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The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-11
Better Banking Service for
Farmers

The Federal Reserve Banking System, with
compined resources OF thousand m-li3n collars,
has been established by Act of Congress to stand
back of the farming and business interests of the
country
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-11
CAN GERMANS HOLD
HINDENBURG LINE?
Washington Expects Plans Of Oppos.
ing Commanders Soon to Develop
Crucial Period in
View.

Washington Sept 9.-With the Ger
man army standing today Substantial
ly in the positions it occupied before
last March 81, when its greatest Of
fensive was launched, it cppesrs GER
tain to officials i.era that the next few
days will see the plans of the oppos-
ing commanders revealed.
The statement in the official Ger
man communique that "our new
lines" hd everywhere been occupied,
is given only one construction here.
Apparently it was intended to mean
that the retirement had come to an
end and that the Germans expect to
stop the allied advance along the old
frcnt. In that event, 1t is said, the
light forces of the French, British and
American armies soon will reach this
defensive position and subsequent op-
eratioHs will quickly show how Mar
sha1 Foch proposes to assail the prob
lem that baffled the French and Brit
ish General Staffs-tne breaking Of
this advanced line OF defense set up
by the enemy on Belgian and French
SOIL
Allies Feel Their Way.
1t was evident from today's reports
that the allied forces were still feel
ing their way forward carefully
through the rearguard screen. Behind
this screen the Germans ere believed
to have reoccupied the old Hindenburg
defenses, which probably have been
repaired and supplemented so that
they Ire again formidable barrier.
Some officials believe that the ene-
my is very likely to signalize his in
tention to stand fs st .y striking
back hard at the advancing French
end British forces, or even by an at
tack at some other point designed to
relieve pressure rather than to s.chieye
any decisive result in the way OF cap
turing towns. 1t is argued that il
the German high command has made
available sufficient reserve force by
the great withdrawal to permit such.
operations, limited drive, possibly on
the front hels by General Pershing's
army beyond Verd.m. might we'll be
thought advisable.
U. S. Troops Available.
Cn the allied side, it remains to be
seen whether Marshal FOch plans
thanking operation en- a wide front to
turn the enemy out OF his new lines
and keeping him. moving back, or will
continue to hit at weak-spots ali along
the front. Opinion here is that the
larger enterCrise is the most probable,
since practically the entire American
army Is available !as fresh, hard-hit-
ting force with which to deliver a
coupe aimed at the breaking of the
German front. =
Many of.s.ars here regard the days
Immediately ahead as probably the
The Little River news. (Ashdown, Little River County, Ark.) 1897-current, 1918-09-11

666 cures by removing the cause.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
A Dagger
In the Back

That the woman 8 dread when she
gets up in the morning to start the
day Is work ooh! how. my back
aches" Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Cap
sules taken today ease the backache of
tomorrow-taken every day ends the
backaehe for all time Don't delay.
What Is the use of suffering2 Begin
taking Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Cap
sules today and be relieved tomorrow.
Take three or four every day and be
permanently free from wrenehing, dis
tressing back pain. But be sure to get
Gold Medal. Since 1906 Gold Medal
Harlem Oil has been the National Rem
edy of Holland, the Government of the
Netherlands having granted special
charter authorizing its preparation and
sale. The housewife of Holland would
almost as soon be without bread as she
would without her Real Dutch
Drops " as she quantity calls Gold Med
al HARLEM Oil Capsules. This is the
one reason why you will find the womer
and children of Holland SO sturdy anG
robust.
Gold Medal are the pure, origina
HARLEM Oil Capsules imported direc'
from the laboratories in HARLEM, Hol
land. But be sure to get Gold Medal
| Look for the name OH every box. Sole
| by reliable druggists in sealed packages
| three sizes. Money refunded if the,
do not help you. Accept only the Gol'
Medal. All others are limitations
ADV.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
States as well as those Of our allies must

