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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Some OF Many Notable Things
That Have Occurred on Fridav

Washington's birthday anniversary
Tell on Friday this year. the day of the
week on which he was born. A few
cther notable things occurred on FRI
day, among them the following:
Shakespeare was born.
America was discovered
The Bastille was destroyed.
Queen Victoria was married.
Napoleon Bonaparte was born.
julius Caesar was assassinated.
The battle of Marengo was fought.
The battle of Waterloo was fought.
The Mayfiower Pilgrims were landed
The battle of Bunker Hill YVES
fought.
The battle of New Orleans was
fought
The Declaration of Independence
was signed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
WEST NORTHFIELD, MASS

II. l.. Stetson was guest Sunday at
Mrs Jessie Titus's.
Mr.. Yerrington is having vacation,
and Sidney Tyler is taking his place.
Henry Briggs visited his granddaughter,
Mrs. Hunt, in Longmeadow last week
Mrs. r. d. Doolittle is caring for her
great grandson, Everett Kenelly % Bos-
ton, for time
Mrs. Philip Shebell and twin sons of
Riverside, Mass, are visiting her sister,
Mrs. Ed. Gerrish.
Mrs. VIII Scarboro and little son Of
Palmer are visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mcnamara
Mrs. Mary Gates and grandson, Harold
Smart, are spending the week in Orange
with her son, Harry Gates
Mrs. George Day has been in Jamaica
the past week visiting Mrs. Eliza Day
and Mr.. and Mrs. II. + Daggett.
Mrs. Homer Havercroft and children
are visiting her mother, Mrs. Dutton,
in Philipston, Mass, fortnight.
Miss Grace Corse of Springfield was at
her home here for the weekend Miss
Howard visited friends in Hartford over
Sunday
Mrs Twyon called on old neighbors
Tuesday She is staying for the present
with her daughter, Mrs Tenney, in North
field Farms but intends soon to go to
Grantham, n. II. with her daughters, Mrs
Maxwell and Mrs Thornton, to stay some
time. Mrs. Twyon spent the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. Andrus, in Greenfield
ID. l.. Park and family are, moving to
Keene this week. On account Of Mr.
Parks work he viii be located there fol
the present. All are sorry TO have them
leave, as they all will be missed greatly
having always been active and interested
in all the affairs for the good Of our
7 little. community. where they have lived
nearly all their life
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Cigarettes as Anesthetic
For the Wounded Soldiers

There is much difference of opinion
as to the effect of cigarettes upon the
soldiers who smoke them. A scientific
investigation is said to show that Gig
arctic smoking has direct effect on the
heart decreasing the smokers ability
TO do hard work and to resist fatigue.
On the other hand there Is evidence
that cigarettes keep the men I'D to
their tasks.
Mrs. Charles III. Farnan1, a Long Is
land woman, who has Just returned
from Serbia, where she spent several
years in hospital work and where she
earned the rank of sergeant, deliver
ed lecture one night recently IN
Brooklyn, in the course of which she
said:
The soul of life in the Serbian army
is a cigarette The men go through
the greatest agonies if they have Gig
arettes in their mouths and never
think OF the pain. In most Of the hos
pitfalls there Is shortage of anesthet-
les. When a soldier is brought in to
be operated on they simply give him
a cigarette to smoke during the or
deal and he goes through it happily
1t is probable that both views as TO-
the effect are correct; the excessive
smoking being bad for the heart, and
tie use of the cigarette being soo.e-
ing and strengthening IN time of ex-
element, trial and pain. The wound
ed soldier is always given a cigarette
and seems to be helped thereby to bear
his trouble with patience.-Mobie
Register.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Letters by Air Next Summer.

An airplane mall service is to be as
tablished between Washington. Phila-
deiphia and New York next summer.
Ihe post office department already is
calling for bids for five planes. Trips
ore to be made daily. First-class mail
only viii be carried IN the beginning.
cad this is only beginning. The end
af the war will see tremendous appli-
cation OF the airplane to commercial
and other uses, and this will provide
employment for the large number of
aviators that peace will release from
service = 49,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

WANTED.--Few more horses to put
in moving, grass a foot high. Chas
Miner. s5-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

WANTED-One or two men TO peddle
lee. Crystal Springs lee Co. s7-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

WANTED--Girl or woman to help
about homework Call at Dickinson
81 or Phone 353-J $685.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
SHERIFFS GET BOOZE.
Resident of Ashuelot Made Frequent
Trips to Greenfield.

