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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20
MID.WINTER
RACES DRAW
BIG CROWD
"Pete" Lowers His Own
and Maintains Track
Record

With the thermometers and the
horses both racing to get below
30, the Main street speedway
races Saturday afternoon attract
ed a large crowd of interested
spectators. AS many of the re-
cord breakers were taking a day
off, it was not expected that any
new low, records would be made,
but Charlie Harvey's Peter sue
cccded in closing out Tommy r.,
the visitor from Whiteficld, low
ering his own record to 81 u, and
holding the track record safely in
place.
The other Whitcfcld visitor,
Miss Todd, succeeded in trimming
Sheriff Worthen's Dorothy VIII
son in 31%, and making it ap-
parent that the New Hampshire
representatives expect to make
the snow fly some at Lyndonville
Wednesday.
Dawn was as steady as an eight
day clock, and begins to show
the effects of good training. DR..
Farmers Mary f., too, dropped
a half second from her record
somewhere and John Corriveau
didn't stop 20 pick it up. With
Il mark of 36 she is getting ready
to try conclusions with the faster
ones.
Peter Cote beat Bakery Girl,
but he had to make the biscuits
fly to do it, and incidentally low
cred his clip to 35. The other
classes were well represented. ali
but Glass q, Milk Boy and Lady
Kendall failed t oget together
Howard Farmer drove Butter
fly to saddle in exhibition heat in
30Si.
All the George Washington
sports are planning to go to Lyn-
donvillc for the combination races
Wednesday afternoon. The Lvn-
donvlllc people, as ever, arr r.an
nlng good time for everybody.
The summary:
CLASS A
eter, Charles Harvey II
! tommy r., j. Aldrich 2 2|
Time 80, 3112.
CLASS b
Miss Todd, J. Aldrich 1 II
dorothy Wilson, W. H. Worthen
Time, 32E. 31a,.
CLASS c
Dawn, Carl Hopkins
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20
FRAME HOUSE BLOWN
UP BY DYNAMITE

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. J. Feb.
2O-A frame house in the Italian
quarter was blown 10 pieces today
and two others nearbv badly
wrecked by an explosion which
the police believe was caused by
a bomb. No enc was injured.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20
GIVE NAVAL RADIO
SERVICE To

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-The
House resolutions extending priv
iliges of naval radio service to
the press for five years was
adopted today by the Senate.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20
Textile Workers Drive Off
Non-Union Truck Drivers,
Police Ordered To Fire Riot Guns
When Mob Storms Gates OF
Jenckes Spinning Go.
(Bv the Associated Press)

y PROVIDENCE, Feb. 2O-The filth week OF tht UeNVIt
rke in the Pawtucket Valley opened today with nearotS
reported from Natc and Pontiac In both cases the oS
t,ances were due by efforts of the mill owners to move
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20
American Legion Commander
Urges Immediate Action
Leader of Agricultural Bloc Calls
Caucus of Republican
Apponents
(By the Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20-The majority of the mem
bers OF the House Ways and Means committee referred back
today to the special subcommittee the whole problem of
now the soldiers bonus is to be financed 1t was announced
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20
Newport Issues Challenge
To St. J. for Basketball
Series of FiUe Games

neat, busness-lke challenge received this morn
ing from Manager Lse Fitzpatrick of the Newport Amer-
can LegonCCmpany basketball team seeking five games
series with the American Legion Company ID quintet of
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20

Fair and colder tonight
Tuesday fair and some
what colder. Fresh NV.
winds.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20

A Newspaper Covering
the Entire Northeast Sec
ton of Vermont State
Every Working Day.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-02-20

Tho new man in charge had
ne 10 the opposite side of the
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16
Polls Will Be Opened
At Hi Monday Morning

