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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-07-22
GLOW ] Cleared The Mill of Rats
By j.. Tucker, X. l.

AS night watchmen believe ! have
seen more rats than MIN. Dogs
wouldn't dare go near them. Col
81 pkg of RAT-SNAP, inside of
weeks cleared them all out. Killed
them by the score eve:y night. Guess
the rest were scared away. l nevel
viii be without RAT-SNAP. Three
sizes, 25c. soc, 500. Sold and guar
anteed by r. A. Alcorn Hardware
Co. and Fuson Drug Co. of Mans
field, and Little & Randall of Nor
Woud.-Ady.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-07-22

the first day of the regular term
of court.
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and the seal
of the Circuit Court of Wright
County, Missouri, this the 9th
day of July, 1920.
(SeaD JACK BANE,
Clerk of the Circuit Court.
Hartville, Wright Co., Mo.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-07-22

PENDANTS have OBJ.
we'd their claims
=, hereinafter des
| re said Joseph
: 1sed, as heirs,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1920-07-22

Why grow Runty, Wees, donees,
Worms sap the ~vitalil date, mesne,
cholera and other disc or involun
profit basis -eliminateSNeph Fisher,
md costs but GO cents
swing responsible deale, G. M. Bur
:, 1~,uNn.,N GLsaid prop
T...mu nru. IA Need, dated
49," w,ros 4 recorded
10, in the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
LETTERS TOTHE EDITOR
United States and the Tariff.

Editor, Barre Times: Shades OF the
fathersl In 1918 Woodrow Wilson
the uncrowned king of democracy, ad.
vised our country that at the close OF
the war our tariff schedules must be
SO adjusted that in the years follow
ing America would not become the
dumping place of cheapened Euro
pean products in those countries eff.
forts to readiust their economic and
fiscal conditions.
Leonard Wood, recent traveller
over the length and breadth Of our
country's domains, who, it is reputed
has spared no expense in investigat
ing the demands Of Republicans, said
yesterday at Montpelier, Our tar.
iff must be so framed as not to de-
stroy the export trade OF Europe,
If all the good party men try to
make the fence at the same time
from opposite directions, il will be
hard on the fence but fun for the
spectators and socialists.
Not much wonder if Dupont does
lag a little.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
Our Duty to the c. A. Z.

Editor, Barre Times: ] would again
ask space in your paper 70 remind
the boys and girls of our public schools
of the near approach of Memorial day
and to the debt of gratitude we owe
to the gallant soldiers who saved the
Union undivided and preserved our
flag for posterity.
More than so years have passed since
the close of that momentous conflict,
the Civil war The magnificent army
Of that war have dwinded away year
by year until but fraction of its num-
bers remain These are the men who
saved the nation when the life of the
nation was threatened, and the nation
they saved became the hope Of civil
cation on the fields of Flanders; their
heroism at Gettysburg and Appomat-
tox made Chateau Thierry and Ar.
gonne wood possible.
In the past five months, lll,735 OF
our brave boys who wore the blue in
the SOS have answered the last roll
call 1t could scarcely be otherwise
when the boy who was but Is in that
victorious day in 1865 has now reached
the threescore years and ten allotted
to man. 1t becomes us all to rally as
never before to aid them in their la
bors on next Memorial day, and not
only on that day but on all the days
we may be permitted 70 have them
with US. Let us do all in our power TO
show our appreciation of what they,
in their boyhood and young manhood,
sacrificed for us In another half cen"
fury the boys and girls OF that time
will be doing the same honors for our
brave boys who have so recently re-
turned from foreign lands, where they
gave their youth and their blood 10
make it possible for a united America
to become light and beacon for the
whole world. The spirits OF these he
role veterans inspire us to-day TO have
higher regard and deeper veneration
for our flag and our American indus
tries and to endeavor more zealously
to eradicate forever from our nation
the disloyalist. the bolshevist, the |. w.
w. the radicals, the reds and the an
archists.
We have but one flag and that is the
Stars and Stripes. Room for but one
government and that is the American
government, for which our Grand Army
of the Republic, Spanish war veterans
and the veterans of the World war
gave freely their blood and sacrifices
in order that our glorious flag might
float forever unsullied as an emblem
Of law and order, authority and liber-
ty. Hannah r. fiagg'
Department Patriotic Instructor,
Ladies of the G. A. r.
East Braintree, VT, May 20, 1920.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
Are Schools Deteriorating?

