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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21
FOOTBALL is NO MORE
Death Knell of High School
Football Sounded in Satur-
days Game In Memoriam.

Eagle Rivers poor Ill old last
years football team got one
beautiful trouncing at Minocqua
Saturday, with the accent on the
beautiful. Final score ranges all
the way from 39 to As to 0, ac-
cordlng to the narrator. From
the very start Minocqua romped
away with a touchdown on a
forward pass and after that they
scored seemingly at will. Team
work was absolutely a minus
quantity with the local school
boys and therein lies the tale of
defeat. Quite a number of Eagle
River people accompanied the
team.
The high school football sea-
son was short-lived this fall. The
team played just three games
and suffered three defeats. The
Alumni team beat them 1870,
and Minocqua took the other
two games, 1870 and 1870.
Football is dead issue in the
high school at Eagle River.
Lacking support from the high
school department and the stu
dent body in general, the proper
spirit has never been shown and
with no school spirit high school
athletics are an impossibilitv, es-
pecially football. The boys soon
lost interest in their efforts to
perfect winning team when
the real situation became appar-
ent. Their work lacked "pep"
and as a consequence football is
no more.
The days of Eagle Rivers
prowess on the gridiron of five
and six and seven years ago is
gone. A steady decadence has
been evident and now high school
football is no more. The men
who once won honors on its field
lament its passing, but like the
Titan warriors of old they bury
it with fond memories.
Requiescat in pace.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21
Finishing Road to Three Lakes.

Finishing Road to Three Lakes.
The Eagle River end of the
inter-county highway to Three
Lakes has been completed to such
an extent that an auto can make
it nicely on high speed. That
portion of the highway from the
Persohn farm east to the old
Goodwill place, built by F. ].
Thrun is model in roadmaking.
The motive power used in build
ing this road was a twelve ton
tractor and there ism t any doubt
as to the solidity of the roadbed.
Mr.. Thrun is now using his trac-
tor in grading the county high
wav from Radtke's corner to be
yond Herman Rade's on the
Phelps road.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21
JUST FISH STORIES
SsssAA9aAsaAs

D. B. Hornbeck of Elgin. H.,
who usually splits his vacation
period in halves-June and Octo-
ber-for good fishing on the
Eagle chain, arrived last week
and is enjoying the fall climate
and its extra good fishing to the
utmost. Last Wednesday his
catch of pike was up to the limit
and included two black bass OF
Az and 5 pounds in weight. Pike
fishing at present is exception
ally good on all game fish lakes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21
Should Start Celery Farm.

Samples of celery grown at
the Chas. Hazen resort on Long
lake, which were brought to us
Monday by Abel St. Louis
show the wonderful productive
ness of that succulent table deli
cacy on northern Wisconsin soil.
It is not amiss to say that the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21

pride OF the Hazens is their gar
den and it is said there is none
better. Take it from us if the
county doesn't make prepara-
tions for an exhibit each year
we'll start little old pumpkin
show ourself.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21
Purchase Horses.

Frank Dildine, VIM. Hunter
and Anton Vlock were Wausau
visitors the latter part of last
week. At that city Mr.. Hunter
purchased a team and Mr.. Vlock
a single horse. The horses arriv-
ed Monday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21

All kinds of custom saving
done. Leave your orders for
wood.
3O-4t. Eagle River Lbr. Co.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21

Call for Provona or G. P.
when asking your dealer for a
Good Smoke. adv. 5tf
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-10-21

PASTURE FOR RENT.
See Reuben Slattery if you
want pasturage for your stock
the balance of the season. 7-2t
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13
LINCOLN AT ELEVEN

