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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-03-18
Dollars Purchasing PoUer
Compared With Pre- War Time

WashngnA table has been prepared F. of headquarters
which shown the increased of living the United
1913 based figures; the
the decreased purchasing the dollar
table,
of living
The second line shows what would be
this increased living
In the third line is shown the purchasing the dollar from
to
Dec June Dee June Dec.
1915 1917 1920
Increase living
costs (per cent? 80 81 1873 424 744 77s 998 ne5 1904
Standard
of an
n
be .........~. slos'4
OF
by purchasing
power ....~.. 991Ac s74zc elNc 5lhe
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-03-18

Meet Charles published
Editor Reads Thrift Government
Securities submitted
Committee by Ohio editors.
COMMITTEES comprising Blythe Cobh
M. Sldaal. winning follows:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-03-18
A CHAPTER ON SANDWICHES.

AS this is the glorious time of year
for outings, camping boat trips and
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-03-18
g THE
4 0KITCHEN
aCABINE T -

o Pansies. lovely Pansies,
That bloom with sweetest grace,
re carry hope and gladness
In every witching face.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1921-03-18
NINE WASTE is COSTLY

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Why Idaho and Not Vermont?
burlington Free Press

The newspapers of New York city are
busy reciting the experiences of - Brook
lyn families.=each with a motorcar and a
trailer containing a collapsible bungalow,
who have started on the 3,0OO-mile trek
to Idaho. These families have arranged
to secure 40 acres apiece of government
irrigated land in Idaho.
The Brooklyn Eagle says of this ven
ture: "The southern phrase was 40 acres
and a mule but the mOtorcarS make a
mule superfluous The understanding is
tlMt $1,000 a family was the amount of
money needed to start with, exclusive of
equipment. This would have seemed like
81 .000. 900 to most of the trekkerS to the
far West 40 years ago. But it is not ex-
ceSsive if needless risks are to be avoided.
The OK teams or horse teams of old time
were mighty slow by comparison with
motor vehicles. but food was cheap and
fish and game could be killed anywhere
along the route Everything these Brook
lynites get will have to be paid for"
Just so. Now why did not these good
Brooklyn prospect0rs come to Vermont
where they could have secured many more
acres for far less money than they can
gain in distant Idaho? Moreover. they
would have saved a large travel and main
tenance expense and they would have
/ been comparatively near their former
homes and to the New York and New
England markets, the best in the world.
! Did we of Vermont tell them about
this? If not. should not Vermont wake
up and advertise?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
THE NEW ARMY POLICY.

President Harding's memorandum to
General John J. Pershing, chief of staff
of the United States army, just made
public. sets forth for the first time in the
nations history a definite military pol
lev. 1t indicates Washington's convic-
tion-one that accOrds with those of
London and Paris-that future wars will
be fought by whole peoples, by citizen
soldiers summoned to service at their ma
TONS need.
The regular army, recently reduced to
10000 in enlisted strength, is to be con-
centrated in the various corps areas and
it's officers and men. so far as is practi-
cable. will be utilized in time of peace in
the training of national guard and re-
serve units. But companies, battalions
and regiments are to be maintained at
all times at their full strength. The old
skeleton army" plan, tried and found
wanting these many years, has been
thrown overheard at last.
The policy which the President lay:
down seems hardly likely to meet Will
much criticism, although it is soldier:
rather than a politicians policy. But
we must hope it win not be forgotten
/ The United States is not a military ma
/ ton and could never be converted int
one, but it has never thought of pre-
paredness in past years until the tim
came for action rather than preparation
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Creation of New Tax Sources.
(St. Adams Messenger

