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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

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efficient service in the delivery of the paper
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be given of each failure to receive the paper
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abling the cause of the error to be promptly
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, 1920-08-12
Or the Undertaker's Bill.
lBennington Bnaner.l

In the morning newspapers Friday
there were reports of the killing of
eleven persons in automobile accidents
and nine of the eleven deaths were due
to motor cars being hit by railroad
trains. Every auto driver in approach
ing a railroad crossing should hurry
rapidly over it without looking to the
right or left 1t may save doctor 5
bills during a long sickness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

Express employees have been granted
a wage increase of $30,0o0,O0O and OF
course a raise in rates is inevitable A
little more to add to the 5000, 100000
the railroads have handed the PUBLIC,
but what are few millions more or
less in these times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

b. Sahlin has purchased one of 40 acres in
st. Johnsbury the price being $4,000.
Claiming that Frank A. Wallace of
Castleton had paid her no rent for 10
years, Mrs Ellen Bragg of the same town
is suing Wallace for $4,000, rent and in
terest.
George Lander of Barre was fined 50
and costs for running a punch board in a
store The states attorney said there was
too much gambling and asked for stiff
fine, but the minimum fine was imposed,
Albert Billodeau of Newport is under
$500 bail on the charge of attempting to
smuggle his brother, Elmer, into the Uni
ted States by means of claiming someone s
citizenship papers as Emery's.
The buildings on the farm of Joseph La
vote, the last farm on the Vermont side
of the international boundary line north
of Newport, were burned Saturday night,
the fire being caused by spontaneous com
bustion, it is thought. Over 100 tons
of hay were destroyed.
The secretary of state has received re-
ports of the following convictions for
breach of automobile laws: In st. Johns
bury, F. NJ Batchelder, $50 for negligent
driving; in Middlebury, G. c. Farr, $25,
for operating an unlicensed machine; in
Winooski, j. o. Gamache, S25 for the
same offense.
1t now develops that Mrs. H. B. Dodge
of Swampscott, a summer resident at
| Bartlett, n H., did not lose her 81 500
| diamond pendant in st. Johnsbury at all
| but she slipped it into folder describing
| St bloomsbury and didn't know it until
| she started to show the folder to friend
at Bartlett and the pendant dropped out
| The boats crew of the government
| .'Steamer, Daisy" on Lake Champlain had
an interesting experience when coming
from Port Kent one day last week when
they brought aboard a deer which had
become exhausted from swimming The
deer which had seemed quite dead wher
/ taken aboard soon recovered spirits anC
the men had a rather lively time unit
landing was made at Stave Island wher,
the animal quickly took his departure.
/ While attempting to turn a Ford cal
around, Miss Cordelia Ball backed the
machine off the wall and into Lake Bonn
oseen Miss Ball and her companions
Hazel Proctor, Mildred Gutterson, Carrie
Cheever and Frances Hamilton were res
cued by nearly hundred hathers anC
none Of them was found to be seriously
hurt although the car turned over twice
and landed bottom side up in the LAKE
with windshield and top of car demol
ished
Burlington entertained Tuesday nigh
the most deliberately fashioned ship of th'
air which has yet visited Vermont. 1T
owners claim for it the distinction Of be
ing the type of the largest commercial
hydroplane in the world 1t seats 2
people and has five cabins This nam
moth air palace is in charge of Lieutenant
Thomas f. Dunn, president of the Uni
ted States Aerial Express company, 9
prominent representative of the Aeria
club of America, and now en- route from
Philadelphia to Detroit
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
Today's Birthdays.

Baron Chelmsford, the present vice
roy and governor general of India, born
% years ago to-day.
Pauline Frederick, celebrated actress
and motion picture star, born in Bos-
ton, SO years ago today.
Mary Roberts Rinehart, celebrated
novelist and playwright, born in Pitts
burgh, "A years ago today.
James w. Wadsworth, United States
senator from New York, born at Gen
eseo, n. Y, 50 years ago today.
Ray w. Schalk, catcher of the Chi
cago American league baseball team,
born at Harwell, H., % years ago to
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
TO ADVERTISERS.

