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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

IN n drcSning gown on tho ~ rilfuwed
window couch aud dclive-'ns himself
" oraculnr and rcaRImisiic cpigrams.
Aud all tho white. rolling. p%lunging,
climbing tho moving mountains and
fnllinR ard %wnllowlnR Nv the rnnming
Valleys. the pchoouct Ghopt wns nght.
,ns her wa, farther and farther into
the heart nf tho Pacific aud ! was on
he.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20
Avoiding Discussion.

"You must give your wife credit for
Knowing rs much about the political
situation rs you Iof"
'rhutS what ! want 10 do" replied
Mr.. Growchcr. Il want 10 give her
credit for about csarything without
putting her 10 the trouble of explain
ing n single word"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20
Where Plants Grow on wIr,s.

In Porto Rico, where the atmosphere
Is moist and balmy, air plants often
lodge In the most unusual places and
produc" the mos unusual effects while
growing Frequently they establish
themselves on telephone and telegraph
wires. Tho insulation rots In places
n the plants take roet. grow ano
thrive.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

tOnlCA. L was get
ing worse every day.
! had chills, my head
ache, l was
always tired Iconld
walk straight
of the pain
in myback and | had
in my stom-
i went to a
doctor and he said |
must go under an
but ] did
not go. | read in
paper about
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20
Sure.

"Do you think we need a new ma.
tiOnal anthrm?"
whats the matter with the cid
one?'
"NObody seems to remember the
words. Now. II we had Il o II all the
vaudeville artists would sing. we
couldn't help learning IT,"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20
SYNOPSIS.

Humphrey Van weyden. critic and dllet.
tante. IL thrown into the water by Inc
sinking OF "A ferrybuat In a fog In san
francisco bay. and becomes unconscious
before help reaches him ON coming TO
his senses he finds himself aboard thr
sealing schooner Ghost. Captain Won
Larsen. bound to japan waters, witnesses
he death 81 the ntst mate aud hears the
captnin curse the dead man for presurllnR
t. die az the beginning Of the voyage ne
and makes him cabin boy Tor the good
Of hts soul"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

Its n shame "" don't get more
work Il Of our city officials. Some.
thing ought 10 be done about H."
at wouldn't be II bad idea To move
the city hail carer TO the baseball
grounds. Then the office holders
wouldn't waste 50 much time getting
up there and back"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

Albuncn IN Wheat.

Professor npvl"y says that chemical
analysts or different grains shows
wheat 4" contain II lnrgrr mount ~
nlhuncu than AMY other grim. There
fore u H. the grnln To- mike the bnss
tnr rrg producing food
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20
To Drive Ont Malaria
And BUILD In The system

1ASIEllSS chill TONIC You know
what you aro taking. ~ tho formula IN
printed TN every label. allowing II "
Oulninc aud Iron ~ y i%astclcsg torn. Tho
Quinino drives out malaria. tho Iron
builds up tho Hystom. 50 cents.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

How time drngs when we nrc Idle;
hut how II ilics when We nrc working
hard NJ something worth white.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20
LIZ Ynu ON ANY FRIEND

Suffer with Rheumatism or Neur!tls, acute OF
chronic, write for my FREE o ON Rheuma-
tism -Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
ever written, itia absolutely FREE. Jesse A
Case. Dept. =. w., Bruckton. Nass.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

Suppose we quit assuming that the
other fellow Is crooked. All that such
Imagining breeds Is hatreds.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

SAVE A pocroR's BILL
by keeping Mississippi Dlarrhoea Cor
dial handy for all stomach complaints.
Price 25c aud 50c.-Adv.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

A strenuous season makes q society
bud look like the last rose of
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20
WOMAN AVOIDS
OPERATION
Medicine Which Made Sur.
geon's Work Unnecessary.

