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The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-29

WESTERN
 Four lumbermen lost their lives when the automobile in which they were travelling crashed through an open drawbridge at Aberdeen, Wash.
 One bandit was slain, another prob ably fatally wounded and a third es- capped as they were leaving the Cardin State Bank at Tar River, Okla, after robbing the bank of $5,0O0 in cash.
 Fred Rouse, negro packing house employe, who was beaten by crowd of striker sympathizers at Fort Worth, Texas, after he had shot and wounded two brothers in the ranks of the pick cts, was taken from a hospital and lynched.
 Mrs. Elias Michael and Mrs. E. H. Steedman of St Louis are the first women directors of a bank Their names are contained in the list of di- rectorate of the Security National Bank Savings and Trust Company, an- nounced recently. The bank opened Dec 20.
 SIumping in his school work and failing iI' health, Charles J. Seeber, p, engineering student in the University of Nebraska, committed suicide by drinking poison after writing a death note directing that his body be turned over to the medical college of the uni versity for experimental purposes.
 Four loggers, employed at a Preston logging camp near Aberdeen, Wash, met death when an automobile driven by John Nylander plunged off an open bridge into the Chehalis river. A check of the employees showed that Nylander, Pete Maxi, Fred Arvela and Nestor Hill, all of Aberdeen, did not report for work and they cannot be found.
 Joe Duran and Louis de Baca en- tered pleas of guilty at Tucumcari to a charge of robbing Mcfarland Broth CTS Bank at Logan, N M., on the after noon of Nov 30, and each was sen fenced to serve ten to fifteen years in the state penitentiary. The men were captured several hours after the rob- bery. About $1,500 was taken, most of which has been recovered.
 A fight with an enraged HOlstein bull came near to being fatal to w. H. Baker, farmer of Bridger, WyO., who is nursing numerous bruises, sprained ankle and a sprained hand as a result thereof The animals horns also punctured his hip and lOOsened two of his teeth. Exhausted, he was lying on the ground with the bull standing over him when his wife and c. l.. Drefson, a neighbOr, came to his res cue.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-29

W. N. U.. DENVER. NO. 5t-.ts21.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-29
What Kind of Day Do You Wish Yourself?

Suppose you could make a wish at the breakfast table and finally have the wish true. Would you say,
 T want this to be good day." Or-"I am willing for this day to drag along%
 If you keep on wishing your days with the food you eat, finally the wish is likely to come true.
 Grape-Nuts helps your wish for good day. Nothing miraculous; just the natural result from right food with the right taste.
 There is a charm of flavor and crispness in Grape-Nuts that is like the smile of a good friend at the breakfast table
 And Grape-Nuts, with cream or milk fresh timed, is fully nourishing- feeding the tissues and glands, the bone and blood with just those clements which Nature requires - building strength without any 'heaviness" Grape-Nuts is the perfected goodness of wheat and matted barley scientifically developed ready to eat from the package. A Grape-Nuts breakfast lunch is practical wish for good luck There's a Reason" Sold 6y all gTOcerS
The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-29

l would be all most willing to give half the sum for what he did for me. Since that time I have smoked Edgeworth and nothing else. And it has the same flavor to- day that it had the first time I smoked it. I have told a thousandfriends about it and they are now
The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-29
Took a Chance.

Rub-"What caused the motor aeci- dent?" Dub-"A short skirt and a windy day"
The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-29
Survived the Shock.

He-"Did you love me when you first saw me?" She-"Oh. no; had tC get used to you first.''
The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-29

There is the temperament that would rather be beaten than com promise.
The St. Johns herald., 1921-12-29

P. S.-The business end of . wOman's letter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
ST. Adams, City Manager.
(BellOws Fails Times.

