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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

pay a small fine. Let us re-
fer to our statutes. Sec.
1850 provides the medicine,
fine or Imprisonment for each
member Of the council who
refuses to vote for the revo-
cation of the license when the
charges are proven. we'll
even if they are convicted.
fined, and the license revoked
we tax payers cannot get the
$1,000 cash license money
that we would expect July
1st to defray the necessary
running expenses. Sec. 1858
provides for the saloon keep
er to appear, and upon his
appearing, and the charges
are proven the COUNCIL MUST
REVOKE THE LICENSE, return
none OF THE LICENSE FEES,
AND GRANT HIM, THE SALOON
KEEPER, NO OTHER LICENSE
FOR-ONE YEAR. The COUNCIL
should also compel the pay
ment of the $500 BOND. This
is PLAIN ENGLISH. well, you
can say, we can not get the
officials to do their duty. Let
us apply the slipper and see
what effect it will have.
"Official Malfeasance" is the
title of several laws, begin
ming with Sec, 4547.
NEGLECT OF DUTY, Sec. 1850,
PROvIDs for the PUNISHMENT
of this VIOLATION, not more
than ONE YEAR IN THE
COUNTY JAIL OR A FINE of
not to exceed $500. This
section refers to many other
officials in the city, mayor,
marshal, chief of police, or
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

the city council or alderman,
the couL Gil must cite the
accused person to appear and
answer to these charges. If
the council refuses to revoke
the license when the charges
in the complaint are proven,
the court must compel it's re-
vocation by writ Of man
damus. .
Sec. 1850 provides a fine
and Imprisonment for each
member Of the council or
board who refuses to vote for
the revocation of the license
when the charges are proven.
A former Attorney General
showed very clearly that
when intoxicants are sold
Sunday in a saloon. such law
breaking makes the saloon a
disorderly house, and the
council must revoke the lic-
ense. The law offers a most
effective method of securing
obedience to the law by the
saloon keeper as it requires
no jury trial and the law hav-
ing been four times before
the Supreme Court, all points
have been settled by that
court. See Supreme Court
decisions. 95 wis. 672, $50
wis. 357, 137 wis. 81, 143
wis. 41O.
Do YOU, Mr.. Mayor, and
tax payers, doubt that we
have evidence sufficient to
convict every saloon keeper
in Washburn? Well, you say,
even if they are convicted,
the council will not revoke
the license, they will only
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

''Bobbie" Robinson expec:s tt
leave next Tuesday for Virginia
where the Dupont Company are
building new dynamite plant.
Ole Markstad was at Ashland
yesterday to visit his wife who is
confined in the Rhiuehard hospita
at Ashland. She is suffering from
bloodpoisoning of the hard.
Grandma Doyle is reported as
being i'll with pneumonia.
Messrs. Morgan, Steinert,
Goedeke, and A. /. Lien were al
Iron River yesterday attending the
Woodmen convention.
Franklin J. Drake of Galesburg,
ILL.,, secretary of Lombard college,
visited in the city during the week
with his old time friends Mr.. and
Mrs. A. f. Hoffman,.
1000 feet OF licensed pictures at
the Temple theatre every night.
Don't miss the big show every
pight at the Temple Theatre.
Heavy, impure blood makes a
muddy. pimply complexion. head
aches, nausea, Indigestion. Thin
blood makes you week. pale and
sickly. For pure blood. sound
digestion, use Burdock Blood Bltters
ST.. 90 at all stores.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

To the teachers of Bayfield,
County,
County examinations will be held
as follows; Washburn, April 9th,
10th, 18th, 1914. Bayfield,, April
9th, 10th, 18th, 1914. Iron River.
April, 18th. 18th, 10th, 1914.
Supplementary examinations will
be held in August, The dates are
not set.
Applicants for third grade certifi-
Gates must have standings in the
following branches; Orthoepy,
Grammar; Orthography, Geography
Reading, US. History, Peumanship
Arithmetic, Constitution of U. S.
Cons titution of WIS. School Manage
ment, Manual, Physiology, Agricul-
ture, Rural Economics.
Additional branches for second
grade certificate; Library science,
American Literature. English Com
position, Physical Geography.
Additional branches for first grad
certificate. Theory and Art Of teach
ing, Physics, Algebra, English
literature, English history,
A first grade certificate is good
for five years, second grade FOR
three years, and third grade for
one year.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