1t was a surprising bit of informa-
ton from the Russell Sage foundation
that the schools of most of the east
ERA states are actually deteriorating
The standard of measurement adopted
by the foundation was to take from
the official data of each state the num-
Der of children attending school, the
amount OF training they secure, the
progress they make, the amounts ex-
pended for building and supplies, the
salaries paid their teachers and 9th
er similar items and combine these
factors into a single index number to
show the general standing or efficiency
of the school system.
This computation showed Vermont
to be the 32d state in standing with an
index number of 5l.3. In other words
Vermont's school system, measured by
the same standard as the schools Of
other states IS only a trifle over 80 per
cent efficient. But there are some items
in this computation that do not truth.
fully represent the accomplishment of
the schools. 4 more accurate test of
the efficiency of the schools would be
to consider the percentage OF children
who are enrolled in the schools, the
amount of training received and actual
progress made. The amount of money
put into new buildings or paid in
teachers salaries is not test OF the
value of the school system. For in
stance. a smaller amount Of money in
new buildings would be required in
the older states already supplied with
good buildings than in newer states
without proper school buildings.
II would be interesting If the edu-
cational department of Vermont would
make public the returns Of the state
on these items 50 the public could de-
termine for itself whether or not the
schools OF this state are only half as
efficient as they should be.-Brattle-
boro Reformer
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

teryiew which appears elsewhere upon
this page. He clearly and fairly 81
lences the criticisms Of those who al
lege that having been blind to the use
Of political advertising in the senate
rial contest four years ago, and at
other times, will now involve the law
for his own ends. After taking re-
sponsibility for draughting and putting
through the law in 1902, following a
particularly expensive election, Mr..
Emery goes on to say;
Il did not introduce this question
into the present contest ethe first we
heard of II was from the Hartness
eamp-Edl and do not think 1t can
fairly be claimed that | secured the
passage of this law Is years ago for
the purpose of furthering my candi-
dacy for a state office at this time. II
could hardly have been foreseen. Nei-
Their do ! expect TO invoke the provi-
sions Of the act in question TO prevent
any of my opponents from spending
their thousands in this campaign, II
they so desire"
Now it is quite apparent that ei-
Their the Messenger or Mr.. Rabbit has
made an error Of statement. Which
ever 1t many have been we shall expect
TO see the charges which have been
made against Mr.. Emery Immediately
and gracefully Withdrawn in view Of
this statement.
The Messenger, and other Hsrtness
and Babbitt papers, fear the candidacy
Of Curtis Emery. They know that he
has large and rapidly increasing fol
lowing among the clean-thinking mid
dle-class voters of the state-the farm
ers. the laborers. the smaller business
men-aH who would see Vermont de-
veloped along its present lines rather
than made into a purely industrial
state. as Messrs Hartness and Rabbit
advocate We who have chosen Yer
mont. who love her for what she is
and what she may be made by devel-
opment along natural lines, do not
want to find ourselves in a miniature
Pennsylvania or an enlarged version Of
the typical factory town. II we did,
we might easily move to the one or
the other
That is why the snti.Emery papers
seize upon such ill-founded criticism
As the only way to reach him.-Groton
Times.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

The Democrats of Vermont have
been playing a rather quiet part in po-
htical affairs thus far during this presi-
iential year; but they will open their
campaign in the town caucuses to be
held throughout the state this eve
uing and they will follow it up with
their state convention at Rutland next
month. As a general rule, the Demo
ratio caucuses are not largely attend
I'd but the organizations formed there
n prove quite effective political ma
,Lines in many of the cities and towns
Df the state More than a mild interest
attaches to the caucuses and the con
rention, for something may develop
from them to indicate just which way
he wind is blowing regarding the pres
dental nomination of the party. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the leader
hip of McAdoo in the Vermont pri-
mary is really a test of the sentiment
f the Vermont Democrats.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
A Novel Alarm Clock.

