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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27
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How many residents Of any small
community have, ever considered what
might happen II there were no news
papersf Just previous to Sub
scribe for Your Home Town Paper
Week" which is to be observed the
country over November 7-12. is q good
time to recall the plight Of Macon,
Mo-. not long ago. when fire put the
Chronicle Herald out Of business for
two weeks.
According to The Publishers Aux.
iliary, the old town crier. relic or
many years back, was yanked from
his hiding place, busted of, and put
back on his job, with a jangling bell.
a megaphone, and fog-horn voice only
a little worse for long disuse.
II may have been novelty for two
weeks. But think Of a community
without printers ink. compelled to get
It's announcements Of auctions, sales.
court sessions, births, marriages.
deaths, epldemics OF sickness. dog or
dlnances, board meetings. commence
ments, tax notices. advertisements
of help and situations wanted, acci-
dents. and the rest. through a shouted
word like that Of the ordinary train
announcer In city depot. The town
crier was a romantic figure In his day,
but few towns would like to return to
his ministratlons now.
When one thluks Of the temporary
plight Of Macon, and that 1t might
become the permanent handicap OF
many towns, IL is well to think Of sup
porting the local paper.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27

increase the labor cost OF the rI1
roads was about &3,6es, ,OOO,OUO an
nually. or. II continued throughout IN,
year instead OF for the eight month,
during which the wage Increases wer,
In effect the labor cost, on an annua
basis, would have been largely in ex
cess " 80. 300, ,000, 900, an Increase. sine,
ehe Government took charge OF rail
rad wages IN the Adamson Act, ~
approximately s2. .i5O,OO0.OOO annually.
In the light Of these figures. II 10
manifest that the recent reduction ~
wages authorized by the Labor Board.
estimated at from 10 to ~ per cent
In no sense meets or solves the prob
lem of labor costs and In no way
mikes II possible for the railroads to
AFFORD reduction In their revenues
Thousands OF Rates Already Reduced
Indeed, during the past year there
have been between four and five
thousand individual Reductions In
freight rates On some railroads the
reductions In rates hayei amounted
TO more than the reductions IA wages
so far made. and On many other rail-
roads the reductions Ia wages allow.
ed no net return on operations, but
merely provided against the further
accumulation of n deficit
The point IL often made that agri-
culture aud other industries are also
suffering the same immediate difii-
culties as the railroads. why, there
fore, do not the railroads take their
medicine like anybody elsep The an
sweF lies in seIerul fscts.
The rlidroads were not per
mltted, as were other Industries, 20
make charges during the years OF
prosperity, making possible the ac-
cumulation Of n surplus to tide them
over the present extreme adversely
According to the reports of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. the rate
OF return on property investment OF
the railroads OF the United States
for the past several years has been
AS follows
Rate OF Return Earned by Railroads
OF the unlted ctztes IN Thsir
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27
MAN OF REMARKABLE RECORD
TO REPRESENT MARINES AT
BURIAL OF UNKNOWN
HERO

Gunnery Sergeant Ernest A. JAN
son has been selected to represent
the men Of the Marine Corps Mt the
burial Of the unknown American he
no, in the Arlington National Gene
terry, on Armistice Day, November
1lth. Janson, together with several
non-commissioned officers Of the
Army, all Of whom have overseas
records, will act as pallbearer.
Janson's record was divulged today
at the Marine Corps recruiting Of
fee, indianapolis, Ind. where it was
said that he received the Congress
s'onal Medal of Honor, the highest
American award for bravery. He
also holds the Navy Medal Of Honor
the French Military Medal and
Croix de Guerre with palm. the Itali.
an War Cross and the Montensgrir
silver medal for bravery.
The citation for which Janson re.
ceived his American decorations fol.
lows:
"For conspicuous gallantry and in
trepidity above and beyond the cal
Of duty in action with the enemy
near Chateau -Thierry, France, june
6, 1918. Immediately after the com,
pany TO which he belonged hat
reached its objective on Hill l42, sew,
eral hostile counter attacks were
launched against the line before the
new position had been consolidated
Sergeant Janson was attempting tC
organize a position on the north slope
II the hill when he saw twelve of the
enemy, armed with five light machine
guns, crawling toward the group
Giving the alarm, he rushed the hos
tile detachment, bayoneted the two
leaders and forced the others to fee
abandoning. their guns. His quicl
action, initiative and courage drove
the enemy from position from
which they could have swept the hill
side with machine gun fire anC
forced the withdrawal Of our troops
Gunnery Sergeant Janson enlisted
in the Marine Corps In 1910 and 1,
now on duty at the recruiting station
in New York.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27

