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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
Green's Salaries.
Butter Firm at II Cents.

Elgin, H., March 27.-Butter was
firm and unchanged last week at 81
cents. The sales for the week were
1872 900 pounds
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
AGREEMENT IMPOSSIBLE IN THE
MINING DIFFICULTY.
NEITHER SIDE WILL BULGE

Unions and Operators Stand SoIidIy
ouposed, the Miners for Advance
Of Wages and the Employers for
Same Scale as Prevailed in
1905.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
/, '"ation SUGGESTED

= BIZ :, u the Indiana operat
q II. Speeeh suggested settle
b 81, e,'llerences by arbitra-
s,va The operators he rep
ers,,y,.ao done business in joint
~ Suns for 20 years. and
Esd.I~ ould be found to avoid
ss 60 Ilicl' One thing
'Acluded, "the Ameri-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
Operators for No Chance.

1. Wtnder. chairman of the op,
~ offered a substitute motion
IN wy che present scale with all
o-S existing at the time f its
srg o1 With the mining IA e a,
a.. I'll. for a basis and to in.
,5s.- cost Of shooting. loading,
Ss,% and inspection of shots.
A3-t-s We're made for the oper-
I b..,- d. I. kolsam and Phil Penna
H. y. Taylor of Illinois
Nh. L. Chapman Of Ohio. all ex-
sg. Tue determination of the
OF those states to oppose
OF vases and refuse to
'-.aoce For the miners
a.. @'.cle.. Vice President
Secretary Wilson of the
Summation. together with
- .y Of rhe Illinois min
s,,l '0aor Of The Indiana min
u.s. Tie Determination OF
=. 10 insist upon their de
as,. me restoration of thu
Of 1903. which is an in
d4 per cent F. L. Rob
s western Pennsylvania
,. ~1o favors the payment
n lease demanded by the
a b -O' speak during the aft
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
One State for increase.

oae state, one large producing
SIDE, has come in here and voted for
@0ratica Of the scale Of 1908. That
-e has not only voted its entire
auction, but il has announced in
ato2 thereto the intention to vote
mines in Ohio and Illinois in
f OF the increase of wages. 1t
.-S 10 NE, gentlemen. that instead
'Ving quietly. the gentlemen from
operators side ought to say
71jn2 in defense of their posi-
And accepting all response
q" that may come to me person
without consultation with the
@aen who employ me. I want to
sof consideration. and 1 hope
''orable consideration of this
aaon' a motion that as a basis
ement there will be a restora-
u The scale. the mining scale
wage scale and dead work
8 Of 1908
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
Reciprocity and Revision.

The major portion of the day was
taken up with discussion on reciproc-
ity and tariff revision incident to the
passage of the urgent deficiency bill,
the house refusing to instruct the
delegates to the international confer
ence to consider reciprocity in con
junction with the Monroe doctrine.
A few paragraphs of the legislative
appropriation bill were considered
and the tactics heretofore resorted to
by Messrs. Prince and Hardwicll in
defeating provisions by points of Or
der were resumed.
The bin permitting the building Of
a dam across the st. Joseph river in
Berrien county, Michigan, passed the
house.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
SPEAKER FIRES A SHOT OF TWO
DOZEN WORDS.
GREAT APPLAUSE FOLLOW S
Republicans Cheer the Delivery of
Their Leaders Shifty Side-step-
Tilman Raps the Immunity Deci-
sion of Judge Humphrey in Chica-
90 Beef Trust Case.

