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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
THURSDAY, AUGUST IA, 1919.
PUSH ALONG THE TREATY.

The public generally will approve the
decision of the senate committee on
foreign relations to report the peace
treaty at an early date. For months
the terms of the treaty have been be-
fore the country and every man has
already formed an opinion for or
against it. The committee is not likely
to find any more holes in it and every
member of the senate is as well pre-
pared to vote on it now as he will be
later. Considerable talking is to be
expected, however, and, if reported
now, the senate probably will not reach
final action much before September.
The Republican opposition has
been stated by the party's lead
or, Senator Lodge, and he failed
to make strong case against
the league of nations. To his claim
that article three brings every dispute
before the league must be added the
statement that the league can only dis
cuss and report upon these matters. Ar.
tiele ten that he fears so much binds
all the other members of the league tC
the same action and this would greatly
restrict any outbreak against the whole
league. Article fifteen which he fear:
| threatens tariff and immigration regula
| tions contains the clause that if eithel
party contends and the council find
that the matter in dispute is one "whici
by international law is solely within
the jurisdiction of that party the coun
Gil shall so report and make no explain
alton as to its settlement The Mon
roe Doctrine is expressly stated in ar
ticle twenty-one as one of the under
standings whose validity is not to b
affected by the covenant.
SO Republican opposition is prett
well exploded and the Republican sena
tors should not delay a verdict upo
such an important measure. The hes
politics for them to play is to repor
the treaty and let the senate decide tn
question.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
SOME DEBTS TO BE PAID.

1t is stated, that the late war has
cost the belligerents about $15O,000.-
100000 The food and supplies for the
armies and the destruction of property
have amounted to this great sum; and
it must all be paid back before the
world will be as well off as it was be-
fore the war began. At four dollars a
day it would take the labor of 1901
600 men for 1000 days or practically
three years, to earn $3.50, 100000 900.
The indebtedness of the United States
on account of the war is roughly given
as $25, 100000. Assuming there are
30,000,00O people in this country en-
gagged in gainful occupations, it would
take them nearly $50 days at 81 a
day to pay the principal of the war
Indebtedness of this country; and q
longer time to pay the principal and in
| terest.
| These are debts that must be paid
before living conditions can be brought
back to those at the outbreak of The
war. These facts again make it cleal
that normal conditions of living can bt
secured only by economy and industry
on the part of every one. Congress
cannot pay the debt and remove tn,
tremendous burden upon the people
The governments of other countrie
cannot cancel their costs. The peopl
of this and other countries must produc
the enormous revenues to pay thes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

According to the Springfield Republi
can, I'll, United States may put a large
portion of $100,O00,000 into New Eng
land hill farms if the so-called soldier
settlement bill, sponsored by Secretary
Lane should become law. Secretary
Lane declares that the lands which will
be taken over and developed will not
include swamp lands but abandoned
farms on New England hills. He feels
that the bill will do even more for New
England than for the West and that
New England needs its help. Should
this move prove successful it viii mean
the passing of the abandoned farm, al
ways pathetic spot. One thinks OF
its prosperity in its early days brought
about by hard labor, the clearing OF
the land the laying of its many stone
| fences, the planting of its orchards
whose trees are now but tangled mass
of half dead branches. 1t was one,
somebody's home; the scene of love
marriage, birth and death, and nov
marked by nothing but a few tumble
down buildings or the remains of
cellar generally marked by clump o
lilac bushes which have still lived OF
and fiourished. To be sure these farm
are in out-of the way places but goo
roads and low priced automobiles wi
make them accessible. Perhaps in til
near future such places will bloor
again and no longer be designated a
abandoned but as the "prosperou
hill. farms > of New England.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE

