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him scare you twice, is Little Mary s
sound advice He only comes to
make you sleep-that ought to make
you glad. -
And then, the funny boogie-boos and
folks who live in chimney flues-why
Mary really likes them cause they re
friends Of hers, says she. Or, travel
into fairy land, where mystic things
are really grand, and everybody wants
to act real nice to you and me.
So, every r1ttle tiny mite, should, on
this Hallowe zen night, take Little
Mary's sound advice and keep all
fright away. Don't shiyer if the
pumpkins boo-they only want to
dance with you. So join the merry
witches and the goblins in their play.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-31
Giants Get Gentley
tOOppose Babe Ruth

NEW YORK, Oct. 31.-Opposition for
Babe Ruth--a much talked of star
who can hit homers, pitch first class
ball and play in the infield or the out
field acceptably, has been added to. the
roster of the New York Giants by the
purchase Of Jack Bentley from the
Baltimore club of the International
League.
The terms were not made known by
the Giants, but it is understood that
$4,000 in cash was involved and the
promise of four players to be delivered
from the Giants spring training camp.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-31
HOLD FUNERAL FOR
MRS. PEARL PORT

Mrs. Pearl Marion Port, wife of
Charles G. Port, Imperial, died at the
family home in that city Sunday af-
ternoon after several months illness.
She was born in Milbank, South Da-
kota, "a years ago and had been resi-
dent, of Imperial for the past year.
Besides her husband she is survived by
her parents -ir. and Mrs. Amos II.
Hevener of Imperial. The funeral is
to be held this afternoon from Lemon S
undertaking parlors i'll this city.
Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-31
COLORADO GAGE

Mean daily gage heights in feet and
mean discharge IN second-feet of the
Colorado River at Yuma, Ariz., for the
week ending October 81, 1922.
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The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-07

Sundey AFTERNOON | found an old
envelope with printing on it saying
Spick-O Span-O SpIinkel few
foxes on a wet brush and make
your old straw hat better than
new.
Me thinking, G, harray, III try
it on pops straw hat and serprize
him. WITCH l did, scrubbing it with
Spick-O Span-O till there was
eileen streeks all over it insted of
being dusty looking all over like
it was at ferst, me thinking, q,
pop will be serprized all rite | bet
he wont hardly reckonize it.
And after suppir pop sed to ma,
Well mother, feel like a CRATE
man at last, and ma sed, 1t seems
tc me you always thawt that way
about yourself, and pop sed, Nat
urally, but now more so than ever
because for the ferst time in Is
yeers | have managed to keep
straw nat looking respectable enutf
to carry me throO an intire sum-
mer..
Now Willyum you don't meen to
calmy sit there and tell me you're
going to keep on wearing that din
gy thing, ma sed, and pop sed, Abb
silootly, no power an erth can
make me buy another straw hat
this season, I've nersed that hat
faithfully sints the beginning Of
the season and I'm not going to
desert it now.
G pop, it looks even better than
you think it does, l sed, and pop
scd, The dooCe it does, wy does it?
and ! sed, Because you awt to see
wat did to 1t with Spick-O Span
O. And I ran down and brawt
pops nat up and handed it to him
pop saying, zee gods, look at this
mess, who told you to toutch this
hat? and l sed, Nobody, | found
the Spick-O Span-O up in the
store room.
That's not saying ware you're go
ing to find my slipper, pop sed,
and ma sed, now Willyum be
reasonable, that cleening stuff
must of bin lying GROUND for at
leest 10 years, no wonder it did
ent work, but that's not the boys
fault, he ccrteny meant well, and
tomorro morning ferst thing you
can step in at the hat store on the
avenue and get nice new one
chcep before you 90 down town,
and then you'll have it.
O, don't you sound sorry? pop
sed. Being wy he's got new
straw hat.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-07
EDITORIAL
DEATH AT THE CROSSING

