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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

whole's recommendation-to one who
has seen such displays of instability.
this holier than thou attitude so far as
making mistakes is concerned is nothing
more or less than ridiculous.
What the Messenger would like to
know is: Does the house think that it
has a monopoly of the right to make
mistakes:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17
RUTLAND DRIVER HELD.
Charged with Tampering with L.
Mail ra-s

MAN. ..t.-s
RUTLAND. Feb 17.-Phillip Steddy,
who for the past two years has driven
the mail wagon from the depot to the
postOffice. was arrested Yesterday after
noon by Deputy United States Marshall
Frank III. Chapman on n warrant signed
nv United States Commissioner James
Pc, Leamy of this city. The complainant
against Steddy is Ernest It. Sharp. a
postoffice inspector of Boston. who al
leges that he took letter from the mail.
The young man was arraigned before
Commissioner Leamy. Following the
testimony of POSTMASTER Z. NJ. Meldon
and f. H. Bassett, and &. III. Ross.
clerks at the poStoffice. he was bound
over to the February term of United
States district court. which conveneS in
Burlington next Tuesday.
Bail was fixed at 81 600 which he was
unable to furnish He was taken to the
Chittenden county Jail where he will he
confined until the hearing next Tuesday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Among the by-products of Volsteadism
might be noted tremendous increase in
the demand for wooden wash-tubs. 1t
seems that the homemade mash cannot
safely be mixed in metal, hence the big
boost in the wash-tub industry. -Rut-
land Herald.
The dry agents will probably soon
have all washtub purchasers card in
dexed
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Vermont laws now authorize cities
and towns to create munipical forests
and the first town to make move in
that direction is st. Johnsbury which
will issue in the warning for the annual
town meeting a call to discuss the ques-
ton
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper, 50 cents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents a 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-Twerfty cents per line first
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published at foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

If we ever have war with England or
Japan. it will be not the choice of any
intelligent statesman or group of states
men but the cumulative result of petty
nagging and carping on the part of
small minded critics on both sides.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17
Putting in an Oar.
(AIontpelier Argus. J

Fuller Smith has injected his oar in
the Clement-Merrill-Fe Free Press
state treasury stew through letter
to the Mortified News by emphasizing
his surprise that it had not occurred 70
great business administrators like Tx
Governor Clement. Nermonts railroad
Jack. and Mr. Merrill. VermOnts Spa
vined King" that if the state treasury
has in its strong box million dollars
or so of money that it does not know
what to do with it might paw its debts
with it. Have no worries about a sur
plus. When the appropriation bills are
passed and paid the balance in the treas
ury viii look like the proverbial 50 cents
-30-cent tax.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

President-elect Harding has severed
his active connections with his newspa-
per. the Marion Star. and says he will
write nothing for its columns during his
term of office. just the same we pre-
diet that Mr.. Harding will furnish more
copy in the next four years than he
ever did in his life.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

The mayor of New York is planning a
public exhibition of the city admins
tration." for the general enlightenment
Of citizens. and some of his critics are
mean enough 10 say that the administra-
ton has already made a sufficient exhi-
bition of itself.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17
FORCED TO COME DOWN.
Aviator Gives Up Attempt to Break En-
durance Record.

MINEOLA, y. Y, Feb. 17-Lieut.
Ross c. kirkpatrick, who hoped off
from Mitchell Field in an airplane yes
terday morning in an attempt to break
the worlds endurance record for con-
tinuous fight. was forced to land at 6. ~
p. m. on account of a cracked generator
He had been up slightly more than one
hour.
This was his second unsuccessful at
tempt to break the record, his previous
trial being last December. when a leaky
gasoline pipe forced him to descend after
Is hours and 10 minutes of flying.
The worlds endurance record was es-
tablished last June by Lieuts. Bossout-
rol and Bernard at Ettampes. France.
They remained in the air 81 hours. 10
minutes and seven seconds. The Ameri-
can record of 20 hours and 10 minutes
is held by the navy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

