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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
l4DDY,S EVENING
h4R4 LALE e WARY |
- 3 $50 $50
REWARD FOR Mr.. WALRus.

This Winter" said Daddy, "a Wal
rus was the Iceman in a Zoo.
1T was this way. The Keeper had
noticed that whenever the Walrus'
pond became frozen over on cold, cold
nights he was Just as happy as happy
could be. He would chop up the ice with
his sharp tusks-for the Walrus has
his icepick always with him! Then he
would leave a clear, open space and
down he would dive into his pond and
have lovely icy swim
The Walrus loved it nice and cold
and how he did love the cold water
"Of course, at first, he simply
chopped up the ice. because he loved
the feeling of working with such a
cold substance as ice. But his main
object was to get under the water and
have a good cold bath
When the Keeper noticed that that
was what the Walrus seemed to want
moro than anything he had the regu.
lar lceman of the Zoo pick up all the
pieces of ice as fast as the Walrus
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
S Pc Ed IN G.

Speeding is the art of flirting with
sudden death on sixteen foot COW
path. 1t is one of the most dangerous
forms of filtration ever devised, and
yet is persisted in by thousands Of
steadfast husbands who would not
dance more than twice in the same
evening with anybody but their wives.
Until the automobile became popu-
lar there was very little speeding done
on our country roads, save when some
emblttered farm team would seize the
bits IN their rear teeth and unload the
owner and a large family of children
at mournful intervals. Very few men
owned horse that could travel over
ten miles an hour and keep it up with
out becoming as short Of breath as
lat woman running for a street ear.
The first automobile was not built for
speed or looks or any other household
virtue, but was designed to prove that
the Green Mountain asthma is no re-
specter of persons. Whenever a man
buys an automobile he tells his wife
that his limit is fifteen miles an hour.
There is more virtue to the square
inch III the pOssesSor of a new motor
car than there is in Member of Con-
4ress who was trying to fill to two
small pair during an important roll
call. In about two weeks. however,
this virtue begins to wear shiny and
Protected by The Ada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
BROAD ROADSIDE
IMPRESSED HAPGOOD
Would Like Turnpike Matter Adjusted
so Owners Would Deed Strip On
Eacn Side TO State

The following is a copy of letter
sent by Marshall }. Hapgocd of Perm
to State Highway Com. missioner Stod
dard Bates:
Stoddard Bates, state Highway Conn
missioner:
Dear Sir:-As / came up the moan
tam yesterday, ut the slow stage mace.
l was impressed beyond description
with the weE-nigh thrilling grandeur
OF the scenery and especially the
Wilderness Of the roadside from the
gateway to the extent of tde forest
which is getting now very dense up-
on each side
This IN connection with the splendid
road, which was perfectly hard and
smooth, IN spite of the recent long
rains, caused me to consider what 4
desirable thing it would be if a SET
tiement of the turnpike matter could
he made In such a friendly wav that
the owners would deed strip each
side OF the road, five rods. for instance.
beyond the regular two rods, to the
state with the road so that this mag
niticent roadside could be perpetuaIls-
preserved. 1t would require about six
L. acres only.
Looiang ahead, rs we always SHOULD.
II Is certainly q matter for hieh coa-
sideration.
Yours truly. for the public interest.
MARSHALL J. HAPGOOD.
Peru, May 20, 1916.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

to ocean was DIR. H. Nelson Jackson
of Vermont, whose diversion in more
recent years has been in running about
the state in a 60 horsepower car to ad-
vance the cause of the Progressive
party. The latest record breaking
was not only a demonstration of the
improvement in cars, but in road CON
ditions. The proverbial man from
Missouri must be shown, and his at
tention is called to the fact that the
transcontinental trip has advertised
his state as the region of the poorest
roads between California and New
York
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
WILLIAMSVILLE.

Mrs. Gertrude Staples and daughter.
Ira. l.. r. Plummer. Of Brattleboro
are guests Of Mrs. Staples 5 sister, Mrs.
c. n Stedman
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Burnett of Brat
tleboro were weekend visitors with her
daughter, Mrs. y. II. Stedman, and sis
ter, Mrs. Viola Morse
\ pre- Memorial day service will be
held in the Methodist church Sunday
morning at 1890 clock, the usual
hour. Rev F. A. Kelly of the Baptist
church in South Newfane will preach
the sermon. There win be special mu-
sic by the choir
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

Some $2,000,000 worth of toys have
managed to get through the allies
blockade and enter the United States
from Germany the past year. 1t is
shown by reports from the bureau of
commerce that imports of goods from
Germany even now amount to $1,000
600 a month. This is one-tenth of what
we received from the same source be
fore the British orders in council took
effect a year ago. The blockade evil
IDENTIFY has leak in it somewhere, but
the nole ism t big enough to let
through all the goods America needs
and would like to have from Germany
these days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
sECUoIAs 10000 YEARS OLD.
Trees Were Growing Years Before
Pyramids of Egypt Were Built.

