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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

'robably the facts are that the writer
aever rode in anything faster than an
pNcart until he purchased an auto to
keep up with his neighbor. and having
eel ~ed a conveyance of that sort
Straightaway he starts out to see how
many miles he can devour in day. In
he vast majority of cases if a traveller
is content to drive as he ought to through
he country lie will be in little danger
anywhere of being thrown out of his
seat by rough roads. One would gather
by reading some newspaper comments
that the writer's had never ridden in any
thing faster than a rocking chair until
hey struck some of the highways of Yer
mont. The consequence is that motor
lists from abroad reading the screeds of
some papers shrieking about the awful
condition of the state roads conclude
hat if they come here they will have
20 bump the bumps all across the coun-
Try. Whereas the fact is that there are
niles of highway across the state that
are as good as they are anywhere. and
which, if travelled as they ought to be
would be found to be as comfortable as
loads in any state in the union. 1t would
10 some NermonterS n world of good 20
AXE a trip into some of the other states
# this union. They would come home
very well satisfied with what we have
acre. 1t is not especially inviting to
'ummer tourists to be forever growing
about the awful condition of Vermont
,oadS. Better stop growing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Not All Expenditures, Wrong ?.
bennington Banner.)

The Mortified News suggests calling
the old state house gang" back Heaven
forbid. 1t Is true they did not waste
50 much as the present bunch. out meth
DDS of soaking the taxpayers have been
greatly improved and there is no know
Eng what they might do if turned loose
now.-Morrisville Messenger.
The Messenger is too hard on the
group of men and women who serve the
state. both past and present. Practically
all of them are just as good as the state
produces. Auditor Ben Gates. in an adj
dress last winter, hit the nail on the
head when he called attention to the fact
that WHEN mar ii C.ected or appointed
to an official position he is taken out of
the rank and file and directed to seek to
accomplish certain ends To secure re-
suits almost always means the spending
OF money. An official often sees where
and how more could be brought about if
his department had a larger and more
competent personnel and almost uncon-
SciOuSly he becomes factor in the
growth of departments The increase of
departmental expenses does not mean
that the money is stolen. In fact it
often means that the men in whose de
partments are honestly trying to serve
the state more effectively. Curtailment
in expense can be brought by the enforce
ment of sensible budget system and
giving. the governor the power to veto
items I'M appropriation bills without des-
troyIng the entire measure.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
THE SOLDIER RELIEF FUNDS.

The new soldier relief bill, when it be-
comes a law, will provide about $780,
600, 900 fer lettering the condition of the
soldiers. One of the most pertinent in
quiries made during its discussion came
from Representative Cannon of Illinois
How much of that sum-" he inquired
will go to the soldier, and how much of
it will go to administration The re-
ply that S13,O0O,000 will be required for
administration and that all the rest will
go directly to improving the condition of
the soldiers is encouraging in view of the
tremendous scope of the work. But the
query was right to the point, none the
less.
Uncle Joe" knows by long experience
that too often the sums voted by congress
for any reform result in the establish
ment of deal of complicated machin-
cry and the provision of innumerable
easy jobs for healthy constituents, and
that by the time these bills are paid the
sum left for disbursement in the original
cause is sadly reduced. ss.
This condition arises not because the
men handling the proposition are intrin-
sically dishonest but because govern
mental business methods have been la
mentally poor in the past. But in the
country is awaking to this evil. There
is a demand for greater efficiency in the
administration of public funds and con-
siderable promise that the efficiency viii
be forthcoming
Thus far. although tremendous sums
have been voted and spent, the result in
actual relief to the service man has been
small and unworthy of this nation. If
the new bill which provides for simpli-
fcation of methods and a unifcation of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Getting on Easily.
(Barre Times.l

