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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
The Truth About
Eczema and Piles

Thousands and thousands of peaple, says
Peterson of Buffalo, are learning every week
that 35-cent box of Peterson's Ointment
will abolish eczema and Danish piles, and the
grateful letters l receive every day are worth
more to than money.
Il had eczema for many years on my head
and could not get anything to stop the agony.
saw your ad and got one box and / owe
you many thanks for the good it has done me.
There isn't a blotch my head now and
couldn't help but thank Peterson, for the cure
is great" Miss Mary Hill, 400 Third Avenue,
Pittsburg, Pa
Il hyae had itching piles for IS years and
Peterson's is the only ointment that relieves
me, besides the piles seem to have gone" A.
3. Ruger, lIz Washington Avenue, Racine,
Wis.
rheum, chatting and all skin diseases Drug
gists recommend it. Mail orders filled by
Peterson Ointment Co., Inc, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09

recommended your medicine to several
Young, ladies who have all benefited
by it.'Z-Mrs- AGNES L. BELLOWS, 800
Lincoln Rd., East Rochester, n. Y.
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or Indigestion should
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and helpful advice to
7 vida E. Pinkham Medicine Co. icon
4, Ientiall, Lynn, Mass. Women only
on IN, read and answer such letters.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
PAID INSURANCE
WAS $964,382,O 600
..
80 -. , .Il2esS t4a
More Insurance Bought In
First Seven Months of
1920 Than In 1919
100000 PAID ON
HENRY C. Prick
.--.-4 q
Several vernOnters Paid $4,000 or
More-Bennington Leads Vermont In
Amount Of Insurance Paid-Brattle-
boro Is Third.

b0ro Is fhlro.
NEW YORK Sept. 9.-The largest
amount of Insurance ca single life
paid in 1919, 100000, as far as re-
ports to the insurance press indicate,
was carried by the late Henry G. Frick
Of New York city and Pittsburgh. The
next largest amount was $334,000 on
the life of John Lennox of Hamilton,
Ont. Both of these sums are modest
compared Z with reports in preceding
years. ft.
The total payments by insurance or
ganizations of the United States and
Canada was 1864 1882 900, an increase
of about Sal 100000 over 1918.
The demand for life insurance,
thought to be at its peak in 1919, shows
no present signs of recession.
A tabulation in the insurance press
of last week of reports from "a life in
suranee companies, covering new paid
for basis, showed aggregate writings
for July, 1920, amounting to $228,S90,-
sos, against $1S93sS,036, written by
same companies in July, 1919. The in
crease of $39,502,4 72 was eos per cent
over the July, 1919, business.
The following Vermonters were paid
policies of $4,000 or more:
Barre-Alexander Gordon, 100000
Bennington-z-Name not given, $4,000
Bristol-Raiph DEMO, $20,O45.
Cuttingsville George W. Foster,
$11 900.
Fort Ethan Allen Name not given,
$4,000.
Johnson-Name not given, $4,000.
Lyndonville-C Clinton B. Ladueer,
$4,000 ~.
MiddleburyAH Henry W, Brewster,
$4,000
Ryesate-Robert K. McLain, -s11,-
oil. % TX
Winooski-Charles s.. Lord, $4,000.
The amount rof Insurance in excess
of 10000 paid tn 1919 in Vermont
towns and cities follows:
Bennington, 100000. Barre, $105,-
OOO. Brattleboro, $4,000. Burlington,
$4,000 Rutland, ss5, 1000. johnson,
$4,000 st. Johnsbury, eos, 900. Mid
dlebury, s47 900. Lyndonville, $40, 900.
Bristol, $4,000. Ryegate, $4,000 Or
leans, $4,000. Springfield, s33, 900.
Windsor, $4,000. Randolph, $32, 900.
st. Adams, $4,000 Winooski, $4,000.
Hardwick, $24 900. White River June
ton, $4,000. Bellows Falls, $4,000.
Fair Haven, $4,000. Mortified. $23,-
600. Cuttingsville, $22, 900. Jericho,
$4,000. - ...-
North Bennington, $4,000. Morris
vile, $4,000. Newport, $4,000. Yer
gennes, $4,000. Bradford, $4,000.
Fort Ethan Allen, $4,000. Montpelier,
$4,000. North Montpelier, $4,000.
Shelburne, $4,000 West Burke. SIS
600. -Alburg, $1,000. Barton, 81 900.
Bethel, $1,000 East Corinth, $Il 900.
Enosburg Falls, $1,000. Hartford,
$1,000. IsleJ La Motto, $1,000. ia
m6iea, $1,000. Riehford, $f1 900.
Rochester, $1,000. South Ryegate
$1,000. swanton, $1,000. Westfeld,
$4,000.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
SOUTH WINDHAM.

