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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mrs. Leonard Taylor of Greenfield,
Mass, is visitor here this week with
relatives.
Miss Lillian Clark of Mortified,
Mass, is spending the day here with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert j.
Clark.
Miss Ruth Gay returned Sunday from
a weeks visit in Stoughton. Mass, and
East Boston. Her aunt, Mrs. Ann j.
Fisher, and daughter, Mabel, of East
Boston accompanied her here for visit.
Miss Blanche Barber returned yester-
day from a months visit with relatives
in Marlboro, n. H, and Ludlow. Her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs II. Fl. Barber, went
to Ludlow yesterday to accompany her
home.
Rev. Osmond J. Billings and his
mother and sister, Miss Abbie Billings, a
home missionary worker, of Three Riv-
ers, Mass, came by automobile Saturday
from Mortified, Mass, and called on w.
H. Gay and family. Rev. Mr.. Billings
and Mr.. Gay were classmates in school.
Miss Florence Stone, who had been in
the Memorial hospital several weeks fol-
lowing an operation, has returned here
where she is spending the summer with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Dexter L.
Stone, in Miss Kate Wheeler's house.
Mrs. Nellie NJ. Day of North Cam
bridge, Mass, and Mr.. and Mrs. p. E.
Day and daughter, Ruth, of Manchester,
n. H, who had been visiting at f. r.
Mann's, went Saturday to Manchester.
They attended Friday the funeral of
Mrs Addie r. Andrews in West Town
shend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Miller and son,
Stedman, returned this morning to their
home in Lynn, Mass, after visiting her
mother, Mrs. F. S. Fisher. Carroll Fisher
of Boston and Roy Fisher of Holbrook,
Mass, who had been visiting at their
home here, left yesterday for Brook
field.
Among those from this village who
went to Mortified yesterday to attend
the conference were Rev. A. Y. Wood
worth and family, Mr.. and Mrs William
b. Harry of Mount Carmel, Conn, who
are guests in Mr. Woodworth's home,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lynde and sons,
Alton and Gerald, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Rem
frew, Mr.. and Mrs James Gibson and
son, Edward, Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Eddy
and children, Mr.. and Mrs. r. G.. BOYD.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hescock, Morris
Chamberlain and son, Henry.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
VERNON.

On FRIDAY evening, Aug. Is, Vernon
Grange will give a social in Grange
hall. An interesting program has been
arranged, consisting of musical mum
oers, recitations, readings, etc. This
will be followed by a surprise box
luncheon. Each man is asked to bring
a box containing lunch for two. The
ladies are expected to buy the boxes
and share the contents with their part
ners of the evening The boxes will
be appropriately decorated previous to
the sale. Every effort will be made
to have a pleasing entertainment. and
cordial invitation is extended to all.
Miss Eleanor White and Miss Doris
White of Tunbridge are guests at the
~. T. Wright farm
Miss Mabel Tombs and Master Mel
son Tombs of Brattleboro are spend
ing few days with their grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Tombs.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
|STUPENDOUS ROAD
BUILDING PROGRAM
New Highways Initiated Under Fed
eral Aid Nine Times Distance
Dol Across Country.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-Road oper-
ations under the federal aid road act thus
far initiated aggregate in length nine
times the distance from New York to
San Francisco, according to the summary
given by Thomas H. Macdonald, chief of
the bureau of public roads, in the depart
ment of agriculture.
The federal governments share in this
undertaking is greater than the cost of
the Panama canal, Macdonald said. Fed
eral cooperation with states Is carried out
on an approximately "50-50'' basis.
Second only in Importance to the size
of the present road building program is
the excellence of the character of the
roads being built" it was said. "Sixty
per cent of the total allotment of fed
eral funds which has been approved to
date will be spent for roads of such dur
able types as bituminous concrete, Port
land cement concrete, and vitrified
brick These roads, when built, will in
crease by 1900 miles the total of AGO
miles of roads of this class which ex
listed in the United States before the fed
eral aid road law was passed. But these
figures by no means represent the total
mileage affected.
Cup to June 80, 1920 1885 projects, in
vofvlng total OF 29,310 miles OF road, had
been approved. The preliminary estimate
of the cost of these prospects is approx
imately 1884, 100000, of which approx
imately Sl63, 84l 600 will be approved as
federal aid On the same date ?, is pro-
jects,. representing approximately 1894
miles, had either been completed or were
under construction. The estimated total
cost of these projects in various stages
of construction and completed, is $1,000
600. The total cost of federal aid work
approved by the secretary in the l9I
months subsequent to the signing of the
armistice, and prior to July l, 1920, which
is approximately 1880 900 600, exceeded by
sea, 00O,O 900 the cost of all road and BRIDGE
work done by states and counties in this
country in 1915 The value of the work
completed during that period amounted
to $50, OO0, 900. rate of construction equal
ing that of the Panama canal"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
BrattlebOrO Woman Says
! She Would Cough by the
! Hour and Could Hardly
I Eat Anything But Tanlac
Ended Her Troubles.

