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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
Badgers Lose Debates.

The University of Wisconsin lost
the intercollegiate debate here to
Iowa. The decision of the judges was
unanimous, the verdict sustaining thd
negative of the question, Resolved
That the movement of organized labor
for the closed shop should receive
the support of public opinion" ,
Andrew T. Weaver, Pewaukee 3
+ Ak A. Daley, Madison, and Howard
I, Lewis, Madison, represented Wis4
consin in the affirmative They conf
tended that the closed shop, although
admitted to regulate production. is esl
sential to the life of labor organizal
ton and collective bargaining. They
challenged the negative to prove that
the mixed shop is of greater value to
unionism than the closed shop.
Iowa's team was composed of Leon
Powers, ]. e. Ashton and Frank
Jones' They held that the closed
shop is not essential as a requisite Of
effective labor organization.
The judges were Prof. Floyd B.
Mechen, University of Chicago; Ed.
ward Sonnens leip, Chicago, and
James Gray. Minneapolis Journal.
Prof. T. X. Urdahl presided.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
Chicago's Clubs for Working Girls

girls pay fve cents an hour. This does
away with washing in the rooms and
may save, IL the girl is clever with
shlrtwaists, whatever her laundry bin
would amount to. minus the nominal
laundry fee to the house.
There Is no dormitory system. al.
though In a few large rooms tbera
may be three or even four single beds
Most OF the rooms. however. are for
two. and there are a number of sIngle
rooms in every club. Maids do the
chamber work and the general clean.
ing. for the homework there Is M
cooperation. some girls must ne at
their desks or their shops or their
counters early There is also n sew.
ing machine in every club for the free
us of the girls
In these Eleanor clubs the vopnp
women have much OF the freedom of
home. perhaps all that would be NOS.
sible in so large family. They have
the parlors and verandas for receiving
their friends and. so far as possible
the clubs are ruleless. The household
bills are posted every month in each
club, for. as the girls own money nav
them, It is only fair that they SHAH
see where and how the money goes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14

In preparing eggplant press 1t under
water instead of just sailing. as is GUS
tomary This prevents the vegetable
from turning black and keeps it much
crisper.
Tomatoes cannot be cooked in a
hurry. If you cannot give them at
least an hour. preferably two, do with
out them for that time They will
taste raw and offend the palate of one
who knows how they should taste.
Never use sand soap on porcelain
surer way to ruin the enamel. What's
the use of soap? 1t means only extra
work, and here is always the coal oil
rag, which is better
Lamp chimneys can be quickly
cleaned by holding the hand over one
end and putting the other end over the;
spout of simmering teakettle. Rub
at once with a smooth cloth or tissue,
paper.
Mahogany and other hard woods
can be kept in good condition by wip-
ing of with a channels skin wrung
from cold water and Immediately poll.
ishing with dry piece of ehamois.
In making a boiled icing the secret
Of success lies in taking of exactly,
At the right moment better test
than spinning a heavy thread is to
irop some of the syrup into cold wa
Ter. and when 1t adheres to the bot
ION of glass when pulled up it must
be taken off at once.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
DAIRY cow GAINS IN VALUE
Present System of Test Records Re-
sponsible for Most of Recent De-
Velopment in Industry.

tBy p. H. RAwL( Chief OF Dairy Divis-
ion OF Bureau of Animal Industry
There has been a wonderful advance
IN the quality of dairying cattle dur
ing the last few years.
The various breeds are improving
and there are more big records now
than ever before. Splendid records
were made during the worlds fair in
Chicago but the succeeding generation
of cows did much better at the st.
Louis exposition. We have a number
of cows today that can do better than
the holders of the old time records
that stood for years.
The present system of test records
is the cause of most a the recent de
velopment. We have the ring show
where the ANIMALS are judged on APP
pearance, and in addition there are
the yearly records that tell the pro
ductive capacity of the COW. The COW
of today is far superior to the animal
of the same breed twenty or thirty
years ago as her capacity and effec-
tiveness are much greater Without
the use of the accurate records many
"a dairyman could be deceived regard
ing the value of his COWS. By means
of records we are able to weed out the
poorer individuals of the different
breeds and the result is becoming APP
parnt with remarkable rapidity
One of the most important features
of modern dairying is the building up
of herds by crossing with highly pro-
ductive stock. Grade cows, or those
that are partly of high class stock,
are exceedingly valuable as producers.
The improvement in dairy conditions
has been gradual. but not nearly as
rapid as we wish" Some of the dairy
men have not taken advantage of
what Is now within easy reach. There
is still much room for improvement
in general conditions.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14

