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Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10
Kerensky Real Diplomat.

Here is Kerensly story told by a
man lately returned from Pegograd'
Kerensky was summoned from his ho-
tel after midnight to the headquarters
OF the provisional government, A fel-
low guest Mt the hotel met Kerensky
as he was going out and, learning of
the summons KerenslSy had received,
exclaimed:
mot another revolution, ] hopeW
az don't know" replied kerensky,
and hurried away.
The next day his fellow guest asked
Kerenslky what had been the trouble
which had brought him out so late the
previous evening.
Kerensky smiled.
"I had forgotten to sign letter" he
replied.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10
GUMPTION, ~
Which is plain Common Sense, in United States
ma! nAlanguage, without Educational Furbelows.
. IN RY J.. II. IIOVERNG1AI4E.

all coal consumers to become
members. | am not at liberty to
give further details until the pre-
liminary organization is made,
out it is another evidence Of the
trend of thought toward cooper
alton of the people.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10
Take a Tip
From Old
DiOgenes
BY MOSS.
nLATo having a

ID LATo having a
4 couple Of thou
wwW'B h iSgS sand years ago de-
&SM wa fined man as a
G9 M two legged animal
AA NM without feathers,
uSL% Diogenes Ithe chap
hEulAAlf Nd, who went around
w In the daytime
with n lantern looking for an
honest mani plucked Il rooster
and took II into the academy
where the ancient philosophers
discussed everything under the
sun aud said, This Is Plato's
man." On which account this
addition was made to the deb-
milton: with broad. HAT mills
We all admit that old Diog-
enes was n pretty smart Greek,
with n 6ue sense OF humor. II
he lived today he wouldn't nave
TO use his lantern among day
light newspapers to end IN hon
est advertiser. SUCCESSFUL
ADVERTISERS MUST Blt
HONEST. Dishonesty doesn't
pay in advertising or In any
thing else. No daylight paper
wants 10 shave anything to do
with the space buyer who dell0'
erately tries to fool the public.
hut. coming back to Plnto's
7 modified man, the moral OF that
story Is; BE exact BE specific.
Don't overlook the details.
Do you watch the ads. In this
paper CAREFULLY enough'
DO you keep posted on the de
milsg DO you make II your busl'
ness to read them with ENACT
NESS?
DON'T SKIP THE
BROAD, FLAT NAILS"
iii
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10
Il Depends Upon the Ok.
l@ A IZsIII IHEls

Timothy Titcome once said that
'There is either a great deal OF
human nature in the hog, or a
great deal of the hog in human
nature" !" Which probably ac-
counts for the variant moods OF
man when self is considered.
( Itis easy to bubble over with
patriotism when it requires no
effort or sacrifice. We can even
sizzle- with a burning Indignation
at the CONSCIOUSNESS capers OF the
profiteers of the war and elo-
-quently consign them to a super
heated Gehenna for their inhu-
man extortion unless we are
in a position to do some extorting.
1t depends upon whose OK is be-
ing gored whether we condemn
or applaud. For deep down in
THE heart of man, buried beneath
the veneer of his civilization, is
that spirit of selfishness that will
excuse an act done by himself
that if done by another would be
henious.
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10
Potatoes a Modern Food.

Only within the last century has the
potato become a staple of our dinner
tab.es, says the Journal of Heredity.
Il was first discovered by the Span
lards In Ecuador and first mentioned
in 1850. by 1856 II had been brought
10 North America, whence Sir Walter
irs,elgh took II to England a year
later tlStll about a hundred years ago
II was des5Scl as food for hsman
beings, except us ~ emergency li,lon
In times Of famir WIS W'ueiy
uepd aa fr~
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10

