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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

. '0'iuSh1 NduSndh report was as
follows:
70 the Stockholders of the Brattleboro
Cooperative Savings and Loan As
sociation:--
Another year has closed in our as.
Soclatlon, making total of four. This
association started in very small
way four years ago and has grown not
rapidly, but strongly and well. and at
the present time, according to the
treasurer report, we have loans
amounting approximately to $4,000
and this has been placed in small
amounts in different parts Of the vii.
age and town and thc borrowers seem
very much pleased with the plans
while ! am sure that the investors are
equally well pleased.
Az YOU can see from the treasurer s
report, the expenses of running the as
NQriatiolSS9ge slightly over $50 a year
and Tor the handling OF This amount of
money and property we may consider
curfelves very fortunate that the ex-
ren'es are SO small The officers of
Il association are all enthusiastic
enough for its welfare so that the ser.
vices Of all have been given, with the
exception of a very slight fee. per
snare, to the treasuror and this small
fee will hardly pay our treasurer for
Eis postage.
| wish to thank the officers of the
association for their courtesy, for the
amount Of hard work they have put in
to assist in making it a success. and I
wish particularly to thank the treas
urcr and ] can assur" YOU that no one
can know the amount Of work that he
has put into the organization but
those who are very closely associated
with him.
We consid6f this little association
one of the best assets of the town. Ell.
ablng, as it does, the small borrowe,
and the small investor to 90 in on an
equal footing with the larger one. All
this encourages thrift and saving and
the more Of this that we have in ON
community the better our community
will be-
We can see nc reason now why The
growth of the association will not be
steady and even more rapid than ii ha,
been in the mast. During tho ;ast l.
mouths orr asscts have nearly doubled
and if W" can infrcasc from $1,000 t.
10000 year il will be considered
good. substantial and healthy growth
and we would much rather ser this in
stitutiOn grow moderately than with =;
boom, which might cmbarass us to fnC
good loans TO care for all the deposits
and I predict that within ten years w
shall be ? strong financial institution
and it will mean that more and NOR
of our citizens will be living in home
Of their own, and, in many eases, th
cost of owning that home will be yer,
little more than they would have pal,
Cor rent in II years
Respectfully submitted
p. R. VAUGHAN, President
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

Americans are the greatest meat eat
ers, the per capita consumption being
l72 pounds a year in this country, 10
in England, 1l3 in Germany, so in
France and Holland, "a in Austria Hun
gary, 80 in Russia and in Spain 40.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

The curtailment of foreign barytes
$4,000 tons imported in l9l4-due to
the European war, has caused American
manufacturers to develop domestic sup
plies, which should increase the output
in the United States--52 900 tons last
year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08
READY TO HANDLE BILLS.
G. H. Graves and Thomas Cheney, Re
visers, Installed at State House.

visers, Installed at State House.
Collins II. Graves of Bennington aud
Thomas Cheney of Morrisville, revisers
of bills, arrived in Montpelier Friday
and are located at the state house.
At the close of the 1915 session Of
the legislature notices were sent to
the prospective legislators informing
them that Messrs. Graves and Cheney
would be at the state house on and
after Dec. |, and instructing them to
forward any measures which they
might wish to introduce in the house o.
senate. No business was ON hand for
the reyiscrs when they arrived.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

There are about 900 organizations of
scientists in the world for studying X
rays and Dutch leader in the science
is trying to combine, them in one inter
national body.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

Reports from Delhi, India, say that
Judging from the first forecast of the
wheat crop, best authorities there be-
lieve that the area under wheat will
probably approach 32,000,000 acres,
and, provided the weather conditions
are favorable, there is likely to be a
large surplus for export later. The area
under wheat in 1913 was 29,569,O0O
acres. In the two preceding years it
averaged nearly 100000 acres.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

\ machine has been invented for re.
mixing typewriter and adding machine
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

Women lamplghtcrs in England wear
men = clothes.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

