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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES.

How much unemployment is there in
the country?
How much reduction has there been in
wages?
How much has the cost of living fallen?
Answers to these questions have been
various and conflicting Light is thrown
on the whole bicct of dcfaton by Row
land Thomas. writing in the New York
World. He presents an analysis of condi-
tionS known to exist in 90 leading in
duStrics on the first of April 1921, and
arrives at the following conclusions:
For the groups of factories represented
which may perhaps be taken as typical
Of American industry in general. there
is - per cent reduction in employment
and 80 per cent shrinliagc i'm the total
payroll.
The decrease in pay amounts at most.
he says. to only . per cent in the weekly
earnings of the employees who retain
their jobs. When the fact is considered
that those who are working usually do
not put in full time the actual wage
found to be "practically impcrccptible"
There is no evidence. he says. that
more than 2.J0O000 factory workers have
lost their jobs Figures for non-factory
occupations are not available. lie init
mates. however. that estimates of 5000
600 people out of employment are much
Exaggerated.
Wholesale prices had declined Is per
cent from their peak of May. 1920. and
the cost of living had declined 10 per cent
since last June. ObyiousLS wages so tar
have fdllcils much less thth the cost a
living.
The figures are not quite up to date
There have been additional wage reduc-
tions lately, particularly those of the
United States Steel corporation. which
are reflected throughout the whole steel
industry. Railroad cuts. too, will soon
go into effect Meanwhile the cost of liv-
ing still tends downward. though more
slowly
| Labor evidently must take considerable
wage reductions in every occupation
where it has not vet done so. When such
| reductions are effected low prices can 70
stabilized and production resumed. Ac
ceptancc of the necessary cuts should re
suit in work for everybody before long
under conditions that will make the
workers at least as well off with THEN
lower wages and lower prices as they
were with their high wages and higl
prices.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
SPECIAL NOTICES.
EXECUTION SALE

Notice is hereby given that | hold an
execution against Harry Osgood of Hall
fax, in the County of Windham and
State of Vermont, in favor of Alex f..
Dairy of Nottingham in said county is
sued by and upon Judgment rendered by
the Windham county court within and
for said county at the April term 1921,
for the sum of four hundred and fifteen
and 21-100 dollars damages and twenty
two and $1,000 dollars costs and said cX-
ccution has been levied on the following
described personal property viz:
100 lunches of lath
All the hcmlock boards in the mill
yard estimated to be about 5000 #.
or more
All 2X4 Studding in said yard
All squares and other lumber in said
ward
All Ash and Hcmlock plank
About 5000 #. of Ash, Beech, Birch
and other logs
One Nash truck
One Dodge automobile
Also all machinery in his mill in said
Halifax.
] shall sell at public auction in the
public highway in front of the mill re-
Gently owned or occupied by said Harry
Osgood in the West part of said Halifax,
Vermont, on the 18th day of June. A. ID.
1921 at one O'Clock in the afternoon aS
much of said property as may be ncces-
Sary to satisfy said execution and costs
of sale.
Dated mt Halifax. Vermont. this 9th
day of May, \. ID. 1921.
f. l.. WELLMAN.
Sheriff
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

meeting in Kansas City, the date being
the first Wednesday in June. 1922.
President AitkCn was completely out
generated. and after his defeat Secretary
lloughton was reelected unanimously.
George II. Stevenson of Clarks Summit,
Pa, was elected vice president. Wing Il.
Smith of Syracuse was reelected treas
urcrc and Malcolm IL. Gardner of Dele
van, Wis, was reelected superintendent
of Advanced Registry.
Three new full-term directors were
elected, DE lanccy H. Armstrong of Wat
crtown, y. Y, John VI. Kelley of Baraboo.
Wis, and Prof n. T.. Elder of Mt, Her
mon. Mass. being elected 10 succeed llor-
ace w. Norton, ir. of Howell. Mich.
George T.. Van Hagen of harrington, ILL.,,
and III. 4. Meyer of Syracuse
Horace w. Norton. ir., was elected n
director to fill out the uneXpred term of
DIR. Is. II. Davis of Omaha, Neb., resigned.
Fred PabSt of OcOnomowoc. Wis, was
elected IA director to succeed himself.
The new president of the association
Ex-Governor Lowden of Illinois. was one
of the Republican candidates for president
of the United States when Warren q.
Harding was nominated.
Several weeks ago the faction of the
association which was seeking to secure
complete domination of it's affairs
through Capitalization of its branches.
including the office of the secretary. r
J.. Houghton of Brattleboro. and the Of
flee of the superintendent of Advanced
Continued on Page ~
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

