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The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
BOYS ON HONOR At
b00NV|LLE SCHOOL
Institution Bears No Resem-
blance to a Prison-No
Guards Are On Duty.
FOOD is PLENTIFUL
Term of Confinement De-
pends Largely on Good Be-
havior of Individual

New ideas which Col. A. G. Blakey
superintendent of the Missouri Train
ing School for boys at Boonville
brought into that institution are rap
idly bearing fruit This institution
bears no resemblance to a prison. NJ
walls surround it and no guards are
on duty, for the boys. are on theil
honor.
There are now 654 boys in the
school, many of whom are second
timers" and a few fourth timers
Some of the principal questions ask
ed by visitors are:
do they whip the boys often?"
What do the boys eat; do they get
enough"
Can the boys learn a trader"
How long do they have to stay?''
What are the ages of the boys?'
Whip Used Rarely.
To the first question the answer is,
only on rare occasions.
In answer to the second the boys
say that they eat plenty of all kinds of
substantial food.
Opportunity is offered for learning
thirty-three trades. The boys desires
are consulted and then he is put to
work at his, choice, ranging from
farming to printing. One boy is now
an engineer in a light plant making
$50 a week.
The time the boy has to stay is de-
termined in large measure by his
behavior. He is paroled on making
$500 merits, which the best can make
in fourteen months.
Ages Range From 8 to Over 30.
The ages range from years to
more than 80. One left this fall who
was nearly 80. Some men are there
now whose wives have come and Sc
cured work in town while their hus-
bands are serving their sentences. The
very young boys in most cases have
not committed any serious offense, If
any, but have no homes and the state
simply cares for them in this way.
The pastors Of the town care for
the religious side of the schools life.
Each minister takes the chaplaincy
for one month.
The use of tobacco is permitted and
the trouble of running away has been
much reduced by this. Much freedom
is allowed, as was seen this summer
when the band from the school went
to several different towns to furnish
music for gatherings. A special mark
of trust was shown the boys during
the Christmas holidays when Colonel
Blakey allowed fifty-seven of them to
go to their homes for a week. With
out exception they returned.
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
REDS CAN'T GET BY
THE SWISS BORDER
Miss Marie Rickert Finds
Every Precaution Taken to
Keep Radicals Out.
TRAVEL IRREGULAR
Effect of War Still Shows
in Passport Inspection and
Poor Transportation.

Miss Marie Rickert of Waterloo, Ill,
student in the University i'm 1918,
is spending the winter with her aunt
in Geneva, Switzerland. She will go
to Southern Italy later in the year to
study art. She writes Of her trip:
"The war is over as far as the fight
ing is concerned, but the way of the
traveller is still one of delays, jolts
and jars, and the trip was disjOinted
one. After weeks of docking in New
York, due to the longshoremen's
strike. ships began to slip from their
piers by ones and >twos in the early
part of November. after being loaded
with coal by Etrikebreakers under
military protection. LaTouraine sail
ed November 6. Trunks were weigh
ed. passports inspected. and income
tax reports rigidly examined before
We could board the steamer. No
friends were allowed to go on board.
Even Baggagemen Behind Time.
I'm the last few minutes before sail
ing, five or six French officers rushed
back and forth from the steamer to
the pier. Finally the whole party de-
scended with their suit cases and the
signal was given to draw up the gang
plank. Just then a truck piled high
with baggage numbered up to the pier.
The officers surrounded it, shouted
to the sailors raising the gang plank,
and then, suit cases in hand, marched
aboard while their trunks were being
put in the hold.
"Such a Tower of Babel as La
TOuraine was! All tongues, French,
Italian, Spanish. Russian, Greek, and
Chinese! American army nurses,
American and French soldiers, peo-
pie returning to look for their fami- |
lies in the devastated regions of
France and Belgium, people going |
over on business, the majority re-
turning to their own countries to live |
permanently. There were even peo-
pie returning to Europe after spend
ing the years of the war in the ORR
ent.
We landed at Havre November 16 |
at 4:30 O'Clock in the morning. A spe-
cial train waited for us at the pier |
and took US to Paris.
Sees Home of Missouri Unit.
"Near Rouen we saw a large field |
covered with captured German can
non. 1t was near this city that Unit
No. 81 of St. Louis was located dur
ng the war. Occasionally We saw
,arges of coal steaming toward Paris,
,ut We found that the city was suffer-
ng from a coal famine and. under
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
STEPHENS HAS 2s WAITING
Number of Students Have ALREADY
Been Admitted for Day Work.

