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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
GR4NITEVILLE

Mrs. Mathewson. who has been AT
the home of her SON, George Mathew
son, for the past few months, went on
Thursday to their home in Canada.
Jeanne Stewart, daughter of iona.
than Stewart is confined to the home
of George Laird with scarlet fever Mr.
Stewart and Mr. Laird are staying at
William Laird's during the quarantine.
Alex. Murray's family on Pearl street
is quarantined with scarlet fever.
DIR. and Mrs, G. L. r, Hayes returned
home Friday, after few days visit
in Montreal.
Peter McVeigh left Thursday for his
home in St Sylvester, p O., where he
will spend the winter.
Misses Agnes and Clara Murphy left
this noon for Burlington, having been
called here a few days ago by the
death of their cousin, Maurice Keough
Philip and Thomas Murphy will leave
tonight TO resume their work, having
come here TO attend Maurice keoughs
funeral, The former goes 10 Bradford,
Mass, and the latter to his home in
Athol, Mass.
Friends of Miss Bessie Morrison will
be glad to know she is making a nice
recovery from an operation for appen
licitis, which she underwent week
ago Friday at the Carrie +. Wright
hospital in Newport. " H. Miss Morri-
son is member of the nurses training
lass in that institution, and she is a
laughter of Mrs, Christina Mckenzie
II Pearl street.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
TALK OF THE TOWN

Miss Jessie Kidder of Summer street
leaves tomorrow for Pueblo, Col, to
make an indefinite visit with relatives.
Miss Annie Mccarthy of Summer
street is spending a few days with hcr
sister, Miss Esther Mccarthy, in st,
Johnsbury.
Miss Lillian Persons and Miss Min
ME Quinn of Waterbury were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs, Ira Houston of
SO Maple avenue. Miss Marion Per
sons, who accompanied them here,
stopped with Mr.. and Mrs Warren
Cummings of Academy street over the
holidays
Stop look and listen Illustrated
lecture, 100 slides of the most famous
paintings of the world, under auspices
of Barre Woman's club, Rowland hall,
Tuesday evening, s o'clock sharp. Lee
turer, Rev. Frank o. Hokerk; soloist,
Mrs W. NJ Holden; accompanist,
Elena Barberi Club members admitted
on club tickets; public, 25c only.-adv.
Yermont's champion checker player,
David Stephen of 1874 South Main street,
was this morning defeated in four
games out of six by Victor c, Town
send, champion of Boston, who last
evening arrived in Barre to fill an en-
gagemcnt at the Vincitia club this eve
ming. Mr. Townsend viii tonight give
an exhibition of the game in simulta-
neous playing with all corners of this
section, any checker player in Barre or
vicinity who wishes to test his ability.
Mr.. Stephen in the six gamesIost four,
won one and brought one game to a
draw He with other players will test
the ability of Mr. Townsend in the 81
playing. The public is in
vitcd to this exhibition by the Nincitia
club, which engaged Mr. Townsend to |
the checker players of the
club and this city.
Much interest and rivalry has been
aroused among the different classes |
at Goddard as the class basketball !
league schedule is drawing TO a close.
All the class are represented by
quintet OF basketball FINGERS" except
ing the sophomore class however. this
is made up for in the pres
,nce OF two senior teams on the floor,
me representing the academic side and
he other the commercial. Each team
must play three games to complete
Is schedule, in such way making Il
complete round of all the other teams
n the four -cornered league. The win
hing aggregation is to be presented
erseys and numerals. The freshman
cam is the only one to have completed
Is series of games, and at present
las undisputed title to the cellar 20.
ition, having won one game and lost
wo. The others stand as follows:
seniors, won ! lost o; Sc
liors. won /, lost /; Juniors, won |,
ost |. This afternoon the commercial
eniors will try their luck against thy
uniors, and on Saturday they viii
ring the league to a close when they
meet the seniors. /,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Promoting American Tours.

