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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
One Of Our Biggest Industries.

The number of students now enrolled
in the colleges of the United States is
larger than in any other country of the
world. Indeed it is probably not far
from being as large as the enrollments
in all the other countries of the world
put together. Estimated at about $780,
900, it represents a stupendous growth
during the last 20 years and the end
Is not by any means in sight, The
United States Steel corporation is com.
monty said TO be our biggest industry,
but il employs the energies of only
100000 persons. The colleges of the
country outstrip it by a considerable
margin Our biggest national industry
is not, therefore, the making of steel
but the making of educated men and
women. If we swere to go down into
the high schools and the grammar
schools, moreover, the figures would
run far into the millions. Lord Bryce
in his American Commonwealth" re-
marked many years ago upon the pas
sion for education which he discovered
in this country. II he were to survey
the situation to-day he would be even
more strongly impressed.
The handing OF TINS giant natlonal
enterprise is becoming each year more
difficult. II involves the spending of
greatly increased sums of money as
time goes on. The colleges have shown
their urgent needs by the vigor with
which campaigns for new endowments
are being carried on. Many of them
have been under the necessity of rails
ing their tuition fees. Institutions of
education which depend for their sup
port upon the public funds have had to
make such large demands upon the
taxpayers that other public enterprises
are in many cases finding il hard to get
adequate appropriations.
As a national investment, however,
it would be difficult to find anything
more profitable The dividends are in
tangible. to be sure, but they are large
beyond question. Lord Bryce's remark
Was intended as a compliment, not
criticism. II we achieve and maintain
world leadership our passion for edu-
cation will be the fundamental expla- /
nation Of it.-Boston Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Thrown By Waino Ketonen
at Montpelier in One
Hour and 43 Minutes
WORLD CHAMPION
HAD TO WORK HARD
Toward the Close of the
Match There, Was Some
Lively Work

Waino Ketonen, middleweight cham
pion of the world, defeated Pink Gard
ner in wrestling bout in the armory
hall in Montpelier Friday evening by
throwing him in one hour and 40 min
utes on flying mare, which went into
an inside crotch and then ended with a
body roll, which knocked Gardeners
breath out of him for few seconds
Gardner was rolled fiat on his back.
Ketonen holding him pinned to the mat
in plenty of time to satisfy everybody
that he had the fall.
These two men were as evenly
matched as any two that have APP
peared in Montpelier and they gave a
very pretty demonstration of the sci
enee of wrestling until the last few
minutes when they seemed to be angry
with each other, after each had pulled
little rough work. For the last few
minutes it was pretty fast action all
around. Both men took the aggressive
at times but it looked as though Gard
ner did the most of it. Ketonen kept
close to his man most of the time and
Gardner had the broken wrist hold on
Ketonen several times but each time
Ketonen was able to get out of it and
then came back at Gardner with some
fast work. 1t was wrestling to the fin
ish, only one bout being held.
Ajax, who defeated Gardner the pre-
ceding night, will be the next attrac-
ton in Montpelier promoted by Daily
and Meigs.
The preliminaries were between Tap
lin and Richards. They gave good ac
counts of themselves, Richards taking |
the first fall in Is minutes; Taplin the
second in three minutes, and Richards |
the third in II minutes. Harry White
this match while Joe killou-
rhy of Laconia, N. H., refereed the big
match.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
A Friend Worth Knowing

We make many aequaintanees, some
of which develop into friendship, but
not all prove themselves true friends.
1t is just as essential that we have o
reliable friend in the form of a medi-
cine as a personal friend, so that when
we are afflicted with various ailments
we can have something We can abso-
lutely depend upon.
The next time you have any stomach,
liver or kidney trouble, and you are
not already acquainted with the won
derful merits of SEVEN BARkS, ma.
lures remedy Of roots and herbs, we
urge you to give il trial, and we viii
predict that it will become one Of your
most valuable friends from a medical
standpoint.
For nearly half century SEVEN
BARKS has been a valuable and timely
friend to all sufferers Of stomach and
liver disorders. A trial viii quickly
prove its wonder efficiency, and after
that you will never be without IL and
gladly recommend u TO your friends.
Doctors bills these days run into
money fast, and can often be saved If
you will but keep on hand a bottle Of
SEVEN BARkS. the. old-fashioned
remedy that our parents and grand
parents used TO keep their families
regged and we'll
If you want a friend that viii stand
by you in time Of need. ask your drug
gist for SEVEN BARKS. Price but
60 cents per bottle, enough TO last
long time ADV.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Intellectual Enlargements That Run to
Six Figures.

