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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
GIVES UP DAYLIGHT SAVING.
Manchester, N. H, Goes Back to Stand
ard Time Next Monday.

MANCHESTER, n. H., May l9.-Day-
light saving, which was adopted by this
city last month, will be abandoned and
the clocks turned back an hour to con
form to Eastern standard time at O'Clock
next Monday morning as a result of a
unanimous vote by the board of alder
men last night. The aldermen said they
had found that public opinion was three
TO one in favor of rejecting daylight saw
ing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Universalist Church

Wednesday, May 10, at 7.3O pm-A reg
ular meeting of Boy Scouts, Troop No. A.
Thursday, May 20, at 3 pm-The an
nual meeting of the Mission Circle, with
reports for the year, election of officers
and other business The payment of an
nual membership dues is now in order
The business meeting will be followed by
the supper for members and invited
guests.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
THREE BISHOPS ELECTED.
Methodist General Conference Makes
Selections.

DES MONIES, Ia, May 19.-Three
bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church were elected on the seventh
general conference ballot taken at noon
yesterday. They are Anton Bast, Co.
penhagen; Edgar Blake, Chicago, and
George H. Buckley, Philadelphia.
A total of nine white bishops now
have been elected and three more are
to be chosen
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Save Gasoline Tor Farmers.

FRESNO, Cal, May Restrictions Of
gasoline for pleasure cars to three gallons
at one time in order to assure agricul-
tmal interests and commercial enterprises
adequate supply was announced today by
both of the large oil companies of Fresno.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
First Baptist Church

Wednesday, $50 p. m.-Annual supper
of Mems Union and friends. Speaker,
Mr.. w. r. Moody of Northfield
Thursday, 3 p. injecting of
Women's society.
Friday, p. m.-Junior Endeavor
meeting; 7.30-Church prayer meeting.
Saturday, May Rummage sale
by Woman s society.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
wHIsKEY PACKED WITH FISH.
Customs officers Found 500 Bottles In
Shipment from Montreal

ST. ALBANS, May 10. = Five hun
dred bottles of rye, Scotch whiskey and
other brands familiar before the Vol
stead act went into effect were found
by United States customs officials in
a shipment of II barrels of fish taken
from Montreal train today. The
liquor was packed with the fish marked
as consigned from George Bier of Mont
real to William Green, City Fish Co.,
Elliot street, Boston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Two Rishops Chosen Today.

DES MONIES, Ia, May 19.-Dr. E.
T. Keeney of Syracuse, n. Y, and DIR.
w. Lester Smith of Detroit, Mich,
were elected bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal church on the ballot taken
late yesterday. it was announced today
at the federal conference. Only one
more white bishop remains to be chosen.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Red Men S Hall

Thursday, May 20.-Pocahontas coun-
ell, No. 4, d. of P, will hold public
masquerade dance in Red Mems hall.
lce-eream will be on sale during the
evening. Good music will be furnished
Everyone invited.
Dance Saturday night.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Odd Fellows Temple

Monday, May 24-The initiatory degree
will be conferred on a class of candidates
All brothers and members of the initia
tory degree team please take notice.
Friday evening, May PA military
whist party win be held in the temple
Everyone invited. Tickets, 2Sc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA BOLTS.
Will Not Ask Legislature to Ratify
Woman Suffrage Amendment.

BATON ROUGE, La, May 19.-Gov-
ernor Parker has declined to accede to
the request of President Wilson that
he ask the Louisiana legislature to rat
ify the federal suffrage amendment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Masonic Temple

Wednesday, May l9.-Stated conclave
of Beauseant commandery, No. I. Work,
Red Cross.
Thursday, May 2O-Knights of Birming-
ham at Festival hall. Parade leaves Tenn
pie at $50.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Centre Congregational Church

There will be a foreign missionary meet
ing in the chapel Thursday, at $50 pm
All women of the parish are invited. Tea
will be served at the close of the program.
The meeting viii be preceded by a short
business session.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Mems s Shirts Cheaper.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May 10
The sale Of shirts and suits for men are
the first articles of clothing to suffer
radical price reduction in Indiana
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
Reduction Hits California.

