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Middletown transcript., 1922-04-08

FOR SALE-Posts for wire fence, also
few bored posts for rail fence, at
MELVIN MAYORS, Townsend, Del.
C. E. Pool, McDonough, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1922-04-08


and time publicly opened and read in the
order here shown, for the construction
of State and State Aid Highways, in
volving the following approximate
quantities
CONTRACT CN-6 5.fs7 MILES
Glasgow-Bear Station
%. 600 GU. yds. Excavation
1900 Gu. yds. Borrow
800 tons Broken Stone Base Course
$500 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pave
ment
300 Gu. yds. Glass A Concrete
140 Gu. yds. Glass B Concrete
"a, 900 lbs. Reinforcement
APO lin. fit. Is in. R. c. Pipe
250 lin. ft. l8 in. R. c. Pipe
60 lin. fit. "a in. R. C. Pipe
2S lin. ft. 80 in. r. C. Pipe
% lin. fit. 36 in r. C. Pipe
300 lin. ft. Relaid Pipe l8 in. and
800 so. yds. Glass A Concrete Gutter
500 lin. fit. Wire Gable Guard Rail
CONTRACT Cs-Is OF MILES
Thru Misboro
LOO Gu. yds. Excavation
1900 Gu. yds Borrow
985 Gu yds. Cement Concrete Pave
27O tons w. B. Macadam Surface
Course
20 Gu yds Class A Concrete
600 lbs. Reinforcement
14O lin. ft. Is in. R. Z. Pipe
800 lin. ft. Wood Guard Rail
numpsum) Addition to Timber Bridge
Cokssbury Ch.-Covsrda1e's x Rds.
CONTRACT CS-H 5.s5 MILES
10, 800 Gu. yds Excavation
5000 Gu. yds. Borrow
100 tons Broken Stone Base Course
800 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pave
ment
23o Gu. yds. Glass A. Concrete
200 Gu. yds. Class B Concrete
"a, 900 lbs. Reinforcement
%, 600 lbs. Structural Steel
220 lin. ft. Is in. R. c. Pipe
224 lin. fit. 18 in. R. c. Pipe
100 lin. ft. Relaid Pipe more than
1850 lin. ft. Wire Cable Guard Rail
1000 lin. ft. Timber Piling
CONTRACT. NO. 46 1865 MILES
Camden Cooper's Cor.
10000 Gu. yds. Excavation
$500 Gu. yds Borrow
80 tons Broken Stone Base Course
2,o70 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pave
ment
70 tons Amiesite Filler
200 Gu. yds Class A Concrete
IS Gu. yds. Class B Concrete
$1,000 lbs. Reinforcement
200 lin it, Is in. r C. Pipe
Sc lin. fit. l8 in. r. Z. Pipe
1000 lin. ft Cable Guard Rail
1,1hO lin. ft. Timber Piliug
Performance of contract shall COM
mence within ten (10) days after execu,,
ton of the contract and be completed
during 1922.
Monthly payments will be made for |
80 per cent of the construction COM |
pleted each month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon |
forms provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied |
by surety bond, certified check, or
money to the amount of at least ten
QO) per centum of the total amount of
the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the
Construction of State or State Aid
Highways"
The Contract will be awarded or re>
jected within twenty (20) days from the
date of opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or
all bids.
Contractors will be shown over work
after April 16.
Detailed plans may be seen after
April 18th, and index plans and specifi
cations may be obtained upon deposit of
ten dollars (Sl0.0W which. amount will
be refunded upon return of plans and
specifications in good condition at the
office of
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT,
Dover, Delaware.
Middletown transcript., 1922-04-08
Classified Column
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Rhode Island Red Eggs
for setting. $l.00 per Is; $500 per
100. X. r. FOURACRE, Middletown,
Del.A
Middletown transcript., 1922-04-08
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by
the State Highway Departo ent, at its
office, Dover, Delaware, until o'clock
P. M, April 26, 1922, and at that place
and time publicly opened and read in the
order here shown, for the construction
OF State ana stare A'd highways, IN
volving the following approximate
quantities
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
In the DAYS News.

