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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
BELOW ZERO WEATHER
PREVAILED OVER KANSAS

Topeka, Jan. 14.-Below zero
weather ruled throughout Kansas
Thursday. The sun shone all day
but failed to make any impression
on the cold. Except in southern
Kansas the mercury did not climb
above the zero mark, and even
there only briefly.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
STRANDED AND 13
CREW MEMBERS Persisted

Cromer, England, Jan. 15.-Thir-
teen members of the crew of the
Norwegian steamer Hafru persisted
when the vessel broke in two after
stranding. Only one was saved.
When the Hafru stranded the men
took to the rigging, but all of them,
except one, were washed away be-
fore a lifeboat arrived to aid them.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
MISSOURI RIVER FROZEN
ACROSS FIRST TINE IN 3 YRS

Leavenworth, Jan. 1.-THE Mis-
souri, river was frozen across north
of the Terminal bridge here for the
first time in three years. Thermom-
eters registered II degrees below
sero.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
10 HEAD OF CATTLE

Six mich cows all giving milk; 8
yearling steers; 2 yearling heifers;
Y fall calves; Shorthorn bull 2
years old.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
FARM IMPLEMENTS

Johnson corn binder, Oliver
sulky pillow, 1 Good Enough sulky
pillow, l Oliver 12-inch gang pillow,
2 Keystone disc harrows, 2 rack
wagons with low trucks, 1 Weber
grain wagon, covered milk wagons,
j John Deere 6-shovel riding cult
vator, Oliver 6-shovel spring-trip
riding cultivator, l Oliver 4-shovel
riding cultivator, Emerson two
row weeder, Emerson one-row
weeder, S-sectioh harrow, 2 Deer
ing mowers, l International com
bined sweep and stacker, Inter
national sweep. Dowagiac 12-hole
press drill, Ruby scoop boards, 1
Ohio 1-horse corn drill. l Ohio g.
tooth harrow, 10-foot Deering
push binder. 4-horse Cushman
binder engine, single collar and
hame harnesses, 2 sets work har-
ness, l set heavy britchen chain-butt
harness, 3 humane horse collars, /
Sayers and Scoville buggy.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
FARM IMPLEMENTS

Grain wagon, John Deere lister,
Emerson 16-inch riding plow;
Emerson 2-row weeder; Mccormick
mower; Hoosier grain drill; Plano
grain binder; disc; sets work
harness.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
Children Dry
FOR FLETcHER'S
c a STO RIA
Help Your Liver-It Paws

Help hOur L1Ver-It Pays
When your liver gets torpid and
your stomach acts queer, take DR..
Kings New Life Pills and you will
find yourself feeling better. They
purify the blood, give you freedom
from constipation, biliousness. diz-
illness and indigestion. You feel
fine-just like you want to feel.
Clear the complexion too. 25c at
druggists.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
HOUSEHOLD GOODS

1 3-hole gasoline stove, heating
stove, l barrel churn, / 60-egg Re
liable incubator and other articles.
TERMs-All sums of $40 and
under cash. on sums over $40 a
credit Of 10 months will be given
on approved security at 10 per cent.
il paid when due only per cent
will be charged. No property to be
removed until settled for.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20

A household remedy in America
for 25 years-Dr. Thomas Eclectic
Oil. For cuts, sprains. burns, scalds,
bruises 25c and SOC. At all drug
stores
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
14 HEAD OF HOGS

Four brood sows due to farrow
In April; 10 fall shoats weight so
lbs. each.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20

Any skin itching is a temper teat-
er. The more you scratch the worsa
It itches. Doan's Ointment "a -
piles. eczena--sny skin itebin~
soc at all drug stores.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
Public Sale

The undersigned will sell at pub
lie auction on the farm at Abilene
ON South Cedar street, on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
Public Sale

Having decided to quit farming,
will sell at public auction at my
farm miles south of Abilene, s
miles north of Elmo and one mile
east and miles west of Donegal, on
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
Wednesday, Jan. 20
commencing at 1890 sharp, the fol-
lowing described property:
O HEAD OF HORSES

A heavy team black mares COM
Ing 4, in foal to Bleakley's Percher-
on; ! Belgian horse years old; 1
buckskin mare years old; / heavy
draft gelding coming IL years old;
! bay filly coming and "Cony
Mac a Ray Star horse colt coming
2 years old.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Some household goods.