The Pastime DO wiling alleys art
being put in first class shape this
week. The alleys are being planed
by Will Carson with his machine
piaper and other improvements are
being made.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Mcleod are
the happy parents of baby boy
born this morning. Congratulations.
1000 feet all licensed pictures at
the Temple Theatre nightly.
A county convent ton of the Wood.
men was held at Iron River yester
day. Ole Axness of Mason was
elected as a delegate to the Grand
Lodge of the State.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

Your financial statement
published in the Washburn
News and Itemizer does not
speak very well for your wet
administration from a moral
or financial standpoint. Hark,
listen to the truth. We. the
Good Templars, represented
through L. A. Simonsin will
tell you how to obtain the ne.
cessary money and close the
saloons. Let us cite to you,
MIR. Mayor, and you tax pay
ers of Washburn, some facts
and some hard nuts to crack
along the line of our state
statutes.
wisconsin Statutes of 1898,
Sec. 1549 requires each
licensee to give a bond of
$500 to keep an orderly house,
permit no gambling, furnish
no Intoxicating liquor to any
minor or intoxicated person
and to obey the orders OF the
council.
Sec. 1858: Upon complaint
made in writing under oath
by any resident in the city
and fling same with the clerk
of any town, village or city
that any such licensed per-
son therein keeps or main
tains a disorderly house, or
permits gambling, in any form
upon his premises OF any APP
pendage thereto, or that he
sold or gave away any intoxi-
eating liquor to any minor or
person intoxicated or border
ing on intoxication, or to a
known habitual drunkard, or
has not obeyed any order of
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
Common Sense Va Bigotry

Several of the western papers are
republishing this same statement o!
a Fargo daily:
"This thing-of stirring up sectar-
ian strife and attacking each other s
religious opinions or organic ltions is
mighty poor business. We are here
on earth to live together, to exercise
patience and kindness, to practice
the golden rule toward each other.
What is the use OF aggravating the
differences we may have in religion?
The Jews and the Roman Catholic
aud the Protestant live here side
by side; we love our common country:
we do business together, we gre t
each other on the street; we meet at
social gatherings.
l wouldn't like TO have a man
come into town and lecture in a
public hall and attack the Methodist
church; therefore I can understand
why Jew or a Catholic does not en-
Joy having someone attack their re-
ligious organizations. I prefer living
in good-wi among my neighbours.
"Some of the best friends you have
are of other religious faith than
yours If that is not true. you are to
be pitied for the poverty of your
friendships. Some of the most faitI :
full employees of this off e are Of r :
ligious belief as diverse from that of
the editor, as it is possible to
imagine. Fargo Courier News.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
Words From Prominent Men

These strong ,rds of endorsement from in Public
Life Should encourage the of Washbun to swell the
majority in favor of dry town. We have the battle
and are now interested in png up the majority.
Received from Municipal Judge Window, of Duluth, Mimi
Duluth Mimi, 3-31-14
l.. A. Simonsn, Washburn, Wis.
hear Washburn will vote unhorse John Barleycorn
Congratulations your good work. Duuth's poor pay
four millions annually that the Brewer Barons may ride in
french while their patrons children rags and beg
live Ninety per cent of all Criminal oenses traceabe
Ito their whskey. know the aoonkeeper is the drinkers
banker SO long he work and When he needs
money it's different The payer must then take the
victim together with his family Fine investment for
the tax payer Twenty five percent of young America
must pay Strong drinks toll. Statistics show it. The
liquor traffic must be abolished to people from
financial and moral ruin.
Yours truly
VIM. T.. Window.
Night Letter, Western Union Telegraph Company.
Received from W. A. Hcken Comm. of Public Safety,
Duluth, MINI.
Duluth, Mimi, 3-3O-14.
Mr.. L. A. Smonson, Washburn, Wis.
Duluth Herald of today says, mo for Police wagon
ambulance for forty hours. Not single wheel turned
headquarters and the police patrol and ambulance
put all from eight o'clock Saturday until
today. This considered exceptional record by the
|police'' and speaks we'll for law enforcement.
W. A. Hcken.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
Opinions of Others
Washburn Times,