Anew YORK.-In the city Of New
~ York, where millionaires seem to
thrive like mushrooms in a cellar.
there is being constructed an apart
ment house in which a suite Of rooms
viii rent for $4,000 a year Probably
This rental is the highest that has ever
been asked for an apartment. even
such as viii be found In this house, a
series Of IS rooms and so many baths
that one would be able to use differ
ent one every day in the week and
two on Sunday without doubling on
his trail. It is the apotheosis Of lux
ury; the last word. so far as the hui
man mind of today can imagine, in
scandalous magniflcence. In other
words, the builders of this house have
set a new pace for spendthrifts in the
way Of living. A yearly rental of $18,-
900 is the highest that has ever before
been asked for unfinished housekeep-
lng apartments in New York city.
The new apartment house will have
II apartments-one on each OF the II
fioors-and five duplex apartments in
addition. The eleventh and twelfth
floors will be devoted to apartments
which will occupy all the floor space.
and these will rent for $4,000 year.
The apartments which share a floor
with half of duplex apartment will
rent for $4,000.
The architects have arranged the
suites so that each OF these big floors
shall have more and larger rooms than
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
This Murderer 36 Years in One Cell

beat then until they were unconscious,
stuck pins into their tender flesh and
stabbed and jabbed them with knives.
When this boy with the demon heart
was finally run down and forced to
confess he barely escaped lynchlng.
Only his youth saved him from the
hangman's moose.
Pomeroy's letter to the public in
general and to the governor Of Massar
chusetts in particular is a lengthy
document He cites many reasons why
he believes he should not have been
convicted Of murder and concludes
with an appeal to the governor.
In his plea he says Il respectfully
suggest that this prisoner may have
some encouragement in doing well. He
is no worse than his neighbors. Kind
ness is never lost on anyone, and this
prisoner has all his life shown him.
self responsive to kind treatment.
Public feeling against me is respons.
ible for the deeply rooted and persist.
ent newspaper misrepresentation all
these years, and that public feeling
was due to newspaper exaggeratln,
and notorlety in 1874. OF course II
cannot be denied that the crime was
dreadful and that public justice re-
CURED satisfaction: but the truth ia
no effort has been made from that
day to this to better this prisoners
condition"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14

Keep the separator absolutely clean
Milk absorbs odors readily and soon
taints.
Get the milk out of the COW stable
Immediately after milking.
Butter Of good keeping quality
must be free from buttermilk.
The favor of milk win vary accord
ing to the feed and other things.
The cost of filling the silo need not
exceed 81 a ton for the silage stored.
Courtesy pays with cows and the
sensitiveness of their natures demands
it.
II is far better to pay little more
and have COW whose performance is
good.
Pure air is necessary to health and
health to enable a COW to be pro-
Queer.
Until a COW has paid for her keep
ing she cannot return any profit to
her owner.
The demand for good high produ-
cling milch COWS is great. and steadily
increasing.
II has been said that the silo has
doubled the stock carrying capacity
and solved the problem of intensive
culture on thousands Of farms all over
the country.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
Wisconsin After Inheritsnce Tax.

