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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
SPARE HORSES AND YOUR PATIENCE
Some Easy Road Lessons for Our Country
Beginners.

1t is now April Ii is time to fix the
roads Good roads are a great blessing
to all men. Bad roads are costly. Much
fool work is done on roads This is too
bad. 1t is hard on the man, the harness
and the wagon if the roads are bad.
Why DO we have bad roads, One reas-
on is we make them too wids. Another
reason is the middle of the road is not
high enough. A grader is fine thing
TO make roads with. How wide should
a dirt road be from outside 10 outside
of ditches' 1t should not be more than
eighteen feet Why should it he no
wider Because If wider it will not be
be high enough il the middle to ehed
the water which falls on il. Does q
steep roof shed water better than fiat
one Yes, and the same is true of q
road. How many weeks in year will
narrow, well rounded road be quite
dry to travel over About fifty weeks.
Is that true of the road which ia fiat.
or one which is lowest in the middle
On, not that road is muddy and bad
nearly half Of the year.
Should every road have ditch on
the upper side Yes If not the water
will run ihto the road and the mud will
be deep
What should be dons with the loose
stones which get into the road They
should be thrown out of the road. Every
foot traveller should think it his duty
to throw stone ont Of the road He
will thus made the road batter and help
mhny to travel more easily.
Should the main travelled roads, from
one town to another be kept in good
shapS' Yes, ami stnge roads, and the
roads where the poor rural mail carriers
have 70 go every day, should be kept
good
When should we begin to grade the
roads in the spring. In April, as soon
as they get dry, they should be smooth
ed down go as not co hold water Can a
seam move much more dirt In day in
April and Msy than in Jnly or Aug
ust day Why is this so Because the
clay is so soft T.; tina spring aud the
weather cool. In summer the earth Is
hard and the days are hot.
IL n grader is not TO he had what Is
good to keep the road smooth2 Take
two good square railroad ties and face
one side with old wagon ties Then
fasten them three feet apart by mortis-
ing them aud using pieces of iron or
| wood TO hold them together. Then at
tach a chain so they will be drawn along
the road the end next to the ditch being
ahead OF the other end. A team will
| draw this grader and it should and can
be u ssd after each rain rs soon as the
g Ill is partly dry This is a Missouri
idea, and good one. viii split tree
a foot or more in diameter make such a
road leveler7 Yes Lew Silbsugh made
| one in his district and the poor mail
carrier who has to travel every day has
warm spot in his heart for Lew, 1t is
u sed when the earth is soft because the
earth rubs down smoothly aud packs
hard if worked when it is moist
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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02

Lam sntabIe Death of Young Mother.

A taking off that brings unusual sor.
row to this community is that of Mrs.
Nettie Silbaugh Donovan, at her home
Esar Bowbelis, North Dakota, last
Thursday morning. after brief illness
from appendicitis. Her father, Abner
SilbRdgh, was summoned, but did not
reach her bedside in time tc see her
alive. A few days since with the hus-
bgnd and two months old SOD, Nettie
moved from Bowbells to their claim
eight miles distant. Each day Mr.. Don
ovan drove to his business in town, re-
turning in the evening Saturday night
q week ago, on his arrival he found his
young wife suffering greatly. Physi-
clans were Immediately summoned and
everything possible WAS done to relieve
her, but the trouble was too deep seat
ed, and the life Of most lovable young
woman went ont.
Nettie Silbaugh was born in the tow n
of Webster almost twenty nine years
ago. She came to this cIty with her
parents when quite young. She was
graduated from the high school, taught
for time, then entered the Toland bus
mess university, graduating from the
same in stenograph!' and typewriting
OF an ambitions nature she went west
four years ago, following Ter chosen
work at Bowbells A year ago last Jan
uary she was united in marriage to Mr..
J. b Donovan, merchant of that place
A little son added TO their unusually
happy home two months since. Bat
alas, the golden tie is severed 80 soon.
Funeral and interment occurred on
Sunday last at B0wbells.
As q girl Nettie Silbsugh was a favor
ite here because of her sunny life and
cheering nature, and her winning ways
followed her through the changing av-
enues to motherhood Her beautiful,
kindly life was an inspiration 10 rela'
tivea and friends and her sad demise
brings sincere sorrow to every heart.
The affection to her parents and young
husband is certainly crushing. There
ia some consolation to her numerous vi
roqua friends in the thought that, al
though brief, her married life was one
of unusual happiness. The Donovan
boys, five in number, are the most sub
stantial business men Of that section and
none have higher standing as men and
citizens In her letters to friends Net
tie seemed never able TO say enough OF
her happy home and the loving kindness
and attention Of her husbands family,
and the story Of the almost superhuman
efforts put forth ut this last is touching
in the extreme
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
Said or Written % the Censor.

