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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-12
BUSINESS OPrORTu MITES
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IOE SALE Completely equipped yul-
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N.lg upry Times
SALE Wholesale and retail meat mpr.
'ui best m city. business over 500
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REST equipped hlt shop in riu, l3a hats.
carpenter tools and lot uf other goods
part "Hsh and part time oklahoma CITY
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-12

I HAVE some special bargains u farm
and city property " Horumh lu2
indiana bldg " tln' or Wal 1929
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on LAND. LEASES AND STOCK

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Nnl1 no Maud okla watch the dr,tl.
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-02-12
MISICNL INSTRUMENTS.

NH NNNOGN>l gripuouoH for $40.
cash N- worI ol yu.rd- Tree N
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
Wage-Raising in Spots.
bennington Banner J

The recent increase of wages in the
mills of the American Wooden company
affects the operatives at Winooski where
the increase will amount to $4,000 per
month. Even with this increase. how
ever, the wages at Winooski are less
than in Bennington for similar work.
The steel trust made a big splurge a
few days ago over an increase in wages
which IN the aggregate amounts to
many millions annually, but the fact
Of the ease is that the greater part Of
the operatives affected were. and still
are rather poorly paid in comparison
with skilled work in other lines In
the steel mills there are a few highly
paid men but the average job there is
not as good as one in baclwoods saw
mill IN Vermont. There are still thou
sands of industries in the country
where the scale of wages is low and
the fault with the Adamson law and
other special efforts to increase wages
IS that they never reach the ones who
stand most III need Of an increase. The
stopping of immigration, the return OF
reseryists and the high wages paid in
nunltlon factories has brought about
the curious situation in many parts OF
the country of ordinary day labor get
ting better pay than skilled workmer
IN the same localities. This tends tc
make the latter dissatisfied even though
II IS temporary condition that viii
not continue after the war ends.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

When President Wilson, on the way
to church Sunday in his automobile,
so narrowly escaped being run down
by another car that came rapidly and
suddenly from a cross street, his peril
was exactly that encountered, and not
always avoidable, by every user of both
city and country highways. 1t is a
danger against which complete precau-
tions are hardly practicable, even by
the most careful drivers of automobiles
and it menaces people on foot as well,
for, except by coming to full stop
before every crossing, it is next to i'm
possible to be sure of safety from care
less motor folk. Even when the latter
are not going at great speed, they make
or threaten trouble by Their unexpected
emergence into traffic moving at right
angles with their own direction. The
need to do this cautiously seems to be
the last lesson learned by many auto
mobilists, and some of them never learn
it. Almost everywhere the law aims at
the elimination OF this evil, but either
the laws are badly devised or they are
i'll enforced.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
DNDDY,S EVLNlVG
L4LRY NII q VARY ]
" s I'm S aaSs!5a
MRS. DUCKS DINNER.

Mrs. Duck" said Daddy, twas Sit
ting in her Mud Nest"
WAS her Nest made of mud, Dad
dy?" asked Nancy in Horror
She is like the Pig Family, isn't
she Daddy?" asked Nick.
In the first place" said Daddy. ito
answer Nancy's question, yes, Mrs.
Ducks Nest was made of Mud It
was her home, just as this House is
your Home.
And in the second place, to answer
Nick's question, Mrs. Duck isn't so
much like the Pig Family as you might
think to Judge from her Nest of Mud.
Mrs. Duck likes to Swim around in
the good, clear Water. And the Pig
Family like to Dig up the Mud in what
ever Stream they go into. And yet
the Pig Family like to Sleep where it
is clean. They do not enjoy Sleeping
in the midland would not have a
Mud Nest for anything.
Instead they get all the Straw
they can find, and put it into one Cor
ner of their Pen for Sleeping They
do not Play in the Straw No, Mud
is their Favorite Plaything, but they
like to Sleep where it is Dry and Neat
and Nice
Well" said Nick, 81 never knew
that before about the Pig Family"
But are you going to tell us a
Story about Mrs. Duck, Daddy?" asked
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