Every thinking person realizes
that caution is necessary in driv-
ing over railroad tracks. Every
person of sane mind knows that
it is almost suicidal to act about
the same there as in other places.
For many years those long
stretches Of iron rails have been
used by engines and trains.
Only at intervals are the cross
ings occupied by trains. When
so occupied, the highway traveller
must keep back out of the way if
he desires to keep alive.
The man at the throttle Of the
locomotive is charged with the
duty of getting his train through
on time and if the engineer meets
their expectations, he must roll
off the miles on schedule time. No
stops ut crossings.
In the course of his trip that
engineer sees lot of things that
worry him. He notices that some
drivers of motor cars come pell
nell up to the crossing, acting as
if they intended to make dash
across ahead Of his train. Some
OF them make a sudden stop just
before they reach the tracks, while
others speed across, risking their
lives Just for the sake of crafty
ing a desire for one more thrill.
He notices some drivers whose
thoughts seem to be centered up
on far-off things. They appear not
to listen, and it is a sure thing that
they do not took both ways fol
trains.
On a fair day, the country looks
very agreeable to the men on the
engine, who wonder that with life
presenting so pleasing an aspect
so many automobile drivers seen
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-07
Agan's Change of Heart

There has been some Vociferous
urging of Frank w. Agan of Lud-
low as candidate for governor
this year and this urging seems the
most pronounced in centers where
the prohibitory laws are least pop
ular. In and around Ludlow there
is a report in circulation that Mr..
Agan after watching the results of
nationalprohibition for three years
has become a supporter of the 18th
amendment. If this rumor is true
we wonder if he would have the
support for governor of some OF
those who have been noisest in
urging him to be candidate
Bennington Banner.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-07
Behold. What a Blazel !"

This is the record of a little
spark in another state: In its
wake 10000 acres of fire-swept
land; 100000 feet of burned
timber; four logging camps, Is
donkey engines, one locomotive,
35flat cars, 20 houses, and three
automobiles in ashes, and 100000
worth of property gone up in
smoke.-Montpeler Argus.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-07
PRESS COMMENT
And Punched

In Africa, the native girls want
American clothes. Somebody is
going to get misunderstanding
ton News.
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-07

willing to risk losing their share
of it. 1t is no wonder that the
engineer says to his fireman "Why
in the name of all that's good and
glorious can't these autoists use
horse-sense?"
An engineer has heard that
five thousand people riding in au-
tomobiles were either killed or in
jured driving across railroad
tracks last year. "No wonder the
casualty list is a big one!" ne ex-
claims, "and that fellow who just
beat his way across came mighty
close to getting his name onto the
1922 list!
Abe Martin says: "a bride, i'll
promise t. love, honor an obey, an
before tn icin' is cold on tn we'd
din cake, she'll fatty refuse t
leave town in a day coach"
The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-08-07
MONDAY, AUG. 7, 1922
BACK TALK

The Burlington News is Opt
unsteady inclined. 1t says things
could be worse. Suppose Ford
was making airplanes?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27

Old DAvy CROCKETT used to say
that a man was very drunk who
could not hit the earth with his hat
In three tries. This globe Is big
target and the wonder is with so
many meteorites assaulting this earth
that they do not do more deadly dam
age. AS 1t is, the scientific sharps
calculate that the annual arrivals of
Jumps of mineral from the heavens
number from 100 to 5000.
Once II was believed that the me-
teorites were chucked aloft by our
own volcanoes and, after a whirl
outside the zone of the earth's attrac-
ton, came down kcrplunk. Other
theories held that the cold and other
wise peaceful moon was the origin of
red hot missiles such as have re-
Gently disturbed the nearby peace.
But most students of the celestial
bombardment now believe that the
metcorites come from further afield.
II their Journey 1s not begun In the
region of the stars at least the jump
ing off place is In some remote dis
trict OF the solar system.
a meteorite, even after it comes to
earth and is cool enough to play
with, is rather disappointing. 1t re-
veals nothing of the mysteries OF the
far flung universe. 1t contains about
one-third OF the elements which are
found in the earth and not single
element that we haven't right here.
1t is pity that the only substantial
communication we have with plan
cts or stars should not bring either
a message or a puzzle.
There is always hope, however. In
the last few days the meteorites have
been getting positively gay with the
earth. Maybe the next shower Will
bring a rock containing new ele-
ment; something, for instance, the
touch Of which would turn the Rus
sian ruble of to-day into gold.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27
Double Woe of Babe Ruth.

