
agape; the wynde blew from the
south.
A mother bird large fat worm drop
ped in his open mouth.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

will lend you money on---if you cant
get loan on it anywhere except at
a pawnshop-perhaps it will open
your eyes as to what constitutes
value. Anyway, you now know what
the government thinks of the various
kinds of collateral II looked them
all over and picked the land-farm
land
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17
Liver Trouble.

81 am bothered with liver trouble
about twice year." writes Joe Ding
man, Webster City, Iowa. 81 have
pains in my side and back and an aw-
full soreness in my stomach. l heard
of Chamberlain Tablets and tried
them. By the time l had used half
bottle of them l was feeling fine
and had no signs of pain" Obtain
able everywhere.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

He-Why do you dwell so constantly
on my bad traits? She-To preserve
proper equilibrium. You yourself are
likely to keep me reminded of the
few good ones you possess Richmond
Times Dispatch.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17
Second THOUGHTS.

Mr.. Gnaggs-l suppose you women
think second thoughts are best. Mrs.
Gnaggs-Not always. You may re-
member | refused you the first time
you asked me TO marry you.-Philadel-
phia Record
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

The United States government is
going into the banking business. 1t is
going to lend money. Business of all
kinds is largely conducted upon bor-
rowed capital, and the fact that new
sources Of credit are thus TO be open
ed up ought TO encourage young men
10 20 into business for themselves.
But here is fact TO be noted. The
government is going to lend money
only upon land Not upon motor cars,
dress suits, golf sticks or silk socks.
Young men who have money invested
in this kind Of property, or in accom-
plishments like dancing, playing the
banjo or knocking pool halls about
with facility will not be able TO do
business with the new banks. If even
the United States government, which
has sometimes been thought TO be
rather loose at throwing money
around, will look at nothing but the
land-the solid old earth that grows
corn and wheat and hay and does not
melt away overnight then, perhaps,
young men would do well TO look into
the matter Of acquiring some Of that
kind Of collateral. Take an inventory
Of your possessions. Find out the
real value Of whatever it is you have
been accommodating all these years
If it isn't anythink the new banks
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

Again the medical profession has
reversed itself in the matter of soft
boiled eggs. 1t is now alleged that
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

The editor of country newspaper
recently offered prize for the best
answer to the following conundrum,
"Why is a newspaper like woman z"
The dough was properly awarded to a
married woman who sent in this an
swer: Because every man should
have one Of his own and not be run
ming after his neighbours
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

Three doctors were telling stories
to each other and a reporter, who
sneaked up and concealed himself
behind telephone pole, overheard
this much: A little girl, who wanted
cat, was in need of an operation.
"Susie," said her mother, ''if you will
not cry and become nervous during
operation, | will have papa buy you
a nice cat" Little Susie consented to
those terms, and did not whimper dur
ing the hour before the operation. But
when she came out from under the
anesthetic, following the operation,
she felt very miserable, and moaned
out this: "What a bum way of get
ting a 1.-Two men, Smith and
Jones, We're talking about Mrs.
Smiths illness. "What diagnosis
did the doctor make? asked Jones
"Well," replied Smith, "the doctor
looked at her tongue and at once said
her trouble was overwork."
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

For the first time the official candi-
date for the presidency of one of the
two dominant political parties ex-
pressly recognizes the inevitability
of votes for women. Neither hoes he
fear or hesitate to accept the mani
fest political consequence of his con-
fidence in the justice and success of
the suffrage cause. Once it is admit
ted that votes not only should, but
must be granted TO women, the agita-
tors for woman suffrage can concen-
trate their energy upon eontriving
and using. the most effective means
of accomplishing the inevitable re-
suit. Mr.. Hughes has thus nationaliz-
ed the suffrage agitation.
At the annual convention Of the Ma
tional Osteopathic Association, held
in Kansas City last week, the ques-
tion of the ethics Of advertisnb came
up for discussion. The majority were
agreed that there could be no possible
objection TO legitimate publicity.
"What do we care as to the ethics of
the medical profession?" asked one
man. Every concern in this coun
try that has made success has done
so by advertising"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

Funny world, this-The shoe men
say wooden shoes will be worn In this
country unless the leather situation
changes and the lumber men say we'll
have 20 90 without houses unless
substitute for lumber is found. II we
can't get lumber for houses, how can
we get it for shoes.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

A subscriber wants to know why
it is that penniless people rarely have
appendicitis. 1t is probably for the
same reason that editors are able to
put up with the hot weather other
people run to the mountains to es-
cape.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

While the Bull Boose party admit
tedly is dead, we notice that Col. Par
ker and few of his friends have
made arrangements to sit up with the
corpse until after the November cleo
ton.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

The business man who goes home
at night leaving his typewriter UNI
covered has no business criticizing
the farmer who leaves his farm inn
plements standing out under tree
all winter.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

Little Bill: "Pm going to the cir
Gus, no matter what my Sabbath
school teacher says about it. a fell
Ter can go to heaven any time, but the
circus comes but once year"
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

