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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Too Rare,

A party of fasteners went bear
hunting in California. Pete Wilson led
the party, and day and night he boast
ed Of his skill as a bear killer. They
got no bear on the hunt, and Pete
grieved terribly.
"This is good enough grub" he
would say as he pitched into cold
can Of preserved meat, "but the finest
meal in the world. in my opinion, is a
bear steak grilled to turn over log
fire.
Gimme BEAR" Pete growled one
day. Gimme a good bear brile. I'm
gettin' sick Of this canned stuff"
"Look out"' cried neighbor.
There's a bear right behind you,
man!'
Pete gave one look. 1t was a bear,
sure enough. He turned very pale and
bounded off into the woods.
"We thought you liked bear? they
said sarcastically to him on his return.
$50 1 do" said Pete, "but that Teller
wasn't well enough DONE"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Archie Stood Her Test.

81 know Archie does not drink" con.
fided Mrs. Pike to her sister-"that is
anything stronger than glass of beer
on hot day or maybe a hot whisky
when he has cold. l made up my
mind to test him. l have always said
l would never live with man who
drank, so l prepared a test.
81 went down the street to a liquor
store and bought box containing a
bottle of whisky, bottle of madeira
wine and bottle of brandy, all for 81
in the prettiest little box. Then
surprised him with it for his birth.
day, and I tell you he was surprised
when he saw it and more so when
confessed that l had only paid 81 for
the bargain
"Archie promised me solemnly that
he would never taste the horrid stuff,
and, although l have kept it handy in
his study ever since and watched it
anxiously every day, he has kept his
word. Oh, 1 am so glad!-Puck.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
PERSPECTIVE OF GRANARY.

foundation of stone or cement, with
an iron pin in each post. The end stills
and also the center girder are s by 1O
inches square. The spaces between
the bents are filed In with by 10
inch floor timbers set twelve inches
on centers. The floors should be six
inch matched lumber and we'll sea.
soned.
The building is framed and braced
by 2 by 6 studding set twenty-fou1
Inches on centers around the entire
building.
The open space below is seven feet
in the clear and may be Enclosed on
two sides, as Shown, or the front may
be filed in with doors and the remain
ing three sides boarded up tight, or II
desired all four sides may be left open
The first floor is reached by a swing
ing ladder or step that may be hooked
to the floor timbers when not in use
"A permanent stair should be built
from the first to the second floor and
located in one end.
I The outer walls are covered with
matched lumber and this in turn COW
cred with drop siding or boarded up
and down and battened. The inner
walls are left bare to avoid having any
hiding places for rats or mice, and if
one should chance to get in dog or
cat could easily catch it.
The bins are made seven feet high
at the rear, six at the front and six or
seven feet wide.
The floor is sloping, as shown, and
the bins should set some distance from
the wall. The popularity of these
bins is in the ventilation. Two three
inch galvanized iron pipes are placed
as shown, one at the bottom and one
about the center. The pipes have one
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
THE LAND OF BIG GAME.
British East Africa as 1t Appears tc
the Hunter.

British East Africa as 1t Appears to
the Hunter.
A brown village of matched huts
suuatting in a trampled clearing of
the forest and backed by thickset trees
so closely laced with living tapestry
of woven green that the aching tropic
sunlight can scarcely penetrate; slim,
naked blacks slipping like shadows
among the broad leaved bananas and
rubber trees, staring furtively as your
bearers file slowly past them; lone
~ station far up or down river. where
a haggard white man sits to receive
tribute In the name Of his trading
company, marks an outpost of civiliza-
ton in this jungle land. And through
and under 1t all are the fevered glare
Of sunlight. the ceaseless drowsy whis-
per Of the woods, the hot. dry scents
Of the parched earth, or, if the rains
have come, all the land about will lie
cloaked in steaming vapor, the sultry
air as thick and humid as the air of a
greenhouse at home There you have
the Kongo as the white man knows 1t
the Kongo or the jungle of Uganda.
But all of this Is only part Of what
we have chosen to call and to picture
as the dark continent
For there, too. Is the desert widely
different In all its aspects from Kongo.
land On the slope of the rising ground
that lifts from sea level at Mombasa
and climbs to nearly 5000 feet before
1t drops again to the lesser level of
Victoria Nyanza Is another vast waste
as typical of Africa as this jungle
Countrywide desert, as it is called, the
plains Of bush and grass Six months
Of the year-from October to April
1t lies half drowned under tropic rains.
From April to September only occa-
sional showers fall, and the wide pla-
teau grills under the staring sunlight,
all following in the glare. Here upon
these uplands is found the great vari-
ETY. of big game, the vast herds of
wild things that have made and still
make Africa the greatest shooting
country in the world. This is British
East Africa as the hunter knows it.
G. B. Taylor In Everybody's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Prevention of Hog Cholera.