II. Gardner. from Delevan, Wis, was pre-
vented, and four new directors were
elected.
The directors voted 20 reduqe tlse trans
fer fee from 81 to 80 cents, which will
save the members 100000 year.
Following is the text of the resolution
which will prevent the removal of the sec
retary's office and the Advanced Registry
Office: THAT no action shall be taken by
the board of directors with reference to
changes of location of any association
Offices until after action is taken by the
national body in convention assembled"
The meeting was attended by the larg
est number of individuals in the history
of the associations and more than $4,000
proxies were voted. of which the faction
favoring the retention of the offices in
their present locations controlled a large
majority.
The directors voted to abolish the cX-
tension work. which means that the cX-
tension service Office i'm charge of Prof
William NJ. Rider of Brattleboro will be
discontinued. Professor Rider will I'm
iSh work for the association July l.
The defeated faction took its defeat
hard but made no threats of retaliation.
1t was voted to hold the next annual
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
MODERN FARMS NEED MARKETS

\ In recent years the effort to check the
drift of population away from the farms
has taken the form of making farm life
more efficient and more attractive. Mod
crn machinery, good roads better schools.
community welfare work. running water
in the house. automobiles. telephones and
other modern coJvcnicrccs have been
tried. and still the farm boy turns to the
city to seek career.
writer in the current Worlds Work
remarks that it is possible the boy leaves
the farm not despite these improvements
but because of them. 1t is still an cco-
monte problem. In the old days. with
fewer mechanical helps. it required more
human power to run the farms and to
produce the food and clothing essential
10 the nation Today it is said that every
time one boy goes back TO the land two
others have got to go to town to make
IL market for the farm boys products, be
cause with all the new machinery the
same number of workers can produce two
or three times as much as formerly.
From this standpoint, then, the farmer
may regard every man who goes to the
city as changing from a competitor to
a customer.
This might seem plausible argument
for taking away the farmers convcn-
fences and leaving him to the drudgcry
of former days, or for applauding the
top-hcavincsS of the cities. To the far
| sighted citizen it is better argument
for broadening out agricultural markets
to include the whole world The nation
wishes first of all to be sure that it is
producing all the food needed for its own
population. The farmers can do that now
without increasing the agricultural pop
ulation. but it will be an expensive propo-
sition to the public. To improve methods
of production, handling. marketing and
shipping so that the American farmer can
raise food below the price at which other
nations could deliver il on our shores,
and also so that he can ship it on "A IA
vorable competitive basis to other lands.
i is the better solution to present agrcul-
/ tural problems and a truer check to the
| cityward shift of population.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
TOWNS PROPERTY
LIST INCREASES
Grand List Footings Show Gain
of Upwards of $417,0OO
Brings Total Up to $4,000, OOO-FOrt
Drummer Cotton Mill Comes Into List
for First Time, at $3.50, 300.