A Yankee and Scotchman were
walking in the Highlands, and, coming
to a place famous for its echo, the Scot
gave a loud call. When the echo re
turned clearly after nearly four min
utes, he turned to his companion and
said proudly: "There, mon, We canria
show anything like that in your coun-
try"
'Oh, l don't know returned the
Yankee. Il guess we can do better
than that. Why, in my camp up in the
Rockies when ! go to bed | just lean
out of the window and sing OUT Wake
up! Time to get up and eight hours
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
THE MAN OF IDEAS OR THE MAN
WITHOUT, WHICH?

While we would not detract from the
rood reputation Of John w. Gordon
II Barre, who has Just announced his
candidacy for nomination as congress
nan from the second district. we are
somewhat surprised at the number of
public questions he decides in the plat
lorm issued. A very wide range Of
subjects is treated in that document
md settled so far as lie is concerned.
This indicates that he is satisfied with
What he knows or does not know and
hat his mind is closed on some very
utal questions that congressman with
Tears Of experience and study have
leen unable 20 settle. II Is possible
hat some man who Is not cock sure OF
70 much could have more influence in
congress and accomplish more for pub
&c welfare rattleboro Reformer
The above seems TO open the ques-
ion whether it is better TO 20 to Con
ress with no ideas at all or to 90 TO
ongress with some well-developed con
Eptions Of the outstanding problems
II the present day Il should not be
considered disgrace for a man TO have
pent some time in thinking Of these
Iroblems and, therefore, to have
urmed some opinions Of his own re-
gardiug the best methods to solve
hese problems Vermont has had some
nsn in Congress who thought things
an and who were prepared 70 support
~ ideas which they formulated. they
fsre not Tidieuled Tor having formed
Seas Instead they were commended
r. their initiative and fsr-sighted-
rss ard they made q name Tor Yer
sort There have bcen othsrs who
fets mere followers On. taking their
ievpoiHts ssooad Hand and ssntTlhgt
n httlt bat their votes lf 1ohu sor
GO hsFPsus e. have soas IDEAS ab0ut
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

The foundation of former Vice Pres.
ident Morton's fortune of Sl0,000,000
was laid in Vermont, not perhaps in
the actual accumulation of the money
to any extent but rather in the de-
velopment of habits of thrift and in
lustry which were guiding principles
throughout his long and useful life.
The inheritance which he gained
through birth and early residence in
Vermont was invaluable to him.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

Although it is conceded that the liti-
giants had place in court, there must
be a measure of relief in Chittenden
sounty court that the Wells will case
has been concluded, for the time being
at least, with a verdict rendered by a
jury The case has required two
months of the courts time, to the par
tial exclusion of other matters which
were clamoring for attention. Liti-
giants in other cases must have been
considerably delayed by the extreme
length of the Wells case trial.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
CURRENT COMMENT
Candidate Emery and the Corrupt
Practice Act"

The st. Adams Messenger, in its
leading editorial in the issue of May
IA, says that it was personally in
formed by candidate Babbitt that can
didate Emery had personally informed
him that he was the father of the cor
rupt practices act, that il made politi-
cal advertising illegal, and that he, Mr.,
Emery. intended to have the law en-
forced"
IN personal statement TO the Grot-
on Times. Mr.. Emery told Us: This
1.-THE above statement il absolutely
untrue, because / have never had a
word of talk with Mr.. Rabbit about
this law. ! believe there is no way in
the world so effective, or more legiti-
mate than political advertising. =
In response to editorial attacks Of
which that in the Messenger is typi-
cal, Mr.. Emery has given out an in
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

public questions it should not held to
be a reflection on his capacity for
serving the state of Vermont and the
nation in the best possible manner.
Nor should it be a matter for ridicule
that he was willing to come out fiat
footed and say what he believes. There
is too much pussy-footing in politics,
too eager desire to please this or that
or the other, What we need is type
OF Office holder who stands -four
square" and is not afraid to let it be
known where he stands. That type is
represented by John Gordon, man of
ideas based in serious consideration.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

