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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Protest Against Condition of Roads in
Quarry District.


Editor, Times With your kind per
mission and valuable medium the writ.
er would like to ask the property owners,
taxpayers and travelling public their
opinion Of the highway conditions ION
the hillY and from the quarries to the
Barre City lines, or is it up to you, Mr.
Taxpayer in the quarry district, to pay
the ver-increasing taxes and not even
have "look in" in the way Of getting
ordinary repairs done, 10 say nothing
about anything decent or permanent
Is there sane person who will not
coneede the fact that the condition Of
our travelled roads in the quarry district
are something abominable? A new auto
truck purchased by the town recently for
repairing the highways now put away in
cold storage for the season some time
ago, stone crushing plant closed down
with plenty of stone available to keep
it and the truck in operation indefi-
nitely.
Never mind, boys, cheer up Let us
continue to pay in our good money and
look pleasant No roads on which we
can travel with any degree of comfort
or safety excepting in the neighborhood
of fortunate few where there is uei-
ther business nor travel, nor anything
to see excepting wilderness. Who can
we appeal to? What is there in evidence
for the money that has been spent !?
Wherein lies our hope2 In the airplane,
perhaps. Let us hear from you.
Suffering Sufferer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29

Walter Z. Hubbard of Brattleboro,
formerly editor of the Brattleboro Re.
former. is now associated with Harry c.
Whitehill of Waterbury in Community
Service work in New England, with head
quarters in Boston Mr.. Whitehill is re
gional director and Mr.. Hubbard becomes
associate director for the New England
states. Mr.. Hubbard's many friends in
the newspaper profession realize that
Mr.. Hubbard will fit into the work well
and they will congratulate Community
Service, Inc, on securing so able man.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29
WEBSTERVILLE

Mrs. N. Howard and little daughter,
JEANNE, Of Boston are visiting at VIII
liam Riddles.
Misses Annie Greenay and Elsie Con.
voy arrived from New Haven, Conn,
Friday, to visit relatives and friends for
a few weeks,
Alton Rock Of Boston is visiting his
parents.
Mrs A, Miller Mrs. Sam Guy, Mrs
Ed. Raycraft and Harry Miller motored
to Lancaster, n. II Sunday to attend
the funeral of relative.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29
WILSON'S PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN.

WILSON'S PHYSICAL BREAKDOWN.
That President Wilson has been able
to stand up so long under the tremendous
physical, mental and nervous strain in
cident to his participation in the peace
councils in Paris and Versailles and I'M
der the continued strain Of defense of
the treaty in the United States is mat.
ter for great wonder on. the part OF near
" all the people who have considered his
situation The strain of the two situa-
tions followed, too, a period of great anx-
iety over the outcome of the war and
especially concerning the participation
by the United States in the war, so Pres,
Wilson was not in the best of shape to
meet the new trials. Yet he has stood
up under the strain with remarkable for
titude of body, mind and SOUL under
going real hardships of the major sort
and sacrificing himself time after time to
the cause which he espoused. Now, how
ever, comes the day Of reckoning. There
have been recurring evidences that hui
man resistance could not stand against
the trials continuously Pres. Wilson's
powers of warding off ailments are far
less to-day than they were two years
ago His breakdown on the speaking
tour through the West in behalf of the
treaty is manifestation that nature is
demanding a halt lest the result be dis
sstrous. Wilson sorely needs a long pc
Rod Of recreation and vacation. Unfor-
tunately, that period of recreation and
vacation is denied him so long as he re-
mains president and so long as the press
Of tremendous events is 50 strong as they
are at the present time His only hope
Of relief is in temporary periods of sur.
cease from toiland then, his duties, as
he sees them, done and the long vacation.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29

Subscriptions at par for large sized
blocks of the AZ per cent Vermont state
bonds by several banking institutions of
Vermont indicate that it might have
been possible to float the entire issue of
ST 100000 in Vermont without letting
the bonds go to brokerage houses at a
price quite bit below par. Perhaps it
would have needed a little personal work
among the bank men of Vermont, to,
eether with an appeal to their loyalty,
but the thing could have been done, it is
thought certain.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29