The St Adams Messenger says the way
to meet the large increase in state eN-
penses is to adopt the HartneSs plan
which is to build up the state and thereby
get more property to tax. The plan Is a
good one all right and has been used as
propaganda by the HartneSs boosters
with much gusto. Like soap bubble 1t
collapsed. There's nothing to it and no
plan was ever proposed that any one
could understand The Messengers fnan-
cial plan would be to spend your money
and then earn it afterwards. That il
hardly sound business policy Huntington
Clipper.
The Messenger has never advised a
policy of spending state money before 1t
has been earned" This paper has CON
sstently advocated economy and has given
it's support to a policy OF cutting our coat
according to our cloth. Yet The MeSSehl
ger has hoped and believed that Vermont
might normally and naturally come nto
increasing amounts OF tax revenue so tnat
| il might do more for its schools and high
WAYS and other branches of governmental
endeavor. 1t has entertained this hope
because il believes in Vermont, believes
, that il has future. believes that Yer
monterS can, if they viii take hold OF the
matter seriously and intelligently,. create
new values which will Serve as new
sources of tax revenues. Quite To the
contrary OF l. ne upper uIiIAA"lis TINS =
no soap bubble" 1t is good, sound, eco
monte doctrine, a doctrine on which
boards of trade and commercial organiza-
ltions in this and other states are based
The Clipper cannokdiSprove. the creation
lof-new-values policy unless ont can first
prove that Vermont has developed to its
limit agriculturally, industrially, CONNER
cially, and as a summer and winter re
sort. If we have not reached the limit
iof N1lIlpS
created and from these new values in
creased revenues will come to the STATE
naturally and without adding to the bur
, den of any now existing business or indi
vidual. The Hartness plan contemplate
an effort to direct and hasten this inevi
table expansion in Vermont instead o
leaving it to chance. The unsoundness i
not with the plan. but rather with thos
who knock it. either for personal or po
llitical reasons. or for no reason at all
, which, probably. is the case with Tn
Clipper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Ne and Pubs SimkinS and Leroy
Shooster was wawking along jest wawk
ng along and all of a suddin we saw
OF of loose smoak coming out of a cellar,
ne saying @. gosh. look at that.
Holey smoaks look at that, sed Pubs
Simkins.
,Jimmlnny crlckltS look at that, Sed
r.erov Shooster.
Lets ring the bell and tell them their
CELLARS on fire. | Sed.
WITCH we did. all running up on the
frunt steps and Pubs ringing the bell
md some man opened the door with a
ed bath robe on. saying. Weli2 Well?
Meening wat did we wunt, and l sed,
There's a lot of smoak coming out of
our cellar window, mister, something
must be on fire.
We was lest wawking along and we
saw it, sed Pubs.
We all saw IN at the same time, sed
Leroy. Proberly saying that so he would
get some of the reward in case there was
ny, and the man sed, Go on about your
pizniss ware you came from, cant a man
fern up a little waste paper in his fer
1ace without having his bell rung duZ-
in different times and being told his house
IN fire?
And he went in and slammed the door
aad me saying, G, watts you know about
that?
The next time | see smoak coming out
# his celler III jest leeve it come out !
ont care if the hole house is berning
Town. sed Pubs, and Leroy sed. So will
and hope ! do. WITCH jest then who
came up but Pulses sissy cuzzin Persey,
md | sed. Hay Persey. look at all the
moak coming out of that celler, you're
est in time to get part of the reward wen
We tell them their house is on fire, we
haven't even rang the bell yet.
G, III ring it. sed Persey. Wich he
an up on the steps and did. and us fel-
ows Jumped down, and the same man
,pened the door in the same red bath
abe and Persey sed, Your house is or
/ ire.
You don't say so? sed the man. And
| ae tried to kick Persey eff the steps. the
main reason he dident being because Per
| sey jumped ferst.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Barometer READING

Generally spesking, a falling baron-
eter indicates rain; a rising barome-
ter. fair weather. A steady barometer
foretellS q continuance of the weather
at the time: when low, this is generally
broken or bad and when high, fair.
A sudden fall usually precedes q
storm, and the violence, of the wind is
in proportion 20 the barometric gradi-
ent. An unsteady barometer indicates
unsettled weather, gradual changes in
dicate the approach of some perma-
cent condition. However, the connec-
ton between changes of weather and
the pressure of the atmosphere is by
40 means well understood.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
FRIDAY, AUGUST ), 1921.
A SOLVED BOY PROBLEM.