One of Americas youngest and ablest
railroad executives is While l.. Ma
pother, the president of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad Company. who
celebrates his fftieth birthday today.
MIR. Mapother literally grew up" with
the Louisville and Nashville When a
poor boy of TO he walked into the com
pany's offices in Louisville and asked for
work. He was employed as errand boy
and file clerk. Immediately his studi-
Gus nature and ambition were mani
tested, and soon he was transferred to
better position. Mapother overlooked
no opportunities for advancement. He
worked harder than ever, and in the
course of time he had become as indis-
pensable to the railroad as it is possible
for a man TO become 1t was in 1905
that the directors of the road agreed
that no man was better fitted than Wi
BILE Mapother to become vice-president.
and on March IL last he was electpr
president to succeed Milton H. Smith.
who had filled the executive chair for
so many years.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER IS. 1922
THE BUDGET PROBLEM.

The Presidents announcement of a
prospective deficit of S650,0OO,000 for
the present fiscal year has been partic-
ularly disappointing because of the pub
lie hopes aroused by the new budget sys-
TEN. SO huge a deficit for the first full
year of operation doesn't look very well,
on the face of things, for such a system,
even in its infancy
Two big factors are said to have been
mainly responsible for this deficit. First,
the revenues fell off more than was an
ticipated, as a result of business depres-
sion. Second, congress failed to keep its
appropriations within bounds.
1t is generally recognized that the
budget bureau did its best to curtail ex-
penses by eliminating duplication and
waste in the various administrative de-
partments, and met with reasonable CO.
operation among department heads. So
far as there is any blame to be assigned,
it seems to belong mainly to congress.
The weak part of the budget system is
that the branch of government preparing
the budget is not the branch that appFo-
PIRATES the money. 1 is of little use
for the executive department to plan
how much shall be spent, in sum and in
detail, if congress will not do its best
to live up to the plans and specifications.
Foreign governments usually have bet
ter machinery for balancing their
budgets because the same government
that is, premier and cabinet-that
prepares the budget has charge of the
legislative program and directs the ex-
penditures 1t is doubtful whether our
government viii ever succeed in baIanc-
ing It's budget regularly as long as our
legislative branch lacks such executive
direction and is free to order the spend
ing of what ever sums it pleases.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

his Job at present a full-time job. Then
came the board of control.
The arguments against the board of
control come from the belief TAI that
a governor knows it all and can adj
minister a business of eight or ten mil
lions without counsel, or (bl that there
is no amount Of business calling for the
advice and council of a small advisory
and executive board with the governor.
Neither of these contentious can be
fairly sustained. and before the legisla-
ture is led away with the notion that
the board of control is useless and super
fiuous. they might counsel with men like
Walter Scott, retiring state treasurer.
John Weeks, director of state institu-
lions and familiar Herewith during four
administrations Harvey L. Goodell. vet
eran of three administrations, and a
few others who know somewhat whereof
they speak.
We do not expect that Vermont has
ever elected or is likely to elect a man
who knows as much about state business
as five men. three of whom are experts.
Let us 90 slow about tearing down.
We NAV destroy something that. with a
comparatively small outlay. is giving
the state valuable service and saving
much more than its cost.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

This morning at brekfist | tried a tx
pertinent to see how mulch pepper [
could smell at without axuilly sneezing.
and some dropped on my clothes and
made me sneeze about once a hour all
day, and this AFTERNOON in skooI Miss
Kitty started the reeding lessin and all
of suddin the top of somebody's desk
dropped with a fearSe bang, and Miss
Kitty sed, Silents, silents how can we
| have a Teeding lessins with Interrupt
siins of that sort going on.
WITCH jest then somebody dropped
their casket and their pencils and things
went all over the floor. making a even
! verse noise than the desk. Miss Kitty
] sound, | don't care wat it is. will re-
main after skool, | don't believe this
class knows the meening of the werd at
, tention.
| WITCH jest then wat did 1 do but smell
| some of the pepper and sneeZe fearse
Sneeze, Miss Kitty saying. Benny Potts,
| come up heer. Meening to her desk,
witch l did. and she sed. How dare you
sneeze like that after wat i jest sed?
| couldent help it, how could I help
! 1t, had to SGeeZe 50 [ had to Sneeze,
I sed. and she sed. Nonsents. l often
feel like sneezing but l restrain myself
and save it for the proper time.
Well | cant do that, | sed WITCH |
cant. and Miss Kitty sed, Don't have
so mulch to say. And she took a hold
! of my arm and gave me , shakes, prob
erIy loosening some of the pepper be-
cause just then | had to sneeze agen,
| thinking. Good mite, l hope | don't.
| Witch vile | was trying not to who
sneezed but Miss Kitty, being one of
! the loudeSt sneezes ] ever heard envy
| body do, and she hadent hardly did it
wen ] sneezed agen and everybody LATED
| like enything. and Miss Kitty sed
There seems to be something in the air
| GROUND heer. go back and take your
sect, perhaps you couldent help it after
all.
Being rite ony I dident tell her wy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
The Fruit Stealers.
St Lohnshnrv Caledonian.l

