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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-28
Paper AMI Forests.

The p2per' problem Of the United
States is primarily forest problem.
The paper industry of the United
States is now concentrated larpely
in the coniferous forest belts of the
Great Lakes, the northern Alleghe.
MES. New York, and New England
Twelve years ago these forests fur
nished all of the raw material for the
industry. Yc3r by year, as they have
been depleted, the adjacent timber
belts of Canada have been drawn
paper-making materials comes from
the Dominion. The pulp woods left
in the Northern and Eastern States
can not last, under the present rate
of cutting, more than Is years. The
spruce forests of Canada viii CON
tinue to furnish pulpwood for a
longer but in their turn are no less
eXhaustible. Meantime our consump-
ton of paper is steadily increasing
and now exceeds 80 pounds per year
for every man: woman; and child in
the country.
The rest of the world i. in the
same situation. Nearly everywhere
the progress of civilization has been
marked by an increased per capita
consumption of paper; and nearly
ic
far-off Australia. from China. from
Japan. and from South America are
coming demands upon the paper-mak-
| ing rc,ources Of the North American
continent Large publishing houses
of England are acquiring pulp fac
tories and forests on this side of the
Atlantic. Confronted by world
hungry for paper the United States
will indeed find foreign source of
supply a broken reed upon which to
lean.
What, then, is the answer? The
New England and Middle Atlantic
States contain 81 million acres OF
! heavily CuiIcu VI lOSeCu VA '"hN'
The Lake States contain 33 million
acres Of logged-off ofrests. Here are
81 million acres OF timber-growins
land within a stones throw OF our
paper mills, land which could supply
these mills several times over with
pulp wood IL they were but kept at
work growing it. In the application
OF forestry to tresc enormous areas.
much of which are now practically
waste land, lies the only effective
! solution of the national paper prob
lem in the future, as we'll as the prob
lens arising from shortages OF other
essential forest products. There is
no situation that emphasizes more
clearly the need for national for
estry policy. enlisting the owner OK
the land and the public alike in the
restoration Of these areas to produc-
ing forests.
There will be gap, of course, be-
tween the end OF the old forest crop
and the beginning of the new TO
fill that gap and at the same time
distribute our paper industry III a
much more logical relation to the
resources of the country as whole
we must turn to the paper-maKih6
woods Of the West. The Western
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-28

which with grain furnishes perfect
ration for laying hens. In addition
to this they get plenty of exercise
and fresh air So far as lies within
his power, then, the feeder should
aim to make the winter conditions
springlike.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-12-28
FLOOD
POWER COMMISSION
Announced Plans Call for Develop.
ment of Twelve Million Horse
power Under Federal Act.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec az
One hundred and twenty nine appli,
cations for permits or licenses under
the federal waterpewer act have
been filed with the federal power
commission, it was announced today
A compilation Of the data set out in
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
Current Comment

Anyway his supporters will always
know where to find Eugene Debs.-
Chicago News.
A man who worries about the high
cost of gasoline has only himself to
blame.-Toledo Blade.
William j. Bryan is not the kind OF
man to leave the Democratic party
fiat on it's back.-Toledo Blade.
The discouraged farmer is recalling
the ancient adage that Half an acre
is good ground. Boston Herald.
For the same reason that hens
never lay when eggs are high, inves-
tors are never flush when securities
are cheap. Herald
The old fashioned steam roller
is not positively announced as a fea-
ture of the exercises at either CON
vention.-Washington Star
Secretary Daniels says Sims would
Prussianize the navy. Dces that mean
that he would find another Scapa Flow
and sink it?-Detroit Free Press.
Col. Bryan will be at San Francis
co at the disposal of uninstructed dele
gates whose needs have not been fully
met by his correspondence course
Washington Star,
The Germans blame their allies for
losing the war; but the best we can
do in Washington investigations Just
now is to blame our allies for winning
it.-Binghamtcn Press
The maple sugar production Isl re.
ported the largest in years, but if
there is no price concession from last
season it may have to be marketed in
capsules. Province Journal
1t is announced that the discov
erer of celluloid is dead. And if the
movie industry doesn't build him a
monument there is no gratitude on
earth. -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The fact that France has lest 81
per cent of her young men under
thirty-two. is not bad reason for
her wanting to give the 46 per cent
a chance to die u natural death
Boston Transcript.
The prospects for harmony in
Mexico rise in general proportion to
the number Of leaders in one politi
cal party who are captured and lock
ed up by the leaders of the other par
Ity.-Detroi; Free Press.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
GROUND UNDER HEAVY TAXES
People in Bible Times Completely az
Mercy of Extortionate Extract.
Z ors Of Tribute.

