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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-09-17

wheels are rotated backward and up
ward, and in 30 rotating they lift beets
out of the ground.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-09-17

So located between the pulling
wheels that they pass just over the
top of the beet are two knives, one
on each side. Thus, as the machine
is drawn forward and the beet is lift.
ed up these knives cut off the top OF
leaves Of the beet; thus 1t is pulled
and topped at one and the same time
by the one machine, these being two
separate operations in the ordinary
hand method of harvesting beets.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-09-17
Candy Without SUGAR.

Take two cupfuls Of ralsins and one
cupful Of nuts, put them through the
meat chopper, mix with one-fourth Of
a cupful of honey; pack under weight
for a day, then cut into bars.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1920-09-17
Economy.

Economy is of itself great rev.
enue.-Cicero.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
For A LARGER HOUSE.

Out of the public discussion of the
next apportionment of members in the
house of representatives one gathers the
impression that the number of congress
men is to be increased. Representative
Isaac Siegel of New York, chairman of
the house census committee, is already
formulating a bill for introduction early
in the next session of congress making
100000 the number of people necessary
for a congressional district. This is an
increase in the size of congressional dis
tricts, the present apportionment being
211, 900 but it would increase the mem
bers of the house As. Under this plan
two states would lose one congressman
each, Maine and Missouri. The states
that would gain in the number of con
gressmen are: Alabama, Arizona, 1 !;
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
RHEUMATISM
Torturing Pains and Swollen Joints
Vanish When Rheuma Is Used
or Money Refunded.

If there are anv rheumatic. sufferers who
have not awaited themselves of this generous
offer they should do so at once.
If Rheuma. the guaranteed preseriptioh for
rheumatism in any form, does not give quick
and joyful relief the cost, small as il is, will
be gladly returned without any quibbiing or
red tape.
Rheumatism is a dangerous disease, and any
one who has the slightest sign of il should
drive it from the system as quickly possible.
This is what Rheuma did for many. 1t should
do as much for you.
81 have been laid up for one year with chron-
ic arthritis," says sufferer 81 had doctors
galore, also spent four months IN santarium,
but had practically no relief. Then started
taking Rheuma. Now l can go without crutches
or other aid, which could not do for the last
nine months. / highly recommend it. and
would gladly answer any questions asked on
receipt of stamp for postage. Thomas H.
Eddy, Schuylerille, N. Y.
Rheuma is absolutely harmless and thor
oughly reliable because it is one discovery
that has forced rheumatism TO yield and disap-
pear. 1t is recommended and sold on the no
cure -no-pay plan by w. F. Root and good drug
gists everywhere.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
FRIDAY. NOV. u, 1920
THE SCHOOL QUESTION.

The AIorrisville Messenger joins other
Uapors in discussing the school question
in Vermont and declares the decrease in
the number of farms in Vermont lis the
direct result of the Capitalization OF
schools" 1t says:
Restore the rural schools: establish
school for small children wherever there
are 10 or more children to be educated.
Abolish the carting of pupils to cen
trail schools.
Hire teachers according to the work
thev are to do, the same as IN every pro
fessiOn. =,
Advance pupils to central town or vii
Iare schools only when well grounded
on and in the fundamentals in the lit
tie red sch0olhouse.' the rural schoolS.
Those who are too poor to go 10 the
central schools should be helped, and
those only.
Provide training schools to provide
teachers for rural schools; normal tram
ing schools to provide teachers for more
advanced schools a teacher training col
Icgc if it does not cost too much, to-
provide teachers for the high schools.
There are some things to be demon
strated before the recommendations of
the Messenger are to be accepted. Is
the increase in abandoned farms in Yer
mont the direct result of the centraliza-
ton of schools, or has Capitalization OF
schools followed the reduction in the
number of school children in the towns:
The writer taught term of school in
a "district" in this state over 80 years
ago where 81 ungraded students were
enrolled Today the six or seven school
children in that section are transported
to a neighboring school because the
school authorities do not believe it wise
to support q school for so few pupils.
At the time first mentioned four and
five children from one family was nOr1
uncommon but there are no such fami-
lies there now. Lumber industry was
the leading occupation there and not a
single farm has been abandoned in that
district, although there are several homes
that are not occupied. Capitalization
there certainly does not follow abandon
ing of farms Rather it is the result
of smaller and fewer families. We sus
pect that is quite generally true through
out the state and American families are
not so large as they we're in the height
of the prosperity of The rural school.
1t should be borne IN mind, also, that
schools can be maintained wherever there
are eight children to be accommodated
and that teacher training courses are
maintained in the secondary schools of
the state wherever there is a sufficient
number of pupils desiring such training.
These teachers should furnish necessary
teachers for rural schools as they are
trained in all sections of the state. In
considering the school problem of Yer
mont the facts must be recognized and
the system evolved adapted to actual
conditions if it is to give the greatest
good to the greatest number.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
| oday S Events