The former prime minister Of
Greece, Venizelos, is at present in the
United States. He comes as visi-
tor and is on a bridal trip. His re-
ception by the Greeks in New York
was enthusiastic and must have
atoned somewhat for his political
downfall at home. He was generally
regarded as the ablest statesman
Greece has had for many years. II
was his desire TO take advantage Of
the recent war to expand his coun-
try's boundaries and to make her
progressive nation. The people. how
ever. preferred to recall their former
king and by this they gained the III
will Of the Allies and complicated the
situation in southeastern Europe.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27

This scneduIe or wages and or work
ing conditions prevents the railroads
from dealing equitably with their la
Dor costs In accordance with rapidly
changing conditions and the greai
variety of local considerations which
ought to control wages In different
parts OF the country. The railroad,
srs seeking to have these rules anc
woraing conditions abrogated.
The railroads will seek a reduction
In wages now proposed by first re
questing the sanction OF the Raiiroal
Labor Board. The railroads will pro
ceed with all possible dispatch, and
as soon as the Railroad Labor Boars
shall have given its assent to the
reduction OF wages the general 70
duction In rates viii b put ipto q
ssel
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27
World News
By. J. X. Robertson, Professor Of
History and Political Science
Berea College

Considerable anxiety is being man
ifested by the n.w attempts Of the
former emperor Of Austria and King
Of Hungary, Charles, TO regain the
throne. His purpose. as before. is to
seize the power in Hungary ana
eventually to extend it over Austria
and possibly other countries, as op-
portunity offers. This attempt is
more dangerous, as he seems to have
worked out somewhat elaborate
plan involving other countries. For
example he has offered Hungarian
support to Italy in her conflict with
Jugo-Slavia in order to induce Italy
to keep neutral. The Allies acted
quickly when he made his first at
tempt and are not likely to allow this
one to go on unchallenged.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27

Talk about laziness, the LATEST per-
son We ever knew is the one who died
Of indigestion rather than trouble
about chewing his food.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27

The peace treaties have been rati.
fed by the Senate and have been re.
ferred again to Germany and the
other countries for ratification of the
few alterations suggested. When
this has been secured a proclamation
of peace will be made and diplomatic
relations reestablished with the coun-
tries recently at war with us. It is
also the apparent intention of tho
President to withdraw our troops
from the Rhine, where they have been
since the signing of the Arm'stice.
This is urged in the interests of
economy and as a saving to Germany
since the expense of maintenance was
eventually to fall on her.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27

The large radio station, which Is
just completed in New York, has the
widest range of any in existence.
Wireless messages sent from here will
reach half way around the world.
When it is ready for use It will be
formally opened and the President
will send to New York a message
which is to be flashed around the
world by connections with other sta.
tions. This must be regarded as one
of the greatest marvels of modern
sciertific discovery. Its effect in over
coming the element of space in inter-
national relations can scarcely be
over.estimated. Nations are constant
ly being brought closer to each other
by the achievements Of science.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27

The republic of Brazil is planning
an international exposition for the
coming year in commemorat'on of the
one hundredth anniversary of inde-
pendence. 1t is to be in the city of
Rio de Janeiro, one of the most beau
tiful capitals in the world. The Uni
ted States expects to be represented,
and Congress is considering a large
appropriation. 1t is believed that this
will be an opportunity to show our
good will toward the most friendly
of all the South American nations to
us, and at the same time to extend
our commercial relations with the
South American countries. The visit
to the U. S. Of the President Of Brazil
some time ago was an important as
we'll as a pleasant occasion.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1921-10-27

The little state of Montenegro goes
out Of existence by the recent act of
Queen Milena in refusing to recognize
the cabinet Of ministers. The state
is small one, but it has thruout its
history shown 6 remarkable spirit of
independence. It was one of the
first Of the Balkan states to be ac-
knowledged by Turkey as free coun-
try. It joined the cause Of Servis
and the Allies in the recent war. 1t
objected, however. to the loss Of its
identity when it was urged to join
o-Slavia. The King, Nicholas, the
leading spirit in this resistance, died
recently and his widowed Queen Is
not willing to continue the resistance.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
Society Gives Up Smoking.

