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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

"'No,' chuckled Peter. They don't
get chance. People can only watch.
Only few can go up in airships. They
are most expensive and besides there
are folks who do not like to leave the
ground
"'Are there, reallyT asked Polly in
great surprise.
"'YOu don't mean to say SOP sale
Patrick, in a questioning voice. He
thought he must seem surprised, too
thought, il the truth were known, Pat.
rick had been mapping through hall
the talk and only awoke when some
one said something in a high-pitched
voice. He was very young and fuzzy
and sleepy!
"'Why don't they like to leave the
ground| asked Polly. of course
don't like to 60 up into the sky, but
love to flyr And she spread her owl
private airships.
"'Oh,' said Peter, they think tina
the minute they get their feet off thu
ground they are going to drop. Yo1
see they have to depend on these littl
airships to carry them. If they ha
their airships attached like we did
would be different then
"'Yes, like the BIRDS said Polly.
"'Or the flying squirrels, our cot
| SINS said Patrick.
"'Goodr exclaimed Polly and Pete
you are getting to be big phalanger
| And Patrick looked very happy.
| at seems to me- continued Pete
that it is just as fine to have privat
airships as it is to have private autt
| mobiles or trains. Suppose we ha
trains attached to US. Wouldn't foil
think we We're wonderful?
"'Yes,' said Polly, and If we ha
automobiles, or wings, wouldn't the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

hope every user of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound will get as great
relief as | did from its use. Mrs. s.
D. MCABEE, 122 Dewey Ave-, Spartan
burg. S. G.
The reason women write such CRATE
full letters to the Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co. is that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has
brought health and happiness into their
lives. Freed from their illness they
want to pass the good news along to
other suffering women that they also
may be relieved. This is a praise
worthy thing to do and such women
should be highly commended.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

airships of their veIy own. And they
can always be ready for a flying trip.
too!
Now three little phaiangers had
curled up in the corner of tree far
away from here. They had some straw
beds which they thought were espe-
cially fine and they were talking.
Their names We're Polly Phalanger,
Peter Phalanger and Patrick Phalan-
ger, and their mother thought their
names sounded very well together.
ut was good thing, too, that they
had other names beside their last one.
for 1t would be pretty hard to have TO
say Phalanger all the time"
Indeed it would" agreed the chill.
dren, nodding their heads. do you
ever have trouble saying 1t, Daddy?'
well. l am glad to say Polly and
Peter and Patrick instead" Daddy adj
mitted.
The children laughed and Daddy
smiled.
"Well, as I said before" he contin
ued, they were all talking. 1t wa:
Peter who was speaking at the time.
DO you know he said, that peopl,
think airships are very wonderful
They always look up in the sky wRel
they see one. They get stiff neck
looking at them, and they think the,
are marvellous sights"
"'Who told you all this?' aske
Polly.
"'Never mind said Peter. T kno0
what l am saying.
"Do the people jump into the ali
ships and fly? asked Patrick, who wa
the Youngest of the three.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
By LEE PAPE

| was setting on the frunt steps reading
The Boy Scouts on the High Seas, and
Pubs Simkins and Leroy Shooster was
setting there tawking, and all of a suddin
they started to argew about witch has the
most sents, fee or fly, Puds Slmkins
saying, Serteny a fees got the most sents,
if fys got as mulch sents as flee wy
don't it hide in some dogs hare insted Of
flying GROUND ware everybody can swat
lit?
Everybody cant swat it, that's jest it,
la fys got sents enuff to dodge, it don't
half to hide like a old coward like flee,
lsed Leroy Shooster.
Who are you calling coward, me?
sed Pubs.
Yes, if your flee, sed Leroy Shooster
Who are you calling flee! sed Pubs
Wich by that time both of them was tawk-
ing so loud and mad that | coodent hardly
reed, and | sed, Hay, shut up, you 2, will
you. WIZ, watts the ditfrents witch has
the most sents, flee or fly, G WIZ.
| Q, is that so, who told you 50 mulch
sed Pubs.
Wat rite are you got to tell people te
shut up? Whose argewment is 1t, anyway
I sed Leroy Shooster.
| CESS you think you know everything
setting there with that book, don't you
sed Pubs
| | bet you woodent know the diffrents
J between a flee and fly if you saw then
both wawking along together, sed Leroy
Shooster
Aw, I'm going in the house and reed,
sed
WITCH / did
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