FOotings showing the amount of tax
able property in Brattleboro, taken from
the returns made by the listers, were com
plctcd in the town clerks Office Wednes-
day, showing gain in poll tax, real
estate and personal property valuations
of S417503 over last year. The result
of the tabulation is surprise to every
body, as there had been a general down
ward trend in the individual lists and the
listers were unable to say whether the
gains would offset the losses The Fort
Dummer Mills cotton mill property, which
came into the list this year for the first
time and was assessed at $500, 300 was
looked to to offset in large measure what
losses there might be in other lists but
the footings show that there would have
been gain of 27,203 without the Fort
Dummer Mills property
So many towns are showing loss in
valuation that the result in Brattleboro
surely is cause for a feeling of satisfaction
on the part of the residents.
The real estate valuation this year ia
So,oo2,o9l as against $5,297, 434 last
year. gain of 500, 1J7.
Ihe personal property valuation is
S2916,69l. Last years valuation was
S2SJO,l J3. The gain this year is S1O6,-
DIG
This years number of polls is 1896 as
against last years number of 2.1S9 This
shows a gain of 2.794. from the fact that
women are included this year. The poll
taxes TINS year are assessed on a vaua-
ton of 500 each, making a total of
Sl93,GOO. The valuation last year was
on basis of 5000 each, or $437 800. The
gam tins year from that source is 500. 500
Adding the real estate, personal prop
erty and poll tax valuations gives a total
valuation for the town of $4,000, 800 The
total last year was $685. 1897. The gain
tins year is S417,J03, as above stated.
AS one per cent of the total valuation
shows the grand list, this years grand
list is S9O,O2S.90, which is a gain of
| $4,17403.
At the last annual town meeting q 90
cent tax was voted toward paying off the
towns Liabilities. A 20 cent tax on the
grand list of 500, 02S.90 will yield slightly
In excess of $4,000 for this purpose.
| The Durham Bros. Co. list. which is in
at S360,4lo IS loss of 81 $50 from
last year. The Estey Organ Co. list,
which is $314,043, is a gain of SO. 724.
while the Arthur b. Clapp estate list is
Si4I ,lSJ. which is gain of $685. 900.
these three large lists show net gain of
81, 43J. o'
The Fort Dummer Mills comes into the
list this year for the first time and its
fNaiuatron is placed at $500 800. Another
new name in the list this year is that OF
! Mrs. a. NJ. Lindsay of Bristol. n. H..
whose property is assessed at $50. 800.
These two new lists aggregate S472' 800
Following is the list of those assessed
on $4,000 or more
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

On her fifth birthday, Dorothy to her
unboundcd delight was presented with
a baby. bulldog, and when bedtime ar
rived she insisted on taking her new pet
pcared tired and listlcss. "Didn t YOU
slccn well, dear" asked her mother.
NO, mummv,' said the child. Roger
was crying all night for his mumsy so
! kept awake with him for company,
and ! made awful faces all night to
make him fink ! was his bulldog muv-
yer. lust to comfy him. boston Tran
script
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

Adelbert Peters, young son of Mr.. and
Mrs William Peters or st. Johnsbury
narrowly escaped death Friday when he
from school and was dragged 50 feet
when he attempted to jump off After
being refused permission to ride in the
automobile, he caught onto the running
board and in getting of the belt of his
coat caught and held him until, in go,
ing over "A bump in the road, the Jolt
threw the youngster free from the ma
chine. The driver did not know the boy
was on the ear.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
NOTICE

The legal voters of Jamaica are hereby
notified and warned to meet at the Town
Hall in said Jamaica on the 18th day
of June A. ID. 1921 at two o'clock p. III.
to transact the following business:
Art. |. To elect an agent to deed
real estate belonging to the town.
Art. >. To elect a School Director to
fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-
ton of c. l.. Sargent.
Art g. TO transact any other bust.
ness that may legally come before said
meeting.
G. G. LANDMAN.
II. H. WHEELER,
A. w. KIDDER.
Selectmen of Jamaica.
Jamaica, VT, May 2G, 1921.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

Charles Porter, G5, well known far,
Poultney. committed suicide yesterday
morning by shooting himself in the head
with II revolver. lie left the house in
a normal manner and went to his pota-
to field When he did not return for
dinner his wife went out TO look for
him and found him in the field, with a
bullet in the left temple. The fact that
he is left handed substantiates the the
DRY of destruction.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
Gbr Oermunt pb0nie.
TEN PAGES
BRATTLEBORO.
FRIDAY. JUNE 10. 1921.
THE VERMONT PHOENIX
BRATTLEBORO.
published in Brattlcboro every Friday.