Woodland Cal. is undertaking an in
teresting experiment in handling its boy
Not long ago there was a
general trough house" in a local park.
No one knew just how it started; but
when peace was restored a door to the
rest room was in rather bad condition be-
cause it had been massaged with l.
foot scantling. \ number of hsh and
turtles in the pond were dead: And the
guilty bows were suffering keen regrets.
/. Here, obviously. was, 9 case for the
juvenile courts and an occasion for some
severe punishment. The city trustees,
however. chose a different way. All the
boys involved and their fathers were in
vited to attend a special meeting of the
board. They were questioned carefully
and urged to talk freely. During the dis
cussion it became evident that the boys
were not vicious. They were full of en-
ergy which had simply been mfsdirected
on that particular day. The one out
standing fact was that none of the boys
would take a dare All of them appre-
ciated the seriousness of their misbehav-
Tor and were genuinely sorry.
The upshot of the meeting was not the
punishment of the boys. but proposal
that hereafter the boys of the city be
organized in a preservation crew with
different squads delegated to special du-
ties. such as caring for the fish ponds,
keeping the tennis courts in good condi,
ton. attending to the wading pool meant
for the smaller boys and girls, protecting
| the windows of the rest room from stray
trocks and balls, guarding the fagpole
| from enthusiastic whittlers, and keepin!
the lawns free from waste paper and
rubbish The boys are asked to confe
with town trustees from time to time
as to the progress of their work, and t.
make SUGGESTIONS for improving the reere
alton facilities of the playground.
/ 1t is a big plan, showing real under
standing on the part of the adult citizen
of Woodland. 1t is also a plan whic
would appeal to the average boy, who's
energies are just as adaptable to con
structive~work as to destructive activity
Any regular" boy enjoys little author
ity and responsibility, too, and he rise
to it nobly. 1t is a pity more commun
tiles are not yet sufficiently enlightene
to handle their boy problems in this way
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Today S Events

King Haakon VII, ruler of Norway,
today enters upon his 5Oth year.
Centenary of the birth of Uriah ).
Stephens, founder of the knights of La
Dor
ireland today will observe the fifth ar
niversary of the execution of Roger Case
ment. ..E
The annual convention of the South
Dakota State Bar association meets at
WATERFOWL today for two-day session.
American students today will place a
bronze memorial wreath on the tomb OF
Dante at Ravenna as part of America ;
tribute to the great Italian poet on the
sixth centenary of his death.
A party of go members of the Ameri'
can Legion. representing every state
sails from New York today for France
at the invitation of the French govern
ment to attend the unwilling of a monu
ment to the United States army al
Flirey.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Strikers and Soldiers.
Rutland Herald.)

1t is natural enough for the strikers
i'm Bellows Falls and Wilder to resent
the attempts of the International Paper
Co. to fill their places, but when, as In
Bellows Falls, they undertake to say
that $500 900 worth of valuable property
in the form of pulpwood shall not be sal
vaged from the river, they take position
from which they are compelled to re-
treat.
The surprising thing about the situa-
ton is the possible craftsmanship OF men
lin Bellows Falls, not in the unions. who
post signs in their windows. No Strike
Breakers Wanted" and who, in some
cases, have undertaken to deny supposed
strike breakers the right to purchase
supplies.
Without going into the merits of the
case as between the company and the
strikers, what good will it do Bellows
, Falls to have a half million dollars
worth of logs sunk in the river and
ruined? How will it ADVANCE business
Who will sbenefit thereby?
And the committee, headed by very
pleasant and well-meaning gentleman by
| the name of Ridden, how do they like
| the reply of the head of the International
company that not only will it undertake
to salvage his property but that he VIII
| hold local and state authorities response
Bile for loss and damage thereto?
Their position is untenable and their
attitude is shOrtsighted.
/ If the International company cannon
reach compromise with its men, it has
right to hire other men, and 1t has
| right to demand that such men be pro
1 tected
/ When it hires gunner and pluguglies
it invites trouble, and the state and 10
cal authorities are just as much obliget
to protect citizens and strikers agalns
them as to protect property and peaceful
strike breakers against violence iron
/ any source.
n Bellows Falls. too, naturally resent
the notoriety that attaches TO being sub
iected to the protection of an armed CAM
of militiamen. Men say openly tina
4 there was no need of calling out the sol
derS. The fact seems TO be, however
THAT the county officers were doubtful
about being able to handle the situation
They may have been wrong, but ciearl.
the governor and adjutant general coul'
do no less than send the two companle
when called for.
!. So far, the state soldiers have con
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
NEVER KNEW A
MINUTES PEACE
Montpelier Man Had Rheu-
matisfn Twelve Years
Has Completely
Recovered