Inquiries have been made by West
African dealers about lanterns, watches
and leaf tobacco.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1916-12-08

boz = irIaail lnre1er 4
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-30

restored the papers to their place.
Her hand was still on the open vault
door when the shrill call of the tele-
phone bell sounded through the quiet
room.
She crossed to the desk and took up
the receiver.
do you know who is speaking?"
demanded a voice Which sent a thrill
OF apprehension through her forward
STOPPING body. And the question was
repeated as she sat silent, staring be-
fore her.
YES" she finally nswered. trying
to steady her voice. Tvs Legar."
The wire brought his answering
laugh close into her ear.
you know the voice, see. And l
think you know the man. So listen to
what l have to say. I've got your
friend Manley, and he'll stay where
I've got him. And unless you want
him turned out of here with about
half of that pretty face of his burned
to crisp. you'll do what / tell you
to do. Do you understand? I'll scar
him worse than was SCARED, II you
try any tricks with me in this"
Thin what?" demanded the white
faced girl.
I'm exactly one-half hour want you
to walk past the Soldiers monument
and hand me a paper. That paper is
somewhere in your fathers vault 1t
is one half of code list and chart.
on a square of yellow MANILA. Do you
underestimate"
But how am to know this paper?"
asked the terrified girl. fencing for
time.
Its a chart. map, one half OF the
map of Windward island. For old
Golden wasn't such fool as he
seemed and again the venomous
laugh sounded low over the wire. 'If
your father had got hold of my half of
that map a little earlier in the game
he wouldn't have needed to dig for
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-30
SYNOPSIS.
coprsxrr. ls,s, ~ AsJrue srslrcra

On wIndward Island Paildorl intrigues
Mrs. Golden into an appearance OF svii
which causca Golden to capture and tor
turc the Italian by branding his face and
crushing his hand. Palidorl opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and in
the general rush % 6scape the Hood Kid
CORY. Twelve years later in New York a
MASKED One calling himself "the Hammer
OF Cod rescucs an eighteen year-old g-ri
from the cadet casavanfi. to " hom Jules
Lcgar has delivered her. and takes her u
the home OF Epoch Golden. millionaire,
whence she Is rccaptured by Legai Legar
and Stein arc discovered by Manley. Col
dcn's secretary. setting FIRE to. Goiden's
buildings. but escape. Margory's mother
fruitIessiy implores Enoch Golden to
find their daughter. The Masked One
egaln takes Margory away from Legar
again tho Laughing Mask frustrates his
pian8
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-30

poised brick. and let fly with all his
force.
The STOPPING man went down like a
clouted rabbit, without sound. But
even as he fell the first intruder, at
the far end of the room, struck a
match. And at that second figure
Manley let drive with the only missile
at hand.
The heavy glass lamp, hurled true.
sent man and match against the case
side in a shower of oil and broken
glass. But Manley did not wait to wit
ness the result of that second assault
He leaped for the door, caught up the
blue-barreled revolver from the hand
of the stunned man on the threshold.
and drove for the heavier door at the
end OF the outer chamber.
Eut this door he found to be locked.
He was on the point of starting back
in search of a timber heavy enough to
batter down that barrier when all
movement was arrested by an uproar
of sound that fairly drove the breath
from his body. For the shower of oil
that fell about the lighted match at
the vaulted end of the side chamber
had sunk into the litter of rubbish
beside the powder cases, had burst In
to flames and had crept closer about
those wooden cases until the licking
tongues of heat had reached the explo-
sive.
Yet even as Manley stood there,
fighting for BREATH second surprise
both confronted and engulfed him.
Following close on that telltale roar
of sound came an even more bewilder-
ing rush of water. tearing through the
low-roofed cellar like a thousand
hounds let loose. And he knew then
that the explosion had broken down
the walls between him and the East
river at high tide.
He leaped in the direction of the
door. In the hope OF getting 1t closed.
He was still st-ngslilg franticallv
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-30

