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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17

The Buried City, where masses OF
burned clay broken up like common
bricks have crashed down and crushed
and covered some of the best examples
of pagodas, is somewhat melancholy
sight, reminiscent of Pompeii. But
there remain rare pagodas and dainty
sculptures, and a gracefully curved
parapet on the churchlike rock in the
foreground. The Buried City occupies
six or eight acres. At this point the
wall is 500 feet in height. The slide
came on the under side of the tor
stratum.
Rising nearly 200 feet above the
level floor in deep pocket" of the
canyon is stately columnar entrance,
lately christened the Royal Gateway.
1t leads into sculptured foyer ex-
| tending back 600 feet, and having the
characteristics of q superb art gallery
| in which almost any sculptured figure
| sought may be found. In the center,
a considerable distance from the open
! ing, stands n group of five columns
on a tall base, all white as marble.
Four hundred feet up on the hard, cor
rugated gray slope where the noun.
tains rise beyond is perGhed males
tically a castellated lordly palace, the
| Citadel, which the Imagination swiftly
associates with some inaccessible old
world height overlooking sapphire
/ tides. 1t is a castle of dreams.
Pillars of Hercules.
The gigantic Pillars of Hercules
| dwarfing those of the Temple OF
Bacchus, symbolic enduring strength
and defy time. Light gray and red
with supporting half-lengths at regu
lar intervals. each with its ornate
abatus. they seemingly hold up the
Sierra. The White Chapel is what
the name implies. At each corner the
walls are buttressed like the old Cali
fOrnia mission. 1t resembles in gen
eral form some of Mexico's ancient
churches. Unlike them, however, it /:
daintily chased and decorated, witt
many inches containing appropriate
statuettes.
Geologically Red Rock-so named be
CuuSc lHdl CotoT pTeUOnIliaIeS-UdI
back to the later Tertiary period, wher
the canyon evidently was a SWAMI
teeming with fauna. Today it. is a fos
sill field virtually unexplored and likel!
TO yield abundantly. Cursory search
has disclosed remains of camels
horses, elephants, mastodons and othe
mammalia. At the base of the TEN
pie of the Sun William Mulholland
chief engineer of the Los Angelo
aqueduct, recently picked up the pet
rified heel-bone of the largest sabre
toothed tiger ever found. Cave
abound, and in one of these was dis
covered a collection of Indian potter,
worth thousands of dollars 1t con
sisted of Al pieces. placed in orderl
fashion against the walls, and covere,
inches deep with dust. Some of tn
pieces were remarkably thin and almos
glazed, pigments having been applie
before burning. The Shoshones an
Piutes were the Indian tribes that fol
merly ranged here, but this potter
now discovered is far superior to an
of their known work.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
NEW BUDGET BILL
IS AGREED upon
Subcommittee of Senate
Hopes to Report to Full
Committee This Week
BUDGET OFFICERS
ARE NUMEROUS
Each Bureau and Department to Have
One-A Budget Bureau In Treasury
Department to Collect All Estimates
and Revise Them.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-Senator
Medill Mccormick, Illinois, chairman
of the special senate committee for the
consideration of national budget, an
nounced yesterday that budget meas
ure had been agreed upon unanimously
by the subcommittee composed of him
self and Senators Reyes, New Hamp-
shire, Edge, New Jersey, Simmons,
North Carolina, and King, Utah.
The plan will be submitted to the full
committee this week with the hope of
obtaining approval so that the senate
may take up the matter at an early
date. Senator Mccormick said the
prospects are bright for early consider
alton of the measure by congress-
The bill approved by the committee
is combination of measure intro
duced in the snate several weeks ago
by Senator Mccormick, and a bill in
trodueed by Representatives James w.
Good, Iowa, and passed last autumn
by the house. The features of the
Mccormick bill indicted in the new
htaouic are IuOSe TeldIlHR TO the ere
alton of budget bureau and those of
the Good bill to the complete over
hauling of the government 5 auditing
and accounting systems.
Under the bin every bureau or de-
partment is compelled to. designate a
budget officer to revise the estimates
made by the various departments. In
the treasury department there will be
budget bureau, to collect the esti-
mates, revise them, coordinate them
and make such changes as seem neces-
sary to proper administration and econ
omy. The estimates are to be passed
upon then by the secretary of the
treasury and finally by the President.
who before Dec. 10 each year is to sub
NIT them to congress. At the same
time the President is required to fur
nish to congress complete statement
of the financial standing of the gov
eminent.
Another feature of the measure is
the creation of a separate accounting
department to review the expenditures
of the various departments, charged
with making a report to congress on
the methods employed and possible re-
auctions.
The treasury department already has
approved the scheme in a general way
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
WEST BRATTLEBORO
MRS. H. L. WELLINGTON.
Death Occurred Late Last Night in
Home on Marlboro Road.