Because the first city manager of st
Adams has resigned on account of diff
fereuceS with the city council, it will be
said in some quarters that this modern
day plan of administration is valueleSs
Not so. however. st. Adams has eX-
perienced one of the difficulties which
always bob up to clog the Progress of a
new venture.
In spite of the vigor with which plead
erS for the Old-and fading-systems OF
administration ask for the retention OF
unbusinesS-like methods. so that the vot-
erS may say who win waste their money
there is coming to be an increasing vol
uTe of opinion which puts city admins
tr@tion where it ought to be, out of the
realm of politics. and into the field OF
businesS-cold, hard business.
It is of no consequence to the taxpayer
Of CITY as to what man is in charge OF
CITY affairs. just so long as economical
There was a time when the political
consciousness of America was so keen
for the fire of political controversy that
there was genuine interest in the out.
come of even the most petty contests
T, day. city administration is a business
pr position. and must be conducted by
business men. When so small a city rs
st Adams resorts to the business-like
manager plan, it is evidence that citizens
there wanted to test out what seems to be
on of the valuable features of later po-
litical thinking. 1t is to be hoped that
the system will be given a further work
in~ test. with ADEQUATE provision against
members of the Old Guard throwing
wranches into the gears.
The Barre Daily Times says:
The resignation of the first city man
agar under the new system of admins
tration in st. Adams probably does not
prove the worthlessness of the plan of
government There is the human equa-
tion to consider. The manager. who has
just resigned. has virtually said he could
not get along with the st. Adams city
council. and perhaps. the converse was
true-the CITY council could not get
along with the city manager. Anyway,
it seems probable that in passing from
one form of government to another. es-
pecially in cases where the former gov
crning forces remain in Office if not in
full power. there inevitably will be some
claShing of authority. That. we take it,
is the reason why the first trial of the
city manager plan in st. Adams has not
worked out to complete success"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1921.
SIX OVERSEAS CEMETERIES.

Plans for four permanent soldier Gem
eteries in France and one each in Bel
GUM and England have been laid before
President Harding by the committee hav-
ing the matter in charge. The Presi-
dents approval of the plans is unques-
toned.
After personal expeditions abroad,
and careful study of the situation there,
including the number of graves to be
maintained permanently, the committee
has decided that cemeteries should be
kept up at Surenes, Belleau Wood. Ro-
magne and Bony, in France; at Brook
wood, near London in England; and at
Thiancourt in Belgium.
Following the Presidents approval the
work of establishing or completing these
cemeteries will go on. Soldiers buried in
isolated graves will be brought to the
companionship of their fellows, and the
graves already established will be uni
fed and given every attention. \ care
full system of registry will prevent con
fusion or the losing track of any soldiers
burial spot
The artists who have been planning
the cemeteries contemplate the same
scheme of decoration for all. Small, IN
form headstones, green grass and shade
trees will at once convey the idea OF
beauty, restfulness and soldier-like sim
plicity.
As time passes and plans are com
pIeted which assure the permanent care
for the graves overseas, the idea of leav-
ing the sleeping lads in the goodly com
radeship of their mates grows in popular.
ity.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
THE WASTE AT HAND.

Interest in economical government and
tax reduction should not all be directed
toward the federal government but should
include local finances as well, according
to Postmaster General Will Hayes
In addressing Rotary club meeting
at Washington, recently, Mr.. Hayes
said:
The total expenditures of the towns,
cities, townships, counties and states ex-
coed those of the federal government, ex-
cept only the payment on the already
contracted war Indebtedness which can
not be avoided
1.-The opportunities for economy are
just as great among these as with the
federal government
Il propose a nationwide systematic.
enthusiastic and sincere movement to re
duce these expenditures of local govern
ment."
If the taxpayers who must meet both
local and federal expenses will adopt Mr..
Hayes suggestion it will be, as the adj
vertisements say, greatly to their adj
vantage" Charity is not the only thing
which should begin at home
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
Enjoy-Your Meals and
Eat What You Like

