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The Washington times., 1922-09-03
The Taxicab
Complex
WATTLES

complex which had mysti-
fed him for q number Of months,
In fact ever since he moved far
uptown. Mr.. Wattles lived on
one Of the far-fung streets up
In the Hundred and Nineties and
az he was often detained down.
town late at night he was in the
habit Of taking taxicabs home.
Mf. Wattles was careful man
with his money and he decided to
beat the holdup men by riding In
taxicabs. He would rather take
. chance on a taxicab driver than
q gunman.
He noticed that whenever he
took a taxicab to his home the
drivers invariably charged him
the same amount no matter from
whence he started. If he rode
home from the. neighborhood of
Brooklyn Bridge the charge was
$9.26. II he rode home from
Forty-second street or from West
End avenue the charge was also
ss.2S.
Once he rode homo from
Brooklyn and the charge was, as
usual, 1925. Mr. wattles was
not only mystified but consider
ably worried.
One night he solved tho prob
lam and tho next week he moved
much further downtown. The
nsw apartment was much more
Upsnstv% but Mr. watties
figured that hs would ssve
money.
The night ON which Mn
Wsttlss made the discovery he
asked the driver, a. usual what
tho charge was and this time he
wstched the driver closely. The
latter did not look at tho meter
st all but glanced at the front
Of the apartment house In which
Mn Wattles lived.
On the front Of the house was
the number In bright Rold
letters, 1895" This number evi-
IDENTIFY suggested q convenient
amount to the driver and he
bawled-
'Nlne twenty-five"
That number had infatuated
itself into tho minds Of all the
taxicab drivers who had taken
Mr.. Wattles home for the pre-
ceding eight months The prob
lem was solved.
Mr.. Wattles Immediately moved
further down to No. 265. On the
first trip home Mr.. Wattles
awaited the result anxiously. He
asked the driver the amount.
The latter yawned and turned
lazily in the general direction of
the taximeter, but instead of
looking at that he looked at the
house, where a number was
blazoned forth.
"Two sixty-five," he replied.
And It has been $2.66 ever since.
Mr.. Wattles Is delighted with
the result Of his experiment. He
pays much larger rent than he
did uptown, but he saves $3.50
on every taxicab ride, which in
the course of a year amounts to
a respectable sum.
The mind Of the average taxi
cab driver needs some sort of
hunch, apparently, and the meter
figures In the thing OILY as an
ornament which Is required by
The Washington times., 1922-09-03
The Return of the Castoff
BY 8. e. Kiser.

By 8. e. Kiser.
NxyHEN he was frseklsd, lank and lees.
w Back yondsr In the little town.
And she, stll under seventeen, = s. :.
Had braided rsssss that hung down- =.
Her smile would his heart o thump, e..
He loved her, and he told her "a,
But she considered him q ehump- '"'
All. that was twenty pears assi
LIE begged her often to rslsns !.
IL A. often firmly she declined
And, desperate, at last he went '.... ...g
Away and left tbs girl behind ..
Old people shook thsr heads and said
The boy had somsthins In him whlcA
No doubt would make him push ahsad
And learn the trick Of getting risA
THE girl turned up her pretty ness.
Refusing stubborny to earss
The old town kept Its calm rsposs.
The girl grew older daily thsrs
And Esbsrt Greene, the millsrs con,
Whose hands always In he way.
When she nearing twenty-ons,
Espoussd her August day II
THEY rented Ernie Gbson's place,
And and then . baby s.msG
With stubbly whisksrs his faos.
Poor Egbert toiled whore life was tanna
His wife, denied the lively joys
Thsteoms to those whose luck b rsod,
Rsproved her little girls and boys
And managed things best she could
LIE who frseklsd, l.nk and Issn
"A When she was lovely and long nseksA
Returned. morning. to the
Al which his dearest hope wrssksd.
His trousers sasged around the knees.
His shoes much down q the hssls, .
Long he had praetssd making pleas
For what are known a. handeut meals.
MORAL, III. .eornsd boy. pack thsir trap. and q
AVA Achieving wealth and winning praise,
ls hardly ever happens, though,
Except In stories and In playa
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09