The people of Vermont could help
home industries and display home 10y.
atty by purchasing more of the products
manufactured in Vermont, to the exclu-
sion of similar products manufactured in
some other place. For instance, they
could insist on having canned corn which
was raised in Vermont and packed in
Vermont by Vermont concerns, prefer
ably providing of course, that the pack
ers met the standards required. There
are a number of concerns putting up
corn in Vermont and their efforts ought
to be encouraged whenever possible.
Therefore, ask your grocer for corn from
the fields of Vermont and packed in a
Vermont factory. The same might be
aid about a large number of other prod
ucts. Help home industries.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29

In spite of the need of doctor in the
community and in spite Of the attrac.
tions Of the location Corinth still con.
tinues to cry out: I'VE need doctor.
1t is odd enough that some aspiring ply.
stefan has not taken advantage of the
opportunity.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29

Motoring attractions in Vermont are
at their height at the present time. The
tourists who enjoyed Vermont scenery in
July and August would be overjoyed by
the scenery of late September and early
October
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29
AN OUTCRoPPING OF WARS EFF.
FECTS IN OMAHA.

b1lp IN OMAHA.
When such events as that at Omaha
can take place, seemingly without hind.
rance, one is inclined to shudder at the
progress which has been made toward
the undermining Of American life and of
civilization itself. Passions of men have
been unleashed by the war to a remark
able extent, previously limited at but
never before realized fully. From one
corner Of the nation to the other there is
perceptible unsettling Of the social or
der, tendency toward the return of
brute force and unbridled passion in
place of law and order In Boston we
had demonstration of the effects of the
war when the police went out on strike
and the lower strata of society rushed
into temporary power Now comes the
Omaha occurrence with its terrible fea.
ture, the burning of a splendid temple Of
justice, the lynching of an accused mot
convicted negro and the maltreatment
OF the mayor of the city who attempted
to stand up as champion of law and
order. One cannot point the accusing
finger at Omaha as place apart from
and not of the United States Omaha is
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29
Thrift

Thrift is more than the saving Of money! is the practice Of conservation
effort all qualities
which contribute efficiency which unfortunately
a
Conservation and concentration go hand in hand great is produced
est efficiency be
to to in
still with the
the of thrift
hnancie Produce will
need Thrift application bd
a
minds of youth a lasting
of good citizenship
government took n thrift habits
We all
The Peoples National Bank of Barre
cent-Naional
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-29
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Too late for the straw
rather early for the der
by.
That means you'll enjoy
wearing one of these at
tractive soft lids.
No trouble here to pick
your color, find your
shape, at your price,
from $500 up.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-03-14

want all those who made purchases during this sale and did
$40 90 worth Merchandise They
argument, for do not anyone be disappointed
Until March 18th will give ticket with every purchase ent
$1,000 of merchandise FREE This merchandise will
18th $3.50 and it absolutely essential that all have deposited
that hour the lucky the when the
hand promptly $3.50 P NJ already received ticket
with Csc purchase
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
The Peoples Business.

Both majority and minority reports OF the
cenate committee on foreign relations respect
ing me peace treaty and League of Nations are
now before the people. They are about equal
IN logic and length and, taken together, prac-
tically exhaust the possibilities of the English
language in expressing opposite convictions
the same subject
The minority is composed of men who are
just as able and Just as patriotic as the ma
Jority, and only two or three less in number.
They have the advantage in that they approach
the question more fairly and with less venom,
and that adds weight to what they say which
more than makes up for lack of numbers.
AS the president says, and as everybody
knows the question is not partisan one, but
here are the Democrats almost solidly con-
WINGED that the league covenant as stands safe
guards every vital interest of this country and
that amending it will be fatal, while the Re
publicans stand almost to man on the other
side, declaring that the league as proposed will
take this country body and soul, leaving hardly
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
Anything to Beat Wilson.