1t depends upon whose OK is be-
ing gored whether we condemn
or applaud. For deep down in
the heart of man, buried beneath
the veneer of his civilization, is
that spirit of selfishness that will
excuse an act done by himself
that If done by another would be
henious.
We pour out invective upon
the-meat packer and hurl acrld
anathema at the sugar kings on
account of the high prices, and
if we have an article of feed to
sell to eur neighbor we put the
price so high that it can only be
seen with a high-power telescope.
Profteering is an awful crime
except when we do it ourselves.
The ultimate consumer is the
goat" He is held up and rob-
bed SO constantly that he goes
about with his hands up always,
fiiguratively. The manufacturer
adds excess profits, the jobber
excess profits and the retailer
adds still more excess profits and
when the consumer goes to buy
half his money goes to the profit
GERS. The only excuse that is Of
fered now for boosting prices is
that "Everybody's DOM 1t. .
Increased cost of production
was the first excuse, but when
Che oyster men said that the cos
the aqueous insects of the sea on
(which the oysters feed are dear
er; and. the honey men claimed
that bee-pasture was higher, ano
the BARRIERS raised the price o.
shaves because it was harder t
get water for the lather, most o
the hogs realized that TO tell th'
truth would be more convincing
SO they are admitting that they
pui prices up because they could
show how quickly the idea
IN will change, take the Goa
ion here. Four or five loca
supply the town. Las
r they supplied the citizen
.oal at 10 cents a bushel
winter the mining cost ther
per bushel more and fee
heir team is a little higher
and the consumers paid the rails
s to 121zlwillingly. These coal me
were as vociferous as any of I
in denouncing the food hogs fl
putting up the prices of foot
1t was their OK being gored. Bl
the severe weather came on |
and found most of the citizer
with-inadequate coal supply, an
the coal men, realizing that tn
was their opportunity, prompt
added an extra 5 cents to Il
price of the bushel, and the co
sumer is given his choice of pa
'ag that hold-up or freezing, nc
withstanding the fact that Y
have a coal administrator. B
these coal men who denounc
the food hogs are not denouncil
Themselves least not audibl
It's the other fellows OK thaf
Being gored.
&But just as>surely as there II
law Of compensation there is
law of retribution. Thegyeed
the profiteers has overreach
itself and the people have be
driven to protective measur,
In the case Of the railroads tn,
greed has lost them their pre-
erty, and the food hogs have
sell at prices fixed for them.
home the unlocked for price
coal has had the effect of forci
the organization Of a co-operat
coal company. This move is
ready in process of formati,
"A lease of coal property will
secured and the coal will be m
ed and delivered to the memb
Of the company at cost of p
duction. aud The plan is to all
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10

chile of war. You must go into
the crucible to come out as refin-
ed metal or be consumed as dross
according to your merit. Chris
tianity will emerge from the fire
strengthened, refined and purifi-
ed, and, freed from worldliness,
will permeate the lives Of the peo-
pie in all nations.
y i
But the thing that concerns US
most directly is the part that we,
as individuals. are playing in the
grim tragedy that is being enact
ed with the world as the stage
Are we aiding the Armenians?
who are the Armenians?' did
you say? Concretely, they are a
nation of the most ancient Chris
tians who are being murdered,
pillaged and driven from their
homes by the Turks. Abstract
Iy, they are any Of the stricken
peoples who are overrun by the
unspeakable Huns.
There are millions of women
chiidron and old men in that part
| pf France, Belgium and Armenia
jverrun by the Germans who are
actually starving to death. Do
you, as-you sit down to your own
table with plenty to eat, ever lei
the picture of the Belgian or Ar
menian mother watching, in an.
quish that is doubly poignant be-
couse she is powerless to relieve,
ner baby die of hunger? Do you
think when you are wasting food
oi the millions who are dying OF
munger? Are not these people,
in the scriptural sense, your
neighbor? If you give only what
you do not need you are not do
ing your share. / heard a lady
say, a few evenings ago, that in
J this war we must give till il
piliches. F." That is the idea. i
we give till it pinches we are car
rying out the Christ idea. Oh
the same evening | heard maj
S remark, on being told the pur
pose of the Armenian meeting
ITS another money-gettini
scheme" Mentally, / locke,
: oack over the few years | ha,
S know that man and | could no
0 remember to have seen him a
+ church or his name on a Chart
\ subscription list. | wondered
{ any rea JOY ever came into hi
!. lie of selhshness. or if a genel
GUS impulse had ever expande
MS soul.
I
Z I'VE must give till it pinches.
II That must be our practice. O
q every hand will arise demand
e Tor assistance, and when worth
y must be met. We must Ii,
Z more frugally in order to be alb
70 help the distressed. We mu
give up pleasures that cost mo-
a ey in order to gain happiness
a the relief of suffering.
Of You are in the crucible.
I'd YOU turn a deaf ear to humanity
~ crySpou will be consumed asdros
8 70 use Injuries or commit was
ii IS Il deliberate OaSime against h
p. manity and God.
to The noblest impulse y6Ne
At feel now is the impulse that il
Of pels you to deny yourself all tn
lg you can do without by "pinc
We ing" and giving to the war.ma'
al widows and orphans.
m. The test is upon us, Will '
be come out of the crucible rein
n silver?
RS
20 Let us do that next job
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10
Look Here R
Things we all ought
but which none Of 80
remember, and of
don't know WI
look to fiji

(of special interest to appIican
school certificates who are not subso
but who just drop in to get copy
Licking Valley courier., 1918-01-10
BY MOSS.

