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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-02-28

of the mans neck and went his way.
A little later the man stopped down to
pick up the burr that holds the wheel
on, whereupon the axle fell on him
giving him mortal wound from
which he Immediately died When
Death heard of it he soliloquized as
follows: 1T was not so much what
the man said to me as the way he
said it, that caused me to decide to
breathe upon the nape of his neck"
Death came along one day where a
man was planting vine on the grave
of his little girl. The man was weep
ing. Death went softly up to the man
and laid his hand on his arm. "Now,"
said Death, 81 am not surprised to
find you weeping, but you tell me why
you do so" well" replied the man,
drying his tears, 81 had planned SO
many things for her. She was to be
educated highly, be proficient in music
and other arts and was to be a leader
among women" so, So" replied
Death, Il once had an only daughter
and I wept when she was separated
from me and | can sympathizc, with
you" Death then went on to soothe
the mans nerves and comfort his
heart. "Your little girl" continued
Death, "is much better off, for it was
left to me to say whether she should
see YOU die or that you should see
her die, and I wished to spare her the
great grief, for you were better able
to bear it."
One time Death came along where
a man and his child were lamenting
by the remains Of a sparrow that had
! been torn by hawk The little child
was weeping bitterly, for she had
seen the hawk destroy the sparrow
The man went on to comfort the child
by telling her that it was Gods way
of doing things He told the child
that God had made one creature to
live BY the destruction of another ant
that all were made to be DESTROYED BY
others. The child could not compre
bend the goodness of God in the face
.. of this explanation and So she talked
more about it. who is to destroy
u.s." asked the little girl as she peeret
,, into her fathers flushed face. "Deatl
will do it sooner or later" replied tn,
father and this information started i,
shudder over the child's frame and ;
chill took possession of her. Where
upon Death spoke for the first tim'
and said, "You do me wrong to liker
me to Life. 1t is true that one lift
must take another. but my work is OF
the opposite basis I only take t.
bless that you may live again. Will
life is only given that it may be sur
rendered unto a higher and bette
. plane. Life is sweet, but millions ar
!, /, now telling that 7 am swceter, afte
ALL
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-02-28

A son was born, February 81, to Mr.,
and Mrs. George Brumlee.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-02-28

seen big fat woman and A lccp
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06

There will be Holy Communion
and reception of members at Grace
Methodist church Sunday morning at
1880. Sunday school at IL and eve
ming service at 7.30. The subject OF
the evening address will be - e
Harvest Fields of the World"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06
SEIZE CANADIAN SUGAR

ALBUEG, Sept. 6-Buying a 100
pound sack of granulated sugar in
Canada and attempting to smuggle
il into Vermont and to his home in
this town without paying duty re-
quired by the United States custom
laws will result very costly for Louis
Martin of Alburg, who was appre-
hended in the act by Deputy Collect
or of Customs H. C. Ladd at East
Alburg.
The touring car of Martin was
seized with the sugar by Collector
Ladd and after being appraised is
held by the government pending the
action by Unitel States District At
torney Vernon A. Billiard of Bur-
lington on the matter.
By the United States custom laws
all vehicles used in the smuggling
traffic can be confscated and if not
valued at more than $500 can be sold
at public auction by the custom Off
Gals and the money turned over to
the government, but all vehicles over
that amount have to be held and the
matter taken into the federal court.
The Martin machine is valued at
about $3.50.
There is no federal law prohibit
ing the buying of goods in Canada,
but the duty must be paid.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06

The City Mission service will be
held in the Y. M. C. A. hall at eight
o'clock Sunday evening. Sermon by
Rev. A. S. Woodwork.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06

The subject of the sermon at the
Adventist church Sunday morning
will be Goods New Social Order" as
seen in Matt. 49, The theme in the
evening will be Goods High Cost Of
Living" from the text Isaiah 55:1,2.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06
Evening Caledonian
Established 1897
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1919
LOCAL NEWS

