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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-11-09
ORLEANS

Miss Mabel Bennett has tonsilitis
E. E. Doe was in Burlington Mon
dav and Tuesday.
Ira Gray is having serious trouble
with rheumatism
c. c. Grandy had N E. telephone
installed last week.
L. R. Wilson was business visitor
in Bradford last week.
Miss Viva Potter spent the week
end with relatives in Barton.
The frame of T. J. Hughes new
house on Irasburg street is up.
Miss Althea Wheelock was seri-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-11-09
Congregational Church Notes
Rev. R. A. Hamilton. Pastor

The sermons on O. T. prophecy will
be continued on Sunday morning.
On Sunday evening there will be a
union service at the Congregational
church. The lecture on Red Cross
activities will be illustrated by means
of a finely colored set of slides. All
are Cordially invited to this Sunday
evening union service.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
C560
AMERICAN
0.I.I:;GN)NQ.
Copy for This Department Su7rlia5 ~,
tne American Lealan Na.Hs $50 y
EMERY THE NEW COMMANDER
Grand Rapids (Mlch.) Official Is EIe-
waited to Succeed the Late r.
w. GaIbraith, Jr.

Maj. John Garfield Emery of Grand
Rapids, Mich, was unanimously cleo
ted national commander of the Ameri-
can Legion at a meeting of the nation
al executive committee held In In
dlanapolis.
He succeeds the late Frederick W.
Galbraith, Jr., who was recently
fatally injured In an automobile acct
dent at Indianapolis.
Major Emery was one of the five
vice commanders of the Legion. hav-
Ing been elected to that position at
the Cleveland meeting Of the organ
ization.
Thomas ]. Bannigan, of Hartford,
Conn, was elected vice-commander,
succeeding Mr.. Emery in that position.
Major Emery saw much fighting dur
Ing the World war. He entered the
second officers training camp at Fort
Sheridan August 27, 1917.
After finishing the course he was
commissioned a captain Of infantry
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
GOT ACQUAINTED WITH ROAD
Writer Took Harriman's Advice and
Studied the Erie Line Before
Writing About Il.

Some Is years ago John f. Cara
her, as financial writer for the Wall
Street News Bureau, was assigned TO
cover the Office and affairs of the late
h IL Hartman. He once boldly beard
ed Mr.. Hartman upon what financing
was in stone for the Erie railroad
What do YOU know about the ErieY'
snapped the great hnaucjer.
Everything" assured the youthful
aspirant for Information, adding
why, Mr.. Hartman, have ridden
over ito Paterson. n. j.. ana Nyack.
N. y"
"What :" roared Mr.. Hartman. you
60 at once to President Underwood
Of the Erie tell him sent on. aud get
transportation to cover the entire
system. Then You go ont ana learn
something about the Erie. Come and
see me when You return and viii
answer your questions
Mr.. Caraher Erie-ed for fortnight
and after again seeing Mr.. Hartman
wrote an Erie article that was we'll
worth reading.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

and sent to France with the first
group of Americans. He at first was
assigned to the railway transportation
office at Blois, France, and remained
there until February 20, 1918. Later
he attended the First corps school at
GondrecOurt until March "A, when he
took charge of company f, Eighteenth
infantry, First brigade, First division.
Major Emery participated in all the
major actions with his regiment In
1913, at Cantigny in April. May and
June; at st. Mihiel in September, and
in the Meuse-Argonne offensive in
September and October. He was com
missioned a major of infantry August
80, 1918.
ON October o, 1918, during the Meusa-
Argonne drive, Major Emery was
wounded in the left arm and was in
valided horne, being discharged at
Camp Custer. Soon after his return
to Grand Rapids. he was elected a
member OF the Grand Rapids city com
mission, a position he has held since
that time. Before entering the service
he was a real estate and insurance
broker.
Major Emery was born July 4. 1891,
in Grand Rapids.
AS vice-commander Of the American
Legion Major Emery was a close
friend and confidant of Commander
Galbraith.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
The Soul of GallantrY.