VOUR gran d.
i mother used
to do her buying
with much more
difficulty. than you
do now.
She had to in
spect nearly ev-
-
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
A DANISH CELEBRATION.
Of Christmas Was Held BY the Danish
Brotherhood.

The Danish brotherhood held their
annual reunion and Christmas tree in
the Knights of Columbus hall Thursday
evening, with a large crowd in attend
ance, in spite of the inclement weather.
The Christmas tree in all of its resplend-
ent glory was unveiled about $3.50
o'clock. The occasion was celebrated in
true Danish fashion, Christmas songs
Of the homeland being rendered by Chris
ten Mekkelson, with Miss Anna Nelson
az the accompanist.
Sweetmeats Of various kinds were then
passed around to all, including both
Young and old, after which followed the
distribution of the presents, of which
there were no small number.
The remainder of the evening was tax
en- up with dancing, the music being fur
nished by Loran Rasmussen until 1880
At that time large and bounteous re-
past was served.
After the supper, solos were given by
Miss Margaret Murray, accompanied by
Miss Edith Perrin at the piano. Other
songs were given by four discharged
soldiers, who were guests of the broth
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
TALK or THE TOWN

For Sale-Coal heaters and cook stoves,
all sizes. Abram Fine, 46 Maple avenue.
Tel. 1892.
"Stock taking for the Year Of Our Lord
1918" will be the theme at the Presbyte-
rian church tomorrow night at Z.
A young gentleman, Peunis 0ckerse, a
student at the Harvard dental college,
whose home is in South Africa, is visit
ing John w. Sowles at the home of John
J. Sowles Of Beckley HILL
Mr.. and Mrs Walter johnson and
daughter, Letitia, of Greenfield, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Hutchinson of
Barre. David johnson and Miss Machia
Of Barre were at Charles Johnson's on
the plainfield road Dec, 26 to help Mrs
c. johnson in a celebration of her 53d
birthday. and also Of Mrs. Walter John
sons, both being the same day. In the
evening about 50 Of the neighbors and
other friends gathered to help make the
birthdays lifelong remembrance. The
guests left for their homes in the small
hours of the morning The affair was in
the form of family reunion and a sur.
prise to Mrs. G. johnson. Mr. and Mrs
Walter johnson left to-day for theiI
home in Greenfield.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
TALK or THE TOWN

Dance in Rowland hall Saturday even
ing; gents 75c, ladies l0c.-adv.
All who have dishes belonging to Odd
Fellows hall please return them before
Jan. /.
Buy your work shoes of M. Charbon.
neau & Son, shoe shop, Keith avenue, and
save money adv
Call and get prices on Andes ranges
and heaters. Good line Of second hand
ranges and heaters, stovepipe and elbows
r. A. Prindle,
Co. dance at Montpelier city hall
Dec. 81; music by Landi apd Forsell's or
chestra; also featuring James Bennett
Vermont's lyric tenor, and other musical
noveties.-adv.
Notice: Ladies of Clan Gordon please
leave due books with the Fin. Sec, Mrs
Mary Angus, before Tuesday, Dec. 81, for
the semi-annua audit. Christina q
Leith, recording secretary
Mrs. Lawrence E. Howe, who has beer
spending the Christmas holidays with hen
mother Mrs. Gertrude j. Holder, has re
turned to her home in ClaTemont, N. II
Mrs. Howe was accompanied by hel
brother, Harry l.. Kent, who has gone t.
Boston and Beverly. Mass ON business
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Ladies' Separate
Skirts
We are putting in a lot of

We are putting in a lot of
odd Skirts of the seasons best
cloths and styles, such as
Serges, Poplins, Tussah Cloth,
Novelties and Silks, at only
one-half the original price.
You haven't been able to buy
cheap Skirt for EVERYDAY wear
for long time. Now you can
buy in this sale just the Skirt
YOU want at much less than the
cloth alone would cost you.
Then, during this sale we are
going to let you pick from our
regular Skirt stock of Woods
and Silks at just one-fourth off
from the regular price. These
Skirt values should surely in
terest you at once.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Cotton w ash Goods

Some Of these prices will
seem ridiculous. You couldn't
buy in case lots at these prices.
One lot of Standard Cling
hams in odd patterns at l9c
per yard.
All of our 35c Ginghams at
Csc per yard. These are new
styles, the best on the market.
One lot of White Ground and
Black Ground Prints. New
Prints sell for 25c per yard.
This lot at l21ac per yard.
One lot of Yard Wide 35c
Cloths TO cover comforters.
This at Csc. Cotton Batting
marked down to go with this
cloth.
One lot Of Csc, 3sc and SOC
Wash Goods, all in one lot,
Your choice at l9c per yard.
All of our 45c Fleeced Goods
for kimonos and children's
wear at 29c per yard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Towels and Crashes