in this rat hole. Why can't Legar get
back here where he belongs and do his
own stickup work."
II tell you the docs up to the Col
den house maxim his haul when the
coasts clearl And II you wake that
king there you'll have to cut out the
red-eye and keep busy chokin' on his
holler."
Manley could hear their shufIiing
feet as they recrossed the rough floor
ing and then the scrape and rasp of
the rusty lock as they once more
turned the key in the door. But the
moment they were gone he was once
more busy with the cotton rope about
his wrists, for what he had overheard
increased his passion for liberty.
When a man, however. is still youth
fully blind enough TO believe in his
start, to nurse the delusion that some
special genius has singled him out and
watches over him, he is not easily dis
couraged. Yet encouragement came,
and came in a form most unexpected,
even before Manley's hands were free.
IL tdmCf III AaIts III An6 vi u
green-bodied parrot creeping stealthily
through the rusty cross-bars grill.ng
the transom above the locked door.
He watched the bird slip into the
room. climb along the rusty iron gas
jet. deliberately turn 1t on.
Manley knew what this meant. and
1t spurred him to even more frantic
m fo fho rIo aff
holding him a prisoner. for already
the fumes of the escaping gas were
reaching his nostrils.
When one strand of it had parted.
and he had uncoiled the rest OF 1t from
his ankles. his head was swimming
and his legs were unable to support
him. So he crossed the room on his
hands and knees, caught at the rusty
gas pipe for support and painfully
drew himself upright. His trembling
hand went out, found the gas Jet, and
turned 1t off. And the next moment
he fell face down on the rough floor,
and lay there in gray daze of weak
ness.
How long he lay there he could not
tell. But he was aroused by the sound
of thick voices from the outer cham
ber. punctuated by the shrill cries of
an angry and scolding woman. He
pulled himself together and possessed
himself of the brick bat, as a weapon.
He waited, scarcely breathing, as
the door was flung open. So quick,
however, was the entrance of the first
intruder that Manley could not lift his
missile before the darkness had swal-
lowed up that shifting shadow. But
standing in the lighted doorway was a
second man. crouched low and leaning
forward with blinking eyes. blue-bar.
relied navy revolver in his hand. Man
ley, eying that evil face as a sharp
shooter eyes his target, let fly with his
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-30

at this door when Q heard . voice,
and at first he thought 1t was human
voice, crying shriny through the
gloom.
Let me out!" was the frantic cry
close above him. Let me out'" Crop
ing and paving along the wall, his
hand came in contact with the rung
OF narrow iron ladder. He caught at
this ladder and drew himself up. for
he now stood shoulder high in the
ever-mountIng flood. On the topmost
rung. as he mounted. he found shak-
ing and feathered body clinging stub
bornly to the rusting iron. beating
with its beak on the hollow sounding
boards above his head.
In flash Manley himself was shoul-
dering up against these boards.
There was the sound of rending
staple. and in another moment he was
swarming up through the ruptured
trap door, catching at the parrot as he
went.
The Figures Of Fate.
Margory Golden. alone in her IA
TIERS library stared apprehensively
about that massively furnished room
as though dreading that some new
terror might leap out at her from It's
shadowy corners. She was unnerved
not only by the disquieting disappear
ance of David Manley but also by the
thought that she was still SO surround
ed by the tides of evil.
AS she sat there, deep In thought,
she was depressed by the sudden sus-
picion that some one of the many
servants in that house was a traitor
TO his master. Yet as she checked
ing on which to ground this ghostly
suspicion. She remembered that she
had once been suspicious even or Man
ley himself. of this serious-minded
friend who hid his true feelings be-
hind n mask of light-hearted irrelev-
ancies. And there we're things in
,, which she herself had not been ALTO
gether candid with him. There was,
for instance. the matter of Tito, the
Amazon parrot. She had not conflded
to Manley the fact that in that bird,
stumbled across In a fancier's shop,
she had found an old friend, a friend
dating back to her unhappy days in
the Owls Nest. And she sighed aloud
as she gathered up the papers on the
rosewood desk and turned to the vault
to which she had forgotten to restore
them.
"Twenty-one. thirty, forty-two, six
ty," she repeated, recalling her faith
er's Instructions over the wire. For
ward and back and forward and back
again, for it's a four movement dial,
whatever that may meant"
The vault door opened, obedient to
the combination, and seeking out the
inner compartment marked "J' she
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
On Crossroads SigmposGs

