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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
openlno Of Short Course.


With 425 students already enrolled
and many more expected, the short
course of the agricultural school
opened. 1t is expected that when all
of the students arrive, the total num-
Der will exceed last years enrolment
by nearly a hundred. Last years en-
rollment numbered 1913. OF the total
enrolment, 257 are men who took the
work last year and have returned to
finish the course.
An idea of the growing popularity
of this course, which lasts IA weeks,
can be gained from the fact that Of
the II counties in Wisconsin, SO are
represented. Dane county leads with
20 students Seven counties are rep
resented by Is students or more.
Only Sc students come from outside
of the state. While the majority of
them come from Illinois and Michigan,
Tennessee, New Jersey, Massachu.
sets, Indiana, Ohio, New York, Mime.
sofa, Delaware, North Carolina, and
North Dakota are represented. One
student registered from Germany.
This is the twenty-ninth annual ses-
sion of the short course. 1t started
in 1885 with a handful of students
and because of the excellent instruc-
ton and opportunities for practical
work at the university has become
one Of the best known features of
the university The men who attend
the school are, hardly without ex-
ception, young men living on farms
and who expect to go back to the
farm. A large number of the best
known men in agricultural lines in
Wisconsin are graduates Of the short
course. Among them are: Charles l..
Hill, Rosendale, president American
Guernsey association; Ralph Trait,
Whitewater; Eben E. Jones, Rock
land, president Wisconsin Short Horn
association; L. P. Martiny, formerly
president Wisconsin Live Stock Breed
ers' association, and H. A. Martin
Gotham, secretary Red Poled Cattle
of America.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
USING THE SEWING MACHINE
One Who Does Much Sewing Should
See That 1t Is Always In
Perfect Condition.

When much machine work has
be done, filing the shuttle is con-
slant annoyance. This can be part
ly obviated by threading the shuttle
with finer cotton than that used on
the needle. The sewing will be quite
as strong, and the shuttle will not
need refilling half so often as it
would if threaded with the same num-
Der of cotton as the needle, because
of the finer cotton.
If you want your sewing machine
to do satisfactory work, remember
that it needs to be kept clean. After
every ten hours work it needs oil,
but all surplus oil must be carefully
wiped off afterwards. Always work
it steadily, and never start or stop
with jerk.
One dressmaker, whose machines
are noted amongst her sewing girls
for their smooth and easy running,
oils them once in every three times
with paraff1n instead of the usual OIL
Of course she is careful that the ma
chimes are kept scrupulously clean. A
dirty machine can't be expected to do
good work.
When your machine is not in use,
see that the wheels are left so that
the oil holes are at the top of the
hub. This will save clearing away
the superfluous oil, which trickles out
and causes the hub to catch the dust.
Before you begin to sew take an
odd piece of material and stitch back
wards and forwards before commenc-
ing ordinary work. If any oil works
up with the needle, as so frequently
happens after oiling or cleaning, it
will not spoil your material.
Treat machine as a delicate in
strument, and keep it away from
draughts and damp.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
SHED THE BEST WAsHRooM
Its Advantages Are Many, Where Such
an Apartment is at the Command
of Housewife.

In case a woodshed is available.
with an old stove that can be used
there, these should be pressed into
service for washing during the winter
months. The woodshed as a wash
room would necessitate a washday
which is mild and sunshiny, but there
is usually more than one such day in
each week; and when the health of
the family is at stake, the washing
can well be done on some other day
than Monday At best, the woodshed
would be cold hence the worker would
need piece of old carpet or linoleum
and warm bricks or a soapstone to
protect her feet while standing at the
tubs.
A small bench on rollers, made the
same height as the wash bench, will
enable the housewife to move the filed
tubs about without any lifting. Such
preparations on the day previous are
necessary in order to, shorten the proc
esses on washday and hasten the dry
ing of clothes, for tho earlier in the
day that some Of the clothes can be-
put on the line, the less need there will
be for the remainder to lie wet in the
house or to be dried there.
In case shed is too cold for use in
all processes of washing, it should be
used for those which send off much
steam, such as running clothes through
the washing machine. Wringer, wash
bench, boiler, basket and hamper
should be kept in this shed rather
than carried from the cellar and back,
or rather than keep doors open while
carrying them from the smokehouse
to Mushroom, as is sometimes done.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
Ruling by Insurance Commissioner.

