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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
In The DAYS News.

William Church Osborn. who is men
toned as a likely choice of the independ-
ent Democrats of New York for the
United States senatorship. has been
called a partisan of the Woodrow Wilson
type. and in the primaries could be
counted on TO gather in the votes of the
elements of the party that are hostile to
Tammany hall. He has both Princeton
and Harvard degrees, and is a lawyer by
profession. In practical management of
the party he has shown skill in local and
state campaigns where he has been the re-
sponsible director of the policy. His pro-
fessiOnal talent often has been at the
service of the people. and also as an in
vestigator of alleged abuses in the con-
duct of New York city and New York
state affairs. In his political and pro
fessional career he has become known as
a foe of graft. corruption, and the sub
ordination of official place to personal or
group ends.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
TodaY'S Birthdays.

Sir James Lougheed. veteran Canadian
statesman, born at Brampton, Ont, 81
years ago today.
Edgar Il. Burroughs, author of Tar
Fan of the Apes. born i'll Chicago, 46
years ago today.
Judge George w. Anderson, of the L.
s. Circuit court of appeals, born at Ac-
worth, y. H., 60 years ago today
James ]. COrbett, former champion
heavyweight pugilist of the world. born
in San Francisco. 81 years ago today.
Manager John ]. Dunn. the new auxil-
iary bishop of the Catholic diocese of
New York, born in New York city, 81
years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
Stay On, Summer Folk, and Get Ae,
quainted
(Rutland Herald. J

The Herald's contemporaries are al
ready noting the breaking up of several
summer camps, just when the ''prettiest'
season of the year is at hand.
| 1t is probably a hopeless task to under
take to change the tides of summer bust
ness, because city people take their vaca-
lions when they can, or when the city it
self is at its worst. 1t is different with
people who have leisure and can stay in
the country until snow flies if they so de-
sire.
From now on Vermont will be increas-
ingly attractive.
The southwark trend of the SUMS ap-
parent voyage through the heavens means
no more merciless. blazing days of almost
vertical sunlight no hours of being driven
to the shelter of camp, deep woods or
ShG ded bungalow.
Every day in Vermont hencefOrward
can be spent in the open. rain or shine.
if one is not afraid of moisture. and the
changing hues of the woodland, as re-
Elected on thousand hills valleys, and
mountain slopes, will soon constitute an
attraction which the zenith flush of mid
summer cannot provide
Now come the real holidays of Yer
mont, with summer crops mostly under
cover, the fairs on. everyone relaxing a
little, most things looking a little better
than they looked last spring and the real
people of Vermont rather the best thing
In the state when it comes to visiting"
getting acquainted and making friend
ships that mean something.
Too many of our summer viSitorS-and
the number increases rather faster than
some of us ike-come in here with the
idea that an they care to do is to form
their own little companies, associations
camps, coteries, crowds and parties and
have good time among themselves. for
getting that the best and most inspiring
part of vacation might easily be the per-
manent,F settled friendships they make
among the folks who live here "the year
round" and know the very best things
to be done and enjoyed, either summer or
winter.
There are many and striking exceptions
IN folks who come here for day. a week
or month, and who become so attached
70 town or people or environment that
they settle down as all-the-year residents
Others. too tightly attached to their in
terests In the city, settle upon a summer
home, or a cottage or a camp, or even a
faVOrlte hotel or boarding place and be-
come 50 much yearly fixture that 'the
folks not only expect them every sum-
mer, but keep their favorite places and re-
lemDer their tastes and diSlikeS very much
as members of a cordial family
We venture to say that such visitors
get more out of their yearly stay than
those who merely regard 1.-THE natives as
servants or caterers, who pursue their
own ideas of pleasure and resent or repel
all attempts at friendly intercourse.
s But to all of these we say: STAY on,
summer folks. Wait for the decline of
summer and the glorious hues of autumn.
ENJOY the clearer, sharper, more pungent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
Keep to the Left.
Beverly Times.l

The National Safety News urges pc
destrians walking on country roads to
keep to the left. Though contrary to the
ordinary rule of keeping to the right, yet
this is much safer. In that way auto
mobiles coming up behind him will be
on his right, so he win not be in danger
from them. And he can see the cars
coming toward him, so he can step out to
avoid them. The experienced hobo, when
walking on a railroad always travels on
the left hand track. He has studied this
problem from long experience Pedes-
TRANS are frequently hurt on country
roads when cars come up behind them
without giving warning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
WINDHAM.
Warren III. Rhoades.