In view of the vast and rapidly in
creasing scope of the wireless telegraph,
all this anxiety about the ownership of
ocean cables seems rather uncalled for.
We shall be talking through the ether
half way around the earth before long.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

4 beautiful Philadelphia society girl,
of genuinely American ancestry, has
married Captain Boy-Ed thus proving
again that in matrimony there's no ac-
counting for tastes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

The announcement that the new straw
hats will be but little if any cheaper
this year isn't going to worry the fellow
who has one that will pass muster I'M
til the markdown sales.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the for publication of all new:
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local new:
published herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Mr.. Voliva of Zion City, who says
the earth is fiat, offers 81 1000 to anyone
who will prove to him that it is round.
1t may look like easy money but remem-
Der that it is Mr.. Voliva, not the world,
that must be shown.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

clover hay, one-half ton of corn, one
half-ton of oats and one-fourth ton of
cottonseed meal, or its equivalent, he
might think that was work, too, yet that
is what we read a good 1,000-pound
COW will eat if given the chance.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

The smallest screws in the world.
used by watchmakers. are so tiny that
they look like dust An ordinary thin
Some of the smallest are only four one
thousandths of an inch across. and can
hardly be seen by the naked eye.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17
G ne Year Ago To-day.

Italy established rationing with
food carta
JospeE, Caillaux. ex-premer of France,
was pit on trial for treason.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

It's distressing how the sleeping
sickness is spreading. We are inclined
to suspect sometimes that even congress
has caught it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

John Clark. instructor in manual train
ing in the Brandon schools. recently in
jured three fingers so badly while at work
with a planer that it was necessary %
amputate them
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

The March term of Rutland county
court is expected to be a long one. Aside
from criminal cases pending. a number Of
civil cases are docketed for trial. including
the $4,000 case of Frank r. blanchard
against the estate of the late Ex-Governor
John \. Mead
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

William Il. Sheldon, one of the oldest
members of the Vermont bar and a prac-
titioner in Bennington for many years. is
seriously i'll at his home there, being I'M
conscious most of the time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Senator Dial of South Carolina has
now got his name into print.-Boston
Globe.
Was it about time?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Miss Emily Greene celebrated her Goth
birthday anniversary at her home in 81.
Adams Monday. She is as hale and hearty
as woman many years her junior.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

The man who milks the cows may
think he is doing most of the work, but
if he had to eat in a year to produce the
milk six tons of ensiiage, three tons of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17
VERMONT NEWS,

NJ J. Manning. chief of the Bellows
Falls fire department, has resigned.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Rev. Thomas Neal, jr.. has resigned his
passionate of the Nergennes Baptist
church, to take effect on or before March
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17
In The DAYS News.

DR.. George Ellery Hale, on whom the
ROYAL Institution of Great Britain has
Just conferred the Actonian prize it, rec
oenition of his work in studying solar
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

The area of England is not quite equa
to that of the state of Alabama.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

The Womans club of Bellows Falls ha,
found that the rest room il had eStab
hShed had become so successful that il
must be continued. \ woman's exchange
is run in connection with it. and lunches
are served. Also, lunches arc put up ant
sent out to some of the stores.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Everett S. Eddy. who was injured at
Burlington when the auto in which he
was riding struck a trolley last week
Wednesday. died Tuesday afternoon at
the Mary Fletcher hospital of fractured
skull. Mr.. Eddy was a well-known and
popular travelling man of Worcester.
Mass, representing the Howard Brothers
cornoration for moro than 20 Eaars
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Entered in the postofice at Brattleboro
second class matter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-02-17

Bradley. 22-months-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harley Burbank of St Albans. was
severely burned in the mouth and stomach
Wednesday morning when he drank am
monia. The little boy was playing on the
floor in the kitchen and got hold of a
bottle of ammonia which was i'm a Gun
board under a sink. He had taken some
of the contents before his mother noticed
1t.
, 1921-01-20
We Plan To Perform Special Ser
vice This Year.

