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The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-07-29
U. S. May NOT
PARTICIPATE
PRESIDENT WATCHES PoLlSH
PEACE CONFERENCE
WILL DECIDE.
COAL MINERS QUITTING
HoWATT CLAIMS HALF OF KAN.
sAs FIELD HAS, AND REST
WILL, STOP WORK.

Western Newspaper Union New, Service.
The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1920-07-29

LESSON TExT-II Sam. ellis: Ps. ~:
TO
GOLDEN TExT-Enter into his gates
with THANKSGIVING. and into his courts
with pralse.-Ps l00a.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Ex. 6:l0
n: II Sam. 6:e-25: Heb. s:2-l0.
PRIMARY TOPIC-Thanking God.
JUNIOR TOPIC-Ths Ark of God
Brought to Jerusalem.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
What the Ark Meant to Israel.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Making Religion Central.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
The MeddIer
II The coat fits yoa, PIT it on


The necessity of choosing a success
sor to Tax Collector Subway at Tues
day 5 town meeting has aroused con
siderable discussion of the question
whether Brattleboro 5 present system
of tax collection is as efficient as it
might be made There can be no doubt
that Mr.. Subway handled the JOB as
well as anyone could and nothing but
commentator of his long service is
heard in any quarter but it has been
frequently remarked within the past
day or two that most Vermont towns
offer discount for the prompt pay
ment of taxes, thereby saving them
selves the necessity of making tempo
rary loans and simplifying the actual
work of collection by making volun
tary payment an advantage. Whether
such a system could be worked out
successfully here cannot be determined
at once because no article providing
for the change appears in the warrant,
but there is an article giving the town
an opportunity to avail itself of the
provisions of act No. 80 of the last
legislature by which an interest charge
of one-half of sone per cent a month
may be levied on all taxes not paid by
October /. Adoption of this article
would be step in the right direction.
The Meddler. believes the selectmen
are in better position than anyone
else to judge of the results obtained
from a road commissioner appointed by
them, and is perfectly willing to accept
their unanimous opinion that the serv-
ices of the present road commissioner
should be retained for another year
To go back to the old system of 10
cal man elected annually would not
| only prevent the establishment of any
thing like a permanent road policy but
would open the way for a recurrence
| of abuses that happily have been alb
sent in recent years. The present com,
missioner hash t yet been given an op
portunity to show what he can do il
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
The Small Town Problem.
bellows Falls Times. J

Vermont is full of small towns and
the situation confronting those towns
constitutes a real small town problem.
Decreasing population and increasing
taxes make the problem Take the
good old town of Grafton as an illus
tration The census of 1900 gave a
population of S04; the census of 1910,
729, and Grafton man states that
the census of 1920 gives only about
800, a shrinkage of a third in ten
years. This is the story in many, many
of the so-ealled back towns, meaning
towns remote from railroad These
towns each year assume a larger bur
den of taxation, but few of them can
raise the tax rate as fast as the cost
of running the schools and town gov
eminent increases. Is it any wonder
that the young, what few there are,
move to more promising fields of en-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
Today's Anniversaries.

fS01-U. s. Congress assumed jurisdic-
tion over the District of Column
bia.
1S13-U. S. congress passed an act to
encourage vaccination.
1S45-U. S. senate approved the
amended joint resolution for the
annexation of Texas.
1S70-Steamship Great Eastern ar
rived at Bombay with the Bonn
bay and Suez cable.
1S95-WilsOn S. Bissell resigned hi,
position as postmaster-g general OF
the United States.
fS99-Sara Jewett, a popular actress
of the American stage, died "a
Cambridge, Mass. Born at Buff
falo, N. Y. in 1917.
1916-French auxiliary cruiser Prov
ence sunk in the Mediterranean
with great, loss of life.
1919-Princess Patricia of Connaugh
and Commander Alexander Ram
sey, r. ~, were married in West
minister Abbey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
I oday' 5 Events.