After seeing New Mexico, George
Wharton blazed away with a hook
about it. sending up this roman can-
die whoop-de-doo;
II is land Of sunshine. solitude, 81
lence, serenity, saints. sinners, salu-
brity, sand scoriae, scorpions, snakes,
seruction, squabbles, segregation, shame
and sacrifice.
II is natural sanatorium, land Of
slopes and sapphire skies. land for
the savant and the saunterer, the Sc
rious and the saucy. a scenic saturnalia
regina. a place where past, present and
future are hand in hand, where an
tithesis reigns supreme, ancient aud
modern civilization JOG elbows, and
where the present sits in the lap Of he
prehistoric.
7 feel that I can truthfully say
have had a thrill. deep emotion,
stirring Of the heart, a quickening Of
the pulses. an intellectual enlargement.
a scenic feast and a spiritual upIift
for every one Of the l22. SOB square
miles Of New Mexico.-Pittsbur Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
The useless" Memorial.

Brooklyn, N. Y, is already having
an object lesson in the fallacy and fu
tility of the useful memorial. So
called. An avenue of Memorial Trees
was planted on Bedford avenue, and
the following story from a recent
Brooklyn daily paper speaks 50 clio
quently of the failure Of this form Of
useful memorial, that we quote il
verbatim:
Park Commissioner John n Har
man said yesterday he hoped to have
sufficient funds in the very near future
to care for the memorial trees on Bed
ford avenue. He admitted that the
trees have not had the specific atten.
ton during the past six months they
deserved, because of the lack Of money
to do the work. The trees, however,
the commissioner said, have been cult
waited. fortified and watered by the de-
partment forces, but. he said, il is diff
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
VEST TOPSHAM

Preaching service Sunday at l0:45
and Sunday school will follow. Let
everyone make a special effort to at
tend and receive the wonderful. life
giving messages which Mr.. Morris Is
bringing from Sunday TO Sunday.
Eugene Fellows Of Burlington, son
of Mrs. Alberta Fellows Church, ar
rived in town Wednesday and has gone
with provisions and other parapherna-
liza TO camp in the mountain, prepare
tory to the opening of the deer sea
son.
F. B. Abbott went to Mortified on
Thursday to attend the golden well
ing of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Rock. He
viii also visit at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. Margaret Smith, of
The difficult travelling has made the
stage somewhat late in arriving from
Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Paradise for Housewives with no Fuel
Problem.

If coal should go much higher most
of us will want to go and live in the
favored French village of Chaudesai-
CUES, in the Auvergne mountains. 1t
is built in the crater of an inactive
volcano. A number of stone covered
wells furnish boiling water, which
flows through mains beneath the rows
of houses. Not a chimney is to be
seen in the village, which is surround
ed with snow covered peaks from Oeto-
Der to May Neither stoves nor ranges
nor boilers are to be found; neither
coal nor wood nor any other kind of
fuel is used there.
But the houses are always warm,
even when the temperature outside is
below zero. In the floor of each house
are several holes leading to the main
pipes To heat a house the covers of
the holes are removed; TO prepare a
meal, pot is lowered to the flow of
boiling water; on washing day all that
is necessary is 10 go 70 the large pool
of hot water which is always ready
just outside the village. Edinburg
Scotsman.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Reports of Explosions Last
Night Received From
Many Sections
TWO FLOUR MILLS
IN MADRID SMASHED
General Strike Reported to
Have Started in
Verona

Madrid, Dec 4.--Bomb explosions
were reported to-day from many Sec
lions of Spain, considerable damage be.
ing done in various cities last evening.
At midnight an internal machine ex-
ploded on the windowsill of the palace
occupied by the archbishop of Seville
1t blew large hole in the wall. but in
jured on one, as Archbishop Almaraz
was praying in the palace chapel when
the explosion occurred.
Bombs were thrown at the house of a
land owner in the village of Pinospu-
ente, near Granada, and the building
was severely damaged Two flour mills
in this city were shattered by explo-
sions, the outrage being attributed to
striking bakers.
Reports from Verona state general
strike has begun there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04