When you say to the company, :"
heard a good one down town today
etc" why does your wife shoot a
you an apprehensive glance of warn
ing?
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-08-17

You are warned not to assume that
every stranger you meet is a tramp
just because he happens to be dirty
and greasy. Maybe he is an aristo-
cratic motorist.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
BUILD BIG SUBMARINES.
Only Three American Boats Capable
of Work with the Fleets.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16.-Sevcnty
out of 100 submarines now known to be
under construction in Europe are of the
So0-ton type, practically the same as
the American L-boats, Rear Admiral
Grant, chief of the submarine fotillas
told the house naval committee. 4
few 1.20O-ton boats also are building.
IN Europe, he said, but he did not know
whether any had been put in commits
sion.
Because Of their small size he
said, "none of our submarines, bum
building, or authorized, with the ex-
eeption of three fleet submersibles pro
vided for are capable of mobile work
with the fleets and all of them should
be operated from shore bases for work
IL limited area
Admiral Grant promised to tell the
committee latter what the navy de
partment knows about the work of sub
marines in the present war.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

The extravaganza in the spending
Of state, county and municipal funds
causes officials to twist and turn to
find news of producing revenue. ana
Of course most of it must come in
some form of taxation The New York
legislature is now wrestling with the
proposition of an income tax to be
levied in the cases of individuals on
the amount of yearly income in excess
of $500 for unmarried men. For mar
ried men the exemption is 81 500, with
an additional allowance of 800 a
year for each child under IS years of
age, but with the provision that the
total exemption of husband, wife and
children shall not exceed $4,000. \ law
of this kind would raise $38 100000,
and OF course would open the way to
lavish expenditures and grating.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

There was some surprising opposition
Monday before the Massachusetts leg
islative committee on cities to the in
itiative and referendum. IT was led bv
former Congressman John A. Sulli-
van of Boston, one of the ablest Demo
ocrats Of the state He declared that
the initiative was revolutionary
measure, taking from the representa-.
tives Of the people the power and re.
sponsibility which the people should
place in their hands. The referen
DUN he stigmatized as the refuge OF
towards who do not dare on their
own responsibility which the people
have put into their hands. He was
supported by City Solicitor f. H
Vaughan of Worcester and former
Mayor John A. Logan of that city
Considering that this measure is tn,
main idea Of those who are pushing
for constitutional convention thi
growing opposition to it, both in Re
publican and Democratic circles, is sig
nifcant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
SAGE TEA KEEPS
YOUR HAIR DARK
It's Grandmother recipe to bring
back color, thickness and lustre-
Everybody is using it again.

Gray hair, however handsome, de-
notes advancing age. We all know the
advantages of youthful appearance.
Your hair is your charm. 1t makes or
mars the face When it fades, turns
gray and looks dry, wispy and strag-
ely, just few applications of Sage
Tea and Sulphur enhances its appear
ance a hundred-fold.
Don t stay grayl Look young! Eth
er prepare the tonic at home or get
from any drug store 50-cent bottle
OF "Wyeth IS Sage and Sulphur Com
pound. Thousands of folks recon-
mend this ready-to-use preparation, be-
cause it darkens the hair beautifully
and removes dandruff, stops scalp itch
ing and falling hair; besides, no one
can possibly tell, as it darkens so
naturally and evenly. You moisten a
sponge or soft brush with it, drawing
this through the hair, taking one small
strand at time. By morning the gray
hair disappears; after another applica-
ton or two, its natural color is re-
stored and it becomes thick, glossy and
lustrous, and you appear years young
er,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
GIRL SENT TO WINDSOR.
Hilda Flo of Worcester, Mass, to Serve
a Year for Adultery.

RUTLAND. Feb. 10. 80 Hilda Flo, %,
a pretty Finnish girl, was sentenced 10
states prison at Windsor by City Judge
+. G. Swinnerton yesterday to serve
not less than one year nor more than
two for adultery. She pleaded guilty
to the charge. The girl is unmarried,
the seriousness of her offense being due
to the fact that Cyril Leclaire. who was
taken into custody at the same time
that she was arrested has wife AID
four children in Massachusetts,
The young woman has been in this
country a little over two years. She
came to Rutland three weeks ago with
Leclaire and they have been living here
as man and wife.
Hilda would probably not have
fallen into the clutches of the police
had it not been for the fact that Lee
claire was concerned in road house
. scrape at Worcester a short time ago
A party went on a joy ride and when
they returned one of them missed his
watch and about $50 in money. Suspi-
cion fell upon Leclaire who, in the
meantime, had left for Canada in com
pany with the Flo girl. The officers al
the border turned them back, giving
them tickets as far as Rutland. lie.
claire had since been working here
The Massachusetts, officers learned that
J he was in this city and requested the
local police to arrest him. The girl was
found living with him and Chief B. S
| Hyland and some of his officers went to
Leelaire s rooms last Saturday evening
Constable George Cameron of Oxford
Mass, came to Rutland and took lie.
claire to Worcester yesterday. He
brought to this city certified copy OF
a record showing Leclaire IS marriage
to Delmia Bolduc in Massachusetts.
The Flo girl will be taken to Wind
sor by the sheriff s department Thurs
day. Constable Cameron said that she
did not have good reputation in Wor,
cester and that she had once been in
police court.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