Miss Ida Nelson of West Pawlet was
a guest at J. n. Shaw's Sunday.
Mrs. Alva A. Harris returned home
from Westmoreland, N. H., Saturday.
A G. Burke motored to Springfield
Mass, Saturday, returning home Tues.
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Nellis and Master Fred
erick have returned to New York after
two weeks stay at w. A. Fairs.
Mr.. Swift and two daughters, Emily
and Ida, and Charles Ranney returned to
their home in Staten Island, n. Y, Sun
day.
w. A. Farr and Alva Harris were called
as jurymen in the Gleason VS.. Hosley
case at South Londonderry Friday and
Saturday.
Albert Jenkins of Middle Granville
motored to the home of his cousin, j. n.
Shaw, Sunday. He returned to Gran
vile Sunday afternoon, taking Mr.. and
Mrs. Shaw home with him for a visit.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09

It 5 always easy for the other fel.
low to reform.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
How 70 reat a curren.

To End out If an electric circuit Is
fed by continuous or alternating cur
rent, approach a magnet to the fila.
ments of an incandescent lamp. These
Will be attracted If the current be con.
tinuousi they Will vlbrate If 1T be al
teruating.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
This nurse
ADVISES
Women Who Are Ill To
Take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

East Rochester, N. Y-"I have used
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09

The eyes of the birds that fly by night
are usually nearly double the size of
those that 60 abroad by day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
CAMPAIGN EXPENSES.
Statement.of Three Candidates Published
Showing Expenses to Sept. l.

MoRRtsyILLE, Sept. 9.-The Morris
vile Messenger publishes the campaign
expenses of three of the gubernatorial
candidates up,to the first day of Septem-
Der, No statement of the expenses of
James w. Hartness has yet been given.
The statements of the other Republican
candidates follow:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09
Hon. Frank w. Agan.
RATS DIE

80 do mice, once they eat RAT
SNAP. And they leave no odor be-
hind. Don't take our word for it
try a. package. Cats and dogs
won't touch it. Rats pass up all food
to get RAT-SNAP. Three sizes.
35c size IA cake) enough for Pan
try, Kitchen or Cellar.
65c size ca cakes) for Chicken
House, coops, or small buildings.
S1.25 size Is. cakes) enough for all
farm and out buildings, storage
buildings, or Factory buildings.
Sold and, Guaranteed by
BRATTLEBoRo DRUG co.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-09-09

pound lot SeNeEdf
years and think it
fine. / am a prac.
t C a | nurse and
when / get run down
and nervous l take
the Vegetable Com
pound. I also have
trouble with my
bladder when / am
on my f e e t a n d
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Sanative Wash re-
lieves that. / have
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-22
REVOLUTION FIRING
FAILS TO ONTlMlDATE :
SIBERIA Y. w. GIRLS

The Y. NJ. c. A. Hostess House at
Vladivostok, Siberia, survived the No
vember revolution with unruffled
calm. and proceeded to give a big
Thanksgiving party soon afterward. as
though the month had held no evcite-
ment whatever. A letter just received
from Miss Mildred Corbett, of North
Adams. Michigan, Y. NJ. c. A. secre-
tary of Siberia. reports both events.
The Hostess House was well guard
ed during the attempted revolution.
according to Miss Corbett. Four weeks
beforehand the secretaries had been
assured of protection by squad of U.
s. Military Police. from the moment
any trouble started. when we sour
ried home from the office as the first
shots were fired Miss Corbett writes,
1--WE found the guard already estah-
lished. They stadey until all the trou-
Bile was over. and we were very glad to
be under their care"
For Thanksgiving dinner, each of
the nine members of the Hostess
House Staff invited one guest, and
the party which followed included all
the military and naval officers, the
consul and -consuls. the officers
of the Red Cross and tn eY. NJ. c. A.
Secretaries, and the few American
civilians of the city. 1t was "A gala
affair, living up to the reputation OF
the Vladivostok Secretaries for hos
pitality of all sorts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-22