Some household goods.
TERMS-All sums of $40 and
under cash; on sums over $40 q
credit of 10 months will be given
on note with approved security at
10 per cent interest; if paid when
due only per cent will be charg-
ed. No property to be removed UNI
Gil settled for.
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-01-20
Wednesday, January &c

commencing at II a. M, the follow
ing property:
@ HEAD HORSES AND MULES
Black mare coming 8 years old;
black gelding coming years old;
2 black mare mules coming years
old; 2 black horse mules coming
year old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
LAST DAYS STAMPEDE"
FILLED WITH THRILLS
Broken Legs and Falls Mark
Closing Performances.

Pat Brown was walking swiftly, but
not swiftly enough. Pat is detec-
tive attached to the 18th Inspection
District, and not cowboy. While
circumventing runaway bull Brown
collided with a pony and suffered
serious dent in his derby nat and cut
on his right leg.
The accident was the least serious
one of the day at the Stampede eXhi-
bition at Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Yesterday, and the most amusing
Sixty-fve thousand people saw the
Westerners in their final appearance,
25, 600 attending the night exhibition.
Mr.. and Yrs. Theodore Roosevelt, jr,
and DR.. and Mrs. Richard Derby, the
latter Colonel Roosevelt's daughter,
were in the boxes.
Dick Hornbucklc. Of Dublin, Wyo.,
was cut out of the prize money in the
bucling broncho contest when his
mount pitched him, breaking its
riders leg. Cowgirls passed through
the audience with hats and raised
ss24 for the injured plsinsman. Dor
othv Morel also suffered fracture
of the right leg when thrown. Fanny
Sperry-Steele was picked up uncon-
scious after a tumble, but revived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
ZOOS OF THREE CITIES
GET NEW ANIMALS
Combine and Send Ship to Al
RIGA for Them.

Because the British government
could not, in view of the war, estab-
lish a line of steamers to ship wild an
imals from Africa to Europe and Amer
lea. the New York Geological Park, the
Philadelphia Geological Gardens an
the National Park at Washington, d.
c., combined to do so.
They sent TO Cape Colony j. A.
Loring of Oswego, \. Y, zoologist
who accompanied Theodore Roosevelt
on numerous expeditions, He is ex-
pected back in a few months, Dr.
William 7. Hornaday. head of the
Bronx Zoo, said yesterday, with large
number of antelope, tropical birds and
reptiles.
The Bronx Zoo is to receive within
the next few days a white porcupino
from Maine. II is very rare "biologi-
cal sport" There is only one other
albino in the Zoo. white racoon.
Two other abinos, which were in the
park. white squirrel and white
coyote have died.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
CAN'T FIND A SHELTER
IN ALL OF PLAINFIELD
Two Jersey Inspectors Hunt All
Night in Vain.

Plainfeld, n. j., Aug. l2.-Frank
Putnam, inspector of the Union County
Mosquito determination Commission,
came to Plainfeld the other day to get
a sample of the towns mosquitoes. lie
hunted all night and didn't find any.
He was followed b. Herbert A. Slime.
another inspector on the same mission.
He devoted an entire night to the hunt
and almost caught an insect which he
thinks might have been mosquito.
Half Plainfeld is clamOring for APP
pointments as inspectors.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
BROOKLYN MAN BROWNS
Ward w. Simmons Was Canoeing at
Water Gap.

Stroudsburg, Penn, Aug. 12.-Ward
" simmons, about thirty-fve years
old. A ieweller Of Brooklyn, n. Y, who
had been summering at the Delaware
Water Gap for many years, was
drowned in the Delaware River nearly
onposite the Lackawanna station. this
nnorning while canoeing in the rapids.
Mr. Simmons had been staying at the
Mater Gap for some time, and was pre-
paring 10 return tomorrow to his home
IN BROOKLYN, where he had wife and
,ao small children. The latter could
not leave their home owing to the in
fantile paralysis epidemic and were
awaiting his return.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
Everybody Should Haze Good Furniture
Shadow.proof Petticoats
and Batiste Nightgowns