There are twenty-five girls on the
waiting list at Stephens College for
the second term twenty-five new
day students have been admitted to
take college work. The present
waiting list will stand until the be-
ginning of the second semester, Feb
ruary 2, but no other boarding stu
dents will be admitted then unless
some of those now enrolled do not
return for the second term.
Why not use 'The Rights to Happi-
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
DRikers Will Find Tigers
Weak From Iowa Fight.

Still bruised and feeling the effects
of the Iowa farmers battle of last
Friday night, the Missouri basketball
squad of ten men, accompanied by DR.
w. E. Meanwell, director of athletics
left at 1 o'clock yesterday aft.
ernOon for st. Louis where two games
with Washington University will be
staged on Friday and Saturday nights
"The men are banged up some from
the Ames game" Doctor Meanwell
said, "and the team won't be as strong
for this game as it was for the game
with the Iowa boys"
Washington rooters, it is reported,
are set on walking away with the first
game with Missouri and they give as
their reasons the eight letter men who
are back on the court. Two of these
men played on the basketball squad
of 1917 and are showing old form in
the workouts this season.
The ten men who will leave for st.
Louis tomorrow are: Captain Ruby,
Scott, Bond and Trumbo. forwards;
Williams and Moore, centers; Wack-
her, knight, Browning and Coney,
guards. The team will stay at the
Hotel Hamilton.
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16

was amended to the effect that tn,
proposed efficiency test be adopted
giving four points for five out of sew.
en- events in Class ]. and five points
for five out of seven events in Glass
II. Miss Agnes Moore was elected
head of the efficiency test.
The managers of basketball teams
were appointed as follows: Freshman
Ruth Hibbard; sophomore. Frances
Baine; junior, Ella Wyatt; senior
Marie White.
The annual costume party will be
given Tuesday evening, January "a.
Ruth Hibbard, Anna Payne. and
Mary Boyer were taken into the as
sOciatiOn.
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
LEGAL EDUCATION ExpRssIyg
Ignorance Makes No Difference in Po.
lice Courts.

AN6 OOurtSs
A Columbian, prominent in the To-
cal educational world, stepped into
police court the other afternoon IN
answer charge common these snowy
days.
Il am ignorant of such a law" said
the man of education.
Sorry, but that doesn't make any
difference here" responded the repre-
sentative of the law.
Permit me to see the ordinance {"
said the man of letters.
Sure, here 1t is," said the Judge
as he reached on the shelf and brought
forth the city ordinances.
Guilty or not guilty." asked the
man of law.
1t was then that the educational
man started to question as to certain
laws regarding pigs, chickens and
trees. Not until he had learned how
much the fine would be, who received
the money, ETC., did he decide to enter
plea of guilty. He paid the usual
81 and costs but learned a great deal
concerning the law.
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
klDD|E's GROUP
MUST Be CHECKED
F. Kings New Discovery
will do that very thing,
easy and quickly

EoNT say. Poor little youne.
u sterI wish I knew what TO
li,,,. n ao for you" Just give =
diroc,ad c ~. hings New Discovery as
linger. 01ps -eooSn wont
Ca a coid is not to be fooled with
ue. aIter 1t at once. Loosen fhe
Ulgsstion, the phlegm-stufiness
and the throat-torture.
c-;an "a family remedy for colds, coughs.
gaippe, and kindred attacks. Eiffv
fts. ksars friend to cold-sufferers
anny y years OF highest quality. 6Oc.
ahd Si.O bOttle-all drugcists
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16

For Sale The Rights to Happiness.
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
SPORT
SchOlx and Sylvester
Asked to Run In N. Y.

ASkeO u nun LII Ne He
Jack Scholz and William Sylvester
Tiger track stars, were invited yes
terday afternoon to compete in the
Melrose Athletic Clubs meet in Mad
ison Square Garden, New York City,
February TO- Robert 1. Simpson
track coach, who received the invita-
ton, said last night that he felt Mis-
souri, could not afford to turn down
such an honor and that he believed
the two Tiger stars would make the
trip.
Missouri is the only University in
the Missouri Valley which was hon
Ored by an invitation. Stars from
all over the United States will COM
pete.
Scholz will run in a special 70-yard
dash while Sylvester will compete in
the hurdle races.
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
{. H. S. to Meet
BOOnville Team.