There were about 100 delegates in
attendance at the convention of the
National Park to-Park Highway asso-
citation in Denver recently, and a res
olution was passed asking Congress to
cooperate with the twelve western
states within whose borders lie ma
tional parks in raising a fund of $780,
000,O00 for construction of concrete
and cement highways connecting those
parks 1t would require 5000 miles Of
such highways to make continuous
automobile tourist route between Mesa
Verde, Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone,
Glacier, Mount Rainier, Crater Lake,
Lassen, Yosemite, Sequoia, General
Grant and Grand Canyon parks. Such
roads would open them to easy access
to every owner of the 100000 or
more automobiles in the United States,
The facility with which such travel
may be done in some sections and
states, giving easy access, however, to
few of the parks, and the great de-
velopment of automobile touring the
past few years. indicate what would be
the result of the construction of such
highway system. At present Rocky
Mountain Estes and Yellowstone
parks are the most accessible TO ma
chimes, and thousands of them enter
those parks every year. Many more
entered this year than ever before.
The states through which these high
ways would run are interested in the
business and advertising which would
result and may be relied upon TO aid
in their construction. They
might be expected to do it all, were
it not that the west is land of mag
niicent distance and for most of the
routes the miles are long and the pop
ulation few. II is not like making
hard roads in populous and wealthy /
states. That the nation a. a whole I
has an interest in this matter of rem
dering the parks accessible 70 the peo- (
pie is proved bv the fact that it Gre !
ated the parks in the first place for the I
enjoyment of the people Rendering
Il easy to reach them Is as important /
as creating them. Also the stimula-
lion Of home travel instead Of foreign
travel is of great national value It
not only retains for our own prosper
ty MANY millions of dollars annually
'pent abroad. 1t 1t gets our people
better acquainted with each other and
with the whole country. and thus slim
llates patriotism and solidarity. II
makes us a more homogeneous people
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Kill 1t Before 1t Grows Up.

A new pest has broken out-the tele-
phone salesman. OF course he has -four
ished to a small extent for some time,
but lately there has been an epidemic
and the business man can never answer
his telephone without the dread that he
will hear: Cant | interest you in this
oil stock which is bound to double,
triple or quadruple its value in a few
weeks :" He tells you that he is letting
just few friends in on the deal His
friends are bounded only by the num-
Der of names in the telephone books.
Still another line has been opened up
and not a few were surprised to get this
conversation when answering the tele-
phone: I'm Mr.. So-and SOS secretary
and he wished me to call you to-day to
find out if you were interested in life
insurance. There is very little reason
to comment on this latest venture, as
the comments by the persons called
were said to be not only discouraging.
but somewhat caustic. No doubt the
insurance agent had dreams Of the so
licited party telling the secretary that
he was just itching to take out a $780,
900 policy and would she mind issuing
one for him. But if he had that dream
he hasn't got it now
II Is exceedingly lucky that assault
and battery cannot be committed over
the telephone, but that alone is not
reason why the impossible
should be provoked A safe rule to fol-
low in telephone solicitations would be
not to attempt to start any business
which runs into more than few dol
lars. of course the telephone is neces-
,ary in the ordinary course Of business,
but craftsmanship is still best accom-
Dlished through direct and personal
contact Buffalo Express.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
wOman's Dress and Weddings.

A Pittsburgh preacher gets passing
attention by his action in refusing to
ofiiciate at wedding ceremonies in the
evening because of the fashion of WON.
ans gowns. He may and prabably will
satisfy his own conscience on the point,
yet il is not likely his action will seri-
ously affect prevailing modes One Of
the peculiar characteristics of the fe.
male sex is that its members satisfy
themselves as far as possible in select
ing clothes, and when they have
achieved that they do not especially
worry as TO what others think. The
decollete gown came into vogue many,
many years ago; il has undergone
scathing denunciations of reformers and
moralists: has sustained shocks from
pulpit and press, has submitted to some
notifications at the dictum Of modists.
but has persisted in form and principle
through all the vicissitudes Of changing
fashions and unchanging prudery. Tn
til lovely woman changes her mind as
TO what she will put on or leave off,
the Pittsburgh parson may rest as
sured he will not be troubled with
rush of wedding parties in the evening
unless he recedes from his position
Omaha Bee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Lisping Details of Theft Of Every "S'
in Type.