Three automobiles and their parties
were tied up all the afternoon Sunday
last, at a point a short distance this
side Of the Wisconsin river, on the
Tsiverview road, when the car of Ben
Davis fairly buried itself in an limo
cent ditch across the road. The bunch
wallowed around in the mud for sew
eral hours before they finally extricat-
ed the car, but incidentally none of
them reached Riverview.
Under the law the town boards are
directed to erect and keep in good re
pair suitable and appropriate guide
posts on and along all main travelled
public highways where the same in
tersect with other main travelled high
ways The law even states that they
shall be attached to posts and be 71a
feet from the ground, the letters to
be in black and not less than 21a in.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

We have more accumulated wealth
than any other two nations; we have
a greater mileage of railways than all
Europe; of motor cars and trucks we
possess probably twice as many as all
the nations of Europe combined; Of
iron and steel, we produce as much
as the total Of any other three nations,
and Of copper more than all the rest
of the world; of telephones in use we
have three times as many as the ag
gregates of all the nations now at war
and of telegraph lines as many miles
as any other two nations. Here are
elements Of military strength which,
properly utilized in connection with a
sufficiency of trained soldiers, will
protect us from defeat-pOssibly
make us immune from attack. But
our trained soldiers are barely one
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

high. If the guideboards are lack
ing anywhere they should be, and that
is at many points in a majority of the
towns of the county, any resident of
the county can make written COM
plant to the district attorney, whose
duty it is to forthwith notify the
town board in default to comply with
the provisions of the law or have court
proceedings instituted to enforce a
compliance with the law. So to our
inquirer and to all other travellers
who may be annoyed by the lack of
guideboards we would say: When
you come to a place where there
should be a guideboard, just jot its
location down and notify the district
attorney. That will have the effect
of securing the "sign" and much
more quickly and effectually than by
kicking to the newspaper man.-Rich-
land Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
Chicago News.)

Chicago News.)
Weeping bitterly, a respectable ell
derby man entered a lollipOp shop,
and having been somewhat soOthed
by an ice cream cone, sobbed out the
story of his grief.
81 have just seen," said he, ga ten
year-old boy buying a ready-made
kite-and / despair of my country.
In my bOyhood every boy made his
own kite as we'll as most of his 9th
er playthings, and it was considered
disgrace to own anything that was
bought ready-made. But nowadays
no boy knows how to use his head
or his hands, and few know what a
jack-knife is for. The blight of So
cialism and specialization has struck
the boy and therefore the country is
doomed"
Perhaps the sorrow of the elderly
citizen is exaggerated and fanciful,
but it is such sorrow as many feel
though few express. Owing, per-
haps, to the amusement and entertain
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
The Boy That Buys Things

ment afforded him by eXtraneOus de-
vices that seek his humble penny, the
small boy of the American city Of to-
day has lost the initiative and possibly
the capacity for lf-entertainment
possessed by earlier generations. He
buys his toys in the shops and instead
of making up his own wild western
plays he goes to the movies.
Still, one need not despair of the
boy. He has not lost his talent; he
has merely turned it in another direc-
ton. He has, however, taken up spe-
cializatiOn. 1t is true that, instead
of furnishing his own entertainment
he buys it, but to do this he requires
money. And the boy of to-day is a
money-getter. He spends his hours
of leisure from school in earning very
hard cash. And he is, incidentally
learning the principles of business at
an early age. He is no longer a pio-
neer, but a trader, buyer and seller.
But neither is he boy any more. He
is a small business man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

Consider the editor. He weareth pur-
pie and fine linen His abode is
among the mansion Of the rich. His
wife hath her limousine and his first
born sporteth a speedy motor car. Lo!
All the people breaketh their necks
to hand him money. A child is born
unto the wife of a merchant in the
bazaar. The physicians getteth ten
golden plunks. The editor writeth a
stick and a half and telleth the multi
tude that the child tippeth the beam at
nine pounds. Yea, he liveth ever as
centurion And the proud father CIV
eth him a cremo.
Behold, the young one grOweth up
and graduateth. And the editor put
teth into his paper a swell notice. Yea,
a peach of a notice. He telleth Of the
wisdom of the young woman and of
her exceeding comeliness. Like unto
the roses of Sharon is she, and her
gown is played up to beat the band.
And the dressmaker getting two score
and four iron men. And the editor
getteth a note of thanks form the S. G.
G.. The daughter goeth on a journey.
And the editor throweth himself on
the story of the farewell party. 1t
runneth a column, solid. After the
fair one remembereth him from afar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
(By FRANK M. LEE. }

