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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-20

At a very enthusiastic gettogether meet
ing at Smugglers' Notch in Stowe Thurs
day at which many Burlington people
were present, plans were discussed for
building summer hotel in the near FIJI
ture somewhere near the notch and a
number of men throughout the state
signed for stock to the amount of $4,000
which will be the beginning of the money
10 be raised !.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-20

Under the plan which is being used by
the federal government to ship cattle to
France, Vermont has shipped l,223 head
of cattle thus far. The testing for ship
ment purposes IS being pushed along as
fast as the cattle are selected that APP
pear to be desirable for use in that conn-
try. This is probably as good a showing
as any state has made.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
A GERMAN COALITION

Sioux City Journal-One reason adj
yanced for softening the German peace
terms and admitting Germany into the
league of nations is that it will pre-
vent that country from forming a
coalition with Russia for the purpose
OF launching another war against the
rest Of Europe The argument Is with
cut merit. on moral principles it Is
like taking the criminal into the home
and making him a member Of the fam
lily to prevent him from stealing the
family plate. But there are stronger
objections than this.
The allied nations have tentatively
recognized the Omsk government,
which has military control of a large
portion Of old Russia and Siberia. II
that government stands, ii Will not en-,
ter into any coalition with Germany
The governments created out Of form
er Russian territory in the west are
proteges of the peace conference and
they certainly are under binding moral
obligations to keep away from alli-
ances with the enemy. This leaves
nothing except the area controlled by
Lenine and his band Of Russian !. w.
w. murderers to join Germany in a
coalition against the rest of Europe.
The bolsheyist government Of Moscow
is being squeezed into closer confines
and its overthrow is among the GER
tainties Of the future. Nothing else,
then, is left of Russia sufficiently
strong to scare the peace conference
into granting accessions to Germany
lest Germany retaliate. The peace
conference has an attack of German
hydrophobia of super-ability and pow
er. 1t needs an antidote Of common
sense.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19

all over our great rich country, women
sat day after day and made under
drawers with from ten to fifteen but
tons, and worked the button holes.
"Why did they do it? Why didn't
they send the old men X. Y. Z. under
clothes, such as their own husbands
wore? or explain to the Belgiens that
they didn't need buttonholes and that
Belgium would get on better if she
adopted modern methods?
Il believe the answer is that our
women simply admired Belgium too
much; they had no suggestions to Of
fer to such a people. Their one wish
was that those old men and women
should have the kind of clothes they
had always lived in, with no feeling
of strangeness. A great deal of verse
has been written to Belgium, but
when | saw our smart, capable west
ern women patiently making drawers
with fifteen buttonholes and chuckling
with a kind of pride in their work,
thought that was poetry. | knew how
many old feelings must have been
rooted out and new feelings born, to
make them want to do it, in that
tedious way that was against the
tempo of their whole lives"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
MUST DESTROY BARBERRY

The second inspection of all bar
berry paintings found in the state will
begin this month for the purpose Of
checking up the work and to see that
those few persons who. through neg
lect or intent, have not destroyed their
barberries shall do so. The inspec-
tors have no desire to fine anyone but
will not hesitate to recommend fine
to the state police officer, IL it is nee
essary to do so in order to secure the
removal Of all the barberries. This
announcement is made by III. G. Gil
bert, assistant in barberry eradication,
State College. More than 1000 bar
berries have been found this year and
many of the paintings located In 1918
were not properly dug, so were still
living this year The federal inspec-
tors in barberry eradication have CIV
en- nctice to the owners of all barber.
ries found. The state law provides
for notice of 30 days and, in case
of failure to destroy the barberrles in
80 days, fine of $25 to $500 and the
cost of destroying the barberries. The
greater number of persons who have
owned barberries have been glad to
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
THE BOY SCOUT LIFE