The st. Johnsbury Calcdonian makes
a very proper protest against the prac-
ticc which was permitted during the
recent murder trial in the Caledonia
county court in allowing school chill
dren to rush from their studies into the
court room to listen, to, the recital, ,of
gruesome details. The youngsters will
get knowledge of the scamy side OF
life soon enough and the reports OF
criminal cases in the newspapers are Ger
tainly sufficient for starter during tht
days of their adolescence.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

mobiles and trains, then people will
think we are lucky to have our own.
Yes we're ahead of the times, that's
it, And so are the birds, and all the
creatures who have their own airShips.
For airships are finer, higher things
than trains and automobiles. And we
will show that we know how to use
things and not be foolish with them.
We do not go too high with our air
ships We know just how high they
will go, and we never try silly tricks
ayes said Polly, we phalangerS
are ahead of the tines"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
Green Eyed Envy.
bellows Falls Times

(BeIIOWS FANS Tlmes.)
Staid old Brattleboro relaxes SUNDAYS
and becomes quite human, Hero is an
outline of the program for last Sunday
as printed in a Brattleboro paper in the
form of an advertisement. An excur-
sion by boat on the Connecticut from
Brattleboro to Putnev and return, a
baseball game and in the evening NOV
ing pictures. To be sure Island Park
on the New Hampshire side of the
( Connecticut is the scene of all this fever
ish activity, but the good people of Brat
tleboro seem to acquiesee and probably
enough of them attend to afford the
management a profit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

II is the aim of the management TO
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night, and 1t solicits the
co-operation OF subscribers TO that end.
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure to receive the paper on the morn
ing following the omission, In person,
by telephone or postal card. thus enabling
the cause of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

think We were
smart? 2
" We're just
Young, thar's an
chimed In Patrick.
g T h e very
thing said Peter.
You have said the
right thing. Pat
rick and Pat
rick's little eyes
shone with pleas
ure.
" When airships
are no more Won
derful than auto
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

The idea of a scientifically balanced
ration is being carried to an extreme
by some persons, who try to figure out
just how many heat units, or just how
much of protein, carbohydrates, ct Get
era, enter into the composition of each
article of diet, and they attempt to
standardize their meals to make them
contain the right amount of nourish
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

wv hat, Daddy?"
they asked. What
in the world are
phalangers?" And
they had a great
deal of difficulty
in saying the
word.
"They are some
thing like SPUR
rels," said Daddy,
"and they have
loose folds OF
skin that they use
to fly with. II
fact these folds OF
skin are used By
t h e phalangers
just as though
they had privat,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper.
5 cents an inch for first insertion; 2
cents an inch for each subsequent inser-
ton. Limited space on first page at
double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements - Five cents
a line first insertion with so per cent dis
count for each subsequent insertion
without change of copy.
Reading Notices-Ten cents per line
first insertion with 80 per cent discount
for each subsequent insertion without
change of copy.
Position 10 per cent extra.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

The Reformer is on sale every evening
hst the tfolEsxh news dealers:
Brattleboro, BrattlebOro News Co.,
G. w. Cleaveland. d. r. Cutler & Co.
(Esteyvlle), Brooks House Pharmacy.
Aliens Depot Newsstand
West Brattleboro, j. L. Stockwell
East Dummerston, NJ Z. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G.. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batch elder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, G. II. Grout.
Jamaica, r. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, f. II. Tyler.
South Vernon. Z. =. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, NJ. H., Mrs. w
Streeter.
Hlnsdale, NJ. H.. w II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT. Depot Restaurant.
Windsor, VT, Windsor Restaurant.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER IA, 1917.

With all this advice about economy
it is strange that someone has not sug-
gested to the solons in Washington that
they could help some by talking less.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

and irregularities
so / could hardly do
my work. / tried
many remedies but
found no permanent
relief. After tax.
ing Lydia E. Pink
h a ms Vegetable
Compound / felt a
great change for
the better and am
now well and strong
so ] have no trouble
in doing nv work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
WITCH | did.