Cy NJ. Sterling, Desdwood, South Da-
kota: We are all o. K. | am working
for the G. B. 81 q, railroad; having fine
weather our garden is already made.
Venerable Sacicel Arncid wish
conid sign GoyNrnor Davidson nomina-
tion papers FIVE hundred times, and
make 1t count. We of this section have
long known him as citizen and official.
He has been tried and never found
wrong on any question affecting the
people interests.
j. w. Southworth, La Fargo ION a
bright Sabbath morning, the 18th Of
October, 1547, | lant ed in Milwaukee
from'the steamer, Oregon. We were
four days and five Fights coming from
Buffalo, New York Had q collision on
Lake Huron in the night 10 serious
damage was done 70 either steamer,
The population of Milwaukee was about
five thousand have spent every win
ter here since lS4T except three in New
York and o7s in Colorado. Have been
A subscribe. to the CENSOR more than
thirty years
j. Nj Allen RedGeld South Dakota
'Lsft Eiroqua two weeks ago. and one
could hardly believe the difference. 1t
is like one going from Wisconsin to Cal
ifoluia Oar wheathelds ara green
weather ideal corn planting in order.
Com, out we will show you whether
from Missouri or not. f. NJ Baker of
Firoqua took dinner with us today, All
Vernon county people we'll
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
Announcement.

CLAIMING No SPECIAL ABILITY, ri 7
I Ibelieyiug that my experience as iArmer,
school teacher town clerk and clerk ot the
ri rcuit court, IN measure quhlihes me 10
give the people clean. honest ana business
ike administration, and having been assured
by the hearty support OF many OF the best
men OF the county, / hereby announce my
self as an administration republican candi-
date for member OF assembly, and most cor
daily solicit the support Of my party AZ the
September primary. II hOnOrec with the
nomination and election I promise that my
efforts shall be directed along the same lines
0f legislation a. my predecessor the Hon. A.
II Dahl his co.worker. Senator y. g. Mum
son, and that my vote on gil questions shan
be in the interest OF my constituents and
square deal" ID. j.. MAINS.
Viroqua, May, 2, lt0i.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
lFrom the De soto Argus }

While playing in the door yard little
Edmund Dyer fell in such manner as
TO crack one Of the bones in his forearm.
This week the little follow is also the
victim Of the mumps
During the absence Of Oscar Utley,
of Schlottman Ridge his houss and
contents were completely destroyed by
fire which spread from a timber fire
until it reached his place
The Norwegian Lutheran church, on
Lawrence Ridge, narrowly escaped
burning one day last week. Some one
had set u fire in the woods and it mad
reached the church and one corner of
the building was ablazs when the fire
was discovered and extinguished.
G M. Joseph, of Victory, recently re-
turned from Colorado, where in Albert
county, he purchased 100 acres of land.
He speaks highly f that eountry, and
thinks there are ne grand opportuni-
ties there.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS ARE DOING
Cuttings From the Press Of Surrounding
Towns.
I From the Hiilsboro sentryl

On Sunday last, the Bohemians of
THE vicinity organised society to bs
known as Samo Lodge No. 80, z C.B
J or Western Bohemian Brotherhood.
The society is an insurance organize.
tion and thirty-one members,were taken
in.
The depot at Union Center was enter
ed by burglars and the safe blown open,
from which they secured about $45 in
cash besides box containing number
OF mortgages and notes belonging to the
agent
Mrs. Geo, Roth Of Greenwood town
ship is suffering from a broken arm
which she sustained Both bones of the
left arm were broken above the wrist.
She fell from chair upon whilh she
was standing, her arm striking a pail
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
Are Home from California.

