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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18

The farm residence, barns and other
outbuilding on the place of Frank Rob-
inson, two miles northeast of Viroqua,
have recently been completely lighted
by seteline gas, making the premises
very inviting and convenient. Joe. De-
tiers is arranging for like service in
his fine new barn, residence and farm
buildings west of the city. Also Andrew
Stromsland of Asbury.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18

Annual Agricultural Society Meeting
All members of the county agricul.
tural society are earnestly requested
to meet at the city hall on Wednesday,
December 2, 100 p. m. Officers for
the ensuing year will be elected and
other important business will come be-
fore the meeting.
+. M. MINsHALL, President.
F. w. ALEXANDER, Secretary.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18


DIR. C. A. Minshall has purchased a
new Buick run. about machine.
The Sentry tells that Hillsboro COM
munity sent twenty-five hunters north
in one party. f9Is
MIR. and Mrs. E. P Kellogg Of Kick
apoo, spent Friday in the city with the
Monks and Morleys. While here they
enrolled with the big CENSOR family.
--Thos. johnson brought in q bunch
of hogs from West Prairie on Monday.
Scott Sanwick was also over from that
town and placed his name on the CEN
soR lists.
Louis A. Larson was a county seat
visitor from DeSoto, remaining two
days with relatives and renewing old
friendships. His brother Albert drove
him home by auto.
--Mesdames r. W. Baldwin and F.P
Mcintosh went to Rochester, on Mon
day, to consult the great Mayo sur
geons. They were accompanied by DIR.
Baldwin and Mr.. Mcintosh.
The county board of education. and
also the county training school board,
held meetings in the city, last week,
formulating and presenting their an
nual reports to the county board.
Mrs. J. A. Moen gave party in
honor of number of Cashton ladies'
The guests from our Eeighboring viii
lage were Mesdsmes Easi. Morrison,
Fox, Coe, Hansen, Brown, Nelson and
Miss Alice Campbell.
Miller Clint Stunkard was up from
Towerville on Friday. He reports good
run of business in the mill, but COM
plains that the country is short of wheat,
not the usual good crop having been
harvested this season.
Ben S. NuzIm has resigned as man.
ager for the Nuzum-Hunter Lumber
Company at Resdstown, engaging as
travelling salesman for Goodyear Lum-
Der firm Of Tomab, to which city he
viii move his family in the near future.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18

At the farm home on Asbnry ridge,
on recent evening. Mrs. Jesse Sill
baugh was given happy birthday sur
prise, a company of neighbours and
friends assembling for that purpose.
IL was jolly time and the lady of the
house was presented with substantial
remembrance of the event.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18

Cashton Record reports that a new
industry is being launched at Sparta,
that of manufacturing aeroplanes and
flying boats. The enterprise is being
started by Nathan Steele, formerly in
the jewelry business at Sparta. The
firm is to be known as the Ascension
Manufacturing Company. Mr. Steele
has inst returned from st. Paul, where
he purchased equipment for his first
machines.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18

Tuesday morning Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Fowell were reelected superintendent
and matron Of the county aims hcuse.
The election was unanimous, on motion
of Supervisor Dolen. Their salary was
fixed at 81, 500 per year, all assistants
to be employed by the county. This is
the same basis as last year,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18

State Veterinarian EIiason issued an
order requiring all cattle offered for sale
at public auction or public sale between
this date and January /, to be certified
by licensed Wisconsin veterinaries that
they are free from the foot and mouth
disease and that the herds from which
they come are also free from that dis
ease. He notified all the transportation
companies of the suspension of the or.
der issued several days ago requiring
hides to be disinfected before being
shipped out of the state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18

i1illsboro Sentry reports that Ole
johnson, who went to Norway last
spring with the expectation of making
his future home in that country, has
returned, arriving in Hillsboro. He
is brother of Halver johnson of Val
ley. OF course he likes his native eoun-
try or he never would have gone back,
but he did not find it quite as he ex-
pected, therefore he returned to Amer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-11-18
ROUND AND ABOUT US.