In some of the small streams in the in
terror of Honduras there is a peculiar
small fish whose eyes protrude above the
surface of the water serving probably as
insect hunting periscopes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

John Wycliffe completed the translation
of the whole Bible for the first time into
the language of the English people He
was born near Richmond, in Yorkshire,
/. England, about 1924
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
Advertised Letters.

Mem ohm Amanuel, Geo. Harris, B
C. Holbrooke, j. NJ Lindsey, H. g. Kent
Leonard j. Malanson, Fred Robinson
X. RUGBY, George Stuart.
Women-Mrs. H. A. Aldrich, Mrs. Liz
zie Gray, Miss Rena Greenwood, Mrs
d. Holbrook, Mrs. Guy E. Johnson, Mis-
Agnes Maher, Mrs. Chas. Marble, Mrs
Clarence Perry, Mrs. NJ Renolds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
Member Of the Associated press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all
news credited 10 ii and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local
nows published berein! y ).
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

The sturdiness of Andalusian horses is
attributed to the fact that they feed on a
species of wild clover which grows only in
the Spanish province of Cadiz.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
DUMMERSTON HILL.

Guests at the Betterley homestead:
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Smith and Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Hirschfeld and daughter,
Helen, came from Meriden Sunday by
automobile. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith re
turned today. Mr.. and Mrs. Hirschfeld
and daughter came to stay two weeks.
Miss Helen Guild of Bellows Falls came
Saturday to stay week or 40 days.
Henry F. Jordan of Brattleboro came
Sunday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
DADDyEVENDN(
ARY TALL 62
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER
PRIVATE AIRSHIPS.

"The flying phalangers,' said Daddy.
but the children Interrupted.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
Suffered
nine YEARS
Many Remedies Tried in
Vain. Well and Strong
After Taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Spartanburg, S. C.-"For nine years
/ suffered from backache, weakness,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

If Hoover fails he will know what har
pened to the goat
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

News that the local branch of the
Red Cross is sorelv in need of funds
with which to carry on its work should
not be taken to mean that it has not
had its share Of the 81 900 which was
raised locally during the campaign last
june, Twenty five per. cent of. that per
ton of the fund which has already been
paid has been turned over to the local
branch and a similar portion of the re
mainder will be available for local uses
as fast as the subscriptions come in.
So large is the amount of work being
turned out by the Brattleboro women,
however, that if they are to continue
they must have a considerable amount
of money over and above what they
/ have had and will have from the local
fund. That it should be provided
promptly and cheerfully goes without
saying
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14
The MeddIer
If the coat fits you. put It on"

Now that crops have been consider
ably damaged by early frosts it would
seem as if the deer of Windham county
ought to be able to enjoy a brief pc
Rod of immunity. The open season
does not begin until Nov. 10, and in the
meantime there can be little basis for
claims that they are causing damage
1t is pretty late in the season to claim
actual damage to clover fields, and other
crops on which deer are most frequent
ly caught feeding are in such condition
as to make the adjustment of claims al
most an impossibility. The open sea
son this year extends from Nov. 10 to
Nov. 20, inclusive, between a. m, and
. p. m, Sundays excepted and applies
only to deer with horns not less than
three inches in length. Last year the
season extended from Nov. Is to Dec
5. The same prohibitions as heretofore
prevail in regard to the use of snares
traps, salt ticks, jacks and dogs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

The attendance at the band concerts
which have been held weekly through
out the summer is conclusive evidence
that they are popular feature of the
towns outdoor life. Perhaps it is I'M
necessary to remind folks that this
years concerts were made possible
through the gift of a private individual
| although it may be well to keep this
fact in mind so that next year s village
meeting will not see a repetition of las
year S iasco.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-09-14

There can be no division of opinion
as to the need of new and higher side
walk on the east side of Main street
from the town building north to Harris
place, but whether the need is greater
on the east side than on the west is
a question on which it would be easy
to start an argument. The old walk
just south of the new stretch in front
of the federal building is fully as low
as that on the other side of the street
and is subject to more traffic. 1t ought
to be replaced by a new walk at high
err grade, and it would seem to The Med
dler as if the work should be done thi
| fall even if lack of funds make neces
sary a curtailment in the amount o
walk laid on the east side of the street
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-13
Will Boost
Food Production
MEETING TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY
Devise Ways and Means For Helping In Prepar-
ing Land and Growing Crops.