Wisconsin After Inheritance Tax.
Unless all signs fail, Wisconsin
is In fair way TO collect mora
than half million dollars which il
DE the state under the inheritance
tax law. Frank L. Gilbert. attorney
general OF Wisconsin, has just come
from Washington The principal bust
ness which brought Gilbert east re
lates 10 various inheritance tax col
lections which Wisconsin state Off
Gals are attempting to make.
Chief among these claims is that
against executors of John s. Kennedy
who died In New York about a year
ago. Kennedy left an estate whose
estimated value ranges from 100000
600 to $70.000.000. He was a private
banker VI New York at the time the
Northern Pacific railroad went into
bankruptcy. Kennedy represented a
Dutch banking syndicate and acquired
100000 shares OF Northern Pacific
stock. He owned this stock at the
time Of his death. The Northern Pa
cific is Wisconsin corporation and
under the Wisconsin inheritance law
stock in this company devised by Ken
nedy is subject to taxation.
The executors are not disposed to
recognize the right of Wisconsin to
collect an Inheritance tax on this
stock, inasmuch as only a small pro
portion of the right of way of the
Northern Pacific is in Wisconsin. Gil.
bert insists this is not a true test of
the stat IS right, and declares that in.
asmuch as the Northern Pacific is a
domestic corporation all stock in this
company devised by Kennedy is with.
in control of Wisconsin for taxation
purposes under the inheritance law.
Among questions which have arisen
is that of the value of this stock The
law provides that an inheritance tax
shall be assessed on a basis of it's fair
market value. AT present the selling
price of Northern Pacific stock left
by Kennedy would yield about $685.
100000, on which Wisconsin would be
entitled to levy a tax of about $780,
900. but If the 100000 shares of
Northern Pacific stock were thrown
on the market in one day nobody can
tell what the result would be on the
price of the stock. In the ordinary
course of events there might be panic
on the New York stock exchange.
Gilbert held several conferences
with attorneys representing Ken
nedy's executors, but no final agree
ment was reached for settlement of
the states claim.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
Feed for Mich Cows.

Feed with hay and .silage or with
grain alone.
One-125 pounds of bran, 100 pounds
flour middlings, 100 pounds gluten
feed. Mix and feed six to eight
pounds (seven quarts daily.
Two-125 pounds of bran, 100
pounds of corn or hominy meal, 100
pounds cottonseed meal. Mix and feed
six to eight pounds (seven quarts
daily.
Three-75 pounds of bran. $50
pounds corn and cob meal, 100 pounds
cottonseed meal; six to eight pounds or
quarts daily.
Four-200 pounds of distillers'
grains, $50 pounds -four middlings.
Mix and feed six pounds (seven quarts
daily.
Five-75 pounds of malt sprouts, rs
pounds of wheat bran. 200 pounds glu-
ten feed. Mix and feed six to eight
pounds (seven quarts daily.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14

A delicious pickle is this. made from
sweet apples: Cut in halves through
the stem, leaving the core in and the
skin on. Put three cloves on each half
rs in picking peaches. then make a
strip, allowing for every six pounds
o. apples three pounds of sugar and a
pint OF vinegar. Add a few cassia
buds or pieces of stick cinnamon, put
the fruit in and cook it until is can
be pierced with splint. Pack the
apples in jars. cook the strip a little.
longer until thleAened and pour oveT
the fruit.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
Frear Files His Account.

Secretary of State ]. A. Frear FLED
a statement of election expense with
himself in which he notifies himself
that he spent sss1s7 during the re-
cent campaign.
Congressman ]. j. Esch of La
Crosse spent s942.20. Congressman /.
L. Lehroot spent $213.90 William
SINNERS. of West Bend spent $22S in
his campaign for state senator in the
Thirty-third district George d. Scott
of r-airie Farm spent s27 to be elect
ed state senator. Clarence Powell of
Reddsburg, Democratic candidate for
state senator in the Twenty-seventh
district, spent s261.90. Leo j. Evans
of Marinette, Democratic candidate
for state senator in the First district,
spent s326.S4 L. L. Urquardt of Med
ford, Republican candidate for the as
sembly, spent $29.4S, and C. A. Boor-
man of Grand Rapids, Social Demo-
cratic candidate for state senator in
the Ninth district. spent $685..
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
TO MAKE RICH BISCUIT
VARIOUS RECIPES FOR MIXING
THE DOUGH.
A MEASURE of Flour, Add Salt, Baking
Powder, MIX and Lard-Handle
Mixture as Little as Possible
Mix With Knife.