Smoking has become such a bour-
geois habit that many women of the
London aristocracy who have been u.s.
ing tobacco are now stunning it, at
least in public. Medical men here
have warned women frequently since
the war about the evil effects of over
indulgence In cigarettes, but it was
not until smoking became bourgeois
habit that any difference was noticed
in the smoking habits Of women Of
the so-called upper ten"
At the moment the use of tobacco
by women has become abnormaA; be-
sides, many tobacconists are manufac-
turing small briar pipes for feminine
use. This has made the habit too COM
mon to please certain figures in so
ciety, and, in consequence, they have
given up the weed At some arsto-
cratic garden parties recently few if
any women of the elect ventured to
smoke openly. So what medical men
have been unable to do by their warn
ing is being rapidly accomplished by
class pride.-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
Power From Glacier.

On account of the scarcity of water
power In the Bern district of Switzer-
land, it is proposed to utilize the water
from the glaciers in systematic man.
ner. The Bachilis glacier is the first
one selected; and by closing the natur-
al drainage and constructing a mason
ry dam, the engineers are to form
storage reservoir of 113,000,000 cubic
feet capacity. Grimel, which upon the
completion of the new dam 492 feet
long, 325 feet high by 262 feet wide at
the base and II feet 6 inches wide at
the top, becomes the main storage
basin for the entire installation. Two
new power stations are to be construct
ed, developing 10000 horsepower in
one and 10000 horsepower in the 9TH
or
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
TO ATTEND LEGION MEETING
Marshal Foch, Noted Military Leader,
Plans to Honor Convention
With His Presence.

The governors Of Missouri and Kan.
sas, the mayors of Kansas City, Kan,
and Missouri, and federation of the
principal clubs and societies of those
cities joined In formal expression
of the honor they feel on the occa-
sion of the visit Marshal Foch will
make to the United States In October
to attend the opening of the third ma
tional convention Of the American Lee
giOn at Kansas City.
A memorial to this effect was pre-
sen:ed the marshal at the recent ded-
ication Of the Flirey monument in
France by Charles w. Bartlett of Kan
sas City, chairman of the distin-
guished visitors committee of the con-
vention. Mr. Bartlett accompanied
the Legion pilgrimage to France for
this purpose.
The marshal asked Mr.. Bartlett to
convey to the people of Missouri and
Kansas how deeply he was touched
by this honor and to assure them of
the eagerness with which he looked
forward to seeing more of the Legion
when he should come to the United
States.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
ARE LEARNING ABOUT STARS
Men of Science Beginning to Believe
They Know Something Con-
corning the Subject.

The first successful attempt to
measure stellar distances was made
in 1888 by Bessel, who determined the
parallaX of 81 Cygni, a little star OF
the sixth magnitude which had at
tracted attention sby its great proper
motion of five seconds of arc a year.
At the beginning of the present GEN.
fury 40 or 80 parallaXes had become
known and in recent years progress
in measurement has become very
rapid. Greenwich observatory reports
the determpation of the parallaxes OF
80 stars a year, while some American
observatories are doing even more.
American astronomers have in prepa-
ration a catalogue giving the paral-
lakes of 5000 stars and it is expected
that within very few years the dis
tances of all stars visible to the naked
eye in the northern hemisphere will
have been made known, as we'll aS
those of many fainter stars. Tie
parallaXes are determined by both
trigonometric and spectroscopic meth
DDS, while third method can be APP
piled to many double stars.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
WORK OF ANCIENT BUILDERS
Methods Of Thousands Of Years Ago
Seem Crude Today, but They
Were Effective.

