davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21

Manchester, newspaper man and former
deputy secretary of state and Mayor F.
". Hartford Of Portsmouth. a newspaper
owner, are out for the Republican NOM
nation to succeed Congressman Sherman
T. Burroughs of the first district. who
viii not be a candidate for reelection.
Mr.. Pillsbury has endorsed the Anti
Saloon league.
In the second district George II. Whit
cher of Concord. former federal prohi-
bition director in the state, is expected
to seek the Democratic nomination to
contest for the seat Of Congressman Ed
ward $. Wason Republican,. Mr..
Hhitcher has declared himself in sym
pathy with the farm bloc in congress.
Republican candidates for the guberna-
torial nomination are Winsor II. Good
now of keene, and Arthur g. White
more. of Dover, John G. Hutchins of
Stanford is seeking the Democratic nom
nation
In Rhode Island-Pr Prohibition enforce
ment and differences gy2wing out of the
long textile strike are expected to figure
in the fall political campaign. but as no
primaries are held in this state and the
party conventions do not come until De-
tober, the lineup both as to issues and to
candidates, except for the United States
senate, Is somewhat vague. Former
Governor II. Livingston Beeckman is ex-
pected to be the Republican candidate
for the United States senate in oppose
ton to Senator Peter GOelet Gerry dem
ocratic). They have long been friends and
neighbCrs in Viewpoints fashionable col
ony.
I'm Connccficuf-Fu definition of the
party of Republicans and Democrats
await the state political conventions and
platforms. The Republicans viii make
the tariff the dominant issue United
States senator Mclean will be renomin-
ated and his tariff stand endorsed. The
Democrats are involved in personal and
factionaI disputes over nominations for
the senate, house of representatives and
governor. They will demand an amend-
ment permitting beer and wines; urge
more liberal treatment of war veterans
and oppose the Republicans on the tar
in.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
FARM HORSE is VANISHING.
Automobiles. Tractors and Telephones
Show Rapid Gains.

The extent to which the farmers of
the United States are now utilizing the
latest aids which inventive genious has
Offered to the producing and business
world is illustrated by some facts pre-
scented in the 1920 census. For the
first time, says the National City Bank,
the 1920 census now presents figures
on the number of automobiles, motor
trucks, telephones and farm tractors in
use on the farms of the country. the
number of farm homes lighted with gas
or electricity and the number having
: water piped into the house"
These figures indicate that the auto
mobile and telephone are big factor
in farm life. not merely as n comfort
or convenience, but as an actual aid in
business. The number of telephones, By
whca the farmer may communicate with
his local trade center or with the great
cities in which the prices and markets
fer his products are determined. is oil
cially stated at 2,49S, 493 in 1920, while
another authority puts the total num-
Der of telephones in all the United States
without regard to ownership at the
end of 1920 at 13.411.3T9, which sug-
| geStS that nearly onc-hfth of the tele-
| phones in the United States are now in
the farm home and farm business service ;
while IS per cent. of the reporting
| farms We're equipped with telephone
| service in 1920.
| tremely suggestive. They show the
number of automobiles on farms i'm 1920
/ at 2,146,362 while figures complied by
! the automOtive industries put the total
/ of automobiles in use in all of the
| United States at 100000, suggesting
/ that the farmers owned in that year
| considerably more than one-fourth of
/ the automobiles of the country. to say
nothing of the 10000 motor trucks and
246,O0O farm tractors reported in opera
/ ton on the farms in 1920. Over 80 per
/ cent of the reporting farms in 1920
utilized automobiles.
| Still another evidence of the DISPOSE
! ton of the farmer to utilize machinery
! in increasing his business activities is
/ found in the fact that the value of his
| farm implements aBnd machinery" re-
ported in 1920 was nearly three times ms
/ much rs in 1910 five times as much as
! in 1900 and seven times as much as in
/ 1890. The official valuation of farm inn
/ plementS and machinery in 1920 is
/ 81. 100 100000. against 81 $50 100000 in
1910, ST50000,000 in 1900 ond S494. 900
| 600 in 1890.
1t is not surprising then. says the
| bank, in view of the increasing use by
/ the farmer of these time and labor saw
| ing devices, the telephone. the automo-
/ bile, the motor truck and the farm trac.
| tor, COUPLED with the enormous increase
/ in his farm implements and machinery
| to find that the census reports the value
I of horses on farms in 1920 only 81, 7S2.
! 000,000 against S20SI 900 900 in 1910
a decrease of IA per cent in value oil
| horses, while all other classes of farm
animals increased in value in the same
| period, the increase in the value of sheer
| being 40 per cent. poultry al per cent
| cattle l43 per cent, swine lis per cent
and goats 1S4 per cent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
cHHsELs RIP OFF TREASURES.
Toss Church Art Into Piles to BE Melted
in Program of Seizures.