DR. w NJ, Trowbridge. wife and son,
and Mrs w. +. Liudemann, arrived
from California, last Thursday, after
winters sojourn. His friends are pleas
ed to notice that DIR. Trowbridge ia look.
ing hale and hearty after his long rest
from professional work The party were
in Los Angeles during the awful earth
quake period. They felt the shock that
brought ruin and desolation to SanTran.
cisco. The train that took them ont OF
California, Dr. Trowbridge says was
loaded with people heeiug to other parts
of the county. A majority Of them were
practically destitute without money or
change of clothing many of them sick
and injured. The railroads carried them
to any part of the country without price
furnishing them with subsistence on the
dining cars. Everywhere, they say, the
hand of charity was open to the refu-
gees, many of wlom were only a few
days previous wealthy citizens.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
10 rag CITIZENS OE VERNON COUNTY.

L OF citizens Ia all sections Nf the county
hereby announce myself a cagoidate Tor dis
trlct attorney, subject Ia the action uf the
Republican party a. the september primary
election. + re pecttuliY solicit and hope IA
receive the kindly iufiuence aud support OF
aii persons, II nominated and elected IL " ~
be ny constant purpose 70 do my fuli duty
~ the office in the interest OF the whole Eso
pie 90 the best OF my ability. / desire TO fur-
Their announce th4t M Harkin, ~ HfIiahuf0,
tie presHat- lueuHarGt, wtU not be a Huudi-
date fDf re nomination.
Nuul obedlent servant,
J. HENRY BENNETT
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
! uui ubedlent servant,
J. HENRY BENNETT


Mrs. Nellie Buckiey is painting and
having cement walks put around her
new residence in Second ward.
We are better prepared that ever
before TO satisfy your wants in tbs we'll
paper line A J. JOHNSON, Druggist.
Lost, between Dregnes hotel and
Ed Gorsline's, on Liberty Pole road,
tan overcoat Finder please leave same
at CENSOR office.
The Mystic Workers are 10 have a
debate on ths rate question ut their
meeting. Tuesday, NAY sch Refresh.
meats will be served.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02

The CENSOR has form from which
it prints nomination blanks for local
candidates seeking Office before the pri.
mary. For convenience the names of
candidates are printed upon tho blanks.
Persons desiring papers may order per
aOnaIlY or by mail.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02

On the subject of early disposal of
crops for the coming season the Edger-
ton Tobacco Reporter says "A move
ment originating with the local branch.
es of the American Society of Equity, s
farmers organization, has been started
TO secure the pledge of local tobacco
dealers not to engage in buying growing
tobacco in the fields. The proposition,
however, is not meeting with the en-
couragement 1t probably deserves
There is no one connected with the
tobacco business that cares by choice to
repeat the experience of the past two
seasons and enter into contracts to re-
ceive crops before they are matdTed or
even cured and the character of the leaf
determined. But circumstances some
times make it advisable TO do 80, even
though the transaction violates the good
business principles Thus the average
dealer can hardly gee why he should
pledge himself not to do things his bet
ter Judgment does not approve OF. On
the other hand, the farmers organiz a.
tion, which is becoming quite factor
in the tobacco growing districts. has it
in its power to accomplish what IL de-
sires the dealers TO do Let the growers
unite in pledge not TO dispose of their
tobacco until it is matured cared and
ready for the market, and thing IL done
II the grover wonld refuse 10 eeli. It
would be useless for the buyers b. ride
the coautry. and this RISKY lraG.ug in
futures would end The solution is
easy and the burden of proof, 40 TO
speak, lien with the very people who
ask the desern to help bring about the
Reform Will they do il
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
nnIlcE nR nRAHINn InRnRs

k1OTIoE Is HEREBY CINEN THAT rHE
injury Commissioner VIII meet at the Of
fee OF CLERK of the Court 0n the 10TH day OF
May, 1895 at two O'Clock y, N. for the pur-
pose OF drawing petit Jury for the June
term ~ sbe circuit court
ID &. MAEN4 tlerL
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
lIfrom the I;..Farge Ente rprIse.l


