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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
SATURDAY, JANUARY p, 1917.
vERMoNT's ASBESTOS MINES.

The Rcformcr has contended for
years that we have only begun to
scratch the surface of the immensely
valuable mineral deposits in Vermont.
The state now leads the world in the
production OF granite and marble, but
there are incxhaustible supplies of both
of these stones which have never been
developed.
Ii the high price of copper continues
it is entirely probable that the copper
mines Of the state, which years ago
turned ont annually metal to the value
of hundreds of thousands of dollars
will be rcopened and worked at profit
The tale deposits of the state also pos
sess iucalculablc value. These are now
being worked to some extent, but their
development is sure to increase rapidly
within the next few years.
The writer, on trip through Canada
few years ago, was surprised at the
great extent of mining operations at
Colrain, about - miles south of the
city of Quebec, and a few questions
brought the information that from this
point came a large part of the asbestos
used in this country, and that the Col
rain mines had yielded a product aggre-
eating many million dollars in value.
+ II has been known for years that there
were rich deposits Of asbestos extend
ing for miles through the mountains in
the town of Lowell in Orleans county
and the adjoining town of Eden in La
noble county. IT is said that attempts
to work these mines several years ago
resulted in failure through the action
Of the so-called asbestos trust. Trans
a problem The power question, how
ever, is said to have been settled
through the proposed development of a
i hydro electric plant at Stevens Mills
only a few miles from Lowell.
|. Now comes the announcement that a
company backed by New York capital
is preparing TO establish a $4,000
/ plant at Lowell which will employ sew
cral hundred hands throughout the
/ year. 1t is said that not a wheel will
he turned until 100000 has been ex-
pended in establishing the plant
Canada has placed an embargo on the
/ expectation of asbestos and men inter
estcd i'll the marketing Of this mineral
fibre are said to have found in Lowell
and Eden the best opportunity of sup
. plying the American market in this
/ country.
4 IL is stated upon the authority of the
meteorological survey Of the United
States that the Lowell vein is a eontin-
uation Of the Canadian vein which has
been worked at great profit many years
The announcement of the proposed
development is good news to the north
ern Vermont communities where the
operations are carried on, and if the re
suit is what the promoters anticipate it
will eventually add millions to the val.
ne Of the mining industry of the state
and 9 large increase in population and
general business to at least two coun-
ties.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

Secretary Redfeld is suggestive as
well as impressive when he says:
Make no mistake; it is not the wages
of the German workman that makes it
hard to compete with him, it is his
training" This view ought to interest
all students of an important subject. In
dustrial efficiency is no less effective
in its own way than military efficiency.
Germany has proved III both industri-
alism and war that training is the thing.
1t is important to realize that the labor
cost of commodity may actually be
the lowest where wages are the highest
the efficiency of the workers and the in.
telligence of the management being the
really decisive factors
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

Sorth Carolina women will ask the
legislature at the present session to
grant them presidential and municipal
suffrage, which they claim can be done
without amending the constitution. Bas-
ing their claims on the statements of
Chief Justice Walter Clark of the North
Carolina supreme court, that North
Carolina can enfranchise women to vote
for President and local officers as nli-
nois did, without the necessity Of con
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
Retired.

He used to be a business man
And had whopping trade:
FROM dawn TO dark he used to plan,
And quite wad he made.
But now lie lives a life of ease.
BY no ambition fired.
And IN the business circles he 5
Declared to have retired.
1t seems depression came; the skies
Of business ell were dull.
He thought that he d economics.
Because there was a hull.
lie stopped his advertising SO
In memory he grew dim;
He didn' t retire from business--no,
The business retired from him.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II 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.
II is only by this method that the pub
fisher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

Jaunty in Charge, Mrs. George Wemyss.
a humorous story in which Jaunty,
an old butler, performs the manifold
duties of nurse, governess, and match
maker for his masters two motherless
daughters. His duties were self-im-
posed and the village people said that
Jaunty ''took too much upon himself;
but Jaunty affirmed after some deliber.
alton that when his lady died she
looked from him to her children, and
from her children back to him which
fact entitled him to their guardian
ship.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Reformer is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co.
G. W. cleveland. H. Il. Cutler & CO.
ft,steyviller. Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand
West Bratteboro, J. l.. StockweIl
East Dummerston, NJ. L. Brown.
Putney, NJ. g. Williams.
Newfane, y. NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, G. ii. Grout.
jamaica, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, +. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, e. Il. Buffum.
west Chesterfield, N. H., Mrs. W.
Streeter.
Hlnsdale, NJ. H., w. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant.
Windsor, VI, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