Astoria, N. Y. -"For two years I
was feeling Ill and took all kinds Of
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1916-07-20

placed ~anyvhsrs, 81.
tracts and killa all
sizes Neat clean, or
n~smentAl, convenient,
cheap, Lasts oil
session.. made OF
metal, can'tspiu or tip
over will not soil or
Z nJure anything.
Guaranteed effective.
All dealers orr bent
express paid TOR N.@.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

The Rcformer is inclined to the
opinion that The Rutland Herald is a
bit ovcrsusFicious when it expresses
the belief that politics is connected
with Governor Gates 5 call for an cx-
ira session of the legislature. Yet The
Herald is not exceeding it's duty as a
newspaper in suggesting to the COVER
nor, who is also n candidate for United
and his influence to limit the work of
the special session to the purpose for
which it was called; namely, to pro
vide state pay for the Vermont guards
men now i'm the federal service. The sug-
gcstion, however, ought to prove I'M
necessary, for if the special session
| should be prolonged for the purpose of
considering other matters, or if politics
should creep into its program, Governor
Gates would be the greatest sufferer
As for the intimation that an attempt
to repeal the direct primary may be
attempted at the special session, The
Reformer is not inclined to view such q
possibility seriously. The opponents OF
the direct nomination idea are toe
shrcwd politicians to make such n tao
teal blunder, even if they have reached
the conclusion that it is going to be
well nigh impossible to reflect Senator
Page by the present method.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

The announcement that the Howe
Scale company of Rutland, the largest
manufacturing concern in its line in the
world, has been sold, and that the deal
involves about $1,000,00O, is coupled
with the statement that the move is
one in a gigantic merger of the scale
factories throughout the country. 1t is
stated that the business of the factory
will be doubled and perhaps tripled.
Such a change would give Rutland the
largest boom it has experienced in
years. The company employs 700 men
in its Rutland factory and has a total
of l 100 on its payroll. 1t is good news
to hear that ex-Gov. John A. Mead will
continue to direct the management of
the business for period Of at least
three years DR.. Mead is a great cap.
tain of industry, and has built up the
Howe company from a lettering con
Germ until it is the largest in the state
with the one exception Of the Vermont
Marble company.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1916.
NAMES STATE ELECTION.

Inc Name election has sPeelal IN
'efeSt inns year TO the campaign MAJ
ayers oil both parties. 1t Will give them
their hrst line on the present where
abouts OF the Progressive vote, as the
New York World points out.
In 1912 the Wilson vote was 5Lll3,
the Taft vote 26,3l3 and the Roosevelt
vote 1913. The combined Taft-Roose-
Welt vote was 75.o3s. which exceeded
the Wilson vote by 23,925.
In 1914 there were G2,o32 votes cast
for the Democratic candidate for Cover
nor, 5S,NG2 for the Republican candidate
and 1925. for the Progressive candi-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

The Randolph Herald and News is
about right when it says that the bank
commissioner 5 charges against Senator
Page are more serious as an index Of
his mental attitude toward right and
wrong than their bearing ON the com
mission OF the acts themselves The
very fact that Commissioner Williams
had to work for six years before he
could induce Senator Page to mend his
banking methods would seem to indi-
cate that the gentleman from Hyde
Park possesses what might eharitably
be called defective moral vision. And
for a United States senator to have.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

of temper, one unkind or discourteous
word, may upset all the labors of days
1t is a very perilous situation and dis
creditable to our American democracy
We ought to have such a chronic prob
lem solved by this time. If parties will
not arbitrate, but will surely fight I'M
less they are held apart by superior
force or persuasion, then the law must
come in and compel the two parties to
continue their work and leave the law
to establish a way to do them Justice
and to protect the public at the same
time
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
T III T. u u NJ p X IN