real experts in the treatment and cure
| of tuberculosis. He had formed close
and valuable friendships with Trudeau
and other pioneers in the open-air cure,
and his services to the state and the
profession in the matter of fighting the
white plague" can hardly be measured
in words.
The Pittsford sanatorium, county
sanatoria and the wide diffusion Of
education in dealing with tuberculosis
all owe a great deal to the Caverly
vision, the Caverly energy, the Cav
erly trained mind and the great Cav
erly heart The results of this sort of
iife-devotion appear almost every day
in medical practice.
For one thing, tuberculosis or con.
sumption has been robbed of most of
its terrors. Very few cases nowadays
are permitted to reach stage where
treatment cannot at least prolong life
materially, and in most cases cure
can almost certainly be expected. We
no longer speak of the dread hand of
death when a lovely girl or promising
young man falls into a decline" II
physician is consulted in time, the
decline is usually promptly checked
not always by sanatorium treatment
but often through correct advice in liY-
ing, diet and open-air treatment
The preyentorium carries preventive
measures little further. II takes as
many children as it can who develop
tubercuar tendencies don't call il
hereditary nowadays gives them
not only intelligent and skilled treat
ment but trains them to take care of
themselves in future, frequently trans
forming sickly. anemic and potentially
tubercular patients into strong men
and women
just as the Pittsford sanatorium, BY |
curing and sending consumptives back |
TO their homes, creates numberless cen. |
tiers of education, so will the prevento- |
rum, by educating its little charges.
create agencies of education stretching |
out through many years of useful life, /
which will deeply affect many other
lives.
Already the gain in curing tuber
sulosis is very marked; when the new
is ready for work another
very valuable adjunct to that great
work will have been acquired which is
exactly as Caverly would have had Il
Rutland Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Moore & Owens
Leading Clehiers 122 North Main Street
Open Monday Evenings AS Usual
@1llEREETlEaEi

cult to grow trees on Bedford avenue
and they must receive constant atten-
tion. In June last Commissioner Har-
man applied to the board of aldermen
for revenue bonds to the amount Of
100000, SO as to put a special force
of men in charge Of these trees, and for
the purpose of placing new name plates
on the memorials. This request was
refused. but il was later renewed and
is up for hearing before the finance
committee.
Il now expect that this money will
be appropriated" said Commissioner
Hartman yesterday IAN expert exam.
ined the trees in MAY last and found
that, while practically all were thriv-
ing. they must have constant atteu-
ton A few Of the trees have died, and
wherever that is the case a new tree
is to be planted this fall. ] have FIRE.
quently requested that the placing of
wreaths on the memorials be discon-
tinued, as these decorations are short.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04

Those who are in danger of
grip and pneumonia are those
who are weak and run down.
The germ finds its first victims
among those who neglect a
simple cold.
You can build strength to
fight off colds and grip by TAX
ing Father Johns Medicine, the
pure and wholesome prescrip-
ton which has had more than
65 years success. The safe
medicine for all the family be-
cause it is free from alcohol or
dangerous drugs i'm any form.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
TERRIBLE CASE
OF ECZEMA
Prominent Veterinaryof Dover
Suffered Tortures for
Twelve Years
eFRUIT-A-TIVES"a nd ''Sootha Saliva
Finally Brought Relief

Dover, N. Ell.
elm 1906, I began to be troubled
with Eczema. 1t started on my face
and gradually spread. The second
summer, 1 was so badly afflicted I
had to lay off work. / would keep
my hands tied up at night to prevent
digging into my flesh while asleep.
Ispent hundreds of dollars in seeking
relief. / would SO for several months
without trouble and then the Eczema
would break out again and / would
be in for siege of suffering. My
hands, especially across the knuckles,
would be SO pulled and swollen /
could not do any obstetrical work
or operations.
1t was about three months ago
CHANGED to read an ad. of Fruit
a-tives' about person being cured
of Weeping Eczema by using this
remedy and SCOTIA Saliva. bought
both and in about week, noticed an
improvement. / have now used two
boxes of 'Fruit-a-tives' and one of
SCOTIA Saliva and am entirely free
of Eczema. My flesh is clear and
smooth and ] am that gratified with
the result that l cannot proclaim too
loudly the merits Of these remedies
Z. N. OLZENDAM, d. v. M.
Both remedies are sold at SOC. q
box, for $3.50. At all dealers o
sent postpaid by FRUIT-A-TIVE}
Limited, OGDENSBURG, N. Y.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Literary Calling.