lnnd have the deciding vote as between
the two factions In case they deadlock
on questions Of administrative policy.
The selection OF Carter for this posi-
ton has been determined upon by the
electees of the new commission, ac-
cording to those who are close to
them.
Carter is one Of the best known cti-
zens OF Southern oregon. He has been
prominent for many years as "A banker
at Ashland and was formerly active
In state politics, having served in the
legislature from jackson county for
several sessions. He was speaker of
the house during the session of 1905.
1t is "A generally accepted opinion
that the arbitrator of the new commits
sion will have to be an iron man to
fill the position created by the new
law. unless by SOME miracle harmony
is brought into the fish and game con-
troversy.
In sipte Of the membership of nine,
the commission, 50 far as the voting
is concerned, is o commission of three.
The commercial wing OF the commis-
sion has one vote, the arbitrator has
one vote. which throws the chairman
into the position Of voting on all con-
questions either with the
interests and against the |
sportsmen or with the sportsmen and |
against the commercial men.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-22
FARM BUREAU WILL
HOLD. ORGANIZATION
MEETING ON JAN. 50
Community Committeeman
Will Come to Pendleton to
Arrange Years Program and
Shape Constitution.

Community committeeman will at.
tend the county organization meeting
of the Farm Bureau in Pendleton
January 80, at 1890 a. m. to arrange
the years program and to get the con-
stitution and bylaws in shape for con-
sideration.
Following are the committees which
have been organized and selected to
head the indicated projects:
UmatiIIa.
| A. X. Ford. Chairman, Horticulture.
A. l.. Mcfarland. Dairying.
+. l.. Jewett, Rabbit determination.
Hermiston.
]. i. McNaught, Chairman.
A. w. Aynew, Sec. Treas.
T.. J.. Jackson, Feeds ana Feeding.
f.. p. Dodd, Boys and Girls Club
Work.
C. A. cressy, Dairying and Bee
Keeping.
Columbia.
Frank Waugaman, Chairman, Dali
rying.
Henry sommerer, Boys and Girls
Club Work and Horticulture.
+. p. Phipps. Sec.-Treas. FARM Ac-
counting.
Henry Oft. Rabbit and Rodent Ex-
termination.
Pilot Rock.
A. ]. Gill, Cereal Grain Demonstra-
ton.
Fred Fletcher, Livestock Improve
ment
+. T. Byrd. Increased Production of
Feed for Livestock
H. I. Schlagel. Farm Accounting.
NJ. b. Gilbert. Sulphur on Alfalfa.
Tnnn
r. L. Bean, Chairman, Rodent Con-
troll.
j. ]. Kirk, Boys and Girls Club.
Kyle McDaniels. Sec. Treas.
NJ. O. Beauchamp. Livestock I'm
provement.
d. o. Saunders. Dairying. Farm
Accounting.
Sim ]. Culley, Chairman. Pure Seed.
Geo. w. Stages, Sec.-Treas.
John NJ Bannister.
+. /. Woods. Value of Disking.
At Milton a temporary committee
consisting OF A. r. Shumway. Geo.
Bade. Geo. S. Hunter and II. A. Will
ans. have developed a tentative pro-
gram for the Farm Bureau wheat
farmers but a community meeting has
not yet been held. The same is true
of Weston Mountain where w. l..
f. Z. Tucker and Will Hall
are acting as temporary committee
men.
Echo has about fifteen members
and will organize before the Silo Tour
is held in the west end of the county.
Pendleton. Helix, Athena and Free |
water committeeman who will be Sc
lected at meetings held at these places |
during the next week will attend. |
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-22
strychnine, to be used later.
a Did Much Damage

Just what a dead rabbit is worth is
I hard to tell, says Fred Bennion. county
Horticulture agent. He says that with
ont doubt, however. the rabbits
which were killed were the ones that
have been doing the most damage be-
cause most Of them were poisoned in
sections adjoining the irrigated terri
tory.
There still remain. say farmers.
great numbers of the destructive pests
in the tall brush near the foothills
southwest of Echo, in the open coun-
try south of Umatllla and along the
Columbia river. When the river was
frozen over. thousands of rabbits
crossed from the washington side.
To Use Wheat Hay
Where the taste of alfalfa is un
known to rabbits, wheat hay will be
used and It is estimated that it will
produce better results. A supply OF
strychnine sulphate. which does not
need vinegar to dissolve il has been
secured and is now in the hands of
the distributors. Farmers who have
unopened cans of the alkaloid may ex-
change for the sulphate, says Mr.. Ben
nion.
Mr. Bennion recommends that not
too much poison be mixed at one time,
and also suggests that the poison be
mixed fresh and put out little at
a time, scattering it in the trails.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-22
f. Y. CARTER, ASHLAND,
TO Be ARBITRATOR OF
TWOFOLD COMMISSION
Banker of Southern Oregon is
Agreed Upon as Ninth Mem
ber' of Double Jointed Fish
and Game Body of State.