Frank Bennett, both of keene, stopped
an automobile owned by a Polish resi-
dent of Ashuelot on Northfield street
as it was being driven home from Green
field recently and searched the car for
liquor. About three quarts were found
and the four occupants Of the automo-
bile Will have a hearing in Winchester
to determine who owned the liquor and
the guilty party will.have to face the
charge of transporting booze into a
bone dry state.
This particular automobile has made
several trips of late in the direction of
Greenfield and il was the one the Off
GERS were after. This is the first case of
the kind to come to court locally since
the new law went into effect May l.
G. S. Smith has new Buick touring
car.
c. c. Ulrieh bought Buick ear this
week
Cliff Hall will move his family this
week to Dover, N, II.
Harold Shaw of Boston visited brief
~ at W, l.. Todd s Tuesday
Miss Ruth Tole of Ludlow. Vi. is
visiting Hinsdale relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Davis went Thurs
day 10 visit relatives in Hartford, Conn
Oliver Houle has been called in the
June Is draft, and viii report in Keene
that day
Miss Minnie Todd of Spofford spent
Tuesday at the home of her brother.
w. L. Todd.
Mrs. Irene LeVasseur is spending a
two weeks vacation with friends in
Springfield vt.
Employees of the G. A. Robertson
tpftper mill swung a handsome new flag
to the breezes Saturday.
A. f. Lyman and daughter. Miss
Louise Lyman, of AIuncie, Ind, are Wis
iting at w. II. Lyman S
Mrs. Elmer Townshend and two chill
drcn of Saugus, Mass. are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Philbert Bean.
Private Joseph Houle has been as
signed to Battery +, 303 II. F. A. at
Camp Devens, Aver, Mass.
Miss Charlotte Slate, librarian OF the
public library, attended a state meet
ing of Librarians in Claremont last
week
Corporal George Marshall comes home
this week from South Carolina for 4
20 days furlough with his parents. Mr..
and Mrs. John Marshall.
The Hinsdale Paper Manufacturing
Co, received 10 carloads of soft coal
one day his week, which is the largest
consignment of coal received here for a
long time.
In accordance with the proclamation
of Gov. Henry w. Keyes there will be a
citizens meeting in the town hall War
Savings day, Friday, June %, in the
evening. Every local person is expected
1 TO subscribe for stamps and attend the
meeting.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

WANTED-Kit man, good
chance TO learn 10 cook, at lIoadley s
cafe. 93-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Light Heat Cure.

/ An officer In the Medical Reserve
corps states that he has found that
light and heat, combined alleviate pain
better. than hest alone. Hence he pre-
fers an incandescent bulb and reflector
to hot water bottle as a means of
temporarily relieving suffering.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
Oyster Farm in Salt Lake.

Plans have been made to begin the
propagation of oysters in Bear River
bay, Salt lake, Utah this spring, says
Popular Mechanics Magazine. Analy-
sis has shown that the percentage of
salt in the water is practically the
same as in ocean oyster beds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20
WANTED.

wANTED--Live poultry at the Rich
ardsOn Market. 70-tf
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-20

WANTED-At once, good man for
driving team. Holden & Martin Lumber
Co. 67-tf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
COUNTY
HAS A SHORTAGE