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[HamIin Garland in Golfers Weekiy.l

| In the autumn that followed his
eleventh birthday, Lincoln plowed fol
40 days, oyerturning nearly $50 acres
OF stubble. He had become one OF
| the regular hands.
| Lfncoln's world was still small and
badly lighted.
We were bounded on the north by
the prairies reaching to the Arctic
ocean; on the west by Indians and
buTaIoes; on the south by Chicago,
ans on the east by Wisconsin and
New England. A luminous trail led
from Neshonoc to Usage All else
was still vague and vast as Vasco de
Gama's seas.
The winter which followed was
pitiIess, and as the new cabin mad
no tree to shelter it from the blast.
the snow piled around it in great
drifts. All through January the cold
pinched hard, and the winds taught
these woods people once and for all
the bleakness of the level lands OF
the north. Lincoln remarks upon this:
We had heard Of "bIizzards." of
course. but had never experienced
such a storm as came IN February.
It lasted for two days. and the wind,
moving so miles an hour, made life
In the open almost impossible. The
strongest man could not face it un-
protected. and a boy of II was help
less in it. If opened my mouth the
blast drew the air from my lungs.
q ~
weakness. We hardly stirred from
the house during IS hours, and have
the most vivid recollection of the
morning after the tempest had spent
its force, for l went to school over
drifts as high as the fences and as
hard as iron.
The schoolhouse now stood at the
corner of the Stewart farm, less than
half mile to the north, but on many
mornings Tin the days which follow
ed) the children found it quite far
enough. Climbing over the ridges and
wa1lowing through the loose snow to
their brave animals, they often arriv-
ed at the door moaning with pain,
their toes frozen, their lungs scared
by the frost. And yet they went,
even on the coolest days, because
they 1ovee the companionshfp Of the
schoolroom and hated the loneliness
OF the home in which their mother
toiled uncomplaingly Hester accom-
panied them and seemed not to fear
the wind.
"She was two years older than L."
says Lincoln, ,"and strong and vigor-
GUS Perhaps she did not suffer as
much as Owen did. I hope not"
The result of ali this exposure was
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

ed into the old obvious vehicle of their
veto power and which has brought
things to the present grave tmpasse.
1t would appear that, at any rate tenn
porarily. the national flag Of Erin Is
going to have hideous blot on 1t;
that John Redmond's new uniform will
inevitably have an old offensive patch
on its top right hand corner; and
finally 1t appears, Mr.. Asquith is
persevering patient tailor in his SUI
preme efforts to turn out a patent
garment fitting at once, John REDMOND
and Ed. Carson to nicely.
F. s. D.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13
GOOD ROADS MEAN "GREATER
IOWA"

Joe l.. Long. the editor Of the Road
Maker, believes that good roads VIII
have a great deal to do in bringing
about greater Iowa" He addresses
an open letter to the greater Iowa
committee in his May issue and
among other things he says:
In order to bring about the inc-eas-
ed population in this state which Is
generally conceded to be the basis OF
Increased prosperity and larger
volume OF business, 1t Is necessary
that We have or create Conditions
which offer congeniaI and profitable
occupation to the people who are De-
fnz Induced or at least invited to
come 10 this state to live. 1 take 1t
that the greatest opportunity for in
creased population in iowa is on the
farms where an absolutely certain
and adequate income is assured to
anyone who cares to give a reason
able amount TO the work. In order
to bring these people TO Iowa and
make them contented, submit to
you that there are at least four con-
ditions that must be met
First, educational advantages for
their boys and girls. This must De
provided either by transporting them
to nearby towns and returning them
to their homes in the evening or by
building centralized rural high schools
to which they may be carried at
reasonable cost and with reasonable
regularity I leave it to you If there
Is anything needed to bring about
such conditions except the construc-
tons of a1l-the-year round roads.
Second, such social possibilities as
will keep the families, more especial
" the wives and daughters, contented.
In order to do this, it is necessary
that opportunity be given to enjoy the
usual social intercourse, to attend re-
ngious services, entertainments, ETC.,
all Of which are absolutely and solely
dependent upon the construction and
maintenance Of all-the-year-round
reads
Third. market conditions which Will
permit the small farmer who IS cult
waiting a small area and is, therefore,
using limited capital in proportion
to labor to sell the more perishable
products which are the most profit
able results Of intense farming with
regularity and with absolute certainty
OF an outlet Vegetables, fruits, etc,
cannot now be raised, with any assur-
ance of being able to market them, at
any considerable distance from a rail-
road station.
Fourth, in order to reap any advan-
tages from bringing new population
! into the state we must retain a larger
percentage of our growing young men
and women in the various depart
| ments of agricultural life.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