81 don't believe anybody ever suffered
from rheumatism any worse than / did for
II years and it certainly took good
medicine to knock it out. but that's ex-
actly what Tanlac has done for me" said
Frank L. Bowman, 104 Main street,
Montpelier. VT
Every bone in my body ached, but
suffered more in my hands, legs and knees
than anywhere else. My joints were so
swollen and painful / never knew min
ute's peace. and sometimes for months at
a time / wasn't able to hit a lick of work.
had no appetite. had frequent bilious
spells, didn't get much sleep at night and
was about as miserable and rundown as
q man could be.
II suffered so long that finally | be-
came almost desperate, and it certainly
was lucky thing for me that l got hold
of Tanlac. My rheumatism has disap-
peared entirely, / have a cOrking appe-
tite. sleep fine and never lose a day from
work now | had rather have the good
Tanlac has done me than own all the
money in New England. In fact the good
| have received from this medicine is be-
yond measure in dollars and cents"
Tanlac is for sale in BrattlebOro by
the Brattleboro Drug Co.-Adyertisement.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Experlence.

Observation more than books. ex
perience rather than persons, are the
prime educators. Books aid as one
has the wit to use them to advantage
persons most when seeming not II
serve us. Experience converts US
ourselves when books fail us. anc
this oftenest against our knowledge
and consent. And it remains question
able how fan our attachments further
or hinder Natures intention, the art of
education being still so complicated
and incalculable a matter that, with
the experience of past times to aid
US, not a few of the most striking
characters have been formed. untram
melled by the schools, under the more
direct and potent influences of life
and things, operating under the pres.
sure of necessity and seeming acct
dent.-A Bronson Alcott-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

Alaska's gold production is falling off
but the worth of the territory's mineral
wealth becomes yearly more apparent.
The 1920 figures, just compiled by the
United States geological survey. tell the
story. Last years gold production of
slightly more than 100000 showed
decrease of more than million. but
copper rose from SS,783,O63 to $12,960,-
COG. and silver. production made four
fold gain. Outputs of lead, platinum,
petroleum. marble and gypsum increased
approximately 100 per cent. Alaska cost
the nation just S7,200000 u years ago.
Forty years of mining operations there
have yielded minerals and metals worth
S461 .474 79S. and the surface has hardly
been scratched. So much for the pur-
chase once known as Stewards Folly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
In the Days News.

William Marshall Bullitt, who is TO
receive a salary of $4,000 year as
counsel for the United States shipping
board. is a noted Louisville lawyer who
served some years ago as sohcitor-general
of the United States He is native Of
Louisville and a graduate of Princeton
university. In 1895 he was admitted to
the bar and began practice in his native
city. While he has taken an active in
terest in politics to the extent of serv-
ing as delegate to the state and national
conventions of the Republican party he
has never been seeker after Office. Mr..
Bullitt can lay claim to distinguished an
cestry, his family having been proni-
nent in Virginia and Kentucky since
early Colonial days. He is a great great
nephew both of Patrick Henry and Of
Chief Justice John Marshall, and his
great grandfather was the first speaker of
the Kentucky senate.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Unanimous!

The appointment of Major r. W. Nc
Cuen as, collector of internal revenue
verifies one item of the Herald's grape
vine, but the consolation prize of prohi,
bition enforcement officer goes to Col
Inns NJ. Graves instead of l.. Halse!
Lewis, the latter being evidently dis
barred by the age limit.
1t is very evident that Senator Carroll
s. Page was not consulted about this ap
pointment, which, by the way, is the only
one ripe" and whether Mr.. Lewis, his
own brother-in-law, is to be taken car,
Of or not in some other way does no,
appear from the record.
Evidently the delegation in Washing
ton is acting as though the position OF
junior senator were vacant. especially
when the report states that the two APP
pointments above were its unanimous
choice
The writer is quite sure that Senate,
Page never consented to this recommend
alton.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
TO THE suRsCRIBERs.