1t looks like eas- medicine for the
driver of the rum smuggling car, which
sped down through northern VERY ont
while its occupants terrified the inhabi-
tants. to get off with the payment of a
fine of $500. with costs of prosecution,
The driver of the car claimed that he was
not part of the rum-seeking expedition.
havely been merely hired. along with the
car. to carry the liquor back To Rhode
Island from the purchasing point across
the Canadian line. Yet he was a party
TO the expedition, a party to the wild
ride through the state and party to the
Haunting of defiance against the laws
and authority of the state of Vermont.
He it was, presumably, who was at the
wheel of the ear while his two comrades
in. arms stood ON the two running boards
of the vehicle and with drawn reyolverS
and threatening mien attempted to stand
off any persons who should strive to pre-
vent their fight. OF course he was a
party To the whole affair and should have
been held for something besides the
charge of illegal transportation of liquor
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
HIGHER POSTAGE.

1t seems to be accepted at Washington
as inevitable that letter postage must 60
up to three cents again To lawmakers
scanning all possible sources of revenue
to meet a clamorous budget, this seems
an obvious thing to do. There is no
agreement. though. as to the amount of
money that may be raised by this device.
1t cannot be assumed that a 80 per
cent raise in the cost of letters and a 100
per cent raise in the cost of postcards
Will produce a proportionate increase of
postal revenue. When these higher
rates were in force, during the war pc
riod, it was observed that the use of
postcards dropped off considerably. 1t
was harder to guage the effect of the let
ter postage. because the times were alb
normal. There was much greater incen-
tive for both personal and business cor
respondenee. People had more money.
then, too.
1t seems reasonable to expect that if
three-cent postage is to prevail again.
there will be big drop in frst-class bus
mess letters, at least. Business insti-
tutions who use the mails extensively
will naturally count the cost of three
cent stamps, and either restrict their
correspondence or resort to the third
class privilege, which permits the mail
ing Of two ounces of printed matter-in-
Guiding circular letters-for one cent
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Marbles Always Spring Came.

To write the full history Of marbles
would involve literally the writing of
volumes For in England alone, games,
names, and values vary from one coun-
" TO another, always, however, show
ing an underlying likeness like all
children's games<the wolId over. One
common feature, seen everywhere,
whether in the United Kingdom or the
United States, is sthat marbles is es-
Sentially a spring game. In certain
parts of England, the playing of mar
lies. like the playing of cricket, be-
gins with punctilious regularity ol the
Friday before Easter. But generally,
on the first spring days, as if by some
common consent, marbles make their
appearance. Mysterious dittle holes be-
gin to appear in vacant place., mys-
rerious chalk marks on pavements and
sidewalks, and, before the first green
has appeared in the trees, the game Is
IN full swing, ON all hands. By sum-
mer it is put away again for another
rear.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Basketball Badinaoe.

Kansas paper: "Billsburg's basket
hall Bellies beat Burlingtons basket
hall Beauties Blondes, brunettes,
beautifully bediZened by basques
bloomers, belts, buttons. Bugle blows
bout begins backbones bend. bod
les bump, buttons burst, belts break
Boosters below boisterously. Beauties
buffet ball briskly, but bouncing Bellies
bear battles brunt by busy bursts be-
vond blocking. Both punches battle
bravely, but Bellies, being better
bumpers. beat Beauties badly. Bravo,
Rillsburg Bellies, bravo w-BostoD
Transcript.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
ABADAN.

Once Bayonne, y. J., claimed first
honors as an oil port, then Beaumont.
Texas, and in these last years, Tampico.
Now the title shifts again.
Abadan. a seaport made to order OF
the site of an altogether insignificant
Persian village, lays claim to the distinc-
ton. 1t is the port through which the
oil of the great Persian fields, perhaps
the richest in the world, finds its way
out to serve modern civilization.
Only the most recent maps show Aba
dan. 1t lies ON the eastern bank of the
Shatt-al--Arab, as the combined Tigris
and Euphrates is known. some 30 mile
above the Persian gulf. Great jetties &C
cOmmodate the tankers which call there
Great refineries are working night and
! day, on the crude oil which comes down
through three great pipe lines from pools
| 100 miles away. Their products include
benzine. kerosene. gasoline ubricating
oils and fuel oils and parafin wax
| British capital is planning enormous ex
pansions in the near future. The British
government is cooperating in the main
tenance of an adequate channel through
the great bar at the mouth of the river
| Abadan is an odd name for a town.
| and the town itself is a long way from
Main street, but there is real romance in
it, in spite of the odors which must arise
from the whole neighborhood. The geog
raphy of business is romantic, anyhow
once you sit down to think of it.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Better Stop Growing.
lExpress and Standard }

