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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01
French Mothers
To Get Medals
For Big Families

Paris. June 1.-Announcement by
the government that medals would be
awarded to mothers of large families
has resulted in large number of ap-
plications being received. Only those
who have reared their children sn the
best moral and physical surroundings
and with a p proper understanding OF
their duty to France are eligible.
To a mother having five children,
the youngest of whom is not less than
five years of age a bronze medal viii
be given. The mother OF eight will re-
ceive a silver medal. while one who
has ten children viii be awarded .
gold medal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01
TO BE INTERNATIONAL JUDGE.
Elihu Root TO Help Untangle European
Row Over Church Lands.

New York, June 1-Elihu Root
sailed today for Europe to serve as
president of a court which will arbi-
trate the ownership Of church lands
seized by the Portuguese in the revo-
luton in that country about twelve
years ago.
Great Britain. France, Spain and
Portugal are interested in the case hs
said. While abroad he will serve as
one of the American committee which
will hold its first meeting at The
Hague June Is to formulate plans for
"a permanent court of the League OF
Nations
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01
SHOT IN FRAT FEUD
U of o. Student Wounded Two
Rival Frat Beat Him Up.

Oklahoma City. June 1.-No charges
have been filed against Howard Ste
phens, University of Oklahoma stu
dent who shot and wounded Raymond
Boyle and Paul johnson, fellow stu
dents at Norman Sunday night, it was
learned today. The wounded men
were reported to be recovering.
M. H. Stephens, father of H. Ste
phens, strongly approves of the action
of his son in shooting his assaiiants
whose attack was the elimination of
a feud between the X. x. K. and the
d. ID. M. c., secret societies of the
University of Oklahoma. il was stated.
Stephens was confined to his room,
it was reported. suffering from the ef-
fects of beating administered to him
by rival secret society members fol-
lowing the shooting Sunday night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01
GRATED ON WAR VICTIMS.
High Officials Misappropriated Relief
SuDpIics Saw Charges

Rome. May 31.-High officials en-
trusted with the distribution of ma
teriais to war sufferers were arrested
today charged with misappropriatins
the materials
Those taken into custody were Com
mander Sbrocoa. Signor Padula, coun-
sellor of the prefecture, and Signor
Arcetti, inspector general of railways.
Other arrests are expected.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01
NoN-PARTIsAN LAWS HOLD.
Supreme Court Declares State Can
Enter Any Private Business.

Washington, June Seven of the
most important laws enacted by the
Nonpartisan league legislature of
North Dakota. all of which gave the
state power to enter private business
fields were upheld today by the su-
preme court
The decisions affirmed the North
Dakota supreme court
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01

Chicago. June 1.-Grace La Rue,
the actress. and Hale Hamilton, au-
thor of a play in which they were
starring here. We're married Saturday,
it became known here today.
The reported marriage of Grace La
Rue and Hale Hamilton adds another
chapter toNthe rather turbulent domes-
tic experiences of the former Topeka
actor and playwright.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01
Hale Hamilton
Marries Grace
La Rue, Actress

Divorced Wife of Former Topelan
Alleged Alienation-Chargcd She
and Hamilton Were at Hotel To-
gether.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-01

WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Cloudy and colder tonight; Wednes-
day fair, colder southeast portion.
The state herald., 1920-01-02
PHILLIPS COUNTY SCHOOLS

With the closing Of the 1919 an.
other year has been added to the
annals of the schools of Phillips
County.
This year has been marked by the
awakening Of the needs of better
schools, buildings and equipment
and the action taken to secure these
benefits.
There are thirty six teachers EN-
ployed in the elementary schools OF
the county while last year there
were forty nine teachers employed
Fully eighty five per cent of the
teachers employed have high
school education while goodly nun
ber have had n normal training.
Less than fifteen per cent Of
those teaching have had no previous
experience and aside from one OF
two cases sthere has been no chang
es in teachers on account Of the
lack Of efficiency. The average
wages paid per month is about $92.-
90 per month and the length Of the
average term more than eight month.
There are SO school districts Of
which number seven are joint with
Sedgwick county, District No. II,
having been organized as joint dis
trict this past year. The assessed
The state herald., 1920-01-02