Elder w. F. Tnylor, former resi-
dent of this county, died recently at
Park Falls, leaving quite large fami-
ly, number of whom reside in the
eastern section of Vernon. Mr.. Taylor
was born at Mt. Tabor. He was a
preacher of the United Brethren faith.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-12
P. S.-"Gosh all purity" but some
of our sedate folks give US a pain!
CHICAGO GRAIN.-Wheat lower.
Corn about steady. Oats steady to a
trifie lower. Provisions lower.
GIVES WILKERsoN A BOOST

When Chas. F. Clyne was, sworn in
as U. S. district attorney yesterday,
he expected to take the oath of Of
fee before the court clerk. But u. S.
Judge Lands directed that the new
district attorney come before him.
Judge lands told Mr.. Clyne that
he was about to take on the duties Of
the most important political office in
Illinois and hoped that whena he re-
tired he would retire with as clean a
record and good a reputation as ]. H.
Wilkerson, his predecessor.
This was taken as VindicatiOn of
Wilkerson's administration by fed
eral Judge who was familiar with his
work.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-12
LONG LOST MYSTERY SOLVED IN
ENDING OF BONES?-

The police believe that mystery
of 20 years standing twas solved
when VIM. Raetz, blowing his farm
near Momence, H., uncovered the
bodies of two men and a girl.
The girl is thought to have been
Minnie Williams, third bigamous wife
of Herman Webster Mudgett, alias H.
H. Holmes, slayer of twelve.
She disappeared while living in the
castle" Of Holmes at 61st and Wal
lace SITS. After Holmes death on a
Philadelphia scaffold a search for her
was begun, but her body was not
found.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-12
LOOKS LIKE THEY'LL, HAVE TO
QUIT USING DOORS

The South Park Board is ignoring
city ordinances that require buildings
used as gathering places to have
doors swing outward, the Michigan
blvd. big business men claim, because
the park board will permit no doors
swinging out onto the sidewalk.
The Michigan av. business men
cry that the city has decreed that. no
doors shall open from the sidewalk
and say the South Park Board are
demanding violation of this rule to
prevent passing people from being
struck by doors swinging outward.
The real reason for their kick,
however. might be in the charge of
the business men that the necessary
changes would cost large sum. g..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-12
TopAY,s HEALTHoGRAM

One of the most effective exercises
is walking. Walk at a brisk pace. AS
compared to sitting, it increases the
inspiration of air three times be-
cause of the demand for oxygen. It
is also one of the most restful exer-
cises for the nervous system because
of it's rhythmic coordination Of move
ments.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight becoming unsettled
Sunday; slowly rising temperature;
moderate to fresh easterly winds be-
coming soUtherIY Sunday. Tempera-
tuFe FTiday-Highest, So; lowest, So,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-12
SOME ROT!

BY Jim Nance.
Say, have you heard the latest
Of the fool" stunts people spring?
It's better than that segregated
Bathing rule last spring.
Just now they've near decided
That young couples have no right
To occupy the same park bench
When stroIling round at night.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-12
PERsoN OUT ON BOND

Clinton, ILL.,, Sept. 12.-Carl Per-
son, editor of the Strike Bulletin,
charged with the murder of Tony
Musser and with criminal libel, was
released on the latter charge on
bond furnished by the Chicago Bond
ing Surety Co. The murder trial be-
gins September % in Lincoln, H., on
a change of venue from Dewitt
county.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06
Little Benny's Mote Book
BY LEE PAPE

Benny wat do you meen by telling yure
farthir and me a deelibrit faltshood.
dident, / sed. had hole glass
of beer and 80 did Artie and Ant Glad
dis gave 1t to us and she wood OF gave
us moar, to, II we wuntid 1t.
Yung man, sed pop, don't no ware
you ixpect to go wen you die but jes
avn the chanse that the recording an
jel may make mistake and give you
a steeridge ticket to hevvin, will ask
you to folio me now and sufir 'ittel
dezerved punishment in the lowir re-
gions, SO to speek.
No sir, no sir, I sed. 1t was ony root
beer, pop 1t was ony root beer.
Well for gooniss sake, wy dident you
say so at ferst. sed ma.
Nobody asked me, sed.
Well, sed pop. sumboddy asks you to
put that cap back undir the sofer, ware
1t apparinntly belawngs. for yure 60.
ing to stay in tonite.
Aw, G, pop, sed, the fellos Is wate-
ing for me.
Let them waite, sed pop.
WITCH, did.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06
STOPPING BIG WASTE.