When Senators Johnson, Borah and McCor-
mick spoke in Chicago against the League of
Nations a desperate device was employed to
Fill the house. Certain newspapers aiding, the
story went out that the speakers were touring
the country in effort to get American SOL
diers out of Siberia and banners bearing slurs
against the administration were circulated in
the streets People claiming to be relatives
OF men On duty in Asia were brought on the
scene al the psychological moment and helped
to stampede the crowd rsward the Auditorium.
There the speakers catered to the spirit i'll
which the assembly had gathered, with ingen-
iously Torded appeals to selfshness, prejudice,
hate-to anything save calm, deliberate
reason.
That is the way a great many of the en-
mics of the treaty of peace and the League of
Nations would like to have the dominant issue
now before the people decided With them it
is anything to win, anything to turn the people
against the administration and to build up
party and a personal following. The bigger
the hoax the better it suits their purpose.
Deliver US from such craftsmanship!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
Making Workers Conservative.

Tot so many years ago the United States
Mine Workers were a troublesome lot to han
die, not only for their employers, but also for
their own leaders who honestly were trying
to improve their position in the industrial
world. The men worked long hours, were
poorly paid and lived under conditions which
did not tend to make their lives especially
attractive. Many of them were foreigners with
little conception of our form of government
or the manner in which to proceed under it
to gain their own advancement.
Times have changed for the miners, as well
as for many other classes of workers. They
still lead careers which do not appeal strongly
to people who are afraid of hard work or soiled
skin and clothing, but they have won many
advantages formerly denied to them and they
know that by sticking together they can get
more.
At the meeting now in progress in Cleve-
land the miners backed President Lewis al
most a man, rejecting the 'one big union"
idea, expressing disapproval of the 1. W. w,
voting endorsement of the revocation Of the
charter OF the miners Of western Canada for
their detection at Winnipeg and otherwise
showed their want Of sympathy with irrespon-
sible radicalism-
It is hardly possible that the mine organ
ization of 20 or even 10 years ago. under sim
liar circumstances, would have manifested
such conservatism, even on the advice Of it's
leaders. It's attitude is changed now because
its members have interests which they feel
are worth while and they know that they have
more to lose than to gain by kicking things to
pieces few Of the hot-heads would like to
do. Their thoughts have turned to construc-
tive lines and they want to see their organ
ization prosper and grow, for they understand
that the more production and saving there is
the more there will be to divide among all
classes. Better wages, shorter hours and i'm
proved facilities for doing their work have
made them better citizens.
That. sensible people are beginning to see,
is the tendency wherever workers are given
their just deserts and therein lies the remedy
for the present industrial unrest The moment
a man gets something he considers worth
fighting for he can be trusted to uphold and
defend it. be it home, country, the business
which gives him employment
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
Making the County a Senatorial
District.

Rock Island county ought to alone compose
c senatorial district Experience in this weeks
primary confirms that conviction. There is
no fault to find with Mercer and Henderson
counties They are good neghbors and do no
more than look out for their own welfare.
which they have perfect right to do. How
ever, they are mainly agricultural in their in
terests, while this county is principally indus
trial and commercial. The men who represent
them in state affairs manifestly not well
fitted to represent this county as those who live
and have permanent interests here. And the
strange part OF it is that Mercer and Henderson,
though short on population, generally are long
on representation.
AS previously stated the city of Rock Is
land is too generous in bestowing political
hoEors and the same statement holds good
with respect to the county.
Putting the county in a district by itself
seems TO be about the only way to protect it
from the effects of its own free-handedness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12

a vestige of American independence, and pro-
noting instead OF dtscouraging war.
AS the minority report says the question
has been unnecessarily delayed in the senate,
These reports were a foregone conclusion a.
might as well have been made two weeks after
the subject was taken up as now. The senate
Is helpIeSsly enmeshed in the web OF politics
and utterly unable to decide a non-poIiticaT
question-perhaps the greatest that any Iegis-
lative BODY ever will be called to pass upon
on fits merits.
If ever there a time for the people to
speak 1t is now. It has been long time since
they ceased letting blind partisanship lead them
in public matters and there are no signs OF
danger in that direction now. They fought the
war and are paying the cost, and they have a
pretty definite idea as to what it was about
and what they propose to accomplish by win
ming ct. 1t is for them to decide whether the
purposes they had in mind are assured to them
by the treaty and the league covenant. The
sooner they speak the better
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
The Salaried Man.
(springfeld Registerl.

