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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
UNION MEETS FRIDAY
Annual Convention with Congrega-
tional Church in Londonderry
Brattleboro Speakers.

The annual convention of the Windham
County Christian Endeavor union will be
held Friday, June 30, afternoon and even
ing, with the Congregational church in
Londonderry. The first session will open
at lis with a praise service conducted by
Rev. Alfred Cornell of West Townshend.
F. c. Wright of Londonderry will welcome
the delegates, and the county president.
Rev. \. Z. b. Ward, president of the
county union and until recently pastor of
the Congregational church in Westminster.
will respond in behalf of the delegates 4
business session Will follow when commit
tees will be appointed and the reports of
the secretary and treasurer, Miss Nellie
Fem OF Westminster, and of the chairman
OF the missionary committee, Miss Flor
ence NJ. Hemenway-W of Brattleboro.
will be given.
Miss IL. lone Smith of Shushan, \. y.
viii then give an address on the subject,
The Campaign for Millions. Following a
special musical number Rev w. II. Dcs
Jardins of SaNtons River will deliver an
address. Miss Jessie Ransom of Brattle.
horo will speak on Junior Work and will
show articles made by the Junior Endeav.
orcrs of the Centre church. Brattleboro
TO be sent in missionary boxes the com
ing winter. This talk viii be followed by
the transaction of business and the roll
call of societies. The afternoon session
will close with Il workers conference to b,
! conducted by d. W. Felch, president o
the society in the First Baptist church
/ Brattleboro.
! The evening session will open with q
praise service and will he followed Inv ia,
presentation of the county banners anC
special music \ missionary exercise, Pil
grims on the Kings Highway. will then b,
given and the meeting Will close with al
address by Miss Mary Daniels of Harpoot
Turkey, who viii speak on the situation il
/ that country
The delegates going by train will he me
at South Londonderry. Dinner and sup
! per will be furnished, also entertainment
for those who remain over night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29
The Two Are in Complete
Accord, the Republican
Nominee States
COLONEL TO TAKE
STUMP FOR CANDIDATE
Their Meeting Was Long One and
Was Entirely Private-Ex-Presiden
Agrees with Hughes's Attitude on
Questions at Issue.

Qu6SI1OQS aG Issue.
NEW YORK, June 29.-Charles Z.
Hughes, Republican Presidential nomi-
nee, announced last night at the end
of an interview with Theodore Roos =
welt, which lasted for more than two
hours and a half, that he and the
former President were in complete
accord
Mr.. Hughes issued the following
statement:
q was very much pleased with Col
Roosevelt S letter of Endorsement, and
he has expressed himself in a very
kindly way with respect to my tele
gram to the Progressive committee.
wanted to talk with Col. Roosevelt
fully with respect to the issues of the
campaign and asked him to dine with
me so that we might have that op
portunitv. He dincd with ne las
night, and we had a very delightful
interview We talked very fully over
all matters and are in complete &C
cord. The evening has been a ver>
pleasant one.
Col Roosevelt called upon Mr.
Hughes at the nominee 5 invitation. \
crowd had gathered in the lobby OF
the hotel where Mr.. Hughes is stay
ing whep Col. Roosevelt arrived. TIL,
former President lifted his hat an,
bowed, then hurried into an elevate
which took him to Mr.. Hughes 5 apart
mcnt. The parlor had been fitted NJ
as a dining room, and a large bouque
of roses on The table confronted tn
two as they entered.
The Republican nominee and Col
Roosevelt dined alone. The waiter VIII
served them was barred from tn
room except when especially sum
moned by call button.
After the interview Mr.. Hughe
| emerged with Col. Roosevelt, escortin
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29
PuLoRy FOR WIFE BEATERs.
Brutal Husbands Of Kansas City,
Kan. to Suffer as of Yore.

KANSAS CITY. Mo, june -. -
The pillory, slightly changed IT ~
that of the oldeu days hut the same
i'm effect. Is to be set up in Kansas
City. Kan. for the punishment Of
wife heaters Police Judge !. II. Bra
dv of that citr has been granted per
mission to erect post ou n ccrner
of the main business district, t. which
men convicted of beating their wives
could be chained for amy number Of
davs the court fixed.
THE shame of being seen labelled
as "a wife heater VIII prevent such
crimes. l believe, the Judge eN-
planned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29
$4,000 DIVORCES IN 1916.
Preacher Urges President to Work
for New Marriage Laws.