William Henry, only child of Widow
Billings, was appointed postman of
our block.
In course Of time the census man APP
peared and asked the age and occupa
ton of William Henry.
Occupation" echoed the widow.
We'll! Well! I don't Just know what
YOU would call it. as ask him a"
She stepped TO the hall stairs and
called:
william Henry! The census man is
here and wants to know your occupa-
ton"
Tell him 10 put me down a man Of
letters shouted the precoeious young
man.-New York Evening Post.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04

lived, and they are bound to give the
trees a bedraggled appearance. There
is no disposition on the part of the
park commissioner to neglect the me-
MORALS. On the contrary, every posi-
be effort is being made to make Vie.
tory avenue a fitting memorial"
Thus. the so-called useful memorial Is
are demonstrating their useless char
acter.-Monumental News.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
LAST NOTICE.
Income and Excess Profits Taxes Due
on or Before Dec. IS.

Income and Excess Profits Taxes Due
on or Before Dec. IS.
1t appears that some taxpayers be-
lieve that shey have ten days grace
on the fourth installment of the in
come and excess profits taxes due Dec.
Is Such provision was contained in
the 1917 revenue act, but was removed
by the revenue act of 1918. No exten.
sion can be granted under the law.
In order that this impression may be
corrected, you are hereby advised that !:
December 10th is the last day for
the payment of the fourth installment
of the income and excess profits taxes
due this year. To avoid penalty, the
tax must be in the Offices of collectors
of internal revenue or branch offices by
midnight of that date.
Inquiries reaching the commission
er of internal revenue indicate a belief
that taxpayers have ten days grace on
this installment Such provision was
contained in the 1917 revenue act, but
was removed by the revenue act of
1918.
Payment of the fourth installment
may be made in cash or by money or.
der or check. Cash payments should not
be sent by mail. 1t is requested that
taxpayers return the notices sent them
with remittance in order to identify
the payment. The bureau of internal
revenue urges that whenever possible
be made by check or money
order. This method helps the taxpayer
by saving him a trip to the collectors
Office and avoids congestion at the
window. Check or money or
der shoyld be made payable to collect
Or of internal revene
Bills win be sent to taxpayers, but
failure to receive bill does not relieve
The taxpayer of his obligation to pay
on time"
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Everything Set.

AT the psychological moment wei
introduce the letters" said the fair
plaintiffs lawyer.
Are they tied with pink ribbons =
asked his fellow counsel
Sure
And tear stained -
7 sprinkled EN- myself
~All right; they'll do. Birmingham
Age Herald.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
YOUR RHEUMATISM
Remove It's Cause BY Purifying Your
Blood.

One of the most important duties
of your system is to burn up certain
substances no longer of use in your
body One is uric acid, now generally
held to be the cause of rheumatism.
1t infiames the joints, stiffens the mus
cles, causes pains, aches and lameness.
The system is helped to dispose of
this troublesome substance, and rheu-
matism is permanently relieved, by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the one true blood
purifier 1t is aided in many cases by
Hoods Pills, which in small doses are
a gentle laxative, in large doses an ac-
tive cathartic. A grand course of treat
ment, economical and effective.-Adv.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04

"BESS" and "JESS" ARRIVE AT A DECISION
RESPECTING DADS CHRISTMAS PRESENT
Truthful Story of Holiday Giving

