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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-20

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The following report of the
Committee on Public Grounds
and Buildings was presented
and was upon motion adopted.
To the Honorable County
Board,
Bayfield, County, Wisconsin,
Gentlemen
We, the undersigned com
mittee on Public Grounds and
Buildings beg to recommend
that the following bills be
allowed, and that the County
Clerk be authorized to draw
orders for amounts shown in
column hesded "allowed. F"
Dated at Washburn, Wis.
this 9th day of Nov 1909.
Respectfully submitted.
Geo Mertz,
Luther Bates
Gle Ramstead,
Committee.
To whom For what
drawn purpose Claimed Allowed
& o Fur 90
Shades for Jail & Court f. 80 10 80 70
Thos Moore repairing walk 10 so 10 so
Washburn Elec
& power CO Lights court
House and Jail "a 81 GA 81
A Sheridan carpenter work 80 2 so
Herm Johnson carpenter work 81 4 81
George Fluck plumbing etc SO 40 SO 40
Steinert repair furn in Jail % 81 20 81
Tornado Mfg Co bug destroyer 10 IS Is rs
Bergman Mdse Is % 16 %
W Works Co water court
House & Jail SO 90 50 10
Ernest Sauve Rent Municipal
Court Bldg 100 90 100 90
James Albertson telephone
service 10 90 disallow
e O Furn Go Carpet sweeser
for court room 3 25 8 rs
Washburn Electric
Light & power CO lights for
court house and Jail 81 80 4S 80
sauve repairing End Nun
Court room In Iron River IA 95 disallow
Thos Moore filling behind
walks rs 90 Is 90
Bayfield, 90 Tel Co
Dental seven telephones
from Jan /, 1909 to Jan 1910
and sheriff toll bill las 90 146 90
The following report of the
Committee on Printing and
Stationary was presented and
was upon motisn adopted.
To the Honorable County
Board,
Bayfield, County, Wisconsin
Gentlemen
We the undersigned com.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-20

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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-20

576 Imperial Octave Papes. 251 superb En-
cravings from photographs taken By Bryan
Recsunts his trip around the world and his
visits to all nations. Greatest beck Of travel
ever written. Most successful book Of this
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employed The agents harvest
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cost OF mailing and handling. Address.
THE THOMPSON PUB. 10, st Leuts Mo-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-20

The following reyort was presented and upon mo-
ton adopted
Resolved that the following amounts for per diem,
mage Commte work for the several members OF the
County be allowed and that the chairman and clerk
are hereby directed issue county orders for
Dated this 9th day of Nov. A. d. 1909
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-20
Washburn, Wis. January 20. 1910
80 A YEAR. Advertising Rates made
known on application.

Suffered at the post-of1ce at Washburn
Wisconsin. as second-class mail matter.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-01-20

w. G. MAxCY, d. M. MAxCY. 9. o. SOwDER
President. Vice President Cashier
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27

on horseback" cody inquired Andre
Of nnny"
dsapprova 1T bit
Washington
there vulgar display
which Just
much the bottom noticed"
Dear will tell
show? Also, me the spuds" Andrew cOdy
There quit calling
potatoes spuds!"
There the cues lot of Shetland ponies
sweetest little kiddies! They anything
Andrew little Modified Die Cherbonnier
her
grew enthusiastic again she was regular
darling! She knickebockers
tai coat that came down the tops her boots
fire. l t. her!
All lucid costume know about
the young lady jumping her horse She rode
naughty again.
"Oh well old kill Joy" did ride
horse named RousabOu higher than
first time but she
backed cankd speed went over
like bird! guard horse pretty too
She only years
"a jump be cranked
up before starts Some spuds getting
hungry.
IF you are going to make fun Of you it, poued
Imogne Mr. Sobury Of th which are the
finest driving horses in the world and prize the
whole earth They worth forty thousand
how swell would up runabout and drive them
around the Speedway. Wouldn't be grandi"
IF them they would he the safedeos hoy
tonight and in the Horse
to fall down and break thousand dollars
liable to into dOar kettle engine on
They beauties hobbIe skirt tbs,"
See anybody known
Yes saw Mr. DrOOp with shepherds plaid cut with
Noriok Jacket and pearl gray vest mogene
Il didn't know Ned had his clothes Norfolk runated An
drew. See anyone
Yes, MI Hart Lansurghs He was il ann.,
brown with tie and musache said nogene
Sam there Ell? ffteh anniversary the
other day Sam has been with they started He was only
study from which he reused with Goldsmith going
to give another dinner?"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
MURPHY'S MASTERLY APPEAL
FOR FUNDS.