N o N o p OIL Y
lOWEard liam

Monopoly is an effort on the part Of
high finance to improve upon the
methods so successfully followed by
the late Captain Kidd. 1t consists of
an arrangement with the common
people by which the latter exchange all
of their vested rights and most of
their cutiele for the privilege of vot-
ing in a loud and independent tone of
voice.
Monopoly is caused by concert of
action on the part of few rich men.
This is one of the most expensive con
certs ever put on any stage, and a
season ticket costs more than q grand
opera box. Every once in a while, four
| or five welltodo citizens. who own
all of the natural resources from the
Aurora Borealis to the Gulf Stream,
get together and jack up prices so
high off the ground that nobody can
reach them with a Intersection ladder,
/ after which they cock an attentive ear
and wait for the hard, metallic plunk
of the 400 per cent dividend. This
is called the law of supply and de.
mand.
One of the most disagreeable forms
TProtected nv The Ado
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
Fair Buildings Burned.

Floral hall, on the grounds of the
Franklin County Fair association a.
Sheldon Junction, was burned early
Tuesday morning. The loss is about
$4,000, and there was insurance of ST.
000
The cause of the fire is not known
Tracks around the building would indi-
cate that the hall was broken into and
a fire started in the south end of the
building. The fire was discovered by
L. E. Willard Tracks around some of
the other buildings show that evidently
they were looked over with an idea of
cffecting entrance.
In the hall burned were stored
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
USE CARE DIRECTING LETTERS

The postoffice is bothered more or
less every day with incorrect addresses
on mail matter, and where this occurs
the people who are responsible and
the persons to whom the mail is ad-
dressed. are the chief sufferers. Com
mon sense, therefore, shows that
greater care should be used in this
particular. Letters are often delayed
four or five days because of careless
ness or ignorance, generally the for
mer. Business letters are often impos-
sibla of delivery because of INSULT
cient address. Stenographers or others
take little or no pains with their work
in many instances, and instead of as
certaining exactly what address should
go on a piece of mail, they "take
chances. - Business men who find de-
lays in receiving answers to their let
ter5 better do little quiet investi
eating, for often they will find that
letters sent out by them were held
somewhere while search is being mad
tor the correct address of the party for
whom the mail was intended. Street
addresses, the correct name of the cits
or town, and the state are essential
If you have been a bit careless N the
past, there is no time like the presen
TO reform. You and the people Will
whom you correspond viii reap tn,
benefit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Hearing on Petition to Issue 100000
Worth of Bonds.

nearing on reunion TO Issue SoOO,OCu
Worth of Bonds
Before the public service commission
in the state house Monday a hearing
was held on the petition of the Mont
pelier and Barre Light and Power
company to issue 100000 worth of
30-year, FIVE per cent bonds with
which to purchase the Waterbury
Light and Power company. For a
year or more the Tenney company,
which controls the Montpelier and
Barre concern, has been operating the
Waterbury concern under lease with
an option to buy The Tenneys are to
purchase the property at once if per-
mission is given by the commission.
The petitioning company was repre-
sented at the hearing by President A.
b. Tenney, Engineering Manager f. c.
Sargent, Attorney R. L. Dana and Au-
ditor H. A. Gidnev Of Boston and At.
torney Fred f. Gleason and Manager
H. d. Larabee Of this city and Attor-
ney w. B. c. Stickney Chairman Ba-
con and Commissioners Warner and
Dutton were present, with Clerk Neil
Clawson. Acknowledgement H. G.
Barber appeared for the state.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16

eording TO the rescue workers at the
Pennsylvania mine Of the Anaconda con
per mining company, in fire which
broke out in one of the levels while go
miners were at work Monday night
Nine bodies had been raised from the
mine before noon and 70 were unac-
counted for. A new ventilating system
was installed in the mine yesterday
which changed the air currents and
made exploration of all levels in the af-
feeted area possible. The mine is $500
feet deep. There was still hope that
some of the II missing men might have
escaped into the workings of other
properties.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-16
Honors at Norwich University.

The Robert Homer Wilson medal
which is given at the end of the first
semester to that member of the fresh
man class at Norwich university,
Mortified, whose general development
is considered to be the greatest has
been awarded to ". L. Hurd of North
Bennington.
The leaders of the four classes in
general standing for the past semester
have been announced as follows:
Seniors, E. G. Adams of Bellows Falls;
juniors, E. r. Dawson of Rutland !;
sophomores, F. A. Smith of North
STAFFORD, \. H.; freshmen, H. Daw-
son of Rutland. Z. r. Dawson, who led
the junior class, and H. Dawson, the
leader of the freshmen, are brothers.