(St Johnsbury Caledonian.l
Formerly fruit stealing was largely
confined TO boys Many youngsters have
always made themselves nuisances by
their lawless depredations But however
mean such mischief might seem. you
could least recognize that it was the
work of immature young folks who
would know know better when they got
older.
q But new type of garden raiders has
come up in Northeastern Vermont in
recent years. consisting of grown up
men, who have no excuse of youth or
immaturity They make a business of
it. and go out on dark nights with bags.
usually. in automobiles. so that they can
honest farmer or gardener, who has
toiled all summer, comes out some fine
morning and finds that these dirty
thieves have been through his garden
and all his work is wasted
A good watch dog with well sharpened
teeth is an excellent protection against
such scouhdrels and most farmers and
gardeners need one in these times.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
No Superman.
tRutland HeraId.)

Those best informed of the working
OF the state government are most in
clined to recognize the virtue and useful
ness of the board of control. 1t is not,
as occasionally stated by those who
ought to know their civics better, a
means OF. evading responsibility on the
part OF the governor; in fact, it has re-
manned for the present administration
to make any use whatever of that very
slim and foolish ''alibi."
If every governor elected to the ex-
ecutive chair of the state were a super
man, familiar with every angle of state
business, well informed of the working
of every office and department. trained
in finance and administration, possessed
of all the details of managing state IN
stitutiOns, and expert in legislation and
the practice OF law. competent to pass
on any question of statecraft which
arises. why all Vermont would need
would be such paragon of ability and
virtue and a few helpers here and there
in the various departments and lnstltu-
tions.
We would not need a board of control
or a director of state institutions or
commissioer of agriculture or any other
officer not provided by the constitution
All we would need would be a superman
governor. who sees ALL knows all, does
ala sort of Admirable Crichton and
Pooh bait rolled in one.
This, however. was not the purpose or
expectation of the trainers of the consti-
tuition. Even our fathers, in the sim
plicity of government which prevailed
at that time, realized that even the
Chittendens, the Coolidges, Fairbankses
Fletchers, Washburns, etc, might not
! prove to be supermen, infallible or even
common, safely honest and dillgent, s.
they provided governor and council,
twelve men to SIT with him and the
| lieutenant governor and advise and acl
with them on state business.
They also very carefully divided the
powers of the state government into
| three, executive, legislative and judicial
with carefully drawn bounds defining
| those powers.
Following the establishment of tbs
| senate. governors paid little attention
| to matters of administration and spent
very little. time in Montpelier except
| during legislative sessions or in case OF
| some extraordinary emergency such as
war or some great. disastrous happening
| The reason for this was plain enough
| There were few offices outside of those
provided by the constitution. The COVER
nor was given and exercised few powers
of supervision or administration IN re
Iation to state business. 1t was not
until the growth of commissions, de,
partments institutions and special
agencies of various kinds created a com
plex and costly machinery of govern
ment that the governor was called upon
for supervision in degree that makes
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
A BAKE POSSIBILITY.

The principal of an eastern school has
tabooed knee socks and rolled stockings.
Strangly enough, the edict is not based
upon conservatism but upon the plea
that parents cannot expect their chill
dren to be healthy and progress in
school work when their bodies are ex-
posed to the weather"
\ good many people, including par
ents, school children and fappers, will
take issue with the idea that barred
knees lead to bodily ills. They might
possibly induce snif1es or sore throat in
extremely cold weather in some cases,
but habit and general health would be
a factor even then.
In the interest of uniform and incon-
spicuous dress it is probably just as we'll
to have school children of all ages cover
their knees in stockings. Anything
which tends to the extreme or unusual
and hence might distract attention from
lessons is better banished, from the
schoolroom But that health and men
tai progress depend upon covered knees
is another matter. Look at the Scots
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
Today S Events

