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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-13
More Effective Work
For Charity by Using
Organized Agencies

Charitably inclined people can save
themselves time. money and effort IL,
instead of dispensing charity individu-
ally, they will report cases to the vari-
Gus charitable organizations. according
to a statement from the office of the
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-13

Gals
The affair happened last Monday 8
1913 Fifth street north, where Mrs
Boisjolie has been residing recentls
The couple had been separated severa
days before the incident occurred.
Botsjolie was arrested In Moorheas
this morning and returned to F'arR
for malicious mischief.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-13

5000 small United States flags for.
marchers.
The flag committee today, drafted
the following tentative program for the
exercises following the parade: Invo-.
cation; unfurling of flag; patriotic
song: pledge Of allegiance; patriotic
address; singing of Star Spangled Ban.
ner. The speaker, however, has not
been named.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-04-13

The United States has two activ
volcanoes as sights for tourists-Af
Lassen In California. and Kilauea /
Hawaii.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
BOOSTS MILK PRICES.
NJ E. NJ P. Announces New Schedule
Beginning July l.

The prices asked by the New England
Milk Producers association, beginning
July ], mean the payment by the dealers
OF seven cents a quart for milk deliv-
cred in Boston. The prices vary ac-
cording to distances from that city, as
the new traffic regulations provide a
different rate for farmers at country
stations and the rates are fixed for diff
ferent sized cans, the larger the can the
cheaper the rate per quart, and bigger
the price to the producer. For example,
milk shipped 100 miles in an 81 quart
can nets the farmers 6247 cents per quart
IN 2l4 quart can it nets Gal cents
per quart and in a 40 quart 6.47 cents.
Different price systems are used in
different sections and the association
has a complete schedule of prices for
milk shipped in any sized container no
matter what unit Of purchase is used
Where milk Is bought by weight and test
the price set for butter fat in milk is IL
cents a pound Where premiums are paid
for excess fat over a certain test the asso-
cation demands that 50 per cent shall be
the test above which premiums shall be
paid, instead of 81 per cent to four per
cent as now in effect.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23

"They played and they played. But
the big Marble was SO mad that it
rolled away crookedly and no one
thought so much of it.
after the Children had finished
playing and had taken their marbles,
and after the Master of the big Marble
had put away with the smaller ones
the little Marble which had been
bought with four others for a cent
said,
"'Well, you may be handsome and
big. But you are not nearly such fun
as we are. Sometimes the cheap things
are the most fun. 1t doesn't mean be
cause you cost FIVE cents that you car
give such pleasure
"Tm glad | can't be used all thu
time like you all are said the big Mar
bic. I am TOO fine for little Marbles
anyway
but all the little Marbles Were
happy because they were the best TO
the ChiIdren's games"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
How to Keep Beauty.

Julia Arthur, the actress, has been
talking about how to keep what beauty
nature has given us. Her reasoning may
seem old fashioned and sentimental, yet
there is lot of common sense IN it:
= No matter what YOU DO i'll the way Of
massage, beautifers or cosmetics, the
real way to keep from getting ugly Is
to keep your mind clean and good-good
as YOU can. ! might be termed Christ
ian Scientist for saving that; but 1t IS
true The quickest way to furrow the
face is to think hateful, spiteful things
bout our associates. The face IS q sort
Of mirror for our thoughts. Then we
must never lose enthusiasm for people
and things. | never use powder or color
on my face on the street or at home. For
that reason | never clogged up the pores
of my skin, or enlarged them. ] never
permitted my face to be massaged. be
cause it only stretches the skin and
makes it susceptible to wrinkles. | use
a little olive oil, dropped into the wash
cloth with the soap, and that supplies
all the needs of the skin. Soap and
water, little olive oil, and above all
keep your enthusiasm alive. Now if
there are any other ways of keeping
youthful. | know nothing about them.
The secrets. as you call them, are so
simple and so free from mysticism that
am afraid nobody will believe | have
so little affectation about my personal
habits. But it is the simpleness that
makes for effectiveness of these
things
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
Work on the Highways.
Bennington Banner

Governor Graham this week called the
county road supervisors together for a
conference on road work. The final or
ders on the road question are to take
care Of the roads already built. Hold the
gain already made in spite Of all other
things that must be done, but do not
undertake new construction where It
will take labor that might better be
employed in other work. After having
il is hoped that help can be had TO dc
a good bit Of new road work but while
the crops demand attention the county
supervisors are forbidden to take la
Dor from farms to build new road. They
can take it temporarily to preserve the
Dads already built and to keep the high
way surface in safe and disable condi
ton. Labor in all directions is shOr'
this year and no one activity should asl
or expect too much.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
SATURDAY, JUNE -, 1917.
WORK OF THE ARMY.