Warren Heald Rhoades, 20, died at his
home Aug. % of cancer of the liver He
was born Aug. %, 1912, in Windham,
the son of Mr.. and Mrs Thomas Rhoades,
and had spent most of his life at his home
in the north part of town. He lived a
few years in Chester and had spent three
winters in Florida.
He was three times married His third
wife, who was Mrs. Clara Jones, survives.
He had no children
The funeral was held Saturday at 1890
a. m, Rev. E. f. Emo of South London
derry officiating. and the burial took
place in the Center cemetery.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
Today S Events
Oysters are in season.

Oysters are in season.
Festival of st. Giles, the patron saint
of cripples and beggars.
The city of Toronto today takes over
the control and operation of the local
street railways
Memorial exercises will be held at
Hinckley, Mimi. today for the AS men.
women and children of the town who lost
their lives in the great forest fires of
1894.
Charles $. Thomas, former senator
from Colorado. is to be the principal
speaker at the sessions of this. the second
day of the American Bar association con-
ventiOn in Cincinnati
The sixth annual international First
Aid and Mine Rescue meet will be
opened at st. Louis today under the aus
pices of the L. 5. Bureau of Mines. the
American Red Cross, the United Mine
Workers of America, and the coal oper-
atOrS' associations
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
How About This. Ludlow?
Boston HeraIdD

Vermont used to boast of native
cOrn-eater who had two long, sharp up
per teeth and two corresponding lower
teeth, and who used to whirI the cob as
on a pivot, shredding the corn from the
cob as it whirled, sometimes forward.
sometimes backward. This NAV not be
true story. but they stin tell it up
around Ludlow, VT.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
TO ADVERTISERS.

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Reading notices are published At foot of lo<al
itcm8.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

Mrs. John Edger, who was appointed
jailer of Woodford County, Ky, after
her husband had been deposed from the
Office by the governor, performed her
duties so satisfactorily that she has now
received the regular Democratic nomi-
nation for the full term
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II 10 the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery Of the paper
each night, and il solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given OF each failure to receive the paper
person. by telephone or postal card. thus en-
abling the cause of the error TO be promptly
and accurately discovered and the proper rem
edy Immediately applied. It 10 only by this
method that the publisher can Geeure the de-
SIRED acrYice.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

1t is an old familiar story coming from
the st. AIbaas & Swanton traction COM
pany which announces that in the future
they will run only two cars over their
line. The roads loss of business is at
tributed to competition from automo-
biles
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

" "Twere better to have struck and
lost than never to have struck jaf~aff is
just now the refrain of organized labor"
says the Boston Transcript. Wonder if
that is the way they are feeling at Bel
lows Falls.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

Dale's Stand Had It's Effect-Head-
line on Washington despatch.
1t is interesting to note % that Con-
gresham Dale has taken a stand, (2l
that the stand has amounted to some
thing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

placed in a room and any chauffeur who
locked up in this room so that he will
see the image and feel sorry" This
should interest Secretary Black.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
EAST DOVER.