The firm of Byron Defenbach and
Is0ns, who have been auditing the
books of Bonneville county since its
organization in 1911 have finished
the work and made their report to
the commissioners.
The report shows a shortage OF
about $4,000 on all accounts there
being one shortage of $4,000 in the
treasurer's office. This one does not
appear from the face of it to be an
error in bookkeeping altho under
the existing system that is possible.
The other shortages are matters of
errors in small accounts and short
ages arising from doing credit
business largely done thru the mails.
For example person desiring a
transcript of some document in the
office or desiring something recorded
or other service which he is entitled
to receive upon payment of the fees,
may get the work done by writing
for 1t and then receive bill and fail
to make prompt payment or fail to
make payment at all.
In the course of BUSINESS on this
plan any firm would soon accumu-
late $4,000 or $500 worth
of accounts and the county Of
flcials are not different from any
others excepting that the officials
are bound by bond to account for
these collections.
If the county remit all Of these
alleged bad accounts it would be
opening the way to loose methods of
accounting and making claims for
losses that were avoidable.
No announcement has been made
as yet as to what will be done about
these various accounts and shortages.
The work of the recorder, F. w.
Jordan is highly complimented in the
auditors report.
An interesting summary of the re-
port is printed in this issue under
the heading, Bonneville County
Finances" and readers are invited
to observe that care of the poor"
is the third largest item of county
expense in that county, being ex-
ceeded only by the expense for roads
and bridges and conducting the
sheriff's office.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20

Another source OF receipt show
ing striking increase is he auto
mobile license which has come to
exceed $4,000 per annum.
The question Where does the
money come FROM" is answered in
extreme detail. 1t is probable that
the public look upon the disburse-
ment Of money as being more liable
to error than it's receipt, but this
idea is not supported by the report.
Nearly all Of the claims which the re-
port makes for failure to account for
public money is in that part of the
work devoted to the collection of
cash.
On page fifteen is shown the
amount due to and from the various
officials. It makes the claim that
the county owes under this head the
sum Of $286.20, while there is due
to the county from various officials
the sum Of $4365.54. Tables in
great detail show, the transactions
from which these differences arose.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
MACKEY PUBLISHER QUITS

Word comes from Mackay that
Editor L. 3. Dillingham; of that place
is arranging to go to France to serve
in the Y. M. c. A. activities, and has
already sold his home and sent his
wife to the coast. Mrs. Dillingham;
and her mother, Mrs. Diers, passed
thru Blackfoot few days ago on
their way to their new home.
We are not Informed as to what
will be done with the newspaper, but
1t will probably continue in other
hands, seeking to weather the storm
that is developing from the new gov
eminent order to economic print
paper to the limits.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
GOOD I: ROADS BULIE.TTN

people wishing to discuss roat
matters are invited to contribute K
this department. Anyone who hal
discovered a high culvert or bridge
with a shoulder or a hole that is a
damage, is invited to tell us all about
it. The Editor.)
J. H. Farley drove down the road
leading south from T. H. Hodson' 4
towards the George Parrish place
east of Blackfoot. He is sorry now.
It cost him $16.I5 in coin and con-
siderable trouble and loss of time.
The reason for the costs is that right
by the bridge there was a hole that
could not be seen till too late, and
he bumped 1t and broke a spring ON
his Overland. It cost him So tele-
phone tolls to locate spring, 1880
Tor the spring, 81 express and 1926
to have 1t put on. His own loss of
time Is not figured in.
The hole could have been filed in
i've minutes, and road overseers
draw enough money out of the
treasury to pay for finding them, and
for filling, for willing man and a
shovel are all that were needed to
fill 1t in five minutes or less.
There WAS a great opportunity
there for Mr.. Parrish or Mr.. Hold
son to walk out into the road and fill
the hole and save Mr.. Early $16.75
by sacrificing ten minutes of his
time. That would be allowing at the
rate Of 500 an hour or $500 for a
day of eight hours. or course thew
might not be able to put in the whole
day at such high rate Of usefulness,
but on the other hand, there are
other cars going over that hole every
day, and any number of them may
break springs and add to the damage
80 that the man who takes ten min
utes Of his time to go out and fill the
hole for public benefit may be saw
ing ten times the price Of car
spring, or ten times 800 an hour
for the time he works. Men have
gone all the way to Klondike for the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20

mere chance of turning their labor
to such profitable use as that, and it
is worth while for each farmer along
the line and each driver of cars go
ing about the neighborhood, to carry
a shovel and watch for opportunities
to invest a few minutes for public
benefit.
So far as the writer knows, that
opportunity is still open on the Hold
son-Parrish road, and there may be
others about the country ready to be
worked ON.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
The Honey Industry;
Its Relation to Sugar
WRITTEN BY MORLEY PETIT, FOR.
MERLY PROVINCIAL APIARIST
FOR ONTARIO, CANADA.