The Dominican Republic today cele-
hrates the anniversary of its found
ing.
The former German emperor and en-
press today enter upon the 10th year
of their welded life.
The annual meeting of the Mime
sofa Editorial association will open at
Minneapolis today and continue over
tomorrow
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer
is to be the guest of honor and chief
speaker at the annual dinner of the
New York County Lawyers associa-
ton, to be held tonight in New York
city.
The department of justice at Wash
lngton has fixed today as the date for
the fling of the government s bill. the
answers of the defendants and the final
decree in the meat packing dissolution
case.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE

| got a tare in the back of my pants
yestidday on account Of moving sideways
msted OF strate up Wen | started to set
on male on top Of Pubs Simkinses back
tents and | showed it to ma wen | went
home, ma saying, My GOODNESS life is lest
one tare after another with you, take them
off
Meening the pants, and sed, Aw G ma.
can't YOU sew it on me, It's awful lot OF
trubble to take them off, Id half to take
my shoe off too
That would be terrible calamity, SEQ
ma Meening it sourcastiG, and she com
promised by getting a needle and three
and starting to sew up the tare on me
me Jest standing there feeling the stitche
60 past me without seeing how neer don,
she was getting, and after a vile | sed
Are you thrOo yet. ma
Ill let you know wen I'm throo sed ma
All rite, how soon DO you think it val
be? | sed.
Q keep quiet, sed ma. And she kepp Of
sewing and | kepp on getting tired Of wait
ing, and pritty soon l sed, Is it done yet
ma
No, no, no for goodniss sake, no, sed ma
Neerly? | sed
iHdls my dHaif, ana II You ask me ahOI
It one more time III stick the needle il
Your leg. sed ma
And she kepp on sewing, me thinking
G, | bet she wouldent
Meening stick the needle in nv leg. An,
pritty soon | asked her agen Jest to fnt
out. saying, Is it more than half finished
ma?
Wich Jest then l felt fcarse pane i
my leg like the beginning of a needle bein
stuck in it, yelling, Ow, owtch, hay.
] always keep my promises, sed ma
YOU ask me agen Ill do il agen, if you don
bleeve it Jest try me.
WITCH | dident.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
In the Days News.

Henry E. Huntington. who cele-
brates his 10th birthday today. is a
California and New York multimillion
alre, whose purchases of libraries en-
bloc in the last few years have made
him the owner of the largest and most
valuable collection of manuscripts and
books ever accumulated by an Ameri-
can. For one single lot of rare books
and historical documents he has been
known to pay as much as a million dol
lars Mr. Huntington is a native of
New York state, whose first venture
IN business was as a hardware dealer;
then he became a lumberman in West
Virginia; and then an investor and
manager of railways in West Virginia
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY q. 1920.
SMALL TOWN TALKS.