DR.. c. S. Fisher of the University
of Pennsylvania has recently spent six
years at the head of archaeological ex-
petitions to Egypt, and among his dis
coveres were some which help tn
make the methods of the ancient build
ers less mysterious. Three thousand
years before Christ they were work
ing an alabaster quarry at Ell Amar-
ma, II miles from the Nile and 200
miles above Memphis. From this quar-
ry they transported blocks of alabas-
ter, each many tons In weight to Men,
phis in the following manner They
built a road, much as we should build
it now, from the quarry to the river
bank, with smooth surface of
pounded stone.
The blocks were quarried by means
of wooden wedges driven in at in
tervals along the cleavage line. When
soaked with water, the wedges ex-
banded and split off the stone, which
was then shaped and dressed with
chisels and drills Of very hard bronze.
The blocks were mounted on sledS
and dragged by gangs of slaves the
II miles to the river, the road being
watered possibly oiled, to make it
slippery under the sled runners (they
had no wheels Down the river the
blocks were foated on RATS, to be
dragged finally to the building sites.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
KANSAS CITY SHOWS WISDOM
Determined to Protect Its PIeasanter
Streets From BilIboards and
"UgIies" in General.

Among the things which critics of
the Anti-Main street school leave out of
account, in the supposedly objective
statement of their case, are the many
healthy little movements in towns of
the Gopher prairie section toward max.
ing two blades of grass grow, so to
speak, where none grew before. Do
you know the things for which NIilwau-
kee ought to be famous besides it's one
time beer? They are worth looking I'D.
Do you know Kansas City? 1t is one
of the pleasantest places to live in in
these benighted States" and it is so
because its citizens have discovered
that beauty pays.
Probably beauty like honesty, Is no.
bier when achieved for its own sake,
yet it is something to achieve beauty
even by the commercial route And the
parks, good streets, agreeable rather
than ugly buildings, actually increase
general real estate values.
They have coined a useful word in
Kansas City-"uglies." They have an
ordinance halfway through the city
council-perhaps by this time it is all
the way through-pretecting the pleas
anter streets from billboards, gasoline
filling stations and "ugles" in general.
How this particular ordinance fares is
not particularly important. The impor-
tant thing is that the public knows
what are "uglies" and Is determined
do away with them.-Leslie's.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
What Is a Friend :?

What is a Friend? I will tell you. 1t
is a person with whom you dare to be
yourself. Your soul can 60 naked with
him. He seems to ask of you to put on
nothing . only to be what you are. He
does no. want you to be better or worse.
When you are with him you feel as pris-
oner feels who has been declared innocent.
You do not have to be on your guard.
You can say what you think as long as it
is genuinely you.
He lderstands those contradictions in
your nature that leads others to misjudge
you. With him you breathe free. You
can take off your coat and loosen your COL
lar You can avow your little@ vsnities
and envies and hates and vicious sparks,
yosr neanness and absurdities, and in
opening them up to him they are lost, dis
solved on the white ocean of his loyalty.
He understands. You do not have to
be Careful. You can abuse him-neglect
him-tolerate him. He likes you. He is
like fire that pudges all you do. He is
like watsr that warns you to the bone.
You can weep with him, laugh with him,
sin with him, pray with him. Through
and underneath it all he sees, knows and
loves you. A friend, repeat, is one with
whom you dare to be yourself. -Kansas
City Post.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
HYDE PARK