''I have already gained fifteen
pounds in weight, and have been built
up until l don't feel like the same per-
son., " said Mrs. William Urus, of 308
SO. Main St, Brattleboro, VT, in re-
lating her experience with Tanlae.
"For some time past l have been
getting into a rundown condition, and
for several months / was too weak to
do any work of any kind. My appetite
failed me completely, and my digestion
was so poor / suffered constantly from
gas on my stomach and a great deal of
the time could not retain anything at
all. 1 had frequent and severe head
aches and would sometimes cough by
the hour My back hurt me great
deal, and it was always painful for me
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

In connection with the state golf tur-
nament which takes place here Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday of this week
a table d'hote dinner will be served at
the club from $50 to Friday evening
followed by dancing in Lawton hall from
10 to II o'clock to music by Ferdinando's
orchestra.
The United States civil service COM
mission announces that a stenographer
and typewriter examination will be
held August IA at Brattleboro for the
purpose of filling vacancies in the inter
nal revenue and the customs services and
the various other branches of the fed
eral service.
Dancing, Island Park, Tuesday.-adv
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

Prince Albert, the second son of their
British Majesties, promises to become
as popular as his older brother, the
Prince of Wales. AS a sailor and air
man he did his bit in the war, although,
to his chagrin, several breakdowns in
health interfered with his duties. Re
Gently he has been called upon to at
tend various public functions and, IS
reported to have made some excellent
speeches. He is the huniorist Of the
royal family, with a particular PEN
chant for sporting stories.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
Earnesstnu the Rivers.

According to a group of British en-
gineers electric power can be produced
by Harvesting the tides OF two rivers In
Scotland at two-thirds the cost Of that
generated by steam.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

. Managers of prominent summer hotels
along the New England coast report thai
they are suffering this summer from a
veritable epidemic Of bogus check passing
by women stylishly dressed and posing as
summer tourists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
WANT HEARING.
Springfield People Protest Gas Service
Charge.

SPRINGFIELD, Vt, Aug. 9.-Peti-
tions are being circulated among the citi-
zens of this town asking for a hearing
before the Vermont public service COM
mission and protesting against a new
service charge for gas meters of Sc
a year to take effect Sept. !, as according
to notices sent out by the Springfield Gas
company. The company has also in
creased its rates and claims that the adj
vanced charges are necessary if it is to
continue selling gas to its customers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

Eight hundred million spools, with a
market value of nearly one million dol
lars, are turned out every year by the
spool factories in Maine. White birch is
the material used almost exclusively in
this industry. The machines for making
spools are complicated and require skilled
men IN their operation. The spools drop
from the lathes at the rate of one per
second, and must be perfectly uniform
and true. The finished spools are mar
keted largely in New York, Connecticut
and Rhode Island.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
TO BUY $4,000 ORGAN.
Universalist of Bellows Falls Secure
Option on Instrument.

BELLOWS FALLS, Aug. "a $4,000
organ for the Universalist church here has
been decided upon and the committee in
charge has secured an option on an in
strument of that value. The committee
in charge is made up of Rev. r. f. Johon
not, Herbert T. Kelley and w. c. Jewett.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
Hurryinu the Ginsenu.

