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The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27
LETTING THE BABIES DIE.

While theorists have been haping the baneful effects suicide Prof James Glover of the University of Mich- gan, has been digging up facts for the bureau which point to the unnecessary waste of infant life the thing be guarded against In spite of all that medical science has done Prof Glover shows that exceedingly high infante death rte large proportion from peventabe causes still prevails
 Five per cent of white boy babies die within month of birth and than 2 per cent die the first year. Among the girl babies the mortality is little lowe about 1-2 per dying the first month and 10 12 per cent the first year.
 While of the infant deaths due to heredty and prenatal influences physicians that the mortality
 figures given by Prof Glover could be very greatly reduced mality the part of and with the requirements parenthood and full realization of the individual respon- sby for the preservation of life, would reduce the
 Prof Glover also goes into the question of the relative mortality among city and country children Notwithstanding of other Investigators that the city child because usually better sanitary condons has advantage over born in the country Prof Govcrs mortality tables indicate that the mortality rate among country born children the first year 3 per cent less than among city born children He also finds that the expectation of life of country born children birth averages 7 per greater than for city born.
 Prof. Glover however, finds advantage the side of the city While the expectation of life in the country greater than in the city up to the age of S3 years the balance that is in favor of the city Therefore, it is recommended that the country ocogenarans who desire to live ripe old age to the city
 Statistics being compiled by Prof Glover the first of kind ever prepared and they will be published special bulletin by the census bureau.-Tacoma News
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27
EFFICIENCY OF LABOR
 PREPAREDNESS MEASURE,

NEW YORK, May 24. - Prepara. ton of American industries for in creased production in event Of wal was discussed at the meeting of the executive committee of the Nafona' Consumers League here today. Sec retary of War Baker, president cl the league, was in the chair.
 A resolution, unanimously passed called on the engineers. who, at the request of President Wilson are sur. veying the nations industries to de termine the production that could 3e forced in time of war, to devote spe- c:al attention to working conditions in factories English reports, if wa slii, had shown that Great Britain's in efficiency in producing munitions in the first year of the war was Ijrect- ly aj-r,butable to poor working con- di;ions among the labnrers.
 Lack of suitable weekly rest. o,cr. time york and child labor We're con. demned as lowering the general eff cicncy of production.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27
PEACE SEEMS REMOTE.

Today is the time for the speech by President Wilson touching the possibility of bringing together the warning nations of Europe iii treaty which will end for all time terrible conflict raging.
 No mtimaton has been given what basis the prosi- dent will suggest whether he has received encouragement from either side in his efforts end the It is certain however, that President Wilson is not going suggest peace along any line unless he has received intimaOn from al least of the begcrcns that such suggestion would meet with its approval
 In the face of the repeated assertions of the allies that peace will be concluded only after Germany has been crushed futile to hope that results from the efforts of the president
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27
WOLF SKINS SOLD BY TERRITORY

The territory has on hand most of the sum of $2o,0OO appropriated by the territory for paying out as a bounty on wolves. Saturday Territorial Trea- surer Smith sold 33 wolf peIts to Henry Moses for $l10. Charles Gold stein was the one other bidder.
 Most of the prime wolf skins do not come to the territory to be sold. They are sold to dealers direct, and therefore the territory does not have to pay the bounty. The territory has already paid out $500 on belts.
 Recently large shipment of wolf hides from the interior was made to the outside. and most of the natives by making a canoe trip can sell prime wolf hides in Canada for $15 and up.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27

It that action has been taken by Congress look the construction of the railroad from Mile 39 the Boring coal fields is not much merely the recommendation of the senate committee But all these premnares have passed through before definite results obtained
 pleasure to notice that far everything going without a hitch.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27

Ask for the "M. IT." and William R. King" Cigars. Made in Cordova.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27

For Sale-2G horsepower gasoline engine. See Dooley.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27

Ladies' Kenyon Coats - Spring shipment just received at Clays0n's.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-05-27
VIM. A. HESSE

U. s. Mineral Surveyor,
 |. s. Deputy Surveyor. BOX 35s. coROoVA, ALASKA
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31
Physicians Pigeons.

