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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Wanted-A Governor.
(Rutland IIelald.l


The Herald created something of
stir, about eight months ago, by advo
eating the reelection of all state and
county officers including the legisla
ture, as a measure of war conserva
ton. Since that time considerable
water has flowed over the dam.
Naturally, the keynote in such {
structure of conservation as The Her
aid proposed was the reelection OF
Governor Horace +. Graham. 1t nov
appears that for sufficient reasons
the chief executive of the state-who
by the way, has made an excellent
record of accomplishment in his higl
oliice-camot become candidate.
So much was fairly foreshadowed
in the announcement of Frank f
Howe, who was tie original Graham
man and who has consistently advo
Gated his re election MIR. Howe ha
told his friends repeatedly that he
would not be a candidate agains,
Governor Graham, so his announce
ment was fairly taken as presump
ton that Governor Graham wot.ld not
run
The same thing applied measurably
to the announcement of Charles II
Darling. whose friends had felt that
he would not probably be able to con
duet successful campaign against
| Governor Graham. His announcement
| without any "ifs'' or lands would
seem additional evidence that the
present executive would not be a can
didate for reelection.
II would be difficult to express ade
quately The Herald IS disappointment
in realizing that political campaign
between Judge Darling and Mr.. How,
| is not only imminent, but that tn,
| people of the state must also proceed
TO elect n secretary of state, an at
torney general, lieutenant governor
and probably new and untried men il
a majority of towns and counties t.
represent Their in the legislature
As it looks from & standpoint o.
conservation it viii not make fo
economy or efficiency or better law
to begin operations with q new stat
practically from top to bottom, bu
apparently the situation is inevitable
Frankly, the majority of the peopl
of Vermont have not as. vet seen il
| NAthCI -sdHHouuctu candidate DOIen
tial officer who measures up to tn
best ideals of the past or the insist
ent demands Of the future 1t seem
as though Vermont could do better
and, IN qualifying its comment on Nj
Howe = candidacy. The Herald state
that it seemed impossible that tn
summer would pass without anothe
candidate s declaring himself othe
than Judge Darling
However, the time is short befor
the closing of nominations. and it be
hooves the people of the state to cor
slider whether, in the two excellen
citizens who have presented them
selves for governor, they have men VIII
viii adequately and honorably dis
charge that high and important offic
in time of war.
, as the Herald looks at it, the lint
Wanted-a Governor, could apprc
priately be kept standing in all Vel
mont newspaper offices.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

proper, dangerous, and unbusinesshke sys-
tom which has grown up Of handling the
states funds.
No state officer or state employee should
ever pay himself anything but salary, and
that should be by warrant, properly coun-
tersigned. The auditor, the purchasing
agent, the highway commissioner, or any
other officer, should never draw round
sums, covering many items, then dishurse
the money himself There should be a
positive check on every warrant issued
by the auditor, and check ON every bill
paid by the state of Vermont in any de-
partment.
The existing system, with It's use and
abuse Of open accounts, is an actual in
vitation to fraud and misrepresentation Of
the states funds, 1t should be remedicd
without delay. SO that shortage of So
600 in the account of any state officer,
| should be made absolutely impossible
1t IS with that end in view and with
unfeigned chagrin and grief that the Her.
aid submits the facts, so that complete
and permanent amendment OF such con
ditions should be had in the next legisla-
ture
Meanwhile, immediate restitution and
adjustment of the accounts must. oil
course. be insisted on 10y the officers con
cerned
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
"Tell US" urged Miss Ham.

"Tell u.s." urged Miss Ham.
"They are trying to save pork-the
people are. They have begun to APP
preciate me. They say they must
have one Cay upon which they will
not eat pork-so as to save on valu-
able creature like myself and my FAM
ily."
"There's nothing to that at all,"
said Miss Ham.
''What do you meant" squealed
Porky Pig angrily.
you're name may be Porky," said
Miss Ham, "but we're all very nearly
srelated-we pigs. And what is for
you is for us. So, the day is for all of
JUS and not only for you. Do you sup
pose they would say that they could
have one kind of pig meat and not
another? OF course not. They ap-
preciate the whole family, and know
we must be saved for the good of the
land. But it's splendid to hear that
we have a day of our own"
Eyes, a porkless day." said Perky,
"and it makes me very happy"
ITO be sure" said Miss Ham, ''for
1t is an honor pigs never expected to
have day named after them, and to
have one every week given up to say
ing the noble family of Pigs
And all the pigs grunted and squealed
proud,y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
a DADCYSg[N|NG|
J \ A|pN TALL
III 81 hAM GAHhN BONNER
PoRKY PIGS PRIDE.