4 writer in the burlington News de-
plores the continued 'howT' about poor
roads in Vermont and advises line of
publicity to secure a large number of
medium sized hotels in various sections,
where the summer vacationists are al
ready coming TO Vermont in large num-
bers and where they would be likely to
come in greatly increased numbers if the
accommodations were found adequate
It's good suggestion. We might end
the talk about alleged poor roads in Yer
mont for the time being. at least, and
turn TO some more needed line Of public
ity-Barre Times
Whether or not the hotel suggestion
is a good one. it is very certain that all
the "howling" about poor roads in Yer
mont does not make for profitable adj
vertiSing for the state. \ lot of the news
paper talk about the conditions of the
highways of this state is pure buncombe.
a man goes out with a car and drives
ike Jehu of old across the state one or
two hundred miles a day. and because
he happens to get bumped a little as he
eats up the road he comes home and
writes a letter to the paper condemning
the roads that have shaken him up.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
BE Careful About Drinking Water.
darlington Free Press.)

Owing TO previous campaigns of edu-
cation by the Vermont state board OF
health and the cor ,equent precautions
which our people have learned to exer-
else, We have all enjoy d remarkable i'm.
munity from epidemics and what have
been termed vocational diseases. How
ever the advent of low water in many
places as a result of the prolonged
drought makes it wise for tourists and
all people to be unusually cautious rela-
tive To drinking water. \ little thought
and thermos bottles combine to make il
possible to guard absolutely against the
necessity of drinking where there is dan
ger of contamination.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

In the widest and most inaccessible
spot on the west side of Mount Hor on
Willoughby lake, the officers Of Caledonia
and Orleans counties located early Fri
day morning. a still that in its complete
ness and capacity could hardly be equalled
by any similar outfit of Kentucky moon
sinners in the Hell for Sartin'" country.
Its owner, William +. Richardson of ST.
JOhnsbury, Al Martin. the aviator from
Brookfield. Mass, and his pal known
as Frank Taylor. We're arrested. Rich
adson and as much of the still as could
be carried down the steep embankment to
the water some 20 rods distant were
taken to Newport where Richardson is in
jail awaiting a hearing. Martin and Tay-
Tor We're brought to st. Johnsbury and
are now in the Caledonia county Jail
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
TOday's Birthdays.

Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, L. S. A,
years ago today.
DIR. Henry f. Osborn. celebrated
plaeontologist. born at Fairfield, Conn,
GA years ago today.
DIR. George F. Boyard, president of the
University of Southern California, born
at Alpha. Ind. 50 years aga today
DR. Ernest Allbee, for many years pro-
fessor of philosophy in Cornell univer-
sity, born at Langdon, y. H., sc years
ago today.
William III. Anderson. one of the most
potent leaders of the Anti-Saloon League
of america, born at Carlinville, ILL.,, Al
years ago today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
MaodaIen Hymn at sryn Ma,yr.

The American adoption of a certain
time-honored Oxford custom annually
spans the Atlantic with q bond of fell
lowshlp.s On May day, Iagdalen stu
dents gather to sing the Hymnus EA-
charistcus, written in latin by DIR.
Thomas Smith, fellow of st. Mary's,
Magdalen college, and set to music, In
1885, by Benjamin Rogers. Five hours
later, 1900 mileT away, the seniors of
Bryn Mawr college. Pennsylvania, In
white dresses and academic vaps and
gowns, climb the tower stairs above
Owl gate. and standing behind the
crenellated parapet, face the east and
repeat the beautiful hymn.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Little Benny's
Note Book
BY LEE PAPE.