Look GROUND you, for goodniss
sakes, sed ma. Wich pop starred to
do, looking everyware even on the
ceiling without noticing enything,
ma saying, Well | never herd of
sutch a thing, are you sure you
sure you don't see eny relics of
Noes ark floating GROUND the
room, for goodniss sakes?
Do you think I've cot the
blind staggers, wat the dooce, sed
pop, nd ma sed, l refuse to eat
another bite or morssle in this
room, of all the unappreeciative
men, | declare the more trubble |
axe for you the more you ack like
a ded wooden Indian. And she got
up go GU and pop sed, Hay wait
wat did | do to you? WITCH jest
then he saw me pointing to the
new china closit and he quick sed,
o herray, CRATE, wonderful, her
ray. And ma sat down apen and
pop kepp on twaking all he rest
of suppir about how CRATE the new
closit was as if he thawt ma mite
get agen and wawk out if he
stopped.
Wich she mite of.
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mont. Vermont is the only state
that has always and invariably
cast its electoral vote for a Repub-
lican President, and it is this stead
fast, dependable quality that has SO
generally characterized vermont
ers." Col. Dale referred to some of
the leaders in the life of the Capt.
tai as examples of these traits, men
tioning Judge o. M. Barber, Com
missioner General of immigration
Husband, and Hon. George r.
Wales, of the Civil Service Com
mission.
Prof. Carroll w. Doten, profess
Sor of economics at the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology,
who is in WASHINGTON at the pres
ent time in an advisory capacity
assisting the Department of Agri-
culture in certain intricate staticti-
cal work, was called upon for a
few words. Prof. Doten's familiar
ity with the Vermont Club of Bos-
ton enabled him to speak interest
lHSIy VI tIc NOIh VI ClldI vi u dIll7
zation. Then he referred to the
fact that while the state had prac-
tically stood still with respect to
population during the last decade,
with statistics showing that APP
proximately fifty per cent of Yer
mont's native population was now
monters were still carrying on
creditably and with profit to their
neighbors in other parts of the
country. He hoped that the state
would not become merely play
ground for summer tourists but
that the stability of permanent
residence by substantial citizens
would be maintained. Prof. Doten
touched also upon another phase
of the census figures, with which
as an expert he is thoroughl'' ia
miliar, and that was the fact tnat
under the new census a reappor-
ment of the House membership
would ultimately have to be effect
ed, and he sounded a note of warn
ing as to the necessity of retaining
in Washington experienced legis-
lators who were albe to be of the
greatest service to their state, as
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09

tural scenic beauties, but it is to be
borne in mind that all of the
beauties anywhere in Vermont be-
long to all of US. l want to say
that good old Pharasaic prayer,
Thank God we're not like other
folks when | think of our YER
mont heritage"
The Representative then brought
out briefly the reason why SO
many of the hill homesteads of
Vermont were today in the "aban-
doned" class. He said it was be-
cause when the states first sett-
lers began their establishment OF
homes they took the position that
that land was land and if it would
produce trees it would produce
anything else. The feared the low
countries and perched their home
on the high hills, which were their
watchtowers. Successive genera
tions had tried TO make that for
est land productive, but had failed
for the reason that it was not in
tended to produce anything but
forests, and never should have
been cleared in the first place.
Congressman Porter H. Dale
was then called to the front and
informed that he had to make a
speech. at is an inexpressible
pleasure to me, "said Col. Dale" to
meet with NV fellow Vermonters
at any time, and in particular 20
greet the members of this group of
loyal Green Mountain men and wo-
men in the national Capital. 1t
seems to me that man could
hardly realize a more satisfactory
ambition than than to know that
he had written volumes of his
tory of his native state that will
go down through the generations
yet to be, and we may well con-
graduate our distinguished guest
on his great achievement. With
our pride in our states scenic
beauties we also glory in the fact
that we as a ~eoDle have held to
the old principles and the best
traditions of the substantial stock
of our forefathers. You can tell
pretty well how to count on Yer
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09
EDITORIAL
PRESIDENT HARDING'S
EIRST XEAR

President Harding has lust COM
pleted his first year, the first
quarter, of his term in the White
House. He stands better before
the country today than when he
was elected and took his oath of
office. He has grown in public
esteem as his countrymen have
come to know him better, for as
they have watched his methods
the past II months, they cannot
fail to be impressed with the abb
solute honesty and sincerity Of
the man in his attempts to do the
right thing in the disposal of
every question. Even the demo-
Gratis will admit that he has made
a better president than they ex-
pected he would be.
He has not had the Support
from congress that he had right
to expect. Congress has co-ordi-
mated like cold mollasses, and
the country begins to realize that
we are between the devil and the
deep sea, for as between the nat
ural congressional tendency 10
extravaganza and the average
congressman wierd and fantastic
notions of economy, the presi-
dent has had as much cause to
complain as any of the rest of US.
President Harding is all right,
and it is hoped that the rest of
the country will not lose faith
that we will be able to pull
through to the prosperity that is
waiting and bound to come,-in
spite of the devil and congress.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09

well as to the country as whole,
by reason of their familiarity with
the problems confronting Congress.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09