Washington, March 2S.-The house
yesterday witnessed a most unusual
scene, the speaker ris 'ng on the floor
in the midst of a spirited discussion
on reciprocity and tariff revision and
d'sclaiming responsibility for diff
ferences between minority members.
1t was toward the close Of the debate
on the urgency deficiency bill, which
appropriated among other things, for
the forthcoming conference at Rio
Janeiro, when Mr.. Shackleford of
Missouri rose to explain what he in
tended saying last week in relation to
the Missouri volunteers bill when he
was taken from the floor by Mr. Taw-
ney Of Minnesota, who objected to the
personal character of the remarks.
Mr. Shackleford read his remarks,
which charged the speaker with hold
ing up the bill referred to. The speak
er instantly arose on the completion
of Mr. Shackleford's statement. There
was a buzz of expectancy all over the
house. Republicans gathered about
their chief, democrats crowded the
aisles and it was a highly dramatic
moment when the speaker, himself
pale, but carrying a look of grim de
term nation, said in voice that
reached every corner of the chamber:
IF it affords him (Shackleford)
any consolation to make ME a stalk
ing horse on account of his quarrel
with the minority leader, we'll and
good"
Applause rang through the hall,
which was hushed by the chairman's
determined effort not to let the house
get away from the point at issue.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
Mock Warfare on Great Lakes.

I;abal manoeuvres on the great
lakes have been authorized by the
secretary of the navy from August 5
to 10. The naval militia Of states
bordering on the great lakes will rem
devious at point not yet selected
for their first combined manoeuvres
Naval militias of Minnesota, Michi-
gan, Illinois and Ohio will participate
in the movements under the direction
of Commander Henry Morren of the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
To StifIe Points of Order.

Two rules were introduced in the
house for consideration of the legis
l1ative appropriation bill. One rule
was introduced by Mr.. Tawney and
provides that ''it shall be in order to
consider without intervention of a
point of order" all the remaining par
agraphs in the bill and also ''to in
sert in any part of the bill any para
grarh reported as a part of the bill
and heretofore ruled out on a point
of order"
The adoption of this rule will result
n placing back in the bill all the pro.
visions which have been eliminated
on points Of order, and will make fu-
ture consideration of the measure free
from the interrupt ons which have
been made.
Tiltn1an Raps Immunity Decision.
Senators T.llman and McCumber
divided the time of the senate yester-
day, the North Dakota senator devot-
ing himself to the railroad rate Ques-
lion exclusively and the South Caro-
lima senator discussing various Ques-
TONS
Senator Tillman made especial in
quiry concerning the status of his res
olution relative to the use of national
bank funds in politics and incidental
ly spoke of District Attorney Jerome S
recent utterances and of Judge
Humphreys decision in the beef trust
cases, declaring in the latter matter
that the decision against the attorney
general had merely reaped what he
had sown in the case of former Secre-
tary Morton.
Senator Foraker defended Judge
Humphrey, and Senator Tillman de
clared that he had not meant to at
tack the judge, but the law.
Senator McCumber picked innumer-
able flaws in the rate pll, predicting
that if enacted into law it would fail
entirely to meet the demands of the
public. He said, however, that he
would vote for the bill if properly
amended.
Mock Warfare on Great Lakes.
I,abal manoeuvres on the great
lakes have been authorized by the
secretary of the navy from August 5
to 10. The naval militia of states
bordering on the great lakes will rem
devious at a point not yet selected
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29

When the early Americans OBJ
served Thanksgiving day they had a
noignant sense OF obligation for the
gifts for which they returned thanks.
Theirs was d year-long struggle for
life. If the crops were full and II the
scourges Of Indian raids and disease
had been withheld, they owed to the
mercy Of God the primal boon-life
itself.
A terrible sense Of the Affections
ana uncertainties Of existence made
their Thanksgiving for a year OF health
and bare suficiency q passionate, sol
|emn and immediate gratitude, like
that Of the Jews for their d~eliverance
out or the wilderness.
In Il days Of prosperity, when no
one season more than another brings
home to us the special. mercies OF
God, the gratitude which the day sum
mons us to express. is wagner than
that OF u early forefathers, and the
festival Is in danger Of becoming
merely formal. q traditional observ-
ance without feeling.
But although we have lost In our
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29

