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Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

The report that the Wisconsin Cen
trail line has been sold to a syndicate
composed of parties connected with the
Canadian Pacific and Canadian North
ern, if true, will make the road from
Duluth, via Ladysmith, one of the
greatest traffic lines in the country.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

putting on trains from Superior. An
official told the News-Budget scribe it
was only guess work on the part of
those making such statements. A.
Birdsell, division engineer, is in Chica-
go and may possibly be able to throw
some light on the subject when he re-
turns
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17
MUCK RAkING Is LEGITIMATE.

MUM HANlNG 10 EEo' i"N *
"The business of exposure Of
abuses, so-called muck raking,
should never cease in the American
newspapers, said Norman Hapgood,
editor of Collier weekly, in address,
ing the classes in journalism at the
University Of Wisconsin on Princi-
pies affecting Journalism Today" The
name muck raking' has been thrown
to the public by those interested in
creating a feeling Of ridicule of eX
posure of abuses, continued Mr.. Hap
good. with any movement to stop
such exposure, however, you take
away the greatest usefulness Of Jour
nalism to the country. People can not
go themselves to the sources for truth
They must depend upon the neWspap-
er writer's to present the facts to
them President Roosevelt has just
announced his intention to take steps
toward the reorganization OF the navy
department So strong is the al
lance between the politicians and
the people who make money out of
building ships, that without the ser
vices of the public press in exposing
conditions and pointing out abuses,
this reorganization of the presidents
would have been impossible. From
this time forward, l expect the evolu-
ton of newspapers will be toward
freedom Current questions Of morals
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

The editor of the Prentice News is
mad-all over. He claims only the
train men and the Almighty can learn
anything about the time trains will
arrive and depart on the roads at
Prentice. There are others.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

and of general public welfare will con
tinue to be discussed in the news
papers. And the exposure of an evil
is always a step toward a cure
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

1t is quite jump from controlling
the Owe n and stock markets to running
but John w. Gates has invest
million dollars in such an enter
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

The annual meeting of the State
Horticultural Society is to be held in
Madison Jan. 1914. The date is some
earlier than in former years.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17
SUBSCRIPTION: SHOPPER YEAR

The Herald of Chippewa Falls wants
the state civil service commission
abolished.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

Entered as second-class matter April 8, 1907, at
the Postoffice at Ladysmith, Wisconsin, under the
Act of congress of March 8, 1879
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

Inquiry fails to elicit anything from
officials of the Wisconsin Central as to
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17

Attorney Ray ]. Haggerty, formerly
a resident of Ladysmith, has been APP
pointed postmaster at Park Falls.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-12-17
\. A. MADDEN, Publisher

BLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
AT LADYSMITH, WISCONSIN
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
MORE PATERNALIsM WANTED.

That is an interesting and signif- cant recommendation made by New York States superintendent of public works to the effect that the leglsla- ture seek federal aid for the big Erie barge canal, in order that the part of the canal between Lake ontario and the Hudson may be twentv-one feet deep instead of twelve Otherwise. it is declared. Great Lakes traffic will be lost to Canada because of water way the Dominion is planning to dig from the St. Lawrence to Georgian bay.
 AS it has just been discovered that the Panama canal is likely to cost s300,000. 900. and may cost $500. 00o.- 900, instead of the s140,000, 900 that was talked about for awhile, it will be thought by some. prudent people that the United States is deep enough in the canal business. If it takes hold of the Erie canal the inland water ways, and a few other things that are strongly appealing to its paternal- ism it will have to issue bonds and things just as the railroads are doing, and though it might never get into the hands of receivers it would be somewhat embarrassed.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
THE CONCRETE HOUSE.

Thomas A Edison, the inventor and wizard has been enthusiastic about some things that haven't banned out. but it does seem as if his idea of con crete houses would be decidedly useful if suitably used He says he is going to construct iron molds and devise machinery whereby a full-sized con crete house can be cast in twelve hours, At the end of six days the molds can be removed and the house will be complete, including stairs, par titions, mantels, bath, etc, and after drying six days will be ready for oc- cupancy. He thinks such a house can he built for sl,000, and he says: Tt Is probable that companies will be formed who will have several molds. each of different design, and will go actively into business. I have not gone into this with the idea of making mon- ey rom It, and will be glad to license reputable parties to make molds and erect houses, without any payment on account of patents, the only restric- tion being that the designs of the houses be satisfactory to me and that they shall use good material"
 This looks good Of course every body wont want a concrete house even at the comparatively low cost of $1,- 900. but many win, and many will have to live in them if they become common, and if they live anywhere So thert seems to be large field for such houses, even on small city lots 1t may even be possible by and by to keep up with the children by pro- viding cheap concrete schoolhou.es for them.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
THE sHoRN LAMBS LUCK

