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The Pulaskian., 1915-11-26
Downtown Office, 31S-32O Scott.
 Telephone Main 1867.
Friday, November 26, 1915.
WINTER CONFETTI.

Il Thanksgiving now is over, And colder days begin; And with an awful snow storm December ushers in. The sapsuck on the sapling Is pecking with delight, And birds that love the sunlight Have taken to their flight. Wild geese are bearing tokens Of colder days to be, And ducks are winging South
 ward
 To islands of the sea. Thicker and faster the snow
 flakes fall, Till a great white mantle is over
 all, And the snow has spread be-
 heath our feet Upon the ground like a great,
 white sheet. We children think it sport, you
 know, To run and play in the drifted
 snow, To coast upon our fine new sled, To make snow man, cold and
 dead, And place a snow-cap on his
 head.
 Earl Brown.
The Pulaskian., 1915-11-26
SCOTTS.

On last Sunday Bishop James R. Winchester of the Episcopal church, conducted the services at All Souls Church, preaching on the subject, q Sat Where They Sat-"
The Pulaskian., 1915-11-26

D., was visitor in this place this week.
 G. w. Cheeser has been on the sick list this week.
 c. L. Davis made a business trip to Little Rock Saturday.
The Pulaskian., 1915-11-26

Readers are invited to send or tele- phone items of news, which should reach the editor not later than Wednesday of each week.
The Pulaskian., 1915-11-26
WHITE FARMER KILLED BY NEGRO NEAR McAL-
 MONT.

Trouble of long standing growing out of the theft of cat tie in the Brushy Island country,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
At Niuhf In Africa.

Stewart Edward White. writing In
the American Magazine on lion adven-
lures, comments as follows on the raw
ages of wild animals in Africa after
nightfall:
I'VE spent the short evening each
In his own fashion, ! In my canvas
chair smoking, the men squatted on
their heels around their tiny fires eat
ing quantities Of meat and corn meal.
Outside our little dome of light the
night businesses Of the veldt went for
ward Only the most formidable or
the most Insignificant creatures raised
their voices except In alarm or warn
ing. Lions rOared; insects hummed
and chirped- Out there In the dark
was a different world from that in
which we moved so freely during the
daylight hours-a dangerous, tragic
world. Next day we would find evil
dences Of the fact. have seen killed
by lions the remains of every sort OF
creature except buffalo and rhinoceros.
Lions are said occasionally to kill even
buffalo. though rarely"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13


This -, tl'.,I 1" .eiIr>r Tie Young wo
mans fears 10 show heel apprpcia
ton Of his kindness she took a hover
from her bouquet and gave II 10 him
He held II to his nose and. finding the
odor delicious. continued To sniff 1t
The old man settled himself for nap
or pretended 10 do SO. while the fOp
Ogled the girl Seeing him look cOvet-
ously at bel bouquet, she took out a
rose and gave 1t TO him. By this time
the Britisher had become drowsy and.
leaning his head back ON the cushion.
fell asleep.
"You do not appreciate the perfume
Of the rose, herr" said the fraulein.
Try this one" She drew forth another
and held it to his nose herself, looking
into his eyes intently and with pleas
ant smile on her lips. The man began
to feel drowsy and. suspecting that
something In the rose was affecting
him, endeavored to put it away with
his hand. But the fraulein smilingly
resisted, and he passed into slumber
her smiling face fading before him.
At this juncture the old man. who
was only doing and that naturally
opened his eyes and. seeing one of his
companions asleep with his head on
the cushion and the other sinking into
Inconsistencies. looked at the fraulein
suspiciously.
Look she cried, pointing out
through the window, at the same time
assuming a frightened expression.
The man looked and. seeing nothing
of Importance. turned again to see him
self confronted by weapon in the
hands of the girl Advancing toward
him. she pressed the muzzle of her
pistol against his forehead and pressed
her bouquet to his nose. He must eli
Their get a bullet In his brain or go to
sleep. He chose the latter course.
When the train reached the next sta
ton the guard reported that the three
men in it were asleep and the fraulein
was missing.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13

FOR SALE: Strawberry plants.
Inquire of Mike Burlagar. adv.
The W. C. I. u. will meet at the
home of Mrs. John W. Gibson next
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Fraser
will lead the meeting.
The crew at the Dupont Powder
company now numbers about four
hundred and fifty men and we are
informed that additional men will
be employed during the summer
season on construction work. This
plant is proving big thing for
Washburn.
W. L. Hammond of Chicago has a
big crew of men at work on his farm
east of the city and is putting up a
modern milk house and barn. The
milk house is now nearing compile
ton and work will be started on the
big barn in the course of a short
time. The barn will be modern
throughout and will be one Of the
finest in Bayfield, county. Eben
Burdick of this city has charge of
Mr.. Hammond's big farm.
The new telephone line out to the
Strecker district has been completed
and connection is now to be had
with the Home telephone lines in
this city. The Strecker line is an
Independent line built by the farm
ers.
Horse for Sale-15 draft horses at
$50 to $3.50, worth more. ]. S.
Stearns Lbr. Co., Odanah. Wis.
Advertisement.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
His Idea of the Best Soap.