Congress viii be rushed for time in
which to transact the important bust
ness of the session and the administra-
ton will be commended i'll proposing
a suspension of the customary recess
for the Christmas holidays. First Of
all measures in Importance, as far as
the general interest of the public is
concerned, is the eight hou- law and its
relation to the Adamson act. Doubtless
the supreme court will strain a point
in order that the constitutionality of
that act may be determined at once.
Whatever the decision, there will be
need of further legislation on the sub
ject in order to make the act complete.
In addition, there will be the regular
appropriation bills, which always oc-
cupy much time before the logrolling is
finished to suit the large number of in
terests involved. 1t will be a wonder
if there are not foreign complications
which will make delay and difficulty
Congress has enough to do OF an urgen,
nature and it is of more importance
to have the work cleaned up than fol-
| a few hundred men to have a good time
during the holidays. Let them stick to
their work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

slider without paying the Vermont Ii
cense, might be provided without in any
way doing summer visitors on the one
hand or Vermont on the other hand any
injustice.
The hotel keepers of Vermont are
protected by special statute against
the man who jumps his board bill.
The garage owners should be similar
ly protected. Numerous instances are
disclosed where automobilists have put
up at Vermont garage for few days,
more or less, being supplied gasoline and
repairs and IN some cases new tires and
other equipment, who have run out of
the state leaving the bills unpaid. Such
cases have occurred here in Rutland.
In one case that was followed up. it
was found that the car had been at
tached and that its Maine owner was
worthless.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

1luu Nest ana looked about ner RztC
very Paronizing Air-that is she
looked as though she were little Su-
perior to all the Ducks but still would
be very Kind and Good to them. Of
course, they all began to Talk at once.
"'Quack, Quack, Quack, Ouack,
were the Sounds that came from the
Pond, and with so many Ducks QuQck-
Quacking all at once it made a Terri
fic Noise.
I'm so glad you've all come said
Mrs. Duck.
"'Quack-Quack, thank you, thank
you they replied.
"'Were to have Dinner right away
said Mrs. Duck.
That's Good said the Guests.
They were perhaps more Hungry than
Polite.
And they all Wobbled, or Swan, or
Flew to a Comfortable Place for Eat
ing their Dinner.
~ thought continued Mrs. Duck,
that it was very Silly to have lots and
lots of things to Eat
Here she paused. And the other
Ducks looked little Sad. They had
known Mrs. Duck for a long time and
she had always been Extremely Fond
of Food. They couldn't Understand
why she said she Thought it Silly TO
have lots to Eat. Perhaps, they
Thought, she might have had Indiges-
ton lately, or perhaps a Bug stuck in
her Throat and she hadn't quite dared
to Eat as much as ever.
"She noticed the Expressions on the
Ducks Faces.
"'Ah,' she said. 4 see l am quite
Misunderstood
"'She's Misunderstood Quacked
the Ducks. That's Good. We were
Wrong. It's q Joke We are to have
enough to Eat. Fancy coming to a
Dinner Party and not having much to
Eat! That would have been Terrible.
Quack, Quack, Terrible'
"I simply Meant continued Mrs.
Duck, that l would not have lots of
Different things to Eat. l will have
dullt elpuSH VI WIFI ltlN C. &t4u
! none of my Guests will go away Hun
cry
1.-THE Ducks settled themselves more
Comfortably, and Mrs. Ducks Hus-
band came forth from one end of the
Pond with an Enormous Tray made
out of Pond Weeds, and Beautifully
Woven together. This he Showed
ahead of Him through the Pond with
his long Bill. And when he came out
of the Pond the Guests could see how
Handsomely his Tail Feathers were
Curled. And his Tray was filed with
Bugs which the Duck Love. so after
all, it was most Successful Dnner
Party"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