One lot of 15c Unbleached
Turkish Towels at l0c each.
One lot of Csc Linen Towels,
all hemmed, ready to use,
now lSc.
One lot of 29c Bleached
Turkish Towels at &c.
One lot of Csc Bleached
Turkish Towels at l9c.
One lot of Csc Fancy Turk
ish Towels at Acc each.
One lot of 22-inch All Linen
Welt Crash, now at l5c.
One lot of 18c Imitation of
Linen, now 121ac.
One lot of 35c 19-inch Ste
vens Unbleached Twilled Crash
now &c.
One lot of 3Sc 19-inch Ste
vens' Bleached Twilled Crash,
now 24c.
One lot of &c 20la-inch Ste
vens' Unbleached Plain Crash,
now 19c.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Dress Goods

These special lots cannot be
bought at wholesale for these
sale prices.
One lot of 44-inch Sponged
and Shrunk Storm Serge. This
cloth sells for from $l75 to
$500 per yard. It's the best
wearing cloth on the market.
Will wash perfectly. This lot
in different colors at S1.29 per
yard.
One lot of very fine French
Serge, 40 inches wide. We are
selling this cloth at $3.50 per
yard, and they are very hard
to get. This lot at SITS per
yard.
One lot Of 50-inch Gabardine
in colors of Wisteria. Brown,
Black and Gray. These are
worth in new cloths $3.50 per
| yard. These are cloths just
right for light coats or whole
suits. This lot at $1.s8 per
| yard.
One lot of Brown and Green
Poplin in our stock at $3.75,
now at $3.50 per yard.
One lot of Broadcloths.
These are our $500 cloths, to
close at $3.50 per yard. For
coats or suits.
One lot Of Heavy Coatings
that were $3.50. SOS and
| $3.50, to close at sl.s8 per yard.
All our Dress Goods at sale
prices.
All of our Silk Velvets
that have been so good at $2.25
to close at $3.50 per yard,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
GOT cRoIx DE GUERRE.
Edwin H. Hughes, Jr., Son Of Bishop Of
Methodist Church.

Maiden, Mass, Dec. 2S.-Edwin II.
Hughes, IT.. Of this city, son of Bishop
Edwin H. Hughes of the Methodist Epis
eopal church, has been awarded the croix
de guerre by the French government, ac-
cording to word received at his home
here to-day.
The honor was awarded for an act Of
heroism on Nov. and 5, when he faced
severe artillery and machine gun fire to
remove wounded comrades from the dan.
ger zone. He is attached to French
ambulance unit
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Underwear

All Underwear at sale prices.
This means spring Underwear
as we'll as winter. Our winter
Underwear has been at last
seasons prices. Better buy
now for next season. All kinds
are marked down. This in
cludes our whole line of Mum
sing Underwear, that we have
always reserved from a sale.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28

erhood, Dancing was again resumed for
a short time
The party broke up in the small hours
of the morning, with everyone declar
ing they had had a very delightful time
and hoping to have a repetition of il
in the near future.
The committee in charge Of arrange
ments consisted Of Mr. and Mrs Henry
Lunde, Louis Taft and Mr. and Mrs. An
drew Rinrn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Donestics
One lot of 4O-inch Lockwood

One lot of 40-inch Lockwood
Cotton. This is a 35c Cotton,
this sale Csc per yard.
One lot of Yard-Wide Cot
ton, a 33c Cotton. As good
as Lockwood. This lot at 23c
per yard
One lot Yard Wide Bleached
Hill Cotton. This is a 35c Cot
ton, one of the best washing
Cottons on the market. This
sale at Csc per yard.
One lot of "a Bleached
Sheeting, same grade as Pc
quot. An Sc Cotton. This lot
at 62iac per yard.
One lot 42-inch Pequot Pill
low Tubing, 45c grade, at BIC
per yard.
One lot 45-inch Pequot Pill
low Tubing, a 49c grade, at
35c per yard.
One lot of 2S-inch Bleached
Outing Flannel. This is our
2oc Outing, at 22c per yard.
One lot of 39c Yard Wide
Bleached Outing at &c per
yard.
One lot of 45c Yard-Wide
Bleached Outing at 35c per
yard,
One lot of 49c Yard-Wide
BIeached Outing at 39c per
yard.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Children's w arm
Coats

What we have left in Chill
dren's Warm Coats go n this
sale to clean up the stock, at
one-third off the regular price.
Here are some extra good Coat
values at just the time when
the children will want them.
There are a few small sizes IN
this sale at only one-halt the
original price.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Gard Of Thanks.