Philadelphia Public Ledger-When
it comes to the Boy Scouts one Is
not dealing with an organization CIV
en- to military exercises, but to one
that at work or in play does recognize
from first to last the value of group
action and group teachings, by which
all are led to look upon themselves as
vital members of community, each
his brothers keeper in fact, without
prejudice to the development of any
individuality that the free opportun-
ity of the Boy Scout s lie gives. And
this is the great thing about the Boy
Scout movement, which, seen in its
moment of service, on duty and in its
moments of relaxation, makes it the
greatest AmericanZation movement,
next to the schools of the country,
that has ever been devised. All the
princiles and the practices of the Boy
Scouts make for the manly independ-
ence, which at the same time recog-
nize it's mutual human responsible
ties that are the very basis of sound
Americanism. Those, therefore, who
are reaching oJt in all directions for
plans to Americanize this country and
to build up in its youth common ac-
ceptance of it's ideals with full un-
derstanding of it's institutions and a
respect and affection for them cannot
but give up some time this coming
week to cooperating with the Boy
Scout leaders in increasing the mem
bership OF the organization. The re-
suits will more than pay for the eff
fort now and in future; for the re-
suits will not only give pleasure TO
the boys themselves but will be the
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
JUNGLE TOMS CABIN"

Harriet Ward Beecher Stoves fam
Gus story Of slavery before the Civil
War is well represented in the dram
atization OF this well known story
"Uncle Toms Cabin" and as produced
by Terry's excellent company. The
presentation is an interesting one, and
is given in its entirety just as depict
ed by the author. The company that
Terry carries this season is equal to
those that are .Ien in the larger city
theaters, he having spared no expense
to make the company one of the
strongest entour The cast is made up
OF the very best talent. The scenic
and electrical effects complete, in fact
the show as put on by the Terry COM
pany is spoken Of by the press and
public as a splendid presentation of
the national drama.
The musical part Of the show this
year is to be considered; three bands
and orchestras are carried that are
the talk in every city visited, being
composed Of a high class array of solo
The show is advertised to
give one performance at Brookings,
June 80.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
TIE WAR EXPENDITURES

New York Times-"The war was
won gloriously," said Representative
Cantril of Kentucky, democrat, speak
ing on the resolution to investigate
the war departments expenditures.
SO it was; nobody doubts it. But that
is no reason for not auditing the bill,
So the democrats seemed to think,
for they voted unanimously along
with the republicans, for the investi-
cation proposed by Mr.. Graham, Of
Illinois.
There should be the most searching
and rigid Investigations; and we hope
the committee will go deeply into the
aviation expenditures, concerning
which the country is far from salts
fed. We do not believe that the in
vestigation will be political" despite
Mr.. Campbell's unfortunate choice OF
words. For one thing. Senator Pen
rose will have great deal of inf1u-
ence with the investigating commit
tee. much more than Representative
Campbell; and Mr.. Penrose has put
forth a program for congress in which
he declares for an investigation that
shall be strictly nonpartisan in its
character and results.
The committee will not have the
confidence of the country unless it con-
ducts the inquiry in a nonpartisan
way. and unless it extends its activi-
ties beyond the mere question or
whether the democrats were extrava-
CANT or not The country wants to
know mainly how expenses can be re-
duced now and in the near future.
II has patiently paid the bills, trusting
the accounting to the future. 1t is
right and proper for the republicans
To find out where, if anywhere, money
was wasted, and we hope they will do
lust that; but the country also wants
TO know when expenditures can be re-
duced. Let the committee find that
ont. and 1t will earn the gratitude and
confidence of the nation. 1t will not
earn either if it merely confines itself
tn learning where the democrats vast
cd money. with no hint about how the
republicans can save it. Here, again,
we turn for light to Senator Penrose,
who has declared as part of his pro-
gram that the war expenditures must
be severely cut.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE It
Steele Had To Quit Railroading on
Account OF Bad HeaIth-Gains
Fifteen Pounds Taking TanIac