Three hundreth anniversary of the
death of St Francis of Sales, famous
bishop and writer
England's famous soldier, the Earl of
1pres formerly Field Marshal Viscount
French is 20 years old today.
The second annual convention of the
National Council of Catholic Men begins
its sessions today in Washington. ID. c.
A provincial convention of the liberal
leaders of British Columbia meets at
Nelson today to consider questions of
policy.
A boulder monument erected by the
women of Alabama to commemorate the
territorial capital site at St Stephens
will be unveiled today
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
Today,s Anniversaries.

l77O-Henry Middleton. governor of
South Carolina and e. S. minister
to Russia. born in London, Eng
land. Died at Charleston, s. c..
June IA, 1916.
lS03-Prosper Merimeo, who wrote
Carmen and left many remark
able letters. born in Paris Died
at Cannes, Sept. l3. 1870.
lS24-Richard GilmOreS Catholic bishop
of Cleveland, born in Glasgow,
Scot. Died at st. Augustine, Fla,
April l3. 1891
lS40-George w Peck, the noted humor-
ist who became governor of Wis
consin. born at Henderson. n Y.
Died April l6, 1916.
lS54-United States sloop of war Al
bany sailed from Aspinwall and
was never more heard of.
lS64-Gen. Joseph Hooker assumed com
mand of the Northern depart
ment. with headquarters at Gin
einnati.
lSs0-C Cornerstone laid for the new
state house at Indianapolis
1898 Emperor Francis Joseph unveiled
at Innsbruck the statute of An
dreas Hofer, the Tyrolese patriot
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
Copyright by George Matthew Adams
The Speakership.
Newport Express and !

Newport Express and Standard.l
No sooner has the result of the prim-
airy been declared than there hobs up
the important question of the speaker
ship of lower house in the next legisla-
ture.
1t is conceded On all sides that the of
flee of speaker is most important, con
terrlng dignity upon its recipient and
endowing him with authority and re-
sponsibility second only to that of the
governor himself
For this office several candidates have
already been mentioned.
There is, for instance, Orlando l.. Mar
tin of Plainfield: Harvey r. Kingsley of
Rutland; John W. Gordon of Barre; H.
A. Bailey of Winooski; f. L. Osgood of
Rockingham, Including Bellows Falls
and Frank E. Barber of Brattleborog
1t will be seen by a Derusals of these
names that the candidates, thus far in
the field are from sections of the state
quite remote from Orleans, Essex and
Caledonia counties.
Does anybody know how long it has
been since Orleans county was honored
with the speakership of the Vermont
legislature?
Der. He is also a prominent member of
This county has had representatives
plenty of them. since that date, perfectly
competent to hold that Office. but has
generously stood aside and permitted
other portions of the state to pick that
plum.
Isn't it about time for the representa-
tives elect to consider the claims of Or
leans county along with those of the
other candidates.
If there were but one or possibly two
men in the field whose claims were out
standing and acknowledged the situation
would be somewhat different. But with
he 7
would be very short sighted policy foI
representatives to pledge themselves IN
advance to any one candidate.
The Newport city representative,
Aaron H. Grout, might well be included
in the category of candidates for that
county. after almost half century of
waiting q chance to come back with q
presiding officer bearing an historic and
honored name. and q personal character
and ability commensurate with the OF
fec
Representative Grout needs no intro
duction to the legislators; he is almost
as well-known in Montpelier as in his
own city.
He was born in Rock Island. Illinois
Jan. Is. 1879 and is the son of EX-G0v-
ernor Josiah Grout of this city. He
graduated from Derby Academy in 1896
the class of 1901. kimitted to the prac,
tice of law in 1904 he has since then
been member of the Orleans County
bar in this city.
Mr.. Grout served as executive clerk
from 1906 to 1908 and was secretary
of civil and military affairs under the
administ ration of the late Gov. G. II
Proutv from l90S-I9l0. He was Judge
advocate of the Vermont National
Guard from 1910 to 1914 and was states
attorney during the wears 1926. He
is the clerk of the state Republi-
can convention which holds its con
1t haa been thirty-four years.
the Masonic fraternity.
At the recent urinary in this city he
was nominated f"r representative by q
majority Of 2l3 over his opponent
All things considered when it comes
sneaker it is apparent that Aaron circuit
stands second to none.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
TndaY's Birthdays.

