The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-06-20

and his methods eliminate any chahce
to steal
Many absurd rumors have been cir
culated about town, especially some
very vicious ones about ore Of our
summer residents.
There is absolutely no truth in any
of them, and careful investigation has
resulted in tracing some of them very
near to their source.
II is the duty of citizen to report
such rumors to the proper authorities
and not to spread and elaborate them.
The Board Of Trade is using its or
ganzation in assisting the town chair
man, X. J. Orvis, in the campaign to
sell War Savings Stamps. Lists for
mailing circulars and for canvassing
have been prepared in the Office of the
secretary, who is attending to much Of
the detail involved.
All the members of the Beard Of
| Trade are urged to interest themselves
actively in the campaign. Much may
be done in an educational way by inn
pressing upon everybody the desira-
bility of the War Savings Stamps as a
readily convertible investment.
War Savings Stamps to the amount
of 500 are just as good as 500 bill
because they can be changed into one
at any time; and better than 500
bill because they bear better than saw
ings bank interest.
Talk War Savings Stamps to every
body.
Canvassers will cover the entire
town in the campaign to sell War
Savings Stamps and people are re-
quested to be ready to sign pledges
without delaying the canvasser. There
is much ground to cover and they are
busy men.
1t should not require much argu-
ment to convince that Uncle Sans
stamps are good as gold so long as the
United States exists, and pay better
interest than savings banks.
We have got to have over two hun
bred 500 and $50 pledges and some
larger than that, SO do not consider
anything less than these sums if you
can possibly save or raise the money.
The auto truck of the Auto Truck
Club at Manchester Village has done
much to make people think. Since
the advent of the truck, teams hauling
gravel have speeded up and carry
larger loads, if reports are true. Of
ficials have become interested in car
rying capacity and are comparing
truck and teams.
A trustee of the Village went so far
as to cause load Of gravel, dumped
by the unsuspecting truck driver, to
be shovelled up and measured. 1t
matters not that the load happened to
be small one because an inexperienc-
ed driver was just learning to drive
and that the Village was not being
charged for full loads, the idea was
good one.
If the same vigorous interest had
been manifested by trustees years ago,
the Village might have been saved
thousands Of dollars.
1t must not be forgotten that the
truck was bought by some men who do
no expect or hope for profit in the ven
ture The buyers were convinced that
truck was desirable thing and they
were game enough to put up their
money to prove it.
If their idea had been proved wrong
they would not have "squealed."
The work Of the truck has interested
men all over this end of the State and
its work has been generally commend
ed.
There may be those who will still
try to prove teams better than trucks
and possibly that wheelbarrows are
more efficient than teams but "the
world do move" and we predict that
many trucks will be owned or used by
towns within a very few years.
The Government is now organizing
all Of the Boards Of Trade in the
United States with view to utilizing
the supply Of labor and materials and
the resources Of each community.
The Manchester Board of Trade is
now in communication with the New
England branch Of this National or
ganization and if we have any re-
sources which will be of use in supply
ing any Of the needs Of the Country,
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