Today is the 10th anniversary of the
birth of Joseph Hopkinson, author of
Hail, Columbia.
The American Institute of Electrical
Engineers is to meet in annual session
today at Chicago.
The annual convention of the United
States Fisheries association will open
in New York city today.
Chattanooga is TO be the meeting place
today of joint con .rrence of librarians
from seven southe stem states.
The UnivCrlt~ II iowa is to observe
today and toner .ow as Homecoming
Tor all alumni and former students.
meeting is to be held at San Antonio
today with view to inducing Gulf coast
farmers to grow a uniform grade of long
staple cotton.
Scottish Rite Masons are to gather at
Dallas today for the unwilling of a
statue of Sam p. Cochran, for many
years leader of the Masonic fraternity
in the Southwest.
AT Philadelphia today a board of army
engineers will conduct a public hearing
on a project to build a canal across New
Jersey to connect the Delaware river
and Raritan Bay.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
In The Days News.

George w. Wickersham, whose name
has been mentioned in speculation about
both the war and justice portfolios il
the cabinet of the next president, was
Encouragement of the United States
under President Taft. As such he made
a national reputation as a prosecutor OF
trusts" Previously he had been a sue.
cessful and highly paid lawyer in New
York and in Philadelphia, and on his
retirement from the cabinet he settled in
New York and resumed legal practice.
He is a native of Pittsburgh and a grad
uate of Lehigh university His profes
siOnal services have been at the dispose
Of many large corporations, and wher
he had the people of the country as 1,
client, his technical knowledge of tn,
inner management of business on q large
scale proved useful to him as a prosecu
tor. During the campaign now closet
he threw his influence steadily in Mr.
Harding's favor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
An Unnecessary Danger.
Hartford Courant.)

Five New York children We're seri-
ously hurt on Sunday when a boy threw
can into a bonfire they had kindled
Whatever was in the can exploded and
the merry children We're taken to the
hospital badly burned.
That is one of the dangers that seems
more common at this time of the year
than at any other. Now fall the leaves
and few unregulated sports are more
amusing than to rake them into piles
and as evening comes on set fire to them
The chances of explosives getting mixed
up in the bonfres are slight but the
proba bility is strong that one or more of
the children playing about the blaze will
get his or her clothing too near the
flames with serious results. 1t is also
well within the range of possibility that
wind may carry the burning leaves.
thus starting fires destructive to prop
erty.
Parents viii do we'll to curb the desire
Of their little ones thus to brighten the
evening dark. If leaves have TO be
burned there should be paternal super
vision alert and vigilant until the last
spark is out
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