People IN the Bible times were tnxed
hes my. iiThey were on 4 Straight levy,
not based on incomes or excess profits.
Payment was compelled aud no excuses
made, nor were there any exemptions
to married men eF-heatls ef--families.
Although there were no army or navy
establishments and no airplane pro.
gram, the people paid their, assess
ments in both gold and Silver" '~lh'
II King solomon compelled the Ca
nantes who were left IN the cOun-
try TO pay him tribute The rebellion
of JerohQam on account OF the heavy
taxes leued3 by Solom0ho rafter-
ward growing into the revolt sof
the Ten Tribes, was the most pre-.
tentious Kick against tbe lew OF The
powers In Bible times, ! Jeroboam was
at first compelled to lake refuge In
Egypt, and 1t was on account of the
taxes and leyes laid by Solomon that
the Israeites slid to Rehoboain the
son Of Solomon, upon the hticr's
death:
THY father made our Jokes igriev.
Gus; now therefore make thou the
grievous service Of thy father and
his heavy yokes which he put upon
us lighter and we will serve thee"
When Caesar Augustus was 10
power and Qulrinus was governor of
Syria, after having just been elected
for third term because he had kept
the SyrianS out Of war, the first nhmcd
. issued proclamation signed by his
secretary of state that the whole world
should be taxed. And all the people
went to their own city TO be taxed.
The later editions of the Bible speak
Of the act as the people being ZEN
ru,iel."
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
JUST PULLED UP IN TIME
Timpkns' Abrupt Change OF Subject
Hardly to be Wondered at
Under the Circumstance

Tile shaded lights, music n the Gis.
lance sweet perfumes from the costly
lowers about them-eyeryihng was
Just right fer proposal, md limp
kins decided to chance his luck. She
was pretty, which was good. and also.
he believed, an feiress, which was
better.
Are you not afraid that some one
will marry you for your money?' he
asked gently.
ooh, dear, MOI" smiled the girl.
"Such an idea never entered my
headw
"Ah, Miss Liscombe," he sighed, "in
your sweet innocence you do not
dream how coldly, cruelty mercenary
some men arew
'Perhaps l don't" replied the girl
calmly
II would not for moment have
such terrible fate befall you! 1" he
said passonately. "You are too good,
too beautiful The man who wins
you should love you foS ,clrselr
alone"
Hell have to-" the girl remarked
TITS my cousin Jennie who has the
money-not I. You seem to have got
me mixed. I haven't penny myself"
"Qh-er'-stammered the young
nan-"what pleasant weather we are
having, aren't WEI"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
VERMONT NEWS
ltema OF Interest from Various Parts
of The State.

The youngest expert telegraph OPP
orator and station agent in New Eng
land is located at Morrisyille and his
name is Leon NJ. Manahan, He is
only Is years old.
Dan T. Church, for over so years a
passenger conductor on the Central
Vermont railroad, through Vermont,
died at his home in Boston Saturday
afternoon, aged rs years.
Mrs. Kate Ives, Of st. Adams who
recently was indicted by the grand
jury on the charge of numbering
oliver Lovely, has been taken to the
state insane asylum at Waterbury for
observation.
Among the three public requests in
the will of the late, Eleanor H. Porter
author of 'Pollyanna," was one of
$1,000 TO the Springfield hospital of
Springfield, Vt. The Littleton, N. H.,
hospital got similar bequest, as did
the Congregational church.
George f. Jones of Rutland has
been appointed one Of the door keep
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
FAVOR TO KINGS inks SWISS
Waiver of Customs Rules at Frontier
Sharply Criticized by
Newspapers.