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Space rates application.
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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
items
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

The A. E. F. viii pass into history
when the only remaining unit of the
army that fought in France ceases to
exist August 81. And we are still at
war and the dove of peace dying of
old age.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

Running true to convention form the
master butchers, meeting in New York
this week, say that meat is going to
cost more this winter. We are getting
hardened to that kind of news; it s old
stuff. ..
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

Headline: Auto crosses continent in
four days, IA hours and 43 minutes. If
they keep on reducing the time they
won t need to start at all soon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

1t may be true as some say, that
home garden produce costs more than
any other, but it always has that salts
factory I-raised-it myself flavor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

A writer in farm paper states that
the potato bug will be extinct in five
years. This is something growers have
long hoped and sprayed for.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

Have you been able in the last few
days to conjure up a mental picture of
yourself shoveling on one of those
seven-foot snowdrifts of last winter?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
Azores Population.

The population of the Azores is
about pa, 600, the number of its inhab-
itants having changed but little in the
last century, and, if anything, having
diminished.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
Prepare for a Shock.
(Montnelier Argns.l

Those who are complaining about the
price of milk which is higher this
month when the grass is supposed to
be most abundant, are booked for a
shock when the new rates for trans
porting milk by the railroads go into
effect
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
One Year Ago Today.

Prince of Wales welcomed at st.
Johns, n. f.
Tx German crown prince returned to
Holland after visit to his family IN
Prussia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
A Complicated Plan.
(Montpelier Argus.)

The Hartness plan of progress appar-
emily becomes more and more involved
as the campaign progresses. Is it the
intention of the Hartness managers to
get the voters bewildered2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
Something Missing.
(Boston Globe.)

Anyone who doesn t know the diff
ference between blueberries and buckle
berries has no long line of New Eng
land ancestors.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

The price of raisins goes up five
cents a pound for the 1920 crop but no
one suggests not using them to bring
the price down.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
A RevengefuI Spirit.
lManchester Union

Not that we want to cuss around
but it would be rather nice if Mr. Ho-
henzollern could see his warships in
the North river.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

already proving itself well suited to local
conditions. and irrigation promises new
cotton fields elsewhere~~-C Christian Science
Monitor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
Woods Full of 'em.

burlington News.)
One thing Vermont tourists will get
good view of this year is the coun-
tenance of James Hartness.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

/ Several hundred new varieties in penny
toys are brought out every week by
makers in London.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

A. o. HUNTER, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, who says Tanlac has GER
tainly proven its worth in both
his own and his wife's case. He
wasn't able to work when he be-
gan taking it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12
VERMONT NEWS.

After touring the country from Flor
ida to Vermont in search of farm, A.
b. Sahlin has purchased one of 40 acres in
st. Johnsbury the price being $4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

Claiming that Frank A. Wallace of
Castleton had paid her no rent for 10
years, Mrs Ellen Bragg of the same town
is suing Wallace for $4,000, rent and in
terest.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-12

The secretary of state has received re-
ports of the following convictions for
breach of automobile laws: In St. Johns
bury, F. NJ Batchelder, $50 for negligent
driving; in Middlebury, G. c. Farr, $25,
for operating an unlicensed machine; in
j. o. Gamache, S25 for the
same offense.
, 1920-06-10
Death of Prominent StOckman.

Lewis L.. Ruyle, for the past ten
years n of the prominent ranchers
and stock growers of the Spring Creek
section, passed away ut his home at
4 80 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon, after
an illness covering II period of nearly
three weeks. Death was caused by ty-
phoid-pneumonia.
Mr.. Ruyle and family came to this
valley about ten years ago from Kan
sas, and he purchased a tract of land
on Spring Creek from Jesse Fouts,
then II of the prominent landowners
of that region. Later he purchased an
adjoining place, known as the old Lee
& Grout ranch, and since then he has
been extensively engaged in general
ranching and the raising of cattle. He
was highly respected by his neighbors
and friends and was known as an hon
est, conscientious and Woodworking
"A He was n native of Illinois and
was 90 years of age at h time of his
death.
He leaves to mourn his demise n
, 1920-06-10
OIL TANK.
Preparations Being Made for Storage
of Oil i'm Platte River Dome,
Below Town of Fl. Steele.