Much of the comment on the supposed
delay in the construction of the canton
mcntS for the training OF the new armies
takes il for granted that the situation in
wolves delay in bringing our efforts to bear
on the European battlefront. But by this
time there can be no doubt that our troops
VIII go ont To- France in the natural order,
the regular army first, the National Guard
nest. and the sclective army last OF all
This means that before the new armies are
oaIgt up we have soulething Ike 10o, oot
men to draw upon. made mp OF nearly
100000 men in the regular army whose
ranks will be- filled before August /, and
of more than 100000 men in the Nationa
Guard at war strength, a maNimum which
h. being rapidly attained. 1t is true that
the environments are intended 10 take care
of part of the National Guard. Yet within
\ the states there are training facilities fol
/ fully a. many militia units as, added t,
the regular army, We can under the best o
circumstances ship to France before til,
new national forces have received sutii
\ cient training for foreign service w
| should be in q position to place half ;
million men in France before drawing up
on the conscript army People who arr
asking why the war department has waste,
time in the matter Of the training camp
have perhaps forgotten that the war de
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
DADDSEV[N[N(
ARY TALL 61
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER
THE MAR BLES.

"The Marbles said Daddy, "had
been very proud of late because they
had been used so much by Boys and
Girls-especially by Boys.
Then, too, the Elves had played
marbles as years before they had
found out about them and thought
they were lots of fun to play with.
You are nothing but an ordinary
Marble" said one large and very blue
Marble.
but I am useful for playing. And
| joggle along and roll much better
than you do. You are so big. You
are quite awkward!'
I'd feel pretty badly said the big
Marble, if l We're as cheap as you.
You cost next to nothing. In fact, you
didn't even cost a cent. Not one whole
cent?
1.-THE Marble rolled along a little
way as if 1t couldn't be too near the
cheap Marble.
but a cent bought me- said the
little Marble.
Eyes said the big Marble proud
| ~. 1t bought you and also number
of other marbles, too. You were one of
| five for a cent. One cent bought you
and four others! Now as for me
Well, it took whole five cents to buy
me!'
~ know It, said the little Marble
sadly.
before long it will be time for the
Children TO come and play with US,
think said the big Marble.
Eyes said the little Marble They
have such good time with u.s.
"Well, we are pretty fine to have
a good time with. We can have SC
many games played with US. They are
very lucky said the big Marble
"'And so are We, said the little
one.
"'Of course you are said the bis
| Marble, as you are only one of five fOl
a cent. Just think how they'll admire
me when they see me. And the chill
dren will want to trade everything the!
! have for me, I'm so big and rounC
and fat. And my color is so fine. AnC
l cost five centsv
Tive heard you say so before saic
the little Marble.
Its worth saying over and owe
again when it's such an amount salt
the big Marble.
"'Hush,' said the little Marble, TIL
Children are coming. 1 hear thei
voices
MY Master only bought me yes
terday,' said the big Marble. Hi
friends have not seen me. Theyl
trade everything for me! Gracious
they'd trade dozens of little Marble
just for me! / cost five centsr
1.-THE Children had arrived.
1.-The Marbles almost seem to hurr
US into playing, said the Master of tn
big Marble. They were ready flo
u.s.
"And then the Children began t
play. They admired the big Marbl
first of all, and how proud the bi
Marble was,
1T really felt badly that it could nc
tell them all that it had cost five cent!
but then the Master told the othe
Children, and that made it very happ,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
DIFFICULT TO CARICATURE.
Thomas B. Reed Was Too Much for the
~ CartOonistS3

sA4 us ~ g.
The most 5dficult person toE caIicature
ever knew was the late Thomas b.
Reed. Behind a face guiltless of lines.
childlike i'll its bland absence of express
sion, was a mind rich in satiric humor to
which he could give full vent without
the least change OF expression beyond
opening his mouth.
One day | was sitting in his room at
the Capitol trying to get portrait of
him on my sketch pad. ! told him | was
having a difficult job. He chuckled and
began a long discourse on what his enc
mics had said about him; every epithet
they had applied to him, everything
they had accused him Of. He must have
gone on i'll this vein for twenty minutes
and l wondered as | worked why he
should be telling me all that.
Finally he added, ''but there is one
thing no enemy of mine has been base
enough to say of me. No man as vet
has ever accused nue. of looking like the
portrait that John Sargent painted of
me.
Mr. Reed 5 eyes were the only feature
that revealed the man in the slightest
degree, but the lids so enveoped them
that IT was only when YOU were very
close to him that You could see how they
flashed and sparkled.-W A. Rogers
in Cartoon S Magazine.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
No Discredit to Be Drafted.
st. Adams Messenger

st. Adams NeSSonger.)
There have been, some very short
sighted, foolish attempts to cast degree
of discredit on the men who are to be
drafted for service i'll the national army.
As matter Of cold fact the draft will
extend farther than some seem to re-
aize. The National Guard must be
drafted by the President before it can
be used for overseas duty. In this regard
the men i'll the National Guard and the
National army will occupy the same
status when they fight side by side III
France, and it will be mighty honor
able status For il is an honor for a
man to be selected by the nStion as one
of its chosen defenders.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23