Hammers and chisels, welded in
matter of fact manner by employees of
the government committees for the re-
uisiton of church treasures. have stripped
in a few moments the silver or
gold overlays from icons which it required
years to construct Today these sheets
of metal are being weighted on scales
and melted down to be sold in order to
help feed Russia's famine sufferers.
Here and there throughout Russia
there have been disturbances in CON
nection with the acquisitions. but the
outstanding feature Of the campaign has
been the calm manner in which parish
toner's have watched the seizures.
The Associated Press correspondent
spent a morning with the Moscow Requi-
sition Committee watching the work at
an ancient church and big convent in
Moscow. At the latter a few nuns, sol
emn faced but unresisting, watched the
methodical work of the requisitioners
and even assisted them by pointing out
the treasures containing genuine dia-
monds
Fifteen minutes work stripped from
an icon all of the silver and gold before
which Ivan the Terrible once knelt and
left it a cracked oil painting. A few
ships of the shears and collar of seed
pearls, weighing prehaps six pounds,
which it must have taken months of
patient needlework to construct, was
cut from another icon and tossed into
box with silver cups, diamond stud
dcd crosses and gold communion cups.
Scores of hanging lamps of silver and
Eandwrought enamel, which had been
carefully filled with oil and lighted, for
centuries. came down just as quickly and
were thrown In heaps on wooden bench
to be listed and weighed on the scales.
Most of the church wealth has been
placed in the overlays of icons. The
Greek Catholic Church abhors statues,
but permits pictures of saints Originally
mere oil paintings, these icons have been
framed in gold or silver and then over
lays of precious metal have been fitted
over the canvas. Sometimes only the
faces of the paintings can be seen under
the gold and silver. If the painting is
that of the Blessed Virgin, for example.
pearl necklaces are hung about the over
lay that covers the neck. In some cases
garments heavy with jewels are added.
The work of the requisitioners was
methodical. Though probably Commu-
nists themselves, and therefore, scorn-
ing the customs of the orthodox, they
dotted their hats upon entering the
church They did not enter the sane
tuary or other holy places, but permit
ted the priest or some other person des-
ignated by the faithful to hand out to
them the valuable articles from these
places.
Experts from the government mu-
seums accompanied the requisitioners.
| II they discovered objects of especial
historical value these were pronounced
museum articles" and not sold, but
removed to the museums or permitted to
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
TEN BILLION MILES A MONTH.
America Nation of Motor Trippers
Consuming Enormous Quantities of Gas


This country consumed in May more
than 100000 barrels of gasoline This
is a matter of some 00.000,000 gallons
The American automobile users-and.
with more than 100000 registered
motor cars, this is a nation of automobile
users-think of gasoline in terms of
miles. \ rather stiff consumption is
ten miles to the gallon. The vast mai
ority of cars would not show a record Of
less than fifteen miles to the gallon
FlockS and flocBs would give an account
Of themselves at twenty miles or better
to the gallon.
Shall we call it an average for all of
fifteen miles to the gallon? Then. with
Ie0.O00,000 gallons of gasoline consumed
IN May, there was usage in that single
month of more than ten billion gasoline
miles in these United States.
Around the surface of the globe any
whore near its fun bulge the distance
is rs the bird flies, some $4,000 miles
ton in May, then. is a matter of 400 900
were straight roads and bridges all the
way around from the starting point back
to the same SPOT now becoming the finish
ing point At nm average of four per-
sons to the chr we viii call it 100000
individual motor trips around the world
Tin May.
The American people evidently are
motor tripping-not actually around the
globe but largely around the block and
around the park. Just the same at ten
billion gasoline miles a month it is some
motor tripping.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
Scientific Methods Now Being Used in
Educational Centers.

