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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
Chicago Is Regular Migrating
Point for Feathered Tribe.
Henry oldys, Assistant Biologist of
United States Biological Survey,
Delivers Lecture Before
Audubon Society.

Chicago-Birds flock to Chicago the
same as Chicagoans flock to Europe.
This city is regular migrating point
for the feathered creatures, and for
a number of reasons. Pre-eminent
among them is the fact that the Mis-
sissippi valley is the regular route OF
migration of all birds coming from the
south TO the colder climes of the north
land. Flying far above Chicago during
the night, the vast glare Of thousands
of electric lights attracts them. They
alight in Washington park, Lincoln
park or some other alluring spot, and
at once begin their semi-annual work
of BODYBUILDING.
Henry Oldys, assistant biologist of
the United States biological survey.
delivered a lecture on birds and bird
music before the members of the Illi-
nois Audubon society at the Academy
of Sciences in Lincoln park. In the
course of his dissertation upon the
subject he made remarks of which the
foregoing paragraph Is only brief
summary.
Mr.. Oldys declared, for it is directly
in the path of their fight north and
south. The Mississippi valley is
known as the bird route you know
The fact that Chicago is Chicago, that
1t is a city stretching miles one way
and miles in other ways and that 1t
has thousands and thousands Of cleo
trio lights glazing at night, make 1t
one of the largest towns, speaking In
terms of bird habitation, in the coun-
try.
And if it were not for the fact thai
there is so much smoke hanging over
Chicago" Mr.. Oldys declared. in com
menting upon his talk delivered before
the society, there would be many
more birds here OF course, the lit
tie creatures will shun smoke, as
human being will. Can you blame
them?"
Birds are attracted to a city in a
strange manner" Mr.. Oldys went on.
AT night they are drawn by the glare
of the lights, as I have explained, and
in the daytime they are lured by tall
spires. Lighthouses are especially at
tractive to them and many of the lit
tie animals meet their death each
year by showing too much curiosity
and flying against the framework or
panes of the lamps.
"Of my own knowledge can speak
of one bright morning where the stiff
ened bodies of $50 birds we're picked
up from the base of the Washington
monument in Washington. On ain av-
erage of seven hundred month die
by flying against the statute OF LIB
erty in New York harbor."
Another interesting observation
made by Mr.. Oldys was the effect of
weather upon birds. He declared that
a bright day and lots of sunshine sent
the little warblers high to the topmost
branch of the tallest trees in the
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
Things That Are No, said.

"Gluggins. I've just read that mag
azine story Of yours; It's rotten"
Mrs Mcguire, you're about seven
years older than your husband. aren't
your
Yes. slrl I've got match. but not
to light that nasty tAing with"
"Mcstab. II you want anybody to
go your security on that note you'll
have to ask some chap who doesn't
know you"
Il guess I'll have 10 marry you,
Algy. you're my last chance"
The editor ~ the Bugle hereby
acknowledges serenade by the boys
Of the silver eornet band last night.
They tortured US for more than an
hour. We suggest that they sell their
horns and quit They can't play for
shucks"
Il didn't expect you TO buy this
book. Mister: was only practicing
my piece on you"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
H0BBLE SKIRT ON A LADDER
Garment Proves Its Worth to Woman
Who is Inadvertently Locked in
Department Store.

Buffalo n. Y,-The spectacle q IA
woman descending a ladder from an
upper story of big department store
provided entertainment for several hun
bred people.
When the excitement was over a
policeman remarked:
The hobble skirt is INDICATED. It's
a great thing for woman on lad.
der"
Patrolman Pike saw the woman at
an upper window of the store. late in
the evening. She was crying hysteri-
cally and trying to attract the atten.
ton of persons in the street.
A long ladder was secured near by.
I'll come down alone" she said, and
she did, the crowd cheering as she gin
gerly picked her way down the 55-foot
ladder. She proved to be an employee
who had been inadvertently locked In
by the Waterman.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
LARGE electrical Plant.

On a modern steamship the cleo
trical power plant is no small installa-
ton. The steamer Olympic is to be
provided with four units generating
2,144 horse power This power win
be employed in lighting the vessel
and for radiators ia the first class
quarters, for cooking purposes, for
operating various machines. cranes,
winches, etc. and fOr running TO
passenger elevator and eight freight
elevators. The ligh ting system viii
total 100. 900 candle power.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
ATTRACTING" LIGHTNING.

