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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-21
III 600. 900 PLANT COVERING
EIGHT ACRES RAZED BY FIRE
lIEsnols Rolling MIL 5urnod.-Num-
Der of Cars Destroyed and Traffic
Is Held up for Hours

St. Louis. Dec 16.-Fire which de-
stroyed the plant of the Helmbacher
gorge & Rolling Mill company at Mad
Bon, H., near here. yesterday causing
property loss of $1,000,O00, was I'M
Ter control last night.
Famed by a fast wind, the fire
spread rapidly to an adjacent dwelling
section and at noon, one hour after
he fire started, "a homes had been
burned partially. Firemen directed
khsir efforts Cd the burning homes
after the mill was blazing and er-
nngnjshed the blaze before any great
Eamage was done the homes. The ORR
g&n of the fire has not been determin-
I'd. although II is believed to have
started in the storage warehouse.
A man named Dan Regsn was hit
w flying piece Of flaming debris and
Earned severely. Several persons were
EVERYONE by smoke. The 500 smployes
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-21
VALUE OF FARM CROPS
SHRINkS FIVE BILLION
This Condition Exists in Spite of One
Of the Most Abundant Harvests
in countrys History

Washington, Dec. 15.-Shrinkage Of
values of the country's farm crops has
placed their total worth this year at
almost $4,000, 100000 less than last
year, although the 1920 harvest was
one of the most abundant in the ma
lions history, with half a dozen crops
breaking records.
The important farm crops. which
comprise 90 per cent Of the value OF
all farm crops, were valued this year
at $e,14s,519,O00 by the department OF
agriculture yesterday in its final esti-
mates.
Last year these crops were valued al
s14, Oe7, $4,000. Acreage devoted te
the important crops also decreased, the
total being 351 ,0e2. 400 this year, a.
somps red with 35o. 1872, 112 last year.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-21
Iohn s M'Grooriy

One-half Of the 600 employees in the
shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St Paul railroad at Tacoma have been
laid off.
Under authorization of a resolution
adopted by the house, Speaker Gillett
has appointed three members to CON
gressional committee which will ar
range for the Inauguration of Presi-
dent-elect Harding. Those appointed
are Representatives Cannon (R), of
Illinois: Reavis (R). of Nebraska, and
Rucker (D). of Missouri.
4 4
Presentation of the Nobel peace
prizes for 1919 and 1920. which have
been awarded, respectively, to Leon
Bourgeois OF France and Woodrow
Wilson president of the United States,
took place in Christiana, Norway, last
week.
The burning of Cork, Ireland, in re
prisal for The ambusning OF military
forces, resulted IN damages of $15,O00,-
600 and threw 100000 persons out of
employment the state department at
Washington was advised In cable
gram received from the American con-
sui at Queenstown.
4 q
The regular army still is nearly TO-.
600 short of the authorized strength
OF 100000 officers and men. This is
shown by a war department statenuent
giving the disposition Of the present
forces.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-21

CHRISTMAS MOTHER GOOSE

What are little boys made Of, made
OFF
What are little boys made off e
Engines and drums
And fat sugar Plums--
And that's what boys are made of.
What are little girls made of, made
of?
What are little girls made of?
Dishes and dolls
And red rubber balls
And that's what girls are made OF.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-21

of the mill escaped injury, it was said
A number Of freight cars were de-
strOyed and traffic on railroads which
cross the Mississippi river at Madison
was held up for hours.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-21
CHRISTMAS TIME is HERE

The Merry Christmas. with its generous
boards
It's hrelit hearths and gifts and blasting
trees,
xtn pleasant voices uttering gentle words,
lis genial mirth. attuned to sweet 1c-
cords.
It's holy nnemoriesl
The faireet season OF the passing year
The Merry, Merry Christmas time Is herA
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1920-12-21
The Rush Is on and We Are All Ready for
Christmas

Everything a child could wish for
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20
BRATTLEBORO LOCAL