Arkansas, l.; California, 3; Connecticut,
|; Georgia, 1 Ilinoia 2; Maryland, !;
Massachusetts, 2; Michigan, 4 Mime
sofa. 1 &; New Jersey, 2; New Mexico, L;
New York, 4 North Carolina, . Ohio,
/: Oklahoma, l. Oregon, l; Pennsyl-
vania. t South Carolina, l; Tennessee,
I; Texas, 8; Washington, l West Vir-
ginia, /; Wisconsin, 1 This is a gain
Of II but the loss Of two from Maine
and Missouri would make the net in
crease in membership 45 and the total
membership of future congresses $50.
1t will be seen that this plan would
not deprive Vermont of a congressman
and probably it will be supported by
congressman Greene and Dale. There
is an element in congress, however, that
opposes increasing tho size of the house
and they propose going on record against
this bill. But they are not likely to be in
the majority and a larger house will
soon be an accomplished fact.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE.

My cuzzln Artie came GROUND yestid-
day and pop was taking nap on the set
ting room sofa, and me and Artie stood
there a vile watching him and making
motions III frunt of his face with our
hands as If we had put him to sleep by
hypmotism, and all at once pop started
to smile throo his sleep, Artie whispering,
u, look, / bet he's dreaming he eating
a plate of ice cream or sumthing, and
me wlspering, | bet he amt, | bet he's
dreeming he's swimming, that's his favor
lite spoart.
And we had wispering argewment
about it, and after a vile | whispered All
rite, | tell you lets wat do; you get the
dinner bell and ring it easy and if he's
dreeming about eating it win make him
smile agen, and Ill get some watir and
make is splash so be can heer it, and If
that makes him smile agen it shows he's
dreaming about swimming.
WITCH we started to do, Artie going
down in the dining room and bringing
up the dinner bell and me carrying in a
basin half full of waiter frum the bath
room, Artie taking ferst tern and ringing
the dinner bell easy rite next to pops ear.
WITCH the 3rd time he rang it pop made
uninjoyable face in his sleep and rolled
over on the other side, proving he was
ent dreaming about eating
Wat did / tell you? / whispered. And
[ started to Iggle the basin making the
waiter splash, and jest as pop was start
ing to look as if he mite smile eny min
nit iiggled it too hard and lot Of wa
ter bounced out on pops face, and he
quick weak up and stuck up his hands,
being one of the worst things he Good Of
lid, because he nocked the basin rite out
Of my hands and the wattir went all over
him.
Who the misehiff, wat the mischiff, sed
uop jumping mp serprized and mad, es-
ueshilly mad, and the more | tried to tx
plane the more he woodent lissen, the re-
mt being Artie had to go home and 1
got about 10 fearse kracks with pops
slipper some place.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
TOday's Anniversaries.

1770-Joseph Hopkinson, author of Hal
Columbia, born in Philadelphia
Died there Jan. Il, 1872.
1S1G-Rev. Phineas ID. Gurley. VIII
preached the funeral sermon foI
President Lincoln, born at Hami'
ton. y. Y. Died in Washington
u. c., Sept. 90, 1868.
1S54-Charles Kemble famous actor
died in London. Born Nov. 81
1915.
lS65-Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gas
kell, noted English novelist, died
Born Sept. %, 1910.
1SI1-Mary Anderson made her New
York debut at the Fifth avenue
theater.
1S91-DedicatiOn of monument at Bor
dentOwn to commemorate the first
railway train run in New Jersey
190S-Nearly $50 miners were killed
in an explosion in a mine in West
phalia.
1909-Two Americans were executed BY
President Zelaya of Nicaragua as
revolutiOnists.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

The Reformer Is on sale every svenisE BY
The following news dealers;
cleveland. s L Purinton lEsteyyiile)
Brooks House Pharmacy. Aliens Depot News
stand Gilbert J. Pollica, 81 South Main 81,
Fort Drummer district.
West BrattleborO, J, I. StoekwsiL
East DummerstOn, NJ r. Brown.
putney M C. Williams.
Wewfane, N. M. Bstcheider.
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Jamaica, R J. DagEett
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Eorthneld, Nassy Thompson bTo5. s.-....-
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JTeenHeld, UaSs., Greenfield News 20.
Greenfeld, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