"If | could speak with everybody
personally who has stomach trouble
and rheumatism, | would tell them to
take Tanac for | have tried it myself
and have never seen anything like it, "
was the statement made by J. II.
Steele Of Shirley, H., recently. Nh.
Steele, who is now employed in a gen
eral store in Shirley, was formerly a
conductor on the L. & n. railroad,
which position he states he had to
give up on account Of bad health.
"a number of years ago, while rail
roading," he continued, II began suf
fering from stomach trouble and rheu-
matism and kept getting worse in
spite of all | could do. My appetite
left me and ] would suffer terribly
from indigestion and gas on the stom-
ach after every meal. Ny head ached
a great deal of the time, | also suf-
fered agonies from rheumatism and
felt tired, wornout and no account all
the time, simply got to where had
TO be as careful as a baby about my
eating, was very pale, and finally be-
came so thin and weak was forced TO
give up raiIroadng altogether.
about this time | began to see
Tanlac recommended very highly and
decided to see if it would help me as
others said it had them. My stomach
soon got In shape to where | could
eat cabbage, beans, meats, potatoes
and just anything else | wanted with
out the slightest trouble afterwards,
So | kept on taking Tanlac and when
| finished my fifth bottle my rheuma-
tism and all my other troubles had
disappeared and / had gained fifteen
pounds in weight besides. That was
nearly three years ago, but | have
held my weight and felt fine to this
good day. So / can testify to both
the immediate and lasting results that
come from the use Of Tanlac, and |
firmly believe If | had known about
il in time | would have continued my
railroad work. No doubt there are
lots OF people today suffering like
did before | took Tanlac and if | can
show them the road to health l think
II Is nothing but right that | should
do So"
Tanlac is sold in Aurora by w. G.
Ray.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
SONG OF THE REFUGEE SHIRT

Refugee garments made by Ameri-
can women for the destitute of war
ridden lands all conformed to stand
ards built on the clothing customs of
the people for whom the articles were
intended. To American eyes the pat
terms were often grotesque, even
wasteful. but they were followed.
Anything more clumsy and out-of-
date according to American standards
could hardly be imagined writes VIII
la Sibert Gather, in the July number
of the New Red Cross Magazine. dis
cussing the prompt willingness Of the
workers to accept instructions. yet
IN Red Cross rooms under the court
house and in the basement Of the Pub
lie Library, out in the farm houses
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19

dig and destroy them. Some persons
have even done this before the inspec-
tor arrived Mr.. Gilbert calls atten-
ton to the fact that it is not suiIi-
cient simply to cut off the tops Of the
bushes. In order to kill the plants
the large roots must be dug out 1t
will save both the owner and inspec.
tor trouble if the barberries are
dug and destroyed At the
time of this second inspection.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19

means of teaching easily things that
all should know if one is to be a val.
liable member Of society and a citizen
Of no mean country.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19

agnes married a self-made man,
didn't she?" Eyes. but she has COM
pelled him to make extensive altera-
tions. s."-Boston Transcript.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-06-19
OR A NURSE

Uncle Chess Mutt says it's getting
to the point where when fellows
sick he has to join the army to get
doctor.-St. Louis Republic.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
Whv Verdi Instead Of Frantz.

Some years ago one of the members
of the Trieste council was Informed
by a secret agent that, within few
hours the city would be faced by
demand on the part Of Austria for
the erection of statue Of Emperor
Francis Joseph in its principal square.
A meeting of the city council was
Immediately called. 1t sat duying the
night hours, and passed resolution
affirming the intention Of the city to
put up statue to Verdi on the very
spot chosen by the hereditary enemy.
On the following morning the demand
of Austria was received. but the coun-
ell replied that its decision already
was taken and that 1t could not be
revoked. The people Of Trieste see
in the statue of the great italian COM
poser, observes q correspondent. q
sy,rti af Ir-.plsn''sin. ne only bp.
rsus. ~ v.r,ii'~ nationality. huf he
CAUSE IN. Ave letters -of the name Ves>
II stand for ''vtvx ei Re j. Italia"
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
Shoe Manufacture in China
Is Conducted by the Women