Mrs Flora Delta (Fuller) Milling
ton, 81 wife of Herbert l.. Millington,
died at 11.30 clock last night in her
home here. She had been i'll nearly
year and last spring she underwent
an operation at the Memorial hospital
Since that time she had taken radium
treatments in Hartford, Conn. She had
been confined to her bed about two
weeks.
She was born in Nottingham Oct.
%, 1862, the only child of f. L. and
Mary Jane (Allen) Fuller, and lived in
/, 1885. to Mr. Millington,, who was
native of Nottingham, but who was
living in Wilmington at that time.
After their marriage Nh. and Mrs. Nil
lington. went to Wilmington, where
they lived until May, 1919, when they
moved to this place, buying of n. T
Emery his place on the Marlboro road.
Although she never joined church
Mrs. Millington was of the Universal
list faith.
Besides her husband Mrs. Milling
ton leaves four daughters, Hester, wife
of F. l.. Gaines of Greenfield, Mass.
Miss Ethel A. Millington, assistant
trust officer of the Brattleboro Trust
| CO.; Olive, wife of Donald Wright OF
/ Wilmington; and Miss Julia d. Mil
| lington, who has been living at homt
recently. One daughter, Mary E., died
in 1911. She also leaves three grand
children.
The funeral arrangements have not
| been Completed, but the burial will
take place in Nottingham.
Roger Gallison of Boston is. visiting
his aunt, Mrs Fred II. Marsh.
Walter E. Bartlett is i'll with the griI
and under the care of physician.
Mr. and Mrs. Hervey D. Thayer anc
son, Linn, who are confined in their home
with grip, are better.
Mrs. Peter Plant is among those con
fined to their homes with grip. He
daughter, Mrs. Clyde Butler, also is i'll
Mrs. L. H. L. Morse, who. sustained
shock week ago and has been i'll sine,
that time, has shown slight improvement
the past two days. a $50
Miss Pearl keenan,, student nurse a
the Melrose hospital, returned SATURDAY.
to the hospital after having been severa
WechS III 1uIHeN anu Westminster Ol
cases for DR.. Bugbee.
The schools in the Academy were il
session yesterday, with but small at
tendance as those living in the rura
districts were unable to come because o
snowbound roads. Several of the higl
school students in this village did not at
tend school yesterday, as there were n
electric cars running.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
Wireless for Venezuela.

So great is the propagandist power
Of the modern press that the wonders
of the wireless are commonly taken
for granted by the veriest child. Yet
the resolution of the Venezuelan gov
eminent to install wireless apparatus
in the envlrons of Caracas, the capital
city, was of such tremendous impor-
lance and news value, that 1t occupied
a good part of the first page of the
Universal on October Is, the account
being printed in large type and flea
tured."
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
every truly yours,
"PERCIVAL w. CLEMENT,

"The constitutional prohibition
amendment is a serious mistake said
Governor Clement last night
The law was put on the statute
books by as corrupt methods as have
ever been used in legislation in the
United States.
1.-The whole plan of the Anti-Saloon
league was absolutely. wrong. They
pledged everybody in secret and had
unlimited funds behind them. l do
not mean to say that they bought votes
of congressman. What they did was
TO go to man and tell him that if
he voted for the 18th amendment they
would not attack him. In this manner
they obtained the support of a lot of
weak men enough for them to pass the
prohibition law.
1.-The 18th amendment takes away
personal liberty and personal liberty is
the keystone of our government s con
struction. We should never curtail it
except for the liberty of the whole
We should not attempt to decide what
a mani shah eat OF drink ershow he
shall live. : zsl ei9C-
Amendmentss.a Al important as this
should so before the, people and b'
voted upon by them, Recapse, il, is, i'm;
possible to enfofce a law that is not
wanted by the majority '''T.s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
Hoped Pots and Jack Cade.

