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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-16
EAST BROOKFIELD

Service SUNDAY a. , oclock 2. ~
preacher. Rev. a. p Walsh. topic. 4
Living God 10 Changing WoIld
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
OFFER BONDS TO TEACHERS
Manchester Bonds For 5000 Are Firs
to Be Put on Market.

The first school bonds to be offered
to school teachers of Kansas In de-
nominations within their reach for a
small investment are the bonds for
the new building in District II,
(Manchester) Dickinson county. The
bonds are In denominations of 5000.
The plan to issue bonds in smaller
denoit tinati0ns so as to put them
within reach Of school teachers was
formulated at the second meeting of
the Kansas women in school admins
tration, who sent petition to the
governor explaining that there were
few investments within reach Of the
teachers and asking that bonds be
issued in smaller denominations.
Miss Mary Il. Woolverton. county
superintendent, received word from
Miss Lillian Scott, head Of the
teachers organization In Kansas stat
ing that the bonds were offered to
Kansas teachers and requesting that
she get in touch with them and ac-
quaint them with their opportunity |
to purchase the bonds. The bonds
were bought by the state school
board commission which now has
them to offer The Manchester bonds
are also in amounts of $500, each
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
ATTEND TEACHERS MEETING
Smith Hughes Instructors Are Scarce
in Kansas.

in Kansas.
F. G.. Fleming instructor Of vOca
tiOnal agriculture at the high schoo
here has been in Manhattan attend.
ing session Of Smith Hughes teach.
ers there this week.
Fifty applications for instructors
in vocational agriculture from high
schools in Kansas will go untitled this
year because qualified teachers can
not be found for the positions, Il. L.
Holton, dean Of the Kansas State
Agricultural college summer school,
told Smith Hughes teachers of the
state at the session.
Salaries for this class Of teaching
range from $4,000 to $4,000 . year,
but the federal requirements that a
teacher must be graduate Of an
agricultural college has been a bar
to obtaining qualified instructors. At
the present time there are forty six
Smith Hughes vocational agricultur-
al schools in the state, two of which
are in Dickinson county.
At the present rate Of increase in
demand, 1t was predicted that a ma
jOrity of high schools in the agricul-
tural section of the state will make
for the Smith Hughes
work within five years. The ques-
tion of supplying teachers is put
up to the state agricultural
colleges, since teachers must be
graduates in agriculture in order to
qualify, the teachers were told.
Mr.. Fleming will remain at Abb
lene this year.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
TQ YANcY COMPANY.
Saline County Lets Co0tracts Fou
M New BrfdkeS.~ &

The Yancy Construction Company
Of Abilene was given the contract L
construct the big bridge across Mul.
berry Greek in Elm Creek township
Saline county, by the board Of Sa.
line county commissioners. The Blue
Valley Construction Company, Man
haitian, was given the contract to
build the two small bridges on the
same road. The bids accepted in
each case were the lowest submitted.
There was only one bidder on the
small bridges.
There were only three bidders on
the work and two Of them only bid
on the big bridge across Mulberry
Creek. The Central Bridge Com
pany, Of Mankato made bid on the
big bridge totaling $27,187.6O. The
Yancy Construction Company, abb
lene, bid 'on the same project, theirs
being the lowest of the three, $780,
162. 2.0O.-Salina Union.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
CAN'T BUILD ROAD NOW.


The city and county commission.
ers have decided to let the building
Of hard surface road on East
Fourteenth street to connect with
the new Golden Belt road walt until
the legislature straightens out Its
confusing laws. The recent session
bungled the laws so that there are
two conflicting statutes regarding
second class cities building to con-
meet with hard surfaced county
| roads. The street Is one half mile
long and part Of 1t is city on one
side and township on the other. I'm
til the legislature provides a way to
build it equally 1t will be a dirt road.
1t Is expected that the federal aid
will in the end be made available
and the city will bear large part Of
the expense as a whole so that the
property owners will not be heavily
taxed. OF course Abilene will meet
the hard surfaced road sometime
1t would look bad not to do that.
The Golden Belt road to the east
is costing only $5O,4OO mile, less
$4,000 a mile federal aid, and pro-
baby this same construction will be
carried through to Buckeye, making
the half mile cost only about ST.
500 to county, city, township and
property owners combined, making
it less than One-tenth the cost of
the paving In the city generally. The
project will have the approval Of the
public when 1t can be done equally.
No bridges are needed on this road
and probably only one culvert.
The city is going to have more
money next year-about $5,4OO for
its maintenance The business dis
trict paving cost to the city has been
paid out and now the expense will
lessen. giving more money for streets.
1t is planned to increase and reor-
ganize the street force and get bet
tor results in grading the dirt streets
than has been done and it is greatly
needed.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
HALF BILLION FOR. KANSAS.
Wheat and Corn Crops Expected h
Net That.