Experiments are being made In japan
with ginseng with view to maturing
the plant In less time than the six years
generally required.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

The four leading states of the Union in
the production and use of hydro-electric
power are, in the order named, New York,
California, Montana and Washington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

In falling from hammock and striking
her head on cement, Marie Brown, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Brown of
Jericho Center, cracked her skull while
visiting in Essex Junction. An operation
was performed and she is resting COM
fortably.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
VERMONT NEWS.

A pair of shoes made by Barre cob
bier are displayed in window and claim
much attention. The new shoes are size
IA, and measure approximately six inches
across.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Orzelle of Poult-
ney have been bound over to the Septem-
Der term of Rutland county court on
the charge of impeding officers, the case
growing out of an attempt by deputy
fish and game wardens to search the
premises of the Orzelles in quest of fur
bearing animals alleged to the concealed
in the place.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

paign, his political stock has gone up by leaps and
bounds. When he made his first important po-
ltical speech in Felchvilleastmonth hesaid:- N
81 am the wet candidate two feet
and admit 1t, but am advocating the open saloon
started out Is to do something for
and the result the local option law the best temper
ance measure Vermont ever had!" .sts
Vermont voters like who stands up and frankly
and couageously tells what he Even if they
disagree with him they respect who has no
ifs or .perhapses" in his makeup. They
lind him. They know he will do as he agrees l., -.
Frank w. Agan today is the leading gov
because of that faculty for telling the truth telling
it without any ls, telling in his with
out regard to whether it is good politics just plain
facts told manfashion everybody understand what
he's getting n
-
Although he admits being candidate, Mr.. Agan
point to the record of the local option enforce
men and results as frstclass constructive work for
perance
Under prohibitory law there were at least 100
towns in which liquor sold contrary law. In the
first year of local option %
the last year Of local option only
issued in only nine We say that
good temperance work. -
When 155 voters voted away rights control the
liquor business in way, the people of Vermont
thunderstruck They had consented to national
prohibition They had given their representatives any
mandate about it. The got they repudated
the action of those is men.
As against Is towns voting Yes in 1907 1876 towns
voted Yes last March protest against 18th
ment of the Volstead Vermont repudiated the
action of its Legislature by 16o75 to 32o
larger majority of protest than the majority for the original
local option lawi
That's the of the success of the Agan campaign
Vermonters resent having anything put over them.
They like to do their thinking regulating They
don't want is say that the Vermont shan
run its own business. n
At the same meeting in FelcIlville, Mr.. Agan had
something say about cider
Taking up the cider ISSUE the speaker said that if
farmer buys cider mill he has certify govern
ment Inspector and give bond that will
INTO vinegar what disposition is of it. when whom
and at time the government inspector may appear
demand the right to inspect the product
'If at time the cider shows u per
alcohol that farmer is criminal in the eyes the
How would you like government inspector call
ing at your house to how hard your cider got7
demanded Mr.. Agan
He said the housewife the juice of black
berries elderberres any other fruit adds sugar
becomes moonshiner.
If your wife is caught the with package
OF hops she is violating the Vosead subject
prosecution, :" he declared.
This is bringing this 18th amendment and the Vol
stead act pretty home, felow-voters How YOU
like it? How do you like having your homes,
invaded by paid sleuths of the federal government?
do you feel about what those 155 did you?
1t you don't like it, vote for Frank w. Agan If you
ike IT. vote for of his opponents Agan will your
protest and make you good governor.
THE AGAIN CLUB OF LUDLOW
49, II ALLEN D. BALI. sec'y. e. II
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