There is nothing more impressive
and heroic than the appeal of the ex-
ecutive committee of the New York
Democratic State committee for funds.
1t is a clarion call to duty. 1t Is elo-
quent. For example:
We feel that there are issues in this
fight which so transcend IN importance
all party ties and so effect all who
place patriotism above party as 10
justify and require the giving Of IN
opportunity TO all 10 share n the work
and have credit in the t,,umDh
While that may sound like pros
Pectus of the Get-Rich Quick WalImg-
ford variety, it is the summons Of
sterling patriots to their fellow pa
triots to save the State and nation.
Democratic victory viii meal the res
tOratiOn of confidence, an end to ex-
travagance, and the reaTn of business
methods, with tranquility and order,
TO the transaction of public business.
But this is the masterpiece:
This appeal is not intended for office
holders, and no money viii be accepted
from corporations.
Although the call is signed by more
than a score of patriotic leaders, there
can be no doubt concernin: the identity
of the author, for his name is mOdestly
sandwiched between those of other pa
triots. Only Charles F. Murphy, of
New York, could have had the courage
to declare war on the corporations and
publicly refuse their money. He has
been a bitter foeman of the corpora
tons for many years
Under his leadership it should be
possible to raise as much money to
elect Dix as was raised to defeat the
racetrack bill and to expend it with
as much success as that famous fund
was expended
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
LET'S GET OUR MILK FACTS
ON STRAIGHT.

Perhaps the widest of the many exN
aggerated statements made by ire
sponsible persons concerning the local
milk situation is that purporting to
show the number Of producers who shin
milk into Washington and the number
of retail dealers who sell it here.
1t has been emphatically declared
by at least one representative of the
dairymen that the number of retailers
in Washington has decreased from 45O
to so and that the number of shippers
who send their product to the city has
declined rapidly in recent years. The
conclusion sougL5 to be drawn is that
the regulations of the District Health
Department are so severe that farm
ers have been diverting their milk to
other markets or have been going out
OF the milk producing business, and
that retailers hSve been forced to shut
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
THE POOR BARBER AND THE
SAFETY RAZOR.

The barber gets it coming and going.
The high cost of living bears down on
him Just as hard as on anybody else,
and perhaps a little harder. while the
same old standard of Is cents obtains
for shave.
1t must be merely another evidence
Of the irony of fate that the instru-
ment which the rest of the males are
using to combat the high cost of Iiv-
ing is the same that is making the
BARRIERS burden harder and harder TO
bear. We refer to the safety razor.
Recently the BARRIERS held an interna-
tional convention, at which the safety
razor was the chief topic of talk. It
was recognized that the new nipple
ment is playing havoc with the ancient
art of barbering, but nobody could fig
ure out anything to be done about it..
As a matter of fact, nothing can be
done about it. The safety razor is a
boon to man; it is the solution of a
world-old and trying problem. It has
been joy and a delight ever since it
first took hold of the beard of civiliza-
ton. 1t will probably be a Joy and a
delight until we discover some wav
TO prevent the growth of hair on the
male face.
The safety razor has undoubtedly
cut into the BARRIERS business, fgura-
lively and literally, and the barber will
simply have to stand it. The safety
razor means that there will ultimate
~ be fewer of him. If he's wise he'll
look up the correspondence school
rates on telegTaphy, sd-writing, short
hand, steam engineering, osteopathv.
or some other profession not menaced
by the immediate invasion of safety
HAaOrs of one kind or another.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
Milk Shortage.