valuation Of these school districts
is $17, 7,171,590 The census Of
1919 showed school population of
1899 persons against a population
of 1851 for last year. The coming
school census will no doubt show
school population of more than
1000 persons. These figures are
indicated from the enrollments re.
ported by the several school dis
tricts of the county, Holyoke school
district No. 80 became district Of
the second class this year and it is
expected that Haxtun school dis
trict will land in the second class
column at the taking of the next
school census in February next.
There are two consolidated school
districts and one centralized school
in the county. These three dis
tricts together with Liberty school
district transport the children to
school Amherst consolidated
school district completed fine t35
900 school building this year and
the school was opened in the new
building at the beginning Of the
schools in September. Three
teachers are employed. A two
years high school course has been
provided. Two trucks are en-
ployed to transport the children to
The state herald., 1920-01-02
Most Of the community

school. Most Of the community
/, activities are held in the auditorium
of the building which can easily be
transferred into very commodious
gymnasium. 1t is planned that at
an early date that u teacherage will
be provided. The present enroll
ment of the school is sixty six. This
district possesses more valuation
than any other district in the coun-
ty, the assessed valuation being
1,671, 675.
Highland Center consolidated
school district has just completed
$4,000 brick building especially
arranged along the lines to make
this building community center as
well as for school purposes. This
building is located In a prosperous
community eight miles south and
two miles east of Haxtun. Three
teachers are employed and two
years high school course establish
ed. Three auto trucks are en-
ployed to transport the children. The
assessed valuation IL this district
is &s63.040.
A few years ago the patrons Of
the Fairfield district resolved it
would be for the best interests Of
the district to have one school house
centrally located and transport the
children rather than have two or
more school houses widely scattered
This district comprised practically
NIL Of Township nine, range 40 situa
ted in both Phillips and Sedgwick
counties. In 1918 fine two room
school house was completed ut
cost OF more than $4,000. This
year two teachers are employed and
one years work in high school
braches offered.
Two automobiles nrc used to
transport the children to school.
The assessed valuation of this
Joint district is s730.10s. There
is n basement connected with the
building and this is used at present
for community meetings and pnrt
for tenchcragc. Fairfield is
the pioneer district in trnnsportn-
tion.
A demand was made In Liberty
district No. II two years ngo for
better school facilities which meant
nm additional school house or trans
porting the children. The patrons
ceosc the Inter alternative and an
auto is used nt the present time TO
gather in the outlying children. This
district has u fine one room school
house with full basement. In ad-
dition 10 the above now school house
mention the following districts have
completed or have under course Of
construction buildings: Holyoke
new grade school building. School
district No. 4s, Amitic No. o.,
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building spent considerable time
in looking over the plans of other
schools and the building under con-
struction embodies the good points
of many of these buildings Labor
ing under difficulties us in the Hol-
yoke schools the various grades are
scattered over the town The pres
ent enrolment of the school is
221 pupils. Six teachers are en-
ployed The condition Of the school
at this time prevents the employ
The state herald., 1920-01-02
School district No. Il and Haxtun
grade school building. Joint dis

School district N0.71 and Haxtun
grade school building. Joint dis
trict No. 4 and II have voted bonds
to erect buildings this coming year.
Holyoke new grade school build
ing is to be completed at cost Of
more than $4,000 when finished
viii be a structure built and equip
ed to meet every need Of the school.
Nine teachers are employed at this
time to care for the work Of the
school. Last year six teachers
were employed. The present en-
rollment of the school is 237 Of
which more than sixty are enrolled
in the first grade. Two teachers
are in charge to meet the wants of
the little folks.
School district No 4S having out
grown the little white school house
that has done service in that dis
trict for the past thirty years
bought the large Amherst school
building last spring and moved it
to site centrally located for the
children Of the district and have
since remodeled it into very COM
modous school building. A full
basement is under the entire build
ing and which will be used as a com
munity room for the present. This
district has an enrolment of %
pupils. The new building will be oc
cupied by the school at the reopen
ing after the holidays.
Amitie district feeling the need
Of expansion in the educational work
and community interests of that
locality erected an up to date school
building this year at cost of $5,-
900. Amitie has long been noted
for its community spirit and with
this developement larger things will
be accomplished. In addition to
the regular elementary course offer
ed one year Of high school work
is prescribed. Two teachers are
employed althoughthere is vacan-
cy at the present time on account of
one of the teachers resigning to en-
ter the state of matrimony.
School district No II lying just
north and east of Haxtun are erect
ing what will be when finished the
most complete up-to-date school
house in the county.
This building is constructed of
concrete and brick and is one
story structure with full base
ment, Steam heat and all sanitary
fixtures are included in its equip
ment, This building when complet
ed will cost $4,000, Sixteen pu-
pills are enrolled in this school
Haxtun Grade school in the course
of construction will cost more than
$4,000 The school board in plan
ming for the construction of this
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ment of one or more additional
teachers needed.