Five hundred tons of honey
wanted for export! This is the
word that has gone out from the
Dominion government and gives Of
fetal recognition to q new language
In Canada. Honey in hundreds of
tons!
The annual reports of the Ontario
Beekeepers' association have con-
tanned lines of figures representing
totals of crops Of few of the men,
bers who were interested enought to
report. Nobody reads them, but IL
they did they might be surprised to
learn by figuring that 800 to 500
members have annually reported ag-
gregates of 500 to 1000 tons and
over. AS say not one beekeeper in
hundred, and certainly not one
layman in a thousand reading the
figures reported comprehends or
could repeat a moment after, the
total crop of honey toilsomely col
lected from flowers by the bees of
one third of the members. Now
ninteen ont of every twenty bee
Keepers in Ontario either neglect or
object to reporting their crop, so IL
they average the same as the re-
porters the total crop might be OBJ
tanned by multiplying the reported
crop by twenty. Many Of the non
reporters have small crops. but many
OF the reporters are enthusiastic be-
ginners with almost no crop at all.
This evens them up and the fact that
the majority of large producers are
non-reporters for selfish reasons
makes 1t quite safe to estimate the
annual crop in the neighborhood Of
10000 tons Of honey produced in
Ontario alone.
1t is probably less than that this
year; but a few thousand tons Of
honey make little difference one way
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20

Many Of the so called shortages are
merely the result of defective &C.
counting or failure to collect, and
more than enough has already been
recovered by the county to pay the
cost of the audit.
Having answered the first cues
ton, the report takes up the second
and more frequent one What be-
comes of the money!" In asking
this question, the tax payer quite
often uses language which would not
look we'll in an official report.
A careful analysis emphasizes the
fact that expense grows most rapidly
in those functions of government
most highly localized and closest to
the people themselves.
State taxes show great variation.
Remittances to the state treasury
were as follows:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
AMERICANS REJECT
Hun PEACE FEELER
U. s. TERMS FOR PEACE ALREADY
GIVEN OUT, DECLARES
SECRETARY LANSING.
Governments Position Rsstated In
Plain Words When Suggestion OF
Austro-H Hungarian Govern.
n,ent Reaches CAPITAL,

WashingtOn.-The United States, a,
was fully expected, has unconditional
~ rejected Germany's peace feeler. Ii
doing so, the government has spoken
for all the cO-belligerents.
Almost Immediately after receiving
the Austrian governments note from
the minister from Sweden, Mr.. Ecken.
gren. Secretary Lansing issued this
formal statement:
Il am authorized by the president
to state that the following will be the
reply Of this government to the
Austro-H Hungarian note proposing an
unofficial conference of belligerents.
Position and Purpose Plain.
1.-THE government Of the United
States feels that there il only ono reply
which 1t can make to the suggestion of
the imperial Austro- Hungarian govern
ment. 1t has repeatedly and with en-.
tire candor stated the terms upon
which the United States would con-
slider peace. and can and will enter
tain no proposal for conference upon
matter concerning which 1t has made
Its position and purpose 80 plain"
MIR. Lansing's statement was given
out within half an hour after he had
received the Austrian proposal. It
would have been forthcoming almost
Immediately upon the delivery of the
Austrian note, had it not been found
necessary, in order to avoid the possi-
bility of grave error, to make care
full comparison between the official
text and that which was received in
news dispatches from Amsterdam.
Thus, emphasis was added to the
declfnation, IL any were needed, the
quickness of the reply indicating the
existence Of no shadow Of doubt In
the minds Of the administration az to
what it should be.
There is some reason to believe. that
the secretary acted with this unprece-
denied promptness in matter OF such
great import with the design not only |
to indicate clearly the position Of the
United States government, but perhaps
to anticipate and prevent as far 40
possible newspaper discussions Of TIE
Austrian proposition, which might con-
Vey to the enemy misleading impress
sion that there was any considerable
element In the United States willing
o consider negotiated peace, such as
he "non-binding" discussions pro-
,0sed by Austria might develop.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
10000

