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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-16

Among the militia officers who
raised companies of amateur soldiers
for service in the Black Hawk war
was one who is known to history and
fame as Major Stillman. His given
name is not given, but that does not
matter; he may be Indetified as
"Major Stillman. Evidently he had
a company, or at least he was made
commander of several companies of
those pioneers and frontiersmen.
They made a rendezvous near the
Rock river, in northern Illinois, and
soon started upstream in pursuit of
the Indians.
History agrees on one thing re-
garding this expedition, and that is
the number of men engaged in it,
which was about 300. This was a
mounted army, and as their COM
missary was limited, they made slow
progress. They had to stop and cook
their own food; they had to stop and
let their horses feed on the grass as
they went. But, even at that, they
were approaching the deadly foe.
although it seems they did not know
it. If this valorous company had
known that Black Hawk and some
considerable number of his braves
were in their vicinity they would not
have been in camp, near the Peca-
tonica river, on a creek that was
known as Sycamore. But they were
there all right, with horses staked
out for feed, and camp fires aglow,
ready for cooking the monday meal.
Just then three Indians were seen
approaching from the north, and the
best history of the event says these
Indians carried the white flag. One
was quite near the camp, the other
was a little way BEND and the third
was just starting out of the woods.
And it is claimed that each carried
white flag.
Evidently the valiant whites were
thrown into panic, or something OF
that sort, for it is said that they shot
the nearest Indian, totally disregard
ing the white flag, and shots were
fired at the second Indian. He turned
and made tracks for cover in the
woods from which he had started
out. And the third Indian followed
his example. Those who delight to
discuss the treachery of the red man
are also very apt to forget to .ell of
this piece of unparalleled treachery
on the part of 300 white men, fully
armed, when they found themselves
pttted against three Indians with
white flags.
Re that as it may, no sooner had
the whites felled the most advanced
bearer of the white, than they out
and after 'em. Some mounted horses;
some charged to the wood in full cry,
bent on the immediate determination
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-16
GRANT COUNTY HISTORY

Fragmentary Tales of Early DoingS in This Good
Bailiwick Gathered from the Most Authentic Sources
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-16

this We ar join
this army of con-
tented tire users.
1t is by far the
largest army in
Tiredom. Any
dealer will sup
ply you. (2ss1)
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-09-17
COMING EVENTS

Sept Especial election on the
question of raising the liquor Ii
cense fee from $500 to $500.
Sept 29-Chicago Symphony Orches-
ira, first number lyceum course,
at new highschool building.
Oct. 16-Albert Edward Wiggam, lee
turer, lyceum course number.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-09-17
Money to Loan
No Delay
MICHAELSON e. HUGHES
THE HOME TOWN NEWS

TIE TUNE lOWN NEWO
I'm tired of all these city papers,
With their scandals and divorces,
Their beauty hints and talks to girls,
And everything that's vain,
And how to serve supper with a
dozen and one courses,
And what girl should do who meets
a strange man on a train;
Just for tonight let's read our home
town paper
Let's read about the people that
We used to love so true;
Just for tonight let's read our home
town paper,
among the folks we knew.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-09-17
r. B. Macdonald made a bushes

r. B. Macdonald made a business
trip to Milwaukee Monday night
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Lane, of Ripon,
arrived here Saturday to visit Rev.
and Mrs c.. Fl. Sanders. Mrs. Lane
is a cousin of Rev. Sanders.
From his seasons second crop of
strawberries John Corbett has raised
a strawberry having a circumference
of five inches and length Of one
and three-quarters inches. Mr.. Cor
bett has a hundred plants set out
and indications are that his second
crop will bear heavily.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-09-17