We was eating brekfist this
morning and all of a suddin pop
looked at the china closit saying,
By the way, wen are we going to
get rid of that old relic of Noa's
Ark? As a china closit thas wat |
call a peece of junk.
Willyum how can you tawk in
sutch a hairless way about your
own ferniture? sed ma, and pop
sed, 1t wouldent be mine if | could
find somebody low enuff to accept
it as a gift. Its an eye sore and l
never come into the dining room
without being insulted by it in my
ow house, he sed. And as soon as
he went down to the office ma
started to look all over the house
for yestiddays paper, saving |
know | saw an add about an auc-
ton sale of household ferniture |
think Ill go rite down there and
see if l can pick up china closit
and serprlze your father.
Wich she did and this AFTERNOON
a Vaughn came up with a big china
closit about twice as big as ours
and a big man and a little man
helped each other to carry it III
our dining room and then they
helped each other CORY the old
china closit up to the store room,
the little man helping the big one
more than the big man helped the
little one, and to mite at supplr me
and ma and my sister Gladdis all
waited for pop to say something
about the new china closit on ac-
count of it being so big it made the
dining room look like somebody
eltses dining room, ony pop jest
kepp on eating with an IMPRESSION
as if he dident notice enything.
Wich he dident, and after a vile
ma sed, For goodniss sakes, Will
yum, for goodness sakes.
Wat wy, wat? sed pop, and ma
sed, If a brick wall fell in on you
would you notice it? and pop sed,
Well if it fell in SUDDENLY enutf |
CESS l wouldent, but wy, wat wy?
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09
MIR. CROCKETT
ADDRESSES VT.
ASSOCIATION
Washington Society Hears
Vt. Historian, Cong.
Dale and Others
(Our Washington Correspondent,

(Our Washington Correspondent
"Vermont's Scenic Beauties
were presented both verballv and
pictorially to an apDreciative aud
fence of Green Mountain sons and
daughters when Walter H. Crock
EFT, of Burlington, author of "The
History of Vermont" discoursed
entertainingly upon that fruitful
theme before the Vermont State
Association of the District of
Columbia at its February meeting
Friday evening. The night before
Mr.. Crockett had addressed the
alumni of the University of Yer
mont. Other speakers at the AS
sociation'S meeting were Congress-
men Dale and Greene who paid
eloquent tribute to their home
state, the loyalty of its people, and
their steadfast, sterling character.
Several items of business were
dispatched after Moderator Capt.
Leonard S. Doten had called the
aSsemblage to order. Capt. Doten
announced the committee to have
charge of the annual Sugar Par
ty" of the Association as follows :
Judge O. NJ. B-rber, Chairman;
Charles w. Floyd, Mrs. Mabel r.
Pierce, Mrs. Mabel Manuel, Col w.
C. Johnson, Mrs. L. S. Doten and
f. A. Silsby. The following commit
tee on nominations was appointed:
DR.. W. L. Chamberlain, chairman;
Hon. George X. Wales, Mrs. Mida
C. Peabody. Under the leadership
of Nh SilSby Vermont songs. most
of them adapted from poems by
Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford
and set to music by the choirma5-
ter himself, were sung as a furth-
err preliminary to the pictorial
journey black home"
Mr.. Crockett told his hearers
that he was a bit disappointed at
not having an opportunity to listen
in on regular Vermont "Town
Meeting," with reports by the Sc
lectmen, ruling by the Moderator,
and activities bv the Constable,
since he understood that the regu-
lar business sessions of the As
ISOLATION were carried on under the
title Of Clown Nicotine" He be
lieved that the town meeting as an
institution was borrowed by Yer
ment from Connecticut, although
it did not originate in that state.
1t was a good deal like Garry
ing Goals to Newcastle" the
speaker thought, to talk to a YER
mont audience about the scenic
beauties of that commonwealth.
One of the most gratifying fea-
lures encountered bv Nermonters
as they went up and down in the
land was the loyalty of the native
sons and daughters to their state.
Bryce had compared Vermont TO
Scotland, not only in natural seen
cry but especially in that 'eculiar
loyalty to the home land demon
strated by the people.
Vermont was becoming more
and more to be REGARDED as a va
cation state, Mr.. Crockett obser-
we'd, and to the growing popularity
of the automobile and the develop
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09