Me and Pubs Simkins and my cuz-
Yin Artie was standing on the corner
waiting for sumthing to happin, and
Pubs Simkins sed, G, gosh, look at the
Bullshevikie, | bet that's a bomm he s
got under his arm.
Meening a funny looking man with
funny looking wiskers wawking along
carrying sumthing round raped up in
newspaper, and me and Pubs and Ar
tie started to follow him, Artie say
ing, Gosh, l hope he don't axsidently
drop the BONN vile we re in back of
him.
Lets go up and ask him if he's 3
Bullshevikie, and if he is, lets tell a
cop, sed Pubs Simkins.
tell you if he s Bullshevikie, do you
sed.
Sure, wy not, if we tell him we r,
Bullshevikies ferst, sed Pubs.
Being a pritty good of a ideer, ant
we quick started to wawk faster, Ar
tie saying, Well gosh, G, we cant g
rite up and ask him if he's Bullshe
vikie, he mite think that was sudden
intent hea
Sure, we awt to Iced up to it grad
ual, sed Pubs, and 1 sed, Lets ask hin
| if he's got match ferst WITCH we did
catching up to him and me saying
! Have you got a match, mister9
| don't know, wat do you wunt i
fora sed the man, and Artie sed, w
don't wunt it, you need it to lite tn
BONN with, don't you9
| The who2 sed the man.
| That's all rite, mister, we re Bullshe
wilkes too, sed Pubs.
| For the love of mud, sed the mar
and he looked serprized and the roun
packidge dropped out frum under hi
arm and started to fall, and us 3 fel
/ lows quick termed GROUND and starte
to run like everything, and there was
ent eny Explosion by the time we ha
ran about a block so we termed Ell
round to. look, and the man was wawk
ing away with the packidge under hi
arm agen.
4 Either proving it wasent a bonn
after all or elts it dident go off.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Today's Anniversaries.

1S44-The Arabs from Morocco, under
Abd-el Kader, were decisively
defeated by the French at the
battle of Isly.
1S48-Oregon Territory was organized
by act of congress.
1S91-Many notables attended the
funeral of james Russell Lowell
at Cambridge, Mass.
1S93-A volcanic eruption occurred or
the summit of Cape Harrison
Labrador.
l904-Turkey consented to give Ameri
can schools equal rights will
those of other powers.
1914-The French invaded German Lor
raine.
1915-British transport Royal Edward
torpedoed in Aegean Sea witt
loss of 1000 lives.
1916-Russians continued great drive o
Austro- Germans in Eastern Cali
Ella.
1917-China declared war against Ger
many and Austro- Hungary.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
DADDY,)fVfN|NQu
FAIRY TALE FL
6y hary Graham Bonner Ell
THE LEoPARD's STORY.


won't you tell me story?" asked
Mr.. Louis Leopard of his older brother
Lawrence Leopard.
"All right" growled Lawrence, what
Will 1t be about? think l have an
idea for a story"
"Go ahead and tell it to me-" said
Louis.
1.-THE other day 1t was quite, quite
warm" said Lawrence, "and l took
little snooze, or little nap or what
ever you choose to call 1t.
IT fell asleep, at any rate, and had
a most beautiful dream. I will tell
you my dream.
and that all the hunters and every
creature who could do me harm had
his gun smashed before him and that
he was smiling at me, and saying: Z
will let you do anything to me you like.
but I will not harm YOU
"And then the place seemed to
change and / was here in the zoo and
the keeper was building me a new
| house.
Lawrence, he said, I am building
| you house. And as soon as / get II
built you may unbuild it, for will
keep on building such houses for you.
II watched him begin to build and
the foundation of the house was OF
great gigantic, enormous, beautiful
handsome meat bones.
"Then the house began to be built
by the keeper. 1t was of wonderful
raw meat, oh, such good raw meat.
Don't be afraid to make me trou
BILE, Lawrence the keeper seemed t6
be saying. I am here just to build
meat houses for YOU
N"I will eat and appreciate your
: kindness, keeper" / said in my mos
: polite growl.
: ""That's good the keeper said
4 so we thoroughly agree. And IL yol
should ever want to take nibble a
my arm when / am putting an extr
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