America seems to be peculiar in
Its impromptu bakings of Parker
mouse rolls. biscuits, and Johnny
cake, says recent writer. summar-
izing the experience of round-the-
world traveller with breads, brod. etc.
Just why the biscuit, and particularly
the baking powder biscuit, should be
considered such dainty / could new
er understand. Perhaps it is because
1t really does require considerable
skill to make L Cream biscuits were
my own first proud accomplishment,
but their making was forced upon he.
albeit my efforts we're rewarded with
bouquet which l did not deserve. be.
cause so much had been done for me-
that they could not be failure. II Is
easy to understand why beaten bis.
cult should be considered something
fine, but as for the other. it is easy to
see why the unsophisticated Eng
lishman, accustomed to calling all
forms of crackers biscuits. should not
be altogether satisfied with some OF
the things he gets in America called
biscuits.
Hot Biscuit Ito one pint Of sift-
ed -four add a half teaspoon Of salt,
one teaspoon of baking powder, and
sift again. Work in very lightly with
the fingers a tablespoon of lard. When
thoroughly mixed cut into it with
knife about one cup of ice cold milk
Roll out on a well Toured board about
three-fourths of an inch thick and cut
with biscuit cutter Bake in hot oven.
The secret of good biscuit is to have
the dough very soft, to handle 1t as
little as possible, and to bake in
very quick oven.
Hot Biscuits H.-One quart of flour
pinch of salt, two tablespoons Of
lard, two teaspoons of baking powder.
Wet up with cold water, roll out soft
ly an irch thick, and bake in quick
oven. Biscuits made with lard and
water are much lighter and better
than when butter is used.
Quick Biscuit.-Two cups of flour,
one-half teaspoon of salt, three table,
spoons of lard, three teaspoons OF
baking powder, one cup of water. Sift
all the dry ingredients into a bowl
and rub the lard lightly through them.
Stir in the water, drop the dough into
creased gem pans, and bake in a
quick oven.
Emergency Biscuit 1.-Two cups Of
-four. four teaspoons of baking pow
der, one-half teaspoon of salt, two
tablespoons of snowdrift, one cup Of
milk. Mix shortening with -four to
which salt and baking powder have
been added Add milk. Drop mixture
from spoon, allowing about one ta7
blespoon to each biscuit. Bake 20
minutes in moderate oven. This
makes from IL to IA biscuits.
Emergency Biscuit 1.-Two cups of
flour, four teaspoons of baking pow
der, one-half teaspoon of salt, two.
tablespoons of butter, one-half cup Of
milk, one-half cup of water. Sift dry!
ingredients, cut in butter. add milk
and water gradually. Drop mixture
in creased muffin tins and bake in
hot oven IL minutes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14

D OSTON.--Bent and marked with
- prison palor. Jesse II. Pomeroy,
serving life sentence In Charlestown,
Mass. has written his own story of his
crime and his efforts to better his con-
ditions shut away from the freedom OF
the world. He is now 30 years of age
and was convicted OF double murder
when he was only fourteen years Of
age. All these years have been spent
In solitary confinement and the pris-
oner declares he has never felt a
touch Of human sympathy or kindness
and no effort has ever been made to
better his condition. Il have no
friends" he writes II cannot get a
hearing from the governor have
been left 70 my own devices In my cell
all these years"
Pomeroy killed two children, a boy
and girl. after treating them with
berbaric cruelty. He inveigled other
small children into isolated sections,
stripped them of their clothing. tied
them to trees or upon boards and then
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
DOPE" FED TO DAIRY COWS
Manufacturers of Prepared Foods
Should Be Compelled to Give
Amount of Grain Mixture.
rRv NJ W KELLYN


The mixing of prepared dairy feeds
is becoming about Ike the mixing Of
commercial fertilizers simply the
amount of protein and carbohydrates
required by the analysis, with any old
kind of material used for filters. 1t is
time that we had laws compelling the
manufacturers of these prepared dopes
to explain just how much of each kind
of grain entered into the mixture.
There is something radically wrong
when la-sS milling company will pay
SIS ton for cat hulls and $50 a ton
for the dust that comes of oats to use
in preparing a feed mixture that farm
ers are paying $50 a ton for. Where
live can see every day tons of oat
bulls and dust being hauled to a fac
tory where carloads Of these mixed
feeds are being prepared. Is 1t any
wonder that we have sick animals and
that new diseases are constantly crop
ping out when we feed them poison
dopes?
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14