Under the provisions of the new Ger
man constitution that country win have
more women than men voters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09


during the night and hid during the day
The authorities say she gives her only
reason for leaving home as wish to go
to work. ~
C H. Stillman of Troy, n. Y, who is
in charge of the road project work in
Vermont for the federal government, has
been in the state inspecting the work as
it has progressed under the different con-
tractors supervision. He finds the work
coming along nicely in Vermont, being adj
vanced faster than in the other nearby
states Mr.. Stillman is completing some of
the smaller jobs and will be able shortly
to report these are done.
John Carder, once a resident of st.
Johnsbury, who was the only white man
with Stanley, the explorer, on his first
trip to Darkest Africa, died last week
at his home at Lake Waukewan, n. Y.
When Stanley was lecturing in st. Johns
bury many years ago he recognized
Carder in the audience, threw his arms
about him, drew him on the platform and
introduced him as a member OF the first
Stanley expedition. When a boy Carder
ran away from home and made has way
to England, where he became attached
to the Stanley party.
One Of the latest herds of cattle to re-
ceive the certificate testifying that the
herd has three times passed the tuber-
eulin test without trace of infection is
that of Mrs Pearl r. WATSON of Burling-
ton who has herd of high bred Holsteins
on her farm at Waterbury. The herd has
been placed on the accredited list. There
are now in Vermont &c herds on the list.
When herd is found to have a record
like that a certificate is given the owner.
This is signed by the United States sec
rotary of agriculture as well as the state
commissioner of agriculture.
The sum of $3.50 in money and Liberty
bonds were stolen from the safe in the
office of the D. A. Perry Real Estate
agency in the Rowland buildingjbetween
O'Clock Thursday evening and 8 o'clock
Friday morning The investigators con-
eluded that the safe was left unlocked
AMI entrance to the office gained in a com
paratively easy manner. About four
years ago this office suffered similar ex
perience though the amount of money
missing was much lighter Young lads
with a master key made the break at
that time. but it is the belief that this
was not the work of boys, but someone
older
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

tween herself and home and SO travelled
during the night and hid during the day.
The authorities say she gives her only
reason for leaving home as wish to go
to work. ~
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

Several persons were injured in South
ington, Conn, Friday, one seriously, when
Buick automobile driven by Clayton
Bundy Of st. Johnsbury, collided with a
Hudson car driven by Frank NJ. Davis Of
Hartford. Two girls in the Davis car
suffered injuries. One girls leg was frac-
tured and the other was badly cut about
the throat, arms and legs Both cars
were wrecked.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09
POLITICAL ADVERTISING.
His Campaign

Since Mr.. Agan began his speaking cam
paign his political stock has gone up by leaps and
bounds. When he made his first important po-
litical speech in enthusiastically esaid:- n
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-08-09

Hudson car driven by Frank NJ Davis OF
Hartford. Two girls in the Davis car
suffered injuries. One girls leg was frac-
tured and the other was badly cut about
the throat, arms and legs Both cars
were wrecked.
The peculiar position of a man sitting
at the window of a block in Burlington
attracted the attention of some children
who were playing in the vicinity. An in
vestigation revealed the fact that the man
was dead. He was Charles H Wyatt,
colored man, who earned his living
by cleaning houses. He was unmarried
and lived alone and it Is thought he had
been dead at least SO hours.
The office of Charles Ponzi in Burling-
ton has been closed and the men who
were in charge have left the city. Two
of them left week ago, and those who
remained packed up their goods yester-
day and departed The office was kept
open last week to allow those who wished
their money returned an opportunity to
obtain it. According to Ponzi's agents
very few applied for their cash.
Samuel Romano of Rutland, a member
vi COMPANY ~ IEleu TO balance ms Cnalr
on the railing of the balcony at the Ar
mory above the Baxter bank and read
newspaper at the same time Saturday
morning The result was disastrous as
Private Romano who is now in the RutS
land City hospital can testify. His fall
to the sidewalk. some distance beneath,
gave him two fractured wrists, a badly
bruised head and a shaking up that he
viii remember for some time
Phyllis Lake, the l5-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs F. c. Lake of St Adams
hill who left home early Tuesday morning
while her parents were yet asleep was
found yesterday at the farm of Arthur
Wells in Bakersfield. She was taken in
Wednesday by the Wells family, in rather
of an exhausted condition, it is said She
had nothing to eat, she declared since
leaving her home Tuesday morning in an
attempt to find work for herself She
kent out of public sight as long as pos
sible. she asserted, with the intention of
putting as much distance as possible be-
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