On behalf of the widows and orphan.
of the city. ask you for space in your
valuable paper. Friends, what is the
difference between a man inherent right
to conduct grocery, meat market, cloth.
ing or dry goods store and his inheren,
right to sell whiskey at retaiP II the
question was in earnest. which it is, the
answer would be easy. The difference
is merely the difference between right and
,, wrong. II is not harmful to society to
patronize the grocery, meat market oil
dry goods store; it is beneficial; but it is
always detrimental to society to keep a
saloon.
The court says that the saloon is an evil
without single redeeming feature. the
propagation of crime and the dispenser ol
misery and suffering. The court has de.
clared. because of its certain dangers to
society, no man has the privilege or a
constitutional. ineligible, an inherent OF
natural right to keep a saloon. but no such
judicial announcement has ever been
made against any other business. Blue
VS.. Beach, I55 Ind. I2l; City of Frankfort
VS.. Irwin. "a APP. ESQ. By section of the
appeal of rights it is declared that the
state of Indiana was founded for the
peace. safety and well being of the peo-
pie; and by section of article 8 of the
State Constitution it is made the duty oil
the general assembly to encourage by all
suitable means the moral and intellectual
improvement of the people.
Let me appeal to the good God-fearins
people of Washburn to inculcate these
ideals into the young boys and girls. whom
the responsibility will rest upon when we.
the fathers and mothers. are no more to
make the local. county. state and national
laws for the protection of their health.
wealth and happiness. To accomplish
this you patriotic. law abiding citizens
will have to take off your coats. work and
use your influence upon your neighbors
to work and vote on election day to elm
mate from your midst the devils greatest
friend and the church and society's great
est enemy--the saloon.
With twenty-four hours after reached
your city discovered that every saloon
keeper and bartender in Washburn vio-
lated the laws of our state every week;
that your mayor. police officers and some
of your court officials have violated their
oath of Office.
/ have met widows, former neighbors
with tears rolling down their cheeks
relating their sad stories how the SAL
oons of Washburn have robbed them of
their husbands, brought disgrace and
shame on their sons and daughters and
compelled them to take in washing and
other work to obtain the necessities of
life to keep the family together. One
related about saloonkeeper of Wash
burn inducing her son to 60 home and
steal the meat that she had provided for
the winter supply and bring it to said
saloon keeper in exchange for intoxi-
cants, which, according to Webster's de-
finition, is poison. ! met my old neigh
Dor and friend, Mr.. Oberts, who told
me that he had to mortgage his farm in
order to pay DAMAGES done by his boy
seventeen years of age while under the
;nfIuon~o of r,oicon r,rovided hv IMAM
ing four of the Washburn saloon keep
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
W. A. Hicken.

At each place, third grade sub
jects will be- Civ the first and Sec
ond days, second, grade subjects the
third day. Any one wishing to
write on first grade subj cts may
come the second day at each place.
Jessie N. Smith.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

Those Hot Cross Buns at the
Washburn Bakery are certainly fine;
order supply for Good Friday and
Easter Saturday.
Leave orders at your home grocery
for Hot Gross Buns made at the
Washburn Bakery.
Hiram Hanson made business
trip to Houghton. Mich. during the
forepart of the week.
Mrs. Charles Cameron of Iron
River visited with friends in the city
during the past week,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
Methodist Episcopal Church

/" The Church and the Saloon
is the subject of the sermon next
Sunday evening at s o'clock.
Our Slogan" For God and Man,
For Home and Native Land"
A most hearty welcome awaits
you.
FL. L. Goodrich, Pastor.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