AIodestly but earnestly there have
been in progress at few educational
centers of this country during recent
years most interesting efforts to deyel
op a scientific method of musical edu-
cation. The method is based largely on
psychology, and various instruments
have been devised not only for making
tests of nerve reactions but also for
measuring musical talent and classify
ing it.
Apart from the psychological clement
an instrument for yisibly registering
tonal vibrations, known as tonoscope
has been under development for some
twenty years. though it is only within
the last few years that is has been prac-
ticaIly applied. This instrument in
dicates the exact number of vibrations
second of any tone tested by it. and
as, of course, the number of vibrations
of all tones is known the instrument
determines whether the pitch is correct
1t consists of a perfectly balanced drum
that rOtates horizontally, making exactly
one revolution second The white face
of the drum is covered with black dots
arranged in rows, which in connection
with a scale, enable the operator to read
the number of vibrations a second made
by a small gas flame in front of the
drum, which is caused to vibrate in ac-
cordance with the tone of a voice or i'm
strument conducted 10 it through a speak
ing tube
Other instruments have also been de-
veloped for making various tests to de-
termine the natural aptitude and musi-
cal talent of students. Many of these
are now being practically applied at the
public schools in Evanston Among
them are instruments for measuring
nerve reactions to discover the degree
of susceptibility to pitch of sound.
others for testing precision, and still
others for testing free and controlled
rhythin.-Popular Mechanics.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
The yacationists.

1t is the glad vacation time,
The longed-for of the year,
When trunks are packed with filmy duds
In which the smart appear
For just a brief two weeks to pass
As members of the leisure class.
In gowns of cloud-like gauziness,
White shoon upon their feet,
4 parasol all trimmed with lace,
They look too fair and sweet
To let the vile suspicion Turk
They never did stroke of work.
They golf and tennis. row and dance,
Fare sumptueusly each day,
And let their hostesses suppose
At home they live that way;
While. truth to tell, their frugal
means
VIII furnish only pork and beans.
But swift the Geeting hours slip by
Until the fortnight's DER,
And they return to sober garb
And to the grind once more,
To scrimp for new vacation gear
And make another splurge next year
Georgia White in Springfield
Reporter.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
MEASURING MUSICAL TALENT.

heretofore have bafiled -Leslie's
Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
Jitney Service
South Londonderry
BrattlehOrO
Standard Time
Week Days

Week Days Standard Time
Orders may be left at Brattleboro Drug
20, Tel. $50, or at Riverside Inn, South
/ .lrr, Ar,r.r.n
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21

ARTHUR ANSDEN
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
remain in the churches.

remain in the churches.
st the Nikitski Convent one icon
which the nuns particularly valued was
not taken, as the parishioners agreed to
pay over to the famine fund its value in
silver coin.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21
POLITICAL ISSUES
IN NEW ENGLAND
Contest Over Senator Lodge
in Massachusetts Leads
in Interest
PINCHOT FOR DRYS
IN PENNSYLVANIA

Sharp Contest for Governorship in New
YorI-Proctor VIII BE Third Member
OF Family i'm NermOnt-NeW Hamp-
shire Issues Indefinite.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21

Clifford ArchambauIt and Wesley
Buck inmates of the house of correction
at Windsor. escaped from the road
building camp in West Bridgewater on
Monday and Tuesday nights, respectively,
and have not been located yet. Archam-
bault was sentenced from Rutland for as
saut with intent to commit robbery,
having pleaded guilty to attacking Rut-
land woman and stealing her purse. Buck
was sentenced from Franklin county.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21

In the fourteenth century old men
wore boards and the younger generation
shaved
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-08-21

The ancient Greeks and Romans used
betrothal rings as pledges, but not we'd
ding rings.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-04
BRAND DETERMINED
TO LIMIT THE AGENDA
OF SUPREME COUNCIL
(By The AssocInted Prcss.l