DR.. J. W. Connoway Of the Missouri
experiment station at Columbia has
discovered a serum for the prevention
Of hog cholera. The serum is in the
form Of vaccine, and if it is injected
into the blood of hog before it has
become infected with cholera the hog
becomes immune to the disease. The
serum was discovered through the
fact that when hog has once recov-
cred from an attack of cholera 1t is
proof against another attack, even If
it is exposed to diseased hogs, for 1t
has developed something in its blood
which makes it proof against the dis
ease. The serum has been used on
1900 hogs in different parts Of the
state, and very few have developed
cholera after being properly vacc1-
mated, although exposed to the dis
ease. The serum is kept in supply by
the agricultural department Of the
University of Missouri and will be dis
pensed free to the farmers OF the
state.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
He Knew the Reason,

A rather pompous looking deacon in
a certain city church was asked to
take charge Of class of boys during
the absence of the regular teacher.
While endeavoring to impress upon
their young minds the Importance of
living a Christian life the following
question was propounded:
.Why do people call me Christian,
children" the worthy dignitary asked,
standing very erect and smiling down
upon them.
Because they don't know you," was
the ready answer of a bright eyed lit
tie boy, responding to the ingratiating
smile with one equally guileless and
winning Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
HurnOr and
Philosophy
By DUNCAN N. SMITH
PUBLICITY.

The actor man Won cTnnGr irdge
BY mii.4i t.1e ...:t =. l.. 10y
Or by the way his name appears
In gorgeous red display.
He may not be the grandest scout
That ever held a spear,
But still they must announce him SO
To make the crowds appear.
Upon the stage he may not act.
Like others of his type,
For sour apples or. indeed,
For lemons hardly ripe.
But would you ask him to admit
In his advance advice
That he was nothing but a dub,
Not worth the published Price?
Advance announcements. as you know
Are but self made puff
And you may gamble that it will
Be stated strong enough,
For chronic modesty is not
In this enlightened day
The ruling passion Of the man
Who figures in the play.
And does he differ very much
From those who do not act
Although in more aggressive tones
He may proclaim the fact?
You'll find that men are much the same,
Though from the stage afar.
Just let the others get your ear
To tell you who they are.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
THE LUMINOUS HALO.
Psychic Explanation of an Oft Wit
messed Phenomenon.

Psychic Explanation of an Oft Wit
messed Phenomenon.
was summoned one day to the Salt.
petriere in Paris to see woman who
Law in a bed in the dark. She was a
woman whose body, nerves, brain, had
been leased and tortured for years in
psychic and occult experiment. What
mental r"r ilrbation was rack1ng that
br.in | uid not know, and the phys1-
clans at her bedside did not know.
With clinched hands and teeth and
eyes open wide the woman lay there.
Her breathing was irregular and not
deep What we saw was this: A lumi-
nous halo of vague orange hue that
circled her head, even as in the old
pictures Of martyred saints you see
the heads mooned with faded gold This
halo was f1uctuant. 1t came and went.
1t was a light that fiickered grew,
faded, formed itself anew.
A miracle. this aureoled head?
If yoti want to call it that. Words
are not of great Importance. 1t was a
miracle when it glowed around the
head of martyr tortured In the arena,
so tortured by pain and fear that his
ASSOCIATED psychic centers produced
the phenomenon of the exterioriZation
Of luminous energy.
Perhaps it were better to call it at
once a miracle and a prescientific fact
"a fact, that is, which is occult, but is
in the way of becoming known.
1 asked Dr. Frere what he thought
Of this miracle.
81 have often seen it., he said. The
field of his experiments was the mad
house at Bicetre. There many neuro-
pathic patients abide, and often in
cases of severe headache or of reli-
gious ecstasy he has seen these f1uctu-
ant aureoles around the head. 1852
"The rays are often twenty centime-
tiers in extent, quite regular, forming a
perfect aureole," he explained.
There is, then, form of energy en-
dowed with luminous properties ema-
mating from the human body under
certain conditions.-Vance Thompson
in Hampton's Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Prolific Fields.