States as well as those Of our allies must
be met
Methods almost revolutionary in char
aeter were adopted in spruce production
when She United States entered the war,
on account of the sudden demand for
spruce lumber. Some features OF the
scheme Of production were experimental,
and while meeting the emergency for the
time being later were abandoned entire
" or We're reeast better to meet require
ments The system of irving" was adopt
ed in the Pacific Northwest, and at first
met with much criticism because it was
claimed that there was too much waste
It now appears that while there is an APP
parent waste there is no actual waste fol
the reason that unused slabs from thu
irving camps will be gathered up ant
turned to useful account. But irving i,
said to have served great purpose; il
| produced more quickly the desired guam
tity of spruce for our airplane produe
ton: it resulted in the saving of spae,
on freight cars, and it produced in rougl
| form just that quantity of spruce whicl
must be utilized in airplane construction
/ Airplanes can be made Of pine, hem
/ lock, and fir, but according to the hes
authorities on the subject none vii
measure up. to spruce \ Liberty motor
it is said, viii drive two-seated De
| hayilapd .airplqne III miles an hour if
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
VARIED WORK IN
MUNITIONS PLANT
Glimpse of British Factory
Shows Many Things
Being Made
GUNS AND SHELL
FORM SMALL PART
Of War Materials Great Britain is Now
Manufacturing in Huge Quantities
Shops Full of Women With Sprin-
king of Boys and Men.

LONDON, July 23.-The term ''muni-
tons" conveys to most people vision OF
guns and shells and high explosives, and
engines of war on vast scale. As mat
ter of fact, it means everything supplied
for the direct or indirect use Of the sery7
ices, and so includes all manner of unex-
pected items Wonderfully varied are the
different forms of war material which
Britain produces in sneh monstrous guam
titles for herself and her allies.
| 1t is. certainly surprising, on visiting
some of the largest munition factories in
England to be shown the extraordinary
number of varied industries that are car
ried on within their walls Tables and
chairs one has long ago recognized as mu
nitions, but far more unlikely things are
produced in the big factories. At recent
visit to one of these, after morning
spent in watching the forging of gam
gun-tubes and the progress of a steady
stream of shrapnel shell, onr guide
brought us to a great block of building
| that stood somewhat isolated from TIN
rest. This is our newest department h
1 cttlNs anu We eilV pAOPtA ti0AttNSiS pASlA
of it. This was an open field few month
ago. Fwatehed cricket match here las
| September Now its our tailoring depart
ment, and just about the last word il
such things, Come inside and have look
| Wen begin at the stores first
He opened door, and we passed int
a huge glassroofed hall, packed full c
bales of red cloth and white, of ever
texture and thickness, of rolls Of leather
sacks of brown paper and cardboard, {
thread and glue and buttons and a tho,
Isand such small items. At one end Of tn
store these various articles were bein
passed out to the workshops beyond, frol
which came the constant whirring of bus
machinery.
I'VE don't do very much actual taio
ing, said our guide. beyond making a
the overalls required in the works 1oH'
be surprised how much thought goes int
ltlte making of an overall even The clot
we use, for instance, has to stand the tie,
OF being held a few inches from a tuft
burning cordite without catching fire. OF
chief industry here is the production
!. everything made of cloth, paper, or car
board that is wanted in the rest Of ii
works, such as silk cloth cartridge bag
shalloon igniters, wads for small-arrn ca
, tridges, paper exploder containers and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
SHERIFF HAS NEW
WAY TO FIGHT RUM
Maine Anti-Liquor Law Being Vigor-
ously Enforced by Sheriff
AT Bangor.