l wish to thank relatives and friends
for the many kind acts shown me during
my long illness, also for the postcard
shower, birthday gifts and other gifts re-
ceived. Wendell Dudley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Dudley
South Barre
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Hosiery

All kinds of Hosiery now in
this sale.
This includes Black Cat
Hose in all grades, and all Silk
Hosiery
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28

We would not buy cheap
Coats this season, because the
cloths were so bad they would
not wear. But in this sale we
are going to give you a chance
to buy good Coat at cheap
price.
We have one rack of Coats
in the seasons best style and
quality, that sold at $500 and
$3.50 each, These we will sell
while they last at only $500
each.
In the better grade Coats,
of qualities that are the best
and values that you will not
be able to duplicate for num-
Der Of seasons, at prices that
will close the entire line with
in two weeks. If you want
good Coat, this is your chance.
If it was not necessary Tor
us to have this sale now, we
would not make these big sac
rihces.
We have a few Summer
Coats that we carried over and
these we will sell at much less
than what the cloths alone
would cost. Here are Coats at
one-third the original cost.
This means that you can buy
a $500 Coat for 1894.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28
Table Linen

This stock of Linens is rath-
er small. What we have is at
a very low price, below what
new Linens would cost us to-
day.
Csc 60-inch Mercerized
Damask for .... 49c
sc 64-inch Mercerized
Damask for ..... CSC
Sl.00 68-inch Mercerized
Damask for ...... .79c
$l.87 70-inch Linen
Damask for ...$ l.39
S2.75 70-inch Linen
Damask for ......,I .9S
$298 70-inch Linen
Damask for ......... $I.9S
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28

Trimmed and untrimmed hats at half
price. AIrs- c. q Wood
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28

These special lots cannot be
bought at wholesale for these
sale prices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-12-28

South Barre.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
LAST DAYS
 OF FRONTIER
 PASS AWAY The Whole Territory Is Now Bone Dry and
 Alaskan Accept
 Conditions. USHER IN NEW YEAR Plenty of Noise and Fun making and Several : Snowfall Battles
 Ragged.
USHER IN NEW YEAR

Last night at midnight, Alaska
 the last frontier the home of the sourdough and the gambler, of the Northern Lights and the dance halls went dry. An epic in the history of the last great frontier Alaska the youngest Territory and among the first to set the example for her older and more civilized Eastern sisters, is dry It is hard to realize but it is true.
 With plenty of noise, with much good natured snowballing and shout ing, but without serious discord of any kind Juneau, the Capital City, witnessed the passing of the saloons. Hardly a person in the city today but who is glad that they have been given the knockout. Saloon men themselves, who have followed the business for years express no regrets, and most of them have said they are as glad as anyone else that the business has been regu- lated out
 Early last evening those who were regular patrons of saloons and many who hardly ever entered one in the olden days started making the rounds from one bar to another. The thought that it was the last chance, and that today the town would be saloOnless attracted many of them, while curiosity to see what others would do attracted others.
 There was no serious disorders. Several incipient snowfall fights started which quickly resolved them selves into free for all fights, but the police were always on hand and quickly stopped any tendency to ser ious disturbance. One or two small windows were broken by snowballs and by staggering men falling against them, and a few men were sent to the police station to sleep off the effects of their celebration, after they had demonstrated to the po- lice that they were incapable of finding their way home.
 Several of the bars in the city were completely out of liquor or ''suds" early in the afternoon, but the Alaskan, Gastineau, Grotto, Tucks Place, Montana, Circle City, and New York Exchange had plenty to supply the demand and until the last minute were dishing it out over the bar to the belated revelers. Promptly at the stroke of twelve the patrons of all these places were turned into the street and the key turned in the locks for the last time.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
NEW TACTICS ARE REQUIRED TO MEET
 EUROPEAN CONDITIONS

TOXIC, Jan. 1-The annual army manoeuvers this winter differed from those of preceding years in two re- spects. First. there was some at- tempt at air fighting, although only a few machines were used the work was sharply done and for the first time in Japan. The other departure was the adoption of the German tactics for the concentration of troop bodies by railways. The attacking army too, was larger than the army of defense, and this was an unusual feature. The Emperor in his ad- dress to the troops pointed out the necessity for new tactics to meet changed conditions in Europe.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-01-01
MARBLE MEMORIAL
 IS ERECTED IN
 HONG OF FRYATT

LONDON, Jan. LA striking mar ble memorial to Captain Fryatt, the merchant shipping captain who was executed by the Germans, has just been erected in London. An inscrip-