1t is a popular fallacy that small
steel objects, such as scissors or
knives, will attract lightning" The
destructive flashes which need be
feared range anywhere from 200 feet
to a mile 81 length and are commonly
Of 50,0O0-horse power. while their
cross sections are like those Of iron
bars heated to whiteness. 1t is.
therefore. silly to suppose that such
an insignificant thing as a pair OF
scissors would attract such a force
out Of its path. and it is equally silly
to believe that plate of glass or "a
few inches Of feather bedding would
bar it's progress once 1t were started
toward you.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
EASY TO CREASE TROUSERS
Electric Pressing Iron Adapted to
Slide on Vertical Rod Needn't
Remove Garment.

In order to enable a man to crease
his trousers conveniently and without
removing them. an ingenious inventor
has constructed an electric pressing
iron adapted to slide on vertical
guide rod, says the Scientific Amer
lean. The latter is fitted with stir
rup at the lower end for the operators
foot, and a handle at the upper end
by which It may be held steady. The
pressing iron consists of two spring
pressed, electrically-heated plates: be.
tween which the material to be creased
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31

This is permitted by the contest rules
on condition that the time OF the man
and the horses thus employed Is
charged against the crop. But when
the time for cultivating came the
boy found that all the horses on the
place we're not only busy, but worked
to their full capacity It was hard
for the father to spare a team for 50
much as a day. although he was in
sympathy with the boys ambition.
The boy. however. decided that his
acre must be cultivated when II need
ed cultivation and not when 1t was
convenient. When In this mood his
eve fell on the two goats which in
habited the stable. They were speed.
lily broken to cultivator" and with
them he did the entire work of tend
Ing" his acre, which produced fifty
bushels according to the witnessed
rneasurement-Succ Magazine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
Move! ScarecroW.

A scarecrow that is really effective
in keeping birds out Of grain fields
and orchards is claimed by an Aus
TRAN electrician. A clock is connect
ed to a primary battery circuit so as
to cause a frequent ringing of a Sc
ries Of bells, and the birds are kept
too disturbed and alarmed to do dam.
age
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
| ELECTRICAL.
4 NOTES y

Seventy square feet Of belt sur
face minute will transmit one horse
power.
Retaining devices have been in
vented to prevent telephone receivers
on shipboard from being swung out OF
place by a vessels motion.
French farmers are experimenting
with a prolific potato imported from
Uruguay which perpetuates itself from
broken roots left in the soil.
To a Kansan has been grant
ed a patent for a shade provided with
spring fingers TO grasp an incandes-
cent lamp globe in any desired posi-
ton.
A new automatic fire alarm consists
OF a series Of pipes filled with fluid
tat win expand when heated. Great
ing a pressure on the pipes that oDer-
ates a danger signal
A portable wireless telegraph out
fit including engine and sectional 60
foot pole, which can be packed for car
rying on horse. is being tried out
by the British army.
For the convenience o. travellers
there has been devised a pocket cleo.
tric heater. which, attached to Hgh.
socket by q cord. viii boil quart Of
water IN three minutes.
tank to hold $4,000 gallons Of wa
ter. which will be whirled by an cleo
trio motor TO simulate a whirlpool,
Will 1e a novelty for bathers at New
York the coming summer.
A telegraph wire strung through the
country will Last about four times as
long as one passing through the city.
Mrs. Rose Terry Of Klamath, Ore.
10 said 10 be the only woman In the
country In active management Of a.
electric lighting plant
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
BACON KILLED BARD OF AVON

gator insists that everything tallIes
exactly with his cipher forecast and
maintains that Bacon recognized the
adaptability Of the disused bridge
structure as place for the burial Of
his manuscript Doctor Owen is
working on the property Of the Duke
OF Beaufort, having been directed
plainly to this particular spot, he says,
by the cryptograph which Bacon left
in order to establish after his death
that he was the author of the Shake
spearean plays and various works &C
credited to others.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
wIrsleas on AustrIan vesseIs.

The Austrian minister of commerce
has Just issued the first maritime or
der enforcing the use OF wireless
telegraphy on all seagolng passenger
ships. Any Austrian ship going be-
yond the portals of Gibraltar or Alden
with passengers aboard must be
equipped with the wireless apparatus
as a measure OF safety and protection.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
LONDON GIRLS RIDE ASTRlDE
Rotten Row in English Metropolis
Presents Some Odd and Striking
Costumes for Equestrlans.