The carrier pigeon has been put to
a new use by doctor in Scotland.
who has a large and scattered prac-
t1ce. When he goes on long rounds he
carries number Of pigeons with him.
If he finds that some Of his patients
require medicine at once, he writes
out prescriptions, and by means Of
his pigeons forwards them to his surg
cry. Here an assistant gets the mes
sages, prepares the prescriptions and
dispatches the medicine. If, after Wis
iting a patient, the doctor thinks he
will be required later in the day, he
simply leaves a pigeon, which is en-
ployed to summon him if necessary
To this enterprising physician the
keeping of carrier-pigeons o. cans a
saving of time and expense and labor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31
SAYS DRINK LEMONADE
FOR RHEUMATISM

Relief from rheumatism and sciatica
can be obtained by drinking lemonade
and avoiding alcoholic drinks.
To get rid Of this stubborn disease,
however; to stop the twinges, pain
and swelling, and drive the poison Gus
accommodations from the joints and
muscles, all generously inclined drug
gists will tell you to take half a tea
spoonful of Rheuma daily until all
misery.
Rheuma is a powerful remedy, be-
cause only powerful remedy can
overcome such terrible disease; but
Rheuma acts speedily-the first dose
taken and you'll know that you will
soon be your healthy, happy self
again.
F. D. Pierce and all druggists know
what Rheuma will do, for they sell a
great deal of it and guarantee that
two 50-cent bottles will overcome
rheumatic agony or money back.
Sold and guaranteed in Orleans by
F. j. Kinney.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31
HAS TO SPLIT HIS TIPS.
Not All the Money the Waiter Gets
Goes Into His Pocket.

Goes Into His Pocket.
Don't think the walters are getting
rich. They might if they could keep
all their tips, but
Comes a waiter Of twenty years
service who says the man who does
the serving is lucky if he gets % per
cent Of his tip money.
"We wouldn't complain much if we
were allowed to keep our tips" he said
"but the waiter is by necessity the best
Upper in the world. He has to split
his tips at least five ways. The head
waiter gets his, thes captain has his
hand out, and the scrub waiter and
cook are next in line.
IF the waiter keeps all the money
the captain will soon get wise to him.
and he will get no more live ones
steered up to his table. If. the cook is
neglected the waiter might get his or
ders cold from the kitchen. If he
doesn't cross the palm Of the head
waiter with silver once in awhile he
will be looking for another Job.
"The popular idea that all walters
are rich is all wrong The average
waiter gets about Sc or So week, and
some Of them get less. The man that
leaves quarter in the tray Is really
giving the waiter about 6 centss"-Cht-
cago Tribune.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31

a NEVER cared espe-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31
"You don't want no-assistance, as
you might sayT'

"You don't want no assistance, Is
you might say?'
mot any, thanks"
II didn't think you would. Well, SO
longv'
Sam took out and opened bone
handled pocketknife and scrapel a
dried piece of mud from his leAC boot.
I thought at first he was going to
swear a vendetta on the blade Of it or
recite 1.-THE Gypsy's Curse" The few
feuds I had ever seen or read about
usually opened that way. This one
seemed to be presented with a new
treatment Thus offered On the stage
it would have been Kissed off.
1T WONDER" said Sam, with a pro-
foundly thoughtful expression, eff the
cook has any cold beans left over!'
He called Wash, the negro cook, and,
finding that he had some, ordered him
to heat up the pot and make some
strong coffee. Then we went into
Sans private room, where he slept
and kept his armory, dogs and the
saddles of his favorite mounts. He
CnroO OF 1OuE S1A-SuOOt0TS OuL VI
a bookcase and began to look them
over, whistling 1.-THE Cowboys La
ment" abstractedly. Afterward he or
dered the two best horses on the ranch
saddled and tied to the hitching post.
Now, in the feud business in all Sec
tons Of the country l have observed
that in one particular there is a deli
cate but strict etiquette belonging.
You must not mention the word or re
fer to the subject in the presence Of a
feudist- It would be more reprehensi-
BILE than commenting upon the mole
on the chin of your rich aunt.
It yet lacked two hours to supper
time, but in twenty minutes Sam and
I were plungtNg deep into the reheat-
ed beans, hot coffee and cold beef.
Nothing like a good meal before a
long ride" said Sam. Eat hearty"
I had a sudden suspicion.
"Why did you have two horses sad
dled?" I asked.
Zone, two-one, two" said Sam
You can count, can't your
His mathematics carried with 1t O
momentary qualm and a lesson. The
thought had not occurred to him that
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31