To the Editor Of The Washington Tines.
We have a gentleman here at pres
ent who Is lecturing through the pria-
cipal cities Of New York and New Jer-
sey. interesting the farmers and deal
ers' or rather the producers and deal
ers OF milk IN what course they should
pursue as 70 avoid a scarcity Of milk.
and how 70 produce this product at a
reasonable cost. l. G. Caroline IS
good talker- He tells US here Of their
misfortune In Maryland and Virginia
and the District Of Columbia as 10 the
scarcity OF both COWS and milk. and
gives Us good line OF talk as TO the
Cause OF the milk famine. as Mr.. Car
dine terms II. He tells US that there
are three causes
First, for the past five 5r more years
the demand for veal has been great
which induced many OF the dairyrnen
TO dispose Of their valuable calves for
veal at good price in order TO enable
them 70 pay transportation on their
mix from their diaries to the Wash
ington dealers This has caused a de-
crease in the number Of dairy COWS.
says Mr.. Caroline, Of Maryland.
Second, there has for the past few
years been tuberculln test scare.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
MISSING, BUT ALIVE,
INEYES Of THE Law
Contractor Croft, Who Dis
appeared In 1906, Not
Legally Dead.

Adam H. Croft. the Washington con-
tractor who mysteriousIy disappeared
April 26. 1906, is alive-legally
Such was the verdict returned by a
jury In the District Supreme Court to-
day by order Of Chief Justice Ciabaugh,
who declared that the evidence pre-
scented in an attempt to prove Groff's
death was insufficient TO prove the
theory.
The question as to whether Croft IS
dead or alive came up through the con-
test Of the viii Of his father, DiIIer B.
Croft, who died March S, last leaving
an estate valued at about 100000. By
the terms Of the will the bulk Of the
elder Grof's estate was bequeathed to
his sons. DR.. Chester c. Croft and DIller
+. GrOff, both Of Washington.
Adam Croft was left the sum OF 500
by the will, and his wife, Mrs. Pose
GrOff, and her daughter, Edna, re-
ceived requests of $1,000 each, while
Emory Croft, the missing mans son
was left 5000 The two grandchildren
Of the elder Croft filed a cayeat TO The
Will, and then arose the question as to
whether their father was dead ar alive
Attorneys H P Galley and Samuel
II. Maddox commended that the two
grandchildren could not be recognized
as heirs-at-law or as having any inter-
est IN the estate other than was pro
vided in the viii until it was legally es-
tablished that their father was dead
The court sustained this view, and the
question was presented % a jury.
After hearing the testimony. Chief
Justice Clabaugh decided the evidence
insufficient to prove the missing mans
death and directed the Jury to return q
verdict that Adam II. Croft is alive in
the eyes of the law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
THOMPSON SUIT
OUT OF COURT
School Principal and Wife
Reach Agreement As TO
Alimony.

Prof Reginald L Thomson, until
lately principal Of the Hamilton pubic
school and teacher In the Franklin
night school, and his wife, Mrs. Maude
Mckee Thompson, who filed = suit for
maintenance in the District Supreme
Court. have reached an agreement and
their domestic differences were taken
out Of court today.
Attorney Walter Plumley, who repre-
sented Mrs Thompson, formally with
drew the suit, with the explanation that
the school teacher and his wife had
reached an amicable settlement in re-
gard TO alimony, but would continue to
live apart He declined to STATE the
amount Prof. ThompsOn-has agreed 10
pay for the support of his wife and
child.
In her original petition Mrs. Thomp-
son alleged her husband had induced
her TO obtain a position as teacher in
school at Riverdale, Nd. and live
with her mother, Mrs. Cora V. Mckee.
at OLE Sixth street northeast. on the al
legged pretext that IL would help nav
for a home they had purchased at
Glendale, Nd their former home. She
ave-red that, In her opinion, the real
object of her husband was to rid him
self OF her and their child
experimenting her petition, Mrs.
/ Thompson's attorney filed two Aft
davits alleging that on the night of
the day on which the suit was insti-
tuted Prof. Thompson called at the
home Of his mother-in-law and Gre
ated a scene, threatening to "clean
out the house." and declaring he
would resign his positions and cut his
throat before he would support his
wife.
Prof Thornpson's answer to the
charge that he had failed to provide
for his family was that his wife pre-
ferred life IN Washington and a home
with her mother to living at Glendale.
where he nad provided a good home
for her.
Asserting that It was for the best
interests Of all concerned, Prof ThOmp-
son asked TO be relieved from his school
positions pending the outcome OF the
litigation. and his request was granted.
The rule ordering Prof Thompson TO
show cause why he should not support
his family was TetuTnable today, ami
the rule was dismissed on the announce
ment that the suit had been Withdrawn
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
"TattletaleS.