No deliveries of mail will be made by
the rural or city carriers Monday, Feb.
%. The office will be open as on other
holidays from 10 to IL o'clock in the
morning.
Freeman Scott has bought of the Uni
tartan society the house on the corner OF
Oak and Howard streets, formerly owned
by the late Charles Fl. Pratt MIR. Scott
buys for an investment
The annual musical of the Brattleboro
chapter, ID. A r., will be held Tuesday
evening, Feb. q, in the Unitarian parish
house. A program, which is in charge OF
Mrs. Clark T. Brownell, will be furnished
by Marion Brakeman Nelson, reader, o.
Newark, n. j., who will be assisted by g
local musician The meeting is open to
the public on the payment of the usual ad
mission fee.
A special meeting of St. Michael's Ca.
diets will be held Sunday afternoon at
o'clock in the class room. Every member
is requested to be present; also every
member of the basketball teams, as bust
ness of Importance is to be transacted.
Charles w. F. Peters, jr, of Spring
field, Mass, and Mrs. Helen Gallespie
who is employed at the Brooks House
were married at l.30 o'clock yesterday
AFTERNOON by Justice Carl S. Hopkins.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20
RAILROADS WILL COST
$1,1OO,OOO,OOO MORE
Government Needs $500, 100000 More
to Cover Deficiency and Owners
Want 100000. 900 Damages.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-Members of
the house said in discussing the confer
ence report on the railroad bill that soon
after its adoption the railroad admins
tration would ask for an additional APP
preparation of $S00,000,000 to take care
of guaranteed returns, equipment, etc.
and that the owners of the railroads
would submit claims for depreciation of
property totaling $3O0,000,000 during gov
eminent control. Increased rates, they
predicted further, would be requested.
With rather weak, but not wholly
disappointing, compromise over the labor
issue, new era of federal regulation of
the common carriers of the United States
engaged in interstate commerce is insti-
tuted by the provisions of the bill as re-
ported by the conferees. The regulatory
powers of the interstate commerce com
mission, which body will be increased
from nine to eleven members, will be en-
larged and amplifed greatly.
The outstanding feature of the pro
posed law, which both branches of con
gress are expected to approve without
material notifications, is the direction tc
the interstate commerce commission tC
establish rates that will yield to The
carriers in each rate making group a net
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20
HEAVY FOREST FIRE LOSSES.
Yearly Average Is S2o,727o17-Heaviest
in the East.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2O.-The eastern
ection of the country and the Mississippi
alley sustain damage by forest fires far
excess of that in the West, great as is
he devastation of timber in that region,
he forest service announces. With an
verage annual loss over period of
hree, years amounting to $20727, 9l7, the
egion lying east and south of Ohio, Ken
ucky and Tennessee sustained 80 per
ent of the damage. In the Mississippi
alley, exclusive of Mississippi state, the
nnual average damage was 81 per cent
f the total. This average for the Mis-
issippi valley, however, includes the un-
sually heavy losses in Minnesota in
DIS, which alone aggregated $28 5000.
These facts are cited to show the great
iced of more efficient preservation
measures, East as well as West. The re-
,orts indicate that the greatest number
fires were started by farmers burning
rush and by railroads.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20
ARMY LIBRARY :.
BOOKS COME BACK
American Library Association Return
ing 1900 Books Contributed BY
Vermonters-Want Money Now.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2O.-Approximately
1900 of the books which were provided
through the generosity of residents of
Vermont for the army, navy, and marine
corps during the war are being returned
to this state by the American Library
association, after having seen service
literally in all parts of the world.
/ The books, among them many technical
volumes, recently were shipped from
New York by the American Library asso-
citation to Miss Ruth Brown, secretary
of the Free Public Library commission
at Montpelier. Miss Brown will have
charge of circulating the books through
out the state. They are expected to re-
lieve temporarily the need for wider
public library service, which, since the
war, has been pronounced, in Vermont as
well as in other states. Resources of
The public libraries everywhere are not
equal to the greatly increased demand
I In view of this need, the American Lii
brary association expects to receive sub
'tantial support from the residents of
Vermont in its undertaking of a nation
wide effort to extend public library ia
1lities. The association is gathering a
fund of $2,000,000 with which to carry out
his aim, as well as many other features
|,f a program which win make the public
library a vital force in building up an
intelligent, productive citizenship
throughout the entire United States. In
he work of collecting funds, Charles f.
p. Belden, librarian of the Boston public
library, is serving as regional director for
Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode
sland, Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20

operating income equal to 5Ha per cent of
the aggregate property value of the
roads in such rate making group. The
commission may add to the 51s per cent
one-half of one per cent for additions,
betterments and Improvements which,
under the accounting rules of the conn.,
mission, are charged to capital account.
Earnings in excess of six per cent will be
divided equally between each carriers re-
serve fund and the federal general rail
road contingent fund, which will be ad-
ministered by the commission in aiding
the development of transportation by
loans to carriers and the purchase of
equipment to be leased to carriers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20
THOS. J. GOODWIN q at
DIES IN COLUMBIA
Wife Was Miss Katherine G.. Dunlevy
of Brattleboro-National Bank
Examiner Had Pneumonia.