Ontario and I.S Farge are negotiating
for ball gamesS for the championship
1f Vernon Con- y.
Miss Mabel g LEY writes her brother
from Los AID s les, California, that the
shock of ths, sAn Francisco earthquake
moved pict Ses hanging on the walls in
their HON g our inches.
Joe Be IS Is to put in lath mill that
will saw o9n or twenty laths at once.
This mill will be located probably at
Rockton and employs number of men.
Chas. Chase received letter from his
father who is in LosAngeles, California /,
he states that the shock felt there at
the time of the San Francisco earth
quake was about the same as the report
of severe clap Of thunder.
]. J. Marshall arrived home from
North Dakota. He says he saw Lom-
bard and party land at Dickinson. The
people who have gone from here all
seem to be well satisfied and the mi.
grafton to that section is something i'm
mense, Mr.. Marshall expressed himself
as being well pleased with the country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
A MOVE AGAINST EARLY BUYING.
Question Whether Wisconsin, Tobacco
Should be Disposed of in the Fields.

There is little new in tobacco matters
for this section. Packing is over and
there is q lull Seed beds are made in
most cases and farmers have high an
ticipations for the coming seasons trans
actions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
BL0ODFD hogs

For sale, Ave Poland China brood
soWs; one mile southwest of Bristow.
JOSEPH Fl. FORTUN.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02
Farm, Stock and Dairy Notes.

In speaking of the work of his depart.
ment Dairy and Food Commissioner EN-
cry says that he Ia much encouraged by
mas last year, all cheese factories,
creameries and skimming stations of the
state, 1868 in all, were inspected Oyer
now being received make it clear that
the progress made in the matter of
cleanliness ana sanitary conditions is
little less than revolutionary.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02

President Roosevelt has transmitted
to congress the annual report on the
beet sugar industry of the United States
during 1906. The report says the acre
age of beets during 1905 was 307, 364,
with an average yield of S.67 tons per
acre The aggregate manufacture was
3i2 920 short tons or 925, S41, 2!S pounds
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-02

J q. Watson of Redmound, delivered
a porker to d. b. Collins, which weigh
ed $40 pounds and brought the neat sum
of 1884 Mr.. Watson turns off few
each year nearly as large as this one.
We CLEAN from the De Soto Argus
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

encouraged railways. While San
Francisco and the northern and CEN
tral counties were, for unnumbered
years. satisfied with one transconti-
mental railway, we in the south, by
our efforts and pluck managed to get
three, now increased. by the Salt Lake
to four transcontinental railways.
When Los Angeles had some ambitious
trade impulses the splendid metropolis
by the Golden Gate rebuked them. They
wouldn't lend us any money. They op-
posed, through their chamber of COM
merce, the granting of any terminal
privileges to US.
"Now," said Los Angeles, my cal
Hined and intractable sister, we part.
Yea, and incmfwy mfw yafwy ppay
Yea, verify! We will get our money
from the east, and you may go to the
devil, if you don't care to stop at Fid-
dler's creek by the way"
Sent Him East
1t was this noble spirit of resistance
to financial oppression that made Los
Angeles and her lovely sisters southern
cities. AS they could not be accommo-
da+ed with the conVeniences of COM
merce in San FranciSco-San Francisco
rolling in wealth-they concluded that
the east was good enough for them.
San Francisco, with her tight grip, was
passed by, and Los Angeles and her
attractive neighbor cities went east
for the money needed for commercial
and horticultural wealth. 1t came in
q stream filled full and flowing DER.
[ we'll remember the movement of
relief which came to this section from
the tremendous money despotism of
San Francisco. A pardpan looking
sort of man came out here from Chi
cago. He first settled down in San
Diego, yielded to the frost which fol-
lowed the collapse of the Tom Scott
Texas Pacific boom at that place. Mr..
Patrick associated himself with e. II.
Spence and William Lacy in the First
National bank. The Chicago money
soon began to percolate freely in this
direction. 1t was shortly at the pitch
of User rolling rapidly"
He Was Pioneer
Hon. j. F. Crank was one of the
pioneers in the bringing of Chicago
money here. He brought enough to
build the first great cable road which
Southern California ever saw. And
still the movement has grown until our
commercial banks contain fifty mill
lions of deposits and our savings banks
thirty-three million dollars; we have
four transcontinental railways and are
looking around for more, which are
sure to come.
These are some of the things that
make attempts to compete with South
ern California so hopeless to our friends
of the north. They have a rich land
and lovely climate, but we have a
much richer land and a much lovelier
climate; and, oh, such different condi-
tions from those which prevail in the
north
We assure our friends that there is
no use kicking against the pricks.
Things are "sot' for southern ag-
grandizement, and more and more of 1t.
We will allow the "Old Toll-taker by
the Sea- to hold her old job for q
while, but her time is surely coming.
THE king is dead; long live the
king!" 1t is only transposltion of To-
callties, not of functions.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