Ealsey Lewis, over forty years
the editor Of the Hyde Park News
anil Citizen, has given up his
,cGd there to become deputy col
lector Of internal revenue at Bur
lngton and Otto K. Bennett of
the Manchester Journal, after a
njbble at state politics in m the
Vermont legislature, has renounc-
ed the pen to sell postage stamps
as postmaster Of his home town.
Whatever is to become OF all the
newspaper men if this iplum-tree-
shaking keeps up?
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09
Cut This Quit Is Worth
Money

Cut out this slip, enclose with
DC and mail it to Foley & Co., 1885
Sheffield Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, writ
ing your name and address clearly.
You will receive in return a trial
package containing Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound for coughs,
colds and Group; Foley Kidney
Pills for pains in sides and back;
rheumatism, backache, kidney and
bladder ailments; and Foley Cath
artic Tablets, a wholesome and
thoroughly cleansing cathartic for
constipation, biliousness, headach-
es, and sluggish bowels.-Adver-
tisement.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09
THURSDAY, MAR, g, 1922
EDITORIAL

State politics fever is as contag-
ious at the town meeting as mumps
at a sociable or whooping cough
in the fifth grade. Candidate talk,
consequently, gets to be almost an
epidemic soon after the second
Tuesday in March.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09
Big lasting suds
On -they give the water
$s@s a"soapy feel" all through

looscning;the dirt, without
weakening a single thread.
Just a light rubbing with
dry Rinse on cuff edges,
neck bands and the like,
gets them Clean-the dirt is
so IOOSered.
Be sure to use enough
Rinse to get the big lasting
sudS, that give the water a
Soapy feel all through.
Rinse is made by the
largest soap makers in the
world. 1t is sold every
where. Get Rinse today
at grocery and department
stores. Lever Bros. Co.,
Cambridge, Mass.
>, H. f,.IT., - - 49,. ,Tnoe G,,o tHf.,oe
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09

Put your hand in a
tub of Rinse Suds. You
can feel that the water
is actually SO0py all
through.
This is one reason why
Rinse Soaks clothes clean
without hard rubbing.
Many bar soaps make
frothy, foamy suds. But
they disappear when you
put the clothes into them,
leaving the water as if soap
had never touched it.
Rinse suds work down
into every fold and fibre,
d.. TO. -, -, ., ....,, Q, 20 a..
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-03-09

well as to the country as a whole,
by reason of their familiarity with
the problems confronting Congress.
During Mr.. Crockett's stay in
Washington he called at the Cap
toll and was entertained at lunch
con by Congressman Greene, who
had also as his guest his colleague
Representative Dale.
Mrs. Henry Fairbanks and her
daughter, Dr. Charlotte Fairbanks
of st. Johnsbury, stopped in Wash
ington recently on their was to
st. Petersburg, Fla, for a months
sojourn.
Among the eleven young women
who were members of class OF
Ill to be admitted to the bar of
the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia a short time ago were
two natives of Vermont, Miss Su-
zanne G. Edison, of Ludlow, an
employee of the interstate Com
merce Commission, and Miss Lura
E. Headlc, a law examiner in the
General Land Office.
O. L. Kinds, of Burlington, call
ed on Congressman Greene few
days ago on his way back to Yer
mont from Pinehurst, N. c.
According to table published
in the Congressional Record there
were twenty taxpayers in Vermont
in 1919 who paid surtaXes on in
comes of $4,000 or above, as COM
pared with seventeen in 1918.
Charles A. Webb, secretary to
Senator Dillingham;, has been
housed with an attack of the grip
but at this writing is reported i'm
proving and with temperature nor
NAL.
For the year ending July /, 1921
Vermont turned into the United
States Treasury Internal Revenue
receipts of S6,338, 621,.23, and
customs receipts of 1854, 38606.
- HENRY M. BARRY
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-12-06
DALLAS KNIGHTS
ELECT OFFICERS