GALL at our newsstands and purchase
copies of the nation; Life & Letters
Of Debbs, Searchiight, Crisis, Ameri-
can Musician, Saturday Evening Post,
Ladies Home Journal, Wood Worker, and
the wonderful New Success. We've Sc
lected these books. and magazines to sell
you, because we're confident that they
will perform special service to all classes
of the community, and because we mean
to convince you that Reading for Pur-
pose Puts knowledge in the Head"
GIELMO EDWARDS, JOHN BENJAMIN,
CARL SCHOU
News Distributors, Christiansted.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Herman gave a party
Friday night to announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Eva.
Mrs. F. Crane went to Deary and
brought her young grandson home.
He has been under the care of a
physician, since last August. He had
broken leg, which took long time
to heal. The little fellow is son of
Jack Loomis.
Charles Bury took his mother and
sisters to Pullman Sunday to visit
relatives there.
Miss Rose Bury is sick at the home
Of her brother Gus, in Bovill
H. L. Hawkins and w. Klur went to
Princeton on business Friday.
Mr.. Brannon has finished seeding
his oats. The nights have been so
cold with the ground freezing at
night, that seeding and other spring
work are being delayed
H. L. Hawkins and Miss Maggie
made business trip to Potlatch Mon
day.
Dewitt Lumsford has returned
home from Priceton, where he has
been scaling logs for the past two
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15

looking over some land.
Scott Mendenhall and his son, Raw
lie killed two fine pigs.
David Cox spent part of the day
Monday at J. H. Campbelps.
Orvis Morgan and Mr. and Mrs. Ell
mer Baine went to Palouse Sunday.
Scott Mendenhall is cleaning out
his berry patch and getting ready
for summer.
Jack Frost seems to be very COM
mon visitor around here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Denison arrived
from San Jose, Calf, Friday. They
visited with their son, Tracy for a
few days. They are visiting at the
b. f. Thomas home.
There was a nice crowd out to
church and Sunday school Sunday
Mrs. Dale, Mrs. Knox, Mr.. Budd and
Rev. Arthur Gillian from Onaway
were there. Rev. Gillian breaches
here every Sunday afternoon. Sun
day school at o'clock. Preaching at
8 o'clock.
Mrs. William Bull made business
trip to E. Littlefields home Tuesday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15
What comes
'fONCE TO EVERY WOMAN?
Is it the Choice between Love
and Duty?

race now extinct The city is De-
900 years ago, yet the masonary is
perfect and paint on the interior OF
some of the buildings appears fresh
and perfectly preserved. Pictures in
the current issue of the Mexican Re-
view show the wonderful masonary OF
the pyramids, with the stucco still adj
hearing to the massive stone walls,
showing the finest workmanship.
Such discoveries show how infinitis-
NAL is the span of human life, when
compared with the life of this world
Scientists now announce that man ex
listed on this earth 100000 years
ago. The Mexican discoveries prove
that a people who were more highly
civilized and further advanced IN
some ways than we are today, existed
in Mexico, probably thousands of
years before the discovery of America
- - -
A scathing arraignment of fraterni-
ties in colleges is made in the pub
Iished reports of relative scholarship
Of fraternity and non-fraternity men
in the University of Washington and
State College. The
Spokesman Review has devoted much
space to these reports both in its news
md editorial columns. The reports
show that fraternity members in both
If these great schools are far below |
he average in scholarship, and some
" the ratings are disgracefully low. |
The reports are made by the uniyer-
ity and college officials and are auth
ntic. They are taken from the rat
ngs of the students in examinations
nd show that the fraternity men
,verage many points below non
men. This is depIorable +
vhen so many colleges and UNIVERSE
les have such large representations
q the fraternity houses. If the fra
Institutions the members must show
etter scholarship than many recent
eports have shown. 1t is to The in
crest Of the fraternity members to
lake a united effort to secure this
how, which can be done only to
loser attention to studies and edu-
ational work and less attention to
ne frat" requirements.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15
KENDRICK HAS FINE
EXHIBIT AT SPOKANE FAIR