New Hampshire. The absence of this
adjunct of travel is not attractive to
the automobile tourist. To be sure,
the automobile guide books tell direc
ton, distances and routes, but a proper
ly marked road adds to pleasure of
travel
1t is exasperating to drive half
dozen miles off the road one should
follow simply because the officials of
a town cannot see the usefulness, yes,
intersection of a road. Most of us in
Vermont are well acquainted with the
section in which we live and many of
US have fair acquaintance with state
highways elsewhere, but the traveller
from other states finds himself lost
simply because so little attention is
paid to marking our roads.
For example: How many people in
this city can drive an automobile from
Rutland to Canaan by the most direct
route without stopping score of times
to make inquiry
Suppose one coming from Bennington
to Rutland wishes to double back south
to Brattleboro. He would have to have
a pilot to get out of this city, although
we have some questionable guide boards
which, however, merely emphasize an.
other phase of road marking.
| Many villages and cities erect elab-
crate wooden or metal street and road
signs and pay no attention to keeping
them in place or repair, and the resuli
is they are practically useless.
What good does it do to mark the
streets leading out of this or any city
if the adjoining town does not coop
crate by posting the traveller as to tbs
routes through each town.
Every tourist does not carry roat
book, in fact few do so. This disre
gard of the traveller s welfare does no
tend to attract tourists; it dsplease
and repels them.
We should preserve the beauties o
our land of mountains but we must al
so attract outsiders to enjoy them.
This idea of utilizing a nail for
suspender button on Hiram trousers
repairing broken window by plug
ging the break with an old hat o
, propping up one corner of a broke
doorstep with a sap bucket lends
rural flavor to the stage picture o
Vermont, but we should not trv t
, realize it in actual life
Selectmen, aldermen, road commits
soners, or whoever has the authorit
to mark our highways, should durin
the fall and winter prepare enoug
: guide boards to mark our roads proper
q ly next season. Mark them so we
and so accurately that the tourist wi
l compliment us and come back to 70
n low the guide board.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Today's Events

Today is the centenary of the brit
of Gilbert Dean, representative in con
gress and justice of the New York SUI
preme court.
The Oregon State Elks' association il
to be entertained in annual convention
at klamath Falls during the three day.
beginning today.
The fifteenth annual Christian insti
tute, under the auspices of the Nation
al Reform association, will assemble to
day at Winona Lake, Ind.
A meeting to organize the People !
Democratic party, sponsored by exsen
ator Joseph w. Bailey of Texas, viii b,
held today at Forth Worth.
Chattanooga is to be the meeting
place today of the annual convention
of the Southern Sash, Door and Mill
work Manufacturers association.
New Brunswick men who partici
pated in the late war are to be wei
coined home at big Provincial cele
bration to be held today in st. John.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Roads Without Guide Boards.
(Rutland Herald. J

Along with the better roads Vermont
needs, let us have guideboards.. Con
sidering the amount of money neces-
sary to mark every cross-road with a
guide board telling the direction of and
the distance to nearby towns, the in
vestment will pay dividends far in ex-
cess of what might be derived from the
same outlay in other lines.
Travel throughout the state and one
finds but little to. aid the tourist in the
way of guide boards. In fact the alb
sence of these aids to travel is strik
ingly noticeable in Vermont as com
pared to New York, Massachusetts ant
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