Perhaps the hardest point for the
unprofessional man to understand is
that two fields of soil may look alike,
but one will yield seventy-five bushels
Of corn and the other nineteen. This
very example may be seen at the Ur-
bana co. experiment farm, where one
field has been grown to corn exclusive
ly for thirty years without manure or
fertilizer of any kind. Last year 1t
gave up less than nineteen bushels to
the acre. Not ten rods away, with
everything else the same, over seven
ty-five bushels to the acre were har-
vested, only because the necessary
plant food had been replaced in the
form Of stable manure, etc., and be-
cause rotation had been practiced,
using clover as one Of the crops in the
rotation scheme.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Wcrked the Direction.

One of the star comedians at the
principal theater in Frankfort went to
the director and asked for an advance
on his weeks salary. The books show.
ed that the whole amount had already
been drawn. and the director said
mo"
every good" said the actor; "then
shall refuse to go on tonight
The director saw that 1t was danger
ously near curtain time and reluctant
ly gave the actor the amount asked
for, but said, Remember, sir, this is
nothing short of eXtortion, and a cow
ardly one at that"
"Not at ALL Herr Director" said the
actor. stuffing the money in his peck
ct; ''my name is not on the bill for to-
night anyway"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
May 6 to May u

STATE OF WISCONSIN-COUNTY COURT
FOR BAYFIELD, COUNTY-In Probate
Notice is hereby given that at special
term Of the County Court to be held in and
for said County at the court House in the
City Of Wasbburn in said county, on the
second Tuesday (being the Sth day. of June
A. d. 1909. at 10 o'clock A. M the following
matters Will be heard and considered
The application OF Frank Hicks, as admin.
istrator Of the estate of Arthur Hicks late of
the TOWN of Cable in said county, deceased,
for the examination and allowance of his
final account of his administra ton, and for
the assignment of the residue OF the estate OF
Arthur Hicks dece tsed to such other persons
as are by law entitled to the same.
BY order of the Court
Dated May 4th 1909
VIM. IL Irish,
County Judge,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
LEGAL
N OF | c. E S

April 22 to May I'D
State of Wisconsin, In Circuit Court
For Bayfield, County.
Gudor Loken, Plaintiff,
Henry Halvorson, Dora Halvorson, his wife,
E. G. Nevius Halvor p. Garberg, Herman
Stockstad, and Charles Sjodin,
Defendants
notice is hereby given that by virtue OF
Judgment OF foreclosure and sale rendered in
the above entitled action, and which was
docketed in the Office of the Clerk of the Cir
cult Court of Bayfield, County, Wisconsin, on
The Goth day of April. 1908. 1 shall offer for
sale and sell at public vendue to the highest
bidder, at the front door of the Court House,
in the City of Washburn, inBayfeld County,
Wisconsin, on the 9Th day of June, 1909, at
10:00 o'clock in the forenoon, the premises
described in said judgment, as follows, to-
wit:--Lot number sixteen Q6) of Block num-
Der thirty-six (36) of the original townsite
of the town (now city, of Washburn, accord
ing to the plat thereof on file and of record
in the office of the Register of Deeds Of Bay.
field County, Wisconsin. said premises being
in said Bayfield, County.
Dated at Washburn, Wisconsin,, this 21st
day of April 1909
Max Happle.
Sheriff of Bayfield, County, Wis.
John Walsh,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Starting a BaIky Horse.