I'm so sorry" said the beautiful
motorist who had knocked down a
pedestrian.
MADAM" replied her victim. as he
made a sweeping bow. - can't say
that it's a pleasure 10 be struck by an
automobile, but when The driver hap
pens TO be such q fair creature as YOU.
Z find that my vocabulary Of oatlts is
reduced TO a simple Tut, tut Dir.
mingham Age-Herald
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
The STAGE Today.

SAlfrcd Noyes, who is conducting a
Rong campaign for the publication
Z the drama, said in a recent address
II IN Fifth avenue the other day !
~ crowd assembled before a hair.
feSSer'S shop window. The window
q 'aned wax presentation. life size.
young lady about to enter her
ih As | turned diSgustedly away
Picard a young man say:
" hy, this hairdresser has stolen
q plot of at least six of Broadway's
Pthcoming plays. He is bound to be
r. right and left for plagiarism
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

nuisance ii becomes. The poet says,
In happy homes we see the light
of firesides cleaning warm and
bright and the description is alIuring;
but have you ever been responsible for
one OF those tireplaces cleaning warm
and bright? If SO, you know it costs
more than it's worth.
My wife was an admirable woman
in every respect, and | never weary
of extolling her splendid qualities of
heart and mind, but she was crank
on neatness. Our house always was
like new pin. She wouldn't stand for
anything that looked like disorder, and
this characteristic of hers caused me
much misery.
1--WE had an old-fashioned heating
stove which burned big chunks Of
wood, and it might have been possible
to be comfortable by it In wintry
weather, had my wife been of a more
liberal mind. When it became appar-
ent TO the most casual observer that
bad weather was coming, l wanted to
bring in enough wood to last until the
elements took in their sign. My plan
was to have a large box behind the
stove and fill it with wood. But my
beloved Arabella said she'd be ever
lastingly keehauled and kerilummiXed
before she'd have an old wo0dhox in
the sitting room. She exhausted her
energy and intellect. she said. making
our sitting room a credit to the fam
lily, and she wasn't going to have any
old boxes kicking around.
Neither would she permit me to pile
q reserve supply Of wood IN the kitchen.
She argued that the kitchen should be
as orderly and neat as the parlor. and
there was no more striking evidence
of bad housekeeping than piles of
wood here and there
"YOu may ask why / didn't put my
foot down and assert myself as heau
of the family, but when man has
been married few years he gets tired
of putting his foot down, since ii
never accomplishes anything. He is
willing to make any sacrifice for the
sake of balmy peace
THE result of my wife's attitude on
this question was that l had to be al
ways drilling out to the woodshed for
fuel, and there's nothing more disgust
ing than leaving a warm sitting room
on such an errand. Before leaving the
house | had to put on my overshoes,
so | wouldn't bring in any snow when
/ returned. Having secured my arm
load of wood, l had to lay it down on
the back porch while / took off my
Overshoes, and then gather it up again
and carry it into the house.
This done, my estimable wife would
p follow my track to the back door, with
her hands in the air. in a gesture Of
despair, saying / had left a trail Of
bark and sliverS and other refuse. and
If / had the first instincts Of gentle
man I'd clean up the mess | had made
, Having the second as well as the first
instincts Of n gentleman, / got the
broom and dustpan and removed the
debris. II was the same way when
carried ont the ashes. / never could
carry out ashes without dropping sam
Pies on the floor. and then I'd have to
get down on my marroWbones and
clean up. and by the time | seated my
self by the stove to rest. the fire would
he low again, and I'd have 10 scoOt
into the bowling tempest once more.
It was this sort Of thing that drove
me, a homeless wanderer, from the
busy haunts."
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

Grating a larg Q
ranch in North
Dakota. The son
volunteered. His
mother hurried to
him and with her
husband took over
the task Of man
aging that strip
Of fertile land
which would pro-
vide bread and
beef for the
armies.
Mrs. T. q gel 2
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
Unjust Teacher.