Miss Maude Brown is spending
two weeks in Boston.
Mrs. O'Brien of Boston is demon
strating "Lyknu" Polish at Lougee &
Smythe's store. Let her tell you
about it.
Miss Bertha Wesselhoef Swift AMI
Miss Anna Gulick will give recital
at Underclyffe on September IL for
the benefit of the Red Cross.
easy to Make Money with popu-
lar Bert Lytell in the leading role, Is
trimming with unusual situations,
and exciting action. A title that will
arouse the Imagination of every nan,
woman and child; theme that is of
scores of thrilling situations and ad-
ventures, and withall a cast of well
known screen players. At the Globe
today.
Miss Agnes Walbridge of No. 28
Central street, who for the past two
months has been stenographer and
bookkeeper in the Evening Caledo-
MAN Office, leaves Monday to enter
the Keene Normal school. She will
take up commercial science in the
hope of later teaching this course ir
the New Hampshire schools. Miss
Waldbridge is a graduate of the
Woodsville High School.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney H. Thompson
have recently gone to Tate, Ga, tt
make their home. Mr.. Thompson ha
entered the employ of the Georgi;
Marble Company, having resigned
from the United States Forestry scr
vice after eight years of faithful
work. This company has extensive
quaries in the northern part of thC
state about 60 miles from Atlanta anC
is now opening up new qual1ies tC
meet the large demands for its pro.
ducts.
From the upper crust" to the un-
derworld to get the girl he loved
From visions of orange blossoms,
rice and tuneful strains to the cold
reality of rafting bracelets" and
cold steel bars, that is the way the
story goes in "The Love Burglar,
Wallace Reds latest and best Par
amount photoplay. Absorbing! In
eXplicable! Thrilling! Romantic! A
6stic encounter between Wallie and
the villain, which will lift you from
your seat. 1t will hold you from
start to finish, and all through, the
photoplay is of the highest order
from every standpoint. At the
Please u today.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06
READ THE CLASSIFIEDS
Not Meant for Household Pets.

If taken young the grizzly is easy
enough to handle, for at birth he
weighs only from 10 to 20 ounces and
is about the size of full-grown chips
alunk. Later the bears run between
$50 and 600 pounds in weight, although
they have been known to reach 1,5O0
pounds. This, of course, makes the
dnmestication of grizzlies by apart
ment house dwellers difficult.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06

Manager Herbert C. Caryl of the
New England Bureau of the Inter
national News Service in Boston and
Mrs. Caryl are the weekend guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs Herbert A. Smith
on Winter street, Mr.. Caryl for more
than ten years was with the Asso-
ciated Press.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06

Att he Church of the Messiah the
minister, Rev. Harold Guy Don Scott
will observe Labor day by preaching
at 1890 on the theme "The Bond
mans Chains." 1t will be rally day
in the church school and all who de-
sire to teach this year should make
application for the class they desire
to the superintendent, George c.
Fetch.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06

Just about everything in Hardware
here. The Peck Co.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06

First Church of Christ, Scientist
service at 1920 a. m. Subject
"Man."
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06
SUNDAY SERVICES

The sacrament of the Lords Sup
per will be observed at the North
church at 1890 a. m. The Sunday
school will reopen at noon. All
teachers and pupils are urged to be
present and new pupils are invited.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06
Frank E. Phelps, who was man.

Frank Il. Phelps, who was man
ager fthe Gustaf Stromberg farm
on Ames hill, Brattleboro, and who
left town early in July at the time
Mrs. Fred Carpenter of that village
disappeared returned to Brattleboro
Tuesday and was arrested by Sheriff
Frank Y. Wellman on the charge of
embezzlement. He is said to have
taken $185 belonging to Mr.. Strom-
berg.
Flashlight Headquarters. Whole
sale and Retail. The Peck Co.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-09-06

st. Andrews Episcopal church,
Rev. Alfred Poole Grint, PHI. d., rec
tor. Sunday services: 1890 a. m.
Holy Communion and sermon. 7 p
m., Evensong. Sunday school re-
opens Sept. IA.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11