Fort Atkinson, Wis, claims the hon
or of the oldest practicing lawyer in
the United States for Lucien B. Cas-
well of that city, who at SO can dc
10 hours of work regularly each day
He is a native of Swanton, VT, was
admitted to the bar in 1851 and served
seven terms in the national house OF
representatives.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
To the Wife of
One Who Drinks

We have an important confidential
message for you. 1t wiz come in
plain envelop. How to conquer the
liquor habit in 3 days and make home
happy. Wonderful, safe, lasting, re-
liable. Guaranteed. Write to the Neal
Institute, 982 Hanover St, Manchester,
n. H.. Show this to Others.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

stitutional amendment, they will pre-
pare a resolution to that effect at once.
Chief Justice Clark will be asked to
draw this resolution and present it to
the members of the Legislature who are
friendly to equal suffrage.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
Bad Company.

Bad company is like q n;iil driven in
to post, which, after the first and
second blow. may be drawn out with
little difficulty, but being once driven
up to the head, the pincers cannot take
hold to draw it out; this can be done
only by the destruction of the wood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

record crop of sugar in Barbados
has helped to create an attractive mar
ket for sugar machinery. American ma
chlnery should make large sales, as
trade with England, the former sup
plier, has almost ceased.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

President Wilson undoubtedly finds
deep satisfaction in the hearty ap-
proval which ex-President Taft and ex-
Secretary Of State Root give to his plan
for bringing the nations of the world
together in league to enforce perma
rent peace after the great European
war is over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
Forth and Find, E. S. Moffatt.

Go Forth and Find, E. S. Moffatt.
A wealthy young woman tires of So
ciety, fits herself to be a stenographer
and is employed in a New York bust
ness office. a rich youth meets her, and
is so charmed that he, also, forsaker
society; and enters the same office as
bookkeeper in order to win her. The
masquerade is kept up until their wed
ding day. This story will appeal to the
very young.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
The Worn Doorstep, Margaret She

The Worn Doorstep, Margaret Sher-
wood.
A story, told in letters, of an Ameri-
can woman whose English lover is
killed at the battle front. She rents a
little house in a remote village in Eng
land and forgets her own sorrow in
comforting the people who cross her
worn doorstep seeking sympathy and
shelter. It IS written with charm and
simplicity despite the WORKOUT theme
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

Filling His Own Shoes, H. Rowland.
The hero, Ruggles, is lively young
American, employed as a clerk in the
Paris branch of the walk Easy Shoe
company. He tires of his monotonous
duties and decides to go to the Bulga
rian war in company with an English
Red Cross doctor; and at great risk to
himself, rescues rich old Turk from
imminent death. In time the old Turk
dies leaving an immense fortune to
Ruggles as well as four beautiful young
damsels from his harem. How Ruggles
adjusts himself to the care of his for
tune, chaperones and arranges happy
marriages for the Turkish women, and
brings his own romance to a successful
finish makes a most entertaining story.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
TO ADVERTISERS.

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ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements Five cents
line first Insertion with 30 per cent
discount for each subsequent insertion,
without change Of copy.
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first insertion with so per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change of copy.
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

Claremont, n. H., is too big to be a
town, but thinks she is too small to
be a city and is trying to form some
sort of q, charter which will cover both
conditions. The experiment will
watched with interest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27


The Further Side Of Silence. Sir HUGH
Clifford.
collection of unusual stories of ma
tive life in the Far East. The author
says in his Preface: s'The stories com
prising this book-with single ex-
ception-are all relations of incidents
IN which l have had part, or in which
the principal actors have been famil-
larly known to me. They faithfully re-
produce conditions of life as they ex-
listed in the Malayan peninsula before
the white man took hand in the gov
eminent of the native states-things
as ] knew them between 1883 and
1903. 4"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
Other Peoples Business, Harriet

Other People S Business, Harriet l.
Smith.
The heroine, Miss Persis Dale, sup
ports herself and brother by dressmak-
ing and at the same time bushes herself
with everybody's affairs to their great
advantage. She inherits a fortune and
does the usual thing buys a motor
car; and then does the usual thing
adopts five children and marries the
local store keeper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27
At the Library
New Fiction
Emmy Lou S Road to Grace, Mrs
George Madden Martin.