Sunday morning worship at IL o'clock
with sermon by the pastor. The church
will meet to study the Bible at noon The
Lords supper will be served after the
session of the Bible school Christian
Endeavor meeting at $40 p. m. Vespers
at 730 p. m. The cottage prayer meeting
will be held Wednesday night at o'clock
at the home of Mr. and Mrs TysYer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

airs. Get acquainted with the folks atal
make yourselves at home.
There are few places that will better
repay more extended visit. and the
home folks are much more human than
you might think.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

Suggestions for the prevention of au-
tomobile accidents which have been pub
lished by an organization in China are
interesting. One which they announce
has been Itried out in America with sue
cessful results is as follows: after a
person is killed by motor car wax inn
age of the deceased should be made and
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
Shine Remover.
(Fitchburg Sentinel. ]

Ut IICHUuFR StntIneI.J
Among the ingredients in recipe rec
commended for the removal of the shine
in WOODEN goods is rum in the quantity
of two tablespConfuls, and this in these
days makes the recipe rather impossible
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

As long as young man reports for
work wearing a silk shirt he hasn't got
ten back to nOrmalcy.-Rutland Herald
Can't you let a fellow wear out what
he was foolish enough to buy when times
were "fush?'
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

Mrs. Hattie Dutton of Bellows Falls is
visiting in the home of her son, G. L.
Dutton.
f. f. Harrington is building large
henhouse on the place he has bought in
Chester.
The Center school is to open Sept. 6.
Miss Florence Corey of South London
derry returns as teacher
Allen District Pomona Grange will
meet with Glebe Mountain Grange
Wednesday evening, Sept z.
Mrs. III. L. Chapman and son. Howard.
returned Monday after a few days stay
with relatives in Westminster West.
Mrs. Hattie p. Jones has just received
her appointment as postmaster She has
served as acting postmaster since April l.
Mrs. Orson Balch and two children of
West Brattleboro are visiting Mrs
Balchs cousin, Mrs. Z. NJ. Ingalls,, 10
days.
Mrs. viii L. Moses and children.
Helene and Halsey, visited in Hartford,
and Mrs. Clarence NJ. Smith and daugh-
fer Florence. visited in Wilder from Sat
urday to Monday.
Mrs. Harry Jones and baby of Boston
are spending some time with Mrs. Jones's
mother-in-law, Mrs. Warren Rhoades Mr.
Jones was here to attend Mr. Rhoades's
bunreal but has returned to his work.
Constance and Grace Upham have sold
their farm in West Windham through
l.. w. Jackman, agent for the E. A.
Strout farm agency, to F. w. Stuart of
Beverly, Mass. Mr.. Stuart buys for the
lumber and hopes to repair the place for
a summer home.
Deputy Sheriff e. L. StoweH was re-
ieved last week of his duties in preserv-
inc order in connection with the strike in
Bellows Falls. On Saturday Mr. and
Mrs Stowell and four of their daughters,
Marion, Myrtle, Margaret and Evelyn,
went by automobile to visit their oldest
daughter, Mrs. Hugh Tenney, and family
in Glendale, Mass. They returned Tues
day.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

So many revivals of an old-time Gus
tom in the past year inclines us to think
that disarmament should include tar and
feathers.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
One Year Ago Today

The new state of Lebanon was pro
claimed at Beirut.
RitouS disturbances attended the
street-car strike in BROOKLYN.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

Those who are waiting for medical
beer might get busy and discover relia-
bic antidote for wood alcohol.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
Member Of The Associated Press. :

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credited in this paper and also the local news
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01
Road Repairs Progressing.

Contractor Kyle of Springfield is max
ing progress on the cement bridge near
William DawsOn's and Road Commits
siOner ID. b. FOntaine is making further
repairs on the road near Ray Hollis. so
there seems to be hope of the North Wind
ham road being open again before winter.
The state will pay One-third of the cost
of the three new cement bridges on this
road and the new Buffers bridge, So
called. which also is to be made of cement.
Commissioner Dix also has agreed to grant
dollar for dollar on Windham's appro-
priation for resurfacing ID. L. Mattison
has charge of the reSurfacing work and
is working south from James Scott's. The
unsolicited highway fund is to- be put
on North Windham hill from Mr.. SCOTS
to the Simonsville road.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

