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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-06-15
HIGH SCHOOL PLAN
OF REHABILITATION
P R 0 YES SUCCESS.
TRAINING SYSTEM WORKED OUT
BY FACULTY OF CALIFORNIA
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
SURPRISES ALL ExPECTA.
TIoNS. "a

Brawley, Cal, June 13.-rhe roha.
Utilization of disabled eX.scryiCe men
under tranee system worked out by
the authorities of the Brawley high
school, and known us the "Brawloy
plan" is success according To a
recent report made by special com
mittee appointed by government OIL
cials to make an Investigation of the
work being done here.
The committee found a group OF fiji
ty.seven cOntented and happy eN-ser.
vice men, although all Of them We're
more or less disabled during the re.
cent war. 4 majority of them are
married, and each has ranch of his
own ranging in size from five to for
" acres They are looking forward
10 the day when the indebtedness will
be paid OF and deeds obtained to
their property
While high schools in many parts
OF the county have entered into con.
tracts with the government for the
rehabilitation of disabled eX-servicc
men. the Brawley plan is attracting
special notice. Under it a trainee
suffering from slight disability is Civ
en- the opportunity OF purchasing Land
on long time payments with interest
as low as three per cent. He selects
his own tract, being given such as
sistance as desired, and for his pro-
lection the terms of payment and in,
terest rate are passed upon by a
committee of local business men.
The Brawley high school employs
four instructors, each specialist in
some particular branch OF agricUl-
ture. These instructors devote all Of
their time to the trainee in actual
work on their ranches, teaching them
the latest methods Of farming The
government allows each traince 500
a year for the purchase of farm i'm
plements. In several instauC these
funds have been combined by trainees
so that complete sets Jt farming
equipment are available TO those who
have contributed towards their pur-
chase.
All Of the trainees now working I'M
der the Brawley plan draw regular
monthly allotments from the govern
ment. These are handled through q
local bank, which assists every
trainee to keep his expenses within a
scientifically prepared budget
Referring to the financial success
of the Brawlev plan from the stand
point of the trainee the committee
cited the experience Of one ex-seryice
man who was among the FIRST to avail
himself of the opportunities offered
by the plan With the assistance OF
The school experts this trainee plant
ed his acreage to lettuce The returns
from the crop this year We're suf-
ficient TO pay off all indebtedness.
and the newlymade famer is plan
ming the erection of a $4,000 home.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-24

Der bands around the transmitters.
| am unable to fathom what purpose
they have in mind unless it be
thrift. If it's thrift, more power to
them, but why not store your rubber
bands somewhere else, girls They
tarnish the nickle of the transmitter
and give it a dirty, black appearance.
The plugs of the operators must be
carefully inspected for wear and
must be kept polished to remove all
foreign matter or tarnish.
1t takes from fifteen to thirty
minutes to inspect and clean an
operators set, and if done once a
month even the. hardest used sets
should be in far condition.
And now, girls, since | wrote this
largely for our mutual benefit,
Please don't unite the cord tie
string.
Please don't put rubber bands on
your transmitters.
Please try to avoid denting the re-
ceiver diaphragms.
Please don't unscrew the cap OF
your receiver.
Because we all know you want to
give good service.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-24
A. HUMAN Talk TO TELEPHONE
OPERATORS FOR BETTER
SERVICE.
BY Harry G Barbour, Chicago Main-
tenance Dept, Bell Telephone 20.

If there is nothing new under the
sun, why, then fellows only chance
these days is to redress some old sub
ject, let s say in woman's modern
dress and who will say that would
not make any old subject interesting?
Telephone service is so vital to all
the interests of our nation, that any
subject that might possibly improve
it is we'll worth discussion.
All the big things of life are gen.
orally looked after and pretty gen
orally discussed by most of US. But,
sad to relate, we are inclined to
neglect or belittle many of the most
vital things because they are small
and seem of no consequence.
Without further depression l will
begin my subject which have call
ed 1.-THE Heart of the Service" name
ly, the operators set consisting OF a
receiver, transmitter, cord and plug.
Strangely enough, half of what l
call "The Heart of the Service" the
transmitter, is about as close to the
operators heart as I imagine it is
possible to get I have heart and
L presume HOHc VI Iho 81 10 e'i =
heartless.
We may have the best operators
and switchboards, but if an operators
set Is out Of order. good service from
her is impossible. A coird, plug
key or several of them may be out OF
order, still the balance of equipment
frequently will suffice for giving good
service if the operators set is in
good condition.
I have inspected and repaired a
great many operators sets and |
know from experience that most OF
them are carefully handled and cared
for. But some of them are con-
tinually getting out of order.
Some, I will say many operators,
have a penchant for fastening rub
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-24
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
SERVICE.