How often you meet pepole who are
continually worrying about what they
can eat, and what they cannot eat. Thou
sands suffer so much from stomach trou-
bles that they have to abstain from eating
almost everything they like. To all who
are thus afflicted, we would urgently rec
ommend them to try natures remedy,
SEVEN BARKS. 1t will promptly set
the stomach to rights, promote healthy &C
tion of the organs of digestion, and en-
able you to eat your favorite dish with
out unpleasant after-effects.
Indigestion, trouble with the kidneys or
liver, make you very respondent and feel
that life is not worth living, and you often
feel that you would be willing to so
without riches if you could only be well
again. The small sum of 60 cents invested
in a bottle of SEVEN BARKS and take
from 10 to 20 drops III little water after
meals, should put you on the road to re-
covery and good health.
SEVEN Banks is not a cure-all, but
has been a very reliable Stomach, liver
and kidney remedy for nee % years; it
made from the extracts of different kinds
of roots and herbs, scientifically blended.
Leading druggists sell SEVEN
BARKS. Don't fail to give it a trial.
Advertisement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
SEEK NEW SOURCES OF PAPER.
with Various Sub.
stances to Use in Place of Wood Pulp.

At intervals. some forestry statistician
confronts us with the number of acres of
forest land that are cut over each week
that the youth of America may be de-
lighted with the comic supplements of the
Sunday newspapers. Just as we are
visioning a broad United States looking
as if it had been trimmed by a safety
razor we are comforted By some figures
showing how much paper can be made
from the Alaskan forests without perma-
nent sacrifice if only proper methods are
followed a'
Meanwhile the search for new raw ma
terials for paper making goes on. The
Imperial Institute of Great Britain is
struggling with trees and grasses from
India and Africa with more or less sue
cess. A recent publication lists more
than 30 plants on which experiments have
been made in the last eight years. Rice,
straw and husks. linseed stalks, sunfower
stems. these are familiar sounding, and
baobab and bamboo are not entirely
novel, but what shall we make of mug
uguboya bark or tambookie grass? Not
much out of muguguboya but Of tambookie
we are told that 1T is well adapted for
paper making and in normal times the
crude material would probably be worth
about 500 ton in the United Kingdom
Our grocer born in Greece or Italy may
yet wrap our tea grown in China in paper
made from grass grown in South Africa
The Nations Business.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03

for the position. That man is Ebert S.
Brigham of st. Adams, the present com
missioner of agriculture for Vermont. Mr.
brigham is a big man, physically and mem
tally, the finest type of the Vermont
farmer. Vermont is an agricultural state.
and will always remain such. While the
other New England states have varied in
terests of manufacturing and fishing, Yer
mont will ever find it necessary to de-
pend on her farms for those things which
make a state and support its people 1t
seems to us without question that such
state should be represented at Washing
ton by farmers. We do not mean that
such man should be selected simply be
cause he lives or works on a farm. What
we do mean is that such a representative
should have, first of all, that spirit and
feeling which can only come to a man
through working contact with the soil. In
addition to this. such man should have
trained and fully educated mind. strong
character, plain common sense and
healthy body. Mr.. Brigham meets these
requirements fully. We think he would
make an excellent senator for Vermont.
and we invite a consideration of his quail
ties by the farmers of the state
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
\ Problem in Mathematics.
~. Alhnns Meesenrer !

Here's something to start an argument
over just for amusement; nothing SER
ious. At NIiddIebury fair yesterday
bonus of 800 was offered the driver in
the Free-for-all who would lower the
track record of 20S34. The record was
clipped to 20S1f. Question: did the
driver earn his hundred in half a sec
ond or in two minutes eight and one
quarter seconds? OF course, he
wouldn't have put his hand on the money
if he had gone around in 2.OSai. And,
it is equally true. that if he hadn't been
on the track for two minutes seven and
three-quarterS seconds before coming to
the last half second. he wouldn't have
been there to get the money. Two
schools were developed on the judges
stand yesterday afternoon. It's a good
question to argue for it doesn't make
any real difference what result you
come to. It's for the tired business man
to sharpen his pencil over.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
Does Every Man Insure HIMSELF