We're real citizens now-citizens
of High School Student Government.
We're going to vote and have cam
paigns, 'n'everything, just like our
mothers and dads do. Women have
equal rights, too. There's a girl can
didate for governor, two of them.
The Senior Class held a meeting Fri
day evening in Miss Lois Myers-Tur-
ner's room and nominated Waltham
Lessel (Chick), Anna Berenson, Joe
Bailey and Machree Causey for gov
ernor. Each candidate will have a
campaign manager and platform. Fri
day morning at assembly period the
campaign managers will deliver
stump" speeches.
Superintendent Ratliff and Prof.
Sims are both strongly in favor of
this plan, as it will accomplish a
double purpose. It will teach the
pupils how to act at the polls and also
do away with nnclean politics. The
girls and boys of today are the men
and women of tomorrow. Clean poll
tics in High School means clean poll
tics in the next generation. BalIoting
will be just as in regular elections
and everyone is to vote for the can
dldate he or she thinks best qualified
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16

November 26 and give thaonks among
other things:
For the signal and manifold mer
ciees, and the favorable interpositior
Of His Providence in the course anC
conclusion of the late war . fol-
the peaceful and rational manner in
which we have been enabled to es-
tablish Constitutions and Govern
ments for our safety and happiness;
and particularly the national one now
lately instituted"
Washington, it might be deduced
from this alone, was a nationalist,
with no leaning whatever toward
state sovereignty, and with a perfect
readiness to make his preferences
manifest, in prayer as we'll as in any
other way. An amusing instance of
this frankness occurs later in the
same proclamation, where he asks the
people to pray to heaven. "To pro
tect and guide all sovereigns and ma
tions Especially such as have shown
kindness to us)."
An honOred lineage, that of this
best-beloved festival. 1t started in
the days when the Neolithic dweller
by the lake Of Switzerland finished
bringing in his scanty harvest and
settled down to a secure winter. 1t
is close akin to the Dionysiac feasts
Of ancient Greece and the "horkey
night" of rural England. But it has
a peculiarly American flavor and sub
stance; and for this, one must thank
The sturdy Pilgrims, whose iron cour-
age was tempered by fine humanity,
and who probably smiled into their
boards when, over their supper of
snail soup, the thanked God, "who
lad given them to suck of the 'abund-
ance Of the seas. and the treasures
lid in the hands,"
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16
,,fivaI Once Pagan
ENow All American

!, Who do not chIoroform their
Ps0pit finn before starting to read
q q have we had many chuckle over
s1 Ii,, I and Puritan festival of
f elggiving. These early settlers
w T.a England were 50 miLitantly
s ,,.;sn that they could aot bear
digestion 30 Of an earlier creed.
Injected to Christmas as
gl...Uish," because it contained.
N. iT contains-so many relics of
css ~ days. Having done this,
4 Ll.lr l0d round, seized on the most
J, s pagan of all celebrations;
sD he gathered harvest, and
:. y = an m institution that has grown
4. ,1~read for three centuries, IS the
1.+nent drawn by a writer in an
81 ~ tbe Joke is not all on the Pill
4! y True, they went back to a
as.l which has been held ever
a'I r.en began to plant and gather
.. hut Int they made Of it something
9T,yIv modern, Christian, and, at
/. bs, American.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16

They gave a religious character t.
a celebration which for ages had beer
a purely material Notification, anC
made it part of the community!
public policy; an occasion for coming
| together IN common aspirations, hopes
and gratitude. All the changes anC
! developments of the last 300 years
have not been able to change the es.
sential character of the Pilgrim
Thanksgiving. How many inventions
Of TODAY will last so long?
The first Thanksgiving feast, held
in the fall Of 1921, was not ordained
by formal proclamation. The colony
was too small to need such a notice.
But the circumstances under which
the celebration was held are told in
Governor Bradford's history in a way
well worthy of quotation:
"They (the colonists) BECAME now
to gather in the small harvest they
had, and to fitte up their houses and
dwellings against winter, being all
well recovered in health & strength,
& had all things in good plenty; for
as some were thus Employed in af-
flares abroad, others were exercised
in afishing, aboute codd, & bass, &
other fish, of which they tooke good
store, Of which every family had their
portion. And now BECAME to
come in store Of foule, as winter APP
preached, of which this place did
abound when they came first, but
afterwards decreased by degrees. And
besides water foule, Their was great
store of wild Turkies, of which they
tOOke many, besides venison, &c. Be-
sids they had aboute a peck of meale
a weeke to a person, or now, since
harvest, Indean corne to that pro-
portion. Which made many after
wards write so largely Of their plenty
here to their friends in England,
which were not famed, but true re-
ports"
Excepting small boys, one can
hardly imagine the folk of a modern
community boasting about their plen-
ty under the stimulus of "peck of
meale weeke to a person." plus some
game as could be trapped, or shot
with flintlock firearms. But such
things depend mainly on the point of
view, and that may not have improved |
80 much IN the last three centuries as |
we may think. We of today know
more of thousand things than did
Governor Bradford and his compan-
ions, but it is not so certain that we
know more of the basic business Of
living.
Excellent hearts had our fathers
If DID," and for steady, cheerful cour-
age, the Pilgrim colonists. never have
been surpassed.
Twelve years later, the colony had
grown so much that formal procla-
nation seemed necessary. The first
1ne was issued on October /, 1888,
and the Thanksgiving celebration was
1eld two weeks later, October Is.
The custom soon spread throughout
New England. Then, on October 8,
1889, the new President of the new
nation, Georee Washington, called on
he American people to assemble on
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16