Vermont farmers will undoubtedly
grow a large amount of corn this
year from their own seed, says DIR. Il
Van Alstine, Professor of Agronomy
of the University of Vermont and
State Agricultural College,, due to
the fact that last season was SO
favorable for ripening corn. This
brings up the question as to how well
this seed will terminate. Germln--
alton is usually considered to depend
largely on maturity, but it has re-
peatedly happened that corn which
has high percentage of germin-
alton at time of harvest has lest its
value as seed by being stored where
it would freeze while containing
high percentage of moisture.
Experiments have shown that when
corn with high percentage of mols--
ture at time of first frost is allowed
TO stand in the field for little more
than one month the termination may
be reduced from 92&o to 14%o.
The only way to find out whether
corn is suitable for seed is to make
termination test and it is much
safer to make the test on small
scale before planting time than to
wait for the field test which may
prove very expensive.
The simplest way to make germ
ination test is to fill shallow box
with soil or sand to within an inch
of the top, drive tacks at IL inch
intervals around the edge of the box
and stretch string across making lHS
inch squares. These squares are
large enough to hold half dozen
kernels of corn and if this number is
taken from each ear a square box
two feet on a side is large enough to
test about two bushel of seed. 1t is
better to take kernels from near
butt, middle and tip of each ear and
once the kernels are placed in the
squares. covered with more soil and
sand. kept moistened and in warm
place a weeks time will tell whether
or not the corn is good for seed. Ii
the ears can be arranged in order. on
shelf as the kernels are taken for
the test. those which show poor ger
minating power can be discarded
Still another method of making the
test by rolling the test kernels in
sheeting around stick has been
described in Extension Service Brief
let No. 81 which may be had free of
cost.
During the winter of 1917-1918
there was a great saving in many
cases by making such a test. The
test does not always prevent losses
but it is a good insurance which
costs but little.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-24
DENTAL CLINIC KEEPS
TRAVELLING.

: The dental clinic continues to
travel from town to town in Hills
borough County, cleaning, or extract
ing the teeth of children in the
country districts of New Hampshire
who need attention. At Greenville
2S5 children were examined in the
six weeks clinic. The Red Cross Co
operated with the Farm Bureau In
the work, paying for all materials
used and selling tooth brushes at 10
cents apiece, while the work OF in
dividuals was generously given in as
sisting the dentist. Both public and
parochial schools were covered, and
the clinic was pronounced a COM
plete success.
THE OPINION PRESS
Poster Work of n high-cIass order.
BRADFORD. VT.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-24
GLENCLIFF.