FREMO, Cal, May l9.-General re
dnction on suits and coats of 20 to %
per cent were announced by retailers in
advertisements today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19
THE WEATHER.
Showers Tonight-Probably Fair Thurs
day-South Wind.

WASHINGTON, May 10. = The
weather forecast: Showers probably to-
night and Thursday except fair in east
ern Maine tonight. Gentle shifting
winds becoming south.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19

Andrew Centebar of Montgomery, who
has been in i'll health for the past few
years and a great sufferer, took his own
life by shooting himself with a 30 cal.
revolver yesterday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19

Before the season opened Joe jack
son of the White Sox said he intended
to lead the league in batting this year,
and Joseph is certainly trying to make
good.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19

Women are in sole charge of dozen or
more of the most prosperous weekly news
papers in Louisiana
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-19

Women homeopathic physicians of Mich
igan have organized state association.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08
Old Timers Team
Will Celebrate

Chicago.-The fiftieth anniver-
sary OF the first professional base
baii championship game will be
cele brated by the Old Timers Base
ball association at banquet here
october 13. The game was played
between the Cincinnati Red stock
ings and the Chicago White stock
ngs October 13, 1870, at the old
dexter driving park In this city,
The Cincinnati aggregation went
down to defeat Is to at the hands
OF the Chicagos team.
This game was practically the be-
SHINING of professional baseball, ac-
cordins to Al G. Sphinx of Chicago,
secretary Of the old association.
The Old Timers Baseball asso.
citation was organized about a year
ngo. 1t takes In persons who plaped
IN or who saw the game and now
has about 1,000 members. Tom
Foley. manager of the old Whit.
stockings team. is n member.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08

and Mrs. Mary Neal Conkle, secrc-
ltary, prepared the program for the
meeting, and although they didn't
send out cards with kind regrets to
every Mary in the land, each and
every one answering to that meni,
ger, was invited. The organization
was formed three years ago. and it
has grown steadily until some 1000
odd Marys belong.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08
1000 Marys Hold
Annual Meeting

Noblesvlile, Ind.-Do you answf
the name Of Mary? Yes? Weis, ~,
should have been here along witM'
II couple of thousand or so osner
Marys who attended the ;innuaf
meeting of the Marys o. the ration.
Old Marys, young Marvs, big ones
and little ones. fat and lean, red
headed and otherwise--they were
here. And "a good time was had
by ALL" Misst Mary Lacy. president
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08
Governor to Play
In Benefit Game

Newport. r. l.. Sept. S.--Gover-
nor Beeckman has agreed to cover
right field for the Summer visitors
nine when they face the local city
officials on the diamond here. Pro-
ceeds of the game go to maternity
hospitals here and in New York.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08

VI by Wells

LIN Y.--Propaga-
ovsters all ready to
,snteed to multiply
r. into a flourisn'ns
I'M from experiments
~ W. F. Wells OF
Conservation com.
sday reported on his
Of oyster breeding.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08
|inters
Long Hike

L.r,es NJ. Snyder and
4 ,ocal sign painters,
Ecently for san Fran
| rbey expect to pick
kbe way TO furnish
1 u their lengthy
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08

Mr.. Wells, at his laboratory on
the shore of the Great South Bay,
has succeeded in keeping alive mil
Hons of young oysters from the lar
va to the Get" stage. In his report
he said that hatcheries modelled
after his plant can be built wherein
the oysters may be'incubated until
time to set them out in deep wa
ters. s,
Mr.. Wells declared it is well.
known fact that in the last 10 years
the production of oysters has been
very much reduced. 1t was to de-
termine the exact cause OF this re-
duction, he said, that his studies
were undertaken. 1t has been sug-
gested, he said. that pollution of the
waters has injured many of the
most productive beds In Connecti-
cut and in the vicinity OF New
York.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08

4 campaign will be condactel
at Eugene to list all available
rooms in the city for the use Of
university students. The new dor
mitory for girls Will not be COM
pIcted until the middle OF the
schoul year
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08
Arlzona Votes Today.

Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. -. Arizona
today was balIoting to nominate
state and county officers, United
sstes senator and member of the
iuse'sft. of representatives On both
Issaa w'cratic and republican tickets.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-08

Mrs. A. l.. Mauld9n OF aIonroe
has committed suicide. She was
the mother Of five children ard
about 40 years of age. Iii heath
Is assigned as the cause.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
UNCLE SAM s FAMILY
CONTINUES TO INCREASE

WASHINGTON: The total popula-
ton of the United States, exclusive of
outlying possessions, will be found to
be in the neighborhood of los. 76s, 106,
according to preliminary and unoffi-
eial estimates of statistieians of the
United States Census Bureau
This will mean an increase over the
1910 population of the United States.
which was 1892, 266, of 13,795,s40 per-
sons. The estimate of the population
as it will be found to be under the
1920 census was made on the basis
OF an arbitrary increase of Is per
cent. as it is the belief of CENSUS Blu
reau officials that the United States
will not show a greater percentage Of
increase in the years 1910 to 1920.
This represents the smallest popu-
lation increase in the history of the
United States. and will be found TO
be due almost entirely to the World
War.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
If NOT HUNGRY
CAN THE HENS
THAT WONT LAY

Stew the hens that won't lay,
was the head We ran two weeks
ago at the beginning of a story on
how to tell when a hen will lay.
Miss Maude Wilson, head of the
state home service department of
Washington State College, wrote
asking US to change the statement
to Can the Hens That Won't Lay
Miss Wilson assures us that the
process of canning, whether it is
done by the slow cooking method
or in pressure cookers, develops
fiavors the possibilities of which
are not recognized in the stew
kettle.
Miss Wilson made the fiavors
and odors emanating from that
canning pot so apparent and delect-
able that we hasten to say with her
that if you do not need them for
immediate consumption, then CAN
THE HENS THAT WON'T LAY.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
WAS YOUR RUBY FOUND
OR WAS 1T JUST BUILT

CHICAGO: Synthetic rubies form
ed in human laboratories have become
in recent years rivals of the blood-red
gems fashioned by the alchemy of ma
ture. Milton Heller at a recent jew
elers convention told the story of their
creation.
Large solitaire rubies appeared on
the Swiss market in $780," said Mr..
Heller There are no ruby mines in
the Alps, and the origin of these beau
tiful stones was a mystery. An in
vestigation revealed that a minister
of the gospel had succeeded in fusing
ruby chips thrown away by lapidaries.
He was growing rich through his mag
ic secret A ruby is simply oxide OF
aluminium with small amount of OK
ide of cromium to give it color. Sci
entists argued that if ruby chips could
be fused, oxide of aluminium could be
fused.
Prof. Vermeuil a famous French
chemist, set to work on the problem.
He used modified oxyhydrogen torch
made of two tubes, one inside the
other. The inner tube which held the
oxygen extended a foot beyond the
outer tube which held the hydrogen.
Powdered oxide of aluminium with a
touch of oxide of chromium was placed
in a sieve-bottom box in the top OF the
inner tube.
When the torch was lighted a small
hammer began to tap the powder box
and small particles of powder fell into
the flame AT first the heat was tenn
pered so that it merely warmed an
earthenware rol placed to catch the
falling powder, which gradually
formed a pyramid The heat was in
creased. The apex of the pyramid be-
came molten. The powder fusing as it
fell added to the mass, which finally
cooled into a red pear-shaped crystal.
This crystal was ruby as genuine as
any ever dug by turbaned slave.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30

and Thomas J. MacPharland, an old
time tanner from the Chicago section,
keep to themselves.
Hold Your Nose
Among the things which Mr.. Mac.
Pharland admitted were being used
were eggs, and not any fresh laid
either, but the frozen egg yolks
shipped in from China in cans. And
it may be we'll to state that they did
not add any delicacy TO the already
blue aroma that seemed to pervade the
neighborhood of the plant. Mr. Mac
Pharland denied being able to detect
anything wrong with the smell of the
place. but added that he was once
away from the tanning business for
six months or so while sick, and that
when train he was riding passed on
the windward side of a glue factory
it made him feel homesick
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
JOURNALISTS GET TOGETHER