, All China stays home on wet days.
Why3 Because Chinese shoes are
made wholly Of cloth, through which
the water readily runs; hence, to
keep dry feet, the Chinese stay In
doors when It rains. Chinese shoes
are made by women. Early In child
hood they learn the work, and hus-
band and father and sons are all sh0d
by the work of the women Of the
household. Il the women can make
more shoes than their own men re-
Quire, then they still make shoes-t0
be sold In the shops. The tiny shoes
OF the housewife are made In the pri-
'vacy Of her own bedroom. not even
the husband watching her work. The
sides OF the shoes are made Of new
cloth. anything from cheapest cotton
TO richest velvet Soles are made Of
several thicknesses Of cloth or paper
put together With paste. with new
cloth on the outside. The soles are
from . half inch TO tvo inch&S thick.
The thickness Of the sole II an evi.
denee Of the financial standing q TIE
WeAreG.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
Battles Fought During TWO
Years OF the Mexican War

The Mexican war Of 1846 lasted
nearly two years. The first actual col
lision and bloodshed was on April 25,
1846, between q band Of Mexican
troops that had crossed the Rio Grande
aud a company Of American soldiers.
On May II, 1846, President Polk sent
q special message to congress reciting
the facts and grievances, and said !:
"As war exists. and notwithstanding
all our efforts to avoid it, exists by
the act Of Mexico herself, we are
called upon by every consideration Of
duty and patriotism to vindicate with
decision the honor, the rights and the
interests Of our country" During 184e
the battle Of Palo Alto was fought,
May 8; battle Of Monterey, September
21. In 1847 the battle Of Buena Vista,
February q, battle Of Cerro 0ordo
April II; City Of Mexico captured
September IA; the Stars and Stripes
were placed on the national palace and
a treaty Of peace was signed February
2. 1842
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23

One of the lions of the moment 10
General Townshend, who. after being
50 long prisoner tn Turkey, ia doubly
able to appreciate the turning OF the
tide, observes q writer In London An
.swers. Unnke many other prisoners
General Townshend seems to have
been quite well treated and was de-
scribed during his term Of captivity
as ''the best,dressed man IN Constanti
inople"
I. This recalls tAe amusing message
which he sent by wireless from Kut to
London In the early part Of 1915. he
stated that be would be wanting his
evening clothes at an early date!
phere were some who took this seri-
ously and wondered why British gen
eral should trouble himself over such
trivial matters as this in war time.
But the wise knew that the wire
was sent to reassure his family ana
10 perplex the Turks.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
Food Administration Work
Lessened by Presiden-
tial Proclamation Re-
moving Restrictions
State Food Administration Of
fices will be Closed Be-
tween February
1st and 18th.

New Orleans, January 20, 1919.
To All District and Parish Food Ad-
ministrators:
The recent Presidential Proclama-
ton has Eliminated from the license
list a great many commodities and
certain activities. There remain now
only few commodities still subject to
license. These include Cottonseed
and cottonseed products, fresh, cam
ned or cured beef, pork or mutton.
Oleomargarine and butter substitutes.
All animal or vegetable fats and oils.
Butter, cheese, eggs and sugar.
Referring to interchange of wire
messages transmitted in our commun-
ication sixteenth instant to all Dis
trict Food Administrators for Louis
lana, now beg to advise Mr.. Parker
has returned from Washington.
Many of our Rules and Regulations
have been repealed cinse January
first. The work of this office has
been greatly lessened and in conse-
quence thereof our staff has been
greatly reduced. These conditions,
together with the Presidents Proc
lamation first herein above referred
to, caused Mr.. Parker during his re-
cent visit to Washington to discuss
with the Administration the adsisa-
bility of closing our offices, with the
result. unless there should be a
change. the general offices for the
Louisiana Food Administration will
be closed between February first and
fifteenth. Therefore. if you have
anything pending, Or desire informa-
tion on any subject, it may be best
to communicate either on receipt of
this letter, or as soon thereafter as
possible
Ar. Parker and the sratf thorough
ly appreciate the patriotic spirit in
which each and every District and
Parish Food Administrator respond
| ed to the requests emanating from
this office, and the manner in which
each discharged the duties connected
with the work of administering our
Rules and Regulations. 1t has been
genuine pleasure to have been as
sociated in this work with you.
Certificate of War Service will be
ready for distribution about Febru-
ary first. PLEASE FURNISH
NAMES PROMPTLY.
Yours very truly,
Food Administrator For Louisiana.
Per J. w. WILZIN.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23