There is most always one horse In
every lot that refuses to bulge when
time is called A hOrseman who has
had experience says: 1--WE have seen
q bad case conquered by the driver
getting out of the wagon and patting
the animal on the head for minute.
Then he picked up stone. lifted up
one of the animals front feet from
the ground and gave each nail light
tap and smart tap on the frog. Then
he dropped the foot quickly, jumped
into the wagon and told the horse to
go, and he did"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
His INTERPOLATION,

Colonel j. r. Barton, who died In
Alabama in 1897, was famous years
ago in the middle west as an editorial
writer of great power and versatility.
The queer thing about him was that
his normal penmanship looked almost
kke copperplate--a beautiful flowing
script. But let him get excited or
hurried, and it doubled discounted the
excited chicken tracks on Cleopatra
Needle. One night tramp printer
drifted into western Office where the
colonel was in charge and applied for
job. The foreman put him to work,
and he begged along all right until
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Z arm Qno
Garden
HOUSE FOR GRAIN.
Rat and Mouse Proof For stora

Rat and Mouse Proof For Storage
Purposes.
A well built and handily arranged
granary is without doubt one of the
most necessary buildings on the farm
The grain house shown in the illustra-
lions herewith has many advantages.
1T is rat and mouse proof and has am
pie storage room for farm implements.
The grain may be loaded from the
bins to the wagon without any labor,
and the interior arrangement Is such
that it is not possible for grain to heat
and mold or become sour.
The building may, of course, be built
any size. The six posts that carry the
structure in the drawing, which pro-
vides for a building 20 by 36 feet
square, are by s inches square and
twenty feet long, sat on a good solid
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
(May 6 to May 27)
Attorney for Plain tiff.

(May to May 2D
State of Wisconsin, County Court
/, Bayfield, County-In Probate.
In the Matter of the Estate of Orris
GibbO nS,-Deceased
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands OF all persons against Orris
Gibbons, deceased, late Of the Town of
Cable, in said county of Bayfield, will be
examined and adjusted by the County Court
of Bayfield, county, at the Special term OF
said court, to be held at the Court House in
The City Of Washburn, in and for said county,
on the second Tuesday Of November. A. d.
1909.
Also that six months from and after the
4th day of May A. D. 1909, is the time
limited for creditors of said Orris Gibbons
deceased, to present their claims to said
Court for examination and allowance.
Dated May 4th, 1909.
By the Court,
VIM. H. Irish,
County Judge.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20

If you desire clear complexion
take Foley's Orino Laxative for con-
stipation and liver trouble as it will
stimulate these organs and thorough
1y cleanse your system, which is
what everyone needs in the spring
in order to feel well. @. W. Frost.
Women loves a clear, rosy COM
plexion. Burdock Blood Bitters
purifies the blood, clears the skin,
restores ruddy, sound health,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
SECTION OF BIN.

half inch holes punched every eight
inches on the top and bottom and the
holes covered with screen wire. This
may be soldered on or wrapped with
wire. Four one inch holes are bored
in the floor of the bin and also covered
with screen wire. The open ends of
the pipe and the holes in the floor al
low a free play of fresh air through
the grain at all times and also allow
the moist, heated air to escape. No
grain will mold in one Of these bins.
Not even buckwheat, the worst grain
we have to heat, will be damaged.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
MAY TO June 10y
State of Wisconsin, In Circuit Court
For Bayfield, County.
Stone-Ordean- Wells Company,
Plaintiff,

Eldlutlu,
Arthemise Deschamps and N. Landry,
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a
judgment Of foreclosure and sale rendered
in the above entitled action on the 18th day OF
May, 1908. and which was docketed in the
office of the clerk of the circuit court of
Bayfield, County, Wisconsin,, on the same
day, L shall, pursuant to the directions of
said judgment. offer for sale, and sell at
public vendue, to the highest bidder at the
front door ofthe court house, in the city Of
Washburn, in Bayfield, county, Wisconsin,
on the 18th day of June A. ID. 1909, at 10
o'clock In the forenoon, the lands and
premises situated iii Bayfield, County, Wis
consin, and described in such Judgment as
follows Lots numbered twenty two (22,
twenty three (29 and twenty four ca of
block numbered one ~ of the original plat
ofthe village of Iron River, according to said
plat as recorded and filed in the office of the
Register of Deeds for bayfield, County, Wis
consin,
Dated at Washburn, Wisconsin, this 9th
day OF May, A. ID. 1909.
Max Happle,
Sheriff of bayfield, County, Wis,
A. T. Rock,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20

WANTED-By Chicago whole
sale and mail order house, assistant
manager oman or woman) for this
county and adjoining territory.
Salary $40 and expenses paid week
ly; expense money advanced. Work
pleasant, position permanent. No
Investment or experience required.
Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope. Address GEN
ERAL MANIAC GER, 1874 E. Lake
ST., Chicago. sg..a4,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20

Doan's Regulets cure constipation
tone the stomach, stimulate the
liver, promote digestion and and
appetite and easy passages of the
bowels. Ask your druggist for
them, 25c q box,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20

Wanted: by Chicago wholesale
and mail order house, assistant
manager imam or woman) for this
county an d adjoining territory.
Salary 500 and expenses paid week
ly; expense money advanced, Work
pleasant; position permanent. No
Investment or experience required.
Spare time valuable. Write at once
for full particulars and enclose self
addressed envelope. SUPERIN-
TENDENT, 1872 Lake st. Chicago.
al,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Had the Proof.