Milton Mobiles. veteran actor and play
wright, born at Almont, Mich, % years
ago today
Carl r. Gray. president of the Union
Pacific railway, born at Princeton, Ark,
So years ago today.
Marie Amelie, one-time queen of
Portugal. born at Twickenham, Eng
land, 81 years ago today.
DIR. Philander P Claxton. former L.
S. commission of education. born in Bed
ford county. Tenn. 60 years ago today.
Jacques Fournier, first baseman of
the st. Louis National league baseball
team; born at Au Sable. Mich. 30 years
ago today.
Lawton w. Witt. outfielder of New
York American league baseball team
born at Winchenden, Mass, % years
ago today.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
TO ADVERTISERS.

Transient advertising-Run of paper. 50
cents an inch for first insertion, 80 cents an
inch for each subsequent insertion. Limited
space on first page at special rates.
Space rates on application.
Classified advertisements-Five cents line
first insertion with so per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Minimum charge % cents. Cash with
order.
Reading Notices-Twenty cents per line
first insertion with 80 per cent discount for
each subsequent insertion without change of
copy. Reading notices are published at foot
of local items.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
Vermont Justice.
lNeene Sentinell

In Vermont the other day the thief
who stole an automobile belonging to
Major TAYLOR Of Brattleboro. got ID
sentence of eight years in state prison.
In New Hampshire and Massachusetts
nominal sentences or light fines are at
least common. The contrast is worth
noting-and the results viii be too. 1t
is safe to predict that the auto stealing
industry won't flourish in Vermont. We
always did admire the old-fashion plan
of Justice adhered to in Vermont, and
their jails which usually hold persons
incarcerated therein. even if not fitted
with all the modern conveniences.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

Next year." says the Banner, the vari-
Gus fair arrangements should get to-
gether and put on their own crew with
plenty of plaster of paris dolls and hot
air blankets and get all the returns
from furnishing these to the public" In
other words, if the public likes to be
stung. let the fair arrangements do it
and get all the profit. Why motif any
thing of the kind is allowed?
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

The burial grounds of China have al
WAYS been held sacred. not to be dis
turbed under any circumstances. The
result is that one-twentieth of the coun-
try is occupied by graves. 1t is now
commencing to be realized that the liv-
ing should have first consideration and
the cemeteries are giving way to modern
progress.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
Journalism Building for University

Ohio State university plans the cree
ton of a two-story journalism building.
The first floor will be for the printing
and binding plants, while all the edi-
torial stats of the campus publications
and also the journalism classes will be
accommodated on the second floor. =
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

Four young men up in Orleans county
were found hunting last Sunday by the
county game warden. They were in
cIined to treat the matter rather lightly,
saying they were out only for a little
fun Fines and costs amounting to
S46.60 each must have spoiled the fun
somewhat. Licenses would have been
cheaper.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28
OMNIBUS.

night gbbou baying and
to
follow. AN evil
moonl barking fifty have
black
notpa breaks like
he when he
in shiyered then said
bandog
and
brick md slept in peace morning.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

The large number of arrests of intoxi-
Gated drivers of automobiles indicate
conclusively that this is a stewedabaker
year-Montpelier Argus.
Maybe it is. but we saw man driy-
ing a full Moon yesterday.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

Mortified, Vt, runs true to form in
reporting the lowest temperature Tues
day of any of the North Atlantic and
Middle Western states.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

The knockout of Georges Carpenter
by Ski, the Senegalese, appears to have
been as much of a surprise to the victor
as to anybody else
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1922-09-28

The Reformer is on sale every evening ly
the following news dealers:
BrattIeboro, Bratt1eboro News Co.. c. w.
Cleaveland, S. L. Purinton Esteyville),
Brooks House Pharmacy, Aliens Depot News
stand, Gilbert ]. Pollica, 2S7 South Main St.
(Fort Drummer district.
West Brstt1eboro, J. L. StockweIL
East Dummerston, NJ. E Brown,
Putney, NJ. G. Williams.
Newfane, N NJ. Batchelder.
West Townshend, {. Fl. Grout.
Jamaica, r. ]. Daggett.
South Londonderry, F. Fl Tyler.
South Vernon. E. B. Buffum.
Hinsdale, N. H, w. H. Lyman.
Greenfield, Mass., Greenfield News Co.
Greenfield, Mass. c. A. Hays.