ID was the infant class's alphabet
49,, and the teacher had pro
nsSed as far as the letter "B, when
llt noticed that one little girl was
hiously ''wo0l-gathering."
AEalking over to her, and pointing
d the letter on the blackboard. she
81;
Nov, Maggie, what letter is that?'
Rlagsje, of course, did not know. SC
4acher with a gentle shake explained
a Letter b, letter B"
FPlease, teacher" answered the
hid, with one fearful eye on the
BID next to her, 81 amt touching
ii '
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
Don't Foraet cuticura raIcum

Nei' adding TO your toilet requisites.
| eAquisitely scented face, skin, baby
y uusting powder and perfume. rem
'Ns other perfumes supert1u0us.
'a may rely on it because one of the
lueu9a Trio (Soap, Ointment and
iicum). 25c each everywhere,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

81 now able to do my work. l recon-
60 the Vegetable Compound to my
f3ends and you may use these facts as a
fzstimonial. Mrs. SALLIE SIEFERT,
"a W. Fourth Street, Pottsville, Pa.
The everyday life of many housewives
L 4 continual struggle with weakness
nj pain. There is nothing more wear
inr than the ceaseless round of house
hod duties and they become doubly hard
uhen some female trouble makes every
bone and muscle ache, and nerves all on
eSge.
III YOU are one of these women do not
suffer for four or five years as Mrs.
Safert did, but profit by her experience
mi be restored to health by Lydia E.
mkham's Vegetable Compound.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid Of
These Ugly Spots.

There's no longer the slightest need Of
keling ashamed of your freckles, as Othine
-Nouble Strengths guaranteed to remove
hese homely spots.
Simply get an ounce OF Othine-double
Uength-from your druggist. and apply a
NE Of it night and morning and you
4heuld soon see that even the worst freckIes
s&Fe begun to disappear, while the lighter
NE have vanished entirely. 1t is seldom
mt more than one ounce is needed to com.
1ktely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
'Aar complexion.
DE sure 10 ask for the double strength
Whine this is sold under guarantee OF
npney back II it fails to remove freckles
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

was very irregular.
| was not fit to do
my work at times
and took medicine
from a doctor and
got no benefit. !
saw Lydia E. Pink
ham s We ge table
Compound adver-
tised in the news
papers and took it
and got all right. /
gained = twenty
pounds or more and
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

4 n = Smaher and walk in comfort by
- LIENS FOOT EASE the antisep-
powder for the feet. Shaken into the
r. ana sprnkled in the foot bath. Aliens
~ Ease makes tight or new shoes feel
N gives instant relief to corns, buuions
efe Spots. 40 anu
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
TOLL AND TROUBLE

sSE MUST admit that life in the syL
Il van sohtudes has its drawbacks
in the winter time" confessed the wlId
man of the woods. There are times
when l think with pensiye longing Of
the heating stove we had in our vine
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

covered cottage IL
town, and wish ]
were seated by 1t
And then come
painful recollec.
tions which not
only reconcile me
TO my cave in the
woods but con.
vince me that !
am the most for.
tunate of men.
The thing we call
comfort is a delu-
sion. The more
modern a house
is, the greater
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
Cor-Wreckt.

al Bert-"How do these love tri-
s'eS usually end?" Phil Bert
a'NI Of them turn into wreck
s'e Science and Invention.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

'1e may be right two-thirds Of the
.' ana Ntill be more popular the
l'l liz Which one Is wrong.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

Porters-"Ralu stops every ones
pleasures Waters-"Rain doesn't
stop the bargain hunters
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
Helping Nature.

Lady-Why don't you feed that dog2
Small Boy want him 10 be a grey
hound
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
BILE TO
Do Her WORK
a. Long Suffering Mrs. Siefert
H. Restored to Health by
Iydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

so+.sville, Pal suffered with
sale trouble for four or five years and
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09
WORKER FOR THE AUXILIARY
DEVILS Lake IN. D. Woman Is Elect
ed First Vice President for
Her State.