teachers needed.
Space forbids that we mention the
remaining districts individually
but reports to this office show that
nearly all show an unusually large
increase over the attendance of 1918
and 1919.
The state herald., 1920-01-02
FOR SALE CHEAP

Six quarters of good land on
easy terms. S. C. or Rex c. Evans
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04
F. B. JACQUES RETURNS
FROM SOUTHERN TRIP

f. B. Jacques of the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company has just re-
turned from business trip, which
took him to Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington. While at
Washington, he met a companion of
his younger days, who is now presi-
dent of Potomac University. From
Washington they motored through
portion of Virginia, visiting the city
of Alexandria and several of the
points of interest there, including the
church which George Washington at
tended as well as the Masonic Lodge
room of which Washington was a
member.
Mr.. Jacques reports the Potomac
river frozen over and the weather
very cold and disagreeable.
He got back to New York in time
to attend the Annual Convention Of
the Company. At the annual banquet
held at the Hotel Astor, Charles NJ
Schwab, was the principal speaker
and delivered very able address.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04
LOWER WATERFORD

The auditors for the town and
Board of Civil Authority met Friday
at the church vestry.
Mrs. Myra Parker is seriously i'll
at Littleton, N. H. hospital.
E. E. Hale was in Littleton We'd
nesday for medical attention to his
finger recently operated upon.
Charles Humphrey has finished
work for William Douglas and is now
working for Fred Williams at Little
ton, N. H.
Mrs. Charles Humphrey and
children have gone to Craftsbury,
called there by the serious illness of
Mrs. Humphreys mother.
Supt. Harvey Burbank visited
schools in town on Wednesday.
Fred Priest was week end visitor
at the home of his mother, Mrs. Jesse
Carleton.
Miss Bessie Wright of st. Johns
bury Academy was week end visit
or at her home.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04
NEWPORT CENTER

DeLIST.
Several cases of mumps are report
ed in the village school and it is fear
ed they will spread as so few of the
children seem to have had them. In
Miss Bowcn's room only two pupils
are said to have ever had the
mumps and the teacher is not includ-
ed in these two. The play which was
to have been held on the closing day
of school, one week from Friday
night has been postponed in conse-
quence.
Gerald Rogers visited his sister and
grandparents in town a few days last
week but returned to Newport City
where he is employed the last of the
week.
I There have been a good many
frozen water pipes in the villge dur
! ing the last few days and Ray Grit
fin has been kept very busy thawing
them out.
Orion Niles had his house near the
railroad track wired for electric
lights last week. Ray Griffin did the
work. ..
Chauncey Durgan moved last
Thursday into the Niles House in
the village. Mr. Durgan recently COM
plctcd the butter makers course of
study in the winter school in Burling-
ton and has been promised good
opening in some one of Hoods
crcamery's this spring.
The Methodist Brotherhood Enter
tainment at the Methodist church last
Friday night was more of success
financially that could hsve been ex-
pected considering the night. The
advance sale of tickets greatly helped
in this case. Lieut.. Donald Emery
gave a talk on some of his impress
sons of the World War during the
nearly three years of service and il
lustrated his talk with some rough
drawings.
Harmon Vcrnol who has been i'll
for number of weeks is again to get
out but is not strong yet and must
remain out of school until the spring
term.
Mrs. Frank Miller returned from
her visit to Springfield few days
ago and reported her grandson, who
had been quite i'll as on the road. to
recovery.
Ben c. Wheeler spent the first part
of last week in New Hampshire on
his seed business.
Mrs. Alberta Armstrong appears To
be gaining in strength right along
and goes out frequently to village do
ings.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04
GentIemen's Night
at W0fhan'S Club
(Continued from page n I