As vet f.. r. Good. who encountered
strong showing of oil in the well he
is drilling on Section 30. Platte River
Dome, a not drilled into the SAND
owing to the fact that should Il strong
flow of oil be struck there would be no
way of handling it, says the Rawlins
Republican.
During the past week Mr.. Good has
been engaged in casing his well and in
cher way getting ready to 90 ahead
lN>i,h drilling just as soon as the new
r9-harrcl tank which is being som
structed is completed.
A few days since sufficient oil was
baled out of this well to fill the L.
barrel tank now on the location md to
prove that the Oil is coming from oil
sand. Prospects are excellent that n
good flow of oil will be secured in this
first sand, in which case it means that
the two lower sands should carry an
even greater amount.
Oil men throughout this section are
awaiting with deep anxiety the pene-
trating of the oil sands on this location.
, 1920-06-10
Stallings Must
Return for Trial
Will BE Required to Answer i'm u. y.
Court 10 Charge of Embezzling
Funds of the Government.

Leslie c. S%tallimgs, editor of the En-
campment Record and also United
States Commissioner at that point some
three and II half years ago, later pub
Usher of the Rawlins Journal and last
heard Of in Wyoming in the neighhor-
hood of Big Pincy. must return to WyO-
ming to stand trial for embezzlement,
according TO recent dispatches from the
national capital.
Stnllings got in considerable of his
fine work around Saratoga during his
residence in the valley, and he is re-
membered with sorrow by many people
in the Encampment neighbOrhood who
paid him various sums in connection
with land matters, which money new
or reached the land office, but is said
20 have been appropriated to his own
uses by the erstwhile commissioner.
While some of his talents along this
line were recognized by the people who
had dealings with him, his Wanted
legal knowledge was not believed in
to any extent BY local people. How
ever. since his arrest in Washington,
ID. C., in May, 1918, upon an indtCt-
Continued on Page Four)
, 1920-06-10
Good Roads Day. Proclamation.

With the thousands of miles of pub
lie roads and highways within the
state of Wyoming, it is an impossible
ity for u state and county agencies
to do all the improvement work meces-
sary just at this time to accommodate
our tourist travel and domestic needs.
1t has been demonstrated In the past
that by the people devoting one day to
the improvement of the roads within
their respective communities wonders
can be accomplished, and it is plain
to be seen that IL this same method be
followed throughout the entire state,
practically all our roads will be much
benefited.
Now, Therefore, l., Robert ID. Carey,
governor of the state of Wyoming, in
order to not only improve the condi-
ton of u roads but at the same time
to encourage the building and better
maintaining of highways within the
state, do hereby proclaim and designate
Tuesday, the 22nd day of June, 1920,
as Good Roads Day, and do most earn
estly urge and recommend that on that
day the people Of the state devote
their time and energy to the improve
, 1920-06-10
Billiards. Leave for Idaho.

Prof. and Mrs. G. II. Ballard, who
have been teaching in the local schools
the past two years, left on Tuesday
for Twin Falls. Idaho, where they will
visit for "A time with a brother of Mrs.
Ballard. They We're accompanied by
their daughter, Miss Maurine, and Mrs.
Billiards. father. ]. b. Miles. The lat
ter gentlemen drove through from Win
field, Kans., arriving here on Saturday.
and will also visit at Twin Falls and
other Idaho points.
Mr.. Ballard is looking for a loca-
tion and expects to travel through the
northwest until he finds a suitable
proposition. He has decided to quit
teaching and plans to engage in the
mercantile business.
, 1920-06-10
Tuesday, June ~, is Good
Roads Day" in All Wyoming