Paris, Jan. 3.-Premier BRAND
is determined to limit the agenda
of the supreme council meeting at
Cannes to reparations and the eco
nomic restoration of central Eu-
rope, it was indicated in authorize
tive quarters today. It Is UNDER
stood he favors subsequently call
ing an economic conference, at
which perhaps Russia and Ger
many may be represented. The
premier, heading the French dele
cation, left for Cannes today.
The French delegation feels that
all other subsidiary matters should
be shelved, believing that II both
questions are settled satisfactorily
the conference will succeed.
It is known that the French
delegation agrees In principle to
Germanys making four payments
of 1925, 600, 900 gold marks each on
the 18th of January, February,
March and April, although Pre-
mier BRAND has insisted that
binding was decided in the
with Premier Lloyd
George. 1t was semi officially
stated today, however, that he con-
sented to a delay of the 1922 Ger
man payments, except for $780,
100000 gold marks as well as to
other measures intended to relieve
Germany, such as fixing the price
OF reparations coal at the lowest
limit of French and British cur
rent market figure.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-04
TWO HOURS OF FUN
AT CRYSTAL TOMORROW:
JlGGS AND MAGGIE

Two fhours or more of whole
some comedy. infectious music.
pretty girls, smart ensembles. stun
ming costumes and catchy song
hits are promised at the Crystal
Opera House, Thursday, Jan. 9Th,
where the ever-popular musical
comedy, bringing Up Father"
will hold forth This seasons Of
fering bears the happy title of
Bringing Up Father in Wall
Street" and is said to be a riot of
melody and laughter. This splen-
did offering comes direct from the
Manhattan Opera House, New
York, and the Metropolitan Opera
House, Philadelphia, the homes of
grand opera, where it, kept the pat
rons of those two huge play houses
holding their sides from laughter
for many weeks. There is not only
human nature in Bringing Up
Father" said David Belasco, the
Father said David Belasco. the
well known theatrical manager.
one of the features of the per-
Torrance is a snappy chorus of
comely young misses who are we'll
versed in the art of singing and
dancing,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-04
TRUSTEE IS NAMED FOR
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST
PUBLISHING SOCIETY
tBy The Associated Press. ,

RIoston, Jan. 3.-Judge Crosbv
or the supreme court announced ~
gay that he would appoint Fred M
"a iIlSoh vice president of the Ola
CpIony trust company here, and n
Ihrlstlan Scientist, as temnorarv
IL to take charge of the af,
I1Irs or the Christian Science
tuDllshing society, when details as
10 his duties had been defined
trustees of the publishing societv
and directors of the First church
or Christ, Scientist. had Informed
Jle court that they had agreed on
Mr.. Lamson. va
Judge Crosby decided Mr.. Lam
son should be designated as tenn
porary trustee, rather than tern
porary receiver as had been sug-
gested by counsel for the trustees
nut mat he should be Responsible
10 the court and should not ever
else powers given by Mrs. Mary
Baker Eddy to the trustees under
iler deed of trust He will hold his
post until the court has determined
after further hearings whether the
directors acted in good faith in re-
moving Herbert w. Eustace and
Paul Harvey as trustees and has
acted on various other matters he
fore the court.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-04

price than that in Colorado"
has your agricultural experi-
HleHt station been of any help to
you IN determining the limit of pro
auctlon and the value of sugar
oeets commercially for New Mexi-
tourist. ''"o
Yes, they have. The station has
oeen raising sugar beets continu-
ously since 1914 and their expert
ments are very satisfactory. Prom
lnent sugar beet men visited the
college last July and found that the
average heets examined rated above
the average for that time of year
IN the beet sections. Beets were
round that weighed ten pounds and
d lew even more, which indicates
what We may expect when beets
are well cared for. The tests show
that beets should be planted as
soon as the soil has warmed up in
me spring, even before corn plant
ing time"
we find the same true in Colo
rado, but you want to be careful
ABOUT the soil you select for sugar
oeets' 1t should be level. fertile
ana pliable and of sand or loan
type that does not bake after being
irrigated"
That's what they found at our
station; they say a soil that bakes
causes surface roots to grow, thus
producing poorly shaped beet, I'M
satisfactory to the sugar manufact-
urers and the farmer as we'll"
Yes. and I'll tell you another
ming" replied the Colorado man.
Many beginners have q tendency
70 irrigate their beets too often.
Ioull very likely have trouble get
ing started and if l were you, I'd
write to the agricultural college and
get the facts pro and con of the
entire business before making a
start"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-04
NEW MEXICO MAN is
AUTHOR OF STORY OF
MOUNTAINS NEAR TAOS