HuIlng by insurance COMMISSIONER
Herman L. Ekern, commissioner of
insurance, issued the following ruling
on federal taxes on fire insurance
policies.
"The stock fire insurance companies
are required to pay the stamp tax on
policies imposed by the new United
States internal revenue tax law. The
insured cannot be required by the
company to pay the tax or furnish
the stamp. He can be required to pay
only the premium which must be writ
ten in full in the Standard Fire Pol
icy as required by Section 1941-43 OF
the Wisconsin statutes. If the COM
pany attempts to impose this tax up
on the insured, the agent cannot pay
it without violating the anti-rebate
law, Section 1850"
The stock fire companies are not
losing money in Wisconsin according
to statement issued. During the ten
year period they collected from Wis
consin policyholders over 37,500,00O
net premiums in excess of paid losses
and the increase in reserve. They
paid in losses only $42.S0 for each
500 in net premiums, against United
States losses paid of $500 for each
500 of net premiums. Taking the
five year period, 1909-13, which elm
mates the San Francisco confagra-
ton, these companies returned to pol
icy2olders in the United States $3.50
against only $43.70 losses paid to Wis
consin policyholders for each $500 in
net premiums, and against only $3.50
in 1912 and $3440 in 1913 of net losses
paid Wisconsin policyholders for each
800 of premiums.
Neither are the companies losing
money on their business as a whole
throughout the United States. Their
statements of underwriting profits and
losses omit the interest earned on the
assets. Roughly, one-half the assets
belong to the stockholders and one
half to the policyholders, and this in
terest income is the greatest source
of profit Without any profit from I'M
derwriting, the companies rate of
profits on all investments in capital
and surplus will be double the rate of
interest earned on the assets, as the
stockholders take the earnings on
their own money and on the policy
holders money.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
Reports 47,1e5 State sIIos.

Wisconsin now has Al ,165 silos, &C.
cording to the report of Secretary ].
C. Mckenzie, WisconsiA state board Of
agriculture, just issued. The actual
increase in the number of silos is near
twenty per cent says the report which
deals with Wisconsin farm crops.
The report says:
with an increased number of re-
porters in all sections of Wisconsin
over the number reporting to this of
fee one year ago, we have made an
effort to secure more accurate estt-
mates on the number of silos in Wis
consin, and submit, herewith, tables
showing the number credited to each
county in the state. The report shows
a total number of 47,165. This would
indicate an increase of 13 per cent
over the number reported in 1913. The
actual increase, however, is nearer
twenty per cent.
an our published report for 1913
the number of silos given in some of
the counties was in excess Of the num-
Der actually built, and printers errors
In a few counties increased the num-
Der beyond the actual number in use.
TN answer to the question as to
what material is most commonly used
for building silos, 81 reporters in the
northern division state that wood is
the most commonly used and II re-
port concrete as the most popular ma
terial; in the central division 35 re-
port that concrete is the most COM
mon building material; "a wood, two
tile, and one brick; in the southern
division 26 concrete, 20 wood, four
brick, and four tile.
THE average yield of clover seed
for the state is 2.5 bushels and the
quality of the product is 94.9 per cent.
THE percentage of the 1914 prod
ucts, remaining in the hands of the
farmer on November 1, is as follows:
Wheat, 81.3 per cent; rye, TAI; bar
ley, IT'S; oats, S5.3; corn, 91.5; buck
wheat, $50; fax, $50; clover seed,
$50; timothy seed, S1.9; beans, 81;
peas, 46.6; potatoes, 62.5; sugar beets,
AS; tame hay. IS.
Following is the comparative acre
age and condition of seeding for the
season 1914; Timothy, acreage 81,
condition 99,S; clover, acreage 1908,
condition $50; alfalfa. acreage 1922,
condition 1914; winter wheat, acreage
1926, condition 1872; winter rye, acre
age 97.6, condition, 99.6.
THE percentage of loss from hog
cholera in the entire state was 81 per
cent, the disease being most prevalent
In Racine, Dodge, Grant, Waukesha,
Green, Lake and Pepin counties.
There is a general complaint rela-
tive to the low price of potatoes, many
producers having stored their potatoes
in lots in the field awaiting a more
favorable price"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
Drowned Flour for Gravy.

Keep a quantity of Drowned flour
on hand for making gravy; you will
find it saves a great deal of time Put
several spoonfuls evenly on the bot
tom of a baking pan and stir it over
a moderate fire until it becomes an
amber brown. Turn it into bottle
and keep for use.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
underdone Meat.

If a joint of meat should be too IN
derdone to eat, and several slices have
been carved out, it can be cooked
again and served up as a fresh joint
If the hole is filled up with mashed
potatoes and cooked in brisk oven
for an hour. The Drowned potatoes
will be much appreciated and the fact
that it is the second time OF sending
it to table will not be noticed.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
State Cheese Receives High Score.