BANGOR, Me-, July 23-Afthur L.
Thayer, who was recently appointed
sheriff by Governor Miliken, is fast
tightening the screws in the more active
rum belt of Maine .Shg4is
During the months Of March, April
and May every eighth package coming
into Bangor by Maine Central freight
contained liquor said Sheriff Thayer.
/" 1t flowed into the city at the rate of a
ton and a half a daT-sl 900 worth, at
least, measured nv what the Bangor
dealers paid for If in Boston, and not
by what they demanded when selling it
at retail | took office on June 90,
and since then the Maine Central has
not received Shipment
Sheriff Thaver is ono of the most
carefully watched men in Maine just
,, now, for he is the first appointee under
the new law which gives the governor
power to remove delinquent sheriffs
and to name their successors. Should
he make Bangor dry-admittedl a
man s task-he will have done much
to vindieate the necessity of the law
and the wisdom of Governor Milliken
in demanding it.
Mr.. Thayer Is graduate Of Harvard
law school in the class of 1912 He
is the exact opposite of the old time
Office holders in Penobseot county.
| Ever, since he came to Bangor he
has talked and planned and worked
| and fought for civic betterment; and
this has made his enemies as well as
/ friends in city wherein reform, as
applied to the saloon, is regarded in
many quarters with deep suspicion and
disfavor -
/ 81 estimate there is 100000 worth
Of liquor IN Bangor now says Sheriff
i ThayeF, cas- for three and a hal
months before / took Office it was
coming in at the rate of ST. 900 wortl
a day Where it is will be my business
to find out.
HThere are at least % places il
4 Bangor under suspicion. Some O
them are notorious; they are network
of hides, and are run by men VIII,
. have made selling in dry times If
study and profession. | am going t,
start in ON these places with searel
: warrants, and / am going through
them from top to bottom. :"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
MOSQUITOES FoRETELL STORMS
Natives of Gulf Say Certain Breed Is
Sign of Rough Weather.

( NEW. ORLEANS, July Natives.
white and Negro, Of the Louisiana and
Mississippi Gulf coast sections profess
to see in the presence this summer of
certain breeds of mosquitoes sure
sign of stormy weather next fall
Whether the storms will be. violent or
mild, the mosquito informants' APP
parently do not indicate.
Natives of the pine woods sections
along Mississippi sound who specialize
in catching soft shelled crabs and fish;
shrimpers, hunters and oystermen of
the lower Louisiana coast and dwellers
in the prairie, the native name for salt
marsh, all complain this summer of the
mosquitoes, then gloomily explain how
the same breeds were present in the
summer of 1915, although in greater
quantity. In September, 1915, occurred
one of the most disastrous hurricanes in
Gulf coast history so far as property
damage was concerned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

thousand little things like that Come in
to the shops and you'll see.
{ The shons were full of women, with on
Nv a small sprinkling of men over mill
farv age and a few boys. Near the en-
TRANCE were a number of guillotine-like
machines in which rolls of cloth were be-
inc cut into pieces, each one of them the
exact size required for some special pur-
nose. such as the bag in which the propel-
liant forming a big gun cartridge is con-
tanned. Next to these machines were a
row Of printing presses, in which the let
tering on the cartridges, nature of gun,
weight. lot of cordite. etc, was impressed
upon the pieces of cloth. From the presses
the material passed to the. sewing ma
chine shop, where it was sewn into its
final form.
This shop was full of devices of every
conceivable shape and size, from the or
binary familiar household sewing machine
to a miraculous little continuance that
sewed button on to an overall every
| time a pedal was pressed. At each ma
chine sat girl, intent upon one particu-
lar job, making buttonholes in webbing
straps. or sewing little red bags for pic
ric powder exploders. Output seemed
| their main idea, SO many buttonholes Oh
so many bags per day. This was then
contribution to the war.
Next door was the paper and cardboard
shop, where all manner of small article,
were made out of these substances. Fol
instance sheets Of millboard were passin!
to press, which cut from hem a numbe
!, of circular pieces. These pieces passed t,
a second press. which stamped them int,
the shape of circular box lid to be use,
for, containing powder. Near by vas n hi
| table, at which sat row of girls cover
ing sheets Of brown paper with glue, an
rolling them round mandrils to form cy
!, lindrical distance-pieces and rocket bodies
: At one corner. stood an experimental ms
chine, designed to do this work entirel
: and automatically.
AT the end of the building was the ties
q ing room, to which samples Of every mi
. terial used in the department weI
: brought Here were machines to test tt
breaking strain of cloth and the thread
I that composed them. delicate balances |
! determine this weight, an apparatus f
j finding out how much water was absorbe
:. by pieces of silk, a mioTometer capable
: measuring the difference in thickness b
: tween almost invisible threads
:, "1on see, the department is entire
1 sefeontained, said our guide 1T bu
: its own material, tests it. and makes
s mp into the finished aricle OF course "
: haven't seen half of it, but we must hu
III ry up as there's lots more to see" Al
:, so we crossed the road into a glaring pl
: sating inferno, where a row Of Bessem
: corverters poured out a stream of fire.
:. diverse are the contrasts in modern n
!. milton factory.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
SPEED PRODUCTION
| OF SPRUCE LUMBER.
Army Aims to Increase Out
put of Northwest to Thir-
| ty Billion a Month
$4,000 ENGAGED,
NEED OF MANY MORE
Hope of Government TO Double Present
Force in Effect to Meet Demand for
Lumber for AeropIanes-Spruce SUI
perior to Other Woods.