London--In Rotten Row have ap-
peared number Of girl equestrlans
who openly ride astride. costumed like
their brothers IN riding breeches and
CATERS. One little horseTnman made
a pretty picture in coat, riding breech-
es and long CATERS all In nut brown.
with brown velvet jockey cap perch
ed above her hair.
Brown and gray tweeds are now in
later favor among horsewomen
than the black or blue cloth formerly
considered the only color for riding
habits. The orthodox bowler hat has
been completely displaced by the soft
felt hat with straight brim.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
Rapid SPEED.

In 1902 in a German government
test an electric trolley car made an
average speed Of !2s miles an hour
while the fastest recorded speed Of a
steam locomotive is 120 miles in an
hour. A carrier pigeon in a 10omile
fight in 1900 few a. the rate Of IS u
miles an hour. which has been nearly
equased by the fasteC. motorcycle
s4iz miles.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
rhlsrs Doc to Be KILLED.

Paris, A dog named Phanor,
trained by its mistress, a Paris shop
litter, to pull her skirt whenever it
saw policeman. IS lying under sen
tence Of death for theft The dogs
mistress was caught red-handed By
policeman in plain clothes. whom
Phanor could not detect. and was sen
fenced tn a term Of imprisonment.
PhanoT was ordered to be destroyed
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
RECORD PRICES FOR STAMPS

cluded a. fine copy of the three-cent
New York, 1912. on original cover and
Cancelled in red, New York, December
"a, 2 cts" showing that it was used as
a two-cent stamp, sS5; a block Of 70
three-cent blue, issue of 1912, unused,
$3.50, and a one-cent black envelope
stamp of Philadelphia, 1851, 500.
The sale will be continued today. It
is expected that the collection will re-
alize about $4,000, making it the most
important so far of the present season.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31

tenths Of a cent, says the Popular Me-
chanics. When not in use 1t can be
instantly detached from the socket.
AS the diagram shows, it is a small
cylinder of perforated metal, only five
inches long. by one and one-fourth
inch in diameter. 1t has a capacity of
six amperes, lit alternating current
maximum.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
| THE
ELECTRICAL
World
HANDY LITTLE WATER HEATER
Made so Small II May Be Carried Con-
venlently In Pocket-Attaehed to
Ordinary Socket.

One OF the most convenient OF wa
ter heaters yet invented is so small
that it can be conveniently Carried al
a pocket, yet it will boil a quart OF
water in three minutes when attached
to an ordinary electric light socket.
The cost Of bringing quart Of water
to the boiling point Is only three.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31

Turin.-Tbe Turin exposition cale-
brating the jubilee Of Italian nnihca-
ton. vas opened here the other day
BIZ King Victor Emmanuel and Queen
Helena IN tne presence Of 10000 speo
tatorR
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
Used Goats for plowIna.

A resolute boy, living in Arkansas
contrived 70 get his father 70 plow
his contest acre according 70 the gov
srnment method Of deep blowing.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31
Electric Animal Trap.

stretched sufficiently TO bring the two
open contacts inside together. clos
ing the circuit and sending of the
charge.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31

Don't make the road any harder
Ian it is by pointing out all the
thorns that have lain or mar still lie
along the way
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-05-31

30 you want absant treatment"
Not at present.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07

no right to criticise neither the administra.
ton proper nor the police. -- !
HOW THE POLICE ARE CORRUPTED.
Policemen are human beings, and % q
rule are born and brought up in the CON-
munity where they work. To help friend
10 not only noble sentiment In itself but
10 cultivated to . practical extent more
among the so-called lower classes than any
where else. Consequently. sincs the aver
age policeman has never had any loftier
standard than to help friend In nssd. and
since the ward politicians have made them
selves his friends. he 10 ever ready to assist
them BY "votins right" and BY influencing
az many votes ~ possible among bic rela.
tives and acquaintances. Thus, in the prac-
teal hunt for votes BY interruptions politi-
cal leaders, to control the voting power Of
q police force 10 not only to control the
votes cast By the men themselves but also
the I'VE or ten times ~ many votes which
they may influence
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07