Nothing will do more to Improve
the quality of the butter and chees6
made in the creameries and fuctories
of the state than more careful hand
ling of the raw product from the time
it is produced until it is turned into
the vat" This was the report of the
judges who placed the cheese. exhibit
ed in the monthly scoring contest held
at Madison. A w. Schultz of Joel re-
ceived the highest score on his cheese.
his exhibit being graded $3.50
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
To Cook Cabbage in Half an Hour

Have plenty Of sailed boiling water,
in which teaspoonful of soda has
been dissolved. Plunge the cabbage
in, top downward; leave it uncovered
and let it boil until tender. That will
be from twenty minutes to half an
hour. Take it out into a colander;
drain well, put into hot dish; add
lots of butter, some salt and pepper
and serve at once 1t will be as deli
cate as cauliflower and the color be
retained, as well as no unpleasant
odor over the hogss such as is always
associated with boiling cabbage. Try
1t once.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
Bran Gems.

One egg, one cupful -four, two cup
fuls bran, one teaspoonful salt, three
tablespoonfuls molasses, one table
spoonful shortening, one teaspoonful
soda, buttermilk to make a stiff bat
ter, raisins may be added if desired.
Bake Is minutes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
Relieve Part of Quarantine.

That the United States department
af agriculture at Washington ap-
proves the plan of segregating only
certain counties in the state for foot
and-mouth disease and will relieve
the remainder of the state from the
quarantine, is the effect of a message
received by DR.. o. H. Eliason, state
veterinarian
The telegram is signed by DR.. A. D.
Melvin, chief of the bureau of animal
industry Of the federal department.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
Hinh Price for Matches

London.-Matches are SO scarce at
the front that an officer of the Second
Sherwood Foresters paid $3.50 for a
single one.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
To Make succotash In Winter.

Take small white beans, soak them
IL hours and then put them on to
boil. When half done, add the corn
and let them boil until soft, when
add buttexs salt and pepper.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1914-12-09
Show German Spirit,

Berlin.-A shopkeeper at Breslau
has an advertisement in his window
promising to pay 10000 marks to the
German soldier who first lands in Eng
land.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-02
BY Jane Whitaker.


The idea that women desire to I'M
derbid men in order to take their po-
sitions from them exists in the minds
of many men, but it is not a fact, as
a study of the situation will show,
and it is based on snap judgment.
In the beginning of their industrial
slavery, women had no option regard
ing their wages. The necessity that
they work forced them to accept the
standard fixed by greed-mad men en-
ployers, who took advantage of that
necessity.
But if you will look back over the
past several years of trade unionism
among women you will find that
women have waged some of the most
standard of wages, and that every
time they were successful in doing
this they naturally raised the stand
ard of mems wages in the same field.
The latest instance of this is the
battle the mattresses are waging-
one of the most bitter battles, be-
cause it would seem that every force
10 oil dyCO against IuClu. 1HC COuIG u
have ruled against them, the public
sides with the employer to the extent
of making affidavits that turn the
same public from a disinterested
spectator into an advocate of the cap
italist.
For the sake of raising this stand
ard of wages, these girls have sub
mitted to the indignity of arrest; they
have submitted to brutality; they are
now submitting to thing from which
a girl shrinks- the gaze of a curious
and often hostile public.
The garment workers fought one
of the biggest labor fights in New
York City, and their victory was a
victory for the men in the same line.
The legislative battles of the work
ers have been led by women, and
proof of it lies in the fact that there
iC a tnn-hOur law OOUorniOO WOman'c
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-02


ter foes of women workers as are the
employers, for men workers will not
admit the equality of woman work.
er, and display constant jealousy.
That women have invaded politics
is largely due to the fact that with
the forces arrayed against them, with
the workingmen. as well as the en-
ployers fighting against their equal
ity, they must use every weapon if
they may ever hope to gain equality,
and the. weapon of politics is very
powerful one.
That they are taking positions on
the police force, as my critic said in
his letter of Monday is not altogether
the fault of women. 1t is due to the
fact that they are better fitted to deal
with women than are men, and this
lack of fitness to handle tender girls
made necessary the employment of
women police.
There was a time before women
were forced into the industrial field
when men were considered better for
every position. But women have
demonstrated that is not so. They
have shown a greater tenderness and
a greater loyalty.
In the case of a woman secretary,
with whom l am acquainted, man
equally qualified applied for her posi-
ton and offered his services at SIS less
a week.
The employer said to this man ap-
plicant: 81 have had several men Sec
retaries and this was my first expert
ment with women. Miss - doesn't
do any better work than my men Sec
retaries did-nor any quicker-but
she is more loyal than any man who
ever worked for me, and l am paying
for her loyalty, not her superiority"
1t is barely possible that if men had
been able to stand together before
women entered the industrial field
if thew had NOT IInderhid each other
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07

r. L. 5. GUHDUN,
H. B, Al. Consul, Honolulu.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
FANTOM SHIP
sighted OFF
OAHU COAST?