Those who have read Emmy
Lou 81 experiences in school will wei
come more stories about I" Emmy Lou, =
her aunts and Uncle Charlie. The sto-
ries show the religious and moral de-
velopment of Emmy Lou" and as We
read, our own childhood with its per-
plexities, is brought to mind. We, also,
presented whooping cough and the mea-
sles to all our friends and acquaint-
ances; and we, also, wished people
were Christians instead of Episcopal
ans, Congregationahsts, or Methodists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

The Romance Of Christmas Card. Kate
D. Wiggin.
The minister $ wife designs a Christ
mas card which falls into the hands
of the two prodigal sons of the vii
lage. They return home just in time
to join the villagers in the celebration
of the Sunday school Christmas tree.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

woman seldom lives to be 100
years old; she fingers around 80 too
long.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

TRY THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS
IN THE DAILY REFORMER
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-27

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-29
Billy Bunny and His Friends

| Now. before / begin, / must look at
last nights paper to see where left
off. oh, yes. remember and it's q good
thing, too, for l gave the paper to tne
little boy next door who loves to read
about Billy Bunny.
Well, now we'll commence by saying
that as soon as Billy Bunny and Uncle
Lucky reached coral island, where the
lovely mermaid lived, for she had ask
ed them TO call, you remember they
got Off the Whale and. after asking
him to wait for them while they made
little visit sat down on tho sand,
and pretty soon the mermaid brought
them each a lovely coral scarfpin, and
the one she gave to Uncle Lucky was
a little image of herself and the one
she gave to Billy Bunny was a little
fish. Then the little rabbi. opened his
knapsack and took out lovely apple
pie and gave it to her. She was so
pleased that she ate it all UP. and then
she said. I'll give you lovely breast
pin made of beautiful coral for your
mother, Mr.. Billy Bunny, If you'll give
me another pie" So the little rabbit
opened his knapsack and took out an
other fresh, juicy apple pie and plac-
ed the beautiful present for his mother
carefully in the knapsack, and after
that he, ate a lollypop and Uucle
Lucky drank a bottle of ginger ale. and
then they said goodby and got aboard
the Whaleship and sailed away.
And would you believe it? Dear, kind
Uncle Lucky almost cried! You SEQ, ne
had never seen mermaid before. and
he thought she was lovely. and I guess
she was. for Uncle Lucky couldn't
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-29

make mistake, I'm sure, for he had
travelled abroad and had seen lots ind
lots of beautiful lady Dummies. y, D, ,s
And now whore are we going y'asksd
the little rabbit. but Uncle lucky was
too busy trying to And his other hlCe
polka do. handkerchief with which to
wipe his eyes to answer. nd then he
couldn't md It, ana the reason WIS BE-
cause he had given It to Chinanian
the day before, but he didn't remem-
Der that, for he was so miserable At
leaving the beautiful mermaid.
"Oh. dear! Oh. dear!" sighed the old
gentleman rabbit.
IT'S sad to part,
My poor old heart
IL nearly, nearly breaking; t u " ],
Alas! Alas! that mermaid lass
HAS set my head a-shaking!"
And after that his old wedding
stovepipe hat almost fell OF his head.
and it would have, l am sure. If It hadn't
been for the blue polka dot handler
chief which no had tied over the top
OF 1t.
And just then. all Of Z sndd4a, the
Whaleship bumped into = motorhcat
and nearly upset it. .@,, ,5+s
Whats the matter with your pilctT'
screamed the man who was In the mo-
torboat, and when Uncle Lucky Ssw
1t wasn't q man at all. but the Old B,lly
Goat who owned the Ferryboat, told
YOU about some umpty -1even stories
ago. EXCUSE us. please" said the kind
old gentleman rabbit, but Whist the
Billy Goat said I'll have to tell you An
the next story. for there's no more
room in this one. ..,ys "a;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-29
CLASSIFYING CONSCRIPTS.

The idea of the draft is to take only
the most perfect physical specimens
1t is our first draft and is being made
specially selective. We are taking
| ally able to undergo the severest
strains. Doing so we are making a
hghting army and fighting army only
great many men who are entirely
able for service are being exempted.
The British plan is different. 1t
grades the men according to their ca
liabilities and their ability to serve
Nine classifications exist which end
with men who are unable to perform
any kind of military service. Thus
the man able to stand the strain of
the trenches goes to the trenches. An
other class goes where it can be of
service and so on down to thos- I'M
availab Bile for airy service.
1t is not plain that a man who can
perform the duties of a clerk in a store
or do farm work or conduct a business
that calls for physical endurance IS
Unavailable for hospital duties or the
multitude Of other duties that lie out
side the trenc les and the strain OF en-
durance that the strictly fighting man
must bear. Flat feet or minor de-
ficiencies do not prevent men from
doing excellent work in the commits
sary or clerical departments. A man
who can hold a good Job in garage
at home should be available in the
automobile repair service. The fight
ing man is only one department of war
service
If we shall need to call mighty arm
perforce. AS a matter of absolute JUS
tice between men and men perhaps
something like the British plan should
have been inaugurated in the begin
ming.
However at present we are making
one big fine army. It is the finest
body of men that has ever been assem-
bled, fit for anything and everything
That is the business of the present.
We has rushed to prepare what we
might have done better if given more
time. In the selection Of the next army
we shall proceed in a different man
ner.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-29
T1NdEsREPUBIIcAN MARsHALLTowN AUGUST %. 1919