Does every man insure himself and
his home? Ear from it. Yet this country
is reaching nearer and nearer that goal.
Grouping the ordinary and industrial life
companies in this country in 1920 we find
63,00000O policies in force with a total
amount of more than S40,000,0 100000.
And that is a growth in 40 years from
1000, 900 policies.
Nor are the figures of fire insurance less
striking. Estimates made year ago in
dictated that the value protected by insur-
ance was more than 100000 100000 and
that the average fire losses paid each
year were not far from $300,000.000.
Take a third of the great divisions of
nsurance-marine. Available figures are
uncertain because some classify automo-
bile insurance with marine but an idea
of the bigness of the industry is gained
from Best's reports which record $780,
100000, paid in premiums in 1919 on
ocean marine, inland. and automobiles
lines" by 100 companies.-The Nations
RuSinpSS
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
Little Benny's
Note Book -
By LEE PAPE.

Ny cuzzin Artie was GROUND yestid-
day and we tawked about diffrent sub
jecks sutch as weather munkies feel
mulch like people and weather it would
be convenient or announcement to have
3 legs in a race, and ATtie offered to
swap me his new kite for my rubber
band ball. Wich ! woodent, and Artie
sed. Well then | tell you lets wat, lets
each rite viii saying We II leeVe them
10 each other in case either OF us gets
killed Unexpectedly or enythlng like
that.
Wich we did. Arties will being:
Ladies and gentlemen to whom it may
concern, | hearty sware on my dying
Will that if | am found ded or perma
nently Umconshiss for eny reason Benny
Potts can have my red and blue kite
inclooding the tale and string combined.
Yours troOly, Artie Alexander. And my
will being:
This is to sertify that if I am ran
over by a ice wagin, fire engine or so
forth. or fall off of a roof or out OF a
window or down a elevator shaft or so
forth or brake my neck by having a
safe or a ice box or a piano or so forth
come down on it, this is to sertify that
nv legal cuZZin, Artle Alexander can
have my rubber band ball. Respect
lively, Benny Potts.
Wich after we had rote them Artie
sed. But heck. G. wiz, these amt eny
good unless we get a witnsss to sine
them. and l sed, G, that's rite, Ill get
ma.
And | took the wills up to ma :
room ware she was darning holes out
of socks, handing her mine ferst and
saving, Hay ma, will you sine this as a
witniss?
-Nich ma red it and then jumned up
all ixcited and tore it up and +hen she
made some armatic spirits of ammonia
and quick drank it and then she gave
me 3 fearse cracks to start with and an
other one. every time | started to TX
plane, and she wouldent leeve me go
out eny more all day on account of AK
sidents
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
Card-Playing in Work Hours.
(Bellows Fails Times.0

TDVIIOWN MS IIIIIVN.T
\ contractor on a big job in this vi
cinity instructed y of his employees to
dig ditch about a mile from the cen
ter of operations. Some time later he
visited the spot where the work" was
being carried on and found eight of his
men playing cards. while the other third
were on the job. Such incidents are par
ticularly deplorable in hard times be-
cause of the fact that there are so many
honest men looking for employment. who
would do a full days work if given the
chance these card players had. If the
employer did not fire these eight men. he
should have done so. and he could then
have given work to eight men who would
dig. \ good poker player is not an es-
pecialy efficient unit in restoring the
country's business.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
Two Sides to EVERYTHING.