Services next Sunday morning
and evening. The aid society
meets at the church on Wednes.
day afternoon and will be enter.
tanned by Mrs. A. Borgren.
The Young Peoples society
meets at the church on Wednes.
day evening and will be enter
tanned by Mrs. Ole Melum and
Mrs. Andrew Hanson.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
ADVERTISEMENT s65 paid by smonson for Good Tmpa Lodge
Mr.. Mayor, and the Advocates OF the Saloon

constable, who refuse to COM
ply with his oath of office.
But our present court will
not enforce these laws. Sec.
962, Every Office shall be-
come vacant upon the con-
viction of the official of any
offence involving the VIOLA
tion of his official OATH"
who has legal power to re-
move our city officials if they
do not perform their duty?
Sec. 976 gives the judge of
the Circuit Court the power
to remove city officials. In
this city, it would have to be
brought before Judge Ris-
jord.
Constitution, Article 6, Sec.
4, says. "The governor may re-
move any county official. except
judicial officials, giving to each
copy of the charges against him,
and an opportunity to be heard
in his Defense.
What are the duties of the
mayor? Sec. 925, 937 and 938.
"The mayor shall be the chief
executive officer" (Sec. 1895,
1853. and 1864 are laws of the
state.) And the city ordinances
are observed and enforced if all
subordinate officers discharge
their respective duties Y
Tax payers, by enforcing the
laws upon our statute books. we
can put every saloon OUT of bust
ness. collect $1,000 in bond
money, and have all the money
we need. without adding one
cent to our tax roll
Signed and sealed this 31st
day of March, 1914.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

A kind word spoken kindly is Ike
coin, it may never come back to US
but it goes on and on purchasing
happiness.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

"Dr. Thomas Electric Oil Is the
best remedy for that often fatal
disease Group. 1t has been used
with success in our family for eight
years. Mrs. L. Whiteacre, Buffalo,
N. Y.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02

For mild, easy action of the.
bowels, try Doan's Regulets. a
modern laxative. % cents at all
stores.
For any itching skin trouble, piles
eczema, salt rheum. hives, itch,
scald head, herpes scables, Doan 8
Ointment is highly recommended.
80 cents box at all stores.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-04-02
For Sale-Hoss

For Sale-Hoss
Weaned pigs, fat shoats and fat
hogs for butchering. Realty Bond
Company.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-31
Society
Section

Veil. der KatzeS hat came, und der troubles
of der Captain hat begun arettyl Uncle Heinie
and the Inspector will be along pretty soon, and
Mama Katzenammer is laying in fresh sup
ply Of switches to be handy in case Of emer-
qenCy. Watch things happen on this page
every Sunday from now on.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28
Says Moon Is Oval Shaped.

Astronomers will await with inter.
est details of the experiment" car
ried out by Professor Stiattesi at b.
logna by which he claims to have
demonstrated that the moon is oval
shaped.
The moon is more easily measured
than any other heavenly body, but
though 1t has been measured thou
sands of times no difference has been
detected between its polar and equa-
torial diameters. A clergyman recently
put forward the theory that the side
of the moon always turned away from
the earth is Of the same size and
shape as the great pyramid which, ac-
cording to Revelations, forms the
New Jerusalem" Eventually, so as.
serts the author of the theory, the
moon will fall on the earth, and the
hemisphere turned earthward will
bury itself in our planet, while the
pyramidal New Jerusalem will project
above the rack and ruin Of .the ele-
ments as the Celestial City, where the
faithful are to spend eternity.
This remarkable lunar theory has
been published with a preface by the
bishop of Exeter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28
ONLY LEFT PAIR OF SLIPPERS
Reason for Curious Monument in Am
sterdam Over Burial Place of
Eccentric Individual