DR.. Ladd of Wentworth was called
recently to see Miss lilly Cummings
at Benton Flats, who was i'll.
C A Caswell and H H Washburn
attended town meeting at Warren,
Tuesday.
daughter Pearl were in the place
Wednesday from East Warren.
Ed Mccormick of Woodstock, N. II.
was in the place Wednesday morning.
Philip Derosia and Fred Labelle
were in Wentworth drawing logs,
Tuesday.
Gerald Simpson has about one
hundred chickens which were hatch
ed from an incubator few days ago.
Mrs Henry Lewis of Center Haver-
hill was a guest of her daughter,
Mrs Kenneth Pike. Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs H H Washburn enter
tained several of their neighbors,
Wednesday evening.
Peter Loranger was in the place
Wednesday, a guest at Leon Goulds.
Fred Labelle's little daughter Paul
inc is on the sick list with an abscess
in her head. and attended by Or.
Laid of Wentworth
Blanche and Leo Lavoie entertain
ed few of the young people at
card party, the first of the week.
Lorenzo Fifield walked about mile
and back again Tuesday to see Henry
Martin. who is in very poor health.
Mr. Fiield is nearly eighty years old
and was very poorly the first OF the
winter.
Town meeting passed off very quiet
ly Tuesday and the following oftlcers
were elected: Moderator, Archibald
Head; Town Clerk, George Perry; tax
collector, Wallace Mcnamara; new
selectman, Albert Batchelder; road
commissioners. George Whitcher for
East Warren, Matt Libbey for War
rem village, Joseph Pike for Glen
Cliff: sexton, H H Washburn; wood
surveyors, H H Washburn for Glen
cliff, Mortimer Steere for Warren;
police officers, Frank Wright for
Warren and H H Washburn for Glen
cliff.
Mr. McGovern of ST. Johnsbury was
in the place on business. Thursday,
stopping with H H Washburn.
Robert Powers of Syracuse, N. Y.
was a guest at H H Washburn's'
Friday night.
Mr. Titcomb of Hanover, N. H. and
two college friends stopped Sunday
at the D. o. C. cabin at the foot of
Moosilau1e and called at H Fl Wash
burns Monday.
Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Pike enter
tanned several of their neighbors and
friends at a card party on Friday:
also Mr. and Leon Gould entertained
friends on Saturday night.
School finished Friday for two
weeks vacation.
Mrs A D Martin and daughter Doris
of Woodsville were visitors at H II
Washburn's, Saturday.
Louis Derosia was a guest at Peter
Lavoie's Saturday and Sunday.
Earl Ramsey spent Saturday night
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs Alex
Ramsey at Pike.
DIR. Russell of Warren was in the
place Friday night on professional
business.
Mrs William Seelv is on the sick
list with the prevailing distemper
H H Washburn is sick with a very
severe cold.
Leon Gould went to T win Noun
tains. Monday. on business.
Frank Miles of montpelier was in
the place Monday on business at the
Sanitorium.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-24
THE STORY OF THE INCAN-
DESCENT LAMP.

At a casual glance, this highly
useful little article seems simple
enough; offhand. it Is merely a glass
bulb. fitted with a screw shell, end
cap. and enclosing a fine wire fila
ment supported on slender glass
rod. Simple? Yes, but it has taken
millions of dollars in money and over
40 years of time to bring the lamp
to its present state of development.
In 1910. Sir Humphrey Davy dis
covered that thin strips of metal be-
came white hot in passing current
of electricity through them, but no
practical use was then made of this
knowledge.
In 1879. Edison developed the null
tiple circuit and made lamp with
a carbonized-thread filament. This
lamp was publicly exhibited in
December of that year.
The first commercial lamps made
in 1881 had a Observation-Disclosures
filament, which was abandoned in
1893 for one of cellulose.
In 1905, the Gem metallized-car
bon filament was brought out. Tan
talum-filament lamps were introduc-
ed in 1906. These were soon uis-
placed by the tungsten filament
which is now used
About 1913 it was discovered that
the efficiency of the tungsten lamp
could be increased by filling the bulb
with nitrogen or argon Ian element
associated with nitrogen and forming
one of the constituents of air) in
stead of using vacuum. This is the
. present practice.
If the present-day lamps were only
the same efficiency as Edison's first
commercial lamp (5.8 watts per
candle). the extra coal required at
normal prices to produce the cleo
trio light now used in the United
States would cost considerably more
than half a billion dollars.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-24
YOURS FOR THE CAUSE.
Theresa, N. Y. Feb. 10,

Theresa, N. Y. Feb. 10, 1911
A. ]. Phillips, Norwood, N. Y:
Dear Son-I wish to testify to the
merits of your A ] P Rheumatic
Remedy. I was suffering with the
dreaded disease and after reading Mr.
D w Montondo's testimonial | was
determined to try it. I did SO and
it cured me. I now recommend 1t
to other sufferers. Yours for the
cause. II onell.
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-03-24

The Opinion Press
Headquarters Tor Fine Printing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-17
1870 OF HOUSEWIVES
SOAK EVERYDAY
CLOTHES
ADVERTISEMENT.