In the Middle ages in England many
drinking pots were made with hoops
so that when two or more persons
drank from the same pot or tankard
no one of them should take more than
his share, each hoop marking a half
third or a fourth of the contents of
the pot, according to its make.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
From the Earth's Infancy.

The perfect state of preservation of
organisms which lived untold mill
lions of years ago is shown by Pro-
fessor Oliver in an archaic type Of
seed in the lower coal measures of
Lancashire. These are only one-fifth
of an inch long, but under the micro
scope their integument Is seen to pos
sess ten ribs, which project like little
arms.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
Getting Bid Of House Pests.

Cockroaches or the "croton bug"
may be held in check by setting out
two saucers, one containing a mix
ture of -four and plaster paris and the
other filled with water. The mixture
should be four parts plaster of paris
and one part of flour. Badly infested
apartments may be thoroughly ridded
of this pest by fumigating with hy-
drocyanlc acid gas.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
Or. Ionnson,s nic.iona-x

DR.. Johnson Is commonly Teckoned
as successful author, yet he received
for many of his compositions COM
paratively small sum. His most profit
able undertaking was the dictionary
for which he asked S7.ST5. The task
occupied his time for seven years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
Too Precious 70 Part With

New paper guilder currency recent
ly issued In Java by the Javasche
bank was so admired by the Chinese
and natives when first issued that it
was boarded. The notes were printed
by an American company, and include
~ -guilder and 1-guilder denomina-
tons. They were intended to relieve
the present scarcity of silver coins.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17

Queen Philippa, consort of Edward
Ill, initiated the manufactures o.
England, by establishing colony of
Flemish artisans at Norwich.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-02-17
GOVERNOR CLEMENT s
FIGHTS FOR LIQUOR
Tells Governor Miliken of Maine He
Will Join Rhode Island In Fight
ing Prohibition Amendment.

BOSTON, Feb. 17-Governor Per
cival W. Clement of Vermont, in a let
ter to Governor Milliken of Maine, in
response to his appeal to 33 governors
to join in a fight against Rhode Is
land effort to overthrow the prohibit
ton amendment, tells the Maine exec
utive emphatically that not only will
he not place Vermont in opposition. to
Rhode Island in this matter, but that
he hopes that Rhode Island will be sue
cessful in her effort to have the amend
ment declared Unconstitutional. In an
interview last night Governor Clement
scored the methods by which the
amendment was passed His letter to
Governor Milliken follows:
"Feb. IL 1920.
Hon. Carl E. Milliken,
Governor of Maine.
Augusta, Me-
MY dear goyernor:-I was absent
from my Office yesterday and have
just received this morning your tele-
gram of Feb. 10, which accounts for
my delay in replying to your messages
Since 1902 Vermont has voted
against prohibition whenever the ques
ton has been before the people of the
state The Anti-Saloon league secured
a majority of the legislature (1919)
for the 18th amendment to the fedora
constitution but | do not feel warrant
| I'd in placing Vermont in opposition t
he action of Rhode Island. On thu
other hand, | hone that Rhode island
lrill be successful in her efforts to free
/ the United States from the operation
Of the 18th amendment, which is, l be
lieve, opposed by a large majority o,
! the people of the country. and unles
/ declared unconstitutional by the su
preme court, must inevitably brin:
/ trouble to us all
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21

A LTHOUGH William Henry Har-
L y rison was elected to the presi-
dency as the log-cabIn candidate, In
the first of our frcnzied, paradng cam
pagns, he was born to one of "the
first families of Virginia." in a manor
house on the banks Of the aristOcratic
James. As son Of Benjamin Har-
rsOn, signer Of the Declaration, with
the blood Of Pocahontas In his veins,
and as a descendant of CrOmwellian
colonel who signed the death warrant
of king, no president has had a
longer, more historic lineage.
In ability William Henry Harrison
fell below the standard of his prede-
cessOrs. He was elected not because
he was great statesman or great
soldier, but because he was thoroughly
representative of the new West, which
was fiattered to see In the White House
for the first time man created In Its
own image.
At Harrisons Inauguration the
presidency entered an eclipse and
was held for 90 years by secondary
characters, who reigued, but did not
rule. With men OF the cminence of
Clay and Webster, Calhoun and Ben
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21
COVE COMMENTS