story or floor on your house of meat.
do not be bashful about 1t. Just make
yourself quite at home, quite
"T shall, keeper I said. and I'm
obliged to you for seeing things with
my leopard's eyes and in such SEN
sible fashion,"
"Oh." said Louis. II want a true
story, not dream"
"All right" said Lawrence. 81 have
Q true story to tell you, If you wish
H."
"Tell something wild and fierce"
said Louis.
So Lawrence growled and began
again:
Il was having a fine time in the In
dian jungles, oh, such time as was
having. had little animals for
breakfast. little ones for luncheon. ard
little ones for dinner-that is If wart-
ed to eat that often 1 would have all
| CT these meals of all these good things
to eat.
II ate whenever I chose. however.
and had all wanted TO eat. I ate
every day In the week If I chose,
whereas here In the zoo. even If want
| to eat on Sundays am not allowed to
as one day In the week they give us a
rest.
THAT is what they call 1t! I sim
ply call 1t a day without a meal. IT
isn't that mind 1t so much, but when
was free could eat when and where
and what wanted.
SWELL had been having fine feasts.
or. such good feasts when one day
some hunters came and tried to catch
me! Oh. had such a time. | didn't
know what would do. That is, l was
So afraid would be caught and killed
that was afraid would do the wrong
thing.
But your brother Lawrence was too
smart to do the wrong thing" Law
renee was pacing up and down his
cage growing angrily as he thought of
those creatures who had tried to catch
him, 9nd Louis was growing and pac-
ing up and down with excitement
But they didn't get me-" said Law
renee, "for I hid so cleverly and I'M
der such thick underbrush that ey
passed me by. they did! Wasn't thai
fine?"
"Finei'' growled Louis. "magnif.
cent and fine."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

Canaan to Powna with a side trip to
Rochester
just about what percentage of our pu.
pills can give correct answers to these sug
gested questions: From tirst-hand study
of this phase of instruction in our second
AIRY schools it appears that the number
who can answer these questions is small
far, far too small for boys and girls O.
Vermont parents and environment.
The teaching of geography can be made
interesting to the pupils of Vermont if i
As done by those who appreciate the fac
that the majority of their charges ar
destined TO spend their lives in this state
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
A Regrettable Incident.
Rutland News.)

OF course, the farmers are entitled
to relief from deer that damage their
young orchards and destroy their crops
and perhaps the "open zone scheme
for killing deer at any season in order
to protect farmers and orchardists is
the best one that can be devised. But
it has its distinct disadvantages, as is
illustrated by the finding of two fawns
furnishing. Their mothers had evident
~ been killed in one of these oper
zones, the young being left without
their protection. Perhaps this condi
tion cannot be avoided in all cases
Nevertheless it is to be keenly regret
ted by all humane persons whether
hunters or not
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Today's Birthdays.

John Galsworthy, eminent English
novelist and playwright, born in Sur
rey, so years ago today.
Daniel c. lacking, famous mining en-
gineer and capitalist, born in Bates
County, Mo-, so years ago today.
John Jacob Astor, born in New Yorl
city years ago today, four months
after his father persisted in the Titani
disaster.
Hon Frank B. Carvell, the new chair
man of the Board of Railway Commits
sioners of Canada, born at Bloomfield
n. g., 81 years ago today.
ExPrinee Henry of Prussia, who ha
written a letter in defense of his broth
er, the former German Emperor, Dor
at Potsdam, 81 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Sugar

AS we are receiving many
inquiries from this section
Of the country from those
who secure their sugar sup
ply from us, we beg to state
that June 9th we purchased
of the Revere Sugar Rein
ing Company three cars of
sugar for July shipment.
These cars were duly or
dered, and June 18th two
cars of the American Rein
ing Company for shipment
within 80 days. We received
no invoices of these cars, al
though you can see that they
are long overdue; neither
have we received any in
voice for one pound for
shipment to any other point
than Brattleboro or vicinity
since June I'd.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
In the Days News.