Thomas J. Goodwin of Columbia, S
| c., National bank examiner, who married
| Miss Katherine G. Dunlevy of Brattle-
boro, died Saturday, Feb. IA, in Column
bia hospital. The Sunday morning edi,
| ton of the State, Columbia daily news,
paper, contained the following obituary
of Mr.. Goodwin:
Thomas Jefferson Goodwin, National
bank examiner, died yesterday morning
at the Columbia hospital after an illness
of five days, beginning with influenza and
developing into pneumonia.
Thus passes at the age of 80 one of
the most beloved young men of the city
| His kind heart, gentle manners and sym
pathetic nature have endeared him to all
who came in contact with him and his
| friends live from New England to
Florida.
Thomas Jefferson Goodwin was the
son of Charles t. Goodwin, an old and
highly respected citizen and Confederate
veteran of Columbia. He was the grand
son and namesake of DIR. t. J. Goodwin.
who was mayor of Columbia when Gen
eral Sherman reached the city in the
memorable February II, 1865, and who
surrendered the city to the commander
of the federal forces.
MIR. Goodwin is survived by his wife
who was Miss Katherine G. Dunlevy of
Brattleboro, Vt, whom he married about
one year ago; his father, Charles T
Goodwyn; two brothers, A. r. Goodwin
of Columbia and C. t. Goodwin, jr., of
Vincennes, Ind; and one sister, Mrs. J. D.
Peterkin of Fort Motto.
of bo
| was familiarly known, held responsible
position with the National Loan and
Exchange bank of this city. Then he
became cashier of the Guaranty Loan and
Trust company, and later was connected
with the Federal Reserve bank of Rich
mond For the past two years he was
national bank examiner. Always careful
and conscientious in the discharge of his
duties, nevertheless he discharged them
with fidelity and completeness, with gen
tie courtesy and firmness.
/ Gle graduated at the University oil
South Carolina in 1901, and soon there
after entered commercial life. He was
a Master Mason and a Shriner. He wa,
a member of the Church of the Coco
| Shepherd at which his funeral services
will be conducted this afternoon at
O'Clock. The interment will be in thu
+, family plot in Trinity church yard.
The pallbearers will be: Active. ]
NJ Bell, ]. d. Bell, c. H. Barron, William
NJ Shand, Crawford Clarkson and Theo
dore A. Bell. Honorary: E. W. Robert
son, G. NJ Berry, John J. Earle, T. B
Stockhouse, w. d. Melton and w. j
Murray.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20
WEST BRATTLEBORO