THE BOOSTERS CLUB

The Citizens Booster Club has got
right down to business. This club is
going to do something. That is, it is
not going to do things itself, it has
no power or authority, but it has in
fluence and it is going to use that in
fluence and see to it that the fellow
whose duty it is to do things, does it.
Improvements will not be permitted
to lag The club has named many
committees whose duty it is to see
that things started will be finished
with the least delay The club has
mapped out a program of improve
ments for the betterment of Hamil-
ton that will be submitted to the
proper authorities and urge that they
be made 1t has appointed a commit
tee to investigate the electric light
situation, another to assist in secur-
ing the fair grounds for a park and
Fairgrounds, it has appointed separ-
ate committees for every street that
is to be improved and see that there
is no delay mere, and many other COM
mittees have been appointed. Here is
club that every citizen should join
because it is for every citizens good.
1t costs nothing but the effort to
boost. 1t is no place to come to if
you want to unload politics or ques-
tions of capital and labor. All diff
ferences are forgotten at the club
meetings. If you want to make po-
litical, wet or dry speech, stay away
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
Il e H
Child Labor Law
Adopted By West Virginia
Legislature.

Charleston, w. Va.-The state leg
islature has passed new child labor
law, which its friends declare places
West Virginia among the leading
states in child protection
The new law prohibits the employ
ment of children under Ia in any gain
full occupation, except agriculture and
domestic service. Boys between II
and IA may receive special permits
to work IN business offices and mer-
camille establishments outside of
school hours. Children under 16 can
not work in mines, quarries, tunnels
or excavation, and no child may be
employed in any occupation deemed
by the state commissioners of health,
labor and schools dangerous to life or
limb or, injurious in health or morals.
No child under l6 may be employed
at any cine at any occupation, even
during vacation, without a permit
No child under 16 may be employed
for more than eight hours a day OF
48 hours a week, nor before a. m
and after Z p. m.
No child shall be given permit
to work unless the child has com
pleted the studies covered in the first
six yearly grades of the public schools
or their equivalent The old law simp-
ly provides that a child be able tc
read and write simple sentences in the
English language
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
nR m 20 WA Es
HOW ABOUT THE RELATIVE
WAGE?

Wages were not increased during
the war. Some persons will be start
led by that statement and many will
scoff at it.
Wages can only be measured in any
degree of fairness by the purchasing
power of the money received by the
wage wokrer.
In other words, wages can only be
fairly reckoned by the RELATIVE
STANDARD.
This is proven by reports of United
States investigators. In 1914 highly
skilled workers received $475 a day
In 1913 the same men received $3.50
a day. During that period cost of liv-
ing doubled. The wages of these
workers did not double In fact, they
leave the workers SO a day to the bad
Figured relatively on the basis of
advanced cost of living the skilled
worker is now getting in value only
1925 day as compared with $475
during the war.
The unskilled worker has Jared even
worse. He is falling far behind the
point of living. Going down to, or
below, the subsistence point.
Tell that to the next man who starts
talking about high wages. Tell it
to the man who starts conversation
by saying prices will remain high as
long as wages are high
Tell it to the man who says that
wages must go down before prices
fall Tell him wages never keep step
with the increasing cost of living.
Tell 1T most emphatically to the
worker and still more emphatically to
the unorganized worker.
Wages, REAL WAGES, are lower,
not higher.
Government boards have fixed
hours of labor in many cases.
Government boards have fixed
prices of necessities of life.
Government boards COULD fix a
RELATIVE WAGE that would keep
step with advancing prices. That
would help some.
Tell it to your congressman and
your senator Tell them to study
wages and prices and to ponder the
RELATIVE WAGE.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11

