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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
MAKING GOOD ROADS BY
BURNING UP POOR ONES
"Gumbo" Roads After Being Fired
Make Excellent Thoroughfares.

Blazing trail of good roads through
the south is not d figure of speech, but
an actually, for many miles of good
roads are being made by setting fire to
poor ones, the result being what is
known as q baked clay road.
There are no poorer roads in all the
United States than the "gumbo" roads
Of the south, gumbO being the name
given a certain kind Of mud or clay
that is particularly sticky, clings tena-
ciously, seems to have no bottom and
will not support any weight GumbO,
however, contains a large percentage
Of organic matter which will burn
when dry, and as result road Of
this material properly prepared and set
on fire energies from the fiery ordeal
as perfectly good road and one more
over, that stays so for q considerable
period Of time.
The process Of converting gumbo
road into baked clay begins by blowing
up the roadway and making bitches on
the sides. Cordwood Is laid in a sort
Of flooring across the burrows which
run crosswise of the road. Great Jumps
Of sticky gumbo are spread over this
floor, along with more wood loosely
strewn about. Then q second floor of
wood Is laid and the whole covered
with gumbo. tamped and rounded of.
Fire Is now set to the road, and the
flames rushing through the burrows,
which serve as fues, ignite the wood.
After the heat has driven the water
out Of the gumbo this, too, ignites, and
the actual cooking process Is in full
swing.
'It is more than merely drying out
the gumbO," says @. FL. Claudy In Mo-
tor. ut Is a popularity of this gumbo
that at low temperature 1t clinkers, and
these clinkers when broken up are
quite different from the original Jumps
of gumbo. The clinker Is not only
fairly hard, but IL properly burned
will not make mud when mixed with
water. In this is the triumph Of the
burned clay road When the fire has
burned itself out the roadmaker has
not only thorough mixture of dry
clay and wood ashes, but good depth
of gumbo clinker, which he promptly
proceeds to break into small pieces to
spread evenly and finally to roll and
compact into a real road"
To all lntents and purposes the road
so made Is a fine dry stretch Of crum
bled brick.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
CARLYLE AND THE SEA.
The Ebbing Tide Gave the Philosopher
Text For a Sermon.

The Ebbing Tide Gave the Philosopher
a Text For a Sermon.
In John Foster and His Friend
ships" the author records an incident
markedly characteristic Of Thomas
Carlyle. The author finds the great
Scot at O'Clock one morning in 1870
on the Chelsea embankment gazing at
the Thames. Here is the incident.
hitherto unpublished:
l should as soon have thought OF
assaulting as of addressing him. Hap
PLY was spared anything OF the
kind, for the old man, reserved as he
was to the point of mOroseness-surh-
ness, his enemies called it-hoarsely
flung q query at me. The tide was
out, may mention, the river being at
It's lowest. where goes it2 Where
goes it2"
The very manner of his saying 1t
sharpened my wits, and gathered, Of
course, that he. referred to the stream
or what there was of 1t.
Smilingly replied that 1t returned
to the sea.
Fright, sir. right" he snapped out.
Then, relapsing into his meditative
mood, he said softly. but impressively:
1.-The great great sea Of God AL
mighty's goodness. and we are all re-
turning that way. Don't forget that.
sir-returning to the seattle great
lllimitable seal" With that he abrupt
~ turned away anu moved across the
roadway toward Cheyne row with that
curious slow shuttle habitual with him.
and saw him no more.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

PERFUMES !
OF FLOWERS.