Members of the Puget Sound district
of the Washington State Press Associ-
alton are to meet in Seattle Friday
October Is, and discuss ways and
means of getting out their papers. This
is one of series of district meetings
eleven in all-which is recognized
by the news men as one of the most
progressive steps ever taken by the
organization.
Fred W. Kennedy, of the University
School of Journalism; r. T. Porte. of
the Porte Publishing Company, Salt
Lake City, and other authorities on
printing subjects will be on the pro
gram
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
LADIES TO DANCE IN SHARK SKIN PUMPS
TANNING FISH HIDES NEW SOUND INDUSTRY

as twenty hides from the skin that
once adorned Mr.. Walrus, and gets
prices accordingly high, with the re
suit that the jeweler generally has to
usa something else for polishing his
ornaments.
The same thing is done with the
whale and shark hides, the number Of
splits depending on the age and con-
sequent thickness of the hide. One diff
terence, and very vital one, between
the splits taken from fish hides and
COW hides is that the splits from fish
hides are all good strong leather,
while those from COW hides are of in
ferior quality, except the one outside
or grain split.
The tanning processes in use in the
Edmonds plant are naturally not di-
vulged to the average visitor. The
hides go into the tanks, and are put
through the regular processes of ma
Ginning and softening, but what goes
into the tanks in the way of chemi-
Gals is something that Mr.. LaVarne
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
=. c. Q. :. DROPS;
PRICES SLUMPiNG

Prices have continued TO slip all OF
The week. led By Henry Fords tin
wagon, the price,of which returned to
the pre-war rate. and followed by the
Franklin machine. with announce
ments of radical cuts BY mail-order
houses to stimulate local price cut.
ting. Corn dropped under a aollar
for the first time since 1917, and wheat
went as low as $235, Flour was
quoted Saturday in Chicago at 81 a
barrel. a drop Of 81 cents during the
last month.
Hogs apparently hit a high level
last week. and although receipts have
not been heavy the price dropped off
little this week. Vegetable market
is dull. with buyers waiting to see
what the cut in prices is to be and
keeping away from futures as much
as possible. The spud market is dull
Apples are selling under last years
prices. Figs. dates and nuts are low
er Cabbage is a drug.
The lumber market is still unset
tied, owing to the unsatisfactory con-
dition of the transportation problem
Some of the mills are discussing shut
ting down until the situation clears
up. but it is generally believed, as a
result of the conference between rail-
way officials and mill men at Port
land, that the final conference at Chi
cago October will bring relief. The
feeling seems general that the market
has hit bottom, and yardmen are be-
ing advised to lay in their spring sup
ply at present prices.
Cars are tightening up again, with
no gondolas or flats to spot. Rail de-
liveries last week reported by the
West Coast Lumbermen's Association
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
MAKING STUMPS
INCREASE TAXES
CUTTING OFF TIM Der
CAUSES LARGE DECREASE
IN VALUATION OF LAND
Clallam County Man Would Have
Logged-Off-Land Cultivated to
Help Taxpayer.
BY George W. O'Brien.

Claham County has the problem of
making immediate use of its logged
off lands, now idle. unused and unpro-
ductiye, and approximately amounting
to 10000 acres.
The timbered land is taxed at
around $50 an acre. When the timber
is cut off the land sinks in value TO
about IS an acre as taxable wealth.
Year by year this taxable timbered
wealth of the county is cut away and
consumed. The unproductive stump
land of no immediate value is left,
and the situation is like a farmer
taking crops oft his land and putting
nothing back upon the soil, a method
that will ruin him and his farm if
continued.
1t costs over $500, 900 a year to run
our county government, including pay
ing off debt of 100000, and the cost
of government is steadily climbing up
Yet year by year our timber taxable
wealth is steadily melting away. In
thirty years at the present rate of log
ging it will be mostly consumed.
Nothing is being done yet by our
county community to help clear up the
logged-off lands or to get producers
onto these lands and to get a steady
income out of all this dead property.
Every cultivated acre in our county
turns into circulation at least 800
worth of value every year, hence our
10000 acres of dead land is a loss to
our local business of at least 50 600, 600
every year
We have not yet in Clallam County
much over 10000 cultivated acres.
Upon that area is based a population
Of $4,000 people. Upon an area of
10000 cultivated acres we can reason
ably base a population of $4,000. We
need population and wealth.
Our state now has a land settle
ment act 1t provides a plan and a
fixed policy to purchase, improve and
make habitable the unimproved lands
of the State of Washington; in fact,
to create new farms and to sell such
farms to actual producers on forty
year payments with per cent inter
est. One suitable farm to each pur-
chaser only, and he must cultivate and
improve his farm after he gets il.
The business is handled by the recla-
nation board.
The board has just about got started
in its work. 1t begins with $4,000
So far all of its time has been taken
up in Eastern Washington studying
the desert land problems of that sec
ton.
We are fast losing one source of our
taxable wealth.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
EDM0NDSSTARTS
NOVEL ENTERPRISE
NEW PLANT NDLING
SHARK, WHALE, SEA LION
AND WALRUS HIDES
Leather for Everything From
Player Piano Bellows to Gloves
Being Tanned and Finished.