WASUINGTON, June -. - This
year the United States viii yield
l25.90u divorces. the Rev. T. VI
Moody OF Chicago told President viii
sen yesterday.
He urged the President to work for
passage. before December, of a CON
stituti0aal amendment TO standardiEe
laws governing marriage and divorce
There is such bill now ia the house
judiciary committees. Mr.. Moody, who
is head of the international commits
sion on marriage and divorce, told this
President:
The first sixteen FEARS of this
century show the United States lead
Jag the world with 1,4o0, 200 divorces.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29

FOR SALE-Bus1ness chances. Dry
goods business in hustling Connect
cut valley town, doing $4,000 annual
business Feed and grain business do
ing $4,000 annual business. Old re-
liable c'camcry business doing $4,000
annual business. Drug business doing
$1,000 annual business. lee cream
business in live town. Han lwarc and
plumbing business doing $4,000 an
nual business, only one Of its kind in
town. Cottage Of three rooms, barn
and boat house at Crescent lake, 400
feet water front; 40 acre farm, stock,
crops and tools, snug buildings near
two villages in Acworth, n. II. Cat
aloguc free of 800 properties all shown
by L. II. Blodgett, Charlcstown, n. H.
96-107
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29
APPROVAL BY SENATE.
Hay Resolution Now Goes to President
for His SIGNATURE.

WASHINGTON. June 2o.-The senate
today approved and sent to the White
House the conference report on the Hay
resolution authorizing the President to
draft into the federal service all national
guardsmen taking the prescribed oath.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29

FOR SALE - One pair oxen weight
1000, mne better, have been worked
right al'ng, age about six years. Price
$4,000. Also registered Holstein bull,
just right to turn out with your spring
stock; tge, / year, 10 months. Price,
1925. Piuger, Simonsville, VT. 1O2-1O4*
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29
ANNOUNCEMENT

Fred J. Martin wishes to announce
he now has = First-class Barber in his
shop in the Howard Building, Putney
VT. Your patronage is solicited.
Headquarters for leather goods, re
pairing, pool, cigars, etc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29

FOR SALE - Seven-room cottage
house. Al modern improvements, hard
wood finish, maple floors. Fine hen
house AID garden. Near car line.
Price vary low. Apply to Mrs. George
w. Bail,y, 32 Clark Ave. 101-1O4
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29

Onc-sevcnth Of the people of Tibet
arc moaks.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29

IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
IN THE DAILY REFORMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-06-29
To Rent.

TO RENT - Front rooms connecting
or singly at 50 Main st. 101-tf
TO RENT-Furnished room, electric
lights and bath; 81 Green St. 10O-tf
TO LET-SeveraI nice offices on the
second floor of Ullery Building. 43-tf
TO RENT-First class tenement with
modern improvements. G. G. Fits. lit
TO RENT - Four-room tenement
with some furnishings, Edgett s. Co.
88-tf
TO RENT-Room, electric light,
bath, telephone; 81 Green Street.
1O3-tf
TO RENT - Pleasant furnished
rooms, electric lights, bath. IA Forest
st. 98-tf
TO RENT - Six-room tenement sec
ond floor with barn for horse or auto
Edgett & Co. 85-tf
TO RENT-One three-room Hat, all
furnished. One four room tenement.
Charles Miner. 96-tf
TO RENT-Two good tenements on
Birge street, SO per month. Holden &
/ Martin, Brattleboro, Vt. 144-tf
TO RENT-Cottage at Spofford lake
for the month of July. Apply to Mrs.
| L. w. Gibson, IA Oak street. 102-105
TO RENT = After July LIST, modern
Groom tenement at So Clark st. In
quire of Chas, Burroughs, 81 Main St.
95-tf
TO RENT - Eight-room downstairs
tenemSpt, all modern improvements; GA
High Street. Apply at 90 High
Street. 97*-tf
| TO RENT - Tenement of five rooms
and bath; modern conveniences; rent
$15 per month. Inquire of James Lyons
| Elliot st. Soft
TO RENT-The Waterman house on
Elliot St, next to Princess theater, II
rooms, modern, just the place for a
rooming and boarding house, also barn
aud garage. Can be rented separately
Edgett & Co, 88-tt
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03
HORNS TO SOUND
FROM HIGH PEAKS
SIREN WILL DROWN CALLS
OF ELK AND BULL MOOSE
TO SUMMON RANGERS.
Huge Photographic Device Designed
to Signal Fire. to All Forest
Dwellers Being Tested; Wireless
Conversation in Morse Code Made
Feasible.