GLOW sweet these flowers smell!'
you say as you hold them up for your
playmates to inhale the delicate OdOr.
Then you take them home and put
them In water, and all day long those
flowers continue to fill the room with
their perfume.
Something must leave the flower to
make this odor, yet the flower does not
seem to get any smaller. 1t must give
off something of itself to the air around
1t or you could not smell 1t.
The perfume of the flower comes
from what we call volatile oil-that
Is, an oil that will evaporate IL 1t Is
exposed to the air. Some oils do not
evaporate easily, and you might leave
a drop of sewing machine oil on piece
of glass and find 1t there days and
days afterward.
The most common Of the volatile oils
is turpentine, which comes direct from
the trees. AS these oils are continually
passing into the air the supply must be
continually renewed. You can smell
turpentine or benzine Instantly If 1t is
left open in room, and in a short
time it will all disappear or evaporate,
and a glass Of benzine would soon be
empty, as it would all go off in smell.
You cannot smell sewing machine oil
unless you put 1t very close to your
nose.
The flowers that give perfumes to the
air are continually renewing their sup
ply of volatile oil, which is very use
full to the plant In two ways. In the
first place the odor kills the tiny mi
crobes that attack the flower and would
otherwise destroy 1t, and In the second
place the delicate perfume attracts In
sects that carry the pollen from one
flower to the other.
It Is the flower that turns to seed and
the seed that falls to the ground and
produces other flowers in due time, but
In many flowers these seeds require
something from another flower to make
them grow, and this something is
brought to them by various insects that
fly about, attracted by the brilliant col
ors Of the flowers and their odor.
Some flowers have no perfume or a
disagreeable one. and these do not re-
quire the service of insects. Some OF
the smallest flowers, which are difficult
to find and might be overlooked, have
q very attractive perfume, which in
duces the insects to hunt them up. The
violet Is one Of these modest little ones,
and its perfume is among the most
delicate Of all.
So you see the odor OF the flowers
that you like so much Is not entirely
for your beneft. There are millions of
tiny insects In the world that enjoy 1t
just as much as you do, and even II
their noses are very small compared
to yours they know a good thing when
they smell 1t.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
COUNTY NEWS
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y BAYFIELD,

Press:
#. w. Babcock son of Mrs. Jack
Supple, returned from st. Barn"bas
Hospital, Minneapolis. "Wednesday
eve, Sept, Is, where he has been
since Sept 3, He has been suffering
for some time and while there, was
on the 9Th of Sept. operated upon
for gall stones by DR.. F. A..
Dunsmore, which proved very
successful; and Mr.. Babcock comes
home happy and says he Cannot
say words enough in thankfulness
Cor the SURGEON and the attendants
at the hospital, for bringing him
through his trouble SO nicely and
quickly.
J. w Dady, superintendent and
special disbursing agent of the
Red Gift Indian Reservation,
al nounces this week a forthcoming
sale Of lands situated within
boundaries of the reservation two
and one half miles north of this city,
which will take place on Tuesday,
November %. Mr.. Dady has been
working diligently for some time Oh
this proposition and has finally Sc
cured the cooperation of the
Department of the Interior in the
disposal of some of the non-compe
tent acres on the reserve.
One of the most brilliant and
beautiful dancing parties ever held
in Bayfield, will occur next Wednes-
day evening, October first. at the
Bayfield, Opera House, when the
Wisconsin Naval Militia will en-
tertain the people of Bayfield,.
J. HI. Sykes left this week for the
Twin Cities and other points on a
mission which may mean much for
the future development of dairying
on the Bayfield, Peninsula. Mr..
Sykes goes as representative OF the
First National Bank of this city, to
purchase graded cattle and blooded
stock for that institution, which in
turn, will sell the cattle out to local
farmers on long time payments.
This plan is the same in nature as
that practised by banking institu
tions of other northern Wisconsin
towns in encouraging dairying. 1t
has proven very successful and now
that the local bank has taken up
the work we may expect to see some
rapid development in the near
future.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Hyron's Burned Memoirs.

All lovers of Byron. are aware that
this erratic genius found time In his
short, adventurous life to write his
memoirs and that on his death these
passed into the hands OF his friend,
Thomas Moore, who, exercising a dis
erection committed to him, promptly
consigned the manuscript to the flames.
No doubt the writer Of Irish MelO-
dies" had very good and highly proper
reasons for taking this decisive step.
and it Is quite likely that the publica-
ton Of the memoirs would not, for OBJ
vious reasons, have been possible for
many years after the poets death; yet
as succeeding generations have been
brought face to face with the peculiar
ly complex genius of Byron, with Its
lofty moods and its many dark places,
they have felt need Of the light which
only the records written by vanished
hand could leave supplied.-Philadel-
Dhia Ledger.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
How the PONY Got Shod.