How Draconian was the punish
ment inflicted on Babe RUTH by the
Hon. KENEsAw MOUNTAIN LANDS is
only now being realized. All who are
able to divert their minds from the
light and airy subjects Of ipterna-
tional economics and con the pro-
found mathematics of the American
League percentage table know that
Mr.. RrTH's team, in spite of his alb
sence from the field, is at the top of
the heap. The Infants eliminates
are playing at what an efficiency engi-
neer would call their peak. Mr..
BAKER, the aged warden OF Base
No. 3, is lamming the pale pellet into
the stands. The Yankee pitchers
project opposing batsmen into the
doldrums. All this goes on while the
Babe, by the imperial order of Judge
LANDS. sits in the stand as idle as q
painted ship or plays gloomy golf.
AS If that was not bad enough from
the Ruthian viewpoint, the news from
the West is worse. A person named
KENNETH WILLIAMS, who patrols the
sinister garden for the st. Louis
Browns, has more home runs thus
far this season than the Bambino &C.
complished in the same number OF
days last year. He is pasting the old
pill for fair, as SHAKESPEARE would
have said IL these times had been his
times. So Mr.. RUTH, with three
weeks of suspension to come, is faced
by a threatening rival at the very
moment when 1t seems that his
own club can play ball nicely with
out him. What Is SOLOMON beside
kENEsAw?
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27

measure of order to the county. He
announced that he had pledged him
self to stop the feud war and that he
intended to do II. The announce
ment was followed by threats OF
assassination and warnings that the
court house would be destroyed with
dynamite. Citizens of the county
formed themselves in bodyguards to
protect him and soldiers were ordered
to safeguard State property. Judge
JOHNSON early in last January sue
ceeded in getting the feudists to meet
him in the court room. Almost 100
came to the meeting.
At the Judges earnest appeal the
opposing clansmen agreed to end
their feud, shake hands and go back
home to their work. 1t was the most
hopeful sign of peace that the county
had had for years. The county was
quiet until early this month, when q
new feud started In the Mill Creek
district over land dispute. Several
deaths resulted, and when officers
were sent to arrest the feudists they
were killed by shots from ambush.
The success which Judge JOHNSON
had had in settling the Martin
Benge warfare encouraged him to
believe that he could end the present
feud. He called for aid from the
men who had sworn to his truce.
They answered his call and they
helped the officers arrest 200 viola
tors of the law in the Mill Creek
region. In turning from fighting
clansmen to law supporters the Ken
lucky mountaineers have taken a
long stride toward ending feuds and
bringing peace and contentment to a
picturesque and beautiful but much
harassed land.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27

The British Government has offered,
undoubtedly in spirit of fairness,
to turn over to the United States the
airship R-36 in final settlement Of the
account which grew out of the de-
struction OF the ZR-2, which was
burned at Hull last year. The
American Government has declined
the offer. This is wise. There never
was good reason why the United
States should have bought dirigibles
abroad. In fact, there never was a
good reason for this Governments
buying or building any Of these bulky
and expensive airships. The worlds
experience with the Zeppelin type
has been bitter.
The United States is going on with
the construction of the Fri. IT
might better devote the money to the
perfection of stabilizing and other
safety devices for airplanes. In the
matter of speed, dependability and
economy the plane Is in every way
preferable to the lighter than air
machine. 1t can operate against
heavy winds. The dirigible is at
the mercy of the weather, and
unless the bags are filled with
helium 1t is firetrap. The big
dirigible's record is one OF death and
disaster. 1t should be abandoned by
the Government.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27
Paddock's Hawaiian Tests.