With cambria tops and founces trim
med in a variety of fashions.
Two styles, with embroidery-trimmed
founces; one model, with cluster tucks
in founce, at 81.
Two styles, with full hounces; one model
has insertion and edging OF eyelet en-
broidery. The second model has iiounce OF
rows OF lace, at Sl65.
Two STYLES, one model with flouncc OF
lace and under ruflc OF lace. The second
model has houncc and embroidery COM
bincd, 81.
Batiste Nieh;gOwns, Sl.oO
White batiste nightgowns, with box peat
over shoulders Belt drawn under pleats to
form Empire effect. Edged with narrow
hens OF batiste in delicate colors, 81.
The second model may be had in white or pink
batiste with narrow hens OF batiste in contrast
ing color A patch pocket gives this pretty gown
a distinctive note, $3.50
GIMBELS-Second Floor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-13
CHARLES FRENCH INJURED
Editor of Musical Leader" Hurt Help
ing Wife OF Car.

Charles French, ffty-four years old,
editor Of "The Musical Leader" of Chi
cago, was taken TO the Polyclinic Hos
pital last night in serious condition
,v;th q badly crushed right foot.
Nv. French. who has been stopping
AZ the Hotel Cumberland. was assisting
his wife and daughter TO alight from
Sixth Avenue surface car at Forty
third Street. when he placed his foot
undes wheel. The car started before
his foot was withdrawn.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-28

To insure Victor quality, always look for the famous trademark. His Masters Voice." It is on every Victrola and every Victor Record. It is the identifying label on all genuine Victrolas and
 Victor Records.
New Britain herald., 1916-11-28

-. .-., ..... .. As.r
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told my husband about it.
said i know nothing will help me but |
will try this | found myself improv-
ing from the very first bottle, and in two
weeks time | was able to sit down and
eat hearty breakfast with my hus-
band, which | had not done for two years.
] am now in the best of health and
did not have the operation. " - Mrs.
JOHN A. KoENIG, SOP Flushing Avenue,
Astoria, N. Y.
Every one breads the surgeon knife
and the operating table. Sometimes
nothing else viii do; but many times
doctors say they are necessary when
they are rot Letter after letter comes
to the Pinkham Laboratory, telling how
operations were advised and were not
performed; or, if performed, did no good.
but Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable Com
poundwas used and good health followed.
If you want advice write to
Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co,
lconhdentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
HEAVY LOSS OF OFFICERS
British Total 1884 for July, 36,5oS 70
tho War.

London. Monday. July 24.-Oliicers'
casualty lists for two weeks from
July / to Is show the severity of the
fighting since the great offensive be-
gan on the western front, the British
army in the fortnight losing $50 OIL
GERS killed. 1864 wounded and 300 miss
ing. total of 2634. This makes u to-
tai loss of British officers since the be-
ginning of the war 9577 killed, 20,22O
wounded. 22Gi missing, n total of 81
O5S. The percentage of killed to
wounded is smaller during the fort
night at one to three against one to
two previously
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
FOR SALE

EOR SALE-Arthur w. lockwood
lers for sale % building lots located
Gage street extension near all the
street mills and trolley cars and all
|dcrn improvements; price and
Inns are reasonable; l. lots 60x140
|.h at Allen Dale Park. Price from
! to $3.50 pr lot, terms easy or long
he lease with only. one years inter-
| in advance, rs lots located at
|irlawn Park, lots 60x12O each.
Ice $50 to 500 each. Easy pay
I nts or long time lease. Nash &
.tchins. 53tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

To the Tax Payers of the Bennington
Graded School District:

A Rate Bill has been placed In my
hands for collection as follows:
30 cents on the dollar Oh the Grand
List of 1916.
| hereby demand payment OF said
taxes, and notify you that will at.
tend at the Bennington County Saw.
ings Bank from o'clock u. m. until
4 o'clock p. m.
There will DO q discount OF per
cent on above tax If paid within 30
days.
c. II. Dewey, Treasurer.
Bennington, VT, July Is, 1916.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
GIFT TO BARRE HOSPITAL

Ira C. calef, of Washington, Again
Aids Observation-Disclosures $4,000
Barre, Aug. Ara c. Cslef, of
Washington, today gave $4,000 to:the
Barre City hospital, making a total of
$4,000 he has donated to that institu-
tion in three years.
Hospitals in Montpelier, Burling-
ton and Proidencye. X. l., and God
dard Seminary, in this city, recently
benefited by Mr.. Calel's philanthropy
TO the extent Of $G6.OOO.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