The Columbia High School basket
ball team will play its first scheduled
game at 1880 O'Clock Tonight with
the Boone vile High School team. The
game will be played in the Columbia
High School gymnasium. The C. H. S.
five will play the University High
School team Wednesday.
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
Bowels on Schedule Tim.

the bile flowing freely, the fer.
mnenWtlng ms body pOisOns eliminated.
". Hlngs New Life Pills make the
tS yOweis junction regularly and keen
Ine system cleansed of gaseous inn
purities. 2oc. bottle. ali druggista
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
yonen Athletes to Meet
Here In February.

February % was set as the date lot
the meeting Of the western section OF
the Athletic Conference of American
College Women at a meeting OF the
Women's Athletic Association of the
University yesterday. At least twen-
ty colleges are expected to send rep
resentatives to this convention
The constitution of the association
The Evening Missourian., 1920-01-16
THE CALENDAR

Jan. 16-Beauty Ball; Savitar Queen con.
test ends.
Jan. 1S-Concert by University BaLd In
University Auditorium at d, M
Jan. 19-23-Farmers' Week.
Jan. 20-Dedication Of Knights Of Colum-
bus home.
Jan. 2-Second semester begins at Chris
tian College.
Jan. 30-BasketbalI, Kansas Aggies at Co
lumbia.
Jan. 31-Basketball, Kansas Aggies at Co
lumbia
Feb. 12-Lincoln's birthday.
Feb. list. Valentines Day.
Feb. 22-Washington's birthday.
Feb. 27-Winter term, short course in ag-
riculture, ends.
March list. Patrick's Day,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-09
FIFTY YEARS AGO

It was the custom OF orr grandparents
when anything was the matter with
their stomach, liver or kidneys, to take
g remedy composed ofethe right kind
u roots and herbs, and by so doing
lived to ripe old age. 1t is also true
that The Shakers, who have always de-
pendsd upon the life-giving juices of
leaves, roots and herbs, are long-lived
people, The roots aud herbs of which
SEVEN BARKS is principally COM
posed of were gathered BY the Shakers
for many, many years, then scientific
cally blended, and SEVEN Banks
has become famous rs one of the most
reliable remedies for Indigestion, Con-
stipation, Liver, Kidney and Stomach
disorders.
Dull pains in the back, often under
the shoulder blades, poor digestion,
hcartburns or futterings, sour risings.
yellow skin mcan liver troubles, and
you should take SEVEN BARKS; it
will relieve you, as it will make the
liver active, tone up the digestive Or
gans and cause the bowels to act nor
nally.
SEVEN BARKS is not a cure-ali,
but very reliable remedy that viii
at oncc act on the liver, stomach and
bowels. sets them to right, tones and
strengthens the general health.
If you want 10 get the greatest eff
cheney OFT OF your body enjoy and pro-
lcng yotm lie, take SEVEN Banks.
At d. .;st's, 60 ceats a bottle. Don't
put it Of, set II today.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-09
GIVES mlppLEeuRY 100000
From Mrs. Fletcher D, Proctor in
Memory of Husband.

Middlebury, VT. Dec. IA Profes-
sorship in American History in mem
Dry Of the late Governor d. Proctor
is to be established in Middlebury
College by the gift OF $4,000 from
Mrs. F. d. Proctor. as a permanent
fund for the. purpose.
Governor Proctor was for one year
10 student at Middlebury and was a
trustee from 1907 until his death in
1911 He was especially interested
in American History, and for several
years contributed prizes for the best
work IN that subject and for books on
American History for the College
library
President Thomas is proposing to
the trustees, that the new fund Of one
miIlion dollars, toward which the Cen
eral Educat on Board have pledged
S25O,000, include ten Professorships
similar to that established by Mrs
Proctor and that it be known as the
Professor Fund.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-09
Mr. Fred White Says, Don't Idle Be
cause You Only See One Rat"

81 did. pretty soon | found my cell
lar full They ate my potatoes. After
trying RAT.sNAP I got dead rats.
The rest later. They pass up the po-
tatoes to eat RATSNAP"i II there
are rats around your place follow Mr..
Whites example. Three sizes. BIC.
CSC. sl.25 Sold and guaranteed by
b. A. Quinlan's Pharmacy. D A.
Ward and A. II. Winslow. ADV.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-09
NET WAR COST s24,olo,ooO GOO
Secretary Houston Gives Out adjust
ed" Expenditures Of the Treasury.