Henry Clews, who today enters upor
his eightieth year, has long ranked
among the foremost American authori
ties on banking and finance. Mr.
Clews was born in England and wa;
intended by his parents for a churel
career. But visit to America will
his father at the age of fifteen changed
his life plans. He decided to remain
in New York and enter upon a business
career and in pursuance of this plan h
obtained a position as bookkeeper a
$3.50 year. In 1857, still boy, HI
began business in Wall street with goot
credit and a little money he had saved
as his capital. A few years later, a
the outbreak of the Civil war, he wa
appointed government financial agent
In this capacity Replaced $40, 900, 900
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

The 1919 Vermont legislature is crit
icized in the report of the legislative
committee of the Vermont branch of
the federation of labor as ''the most
reactionary body that has represented
Vermont in the past 20 years Is
this because they were old fashioned
enough to refuse to vote themselves a
raise in pay9
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

The unusual automobile accident at
Lyndonville which was caused by get
ting low hanging branch of tree
entangled in one of the rear wheels of
the car, turning it at an angle just in
time to collide with another, suggests
another thing that must be done along
our highways. They must be kept well
trimmed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

The Rsformer Is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News CO., C.. w.
Cleaveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville).
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert Pollica, 297 South Main St.
Fort Drummer district
East Dummerston, M. E. Brown.
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. M. Batchelder.
Townshend, c. w. Cutler.
West Townshend, c. H. Grout.
Jamaica, R. J. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. Fl. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum-
Northfeld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, n. H., Mrs w. Streeter
Hinsda1e, n. H., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

A certain official recentlys received a
telegram from several groups of rail
road employees who offered voluntarily to
increase the number of their working
hours in order to increase national pro-
duction.-No, this did not occur in the
United States; the official was Pre-
mier Nitti of Italy
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Well Say Il ls.

ural history and the teacher asked the
class If anyone knew what a ground
hog was. Up went a small hand. wav-
ing frantically.
"Well, Johnny. tell u.s."
please ma'am. it's a sausage" an
swered Johnny.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Allies made gains at both ends of
Somme salient.
Schooner Dorothy Barrett attacked by
German U-boat near Cape May, N. J.
President Wilson ordered registration
of all men who had reached 81 since
June 5.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS,

II is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation o.
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission, II
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abling the cause of the error to be prompt,
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. 1t is only BY this
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
TO ADVERTISERS,

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
inch for first insertion, Is cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates application.
Classified advertsements-Five cents q line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Minimum charge, 20 cents. Cash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line first
insertion with so per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot of local
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Of Course.
Barre Times. J

Will Burt Leonard of Somerset come
up to the Vermont legislature pext
years If so, who will be left in the
1860 acres to carry on the town s
official business! Oh, the women-of
course, the women.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
Properly Labeled.

(St. Adams Messenger)
There is something very fitting in
the shipping by a Montreal man of
whiskey labelled as paint. If it had
been red paint the Characterization would
have been perfect
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

VIM. Dudley Policy probably finds
that his literary productions are rather
more profitable produced on movie
screen than trailing along "Life's
Dreary PATH in the ST. Johnsbury
Caledonian.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
ONE WEAK SPOT.
Many Brattleboro People Have a Weak
Part and Too Often It's
The Back


The Back.
Many people have weak spot.
Too often it's bad back
Twinges follow every sudden twist.
Dull aching keeps up, day and night.
Backache is often from weak kidneys.
In such case kidney medicine is need
ID.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak kid
neys
For backache and urinary ills.
Brattleboro people recommend the
remedy.
Richard J. Cobb, 81 Green ST., says
Some years ago felt in need of kid
ney medicine. My back was lame and
weak and / had dull aching across my
kidneys. The secretions from my kid
leys were also highly colorcd and hat
IN unnatural appearance. l had heart
Doan's Kidney Pills highly recommended
50 l used one box. They entirely cured
me and since then l have had no trouble.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply
,sk for kidney remedy-get Doan'
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Cobl
had. Foster Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo
IN Y
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14
No Second Hand Elephant Needed.

(St. Johnsbury Caledonian.)
The sheriff's sale at auction in st.
Johnsbury of circus gives the Demo-
cratic party an excellent chance to get
new donkey. 1t will be needed all
right in 1920.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-14

day in loans for the government to meet
the expenses of the war. Although ac-
tive in civic affairs Mr.. Clews has
never sought public office. He twice
declined the portfolio of secretary of
the treasury, and the Republican nomi-
nation for mayor of New York