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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-17
SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT

SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT
Next 10 kiss a laugh is the
most popular thingin the world
The supply Of kisses is limited,
being largely controlled BY a
fair but capricious trust The
supply of laughs, however, IS
practically unlimited SO long as
you don't get too grumpy to
look for them. One reason for
the remarkable success of The
Chicago Record Herald is it's
daily recognition of the value of
kindly, wholesome fun. The
Alternating Currents column
of S. E. kiser, the humorist and
poet, is one of the brightest
things in American journalism.
There is always d smile or a
good laugh in Ralph Wilder's
cartoons, bringing a CHEEKY
greeting as YOU pick up the paper
each morning
But it is in Tie Sunday Record
Herald that one finds the most
chuckles. The colored comic sec
ton is full of laughter for young
and old, and these amusing illus
trations are free from vulgarity
and mlschievous suggestions that
have barred so many comic sec
tons from refined homes Then
there Is ALWAYS lot of high
class humor IL The Sunday Mag
azine of The Record Herald. led
BIZ SewelI Ford's inimitable
Shorty McCabe stories. The
deleetable Shorty, we understand
Is TO appear every other Sunday
throughout the present year No
other character III fiction, unless
it be Mr.. Dooley. can match him
as a fun maker. As long as
Shorty and his devoted Sadie
are on deck there viii be some
thing worth living for. The Rec
ord-Herald has the right idea.
Clean humor doubles the well
come OF a good newspaper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-17
THE LOS ANGELES LIMITED

Ifyo6~are going to southern
California. your ticket should
read via the Chicago & North
Western. Union Pacific and Salt
Lake Route. the route of the
famous electric-ligbted Los An
geles Limited. Baggage checked
through and tickets sold through
to destination. Direct connect
ions at Wells Street Station,
Chicago. with trans Of The
North Western Line from all
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-17

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W, A. BRADFORD.
County Clerk oi Villas County, Wis.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-17

c. Perry l'st addition to the village of
Eagle River being part of govt lot sec
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-17

Now therefore, unless the taxes, interest
and charges set opposite the tracts herein
described shall be paid on or before the 18th
day of May 1910 the said tracts OF land shall
be forfeited ana win be conveyed to the pur-
chaser or purchasers in pursuance OF the
statute in such case made and provided.
ID { this goth day of October A. D., 1909,
at Eagle River, Villas county. Wisconsin.
w A. BRADFORD,
County clerk of Villas county, Wis,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-17
COUNTY APPORTIONED
Valuation of County Placed
at $6,OOO,O O---Apportion-
ment of Each Town.

According to the valuation
placed by the county board
Villas county shows $6.000,OOO
in real estate and personal prop
ertv. The apportionment is
placed against each town as
follows:
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-11-17

points in Wisconsin and north.rn
Michigan. Full information up
on application to ticket agents,
Chicag, & North Western Ry.
26-4t.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30

less than deserving Of the heritage handed down to him
by his sharpshootng forefahers.
"One not fall into the of believing that
knowledge of military training makes boy anxious for
military service The reverse is the The
boy knows of what the less eager
he will be to urge his country into conflict with an
other nation While military training, and especially
instruction in rife practice, would make boy more
serespecting, able and selfcontroled man, 1t will also
teach him that war is something to be avoided 1t is
generally the who knows least of war from per-
sonal experience who is prone TO look upon that last
resort most fayorably.
Rifle training makes for many other things in
boy than added value a probable soldier in
time. 1t teaches him how to avoid those shocking
cdents which reads about often in the daily pa
pers, through knowledge of the proper handling Of
arms. The first rudments drilled into the boys are:
Never to point gun, either empty or loaded at an
other person; always to open the when taking 1t
in hand, to see If it Is loaded, and, when firing at
target, always to keep the muzzle toward the target
If these rules observed accident will hap
pen and they never do with boys who have had these
lessons drilled into them
while the United States government is spending
nothing in promoting rife shooting in the schools other
nations making strenuous efforts along these lines
In England Lord Roberts command er-n-chief of the
British army, within the last few years has succeeded
in organizing 100000 schooboys The writer will
forget the inspiring sight of 400 schooboys
resenng forty preparatory schools. competing for the
Lord Ashburon shield, every using the arm
on the great Bisley rife range In England
Something has been done in this country in small
way Col John Jacob Aston this year presented cup
the inerscnoo indoor rife shooting championship
of the United States which trophy by the Nor
rs High School of New York, with very high score
One team entered the contest from Washington repre-
senting the Central High School, and was seventh
at the coming session of Congress the bill sent to
that body by President Roosevelt with a special mes
urging its passage and which provided for carry
ing rifle shooting instruction in the schools and
among the citizens, will be rentroduced and pusbed
All wellwshers for the future should unite In doing
everything in their power to help the passage of such
legislation. Washington Post
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
RAIL MERGER PLANNED.
Hawley and Rock Island Said to Have
Arranged for Train from New
York to Frisco.

NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Lehigh Val
ley. Wabash. a section of Rock Island.
Denver x Rio Grande and the Western
Pacific, with through trains from New
York city to San Francisco, under the
Joint management of Edwin Hawley and
the Rock Island people, is the latest
transcontinental system put together by
Wall street.
No atidayits 90 with this report, but it
looks true, and the ticker seemed to con
firm it Thursday. If true, it explains
several mysteries Of the past year, and
especially the mysteries of Wabash and
preferred Denver.
Nothing official could be had on the
subject, except the admission that the
Rock Island and the Hawley railroads
are to have close traffic rea tons in the
future. The Chesapeake & Ohio is al
ready earning 10 per cent. on its stock.
and Missouri Kansas 4 Texas is earn
ing per cent. With the transconti-
mental system as outlined, and with the
Rock Island and Hawley roads as feed
ers throughout the country, and Chesa-
peake & Ohio as the lower Atlantic
terminal, the combination will be in eff
feet as great as any railroad system now
In existence.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30

three loaves of bread left by the bak.
er's boy. She succeeded in getting the
kitchen door open, where she devoured
all but the graniteware part of three
pound crock of butter.
Her appetite still unappeased, she
also ate the fancy paper off the
shelves, and in so doing pulled down
all the tinware and scattered It about
the floor. She could not work the
combination on the ice box, so moved
on through the dining room into the
sitting room. Mr.. Blank had the day
before purchased four new shirts at
$l.50 each, and these had been sent
home and were left in a bundle on
the couch. She considered" these, ate
all but few fragments, and went on
her way. She wrecked chairs, and
even a bed, and upset the contents
of tables by pulling at and eating the
covers
When the family came back late
that evening an affectionate moo of
welcome greeted them from the COW,
her head thrust through the parlor
window. Mr.. Blank said it took ten
men and a derrick to get the COW out
Of the house, and the cost Of repairing
damages would purchase enough milk
and butter for the family for a year,
sans care" There's a COW for sale;
she's no longer a big hit in the fam
IL,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30

America is not afflicted with attack Of German
in aslon" hysteria with Japanese jngolsm but
the'e naugurated in Washington recently move
ment which, 1t is believed will have almost wide
spread effect upon the youth of the land did the
recent sensational organization by Lord Roberts and
Lord Ashburon Of 100000 junior scouts" in England
when the whole British world went militia mad
The outdoor tournament field day held the
Congress Heights range, the first of its kind held
in this country. And this is only the beginning of a
great movement which, 1t is expected, will sweep
throughout the country the Washington meet serving
the model for those to be organized first In every
city of 100000 inhabitants and later in smaller
communities The outdoor shoot Is to serve sort
of college course for the boys who have learned the
A. B, Cs of the indoor shoots which have been held
here and elsewhere for several years.
Lieut. Albert S. Jones, secretary Of the National Rifle
Association of America, in discussing the aims and
Ideals of the Junior craftsmanship work, says;
I'm these days of crowded cities and strenuous work
all forms of exercise valuable to the growing boys
Shooting is interesting open-ar sport, in which the
skill attained constitutes valuable possession through
life 1t also involves physical exercise than Is
generally appreciated In particular, it develops cool
of under excitement, power of observation
and rapid judgment which are important mental quail
tiles
Rife shooting for boys teaches also moral lesson,
No boy smoke cigarettes and hold rife steady,
that in order to be good shot tobacco and alcohol
must be avoided For this rifle shooting either
as pdStlme or as lnary training Is essential IN the
upbuding of a strong, sturdy American manhood
1T is always expected that opposition will be met
with from those citizens who opposed to military
training of any sor-peope who still have Tory or
Quaker blood running in their veins-and who do not
appreciate that the highest duty which every citizen
owes after his duty God, is that owed nation
of which he is part. If become oblivious to the
obligations which devolve citizens to look
TO and safeguard the future then lacking in
patriotism, and the future is in jeopardy.
Under the plans of the government no boy in any
public is compelled to learn the rifle If
he or his parents object the matter ends there But
every boy should know how to shoot, he is something
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
MAID FOILS FIREBUG.
Fire Started by Person Who
Breaks Furniture