end of the song Dolly Rundell, the
prize winner in elocution at the last
fair, gave a reading, "The Fool"
Lois Fussel followed witbs.Fleurette, A."
a beautiful poem of the war, filled
with pathos. The three Riolinists be-
fore mentioned, Ed Quinn, Herbert
Weinstein and Clement darlington,
then played "Bugle Boy" and were
heartily encored. Jimmy Francis
gave recitation, Garry On" which
was very patriotic.
Last, but not least, Mrs. Lois Ny
ers-Turner gave a selection from
Robert W. Service las were all other
poems on the program) Young Eel
low, My Lad" She was given a rous-
ing encore as Mrs. Turner's readings
are very popular among the students.
She then favored with "Bill, the
Bomber" and the program ended
with Salute to the Flag" by every
enc.
Last week a petition was presented
to Professor Sims and the faculty,
asking there be published an Annual |
this year by the Seniors. After con-
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16

sideration of this petition Prof. Sims
told the Seniors in class meeting that
he would like very much to have an
annual, but that the class must prom
Use to cooperate and to get some of
the teachers to help them who would
do all in their power to make the
Annual a success. Last year Prof.
Sims worked very hard to make a sue
cess of the Annual and he still has
about fifty Animals on hand that
have not been sold. These ANIMALS
NAV be bought for So.
The Seniors have promised to CO.
operate and have asked Mrs Lois
and Miss Eaton to help
them make bigger and better An
nual this year than Bogalusa High
School has ever had. Lets put it
shroughw
The Juniors had a class meeting
Friday evening and decided to have
a party Tuesday night at the home of
Miss Freeman.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16

for this important office.
Anna Berenson is a broad-mindeC
girl and will stand by the right. Ma.
chree Causey is determined, also lib
eral-minded. Joe Bailey is the "slow
but sure" type, and very diplomatic.
Mailman (Chick) LessePs motto is
"Be sure you're right, then go ahead"
He IS a good athlete and stands well
in his classes.
airs. Lois Myers-Turner sprang an
other of her delightful surprises last
Friday morning. When the students
marched into assembly, the audito-
rum was decorated with flags and
flowers in commemoration of Armis-
tice Day. Joe Bailey mounted the
rostrum as ""master of ceremonies"
and asked the audience to sing
America" There was a tense mo-
ment as everyone waited for the three
violinists to begin, one bow quivered
on a Pixies Peak string and a laugh
ran through the audience, then every
one came down with the throbbing
tones of the national song. At the
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16

Time to order your cOal-Bogalusa
Ice Company.
Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-11-16

70 the lady who owns improved
perty or to the lady who owns
ne furnishings we take special de-
1t in serving. No matter how lit
OF how much you own in personal
Perty, il should be insured.
iou'll be surprised at the small
and the satisfaction of knowing
i is protected by insurance.
70 trouble to answer question. No
ICY too small for US to write.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-02-09
"JUsT PoLLYo7-poLLY HopKImsp
WHATS vorr nameY' he inquired.