Said Bess to Jess, Lets do
the right thing by dad at
Christmas time" and Jess re-
piled, "Righto, and let's do it as
it should be done, the real way
and the right way
The two sisters were home
for the holiday season, one from
her teaching in an Ohio city
and the other from her clerk
ship position at the Nations.
capital.
Dad, dear old soul, has stood
by us all and stood up nobly
and grand. At holiday time he
has never failed to remember
us superbly, and he has ac-
copied our little two-by-twice
and not-much-o f-consequence
gifts with delight in his face
and expressions of real thank
fulness. | really don't believe
he ever thought we should do
more" was the way Bess ex-
pressed it.
"Do you remember the
Christmas a few years back,
said Jess, when you gave dad
an ash tray? You were home
that holiday time. / was in
Massachusetts at Aunt Lucia's
that Christmas and | sent him
an ash tray. Unbeknown to me
Aunt Lucia also sent him an
ash tray. That amused US,
when we compared notes later,
but the diving of dad ash trays
did not end there. Delayed in
the mails was another ash tray
from dads brother, who lives in
Phoenix, Ariz. 1t was a long
time coming, not arriving in
Barre until early summer.
That was the time when Bur-
leson's mail service was at its
best"
Properly" exclaimed Bess,
dad would have been justified
in smoking himself black in the
face and would have had to
make use of the four ash trays.
And where are they now? In
rumaging through a trunk in
the attic only yesterday | ran
across three of those ash trays,
each nicely wrapped in the orig
inal papers and labeled with
the donors name. The fourth
tray, the one / gave dad, was
broken a long while ago. Dad
has no doubt forgotten about
the other three and where he
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
THREE SCHOOL GAMES
Between Eastern and Middle West
Teams Near Boston.

Boston, Dec. T. 49, Three football
teams representing middle-western
schools were prepared for gridiron bat
ties with New England high school OPP
ponents to-day. De Paul academy of
Chicago meets st. James high school of
'iaverhill, Cleveland West Technical is
scheduled to play Fitchburg and the
eleven from Elgin, H., will meet STAN
ford at Stamford, Conn.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
RESOLUTION OF SYMPATHY
For Canadian and British Ex-Service
Men in Massachusetts,.

Montreal, Dec A resolution ex-
pressing sympathy with the stand OF
former Canadian and British service
men in Massachusetts, in protesting
legislation, which did not allow them
the same bonus tax" exemptions
granted American war veterans, was
adopted last night by Yankee post, No.
/, American Legion The post has a
membership of 200 former members of
the American expeditionary force Cop
les of the resolution will be sent to
the State House at Boston and the va
rious veterans associations.
Speakers DECLARED many men who
served overseas for three or four years
were taxed to aid in paying bonuses to
men who had served perhaps half that
time
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Fradicatinp Tuberculosis.

The advance plans Of the Caverly
indicate that the new
Institution win not only be a decided
credit to the state, the county and the
town Of Pittsford, but that II will b.
built along the best lines for actual
efficient work IN fighting tuberculosis
The late Dr. Csveriy, quiet and IN
assuming a. he was, was one Of the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04

placed them so carefully. I
hope So"
Well" said Jess, then
we've decided at this Christmas
time to do for dad in a practical
way what we should have done
long ago at each succeeding
Christmas. Now, what is it to
be!'
"Just yesterday" responded
Bess, II was reading a list of
useful things for men in an ad.
vertisement in The Times.
Let's find the copy"
The Times was located and
soon the young women were
porting over the advertisement
of Moore and Owens.
81 have a fine idea," ejacu-
lated Jess. Now, why not you
and ! create a fund by starting
it with ten dollars each, asking
Aunt Lucia to contribute
twenty dollars, explain to Uncle
Henry, who has made lots of
money at Phoenix, what we are
up to and suggest that fifty
would look good coming from
him and if we are diplomatic
we can no doubt get together
fifty from Uncle Will, who lives
in Chicago and was a member
of the Shipping Board during
the war. With success in every
instance, and | am sure we will
have no failure, we will have
$4,000"
Bess clapped her hands in
her enthusiasm. "Grandw she
exclaimed, Gust the grandest
project we have ever under
taken. And with the $4,000
we can buy him one of those
blue serge suits, in which he
always looks so well, a new
overcoat, gloves, a new hat,
shirts, underclothes, collars and
neckwear-all of these articles
for the $4,000 and at the low
prices prevailing at the Quick
Money Sale. Won't it be fine?
We will write to Aunt Lucia
and Uncles Henry and Will this
very day."
When Bess and Jess make up
their fund for dads CHI lstmas
presents we will give them the
warmest of welcome at the
Quick Money Sale and will do
our best to make dads Christ
mas his greatest holiday.
Say, girls, isn't the idea of
Bess and Jess just fine?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
A Safe Bet.

4 guess they'll marry all right She
is his first love-
THAT doesn't make it sure"
We'll. he is her last chance. "-Bos-
ton Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-12-04
Or Take Up Clock.

Ioe-E Even a policeman cannot arrest
THE aight Of timei
Pete--Csn't he! Why. only this
morning saw a policeman e. into a
store ard stop = few moments.- Boys
Life.