PORTLAND. Jan. 22.-E. v. Carter
OF Ashland has been agreed upon as
the arbitrator" OF the double jointed
fish and game commission elected by
the special session OF the Legislature.
Under the terms or the law creating
that commission. there are three COM
missioners representing the CONNER
cial fishing interests of the state and
five representing the anglers and
sportsmen OF the state. The act also
provides that these eight men shall
elect. by n unit vote, a ninth commits
sioner. who shall be the arbitrator"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-22
SUGAR PROFITEER IN
PORTLAND FINED $50

PORTLAND, Jan. 22.-Joscph Le-
tiff grocer. pleaded guilty Tuesday
afternoon in federal court to charge
of violating the food control act and
was fined $50 by Federal Judge Vol
verton.
Letiff, testimony showed. sold sugar
on January 6 for Is cents pound,
whereas the federal board had fixed
12 cents as fair price.
United States Attorney Humphreys
recommended. in view of 1.etiff's pre-
vious good reputation as fair dealer
that he be fined only $50.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-22

The restless curl in the end of a kit
ten's tail is attributed by French
peasants to a suppositious worm. 1t
Is a common practice of theirs to chop
off the end of the tail, to save the an
inlal suffering.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-22
AMERICAN NEWSPAPERS
ARE SEIZED IN DUBLIN

LONDON, Jan. 22-American news
papers recently arriving at Dublin
were seized by postoffice authorities,
a dispatch today declares.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

According to this table, therefore,
the man who earned 500 a month
In 1915 has to earn $156 month
at least, simply to supply the same
necessaries. Observe, too that this
provides absolutely no margin for
saving and nothing for advance
1nent." Advancement includes
books, newspapers, music, theater,
other educational matters, medical
attention and charitable contribu-
lions. or course, every one buys
these things, and their prices, too,
have Increased, but because so many
varied objects are included it is
hardly fair to place d lump SUM
estimate. Prices Of theater tickets
have gone up--plus war tax; even
periodicals have raised their prices
and two cents go to a newspaper
that had but ono before. Chari-
table contributions mako some IN
road on every mans income nova
days--sven those who used not ia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

says Professor David Friday In "The
American Economic Review" incl
dentally touching on the fact that
between 1914 and 1916 there was
255 per cent increase in the incomes
between 100000 and 100000.
$4,000 to $4,000
A Year
Our concern here, therefore, is not
chiefly with those who are Of the ex-
IRENE minority of per cent or less
the families or individuals who
have upward Of $4,000 a year.
Most Of US are in one Of two groups
either we're in the class having
less than $4,000 q year and there
fore are constantly struggling to
purchase actual necessaries; or, being
in the $4,000 to $4,000 class, we've
grown accustomed to certain stand
ards Of living, and it's extremely
difficult to stretch the income to
cover the increased cost of our habit
ual comforts.
In making up the suggested budgets
here, the old and tried percentages
food, rs per cent; rent, 20 per cent;
operating, Is per cent; clothing, 20
per cent; advancement and savings,
20 per cent-have been partly dis
carded because they do not take care
Of actual present-day costs. To-day
we have to decide what is the essen
tial thing in our needs, plan to pay
the minimum market price-high
though it is sure to be!--and adj
Just the rest of the budget accord
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

ings and subheads are indicated IN
the illustration. The Institute no
longer furnishes these, but blank
cards (6x5 inches) may be pur-
chased in any stationery store and
the suggested divisions indicated
with per or typewriter.
Remember The
Income Tax
This year we shall have the priv.
lege not only of paying our share
Of income tax to the Federal gov
eminent but We have also With u
the little personal income tax law
of the State of New York. Done
forget these trihes when you bow
your head solemnly over your 1920
budget.
The New York State taxes are
much the same in their provisions
generally, except that the state tax
is somewhat lower-rates being /,
2 and per cent. The Federal taxes
begin at per cent on net incomes
up to $4,000 with a $4,000 exemp-
ton for married persons living to-
gether and $500 for each child,
then surtax on incomes over
$4,000. This years Federal income
tax, therefore, will be lower than
last year. per cent on the IN
comes up to $4,000, instead Of 6
per cent as last year, and 5 per
cent instead of IL per cent charged
on incomes over $4,000.
An excellent explanation of the
provisions and the workings Of both
laws are given in the "Income Tax
Primer" revised March l, 1919, and
published by the Treasury Depart
ment, United States Internal Rev.
enue Service, Washington, D.. c..
The State Department at Albany
also has published 'sThe A 3 c Of
! the Personal Income Tax Law, Bull
letin No. l." This includes about
four hundred questions and answers
on the subject Of income tax-its
| definitions, rates, exemptions. de-
auctions and penalties for violations,
| Nothing you can think Of about in
come tax is left unsaid in this nlu,
nlinating pamphlet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