Spokane-A United States flag
made up in 40 varieties of beans
grown at Kendrick, Idaho in the
natural colors, is one Of the features
of the Kendrick Commercial clubs
exhibit at the second annual Sports
mems Tourists's fair, which opened
in the new Culbertson building Tues
day. The exhibit shows wheat, corn
and other grain, all having won ma
tional prizes. Mounted heads of
deer, elk and mountain sheep, all
killed in the vicinity, are also in this
exhibit, which gives a comprehensive
idea of the district it represents.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15
Notice knights of Fythfas!

All members of Idaho No. K. of
P's. are specially requested and urged
to be present next Monday evening"
april 18th). Visiting members cor
daily invited. Some very important
business matters to be considered.
Also good, social time. And good
brother has volunteered to furnish a
special treat in the nature of straw
berry short-cake, or something else
equally appetizing. Be sure to be-
there.
John Hill, Cancellor Commander
168-169
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15

The recent organization of ma
tional cooperative plan for marketing
the farmers grain direct, without the
help, graft and profits of middlemen
is the biggest thing of it's kind ever
undertaken and has bright prospects
OF success. The farmers, who are the
producers of all food, have greater
power than any other class in the
world, but have failed to realize on
that power because they were not or
ganized or, if organized at all, were
in small organizations led by I'M
scrupulous job hunters or crooks who
were exploiting the farmers for self
ish purposes. If the farmers unite
as they should and work together for
legitimate profits and steer clear of
politics, the rock upon which almost
every farm organization has split,
they can accomplish much. But the
undertaking is big one and Is a
mans size job" Petty jealousies and
personal ambition must not be allow
ed to rule. Nor must the farmers
permit themselves to become drunken
with power" and Cypress the consum-
ers If the farmers can arrange TO
deal directly with the consumers of
their products they can secure much )
better prices for what they produce |
and the consumer can buy for much
less than he pays one or dozen men
who stand between him and the pro
Queer.
- "a -
In Mexico the ruins of city of
100000 inhabitants, covering Is square
miles, and having fine temples, splen-
didly built and we'll arranged homes,
and two pyramids, one believed to
have been built to he sun and the
other to the moon, has been discover
ed. Excavations now being con-
Quoted by the government disclose
that a high state of civilization, art
and advancement reigned at the time
this city was built and occupied by a
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15
$24, 900 Radium Needles
Found in 2 Day Search

Philadelphia. = Two radium
needles valued at 1924, 900 were
found today in rubbish at the
Medical Arts building here. They
had been missing since Wednes-
day, when they were inadvert-
emily swept from a table In an
operating room. The Office force
joined the buildings porters in
an all-day search of the base
ment before they were found.
The needles are three-quarters
of an inch long and one six
teenth of an inch In diameter.
They possess a slender aperture
at one end into which the pre-
cious element is poured.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15
ARTICLES FROM AVON

Mrs. Maud Wesley, of Deary, visit
ed her grandmother over Sunday.
Mrs. Edmund Johnson, of Yale was
visiting in Avon Saturday.
Crane Brothers, who were drilling
the town well, lost their drill at a
depth of As feet and have not been
able to recover it vet.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15
COUNTY RECORDS

Deeds-Rees Pickering ct ux-.
Sarah E to James w. Edwards, $3.50,
E1h lot 90 Genesee.
r. M.-John Lienhard ct. ux. Alta
L. to Potlatch State Bank, 5000 due
4-12-24, all NJ NEA 1O-404.
Tendency of Action-Andrew Q.
Carlson vs. Harry B. Thompson. ct.
ux. Lucinda S. to foreclose RIM lots
17-18-19 and 20-14, Deary.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15
Told Children to "PIay Fire."