A week from next Tuesday. June %,
has been proclaimed by Governor Carey
as Good Roads Day" throughout Wyo-
ming, and on that day improvements
totaling many thousands of dollars
will be put upon the highways of the
state by volunteer workers of every
town and community. Working in
harmony with the state and county
Good Roads Associations, the Governor
has requested MI, business men of the
state to close their places of business
on that day and devote their time and
that of their employees to volunteer
tive communities. By following this
procedure, the business man will give
Il big impetus to the Dad work, for
the attitude he takes in this mattep
will be reflected throughout the com
munity, and his example will be heart
lily followed.
While the organization in this valley
is not vet complete, captains have been
appointed TO have charge of and di:ecr
the work along various sections IF the
main roads, and these men are now
listing all available equipment and mar
shaling all possible assistance in pre-
%paration for accomplishing as murn as
possible between the hours of s :0o n. m.
and 200 p. IN. on Good Roads Day.
Those already announced are as fol
lows:
Saratoga, South-RObert r. Wood.
Saratoga, North-Roy c.. Peck.
Saratoga, West, to Jack Creek and
South-Glenn Il. Scott.
Saratoga, East, to Cedar Creek and
Ter Mile-Charles l.. Plummer.
Lake Creek-Taylor Pennock.
North Spring Creek-Chet l.. Cluff.
South Spring Creek-Hugh G. Now
ry.
Cow Creek-George Sullivan.
Brush Creek w. r. TiltOn.
Encampment, East-James Il. Ander-
son.
Encampment, North-Amos Wilcox.
Encampment, West-Ben Bashore.
Beaver Creek-F. d. Bridges.
Big Creek-H. A. Hunter.
These men will not only devote their
entire time on Good Roads Day to or
ganization and direction of their work
ing forces. but will give much of their
time between now and that day in MAX
ing preparations for the accomplish
ment of as much benefit as possible to
the roads in their respective districts.
Zach man will go carefully over his
section in advance to determine Just
, 1920-06-10

ment of our highways.
L would request the mayors of the
different towns and cities, together
with the boards of county commission
ers of the various counties, to coop
crate in making this day a success,
and that all organizations such as la
Dor unions, farmers organizations,
chambers of commerce and others form
ulate and carry out such plans as will
result in the general observance of the
day. 1t is further urged hat all bus
mess houses be closed on this day in
order that all may assist in making
the day one long to be remembered in
the history of road improvement in
our rapidly advancing state.
In testimony whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and caused to be af-
fixed the Great Seal of the state of
Wyoming.
Done in the city of Cheyenne, this
9th day Of May, A. ID. 1920.
ROBERT ID. CAREY,
(SEAL) Governor.
By the Governor:
w. Il. CHAPLIN,
Secretary of State.
, 1920-06-10

what equipment and materials are
needed, II this will be obtained in adj
vance in order that there shall be no
delays TO contend with on Good Roads
Day. They will also arrange IL general
meeting place for all their workers,
where they may. enjoy a big picnic
dinner mt the conclusion of their good
days work.
Every able-bodied person in the com
munity is asked to give his or her CO.
operation OF this day to- make the pro-
ject the success it deserves to be. The
statement that we need and will he i'm
mensely benefited by good highways
connot he refuted. and every man who
has the interest of the community at
! heart will arrange to give his best as
sistanee4ta whoever may he u,clarge of
the road work i'll his district on that
day.. ,
If you have any machinery or equip
for the good cause. you should notify
the captain of your district rs early
as possible. in order that he may plan
to use the same where it will accom-
plish he most good. At least. plan to
give a full day to assisting with the
work. 1t will be no sacrifice. hut II
service which will bring II real bene-
fit to you IL every other citizen.
, 1920-06-10

wife and ten children, seven of whom
are still living at home. The eldest
son has not been heard from for sev-
eral years and could not be located at
this time. Another son, residing in
San Antonio, Texas. wired that he
was unable to come here to attend the
funeral. while the third grown son.
Mason, has been employed recently in
the oil fields north of RawlinS. He ar
rived at the family home only Il short
time after his father had passed away
y brother of the deceased, Edgar
Ruyle, of I~erseyville, ILL.,, is expected
TO arrive In time for the funeral. which
Will occur tomorrow afternoon. The
remains will be inferred in the Sara
toga cemetery.
The Sun joins with Il host of friends
in extending sympathy and coincidence
to the bereaved relatives.
, 1920-06-10