heads of corporations. Everywhere
you find that nothing is won or lost.
bought or sold, given or received on it's
merits, man to man. There Is always
somebody to be 'seen," some mystic
rious influence at work, some third
party to be considered. Graft.
You go to luncheon. You tip the
waiter. His employer doesn't pay the
waiter living wages, because he knows
the customers will tip the waiter. Yet
the restaurant keeper charges as much
for his food as though he paid the
waiter the worth of his hire. The waiter
knows it is his business to serve you,
tip or no tip, but fail to tip him and
your food comes to you cold, after a
long delay. Graft for the employer,
graft for the waiter.
You ride home on a surface car. You
want to smoke. AS you stand on the
smoking allowed" You slip a dime into
the hand of the conductor and enjoy
your cigar. Graft.
pay. the cab driver his fixed charge
Invariably exorbitant and in addi-
tion give him half dollar. If you
didn't the next time you started for
the theater you would be likely to miss
the first act. Graft
Or perhaps you go to the theater with
a friend, stag" Your friend knows
a thing or two. Just buy admission
checks" he says. land stand through
out the first act. Then I'll show you
how to get two $3.50 seats for a dollar"
You and your friend stand through the
first act. Just before the curtain rises
for the second an usher whispers to
your friend. Something passed from
hand to hand and then the usher leads
you to an orchestra seat. Graft.
You're late in getting home. The ele-
vator man is supposed TO be on duty
all night AS a matter of fact, he
sleeps. Previous to starting out, how
ever, you had given him a dime and
told him to be on the lookout for you,
So he answers your ring. Graft.
The wife, awaiting you with angry
eye, begins to read the riot act' You
avert 1t by promising the bracelet she
had admired the other day. She is
Modified. Graft.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-04

Janitor will tell you you are violating
the law and send your pail back It's
worth so cents a week, you tell him,
not to be bothered with such trihes
He agrees with you. After the street
cleaning department driver who COL
lects the garbage has talked with the
janitor he fails to see any violation of
the law. Ten families paying so cents
a week would give an aggregate of
So a week; $3.50 each for the janitor
and the garbage cart driver. Graft.
You go to the barber shop. The bar
Der is paid by his employer for shaving
you and cutting your hair. You give
the employer Is cents and the barber
10 cents for himself The barber spends
more time on you than you are entitled
to, and another man, to whom perhaps
minutes mean dollars, has to wait.
Graft.
An eXpressman comes with trunk
He leaves it in the hall outside the
door. Ask him to take it inside. and he
either refuses or drags it over your pol
ished floor, leaving deep scratches.
Give him a dime and he will place 1t
exactly where you want it without
touching floor, wall or furniture.
Graft.
You stop at the market or the gro
GERS or the vegetable stand to order
provender. Your wife has told you
that she must have it by a certain
time. There's only one way to insure
this: You take the delivery boy to one
side and give him dime. Graft.
You get to your office. You give the
elevator runner a cigar to make sure
he doesn't go by your door, Graft.
The night before you had given the
scrub woman a dime because you like
to have your office receive more than
mere suspicion of cleaning. Graft.
You give the porter dime. Other
wise you would call in vain for ice for
your water cooler on hot summer days.
Graft.
You take up your business. You
want to get a certain contract You
know a man who has influence with the
dispensing firm. You pay him $500 to
speak good word for you. You "see"
him. Graft.
Through the day you hear of yellow
dog" funds and fat jobs given to mem
bers of their families or relatives by