A man in Medical Lake, Wash,
wants to divorce his wife because of her
excessive tobacco chewing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-01

The new British census is expected IN
. Snr"lus of 100000 women in
England alone. q :, 81 AS. .assns
The St. Johns herald., 1921-05-05
THE FELLOW IN THE PINK SHIRT

She looked from him to the of breGless men facing her. impatieny her bosom rising and falling tun1uItuOuSIy
 And Poe got to choose aUhich I'd rather mdrryY
 Well yes that the idea cudey expressed Not that go" compelled any Uay only ee highly deSlra6e that perhaps mag say the w of God that make some such choice"
 eyes wandered up and down the shrinking lne resting calmly face after fac If Sbe felt hupor m the situation" there expression of tt Oisb She retained 0n appearance of sulen indifference uhich almost insoIent
 There aint no of em?
 "NO; this IS aH"
 And got to pick from these?
 preGcher nodded his head she glanced nqung n his direction pentup breath sigh from beween her Ups.
 well PUe got to- haUe suppose, and far as t don't make no great difference PU take the eoW sn there on the window-the with the pink shirt
 And SO they But they didn't happily after right the beginning of the acquaintance couple Besides bride Kidnapped her wedding day So just naturally bridegroom her. And in the ad followed the people became Comrades of Peril mana the
 another of those decidedly ordinary Western Randall Union has released popular each has been Enough said
The St. Johns herald., 1921-05-05
CHAPTER II.
Outlining a Plot.

The Occidental hotel, Hicks proprie- tor, was merely a place in which one could sleep and eat, if one was thor oughly acclimated to border ideas of comfort. Mccarthy, having no home of his own, roOmed over his saloon, but was compelled to eat the Hicks brand of cooking, and, with many apologies therefor, had, on this partic- ular occasion, the ex-reverend from Buffalo Gap as his honored guest. Shelby saw the two when he first en- tered, over in the farther corner and, as there chanced to be a vacant seat beside Mccarthy, he made his slightly uncertain way in that direction and succeeded in safely establishing him. self on the empty bench. The room was we'll filled with men, most of them still discussing the important event of the afternoon, and he soon became aware that the conversation of the two
The St. Johns herald., 1921-05-05

saloon, the door of which stood in- vitingly open. An instant the per plexed driver sat there. staring grim ly about from end to end of the de- serted street.
 What the h-li' he calculated at last, "is up anyhow? Is this a grave yard I've got into? Lord, 1t can't be all the boys have got out; but some thing is sure dead wrong. We'll, Macs open anyhow. I'll go in and find out"
 He sprang out over the wheel, stif- fened from the long ride, yet standing erect nevertheless, and strode up the saloon steps and in through the open door. He had expected a welcome and this strange lack of interest on the part of the citizens of Ponca had already considerably chilled his en- thusiaSm.. Once inside, he stopped. staring about in even deeper perplex- ity. The big saloon was absolutely empty of patrons-the tables were un- occupied; no one was lined up in front of the long bar, and no sound of voices or of poker chips came down from the room above. The place seemed like a huge grave, and, for a brief mo- ment, he even failed to perceive its only occupant-a red-mustached bar tender in front of the mirror, indus triously rubbing the immaculate glass. Thoroughly angered by this time, Shel- by advanced, his footsteps muf1ed by the sawdust on the floor.
 "What the h-l is the matter with this dump? he demanded savageIy, his fist humping the bar. "Oh, so it's you, is it, Moran? Well, are you all that's left in Ponca?"
 The red-mustached one turned in- differently, yet managed to extend a rather limp hand in fraternal greeting.
 That's bout the size of it, Tom," he admitted gravely. Where yer been the last six months?"
 lover on the Cottonwood, ranching. Say, l ain't seen nothin' but dogs since I struck this valley. Whats up? Ponca gone on the bump"
 "No; she's all right mostly. Be all right tomorrow, I reckon, fer Hitch cocks outfits cOmin' in with a bunch O steers. What'n yer drink?'
 'Best yer've got, O course. That looks a bit like old times, an tastes like it. Take a snort with me, Moran. Where's Mac, an all the boys, any how?"
 "Out ter the funeral; that's what's the matter with this town. The whole kit an caboodle gone across the creek to help plant old Dad Oalkins. You remember Old Dad?"
 No, can't say I do; what was he, gambler"
 "Kind of a tin-hOrn; souSed most O the time but still everybody liked him; pretended ter be a blacksmith when he first come, an put up shack down there next the hotel. Never worked morn three days to my knowledge since-just naturally bummed round, but he was h-l of a good story-tell- CT, an the boys cOttoned to him. Sure, yer must have knowed him."
 Shelby shook his head. "What did he die from?"
 "Shot himself. I reckon. He was picked up over back O the dance hall, with a bullet in his nut an a gun in his hand. The girl was huntin' for him, cause he didn't come home, an so Dan he went along with her. The two of 'em found him out there."
The St. Johns herald., 1921-05-05
CHAPTER |.
Return of the wanderer.