Signals from great horns on the
mountain tops in the national forests
Of the state are likely soon to drown
the cry of elk and the call Of the bull
moose. Final tests of weird siren
alarm device are being made by r. B.
Adams, superintendent OF telephone
service for the Jefferson national for
est, along an S0-mi!e forestry line from
Choteau up the Teton to the head of
Sun River, down Beaver and across to
Willow creek ranger station. 1t has
already given highly satisfactory re-
suits in short distance trials.
The horn, shaped like a phonograph
horn, is adapted to adjustment on a
telephone box in place of the bell. Its
sound is described as much like an
electric automobile horn magnified
many times, and it is audible for many
miles across valleys and mountains.
The main purpose of the apparatus is
TO call the forest ranger to the tele-
phone in time of emergency, but it is
also designed for the opening of in
Stant communication by signals IN the
Morse telegraphic code or according to
simpler key.
BY this siren, signaling operated by
telephone from the central office of
the forest supervisor, rangers over a
vast area as we'll as miners, operators
Of timber claims and other dwellers in
the forest may be summoned to the
place of danger-in particular to com
bat forest fire before it develops te
formidable proportions.
The appliance is the invention OF
Mr.. Adams and it is predicted that il
soon will he adopted generally in the
forest area of the northwest, where
such device is particularly valuable
because of the paucity of settlers il
the wooded districts
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03
<S<57
A Trading Post Incident

men of the camp. After this he
gave each some tobacco and by them
sent a can of syrup to each
of their women, bidding them
goodnight. As he closed and
barred the door he became trou-
bed especially over the giving
of the liquor and more than ever did
he wish he were not alone. The
storm had grown violent and the
night promised to be hard one for
those who were mprcpared. After
a time in the fire-light his misglvings
faded and he began to smile at the
blazing logs and to heed the battle OF
the elements outside.
The post was small and there was
no stockade to protect it from at
tack, although the building had been
constructed of extra large logs and
loop-holes had been cut at advantage
Gus points about the walls. For two
years Joe and his partner, a Canad-
ian Frcnchmcn by the name OF Pete
Iebeau, had held the good will OF both
the Blackfeet and Crees and had pro
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03

stock of goods was kept piled neatly
along the walls. Beside the lawful
articles of trade, the room contained
a barrel of whiskes which had been
raised up we'll toward the roof and
from which a small pipe led down
through the puncheon floor.
On the store-side Of the partition
and in plain sight of customers, cut
from a fir log served as a resting
place for a half-gallon kcg which was
securely fastened to the rustic ped
estal. The pedestal itself was made
fast to the floor and none but the
partners knew that the pipe from the
barrel in the back room turned after
passing through the floor and from
the under side, reached up through
the cut Of wood that so innocently
supported the tin keg, or that sy
phon-like, the barrel continually fec
the keg as a fountain fills a cup.
Whiskey Necessary.
Indeed none but the partners knew
of the barrel as it had been packed il
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03
Shot the Indian Dead.

fitted thereby. This peace had not
been ruptured nor was there any hint
Of trouble when Lebeau had left for
Fort Benton five days before.
The interior Of the little store was
much like others of its day and back
of partition of heavy logs in which
long and narrow loophole had been
cut, one or the other of the partners
sat with a sawed-off shotgun loaded
with buckshot when trading was going
on. From this vantage point the gun
man could sweep the room in case
trouble started with customers and
thus, in measure, protect the goods
and the man behind the counter.
The room behind the partition was
rather small but in it most of the
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03
The Story of the Magical Keg
Bv FRANK B. LINDERMAN