Al JPSs
I'VE are thorry to thay," explained
the editor Of the Skedunk Weekly
News, that our compelling room
wath entered lath night by thome I'M
known thcoundrel, who thtole ever,
eth in the establishment, and thuc-
cceded in making hith ethcape undo
tected.
"The motive of the mithcreant
doubtlcth wath revenge for thome
thouppothed inthult
1T thall never be thaid that the
party thpite Of any thmall thouled viii
Ian hath dithabled the Newth. and If
thith meet the eve Of the detachable
rathcal we beg to athure him that he
underethtimated the rcthuurcth Of the
frtht -clath newthpapcr when he
thinkth he can cripple it hopefully by
breaking into the alphabet We take
ocrathion TO thay to him furthermore
that before next Thurthday VIC thall
have three timeth as many etheth ath
he thole.
I'VE have reathon to thuthpeet that
we know the cowardly thkunk who
committed thith act Of vandalithm.
and II he it'll ever theen prowling about
tbith ethablithment again BY day or
by night. nothing will give nth more
than to thoot hith dam
hide full Of holeth. The Kablegram
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
SOUTH BARRE

Of the South Barre people who have
been al the Barre City hospital for
treatment or operations, Mrs. Ernest
Allen has returned home; Donald Rock.
the son u Mr. and Mrs. +. ~ Rock,
who was operated on for appendicitis,
is rapidly improving and his parents
hope TO be able to move him in a few
days. and Alex Thow. who has been
there about a week. is improving and
viii not need an operation. He is ex-
pected home soon.
Wendell Dudley has returned home
after being for several weeks en-
ployed by Ed Webster of Plainfe'd.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
The acheapnessv Of Nature.

Mrs Newrich Gin storel-My little
boy was disappointed in not getting
magnet among his Christmas presents.
Have you anyi
Clerk Here's one at 50 cents.
Mrs. Newrich (haughtily We don't
have to buy such cheap looking steel
things. Show me something in silver.
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE
ESTATE OF THOMAS G. MEKKEIsF

The undersigned having been appointed by
the honorable probate court for the district
Of Washington. commissioner 20 receive
examine. and adjust the Gle ms md demands
Of all persons against the estate Of Thomas
c. Mekkelscn late of Barre Town, in said
district deceased. and nj claims exhibited
IN offset thereto. hereby give notice that W.
will meet for the purpose aforesaid at the
residence Of Williauv J. Clapp the City
Of Barre in said district on the 2eth day
Of February and md day OF July next
from 10 O'Clock n M. until 4 o'clock p. m.
on each Of said days ard that six months
from the eleventh day OF January. A. d. 1921,
is the time limited BY said court for said
creditors to present their claims to US for
examination and allowance
Dated at Barre Town. VT, this cath day
of January A. D. 1921
FRANK 6. BANCROFT,
WILLIAM J. CLAPP. Commissioners.
Jan28-3iFeb7
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Familiar Warning.

A man was walking down a street in
Dorchester the other day and an ac.
quaintance some distance behind was
calling out after him, Hey, Luke
Hey, Luke"
As the man ahead did not show anv
sign of hearing, a wag on the street
corner shouted, stop. Luke, and lis
ten Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Card of Thanks.

We wish TO thank all our friends
and neighbors for the sympathy and
acts Of kindness extended to Us dur
ing the illness and death Of our little
girl. We also are very grateful for
the many beautiful flowers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred ?. Cults,
Frank c. York.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
MONTPELIER
Mrs. John w. Emery Died Sunday,
After Being Ill Some Months.