What does soaking mean to
you? Three out of every four
housewives always loosen the
dirt by letting the clothes soak
before they start washing.
With the ordinary soaps,
this helped little, but there
was still a lot of rubbing to be
done. Rinse, an entirely new
kind of soap, loosens and dis
solves every bit of dirt, with
out the slightest injury to the
clothes. Soak your clothes an
hour or more in Rinse and the
dirt rinSeS right out, all but the
most stubborn places and those
need only a light rubbing.
Rinse is the only soap you
need for the entire regular fam
lily wash. You don't need any
other soap-nor any washing
powder with Rinse. Women
who are using 1t say their
clothes are spotless and last
longer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-17
BY Rita Stuyvesant.

THO accompany the new sport
sweaters and suits there
are the smartest OF hats;
hats that are rolled off the face.
or with brims that droop, or stiff
tailored hats for the severe type.
A leghorn hat with a rolled
brim and rather high crown comes
in a variety OF colors such as
black, brown. navy, putty. choco-
late, sand or natural tones. One
wears this type hat with a man.
nish coat sweater and sport skirt
with striped necktie. and COM
pletes it all with a pleated skirt.
French felt makes a stunning
hat that protects one from the
Southern sun by its turned down
brim. A quill thrust off one side
Of the center front adds a de-
sirable dash, and then one may
have a choice of white, orchid.
copen, sand, beaver or black In
selecting this attractive hat.
Ribbon and straw combine won
derfully well in another hat turned
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-17
POOR EYES IN
CHILDREN
BY Brice Belden, NJ. D.

A BOUT one-fourth OF our
~ school children have defec-
tive vision or eye-strain re-
curing correction. II these con-
ditions do not receive the atten-
ton of an oculist the affected
children cannot be expected TO
progress in their school work.
AS a rule these defects can he
readily corrected, and as they are
30 frequent and sometimes quite
serious there can be no excuse for
neglecting them.
While a considerable number Of
children suffer from nearsighted-
ness, the commonest cause of eye
strain In farsightedness.
Cross-eye, or squint, Is also
quite common, and it is a con-
dition which cannot, be depended
upon to correct itself with the
passage of time. 1t should he
taken seriously and properly dealt
with, so that the affected children
can read and see the blackboard
and keep upwith their classes.
Children with uncorrected eye
defects are not likely to continue
their studies after the age of four
teen or so. do as well as normal
persons in after life. More
over, the community loses on It's
investment in education IL the de-
fective children fail to get through
all the grades, since 1t costs as
much to keep them In lower
grades fer the period of their
school lives as to graduate them.
Not only does the State fail to get
value received.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-17
THE RHYMING
OPTIMIST
by Aline Michaelis-
knowledge Worth While.

n TNKS'S brain is a storehouse
n OF knowledge. / never could
tell you a third Of the sub
jects he mastered at college, where
they called him a mighty rare bird.
Suffice It to say, he won prizes In
seventeen studies one term, and
surpassed all his teachers sur
misses in his thesis on Man: Mealy
Worm" But Binks is too wise to
be winning, too learned to know
how to smile, and the knowledge
that bans men from grinning Is
never the sort that's worth while.
At calculus B.nks is a master, at
chemistry he Is a bear, yet his face
looks like doom and disaster, for
sunshine is never seen there.
There's no doubt that his mind IL
a model, a machine that is simply
o. K; but when kids see him COM
ing they toddle and scamper In
haste from his way. Instead OF much
eloquent mention Of the age OF the
towns by the Nile, what pity he
gave no attention to training the
muscles that smile! He noted the
brain cells OF rabbits, Of guinea
pigs, weasels and mice, and his
book on the bluebottle's habits
commanded an excellent price. But
strangely he never once counted
the worth Of whole-hearted
laugh, and though high up Fame's
ladder he's mounted, he has gar
nered less substance than chaff.
Oh, it's well to be wise as a wizard,
to spout Sanskrit in nonchalant
style; but the tongue known to all.
A &c lizard, is the language men
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-17
Smart Sport Hats


back abruptly from the face and
marked at one side by loops Of
ribbon. The crown in this hat,
too, is rather high and the straw
is coarse with overlapping rows.
To match ones sweater this hat
is shown in copen. white. orange,
brown. navy. jade. henna or
black.
A striking sport hat, very soft
and desirable, is Of grosgrain rib
bon and is shown in sort Of
rolling sailor effect with soft
crown that fits close to the head.
This hat is a little larger than
usual and the woman who can
not wear a very small hat will be
particularly pleased with It.
A faslle silk hat faced with
Tagal straw has embroidered
flowers on the brim. This is a
shape with a broad brim TO pro-
tect from the sun. and has a high
square crown. 1t comes in copen,
white. orange, navy, brown and
black with facings Of contrasting
color.
A rolled sport hat Of MORE
hemp straw that turns up all
around Is fashioned with a facing
of metal ribbon, and is decidedly
smart. 1t is offered In perl
Wrinkle, pumpkin, black or brown.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-17