The pumpkin IS a round, yellow OBJ
iect which dots the American land
scape in the fall of the year and later
dots the boarding table in the
form Of canned pie. Some OF these dots
pie, and when eaten in a hastv and
.tempestuous manner by coIor-bIind
hoarter are not complained of for sever
al hours afterwards. Others. however,
are greater disappointment than a
bOw-lcgged actor in a love scene and
leave the stomach in a restless and dis
satisfied condition.
The pumpkin is one Of the largest
and most robust members of the Vege-
table kingdom, and never has to he
propped up on It's feet, like the sweet
pea aud the shy string-hean. It is much
easier to raise family of pumpkins
than it is to rear five or six boys who
are waiting until they get big enough
to lick the nigh school superintendent
When once a pumpkin is firmly plantc
on its feet. it is harder to uproot than
the unreasoning prejudice against that
noble instrument of torture, the ubelela
The pumpkin does not have to hc
planted, plowed, cultivated or har
vested, and as a general utility article
is second only to the combination bath
tub and kitchen cabinet.
The pumpkin is blood relative OF
the summer squash, but moves in 9
/ higher sphere and has a better com
Protected by The Adj
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
At the Libraru
New Fiction
New Fiction

Adam : Garden. Nina Putnam.
The hero of this story starts in the
wee sma hours of the morning from
Forty Second street. New York citv:
his sole possessions a dress suit, a hur-
dy gurdv and the disturbing memory
Of wasted Inheritance. Nothing
daunted he plays his hurdy -gurdy, col
lects the pennies and is entertained for
the night by a friendly junk-man. The
iunk-man is so fascinated with the hur-
dy gurdv that he steals it and begins
"a new career as an itinerant musician.
leaving Adam the junk shop and sign
saying that in addition to junk the in
stitution boards eats and dogs and the
proprietor conducts an animal hospital.
Adam sees the hand of providence in
all this and conducts the business,
raises flowers and boards the dog of
the heroine while she flies her aero
plane. Lastly, he rescues an unfortu-
nate girl falls in love and behaves like
other human beings in love. In spite
of its absurdities the book is full of
cheer and we conclude the world is a
good place after all, if we make the
most of the things nearest at hand.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
Col. Kittredge HaskinS.

white River Junction Landmark
In the death of Col. Kittredge Has
kins of Brattleboro and this second
congressional district, there closed the
earthly career of one whose friends
were legion and i'll every section of the
state. The eighty years of his life were
passed in his native state and from the
first he had been closely identified with
its civil, religious and economic wei
fare and progress. His eight years OF
service as a member of congress were
of a character and efficiency as to give
him national reputation. His were
many state Offices that he filed from
time to time and so ably and faith
! fully did he perform the duties of eact
as to gain and hold the confidence OF
his constituency and state at large
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

The direct primary was supposed to
give the people an opportunity to ex-
press their choice for candidates, but
the scheme is not working out that
way with the Democrats of Vermont.
The state committee held a conference
and fixed up a slate for the state and
congressional tickets Thursday the
Chittenden county Democrats took sim
liar action. They held a conference
number not stated-and selected man
for each place on the county ticket.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
Is Vermont to Be Mormonized?

darlington Free Press.)
It is not strange that Mormon ennis
saries feel 1T home in Vermont We
have extended to them the glad
hand in 50 many ways they must al
most have come TO regard the Green
mountain state as Il sort of promised
land in eastern America. Moreover.
this is the land Of their religious fore
father and it is natural that they should
nave something of that home feeling
here. If Vermont produced the father
of Mormonism, it also gave the nation
George +. Edmunds to couateract the
nefarious evil of plural wives
According to a despatch from Water
town, n. Y, after travelling for weeks
without purse or script two Nor
mon elders. representing the Church of
the Latter Day Saints, walked into
that city Tuesday evening. announcing
that they We're On their way to Burling-
ton. They said they were preaching
their faith as they went. They are max
ing n house to house canvass, and are
relying entirely on the hospitality of
the people they visit.
Mormon emissaries have recently
been in Burlington, and the two men
indicated are evidentlv to undertake Il
continue the work which has come
down from other years in this region
We are thorough believers in entire
religious liberation, but when it comes
to preaching liberation of polygamy as
is the case every little while on the
part of some cmissary of Mormonism
| if is not for the city that sent United
States Senator Edmunds of anti-poly
gamy law fame to the United States
senate to extend the hand of hospitality
| to those who would have us wink al
the practice of prostitution in the name
of religion.
! Mormon preachers insist that plura
wives are no longer to be found in Nor
Imondom, and that the church no longel
countenanees polygamy. 1t is signifean
/ that frequently some Mormon preacher
/ insidiously argues that polygamy of tn,
earlier ages is better for the race, anC
shows the attractive side of the debas
ing system. Those in position to know
say polygamy is still secretly practiced
! Mormonism is still fostering sor,
in the body polite, aud the only SAT,
way for the people of Vermont is t.
cut it ont root and branch. Then Their,
will be no 'fruit' of bitter knowledge
to poison Innocent girls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