Two communications from residents
of the smaller towns of the county
were published in yesterdays Re
former, each interesting for the sug-
gestions it contained and as a demon
stration of the fact that the residents
of the smaller towns are thinking for
themselves on state problems While
their suggestions were in different
form, each hints that outside govern
ment is thrusting upon the small towns
more expense than they can stand.
Mr.. Dewitt of Newfane thinks the
remedy for this would be to give the
towns full control of their schools and
highways and withhold all state aid
for these purposes. Mr.. Ryther of
East Dover says the inhabitants of
the small town will soon be extinct
''taxed into the Great Unknown
We suspect the residents of the small
towns would reject Mr. Dewitt 5 rem
edy because under the present system
of raising aud distributing state reve-
nues the small towns receive much
more money from the state treasury
than they pay into it, for the support
of schools and maintenance of high
ways. Should they attempt to main.
tain their highways and schools with
out state aid a great increase in 10
/ .,J 70, L I. 4, l.
necessary much higher rate than
the thirteen cents on dollar of The
grand list they now pay the state.
| Neither highways or schools ar,
town institutions at present. Th
schools must prepare children for cit
| izenship outside of their limits. S.
many of our young people leave TIL
home town for the larger centers the,
must be educated to the large plac
standards if they are to succeed il
life. So education is not even con
fined to state limits. Highways ar
partially town routes, partially stat
routes and many of them even inter
state routes. Highways that accom-
modate only town traffic are no longe
possible.
Should towns take over the entir
support of their highways and school
it would not relieve them from di
rect state tax of considerable size. Tn
state has bonded itself for more tina
million dollars for the benefit o
Vermont men and women who serve
in the World war and its only SQUIRE
of revenue for meeting this immens
Indebtedness is direct state ia
equally assessed upon all the propert
of the state. The resident of the sma
town must contribute his share for TIL
purpose.
We see no possibility that the sma
towns can withdraw from state actiy
ity and state responsibility. Their sa
walton, we believe, lies in cooperate
with the whole state in a solution {
these serious problems. Such letter
as these of Mr. Dewitt and Mr.. Ry
Their, however, are valuable in wha
they contribute toward a general intel
: change of opinion, and The ReformC
welcomes more of them.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

Referring to the suffrage situation
the New York Times says that Con
necticut and Vermont are apparently
pretty hard nuts to crack In view
of the fact that the Republican state
committee of Vermont has asked Gov
ernor Clement to summon an extra SEES
sion of the legislature for the ratifica-
ton of the suffrage amendment il
would seem that the cracking of this
particular nut was squarely up to Mr.
Clement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

A single lock of hair which was said
to have come from the head of Edagr
Allen Poe sold recently for the sum Of
$3.50. 1t was appraised at this fig
ure because it once adorned the brow
of a famous poet. 1t may seem con
siderable to pay for one lock of hair
to those who have plenty but those
who lack it know how valuable one
lock may become
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
Today'S Birthdays.

Ri Rev. William F. Faber. Episcopal
bishop of Montana, born at Buffalo, n
Y, go years ago today.
Otto Praeger, first assistant post
master general of the United States,
born at Victoria, Texas, 40 years ago
today.
Frank B. Trotter, president of the
University of West Virginia, born in
Washington county, Ohio, 81 years ago
today
Ellen Terry, one of the greatest
actresses of the American and English
stage, born at Coventry, England I.
years ago today.
DR.. Alice Hamilton, the first woman
ever appointed to the Harvard univer
sity faculty, born in New York, 81
years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
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J 81 .:.:1 ]. So ).
RHEUMATISM
Physician Believes a Real Remedy for
the Disease Has Been Found.

Rheuma. the wonderful rheumatism remely
sold by druggists everywhere, gives quicker
and more lasting relief than other remedies
costing many times as mitch
Rhcuma helps pass the deadly poisonous
secTctions into the bowels and kidneys from
which they are quickly thrown OF in nat
ura, healthy way.
Read what reputable physician says
about Rheuma: q have made a most careful
investigation Of the formula employed in the
ommcnd it as a remedy for III forms 81
rheumatism. find Rheuma far in advance
of the methods generally employed in the
treatment Of rheumatism, and altogether dit
fercnt in composition from the remedies rs
ually prescribed. pr. NJ. {. Lyons.
This should give any sufferer from rhcuma-
tism confidence to try Rheuma. W F. Root
will supply. you and guarantee money re-
funded if Rheuma does not give complete and
lasting relief
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II 10 the aim of the management to secure
efhcient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation Of
be given of each failure to receive m. nam,
on the morning. following the omission. in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-.
abling the cause of the error to be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem.
edy Immediately applied. 1t 10 only by thi,
method that the publisher can secure tie de
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

The markets of the world seem to be
constantly eontradicting themselves.
The extravagantly high prices of shoes
are said to be due to the great scarcity
of leather caused by the war. On the
heels of this scarcity came sudden
rage for leather wearing apparel
coats, hats, even gowns We're trimmed
with it. All this was expensive but
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