snow-drifts and the sparkling gilt
tering shower of frost-cyrstals that
filtered down with the sunbeams.
Joe paid no further attention to his
visitor until the latter had finished
smoking and from his Hudson Bay
Capote had drawn forth quart bot
tie and pointed to the keg.
"Two robes,'' said Joe in Black
foot.
The Indian slipped through the door
returning with the price Of the pur-
chase which he laid on the counter,
and taking the bottle Of whiskey, rode
away through the snow.
In very short time Wolf Tail, a
brother of Red Robes appeared and
with two fine robes purchased a quart
of the liquor and proceeded toward
the camp as the other had done.
Soon after Bear Standing, a rather
surly fellow reached the post, and
after lingering to smoke, bought a
quart bottle of whiskey as the others
had done and then he, too, rode away.
Joe was busily saving wood when
he saw Red Robe returning. The In
dian was leading heavily laden pack
horse and was singing mcrrily as he
approached.
"How' w'-greeted Joe and
"How-How, returned Red Robe
Both entered the store and the In
dian, walking straight to the keg
placed his hand upon it and asked
"How much.'
"Two robes-one bottle,' replied
Joe.
"No," said Red Robe, tapping the
keg anxiously "How much 90 Heal
Big observation-disclosures stay full
never get empty-How much" Sud
denly Joe saw the light and as quickl,
foresaw trouble, but in Blackfoot he e!
planned that it was not "medicin
keg," and that it would not stay full
and would get empty. 1t was not fo
sale. No, he would not sell the kes
and he had no more whiskey to sell
anyhow.
Trouble Ahead.
Red Robe was odburate-"Hea]
Big Medicine-How Much" Fiv
robes. ten robes, five horses, te1
horses were offered by the Obstin
ate Indian and as firmly refused b.
: Joe. Yet Red Robe insisted, at las
promising to bring to the post fift
e robes and ten horses in exchange fo
the keg.
: The trader was at his Wits en-
and from a shelf near the keg he pull
n ed very fine bright red blanket an
: offered it as a present to Red Robe
I but disdaining the gift the India
; slapped the keg angrily and demand
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03

ed, "How Much,' his eyes swapping
fire as they searched those Of the
white man.
"When Lebeau comes back I will
ask him Chow much.' The keg is
one-half Lebeau's,'' explained Joe,-
"and it would not be good to sell the
keg when he is away"
"You sell us tobacco when Lebeau
is gone. You sell us blankets and
whiskey when he is away. If Lebeau
owns half the keg, he owns half the
blankets and the whiskey-How
Much" and, from his belt the half
drunken Indian snatched a knife.
Joe sprang backward and avoided
the vicious slash Of the enraged red
man who was pressing him toward
the wall. AS he backed away followed
by Red Robe, Joe drew his six-shoot-
er, and as his back touched the logs
he shot the Indian dead.
For moment he gazed at the form
on the floor and in a daze saw the
powder smoke float across toward
the Fireplace, where it was drawn up
and away by the draught of the great
chimney. Then, as one arousing
himself from a stupor, he shut and
barred the door.
/ The action brought back his wits
and picking up an axe he went into
the back room, where with a blow he
broke the pipe connection to the
whiskey barrel.
Off Fort Fort Benton.
The frey liquor spattered about
the place. 1t crept under the parti-
ton and down along the hewed poles
of the puncheon. floor toward the
open fire, filling the room with its
fumes as it came.
Grabbing a buffalo overcoat, his
rifle and heavy Hudson Bay blan-
ket, Joe unbarrcd and opened the
door. AS it swung with a creak on
its wooden hinges admitting the
fresh air, flash of flame enveloped
the room the whiskey had been ig-
nited. The explosion for it amount
ed to that, burned his hair and eye
brows, and outside in the snow he
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03
Dog Guards Partner IS Body.

For hours little black ter
rier dcfied all comers to part him
from his master when Frank johnson,
a vaudeville actor, was found dead in
his room in Butte lodging house. Let
ters found indicated that the man and
the dog travelled with the Wortham
shows last summer under the name of
Ole and Ole. The dog did high-div-
ing stunt. The dog sat on the breast
of his dead partner and snarled at all
who approached. Finally the coroner
and mis- deputies prevailed over the
dog by throwing a blanket over him
In the letters johnson was addressed
simply as "Friend Ole.' 1t is not
known whether he had any permanent
home or relative.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03

stood for moment to collect his
thoughts. Then, as though he had
known what he had intended to do,
he mounted Red Robes saddle horse,
and turning the ANIMALS head down
the trail toward Fort Benton, rode
away, followed for miles by the
whinnying pack animal, which, with
his heavy load, finally abandoned the
chase.
CHANGING backward he saw smoke
and flames pouring from the partly
open door and through the ventila-
tors in the heavy loy walls, and felt
thankful that the fire might account
for the disappearance of Red Robe
and himself.
But the trail-the trail Of horse
wallowing in the snowdrifts here and
there and then racing away where
snow did not block the way-that
could not do otherwise than put
them on his track. PLYING the quirt-
urging the pony to the utmost when
Judgment permitted, for Joe was a
plainsman, he rode on and on in the
direction of the Fort far away on the
Missouri.
The sun was noon-hieh, when in
grove of cottonwoods he saw wolf
er's camp and made his way to it.
There were light men in the party
all plainsmen and all acquaintances
of Joe's. Here he camped until the
following morning when all took the
trail to Fort Benton, expecting
trouble that never came.
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03
Is S;)ver Going to a Dollar?
Experts Predict Sharp Advance Soon
"