Continued on Page Four)
, 1920-06-10

visory boards of both reserves be auth
to employ a range rider for what
ever time was necessary during the fall
to look out for strays and turn back
any stock found wandering away from
their home range.
a sumptuous banquet was served mt
the Hotel Sisson in the evening to the
members and their ladies and invited
guests, after which the balance of the
night was devoted to dancing, the Jen-
sen hall being packed with merrymak-
ers till far into the next day.
, 1920-06-10
Presbyterian Church.

Regular services mex Sunday as fol
lows:
Sunday school ut 10 u. m.
Preaching service at IL a. m. Sub
ject. preaching Christ Crucified."
Evening service at 8 o'clock. The
evening subject will be omissions in
Korea" illustrated with 10 stereopti-
con slides. Bring the children along
and come.
The Ladies' Aid is planning to hold
a midsummer bazaar early in July,
for which fancy articles are solicited.
G. w. CIoUGH, Pastor.
, 1920-06-10
Stock Growers
Assn. Meeting

The annual meeting of the Saratoga
Valley Stock Growers Association was
held in Saratoga last Friday, and
while not so largely attended as most
former meetings, on account Of the
late season and the necessity for much
hustling on the part of all ranchers,
thirty or more members were present
and many more arrived later in the
day. A large number of others, unable
to get here during the day, arrived
with their families in the evening and
the banquet and dance were largely at
tended.
President j. A. Schoonjans. who NOW
resides in Denver, was unable to at
tend, II the meeting was called to
order by Vice President a. Il. Dahl.
After the roll call, reports of the secre-
.tary and treasurer were read and ap-
proved, and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President-A. Z. Dahl.
Vice President-Chas. II. Sanger.
Secretary. NJ. CONFESS.
Treasurer. III. Healey.
President Dahl then announced the
following appointments:
Executive Committee-F. II. Healey,
!. M. CONFESS. Louis Gunst, W. +. Til
ton, L. A. Huston, G. A. Cook, w. n.
Toothaker, A. Il. Walker, b. T. Carroll.
Advisory Board, Medicine Bow For
este. A. Cook, A. ]. Kennaday, w. G.
Condict, Chas II. Sanger, A. b. Walker.
Advisory Board, Hayden Forest-C.
d. Terwilliger, III. A. Hunter, Greve
Peryam, C. L. CIuff, Geo. Sullivan.
The following resolutions were pre-
scented to the meeting and We're adopted
by unanimous vote:
Resolved, That the Saratoga Valley
Stock Growers Association hereby re-
news its membership in the American
National Live Stock Association. and
its subscription to THE Producer to
ZACH of its members.
''We further endorse and
the efforts of the American National
Live Stock Association and of Senators
Kenyon and Kendrick and their associ-
ates in congress-. for the protection of
the live stock interests of our country
Several stockmen from the Laramie
Plains country were present as guests
of the Association. among them Oliver
Wallis, secretary of the Albany County
Stock Association. and MeSSrS- William
, 1920-06-10

Last Saturday evening at 8 O'Clock,
Charles Il. Bixler and Miss Pearl
Bowers We're united in the holy bonds
OF matriomny at Rawlins, Rev. Foster.
pastor of the Presbyterian church of
that city, performing the ceremony.
The young couple were accompanied
to the county seat by the brides moth
'er, Mrs. j. II. Bowers. Jake Bashore
and Miss Naoma Bashore, who wit
messed the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Echo.
, 1920-06-10

Don't miss MALE and Female" July 1.