The advice which the cotton spin
ners of England have been giving
American cotton planters to improve
their methods of packing is beginning
to bear fruit One of the biggest Am
erican companies Is now sending its
cotton to England in neatly packed
bales thus escaping the great wastage
that in years past has resulted from
bad packing Sir Charles NIAGARA,
president of the English Federation OF
English cotton spinners, pleased at the
progress that the movement for bet
ter packing is making, still finds It
not so rapid as he would like. Thou
sands Of pounds" he said, will be
saved every year by good packing,
which 1 trust will ere long be the rule
all over the cotton growing districts of
America"
It is estimated that $25,00O,0o0 have
been lost by bad packing, the Ameri-
can packers being entirely responsible
The Indian, Egyptian and colonial
packers all send their cotton in well
secured bales, from which there is no
leakage.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06

had sum root beer erround at my
cuzzin Arties house this AFTERNOON, bee
ing littel berry, but pritty good, and
tonite aftir suppir vile was hunting
GROUND untiir the sofer in the setting
room for my cap, thawt Of sumthing,
saying G, ma. wat do you think drank
GROUND at Arties house this AFTERNOON.
Wat, sed ma.
III give you gesses, l sed.
o, keep 1t to yurself, sed ma.
A hole glass of beer, sed.
Wat, sed ma.
Watts that, sed pop.
Benny, sed ma, don't tell stories.
I'm not, sed, drank hole glass
of beer, and Artie drank wun, to.
The doose you did. sed pop, ware
was yure Ant Gladdis at the time,
She was thare, sed, she gave it to
us.
Heer, heer, sed pop, that's littel to
mulch.
Now, no hes telling story, sed ma
Gladdis woodent even toutch drop
herself mulch less give it to childrin.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06
MINERS BEST plGGERs

Do you know that he coal miners Of
West Virginia have actually Ourtlug
the eNCavators of th3 Panama canal?
The Rig canal has oeen advertised III
a hundred ways. Not d word has been
said about the even more wonderful
feat ~ the miners. That's why you
don't know that in the eleven years.
while the much heralded work at the
Panama canal was producing 295,323,-
900 Gu. yds. OF earth-and all the &x-
cavating was being done on the sur
face-the coal miners of West Virginia
were getting out of the bowels Of the
earth 542,94e,446 Gu. yds. Think of it!
When the engineers of the Panama
canal, in 1908, began their work, they
made careful survey and found that
approximately 95,323,0OO Gu. yds, of
excavation was necessary. This was
regarded as stupendous undertaking
and was commonly spoken OF as the
largest excavation job the world has
ever seen. Laborers were imported
to the canal zone, and column after
column was written showing how mar
velously these laborers were making
the dirt fly" under the direction of the
most expert engineers the world has
ever seen.
But the 195,323,OOO Gu. yds., the orig
inal estimate, were not all that the
Panama canal diggers were to dig af-
ter they had started. On account of
the slides in Culebra cut, another hun
dred million cubic yards were to be
added to their work. This made 1885,
323,0OO Gu. yds. which were dug in
eleven years.
Under conditions far more difficult,
the coal miners of West Virginia did
an amount of excavating in the same
eleven years that made the digging in
cident to the Panama canal look like
child's play. The work of these West
Virginia miners has never been her.
aided to the world. The general pub
lie has paid little attention.
But the fact remains that the men
who work underground in the mines
Of West Virginia have done vastly
bigger job in the digging line than the
men who work in the open on the Pan
anna canal.-Coal Age.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06
ADVOCATING ALFALFA.

Black Hawk county has begun one
Of the most important agricultural cam
paisns that has ever taken place In
Iowa. THIS campaign will be carried
on in every section of the county to-
day, Friday and Saturday 1t will be
q campaign by the people Of Black
Hawk county In cooperation with the
Crop Improvement association, Agri-
cultural college at Ames, and Prof. T.
G. Holden, formerly Of this state, and
his staff Of men from the International
Harvester Agricultural Extension de-.
partment. The opening meeting took
place at Waterloo on Wednesday night
under the auspices of the Town Criers'
club, one of the Invest commercial or
CARNATIONS of the central west The
chairman of this campaign Is A. A..
Burger, county agriculturist for Black
Hawk county, and in the preparation
\ for the campaign he has the assistance
Of the farmers and all of the CONNER
cial organizations within the county
The slogan Of this campaign will be,
Alfalfa on every farm and silo with
every barn" During the three days,
the speakers and demonstrators will
speak at ninety meetings in the coun-
ty. There will be six squads, going out
In automobiles with four or five auto
mobiles in each squad. Most of the
meetings will be held on the farms. so
that in attending the farmers will lose
very little time from their work. All
Of the speakers will use charts that
will demonstrate strikingly the value
Of practical farming methods. The
speakers will carry with them demon
stration outfits and will make tests of
the soil Of the farms they visit Those
farmers who wish it will be given per-
sonal assistance in the preparation of
the seed-bed for getting good stand
of alfalfa.
This campaign will result in making
Black Hawk county one of the great
est alfalfa growing sections in Iowa.
Already some Of the leading business
men OF Waterloo, Cedar Falls and La
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06
Di n n e e
s f or i e 8