GRAND RAPIDS, Wis, Dec. -
Special. during the snowstorm Thurs
day an attempt was made TO burn the T..
e. kellogg residence just before supper
time, an unknown person entering dur
ing the pbsencc Of Mr. and Mrs Kellogg
ana the hired girl, Miss Clara Van Ert.
The blaze was discovered by Miss Van
Ert upon her return to the house after
an absence Of about fifteen minutes. She
found a rocking chair placed against the
door, and newspapers ON a table on fire,
She quickly eXtinguishcd the blaze. and
discovered that the rugs from the pnrlor,
pillows from the couch and some cugh-
ions were piled against the stove and
burnt matches were scattered around the
floor, which indicated that an attempt
had been made TO set the pile ON fire
one leg of the couch was broken. and
it appeared us though someone bad
jumped on the end of the couch. After
an investigation it was found that three
loaves of bread had disappeared. but
nothing else was missed from the house.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30

miraculously from the roof of a house
where they had taken refuge from the
engulfng waters during the night.
In the lower part of the province of
Ciudad Real, fifty houses have been car
ried from their foundations.
Death Roll Large.
Eleven persons are known to have
been drowned in the lower part of Gu
lad Rodrigo, city on the Aguada river.
Fifty houses have been carried from
their foundations and the death roll
probably will be large.
Village Under Water.
The valley of the Tonnes is possessed
by raging torrent. Bridges have been
swept away, roadbeds washed out, cat
tie killed and crops ruined. The village
of Tiguellino is under water. The Douro
river is out of its banks and the adjoin-
ing district has been badly flooded The
beds of the railroad lines leading toward
Portugal have been washed out and the
service is tied up. Communication by
telegraph throughout the range of the
floods has been interrupted.
Troops were dispatched to Salamanca
today to aid in the work of rescue The
railroad lines into Portugal have washed
out
Portugal Has Flood.
LISBON, Dec 24.-The rivers of Por-
tugal are raging torrents today follow
ing an unprecedented rainfall. The ma
terial damage Is considerable
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
COW IN A PARLOR.
1t Took Possession Of the House
when the Family Was Away

The placidity of the COW has been
a proverb for all time That she is
endowed with a good bump of the
curiosity that killed a cat" a subur-
banite learned to his sorrow one day
this summer.
Mr.. Blank lives in the east end with
his family of wife and five children,
the Louisville Times says They have
a cow that is pet, having been raised
from babyhood and now furnishing all
the tactical fluid and by-products used
by the family.
Not so long since, after Blank had
come In town for the day, Mrs. Blank
took the children and went for a days
outing to neighboring suburb, leav-
ing the house supposedly carefully
closed and the COW In her stable But
missing familiar forms and the sounds
Of domestic activity, she grew lone.
some and managed to escape the In.
closure and came into the yard and
proceeded to investigate. She climbed
the steps to the back porch, consumed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
BANK LAW IS INVALID
FEDERAL JUDGE DECIDES AGAINST
KANSAS STATUTE.
Grants Temporary Injunctions Asked b.
Bankers n Suit Against
Commissioner.