susA testimony was no doubt insufficient but
Il was perfectly obvious to everyone, in
cludins the Judge, that the defendant saloon.
keeper had sold whisky In defiance and vio-
latioa Of the law. BY another magistrate
anothsr Interpretation might have been put
spon II or else another line Of questioning
might have been suggested and followed to
Q conviction.
Last year, before the magistrates Of the
I've bsReuOhs Of GREATER New York, there
wsrs approximately 900 arralsnnents Of
not lsss than 100000 individuals The
tine allowance for The hearing Of each case
IN thess courts averages ok to seven min
utss-it y recorded that one hundrsd cases
havs bsa disposed Of b - many minutes.
1tsQusnkly % may % four hundred cases
az hard IN eas session Of the night court.
. great majority Of them dealing with pros
titutiss. In 1908 the Police Department
records show that, Of l47 arrests made n
IL TSadssIei1 prsei.st and ths eases
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07

shows a ahosaes Of Aelsstg ~ ~ nth
on the part q the pSeDs. ~. ..,. -.
MORE TINE AND pD1.aMlK1D ACTIONS.
II mors tine and detefmilsd actioa wsse
taken IN purgins ths criminal courts ~
scrutinising those Who prssi1s ovse tAe0
instead u eondsmains and vilifyiAg IL
polics tie results would - astsaleAA0.
There ar plenty Of nea h every laa0s
community whs, with proper baekin0 ~
eneouraeement, added to their better tRslAr
Ing for the bench than the average psssll-
ins police magistrate has hsA, would w1ll-
iasiy unasstaks thu nest inDsetaAt 49,
II they vefs sought cut by tie asoeanti1g
powsr-ths mayor. But tAses again. the
appointing power - esaseally Ae1tidsl With
machine politics. nay eve net only biz
election to inscriptions polftieiana. but even
bis nomination to promises - BIB part.
Thu striking ct he root Of The vhess T.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07
MGenera1
= Theodore 1
R'18Rt'"

temper their insolence with such cunning as
to render 1t very difhcult to disgrace and
GUST them upon evidence. Their removal In
New York City can only follow impeachment
before the Appellate Division of the Supreme
Court. In recent years only two o. the six.
teen magistrates In Manhattan and Bronx
Boroughs have quilted Office under fire. one
resigning and the other being removed By
the Appellate Court on charges growing out
CT prostitution cases.
Obviously 1t Is in the class Of minor
crimes that the thriving business Of the
police courts Is done and their great infiu-
ence among the criminal classes exercised.
1t is so easy for the police magistrate simply
to say: evidence insufficient. Case dis
missed" As can readily be seen, in thous-
ands Of minor criminal cases It would In
volve the city in enormous expense to have
them appealed and taken 10 the next higher
court. It 10 the rapid accumulation Of such
cases that affords the dishonest magistrate
an opportunity to cover his traces and at
the same time make friends among the erim
inal classes who pay with votes and inflv-
ence at election time.
A prominent Tammany leader and men,
Der Of the Board of Aldermen. never accused
Of being morally fastidious. recently admit
ted frankly to me that h. was the friend
Of thieves. "Sure l an" he emphasized.
AN why shouldn't BET Poor diyils, they
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07

have no friends. Sure. I'll bail them out
and get them a lawyer"
When such a man sends word to a police
Judge, a man on whom that Judge depends
for political preferment, to be easy on So
and-So. 1t is not hard to see why the magis-
trate browbeats and abuses the police, gives
every advantage to the shyster lawyer In
defense, and finally shouts that tho evidence
is insufficient, discharges the prisoner, and
arraigns the police for arrestins "hsnest"
citizens on such evidence. have reason to
believe that one attorney, whose shadow fire.
q-ently falls around Tammany Hall, comes
pretty near representing Ill the good pick
pockets In New York. - Another, who - .
prominent member of the Bar Association.
has a record for pulling gambling house
chestnuts out Of the IRE, while two q thRss
others have boasted Of their ABILITY to ~
cure immunity for vislators Of The sIslss
law, though these cases are quite easlly d.
posed Of. For example, rssentiy haopsasd
into one Of the criminal courts 0aeiAS tAs
hearing Of IN excise osss. The patroaaaa
who had made the arrest va tssti9ying.
DO you know whisksyr ~ W. asllsl
BY his attorney.
"Yes"
"How DO you know IT. Ever d1ink nY'
yes"
"Was the whisky IN The eaos lseDsnAol
OF distilledf'
"D1stillsl, think"
ibid yeu ~ Il llstH1elr
NO"
"Have you he'd It alalysslr'
NO"
mo evidenes," intesruptsd ~ essrt: -,
addressing the defendant, "DischafUsd." On
der the law IL svi6sAes - bosAo ct ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07