"Dreamboy Is true poet"
"I never read any of his works"
"Neither did L.
"How do you know. then?"
81 am on intimate terms with hi
tailor"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
Awkward.

A pretty schoolteacher, noticing one
Of her little charges idle, said sharply;
"John, the devil always finds some
thing for idle hands to do. Come up
here and let me give you some work. "
Judges Library.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
May 6 to May q
State of Wisconsin -Coupty Court
for r fold Countv T., Drobo+o
W m. II. Ir1Sh,
County Judge,


State of Wisconsin-Coupty Court
for Bay field County. In Probate
NoLice is hereby given that at Specia
term of the County Court to be held in and
for said County at the Court House in the
City of Washburn in said county. on the
second Tuesday (being the Sth day. of Jant
A. d. 1909. at 10 o'clock A. M :, the follow
ing matters will be heard and considered.
The application Of charles j. Anderson
Executor of the Will of Anna Larson, lac Of
the town of Pratt in said county, deceased
for the examination and allowance of his
final account, of his administration, and fol
the assignment of the residue of the estate
of Anna Larson. deceased to such other per.
sons as are by law entitled to the same.
By order of the Court,
Dated May 4th 1909.
VIM. H, Irish,
county Judge,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20

WANTED: Men to advertise and
distribute our sample Mail Order
Merchandise Catalogues. $50 per
month. Address. UNITY SUPPLY
CO., Dept. F., Chicago, I'll,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
So Many Do.
tailor"

"He is going to write a book"
"On what lineY
Exposing something"
Exposing what?"
His ignorance, l guess"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
A New Sensation.

Mrs. Bul1ion-I wish I knew some
thing to do that would provide me with
an absolutely new sensation. Mr.. Bull
lion-Go out and pay cash for some.
thing.-Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20

We may not admire a pachyderm,
but members of that class do seem
comforta BILE under what to most of us
seem to be distressing conditions.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
mobile.

Most of us don't mind earning our
living. but we are impatient of the
system that makes it take so much of
our time to do so.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20

GERMAN EV. LUTHERAN.
Services will be held at 1000 a. m. except
last Sunday of the month. Sunday School
every Sunday at HOO, @. GUTEKUNsT,
Pastor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
MAY to June 81
Notice for Observation-Disclosures
of the Interior.

OF the Interior.
U. S. Land Office at Wausau, wisconsin.
May 1st, 1909.
Noticeis hereby given that Gena Holman,
widow of christ Holman. deceased, of Wash
burn. Wisconsin,, who, on August 18th, 1868,
made Homestead Entry No. $685. Serial,
No. 0132l, for South East Quarter, section IL,
Township 49-N, Range 6-West, 4th., p
Meridian. has filed notice of intention to
make Final five year Proof. to tablish
claim to the land above described. before
Clerk Circuit Court, at Washburn, Wiscon-
sin, on the 18th day of June 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:-I1ans
Bottolfs, OF Corhucopia, Wisconsin,; Alfred
Holman, of Washburn, Wisconsin; Nels
Westerlun, Jr., of Washburn, Wisconsin,;
Frank marion, of Washburn, Wisconsin.
JOHN MILLER,
Register.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20
NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN


REV. CHR. CHRISTIANSON, Pastor,
Services every Sunday at 1880 a. m. and
7:45 D. m. Sunday School at 1900 noon.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at
$780, Ladies Aid Society meeting every
other Wednesday afternoon. Helping Hand
Society every other Wednesday evening.
All services in the Norwegian language ex-
cept Sunday evening. Services every third
sunday which is held in the English language
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-05-20

There may be some people who mar
ry to get money, but did you ever
know anybody to marry to lose it?