Massachusetts, for generations, were
solely religious observances, while
that famous Plymouth celebration oil
1921 was a harvest festival, never de-
signated as Thanksgiving by its pro-
moters and having no religious sig
nificance whatever, so far as known.
Moreover, it comprised not merely a
single day of feasting and merrymak,
ing, but a whole week of it, and was
designed solely for relaxation after
many months Of privation and ardu'
GUS toll.
There is no record of a similar JOY
GUS celebration in our annals for gen
erations afterward, theThanksgivings
referred to in subsequent years until
after the revolution having been near
ly as strictly religious affairs as Sun
day itself, and SO far as we have any
existing evidence not greatly given to
gastronomy. No mention of Thanks
giving is found in a contemporary list
of holidays for merrymaking as late
as 1900.
Until as late as the var Of 1872, or
later, Thanksgiving was not a regular
annual affair, either, it's appointment
being in recognition of special bless
ings, either spiritual or material, and
usually deferred until such an excuse
for it's appointment offered, even
though it might be for two or three
years, as was frequently the case. 1t
usually came in the autumn, however,
and generally a bountiful harvest was
mentioned as an incidental aus
For more than 60 years after the
arrival of the Pilgrims Thanksgiving
was appointed by the legislature, and
it's respectful, religious observance
was quite as obligatory as vas obedi
ence to any law of the common
wealth that carries with it a lega.
! penalty.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29
THE UNTHANKFW TURKEY.

He chased two Of his sisters all
around the yard, until they were too
out of breath to peck. Then he fin
ished the last grain himself, and
strutted about in pride.
The next day a nan came out with
the girl who threw the grain.
"Yes, he'll do" said the man, and
he seized the turkey, who, strange to
say, was a little alarmed and tried
to run away.
You're going to be a Thanksgiving
dinned," said a small brother, who had
never dared to speak to him before.
I'm not--I'm going for a trip
squawked our turkey. But his heart
was beating uncomfortably as he
spoke.
Besides, he did not like being car
ried upside down by his legs.
Alasi His mother was right. Be-
fore long he found that he vas indeed
to be a Thanksgiving dinner. And
how he wished that he had eaten less
and been q better turkey.
But wishes do not help us when we
are reapIng the reward OF " deeds
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29

this ne told her OF his detention ~
st. Louis.
81 shall be here indefinitely, I fear.
or until this absurd embargo is lifted.
Under this I could not leave now, even
should l have command from our chief.
But the authorities may soon come to
their senses. and then l shall steal
away to you"
In a postscript he added: Someone
on board our boat gave the informa-
ton which led to my arrest and deten-
ton here. l cannot learn who the
busybody was-nor does it matter.
This whole affair is so %perplexing that
I do not worry about trifies."
To Owatoga he confided the missive.
you need not deliver that first note
| wrote, Owatoga. Instead, find her
and give her this"
The Indian started at once for the
village of st. Charles, 20 miles away,
on that river which augmented the
Mississippi with its yellow mud.
He had covered half the distance
when he came upon a party of men
and women, most Of whom had been
his fellow-passengers On the boat
They were westward bound, many Of
them to the settlement Of st. Charles
They had heard of this place as the
destination of the Creightons, and ever
this much knowledge gave them a feel
ing of familiarity. To know ven Thu
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29

get up, because he was so sore. BIT
he crawled out to feed his turkeys.
When he got to the barnyard, his
heart nearly stood still. There was
not a single, solitary turkey in h
place.
. He stood with his mouth open, won
dering. Then, slowly a terrible sus'
picion entered his mind. He hmped
as fast as he could to the back, and,
sure enough, there he found great
holes in the walls of the houses.
II see it ALL" he moaned, sitting
! right down in the mud. "That vii
lain took me through the woods and
back to my own turkey houses"
He Tas quite right.
When poor but honest Bill went by
the house, carting his SO turkeys to
the town, Noah Wamskittle shook his
fist out of the window, but Bill Leg
go only laughed, and so did every.
body else in Sandtown when they
heard of it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29

"He's the impolitest turkey ! ever
hatched,' said Mother Turkey. as she
saw her youngest pushing his way
flercely among his brothers and sis
tiers and cousins to get the best and
the most Of the meal.
"You let me alone, won't you?" said
the young turkey angrily. Il know
what I'm doing! The girl who throws
out the grain called a man to look at
me, she did! Said ! was the latest
Of them all! So I ann"
1T isn't a good thing to be too fat"
replied his mother. But want you
to improve your manners, I do, Why
should you push every one aside to
get the best for yourself?"
Because I want to be the latest,
ana 60 for q trip" said her SON. The
girl said, That ones nearly ready.
"Aha, sillyl You foolish creature
said Mamma Turkey, you're killed
for Thanksgiving dinners II you're
taken away"
"oh, you're oldfashloned,' said her
son, "and a little Jealous because
! you're not noticed"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29
Praise God for America.