The meeting which has been
called for o'clock next Saturday
at the court house is
of the greatest Importance to
the people of the county and
to the farmers. II is
called for the purpose of devils
ing means to obtain the fullest
possible food production i'm the
county.
It is expected that in addition
TO the county commissioners and
county superintendent of schools
an officer of every bank i'm the
county and a representative from
every farmers organization and
all of the principal business
houses of the county will be
present. 1t is also desired that
as many of The farmers of the
county as can find it possible will
attend.
IL is proposed to appoint a cen
trail committee of ways and
means, with local committees in
each precinct whose duties shall
be TO devise ways and means by
which the land may be prepared,
the crops put in and cared for,
and who will see that the fullest
advantage possible is taken of
every opportunity to increase the
the supply of food products.
Steps will be taken by all these
active committees to devise ways
and means for helping anyone
willing to cultivate land by pro-
viding farm labor in animal OF
machine and by securing seed.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-13
THOMAS CLIFF DIES
FROM HEART DISEASE

Thomas Cliff, who was post
master at Herrick until the office
was discontinued there and
moved to Marble Greek last fall,
died Sunday morning from heart
disease at the home of his nephew
John Cliff, in this city. He was
10 years of age at the time of
his death and has resided in this
city and at Herrick for the past
five years.
The funeral will be held this,
Friday, afternoon, from the Null
cahy undertaking parlors. Thos
"A. Cliff, of Detroit, Michigan, son
of the deceased arrived in the
city yesterday to attend the fun
eral.
Mr.. Cliff was one of thirteen
brothers, only one of whom, Chas
Cliff of Arcona, Canada, survives
him. The only relatives he had
here are his nephew, John Cliff
his grand-neice, Mrs. Harrigan
and her family.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-13
IS IMPROVING THE
DOCKS AT SILVERTIPS

The Rutledge Timber COM
pany of Occur d'Alene has pur-
chased the docks at Silvertips
formerly owned by the Stack
Gibbs Lumber company and used
to unload logs. The dock was
not long enough to handle the
logs and the new owner is hav-
ing them heightened. The con-
tract to do this work has been
let to the St. Joe Improvement
Company and it has a crew at
work driving the necessary pill
ing.
The Rutledge Timber company
has begun to ship its logs from
the branch line and is now un-
loading from IS to 25 cars a day
at these docks. From there the
logs will be flOated down the
river to the sorting gap at Chat
colet from where they will be
towed across the lake to the COM
pany's mill at Occur d'Alene.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-13
Two Companies
Are Organized
OFFICERS ARE CHOSEN FOR EACH
"a" Company Has Over Eighty Men On Roll.
"B' Company Has Forty

Russell James b. Sargent, Chas.
r. Schultz, V. C. Sinclair, Robert
J. SHELTON, Randolph Stoehr,
Clarence p. Sweeney, Joseph S.
Sweeney, Joseph r. Taylor, VIM.
G. Trueman, j. A. Wetherall,
Frank b. Williams, Edward Yen
or, Geo. A. Barker, w. +. Becker
Arnold o. Benson, Charles Car
roll, Fred E. Lukens, Henry Nell
son, Erwin Reiman, Court NJ.
Sargent, Frank p. Smith, Lester
Smith, Upton A. Smith, Joe
Rodstru, Harold Wayne, Emmett
Woodward.
B" company, composed of
men over 35 years of age, num-
bers about 20. M. S. Parker, a
graduate of West Point and a re-
tired army officer, is captain, Geo.
A. Patterson, a veteran of the
Spanish-American War and a
former national guard captain, is
first lieutenant and Judge Charles
c. Cromwell, also a Spanish War
veteran, is second Lieutenant.
The following are the men who
compose the company:
Arthur b. Annis, George A.
Patterson, S. S. BoutOn, Lee II.
Carlock, John Chambers, Ernest
J.. Clark, VIM. +. Clarke, Frank
d. Crandall, Lawrence Cormier,
Charles G. Cromwell. Harry II.
Craney, A. A. Darknell, Ed. S. Ell
der, John c. Fralick, John o.
Gallen, Oscar e. HALEY, George
T.. Hewitt, James C.. Hunt, b. A.
johnson, Ray NJ. Johnson, C. j.
Kennedy, Frank Kellar, John W.
Kersey. Edward Holman, A. IT.
Kroll, f. N. LaVeine, Joseph NJ
Lillig. Merton p. Mcintyre, Geo
A. Mckay, VIM. NOyen, Jno. Ovel-
man, Leon r. Pope, Lloyd E. Pur-
Wis, Chester A. Tompkins, VIM
lToOhey, Erastus w. Trueman
Murdock S. Urquhart, Warner
Yenor, Edward n. Smith, Edward
/ H. Yates.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-13
LESS RAINFALL
THAN LAST YEAR