The automobile department of the
Massachusetts highway commission is
being deluged with requests from car
owners for numbers from one to 5000.
This can be explained only on the
ground of vanity on the part of car
owners. So numerous have been the re-
quests that a notice has been sent out
notifying car owners that it is impossi-
bic to distribute these numbers, as
most of them are already held by per-
sons who have had them for many sea-
sons past. a year ago between 10000
and $4,000 ear owners wrote to the au-
tomobilc department requesting low
numbers. This year the number of re-
quests is said to be greater than ever
before. In motor circles the first 5000
owners are looked upon as the "aristo-
Gratis. One well-known car owner has
the same number for his telephone,
motor ear and house. Owners of cars
who have previous license numbers from
one to 5000 are given preference in
holding their old numbers for another
year.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
MAXIM; II plain

The Pure Food and Drug Laws aim
to protect the public by preventing
mis-statements on the labels of prepa-
rations but some people continue to
accept "extracts" of cod liOers think
ing they will get the benefits of an
emulsion of cod liver oil.
The difference is very great. An
''emulsion" contains real cod hyey oil,
which has had the hearty endorse
ment of the medical profession for
many years, while an extract is a
product which contains no oil and is
highly alcoholic.
SCOTS Emulsion guarantees the high
est grade of real Norwegian cod H0eY oil,
skilfully blended with glycerine and
hypophosphites. Scott S is free from the
false stimulation of alcohol and is en-
dorsed by good physicians everywhere.
scott s. Bovine. bloomfield. NJ. l6-I8
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
Keeping Young Men In Vermont.
burlington Free Press.)

iOuI iIllS ION FREE 1TGSS.)
In connection with our editorial,
How Legislation Can Help Keep Our
Vermont Boys, citizen has furnished
the following interesting data regard
ing the careers Of twenty-five boys who
were members OF his graduating class
several years ago at the Burlington
high school. OF the twenty-tkree BOYS
in that class, y lived in Burlington,
one III Colchester and the other in a
town III the southern part of the state.
Ten members of the class, all from this
city, entered the University of Yer
mont, and four went to other colleges,
while the remainder entered various
business pursuits. All of the boys who
entered college graduated, and the
others have made what might well be
termed successes, that is, they are good
citizens and also financially prosperous.
But of the entire twentv-three, only
five are III Vermont at the present
time, and two of these are contemplate
ing moving to other cities.
The callings chosen by these Young
men form an interesting study. Two are
doctors, one Is a social service worker,
one chemist, one an electrical engi-
nee, one an officer of the United States
army, and teacher, one a lawyer, one
newspaper man, two are farmers. and
the remaining twelve are in various
business eallings. Six went to New
York, and one to Chicago, while the re-
mainder are widely scattered, although
probably more than half are in cities
in the New England States.
The citizen in question, who kept
pretty closely i'll touch with his class
mates, states that although he believes
those living outside of Vermont are
too firmly established to change. vet a
little thought and effort on the part of
the business men of the city would
probably have resulted in keeping all
Of the boys here. Some of them have
told him that they would have pre-
ferred to remain in Burlington, but that
business men whom they consulted adj
| vised them that better opportunities
awaited them elsewhere. When IS per
! cent of a class of Vermont BOYS who
are 100 per cent successful are lost to
the state, the matter of keeping our
| boys at home certainly deserves serious
consideration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
(Copyright.)
TIL E f o o T. B All

The football is one of only two
known objects which can be kicked
without striking back The other is the
Chinese empire
The football is composed of a small
section of the pig family, and is usu.
ally made from some pig which has
been hurriedly called hence 1t is built
III the form of fresh egg and costs
about the same price. After it has been
constructed it is filled up with eighty
pounds Of free air, after which it is
kicked around in a liberal and free
handed manner by young men who de-
sire to promote their scholarship ana
leg muscles.
1t was not until recent years that the
football was made regular part of
the college curriculum, but it has now
become as Indispensable as any other
study. Many young man with square
concrete legs who could not master
first Latin without a pony has. bv ap.
plying himself diligently to football
| been able to graduate with high honor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
Did Not Wear Hughes Button.
Rutland News