Whats yorr ndmeg he inquired
Just PoHgop, uds The "Poily Hoptins M ddddy
" Jeremiah hopkins. The mayor Of this settlement
Can do something for you Polly HopkinsP querd Robert
as she finished telling aboa life in The squditers city
she flung out both hands comprehensive gesture as much
as 10 he could for himself hon she needed
Sure can, she said wih fierce emphasis
make old Mare lccve squdrs be- You're bggen Isl The
squaters need you dwful bad"
Her Voice broke Robert took long breath OF course he
could help This girl and her people lie woud tool As far as
powe he could equal and spa Marcus Mackenzie
~ did try 10 talk into Mr. MacKenaes head" he
turned presently but wiH make him you alone"
In spite Of The curved lips about which smile lurked
apprehension ia her voice when she asked:
Can you lick i'm 70 q fnish misterY'
"Yes. think laughed Robert "bm 10 'front.' be nee
sssary."
Then Silent City FOLKS bein happy again" sighed
Polly We got dpul lot Of things an folks take here
There have themSorm
heroine and hero Of another
Miller White Tess Of the
was priosd serial In magazine for womsuand practically
established the magazine the movie
the fortune Of film Of Worldwide fame OF
Miller White (rs. Friend II. Mlsr) writing
he storm Country Half dozen other stories have been
More than million Of her books have
Country BY the cayuss Lake and vicinity New
Of the garden Of the world.
Given beautiful and psseutsd quattsr girl and nice
with brains sympathy and oneywha do
renamed
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-02-09

the first time get sight OF her." She
glared up at him like cornered ami.
mai. II said I'd tell Eve. I'll do more
than that I'll put old woman Rob.
ertson next TO your coppn' her kid
an marryln err"
Oscars fingers relaxed. and his hand
dropped away from her arm ms II
rough laugh left his lips. She looked
so lovely, her eyes blazing. her curls
tumhled In confusion ON her shoulders.
that he would have taken his pay for
the milk without her permission II she
had not thrown at him Il threat he
feared she would carry out
Mems kisses are whit youu Get
my pretty lass" he predicted grlmly
"and II | was finished with Eve. nv
God. I'd set about getting my share
! won't always be married 10 my lea,
Robertson, mind you. Pollyop."
The blood had left his fnce. lie
was quite white and stern. and by this
time Polly was on tie porch.
"'Tain't 50 easy to get unmarried
Us us 10 ger married. she told him
AN me- I'm just Daddy Hopkins
brat, an ! don't want any kisses but
hls'n, I'd let Jerry's tongue go twist
for milk before I'd pay for It With
with"
Oscar sprang at her, She was So
tantalizlngly beautiful. so allurlnp even
In her grotesque attire that for The
moment he forgot he had reason 10
fear her
IS YOU, anyway" he snarled
hut D Footed and afraid. shot
from N md reached the lane
ihe N " against the cover of
he pail
The 3 ., looking after her
With a - - his shoulders he
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-02-09