The January issue of Wayside
Tales contains story entitled
Christmas Up Rio Lucero," writ
ten by S. Omar Barker, one of the
recent New Mexico short story
writer's to break into the popular
fiction field.
The story is laid among the
mountains of Taos county, not far
from the old Taos Indian pueblos.
Mr.. Barker is a professor Of Eng
fish at Normal university at Las
Vegas. He Is New Mexico bred,
having been born and raised on a
ranch near Beulah. He has been,
in turn, high school principal,
newspaper man, farmer, trapper,
United States forest ranger and
soldier-he served twenty-five
months in the army, nineteen of
them in France. with the 502nd
engineers. He now serves as Las
Vegas Normal correspondent for
the Journal.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-04

q All curing of meat in New Mex
leo should be done during the win
ter months and, as dry curing takes
longer than brine curing, it would
be best to start the process not
later than January.
After the meat has thoroughly
cooled and all animal heat is out
of it, each piece should be rubbed
with the curing mixture and packed
away in box or on table, accord
ing to extension circular No. &c, of
the New Mexico agricultural coll
lege. A good mixture for the curing
Of 100 pounds of meat is seven
pounds of salt, two ounces of salt
peter, two and one-half pounds of
sugar and pepper to suit taste.
After the meat has cured for
three days, again rub it with the
remaining mixture and pack 1t to
cure. To secure the best results,
allow one day and a half cure for
every pound in each piece of meat.
One should always remember in
the dressing and curing of pork,
that cleanliness is the most i'm
portant factor.
The process of smoking helps to
preserve meat and gives a desirable
flavor if smoked slowly and with
corn cobs or green apple wood as
fuel. Never use soft wood or wood
with pitch in it. After the meat
has been smoked and is again cool,
it should be sacked.
A smoke house can be of any size
but most farmers find that an Sx1O
foot house, ten feet high, gives
very good satisfaction. The meat
should hang eight feet from the
floor so as to be kept q safe dis
lance from the fire. The tempera-
ture of the smokehouse should
never exceed 1875 degrees +.
Forty eight hours is required to
smoke the' meat properly.
After the meat has been packed
for safekeeping, it should be ex-
amined occasionally and If moldy
spots appear, brush 1t with a stiff
brush and trim the moldy parts
with q knife. Good ventilation re-
tards mold development.
Sugar Beets for New Mexico.
"Say, what's the matter with you
fellows" exclaimed the Colorado
lis lllSl tlip
through New Mexico. "I've travel
ed over numerous irrigated sections
with extremely fertile soil and cli-
matte conditions identical to those
in the best growing section of Colo
RADIO. Don't you want to make
money down here or are you afraid
you can't grow sugar beets?"
what makes you think we don't
want to make money " asked the
New Mexico farmer, speaking for
the first time as the tourist stopped
to catch his breath. "Of course we
want to make money, and We hope
to see the sugar beet industry grow
and become profitable In sections
that may secure access to suit
able market as we gain experience
In beet production. Our soil is fer
tile, free from disease and lower in
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-04
EMPLOYERS DON
OVERALLS; TAKE
STRIKERS JOBS
(By The Associated Press. J

New York, Jan. 3.-Fifty owners
of photo-engraving plants, includ-
ing men Of wealth and social posi-
ton, put on oyeralls tonight and
went to work in one of the seventy
shops affected by the dispute be-
tween union photographers and
their employees.
Allowing their own shops to re-
main closed the volunteers worked
in regular shifts to turn out work
necessary to the publication of an
illustrated daily newspaper and in
cidental work for other New York
papers. one workman was Adolph
Schultz, president of the American
Association of Photo Engravers,
in the meantime representatives
or the union and the employers met
IN an attempt to compose their diff
terences, described by the opposing
parties, respectively, as a lockout
and a strike.