an intolerable pest of chilblains. Every
boy and girl in the school was more
or less in agony with it. Residents OF
warm climates will never understand
what it means to suffer in this way.
This affection was sometimes alluoe
ed to by our elders as joke, bue 1t
was not a joke to us. On the con-
trary, it was condition which de-
manded sympathy. After getting thor
oughly warmed up (along about the
middle OF the forenoon) there came
into our heels and toes a most in
tense itching and burning and aching,
sensation So acute that sitting still
was impossible. and all over the room
would arise an uneasy shutting and
drumming as we pounded our heels
against the floor or scraped our Itch
ing toes against the edges OF our
desks.
On days when the winds beat and
clamored at the loose north windows
the girls. bumped and shivering. sat
upon their feet with their shawls over
their shoulders, to keep from freezing.
and the whole school sought permits
sion to stand about the fire.
On such days we found our dinner
pals (stored in the entry way frozen
solid. and at noon we. all stood around
the stove thawing out our mince pies
and apples and bread and butter.
recall, wildly, craving at the molli-
fed outside OF doughnut while still
the frosty heart of it made my teeth
ache.
Happily all days were not like this.
There were afternoons when the sun
streamed warm into the room, when
the icicles formed on the caves. add
ing touch of grace. of wonder, to
the desolate building-moments when
the tingling OF the sleighhelis passing
by seemed to express the natural
cheer and buoyancy Of our youthful
hearts.
These were rigorous experiences
Perhaps they made the strong strong
er; certainly they were calculated to
assassinate the delicate.
AT least two of the girls" Lincoln
declares, "dfed at result OF the ex.
posure"
Nevertheless there was a wild
charm in the winter plain, even In
severest weather. To the north all
was unknown, but the south seemed
very civilized, for In that direction
stood the county seat, toward which
the children turned with touch OF
wonder. When the wind was in the
south it seemed that life was easier
to sustain At such times we straight
ened up, threw back the lapels Of our
jackets and smiled, feeling less keen
~ the warfare of the polar blast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

and use almonds instead and those
blanched so there would have been
no shells. The automobile pulled up
beside the road into the shade of Mr..
Guildmacher's pasture trees and after
eating their elmer and leaving
enough refuse to prove that they were
town people, threw down lighted
match and drove OF. The result was
fire that this dry weather did a
great deal OF damage and would have
destroyed much more had not 1t been
discovered. AS 1t was it took hauling
Of water, lot of hard work and then
the building Of fence for Mr.. Guild
macher. II the folks who drive auto
mobiles can be so careless they will
have to pay for IL.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

The Wall Street Journal adap.s one
of L!ncoIn's wise sayings to present
conditions: Not merely militarism,
but autocratic government, is now On
trial. The world is being shown once
more that there is no man In 1t SO
great and good as to be trusted with
absolute and unquestioned power
Lincoln said that no man was good
enough to own another man Surely
no man is good enough to own ma
ton"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

lords during this summer session.
They declined to debate or vote on
it, save .co-jointly with the amending
bill which they vaguely knew was
forthcoming. to modify the main bill
In favor of Ulster. Premier Asquith
with the aIacrity OF a telephone girl,
submitted this form OF amending bill
to their lordly scrutiny; the electors
Of each Of the nine counties in the
Ulster province, shall decide by bal
lot whether or not, for the next SIX
yeras dating from the re-openfng OF
parliament in Dublin, their fraction
OF the country shall be excluded from
the operation Of the Irish parliament
Judging from the territorial distri-
button and the average percentage OF
home rule advocates In Ulster that
amending bill would, to American
minds, spell fragrant injustice perpe-
trated on many whole counties in Ul-
ster. Because on the whole the prov
ince of Ulster wants home rule. This
fact Is sufficiently substantiated by
the Ulster elected representatives in
the imperial parliament. They re-
turn SO members to the British par
liament,-they can have SO in the
Irish.-and, which Is brand new
revelation to many, out OF these 80 So
called black north members there Is
a majority by one, OF pledge bound
nationalists or home rulers; that is to
say, II nationalist representatives OF
the people, as pitted against Is union
ist representatives OF the unionist
voters, reveals unique situation. SO
that the amending bill dealing with
Ulster as with one homogeneous anti
home rule zone Is tantamount to pam
dering to the wee northeast corner
comprising Antrim and Downs in par
ticular, to the utter detriment and
violation OF the natural rights OF the
large territories OF Armagh, London
derry, Tyrone, Monaghan and Ferma-
nash. Why, Joe Deve1in is second to
no other m .. In prominence and In
fuence, and he with his is colleagues
all, be Il noted, returned from Ulster
constituencies. constitute most for
niGable phalanx Of pledge-bound
home rulers in the British parliament.
But as a matter OF fact the conces-
sions made in the amending bill are
not go Ioogely interpreted as to read
psipabie Injustice to the Ulster vot-
, ers for home rule. The nationalist
majority viii never grant clear
cuf' Of all Ulster even for the six
year term. The exclusion for six
years il to be done by vote OF cleo
tore. county by county, and with the
tpsf understanding that any county
eon1s spontaneously at any time 1t
ffsose IN the interim, vote for its in
tfusfen s,tc1i ig lucid view Of the
situation and the only price of pecae'
nat ffis nationalist majority can ra-
tf6nsIIy eoncedo to the union minor
tty, sb6 which price Of peace" the
howse of lords have madfy and have
, II, wastoniy nutilsted and transform
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13
PUBLIC OPINION
The Home Rule Bill.