Thanksgiving day itself, too long
given over to mere pastime and enjoy
ment, takes on a newer and more
sacred aspect as the years roll on. 1t
Is a day for the devout returning of
thanks to Almighty God for the count
less blessings secured to our fathers
and to us, their descendants. 1t is a
day for humble duplication that such
liberties and privileges as we our
selves enjoy may be handed down, TN.
dimmed and unblemished, to posteri-
ty. So shall we, our families united
all over this land of ours, join and be
as one with the mighty hosts of the
past, the still greater throngs of the
future, Of those who praise God for
America on this national holy day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29

Noah Walskittle was a mean man;
Dbe of those mean people who hate to
see others prosperous, even though 1t
does not interfere with them at all.
He lived in Sandtown and raised
turkeys, like everybody else. He
earned a lot Of money, because he fat
tened his turkeys well. 1t was his
only generous deed, for he begrudged
even the food that he gave himself,
and as for others! Well, Deacon Van
dertassel once said that Noah Wam-
skittle was so mean that he would
walk three miles to borrow a match
rather than use one of his own to
light his fire in the morning.
Noah Wamskittle did not like Dea-
col Vandertassel at all, and he liked
him even less after he heard this.
So some days before Thanksgiving
day, he went to a poor man in Sand
town and said to him:
you know that we will all have to
ship our turkeys tomorrow. Now,
you have only SO and If you do not
get a good price for them you will be
hard pressed for money this winter.
Well, I know a way to make the
prices higher for you. If you will 90
To Deacon V~andertassels place with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29
THE GREAT SANDTowN TURKEY THEFT
A Story of a Mean Man and a Near Deed That Was
Its DUN ReDard.

Noah looked through the under
brush, but he could see nothing x
cept a black mass of something in the
darkness.
Those are the barns" said Bill.
Here, take this saw and saw holes
into the walls there and / will creep
around the other way and scare the
turkeys 30 they will come out"
Noah, padder and meaner than
ever, w~rked hard and sawed big
holes, out of which the turkeys scut-
tied. Then, as Bill scared them up,
of they few into the woods until the
whole big flock had vanished.
AS soon as the last n had gone.
poor but honest Bill seized Noah and
said: I'VE must hurry back and We
must go the same way we came"
"Oh, dear, oh, DEAR" groaned Noah.
But he followed, and once more he
was dragged through mudholes and
creeks and over stumps and rocks
until his shins and nose were skinned
and every part of him was sore.
At last they emerged on a road and
in a few moments they were at No
abs front gate and the mean man hur-
ried to bed.
The next morning he could hardly
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29
A DAY or

easier life the sharp pathos Of this
day Of prayer as the Puritans knew it,
we have by national growth extended
its meaning and preserved much Of its
depth.
The American who asks, what
have l to be thankful for?" thinking
Of some special material thing, misses
the meaning Of the day. The thing
to be thankful for is that we are citi-
zens of a great nation, which God has
prospered exceedingly. This day eel
ebrates our national gratitude to God
the universal idea, as old as the
Hebrew nation. that the state depends
on God.
Many nations have festivals Of re-
joicing and thanksgiving. Our festi-
val Is peculiar to this country. ia tho
universally Of Its observance BY an
kinds OF Americans. and In the fact
that 1t WIS moi given to the people as
a church tradition. but that tho people
created 1 religious day and gave It
to the churches. II Is the day when
the nation as q whole dedicatez ltsele
to 0od.--youth's Companion
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29