'R SALE-Farm of 100 acres with
'rivilage Of buying 100 acres more.
story cut stone house 35X46 with
len addition 1OxiO, wood shed
}, barn 35xSO, barn 4Ox4O, barn
all with good easements; car
house 20X25 with hog house be-
corn house and garage. House
easantly located on a knoll with
lawn surrounded by maple trees
|loping TO an orchard of about 81
! Five minutes from p. o. and Il.
ation.' For particulars inquire OF
]. Hicks. Bennington, Vt. Tel.
4ltl
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

IOnlcS. 1 was get
ing worse everyday.
] had chills, my head
would ache, | was
always tired. l could
not walk straight
because Of the pain
in myback andI had
pains in my stom-
ach. / went TO u
doctor and he said |
must go under an
operation, but ] did
not go. | read in
the paner about
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

For SAI.E-A pop corn and peanut
ster, one combination steam roast
with extra set of burners, one hand
ster, two warmers, one cash regis
ii. II. Allen. Tel, SO, West Main
let. 52t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

TO RENr-ltoom formerly occupied
by Christian Science church, corner
Park and Scott Sta. Suitable for llght
manufacturing, club or society room.
Apply At Cooper's Machine Works.
isu
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

WANTED--Pupil Nurses, male and
female, wanted at the Taunton State
Hospital Training School for Nurses.
For particulars, address DIR. Arthur V.
Goss, Supt., Taunton State Hospital,
Taunton. Mass. s4tt
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
TO RENT

TO RENT-stores, omces, tene
ments, shops, stables. individual
garage, individual storage lockers. fur.
nished apartments and rooms ali cen.
trolly located. Geo. N. Hawks. 4S5
Main st. yetf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

|R SALE-Building lots on Scott
Stafford SITS. Double house, POI
St., House 31S Pleasant st. In.
of Henry ID. Fillmore, Homer
pbster, executors. Estate of DIN
Bennington, Vt. 3Gt25
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

pr SALE-A very desirable store
ling located in the heart of the
hess section Of the village. Tie
ling is comparatively new and in
blent condition and is adapted to
any line OF business. For full
mation, price and terms enquire
iarles N. Powers, Savings Bank
ling. 92ti
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

|roR SALE-Farm of 80 acres, all
hble good land, suitable for market
|dens and small fruit located less
In one mile from North Bennington
main road, good 8 room house, 5
|d barns. Price $500. Nash q
tchins. 5ltr
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

FOR SALE-Modern house, s
ms, modern plumbing, bath and
! let, barn, hen house and store
sc, lot 6Ox22O-all in splendid re-
+, good location. Quick sale price
|D0 Nash & Hutchins. 51tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
LOST

L0ST-A bill fold Thursday morn.
Ing containing sum Of money and
metropolitan Life Insurance paper
also bearing name of owner Finder
please return to Banner Office and
receive reward or Tel. 397.1S. 52t6
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

|OR SALE-Two seated buggy cost
D and Is in good condition. VIII
cheay, also set OF light harness.
|ly to John Laflamme, 3O1 South
26tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

lOR SALE-Two sectional cast
/ heating boilers in use only three
|rs. One taken from Geo. w.
kk's house in Hoosick Falls and the
er from the Ross Drug store in the
e place. ! have replaced them by
tmmons boilers and they will be
cheap. IL. c. Simmons, North
ningt0n. 4Su
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

pr sALE-Thrashing and corn
Ing outfit, l Westinghouse thrash
machine No. Q; sixteen inch
be ensilage cutter; 1 nine h. p.
gas engine. All in good condition
/ six h. p. Badger engine, new.
| y William J. Hicks, Bennington.
431.M. 13tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

WANTED-Womon don't be with
out money SIS salary or 25c. an
hour spare time distributing guaran-
teed hosiery Experience unncces-
sary. Permanent. International
Mills, $3.50 Penn. Norristown, Pa.
Sits
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

i OR SALE / bay mare, s yrs. old,
ght 100, kind and gentle, perfectly
hid for woman to drive, l bay colt,
RS. old. Apply Henry r. Spencer,
Eth bennington. Tel. lily. 49t6'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