the thought could possibly occur to
me not to ride at his side on that red
road to revenge and justice. It was
the higher calculus. l was booked for
the trail I began to eat more beans.
In an hour we set forth at a steady
gallop' eastward. Our horses were Ken
lucky bred, strengthened by the mes
quite grass Of the west.
I knew that Ben Tatum's card to
play was fiight-fight until he came
within the safer territory Of his own
henchmen and supporters. He knew
that the man pursuing him would fol
low the trail to any eDd-where it might
lead.
During the ride Sam talked Of the
prospect for rain, Of, the price Of beef,
and of the musical glasses. You would
have thought he had never had broth
er or a sweetheart or an enemy On
earth. There are some subjects too
big even for the words In the Una
bridged' Knowing1 this phase Of the
feud code, but not having pract1ced 1t
sufficiently overdid the thing by tell
ing some slightly funny anecdotes.
Sam laughed at exactly the right place
laughed with his mouth. When I
caught sight of his mouth I wished 1
had been blessed with enough sense
Of hunor to have suppA essed those
anecdotes.
Our first sight Of them we had in
Guthrie. Tired and hungry, we STUN
bled, unwashed, into a little yellow
pine hotel and sat at table. In the
opposite corner we saw the fugitives
They were bent upon their meal, but
looked around at times uneasily.
The girl was dressed in brown-ont
Of these smooth, half shiny, silky look
ing affairs with lace collar and cuffs
and what I believe they call an &C
Gordon plated skirt She wore thicl
brown veil down to her nose and
broad brimmed straw hat with som,
kind of feathers adjoining it. The ma1
wore plain, dark clothes. and his hal
was trimmed very short. He Wa
such a man as you might see any
where
There they were-the murderer an
the woman he had stolen. There w
Were-the rightful avenger, according
to the code, and the supernumerar
who writes these words.
"What are you waiting for, Sam?"
said in a whisper. "Let him have !
nowr'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31
WESTFIELD

Miss Mildred Bell visited in johnson
over Memorial day.
Herbert Longley has sold his span
OF large horses to parties in Irasburg
for $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Currier #
Orleans visited at Joseph Goddard >
recently.
Mrs. Fremont Miller visited Mrs. M.
c: Grady in Burlington Wednesday and
Thursday.
Chaplain M. w. Farman was in TROY
Saturday to speak at the Pre- Memorial
exercises of the village school held in
Brooks hall.
Mrs. Titus. widow of the late o. M.
Titus, has come from Glen Sutton to
live with her daughter, Mrs. O. w.
Bailey. She is in impaired health.
The village school held Pre-. Memorial
exercises IN the church on Friday
afternoon. The exercises were fine.
Remarks were made by Rev. F. A.
Krackhardt and Comrade A. J. Miller.
Sunday evening the c. E. society
reorganlzed. electing the following off.
GERS: President, Rev. M. w. Farman
vice president and treasurer, Homer B.
hitchcock; secretary, Miss Laura
Burnham; corresponding secretary
Mrs. j. Albro Hunt. There is $23 il
the treasury. Only one meeting has
been omitted during the past 81,
months.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31

Sam gave a melancholy sigh.

"You don't understand. but he does"
ne sd Il. He knows. Mr.. Tenderfoot,
there's d rule OFT here among white
luen in the Nation that you can't shoot
nan when he's With a woman.
never Lnew it to be broke yet Nou
can't do it. You've got to get him in
gang of men or by himself. That's
why. He knows it too. We all know.
So that's Mr.. Ben Tatum! One Of the
pretty menv I'll cut him out of the
herd before they leave the hotel!'
After supper the flying pair disap-
peared quickly. Although Sam haunt
ed lobby and stairway and halls hall
the night, in some mysterious way the
fugitives eluded him, and in the morn
ing the yelled lady in the brown dress
with the accordion plated skirt and
the dapper young man with the close
cropped hair, and the blackboard with
the prancing nags were gone.
1t is a monotonous story, that of the
ride, so it shall be curtailed. Once
again We overlook them on a road. We
were about fifty yards behind. They
turned in the blackboard and looked at
us, then drove on without whipping up
their horses. Their safety no longer
| lay in speed. Ben Tatum' knew. He
knew that the only rock of safety left
| to him was the code.
So you may perceive that woman, on
occasions, may postpone instead Of pre-
cipitating conflict between man ana
man. But not willingly or consciously.
She is oblivious Of codes.
Five miles farther we came upon the
| future great western city Of Chandler.
The horses Of pursuers and pursued
were starved and weary. There was
one hotel that offered danger to man
and entertainment to beast; so the
four of us met again in the dining
room at the ringing of bell so resO-
nant and large that it had cracked the
! welkin long ago. The dining room was
not as large as the one at Guthrie.
Just as we were eating apple pie
! how Ben Davises and tragedy impinge
upon each Other!-I noticed Sam look
ing with keen intentness at our quarry
where they were seated at a table
across the room. The girl still wore
the brown dress with lace collar and
cuffs and the veil drawn down to hel
nose. The man bent over his plate
with his close cropped head held
low.
There's a CODE" 1 heard Sam say
either to me or to himself, that Won
let you shoot man in the company Of
woman; but, by thunder, there aim
one to keep you from killing a woman
in the company of a manp'
And quicker than my mind could fol
low his argument he whipped an auto
matte from under his left arm AM
pumped six bullets into the body tina
the brown dress covered-the BROW
! dress with the lace collar and cuff
and the accordion plated skirt.
The young person in the dark sac]
suit, from whose head and from Swhos
life a woman's glory had been clipped
laid. her head on her arms stretche
upon the table, while people came run
ming to raise Ben Tatum from tn
floor In his feminine masquerade tina
hadt given Sam the opportunity, to sc
aside. technically, the obligations Q
the code.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31