#wr $lUV.VU
Thru comparisons Of the annual
costs Of every department during the
seven years are shown, also COM
PARSONS of costs with those incurred
in other counties of similar size.
Special attention is given to elabor-
ate comparisons with the adjoining
county Of Bingham, to which Bonne-
vile Is closely related and which It
most closely approaches in taxable
wealth and other conditions affect
ing the cost of government.
The third question is very natur-
ally How much Is there left?" In
answering the report indications that
Bonneville county is in excellent
financial condition, being nearly as
close to cash basis as any county
in the state. 1t is practically with
out Indebtedness when its offsetting
resources are considered.
The auditing firm claims long and
varied experience in the counties Of
Idaho, and at the request of the COM
missioners has made large number
OF recommendations along executive
as well as accounting lines. Among
these perhaps the first is Bonne-
ville's need of a Court House.
Another comment is upon the loss
OF man power thru the failure to pro-
vide employment for county prison
ers, the recommendation being to
Provide ten hours hard manual la
Dor every working day for each able
bodied man in the county JAIL"
The report is neat and clear In
form and is substantially bound. It
is filed as public record, and the
commissioners invite that 1t be in
spected by anyone interested. The
work required four months to COM
plete and cost the county approxt-
mately 100000.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
Women Taking Places Of Men.

Women Taking Places Of Men.
Neutrality-suspicious. by the thou
sands are responding to the appeal
Of employers to take the place Of
men entering the army and to hll
new positions created by industrial
expansion, according to the monthly
business review of the federal reserve
board. Some indications are that in
q few more months the number Of,
women entering industry will bei
greater than the number Of men with:
drawing for military service.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
Food Scarcity PInches.

Amsterdam.-Socialist members Of
The municipal council Of Berlin raised
the food question in the council meet
ing Thursday, according to the Tsle-
graf. One speaker exclaimed: ~
10 time the war came to an end"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
RETURNED FROM THE EAST

Miss Kathryn Ryan returned to
Blackfoot Friday from an extended
trip In the east spending five weeks
IN chicago and New York buying for
the Golden Rule store.
Miss Ryan also visited with sis
ter in Chicago and the training camps
at Camp Mills, and was very favor
ably impressed with their army life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
BONNEVILLE COUNTY FINANCES

An audit of the financial records
of Bonneville county has just been
completed and filed with the county
commissioners. 1t covers a period of
seven years, beginning with the Or
ganizaton of the county and consists
OF 125 pages of tabulated statistics
and financial information.
The report is the work Of the &C
counting firm of Byron Defenbach
and sons, most of the details having
been worked out by Clark B. Moon,
one of this firms municipal experts.
The work begins with a careful
analysis Of the receipts of cash and
gives some idea of the magnitude of
the county's affairs by arriving at a
total during the period covered, of
nearly two and a quarter millions of
dollars. BY far the larger part of
this immense sum Is of course the
proceeds of direct taxation, but
large amount Is derived from sundry
fees and other official earnings.
The assessed valuation of the
county shows gradual increase
from eleven million in 1911 to four
teen and a half million in 1917. The
tax rolls, however, have increased
much more rapidly, a fact due rather
to expenditures for local purposes
than for strictly county government.
An interesting table of the report
shows the rapid increase in the sums
annually received from the state
treasury derived from public school
lands. The figures are as follows:
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
Pardoned Soldier Killed.

1t. Louis.-Forest D. Sebastian, Al
years old, Of East 1t. Louis, ILL.,, one
Of the soldiers who was psrdened by
President Wilson May 1, after having
been sentenced to death by oourtmar.
tial for sleeping on duty IN France.
was killed In action, July 20, accord.
ing to an official telegram received
by his father.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
Negro ReoIstrant, Called.

Washington. = A draft call for
29,O16 negro registrants, from thirty.
three states, qualified for general mil
itary service and to entrain for ma
tional army camps September 25-e7
has been issued by General CrowdeK
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
Serbian Forces Launch Drive.

00TUidH TOFV0S IauHOu DTVVos
Washington.-Launching Of an Of
fensive against the Bulgarians on tho
Saloniki front by the reorSanized Ser
bian army, in cooperation with
French forces, and the capture Of
three strongly fortified Bulgarian po-
sitions, 10 announced in an official
Serbian communication received here
from Sal0niki.