Continued from page y
al Gentlemen's Night of the st
Johnsbury Wornan's Club and the at
fair was one of the socialsevents o.
the season. A most enjoyable enter
tainment opened the evenings pro
gram, followed by dancing. ~;
Mrs. Robert E. French graciousll
welcomed all to the gathering anC
announced the evenings program
Mrs. Luvia Mann Mank of Woods
vile opened the program with {
series of readings and appeared sew
eral times to the great delight of the
audience. Mrs. Marks character
sketches were given with telling eff
feet and her costumes added much to
their presentation. Whether at the
Movies" at the silver wedding OF
giving the old mans "reminiscences
Mrs. Mank gave an artistic touch tc
each and all of them that kept the
house in the best of humor The
hearty applause she received at every
appearance testified as to how well
she had reached her audience.
Miss Lillian Richards as the Jap
anese girl presented a group of young
ladies that accompanied her in the
songs and cleverly executed fan and
payasol drills. The ladies were Misses
Bertha l.. Silsby, Miss Dorothy
Brown, Miss Bernice M. Lawrence,
Miss Bertha Hodgkins, Miss Rachael
Vaughn, Miss Thelma Roman, Miss
Evangeline Steward, Miss Helen L..
Steele, Mrs. Ida P. Brooks accom-
panied the ladies at the piano.
Frank H. Brooks gave a double
number "From the Land of the Sky
Blue Water" and "King of the Forest
Am l" and responded to an encore.
Mr.. Brooks is always favorite as
soloist and his rich bass voice easily
filled the big hall. Miss Margaret
f. Brooks was the accompanist.
Following the entertainment Mrs.
Wilkes orchestra started up the mu-
sic and for the next two hours many
couples enjoyed dancing. The Port
land Fancy was introduced to add a
little more gaiety to the occasion and
proved one of the most popular num-
bers. Delicious refreshments were
served during the evening, in charge
of Mrs. S. J. Somerville and the 9TH
en- members of the social committee.
The Ladies Aid of Grace M. E.
church will meet in the church par
lors Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Ladies are asked to come prepared
% tie quilts.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04