Billy was a fine pony, brought from
Shetland for little boy to ride to and
from school, as the distance was toe
great to walk. When Billy first came
he was barefoot, and when he began
his daily journeys he was shod for the
first time.
The blacksmith who put on the shoes
lived quite long distance from Billy'a
home, and the pony had never been
over the road but on the day he went
to be shod. A few weeks after the
blacksmith saw Billy, without halter
or bride. coming up the road toward
the shop.
Thinking the pony had strayed away,
the blacksmith turned him round and
threw stones at him to make him go
back toward home.
The pony trotted OF. but the black
smith had only fairly got to work again
when he heard a noise, and, looking
up, there stood Billy at the door.
This time, before driving him away,
the blacksmith took a look at his feet
and found that Billy had lost shoe.
He at once made a new one and put 1t
on and then waited to see what Billy
would do.
The pony looked at the blacksmith
for a moment as If asking whether he
was done; then he paved to see II the
new shoe was all right, gave a neigh
for THANK you. sir" and set off for
home on brisk tFot His master
knew nothing about the matter until
next day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Editor of TIE Times:

In the 18th of September issue o.
The Times l saw an article on view
ing the remains, written by citi-
zen.
This very timely topic, indeed
and it would be we'll if all the church
es would decide to stop the practice
The Norwegian Lutheran church
has done away with the custom o.
decorating the church in black aud
white at funerals and feel assured
that they will also take this step il
the line of reform and say: No view
ing of the remains here.
Some of the more nervous ladies
never look at the remains as they
pass the casket, but they must fol
low the procession, if not they are
liable to hear it whispered that she
has no respect for the departed.
Let those who desire to view the
remains call at the family residence
before the time set for the funeral.
Another Citizen.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
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{ IRON RIVER }

Friday morning at Ii o'clock, the
property OF the Iron River Water,
Light & Power company was sold at
a sheriff's sale at the front door of
the town hall in this city to satisfy
a mortgage of $40, 900 which is held
by E. B. Manwarning and B. G.
Cooke. The property of the COM
pany consists of the water and
power plant, the electric lighting
system and the local telephone
system.
Secretary Ripley of the Iron River
creamery reports that the business
of the creamery is keeping up re-
markably we'll aad that the falling of
for the month of September has
been but slight, while in former
years September showed a marked
decrease over August. The creamery
has been making more than twice as
much butter this year than last, ano
while it can hardly be expected that
another year will again double the
business, nevertheless everything
points to a great growth in that
line. Dairying is coming right along
in the iron River district.
Over 500 people had exhibits al
the Bayfield, county fair this year
and while the number was not quite
as large as last year. still the show
ing was a very good one. The main
exhibit hall has 5000 feet of floor
space and there were but two tables
in the entire hall unoccupied.
w. B. Clubine, owner of the Twir
Bear farm, and Chas, N. Townsend
one of the successful "sheep" farm
ers of the town of Trip. purchased
a carload of sheep apiece in the
South st. Paul market last week.
Mr.. Townsend picked out the stock
Mr.. Townsend has raised sheer
for several years and has made 6
success of the business.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

This evening, (Thursday,) Mr.. L.
Turheim, editor of bud og Hilsen, -
will conduct a service at the church.
Next Sunday service at 7:45 p. m.
and at Long Lake church 800 p. m.
The Ladies' Aid meets at the
church Wednesday afternoon, enter
tanned by Mrs. L. Sheen.
Confrmants meet every Saturday.
Norwegian class at 1000 and En- lish
class at HOO a. m. Thirty-three
confrmants have been enrolled up
to last Saturday.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
All Can Secure Licenses.