Will Harris is at work on carpente
lob at Morrisville.
R. S. Page was in New York City few
days recently on business.
Miss Alice Fairbanks was home from
Burlington for Thanksgiving.
The U V. NJ. students were home fol
a short Thanksgiving vacation
All are pleased to see Ernest Page agair
handling the northern stage route.
fudge Leach and Thos. Hanley and
wife were Thanksgiving guests of relatives
in Fletcher.
Miss Winnie Stewart was at home from
her school at Alburg during the Thanks
giving vacation.
Miss Charlotte Irish returned Monday
from few days visit at the home OF her
parents in Jericho.
Prof. Clyde Brown and wife of Con-
cord spent few days here last week at
the home of Frank Brown.
Prof. w. R. LeBaron and wife of North
,Craftsbury were in town last Friday. The
Prof. is head of the academy there.
The basket ball game between Crafts
bury Academy and the L. G. A. last Fri
.day right resulted in fl to IA in favor Of
the visitors.
Some very interesting pictures on China
were shown at the Cong church last Sum
day evening. These illustrated lectures
are worthy of much larger AUDIENCE
A large flock of wild geese, going south
flew over the village at late hour Fri.
day night. They flew low and appeared
to be confused as to their beafings, judg.
ing from the noise they made.
Miss Donahue, a representative of the
"Chautauqua Community" was in town
last Friday and completed the guarantee
for next seasons course. M ss Donahue
is from Missouri" and decidedly live
wire"
Miss Libby and Miss Stevens of the
L. C. A. faculty spent the Thanksgiving
vacation with friends in Vergennes. Miss
Ellsworth of the Domestic Science de-
partment spent the same time at her home
at Saratoga Springs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30
Home bluIl
7 Helps Y
WARNS AGAINST THE "UGLIES"
Architect Gives Wise Advice to Those
Contemplating the Establish
ment Of Home.

The architects have passed through
six lean years. Had it not been for
the "uglies" that were erected they
virtually would have been idle. Re-
modelling "uglies' into beautiful homes
Is about all the architects have done.
However, if these houses had been
designed and constructed right at first
the remodeling would not have been
necessary.
"Uglies," like the billboards, are
doomed to destruction; popular senti-
ment demands that they be destroyed.
That the home must be beautiful
both interior and exterior, is readily
recognized by every mother, as she
realizes that it is the most essential
element of the home and it is that
which causes children to love and
cherish 1t. That it should be furnished
beautifully and should have good
pictures goes without mention. Well
designed furniture may be handed
down through generations, and well
planned and designed homes increase
in value with age. We have houses
in this country, built two hundred
years ago, that are used today as
samples of good work and architects
look to them for precedent.
Young people who are about to
build should consider it with great
care, as building is serious thing
They should invest in good magazines
recognized for their good taste, study
thoroughly every article, read also
every criticism of these articles and
then invest only in expensive things
in fact, those things they think they
cannot afford to purchase; then buy
one article instead of six that they
think they need. In this way they
will have established a nucleus from
which they cannot depart. Moreover
they will never desire a change, be-
cause beautiful things remain beauti
full.
To those contemplating the estab-
lishment of home l would say select
your lot with view to the future de-
velopment of it. Do not invest in
cheap additions that have been laid
out on lines of the least resistance.
Select place surrounded by romantic
conditions. Select a large lot, build
a small house, add to it as you pro-
gress and be sure that the lot has
sufficient restrictions to assure you
that your investment will not de-
preciate and that your neighbors are
of good report and intelligent.-Selby
Fl. Kurfiss in Kansas City Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1921-11-30

Community's Archives

"Can you tell me the date the Bap,
fist church burned-I mean, of course,
the famous fire that all the old inhab.
itants talk about?'
The librarian looked up from her
work. mo, l can't tell you the ex
you quickly for we have the files OF
! the local paper since it was started
My impression is that the fire-the big
| fire, as they call twas about 1873
and it won't be very long job to look
it up"
| She went to the stacks in the rear
| of the library, pulled out a dusty
/ bound volume marked Herald, 1871
, and spread it open on the table. "Ah,
here it u.s." she said after a minute
spent In turning over the yellow leaves,
The person who had inquired for
the date, q member of the woman's
club of the town, sat down and read
the article. This gives me exactly
the information 1 wanted" she said.
II thought it would" said the libra
ann. L 1S0i ihooL pCOpiS wv ilol dp-
;preciate how valuable is the local
newspaper from the viewpoint of To-
cal history. In fact, 1t seems to me
that it is about our only source. Only
when an event gets into print is it
Officially recorded and filed for refer
ence. Flimsy as it is, the printed
word of today Is the counterpart of
the ancient stone inscriptions that give
us our records of a long-ago yesterday
1 consider the bound volumes of our
local papers perhaps the most valu-
able possession of this library"
There's at least one librarian who |
is giving Subscribe for Your Home |
Town Paper Week." which will be OBJ
served November 7-12, the most hearty
backing she can give.