the courts for making them and condemned
by tho public again because 20 few convic'
tons are obtained. Such criticism 10 fire.
quently merited and quite frequently has
beneficial results. But 1t 10 discourasins
to hold the police responsible for the errors
and veniality Of police sa0istrutes. Yet
even judges Of higher courts have fallen
into this error. In sentencing notorious
thief and East Side thug, whose arrest and
conviction were accomplished BY the poles
I'm tho face Of disheartening and determined
resistance on the part Of powerful politi.
clans, Z Judge Of one Of the highest courts
In NV York said:
1.-THE conduct Of the police in this case
was shameful. They discharged the de-
fendant in the face Of all the facts. II
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07

Among the 10000 msn who eoustitut,
tho Police Department Of 0fsater New York
fully % per csnt. are, in my opinion, hon.
ct. That Il, they win not knowingly &C.
cspt graft nsnay In payment for b3sdts
and protection which IL Il In their bower
to extend. On ths other hand-aad I do not
believe n unlsif n tlis ssanats-aft,en
pr cent, OF frea 1900 - 1870 member
OF the fsrss. an uaseFs0uisus sraseers
wAess hands ~ always cut NJ sasy msasy.
That this shsuA b howa b he he'd q
IT, DEPARTMENT ana ao0assatlv ignossl b
hard for the average eitisen to unlespts,A,
Unfortunately, however, the police eon,ais.
sionsr 10 only the nominal head Of the Puales
Dspastmsot IN New Yofk City in that 10
Is appointed and IL subject at any time :,
renewal By the Mayor. On the other hand
. poaiesDaa = yistsDlly 4 policeman for
life q, ulsr ~ New York Law, all zen.
tsaess 4 disnissal b the con0issioasr o.,
subject b rsvAben By tAs courts. 10 neke
this pooenDf:- II nsa ~ Dsnsionsd OF On
reaching he - lia1e, q Tor other lesdtd-
nats saasss, ~ ~ required Aurs.s tAar
tine Of sssviss - ssats1buts ~ 20 e0t
4 tAsir saiass0 tsWasd ~ naiaee.a.sa al
~ Ds1Asa ~. O ~ sfoud, tAsv,npe>
tAat nsa1as e IL Sorvs hsvs Q 49,
right h ~ Dsasisa fund, aGesai.e -
sssst pfseessssa .sn6se . IN fzaasd ana
49, y IL lsat64aak IL es0nia1sase
dseg6osl h u fnA.osaekl pu.pss. e
- sose-eAe olgess0sat 4 Aeslpii,A
Dha1e1s ~ ~ Ssssessa 4 vssasl n
tsssG sAsuA b * ahsseuoaiy sDan1n,
ist - It'd RsessG 1s alanAual y M
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07

brought before one magistrate. IN ex-roush
and Tammany leader, only four sentences
to Imprisonment were imposed, nearly halt
the cases were dismissed, the others sscap-
ing with minimum hnes. Such slap.dash
judicial action u recorded Of no other city
In the world. sse-a.s1 ..-...-e
Take the matter Of automobile speeding
% another order Of police magistrate bust.
ness. have personally Oivs9 great atm.
ton to this form Of law brsakins; snA the
helter-skelter way in which Justice =.
feated II simply outrageous. Finally, how
ever, duriag the course Of ny invsstigstien.
some Children were killed, and there arose
public demand that the guilty parties b
punished. Result: For . few wssks The
judges did their duty and dealt severely
with reckless chauReurs, temporarily -
ducing the evil and showing what the courts
can DO under pressure. a.. ~
Meanwhile the police are abused oy the
public for not 0ak1n0 arrests, aSassd ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-07

raoralizing system. the appointing power
has mort;aged himself to reward his poIit.
cal supporters with every available office
including even tie Judiciary. which, In turn
rewards the criminals vto have boosted tha
appointing power into Office.
The Ak to cut the circle Is the vote Of the
citizen who. falling to exert himself to elect
la strong honest mayor-no weakling-has