81 am the great grandfather Perky
Pig of the barnyard," said Porky Pig
delightedly and proudly. ss
you're not our great-grandfathe
are you?' asked Brother Bacon.
mo, of course not. said Perky Pig
Brother Bacon, you have little sense
/ fear"
you needn't fear it, Grandfather"
said Sammy Sausage, ''you may as
we'll know it and be done with it.
Brother Bacon has little sense, very
have, and that is saying quite lot, for
none of us bother about being so ire
mendously bright
"What did you mean?" asked Pinky
Pigs mother.
81 meant what I said," replied
Perky.
"But," said Mrs. Pig, II don't see
how you can blame Brother Bacon for
what he said. He repeated your own
speech after you.'
"But he didn't get the right mean
ing, and he is stupid" said GRANDPA
Their Perky.
wont you explain it yourself?'
asked Miss Ham. t'for / am puzzled
too.''
81 didn't mean that I was a great.
grandfather of the pigs" said Perky
''as regular great-grandfather"
"Oh, that's as clear as mud" SAID
Pinky Pork.
"Well, from the way you like mud
them" said Porky, syou must have a.
least a liking for my speech"
! .'Oh, / don't know about that" sale
II Pinky squeezing. ard twisting his tai
|. into funny little knot.
g Il meant" continued Porky, shat
y was a very great grandfather. Grea
q like fine noble people, great like mas
e terful pigs, great like teachers and lee
q turers and discoverers-great, Great !,
y And the last great" he squealed witt
: all his strength.
"Ah, then you mean you're q grea
d pig" said Miss Ham. "You don't meal
/ that you've grown into great grand
i father by having great-grandchildren?
d sAren't we grandchildren?
!, asked Pinky Pig.
''No indeed" said Porky. "You'r
!. not my reat-grandchildren, neither ar,
you great in any way at all. Your,
= simply pigs"
J. ''Ah, and suppose you're not of til,
l. pig family, eh?' asked Brother Bacol
turning up his snout, for he had beef
d snubbed most horribly and he was still
d feeling little bit ashamed of himself
I and wanted to appear very bright il
the eyes. of all the pigs gathered Their
in the barnyard. '''''1. - =
sOf course I'm of the pig family
but I'm an honorable pig. I'm Grand
father Porky Pig. Yes, / am
swell, none of US ever tried to tel
p you that you weren't" said Brothe
= Bacon.
= s'But-and that means so much
= but" continued Porky Pig. 'there i
i difference between me and all tn
q rest of YOU"
It "You're Older" said Pinky Pi
ID grunting rudely.
as ''That may make me WISER" sal
,el Perky Pig. treating Pinky's speech q
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

First the experts explained to the
German people that we could not send
an army over to fight them because the
U-boats would sink our troopships. A
little later they explained the arrival
of American troops as due to clever
strategy on the part of the German
high command. We were to be al
lowed to land an army in France in
order that the U-boats might starve
our soldiers to death by destroying
their supply ships. With nearly $780,
900 American soldiers in France it is
surely about time the starvation proc
ess started. From all accounts. how
ever, our boys in the war zone are
about as well fed as they are at home.
The sinking of our ships, too, is at low
ebb. The point is rapidly being reached
where the Kaiser will Re willing to
swap an iron cross for the best abb
that he can offer to the often fooled
German people.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
TUESDAY, AUGUST, 13, 1918.
A TRAGEDY.

Governor Graham has asked the
people of Vermont to reserve Judgment
At a time when an apparent shortage
IF nearly $4,000 appears in the ae-
counts Of the state auditors office for
the terms which he filed 1902 1916.
The Governors admission, however.
that he did wrong in the matter of his
salary and official expenses preiudices
his ease at the start Looked at from
any angle the situation is more than a
sca.dal-it is a tragedy. No man in
the state set so high in the people s
favor as Governor Graham He has
been the most progressive and cner-
getic chief executive that the state
has ever had. lie advocated and
fought for reforms which would put
Vermont in the front line of progress
sive commonwealth. Some of the ben
efcial changes he secured, particularly
the plan to put the state on better
business basis, and his advocacy of
other measures, which failed for the
time, gave them strength from which
they will come baci, for more careful
consideration. Judge o. NJ. Barber, a
former auditor, may be able to clear
mp the tangle. We trust he will. But
the cold fact remains that regardless
Of any explanation which may be made
Horace Graham is dead politically
The hope of friends that he would
sometime represent the state in the
highest councils of the Ldtion is blast.
I'd. To say that Yermonters every
where are shocked and grieved only
mildly expresses the situation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
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cleveland. s. l.. Purinton (Esteyville),
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Lemon Juice
For FreckIes
Girls! Make beauty lotion at
home for a few cents. Try it!