sguAn, be hasn't worked for 6tput
IL mnths," testified an elderly vom-
= IN dty court recently. sha was
Igutylag against her aon. ase as1e0-
-, vho had been arEasted a
afSs Il vaUany.
How does be spend hAs laUam
ef aaksd the prosecutor.
sGssptner was the reply.
I Whso the boy took the stand>hA d.
~ that he had been out o( anploY.
mt for SIX months and sa3d his
ne(Asr had erred as to the Length OF
Ira q the last work he did was
tbout four and one-half months ago"
How many hours a day do you
aspr asked Judge Pritchard to
MIA Tie defendant replied that he
61nE asep all the time hut Jus,
MN he felt like It.
HNsr been in jailr said the Judge
/, ~
they have regular houys
Wwdlere and believe regular houfs
fsw days work on the roads
% you opo& I win flne you 81
II slf4 and you en- hay Il ont h
hnanapolis MswA
- -
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
Canada Appropriates Large
Sum to Lend Municipalities

A fund Of $25, 600 900 has been cre-
ated by the dominion government from
which amounts in proportion to popu-
lation may be borrowed by the govern
ments of the various provinces for ap-
plication toward bettering the housing
conditions Of wage earners. The pro-
vincial governments probably will ad-
vance the money to municipalities de-
string to attempt betterment Of
housing conditions of Industrial work.
ers, although the order in council set
ting aside the fund provides that it
may be administered through munich
palities or otherwise.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
Impress Left by Romans.

The old Romans and still older
Celts have left their traces thickly
strewn In the place-names of the coun-
try through which the victorious al
lied armies advanced during the latter
part Of the war. Valenciennes was
named after the Roman emperor, VAL
entinian, Just as Orleans was named
after Emperor Aurelian. The mark Of
the Celt Is seen In the dun. or fortress,
Of the ever-famous Verdun, and,
though now contracted out Of exist.
ence, In the towering old city Of Laon.
the stronghold Of the Merovingians.
The River Meuse, perhaps the river
most connecfed with war. hss the most
peaceful Of names. Meuse being Gel.
tic for the River of Meadows.
The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1919-01-23
State Suffrage Conference
Turns To u. S. Senate
Abandoning States
Rights Plan
Women of State to Line Up with
President Wilson to fight
for Vote by Federal
Amendment

The State Suffrage Conference
which is to be held in New Orleans
on January u, is bringing home to
politicians in every part OF the State
that Louisiana women, like the wom-
en- of other States, are at last begin
ming to abandon their fifty-year
struggle for suffrage state by state,
TO concentrate on Congress. They
have. in short, moved ahead with
President Wilson.
National suffrage, and national SUI
frage only, will be discussed at the
State conference here, which is bring
ing speakers from the east and from
all parts of the State. Among the
speakers will be two women from
Washington, D.. c., who will present
the dramatic fight for suffrage at
the present time, the struggle to beat
down the suffrage blockade in the
Senate; these women are Mrs. Abby
Scott Baker, whom eastern newspa-
per men call "the diplomatist of the
suffrage ranks" because of the num-
ber of celebrated men she has con-
verted; and Miss Mary Dubrow, Of
Passaic, N. J., the dramatic young
school-teacher-speaker. Other speak
ers will be Mrs. Ross Collins, wife Of
the Attorney General Of Mississippi
member of the national advisory
council of the Woman. Party; Mr.
Louis Gosserand, Mr.. Sam Montgom-
cry, Mrs. E. ]. Graham, and others.
The purpose Of this suffrage con-
ference of the Louisiana Branch OF
the National Woman's Party is two
fold: Women want to focus popular
attention on the fact that the Dem
ocrat Party and its leaders are pre-
venting the enfranchisement Of
| American women and thus making
the undemocracy of this country pat
ent to the world; in addition they
want to devise ways and means oil
pushing the suffrage measure through
Congress through bringing pressure
on Senator Gay of Louisiana; ane
also making tentative State ratifica
tion plans in the event that fedora
suffrage passes. Both men and WON
en- are urged to attend this confer
ence, or to do what they can to Co
operate in the work being undertake
en-.