county clerk. state representative for
two years, mayor for two years, state
senator for four years, the last two serv-
ing as president of the senate and lieu
tenant governor for three years.
In 1916 he was nominated by the Re-
publcans without opposition for govern
or and was elected by a plurality OF
about Il 900. He wGs re nominated in
1919. and was reelected by plurality
of more than 125,000. receiving the
largest total vote ever cast for govern
or in Massachusetts.
Governor Coolidge was married in
1905 to Miss Grace A. Goodhue, of Bur
lington. Vermont. Their two children
are boys.
When notified of his nomination he
gave out the following statement:
''rhe nomination for vice president
coming TO me unsought and unexpected
[ accept as an honor and duty. 1t will
be especially pleasing to be associated
with my old friend. Senator Harding. our
candidate for president.
The Republican party has adopted
sound platform. chosen a wise leader
and is united 1t deserves the confluence
of the American people. That conf
dence I shall endeavor TO secure.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13
johnson Tells Gang
How Come That He
Was Not Nominated

Chicago. June 12.-Senator Hiram
johnson Of California made a number of
statements about the Republican con-
vention and its conduct before a meet
ing Of delegates and others from his
state Saturday night.
Il knew from the start that / would
never have had a chance for the nomn-
alton If / had gone into the convention
with only bare majority" he said, but
California went straigh. down the line" ~
He made some remarks about III
fluence having been applied to delegates
but the largest part Of the address
which was made quietly. was cut off
when doors were closed against specta-
tors who tried to get within hearing dis
tance.
The meeting was entirely private and
non political. Senator McNab. one of the
johnson managers attending, said after
wards.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13
| the world Saturday night.

in the world Saturday night.
Mrs. Harding was with her husband
at Chicago when the nomination was
made. The Hardings have no children.
Since 1884 the senator had owned and
published the Marion Star. When here
he spends all of his time at the Star
office in the active management of the
paper. He is a practical printer and de-
lights in spending hours in his COM
posing room handling type.
He began his newspaper work on the
Marion Mirror which was a Demo
cratic newspaper, at 5000 a week and
was discharged from the staff Of the
paper during the Blaine campaign be-
cause his sympathies were with Blaine
and because he insisted on wearing the
high hat of the Blaine partisans.
Golf is Senator Harding's particular
hobby. He also is great baseball en-
thusiast He is a great home man, and
likes nothing better than to sit at his
own fireside entertaining friends with
the help of Mrs. Harding.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

a night of rioting. announced that law
and order would be preserved and de-
clared that the strikers were deserters
and that their places would be filled by
other men. The strikers never regain
ed their positions. Troops maintained
order for several weeks and a new po-
lice force was recruited. The stand
taken by the governor carried his name
to all parts of the country and i'll his
own state he was promptly nicknamed
LAW and Order Coolidge" He had
refused to be a candidate for president.
Calvin Coolidge was born on farm
in Plymouth, VT, on July 4, 1872. His
father, in addition to carrying on the
farm, was the village storekeeper. Cool
idge's ancestors, from the time John
Coolidge settled in Watertown, Mass,
in 1880, were all farmers. Young Cal
vim worked on the farm and in the
store and attended the village school.
Then he attended academies in Ludlow
and ST. Johnsbury Vt, and his father
sent him to Amherst college.
Coolidge next studied law in the office
of a law firm in Northampton and after
20 months there he was admitted to the
bar. His first public office was mem
Der of the Northampton city council in
1899.
Successfully he was city solicitor.
Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13
Chicago Has Biggest
Gain in Its History
Census Report Shows

Washington, June 12.-Chicago,
whose 1920 census was announced Sat
urday night by the census bureau as
2,7O1,2 PIP, had during the last decade
the second largest growth numerically
IN it's history, with an increase of 515,-
929. 1t was the third time Chicago had
shown an increase Of more than half a
million.
Chicago's rate of growth was 236 per
cent, which was 5.1 per cent less than
the previous ten years and exceeded
New York City's rate by 81 per cent.
New York's 1920 rate having been 17.9
per cent
Chicago, second most populous city
in the United States, and metropolis Of
the middle west. in 184O had only 4,47O
inhabitants.