Squeeze the juice of two lemons into
a bottle containing three ounces of orchard
white, shake well, and you have quarter
pint Of the best freckle and tan lotion, and
complexion beautiiier, at very, very small
cost
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of orchard white for few
cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant To-
ton into the face, neck, arms, and hands
each day and see how freekles and bleln-
ishes disappear and how clear. soft and
white the skin becomes. Yes, 1t is harm
less.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE pApE

CLOTHES.
Clothes are wat You half to ware
To keep yourself warm and correct
able
Its all rite to be born without eny,
But the rest of the time they're more
respectable.
We ware more in summir than win
tir,
And we ware more awake than asleep,
And there's genrelly a CRATE deel of
diffrents
Between the ones we give away and
we keep.
Some things we ware are necessities,
Sutch as overcoats and sherts,
Vile others are only luxeries
Suteh as powder on the noses of flerts.
You can tel by what person wares
jest wat he genfelly. does,
Therefore if beggars, wore full dress
scots
They wood half to waste too mutch
time Explaining wat they was.
Animals don't ware clothes at ALL
Being satisfied with their hair,
And 50 wood people too, maybe, -.
If they had it eyeryw.lfe.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Draft Vagaries.

Barre Tines.)

\ wooden-legged recruit and another
candidate with only one arm turned up
in a middle west cantonment the other
day. Some day an enterprising local board
will draft the parish pump 1t must be
said for, the country boards in Vermont
that the percentages Of ineligibles sent to
camp has been very small The figures
are not at hand, but We suspect that
Washington and Orange counties stand
well to the fore Confiction OF orders has
often been responsible for the appearance
IN camp OF men physically unit for mill
tary duty, yet IN many cases the county
boards have only followed instructions
and the ultimate rejection Of the men at
the cantonment has been traced to a
change IN tests which the rule book I'M
derwent while the recruit was in transit
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

When the history of the war is final
ly written thrilling chapter will tell
of the gallantry in action of the Ameri-
can marines on the battlefront in the
summer of 1918. The marines form
only small part OF our fighting force
at the front, but the heavy casualties
among them show that they have faced
terrible ordeal and have worthily up
held the splendid traditions of the SOL
diers of the sea.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
Flour at Rate of
$40 per Barrel

We have received a car of
Old-Fashioned Low Grade
Flour in 140-lb. sacks. We
are selling it to merchants at
a price that will enable them
to retail this at the rate of
$1,000 per barrel, or about
$3.50 per barrel less than the
higher grades. Of course,
this Low Grade Flour re-
quires the same amount of
substitutes. A year ago we
were selling many cars of
Old-Fashioned Low Grade
Flour for human consump-
ton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
A Paramount Duty.
(Rutland Herald, Aug. 49,


Elsewhere in this issue, the Herald pub
ishes the result of a partial examination
# the books Of the state auditor. This
tatement is published solely as a matter
If public duty, first, TO the readers OF
he Herald, and second, to the people of
Vermont
Rumors have been current for some
months regarding an alleged deficiency in
he state treasury and recently they
ave assumed such definite form that
they have approached the dimensions of
1 public scandal, owing to many exagger-
atoms
Connected with such rumors has been
persistent mention of the name OF Cover
nor Horace +. Graham who until recent
y was potential candidate for re-eloc-
ton.
Following the announcement Of his re us
II to consider a second term, the Her
ald. having previously established its right
% inspect the books of the state auditor
allied for the facts regarding thnir condi-
ion with reference to Governor Graham 5
accounts during his service as auditor.
The figures as supplied by the present
auditor are therefore given out. without
undertaking to say whether the many
items appearing without proper vouchers
to cover them do, in fact, represent any
delinquency on the part of the present
governor and former state auditor
Without dwelling unduly on the pain
md humiliation which all Nermonters
must feel in facing such a situation. the
Herald feels that the outstanding and sig
nificant fact therein is the utterly i'm
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
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II is the aim Of the management to secure
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edy immediately applied. 1t is only by this
method that the publisher can secure the dc.
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
An Old Resident.