Statistics assert that $3.50 of all
federal taxes collected are paid
out for wars past, present, and
future all of which is a terrible
indictment of our present econo-
mic system. To place the blame
entirely on our government wheth-
er democratic or republican is, to
say the least, unfair The blame
is more so on the people who
place and retain such govern
ments in power.
One of the planks of the Farm
Labor party denouuces militarism
and is opposed to all wars except
an actual invasion of our corln-
try, and that even war for the
rescue Of some oppressed nation
should not be entered upon with
out national vote of the whole
people. Those who do the fight
ing should have the say. One
million women in England have
placed themselves on record that
there must be no more wars and
if the women as a whole take that
stand there is a good chance that
it will settle the question. Let
us hope 80.
The great steel strike is of re-
cent occurance and still fresh in
our minds, but the truth about
1t is not so evident. The Inter
church World movement appoint
ed Il commission to get the facts
OF the strike, reasons for it, ETC.,
and were met with determined
opposition on the part of the U.
S. Steel Corporation and connect
ed big business and when the re-
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21

ledge that President Wilson refus-
ed to buy the Cuban crop of sugar
at 6l2 cents per pound, and it is
certain that sundry folks have
been gambling and making unholy
gains in our necessities, not only
i'll sugar but practically every
thing else, but the summit has
been reached and prices are ON
the toboggan and | think it will
be good policy not to be in too
much Of a rush to buy anything
except absolute necessities right
now. The more you hold back the
quicker prices will reach a reason
able level.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21

port was published, big business
and }. d. Rockefeller, DR., who
withdrew from the Interchurch
World Movement, withdrew their
financial support, all of which
rebounds to the credit Of the In
terchurch Movement which pre-
ferred to serve God than Mamon.
Also the Young Woman's Christ
ian Association incurred the dis
pleasure and lost the support of
big business for advocating much
needed reforms. The question is
whether the common people Of this
great country are going to allow
themselves to be run by a very
small minority Of greedy man.
mOnites and subservient polite
ians. The general election Nov. .
will show.
A few facts concerning the
great sugar question should be
very interesting, and there is not
a woman in the land who is not
interested in this sweet item. At
the close of the war there was
some twenty-five million pounds
of sugar owned by Uncle Sam in
France. Sam sold it to Jean
Crapaied' for two cents pound.
You remember what we had to
pay for sugar here at that time
and since. And besides there were
small mountains of bacon, -four,
milk, coffee, etc. which remained
in France at slaughter sale prices.
And at the same time there were
many of our ships in French ports
that had to load ballast to return
to this country. Draw your own
conclusions as to the why and
wherefore. It's common know
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21
LOVED LONG SINCE AND
LOST AWHILE"

IT'S forty years, yet it seems but
a day,
Since pretty Penelope picked her
way,
Down the shaded lane to meet me
a glancing sunbeam here and
there,
Threw shafts Of light thro' the
soft brown hair,
Of the maiden who came to greet
And ah, those eyes, so steady and
true
Brown lashes shading their depths
of blue,
Seemed to say: Glove, | entreat
Thee
But | was stubborn and proud and
cold
| flung away that heart of gold
| would humble the maid COM
pletely.
That kiss Of forgiveness was
never given.
| hope to bestow it some day in
heaven
Oh my lost love, It's | will entreat
thee. H. A. S.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21