The fact that CHARLES w. PADDOCK,
the phenomenal California amateur
runner, made some of his remarkable
speed trials over a grass course in
Hawaii while others were run on
regulation cinder paths will cause
renewed discussion of which presents
the faster surface for sprinting.
PADDocK's style is not orthodox
and he is of greater weight than any
other athlete who has obtained any
thing like the distinction he has won
as a sprinter; he runs his best race
when weighing $50 pounds or more.
The power he puts into his leg thrust
Is enormous, and while he is a trtfie
slow to get away from the mark his
finishes are electrical In quality.
II the authorities of the Amateur
Athletic Union accept the records
which PAppocK believes should be
put to his credit the Californian
will lead the amateur sprlnters of
the world in the tests at so, 60 and
100 yards on grass and so, so. 100,
125 and It's yards on cinders. The
best time that PADDOCK could make
over grass IN the SO yard test was
5 Is seconds, while on the cinders he
made record of an even 5 seconds.
This indicates that the cinder path
had greater resiliency than turf.
though PADpocK's mark OF . 3-5 sec
onds for 100 yards over turf is as good
as his record over cinders.
From time test PADDocK's best
performance In Hawaii seems to be
his is AS seconds for IT'S yards. The
old record was Is Is seconds. The
time reduction in the other tests was
Is of second, except in the case Of
the t25 yards, where there was drop
from L. 2-5 to IL seconds.
The speed over the longer distance
shows the superlativo quality of
PAppooK as runner better than any
thing else he has done. and Illus
trates the fast pace he attains once
he gets his marvellous muscular form
functioning at its maximum.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27

Comptroller Craig knows perfectly
we'll that the Meyer committee had
nothing TO do one way or the other
with the price of tO2.766 received at
the sale OF $45,0O0,o 900 fifty-year AZ
per cent. gold bonds, called corporate
stock. of the city of New York.
All bonds have been advancing for
months in the open market as well
as in the private market lover the
counter" The average yield at cur
rent quotations on we'll secured
bonds of American companies or mu-
inequalities is In the neighborhood of
to Az per cent. Money is cheap
and plentiful in the market. Add TO
this the fact that the city of New
York's bonds are exempt from Fed
eral and State income taxes and
the premium of 2.766, or, say, $27.66
on each $1,000 worth bought by
Speyer & Company needs no further
explanation.
BY paying this extra S27.66 the
bankers obtain security which
yields All per cent. on the invest
ment, which is as high as the yield
on any similar bond in the market.
In addition the purchasers are ex
empt from taxes on the interest IT.
self, which means the same thing as
IL so much were added to the in
terest paid on the stock.
The price received for the city
bonds was none too high when the
fact is considered that the credit rat
ing of this city always has ranked
second to none. Indeed, there is
room to raise the question whether
under better management of munich
pal affairs and better prospects of
economical government and wise ex.
penditure of city funds the premium
received for the bonds might not
have been several dollars a thousand
higher than the altogether ordinary
premium which the Comptroller has
discussed.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27

The feud wars OF the Kentucky
mountains in the past have never
been wanting IN variety and the peo-
pie of a feud affected region have
never complained of monotony OF
existence or lack OF change. They
have, on the contrary, generally been
kept keenly alert lodging rife balls
or going to court and funerals. But
perhaps in the history of feud war
fare they have never faced so com
plete a reversal OF form as that which
has just taken place in Clay county.
where clansmen who since childhood
had been fighting each other and of.
ficers of the law have Joined hands
in support of the civil authorities in
their war on lawlessncss In the whole
Kentucky mountain region.
Clay county has scarcely the ma
tional notoriety that Breathitt has,
but the two counties arc neighbors
and the same feud code holds In both.
When Breathitt settled down to peace
a few years ago Clay started out
with o revival OF an old feud war.
II was caused by the killing Of WOODS
BENGr by STEVE MARTIN. In COM
paratively short time 300 men, more
than the number engaged in the Nc
Coy-Hatfield feud, were on tho war.
path. The lighting began at Por.
tersburg, near the western border
OF Clay county. II swept over Man
chester. the county seat, conferred In
the Goose Greek district and spread
TO the mountains on the Virginia and
Tennessee borders.
The fighting took on the character
OF o civil war The factions travelled
in parties for common protection
and each went heavily armed. In q
clash on the streets OF Petersburg
several men were killed and more
than twenty were wounded. 10 one
OF the attacks on homes OF tho feud.
lists, report says, moro than fifty
bullets, many OF them steel jscketed,
pierced tho walls. This condition
continued for more than year dc.
spite all efforts Of the peace loving
citizens to remedy IL.
The fearlessness OF Circuit Judge
HIRAM J, JOHNSON finally brought q
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27
For Home Grown Meat.
-Ohi0 Butchers Seek to Restore the
Local Cattle Market.