given TO the wide eyes their shade OF
ripe chestnuts.
Polly expected every moment that
Oscar would reach out for the pail,
and, though with bad grace, he'd give
her the milk just the same. She I'D
geted In her chair and drew long
slgh--he was staring at her In such a
peculiar manner from under his heavy
brows.
Why had he not noticed before that
Polly Hopkins was so pretty, Oscar
wondered. and slow smile parted his
lips. Polly's eyes lowered. and the
long dark lashes only added to Ben
nett's sudden admiration, quick
drawn breath slipped audlbly past the
mans teeth. Pollyop sensed in his at
tltude toward her a new quality that
she recognized intultlvely as danger
Gus. To bring his attention back to
the purpose OF her visit. she ventured
to say:
~ thought II wouldn't hurt you
none, Oscar to gimme little milk for
Granny Hope an Jerry. I'm always
runnin' errands for you an your
woman"
Bennett's heavy farm boots made a
scrnping sound under the table.
"what good does that do meY' he
returned. "Upon my soul. I might as
well be without n wife as to have one
who won't 1--we with me or let anyone
know I'm her husband. Tn gettln'
sick, good and plenty sick. can tell
you. Miss Polly Hopkins"
This speech did not disturb Polly
over much. for he'd made II dozen
times before. II was only the express
sion In his gaze she did not quite
like. Her mind went to Evelyn Rob.
ertson, the girl that Oscar had mar.
ried. As II II were but yesterday, she
remembered how two years ago she
had gone with thsm under protest to
minister far back In tue hits. Eve
Ign had explained that for some time
to come no one but the three must
know OF the marriage.
PolIyop had learned great many
things In two years What girl does
not after she's passed her fifteenth
birthday? One nf the things she had
found out was that Oscar was a dread
ful person, more dreadful than most
Of the squatter iren or course the
men folks OF her people did beat their
women, now and then. That was their
right without any question. The blood
colored even her ears as she remenl.
here how Oscar hectored his wife for
the money Il was so hard for Evelyn
to get. Another thing she had come
TO understand was that, II Oscar had
not been afraid Of the powerful Rob,
ertson family. he would have forced
Evelyn into his home long before this.
Il had been q hard two years task To
keep him quiet
"Aiebbe you are gettin' sick, Oscar"
she interposed. IL don't know
mebbe; hut you know what that old
Miss Robertson would do TO YOU an
her girl II you todd. You'd get Eve.
mebbe, but you sure wouldn't get any
more money
The mans face darkened.
"Thats just the rub he conceded.
"but sc that Eve amt playing square
with me- The Rooertsons have money
TO burn. and she deals Il out to me in
small little dollars. tell you I'm sick
of the whole thing"
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-02-09

Polly noted the glitter In Bennetts
angry eyes and felt again the culver
Of fear.
"She gives you all she gets her An
gers on" she came back at him In de-
Tense Of the absent Evelyn. Lots ct
times she's got along on about nothin
to send you cash. an didn't ] come
runnln up here with II as soon as she
give II to me7 Now her mas gettln'
on that Eve amt spendin' her money
on herself, nn she watches er Ike
hawk does chicken. She told me
that only yesterday"
The squatter girl rose to her feet,
anxious to be gone.
Oscar, you might be le,tin' me
have Just a wee bit OF milk. You
amt iosin' nOthIn' through me-"
She picked up the pail. and with a
growl the man snatched II out Of her
hand.
"Women're id nuisance" he
grumbled. "Well. walt here"
He went out Of the room, and Polly
Hopkins drew long breath. II was
getting harder every day to get the
milk she needed.
When Bennett returned. she was
standing with her hand on the door
knob. ready to go. In silence she took
the pail he offered her.
"LoOka here. Pollyop," he begun alb
ruptlv. as Polly opened the door
"Whnt's to hinder your paying for
your milk yourself7"
He said II with extreme deliberatlOn,
making emphatic the last words
Polly threw up her head and eyed
him sharply. ~ run my legs most of
for you as It's. Oscar" she retorted,
between here and the Robertsons I;
hut ! don't never have no money. You
know that, an Deddy Hopkins don't
get much, either. II had n dollar,
bet I'd spend every penny Of II film
up Jerry an Daddy an Granny Hope
with milk an eggs To rake him
understand how anxious she was to
please him. she went forward a pace
"An' I'd buy 'em all Of you. Oscar
That's as true as Granny Hopes God
Is settin' up In the sky"
II didn't ask you for money" an
swered Bennett, staring at her. Sud
denly he came close to her: and Polly
backed to the door. His face was red
and agltated; the cords In his neck
were swollen while his fingers twisted
eagerly. That was another thing about
which POlly's eyes had been opened In
two years of growing womanhOod,
When man looked as Oscar did now.
a girl got away as fast MS she could.
"You might pay me In Kisses" he
muttered hoarsely. towering over her.
"Ten kisses for each bucket. You're
n heap prettler than Eve"
For long moment Polly did not
speak. Her breast heaved as she
swayed backward.
81 get all the kisses I want to
home" she said. 'Here, take your
hand offn me. Oscar, or Ill tell Eve