ciety's grand doings,
About people that you never saw or
never cared to see,
And the marriages of strangers, the
engagements and the wooings-
These may be interesting, but they
don't appeal to me;
Just for tonight let's read our home
town paper,
Let's read about the visitings. the
social party, too,
And what the preacher talked about
its all in the home paper
And imagine We are back again
among the folks we knew.
Mrs Ann E. Schaeffer returned to
her summer home near Stone Lake
Saturday, after a week at the fair.
]. E. Berry, of Stevens Point,
former resident of Ladysmith, was in
the city Saturday to look over
piece of land he owns south of La
dysmith.
Rev. j. NJ Woerth, of Rice Lake,
who occupied the pulpit of the local
German Lutheran church Sunday
morning and afternoon, returned
home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Baker and
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wilson returned
Monday from Humbird, where they
attended the funeral of Mr.. Wilson's
and Mrs. Bakers father, Grin Will
son.
wonder if Elijah White has mar
ried Lucy Horton;
wonder if the Jones girls ever
finally got beau,
And how things are progressing with
Sam and Mabels courtin',
And how big Uncle Silas' prize
punkin's like to grow;
Just for tonight let's read our home
town paper,
And find out what the folks at
home have done, or plan to do;
Just for tonight let's read our home
town paper,
And imagine we are back again
among the folks we knew.
Miss Irene Cole has gone to SUI
perior to attend the normal school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Luell, ST., and
son, Will, and Mr.. and Mrs George
P. Luell, and daughter, Dorothy, are
spending the week camping at ANA
coy lake.
A miscellaneous Or parcel. shower
was given Wednesday by Mrs. A. c.
Thompson and Mrs. M. G. Martin at
the formers home, in honor of Miss
! Harriet Brewster, who was welded
Thursday to o. ]. Falge. The guest
of honor was the recipient of many
beautiful and useful gifts.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1915-09-17

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07
SUGGESTS BROAD PLAN
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE

Increase Standing Regular Force-Four
Hundred Thousand Citizen Soldiers.
But war has never been a mere mat
ter of men and guns. 1t is thing
of disciplined might. If our citizens
are eyer to- fight effectively upon a
sudden summons. they must know
how modern lighting is done, and hat
to do when the summons comes to
render themselves Immediately avail
able and Immediately effective. And
the government must be their servant
In this matter. must supply them with
the training they need to take care of
themselves and Of It The military
arm of their government. which they
will not allow to direct them. they may
properly use to serve them and make
their Independence securesi and moi
their own independence merely. but
the rights also of those with whom
they have made common cause. should
they also ee put in jeopardy. They
must be fitted to play the great role
In the world. and particularly In this
hemisphere, for which they are quail
fed by principle and by chastened am
bition to play.
e is with these sGes.s in mind that
the plans Of the department of war for
more adequate national defense were
conceived which will be laid before
you, and which | urge you to sanction
and put into effect as1soon as they can
be properly scrutinized and discussed
They seem to me 1.-THE essential first
steps, and they seem to me for the
present sufficient.
They contemplate an increase of the
standing force of the regular army
from its present strength of 5.O23 Off
GERS and 1G2. $50 enlisted men OF ala
services to a strength of T,136 officers
and 134.7oT enlisted men. or 141.843
all told, all services. rank and file, by
the addition Of hfty-two companies of
coast artillery. fifteen companies of en-
gineers. ten regiments of infantry, four
regiments of field artillery and four
aero squadrons, besides $50 officers re
CURED for a great variety Of extra
service, especially the all important
! duty of training the citizen force of
which shall presently speak. 1872 non
commissioned officers for service in
drill, recruiting and the like and the
necessary quota of enlisted men for
the Quartermaster corps. the hospital
corps. the ordnance department and
other similar auxiliary services. These
are the additions necessary to render
the army adequate for it's present du
ties.A duties which it has to perform
not only upon our own continental
coasts and borders and at our interior
army posts. but also IN the Philippines
in the Hawaiian Islands. at the 18th
mus and in Porto Rico
By way OF making the country ready
to assert some part OF its real powe
promptly and upon a larger scale
should occasion arise the plan also
contelnplates supplementing the army
by force of 100000 disciplined citi
gems. raised in increnents of $4,000
year throughout q period of three
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07
SHOULD AGREE ON POLICY
IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Rsconamends Early Adoption of Meas,
ures Giving Them Fuller Justice.