~
" a footprint? The most sgi-
tating moment in the story
of Robinson Crusoe" Is that when
he sees the mysterious footprints
in the sand. Perhaps the most
exciting experience OF the geolo
gist is the rare one Of coming
upon great petrified footprints OF
prehistoric animals in rocks that
We're once mud floors for lagoons
and marshes, or moist beaches on
the shores Of shallow seas. The
study Of such fossil footprints Is
a branch OF the science OF paleont-
ology, and il called technology" a
word based on the Greek ichnos,
meaning track.
This earth has had Inhabitants
of whom we know nothing except
the little that can be inferred from
the tracks that they left behind
them, ION the sands OF time" But
that little is sometimes intimidat-
ing on account Of the strange and
formidable look Of those adaman-
tine footprints.
The nameless awe that they in
spire Is heightened by the reflec-
ton that their makers were verte-
brates, that is back.boned animals
like ourselves, and not mere shape
less monsters OF the dawn. They
had an intelligence that we can
interpret in their unseen acts
whose consequences have been en-
graved in the rocks like a writing
on the wall made by an invisible
hand.
Professor March once read a
connected story from the footprints
of huge, biped creatures in the
sandstones of the Connecticut val
ley. II told how the animals, long
aeons ago, had waded among the
PUSHES, or tramped over the soft
beach. seeking their food: how one
of them had sat down and so left
an imprint that betrayed its dino
saurian form; how a little dinosaur
had followed its gigantic progeni-
tor, marking the yielding sand with
what must have seemed to its
mother tiny feet; how beating
storm of immense raindrops, or 1t
might be hailstones, had burst over
the place, pitting the beach with
Cup.shaped holes, and how the ami
mails had suddenly run away, their
haste being betrayed by their
heightened strides and the deeper
impressions made by their toes in
the wet sand.
As there were no marks to show
the presence of great animals of a
different species that might have
chased the dinosaurs away, the
inference could be drawn that they
had fled from the storms. Possibly
II was not go much tho Mailing
from the suddenly darkened sky
that alarmed them as the terrific
reverberation Of the thunder and
the glare of the lightning striking
through the clouds, or shattering a
nearby tree.
A couple of years ago, being in
the Connecticut valley. near North
ampton, Professor William ]. Mil
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-02-17
FOOTPRINT Science
WHAT 1T TELLS OF THE AGES LONG VANISHED

Ter took me to look at some similar
tracks which had been found in re-
Gently uncovered sandstone strata.
Some OF these long-toed. two-legged
creatures had feet more than a foot
in length, and though they had
doubtless been feeding. and. with
short steps. slowly strolling on
ward. II was only by the utmost
possible extension OF his own, not
very brief, stride, and by vigorous
ly projecting himself from foot
mark to footmark. that Professor
Miller was able to keep the dino
saur step.
A little searching on sandstone
strata closer to the river, in a
place where the last Spring floods
had perhaps stripped off a thin
surface layer of friable rock,
brought to light more OF these
ancient tracks, and among them
some whose small size mot larger
than a han6 and generally deli
cate look, seemed assurance that
they had been left by the feet of
baby dinosaurs born in the Con-
necticut valley in the far-off Tri-
assic age, millions of years before,
as Milton tells us, "blissfui Para.
disc" was planted "in the east of
Eden"
A few weeks ago Mr.. II. T.
Martin, of the archaeological mu-
scum Of the University of Kan
sas, reported the discovery in the
coal measures OF Kansas, on
Wakarusa Creek, some five miles
southeast Of Lawrence. of a series
Of ei-ht footprints in a heavy
sandstone formation. They were
found by two young men, the
sons OF DR.. Coghill. who called
Mr.. Martins attention to them.
They are not very large-about
six or seven inches by six-and
spaced about thirty inches apart,
but they are remarkable because
OF the geological ago to which
they belong.