crawled some Caterpillars to keep
peace.
Now the green CaterpilIars led the
procession, and then came some Spi-
derS called the Black-Legged Band,
and the CaterpillarS whose names are
Processonaries. They were so pleased
to have a name just to suit the Parade
And the music was wonderful It
was given by the Volunteer Crickefs
Brigade Band. 1t just made all the
Creatures crawl and wiggle with so
much spirit"
Il never thought Caterpllars had
much spirit, Daddy" laughed Nancy
ooh, yes, indeed" said Daddy. They
can hurry when they want to get to
any special place, and this time at
the end of the parade there was to be
a Supper.
Nov the Brownies were playing
Baseball the day of the Parade, and
when they saw all the Creatures wig
Cling and crawling along with the
Crickets' Band playing such fine tunes,
they shouted out:
Here, let us JOIN the parade TOO.
Wen make it merry for you. Yes, we
will
The Caterpillars were very much
pleased at the Brownies request to
leave their Baseball Game and join
the crawling procession, and they told
the Brownies to march ahead of them
/ all.
when the Brownies got to the head
| Of the procession they threw sticks VI
in the air rs they had seen men who
wore plumed hats do in real Parades.
| This delighted the little Creatures
And before long the Crickets' Band
| stopped playing and all the Creatures
| in the Parade stopped crawling.
"'What's up?' called the Brownies
No accidents have happened, we hope.
"'Oh. no. indeed said one of the Spi.
ders, this is our Supper place. We
hope you'll join u.s. they added very
cordially and with much bowling.
"'WeIl tell you Stories and dc
Tricks for you while you eat Our
Supper is waiting for US down in
BrOwnieland.'
You see. they were very polite
about refusing the CaterpiIlars' Sup,
per. though if the truth We're told they
didn't care for Insect Food! And they
thought they would refuse in such q
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

efytnlng n Il Led.
Table-what should they do but begin
nibbling the Table itself All the
leaves became full of holes and the
Brownies laughed when they saw what
the Caterpillars were enjoying most.
"Wei., we like to see that said
Billy Brownie. You don't waste any
thing-not even the Table. That's in
deed sensible. Just imagine Il Table
made of ice cream and having it after
all the other food was gone-and
Billy Brownie smacked his lips, for he
was very fond of brown caramel ice
cream
And when he said this he turned
a somersault and all the other Brown
les did the same, for it was their way
of saying thank YOU to the Creatures
of the Parade for letting them join the
funW
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