When the United States declared
war against Germany her son was op-
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

"Wbcn Is loafer busiest?"
"Whencver anyone asks him ta
work"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-07-09

go pan for future preparedness
can be carried ont withoU. tee support
If the American Legion said Genera
Pershlng az q banquet hetd u hls hon
or at Lincoln. Neb.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23

In an address before the B ost on
Chamber of Commerce, Secretary OF
Agriculture Wallace stated that the
United States is passing through the
most severe agricultural depression in
its history. Most farmers will probably
endorse the Secretary's statement with
loud voices
The condition that has gradually
undermined agriculture is the abnor-
mally low price of the major farm
crops. This condition has resulted in
a corresponding decreased production
so that the time is coming when the
consumers price will be so high that
the city family will have reason to
complain bitterly.
The Secretary quite properly refers
to farming as the pyramid OF American
life and more properly invokes the aid
of the country to help agriculture
through the critical period with the
least possible damage While perhaps
the Vermont farmers have not felt the
depression so completely as the west
ern farmer, because he has not special
lied to such an extent in the produc-
ton of the major farm crops, at the
same time the farmers right on the
fertile valleys of the Green hills are
in need of a little encouragement just
at the time
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
Kansas Enrolment Growing

Kansas City, Mo, December % Two
hundred new members a day has been
the average enrolment of the American
Legion posts in Kansas City since the
national convention of the ex-service
organization. To handle the rush, posts
have called on their womens auxiliar-
les to set up booths in the streets. Lee
gionnaires, working in relays, have laid
aside business to take turns in the
booths The membership before the
convention was less than 1000 Today
the enrolment tops the 5000 mark
"The international recognition of the
American Legion, shown by the pres
enCe OF Foch, Beatty, Jacques and Diaz
at the convention, influenced many ex-
service men to join" explains James B
Nourse, in charge OF the executive com
mittee Because of the evident pleas
ure OF Legionnaires in getting lash can
harmony during the convention, the
mayor has requested that any new re-
ceptaCles bought be tested for their
musical qualities Considerable and
noisy notice of the former ones was
taken because of their resemblance to
&C. l." cans Of army days.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
ACADEMY LIFE

The people of Middlebury note with
certain degree of personal interest
the success that is attending Professor
McFarlands efforts in rejuvenating
Vermont Academy at SaXton's River.
This good old school, which has ex-
perienced many ups and downs during
its wears of existence has every indica-
ton, after a few months of revitaliza-
ton, of landing onto a firm and healthy
basis of continuance.
A reminder that Vermont Academy
is again on earth appears in the first
issue of the Vermont Academy Life,
an attractive publication descriptive of
the institution and the student activi-
ties. The bulletin is attractive typo
graphically and decidedly interesting in
subject matter 1t is edited by Paul
Howe, son of Frank +. Howe of Ben
nington, and Principal Mcfarland is
the faculty advisor for the publication.
Academy Life has no appearance OF
being a revived journal; it more re-
sembles an old established publication.
1t is a credit to the editors and the
school,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
Publicity At The Conference

We were never among those who
think negotiations between nations
should be carried on in a hall to which
any crank or demagogue or mischief
maker may find admission. The first
stages of negotiation, the feints and
parties, must take place in private. If
privacy could not be assured at this
stage, negotiation could not even begin.
But publicity is the most formidable
weapon of the honest negOtiatOr. There
came crises at Paris when if it had
been fearlessly resOrted to beneficient
results would almost certainly have fol-
lowed This was when the parties had
worked out their respective positions
and come to final issues
Another most striking use OF pub
licity was the masterful opening of the
conference with the Hughes plan. With
one powerful gesture it put the confer
ence on the firm footing of realities. 1t
saved it from early disintegration in a
wash of rhetoric and diplomatic finesse.
But now there is good reason to fear
that diplomatic tradition may be reas-
serting its influence. There is need for
reticence on the Chinese situation, but
we trust it will not be carried too far.
Our representatives, if they would keep
out of the mischief wrought at Paris
behind closed doors, should keep their
best weapon at hand and never fear
to use it.-ChicagO Tribune
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
To Boom Bow Scouts

A movement to boom scouting in
Vermont was started on Saturday at
a conference held between II. S. Doug
las, Boy Scout executive in Burling-
ton and Allen Fletcher, adjutant of
the Vermont State Department of the
American Legion, Efficient co-opera-
ton between the Legionnaires and the
scouts will be an outcome of the meet
ing, if plans mature. A Boy Scout Of
fetal from national headquarters will
be present at meeting of the Yer
mont State Department of the Ameri-
can Legion to be held in Burlington in
February, and the needs of scouting in
the Green Mountain state will be laid
before the post commanders and adj
jutants OF the various Legion units.
The American Legion will support
scoutmasters for troops that will be
formed in various parts of the state,
under present plans for development.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
Good" Ex-service Men Hold Jobs