Geneva, Switzerland.--An order Is
sued to the troops and customs officials
guarding The Swiss-German frontier
that If the former kings of Bavaria and
Wuerttemberg and the former grand
duke of Baden desire to enter Swit2er-
land with their suites all frontier for
malitics must be waived in their favor
Is causing considerable discussion in
The Swiss newspapers. The order says
the former monarchs and the one-time
grand duke may come into Switzerland
without being subjected to the uaual
procedure at the frontier.
One of the newspapers in criticizing
the order asks whether the Swiss gov
eminent is democratic or monarchiStIc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
LOOKING THE FAMILY OVER
Woman Writer Made Some Supees-
tcns That Are Worth More
Than a Passing Thought.

a suggestion by Celia Caroline Cole
In the Delineator, on how to live In
accord with others and eliminate the
iangles. offered the following us one
Item. In solving the problem she said;
III you'd step out this minute from
the habit of looking at your family as
the family and take new look at
them ms human beings, individuals.
struggling, dreaming, failing just as
you do-oh, yes, this applies to your
father and mother, too; they're not
things especially equipped jus: be-
cause they happen to be your father
and mother; they're trying even hard
err than you are TO do something and
be something--look at them, the whole
family, as people you can do thugs
for, but they needn't do anything for
you so far as you are concerned CHATS
their AFFAIR.", people you can learn
FROM every one of them. blessed,
brave, marching, hoping human beings
cropping into life and trying to find the
right road TO walk on. And then take
a look at yourself and see IL you are
the kind Of person you'd ltl;e 10 have
for best friend, aud why not. Take
a walk In the country every now and
then. where there are hills or moors
or wide fields IL you can get them,
something patient and serene and
strong"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
Odd and interesting

The flshhook cactus is the compass
of the desert, for it always points TO
the south.
Babylon is believed to have been
the first city to attain population of a
million.
More than forty American million
aires crossed the Atlantic on the same
steamship recently
County sheriffs in Louisiana have
organized State association with a
view to securing higher pay.
1t takes four years to train lien
for exhibition work. and only one ami
NAL in four is fit for training.
The best grade of Mexican SOM
brero oftens costs so much that the
workingman spend years wages for
it.
One OF the oldest periodicals in the
world is monthly paper devoted en-
tirely to the interests of rheumatic
sufferers.
The new name of what was once
German East Africa has been provis-
ionally fixed by the British Colonial
Office as Tanganyike Territory.
The cultivation of the use Of the
left hand develops certain organs CT
the brain which otherwise lie dormant,
according to an English medical scien
It's.
A unique industry in France is the
renting of wedding outfits. No. infre
quently the clothes OF all the partici-
pants in a wedding are hired for the
occasion.
A Russian when arraigned in a
London court the other day tes flied
that he was hairdresser by ocoupa
t!on and that he had followed it since
he was three years of age.
The little town OF Werda, in the
( kingdom of Dahomey is celebrated
/ for its temple OF serpents. long
building in which the priests keep ur
wards OF 1000 serpents of all sizes.
To prevent thieves from getting at
the money vaults by the tunneiing
method, the foundation CT the strong
room of the Bank of England extends
/ for sixty-six feet below the level of the
street.
The tears" of the distressed hero
inc in the movies" are usually manu-
featured from glycerine. These are
painted" beneath the eye and on the
cheek, and stick in their allotted
places while the cameraman does his
work.
By simple rule the length of the
day and night any time of the year
may be ascertained by simply dcubl
ing the time of the suns rising, which
will give the length of the night, ant
double the time of setting will give
the length of the day.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
Reneflcsnt work Of the aEIu.n

Jackson, O.--Thirteen years ago
Charles Holcomb lost his speech dur
ing an illness. He was drafted for
service In the war but because he was
dumb. was rejected. Some weeks ago
he became a victim of influenza. He
has now recovered, and finds that the
"nu" brought back his speech. When
he told his mother he was able to talk,
she suffered nervous prostration from
the shock. .e
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
SATURDAY, JUNE S, 1920.
EFFECT OF MOVIES ON AMERICAN
LIFE