The dead body of a 14-year-old boy was
found Tuesday by the roadside in Spring
field, Mass, where he and his bicycle had
evidently been tossed by. a speeding auto
mobilist who fed leaving the lad to die
alone In Manchester, n. H, on the
evening of the same day, a driver ran
down a woman, snapped off his lights
and speeded away into the darkness.
The woman died a few hours later from
her injuries. Yet there are those who
maintain that our secretary of state is
too strict in his automobile rulings. Can
they be made too strict in any state?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

fans have given the school team splendid
support this season despite the disap-
pointments of two scheduled games, and
are ready to back it still farther in any
legitimate effortiho settle the state cham
pionship. There. is no reason, therefore,
why the SCHOOL, should hesitate on the
ground of expense. Let's have one of
the strong upstate teams here for a game
Nov. 20, and then whether the contest
with Rutland is played or not our claim
to championship honors will be definitely
established one way or the other.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II lie tina aim OF the management to secure
efficient service in tue delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be riven of each failure to receive the paper
on Tho morning following the omission, in
person, by telephone or postal card, thus en-
abliuS the cause of the error to be promptly
edy Immediately applied. II 10 only by this
method that ths publisher can sseur" the dc
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
Getting in Touch with Our Own Affair


The tour by state officials to various
parts of Vermont under the auspices of
the Greater Vermont association for the
purpose of giving addresses to citizens
on the work of the departments repre-
scented by the officials and other valuable
information about the state government
should prove enlightening. Too little
is known by the citizenship at large of
what is going on in the various govern
mental departments at Montpelier, not
because of any desire on the part of
state officials to cover up their acts but
because of the lack of an agency to pre-
cent the work in more than fragmentary
form. If the plans are carried out with
the series of meetings should
be productive of some good. In order
to make them a success, however, it will
be necessary for the citizens in the va
rious cities and towns scheduled to do
their part by attending the meetings.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

Every Boy Scout in Vermont win be
glad Of the letter of commentator from
President Wilson received by Charles
Peck of Montpelier, a scout who though
handicapped by having to travel about
on crutches sold nearly $4,000 worth of
War saving and Thrift stamps.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

A Holyoke housekeeper who adver-
tised in a local newspaper for domestic
help recently had 20 applications for
the position. While this large number
was probably due to conditions peculiar
to this manufacturing city, it is also
significant of the trend of the times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient adverrising-Run of pspaf, 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an iHch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on FIRST page at double rates.
Space rates application.
Classified advertisements-Fivs cents q line
first insertion with so per cent discount foI
cory. Minimum charge 20 cents Cash with
order
Reading Notices-TWenty cents per line hrs
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change OF copy;
Reading notices arc published at foot of local
Items,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

If the commissioner of immigration at
Ellis Island was able to prove to the
group of hotel proprietors who dined
with him this week that serving a %
cent meal at a profit ia possible, perhaps
they may find some way of serving one
7nder SO and yet keeping out of bank
ruptcY.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
As of Yore

(St. JOhnsbury Caledonian.D
NJ. J. Hapgood of Peru missed an cleo
ton from Peru, but he viii doubtless be
heard in legislative halls occasionally as
in days of yore, and the fire in the
piazza fireplace of the Bromley House
will still crackle
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

Over in England, gasoline has dropped
six cents per gallon, the reason given
there being lover production" in the
United States. This is a rather round
about way to hear of an over production
and the consumers in this country viii
hope it may have similar effect nearer
home soon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

The department of agriculture is sug-
costing that farmers take up skunk rails
ing as a means of stabilizing the de
pressed fur market" Most farmers
have been trying not to raise them on
account of their depressing effects on the
chicken market.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
wember Of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press Is exclusively en-
t,tIed toe the use for publication Of all news
credited in this paper and also the local new
nt1hli shed herein
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
One Year Ago Today.