RECOMMENDS Early Adoption of Meas
ures Giving Them Fuller Justice.
There is another matter which seems
to me to be very intimately associated
with the question of national safety
and preparation for defense. That is
our policy toward the Philippines and
the people of Porto Rico. Our treat
ment Of them and their attitude to-
ward us are manifestly OF the first con-
sequence III the development of our
duties In the world and in getting
free hand to perform those duties. We
must be free from every unnecessary
burden or embarrassment. and there
is no better way to be clear of en-
barrassment than to fulfill our prom
ises and promote the interests of those
dependent on US to the utmost Bills
for the alteration and reform OF the
government of the Philippines and for
rendering fuller political justice TO the
people of Porto Rico were submitted
to the Sixty-third congress. They will
be submitted also to you, need not
particularize their details. You are
most of you already familiar with
them. But L do recommend them to.
your early adoption with the sincere
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07

surtax itself. the income taxes rs at
present apportioned would yield sums
sufficient to balance the books of the
treasury at the end OF the fiscal year
1917 without anywhere making the
burden unreasonably or oppressively
heavy. The precise reckonings are
FULLY and accurately set out in the re-
port of the secretary of the treasury
which will be Immediately laid before
you.
And there are many additional
sources OF revenue which can justly be
resorted to without hampeTing the In
dustries of the country or putting any
too great charge upon individual exc
penditure A L =. cent tax per gallon
on gasoline and naphtha would yield,
at the present estimated production,
$4,000 600, a tax of so cents per horse
power on automobiles and internal ex-
plosfon engines $15.OOO.OO0. a stamp
tax on bank checks probably $1S.OO0,-
600. u tax of 25 cents per ton on pig
iron 100000 a tax of so cents per
ton on fabricated iron and steel proba-
bly, SO. 100000. In a country Of great
Industries like this it ought to be easy
to distribute the burdens Of taxation
without making them anywhere bear
too heavily or too exclusively upon any
one set of persons or undertakings.
What is clear is that the industry of ,
this generation should pay the bills of .
this generation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07
COUNTRY SHOULD HAVE
FINE MERCHANT MARINE.
United States should Be les Own Car.
rier on the Seas.

United States Should Be les Own Car
rier on the Seas.
If this full program should be carried
out we should have built or building IN
1921. according to the estimates of sur
vival and standards Of classification
followed by the general board of the
department, an effective NAVY consist
ing OF 27 battleships of the first line, 6
battle cruisers, % battleships of the
second line. 10 armored cruisers. ID
scout cruisers, first class cruisers. 3
second class cruisers. 10 third class
cruisers. los destroyers, 18 feet sub
marines, 157 COAST submarines. mon
itors, 20 gunboats. 4 supply ships. 10
fuel ships, 4 transports. 3 tenders to
torpedo vessels. s vessels OF sPec1a
types and two ammunition ships. This
would be navy fitted TO our needs
and worthy Of our traditions
But armies and Instruments of war
are only part of what has TO be con
sidered IL we are to consider the SD
preme ma tier of national self suh1cien
cy and security In all its aspects
There are other great matters which
will be thrust upon our attention
whether we will or not. There is. foi
example, very pressing question 81
trade and shipping involved in thi'
great problem Of national adequacy
1t is necessary for many weighty resE
sons of national efficiency and tdeve,i
opment that we should have grea
merchant marine. The great merchan
feet we once used to make US rich.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07
Declares That if Full Navy
Program Is Carried Out
We Will Have a Fleet For
Defense That viii 30
Fitted to Our Needs and
Worthy Of Our Traditions.
Greatest Danger to Country
Comes From Within Our
Borders.

Of individual liberty and of the free
labor that supports life and the IN
censored thought that quickens II.
Conquest and dominion are not in our
reckoning or agreeable to our princi
PIES But just because we demand IN
,nolested development and the undis
tlrbed government Of our own lives
upon our own principles of right and
liberty. we resent. from whatever
quarter it may come. the aggression we
ourselves will not practice We insist
upon security in prosecuting our self
chosen lines of national development
We do more than that. We demand it
also for others. We do not confine our
enthusiasm for individual liberty and
free national development to the Incl
dents and movements of affairs which
affect only ourselves. We feel it wher
ever there is d people that tries to walk
in these difficult paths of Independence
and right. From the first we have
made common cause with all Partisans
Of liberty on this side the sea and have
deemed it as important that our neigh
bors should be free from all outside
domination as that we ourselves should
be; have set America aside as whole
for the uses of independent nations and
political freemen.
Out of such thoughts. grow all our
policies. We regard war merely as
means of asserting the rights of d peo-
pie against aggression. And we are
as fiereeiy jealous OF coercive or dicta3
torial power within our own nation
ask of aggression from without We
will not maintain a standing army ex,
cept for uses which are as. necessary
in times of peace as in times of war.
and we shall always see to it that our
military peace establishment is no
larger than is actually and continuous
~ needed for the uses of days IN which
no enemies move against US. But we
do believe in u body of free citizens
ready and sufficient to take care of
themselves and Of the governments
which they have set up to serve them
In our constitutions themselves we
have commanded that 1.-THE right of
the people to keep and bear arms shall
not be infringed. . and our confidence
has been that our safety in times Of
danger would lie in the rising of the
nation to take care of ITSELF as the
farmers rose at Lexington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07
PAN-AEIERiCANlSm HAS
NONE OF EMPIRES SPIRIT