! Mrs. Lavina f. G. Emery widow
of the late John w. Emery, died at
her home on Spring street Sunday
morning following poor health Of some
months due for the most part to an
anacmic condition, with heart com
plication.
The deceased, who was Lavinia
, Fiske, a daughter of Clark and Olive
Fiske, was born in Eden March 81
lS47 Her early life was passed in
that town, then she came to Mont
pelier to reside and was married i'll
Montpelier to Russell A. Corey Of
Einesburg. They resided in that town
for some years and later went to FL
wood, Neb., where Mr.. Corey died.
to John w. Emery of this city and
they had resided on Spring street for
many years. Mr.. Emery died last May.
The deceased was a granddaughter
of Joseph Fiske, who was one of those
who blazed the way from Connecticut
to Vermont in the early days of the
country Mrs Emery formed many
close affiliations and friendships in the
different places in which she had re-
sided. She is survived by four sons,
Clark r. Corey of Hbbing, Mimi,
Amos J. Corey of Louisville, Ky, Ho-
bert c. Corey of Detroit, Mich, and
Homer X. Corey of Superior, Wis. Ho-
bert has been with his mother for
some weeks. Mrs. Corey and her son,
Russell, arrived Sunday. The funeral
arrangements will not be completed
until the three other sons reach here
Mrs. Lucy Kelleher, who fell on the
slippery sidewalk the middle of last
week, is gaining as fast rs can be ex-
pected She suffered three fractured
ribs
Miss Minnie Yeti of the Montpelier
National bank has been i'll.
Some complaint has been made to
the aldermen Of Montpelier city council I
against the Capital City Gas company
its service charge three /
months in advance, and G. L. Blaneh-
ard of the company told one of the
aldermen last week that persons who
were opposed 10 TINS WOulu only De
asked to pay a month in advance if
they world come to the office of the
company.
The game of basketball that was to
have been played tonight between
seminary and Spaulding
high school will be postponed because
light Of the seminary squad are iso-
ated from the rest of the student
body and Others for a week at least.
This action was taken by Rev. J. w.
Hatch principal of the school. because
me of the players in the Randolph
agricultural school team, they met at
Randolph Friday evening came down
With scarlet fever and word TO that
fleet reached him Saturday morning
won by score of 81 to 10.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Mean to Keep II So.

Motorist What a quaint little coun.
try village, and how peaceful! But
why don't you have the roads repaired +,
They are terribly bumpy.
Nillager We prefer to keep our lit
tie village peaceful Now. an motor
ist. slow down a mile outside the place.
London Answers
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Not Much to Ask.

Woman Ito beggar at door No,
amt got nothin' for you.
Beggar treproachfully)-You might
refuse me dramatically, at an rate
Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Dry Reading.

II suppose they've discontinued the
Bartenders' Guide since prohibition
came, haven't they"
Yes, but what's TO prevent some
ones getting out 1921 manual and
calling it Whose Hootch'l"- New
York Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Their Resolutions.

She-so you've gone back to smok-
ing
He-Yes. it takes an iron will to
quit. and I'm no Roosevelt. Are you
still keeping up your daryl
She-No, dropped it some time ago.
I'm no Margot Asquith,-Boston Tran
script.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Right in Her Line.

"The people in the fiat above us ara
fighting"
Must be unpleasant for your wife q
mo- she likes to have fuss made
over her Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24

The slogan "See America First,
means far more than the keeping at
home of tourist dollars. 1t means a
better understanding of America by
Americans. - st. Louis Globe Dem
crat
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Plenty of Company.

"A cubic inch of air often contains q
million microbes" declares a scientist.
And yet some people complain of feel!
ing lonesome Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Unselfsh Mother.

When there is plenty of ice cream,
mother reluctantly eats her share; she
cant save it to give to the children the
next day Boston Transcript.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
Notice.

Regular meeting Of branch No. y,
@. W. l. L. Of n A., will be held in
Miles hall on Wednesday, Jan 20, at
o'clock.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
At Hotel Barre This Week

Appointments may be made to assist
you in filing your returns either by
calling the hotel on the phone or by
mail
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
BARRE DAILY TIMES
MONDAY, JANUARY "a, 1921.
The Weather.