An episode at the Yale bicenten-
NAL in 1901 illustrated the readiness
of President Hadley's intellectual re-
sources, relates the Worlds Work.
One of the distinguished guests
was the representative of the Uni
versity of Upsala in Sweden. This
gentleman, when received bys Presi-
dent Hadley and the corporation in
the reception room Of the art school.
delivered long address in Latin.
AS soon as he had finished, President
Hadley made lengthy reply, also in
Latin.
well, WELL" said Chauncey M.
Depew-at least the story represents
him as saying-"I never knew that
President Hadley could talk swed,
ish!"
The little boy was evidently frm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06
WILLARD.

Miss Agnes Johnson went to Des
Moines Friday where she will attend
summer school
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Larson spent Sun
day evening at the Pete Pearson home.
Mrs. Walter Smith was a Blakesburg
caller Saturday.
Miss Edna Peterson spent Sunday at
the Frank Stuber home.
Emmett Anderson spent Friday at
ternoon with Harvard Pearson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bachman of
Blakesburg visited Thursday at the
Ross Bachman home.
Misses Lena and Ida Johnson OF
Rock Island, ILL.,, returned home Fri.
day to spend the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sinskey spent
Sunday evening at the Newt Wilson
home.
Miss Ethel Johnson Of Des Moines
returned home Monday for a two
weeks visit with home folks.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06
BLOOMFIELD.

Mrs. Ramsey and daughter who hat
been Visiting at the parental John
Tony home for two weeks returned TO
their home In Woodford Mondey, her
sister Ella Tony, accompanied her for
an all summers visit
John Davidson. Jr., met with quite
an accident Saturday while riding q
motorcycle near Drakesville. He lost
control of the machine in some way
and was thrown into barbed wire
fence and received q number Of cuts
and scratches about the neck, face
and chest.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. L. Davidson and son
Robert, John Carter and wife and j.
w. Pope, wife and son Lester Of Hills
boro spent Sunday. in this city at the
John Davidson home.
John Warrington Of Ottumwa, visit
ed over Sunday at the parental Cap
Warrington home.
The Foreign Missionionary society
of the M. e. church will meet at the
church Tuesday afternoon. The home
society will meet with Mrs. Ed Highly
Thursday afternoon and the Queen
Esther circle with Mrs. j. w. Steckel
Wednesday afternoon.
Bonnie Jackson and wife, Charlie
Hill and family and Mr. and Mrs. Face
Of Lancaster, Mo-, visited over Sunday
at the John Lratzer home.
Miss Cleo Spencer who has been
teaching in the west for the past nine
months has returned home for the
summer
VIM. Sweeney and wife of Ottumwa,
visited over Sunday at the home Of his
brother Lewis Senseny.
Miss Alma Worrell Of Ottumwa, Wis
tied Saturday and Sunday with her
friend Miss Lulu Brohard, returning
home Monday.
T. P. Bence started for trip to Of
tumwa, Cedar Rapids. Cedar Falls, and
Iowa City in the interest of the Ma
sonic order.
VIM. Wishard and Clarence Bence
autoed to Mt. Pleasant Saturday to
students at the college.
There were dozen or more auto
loads Of people went to Centerville
Sunday to see the ball between Cen
terville and Bloomfield.
Chris McAvey who has been confined
at the hospital for month with appen.
dicitis was able to be moved home Sun
day.
Mrs. Mccormick went to Des Moines
Monday to see about her daughter who
lis reported on the sick roll.
Bloomfield and vicinity was blessed
with another good rain Sunday night.
William Bridges Of Pulaski visited
! his sister Miss Mile Bridges who IL
/ In poor health Monday.
( VIM. Parsons, one Of the state SEQ
rotary of the Y. M. G. association was
In this city Sunday in the interest Of
! that work, and held meeting Of the
boys ut o'clock and Of the adult
men at 4:30 and aroused quite an en-
| thusiastic sentiment In favor of doing
something on that line here during
the summer months. They appointed
committee to undertake the work o.
financing the proposition and hiring q
4. man to come and organize. introduce
and superintend such work. This com
mittee consists Of seven men, one from
| each Of the five churches and one from
the public school and one from the
college. The committee are w. ]
Steckel M. e. Ephreim Wishard
/ Christian, H. p. Campbell, Baptist, l.
E Goode, Nazarene, and Henry
lGuernsy Of the Presbyterians, Prof
jLockhart Of the public and Prof Darn
Mel Of the college.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06