The registration cards are performing
am unexpected function in making life
easier for the bartenders in license cities.
One Of the problems Of the booze dspen-
sers has been to avoid making sales to
minors. Now when a youth of uncertain
age demands the right to buy a drink, stat
ing he is over 81, the bartender, if in
doubt asks the thirsty youngster to Show
his blue card, and if it is not forthcoming,
the aforesaid youngster is told to walk
along.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
No Chance for Error.

The enterprising company in the Sou
dan had decided to lay railway into
the wilds, and Of course many blacks
were employed in its construction.
One day the telegraph clerk at the
nearest spot received a telegram from
the negro foreman of the railway con.
structOrs:
+" White boss dead. Shall | bury
him -
+" Yes, wired back the clerk. i" But
hrst make sure that he is quite dead
VIII send another white boss tomor
row. y
A few hours later another telegram
came from the foreman:
" Buried boss. Made sure he was quite
dead. Hit him on the head with a larue
shovel. Tit Bits.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
Doesn't Like Stale News.

The News man met Steve Garrett Mon
day morning. Steve let loose the follow
ing hot one: Say, editor, looking fol
news? Well, Ishope you find it. I'm get
ting tired of reading about somebody COINS
away about a year after he left and YOU
saying you Just found it out" Friend
Garrett is a good farmer and valued
reader of The News, and ii he was not
so particular about having the news dishee
up fresh, we'd like to write a tale about
scrap he had about year ago, wher
the other fellow got crack on the crazy
bone with a scantlng Jasper Mo-
News
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
TO SUBSCRIBERS.

1t is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery
OF tho paper each night, and 1t solicits
the cooperation OF subscribers to that
end. Prompt reports should be given OF
each failure to receive the paper on the
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
Usher can secure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
Member Of the Associated Press.

The Refc-Iner is on sale every evening
by the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co..
G. W. Cleavelaud, d. r. Cutler & Co
CEsteyvine), Brooks House Pharmacy
Aliens Depot Newsstand.
West srattleboro, j. l.. Stockwell
East Dummerston. NJ. E. Brown.
Putney, NJ. g. Williams.
Newfane, N NJ. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
jamaica, Il. J. DaGgett.
South Londonderry, +. H. Tyler.
South Vernon, L. Il. Buffum.
west Chesterfield, N. r., Mrs. W
St"eeter.
Hlnsdae, N. H., W. II. Lyman.
Bellows Falls, VT, Depot Restaurant
Windsor. VI. Windsor Restaurant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
Trains Leave Brattleboro.
NOTICE

Go to A. DeAngelis for the best Shoe
Repairing-always at your command.
Shoes fixed up at short notice the way
you want them, and when you want
them.
Remember the same old stand-under
Donnell K Davis S millinery store
(Basement). Special attention given to
work sent out of town, Delivery free to
you by parcel post.
Quick service and satisfaction guar
anteed.
A. CANCELS,
(Basement) 80 Main Street, Brattleboro
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
They Played and They Played.

"But they did not seem to want to
trade everything for it! One of them
said,
"'It Is a beauty, but then it is not
nearly so nice to play with as the
smaller ones, besides, if l gave up a
lot of small marbles for that big one
I'd never be able to have real game
"And all the other Children said just
the same thing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23

big task on their hands The so-called re-
form propositions are presented in lengthy
form instead of stopping with simple prin-
ciples, and matters which are not consti-
tutional but statutory, are proposed as a
part Of the framework of government,
where they have no place
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23

We are not an admrer Of Billy Sunday s
theology, but he is certainly doing good
work in more ways than one Persons who
are always ready to criticise him are asked
to notice his contribution of $4,000 t
the Red Cross and Y NJ C. A. funds fol
work among the soldiers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper,
80 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
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, 1917-06-23
Stockings Were Animals.

what are animals, mammal" asked
fOur-year-old Vivian. "Oh, anything
that goes on legs, l suppose" replied
her mother. "Then my stockings must
be animals, aren't they, mamma?''
Queried Vivian.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
Little Benney's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
The Park Ave News.
BY LEE PAPE

Gut in the LIP with a spoon Vile
Benny Potts and his cuzzin Artie Aix-
ander was scraping a pudding bowl and
racing to see witch Good get the most.
Artie Alexander missed his mouth and
stuck himself in the lip with his spoon
Not being serious cnuf to call ambu-
lants, but being serious enuf to make
Artie Alexander lose about : strokes.
Nlliterry News. kumpiny b, consisting
ot Genrel Martin. Captm Potts, Looten
ant Wernick, Kernel Simkins. Sargent
Hunt and Private Persy Viewer, is will.
ing to 90 to war with Kernel Roosevelt
il he viii leeve them all keep their diff
trent officers ranks, all eXsept Private
Persy Weever, who ses lie is tired Of be
ing the ony private and woodent 60 even
Iif Kernel RoozveIt came and asked Inn
himself
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
Short Story.
Almost a Hour Late.