Return of the Wanderer.
 Shelby, alone in the buckboaro' drove to the summit of the ridge. halt ing the broncs. as his eyes swept over the scene outspread below. The anl- malls, their dusty sides streaked with sweat, stopped willingly after their sixty-mile trip from the Cottonwood.
 Below was a deep, narrow valley, in the midst of which Ponca spread out along the bank of the creek that gave the town it's name. To Shelby, wearied with the dull plains, here was a scene of beauty. .,
 Just beyond there was life, fresh luxuriant, sweet; running water, lusci- ous green grass, and above all, that which he craved most, human com panionship. To be sure, he knew Ponca of old, and possessed no flu Sions. Ugly, dirty, unkempt, POnca made no pretense to either cleanli- ness, or responsibility; it possessed no pride, no hope of a future. It seemed to recognize its destiny, and be content, a mere mushroom town of the frontier, an adjunct of the cattle trade, permitted to flourish today, but as certainly doomed to perish tomor- row.
 The man who sat there on the ridge gazing down, the reins held idly in his hand, his eyes following the wind ing of the valley, was perfectly nat uraI part of the picture-he belonged. Beneath the tan and dust was a smoothly shaven face, a face of twenty-five, or twenty-six, the features strong, nose somewhat prominent, lips firm and full, with dark-gray eyes shadowed by heavy lasheS. In truth, he appeared all man, certain reck- less gayety about him not to be mis- taken, yet as evidently not to be light ly taken advantage of.
 'sIt certainly beats h." he nut tered, unconsciously aloud, "that a man should dream about visiting a dump like this. Shows what sort O place Cottonwood is to make fellow homesick for Ponca. Town looks kinder dead; no cattle in the corrals. HI, what's the difference? There'H be some of the old bunch hangin' round. an we'll make things hum for awhile. Come, broncs, jog along Let's show Ponca we're a live Outfit!"
 It was a rough, curving descent, the trail in places barely wide enough for the wheels, but the driver never lost control, guiding the broncos with ex- pert hand, until they finally swung about the edge of a great rock at the bottom, and went charging at full gallop into the main street. To better express the exuberance of his feelings at this return to civilization, and an- nounce his arrival, Shelby whipped out his gun and began shattering the at mosphere, driving the animals frantic as the sharp reports rang out over their backs.
 But if any sensation was expected, 1t signally failed to materialize Ponca remained deserted, and unimpressed. Long experience had either rendered the inhabitants indifferent to such a display, or else the town had gone utterly dead. The silence and desola- tion caused Shelby to utter an oath, and suddenly swing his team up to a hitching rack in freAt of McCarthy's
The St. Johns herald., 1921-05-05

"YOu get right out O here, the whole kit an eabOodle of you."
The St. Johns herald., 1921-05-05

CTQ aR cONT1NUEDO