The Rutland News gladly prints the
following note from Maj. Fred W.
Childs of Brattleboro. former post
master: - As rule a man pays little
heed to unjust and untruthful comment
Of newspapers, but my attention hav-
ing been called to your article declaring
that ! wore a Hughes button before
November Z, prompts me to pronounce
this assertion false and therefore dis
creditable to newspaper that should at
tempt, at least, to heed the command
ment, Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against thy neighbor. - The
News simply explains that the state
ment was made on the authority of 6
reputable and veracious citizen Of
Brattleboro. 1t only regrets that il
WASH t true and hope. while the dough
ty Major didn't wear a Hughes button
ne may have voted for him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

and earn a good living by coaching
other young men in the art of kicking
from a sitting posture. People who de-
cry football should think Of these
things and not seek to undermine a
worthy and fiourishing industry.
The football is dangerous object to
handle in a crowd, as is shown bv the
fact that all football players are
obliged to be encased in armor from
the toes up. This is 10 doubt due to the
lack Of control over their legs which
50 many players display. Every now
and then some star player will aim his
right leg directly at the football, and
after missing it by four feet will land
under the chin Of an opponent, caus-
ing the latter to retire from the game
and wait for his palate to resume IFS
seat. This has tendency to reduce the
victim 5 morale and his breath dis
placement at the same time.
There are lots of worse things than
kicking a football. One Of them is com
ing out of college with a reputation a,
| a doubles eared, weak jawed sissy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
Member Of the Associated press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
bv the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co,
G. ". Cleaveland, d. r Cutler & Co
OEsteyville), Brooks House Pharmacy.
West 8rattieboro. ]. L. StOckweu.
East Dummerston. M f. Brown
putney, NJ. c. Williams.
Nevfane, N NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. W. Cutler.
West Townshend. G. II. GrouL
Jamaica. r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, +. r Rufrum.
West Chesterfield, N. r., Mrs. w
~treetpr.
Alusdsle. NJ H., w II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Bertnllno e. Bertolino. f G. Winnewisser
Windsor. VT, Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
Automobile Laws Should Be Changed
(Rutland News.)

With the multiplication of automo-
biles there is necessity for amendment
and strengthening of the automobile
laws of Vermont. There are now some
thing like $500 motor ears in the
state, or about one to every "a men,
women and children. The roads every
where are fairly alive with them, both
NermOnt-owned and the big touring
cars.
One of the most crying and imminent
needs is III more stringent requirements
Of candidates for drivers licenses. As
1t Is at present, any person Is years old
or over vouched for by two citizens,
may upon the payment of a nominal fee
secure the right to drive an automobile
The requirements should be much more
than this. Before drivers licenses are
issued applicants should prove to some
competent authority their sobrietv of
habits and their knowledge of handling
a car. If need be, such examining au-
thority should be appointed in every
town i'll the state and the drivers ;
license fees might go to him as payment
for lis services, all of these examining
boards to be under the supervision of
the licensing authority, the secretary
of state.
The laws should be so changed as to
.equire a bone fide summer resident of
Vermont the registration of his cars
N this state. Nothing should be done
to discourage summer tourists from
oming to Vermont, but those regular
residents of the state through the tour
ing season. owning homes here, should
be required to pay the Vermont license
fee. As it is, hundreds of big touring
cars are making use of the Vermont
roads and contribute nothing to their
maintenance. Possibly a 80 days or
even 60 days privilege to an out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

Nancy. you began with Mrs. Duck
this Evening"
Yes said Daddy, Il want to tell
you what sort of a Dinner Party Mrs.
Duck gave to her Friends in the
Pond.
She had Invited all of the Ducks
from the nearby Pond, and they had
Flown over for the Dinner"
can Ducks Fly?" asked Nancy 81
mean the ones who Live in Ponds?''
Dear me, yes" said Daddy. "Of
course, they cannot Fly long distances
IKE the Wild ones we see sometimes
Flying overhead. But still they can
Fly quite little bit.
"Quack, Quack,' said Mrs. Duck as
her Guests arrived. She sat in her
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