From a bulletin Of the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture.
A progressive firm of butchers In
small Ohio city seeks to better the live
stock OF that locality by plan de-
scribed In the following letter to the
Department of Agriculture
while we have never made a bust
ness Of dealing in purebred live stock
we have always encouraged their use.
We try 70 keep line on wellbrcd young
bulls In our vicinity and whenever we
buy an animal for slaughter we use our
best efforts to have him replaced with
something better. We believe this plan
will help to build up the quality OF
cattle in tho neighborhood to the advsn-
tago OF both ourselves and the farmers
when wo kill an animal that has an
exceptionally good dress we display the
carcass In our window, giving on a card
tho age, live weight, dressed weight and
the percentage of dressed meat. In this
way we advertise to producers that
they get more live weight and we get
more dressed weight from we'll bred
stock than from inferior stock OF the
same ago. We have demonstrated also
the superiority of veal calves from well
bred parents and have shown that they
mean more 10 the farmer IN dollars and
cents than the other kind
Live stock specialists In the bureau OF
animal industry point out that small
town butchers are IN a position 10 In
fuence the quality OF future generations
OF cattle and hogs that come TO their
cutting blocks. The plan as presented
by tho firm of butchers quoted In In ac-
cord with methods of live stock i'm
provement advised by tho department.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27

soon after Grants return to the White
House he shut himself in his library
and then began to write with his own
hand the veto message. He wrote II
without consulting with anybody. So
far az II IS known his Secretary OF tho
Treasury was not consulted. II prob
ably is the only important action taken
by the President which was exclusively
his own.
How much OF his reasoning may have
been inspired by HIS secret meeting
with the New York bankers none can
tell. But Congress was so Impressed
by the economic soundness and perfect
logic contained In the message that no
serious attempt was made to override
the veto. When John Sherman began to
plan for the resumption OF specie pay
mcnts on January 1, 1879. he said to
friends that but for tho veto of tho in
fiation bill by President Grant resump-
ton of specie payment would have been
impossible. at least until many years
had passed. Ell. EDWARDS.
NEW York, April c6.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-04-27
Fun for the Country Boy.
1t Ranges From Games TO Teaching
Calf to Drink Out Of n Pail.

To THE New YORK HERALD: Your edi-
torial article entitled Pleasures of the
Country Boy" hardly touched upon the
innumerable pleasures and games the
country boy has. games the names of
which arc Greek TO tho city boy.
Has the writer of that article ever
heard OF haily, haily over; bully in the
ring, peg Off the block, ] spy, cross tag,
squirrel through the trees. leapfrog and
follow my leader? Has he ever cracked
nuts or made molasses candy OF an eve
ming? Has he ever drowned out a wood
chuck or dug out a skunk?
Has he been sliding I'm pung or gone
on straw ride? How about skating.
skiing. coasting and sleigh riding? Does
he know the difference between a Jack
rabbit and Jack jumper? Did he ever
go walnutting or chestnutting? Has he
ever ridden bareback or taught a young
calf to drink out Of a pail?
More real amuscmcnt--to the onIooIS-
ers--can be got out of the last In three
minutes than the best comedy on Broad
way can produce in two and a half
hours. l., TT y
BENNINGTON, Vt, April "a. s