dignity. It is the foe of the "open
shop" and it points to a growing
cooperation among the workers for
the millennium of universal rights. 1t
wins patronage on merit, indexes char
acter and promotes American indiyid-
uality. 1t stands for some of the
lioblest feelings of mankind and wom-
ankind, tie testimony of genuineness,
the proof of excellence, the ameliora-
tion of the wage worker.
pa Ha Ha
The union label aspires to attain
that might of influence when to yend
unlaheled goods will brand the vendor
as dealer in contraband; a sweater;
a business buccaneer; Minotaur, fat
tening or the blood of women and
children; a mercantile Ishmaelite,
whom soceity will cast out as thing
too unclean for touch by honest hands.
"a ~ "a
---Ruy War Savings Stamps
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11

dred workers in an ammunition fac
tory select a delegate. The require
ments of soldiers and the sailors also
elect their delegates, likewise teachers
clerks and engineers, who are organ
ized"
Only workingmen have anything to
say. Others are not allowed to vote.
The Soviet imposes on other classes
injustice formerly imposed on work
ers, and that is supposed to bring
about the golden age. But it won't.
American workers may be interest
ed in this illustration, which is fair:
If this country had had, in 1916, a
Soviet government it would have put
George Washington in Jail because
he was rich and belonged to the upper
class. And it would have put some
actual workingman at the head of the
army. 1t might have found in its
workingman some misunderstood
Cromwell, guiltless of his country's
blood" More probably it would have
found one without ability. For ability
finds some way to prove its existence
under any kind of government.
In this country, ability-sad as that
may sounds usually proved by the
possession of money But nation or
a class, in need of wise, competent
leadership, selects as leader the man
of power, whether he be rich or poor.
If not, disaster follows unwise selec-
ton.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11

travelling public can go over it with
out running the risk of being injured
We want to commend the County Com
missioners or the Township trustees
or anybody who was responsible for
the repair of the road, the neat man
ner in which is was done and also for
the most essential part of it-QUICK
ACTION.
- ~ - ~ ~
Say, brother, do you see to it that
the Shoe Workers stamp is on the
shoes you buy? Don't start scabbing
at your very foundation because you
can't tell how bad the habit may be-
come by the time you reach your roof.
- pa "a E ~
Watch for the emblem of the union
operators in all the moving picture
theatres you patronize. Several thea
tres in the city do not employ union
men. This should be sufficient.
M ma @ Rs pa
My, but isn't it terrible how the rent
hogs are raising the rent on the poor
people. Some of the property owners
have hiked the rents on their old
shacks four and five hundred per cent.
It's a dead sure shot that the rent
can be made so high that the people
will be unable to pay it, and then you
can look for the moving man back
ing up and taking the furniture away
and leaving only two or three months
rent bill behind
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The committee that is at work on
devising ways and means to enlarge
the city electric light plant will not
have performed their full duty until
they investigate the water power
proposition. So far we have not heard
word mentioned by any of the COM
mittees on running the plant by wa
ter. If water power is the cheapest
way to manufacture electricity, why
use coal? We are told that cleo
tricity can be manufactured by water
power for less than one quarter of q
cent per kilowatt. To manufacture
it by steam costs more than two cents.
Gentlemen, don't overlook the water
proposition or tell us why water pow
er will not do.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11

The committee is too busy for such
things. If you want to boost Hamil-
ton, yourself and your neighbor, come
to the meetings and take part in the
discussions. Every labor organization
should send a representative to these
meetings. If yours hasn't already
elected one, see that it does so at the
next meeting. Let's not growl about
what should be done, but let's help
do it.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
TRADE BENEFITS SECURED
BY THE UNION Label

The union label adds to business as
a leading inducement to union buyers
and to union merchants 1t keeps
trade at home where there is local
enterprise. 1t benefits the retailer as
well as the wholesaler. 1t individual
ICES quality with price. 1t aids the
newspaper and the union whose ten
cts it advertises. 1t is beneficial for
stability. It defies unscrupulous
competition. 1t helps to establish the
wage scale. 1t insures a recognition
of rights. It is a profit producer. It's
colors glow with humanity. It's in
signals stand for health, skill, and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
Nc M ~ IN En
FIXING THE STANDARD OF
LIVING