A. A. Darknell, United States
Weather Observer for this city,
keeps a detailed record of the
weather, including the amount of
rainfall each day. He has been
a comparison between
last year and this year and states
that between the first of Novem-
ber and the morning of the 18th
0i April last year the rainfall was
20 per cent more last year than
for the same time last year.
The rainfall last year was
2f.3l inches for that period, as
compared with 1898 inches this
year, a difference of $50 inches.
On the face of this report it
would look as though there was
less danger now from high water
than there was at that time.
However. there is another condi-
tion which must be taken into
consideration. Last year there
was a big thaw i'm February and
by the first of March the river
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-13

A great deal of progress has
been made during the past week
in organizing and drilling the
two companies of volunteers
which the people of this city are
trying to raise. "a" company,
comprised of men under 35 years
of age and who are liable to be
called to the colors first, now
numbers over 80 men, including
those who were enrolled last
evening and whose names we did
not secure. At the rate the men
are coming in the company will
soon number a hundred strong.
Prof. C. S. Hofstetter has been
requested to act as captain of
this company until such a time
as he is required to report to the
school of the officers reserve
corps, for which he has passed
the examination. Deputy Coun-
ty Auditor C. B. Moon was chosen
first lieutenant and Alfred w.
Morris, clerk for the Milwaukee
railroad was named second lieu
| tenant. The nOn-cOmmissiOned
officers have not been named as
yet but will be composed of men
who have had military training.
The following is the roster of
the men who have enrolled in
"A" company not including
those who Joined last evning:
Clyde L. zimmerman, Rolla A.
Barr, Homer Bigley, Joseph E.
Boothroyd, John NJ. Brady, Jas.
| NJ. Brebner, Claude N. Boyle,
| Thomas f. Boyle, Fred d. Camp
bell, Paul w. Davis, Ora c.
Drake, Lewis B. Dunson, Owen c.
Ennis, Walter L. Geist, Warren
| G. Gerry, VIM. Goeden, Charles
A. Gregory, Roscoe Haines, Dex-
tey L. Hathaway, Sam Henderson
/ Donald Hopkins, Walter A. Horn
| Eli Huffman, r. Morris Johnson
| Casey d. Jones, r. A. Kennedy
Robert Lindquist, Amos A. Maggy
John Martin, Emil F. Montandon
Clark B. Moon, Glenn w. Moon
Alfred w. Morris, John w. Mul-
roney, VIM. Mulroney, Harve,
Mutch, David A. Nelson, Paul E
Newport, Walter Newport, Ear
b. holland, Patrick H. O'Reilly
Charles Perrault, Floyd f. Put
nam, Ashley J.. Roache, Paul Z
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-13
a BOOST FOR
BENEWAH POTATOES

w. F. Lufkin shipped two
carloads of potatoes to Texas,
one from here and the other
from Santa. He has just re-
ceived a letter from the cOnsignee
stating they were the best pota-
toes ever brought into Texas and
requesting that more be sent if
possible. As Texas is the larg-
est state i'm the Union and re-
ceives potatoes from all of the
potato-growing states this is
considered quite a boost for Ben
ewah county potatoes.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1917-04-13

was running bank full. II after
ward turned colder and this af-
forded an opportunity for a large
amount of the water to run off
before the regular spring high
water came.
This year there was practically
no thaw until April and it has
been only within the past week
that the river has begun TO raise.
The snow back in the hills has
hardly begun TO melt and unless
we have a very late spring the
snow will practically all go off at
the same time. furnishing the
same conditions as i'm 1894, the
year of the extreme high water.