To the EDITOR Of The Gate City:
The demands OF the Irish people
ever since the anomalous union af-
English land-grabbers usurping the
parliament in College Green, are for
INFLATED thus, having been floss to
the mills in Westminster thrice three
times:
A senate of forty members and a
house of commons Of 1854 members OF
which Ulster is to have 50 and the
universities 2.
The senate is to be composed OF
nominated members. In the first In
stance the imperial executive is to
control the nominations with view
to assuring the representation OF the
minority. The nominations are to be
for a fixed term, and as the mem
beers retire by rotation the vacancies
will be filed by the Irish executive.
There will be no religious bar and
the executive will hold Office for
fixed term. The authority OF the
executive is to be co-extensive with
the Irish parliament.
The 1914 members OF the lower
house are to be elected by the exist
ing constituencies, but no constitur
ency Is to have fewer than 27,100 in
habitants.
The Irish parliament cannot legis-
late on peace or war, navy. army or
any naval or military force. foreign
relations, trade outside Ireland. coin
age or legal tenGer-
Forty-two members Will still be
sent from ireland TO the British house
of commons in London,
Such is the text of the home rule
bill which was introduced IN the
house of commons April II, 1912. and
which passed the house for the third
time. This bill will become lay Hhsth.
err the house Of lords assent 20 IT Or
not.-whsther as Of Old IN ffis FIsyian
ampftheatre the IorSs thumb BE-
turned up or down It eTnbodiss con
cessfons that especially provide for
Ulster. Why Ulster, one Of the f5uf
provinces, sraai1 fl srea ard with only
one city Of large popu1ation, should
be privileged WITH a representatives.,
far more than oae-fhfrd Of the entire
number for the country e4nnof be ex.
planned otherwise Than BIZ sayfnz II ~
liberal concession made to ffe
grumbling minority. Adf 30 this
what should appeal strongly 70 Eng
lishmen,-th provision faef secures
perfect religious liberty ~ eonseiense = !.
there is to be no fest act. no oath ~
supremacy. no religious dfss5ffiffes -
disgrace the Irish statute boos.
This bill went up TO the hcsise Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