:
Eoenoanic Aajustnaents lne~itsbie With
in the Next Generatisn.
The moral is that the states of Amer
lea are not hostile rivals but coop
Grating friends and that their grow
ing sense of community Of interest.
alike in matters political and in mat
tiers economic. is slikely to give them
new Significance as factors in interna-
tionai affairs and in the political his
tory of the world. 1t presents them as
in a very deep and true sense a unit
in world affairs. spiritual partners
standing together because thinking to-
gethef, quick with common sympathies
and com mon ideals. Separated, they
are subject TO all the cross currents of
the confused politics of world of hos
tile rivaIries; united in spirit and pur-
pose. they cannot be disappointed of
their peaceful destiny.
This is pan-Amerfcanism It has none
of the spirit of empire in it 1t is the
embodiment. the effec1ual embodiment
of the spirit of law and independence
and liberty and mutual service.
very notable body of men recently
met in the city of Washington. at the
invitation and as the guests of this
EONSAA4lGAEyt WAOS0t 5O01lD9EdlIOaS are
likely to be looked back to as marking
memorable turning point IN the his
tory Of America They were repre-
sentative spekesInen of the several in
dependent states of this hemisphere
and were assembled to discuss the
financial and commercial relations of
the republics of the two continents
which nature and political fortune
earnestly recommend to your pernsai
the reports of their proceedings and of
the actions Of their committees You
viii get from them. ] think. a fresh
conception of the ease and intelligence
and advantage with which Americans
VI both continents may draw together
in practical cooperation and of what
the material foundations of this hope
FIJI partnership of interest must CON
sist -of h<-v we shonid build them and
of how necessary it Is that we should
hasten their building.
There Is, | venture to point out, an
especial significance just now attach
ing TO this whole matter OF drawing
the Americas together in bonds of hon
orable partnership and mutual advan-
tage beca use of the economic readjust-
ments which the world must inevitably
witness within the next generation,
when peace shall have at last resumed
it's heathful tasks. In the perform
ance of these tasks believe the Amer
icas to be destined to play their parts
together | am interested TO fix your
attention on this prospect now because
unless you take it1within your view
and permit the full Significance of II to
command your thought l cannot find
the right light in which to set forth
the particular matter that lies ut the
very front of my whole thought as l
address you today. | mean national
defense
No one who really cofnprehends the
spirit of the great people for whom we
are appointed to speak can fail to per
eeive that their passion is for peace.
their genius best displayed in the prae
tice of the arts of peace. Great democ-
racies are not beiligerent- They do not
seek or desire war. Their thought is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07

years. This 1t is proposed to do by
process of enlistment under which the
serviceable men of the country would
be asked to bind themselves to serve
with the colors for purposes OF train
ing for short periods throughout three
years and to come to the colors az call
at any time throughout an addittonai
''furlough'' period of three years ThiS
force of 100000 men would be pro
vided with personal accouterments as
fast as enlisted and their equipment
for the field made ready to be supplied
at any time. They would be assem-
bled for training at stated intervals al
convenient places in association with
suitable units of the regular army
Their period Of annual training would
not necessarily exceed two months IN
the year.
1t would depend upon the patriotic
feeling of the younger men OF the
country whether they responded TO
such a call to service or not 1t
would depend upon the patriotic spirit
of the employers of the country Wheth
er they made it possible for the young
er men in their employ to respond IN
der favorable conditions or not IL for
one do not doubt the patriotic devotion
either of our young men or OF those
who give them employInent-those Tor
whose benefit and protection they
would in fact enlist. would look
forward to the success of such an eX-
pertinent with entire confidence.
At least so much by way of prepare
ton for defense seems to me to be ao-
solutely imperative now. We cannot
10
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07