Pyramids of Egypt Were Built.
SAN FRANCISCO. Nav "a - Opa
of the wonders of the ancient world.
and probably the greatest OF them.
was the pyramids of Egypt. And vet
some of the giant sequoias of Calfor-
ma that are now thrifty trees had
bark ON them q foot thick when
C1eops began building the great pvra-
mid that bears his name
Beneath the shadow of the pvra-
mids Napoleon said to his troons:
Forty centuries look down upan
you. In the shadow of the bio trees
OF California one might say: eighty
centuries look down upon you. = There
are trees in the grove estimated b.
scientists. among them John Muir. the
eminent naturalist. to be 5000 and
even 10000 years old.
THe oldest living things in the
world are these giant trees. Also the
species OF vegetation to which theg
belong is the oldest In the world. The
sequoia tree, exactly like that of Cali
fornia, hourished several millions Of
years ago. We know that because we
find their fossily remains buried be-
meath thousands of feet of rock, and
biologists are able, by reading the
leaves of those rocks as an ordinary
man would read a book, TO tell when
t1e sequoias beneath them lived.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

break out in attempts to choke the
speedometer to death. One month
from delivery every purchaser who
slows down to forty miles an hour at
a railroad crossing is considered a
rank piker.
TAe speeder who gets away with it
a few times viii never be convinced
that he is in any danger until he looks
down and sees a plaster of paris east
twined neatly around both legs. If
the confirmed speed maniac could
break himself into small Jagged see
tons without at the same time pulver-
Izlng several innocent companions who
have been palsied with fright for an
hour, there would be more confidence
in the retributive policy of providence.
There should be law compelling
every heat-crazed speed crank to ride
alone and confine himself to plowed
ground
Speeding would not be so dangerous
If our country roads would lie fiat on
their back and allow the spcedster TO
pass without protest, instead of rising
up suddenly and jolting everybody in
the ear to speechless pulp. Until our
roads are faced with something be
sides siX-inch ruts, yawning thank-vou
ma ans and three cornered hardheads,
however, men who want to live out
their expectancy will drive like human
beings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

That automobile trip across the con
tinent in less than seven and half
days is still a subject of advertising
and comment. In this connection it
should be remembered that the first
man to drive motor cor from ocean
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
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Space rates on application.
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discount for each subsequent insertion
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change of copy.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
ENoryday
Wisdom q IA
..T = 81 #sso& 49, ~,

q Didn't Raise Ny Boy to be a
Golfer" is new pathetic mother song
that is sure to make a ait.
Umbrellas with handouts are now
made for the absent minded.
We seldom hear of quire of paper
any more.
Orange juice has queer affinity
for the human eye.
Richmond, Indiana, has a chewing.
gum-habit institute.
No home is home without Al atom.
izer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Contract Awarded for Home for Feeble
Minded

The Vermont home for the feeble
minded to be built at Brandon will
be constructed by the Joan Nelson
Construction company Of Montpelier,
whose bid was the lowest to the board
Of trustees, who held meeting in
Burlington Monday with Gov. G. W.
Gates, the superintendent of the home,
DR.. Frederick Russell, and Architect
4. !. Lawrence. The amount of the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

Nelson company S bid was $500.
The other bids $4,000, Keilslich con-
struction company, Burlington; $40, 700,
George Saltus, Burlington; $23, 600,
Cummings construction company,
Ware, Mass; work viii begin on the
new buildings in two weeks, and the
structure IS to be ready by fall.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24
TO suRscR IRERs.

1t is the aim of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
of the paper each night, and it solicits
the cooperation of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given Of
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following the omission in per
son, by telephone or postal card, thus
enabling the cause of the error to be
promptly and accurately discovered and
the proper remedy Immediately applied
1t is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

Col. Roosevelt s Detroit speech is re-
garded in many quarters as the great
est he has ever made. In it he preach
ed the doctrine of Americanism and
preparedness without self exaltation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

The muller cut-out on your automo-
bile does not make the machine go
much faster, but it calls attention to
the speed of your driving and at night
arouses tired citizens out, of sound
sleep.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

1t is too bad that the government
doesn t enforce the antitrust law and
split the Standard Oil into "a more
companies, so that the combine would
have another excuse for doubling the
price of gasoline again
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