TEACHERS WANTED - High
school and grade posltlonsI rural
schools. Apply Hathaway Teachers
Agency, Bennington. Vt, phone 226-
W. Esu
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

|OR lSALE--Standing grass on Is
BIS d fine meadow land. This grass
pake hay Of first quality and is
! Itionally easy to get off. Mrs.
nc. Fillmore, II. +. d. 3. S6tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
KAISER HELPS HARVEST
Is Working in the Fields to Save the
Grain,

Berlin, Aug. 4.-Emperor William
is spending a brief holiday by helping
in person to reap the bountiful harvest
at the present great headquarters,
thereby not only setting good eX-
ample of patriotism, but also keeping
himself in physical trim. Diyested of
his field gray uniform, he is toiling
whole afternoons in the heat of the
sun and welding a scythe in the rye
fields with the muscular eXpcrtness of
Il peasant He has acquired healthy
tau
Public interest in Germany has once
more turned from the British often
siye to the home harvest, which is
regarded as OF far greater Importance
to the outcome of the war
The badly needed hot weather has
at last set in and promises to con
tinue. AS a result the crop reports.
which are pouring in from all parts OF
Germany, are increasingly optimistic.
Bumper crops OF rye, barley and oats
are now being confidently predicted.
Here Won Batocki, the food dicator
showed today three kilograms from
cities in the empire calling urgently
for help to handle The avalanche OF po-
tatoes descending on them. lie fur
Their said:
In Berlin, 1000 carloads Of pota-
toes aried in three days, and we need
ed only 200. As result we had to
send a thousand carloads to other cit
| les and to dessication plants to keep
them from rottiug" Herr on iiatocki,
who with his staff has already finished
detailed plans for the 1917 food year
and is now drafting economic meas
ures for 1913 and for the transition
| period Immediately after the war, adj
ded:
81 am sure now that we shall enter
| the next food year in the fall of 1917
with q good reserve. because, first, We
have had very good crops east and
west. 1t is a fact that Germany has
entered the third year Of the war, not
only with the food crisis safely passed
but with a marked Improvement in the
! food conditions already noticeable all
along the line. The reasonable ankle
ty, as the old food year neared an end
as to whether the fast diminishing food
supplies. particularly potatoes and
bread stuffs, could be made to last TN
I'll the new food supplies became avail
able, has completely disappeared il
the last few days with the influx Of
new potatoes" ."
Herr Won Batocki Is one Of the hay
piest men in Germany over the radi
cal change in economic conditions
ana II Is new and unexpected addit
ion to his troubles that he is belna
oerwhelmod twill complaints over Tn,
rush OF new potatoes which suddenly
began to flood the larger German
cities.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
WANTED

WANTED-Latch Needle Straight
eners--Ilighest Wages and Transpor-
tation paid. Apply Wheeler Needle
Works" Paris, Canada. 5lt6t
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

Dir SALE-One 1916 Ford Run
BIT body, top and windshield and
touring car body, top and wind
I'D. bennington Garage. e. w.
Jams. S2tf
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07
WOMAN AVOIDS
OPERATION
Medicine Which Made Sur
geon's Work Unnecessary.

Astoria, N. Y. "For two years |
was feeling i'll and took all kinds of
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

head. which is now allotted, is regard.
ed as sufficient.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

pr SALE-License place On troll
bins from Bennington to Hoosick
}, 2 miles from North Bennington.
6 $500 business day. Inquire
A. Hathaway, Chicken Coop Inn.
21tf-
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

Berlin. Aug. 4. (via London. 1.-The
food situation IN Germany is satislac
tory, according TO an Official statement
dealing with the economic status of
the nation. The statement compares
the harvests OF 1914 and 1915, and
says:
THE splendid organization of the
distribution of bread and corn, rs well
as the system OF economical consump.
ton, aud the storing OF supplies, en-.
abled us TO overcome the uniayOrable
economic year of 1915-19lG without
serious arrangement of the lie OF our
people. The present economic year
promises to be even more satislac-
tory"
After denying reports of threatened
famine or Of restrictions that would
endanger health, the statement con.
cludes
Our meat supply Is ample. IN ar.
rangement made with breeders guaran
tees plentiful supply OF pork The
fat ration OF 80 grams week per
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-08-07

BIZ SALE-One 1915 Ford Touring
equipped with shock absorbers,
rail, and other extras. Benning-
Garage, u. w. Williams. 32tf