Il With the second largest whea
crop In its history and prospects o.
a bumper corn crop at the same time
the great sunlit prairies Of Kansas
this year are expected to yield ap.
proximately half a billion dollars
There are other items, such as alfal.
ia, oats, barley and potatoes, tC
bring in a few more millions, not to
mention pin money for the women
folks from chickens, butter and
eggs.
Many Kansas farmers have con-
tended that good corn year was a
bad wheat year. Experience has
shown them that the rains needed by
the corn at the growing season were
usually injurious to the ripening
wheat grains, while the blistering
sun, which made wonderful wheat,
bleached the life out Of the corn.
This year, however, mild rains fell
through the night, giving strength to
the corn and yet not too much mois-
ture, which would soften the ground.
Ripening and threshing of wheat
continued without interruption.
Stories Of the abundance Of the
wheat crop reach. this city daily.
There are many tales about roads
being choked with volunteer wheat,
grain blown from the field and grow
ing in the highways. For instance.
the little village Of Menlo in Thomas
county, the center Of very fertile
wheat district, is reported as well
nigh enclosed by the miles Of grow
ing grain which reach right up to the
village. For ten miles looking in
every direction the visitor sees almost
nothing but what appears one vast
field of wheat. Fences, low build
ings and roads are hidden by the
great yellow carpet.
Menlo in ordinary times is so quiet
that the barking Of a dog would at
tract attention but today the hum
Of the reapers the grinding Of the
harvest threshers, the explosion of
The exhaust on the tractors and the
racket of the unmuffled trucks rae
ng along with their loads Of golden
grain produce clamor like the traf-
ic Of large city.
Threshers and other harvest ma
,hinery which had supposedly been
'etired after many years of honor
lble service, are being bolted and
ightened here and there over the
tate for use in the present emer-
,ency.
The only thing which perplexes
he Kansas farmer is the problem of
his grain. Governor
lllen recently estimated that at the
resent rate the state was receiving .
reight cars, it would take the rail- .
Dads two years to move the wheat
rop.
Emergency buildings are being
instructed to store the grain and
leanwhile every leverage possible
being used to get cars to Kansas.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
% NO wore RATS
al

or mice, after your use RAT-SNAP
It's q sure rodent killer. Try q pkg
and prove 1t. Rats killed with RAT
SNAP leave no smell. Cats or dogs
won't touch It. Guaranteed.
25c size Il cake) enough for the
pantry, kitchen or cellar.
Soc size e cakes) for chicken
house, coops, or small buildings.
$1.OO size (5 cakes) enough for all
farm and out-buildings, storage
buildings, or factory buildings.
Sold and guaranteed by Shsckey &
Landes and ]. M. Gleissner & Son.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
Bought $4,000 Farm. :

"A large land deal was pulled of
at Chapman this week when Ed
Arnold and son bought the Drain
farm one mile north Of Chapman,
consisting of 200 acres, for $4,000.
This is one Of the best farms in Dick
inson county-all Chapman creek
bottom. The Armolds expect to make
Fordson farm out Of it, as they
are the Ford dealers of Chapman.
There are fine improvements on the
farm, large house, barns ,granaries
and silO.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
MAY YET TRIM LIST OF JUDGES
Representatives From Douglas Co
Preparing ReappOrtiOnmeut BM,

TTePaEhnX Nc1pPOft1Onmcng 0uI.
Tom Harley, state representative
from Douglas County, has started the
job Of preparing a judicial reappor-
ti0nment bill for the next session of
the legislature. L. e. Jeffcoat, dis
trict clerk has received one of the
questionnaires he Is sending this
week to all district court clerks in
Kansas, asking twenty three ques-
tiOns. These cover the number of
the criminal and civil cases heard In
the last two years, the number of
jury trials, the number of cases on
the appearance dockets, and other
information tending to show just how
much business Is do ne In each dis
trict court.
Attempts have been made at every
session Of the legislature for years to
cut down the number of district
judges, and apportion the work more
fairly. But so far the district judges
have managed to lobby the legislators
out OF any changes.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
BUYS TON0AN0xIE MILL.
J. L. Rodney Is President OF New
FIGURING Company.