Published in Brattlcboro every Friday.
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IS cents for four months; so cents for three
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

FOR SALE-A G0-acrc farm, near the
village Fine location and very nice view.
Good place for hunting and fishing. This
farm has all kinds of small fruit and II
large variety Of apples. One acre rasp-
berries ready to bear. Good water to
house and barn. \ quantity of hard and
soft wood, about 80 acres of tillage land.
This place will make someone II good
home. II will nay well i'm small fruit
Inquire Sale" Phoenix Office Cliff
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
Queer WAYS,

'Thc doctor i'm some ways is strange.
For instance" said Bill Knott.
lie tells You what YOU need is change
And then takes all you've got"
Boston Transcript.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

FOR SALE HORSES have on hand
today II good acclimated horses. , pairs
2G0O to BOO, balance singles go to 1000
lbs. If YOU are in the market for horses,
look at this lot My prices will interest
YOU Every horse must be rs represent
cr. Harness and collars. VI. j. Tctreault,
Greenfield, Mass. Telephone connection.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

FOR SALE-IIandSomc Stone Bunga-
low. Exceptionally we'll built Eight
miles west of Brattlcboro, one mile from
Marlboro acres on crest of hill. pro-
tected in rear by Beautiful Pine Grove
Ideal for picnics. High altitude. Won
dcrful view of mountains. State road
Hot and cold running water in four bed
rooms large living room, bath, kitchen,
Laundry and furnace in basement. .
open frepaces. Bargain for one dcsir-
ing attractive summer home Price So
600 Exchange or terms. Apply s. w.
Edgett, Brattleboro, VT, ii. j. Eames,
West BrattlcbOro, or j. l.. Jacobs, $50
Lexington Ave. New York city. 15-tf
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
WANTED.

WANTED 49, Big t Mccormick NOW
ing machine c. care Phoenix. 23-tf
WANTED-National cash register.
State description and price Chas.
KurtZ. so +. 10th St. \. Y. 21-26"
WANTED - First-class whcelwright
and wagon maker. s. Terrill & Son. West
< Wales St, Rutland VT 23-24
WANTED-30 head cattle to pas
turc in Wilmington, delivered my place
in West Brattleboro and returned in
fall. Kept at owners risk. II. l.. Mil
lington. loft
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10
FOR Bale.

FOR SALE-A young Holstcin COW,
due soon. G. ii. Shcdd, Guilford, Vt.
1928
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Continued on Page 2.)
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

FOR SALE - Apartment house and
barn. City and well water 30 Western
Ave- Combs, Is Oak Grove Ave- 23-20#
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

FOR SALE - Horse. Weight 1000.
VIII sell cheap. Leon $. Mixer, 10t
Western Ave. 23-21
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

FOR SALE - White Leghorn bullets
s TO II weeks. 100 one year old. 30 three
years. Scott Farm. Tel. 221-I. 23-ti
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1921-06-10

FOR SALE-Apartment house and
barn. City and well water 90 Western
Ave. Combs, Is Oak Grove Ave. 1929
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Continued on Page A.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-08
HUGE DEBTS OWED
j. s. TO BE PLACED
UPON THE PUBLIC
M ellon's Refund Plan Will Relieve
Allies from Perhaps Ever
Paying Bill.

Washington, July 8.-Plans are be-
ing discussed to refund this nation S
war loans to the allies Refund" is
the term financial interests use when
they want to postpone the payment of
a debt, by extending the date when
due.
The nations allied with America
during the war owe this government
$4,000, 900 and have signed ack-
noWledgments to this effect These
Acknowledgements bear interest, which
has not been paid and now totals ap-
proximately $I,ooo,ooo,o 900, or one
tenth of the loan. 1t is stated that
the interest charges are increasing at
the rate of $500, 900 a year.
1t is now proposed that the various
allied nations issue bonds and sell
them to the American people at a
rate of interest SO high that they viii
be quickly disposed of. The money
secured from the sale of these bonds
will be used by the various countries
to pay their debt to the American
government.
Some people are asking if these
countries can MOTOR will not-pay
their debts or interest to the Amer
lean government, will they pay when
the debt is transferred to citizens
Large American financial interests
seem to favor the retdnding plan.
Juicy commissions will be paid for
selling these bonds to the people.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-08
EDITOR NEEDS
YOUR SUPPORT

The following is so strictly in line
with the efforts being made by the Labor
News to gain the cooperation and per-
sonal aid of every union worker in New
Haven, that it is reproduced here.
Do you subscribe for the labor news
paper in your locality? Are you one of
the fellows who for some trivial reason
forget that most important duty Have
you had some little difference with the
editor of such paper something of
personal nature that should not be car
ried to extremes that is the cause of
your cutting him from your list? If SO,
you should think the matter over seri-
ously and come to the conclusion that
you are very silly. If someone outside
of unions said that your greatest fault
was that you did not cooperate with
your brothers you would probably cor
rect them by saying that you entertained
no such anirnus. Yet maybe some trivial
difference keeps your name off the mail
ing list of your local labor paper. Re-
Gently the Catholic Welfare Council de-
cided to have a "Catholic newspaper
weeks" through which it was hoped that
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-08
CHAPTER Viii.
Sofa Tells Me Her Story.