To the Editor o. The Washington Times:
read with interest a teachers reniv
70 'Justice's' complaint regarding pun
ishtng me innocent along with the
guilty Teacher says that Il is right
to punish all II the, innocent refuse To
deliver over the guilty one" I DO not
think the people OF this town agree
20 this view. I do not think children
in class are to be expected 70 tel on
a guilty one and 10 be punished Il they
refuse.
II has always been held u thar q
'tattletale' in school was a uespicabrs
character, and II a child who behaves
is 70 be punished because II viii not
''tattle" on another who Is guilty. I
am sure the verdict Of the majority
still agrees with Justice" in his com
munication-
The schools in this city as a whole
are Of the best and the teachers con
scientious IN their work. It IS well.
however. II air matters in which I'm
provement can take place
II al parents and all teachers would
Try 70 discuss matters together. Il
would result in much better progress
and a great deal OF good
JOHN E MATHEWS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
WHERE CONTROL OF NEXT
HOUSE WILL REST.

A peoples victory is at hand It
matters little what party nominally con-
trolls the next House.-CleYeland Plain
Dealer.
The belief expressed by the Plain
Dealer, one of the leading Democratic
papers of Ohio, is widely held
Nothing done in the last Congress
was so encouraging to the independent
voters of the country as the demon
stration that a spirit has arisen in
that body which viii revolt against
blind partisanship.
When Democrats and Republicans
Joined forces to defeat the House or
ganization the way was blazed for
material reforms and for needed legis-
lation which could not otherwise have
been obtained; but this was unim-
portant compared with the impetus
given independent thinking and indie
pendent voting.
As one splendid result, candidates for
Congress appeal for support today on
their own merits instead of relying
upon a party emblem to pull them
through, and the voters of the country
are looking back of the party label to
see the man, his character, and his
antecedents.
[ Of course, party organization viii
not be abolished, but there will be 9
limit to its power.
The whip OF the House and of the
Senate will find in the next Congress
that his lash has lost much of it:
| terror.
With Speaker no longer able tc
awe members into submission by a
frown, with q strong and cohesive body
of men, if not outside of party lines
at least ready to break out when they
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
SUPPOSE COL. ROOSEVELT
HAD KEPT OUT OF 1T.

If Colonel Roosevelt will look back
over the files OF some of the news
papers which are now daily berating
him for his activity in the New York
campaign, he will find that they were
just as much put out with him when
he kept quiet. Were they not then
demanding to know what sort of citi-
zen he was who, with all his influence.
would hold his hands and not come te
Governor Hughes assistancel Did
they not Indignantly inquire if he
proposed to stand idly by while Barnes
and Woodruff and Ward and the old
guard wrecked his party?
They are saying much that is bad
of him, but we are of the opinion that
it is mild compared with what they
would have said if the colonel had de-
cided that his political interests would
be best subserved by keeping out of
this very bad mess.
If he is so anxious TO become the
American Diaz" and if his confidently
anticipated defeat is going to put him
down and out, one wonders why so
astute a politician ventured into a
fight which was absolutely desperate
without him and which looked like q
forlorn hope with him.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27

and then at my coming I should have
received my own with usury.
Take. therefore, the talent FINN
him and give it to him which hath
ten talents
For unto every one that hath shall
be given. and he shall have abun-
dance; but from him that hath not
shau be taken. even that which he
hath
can't you, as a business nan. lust see
those three fellows? Haven't YOU met
their counterparts in your own exuer-
ience? The first two are about even in
the betting One had a better chance
and he made more money than the
other fellow because his capital was
larger, but he showed no more business
ability than the fellow whose working
capital was only Two talents for each
man doubled his money II. when the
Lord went away. the fellow who had
only two talents had gone and negctiat-
ed loan Of three more he would have
no doubt come out even, but ne was no
Plunger, so he did hts best with what
he had and very properly the reward
was the same
The other fellow Is the sort OF q man
who hides his savings in the blue tea
pot in the kitchen pantry, He won't In
vest II and he's too big a coward TO
even put II IN the savings bank. Did
you ever see a better argument for
savings Institutions than the one the
lord gives when he reminds this weak
kneed fellow that he could have PUT
the money with the exchangers?'
Can't you just hear that fellow whine
about the trusts doing him I'D when
the lord Of the three took his talent
away from him and gave il TO the fell
low who had doubled his money! III
wager he told hts wife that night that
he never did have no luck no howl
III also wager that he did NOT read
the business literature OF that day any.
more than you have time TO read il now.
I'll wager that he didn't know ANYTHING
about this system Of the money chang
ers paying usury on talents loaned 70
them. He didn't read their advertising
No, he was too busy knock 'ng the man
he was working for. I knew thee that
thou art a hard man.
Don't that make you think Of some Of
the Weddings today2 II that fellow
had just looked into the business liter
ature Of his day, had learned from II
how to Judge an investment what was
safe and what was wild cat. how To GET
his money out TO the best ADVANTAGE
how to invest that talent so he could
have made two more out OF il. haven't
an idea but what the lofd OF those
three servants would he.ve given him
q better job Than he did s.eher OF the
other two
Better cut those magazines and read
them, son. You NAV nm into i1lsr o7s
idea IN year that viii pey you for
al tne hours you have spent on them"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
Letters IN The Times Mail Bao