ton, latterly Cass and Houston, Doug
las and Davis, Case and Wade, Sew
ard and Sumner In the senate, dis
tinction and leadership passed from
the White House to the capitol. It
was an ignoble period in our politics
when both parties were lodging the
irrepreSSlble issue O: slavery, and the
smaller the candidate for president
the better chance he had to dodge the
question.
In the teeth OF a piercing northwest
wind, the old farmer president-elect,
bareheaded and disdalning the protec-
ton of an overcOat, rode horseback to
the capitol. After addressing n great
crowd that shivered in Its Shawls and
furs, he insisted, though half-frozen,
on remounting his horse and leading
the inaugural parade.
No sooner was the first Wing presi-
dent in the chair than the claims of
factions and the clamOr for patronage
assalled him. Clay had declined
confident expectation of playing the
easier and more powerful role Of the
power behind the throne. The I'm
pcrious manner of the Great Com
moner wOundng the presidential
pride, he was requested to make his
calls ut the White House as infre-
quent and lnConspcuous rs he con-
veniently could. Thcrcupon his total
absence became emhnrrassIngly con-
spiCuous.
The one clear mandate OF the cleo
ton Of 1910 was to turn out the Demo-
Gratis and give the jobs to the Wings.
StrnIghtwNy hungry horde fell
upon Harrison and literally devourcd
him. In month to n day he was dead
Of pneumonia, the first president to
die In Office throughout the more than
80 years Of Its existence.
This briercst of administrations Is
pathetic little story Of simple
lonely old man, lurcd from his arm
to be the sport OF politics. Iillng in
body and harrlcd In mind, he wns
without the care and cOmpnnIonshlp
Of his good wife, Anna Symmes Har-
rlson, daughter of n New Jersey colo
mel In the Revolution who became
one Of the pioneer soldiers of Ohio.
Broken by the hard toll Of frontier
household and Borrowing for the loss
NJ aIubi pf bnr fnp phIl1rnn tbIv ,vi 20
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21

Eeeect Governor Hart Senator Jones and Congressman Haey
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21

This, on the authority of the bureau
Of labor which has been compiling sta
tIStics on the subject. Undoubtedly
they do. An opcn-nir life, coupled with
fnIrly regular hours, sufficient food
and sleep, and lack of opportunities
for some Of the more wasteful forms
Of diversion, must needs conducc to
longevity. The farmer reaps the re-
ward of this virtue, even If the virtue
be only that Of necessity. Counterbal-
Nnclng factors will be found in faulty
food combinations, frequent exposure
to cold and wet, and long spells of
strenuous physical exertlon. Rheumu.
tlsm Is distinctly u farmers aIlmcnt
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21

member of the House reclamation com
mittcc, J. Stanley Webster, John f.
Miller, Albert johnson and Lindlcy II.
Hadley, all Congressman of long eX-
pcricncc and ability, will be an i'm
portant factor in obtaining support
fer this and similar projects.
REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURES
HAVE: Encouraged state and county
agricultural fairs; Empowered State
College to establish experiment sta
tons; Enacted new water code;
Prevented importation of diseased
stock and affected horticultural pro-
lUcts; Planned a comprehensive high
way system aud improvement Of farm
erS roads; Given authority to voters in
counties to establish agricultural de-
vclopment districts and created office Of
superintendent Of farm marketing.
Gov. Hart rcorganized Public Service
Commission and abolished practice Of
allowing salaries of grain inspectors to
be paid in part by millcrs and ware
housemen
Republican Legislatures have passed
"A laws for the hcttcrmcnt of labor.
They have passed many laws for the
general benefit Of the state, such as the
Railroad Commission Law, the Direct
Primary Act, the Initiative, Rcfcrcn-
dun and Recall and other progressive
measures.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21
Copyright, 1920, by James Morgan)
PRESIDENT FOR A MONTH

1773-February 9, birth Of Will
liam Henry Harrison at
Berkeley, Va.
1791-Entered the army.
1a01-14-covernor of territory
OF Indiana.
1811-BattIe Of Tippccanoe.
1916-19-Member of congress.
1819-21-Member of Ohio senate.
1825-28-United States senator.
1S28-29-Mrieter to Colombia.
1836-Candidate for president.
1S41-March q, inaugurated ninth
president, aged Go. April
4, died in the White
House, aged 60.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1920-10-21
Exciting News

"The doctor says father must be
kept quiet and avoid all excite
mcnt. "
"Oh !! then | guess | better not
tell him about pussy having six
kittens"