Supreme council sent sharp demand to
Roumania to evacuate Budapest
Lettish troops. in new offensive drove
back Germans in Riga region
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
TndaY's Birthdays

Cecil Chesterton, well-known English
author, editor and critic, born Al years
ago today.
Major General Frederick s. Strong,
Y. s. A, retired, born at Paw Paw,
Mich, So years ago today.
William Collier. one of the most popu-
lar comedians of the American stage,
born in New York city, 81 years ago
today.
William NJ. Sloane, for many years
professor of history in Columbia univer-
sity, born at Richmond, o., 20 years
ago today.
ILL.,, announces that it can register no
more women students because of the lack
of housing facilities.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

If the courts keep at it the volstead
act will soon be wet enough to suit
everybody.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

The crop news is so good it ought to
affect the market news soon.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

The postponement of the Brattleboro-
Rutland football game to the Saturday
after Thanksgiving makes it extremely
doubtful whether the game will be played
at all this year, and unless the local
school team arranges to meet some other
aspirant to the state championship the
title is certain to be left very much up
in the air. As an alumnus of B. IL. s.,
and an interested follower of the teams
fortunes The Meddler believes the school
authorities ought to make serious eff
fort to secure a game to take the place
of the one scheduled with Rutland Nov.
20. Judged by performance up to date,
Spaulding high school of Barre has a
team which has a right to lay claim on
state honors in spite of its defeat by
Rutland early in the season, and in any
event a game between Spaulding and
would be certain to furnish
important data for comparative estimate
in case the Rutland Brattleboro clash
failed to materiaiize. ~ E6eaPa f6otba9fI
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

Fortunate as we are, however, it
would be foolish to ignore the fact that
the period of business reimbursement now
in progress throughout the country is
bound to bring with it many problems
which will demand intelligent solution.
And the towns whose mercantile and in
dustrial resources are best organized to
meet these problems are certain to be
the ones to suffer least from them. For
that reason if for no other The Med
dler believes that determined and inn
mediate effort should be made to reawak-
en- the local board of trade (the name
Chamber of Commerce never appealed
to him as an improvement and put it
on a basis of wider usefulness than it
ever has reached. There never was
time when its opportunities were greater
than right now and no great amount of
effort would be required to make them
into a definite program from which di-
rect results could be secured.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12
The MeddLer
.fhr coat ftJ yoH, put it on

While it is probably too much to ex-
pect that Brattleboro will entirely escape
the effects of the business dehation
which the country seems to be going
through at the present time, there are
good grounds for believing nevertheless
that the slackening of industry in this
town will be so slight as TO be compar-
atively unnoticeable This, in fact, is
already the case, for while many New
England towns and cities are gazing
sorowfulIy at silent factories and Won
dering when they will be humming again
this towns manufacturing output Is con
tinuing with little, if any, sag, and there
is not the slightest evidence of the I'M
employment which exists in so many To-
caIities. It is true, of course, that the
local cotton mill is not exempt from the
general stagnation which seems to have
overtaken the textile trade, but in spite
of this it has continued to operate on a
curtaiIed schedule On the other hand,
business in practically all of the wood
working shops~is extremely good, and
one at least has been running overtime
in order to keep pace with its demands.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-11-12

or course, the recent combination of
weather and market conditions has been
having its effect on certain lines of re-
tail trade but that is a phase which is
bound to be temporary and in this town
at least cannot be attributed in any
marked degree to payroll shrinkages.
The fact of the matter is that the up
midtown towns-those that are either
distracted by too much business or dis
consulate because of nOne-are going
through one of their periods of stagna-
ton while Brattleboro with its diversified
industrial structure is pushing steadily
ahead as it has done many times before
under similar circumstances. If it has
any business worries at the present time
they are largely psychological-the result
of borrowing some other towns troubles
and imagining they are its own.