J. L. Rodney has this week pur.
chased the Tonganoxie. Kan, mil
and is president and general mana.
ger Of the Tonganoxie Mills Co.
which is operating It. The mill has
500 barrel -four and 1000 barrel
corn meal capacity and is one Of the
leading mills Of eastern Kansas. ]. J.
Vanier. formerly Of the Abilene Flour
Mills has moved to Tonganoxie and
will be local manager.
The Abilene Flour Mills, the War
renton. Mo-. Mills and the Tongan-
oxie Mill. all under Mr.. Rodney's
management, have a combined -four
capacity Of $500 barrels a day, put
ting him In the leader class among
western millers.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05

Lieut.. Edw. Everett Hazlett who
has been in U-bOat service and for
several months stationed at San
Pearo, Calf, has been placed in
command Of U-bOat H 2 and will for
time be stationed at San Francisco
where the boat has been ordered for
repairs. Lieut.. Hazlett has made
good even since he entered the naval
academy at Annapolis nine years ago.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
STATE PRICE LIST IS HERE.


The county superintendent Of In
struction has received the price list
for new texts from the State Text
Book Commission. The prices this
year are about % per cent higher
than previous but still the state
saves money for the public by the
publication of texts 1t Is said.
Miss WoOlverton will compile lists
Of the books and supplies needed in
each grade and distribute them to
the principals and book stores In the
county.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
OLD SETTLERS REUNION SEPT. I
Preparations For Twenty-First An.
nual Meeting Now Being Made.

The twenty first annual reunion
Of the Dickinson County Old Settlers
and Historical. Society will be held in
Enterprise on Thursday, Sept. 2. Pre-
parations are being made to have a
celebration this year Of more than
usual interest to everybody, and
more especially to the older settlers
of the county.
The following officers have charge
Of the reunion this year: F.. w.
Karl, president; A. S. Chandler, Sec
retary and treasurer. A meeting Is
to be, held soon for the appointment
of committees to look after general
for the reunion.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05

William A. Cunningham Of Ram0-
na and Miss Hazel A. PlatE Of Dele
vane were married at the Presbyter-
Ian parsonage at s o'clock yesterday
evening. Rev. f. s. Blayney per-
formed the ring service. The young
people were attended by their rcla-
tives and close friends. They will
make their home on farm mar Ra-
mona.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
DEATH FROM WHEAT BEARD
John cartner Was Victim Of I'm.
usual Accident.

John Cartner, aged SO, farmel
living nine miles north and one mil,
east of town, died Thursday even.
ing from peculiar cause. A few
days ago while working in harvest
he swallowed wheat beard; II
lodged In his lungs, causing infam.
nation and brought death. He was
an estimable citizen and leaves wife
and three children. He was a mem
ber Of the Baptist church here and
had many friends.
Funeral announcement later.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05

&C. f. Dyer. formerly Of this city
and now Of Salina is minus one good
truck which was stolen Saturday
Afternoon. Police think the thief il
driving towards oklahoma but they
haven't located him as yet.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
FELL FROM SECOND STORY.


Was Not Badly Hurt.
Tuesday evening George Lee, the
two year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mack Cusick Of Solomon, who In
company with his mother, was Wis
iting his grandmother. Mrs. James
Devane at Chapman, fell from a Sec
pnd story window ut the Devane
home. The screen on the window
had become unfastened and the lit
tie fellow in leaning against 1t push
ed it out and fell through. In light
ing the full force Of the fall ceptered
on the head and shoulder, cutting
small cash on the temple. He was
badly shaken up and other parts of
his body indicate the fall was hard
one but he was playing as usual the
next morning, apparently none the
worse for his experience.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
THRESHER WANTS HIS MONEY
6. w. Gates Claims He Has $438.97
Coming to Him.