When Mark Twain celebrated New England weather some years ago he hadn't seen this winter If he had seen it he would have had to omit some of his remarks. or else let them go. trusting in the easy forgetfulness of his hearers The shorn lamb and the other sensitive animals whose hab- fiat is New England are not wishing that they were migratory this winter. They can live comfortably here, and have pleasure in seeing and occasionally eating the oranges and other fruit which dwellers in Southern California and Florida have sweated to produce and export. Especially are the shorn lambs and other sensitive animals whose habitat is New. Haven favored New Haven as summer resort has long been just what summer resort should be. Another winter or two like this and it can advertise itself as a winter resort, and not run any more risk of disappointing people thar many of the advertised winter resorts do. It has certainly been a winter re. sort this week of the gayest and mos pleasing kind.
 Of course we may get reminder of old times vet, II will be strangc | if we don't But winter is almost oveI according to the almanac, and accord ing to appearances it is all over. Blu appearances are deceitful, and ther, may be some pretty mean tempera ture' just ahead Ahead of that if it should happen to come. are tht singing of birds. tho voice of the tur tie, the brave and cheery little nev grass on the Green. and the softl, whispering young leaves on the elns
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
The Incubus of JcT Dayisism.

(The Atlanta Constitution
 Without a doubt the Democratic party is unfortunate in some of the burdens if has to carry. Redolent with radicalism. Senator Jeff Davis. of Ar kansas. looms in the spotlight as one of these, old Atlas was never 90 pestered.
 MT Davis latest ebullition before 4 New York audience in which he talks of insanity stalking abroad in the marts of commerce and calls aloud for the absolute destruction of aggrega tions of capital. is scarcely calculated to appeal to that progressive con servatism. that high sense of equal justice. upon which Democracy must base it's hopes.
 Tn one breath Mir Davis lauds Will liam Jennings Bryan as the foremost of Democrats, in the next he lays at his door advocacy of policies of destruc- tion al which even the conscientious socialist must stand aghast.
 Neither the Democracy nor Mir. Brv an has ever demaEded the absolute de- structon of aggregations of capital l They have sought and they will con. l tinue to insist uron laws which will l prevent oppression of the people by these private interests, and they pro pose 10 see to it that these laws are i obeyed
 Mir Davis cries aloud for annihila ktion. In that he is not only undemo. cratic, but ir seeking to saddle his own extremism upon Mir Bryan he is weighing Democracy and it's candidat te down with load which 1t never has proposed to carry and will not now.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23

disturb you; but when you golf it's not troubling you too much-would you be so very kind as to post this let ter? It must go tonight. It's my bur glary rance"-Punch.
 First Actor-'This roadbed isn't what it used to be-.
 Second. Actor-"No. And that chap who was walking with us the last five miles says it won't be any better
 Who is he?''
 President of the road"-Life
 Bobby-"sister must be able to see in the dark"
 Bobby--"'Because last night, when she was sitting with MT. Staylate in the parlor, heard her say, Why, Tom, you haven't shaved,' Judge.
 We thought" said the reporter, you might care to say something about these charges against you No replied the crooked public off. cial; T believe that silence is gold en- Well" replied the reporter perhaps the public might believe It's merely gilt in this case. ."-Philadelphia Press,
 r. An Irishman was hurrying along past ten.story building recently when suddenly the falling boly of 1 man struck him frora above an, knocked him to the sidewalk. I "Phat did ye do thot fer?' demanded the Irishman, rising painfully to hi l feet.
 You saved my life." cried the othe ! man ln return, following the Irish mans example and scrambling to hi 1 feet. T fell out of that second stor, window up there, and you broke m. | fall"
 "Begorry" retorted the dazed Celt ''Oi hope some day Oi'll fall down or ye frum tn top av tn buildin' an break yure neck"-Judge.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
THE BANKERS BILL.

The talk now is that if this country
 doesn't want the Aldrich bilr' it wont get anything at this @ession of Congress. This may be so Much can be done and left undone in Washing ton But it does seem that such a bill as that drafted by the currency com mission of the American Bankers As sociation ought to get more consider ation than it has got or is likely to get. This carefully prepared bill pro- vides for the issue of guaranteed credit notes" by banks having a 2o per cent surplus. and makes these notes a prior lien on the general as- sets of the issuing bank and on the statutory liability of its shareholders
 The total amount Of the notes of any bank. bond-secured and credit. are moi to exceed the paid-up capital of the
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23

bank. The tax on the guaranteed creu- it notes is not uniform, but progress siye. On any amount up to 70 per cent of a banks capital the tax ls one and one-half per cent. upon the average amount in circulation during the preceding half-year, Upon a fur ther issu4, up te F 1-2 per cent or a banks capital the tax is made two and one-half per cent A reserve Tn lawful money of 9 per cent. is to pe required of banks in reserve cities and of 15 per cent. in other cities against such guaranteed credit circu- lation, while the taxes upon the new notes are to constitute guaranty func for the redemption of notes of failed banks.
 This bill has obvious merits which are lacking in both the Aldrich ant the Fowler bills. It should be consid cred on its merits and not be merel! sniffed at by the wise men of Wash ington.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23