since the war of huge fortunes
quickly piled up, of inflated wages in
many industries and enormous prof
it's Of individuals. We hear that
iaborers who once received So or So
asday now get So or $40 or SIP, and
skilled workmen may get as high as
SIP or S14! But there are two facts
to be borne in mind which prick this
notion of universal wealth. First,
these highly paid workmen do not
work every day in the year; hence
their total wages per annum do not
total to any startlingly high figures.
In the second place, there has been
no such tremendous increase in the
sums paid salaricd workers-and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

1ngly, even IL II means mercliess and
unreasonable cutting into comforts
that once were necessariesi
Food First
5000 a Year at Least
Food and shelter ara the first
things that must be provided for.
If you have an income of, let us
say, $4,000 a year, and family of
four or five dependent ON. that IN
come, the old Is per cent for. food
would yield only $500 for food a
year. The governments estimates
that family could not be properly
nourished for less than $6lO per
annum for food. A man needs a
minimum of SO to go cents worth
Of food day to keep going, which
amounts to about $500 year for the
man Of the family alone and about
$500 for the food of grown woman
and two or three children! 80
Therefore, in the case Of incomes
below .$3,OO0-or let US assume an
average of about $2,4oo a year
thss& food item is given first place.
Even, rent must be secondary. It
may be; necessary to lower the
standard of living quarters-a good
deal, in J, order to provide bigger
margin for food in those innumera-
bic cases where the same amount
spent for rent no longer buys the
same quarters. But unless there is
ample. nutritious food health is i'm
paired, and where there are grow
ing children the question Of food is
more urgent than living quarters,
important though that is. Food,
then, is the first item on the 1920
budget for the income of $2,4C0 OF
less. Next is shelter, or rent. The
lower the income the greater the
percentage to be applied to these
two items and the greater the cut
into clothing, operating expenses
and tho miscellaneous items which
mako living comfortable.
When we get down to incomes Of
| ST 600 or $1,000 (Which are equa
in purchasing power to $500 o.
$3.50 year in pre-war days) it be
comes necessary to do without al
most everything except shelter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

salaried workers in Offices, shops and
educational and social institutions
number millions.
Run this universal high-wage
rumor to the ground and you find
this: Out Of cur population of ap-
proximately 3o,ooo,000 adults, only
697,055 have an income over $4,000,
according to the Annual Report Of
the Commissioner Of Internal Reve-
nue.. Or, to put it differently, about
SO per cent Of the families In the
/, United States have less than $4,000
a year to live on. And as $4,000 is
the maximum, the average is prob
ably much lower. "Clearly the rich
grew richer as a result Of the war;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04
~ ELEANOR GILBERT
Asshor Of "The Ambitious Women
in Business" *

Asshor Of "The Ambitious Women
in Business" F" s's
~ yMMAGING over trunkful
Il Of last years clothes, OBJ
ject salvage, found a pair
Of brown leather pumps.
Memory fingered fondly over those
vumps They were the 1915 model,
and back In that remote, war-taxless
era they had been purchased for the
amazing sum Of $500.
Nevertheless they had survived
well an. extraordinary. amount Of
near, and because they happened to
IL the kind Of a fitting shoe
.hat gives one q feeling Of being
unusually. we'll groomed hadn't
the heart to throw them away when
the soles wore thin. Back in 1915,
you know, shoes Of that kind really
were thrown away. On the eve: of
1920, however, / resolutely HE'D me
with them to a repair shop, equipped
With economy notions. No leather
should sole them Leather was
toe high in price. A substitute
NO0lu Oo. =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-01-04

for being extravagantly comfort
able in the matter Of housing
probably paying $3.50 a month for
an apartment that once cost $75 or
$500. In view of the modest APP
portionment for clothing a family
Of FIVE, this sum for rental may
seem exorbitant- But in New York
families, at least, the preference
among those with larger incomes
seems to be for better housing be-
fore all else.
These budgets are for women who
are completely self-supporting. and
they show an exceedingly nleager
allowance for. clothing, education,
amusement and so forth, unless the
woman has salary over the $50
or $40 mark. But the business wom-
f Five on $4,000 a Year