keokuk, Iowa $50. August 10, 1914
THE REAL ISSUE.
1T isn't so much the wages you get
For the long days toll and tug and
sweat;
1T isn't SO much the number OF plunks
iNou get for the sale OF yourself In
chunks;
IL isn't how many simoleons bright
You find in your envelope Saturday
night
1t isn't that that counts with you.
It's what you get
i. With what you get
I For the work you do
'af your wage is as big as that Of the
boss,
And your balance sheet on the side Of
loss
when you've paid your weekly cur
rent bills
For food and clothes and squills and
pills
And what you waste in various ways:
II ali Of It goes and none Of 1t stays.
Then you know It's true:
It's what you get
With what you get
For the WORK you do.
II your pay is small and you live
within II,
II you quit work richer than you be-
gin 1t,
+! II you save a little from what you
make
For the rainy day that's sure 10 break.
Then you're richer far than he vho
looks
Far better of on the company books.
1t isn't the money that's paid 20 you
T It's what you get
! With what you get
/ For the WORK you do:
Strickland Gfllia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13
DENMARK.
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Mr.. A. T. Houston and family autoed
to Quincy, H., last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs S. Hazen accompanied
by their niece autoed to Keokuk last
Saturday.
Mrs. STAFF and daughter Lucille left
last Monday for a six weeks visit
with relatives In Dakota.
After visit with relatives and
friends here, Prof. Harry Stein left
last Monday for his home in Dakota.
He is teaching in one of the state
universities.
Mrs. wodrofYe and daughter Blanch
are visiting relatives and friends at
New London and vicinity.
Mrs. Geo. Barnes is home from the
hospital at Burlington where she
went for treatment and care.
The eighth grade. will have an ice
cream social at the Star park on FRI
day evening, the 14th.
The repair work on the academy is
almost complete.
Mr.. Fred HEM is home from
Charleston, Iowa. where he put up a
24x36 grainery and corn crib for j.
NJ. Young.
John Hem is home from a visit at
the J. Miller home near Fit. Madison.
Mrs Paul of Fit. Madison attended
the funeral Of Mrs. Roller here last
week
Miss Della showalter is visiting at
Dover and Donnellson. Iowa.
Quite few from here plan to at
tend the Donnellson fair tomorrow.
Mrs. n. NJ. Van Tuyle and daugh-
ter are home from a visit with rela-
tives in Keokuk.
The Chas. Van Tuyle family will
go to Nauvoo soon to help in the
grape harvest.
Death relieved the sufferings OF Mrs.
Elizabeth Roller on Sunday evening,
Aug. 2. about $50. She was born
at viele. Iowa, and was 6s years, IL
months and IL days old when she en-
tered her inheritance, that which Is
uncorruptible and und efiled and which
fadeth not away. A member OF the
Mennonite church and faithful to her
savior in her daily life. she lived q
l1Ie lIAI HCT N0Ai LII
low. Three daughters and five sons
survive her, her husband preceding
her in death but few months The
last services by Rev Hilty Of Donnell-
son at 1920 Tuesday, Aug 4. A large
number of relatives and friends fol-
lowed her to her last resting place.
The floral offerings were beautiful.
We do not believe that many try to
keep the beautiful flowers. Mrs. Ko1-
Ter always haG and always used them
so freely wherever she knew they
were needed She leaves blessed
memory.
There will have to be another tax
on automobiles for when we can't
catch the guilty one, all will have to
help pay the damages done as all who
keep deg must pay a dog tax to
pay the damage done by some. It
was a town or city automobile we
would gather from the following brok-
en- bottles, ice and peanut shells left
where they ate their dinner. Had
they been country people they would
have had their cold drinks in Their
mos bottles and not been bothered
with Ice and country people know
that peanuts are very hard to digest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

Rear Admiral Royal B. Bradford.
U. 8. N, retired, died at Chelsea,
Mass, ON Wednesday Of last week. His
most important service was as chief
OF the bureau of equipment before
and during the Spanish war. This
made him responsible for the prepar-
edness OF the warshfps.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

Dairen, China, has twenty-one public
primary schools with nearly 5000
pupils, and 2Ss private schools with
1000 pupils.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

The trouble first began ~
. rash which itched 80
at night someone always
held his hands even while
sleeping as ut the least
scratching It would run
together and form scabs.
His night-clothes had to
have mittens ON them or
the scaf,s would be raw
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13
Discomfort in General.

Washington Star: It is unfortun-
ately fact that when big business is
uneasy smaller enterprises are sure to
share the discomfort to a greater or
less extent
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

Sergeant Daniel Fogarty, a New
York policeman, who has received
eight medals for bravery, has been
placed on the retired list because OF
physical disability.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

More than s35o.OOo,OoO is now in
vested in American shoemaking and
more than 100000 wage earners are
employed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

Thomas Beard, arriving by the May
flower in 1929, was the first shoemak-
er to come from England to America
He settled in Salem, Mass.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

The Brown family. of which John
Brown of Kansas fame is a member,
held reunion at Plainfield. Conn.
Seven states were represented and five
generations. the oldest ninety three
and the youngest two.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-13

A bronze statue Of Baron Steuben.
the drill master of the revolution, was
unveiled on Monday under the aus
pices OF the German Alliance at Utica,
n. Y.