"The presidential primary meeting
was very thinly attended last week, "
is statement which was made in con-
nection with town in Caledonia coun
ty but it applied with equal force to
every one Of the 247 cities and towns
OF the state. The attendance was so
thin that it could scarcely be seen.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

Governor Clement was in the con-
vention hall, SO he got firsthand i'm
preston of the action of the state Re
publicans in calling on him to convoke
the legislature in special session to act
on ratification of the woman suffrage
amendment,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
Put in the Bill

When ia Canada last Mr.. kipling
was so dissatisfied with the hotel ac-
commodations that he gave the land
lord a severe call-down. Said he: 'Of
all the hotels under the shining sun, |
have never been in one that for I'M
mitigated. all round, uncomfortable dis
comfort could equal yours"
After the landlord had withdrawn in
great Indignation, Kipling asked for his
bil and he discovered that the last
item was, ITO impudenoe-three dol
lars Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

Government inspectors announce
that there are 1888, 537 100000 tons of
minable coal in the United States, or
enough to last seven thousand years
SO Why worry?
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
Time He Spoke.

Nell-To- morrow is Jacks twenty.
eighth birthday.
Doris you going to give him
anything
Nell--Yes, a good strong hint.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

Massachusetts ought to stop up the
leaks in her state prison at Charles
town. The escape of three convicts OF
the worst sort was little short of
seandalous.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
Indirectly.

Anyway. the landlords don't control
our mansions in the skies, remarks an
exchange. Not directly, perhaps. but
landlords are causing a good deal Of
nrofauitv and we know where the pro-
fame go.-Boston Transcript
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

The affair at Montpelier was merely
curtain raiser for the big show at
Chicago next month, 1t was very
mild curtain raiser too.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

afterwards the echo comes back and
wakes me."--Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27
Sweet Innncence

She ito returned doughboyl-So you
went in swimming in the Rhine.
Weren't you afraid of those dreadful
rhinoceroses
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

"Favorite sons" are working havoc
with some presidential candidates.,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-27

From an oratorical standpoint, the
Republican state convention was not
up to the usual standard.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-05-14
Continued Next Week.
PROBATE ORDER

STATE of MICHIGAN, The Probate
Court for the County Of Charlevoix
AT session of said court, held at the
probate office in the city of Charlevoix,
in said county, on the 10th day of May
A. ID. 1920
Present: Hon. Servetus A. Cornell
Judge of Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Jennie
Watson, Deceased.
Dwight III. Fitch having filed in said
court his final administration account,
and his petition praying for the allow
ance thereof and for the assignment and
distribution of the residue Of said es-
tate,
II is ordered, that the 10Th day of
May, A. ID. 1920, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at said probate office, be and
is hereby appointed for examining and
allowing said account and hearing said
petition;
1t is further ordered, that public no.
tice thereof be given by publication of
copy Of this order, for three success
sive weeks previous to said day OF
hearing, in the Charlevoix County Her
aid newspaper printed and circulated
in said county.
Servetus A. Cornell, .
Judge of Probate.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-05-14
PROBATE ORDER

STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Probate
Court for the County of Charlevoix.
At session of said Court, held at the
Probate Office in the city of Charlevoix
in said County, on the 3Oth day of April
A. d. 1920.
Present. Hon. Servetus A. Cornell,
Judge of Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Lottie
Dickinson, Minor. d.
Charles T. Dickinson having filed in
said court his petition, praying for
license to sell the interest OF said estate
in certain real estate therein described.
1t is Ordered, That the oath day of
May A. ID. 1920, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at said probate office, be and
is hereby appointed for hearing said
petition, and that all persons interested
in said estate appear before said court,
at said time and place, to show cause
why license to sell the interest of said
estate in said real estate should not be
granted;
II is Further Ordered. That public
notice thereof be given by publication
of copy of this order, for three success
sive weeks previous to said day of hear
ing in the Charlevoix County Herald
newspaper printed and circulated in
said county.
Servetus A. Cornell,
Judge of Probate.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-05-14
PROBATE ORDER