Dallas, Dec. 6.-At meeting
of Marmion lodge No. SO, Knights
of Psthias, held in their castle
hall on Monday evening, the fol-
lowing officers were elected for
the ensuing term: Lester D. Leigh
ton, chancellor commander; Del
bert F. Plaster, vice chancellor
commander; Fred ]. Holman, pre-
late; Fred B. West, master of
work; Left S. Finseth, keeper of
records and seal; Doc p Patter-
son, master of finance; Walter l..
Young, master of exchequer; F.
j. Morrison, master at arms; Earl
c. Burk, inner guard; Maurice O..
Hayes, outer guard; 0. E. War
den, trustee.
1t is the intention of the
knights of Pythias lodge in Dali
las to observe Christmas in the.
usual yuletide custom. They will
be joined in this by the members
of Carl B. Fenton post No. 20,
American Legion, who have al
ready made substantial finan-
-cial contribution for the purpose.
This is generally the big yuletide
event in Dallas and draws con-
siderable attention to those hav-
ing 1T in charge.
Arrangements were made at
the meeting for good sized del
egation from the local lodge to at
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-12-06
Disruption Of
NEAR EAST PEACE
PARLEY IN SIGHT

Lausanne, Dec. g. (By Asso-
ciated Press) s)---Turkey and Eu-
rope apparently have drifted so
far apart on the great issues of
the Near East conference that the
pessimists have fruitful field for
unhappy representations Of a
complete collapse of the pour par
lers and the resumption Of war in
southeastern Europe.
Such a elimination of the con-
ference discussions could easily
be argued as strong possibility,
but any such argument based on
reasonably hypothesis would
leave out the fact that Europe
needs peace and that Turkey has
constantly proclaimed her need Of
capital to develop her immense
resources.
The frenzied character of yes
terday's proceedings, in which
Russia came to the fore as the
willing champion Of Turkish au-
tonomy, is indicative OF condi-
tions which provoked genuine de-
spair on the part Of the confer
ence leaders.
So long as no actual break oc-
ours, there is hope that time will
bring conciliatory views. The
worst is anticipated, however, as
shown by the appearance here Of
a suggestion that a general war
could be launched against Turkey
by the league of nations. .
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-12-06
DOUGHNUTS PAY
COLLEGE EXPENSE

Eugene, Ore, Dee. 6-The Uni
yersity Of Oregon has its "shiek
and is proud of it, However said
"shiek" didn't gain his popularity
by winning the hearts of the fair
co-eds. He gained it by his culin-
ary art.
Oregon's "sinker Shiek," some
times known as Roland Arne, of
Portland, last year conceived the
idea Of earning his way through
the university by frying doughnuts
Between January ! and June 16
last year, Arne fried 10000 dough-
nuts and sold them to University
Of Oregon students and other Eu-
gene residents. He found the busi-
ness so successful that he resumed
il again this year when he returned
to the university to continue his
studies.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-12-06
GAHLSDORF TO
HEAD BUSINESS
MEMS LEAGUE

William Gahlsdorf was elected
president OF the Salem Business
Mems league at the annual cleo
tion held last evening at the
Chamber Of Commerce. AS provid-
ed by the bylaws and constitu-
tion, he assumes the duties at
once.
M. T. Madsen was elected vice
president and to serve as directors
A. f. Marcus, A. D. Hurley, Allen
Kafoury, Otto Paulus and Joseph
Chambers. Jr.
Trading stamps were opposed
by members of the league in at
tendance last evening. In dis
cussion of the evils of trading
stamps, 1t was stated that the
company now endeavoring to find
Judgement in Salem were offering
their stamps to merchants for
$40 thousand, with instructions
that on the purchase of every 81
worth of merchandise, one cent in.
stamps should be given.
It was also said that the cash
value OF trading stamp was to
be placed at one quarter Of a cent.
That Is, IL the purchaser who had
trading stamps wished to cash
them, the value would be one cent
on the purchase of goods valued
at $4.
False advertising was also dis
cussed and to secure Information
as to how Portland merchants
handled the proposition, the sec
retary was instructed to write
the Portland Ad association for
its mode Of procedure. The state
ment was made that for the ben
eft OF retail conditions in Salem,
some action should be taken to
prevent misleading advertising.
The incoming administration
will take up the proposal made
last evening that each member of
the league display a card showing
his membership. Through the re-
port of the secretary, it was
shown that number of advertis-
ing travelling fakes had been fore
ed to move on, through the con-
certed action of members of the
league.
Secretary G.. p. McAfee report
ed active memberships number
ing 100.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-12-06

The driving of pile for the foup-
dation of the new cut-up building
of the Oregon Pulp and Paper Co.
is about completed, Fred A. Erixon,
who has the contract for the foun-
dation and erection Of the building
says now that the foundation piles
have been driven, the work of con-
struction will go rapidly forward.