TOPEKA, Kan. Dec. 24.-.Iudge
John c. Pollock today in the United
States district court here decided the
Kansas hanE guaranty law TO be invalid.
He granted two injunctionS i'll ruling out
the law.
One case was that of Frank :. Lara
bee, stakeholder in the Exchange State
bank of Hutchinson, against the officers
and directors of the bank and against j.
\. Dolley. state bank examiner. Lara
bees contention was that II stakeholder
in state bank can object, and thus pre-
vent the participation of his bank in the
guaranty law. Judge Pollock upheld
this argument in every particular.
The other case was that of the Abb
lcne National bank against the bank
commissioner and state treasurer on the
ground that the state guaranty law is
unconstitutional. Judge Pollock granted
4 temporary injunction in this case, hold
ing the law imperative and fixing II bond
of $4,000 to be given by the bank pend
ing final disposition of the case.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
RHYMES OF ANCIENT MARINER
Heard in Hobbs Back Room by
GrcenpOint's Nurl<y Waters.

Heard in Hobbs Back Room by
Grcenpoint's MurlIy Waters.
Some wild, weird tales from off the
sea broke loose in town last night
when kindred souls of Jonas Horne, O.
the barkentine Belle White, foregath-
! cred in old HOBBS back room, by
Greenpoint's murky tide and cheered
themselves with glowing pipes and
something else beside, according to the
New York Herald AS usual, Jonas
held the stage. With chairs close
drawn about, he tcld how ringnosed
cannibals had failed to count him out.
81 was wrecked in SO" said Horne,
aboard the Silly Sue, and found my
self alone alive of all our husky crew
I washed ashore on lucky waves, and
woke up on the sands to find myself
a prisoner in rather hostile hands. A
bunch of six black cannibals, with
rings stuck in their noses, danced
round in glee. and | could see my flu
ure held no roses
They hitched me to a nearby tree
and held long powwow. ! figured
they were settlin' when to serve me
up, and how At last one fellow goes
away, and that was some relief. but it
seems that he had been dispatched to
fetch the native chief He stayed
away so boomin' long The other dubs
got sore, so they sent another fellow
Off, and that It only four.
Now, pre- soon the four of em
began to ge % weary they laid up
by tree to )ze, and that made me
some CHEEKY. And when tt four be
gan to snore this chicken got right
BUSY wggled and | wrestled with
ny ropes till | was dizzy. | yanked
this way, | pulled that way, | strug-
lgled like a steer, and squirmed and
turned until, bgosh! l pulled out free
and clear.
( And did | go away from there? Not
lyet! / wasn't through Says I. Now,
sboys. you've played with me- I'll have
lsome fun with you You see, those
'rboys were sound asleep their backs
against that tree, so | took the rope
:. ID tied me with and went to work
W. glee. l strung It through the
bloomin' rings that dangled from their
beaks clean round the tree and tied
Re ends, and left the dusky freaks.
! beat it quickly to the shore. where
bark canoe, and on my way |
ard fuss that tickled me clean
rough. Those cannibals had started
but found their noses tied. They
ught and mauled each other while
(ughed until | cried.
We'll off | rowed in their canoe to
mother island near where | found
ship-and that is why I'm able to
'7be here"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
LITTLE TIM" IS BURIED
Notabes in Every Walk of Life Pay
itute to Memory OF New
York Politician

NEW YORK, Dee. i.-Thc funeral
Of Little Tim" Sullivan attracted a
large crowd at his home aud the church
in East Twelfth street today. The flu
neral was attended by many notablcs in
every walk of life, from the highest pub
lie officials down.
The Bowcry and the east side were
particularly affected by the death of
Little Tim OF his followers he had
more than 1000 men on the city pay
rolls and he and his cousin, Big Tim
sullivan, were known as the most liberal
dispensers of charity to the poor of the
BoWcry district.
\ feature OF the funeral was the stop
made by the cortcge after leaving the
house and the church, at the club rooms
of the Il. -. Sullivan association, on the
Rowery, which was Little Tins" DO
Iitical headquarters, and where the many
thousands in the street uncovered their
heads while the band played "A dirgc.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
PLAYS SANTA. IS DYING
NEENAH YOUNG MAN IS FATALLY
BURNED AT CELEBRATION
School Building Is Barely Saved from
Destruction-Other Persons SUI
fe. Minor Burns