My business is carrying messages.
l am the winged messenger Of mod
ern times, going in a thousand direc-
tions all at one time like the sparks
from an anvil.
/ ride the vehicle of publicity-the
modern newspaper.
l am more efficient than the tele-
phone, faster than the telegraph and
more wonderful than the wireless.
l am as constant as Hercules, and as
important as Atlas
| AM A SERVANT OF EVERYONE.
l help Prosperity and work hand in
hand with Opportunity.
l am the instrument of the seller,
the buyer, the employer, the land
lord, the tenant, the business man,
the mechanic-the rich, the poor, the
old and the young of everyone every
where.
There is no one who does not need
me. l am as necessary as machinery.
l serve the purpose of an agent, a
middle man, a go-between, exacting no
commission for things | do.
l am ignored by the fogies, those
who have stood still, but | am appreci-
ated by those who have kept up with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
I Ann the Want AID

the times, those who have adopted the
modern ways of doing things.
[ carry nothing but messages of good
news and am as welcome in the homes
visit as a ray of sunshine on the
most dreary day.
I bring messages of good cheer to
the unsuccessful and the unsatisfed
messages that tend to satisfy the
wants of everyone from the wearer of
the silk tie down to the one who dons
overalls.
L know no day-no night; for 1 am
on duty always.
I am a saver of money; a saver of
time; a saver of steps.
l have admission to every home,
every office and every place of bust
ness. No doors are closed against me.
[ reach the top floors of the tallest
sky-scraper and the farthest away
homes of the rural districts. I skip
no one and play no favOrites.
am for all the people all the time.
| am creation of modern times
an evolution of the old town crier.
l have no substitutes, no rivals, no
competitors. l am the zone and only"
AM THE WANT AID.
TRY ME.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
-Toys OF tine Editor

with picture post card that costeth
six for a jitney.
Behold, she returneth and the youth
of the city fall down and worship. She
pickett one and 10, she pickett lem
on. But the editor calleth him one Of
'our most promising young men" and
getteth away with it. And they send
unto him a bid to the wedding feast,
and behold, the bids are fashioned by
Muntgummery Hawbuch, in a far city.
Flowery and long is the wedding notice
which the editor printeth. The minis
ter getteth ten bones. The groom
standeth the editor off for a twelve
month subscription.
All flesh is grass, and in time the
wife is gathered into the silo. The min
lister getteth his bit. The editor print
eth a death notice, two columns of
obituary, three lodge notices, a cubit
of poetry and a card of thanks And
he forgetteth to read proof on the
head and the fool thing cOmeth out,
Gone to Her Last Roasting Place. .
And all that are akin to the deceased
jumpeth on the editor with exceeding
great jumps. And they pulleth out
their ads and cancelleth their sub
scriptions and they swing the ham
mer unto the third and fourth gen
erations.
Canst thou beat it?~Sanford, Me-,
Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22
Our strengthened weakness

per 1000 Of population, while those
Of possible enemies are sixty to l.
600, and there is no correlation be-
tween our mines, our factories, our
means Of transportation and commun-
ication on the one hand, and our
military establishment and plans of
defense on the other. That we are
quick and resOurcefuI in an emergen-
cy is universally conceded, but to
rely upon this in place of military
training and proper coordination Of
our economic resources is to invite
certain disaster.-Maj. Gen. Francis
V. Green, in the Outlook.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-03-22

The famous film production going the rounds
of packed houses throughout the country today,
tells with startling clearness the lesson of the
two brands of patriotism as exhibited by the
great Lincoln and the vindictive Stoneman. Both
men loved the North and were alike eager to
serve their country well and successfully. One
taught, but was unable to carry out the lesson Of
broadness and forgiveness in it's sweetest and
finest form and the other was enabled by cir
cumstance to keep the great sore open for many
years. This is a lesson for every man who loves
his country and what is even more important
loves his fellow man. Even though we differ
let us be charitable and kind