It is the aim of the management to secure
efficient service in the delivery Of the paper
each night, and it solieits the cooperation Of
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
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. 1t 10 only by thii
method that the publisher can secure the de
sired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

The Reforner is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattieboro News Co., c. w.
cleveland, S. L. Purinton (Esteyxille).
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica. 297 South Main St
(Fort Dummer district.
West Brattleboro, ]. L. Stockweil.
East Dummerston, M. z. Brown
Putney, III. G. Williams.
Newfane, N. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler.
South Vernon, E. B. Buffum.
Northfeld, Mass, Thompson Bros.
west Chesterfield, N. H, Mrs. w. Streeter,
Hfnsda1e, N. H., w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co,
Greenfield, Mass, C. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
TOday's BIRTHDAYS.

King Haakon VII, the present ruler
IF Norway. born in Copenhagen, Den
mark, 40 years ago today.
Rt Hon. Stanley Baldwin, president
Of the board of trade in the British cabi-
net. born 81 years ago today.
King Constantine. the present occu-
pant of the throne of Greece, born in
Athens. - years ago today.
Major General Sir Edward Strickland.
military commander of British forces in
ireland. born - years ago today.
DIR. Augustus III. Strong. president en-
aritus of the Rochester Theological SEM
nary, born at Rochester, \. Y, SO years
ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Tndav,s ANNIVERSARIES.

I792-Sir Richard Arkwright, the in
venter of the spinning jenny, died.
Born Dec. %, s4732
1S21-Uriah S. Stephens, founder of
the knights of Labor, born near
Cape May, n. ]. Died Feb. ID,
1882
1S3S-Holland declared war against Bel
GUM.
1S4G-SamueI NJ. Jones. 1.-The Golden
Rule mayor of Toledo. born in
Wales Died at Toledo, ~, July
u, 1904.
1S47-NIontreal Toronto and Buffalo
were connected by telegraph.
1SS0-American Canoe association was
organized at Lake George, y. Y
1SS6-Marquis of Salisbury accepted the
British premiership.
19I5-Twenty-f five lives lost in a food
resulting from a cloudburst al
Erie Pa
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

Quoted themselves with discretion and
Self-control. 1t would be most unfor-
tunate if they did otherwise. Their po-
sition is not especially POPULAR but they
are doing their duty and they should have
the support of all law-abiding citizens.
They are not there to win the strike
or break the strike. They are merely
there to preserve law and order, and no
peacefully inclined citizens will suffer
thereby
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
Keep ON Caring for PerieE.
tRutIand News. J

Perley @. Davis, formerly of West
Dover, is seeking alimony from his wife's
estate in his petition for divorce. Hi
wife might as well continue to supper,
him if she has already been doing so.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

Whatever may be your views of the
armory community house project, it is
your duty as a citizen to attend the spe-
cial town meeting at which the ques-
ton will be decided Friday evening.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

The German government plans taxes
amounting to SO,OOOO00,000 paper marks
year. Germany ought to have our pa
per-rags men to collect the stuff.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

Now that Robert w. NIcCuen and Col
Inns NJ Graves have been handed their
federal fruit the question remaining to
be settled is what sort of plums viii go
to John 7. Gushing, Halsey Lewis and
Harry Whitehill.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

If this new policy. with. its ideal of close
cooperation between regulars and guard
can be made a success. there will be
ground of national elf-congratulatiOn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

Judge Gary is nothing if not cautious.
He prophecies that the biggest boom ever
will strike this country at some future
date" So viii the biggest slump.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03
One Year Ago To-day.

Sfr Thomas ]. Upton given enthusiasts
tic welcome in New York.
Text of British coercion bill for Ire
land read in house of commons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-03

The former German crown prince is
tired of Holland, and wants permission
to leave. We should think such a big
cheese would like it there.