Washington, d. c., December % -Ex-
service men and women will not be
thrown out of their Government jobs
as long as they are rated good by the
bureau of efficiency according to an
Interpretation of law which Attorney
General Daugherty has made The
ruling affects $4,000 employees who
served during the world war BY ex-
ecutive order President Harding has
instructed all Government departments
to make efficiency ratings. This action,
according to the American Legion here,
viii make possible the enforcement Of
the veteran preference law wdich up
to this time, the eX-service organiza-
ton charges, has been almost complete
" ignored. The veteran preference act
of June %, 1912, amended in February,
1916, provided that in any reduction of
the civil service force, service persons
rated good should be retained over
all Others. Because efficiency ratings
were never before made, however, the
law has not been enforced.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23

France has been accused OF throw
ing a monkey wrench into the machin-
erv at the Washington conference, and
there is probably some justification in
the accusation But the position OF
France is one which does not court
confidence. As far as land ornaments
go, France sees it only in the light OF
insurance 1t is the only way she can
see it. Living for centuries under the
fear and possibility Of invasion from
the Germans, she still lives with this as
one of her liabilities The settlement
of the last war and the present indus
trial activity of Germany, leave plenty
of doubt in the mind of the Frenchman
that invasion from the north may not
after all be purely matter OF history.
In this respect France sees the situa-
ton just as it is.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
LEGION NEWS
y OF STATE AND NATION Il

gion posts have been severely condemn
ed by Hanford MacNider, Iowa, ma
tional commander of the organization.
Speaking at Portland, Ore, Mr. Nc
Nider declared that religion "is be-
tween a man and his God" and that
the person who would bring religious
differences into Legion activities rs not
worthy of membership This country
was founded because of religious intol-
erance in Others" the Legion head said
"The Protestant, Catholic or Jew who
endeavors to force religious issues
should be effectively squelched."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23

world The American proposal for the
limitation of naval armament submit
ted by Secretary Hughes at the first
session Of the conference at Washing
ton. with such dramatic suddenness, is
in line with the best traditions of
American diplomacy. As a state paper
it takes rank with the Monroe Doc
trine, the Venezuelan message of Cleve-
land, and John Hays note to the
powers proclaiming the policy Of the
Open Door in the Far East. Like those
epochal enunciations in the develop
ment of our foreign policy, this pro-
posal was positive, bold and practical,
and for the most part unexpected
Boston Transcript
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
Who Was Last SOLDIER

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec % Who was
the last American soldier killed in ac-
ton? The American Legion, endeavor-
ing to learn the identity of the last to
fall, is receiving many claims at its ma
tional headquarters here. The French
government will erect a monument to
the last man killed. The case Of a ser
geans of the 10Th Division who tried to
capture the last German machine gun
Continued on page three
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
Button Your Goloshes

"The Aapper who now wears her 60
loshes unbuckled is hopelessly out OF
date" says a fashion authority. Buck
les must be used as buckles and not
as ornaments The girl who wears
them loose and Tapping is betraying a
sad lack of knowledge of what is going
on in fashionable circles.-Brattleboro
Reformer
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23

"The Chocolate Soldier is enjoying
a revival in New York this season, and
no doubt New York is enjoying the
revival as well In these days Of "Oh
Boy and "Follies' shows, very COM
plete-or incomplete, as you within
costume, but not particularly praise
worthy as regards musical numbers, it
is somewhat of a relief, and rather en-
couraging as well, to see some OF the
worth while, tuneful shows OF yester-
day back again upon the New York
boards. Perhaps New York will not
stop jazzing long enough to again start
whistling "My Hero but we will wager
that the torn and forgotten Chocolate
Soldier score will again find its way on
to the piano.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
WHY Not A Trade Mark?

If so many as five million Christmas
trees are to go out of Vermont each
Christmas season, why not have them
all labeled Grown in Vermont"l 1t
would prove fairly good bit of publ
city inasmuch as the trees go into the
homes in the large cities. Just re-
minder of Vermont might serve to start
something advantageous for Vermont.
Barre Times