E T Bedford president of a great cOrpo-
ration. says the salaried man is hardest hit
by the Fl. c. l. He doesn't belong to union.
AMI Is not in a position to demand so he is
overworked. Mr.. Bedford appeals to the EN-
plovers' sense of justice and shirt Of fair deal
ing and asks consideration for the sa!aried'
man.
Regarding this class Of workers Mr.. Bed
ford says: THAT valuable contributor to
our economic well-being the saIaried nan
should be hard put to it to make both ends
meet is obviously unjust. and constitutes a
condition which must he renedied. This eror-
nous class affords a fertile breeding ground
for social unrest In Russia, for instance the
Nihjlists were led by the more intelligent class
Of workers and in this country the more in
teIligent class is the ore which is most disaS-
trousIv affected by the increased cost NJ living
The higher and vet hioher wages which fac
tory labor has been able to obtain during the
last four years has been constantlv reflected
in fhe increased cost of the commodities labor
produces. and although the saIarie1 nan has
been cor7reled TO paw the increase he has not
been supplied with additional nav to meet r. ="
man at the national capital saws that half
the government employees in Washington are
sleeping in the tubs in the kitchen and letting
out the rooms nf The home fat in order 10
live The slight advance in salary allowed
them BY the government in most cases barely
meets the advance in rents What is true nf
these employees in Washington Is trra NJ en-
ploves Of private concerns except that in most
cases thew haven't the rooms 10 let ont to helm
in this time Of stress. It is true as Mr. Bed
ford saws that class cf peor1e is hif unite
as hard as the people with fixed salaries
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
Co. lSTN TAIlHL KS
BY MILAN BRADY r1D.

Answer-Daub peroxide directly
on the spot.
Ines.
Please tell me whether eyebrow
inc and eyelashine are injurious. l
used othfne for freckles a few years
ago, and my face swelled so ter
ribly I had to have the doctor. but
my freckles only grew worse. (Mrs.
A. R. P.)
Answer-Yesine, l thinkine as a
ruline such things are likely 10
prove irritatine 1t is absurdine for
a womine to imagine such stfflne
will in the slightest degree alter
the growth of eyebrows or lashes.
Leave that junk to the actorines.
Bad Breath.
Kindly tell me a cure for bad
breath. of which l suffer habitually.
So far as know nothing in the
way of food disagrees with me. I
take a cathartic pill every night
for constipation, with which l have
been troubled for many years.
&C. "
Answer-Bad breath is frequent
~ due to diseased tonsils or to ne
elected teeth, sometimes to some
lesion in the nasal cavity which
causes retention of secretion, some
times to regurgitation of material
from the stomach due to reverse
peristalsis, occasionally to certain
drugs. Your drug habit may be
responsible, for many cathartics do
initiate reverse peristalsis. Char
coal lozenges afford temporary re-
liei.
2 Miles of at IS.
A man So years of age is in good
health, but distresses his family by
insisting that he must walk two
miles or more each day. Please
say what you think of it. (Anx-
ious)
Answered. like to engage the
man TO pace me occasionally. Any
how, congratulate him on his wis
dom.
Baking Powders All Right,
Would like to know your opinion
of the cheap baking powders that
are put out by various firms. (A.)
Answer know of nothing OBJ
jectionable in any baking powder
on the market. There may be pref
erences from the viewpoint of
cookery. but the viewpoint of by
giene all the baking powders are
all right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
FIIFII5 DAILY SHORT STORY