Two friends met on a street corner.
Hello, Ludwig" greeted one. ITS good
you must feel to be at home again"
No, not so good" was the reply. "My
peezness him go smash vile I'm away"
Dots too bad"
NO, not so bad 1 hook up NIT a vest
ern concern while in Minneapolis"
Dots good"
No, not so good; 1 lose my wife vile
oud vest
DOTS bad"
again.
Dots good"
No, not so good; my second wife she
worse scolder as der first"
Dots bad"
No No. not so bad; she got plenty money"
Dots good"
No: not so good; she's very stingy
nit it,
Dots bad
No. not so bad; she gift me income"
Dots good"
NO, not so good; income from some
lefen children vot she got"
Dots bad
No, not so bad; only sefen lift NIT
me-"
Dots good"
der mudder"
Dots bad
No, not so bad collects insurance on
dem"
Dots good"
NO. not so good; dey turn Offer in my
new machine
Dots bad"
No, not 50 bad; L he'd der car on APP
prevail"
Dots good"
No, not 50 good; dey We're hurrying to
fire IN my house F
Dots bad
No, not so bad der loss is covered"
Dots good"
No, not so good; 1 lose plenty personal
Dots bad"
No, not so bad; my second wife she
vent NIT der house''-Big Hole Basin
lAiont.) News.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., c. W.
Cleaveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyville).
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert J. Pollica, 297 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West BrattleborO, ]. L StOckvelI.
East Dummerston, NJ. z. Brown.
Putney, Ii. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batcheldcr.
West Townshend, c. H Grout.
Jamaica, R. J. Daggett
South Londonderry, +. Fl. Tyler
South Vernon, T. B. Buffur.
West Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs. W. Etreeter.
Einsdale, n. h, w. Fl. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03

The public librarian of Hartford.
Conn, woman, has hit upon the idea
of popularizing the library by providing
reading room in which men may smoke
She thinks the arrangement will appeal
to men who smoke and who would thor
oughly enjoy the privileges of such a
room if they could bring in their pipes
or cigars. She also reasons that it will
draw the attention of good many men
who do not know what the inside of
public library looks like. So
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
TndaN's BIRTHDAYS.

Lord Halsbury. former lord high chan
cellor of England, born in London, 90
years ago today.
James Hartness, the present governor
Of Vermont, born at Schenectady, n. Y,
60 years ago today.
CYRUS E. Woods. the new United
States minister to Spain. born at Clear
field. Pa. 60 years ago today.
Dr. William \. Garfield, the new pres
ident of Carroll college. born in Dubuque
county. Iowa, 4S years ago today.
s-IsesBolplres is Aeassfz.s fgseftfeat Of the
Calumet and HecIa Mining company,
born in Boston, 30 years ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
Brigham for Senator.
(Rural New Yorker !

Senator Page of Vermont viii retire
from active public life at the end of his
present term in the senate next year. The
people of Vermont would gladly re-eiect
him, but we understand that the senator
does not desire another term. This sit
uation leaves the people free to suggest
a successor. The citizens of Vermont are
web able 60 make their own selection yet
a senator of the United States is a public
character. with an influence and power
which are nationwide. We may there
fore, without improperly, suggest man
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
The WAY It's Done in ,2t.

Miss Browning. on a winters night,
Turned down the parlor light
The gent beside her whispered things
OF wedding bells and diamond rings.
He spoke his love in burning phrase
And acted kittenish thirty ways.
When he had gone she gave a laugh
And then turned off the dictagraph.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run OF paper. 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, so cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page ar double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Pive eents line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change OF
copy. Minimum charge 20 cents. Cash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty eents per line first
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change OF copy.
Reading notices are published st foot Of local
ifHrns.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03

Zone of the uncommon things hap
pened last Thursday, when a horse ran
away and smashed things up generally, z
says a news item in the Barre Times
Runaway horses are rare in these days.
The few driven on the highways have
seen and heard such weird doings from
their gasoline propelled competitors that
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

1t 10 the aim of the management 10 secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure to receive the paper
on the morning following the omission. in
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 San secure the de-
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03

Passengers on board a White Noun
tain train at Beecher Falls the other day
chafed at the delay of an hour because
immigration officials had to question a
French Canadian mother about eaal one
of her 16 children who accompanied her.
Our sympathies are entirely with the wo-
man.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-09-03

The old-fashioned game of horseshoe
seems to be coming back into favor in
Vermont How many of the young fell
lows can tell the difference between a
ringer" and a ''leaner? Barre Times.
Those not versed in pitching horse
shoes should attend the opening day of
the Valley fair and find out about ring
ers' and "leaners"