When consciousness returned, and,
as l soon learned, I was down but a
moment, I sprang quickly to my feet
searching for my sword, and there I
found it, buried to the hilt in the green
breast of Fad, who lay stone dead
upon the ochre moss of the ancient
sea bottom. AS I regained my full
senses I found his weapon piercing
my left breast. but only through the
flesh and muscles which cover my
ribs, entering near the center of my
chest and coming out below the Shout
der. AS I lunged had turned so that
his sword merely passed beneath the
muscles, inflicting a painful but not
dangerous wound.
Removing the blade from my body
I also regained my own, and turning
my back upon his ugly carcass,
moved, sick, sore, and disguised, to-
ward the chariots which bore my ret
inue and my belongings. A murmur
of Marian applause greeted me, but
I cared not for it.
Bleeding and weak reached my
women, who, accustomed to such hap
penings, dressed my wounds, apply
ing the wonderful healing and remedi-
al agents which make only the most
instantaneous of. death blows fatal.
AS soon as they were through with
me fastened to the chariot of Dejah
Thoris, where I found my poor Sofa
with her chest swathed in bandages,
but apparently little the worse for
her encounter with Sarkoja, whose
dagger it seemed had struck the edge
of one Of Sola's metal breast orna-
ments and, thus DETECTED, had inflicted
but a slight flesh wound.
AS approached found Dejah Thor
Is lying prone upon her silks and furs,
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-08
"A Princess of Mars"
uIIlINIII by EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS IIIIIIIIIII
Copyright A. c. McClurg & Company.
CHAPTER VII-Continued.

the ground. Then I knew what had
blinded me at that crucial moment
of the fight, and how SarkOja had
found way to kill me without her
self delivering the final thrust. An
other thing I saw, too, which almost
lost my life for me then and there, for
it took my mind for the fraction of
an instant entirely from my antagO-
mist; for, as Dejah Thoris struck the
tiny mirror from her hand, SarkOja
her face livid with hatred and baffied
rage, whipped out her dagger and
aimed terrific blow at Dejah Thoris;
and then Sofa, our dear and faithful
Sofa, sprang between them; the last
I saw was the great knife descending
upon her shielding breast.
My enemy had recovered from his
thrust and was making it extremely
interesting for me, so I reluctantly
gave my attention to the work in
hand, but my mind was not upon the
battle.
We rushed each other furiously time
after time, It'll suddenly, feeling the
sharp point of his sword at my breast
in a thrust I could neither parry nor
escape, I threw myself upon him with
outstretched sword and with all the
weight Of my body, determined that
1 would not die alone If I could pre-
vent it. I felt the steel tear into my
chest, all went black before me, my
head whirled in dizziness, and felt
my knees giving beneath me.
The Connecticut labor news., 1921-07-08

her 1.-THE form racked with sobs. She
did not notice my presence, nor did
she hear me speaking with Sofa, who
was standing a short distance from
the vehicle.
SIS she injuredT I asked of Sofa,
indicating Dejah Thoris by an inclina-
ton of my head.
NO." she answered, "she thinks
that you are dead. I do not under
stand either her ways or yours, but
am sure the granddaughter Of ten
thousand jeddaks would never grieve
like this over the death of one she
considered beneath her, or indeed over
any one who held but the highest claim
upon her affections.
'TearS are a strange sight upon
BarsOom," she continued, land so it
is difficult for me to interpret them.
l have seen but two people weep in
all my life, other than Dejah Thoris !;
one wept from sorrow, the other from
baffled rage. The first was my moth
er, years ago, before they killed her !;
the other was Sarkoja, when they
dragged her from me today"
"Your mother" I exclaimed, but,
Sofa, you could not have known your
mother child"
"But I did And my father Also"
she added eff you would like to hear
Continued next issue.1