OF the 110,0O0,000 persons in the
United States, 1t is safe to say 49,
100000 or four-hfths, so to the movies.
This includes men and women and
children as young as four years.
The effect of movies, then, from
propagandist's standpoint, on the
lives of the people, must be ire
mendous. 1t is not an exaggeration
to venture that this power, which
has sprung into being within the
past 10 years, ranks with newspapers
in influence with human beings.
Therefore, America must be guar
anteed only the best pictures, from
a neral viewpoint, if from no 9TH
er. or late, pictures have seeped
through boards of censorship which
should have gotten no farther than
the eyes of the members of these
boards%
lit is&very we'll to brag that there
must be freedom of this and freedom
of that, but some moving picture pro-
ducers take advantage OF the weak
nessess tf men and women and
youths,
Movies are splendid things; they
furnish amusement to the masses at
a fairly reasonable sum, amusement
to many who possibly could not af-
ford anything better.
The, situation is a call to writer's
Of clean, strong plots and human
characters. Their responsibility is
tremendous Rutland News.
1t is unnecessary ia make the state
ment that clean pictures built from
well-written scenarios and produced
by recognized actors will be patro
nized. This assertion has been proved
time and again. 1t has been stated
Of Mary Piekford, the recognized stal
OF filmdom, that she has never ap
peared in questionable picture
There may be difference of opinion
as to what constitutes a questionable
picture but there have been few Pick
ford productions to which fhe ad
jective nasty" could justly be ap
Piled. The patronage that has beer
given the Pickford pictures is suf
floient argument to prove that th'
millions who attend the movie thea
tres VIII support the stars and tht
producers who are ready to keep away
from the suggestion with which TOT
many pictures are tainted. 1t il
merely q question of actual worth
Ability on the part of the cast anC
the creating company will win with
out any recourse to the eternal tr.
angle, the divorce and Other objection
able features which are always use,
in an Objectionable manner
aaas
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
No. What He Meant.

A email choir were practiclng the
well-known anthem, "As the hart
pants after the water brooks"
The rendering of the open stages
was apparently not quite to the satis-
faction Of the gentleman who welded
the baton.
he considered 1t necessary, there.
fore, to tender some advise to the
teNsrs, and caused great CONSERVATION
and rot little embarrassment among
his little flock by the following an
nouncement:
Gentlemen, your expression. is
simply splendid, but the time is very
Door-really your pants are faS too
long London Ideas.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05

ers for the Republican national con
yenuon, which will open in Chicago,
June s. These appointments go to ex
service men and Vermont has three,
the other two being Henry Thomas,
son of DR.. John f. Thomas, president
OF Middlebury college, and Joseph,
Fountain of Burlington,
Burlingtonians interested in politics
are informed that an effort is being
made to inject Roger Hurlburd of
Hyde Park into the political arena as
candidate for lieutenant governor.
A. the present time the only candt-
date in sight is Mr.. Foote of Middle
bury, but il is said that efforts-are be
ing made to interest Mr. Hurlburd in
campaign against the Middlebury
man. Mr.. Hurlburd was formerly lieu
tenant-goyernCr.
The city OF Rutland is planting
$4,000 seeding trees this spring, The
lot includes spruce and also 500 white
ash from a New Hampshire nursery,
the setting out OF young hardwoods.
being an experiment as this kind Of
timber is becoming scarce in the state
Rutland has appropriated $1,000 each
season for FIVE years for reforestaticn
and now have 10000 young trees on
its land, some of them six feet tall
Guy r. Vitaliano has lost his opera
tors license, the secretary of state
having Cancelled it along with some
four others. He lives in Rutland and
using temporary number plates which
he had borrowed. He is said to have
illegally driven an automobile. The
license OF Francis Jones, of Newport,
was suspended for careless driving.
Wallace and Alfred Arnold, brothers
living in Bethel. and Leon Mills, of
Gaysville, los their license for reck-
less driving of automobiles.
/ Probably the most sever penalty
ever imposed in county court for driv
ing an automobile while intoxicated
was dealt Albert Forth of Burlington
who went to Windsor Saturday to be-
I gin sentence of not less than six nor
more than IL months Imprisonment.
Forth was the driver of the car
which turned turtle May 8. injuring
Joseph Benoit and A. W. Laid. In
the automobile at the time were
!, found five bottles of lemon extract
mixed with ginger ale.
Frederick, the two.and-a-half-year
old son, the only child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Blair of Rochester was in
stantly killed Saturday evening when
run over by the automobile of Judge
+. F. Scot eff Barre, No blame is at
tached to Judge Scott, as he was driy
ing at the rate Of only eight miles an
hour when the little boy, walking
with his father suddenly lodged into
the street in front of the machine. A
rear wheel passed over his head. frac
turing the skull.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
sut Ono Wan 10 Annnlre wenlth.