A TLANTA. Ga.-Atlanta's society
n leaders and club women put on
white aprons one day recently and
armed themselves with brooms to lead
a militant crusade against dirt in the
city's streets and back yards They
raised a prodigious dust. and found
the experience no less interesting and
no more strenuous than their accus-
toned bridge parties or dances. Incl
dentally. they accomplished a real
good. for they obtained the assistance
Of FIVE or six thousand housewives,
each Of whom agreed in advance to
set apart the day for a general clean
ing of their respective premises.
For this one day the municipal street
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
Women Sweep the Streets of Atlanta

cleaning and sanitary department
turned over hundreds OF men and lis
teams and wagons to the officers of
the Federated Women's Clubs.
These women, with the assistance ~
able ieutenants. chosen from among
the bellies of the city. directed a 70.
hour campaign, which had for it's oh.
ject the cleaning up of odd little cor.
ners and out-ofthe-way streets which
had not always come in for their fun
share OF attention under the routine
dispensation of the forces.
Other officers and members OF the
federated clubs. brooms In hand
showed by their individual examples
how much could be accomplished by
individual effort. and when the sun
set 1t was upon brighter. cleaner
city.
So effective was the onslaught that
In the first few hours more dirt and
trash was carted OF to the city DUNN
piles than had ever been carried there
within IS hours before.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
Costly New York Living apartments

can be found in private city dwelling
occupying the regulation city lot. and.
the number of houses in New York.
that occupy more than one lot even I'M
''Millionaires' Row" do not exceed a
score. The four principal rooms Of
each apartment-the salon. dining
room, living room and gallery-coyer,
$500 square feet, and they are 50 ar
ranged that they can be turned into
practically one immense room for en-
pertaining Each apartment win have
at least three or four real freplaces
where real logs can be burned; an In
GENERATING plant for the disposal of
garbage; vacuum cleaning system ex-
tended to every room; the latest heat.
ing, yentilating and refrigerating sys-,
TENS, and both electric and gas ranges.
In the basement there will be. be-
sides the individual laundries for each
apartment. large washing and ironing
rooms equipped with laundry machin-i
cry. There will be wine vaults, cold
storage rooms and two large storagel
rooms for each apartment as well. Two,
floors below the ground will be de-
voted to these and the power plant
which will heat and light the building
Ia addition there will be machinery to,
manufacture ice for use In the kitch-l
ems of apartments.
Those who have studied the condl-l
lions of Manhattan island, and whoI
have been most emphatic In predictingj
the era of overcrowding. will take this
sumptuoss tenement as real sign, of
that ultimate time when they believed
only business houses and the homes of
the rich will be left in Manhattan.
Other students OF the city life will seei
in this effort sign of that time often
predicted when all city dwellers will
live In cooperative apartments.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14

HHICAGO.-In Chicago there are
- what are called Eleanor clubs.
where girls OF all sorts and conditions
find homes Among them are office
clerks Of all descriptions. telephone
operators. milliners, bookkeepers, de-
partment store and other clerks. music
and art students. These latter are
encouraged to live. few ut every
club. since it helps the clubs and the
club girls in general
At these clubs the weekly board rate
pays for two meals. breakfast and din
ner If girl wishes TO take her
lunch with her she pays five cents for
three sandwiches and either fruit or
cake. for which downtown she would
pay about fifteen cents There is the
laundry also. which saves money for
the girls. For its use, with tubs, hot
water, irons, starch and bluing. the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
BUTTER SPADE THE LATEST
Cuts Through Print Easily, No Matter
How Hard II Is-creamery Men
Will Find II Handy.

When a knife is too dull TO be of
much use people are fond Of refer
ring to II as too dull to cut butter"
Whoever originated this remark
evidently had small experience in
cutting butter. as a good, cold, firm
print is not so easily divided as
most folks imagine. Warm butter may
not have much consistency, but cold
butter has. A Minnesota man has
invented butter spade which cream
erymen and dealers will find much
more effective than the long, thin
bladed knife they have been using
The spade is shown SO plainly in
the illustration that further de-
scription is unnecessary. IL can
be used either with the right or left
hand and provides for straight,
downward movement, which insures
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1910-12-14
Tank Outfit.

ter at the bottom OF the tank to be-
come more or less stagnant.
The only sure way of keeping the
water changed in a cooling tank is to
attach the outlet at the bottom of the
tank. The problem then is to keep
the tank full
This may be done by making an out
let, as shown in the cut; is an ordi-
nary metal pipe. which empties into
the trough, b. At a is shown hole in
the elbow of the pipe, which admits
air enough to prevent a siphon form
ing. AS soon as the water in the tank
rises to certain height it runs out.