Fair tonight and probably Tues
day; colder tonight; fresh northwest
winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOUND S. bill: owner can have ~
furnishing pruof q loss and paying for
this advertisement a. the W. d. Smith siorr.
2s4ti
TO RENT-Tcnement a. thrr-e rooms for
light ustkeerinn. suitable for man and
vie Or widow lady: call - Maple Ave
sumner street entrance gs4tf
AGENTS WANTED That are capable a.
taking orders for car seif-ccllectiur Eys-
TEN for merchants. grain dealers. ducta-s
and everybody rznuinE a book account. big
Tn1ney rrcnzsiticrss % hustlcrs- male or r.
male write for particulars and sample
oai6t- G 3. NcDUnaid. Montpelier. 2sttseod
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
DALLAS +. POLLARD
Burlington, VT.
Income Tax Specialist

Formerly Chief Of Income Tax Dept,
at Portsmouth, n II.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-01-24
TALK or THE TOWN

T. r. Merrill will be present to lead
the rehearsal of the Barre City band
tonight.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-12-30
Patrons And Friends OF First
National Bank To Come
Saturday, Dec. 81
BUSINESS AS USUAL AS
REMODELING GOES, ON
Many Things HaveB Intro
duced To Add To Conven-
fence And Security

An invitation has been given by the
officers of the First National bank to
their patrons and friends in Mt. Ver-
non and throughout Knox county to
visit and to inspect the remodeled
business home of this bank next Sat
urday, Dec. 81, between the hours of
10 a. m. and p. m. This reception is
to be quite informal in character and
will require no unusual arrangement
or preparation.
The work of remodeling has been
going on through many months DUR
ing which time the regular and usual
business of the bank has been carried
OH. For time conditions were some
what inconvenient but were made en-
durable by contemplation of what the
future was to bring The work of re-
modelling now is complete, practically
to its last detail, and the time now is
near when the bank officials may in
vite their patrons and friends to come
and inspect what has been accom-
plished.
The remodeling was done after
plans drawn by Stewart & Stewart,
architects, of Cincinnati These in
volve a complete rearrangement OF
the entire interior, greatly adding to
the convenience, on both sides of the
counter. Formerly the bank officers
and employees were compelled to
work in small and cramped quarters
while the space given to patrons was
but little larger. The business done
at the First National Bank some time
before had outgrown the old quarters
and the officers realized the necessity
for refnodeling to meet new and pres
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-12-30

ent day demands.
The effect is pleasing and satisfy
ing the moment one steps within the
walnut doors of the outer lobby. At
the right is white marble counter,
with black marble base separating the
public lobby from the private working
space back of the counter within
which the bank employees perform
their duties.
The floor is of Alabama gray mar
BILE. Surmounting the white marble
counter is walnut and glass screen, in
which are set six bronze grills through
which are transacted all the ordinary
details of business between patrons
and bank officials.
Immediately to the left of the vesti.
bule and looking out on South Main
street is compartment reserved for
the use and convenience of lady pa
irons. 1t has comfortable chairs and
a desk at which to write.
At the right of the vestibule is a
private room for the use of other pa
irons, for conferences and the like. 1t
also looks out upon South Main street
and also upon Vine street.
Next beyond is Va compartment re-
served for the use of the bank presi-
dent. 1t is easily accessible and dem.
ocratic, as bank presidents should be.
There is here also handsome black
walnut desk and chair.
In the middle of the lobby is found
white marble writing desk supplied
with blank checks, deposit slips, pens
and ink, and with a shaded electric
lamp stand surmounting it.
At the rear of the lobby is bronze
grill that is before the safety deposit
department. BY the construction of
its new vault the First National bank
has been able greatly to extend it's
safety deposit facilities to it's patrons.
Much of the arrangement of the inter-
ior has been studied with this purpose
in mind.
A telephone booth permits privacy
in communication outside, such as
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1921-12-30
BALANCE IS SMALL
BUT ITS THERE
Sinking Fund To Have ST.
089.42 After Paying
Obligations Due
January l

After paying soon after Jan. /, 1922,
certain bond and interest charges
against the city, the sinking fund
commission will have to its credit, Ci-
ty Auditor H. G. Gates said Thursday,
the munificent sum of $1,0S942, with
which to meet the coming years OBJ
legations.
Falling due on Jan. 4, 1922, are GER
tain of the citys promises to pay to-
falling $12,726.45. This sum includes
5000 of water works bonds, interest
charges on deficiency bonds and
street improvement bonds, for sewer
and paving construction. To meet
this total of $12,726.45 the sinking
fund has to its credit in the city de-
pository total of $13,S15.S7. After
making the payments cash balance
win remain to. the credit Of the com
mission amounting in all to $1,OS9.. AZ.