According to a ruling of the
Attorney General all persons who
apply for hunting licenses can
secure them. At the beginning of
the season some of the game
wardens stated that children urder
fifteen years OF ag could not secur e
licenses to hunt game in the state
of Wisconsin, but County Clerk
Nels M. Oscar has been issuing
licenses to all persons who applied.
A ruling was handed down by the
Attorney General during the past
week to the effect that al persons,
despite their age. could secure
licenses by aging the required fee
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
HURRY

Is often unavoidable, and when
it is you can depend on US to
throw the clutch over to the third
speed and do job printing as
quick as any concern. But we
prefer to have more time-time
in which to do the very best
possible work.
That job printing you will need
soon should be ordered now.
Then it will be ready when you
wantit. No one will be hurried.
If you are thinking about hav-
ing some printing done "next
week" please see us about it
today.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

Unappreciated Help.

The doctor was once called in to
treat the spoiled child of the family.
After his departure the mother return
ed to the room and told the child that
the doctor had complained that he had
been very rude to him.
"Oh, mamma" replied the child, 'he's
just an old fogy! He got angry be-
cause l put my tongue out for him
before he asked me."-Youth's Com
DaniOn.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
aavv. impure blood makes a

Heavy. impure blood makes a
muddy, pimply complexion, head
aches, nausea, indigestion. Thin
blood makes you weak, pale and
sickly. For pure blood. sound .di-
gestion. use B1rdock Blood Bitters.
$1.0O at all stores. Sold by all
Druggists.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Eqa and Fan Race.

This is supposed to be a child's game.
but their elders have been known to
take part in it and find 1t amusing.
Have blown eggshell and fan Tor
each one Of the players. Choose a GER
tain strip Of carpet for the race course
and place the eggshelis at the starting
point. At given signal all start for
the goal. each one propelling his indi-
vidual shell by judiciously tanning It.
the tanners being on each side Of tho
race course and not encFoaching
upon it
OF course the first one to reach the
goal is the winner. Those blown "0ff
the track" are out Of the race. The
shells should be dyed different colors
or marked In some way so that each
player may know his own egg,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
pOor Girl.

MAY l tell you the old, old story%
he asked.
She looked down, blushed and nodded
her assent.
30 he told her for the twenty-seventh
time how he once won the game for
Yale.-RrOoklyn Life.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
Key 10 Puzzleden.

No.. 213l,-RiddIes: !. thumb: z.
march g. smoke: 4, bEead.
No. 2132.--Charade: Patch. work
patchwork.
No. 3.-Mathematical Puzzle: Cox.
comb.
No. 2i34.-Birthday Box: Candy, ball,
top. horn. doll. ring. game. skate,
watch, sled.
No. 2135.-Pictured Word: FOrestall.
No. 2136. = Numerical Enigma:
Springtime. Words: Spin. sin. ring.
time. rim, gem, tie.
No. 2137.-ChaKade; Friend, ship
friendship. Il.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
n Was GETTING Near Midniuht

Caller-You know, there was some
thing ! wanted to say to you, but 1t
has quite gone out Of my mind. l
can't remember what 1t was. Maiden
ihopefully)-It wasn't good night, was
tt2-Womap's Home Companion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

Good house and lot for sale cheap.
Good location and a nice place for a
small family. 1t will surprise you
how little money will take it. In.
ouire Of w. A. Robinson.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

Don't let baby suffer from et zema,
sores or any itching of the skin.
Doan's Ointment gives instant
relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe
for children. All druggists sell it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02
THE ROAD.

8 l sing you an ode
2 OF the country road,
2 The lumpy road
And the bumpy road
3 That jolts the wagon and spills the
3 load,
2 Mud to the hubs when the rain
comes down,
& Flooded wherever the creeks run
3 high,
> Filled with ruts when the fields are ,
brown
And the sun is hot and the air Is
dry.
It's clogged with gravel and packed ,
p with sand,
So built and graded and laid and {
planned
That 1t takes a team
5 And sometimes two
p To do the work one horse should do.
1t racks the wagons with jolts and (
jars;
It ruins horses and motorcarH-
5 Keeps back crops from the market
? place,
Piles up debts on the farmers place. (
The old time road is plain dig
grace.
5 But the modern road is a different
thing,
A worthy theme for the bard to
sing,
Put together
For every weather,
, Smooth and dustless and good to
see,
And graded right, a. a road should
be:
Useful always and muddy never, (
D A thing Of beauty, joy forever.
-Berton Braley.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