The Reformer is on sale every evening BY
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co. G. w
Cleaveland, S. L. Purinton (EsteyyiIIe)
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert Pollica, 2o7 South Main St
Fort Dummer district.
West Brattleboro, J. L stockusll.
East Dummerston, M. z. Brown.
Putney, M. G. Williams
Newfane, ~ M. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. II. G-out.
Jamaica, R. J. Dagzett
South Londonderry, F. a. Tyler.
South Vernon, z. B. Buffum.
West Chesterfield, n. e., Mrs. W. ktrsster
Hinsdale, N. H., w. II. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News C.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
EpTnAIr TDnnT1nr 800
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

the leather was found somewhere. After
the war the world S supply of linen
was said to be so depleted that house
keepers guarded their stores as care
fully as they did the family silver and
there was no linen to be bought except
at fabulous prices: It's prices still stay
up and the same reasons are given for
it, yet fashion writers now announce
that this will be a linen season. There
seems to be plenty in the city shops
for the qualification of fashions de-
mands. Whatever may be the condi-
tions in Belgium, however disrupted
the industry in Ireland, the American
woman is to have, evidently, as many
linen frocks as she pleases as far as
the supply of material goes.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

While there is an ample crop of
sugar in sight the equalization board
of the United States sees no reduction
in the price of it because of increased
consumption. The old law of supply
and demand holds good As one news
paper remarks, "the consumer fur
nishes the demand and the dealer sup
plies the price.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
Company rs Successor.
(Rntland Herald.l

Brattleboro gets into line with the
proposal for organizing a military com
pany TO succeed Company T. The Or
gan City has splendid military tradi-
tons of three wars which ought to be
expressed and materializcd in an ac-
tive militia unit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

1t is said that it will cost the city
of New York at least $5000,000 to re-
move the immense body of snow which
has fallen in that city this winter and
it must mean enormous sums to Bos-
ton and other New England cities al
so. Snow is as free as air. 1t costs
nothing to get it but it does cost some
thing to get rid of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

deavor? Is it any wonder that the
old and others tied to the soil in these
towns are discouraged What is to
be done to revive these towns, or aren t
they worth reviving2 Is the popula-
ton of Vermont to be confined in the
valleys and along the railroads and
leave the towns in the foothills to
grow up to thistles and bushes2
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
A Temptation.
(Bennin gton Banner

bloomington Banner)
According to reports which percolate
down this way Auditor Ben Gates is
not likely to have any opposition I'M
less he invites it himself by going
around with chip on his shoulder.
Balanced chips are always tempting to
pugnacious people.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

All grape juice on hand or that to
be bought in future for naval stores
must be tested to see if it contains
more than onehalf of one per cent of
alcohol May we expect to hear of the
creation of new office that of naval
grape juice inspector?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

and adjacent territory. But it was not
until his interests shifted to the control
of lands and transportation lines in
California that his fortune. began to
mount up. Now he is an investor on a
large scale and director in all sorts of
commercial and transportation corpora
tions throughout the country.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
A Lamoille County Limerick

est. Johnsbury Republican,
In state that joins the Dominion
Lives a man who loves his opinion;
He governs the state.
So they can t legislate
For the Suffrage Amendment t
women,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

Feel bully Be efficient! Don't STAY
sick, bilious, headachy, constipated. Re
move the liver and bowel poison which
is keeping your skin sallow, your head
dizzy, your tongue coated. your breath
bad and stomach sour. Why not spend
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

"Lodge will call up the treaty of
Versailles today says a news head
line. If he gets a response viii it be
proof of life after death9
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