The college entrance examination
board through it's secretary reports
that IL 900 candidates took the examina-
tons for admission to American col
leges the past autumn against 5000 in
1918. The big increase helps to eX-
plain two things. One is that more
young people are going to college from
year to year and the other is that the
college board has introduced more sys-
TEN into the examinations, greatly add
ing to their efficiency. 1t is expected
that there will soon be another large in
crease in the number of candidates TAX
ing the board S examinations. Last
spring Mount Holyoke, Smith, Nassar
and Wellesley announced that they in
tended to adopt the new plan.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

Get busy, Mr.. Legislators-elect. The
commission to revise bills is already
in session and ready to work. Former
Speaker Cheney and Former Represen-
tatiye Graves of Bennington, with
Former Lieutenant Governor Hale X.
Darling as clerk make a strong COM
hination to straighten out tangles that
might appear in The phraseology of
bills written by men inexperienced in
legislative work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
TO SUISSE RIsERs.

II is the aim Of the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
Of the paper each night. end 1t solicits
the cooperation Of subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given OF
each failure to receive the paper on the
morning following tie 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.
IL Is only by this method that the pub
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
Butchering in the Fall in Vermont.

=
l woIder what 5 become of them
Them men that butchered i'll the fall,
And drove meat cart all around
The country roads when | was small;
l see the cart a-coming now
The butcher, foundered horse and all:
And wonder where them fellers are
That used to butcher in the fall
They always lived "way over back
Where hay grew short and bareback
tall,
On Center road or Heather hill
So far the preacher didn t call;
They worked a rundown farm on
shares,
But raised some cider, after all
l wonder where them fellers are
That used to ''buteher in the fall. -
Right after harvesting they'd buy
a runty steer of Deacon Hall,
And wilder Williams s farrer cow,
A sheep or two of Cap Small.
Then pitch right in to get rich quick
Without no fuss or fol-de-rol-
Oh! yes; they hustled once a year,
Them chaps that "butchered in the
fall
And then they d get an old express
And on its bones cart install:
They d rig the tailboard end TO drop
And make a shelf on which to lou
And chin and dicker, saw and pound
And cut and chop and firt and
Oh, yes; them fellers' ways was
Gree
That used to 'butcher in the fall. -
On Monday, pretty elost to noon,
You d see a caravanic pail
Of highway dust-the ground would
shake,
The dog would bark, the chickens
squall;
The butcher man would heave in sight
And stop as though he d struck a
wall
Them fellers made lot of noise
That used to ''buteher in the fall
And then he d be so near sold out
You d wish he hadn t stopped at all;
But when a housewife traded deep
They d treat her like little doll;
They'd throw cash of liver in,
And toss the family eat the gall
L wonder where them fellers are
That used to butcher in the fall. >
They kept a tub of pale corn beef
Up forward, covered with a shawl,
And when party wanted some
They d jab it with a kind of awl;
They d stick their fingers through the
steak
And almost make your goosefesh
crawl
And vet the women always liked
Them chaps that "butehered in the
fall
Their steelyards never made you think
OF Howe or Fairbanks-not at all
Their saws and souls were dull, and
yet
I've seen 'em lead a country ball;
And where poor man s wife was
sick
They d go long ways round to
call
Yes; they was pretty decent stock,
Them chaps that "butehered in the
fall =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1916

If the administration couldn t find
o Democrat in Vermont properly trained
for the Office OF bank examiner it might
have selected a Republican in this state
before going to South Carolina for an
apPointee.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

That it is extremely difficult to Sc
cure changes in town lines is again
Illustrated by the action of the citizens
of pittsford who voted in special town
meeting 100 to IS not to set off 800
acres ia the southern part of the town
to the town Of Proctor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-12-06

The largest salary paid to any state
official in Vermont-$5,00 a year
very properly goes to Commissioner of
Education Milo b. Iiillegas. His work
is of the highest Importance, for up
on it depends in large degree the
quality of the citizenship Of the future.