That large three funneled war
vessel steaming at slow pace was
sighted about rs miles to the south
and westward of Honolulu early this
morning was the report that gained
general circulation along the water
front and about the city today. De-
spite every effort made to run down
the source of the story, the report
could not be confirmed
The strange vessel was said to be a
battleship, believed to be one of sew
eral belonging to the British squad
ron. An early report had it that the
warcraft had been sighted by the
Inter-Island steamer Helene in return
master of this vessel, fatty denied
today that he or mis- oE:cers had noted
any such vessel in steaming from
Ahukini.
Sufficient time is believed to have
not elapsed for the appearance OF
German cruiser from either the China
or the Mexican coast. Departing YES.
sci masters have been instructed by
port officials to keep sharp lookout
for any and all vessels and report the
same by wireless.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
WEST VIRGINIA
YET in TOUCH
With ISLANDS
Establishes Record for Long,
Distance in Wireless Word,
Using the Federal System

Breaking all existing records for
wireless communication between a
vessel and a land station during the
hours of daylight the United States
cruiser West Virginia, now more than
1000 miles from Honolulu and steam,
ing for San Francisco. was today re.
ported by Federal Wireless telegraph
in latitude 27.23 north. longitude
1850 west, the vessel travelling
through calm seas with sky overcast
and occasional showers. The West
Virginia reports an average speed of
Is knots per hour
The wireless report received at the
local Office of the Federal Wireless
Company at noon today is considered
In the light of distinct triumph for
that system. It is claimed to be i'm.
possible for ships with wireless equip.
ment other than the Peulsen to re-
port their position in the day time
at a distance greater than $50 miles.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
Armament of European, Pouers

According figures compiled BY the San Chronicle the fol
published
hand in Honolulu
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
PINEAPPLE PACK
FOR GERMANY IS
NOT TOTAL Loss

There is not likely to be any loss,
excepting from delay In market real.
izations, on the local pineapple pack
for Germany on account of the war.
Although canned without sugar and
repacked on arrival, as this paper ex-
planned in. an article on last years
pineapple pack, the pines for the Ger
man market are not in the class OF
perishable products, according to q
statement made to Star-Bulletin re-
porter this morning by w. B. Thomas,
president of the Thomas Pineapple
Co, Ltd.
I'VE cannot make any change in
factory plans now" said Mr.. Thomas,
'as the pines for Germany were al
ready packed wheA the cablegram
was received advising US not to ship
any more to that country Il was en-
order for 1000 cases. which . not 4
very serious matter The pines win
keen in the original packing Icr a
least year.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
ANNOUNCEMENT

i hereby announce myself as
a candidate tor reelection TO the
House Of Representatives.
II elected. / will do my ut
most to assist in the passage Of
laws TO advance the health and
well.being OF the people of these
islands, and will work for eff
cheney and economy In the ad.
ministration of the government
so that the people viii receive
the full benefit OF the expendi.
ture of public funds. and also
that such expenditure shall be
so regulated as TO bring the
greatest good TO the greatest
number
The public schools Of the ter,
ritory should be further devel-
oped along the line OF vocation
al education. In order that our
boys and girls will be made
more useful TO themselves, their
parents and the community.
.-. Respectfully,
CLARENCE II. COOKE.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07

n it's easier to preach than to prac-
tice it must be easier to be clergy
man than a physician.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
BANK OF ENGLAND
RATE IS REDUCED
TO SIX PER CENT

The following official notice was Is
sued from the British consulate last
night:
chancellor OF exchequerl announced
last night that in addition to usual
denominations of notes, notes of one
pound and ten shillings, convertible
into gold at Bank of England, will be
issued Friday morning, and bank rate
reduced from ten to six per cent the
same day. He also said 1t lis not neces-
sary for Bank of England to suspend
payments in gold and there is no fall
ure of credit. Bankers consider
themselves able to resume ordinary
course Of business August It'll.
E. L. 8. GORDON,
H. B. Al. Consul, Honolulu.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
sERVIA.

Population-2,91L,T01.
Area-lS.650 square miles.
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More than half of the dfstilleries Of
Kentucky, according to information
made public Saturday, have agreed to
join in the movement that will reduce
the 1914 output of whiskey 100000
gallons. on account of the large stocks
and over production during the past
five years.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
RUSSIA.

Population Tin Europe .5SS, 900.
,Area-1.S62.524 square miles.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-07
ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Voters Of the City and
County of Honolulu.

County OF Honolulu.
Gentlemen: hereby an
nounce that I will be a candi-
date at the coming primary
election for the Republican
nomination for Sheriff. Having
had the police experience of
serving as deputy sheriff of sew
eral districts of these islands.
and the legislative experience
Of five successive terms, besides
being a practicing attorney, !
am confident that, II elected, !
shall be able to conduct the
office Of Sheriff with both In
telligence and efficiency.
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM ]. SHELDON.
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ATTORNEY general C1r0o1| appointed
johnson d |c|116r Of Rome deputy
to succeed Au1I.. Merrill WHO |..'.|'
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