The Flemish peasant, writes cor
respondent. has no more aversion to
water than the English peasant. l
happen to know good deal about both
OF them. There is, naturally, a kinship
between the Flemish and Dutch and
Dutch are universally regarded as
among the most Clearly Of peoples, at
any rate where domestic affairs are
concerned The amount OF scrubbing
and house washing that goes on in the
villages Of Flanders and the rest Of
Belgium would be regarded as silly by
English villagers. And. from the
health point OF view. those who literal
~ earn their bread by the sweat of
their brows don't need so much OF
the bathtub as those who consider
themselves more respectable. AS a
Dorset laborer once remarked to me,
"T best soap, measter, be sweatp'-
London Spectator.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
Another Good Game

The crack Schroeder Base ball
team of Ashland will be here
next Sunday afternoon to play
against the Washburn City Team.
The Schroeders defeated the
Tony Lodles, the team that de-
feated Washburn last Sunday,
and a good game is looked for
ward to. Washburn is preparing
to give the team a great battle
and to win the honors. The sup
port of all base ball fans of the
city is requested.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
DIRECTORY
City Officers.

Mayor E, Bryan
Clerk L. N. Clausen
Treasurer Nels Lee
Assessor j. N. Kinney
Chief of Police Gideon Chauvin
Health Ohicer p. H. Frey
Aldermen-Henry Johnson, j. A. Sheridan,
r. R. Thomas, E. A. White, A. Holgren,
Andrew Faux, Chas. P. Lysager Andrew
Peterson, Ole Thoreson, w. A. Robinson. +.
Kurschner, John Enouf.
Standing Committees
Judiciary. Rules and Ordinances-Chas. p.
Lysager. w. A. Robinson, R. R, Thomas.
Finance and Claims-J. A. Sheridan, Ed
White. Henry Johnson
Stationery and Printing-Andrew Faux,
John Enouf, Nick Kurschner.
Education. Public Buildings Public Prop
erty and Public Grounds-Henry Johnson
Ed. White, Ole Thoreson.
Charities and Cemetary Grounds-And
Peterson, Ed, White. Albert Holgren.
Sanitary Affairs and Sewerage-W. A.
Robinson. Chas. p. Lysager, Ole Thoreson,
Sidewalks Grading and Paving Streets,
Repairs of Streets and Bridges-J.A A. Sheri-
dan, John Enouf, Andrew Faux.
Fire and Water Works-Henry Johnson, j.
A. Sheridan. Chas. p. Lysager.
Lighting Streets and Public Buildings
Andrew Faux. Ole Thoreson. Nick Kursch
ner.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13

Many of the farmers of this
section are looking at farming as
business and are getting out letter
heads, envelopes and bill heads
advertising their places. The Times
has already printed stationery for
many of the farmers and is prepared
to handle all orders given to us for
this class of work. Our prices are
reasonable and the work will be
turned out promptly.
Hans Seivaag returned Sunday
from Norway where he has been
during the past year or more.
While in Norway Mr.. Seivaag was
married but his bride remained in
Norway to care for her mother and
will not come to this country until
another year. Mr.. Seivaag says
times have been good in Norway
the past year despite the war in
Europe. Prices of provisions have
advanced somewhat but are now
controlled by the government On
the way to this country the boat on
which Mr.. Seiyaag was a passenger
passed two British war ships out
was not stopped.
Rev. H. H Goodrich made bust
ness trip to Ashland Tuesday morn
ing.
Arthur Rabbideau of Bayfield,,
well known in this city. passed away
at hospital at Superior Sunday,
May 9th. The remains were taken
to Bayfield, FOR burial. The deceased
is survived by wife. four sisters
and one brother.
Mrs. Roy Markham is visiting
with friends in the city today.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
Notice to Owners of Pias

Notice is hereby given to own
ers of hogs in the city of Wash
burn that the city ordinance
which prohibits the keeping or
feeding of swine within the
plated portion of the city of
Washburn, passed during 1912,
will be rigidly enforced. Own
ers of hogs are given until June
1st, to get their hogs out of the
city, otherwise they will be be
prosecuted according to the pro-
visions of the ordinance.
By Order of City Council.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
EGGS Matched In Rice.