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Butler and children
have all been confined to their home wit
grip.
w. E. Stellman went yesterday to syria
cuse, n. Y, on business. He will return
Monday
Miss Everil Davis, who has been confne
to her home several days by illness, is i'm
proving.
Dr. G. B. Hunter is out attending to hi
practice, after having been confined to hi
home with a severe cold.
David T. Perry, who went Wednesda,
to Shelburne Falls to visit in the HON
of his brother, DIR. J. ". Perry, fe,
days, returned that day as he found d.
Perry i'll with influenza.
Miss Louise Hale and Miss Hazel Rob
erts of Dover, students in the high school
are staying few days with Mrs E. a
Knight, as there are cases of mumps wher
they board in the village.
Mrs Isaac Robb jr., was discharged yes
terday from the Melrose hospital, wher
she had been following an operation. Sh'
went to the home of Mr.. Robb's parent
on Western avenue to remain few. days
prise last evening ewheay severa Of hi
neighbors came and spent the evening
with him, reminding him at the SAM
time that it was his 10Th birthday ami
versary. The evening was spent socially
after which Refreshments of sandwiches
cocoa, cake and corrections were served
First Congregational church, Rev. A. Y
Woodwork minister Sunday mornin
worship at 1870 with sermon by the pas
tor on Stewardship Acknowledgement
Sunday school at Has. Christian En-
deavor meeting at I o'clock in the vestry
Subject, Christian Principles in Industry
Leaders, Webster Gay and Arthur Wood
worth There will be patriotic singin
and other special music
The Melrose hospital has been experienc
ing considerable inconvience to say moth
| ing Of discomfort. the past few days, dut
to large break in the boiler. The man
l,agement of the hospital has procured cleo
trio, gas and oil heaters, which have bee
placed in the different rooms and the pc
tients in bed have been made comfortable
A rush order has been sent to Boston TO
new parts for the boiler and it is expecte'
that it will be in running condition again
soon.
| The funeral of Mrs. H. L. Milling
ton, who died Monday night, was hell
in the home on Marlboro road at
o clock yesterday afternoon, Rev. Ar
thur V. Woodwork, pastor of the FRS
Congregational church, officiating. Mrs
Marion w Farnum sang two selections
Abide With Me, and Face to Face. Or
account of the condition of the road
the body was placed in the receiving
vault in Morningside cemetery. TIL
bearers were Daniel Wright, Lero
Gaines, Justin Dix and Fred Fox
Henry Millington of Amherst, Mass
i! came to attend the service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20
GETS Y. M. C. A. SCHOLARSHIP.
r. D. Adams of Brattleboro One of Si1
at University of Vermont.

Among the six men at the University
of Vermont who received Y. NJ. c. A
scholarships for ex-service men is the
name of r. d. Adams, '21, of Brattle.
boro. Adams served overseas and saw
active service with the Rainbow and
Keystone divisions as a member of the
16Sth and 10th infantry. He was
wounded in the St Mihiel sector while
a member of the 16Sth infantry.
Manager Plumb IS freshman team
lost its last game of the season to the
sophomores. They finished in second
place in the 5interclass league. This
team was led by George Brock of Rut-
land.
1t is planned to hold winter carna1
val day at Vermont university Satur-
day, Feb. 81, the day following the
Kake Walk A dance will follow that
evening. There win also be an inter.
class track meet that afternoon so the
seniors in the high schools who attend
the Rake Walk can feel assured of a
good time while in Burlington.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20

A Greek named C. NJ. Kontos, who con-
lucts a grocery store in Burlington, was
ined $50 and costs of $3.50 in City court
Thursday for giving short weight to Gus
omers. This penalty was recommended
" the states attorney on account of the
deception being practiced while food is
so high.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20

The Bellows Falls Amusement corpora
ion has filed articles of association in the
lffice of the secretary of state for the pur-
.ose of conducting an entertainment place
n Bellows Falls. The capital stock is
80 900 while the papers are signed by G.
F. Wright, F. p Cullen, H. ID. Sparrow,
;. D. Whiteomb and W, a. Graham,
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20

Two people lie dead in the home of A:
Wright in Middlesex and four other mem
bers of the household are sick with grip
and other diseases.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20

Abbie Emery of Montpelier has
brought suit in the sum of $4,000
against Iva Poor of Berlin for alleged
alienation: of affection of her husband,
Arthur A. Emery:s -s.sz.' .--.sr's 81
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-20
w. II. MILES e. SON
Successors to
Freeman Scott

Announce that they will commence doing bust
ness Tuesday, February a. 1920. The store will be
closed Monday, February %, for the purpose of eff
fecting the change of ownership. We solicit the
patronage of all the customers of Mr.. Scott and Of
the people of Brattleboro and vicinity generally It
is aim to conduct service store that is, to give
delivery service consistent to the needs of
toners; we shall later announce just what that
service will be. Owing to the present te-up of all
transportation facilities, we may be out of some
staple articles at first, but will remedy that as soon
as normal conditions prevail. To those customers
who wish to trade on the "cash and carry" plan we
shall allow discount Of five per cent Come in and
get acquainted
W. I'll. MILES & son
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-08
JAPANESE DISCRIMINATE
AGAINST UNITED STATES
Communication Received In Washing
ton Tells of Excessive Charges on
Goods Carried In Jap Bottoms