NEENAII. Wis. Dec. ~ Special
Horace ClemauS. Il young man. lies ut
his home fatally burned rs the result Of
his clothes catching fire while he was i'm
persOnatng Santa Claus ut a school
Christmas festival. 1t is thought that lie
will not survive. Others at the festival
were burned and the schoolhousc was
barely saved from destruction 10y fire.
CHARLESTON, H., Dec. n In the
guise of Santa Claus including "A heavy
false beard, to amuse the children Of
Charleston, Miss Clara McClory drew
100 near the candles of the Christmas
rec, her beard caught fire, and today
she is in Il serious condition from burns.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
COPPER MERCER ASSURED.
John Hays Hammond Says Utah and
Boston Will Consolidate

WASHINGTON, u. G., Dec. "a
Consolidation of two great copper CON
Germs. the Utah and the Boston, is MS.
sured Nothing remains but the formal
ratification of the deal by the share.
holders at the annual meetings 10 be
held in January. Tile idea of the con
solidation of the Nevada Consolidated
has been abandoned owing to pro
nounced opposition Of leasing stockhold-
ers. This was the declaration made here
last night by John Hays Hammond, a
prime mover in the enterprise.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
BERNSTORFF INSTRUCTED.
Speech Was to COuntcract Suspicious of
Pan Germanic Schemes

dH- NtIiidLlL DLutiIleS.
Herr Won Schoeu, secretary of foreign
affairs, took occasion to express himself
in the Erichsag regarding the recent
pau.Grrmlu criticism of Count Bern
>Jurl, the German ambassador tu the
United States. Secretary Won Schpra m
part said: Representative Ha~srrmauu
has touched upon the speech which Am
baSSudur BrwSi0rT delivered NOT long
ago at Philadelphia. This incident hats
lrd tu excited utteruuccS from portion
of the press. TO the responsibilities If
oar representatives abroad belongs, uu-
der instructions, the duty of opposing
imputatluUS against our policy where ID
Is observable that they iujurc our inter
eSt>. such a case is before lis. II Ger
taluly has not escaped your notice that
public opinion in America has been iu
cited against Germany, Repeated eu.
deHvor> havc been made to arouse dis
trust of Germany 10y describing our pol
les rs directed toward war with Eng
lend, and also that we look toward
America with the aim Of founding q
great colonial empire in the south Of
Brazil our ambassador to the United
States did not speak of the Panther
manic union His speech was directed
against every writer whose publications
are of "a character Ia do damage 10 our
reputation abroad and add difficulties 10
the work of our diplomacy Count Born
Sturtt undertook to destroy the ~ptctpr
of German colonial empire I'm South
America aud one cannot imputr 90 hul
hostility against good German patriots
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30

full as 10 the details which it ruumer-
ates.
It WIZ Toe understood that calls are
regulated according to precedence n qrr
all other social matters in the national
capital. The society woman must know
not only whom she is entitled to all
upon but whom she must call upon first
only one example of the series Of complex
rules and regulations which those fho
aspire socially must observe to the letter
if they are to be received according to
their official deserts in Washington.-Le-
roy r. Vernon in Chicago Daily News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30

to recover the relies, which had been
buried in the river bed. The scientists
dug up first of all the skull of a
mammoth, with part of the skin and
state of preservation. The right hind
foot was found next and was also we'll
preserved. The hair covering it was
from five to six inches in length. This
excellent state of preservation is not
In 1916 the remains OF a mammoth
seen by Adams had suffered so little
through the lapse Of time that its flesh
was eaten by natives, dogs and wild
animals It was on this same occasion
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1909-12-30
FALL RESTORES SIGHT.
Growth Over Eyeball Is Broken When
Patron of Skating Rink Takes
Hard Tumble.

GRAND RAPIDS, Wis, Dec. "a
Especial karl Pagel some time ago
had an eye injured when a piece of steel
entered the eyeball, practically destroy
ing the sight. He went to Milwaukee
Tor treatment and several pieces of steel
were removed. The wound healed up,
but the sight was practically destroyed
in that eye. While at the new roller
rink on Thursday night he fell, struck
his head violently on the floor, and his
sight was restored.
There had been growth over the eye
ball that was broken by f, jar. While
he has not quite entirely recovered he
as now able 10 see little bit, ana has
hopes that his sight will gradually i'm
prove.