ciauy Tor feudS,
believing t b e m
to be even more
overrated prod
ucts of our coun-
try than grape
fruit, scrapple
or honeymOOns.
Nevertheless, If
T NAV be allow
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31

strange ideas some people have
about postage" said the clerk who
opens the mail. Yes. See this letter
here with three one-cent stamps on it
and stamped / cent due? That's case
in point. The writer of that letter
thought that perhaps it weighed lit
tie over an ounce, a little more than
would go for 2 cents, and so he put on
little more postage cent more
which he thought would, cover it, when
the fact is that it required an addi-
tional two cent stamp. Of course you
know that letter postage is not frac-
tional, but that it goes in multiples of
two. If a, letter weighs ever so little
over an ounce it requires an additional
two cent stamp. But not everybody
seems to know this, and so we some
times get letters like this one with a
little more postage for a little more
weight. New York Sun.
a Fount of inspiration.
my WIFE" said the celebrated pur-
veyOr of Indifferent sellers, cant be
made to understand that writer has
his off days"
"Now
"She thinks I ought to be able to
write freely as long as there is ink in
the fountain pen."-Louisville Courier.
Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-05-31
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The Green Forest tribune., 1916-10-20

both of you. Some method must be arranged, for you will hardly wish tC leave your niece to the mercies of the world"
 q am wiling" said Miss Prudence after a pause, ito assume the care of my niece from six in the morning till six in the evening""
 T am Willing," said the other, "to assume the charge of my niece from six in the evening till six in the morn ing"
 Better make it nine to nine, ladies. Six is an early hour for a child to rise. ,
 In the end it was decided thus From nine till nine in the evening Miss Pru- dence was to have control; from nine til nine in the morning, Miss Patience.
 Leslie, when she arrived, proved tie most adorable little girl that either of the old ladies could have imagined. Eleven ye@FS old she showed each of them equHl love. All talk of discipline faded under the showers of kisses that she bestowed on them; and, with q N the lawyers injunctions not to speak to either of the oth /.
 "What was the quarrel about, NIr. Cunningham she asked.
 The lawyer hummed and hawed. "Why, 1 haven't any right to tell you, my dear" he said, "but-but I'm going to. Heaven knows, perhaps some good will come out of it." he added, to him. self. "YOu see, when Miss Patience was young woman, she was engaged to a Mir. Roper. l mention his name because he's dead now. And they were to have been married. Miss Prudence was away then. When she came back MT. Roper realized that he loved her more than her sister, whom she re sembled even more than she does to- day. And naturally the sisters quar- reled
 "He felt it was his duty to marry Miss Patience but she refused him. And Miss Prudence refused him too. That's all there is to it, my dear. Miss Patience thinks her sister stole her lover from her; Miss Prudence thinks she had to sacrifice her love because of her sisters jealousy"
 Leslie was not long in discovering that a portrait of Mir. Roper hung in the boudoir of either sister And from the first glance at the man Leslie knew that he was not at all the sort of per son whom either of her aunts should have married. He was in fact horrid- looking man. He was fat and common and beefy, and Leslie knew that he would have treated both the old ladies badly, if he could have married both. or either, if he could have married either.
 Punctually at nine, after breakfast, Leslie would leave the house of Miss Prudence and go to spend the day with Miss Patience. And at nine at night she would come back to Miss Patience, to sleep.
 She was not long in discovering that the two singular old ladies were very fond of each other, in spite of their
The Green Forest tribune., 1916-10-20

who was well known about McDou-
 gals Tap. in Columbia avenue, and whose livelihood was secured through alleged games of chance. Miss Gate wood also introduced Tollman to a Mrs. Siddons, an especial friend of Mansfield, who maintained a cozy lit tie apartment in a respectable part of Boston, and who had, in dress suit case, a portable faro outfit which could be set up in her rooms upon oc- casion. There was also Edward T.. Walls, a large and dominant man, who had, of late, found poker playing on transatlantic liners rather pre- carious calling. But, finally, Miss Gatewood arranged meetings between Tollnnan and Big Bill'' Kelliner, who lived in Winthrop, not far away, was in the wholesale liquor business, in politics, and, as afterward de- yeloped, was a dominating spirit in the faro gang"
 With the development of the friend ship with Kelliner began the trips to New York. These two would meet two or three times a week at the Rack Bay station and together take the train for New York. So ire nuent were these trips that the mem- hers of the train crews came to be well acquainted with the men, and to know something of their movements, They gave clues to the hotels in New York at which these travellers stayed, and this led to their Identification by hotel clerks and other facts as to their associates. Eventually all this led to a certain house in West Twen-