Baker Daniels, Taft and T. r. They
all was saying I kept your son out OF
the war and then you foolish women
voted for the like OF Wilson and now
he is going TO send all the sons
whose mothers voted for him to Eu-
rope and be shot. hope that none of
them will come back. To hell with
Wilson and Pershing and three cheers
for Hindenburg and Kaiser Wilhelm
and for all the German army and navy.
"A German Reservist.
Could any soldier except "reser-
visit" trained under the Hohenzollern
ruthless school of war, have written
such an inhuman letter to mother
and that the mother Of another SOL
der or sailor?
The mails will be used by other
reservists and propagandists for SIM
liar purposes and the mothers of the
soldier and sailor boys might as well
be prepared for the tortures to which
these gentle minded men" will sub
ject them. II is all a part of the plan
1T is the same Prussian doctrine or
terrorism of schrechlichkeit awful
ness, frightfulness These reservists if
asked for permission to go abroad to
their beloved Germany would probably
get 1t, for it would be good radiance
of them, but they prefer to fight the
mothers Of the patriotic boys in the
armies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-29
Ripping Rhymes
SMALL ao, ntrsa. !
~ WALT nAsos

f : M
Small boys have quit their playing,
their sliding on the hill. and now they
are displaying great military ykill. All
round me behold them, In marches
and parades; small generals enrolled
them in legions and brigades. They
WELD, with valor Roman, their rifles
made Of boards. and bravely charge the
foeman with little wooden swords. No
kids plead for exemption, all long to
brandish arms, and none has asked
redemption from war and IT'S alarms.
The old time hobby horses. the roller
skates are gone; imaginary corpses
are piled upon the lawn. The boys
who would be pitchers, and make
baseball a trade, are busy now a.
ditchers, for trenches must be made.
They toll with wooden shovels no sol-
der ioafs or stalls. the boys from hum
bic novels, the boys from stately halls.
There is no weary clacker for peace
with shameful joys, there is no whin-
ing Stacker among the little boys. No
kid SO keen for peace is that he would
dodge the fray because he buys three
nieces and sundry uncles hay. The
kids, so small their mothers put them
to bed at night, are shainin1 elder
brothers who fear to go and fight,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-29
Of working. That would be clear pro-
PERSONAL 1nHrRrY.
[shenandoah sentinel-Post.l

shenandoah Sentinel-Post.]
The liquor interests Of the, country
are bombarding this office with letters
and circulars and newspaper clippings
attacking the prohibitory liquor laws
of the country.
Almost the entire argument, is CEN
tered about the plea for personal lib
erty. Il man wants to drink beer
or whisky 1t Is his own affair and the
public has no moral right to interfere.
The entire argument is summed up In
that one statement. They present
comparisons: Excessive use Of mince
pie is injurious, therefore II 1t is right
to prohibit the use OF liquor We should
prohibit the use Of mince pie. Tobacco
Injuries many people. therefore we
should have law prohibiting the use
Of tobacco. Sounds reasonable, don't
It?
But lot us reverse the comparisons
and see how they sound. A man and
woman decide to live together In
adultery. II it suits them it Is nobody
else's business and the public has no
right to prohibit adultery. Let the Law
be repealed.
II a man has a chance to rent his
building for purposes Of prostitution 1t
is an affair between himself and the
tenants. It is no concern OF the pub
lie. Lot the law be repealed. 1t Is
clearly case Of interference with per-
sonal liberty.
A resident OF Shenandoah decides to
raise hogs right in the heart OF the
city. He owns a few vacant lots and
wants to make them profitable. The
ordinance against keeping hogs In the
city 10 an interference with his per-
sonal liberty. Let II be repealed.
Two men have grievances against
each other and conclude they will
settle it by the use Of knives or shot
guns. It is strictly an affair Of their
own. The public has no right to inter-
fere. Let the law against duelins and
lighting be repealed.
You see this argument proves too
much.
Neither mince pie nor tobacco makes
a man a public nuisance nor danger
GUS citizen.
But liquor has tendency to destroy
a mans reason and make him danger
to the public, hence the public has
right to interfere. To be sure, some
men can continue to use liquor indef-
initely without becoming dangerous to
the public, but the experience Of the
ages proves that liquor Is constant
danger. From the highest to the low
est. from the most Intelligent to the
most ignorant people, liquor is con-
stantly 4 source OF danger. And
every man who falls victim carries
Others down with him. That is why
the public has right TO interfere. Look
at the long roll OF crimes and acci-