John ChinaDlan had method Of
Matching eggs artiiicially many gen.
eratiOnS before there were any white
men in America to begin to think
about providing mechanical substi-
tute for the mother hen. And John
Chinaman is still using his ancient
method and refuses to purchase the
newfangled incubator The Chinese
poultryman takes a quantity Of un-
husked rice which he has roasted.
This is heated until it is lukewarm.
A three inch layer of warm rice is
spread into tub. and layer of eggs
is placed thereon. Another layer of
rice is added and another layer of
eggs and finally a last layer of rice
over the fifth layer of eggs. About
500 eggs are placed in tub. Once each
day the eggs are removed, the rice
heated and the whole repacked. The
tub is kept well covered to keep In the
heat In the course of three or four
weeks the chicks put In their appear
ance.--American Boy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
The Seven Wise Men Of Greece.

The Seven Wise Men of Greece.
The seven wise men Of Greece were
Thales of Miletus, Fernandez Of Cor
NTH. Cleobulus Of Lyndus, Chilon Of
Lacedaemon. Scion Of Athens, Bias of
Prienne and Pittacus Of Mitylene
Some fishermen Of Miletus sold draft
OF fishes to a bystander. When the
net was ORA n In it contained a golden
tripod. and the purchaser claimed it
was his while the fishermen contend
ed that they sold only the Ash that
might be In the net. The dispute was
referred to the oracle Of Delphi. who
awarded the tripod to the wisest man
In Greece. Thereupon 1t was taken to
Thales, who declined 1t and suggested
that 1t be given to Bias. He in turn
refused to accept It, and thus it was
successfully declined by all the seven.
and they were thereafter known as the
seven wise men Of Greece.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
Contestants
See Bonus Vote offer on Last Page
Nonuors In Chile.

The majestic condor is, air men ex-
cluded, the largest flying creature in
the world. Swift and extraordinarily
strong of wing, it figures in the Chilean
national arms as a symbol of strength.
The following is one of the native de-
vices for killing it:
The hunter, having covered himself
with the skin of newly slain OK,
would lie on his back on the ground
while his companion would hide him.
self not far away. Down would swoop
the condor to feast upon the carcass,
but directly the claws touched the
body they were seized from within
the oxskin by strong gloved hands that
held the bird prisoner. Then the
partner would break cover and STAY
the captive with what Chaucer would
have called "a verde smerck" from a
club.-"Chile-Its Land and People,"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
A Word on Advertising

1t has been long time since the
merchant has had the opportunity
that now lies at his very door. The
winter that is passed was hard one,
financially, for many people, and
customers are more alert than eve
from good bargains. The merchant
who can secure bargains for his GUS
toners and honestly advertise his
wares is sure of large returns tor the
advertisements
The great trouble of some adver-
tisers is that they are not exactly
truthful in the ads. The ad may not
be purposely misleading. but the
articles are not just as they are
represented to be, and the reader
loses faith in the merchant. 1t
would be revelation to the mer-
chant if it were possible for him to
know how many people look at his
ad to see what he has to offer in the
line of bargains, and right here is the
mistake of the reader. Advertise
ments are not concerned or should
not be concerned with bargains only.
The reason that they are SO often
looked on as bargain announcements
is the fact that SO many advertisers
pay for printers ink only when they
have bargains. 1t is wrong attitude
on the part of the Merchant and the
buyer. Goods should be advertised
whether they are marked down or
not. Advertising is getting to be a
necessity if one would draw trade,
and the sooner that the merchant
realizes the necessity of constant,
truthful advertising the ofteDer will
turn over his stock of goods.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13

At a meeting of the Vikings
held last evening it was decided
to take over the Sunday evening
service at the Norwegian Luther
an church and it will be in the
nature of a 18th of May
celebration. Henry Peterson Of
Superior, writer for the Superior
Telegram, will be here and will
deliver an address.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
Estray Notice

Notice is hereby given that on
Thursday, May 9th. 1915, there
strayed unto my premises in Section
Is, Township 40, range 5. town OF
Bayview, one black mare, age about
2 years. with star on forehead
Owner can have same by proving
property and paying all charges.
Miss Kakaschke,
P. o. Washburn, Wis.
Dated May 18th, 1915.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
Burned by Acid

Edwin Bolin, sou Of Mr.. and
and Mrs. Gust Bolin, was quite
badly burned by nitric acid
while at work at the DUPONT
plant at Barksdale the first of
the week. Edwin was working
in tie acid recovery house when
a glass tube in the air hoist
bursted, shooting the acid
against him. He was quite bad
ly burned about the face and
hands.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
The Sin of Trousers,

Trousers were not introduced into
England without a struggle-a strug
gle in which the great Duke of Wei
lingtOn suffered his only defeat, for it
is on record that in 1914 Wellington
was refused admission to Almack's
because he wore trousers instead Of
breeches and silk stockings" Next
year trousers were admitted to AL
mack's and Wellington won Waterloo
London Taller.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
Disapprovai.