Is the Average American worker on
basis of the decent standard of
living" mentioned in the United States
Department of Labor reports?
The answer will depend somewhat
on what is considered decent stan
dard'. 1t could not mean less than
shelter, but medical attention, educa-
tional facilities, amusements, recre-
at;on-all that goes to make life
worth living.
But it is doubtful if all these things
were contemplated. More likely the
officials figure the standard on the
basis of food, clothing and shelter.
At the packers investigation at
Chicago a pork millionaire gave it
as his opinion that child would be
well provided if two pairs of shoes
were allowed year; a workers wife
had two dresses a year, and the work
er himself one suit of clothes. He
thought if tie family went to motion
picture show twice a month it would
have sufficient amusement His other
estimates were correspondingly gen.
erous.
That is not what the American
worker thinks of when he hears a
decent standard of living" He thinks
Of lot more of the things needed to
make life bearable
The War Labor Board recently de-
cided that the minimum under which
an unskilled worker should receive
per week in order to provide decent
living was 34.80 week.
The United States Department of
Labor believes $500 necessary for a
decent standard of living.
DIR. Royal H. Meeker, at the head
Of the Bureau Of Statistics of the de-
partment, declares the average fami-
ly falls far below that mark and as a
consequence is forced to adopt stan
dard so low that it threatens the
health and the lives of the members
of the family.
Time was, and not long ago, when
$500 would have kept the average
workers family in comfort. Now il
means pitiful skimping, especially if
the family IS large and there are child
rem to educate.
The difficulty comes because of the
increased and constantly increasing
cost of living. Wages do not keep
pace with this rising cost. Never has
end never will keep pace Costs &c
up first and wages slowly and reluc.
family follow. but follow far in the
wake. Then, when things reach 8
point of readjustment and a recession
comes, wages start down first anc
prices slowly and reluctantly follow
There is an answer There is q
remedy: A system of establishing
wage in every industry that shall
be relative to the cost of the neces.
sites of life.
If a board can arbitrarily fix wag-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
WHAT Is A SOVIET?

The question is often asked, "What
is a Soviet?" We herewith repro
duce definition of the word together
with an illustration as appeared in
the Cincinnati Labor Advocate:
What is a Soviet? 1t is a body
of workers made up of delegates chos-
en- by workers to control those who
have controlled the workers hitherto.
That is the Russian Bolshevist de-
finition. The official Bolshevist stat
ement says:
Instead of electing men at the
polls, they are elected in the shops and
unions. For example, every five hun
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-04-11
State Constabulary
Is "Prussian" Idea, Declares
Editor.

Madison, visa bill which ought
to be squelched in hurry is the ad-
vice given to state law makers by
Editor Evjue of the Capitol Times,
in discussing the proposed state con-
stabulary law.
"Some of our reactionary legisla-
tors" says the editor, would do well
if they would take some cognizance of
the fundamental principles of psy-
chology these days.
"A war has just been concluded
which had for its aim the death blow
of militarism and all its offshoots and
accompaniments. And yet here we
have serious proposal by member
of the assembly to set up sort of
cossack proposition in Wisconsin. In
stead of putting away the instruments
of war we hear of plan to resort to
force by having gang of state-sub
sidized uhlans to brow-beat the peace
able citizens of Wisconsin.
"The head of this organization, we
are told, will be appointed by the
governor with salary of $780,
There is in addition an array of sal
aries for heutenants and captains and
sergeants and we suppose that money
will also be available for gold braid
and pretty spangles. A fine political
machine and convenient instrument
for an administration controlled by
big business to preserve law and
order
Wisconsin is a peace loving state.
Her people stand for law and order.
The legal machinery that we already
have is ample for all requirements.
We need no Prussian auxiliary to our
police and state authorities.
Are we to begin setting up here
in Wisconsin the very principle that
has been crushed in Germany"
"a Ea IA