PORTLAND, Ore, July 23.-Spruce.
which is the most desirable timber for
the construction of airplanes, is recognized
as essential in the winning of the war,
and arrangements have been made for
greatly increasing the production in Ore
principal states from which spruce mm-
Der is obtained From ten to thirty bill
lion feet of spruce q month is the ann
| of the spruce division of the United States
| army, which has headquarters at the CEN
| ter of the great spruce area of the PacItic
| Northwest. The production of spruce IN
| thoses Estates has recently been speeded up
to a remarkable degree.
| There are now from 1900 to 10000
men engaged in the forests of Oregon
and Washington. III the cut-up mills, and
in the traffic department. preparing the
raw stock and semi-finished spruce prod
ucts for the great aifplane manufacture
ers of the country, and for shipment tc
our allies The number viii very shortly
be increased to 10000 Vast equipment
has been assembled to handle this great
work Mills have been built, scores o.
donkey engines have been placed Whert
needed, steel cable is being employed il
such quantities that other lines of indus
trial activity haye difficulty in obtaining
sufficient quantities for their requirements
After the spruce has gone through variou
preliminary operations it must be driet
and for this branch of the work twoseor
large dry kins have been erected, and
is now proposed to increase the humble
Of llilns to l24 units.
: Although the production of spruce i
! the Pacific Northwest has recently bee
increased 700 per cent, preparations nav
been made for an increase of 800 to &c
per cent over the present enormous oui
!, | put It is said that Great Britain an
! France alone can consume in airplare col
| struction practically all of the spruce pr,
dueed in the Pacific Northwest toda,
hence the plans for increasing the pr
l duetion, as the, demands of the Unite
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
r. R. NOT TO RUN.
Ex-President Won't Accept N. Y Gov
ernorship Nomination

OYSTER BAY, n. Y, July 23.-Col
Theodore Roosevelt issued a statement
last night in which he declared that I'M
der no circumstances would he accept
the Republican nomination for governor
of NV York.
The ex-President made his announce
ment when he sent a telegram to At
torney General Merton E. Lewis at Al
bany in reply to a7nFessage which the
attorney general sent several days ago
offering to withdraw from the race if
the colonel would become a candidate.
In his telegram, Col. Roosevelt did not
mention any of the subjects which We're
taken up by the Republicans at their
convention last week. He did not refer
to prohibition or woman suffrage nor
did he propose candidate for governor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

is made up Of spruce, while if the ma
chine. is built of the other materials
mentioned. the speed win be reduced IN
proportion to the extra weight Spruce,
therefore, is regarded as essential. In adj
dition to that quality Of hghtness, strength,
and resilency it will not fracture when
struck by bullet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
LOOKING for Excitement.

Dorothy was driving with her father
one day when tar wagon passed on
cross street in front of them. She
said, Lets knock the tar out of that .
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

TO RENT-6-room flat, 0 Church
Place, city water, electric lights, extra
good for $3.50 per month. Two min
utes walk from s. A. Smiths shop.
VIM. G. Horton, Agt., 10 Brook Street.
Phone 296-R 117-122
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
LOST

LOST-A pocketbook on the road
from Benardston to Putney. Edgar
Gillette, South Deerfeld, Mass. 121-122
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

TO RENT-Rooms, single or en- suite,
with or without bath, all with hot and
cold water; rates 81 per week and up.
Barber Building, apply to Herbert G.
Barber, proprietor, or Ethel A. Milling
ton. Room 52l llS-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
PARKER'S AUTO
SERVICE TO PUTNEY
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY

A. M.
Leave Putney P. O......... $50
Top of Burchard Hill. ..... 8.45
Arrive Brattleboro ....... 9.15
Leave Brooks House Pharmacy. HOO
Arrive Putney ........... 11.45
P. M.
Leave Putney P. o.. 100
Top of Burchard Hill. ....... LAS
Arrive Brattleboro. .. 2.15
Leave Brooks House Pharmacy HOO
Arrive Putney .............. Sic
Cars at disposal of private parties
evenings and Sundays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

WANTED-Night Waterman, back
knife lathe man, rip sawyers, men for
general wood working machines, and men
for yard work. Can also use a few strong
women for factory work. Steady work,
White River Chair Co, Brattleboro, VT.
llS-l23
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

WANTED Laundress at the Melrose
hospital. West Brattleboro. 122-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

WANTED Automobile truck driver
Paper Service Co., Hinsdale, n. H. l22- l23
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

TO RENT-Tenement in Cox build
ing Inquire of Mrs. L. A. Cox, 152
South Main st. S4-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

WANTED-Live poultry at the Rich.
ardson Market. 70-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

WANTED-rAt once, a good man for
driving team. Holden & Martin Lumber
Co. 67-ti
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

TO RENT-Two-teneme house on
Guilford st. Six dollars per month.
Edgett & Co. S5-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

TO RENT-Tenement Modern con-
veniences. Aliens Stables. Oak st.
Phone $50. 95-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

WANTED-A maid. Memorial Hospi-
tai. llS-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

'ao- -gaag. : - -.s29-- = 80 : %.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

TO .RENT-Furnished room for one OF
two women. Home privileges. Phone
l96-W. l0S-ti
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23
WANTED.

WANTED-Sewing. Tel. 147-lS.
120-12l
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-23

TO RENT,
TO .RENT-Storage room. Mrs. Kit
tredge Haskins. 26-tf I
TO RENT-Tenement Lillian c. New
ton, 10 Thomas St. 257-tf |
TO Cottage house. Homestead |
place. Edgett & Co. 95-tf |
TO RENT-6 room tenement 163 |
Main st. Edgett & Co. 106-tf |
TO RENT-Nice Groom tenement on
Birge st. Holden & Martin. 296-tf
TO RENT-Cottage house on Oak
Grove avenue. Phone 473-W. ll2-tf
TO RENT-Upstairs tenement. Mrs.
G. II. Danyew, 1ss Elliot Street. 72-tf
TO RENT--Furnished room for one or
two women. Home privileges. Phone
l96-W. l0s-tf
TO RENT-Tenement Modern con-
veniences. Allen s Stables. 5 Oak st.
Phone $50. 95-tf
TO RENT-Two-tenem house on
Guilford st. Six dollars per month.
Edgett G. Co. S5-tf
TO RENT-Tenement in Cox build
ing. Inquire of Mrs. L. A. Cox, 152
South Main st. S4-tf
TO RENT-First floor, 25 Washing
tion street. Modern. Garden. Inquire IA
Prospect street. 116-tf
TO RENT-Two tenements, 81 and
50 Green st. Five rooms, electric lights.
gas. Tel. 622-W- 77.79*tf
TO RENT-Two rooms with use of
bath; electric lights. Wheel Club
Block. Frank E. Barber. 109-tf
TO RENT-Furnished room, electric
lights, bath and use of telephone. Mrs.
Hattie Warren, 1877 Main st. 94-tf
TO RENT-Room for light house
keeping, all furnished, hot and cold
water and bath. Charles Miner. 97=tf
TO RENT-Tenement at 80 Washing
ton street. $ll per month. Garden
planted. Tel 273,W. Mrs. II. f. Gil
feather. 90-tf
TO RENT-Large front room, 2l5 FL
liot street, upstairs, with use of upstairs
piazza and bathroom. Inquire of Mrs
) Berg, So Western Ave, or at Reformer
Office l0S-tt
TO RENT-Rooms, single or en- suite
with or without bath, all with hot ant
cold water; rates 81 per week and up
Barber Building, apply to Herbert G
, Barber, proprietor. or Ethel A. Milling
, ton. Room 52l list
. TO RENT-6.room fiat, Churcl
Place, city water, electric lights, extr;
: good for $3.50 per month. Two min
utes walk from s. A. Smiths shoT
: VIM. G. Horton, Agt., 10 Brook Street
!. Phone 296-R HIP