Hay, mister, sed PudS Simpkins, will
you please tell me the time, please?
Time? Serteny Its lest 20 minutes
after I, p. IN,
The next meel Pubs Simpkins had was
brektist
Spoarts \ cap pitching contest was
held last Satdday, the object being to
see who Good make their hat stick up
on top OF the lam post, Sam Cross win
mig Jest as Flatfoot the cop came and
stood down at the corner for about half
a hour, Sam Cross Jest standing there
looking innocent, not feeling like climb,
ing up after his cap till Flatfoot went
away, on account Of it proberly being
agenst the law.
Fire Insurants We will keep your fire
buckets filled with eileen wattir for one
sent week and assist the hremen i
they will leeve us Ed Wernick and Lew
Davis Fire Insurants Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23
HINT TO FARM OWNERS.
Lots of Money to Be Made Raising
Umbrella Handles.

II You happen to have a farm that is
not profitable YOU might turn il into an
umbrella plantation. This is a class of
farm products that is not generally CON
sidcred bv city men who yield to a hank
ering to 90 back to the land, but it is
not an agricultural speciality that is com
mon in this country, and there ought to
be money in it.
Perhaps you have always regarded
the knobs and crooks and odd twists
that characterize the wooden handles
of umbrellas as mere freaks Of nature,
but in your rambles through the wild
wood YOU have probably run across very
few arboreal freaks that would be suit
able for umbrella handles. As a matter
Of fact we are Informed on good author
Ity that they are the products Of care.
iul cultivation. In France there is saC
to be a plantation of 800 acres devoted
entirely TO raising queer sticks for um
brellas. canes and riding whips In the
process Of cultivation the trees are cut
a little above the ground level and 3
number of saPlings sprout from the
roots. The buds Of these sprouts are
nipped off and by cutting the bark and
training the shoots almost any variety
of design may be produced. After
three years or so the crop Of umbrella
handles and canes is harvested, and aft
er the necessary treatment the product
| is ready for the market
1t it said that even the simplest knoll
on a 9S cent umbrella is the result OF
human artifce. We have a notion that
some of the abandoned farms of Rhode
| Island might be turned into fairly sue
cessful umbrella ntations.-Provi
dencc Journal.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23

It seems that all Texans are not fond
Of fightlng-one, with German name by
the way, was shot to death for resisting
registration.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23

The members of the Massachusetts, con,
stltutional convention lind they have a
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-06-23

(Basement) 80 Main Street, Brattleboro
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-07-19
Two Are Not SlaCkerS.

Last week the names of several hun
dred young men of Frederick county
were published in the county and city
papers, the same being designated as the
list of "slackers. Of this number
Mechanicstown district, our home dis
trict, was credited with three.
Upon inquiry we learn that Mr.. O'Toole
is duly registered in Baltimore; that Ed
ward WEIGH was about four months over
81 years of age dat of registration, and
that Harry Winters has not been in this
district for some months, his where
abouts being unknown to election officials
in this place. 1t Is indeed unfortunate
that the names of at least two of these
persons were published in the Stacker
list. Perhaps Mr.. Winters is registered
if he was within the age limit.
We understand many more persons
published as slackers have registered
elsewhere or were week, month or
more past 81 years of age.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1917-07-19
Will Get Synod II 1t Remains A
SYNOD.

The General Synod of the Lutheran
church of the United States will hold its
Tooth or anniversary meeting in St. John s
Lutheran church, Hagerstown, if the
synod is in existence. This announce
ment was made by the Rev. j. Edward
Harms, pastor, who explained that the
synod had accepted the invitation pre-
scented by himself at the meeting in Chi
cago last week.
The meeting of synod there in 1919,
however, is contingent upon the action
of the General Synod, General Council,
the Lutheran Synod of the South and a
number of smaller Lutheran synods when
they meet in November, If these bodies
unite, as is expected, into one body, &C
cording to present plans, then the Cen
eral Synod will cease to exist.
There is probability, however, of the
united Lutheran bodies meeting in Hag-
erstown but in that event there will be
about 600 delegates instead of 800, who
would have represented the General
Synod.