Emery, the best natural abrasive, is
mined IN large quantities on the island of
NaNos IN the Cyelades group. Greece, from
which more than Is per cent of the worlds
annual output is now shipped.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-05-24

would break them up. These would
go into the Zoo icehouse all ready fol
the hot days of the Summer.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-21
WARNING TO USERS
OF HAIR REMOVERS
Don't Experiment With So-CalIed
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and 1t proves worthless YOU only lose
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limitations of DeMiracle which merely
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OF such preparations.
The proper way to remove hair is to
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absorption. therefore it attacks hair
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DeMiracle works equally well for
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and under arms. or from limbs to pre-
vent IT from showing through stock
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-21
Bedtime Story For the Little Ones
UNCLE wIGGILY AND THE STONES.
BY HOWARD n. GARIS.

know, though they acted so sometimes
"Oh, dear" cried Uncle Wiggily- II
will take US a year to clear this field
of stones There are so many
There are quite a lot" said Grandpa
GOosey sadly. But il we don't get rid
of the stones the beans will not grow"
Uncle Wiggily looked at the hun
dreds and thousands of stones Then
he suddenly cried, with a twinkle of
his nose;
"Hai I know what to do. have a
plan to get rid of these stones very
easily"
How" asked Grandpa Goosey-
I'll show you in a minute Just you
ing back. you begin throwing stones,
easy like so as not to strain your
wing
Well said Grandpa Goosey, wiping
his yellow bill on a blade of green
grass, Il don't know what your plan
is, but I'll do as you say. Hop along"
So Uncle Wiggily hoped along. his
eyes twinkling as well as his nose
Pretty soon he met Sammie Littletail,
the rabbit boy.
thrower2' asked the bunny uncle.
''Fine," cried Sammie- The best
ever,"
Come with me-" said Uncle Wiggily.
mysterious like
He went along a little farther and
met Johnnie and Billie BushytaiI. the
two squirrels.
Are you good stone throwersT' he
asked.
Dandy" they chartered
Come with mei invited the bunny
uncle And. in the same way, he got
Jackie and Peetie Bow Wow. the pup
pies. and Billie WagtaiI, the goat. and
many other animal boys. Then he took
them 10 the stony field.
"Ahem," cried Uncle Wiggily out
loud let GRANDMA CTOOSeV know he
was coming, with the animal boys. At
once the goose gentleman began throw
ing stones.
"Ha," cried Uncle wiggily, innocent
like There is someone throwing
stones out of my field He seems to be
a good thrower, too I wonder if any
of YOU boys can beat him?"
Il can" cried Sammie. And land
l." cried the other animal chaps. Down
into the stony field they scampered.
and each one began throwing stones
out of II into the brook, trying to beat
Grandpa GOosey and each other. In a
little while. not stone was left in the
field and the beans could come up as
easy as pie
My, N.Y. cried Uncle WiggiIy. rub
bling his eyes as he saw all the stones
gone and without any trouble on his
part At all You animal chaps are
certainly good throwers- I guess I'll
have TO give you each an ice cream
cone"
And he did. and Sammie and the 9th
ers wondered why Uncle Wiggily and
Grandpa Goosey laughed so. Do you
know?
Anyhow. this teaches US that. there
are more ways of eating pie than with
fork And. if the lollypop doesn't
fall off the stick and splash into the
mulberry jam, I'll tell you next about
Uncle Wiggily and the hay.-Copyright
1916. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-21
PREPAREDNESS and BORDER PROTECTION

and Aqua Prieta and people were
wounded and killed in FL Paso and
Douglas and President Taft refused to
protect them. l made a speech in the
House against such policy and demand
led that the president change such pol
icy and employ our military forces TO
prevent q repetition Of such occur e
did change his policy in accordance
with my demands
When the Columbus raid occurred I
was the first member Of Congress to
take the floor and denounce it and de
mand that our troops be sent into Mex
leo TO eXterminate the bandits
I was also the first to appear before
the Secretary OF State to present the
facts and demand appropriate action in
the Cusi case.
The fact is. ! have been consistently
on the Job of furnishing protection for
the border ever since the Mexican trou-
bic started several years ago, and thou
sands Of people along the border have
personal knowledge of this fact No
man in or out Of Congress has been
one-half as diligent as / have in this
matter.
have not gone about it with a brass
band, but 7 have done earnest and ef-
fective work by day and by night. never
neglecting my duty in a single instance.
If there are any who would criticize
me. let them not indulge in general
tiles. but specify. and when they do il
viii be seen that they are seeking a
political advantage with no idea of do
ing me justice
Yours sincerely.
W r. SMITH.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-21
Colorado. Texas. July IS, 1s