Omaha, Neb.-Sister Mary Vincent
de Paul of the Sacred Heart Junior
school eliminated the possibility Of
a panic at the school the other day
when she proposed that the pupils
"play fire." and then marshalled them
into fire drill. They marched out
without disorder, to learn that the
building actually was on fire. A sew
en-year-old boy student told her he
smelled smoke and her proposal to
"play fire." followed. The building
was not badly damaged.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1921-04-15

GOLD HILL NEWS NUGGETS
Harry Weiset and family are NOV
ing back to their homestead at San
ders.
Ed Chesley and Mr.. Mcdonald were
up Deep Creek one day last week
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-30
THE PINTO AT MOUNTAINAIR
BY John p. Prowse, Jr.

Mountainair, is the Home OF the
Pinto Bean" and the Pinto Bean,
comes down from the dim past OF
the Aztec lndian-M Mexican, to the
ever progressive American Farmer,
where the quality has been improved
with careful selection, until today. il
is the acknowledged peer Of the &C.
LIBERATED Bean Family and Noun
tainair, the center OF its production.
holds the honor Of having produced
and shipped one half Of the Beans
raised in New Mexico.
The average production OF the
Pinto Bean, in the Mountainair dis
t-ict is about four hundred pounds
~ the acre, and the present price Of
S4l5 per hundred, F O. b Noun
o. inai-. means over $1,000 average
Per acre I'm cultivation. some farms
running as high rs 100 pounds 10
Z acre and producing AN income Of
5000 and on land that can be pur-
chased N 5000. while the average
q reduction Is from ground that can
= purchased az $3.50 per acre. max
ing therefore one wears production
Tav for che farm complete.
Tho bright. warm sunshine: the
high altitude. and an ideal climate.
the available nitrogen in the ma
tive soil Of New Mexico. an com
line 70 render the "pinto Bean" the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-30

of the English language and the ways
OF the American business man. Drift
ting West, he came to Las Vegas,
New Mexico, where he went into the
mercantile business, remaining in Las
Vegas until six years ago, when he
sold out there and moved to Santa
Fe, opening his present store, which
he has conducted ever since. Mr..
Richards is a man of genial good ma
ture and pleasing personality who al
ways greets his customers with a
smile, and he has a sales-force who
use every effort to carry out his pol
icy OF pleasing every customer.
The Popular Store carries a COM
plete line of clothing and furnishings
for both men and women, also for
boys and girls.
A good line OF dry goods and no.
tons is also carried, as well as sew
eral well known makes of shoes, in
the Roberts, Johnson and
Rand shoes for men, the Crossett
shoes for women and the Buster
shoes for boys: also Hamilton
and Browns Famous American
and American Gentleman
shoes.
Out Of town people in particular
viii find The Popular Store" an
agreeable place TO trade.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-12-30
DETECTIVE CALLS KING
SONNY" THEN SALUTES
CHAUFFER; REWARDED

Paris, France.-Three detectives in
a last touring car were sent to the
Versailles gate by project Of police
Leuiller to meet king Ferdinand of
Rumania when he drove in from Tours
the other day.
1t vas quite dark when the regal
automobile reached the walls of Paris
but the detectives spotted it and one
OF them went up to the chauffer and
asked:
is this the kings carr"
"lt is" was the reply.
Then sonny" said the detective,
tapping the driver Familiarity on the
shoulder, keep you eye on this red
machine ahead and don't lose sight
of it. We will take you straight to
the kings hotel. You are a lucky dog
to be driving a king"
Then walking back a couple of steps
to the window of the limousine and
coming rigidly to attention, the de-
tective saluted the occupant who re-
turned the salute.
You are indeed a lucky man to
be driving a king" said the driver
of the kings car over his shoulder to
the man in the limousine. 1T enables
you to sit on the cushion and let the
king do his W driving"
The detective saw the story in the
newspaper the next day and went to
the kings hotel to apologize. He re-
1000 francs richer.