Chas. w. Gates Of Ottumwa, Ia,
has filed suit against Jacob w. Boiler
for the collection Of $43S.97 which
he claims Is the balance due him on
money earned threshing for the de-
fendant. Gates petition states that
he made verbal agreement with the
defendant to thresh his wheat for
him, 1850 bushels, at 10 cents per
bushel, the defendant furnishing
everything. The defendant has paid
$968 and has $65 credit for hauling
water, the petition states but the
balance Of the money has not been
paid
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
PERFORMS FIRST MARRIAGE.
Justice Brann Married First Coupk
Since He Has Been in Office

"S '1~~ wv" HH V"HSS
Justice Geo. Brann performed the
first marriage ceremony since he has
been in office here, when he mar
ried ]. B. Mitchell Of Detroit, Mich,
and Mrs. Mary Hughes Of Seattle
Washington. Friday. When he serv-
ed as justice in another county Mr..
Brann explained he had considerable
experience in officiating at wedding
ceremonies but here more than a
year has passed and this is his
first chance to help Dan Cupid. The
bride and groom had come almost
across the continent to meet each
other and they secured their license
in Salina.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05

Q young man who practiced medicine
I'm rural district became famous and
was called In consultation In many
towns and cities because OF his sue
oees In the treatment Of disease. This
was DR.. Pierce who afterward moved
20 Buffalo, N. Y. he rnade up his
mind 10 place some OF his medicines
before the public. end be put up
what he called his sFavorite Pre-
seription,1 and placed e with the
druggists In every state In the Union.
For fifty gears Dr.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription has sold more largely
throughout the United States than
any other medicine Of Hike character.
It's the testimony Of thousands Of
women that Il has benefited or en-
tirely eradicated such Distressing ail-
ments se women are prone 70. It is
now sold by druggists In tablet form
as well - liquid.
LEAvkswokTH, KARs.-sf vas all run
down from . complication Of diseases.
ny nert door ighb0rTeeommanded DR..
Pierce's FgVorite Prescription because
she had taken IT with enc resulta Ide-
cided % take t. and after taking two
b0ttias Of the medicine was entirely
veil It Is surely 6nas- MIes y. q.
LEMHARDI, III Seneca etrssk
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05

S. Shearer has purchased the
house In which he lives on West
Third street.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05

Clean. old papers, &c a bundle, al
this office.
Abilene weekly reflector., 1920-08-05
HT.t}a4qs 20 a.JtTCr Y
WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM
Detroit Michigan, July 20, 1920.

Redman Motor Company,
Abilene Kansas
Report Of impending Maxwell Chalmers receiver
ship ufounded For your satisfaction, and to show
others you DESIRE assets exceed liabilities by twenty
million hundred thirty three thousand dollars
in addition to value Of factories AS everybody knows,
the rapid expansion of business requires additional
capital negotiations for which are now nearing con-
clusion. Those of our plants not in operation
closed solely for the purpose Of annual inventory and
will again started in few days upon completion of
inventory
MAXWELL MOTOR COMPANY,
w. Leyard Mitchell President
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

sixty-four years. and the increasing
popularity of Treasure Island testi-
files to fresh delight in adventure for
its own sake in second generation Of
boy readers. There has been no more
striking growth of the popularity Of
an author not accounted a Juvenile
than is evidenced by the circulation of
Stevenson from the children's rooms
of the libraries during the last twelve
years. Between Defoe and Stevenson
stands Sir Walter Scott. Ivanhoe' is
one hundred years old this very year.
and wherever the schoolboy reads It In
advance of assignment he is still held
captive"
L am. own wrote Sir Walter. no
great believer in the moral utility to
be derived from fictitious composition
When we remember that he lived in
an age of moralists we may take
heart for the writer's of our own time.
1t is clear that those who would write
for young people in the 1920s must
come to the task with more first hand
knowledge Of their readers and the
books they are actually reading: nor
is 1t far to seek. I know of no more
inspiring or inspiriting pageant than
that unconsciously set by hundreds
and thousands of new readers of fine
books, whose authors have passed on
but whose work remains-a light to
the men and women who strike out
new paths or who follow In old ways"
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
Island Love
And Vengeance