do not believe any amount of mis-
representation will mislead the people OF
my district as to my record on the sub
ject Of preparedness. Those who kept
informed know that I took a position
far in advance Of my party upon this
subject in the House Of Represepta
tives. for / not only voted for a stdnd-
ling army larger than the military eX-
'fperts said could be raised except Dy
Transcription. and for the national
guard. which was provided for, bul
also for the volunteer army provision
which would have authorized the pres
ident in time Of peace as well as IN
time Of war 10 organize ana train Il
volunteer force OF 261. 600 men This
provision for volunteers was opposed
by every member Of the House from
Texas excepting myself and by every
Democrat in the House with the ex-
ception Of less tlan ten as 1 recall
believed that as the president would
pave been given the power to fix the
TO call for these volunteers in time of
peace the military forces could be ma
Iterialiy increased when II could not be
done through the recruiting service of
the standing army
I also voted to double the L 5 Mil
itary and Naval Academies; and for the
administration naval program. and 9th
ct measures Of preparedness
Moreover, upon my insistence every
tavailable soldier and then the national
guard were sent to the Mexican border
| When the battles occurred at Juarez
political adve
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-21
CONGRESSMAN W. R. SMITH.

To the People of FL Paso:
7 am again seeking reelection 10
Congress in the Democratic primaries
TO be held on July 32nd- Deeply CRATE
full for the generous support accorded
me by you in the past, I have tried to
show my appreciation by giving you
the best service of which I have been
capable. not only in matters OF gen
.eraI concern. but also in those matters
Iof local interest that make for the uD-
building OF your city and the prosper
ity of her people.
In the work Of securing legislation
for the Elephant Butte irrigation prof
ect for the enlargement of Fort Bliss,
and for an adequate post office build
ing, l have had your constant sympa-
thy and CO operation, and you have
greatly lightened the burden Of il all
by most generous and ungrudging sup
port at each recurring election
In these years Of service for FL Paso.
have become deeply interested in her
progress and welfare, and am anxious
to see the various enterprises COM
pleted which 1 have had part in set
ting or foot for her
The Elephant Butte reservoir is fin
ished. but I want to see the distribut-
ing system pushed to completion an /
an adequate drainage system installed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-21
w

LCVV YELL. where are you going
w this morning. Uncle Wig
gily2" asked Nurse Jane
Fuzzy Wuzzy. the muskrat lady house
keeper, as she saw the rabbit gentle
man hopping down off the front porch
of his hollow stump farm house Are
you going to dig potatoes. or shell some
peas?"
well. I don't exactly know" an
swered the rabbit gentleman. Il am
going TO take a walk over my farm
and see how il looks after the rain. -
for there had been a shower in the
night, and now, as the sun came up.
each leaf glistened like forty 1even
million diamonds.
We'll. don't forget to come back for
lunch" said Nurse Jane as she went
in and closed the door so the flies
couldn't buzz around the gas stove.
We are going to have watermelon
short cake for lunch
-Oh, I'll be sure to come" laughed
Uncle Wiggily, and then he went on
over his farm
Through the woods and across the
fields he went. and pretty soon he
came to a place where he had planted
some beans
They ought to be almost ready to
pick now" said the bunny gentleman
to himself. but my goodness me sakes
alive. and some buttered toastl When
Mr. Longears looked for the beans he
couldn't see one They had not come
up
This is funny" exclaimed the bunny
uncle.
What is funny" asked voice sud
denly. and at first the bunny was
afraid ii might be the skillery scalery
alligator with the humps on his tail,
or the ear scratching cat But IL was
neither, being. in fact. Grandfather
Goosey Gander himself
What is funny" asked Grandpa
Goosey.
NO beans growing here" said Uncle
Wiggily- Il am sure ! planted some
It's funny they didn't come up"
Granda Goosev flew over the fence
and looked at the ground
NO wonder your beans did not come
up" he said
WHY didn't they" Uncle wiggily
wanted TO know
Because there are too many stones
in this field went on Grandpa Goosey-
Why. il is just covered with them,
The beans must be all underneath the
IF I took the stones off. would the
beans come upT' asked the bunny gen
tleman.
"Of course they would" spoke
Grandpa Goosey.
Intn OH come the stones cried
Uncle Wiggily. and he began throwing
them off his field into a little brook
nearby. which already had many stones
in it but which did not mind having
more
III help you" said Grandpa Goosey,
and he. too. began tossing away the
stones.
But the rabbit gentleman and the
goose grandpa had tossed only a few
stones when their backs began to ache.
for they were not boys any longer. YOU