Il XPERTS are predicting that sill
IL yer will go to ST. per ounce. The
price is advancing sharply. A fifty
cent piece was worth only about IS
cents last Christmas as bullion. Now,
with silver selling at Is cents an ounce
the same coin in bullion value is worth
2G cents. If it reaches the dollar
mark, as is confidently predicted, a
so cent coin will be worth 35 cents.
Dollar silver will mean added mil
lions to Montana. Ounce for ounce
Montana can produce nearly as much
silver as Colorado or Utah, banner sill
yer states Of the union. Colorado's s
best production, when the metal was
worth real money was shade beyond
30,000,000 ounces annually. The year
Colorado's production reached this
figure Montana produced 29,O00,O00
ounces. In those days silver was
mined for itself. Now it is mined
largely as by-product.
Dollar silver would revive the glor-
les of such camps as Phillipsburg,
which town, in the days when Johnnie
Morony was boy of that place, was
one Of the liveliest camps in Montana.
The great producer of the camp was
the Bi-Metallic. The management Of
the Bi-Metallic was in the hands of
Paul Fusz, who in common with every
one else in Montana was an ardent ad-
vocate of the free and unlimited cpin-
age of silver at the ratio of 16 to one
When Bi-Metallic Paid
Off in Silver Dollars.
During one Of the campaigns when
free silver was the burning issue lr
III Montana. Fusz ordered that the en-
ployes of the Bi-Metalhc be paid OIL
in silver dollars. Hundreds of miners
were employed in the BiMetallic al
the time, and as their wages averaged
little more than $l00 per month pe1
man, it meant that in order to pay
off 100 miners something like 10000
silver dollars would have to be han
died. The miners were just as enthu
siastic about the payment in silver a:
anyone else. On pay days they woule
60 home with their pockets bulgins
with silver dollars. The business mel
liked the idea because it made none,
easier. Frank McKeen, who nov
The Ekalaka eagle., 1916-11-03

On bitter cold night in January,
1879, Joe Wicks, the trader, stood
before the fireplace in the trading
post on the old Whoopup trail and
listened to the whistling Of the wind.
He was worried, his gaze was rivet-
ed upon the cheerful blaze before him
as though he expected counsel from its
light. The unexpected had happened
an three hours before sundown thir-
ty lodges of Blackfcet had trailed
into the valley and had camped some
three miles from the post. Joe had
seen the coming and with practiced
eye had estimated the number Of
prime robes that were in the travois-
loads and on the pack-horses. 1t was
even then splitting snow and the wind
was rapidly shifting about to the
point where the northern blizzards
await it's call. There was little snow
on the ground but the coming storm
caused the squaws to urge the laden
animals to a trot and for two miles
along the trail travois crowded pack
animals into seeming confusion. In the
lead, parties of bucks rode rapidly to-
ward the creek where among the quak-
ing aspens, camp would be made and
bands of ponies brought up the rear
being driven by several gaily decked
young men Of the tribe. In an in
credlbly short space OF time the
lodges took form and as the storm
grew in strength the village defying,
sprang into being under skilled
hands. Where an hour before the
wind swayed the trees and dry
grasses the smoke Of thirty lodges
mingled and where in seeming chaos
the hurrying men, women, children.
horses and dogs had gathered but a
little while before, order had come.
The day was near its end and the
angry clouds had hidden the range
of mountains beyond the valley when
Joe turned back to the post wishing
that his visitors had not come or that
his partner had not left him. They
had figured On the visit, but from
} such information as was obtainable
the Blackfeet had no intention Of
trading until the last week in Janu
ary. Entering the post Joe made
ready for business by moving more Of
the stock out Of sight and had made
up his mind to allow but one or two
of his customers in the place .at ont
time when the door was darkened b,
three visitors, Red Robe and two othel
headmen of the band.
Gives Them Presents.
Breaking his resolution Joe N
,ited them inside where they smoked
t with the trader and promised thei
| trade on the second day from then
r 1t was growing dark when Joe ighte,
e a candle and filled four quart bottle
!. with whisky from a keg in the room
/ These he presented to his visitor
t with the request that one bottle b
t given to the Chief and the content
of the other three divided among tn