Never can tell when you'll mash
finger or suffer cut, bruise burn or
scald. Be prepared. DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil instantly relieves the
pain-quickly cures the wound.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1913-10-02

For Sale-Milk Cows; fresh and
coming fresh. Inquire OF L. f.
Kinstler. Washburn, Wis.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-03-07

ton shortly before Christmas.
The minister's last post was in Lon
don. and he was transferred to the
Washington post last spring. His
family remained in Bangkok. and
sailed from there to Genoa. where the
minister met them in December and
brought them to their new home. Her
little ones are given unremitting care.
feature of the oriental mother that
10 most admirable. But she has leis.
ure to enjoy Washington at its best.
the soft weather Of early winter and
the gay circle of fetes.
The princess as . representative
Siamese mother considers her duty
to her little ones of paramount i'm
portance. and she gives every detail
the closest attention. The older is
= dainty little girl called Pantip. and
the boy IL Thevatia, and an important
member Of the family is q pure white
English bulldog. kim" He is their
constant companion and playmate.
and accompanies them on all their
excursions abroad.
She 10 proud of her country and Is
entirely conversant with the tremen-
dous strides which it has made in the
past twenty years. But the oriental
noblewoman does not concern herself
with such considerations except in
the broadcast way. Her sphere is def
nitely defined for the social and do
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-03-07
Finger Bowl
Is Under Ban.
Bio Checks Are Safe.

Uncle Ike" Stephenson demon
strated to some Of the employees in the
senate that man with check for
81, 100000 Is more immune from rob
berry than man with five dollars. 2
Senator Stephenson. who is said to
be the richest man in the senate, and
who loves to talk about his money,
showed some of the gaping senate en-
ployes a check for $1.5O0.0o0. 1t was
in payment of lumber md timber
lands sold to Louisiana company.
It appeared Uncle Ike had carried
the check several days. One employe
protested that he was too careless
with it and was likely to lose 1t.
''What II I did," asked the lumber
man. Nobody could cash It."
This is the biggest draft seen about
the capitol since the time. years ago,
when Henry Gassaway Davis displayed
one for $7,ooo.ooo. He had just sold a
railroad.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-03-07

ject- The programmes consist OF
works of women composers, and. after
the male portion of the audience has
been brought to q state Of compla-
cency" by the music which "soothes
the savage breast" lectures are deliv-
cred dealing with the achievements Of
women and ending with q plea for
the right to vote.
Mile. Brozia il of the opinion that
these artistic tactics being more sub
tie and just as lasting in their ef-
feet, will achieve much more for the
woman's cause than the more militant
methods used by some English SUI
fragettes.
It Is interesting to remember, by
the way, that 1t is Mile. Brozia who
is credited with saying that French
woman cannot really be well-dressed
unless she spends at least $4,000 a
year on clothes. This she divides into
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1913-03-07
Caught IN His Own Trap.

A plain clothes liquor enforcement
oficer, DESTROYS of catching violator
OF the prohibition law, approached q
suspicious looking individual on .
downtown street one morning, and
said In low tones: "Say. pard; could
yer tell Teller what's arful dry whar
he cud git dink o. red-eye?" The
suspicious looking individual, being
somewhat wiser than his looks would
Indicate. thought minute and replied
that liquor was pretty scarce, and that
he couldn't tell him thing. but II he
really needed . drink. he could get
him bottle for 81. provided he would
await his return in . very few min
utes. The oficer accepted. The sus-
picious looking individual exhibited a
shoe box to the ohicer, with the re-
mark, "You may hold this pair of
shoes % security for the 81 until my
return"
He made hia departure. The omcer
was complimanting himself on his
own cunningness. A half hour elaps-
ed and the stranger had not returned,
whereupon the ofncer opened the shoe
box, and to his uutter amazement dis
covered that he had already bought
4 quart of whisky, but the wise guy"
was nowhere to be found.-Exchange.