osition is that the government must provide work then there again the same economic considerations bob up to confuse the situation. Should New Britain undertake to employ the un- employed there ii would soon be faced with bankruptcy. Its only source of financial strength is the peoples purse. To take more from there than is required to maintain the govern ment would be coniscation and would end in complete misery for all, labor and capital.
 Whether the Socialists are right or wrong in their contention that the trouble can all be charged up to wage slavery, and We are bound to agree that the wage system can be improved upon in it's distribution of sweat drops, the system cannot be changed over night. Human experience, and human lexperience only, can work out the prob lem and while it is tough on the eX- perimenters, it is likely that the marches of the unemployed to the seats of capital may inspire all the various agencies included in the social compact to study more intelligently and perhaps less unselfishly the rights of man as they affect all There is cer- tainly no royal road to the mending of mistakes. If the government pos. sessed the power to mend the mistake; | which produced the panic it woulC do so for its own contentment of mind All it can do is to aid society to bet
 ter it's view of the obligations of hu
 man brotherhood. That done ther tmay be less chaos and more order.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
UNHESITATING.

She-"You know MT Jones. | thought you were much older than you are
 He-'Oh. no: not bit assure you. The Tatlcr.
 Mrs Hoon docking up from her newspaper r)-'Here is an item about a convict who writes poetry in prison
 Mir Hoon-H m, Is that what he is in or?'-Philadelphia Inquirer.
 Young Aspira ant-"Sir. may I count on your supporting me2
 Practical Citizen-T That depends. young man. Are you going to run for office or do you want to marry my daughter? Philadelphia Ledger.
 He hesitated q moment
 Its either that or work" he bitterly said
 Then he went into the stately man. sion anl let the very plain heiress pro- pose to hinl.-Clevelanl Plain Dealer
 Modest request of awakened house holder to burglars Pray don't let me
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
The CIaperOn.

take my chaperon to the play She thinks shes taking me. And the gilded youth who owns the
 box,
 A proud young man is he; But how would his young heart be
 hurt
 If he could only know
 That not for his sweet sake I go Nor yet to see the trifiing show; But to see my chaperon flirt. Her eyes beneath her snowy hair They sparkle young as mine; There's scarce wrinkle in her hand So delicate and fine. And whenm my chaperon is seen, They come from everywhere The dear old boys with silvery hair With old-time grace and old time air To greet their old-time queen. They bow as my young Midas here Will never learn to bow CThe dancing masters do not teach That gracious reverence now); With voices quaverng just bit. They play their old parts through. They talk of folk who used to woo, Of hearts that broke in fifty-two- Now none the worse for 1t. And as those aged crickets chirp I watch my chaperon's face, And see the dear old features take. A new and tender grace; And in her happy eyes see Her youth awakening bright With all it's hope, desire, delight An, me, I wish that I were quite As young-as young as she.
 HI. (. Burner.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
ABSURD AUSTRIANS.

Fortunately, all who pick goose berries do not have to be geese, but some are, There are at least two of that kind in Austria They own ad- joining farms and on the border is a large gooseberry bush from which the two farmers have for years gath cred the product. What grows on my side is mine. and you may have the rest, was the agreement Three years ago the neighbors had a misunder- standing, and this came to a climax when the gooseherries became ripe A lawsuit followed and appeals were made to higher judicial bodies. The This gives to both parties the right to pick the berries which grow on their side of the line-just as it was originally denies the right to de- stroy the bush to both contestants. The costs were charged half to each litlgant Each farmer had to pay 225 kronen. The yearly yield of the bush will bring about half a krone and the judge told the fighting farmers: With good luck 1t will take you only eight hundred years to make the bush pay. Take good care of it.
 These are certainly absurd Aus trians. Just about as absurd as the two Iowans who showed their human nature by fighting each other in the celebrated calf case until long after the calf was dead and also many human beings who took part in the case,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
Confronting the Orientnls.
(The Providence Journal.) ]

| ilt ON llbilNt 0buIHdl.t
 Undoubtedly much of the agitation against the yellow peril is due to vul- gar prejudice. But that is not the whole story. It was all very well to ignore the East while it still was re- mote from western civilization, sunk in sleep of sloth from which it seemed destined not 10 awaken. It was easv to disparage 3s half-civlized nations with d history which had much ,o teach us. When Japan or China be- gins to graft the new civilization on the old to meet the West on it's own ground with the weapons we ourselves have forged, the situation assumes an other aspect. Such nations ask to he treated on equal terms. If we refuse the request we must be prepared to take the consequences. The exclusion Of yellow labor may be dictated by self preservation. In that case we must not expect to dictate terms to the yellow races at their own gates. They may soon be vigorous enough to bar us out in turn, even if they cannot force their way through oul gates.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
MORE FAME FOR JERSEY JUSTICE.