ever, he gets in a lot more overtime
and is not idle nearly so many days
so he is relatively better off than he
was in 1913.
"The New Orleans blacksmith il
| 1913 received 36c for an hours worl
when he could get work, 1t took him
70 hours to earn his $25 suit. Now he
earns his $50 suit by working rs
hours at soc an hour and has all the
work he wants, regular and overtime
"The Buffalo boilermaker got SO. lie
an hour in 1913; he gets 72.5c-now
The unskillcd laborer in the building
trades at st. Louis got Csc an hour
six years ago; he now gets 62.5c. In
Jacksonville, Florida, the carpenter
who earned SIC then, gets Csc now.
In Chicago, San Francisco and some
other cities he gets SLIGO an hour,
with 81 an hour for overtime; and so
great is the demand for workers that
he won't work unless the contractor
permits him to get in a good many
hours of overtime a week.
/. "Thc Philadelphia hod-cal1cr was
content to work for 35c an hour six
years ago, but Toe is his wage now.
The Detroit machinists' scale was SOC
but it is now 85c.
"It's this way all over the country.
The Dallas plastcrcr and the Birm-
ingham plumber get $l.12h an hour,
with plenty of overtime at double
pay; the Boston sheet metal worker
earns his 90c an hour regularly; the
average hourly pay of the rollers of
the sheet steel mills of the whole
country is $2.57la, and they work ten
hours a day.
"Thc prosperity of the worker is
no longer adequately measured by his
wage rate per hour. Five years ago
work was scarce; large percentage
of workers expected to be idle many
days in the year Now there is de
mand for the service of every avail
able man in practically every trade,
not only for "A or 48 hours a week
at regular pay, but for many hours OF
overtime at double pay.
as it any wonder that the demand
for clothes is enormous? Producer
and worker alike have more money,
in proportion, to spend for clothes
than they ever had before. They
want good clothes, too, and are Great
ing an unusual demand for them"
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day in 1919 he got Sc cents pount
for it. For his eggs he got 1913 cents
a dozen on November LIST, 1914, while
he got 81 cents dozen for them in
1919.
"The sheep raiser who produces
wool for fis money crop naturally has
quite keen interest in the price OF
clothes. The government tells US
that the average sheep raiser all over
the United States got 1850 a pound
for his wool at the country stations
on November LIST, 1913. He had to
sell 161 pounds to get money to pay
for $25 suit of clothes. On Nov
cmbcr LIST, 1919, the average price
paid to the producers for wool was
50.6c Il pound. He had only had TO
sell 1872 pounds of wool to get
enough money to buy $50 suit of
clothes.
"On November LIST, 1914, while all
Europe was at war and we were not,
the farmer received on an average of
528c a bushcl for his potatoes. Fifty
bushels left him a very narrow mar
gin over the price of $25 suit On
November LIST, 1919, he was getting
an average of $1.53 per bushel for
his potatoes. The price of fifty bu-
shells bought him $50 suit of
clothes and fine pair of shoes, and
left him a few dollars for sundrics.
1T how about the working man?
Let's start win lne man who husks
corn for the Iowa farmer. In 1914
got &c a bushel for the work and
the crop was of such character that
he did well if he husked one hundred
bushels day. He had to work 1914
days to pay for $25 suit of clothes.
Last fall he demanded and, in most
instances, got SC a bushel for huskA
ing corn, The ears were so big and
plentiful that it was 70 trick at all
for him TO husk 1875 bushels, earning
$40 day. 1t took him just six days
to earn enough to pay for $50 suit.
"Thc government tells US that the
average pay for farm laborers hired
by the month in 1914 was $21.05 and
board. In 1919 wages went up to a
minimum of $40 and ran to even $50
or sos in many instances. The go
ing day wage for harvest hands in
1914 was $1.55. In 1919 they were
hard to get at SIS a day.
workers in the cities do almost
rs well. The Baltimore bricklayer,
who in 1913 got as cents an hour,
had TO work 5sls hours to earn mon
ely for u $25 suit of clothes. Now he
gets $1.00 an hour and works 60
hours for $50 suit Of clothes. How
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04

liit in my opinion you
can't make strong. vigor-
Gus successful. sturdy
iron men. and healthy.
rosy checked women by
feeding them on metallic
iron The old forms of
metallic iron must go
through a digestive pro.
cess to transform them
INTO organic iron-Nux-
ated Iron before they
are ready 10 be tax en- up
and assimilated by the hu.
man system Notwith-
standing all that has been
said and written on this
subject by well known
Physicians. thousands of
people still inst on
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04

dosing themselves with metallic IRON, simply,
! suppose, because it costs a few cents less.
| strongly advise readers in all cases TO get
4 physicians prescription for organic iron
NuNatcd Iron--or ii you don't want to go to
tlis trouble then purchase NuNated Iron in
its original packages and sec that this par
ticular name (NuXated lrou) appears ION the
package. II you have taken preparations
such as Nux and Iron and other similar iron
products and failed to get results, remem-
Der that such products arc an entirely differ
ert thing from NuNated Iron.
ISrrmTrRFRs Nctr- Nuvsed IRON WIN. used by Dr.
SULLIVAN md orers III such surprising results and which
- prescribed aud recommended above hy physicians is
rcmedr Int which Is well known to duRgiEtB
where jukc the older inorganic iron products It is
easily assimset and d'rs the teeth. them
hlek upset he stomach The manufacturers guarantee
rrrsst auG entrciv satisfactory ts purcba,-
teg win roflGd yout money Is is diipsn.st By all
good druggists
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04
WANTED

WANTED-Good man to take
charge of Orleans County for Singer
Sewing Machine Company Very lib
cral commission paid in advance with
every sale. Apply by letter to No. 3
Church street, Burlington, Vt.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04

LOST-In Newport Saturday night,
silver bracelet set with sapphircs and
briliants. Finder please notify Min
ME Stannard, Orleans, Vermont.
187-1wk
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1920-02-04

WANTED-Boys TO sell and deliver
Newport Records in Batesville and
West Derby. Good pay to hustlers.
Call on Mr.. Howe in Room No. 3,
Root block, Newport, vt. 1876 st