Tommy, four, was taking his visiting
aunt for walk. She was a little du-
bious as to where Tommy was lead
ing her. so finally she questioned:
Tommy, are you sure you know where
you are going?" Tommy replied,
scornfully: DO you think I've lived
four years in this city and don't know
my way about yetT'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

had $945,000 left. Most of us think
of the concern as manufacturing scales
only. 1t claims to control Go per cent
of the American and As per cent of
the world s scale business, but so per
cent of the value of the prod1ct which
it turns out is in mill supplies, valves,
transmissions, trucks, wheelbarrows,
gas engines. pipes, etc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

One man in every ~ of the popu-
lation of England is in the army. The
same ratio holds good of Scotland.
Wales has contributed one man in
every ten and fifth, Ireland one mar
in every twenty-six and a third, and
the overseas dominions one man in
every Is.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
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papers for this information. If
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per is not changed on the second
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-08-13

7he Z. & T. Fairbanks company of
st. Johnsbury earned profits of $685.
600 last year and after paying taxes
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-06-05
AcTUAuDADES EXTRANJERAS .
IA CRISIS DE LA NATALIDAD
IN NFORME DE Nj. PAUL DESCHANEL
Trad. del frances para LA PRENSA.

A hacer referencia de su infor-
me al Consejo General de la cues
ton Ge Ia despob!aci6n, NJ, Borro-
NEE. Prafecto de Eure-et-Loir, provo
ca ma intervention de NJ. Deschanel.
FL Presidente de la Camara de Dr.
rutados. que es tambien conseJero
,reperal de Eure-at-Loir, eNpuso sus
IDEAS acerca de Ia crisis de la nata-
lidad que Nevada por la guerra a
an estado agudo, hace surg!r un pro-
ELENA tcmible Y complexo entire to-
dos, en- donde Sc concentran el por-
iv-nir ia existercia misma de nues-
ira raza." He aqui los PARTICIPATES
periodcs de este irforme:
"Desde hace tres amos, ell numero
de los nacimientos habidos en- Eure-
et-Loir acusa una disminuci6n cons
tante. En- la actualidad Sc cuentan
dos muertes por cada nacimiento. A
este paso. de aqui a n generaclon,
habra perdido el departamento Ia mi
tad De 81 poblaci6n. La gravedaG del
| pcligro ysu generaiidad cIaman por
una reaction Immediate.
"Oue los datos del problema demo-
grafico sean falsos en- Ia actualidad,
| que Sc hace neceSario buscaE Y en-
contrarle a Ia exacerbacion del NAL,
I%urante la guerra, cauSas accidental
les ' que entire todos los beligeran-
tes-y en- Alemania 10 mismo que en-
jFrancia-se acuse igual dehilitamien-
to en- la natalidad, es %indudable. Pc
no no podemoS olvidar que entire no
sotros. mucho antes de "a guerra, los
| nacimientos Sc equilibraban, apenas,
con las defunciones, que csc estan-
camiento de nuestra %poblaci6n era
causa va de CIRCLES preocupac,ones
~ cue Ia batalla siega, mediante gol-
pes formidables. nueStra %juventud.
d .bemos pensar en- que Il Fran
cia infecunda V rodeada de pueblos
prolificos, Quedaria desarmada muy
prcnto en- la lucha de intereses, pa
IA no yer mas que este aSpecto de Ia
question, V que perderia su fuerZa de
expansion Y tendria que abdicar de su
pre:tigio V de su papel mundial.
| DE que nos serviria haber rechaZa-
| DO Ia aggression asesina V hecho radl-
car sobre el mundo la gloria fran
| cesa, 81 al dia siguiente de "a victoria,
! aceptamos csta decadencia Y nos re-
| signamos con csc genera de lento e
inconsciente suicide? Manana, no So
| tamente d~escuidado. Al Impulse de ia
nuestras q~uintas lie campo Y nuestras
fahricas, nuestro suelo Y nuestras
herramientas. Ante TODD tendremos
sue reconstruir la naci0n. FL pre-
| hlema de la deSpoblaci0n ha tornado
! N aspecto trigico. Ali radica IN
! peligro nacional; eE precise denun-
! ciarlo primero para conjurarlo des-
pues'.
:Cual es el medic? NJ Deschanel
% defini6. La lucha contra Ia
mortalidad V Ia "mort;-natalidad", el
levantamiento de la natalidad.
LA lucha contra la mortalidad Y
la "morti-natalidad" ha sido prose-
guida con algUn exito durante los Ill
limos amos, pero sin plan ninguno
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-06-05
CDNTRANENIAN UNA DfSPO-
SICION.
CARICATG.

Hace algunOS dias el jcfa de IA
policia Lancaster hizo sabec todos los
h~abitanteS de Ia ciudad. por medic
de los ~periodicos. que toda persona
que Sc banara en- el rio de san Anto-
Mo sin levar traje de bano, seria
areStado. Entire cuatro Y cinco de
IA tarde Sc banaban en- Ell referido
rio, dentro del parque de Bcackenrid-
ge, Silvestre Sorola Y Tomas Nc
ran, ambos RESIDENCES del canine de
Rock Quarry; como ninguno de ellos
usaba traje de banista, Sc les encar-
cello por faltaS g IA moral.