Wealth is not acquired, as many per.
sons suppose, by fortunate specula-
tons and splendid enterprises, but by
the daily practice Of industry, frugal.
Ity and economy. He who relies upon
these means will rarely be found DIES.
titute, and he who relies upon any
other will generally become bankrupt
v-Erancls Waylaud.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
Gratefully Yours,
Colonel Adam Clifford.
Boston, Mass, June 3, 1920

One Of the institutions hat has
been accomplishing great work ever
since itgeame into existence is the
Kurn Hattn Homes, with its ,wo
schools at Westminster and Saxton's
River. Without any blare of trumpets
or fevered publicity and kept in opera
tion largely through the Efforts of a
few who have thoroughly believed in
the purpose for which the homes were
founded, the schools have maintained
their steady pace and have attained
some growth. Graduating exercises
are to be held at the Westminstec
home next Wednesday and an invita-
tion is extended % the pubic to be
present and participate IN q days out.
ing These exercises should provide
an unusual opportunity for persons
who are in position to do so to ob.
tain first hand knowledge OF an in-ti-
tuticn that is doing something of VI
tai public interest
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
The In.Retween Ace.

Our observation Is that the cleanest
faces In the world belong to girls
about eleven sssrs old.-Dallas News
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05

Newspaper editors, those in the
Offices of the big city dailes and those
in the "sanctums' of the lit lie cross
road weekles, are justified in the be-
lief that no other class of men so
generously and laborioqs'y responded
to the many calls which had their be.
ginning in the great war and some of
which, like he soul of John Brown,
continue TO march on, In some in
stances there have been acknowledge
ments of the service extended by the
newspaper fraternity but few of them,
il any, in their direct slncer Y, have
transcribed the following recently re.
ceived from the New England head.
quarters of the Salvation Army:
My dear Mr.. Editor
Throughout the 1920 Home Service
Appeal you and your paper co-operat-
ed splendid'y in our effort, and | wish,
az this time to extend, not only my
heartfelt thanks personally, but the
sincere appreciation Of the Salvation
Army organization in New England.
In spite of the news-print shortage
the papers supper ed our appear roy
ally, and if the quota for which we
had asked and needed to continue the
maintenance of our various institu.
tons was net forthcoming as readily
as we had hoped, certainly this was
no. because you and your newspaper
did not rally nobly in our behalf.
For all your courtesies you have
shown, | am
Gratefully Yours,
Colonel Adam Clifford.
Russian Macs IuDo Q 1000
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05
lookinn for Trouble

"Cant the lady find what she
zGnts% asked the floorwalker.
II think she came in here 70 lnd
charlottesville CourierNVourni +
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-06-05

70 RzsxsSG SssrS@ y
The Kendrick gazette., 1920-12-17
A Gift for one that all enjoy

The Brunswick brings you Christ
mas music-music for all times and
for all, the family and friends. 1t
opens to you the music treasures of
the ages, because it makes possible
the playing of all records, Of any
make.
The Kendrick gazette., 1920-12-17
Bring the holiday spirit
into your home

T<IE true Christmas spirits the spirit of sparkling,
dancing youth which finds its best expression in music
Christmas without music lacks the real Yulede spirit
the exuberant joyfulness of the great day.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-07-09
SITS Silk Hose
Reduced to $1.19

"A large assortment of fancy
stripes and plain colors. Nifty, up
to-the-minute stuff. If you wear
Silk Hose, here is a good saving
tor you. All sizes in the lot.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-07-09
;l1.50 and $3.50 Silk
Shirts for S8.95

These are beautiful, heavy quail
ity, all pure Silk Shirts in the hand
soonest patterns you ever looked
at. At this price, lot of men can
afford to have new Silk Shirt or
two. All sizes in the lot.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1920-07-09

Some Special Lots of
Mems Underwear
MEMS ELASTIC KNIT or
Mesh Unions in long or short
sleeves, ankle length; price, the
suit @l.Io
AT HLETIC NAINSOOK
UNIONS, made of good materials
and cut full and roomy; priced
at. SIPS to $1.o5
FLAT KNIT UNIONS in
sleeveless, knee length style; we'll
made and finished with good pearl
buttons; the suit. .$1.35
$3.75 Pants, $2.95
Good weight, dark gray Cotton
ade Work Pants. Duchess" make.
lOc button, $l.00 a rip.