Something more than a century ago
paper was 50 dear in England that
butchers used to give their customers
The meat wrapped in large vegetable
leaf.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

and more eHectlNe anu cannot blSter.
When your throat is sore, when YOU
have pleurisy, bronchitis or pain
shooting chest cold you can get speedy
and lasting relief with this most eff
fective preparation because heat eases
pain. Every druggist has it--30 and
go cents, at all druggists or by mail
S. c. Wells Co. LEROY \
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

few cents for box Of Cascarcts and
enjoy the incest, gentlest laxative
cathartic you ever experienced Casca-
rets never grippe, sieken or -inc8nvenie no,
one like Salts, Oil, Calomel or harsh Pr.
They work while you sleep.-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
Member Of The Associated pre..-

The Associated Press 10 exclusively On.
titled to the use for publication of all new,
despatches credited to it and not otherwise
:redited in this paper and also the local nsws
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
Improve Them While You MAY.

BARRE Times.)
The chances for winter sports were
never better than right in Vermont at
the present time-but the chances
aren t likely to last long, grounding or
no grounding.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Railway service in Germany crippled
by strike of the radicals.
President Wilson marched in Wash
ington at the head of 5000 returned
troops.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
TO ADyERTISFRS

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 sents
an inch for first insertion, Is cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates
CLASSIFIED advertiscments-Five cents a line
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order.
insertion with so per cent discount for eccb
subsequent insertion without change of COPY.
heading notices are published at foot of local
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

the way of building roads, but the
work he has accomplished since last
fall and the recommendations he makes
for another year 5 program stamp him
as a man well worth holding onto Fur
thermore, the selectmen have made a
considerable investment Of the town :
money in gravel bank for the devel-
opment of which they have well defined
plans, and it is only fair to this pro
ject that it be given the benefit of
harmonious cooperation between Sc
lectmen and the highway department
With Mr.. Stellman apparently Will
ing although not anxious to accept re-
election as selectman there ought to be
no question about the action of tho
voters on this particular matter Hav-
ing held the office for six years, he ha,
a better knowledge of town bushes,
than any other member of the boart
and applies sound business Judgment
TO the numerous problems with which
the board is continually confronted
! lie is, in short. successful bushes,
man and when such one can be foun,
who is willing to serve as a public off
cial the obvious thing to DO is to kccl
him on the job
An article in the warrant that i
likely to cause some controversy /
the one giving the town authority t
pay the village for actual expenses in
CURED by the village fire department
in responding to fires outside the Vii
lage limits. Nobody wants to see an
Ioutside property DESTROYED because o
a technicalitv, but it is nevertheless
true that a large portion of any SUI
Of money that the town might pay til
village on account Of fire department
service would come out of the tan
payers within the village who are no
supporting the department through vi
| lage taxes. And that, it might fairl
be argued, would be double taxation
However, about all such discussion az
complishcs is to emphasize the foil
of continuing our present double bai
rel system of municipal government
especially when the village limits COZ
form so slightly to the thickly ropl
lated area of the town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
Piles Cured in 6 to Ia DAYS

Druggists refund money if PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure Itching.
Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals.
You can get restful sleep after the first
application. Price 60e-Adv.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

anu SN citill - " ltil
excellent results
tit blistered.
Heat eases pain
d Begy 5 AIustar-
=, made Of pure
low mustard, to-
gethcr with 9TH
or pain relieving
/ ingredients Is
just as hot, but
quicker. cleaner,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
Yellow Mustard FOR
Sore Throat TOnsilitis

Old fashioned remedies are often the
best yellow Mustard, in the form of
plaster or poultice, has been used for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

Holding Americans for ransom seems
to be one of Mexico s most prosperous
industries.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
GET PEP AND COLOR BACK!

Take Cascarets" Tonight for Your Liver and Bowels
and Wake Up Clear, Rosy, Fit-No Gripe!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27
"Gets-It" Stops Pain Instantly and
Corn Soon Lifts Right OFF.

A few drops of "Gets-It" quenches
corn pains like water ouenches fire
Gives you immediate relief.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-27

-tIIII z IIDIN ! OF 0UIVITt0r
intlammatiOns, cOnges-
lions and swellings with
most excellent results