STATE OF MICHIGAN, The Probate
Court for the County of Charlevoix.
AT session of said Court, held at the
Probate Office in the city of Charlevoix
in said County, on the oath day of April
A. ID. 1920.
Present: Hon. Servetus A. Cornell,
Judge of Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ida
Proctor, Deceased. Robert Proctor hav-
ing filed in said court his petition pray
ing that the administration OF said es-
tate be granted to petitioner or to some
other suitable person.
1t is Ordered, That the 10Th day of
May A. d. 1920, at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at said probate office, be and
is hereby appointed for hearing said
petition.
1t is Further Ordered, That public
notice thereof be given by publication of
a copy of this order, once each week for
three successive weeks previous to said
day of hearing, in the Charlevoix Coun-
ty Herald, newspaper printed and cir
culated in said county.
Servetus A. Cornell,
Judge of Probate.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-05-14
DESCRIPTION OF LAND
Plat, Addition or other Description.

Amount necessary to redeem, $1S7. O8
plus the fees of the Sheriff. ..
w. II. RANSOM,
Place of business, Walloon Lake, Mich.
To A. Judson Morse, last grantee in
the regular chain title of such lands or
Of any interest therein as appearing by
the records in the office of the Register
of Deeds of said County.
Grantee under the tax deed issued by
the Auditor General for the latest years
taxes appearing of record i'm said
registry of deeds.
Jerome Golden, assignee of record of
all undischarged recorded mortgages.
STATE OF MICHIGAN,
County of Charlevoix %
do hereby certify and return that
the within notice was delivered to me
for service on the 21st day of February
1920, and that after careful inquiry,
which has been continued from that
time until this date, am unable to as
certain the whereabouts or postoffice
address of A. Judson Morse the person
appearing by the records i'm the office
of the Register of Deeds of said County,
to be the last grantee in the regular
chain of title to the within described
lands at the said date of the said de-
livery of such notice to me for service
or of Jerome Golden, the assignee of
the morgagee named in all undischarg-
ed recorded mortgages, or of the heirs
Of said grantee, or assignee, or where
abouts or the postoffice address of the
executor, administrator, trustee or
guardian of such grantee or assignee
upon the foregoing described land. s,
GEORGE w. WEAVER,
Sheriff of said County.
Dated March 18th, 1920.
Charlevoix county herald., 1920-05-14

Amount necessary to redeem, 1881 .33
plus the fees of the Sheriff.
w. II. RANSOM,
Place of business, Walloon Lake, Mich.
To A. Judson Morse, last grantee in
the regular chain title Of such lands or
of any interest therein as appearing by
the records in the office of the Register
of Deeds OF said County.
Grantee under the tax deed issued by
the Auditor General for the latest years
taxes appearing OF record in said
registry of deeds.
Jerome Golden assignee of record of
all undischarged recorded mortgages.
STATE OF MICHIGAN, ss
County of Charlevoix %
do hereby certify and return that
the within notice was delivered to me
for service on the Dist day of February
1920, and that after careful inquiry,
which has been continued from that
time until this date, am unable to as
certain the whereabouts or postoffice
address OF A. Judson Morse the person
appearing by the records in the office
OF the Register of Deeds of said County,
to be the last grantee In the regular
chain of title to the within described
lands at the said date of the said de-
livery of such notice to me for service
or of Jerome Golden the assignee of
the morgagee named in all undischarg-
ed recorded mortgages, the heirs OF
said grantee, or assignee, or where
abouts or the postoffice address of the
executors, administrators, trustees or
guardians of such grantee or assignee
upon the foregoing described land.
GEORGE w. WEAVER,
Sheriff of said County.
Dated March 18th, 1920.