The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-06-17
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There is much regret over the
statement that Senator Carroll S
Page has been obliged to give up
his work at Washington owing
to i'll health. He has been dill
gent in the performance of his
duties and has been a sane
painstaking and able legislator
With the announcement of his
disability, there has arisen much
discussion of his probable sue
cessor should it prove that his
health compels his resignation
and also speculation is rife re-
garding the election on the West
Side this coming fall, as Senator
Pages present term ends in 1928
1t has long been talked that
Representative Greene is of
senatorial size and that he would
some day step into senatorial
shoes and so the talk centers
around Greene's name. And
this has naturally raised more
talk about Porter Dale, the
limited of diplomatic post and
the personnel of the one Con-
gresham from Vermont. So far
it is all talk and the principals
have engaged in none of it
themselves. Anyone who per-
sonally knows either of the two
men would know that their good
taste and their sense of the fit
ness of things would prevent
their voicing any sentiment but
that of regret at this time. We
surely hope that Senator Page
will recover and be able to
finish out his term. When he
takes off the toga, we hope to
see Mr. Greene put it on for he
is an able man of sound judg-
ment, with legislative experience
and broad humanitarian vision.
We ought to send for Hatfield,
the Yankee rainmaker, for we
need rain in these parts but the
showers seem to be afraid of US
and the sun continues to shine
even though we choke with dust,
and burn up. Hatfield signed
up with the United Agricultural
Association to make rain fall
between May and August l
over a region lying within a
radius Of 100 miles of Medicine
Hat (where they make weather
anyway. He set up his rain
making plant within twenty
miles of the city. He has a tank,
twenty feet high as a part of the
equipment, but this is carefully
guarded, while Hatfield carefully
brews his chemicals. And in
three days, Oh Noah didn't it
rain and it continued to rain at
for two weeks, until
more than an inch of rainfall
was registered by the govern
ment guages over the 100 mile |
He was to be paid a |
thousand dollars an inch for a |
of eight inches. And
now all Medicine Hat is arguing |
whether he caused the rain to
fall or if it just fell. We are
getting to the place where we
wouldn't question the source if |
it would only fall.
The Orlando Star-Reporter
saws Just because our girls of |
today are not of the same model
as the dear, old fashioned girl |
we hear so much about, is no
reason why we have not as low
able ones and those who are as
worthy of our admiration for
their demeanor, morality and
as they had in the by
gone days. It's only a change
in customs, not the girl" It is
we'll to remember that each
generation is a law to itself and
that it must change with the
generation but that the people
Of each generation are about the
same morally and mentally allow
ing for the percentage of gain.
which we allow civilization.
The Leaders foresee a rail-
road strike by the first Of July.
It could come at a worse time
because we can just get out our
Lizzies and go to it on our lone
;ome. Trucks will have to look
lfter freight. The days are past
when a railroad strike can CON-
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