Washington, Dec. 9.-The net cost
Of the war to the American govern
ment was fixed by Secretary Houston
yesterday at $24,010,000,00
This, he said, represented the lad
justed" expenditure OF the treasury
excluding all other outlay which had
no relation to the actual prosecution
of the war from April 6, 1917 to June
80 last, which period covered the ex
IRENE Of the government wartime ifs
cal operations.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-09

The Oldest botanical work in the
world is in the palace or temple Of
Karna Kat, Thebes, in Egypt. II is
sculptured on the walls and represents
foreign plants brought to Egypt by the
soverelgn ThQthmes Ill. after cam
pafgn in Arabia II shows the plant,
flowers. bud and fruit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-09
NINE CITIES VOTE FOR BEER
Great Reversal in Massachusetts
Liquor Sentiment.

Liquor Sentiment.
Boston, Dec. s.-The vote on the
liquor question in q Massachusetts,
cities Tuesday showed decided re.
versal from last year when the ma
iority voted in favor Of license With
returns from BrocktCn, Taunton and
New Bedford missing on the various
referenda on the ballots, only three
cities voted license They were Fall
River, Holyoke and Chicopee.
On the question Of granting lleens-
es for the sale Of beverages contain
ing not mere than 275 per cent of al
cohol, under an act accepted by the
voters of the state at the November
election, nine ties voted In favor
They were Cambridge, Chicopee, Fall
River, Fitchburg Holyoke, Marlboro
Peabody, Salem and Springfield.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-09
sEARcH MoroR vgHIcLgs
PIttsfield Police viii Hold Up sus
peeted Cars.

PIttsNtTu T0TIIt VIII FIOTu Up oU5'
peeted Cars.
PittsAeld, Mass, Dec. 9-Chief
of Police John L. Sullivan has order
ed the police department to see that
liquor laws are enforced, advising the
officers that they are authorized to
held up vehicles suspected of trans
porting liquor and to raid places
where there are complaints of liquor
being sold or kept Illegally Special
instructions have also been issued
for officers to watch out for breaks
during the holidays and to guard
against the wave Of crime invading
Pittsheld from the larger centers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1920-12-09
-FOUR MONTHS SENTENCE
For Stealing is Skunk skins--Laur
eneo Coz Pleaded Guilty

Hyde Park, Dec. 9-Laurence Cox
pleaded guilty in Lamoille county
court Tuesday to stealing Is skunk
SIX MS from Irwin Foster OF Hyde
Park and was sentenced to term OF
from four to six months at the house
Of correction at Windsor
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-12-17

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-19
S-T-U-D-L-E-Y Spells Shoes
JAMES SURGET, SINDIGO KING"
 IS DEAD AT 84

Natchez. Miss, May 19-with the death of James Surget the last male descendant of one of the famous in digo kings of the South has passed away.
 In 17s2 Pierre Surget obtained a plantation by Spanish grant and planted indigo. Indigo was being grown extensively in Louisiana at that time and found reaoy market. The Surget fortune soon was made and many years afterwards the little town of Cherry Grove came into e&- istence on part of the plantation. It was there that James Surget was born and died. He left a daughter
 Although S4 years old James Surget never rode in an automobile nor used telephone. A breeder of thorough bred race horses and a devotee of racing, he boasted that he never bet a dollar.
 The 'casfzet containing his body was, at his request, borne to the fam fly burying ground by old negroes, former slaves to the family.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-19
''TIz" A JOY TO
 SORE, TIRED FEET
Use E'Tiz' for aching, burn ing, puffed-up feet and
 corns or callouses.

Goodbye, sore feet, burning feet, swollen feet, tender feet, tired feet.
 Goodbye, corns, callouses, bunions and raw spots. No more shoe tight ness, no more 1imping with pain or drawing up your face in agony. ."Tiz'' is magical, acts right off. @NTiz" draws out all the poisonous exuda- tions which puff up the feet. Use '"Tiz'' and wear smaller shoes. Use t"Tiz'' and forget your foot misery. An! how comfortable your feet feel.
 Get box of t@Tiz'' now at any druggist or department store. Don't suffer. Have good feet, glad feet, feet that never swell, never hurt, never get tired. A years foot comfort guar anteed or money refunded.-Adv.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-19
THIRTY-SEVEN
 JOIN IN GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT

Thirty-eeven states in this coun- try have authorized the expenditure of $635,641.7 .729 for good roads in the next five years.
 Legislation to authorize good roads bond issues amounting to $391,- 253,S00 are pending with excellent chances of being passed.
 The widespread interest manifest ed in better roads is shown by com- parison of the above totals with those of 1918, when 600,0O0,O00 was spent for road construction throughout the country.
 Texas takes the lead in the amount authorized for good roads, with bond issues tota1fng sS8,70S, 900; Penn sylvania will spend $76,217,945; Cali fornia S,435,000; Illinois $69,152,- S45; Michigan $53, 100, 900; Alabama $30,00O,O00; Georgia $15, 900 and North Carolina $13,459, ,635.
 One of the largest single projects is proposed for Illinois, where $4,- 463,511 has been authorized for the construction of 15O miles of roads from East St. Louis to the Indiana line as part of a national highway.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-19
SOMEONE TRYING
 TO ssSLIP OVER" A METRIC SYSTEM
10 tho Editor:

40 tho E>ators
 Last night when I got home, after I'd tnkrodsgced myself to my wife and counted the children, I began reading the main. Among the mess was lot about a thing. called the Metric Sys- tosn's
 I discovered that someone Is trying to insert the metric system of weights and measures into the finely adjusted gearing of our selling and manufac- turing machinery.
 After reading S7 pamphlets, two books and z13 personal letters turned out by the ton, had headache, but if you wdu stick with me for a mo- ment, you'll know enough about the metric squaabIe so you won't say "Yes. what's your address?" when soma Jane behind the counter asks Want a meter, mister?"
 Advocates of the Meter, Liter, Gram, claim that to change our standards of weights and measurements will be as notfdng, it will, in fact, be "ch5Qd's 8 plzy.' After watching my child at play, I have no hankering after ''chlid's paag;"
 And then, ''the metric system will do away with all confusion.' Some afternoon, about o'clock, friend wife nection between the stove and meter is 1eahtng and to please bring home a new one. I'll get home and find the meter end of the connection threaded a la the English system whereas my new connection is right pp-to-the-minute and threaded a Ia metric system. Then, won't I be de- lighted with the metric method of eliminating confusion?
 As this country now produces over half the screw thread product of the world, the instant we shift to the metric system, over half the screw threads of the world will become ob- solete and useless because none of the metric and American threads are in terchangea,ble. Tl1at1l be a nice way to avoid confusion. The meter was never designed by manufacturers for manufacturing. A meter was sort of contured up by a bunch of purely theoretical scientists. In practical use, the divisions of the metric system are either too great or too small to be of practical value.
 Go through any buyers guide from A to z and see if you see any pro- ducts whose sale or manufacture would be improved by metricahzfng their measurements. Manufac cturers are the immediate butt of the metri- cal joke. Qts a theoretical joke but a practical ca1amfty).
 Am right?
 Do you want meter, mister?
 Then for the love of Mike, say something and say it quick!i---F'rom 'DrHl Chips" published goy Cleveland Twist Drill Co.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-19
CROSBY CHOSEN
 FOR FRISCO TRIP
 AS ALTERNATE

Former United States District At torney John F. Crosby of Hartford and Fond du Lac, Wis, has been designated by Postmaster Bryan F. Mahan of New London, delegate at large to the democratic national convention to be high alternate.
 Because of the inability of Asa F. Rose of Thompson to accept, ex- Mayor Daniel P. Dunn of Williman- tic has appointed Edward J. Keegan of Thompson to be his alternate at the convention. Dunn is one of the delegates from the Second Congress sional District.
 B. O. Wagner of Lakevi11e, as a delegate from the Fifth Congressi on- al District, has designated Frank Wells of Lakevi1Ie as his alternate.
 Secretary A. s. Lynch of the dem ocratic state central committee has appointed Frank O'Nei1, a steno- grapher, to be his assistant during the coming Presidential campaign.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-19
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 And they pleasing in both color and pattern; from breezes and eyes, bring coolness and comfort equally at home and attractive porch or meath the shade of the trees
 Khaki ha1nmocks with National metal frame, strong windshield and ends complete with chains and hooks
 $1O. Canvas of good weight mattress of firm cotton filling, National springs, hung by stout chains $15. Green and khaki hammocks with upholstered back and rolLedge mattress filled with good cotton $22. Ideal hammocks, have adjustable head-rest, roedge mattress with comfortable filing, green khaki
 $25. Fine gray canvas hammocks with rests and back both upholstered and tufted, roedge mattress $39 Davenport hamrnocks of fine gray shade, National springs with special stuffng, three pillows and splen- did rest at ends entire hammock including pillows trimmed effectively in black $50. Hammock and porch pillows of lively color and eff fectives design.
 Some rich in their plain hue in striking fancy patterns.
 Round and square and in several sizes; sateen and handsome cretonne- 75c to $500.