gree of happiness hand safety ana Is
most effectually secured against the
danger of ma ladministration. and that
when any government shall be found
inadequate or contrary to these pur
poses a majority of the community
hath an indubita Bile. inalienable and
indefeasible night TO reform, alter or
abolish it in such manner as shall be
Judged most conducive 10 the public
veal We have unhesitatingiy /ap7
piled that heroic principle TO the case
of Mexico and now hopefully await
the rebirth of the troubled republic.
W hfch had so much of which 10 purge
itself and so little sympathy from any
outside, quarter in the radical but nee
essary process. We will aid and be-
friend Mexico hut we will not eoeree
her. and our course with regard to her
ought 10 be sufficient proof to all Amer
lea that we seek no political suzeralnty
or selfish control ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-07

National Preparedness Main
Theme q Head Of Nation.
Submits Definite Plan to In
CREASE Present Standing
Force of Regulars and For
-Four Hundred Thousand
GitIzeR Soldiers Raised In.
lnCrsm8nts Of One Hundred
and Thirty three thousand.

Er-A OLLoWING is the message OF
President Wilson delivered at a
joint session of the senate and
h1,ilssa al the hsAazillnirlsk Of Athe
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-24
BAT NELSON LIKES
JOHNSON'S LOOKS

Havana. Cuba, March z4.-Battling
Nelson, greatest Of all champions,
looked over Jack johnson this week
while the negro was starting his
training for the battle with Jess VIII
lard. scheduled for this city on sun
dav. April g. Nelson is roofing for
Willard TO win, but at the same time
is fair enough TO Johnson to express
a frank opinion res arding the latter s
condition
johnson looks fat to me-" declares
the Durable Dane. But he is not car
rying so much fat but what it can be
worked off in the training he must do
before meeting Willard. His wind ap-
pears to be excellent 7 saw him Work
- minutes of the hardest kind OF
gymnasium exercises without taking q
long breath.
what impressed me most about
Johnson was the great ease with which
he worked. Boxing and bag-punching,
as well as rope-skipping, goes through
without an effort. lie never takes a
hard breath. His lung power seems to
be perfect. His heart action is strong
and without the usual skips found in
fading athletes. I saw him fight jeff
ries in Reno, and with the exception
of five yeras in his age he still looks
the perfect fighting machine.
Against Willard he viii find great
er strength in an opponent than ever
before: aso greater reach and height
I naturally want Jess to win, but he
must be better than any white heavy
weight of the last zen years TO Whlr
this negro"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-24

IN LOOKING over the record Of Joe
Benz, the crack spitbau pitcher
4 Of the Chicago White Sox, the aver
age fan would pick out a game against
Cleveland to be his one best pertor-
nance On May 81. 1914, Joe held the
cans hftless, but through errors on
me part Of his team mates. Cleveland
was able TO cross the plate, ChicaSo
winning the game 6 TO J. however
II one should ask Joe Benz what he re-
cards as his best pitching feat since
he Joined the majors Joe would point
10 a game he tWirIed in the city series
with the Cubs in 1913.
Spitbail Experts Bnttled.
After the SoX had won the first
game of the series 6 to 4, the Cubs
went into the lead by capturing the
second game 6 to in IS innings, ans
the third contest in easy fashion, 10
O. The SoX came back with 70
win. making the cent two all. The
fifth game, which meant so much TO
both clubs, was put up TO Joe SEM Dy
manager Callahan. For his op-
the star Of the Chicago pitching
staff. Tt was a battle between two
master exponents OF the spitbah Tho
contest was staged October u, 1913,
at the Eationtl leagLe park in Chicago,
Bofh Pitchers Worked Wen.
Benz was on edge for this very i'm
portant game and gave one OF the
greatest exhibitions OF his carees5
Although Cheney was nit rather hard,
he frightened IN the pioches, and in