Jersey justice has added to it's fame in the case of George Wilson. At 10 o'clock Monday morning he was placed on trial for a murder commit ted on December 13. At 5;55 Monday evening the jury returned verdict of murder in the first degree and Will son was sentenced to be executed in March.
 Compare this with the two Thaw trials and other similar exhibitions where the facts have been as plain as they were in this New Jersey case. There may be a reasonable doubt about the propriety of capital pun ishment, but there is no reasonable doubt about the quality and cost of many of the murder trials. Of course money shouldn't be considered before justice, but when money and justice are both lost there should be some change in the system, or lack of sys- tenn, that results in their loss. New Jersey seems to know how to carry on murder trials without bankruptins the State, coddling criminals, or un duly fattening the pocketbooks of eX' perts. If government by commission were what it has been cracked up tt be, it would be profitable for State as near New Jersey as New York ant Connecticut are to send commission there to study murder trials,
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
Spiritual Emancipation.
(HenrY Ja ames.l

tHenry JamesD
 You can not arouse a man to self-re- spect; to a sense ot his proper human ty to a consciousness of the divinity which constitutes his peing, without rendering him superior to outward ac. cident, He Is no longer the sport oi passion, of conscience, or of appetite The master of the house has come al last and his servants render him a prompt and joyous obedience. No nor, in mere symbolic but In very req sense, the Lord has entered his hol, temple; all earth, the entire realm O. the outward and the finite, spontane ously keep silence before him
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23


 The Canadian Pacific railroad from Aroola to Regina. Saska tchewan. a distance of severty-five miles. is a perfectly straight line from terminal to terminal Another straight line is on the New South Wales government rallroad. l26 miles long. The Canadian National transcontinental road has a straight stretch of 12a miles,
 Three young sons of Prince Fred erick Leopold of Prussia nephews If the kaiser nave gone to the mammal labor training school at Cross Lichter- felde to take a course in practical mechanics. This is in accordance with an ancient tradition of the Hoh- enzollern house The eldest boy. Prince Friedrick Karl who is seven teen. is learning the locksmith,s trade. and his younger brothers, aged fifteen
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23

That is a notable lack of appreci- ation of our resources" which is shown by the correspondent of the New York Sun who asks, Who is the biggest liar in the United States? :? Wouldn't the biggest liar in the United States be also the biggest liar in the world?
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
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and thirteen, are being taught cabinet makers work.
 Bishop Grafton of Fond du Lac ap- proves Of the method of healing tby prayer and mental suggestion) practic- ed at the Emmanuel church clinics in Boston and Bishop Fallows' in Chicago
 rms cure, he is quoted as saying, was used by the early-da Christians, and mas been in use ever since. Cure py faith was taught by Christ and the apostles, and has always been re- cognlzed function of the ministers of the Christian religions"
 A new mining school is about to be added to the list Of those already in operation in this great country, the legislature of Wisconsin having appro- priated sS0,000 for the establishment ot mining school at Platteville, which is In the zinc and lead mining district. A | building formerly used for normal school purposes will be the present home Of the new mining school. Gov ernor Davidson has appointed a com mission which will have in charge the management of the. school, under the act Of the legislature.
 synthetic camphor, the production oi which has been problem among chemists for many years. seems to b, at last commercial product, but the nigh price of turpentine oil may pre- vent It from coming quickly into use At least four processes have been de vised for making this product iron plnene, which forms seventy per cent Of turpentine oil By chemical treat ment and oxidation the pinepe is giv en the chemical structure and chemica properties of the natural camphor, bu with different reaction In polarize,
 light and somewhat less frangrance About ninety per cent. of the world camphor is used for making celluloid for which the syr rthetic materials ar claimed to be perfectly suitable.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23

When an applicant for naturaliza- tion at Franklin, Pennsylvania, in an- swer to question said God made congress- he was rejected on the ground of ignorance
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
SAYINGS AND DoINGS.

W. j. Rolfe. the Shakespearean scholar, who is now in his eightieth year. is at work on volume of Shake spearean proverbs Ii was in 1861 that MT Rolfe edited and brought out his hrst Shakespeare book and from 1S1o to 1883 he was working on and pub fishing his complete edition of Shakes peare in forty volumes
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23

An Indiana town is not exactly boosting of its fifty saloons and one church. but it might with propriety congratulate itself on the church.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-23
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No lack of money" is the way the financial writers are talking now. Meaning. we suppose. no lack of money where money is not badly needed and wanted.