Man is SO constituted that he is for
ever straining for blessings from afar
while overlooking those at his feet.
With our inordinate desire for mate
rial possessions, we are prone to for
get the ethical and spiritual import OF
Thanksgiving. To call forth our grail
tude we must have more and more
things.
It seems we cannot be thankful for
a little good despite the dictum that
"man wants but little here below"
We cannot show our gratitude unless
It be for an Neutrality-suspicious.
mans p~etitioning the Higher Powers
with y and sacrifices from the
time of the ~patriarchs to our own
day--for more and ever more goods
c. the earth.
The harvest coming after the care
and toll of tilling the soil, the sowing
of seed and anxious watching of the
fields, has therefore been almost uni
versally set apart as a time for spe-
cial thanks, or Thanksgiving. How
ever, so far as we know, no other ma
ton carries out this custom regular
ly'every year on a specially appoint,
ed day; hence Thanksgiving Day has
come to be regarded as a distinctively
American festival.
1t is interesting to observe that
while Thanksgiving Day as we know
1t, Is a peculiarly American festival,
harvest festivals were celebrated
more than 5000 years ago. For in
stance, the Jewish Sukkot Festival
Of Booths) or Feast of the Taber
nacles, was a harvest or 'ingathering'
festival held from the 18th to the
22nd Of the tenth month, the first ant
! eighth day reserved for holy convoca
ton.
According to religious usage, the
people left their houses and came
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29
Harvest Festivals of Old.

forth to live in the booths or tents
made of twigs, branches and brush
wood, during the holy session of eight
days. The interior of the booths were
made festive with shrubs and foliage
and especially the leaves and fruit
of the palm, the "goodly tree" Of Pal
estine. (The Jewish people of the
Orthodox faith in many places still
observe this festival in it's original
form). Thanks and praise for the
bounties of the previous year were Of
fered in ritualistic formula and by the
chanting of hymns; whilst merry
games were played in which fruits and
nuts, emblematic Of the season, were
always somewhere in evidence.
Thus we see that the same senti.
ment that impels an individual to the
expression Of gratitude for benefits
received, also moves a nation to mani.
fest In some reverent form its CRATE
full recognition Of special privilege or
general welfare.
The ethical and spiritual signii.
canoe of Thanksgiving, with all its
feasting, its happy reunions and its
merrymaking, will never be lost sight
Of, if we remember that this great
feast day" was born of "fast days."
And that while some are feasting, 9th.
ers will still be fasting.
Thanksgiving Day will be animated
by a finer spirit also when we think OF
1t only in terms Of materialism but in
terms Of patriotism and democracy,
when we remember it as the day pro.
claimed by the first president on
which to commemorate the birth Of
the nation, in the adoption of the con,
stitution; and as the day fixed by
Abraham Lincoln for prayer and
thanksgiving after the nation had
passed through a terrible crisis-the
: civil war.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-11-29

me tonight we can cut holes into his
turkey houses and let all his birds fly
into the woods. He will be quite TN
able to catch them again in time for
shipment and the people in the city
will be glad to pay you high prices
for yours"
The poor man, whose name was
Bill Lego, made believe to agree
with the mean nan But really he did
not agree with him at all, for he
came of poor but honest parents, and
was very much like them himself. So
he devised a cunning plan.
That night he went to Noah's house
and said to him: Let US go to do this
deed. But we will have to go into the
woods just behind your house and
work around through them for sew
eral miles, so as to approach the dea'
cons place through the underbrush in
the back. 1t would do for us
to be seen."
"That is a good idea," said Noah
"But l do not know the way through
the woods"
IT will guide you," said poor but
honest Bill. II fear, however, that
you will find 1t rough going, for we
cannot dare to carry a lantern"
He took hold of Noah's arm and of
they went, up and down and in ant
out, through thick and thin and thorr
and swamp, this way and that way
twisting and turning, till Noah wa!
nearly dead and only his great mean
ness kept him going.
At last, scratched and bruised AM
full of mud, weary and suffering, HI
fell into a deep mudhole, which
strangely enough, had been avoided
cleverly by poor but honest Bill.
Never mind" whispered Bill, helr
ing him up, 1--WE have arrived"