Yestidday was mas berthday and she
was up in the setting room and pop came
home with a big buntch of flowers, say
ing. Benny, keep your mother up- stairs
vile | arrange these flowers in the par
Ter. / wunt to serprize her.
G.. all rite, / sed. And | quick ran up
in the setting room and ma was imbroid-
ering some Embroidery, me saying, Hello
ma, watts you Introducing?
And she kepp on Introducing it, and
pritty soon 81 sed, Was that your ia
Their jest came in
Nam? Yes, no. / meen / don't think
so, watts you Introducing, ma? | sed
\ dolly, | told you once, sed ma. And
she kepp on Introducing it, saying, Well
if ii wasent your father who was it?
l think it was a man to fix something,
sed.
Fix wat? sed ma, and I sed, The roof.
The roof! Sed ma, and | Sed. | meen
the cellar. watts you Introducing ma?
If you ask me that agen III imbroider
You a good old fashion slap, Sed ma, watts
the matter with the roof, or the celler,
there's nuthing needs fixing. I'm going
down stairs to see wat its all about, he
must of come in the rong house.
And she got up and started to go out
of the room, me q''ick saying, G, don't go
down there yet. Ind.
Wy in the werld not ? fo- n1ersy saKes.
sed ma, and | sed, There's soap on the /
top steps, you better wait a vile.
Soap soap, you certeny seem to be
tawking like a fish out of water, wat
soap? sed ma. And she looked and did
ent see any soap and came back and gave
me fearse slap. and jest then pop called
up, All rite below, all rite below Meen-
ing ma could come down, witch she did,
still tawking about soap, and she saw
the flowers and knew wy tried to keep
her up stairs and she ipologized like envy
IN IN a hot ay,l
pop gave me a dime. making me feel bet
ter than | felt all day-
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Today's Anniversaries.

1S21-Albreeht Becher. the mechanical
engineer who built the water
works in Chicago and st. Louis,
born in Germany Died in New
York city Dee %. 1892.
"Stourbridge Lion" the first
locomotive run in the United
States, was tried at Honesdale,
Pa.
1S46-PreSident Polk vetoed the French
spoliation indemnity bill.
1S6G-Inauguration of trial by jury in
Russia.
1S71-The trial of Communist prison
ers begun in Paris.
1SS0-Rev. John \. Watterson conse-
Grated second Catholic bishop of
Columbus, ..
1S96-ExceSsive heat prevailed over the
Eastern and Middle States.
S91-AssaSsinatiOn of Senior Canoyas
del Castillo, Spanish premier
1914-fhe Germans began the lombard
ment of Libau.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

the most brutal and disgusting crimes in
the history of Rutland courts, was serv-
ing sentence of eight YEAR,. The News
does not understand the process by
which TRUSTEES are selected but it does
not believe that such brute as La
Francis ever deserved that much liberty.
Even after being found guilty of Grim
inalIy aSsaulting a 13-year-old girl. La
Francis threatened some day Ito get
the witness whose testimony convicted
him. Prison authorities cannot be too
careful of man with a record like his
behind him and a declared promise of
more crime to come in the future.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

The Reformer is on sale every evening by
the following news dealers:
Brattleboro, Brattleboro News Co., c. W
cleveland, s. L. Purinton (Esteyville)
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica. 297 South Main St
(Fort Drummer district.
West Bratt1eboro, J. L. Stockweiis
East Dummerston, NJ. z. Brown,
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, n. NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, c. II. Grout.
South Londonderry, F. II. Tyler
South Vernon, E. B. Bufum.
Northfield, Mass, Thompson Bros.
West Chesterfield, N. h, Mrs. w. Streeter
Hinsdale, N. H, w. Fl. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass, Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass, c. A. Hays.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Too Many Escapes.
(Rutland News.l

1t seems altogether too easy for crimi-
mails working for the state on road gangs
or acting as TRUSTEES to escape. \ few
weeks ago prisoner working on the
road in Sherburne evaded his guards. ap-
parently without much scheming. and es-
capped Now comes the escape of John
LaFrancis who made his getaway from
the prison farm in Windsor. In each case
the escaped convict had plenty If OPP
portunity To get a good start before the
missing.
John LaFrancis, convicted of one of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
TO The SUBSCRIBERS.