believer in the old adage, "Of two
evils choose the least" Turning q
corner at full speed he collided with
the minister.
Where are you running to, my
little man." asked the minister.
when he had regained his breath.
"Efome!" painted the boy. Mas
going to spank me-
What gasped the astonished
minister. Are you eager to have
your mother spank you that you run
home 80 fast?"
mo" shouted the boy over his
shoulder as he resumed his home.
ward flight, "but II don't get there
before pa he'll do it,"
Brown is financially weak, isn't
he?"
"He hasn't much money, but he
gives employment to great many
men,"
who are they?"
"Other peoples bill collectors"
In a certain school teacher was
giving her class reading. 1t came to a
mart about woman drowning herself.
The teacher asked a boy to read again
He began:
".She threw herself into the river
Her husband, horror stricken, rushed
to the bank. ~"
The teacher said: Now, tell me
why the husband rushed to the bank r.
Quick and sharp came his answer:
please, ma'am. to get the insurance
money
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06

Porte City are preparing to plant al
falfa on their farms this summer and
many farmers are going to do the same
thing. The campaign will be the only
campaign of It's kind in Iowa this sum-
mer, but the people of Black Hawk
county are expecting its effects will be
felt over a large part of the state. Keen
interest Is shown in the return of Prof.
Holden for campaign in the state
whose yield of corn he has helped In
crease by millions of bushels.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-06-06
IOWA AND HER LOSSES OF PoPU-
lATlON,

The last census showed that Iowa
had lost instead of gaining population
during the decade covered. 1t Is be-
lieved that since 1910 the same lament
able downward tendency has continued
and that the rich and prosperous state
has lost some of its best and sturd1est
citizens.
Naturally enough, the whole state Is
wrestling with the why of the stu
alton. A special committee OF able
business men and others has toured
the state and held inquiries on the
question. Many theories and guesses
have been advanced, but it cannot be
said that the problem is anywhere near
solution.
Iowa is losing population, say some
with much positiveness, because land
values have steadily risen. How rising
land values can drive out farmers who
own their acres no one has explained.
OF course tenant farmers sand land
seekers may prefer the cheap or free
land Of Canada to the dear land of
Iowa, but even If the outward move
ment has been confined to tenant far
mers and would-be farmers, why nave
not rising land values had the same
effect on the corresponding elements
in other states-neighbors of Iowa and
subject essentially to the same force
and influences? The explanation is
manifestly inadequate and dogma
begotten.
Another and strangely fantastic the
DRY is that Iowa has too many rail-
road lines and fast through trains. De-
pots. modern trains and low fares are
supposed to tempt men to sell every
thing and move away. But what OF the
lines and trains of Illinois, Ohio, 1ndl-
ana and Michigan? Why do not the
citizens of these states yield to the
same everpresent temptations?
TO repeat, the problem is still I'M
solved. It should not, however, long
remain 40. A well-conducted inquiry
among the farmers and merchants, the
statesmen and credit agencies, should
throw light on the question. A refer
endum among ex-Iowans now settled
elsewhere might furnish valuable In
formation. Find out why several hun
dred or thousand average men nave
left the state, and you will probably
get at causes that are causing others
to make plans for change OF habl-
tat.-Chicago Record Herald.
II seems that much ado Is being
made about the fact that the 1910
census reports showed that Iowa lost
several thousands in population. The
same records show that practically
every state in the great middle west
lost rural population in the same per-
iod. The people moved into the big
cities. and Iowa not being dominated
py big cities with the accompanying
evils of such domination, showed net
loss in population while the others
showed net gain due to the growth
Of the big towns.
Population is very vacillating at the
best and states which showed the
greatest gains in 1910 are just as apt
to show losses in 1920 and vice versa.
The production of wealth in Iowa Is
not fuctuating however. Iowa pro
duces more and more every year which
ia OF more importance to- the state
than loss or gain of several thousand
inhabitants.