growing basis and keep it there
The idea that she was doing some
thing that benefited the business
interests of her lover kept Alma
animated and glad. How she
worked and planned, and hoped!
She had, however, received an ink
ling from something she overheard
between two local business men
that Harvey was cutting a wide
swath in the city" making daring
speculative investments and going
beyond his depth.
It was one Saturday night and
Mr.. Doane had closed the store an
hour earlier than usual on ac-
count of a rain storm, and Alma
had decided to remain for an hour
or so and balance the books and
was engrossed at her task when
the knob of the store door rat
tied, and then there was a quick,
sharp tapping on its glass panel.
Alma could make out the visitor
against the glare of the street
lamp. It was Harvey Ross and
she uttered a cry of joy as. unlock
ing the door, she led him into shell
ter and chung TO his arm. uttering
fervent words Of welcome. Then
as he came within the radius of
the desk lamp her heart smote
her.
1--WE tramped it from the trolley,
Alma" he said. 81 ran out of
money and I'm about famished.
You've got a neat and inviting lay
out here" and he went over to a
counter which held tempting ar
ray OF cheeses, dried beef, boiled
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
Today's Anniversaries

Marshal Won Blucher,
who commanded the German
troops at Waterloo. died in
SileSia. Born in Mecklen-
burg-Schwerin, Dec. 16, I7i2.
lS4S-Switzerland adopted a new
federal constitution.
lS08-Orville Wright made an air
plane flight of l hour. 10
minutes and "A seconds a.
Fort Myer, Va.
l910-The chief officials of several
of the big packing compa-
MES were indicted by fed
eral grand jury at Chicago
l911-An eruption Of Mount -Etna,
Sicily. caused thousands in
the neighbOring villages to
abandon their homes and
fee in panic.
l914-Allies advanced against Ger
man entertainments on the
Aisne.
l915-Austria rushed reinforce
ments to the Italian front.
l9l6-Russians made heavy at
tacks in East GalicIa and on
the lower Stokhod river.
l917-Steamship Minnehaha sunk
off Irish coast, with loss of
so lives.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12

While the president IS not unalterably CON-
mitted against reservations meant to interpret
the meaning of the covenant of the League of
Nations he does not approve of the Of
superfuous words in this or any other con-
nection He believes that saying a thing once
IN plain, understandable English ought to be
sufficient without resorting to involved verb
lage and voluminous addenda. If, as enemies
Of the league claim, this country is strong
enough to stand alone against any combina-
ton that may be raised against it certainly
is amply able to protect itself from imposition
arising out Of neutrality-suspicious. of its own
language by peoples of other tongues.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-12
Heart @3HOm0
17,!1DTODpOf1lcC
v L MIRO ELIZABETH THOMPSON
LIZABETH THOMPSON

Dear Mrs. Thompson: % What
do you think of a boy and girl who
go away for the summer and while
gentlemanly life? When the boy
returned he tried to make some
thing of himself, but the girl
didn't.
(2) Should I be friend to both?
l don't care about being the girls
friend, but l like the boy for a
friend. He has been with me once
since he has come back, and while
with me acted real nice, but since
then he has been with another girl
and there has been a lot Of talk
about it. 1 am going with another
boy, but l think 1 could go with
this boy if l wanted to. l like both.
The boy l am going with now is
Jealous of the other boy.
n. l. G.
You have a wrong and unchrist-
ian attitude. A girl who is looking
for evil in others and talks about it
often does more real harm than
the girl who is indiscreet.
l do not believe that you should
try TO remain this girls friend be-
cause you would always feel super
ior in your own mind and would be
ready to find something further to
criticise and talk about
Do not think you know so much
about the summer they spent to-
gether,. because in reality you
know nothing positively. Be friend
ly to the boy since you want to,
but let him come to you without
your running after him.
Try to be broader minded and
less ready to ruin regulations.
Probably you would do the same or
worse if placed in the position of
the one you criticise.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: I have
met a young man OF whom I am
very fond. He means a great deal
to me as he is my senior and has
such good sense. He is very fond
of me and has asked me not to &C