It is the aim of the management TO secure
efficient service in the delivery of the paper
each night, and it solicits the cooperation OF
subscribers to that end. Prompt reports should
be given of each failure 10 receive the paper
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 this
method that the publisher can secure the de-
sirrd service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Today S Events;

Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, former
commanding general of the United
States army, is 81 years old today.
Centenary of the birth of Cen Win
field Scott, Featherston, noted Con-
federate commander in the war between
the states
Newark, n T.. expects to entertain
$1,000 visitors this week for the supreme
convention of the Fraternal Order of
Eagles.
In connection with the state fair open
ing at Sedalia today an elaborate cele-
bration is to be held in honor of the
Missouri statehood centennial
The tenth annual convention of the
National Association of Chiropodists,
opening today in San Francisco. will
seek, among other things, to undertake
a movement having for its object bet
ter understanding on the part of the
public of the proper care of the feet.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Have You Read 1t?
(St. Adams Messenger

UT. -NTUaIIIN -'IVN9VIIStI.J
Dorothy Garfield, member of the
Vermont state board of education. has
written a novel The Brimming Cup,
which occupies second place in the list
of the country's six best sellers" in the
field of fiction. 1t would be interesting
to know how many Nermonters have read
this book by a Vermont author.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper. so cents
an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an inch
for each subsequent insertion. Limited space
on first page at double rates.
Space rates application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents 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-Twenty cents per line FIRST
insertion with 50 per cent discount for each
subsequent insertion without change of copy.
Reading notices are published ut foot of local
items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

bans city court failed on Friday to agree
on a verdict in the case of State VS..
Nash A. Belmont, known as Rex, the
Clairvoyant," who is charged with sell
ing intoxicating liquor unlawfully. The
jury was out about an hour and - min
utes and stood eight for conviction and
four not guilty. States Attorney NJ III.
Alexander viii not give up his efforts to
prosecute Belmont to the full extent of
the law and will try the case again some
time in the near future.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
In the DAYS News

Sir William Treloar. who is organic
ing a union of the income taxpayers in
England i'll order TO force parliament to
simplify the income tax law so that the
citizen will not have to hire an ac-
countant to make out his tax blank" is
a former lord mayor of London who is
equally well known for his success IN
business and his practical interest in
philanthropy For many years he has
been known and spoken of as the ''Chil-
dren's Alderman" He is noted for his
devotion to the suffering children of
London and especially the little cripples
of the Ragged School union. Every year
he organizes great distribution of
Christmas hampers for the little unfOr-
tunates. In 1910 he paid a special
visit TO America for the purpose of in-
quiring into and observing tlfe methods
employed on this side of the Atlantic in
caring for crippled children.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

Lewis S. Richardson, for 33 years post
master at Chester Depot. does market
gardening as a side line. At the close of
the berry season, 1921, he had cleared
$40 from his strawberry patch, $50 from
his raspberry bushes and had picked two
bushels of currants from his garden.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

The two booze" men. who were ar
rested at Hyde Park last Tuesday for
smuggling liquor from Canada, were fined
$500 each and costs Wednesday morning
which they readily paid forfeiting also
their Buick touring car and the liquor.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
Member of The Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for publication of all news
dispatches credited to it and not otherwise
credited in this paper and also the local news
publ shed herein.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08
One. Year Ago Today,

The allied premiers decided to support
Poland. after the rejection of the allied
truce terms by the Soviet government in
Russia.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

offices results in more help for the sol
diers for every dollar appropriated, there
is every reason for generalization.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-08

Frank Campbell, Boston salesman,
paid a fine of 500 in Newport municipal
court last week for driving a car while
under the influence of liquor