The wolf Of the ocean, the shark.
long hated and always feared by those
who go down to the sea in ships, is
at last being brought to the account
of man. and, like the porker in the
| Chicago packing houses, is being
worked up-everything but the squeal
Up at EdmOnds new company has
started in a new business. a business
that may permanently affect the lives
of every man, woman and child in this
country. or the whole world for that
matter, for what one item comes clos
er to the members of the human race
tnan their shoes. and this new con-
Germ, the Universal Products Com
pany. is taking the hides OF the sharks,
whales. walruses and sea lions, and
is turning them into feathers that
are expected to take the place of a
great deal of the COW and horse hide
that is in use today.
The working up of shark skins is
no new thing, but the successful use
of them is new. The outside of a
sharks hide is a good deal like an
emery wheel in full motion. Sand
paper is not in it in way of compari
son. There is a fine sharp abrasive
all over it that will resist the blade
o. a keen knife and as a polishing
medium is great The removal of this
hard covering was the first problem
which J. T. LaVarne, manager of the
plant, had to solve, and the fine hides
which he is turning out tanned, soft
and pliable are the evidence that he
has it solved. Other plants have used
shark skin. but they have pealed off
. the outer coating of the skin, destroy
gag the best part OF it instead OF TAX
ing il off in the tanning process as is
being done at the Edmonds plant.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
Unlimited Supply

The sea is full of sharks They have
long been nuisance to fishermen
along every shore. Since the Edmonds
pant started about month ago offers
nave been received of shark skins in
lots of a thousand at a time from
the fishermen off the New England
coast. and the plant has received
number Of shipments from the coast
of Mexico. The larger part of the
supply that is now being worked up
is coming from along the Sound and
Alaska where the company has two
collecting stations. The whale skins
are coming from Alaska. too, mostly
Baluga whales which are caught along
Cooks Inlet when the tide, which rises
extremely high there, runs out and
leaves them stranded.
Up to this time no effort has been
made by the tanners to get perfect
skins The men in charge believe
that will pe the result of a long period
of education, just as it was in the
stockyards, where the early skins
came TO the tanneries in imperfect
condition and full of knife holes where
me SINNERS had cut them in their
efforts to get them off fast. Now
scale of prices is paid which varies
with the condition of the hide, and it
is believed that such a scale will
eventually be adopted in paying for
sbark and other fish skins
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1920-09-30
Results of Sea Battles

heSuitS OI SSo odthiSs
One imperfection which the tanners
will not be able to obviate is the scars
which adorn the hides of the sea lions
and walruses, particularly those of the
old bulls. the honorable marks of many
battles waged in the deep. Those scars,
where they do not go clear through
the skin. can be covered up in the
enclosing of a new grain on the fin
ished leather.
Among the by-products from the
shark are an oil made from the head,
which is sold to jewellers for $50 a
gallon; glue, fertilizer and the fms
The fins are sold TO the Chinese, who
make soup from them. That partic-
MAR soup must be a celestial delicacy,
for the fins when they are over four
inches long bring $3.50 a pound. Small
fins are not supposed to make good
soup and are not marketable.
One Skin, Many Hides
The hide of the walrus, averaging
two inches thick, is in great demand
BY the jewelers.. who use il for buffing
wheels. So valuable is it for that
work that they are willing 10 pay sl2
a square foot for it. But by the simple
process of running the hide through
a splitter the tanner makes as many