There stands In a church in Amster-
dam an ancient and curious monument
OF white marble which always attracts
the attention of visitors, and their
curiosity Is usually heightened by its
inscription. On the monument are en-
graved two slippers of singular
shape, with the inscription, "Effen
Nyt," which, in English, would be
even nothing" or, more colloquially
put, nothing else" The story that is
told Of this strange device is as fol-
lows:
A certain rich man, who was very
extravagant in his tastes, because
possessed Of the idea that he had just
so many years to live and no more,
and he calculated that il he spent a
stated portion of his principal every
year his life and his property would
expire together
He was lavishly generous to others,
as we'll as indulgent of his own whims,
and it so happened that he died the
very year he had prophesied would be
his last. He had, furthermore, brought
his fortune to such low ebb that,
after his few debts were paid, nothing
remained Of all his possessions, aside
from the clothes in which he was to be
buried, but pair of curious old slip
pers
Some of his relatives, to whom he
had been kind in his life, erected this
strangely decorated monument to
mark his burial place.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS

A magicians' club of 200 persons has
been recently formed in London.
The oldest account Of a chimney
place is in Venice in 1347.
An ostrich feather which cost $50
few years ago is now worth SIS.
The value of imports into Chile by
parcel post during 1912 amounted to
s1,992,334.
Oleomargarine imports into Ger.
many during the first five months this
year totaled 22,S00,0O0 pounds.
Japanese soldiers are nearly all
gymnasts, and every barracks has a
gymnasium So well trained are they
that in less than half a minute they
can scale wall IA feet high by simply
leaping on each others shoulders, one
man sustaining two or three others.
The educational buildings in the
United States are valued at 1929, 000,.
900.
Cigarettes imported into China at
Tientsin increased 50 per cent in 1912.
A $3,000,00O telephone cable is to be
laid between England and Holland.
1t has been estimated that British
Columbia has an area of about 253, O0O,.
600 acres, Of which about 100000
Is composed OF lakes in the interior.
There are 1oo,oOO,OOO acres of timber
land Of no value for farming other
than for stock purposes, and while
it is estimated that 100000 acres is
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

coat-but that was an innovation In
that backwoods village
"The umpire, anyhow, appeared In
white at the game all right.
"The teams were lunching-you
lunch and have tea and sleep in a
cricket game-when little girl came
and said she wanted the man in the
white coat
THE man in the white coat?' said
player. Well, you can't have him.
He's busy carving a turkey
oh, is he busy carving?' said the
little girl. Well, please tell him, then,
that mothers busy havin' ft, and we
want the nightie he's wearin', cause
she's got to go to bed. "
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28
WHITE GARMENT IN DEMAND
Pressing Need for Goat" That Cricket
Umpire Was Wearing to Comply
With Regulations.

John ]. McGraw was talking al
Camp Marlin about his recent baseball
trip abroad.
King George liked the game" he
said. "All the English liked the game.
in fact. It's superior game to their
cricket, you know.
II heard lot of cricket stories in
London. A cricket umpire wears a
long white coat Well, I heard a good
sto'y about that.
The Helions Bumpstead team was
to play a match, and orders went out
that the umpire must wear the white
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

1t is now possible to step from an
aeroplane high in the empyrean and
alight safely on the ground, thanks to
a kind of life preserver, that only a
few months ago was declared to be
impossible and generally useless.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

There has been a noticeable slump
in silly effervescence of childish wit.
but 1t is reported that men who are
old enough to have wisdom teeth con.
tinue to sing Hail, hail, the gangs
all here"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

Science has taken up our domestic
troubles. Electricity is to be applied
TO the American hen so that all one
will have to do is to press a button
and get an egg. The shock will come
when the bill comes in.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

A Russian has built an aeroplane
which weighs three tons and will have
sleeping accommodations for twenty
passengers. No difficulty has as vet
been experienced by people who wish
to make reservations.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

: A western university is having in
struction in the proper and decorous
way to dance the tango. This is one
sidelight on what in modern ideas
constitutes liberal education.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

Food experts say that chocolate, not
being easy to assimilate, is not a At
ration for our soldiers. Where are
the days when the army had to live
on bareback and bean soup?
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

A new rule Of the war department
denies to army officers the privilege
Of discussing "debatable" matters. It
is understood that army officers who
are stationed in far-off islands may
continue to sing Home, Sweet Home. I"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-05-28

either under cultivation or partly SO,
statistics show that the actual yield
ing average, other than for grazing
purposes, is not more than 100000
acres.