Washington, Sept. 3o.-vThc Amerl-
can government Is In possession of
reliable reports" of Japanese proee.
dure nj Kobe amounting To discrlmina.
tlon against American shipments to
the for east according To letter from
Secretary Alexander "a Chairman Ben.
son of the shipping board. published
yesterday In II bulletin of the far east
commercial Intelligence
The nature Of the discrimination IL
In almost every ease 50 subtle. not
wI'hstanding Is effectiveness that II
Is almost impossible "a take formal a..
ton. The best solution OF the matter
seems 10 be direct transportation at
American goods IN American ships
wherever possible. the secretary said
Reports hive reached the department.
Secretary Alexander said which tend
10 show that American shipments 10
Kobe IN Japanese bottoms FOR trans
shipment to Chinese ports have boon
subjected 20 delays aud excessive
charges for handling aud re shipping
which ~ such eases amounted Ia 90
or Sn per cent more than She freight
originally prepaid,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-08
ENGINEER AND FIVE OTHERS
DIE WHEN TRAIN RUNS AWAY
Heroic Driver Saw Impending Crash
and Died in Attempt TO Clear
Track for Speeding Cars

Pnttp. Oct. 2.-Forty empty cars OF
n westbound Milwaukee freight tram
broke loose from The motor OF 1relght
train at Mountain Grade "Wednesday
night and tore down the steep grace
M Il terrific rate of speed. hitting
gravel train near the siding at Pled-
mont station AS result Of the col
lisiou Engineer A. +. Mutz of Three
Forks. ana five men alleged to nave
been stealing rides from Three FORKS
TO Butte, lost their lives.
Those Killed are as follows: James
MURRAY. Butte; Art Digman, MISSOURI;
Roy Somnos, st. Paul; K. Fassin, st.
Paul. and two unidentified men.
According TO Three Forks dispatch
one Of the unidentified parties may be
&. A. Hanson An address found In
a cigaret case in his possession gave
the address of 6316 Maple street, Oina-
ha, Neb. He was about % years old.
The herolsm Of Engineer MUTT, who
was not on duty on the gravel train ut
the time, will probably 90 down In MS
tory as one Of the greatest efforts in
railroad history Of an enploye VINO
died in an effort To save life ana prop
erty. Mutz was standing with his wife
at the station at Piedmont, prepara-
tory 10 boarding passenger train for
Three Forks. Observing the runaway
cars tearing down the hill he jumped
into the cab of motor standing near
by and attempted to pull string of
gravel cars, into which the runaway
cars nfterWard crashed, into siding.
He had succeeded in getting most
Of the train into the clear when the
approaching ears struck the gravel
ears from the rear, and IL flying insu
lator from an overhead power line
passed through the cab window and
killed MUTT. A car striking against
the power line pole is said to have
supplied the impetus to the missile
which killed the engineer. AS Il re-
suit Of the collision, cars were piled
more than 40 feet high for a distance
Of several hundred feet and it will
probably be several days before the
last of the wreckage is cleared.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-08
MIDNIGHT FILM SHOWS.

San Francisco. Oct. AFTER the
dances are over In San Francisco and
the wee sma' hours of the morning roll
In, local movie fans may HE them
selves To their favorite screen palaces
and watch their favorite stars-unttl 1
o'clock In the morning. This is be-
cause the public welfare and censor.
ship committee OF the board OF super.
Nisors Is having the ordinance amend.
ed so that screen houses may be kept
running until the early hour. nj the
request OF the local patrons.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-10-08
HARD BOILED SMITH
RELEASED FROM PEN
Man Who Alb sed Soldiers in Prison
Camps in France Served Less Than
Half of His Sentence

Washington, Oct. 2. - Lieutenant
Frank (Hard Boiled) Smith. whose
release from Imprisonment following
conviction by army courtmartial of
brutal treatment of American soldiers
In France has just become known, oh
jected to any clemency being extend
ed him, Secretary of War Baker said
yesterday. commenting on the case.
Smiths commanding officers, the
secretary said, had appealed to the
clemency board of the war depart
ment for reduction of the Is months
sentence. Smith, learning of the ac-
ton, wrote the board, objecting to any
change in his term, saying that he
wished to serve out his sentence to
avoid further publicity.
war department statement yes
terday explained that Smith was at lib
erty because the sentence given him
by eourtmartial had expired. His i'm
prisonmept began mt Fort jay. \. Y.
on July 81, 1919. the statement said.
and continued until March 20, 1920.
when, because of good conduct. he
was granted parole. He was re-
leased from parole July IS, when the
reduced sentence expired.