BLACK BARTLEMY's TREASURE.
BY Jeffery Farnol. Little. Brown
& Co.
BLACK Bartlemy's Treasure" the
latest novel from the pen of Jeffery
Farnol. is a tale of the Spanish Main
in the seventeenth century written
in the first person by one Martin
Conisby Lord Wendover. The teller
of the tale at the opening Of the book
is escaping from five years Of slavery
on the Spanish galleon Esmeralda,
embittered by his experience. He re-
turns to England bent on wreaking
vengeance on Sir Richard Brandon,
who was the cause of his fathers death
and his own servitude. His first night
in England he saves from the hands
of robbers Lady Joan Brandon. the
daughter of the man he has sworn to
punish.
Soon after that Conisby with his
friend Adam Penfeather and Lady
Joan sets sail on the Faithful Friend,
bent on securing Black Bartlemy's
treasure where 1t lies hidden in an
island in the Spanish Main. Cir
cumstances-which the reader must
discover for himself-bring Martin
Conisby and the girl to the island Of
the treasure and leave them there
together. There comes an idyllic
interlude wherein the, two follow the il
lustrious example Of Robinson Crusoe.
Then comes the melodramatic and un-
expected end of the book.
BLACK Bartlemy's Treasure" ap-
proximates being the worlds most
sanguinary narrative; more of its
characters die by violence than in any
book that we remember. In spite Of
which the most impressive passage Is
the island interlude, when only goat
is slaughtered, and there Is only in
direct evidence that the Spanish Main
is place of uncertain tenure of life.
In so far as the idyll derives from the
eternally thrilling adventures of Rob-
inson Crusoe, 1t Is authentically
human. When Mr.. Farnol lays one
side a good bit of his trimming of
archaic oaths and idle rhetoric he ap-
proaches something that is moving
and interesting. For when shall we
ever tire Of reading of two on an
island? Particularly when 1t Is re-
lated how he made chairs and hair
pins and caught fish on a bent pin,
and how she made bread without
yeast and shared goat and killed 1t
with her own soft hands. There is
the true interest of the novel, the part
that reminds one of 1.-The Broad High
way"
The New York herald., 1920-12-05
Golfers Guide

INTIMATE GOLF TALKS BY Elon
Jessup and John Duncan Young. G..
p. Putnam's Sons
After deciding to take up" golf, the
first thing that the enthusiastic anna
teur does is TO provide himself with a
peculiar garment called a blazer, usu-
ally OF a very vivid color, a pair of
very old trousers and a pair of golf
stockings. No golfer is complete with
out these things. After satisfying him
self that he looks the part. he then
purchases what he calls sticks, but
learns later to call clubs. He is one
OF the millions of miserable golfers.
His troubles then begin. How much
better for him IL he had spent a little
less time on his clothes and little
more time thinking or reading about
the gamel
The newest golf book is one that the
professional as well as the amateur
would do we'll to read. 1t is based on
fact and experience, not on theories
and supposition. Beginning with
choosing the right clubs, which Is Of
paramount Importance, and ending
with putting, which is subtle art,
the authors have simplifed the game.
Each point is carefully explained and
the book 10 illustrated with photo
graphs which help TO Ak the picture
in the players mind Even the most
experienced golfer can learn some
thing from its pagea
The New York herald., 1920-12-05

Since the first children announced
their coming with cry, advertising
has been one of the chief activities of
man. Only in our day has it been
labelled a business or profession. But
for how many centuries have Cesar
and Cleopatra advertised Rome and
Egypt. And Queen Elizabeth is clam
orously displayed in the lines Of Spen-
ser.
Lafcadio Hearn gave a course of
lectures to Japanese students which
have been collected under the title
"Talks to Writer'S" (Dodd, Mead &
Coz. He urged these young men to
advertise through literature the best
elements in their countrys life. He
| reminded them of the appeal Russian
novels have made to readers of all
nations.
The arts are the great means of
making known one nation to another
and of leavening the internal life of
every people. Two books issued dur
ing the present season illustrate this
fact, though in sharply contrasted
ways. One is James Huneker's autobi-
ography. whimsically named "Steeple-
jack" and the other is Theodore
Roosevelt and His Time, Shown in His
Own Letters" by Joseph Bucklin
Bishop. Each is in two volumes
(Scribner).
These two men, so Numerically op-
posed in many ways, alike possess a
value in making America known
abroad through international friend
ships. And between them they have
advertised to their own people their
own enthusiasms which cover the
whole circle of human interest. Both
are revealed in these books as trans
mitters Of life, radiating the impulses
they have received. Both have been
amazing readers. Huneker says he
made a list of all the great books, in
his youth, and that he has actually
read and reread every item. And what
they read they gave out in one form or
another. Says Huneker:
Colonel Roosevelt had the centrif-
ugal cast Of mind. Evidently have
the same" And he expands the self
analysis elsewhere thus II have a
polyphonic mind. I enjoy the simulta-
neous flight Of a half dozen trains of
ideas, which run on parallel tracks for
certain distance, then disappear, ar
irving nowhere"