pieXlOn. In localities where the pump,
kin is not available, people attempt TO
make pie ont Of the squash. the result
being one Of the most dismal failures
in the annals of mankind The squash
pie is all right as filler, when there is
nothing else in the house to fall back
upon, but it viii never cause a normal
| healthy appetite to sit up and cry for
more. In some states the serving of
squash pie two days in succession is
considered sufficient ground for divorce,
and II this law were in general applica-
tlon there would be fewer woe begone
husbands roaming to and fro seeking
rest.
| The mammoth pumpkin is a fieshy va
/ rietV which is harder to lift than the
mortgage on second hand runabout.
/ Nature has been lavish in her gifts, bus
when she neglected to put handles on
I the mammoth pumpkin She inflicted n
/ terrible hardship on man. Thousands
of ambitious farmers have attempted
to pick up the mammoth pumpkin and
! transfer 1t to a lumber wagon. only to
/ lose two Of their best ribs and scatter
suspender buttons in every direction.
Luther Burbank could do some real good
in this world if he would graft boot
straps onto the mammoth pumpkin bv
crossing if with the Congress shoe. in
stead of frittering away his time try
ing to make the domestic cucumber
perform the functions of the dill pickle
ms Newspaper Servicel
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

Arbitration, as n method of settling
labor troubles, is proved to be a weak
staff to lean upon when a crisis comes
like that now facing the country where
neither side will arbitrate. Yet it is
imperative that some method be found
for preventing the great strike which
the country faces. Some original propo-
sition, outside of the law, through not
against the law, seems to be the only
escape. Everything is uncertain. Every
thing seems to depend upon chance
and one injudicious act, one weakness
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
Every Girls Right.

The girl who is not being trained to
do something the world wants done is
being unfairly treated. Every young
woman has right to an education
which will assure her independence in
the future. And the girl who negIects
her opportunity for such an education,
because she takes it for granted that
there will always be somebody to take
care of her, is making a tragic mis-
take.-Girl's Companion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
CutoutS and Whistles.
(Rutland News.)

In some Vermont towns they are ar.
resting and filming owners of automo
biles for running their cars with the
cut-out of the muller. That is proper
Now let them be fair and hang the
railroad engineers for blowing whistles
and ringing bells of locomotives be
You'd any reasonable necessity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
90 cents an inch for first Insertion 70
cents an inch for each subsequent inser
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion
without change Of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with SO per cent discoun
for each subsequent Insertion without
change OF copy
Position 10 nRr cent extra
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

way as not to hurt
any little Crea-
lures feelings.
There was q
long table on the
ground made of
Apple Leaves
and there w ere
berries and little
b u d s a Il d tiny
kinds Of fruits.
But after the
Creatures had fin
ished eating ev-
prVthiup on I'll a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
Children of Hope, Stephen French Whit
man

Children of Hope, Stephen French Whit
man
Aurelius Goodchild and his three
gifted daughters live in a little brown
house in GAINESVILLE, Ohio All cherish
aspirations and dreams,-Aglaia aspires
to be an opera singer, Euphresyne wish
es to be writer, and Thalia of the au-
burn tresses, the scarlet lips and soul
full blue eyes hopes to be great artist.
Suddenly Aurelius receives legacy of
one hundred thousand dollars and they
all promptly HE to Europe in search
of knowledge and culture. Their aspira-
lions and dreams come to naught but
they rally. Thalia marries a genius and
is happy wife, Aglaia marries a young
Devonshire squire Che has a profile like
Julius Caesar s., and Euphresyne re
turns to GAINESVILLE to care for her ia
Their and to husband the sadly depleted
one hundred thousand dollars. We bid
goOdby to the reunited family, includ
ing the husbands, at a Thanksgiving
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19

An $500 gold brick (real gold for
Warded by parcel post recently, at
tests the faith placed i'll postal en-
.ployes by a Harrison Gulch (Calif.)
mining company. Postage came to 10
cents and the package could be in
sured for only 500.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-08-19
TO SUBSCRIBERS,

1t is the aim OF the management
secure efficient service In the deliver
OF the paper each night, and 1t solicit
the cooperation OF subscribers to tina
end. Prompt reports should be given o
each failure to receive the paper on tn
morning following the omission, in per
son, by telephone or postal card, thu
enabling the cause OF the error to b
promptly and accurately discovered an
the proper remedy Immediately applied
II Is only by this method that the pub
lisher can secure the desired service.