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
What is The matter with the digestion
Of those who have broken loose over
the marriage Of Harvey Brown and the
Dutch girIg
How have Harvey Brown and tbs
Dutch girl ''prnstituted our most sa-
cred institution There is nothing IN
the law Of the United States. nor Of any
OF the States. recognizing matrimOny
as a sacred institution At best matri-
mony is but a civil contract. and II
these people choose TO make a contract
70 suit themselves. whose business IS
it, The only question, Il occurs 20 me
IS as TO the amount. II makes a great
difference when the ciphers that follow
the initial figure are taken into consid-
Grafton.
These people we're too cheap. Had this
woman paid some Of the fabulous sums
that too many American women have
paid for an empty bauble-the privilege
Of calling themselves Duchess this
OF Marchioness that OF Countess the
other-it IS doubtful II many would have
troubled themselves about her, but she
was only a poor Dutch girl, so situated
that something had to be done, and
done quick; and. Ike a business woman.
knowing what she wanted. she went
about II in a business way and accom-
phshed her object
All this talk about marriage being a
sacred institution is fudge The Law
does not recognize anything sacred
about matrimony. and the law does. not
hesitate TO unite the matrimonial knot
whenever the circumstances Justify il.
J. c. DePUTRON.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-27
The Business Doctor
By Roe FulkerSon
IHAVENrT tim

a, (H AVEN'T time
~ ~ IL TO read bust
ST ~ ness literature, eh?'
%E-~ The Business Doc
L tor looked at the
$ $ $sss:5s;, g.. s On Is =
Too much theory and not enough facts.
eh2 That's all a true indictment The
first business article that was ever writ
ten came pretty near covering the whole
field I suppose you will be a little sur
prised when I tell you Il is the Bible,
but the fact remains that one OF the
best pieces Of business literature ever
put into print Is in the twenty-ffth
chapter Of Matthew and runs from the
sixteenth 10 the twenty-ninth verse. II
goes:
Then he that had received the five
talents went and traded with the
same and made them other i've tai
ents
And likewise he that had received
two. he also gained other two.
But he that had received one went
and digged IN the earth. and hid his
lords money.
After a long time the lord Of those
servants co1eth and reckoneth with
them
And so he that had received five
talents came and brought five other
talents, saying, Lord, thou delivered
est unto me five talents behold, I
have gained beside them five talents
more.
His lord said unto him, Wei done,
thou good and faithful servant: thou
hast been faithful over few things,
I will make thee ruler over many
things; enter thou into the joys OF
thy lord
He also that had received two tai
ents came and said, Lord, thou deliv-
eredest unto me two talents; behold,
have gained two other talents be-
side them
The lord said unto him, Well done,
thou good and faithful servant; thou
hast been faithful over few things,
I Will make thee ruler over many
things: enter thou into the joys Of
thy lord
Then he that had received the one
talent came and said, Lord. know
thee, that thou art hard man, reap
ing where thou hast not sown and
gathering where thou hast not strevy-
ed:
And I was afraid and went and hid
thy talent in the earth: there thou
hast that which Is thine.
The lord answered and said unto
him, Thou wicked and slOthful serv-
ant, thou knOWeSt that I reap where
SOW not and gather where I have
not strewed:
Thou oughtest, therefore. TO have
put ny money to the exchangers,