"Growcher doesn't look very cheer
full. But you must give him credit for
one thing. He doesn't quarrel"
"Humphv' exclaimed the excitable
man. Hes so i'll natured that no one
wants to get well enough acquainted
even to quarrel with him. spokane
Spokesman Review.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
ReItane.

In the highlands OF Scotland and In
ireland May l was called Beltane.
This was the name Of an ancient pa
gan festival. traces Of which have sur
vived to this day. The name IL still
used for May day in Gaelic Scotland.
1t is said that the druids on that day
used to make two fires with great In
carnations and drive their cattle be-
tween them as a safeguard against
disease.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
For Merchants Only

Many retail grocers do not APP
pteciate the possibilities of newspaper
advertising as a means OF increasing
the volume of business. loo often
advertising is doled out to the local
newspaper in the manner OF char
liable contribution. Too little at
tention is given to the copy, and the
most powerful adjunct to modern
business advertising gets black
eye because the results do not seem
commensurate with the expense.
There is no other form of adver-
Using that will bring such big returns
upon so small an investment as the
local newspaper. If you want the
people to know who you are and
what you have on sale you must tell
them. 1t is not sufficient for you
alone to know that your merchandise
is of high quality and your prices
and business methods fair and reason
able. You must get this information
into the minds of the people whose
dollars you seek.
1t is a poor idea to put one cents
worth of thought into ten dollars
worth of space. Space that is worth
buying is worth filling with carefully
thought out copy. The old style of
hamboyant Dragging is no longer
used by good merchants. For good
goods and low prices GO to Smith S
Emporium" no longer is looked upon
as filling the requirements of business
compelling copy. Knocking" COM
petitors is also out of date. Space
costs too much to use it for anything
but simple, direct and logic appeal
for patronage.
Before writing an advertisement
ask yourself the question: Why
should people come here and buy
this merchandise? Then put the
answers into your copy. Place your
self in the position of the prospective
buyer, try to see the reasons which
will appeal to him and influence him
to the point of coming into your store
and trading his money for your goods.
Sensational advertising is seldom
justified, and only under special cir
cumstances will it bring business.
A store that continuously runs
Scareheads" and circus poster copy
will find that such advertising will
wear itself out. The boy cried
Wolf! Wolff" so many times that
when the wolves really did come the
people needed him not. They had
grown Indifferent to his wild alarms.
1t is infinitely better to understand
ones case than to overstate it. Let
your advertising possess certain
dignity and sincerity. Let people
find in time that your goods are
really better than you claim and your
prices always fair considering quality. |!
There are comparatively few peo-
pie today who still believe the earth |
to be fiat, and yet there are multi
tudes of people who believe that
advertising does not pay. Adver-
Using does pay, and the form of adj
vertising that pays best, most con-
tinuously and most certainly is the |
local newspaper. People read news
papers and they read the advertise
ments in the newspapers. They buy |
what they see advertised in news
papers. For the retail merchant
newspaper advertising is the best
first, last, and always.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
81 eep 2. Up
&5Saiio%t :
NEW VEGETABLE FROM JAPAN.
Experiments With lido Indicate 1t Is
Welcome Addition to the Table.

Experiments With lido Indicate It Is a
Welcome Addition to the Table.
prepared by the United States depart
ment of agriculture.
For persons who like novelty in their
food and in their gardens an interest
ing field for experiment is offered by
the new Japanese vegetable, udo.
NurSerymen have grown the udO under
the name of Aralia cordata for Orna-
mental purposes for twenty years or
more, but as vegetable it is still COM
paratively unknown. On rich soil 1t
grows to a height of ten feet or more,
producing a very ornamental mass OF
large green leaves and, in the late
summer, long, loose flower lusters,
sometimes three feet in length. In ap-
pearance it is much like a larger va
riety of the spikenard or petty morel,
a native of our woodlands.
The blanched shoots of the udo have
a characteristic flavor. Properly pre-
pared they are delicious, or so the au-
thor of bulletin 81, just published by
the United States department of agri-
culture under the title Of Experiments
With lido, the New Japanese Vege-
table," has found them. The plant re-
quires little care and with the same
space devoted to it yields approx
mately the same amount of food for
the table as asparagus and is ready
for use at about the same time in the
spring. After the first frost it dies
down each autumn to come up again In
the spring, much as asparagus and rhu-
barb do. A patch of it can be forced
each spring for at least six years and
probably much longer.
lido growing is not yet sufficiently
general In this country for the most
inexpensive methods of cultivat1ng to
have .been worked out, and conditions
In Japan that little benefit can be de-
rived from the experience of oriental
growers. 1t is, however, reasonable to
assume that the cultivation of the udo
presents few difficulties. 1t is adapted
to wide range of climate, as is shown
Nv Tie ldCl IHdI IL SIOWS al OFcl ia
pan. but no part of Japan suffers from
drought. In this country the udO has
done best in moist regions, in particu-
lar In New England, the Atlantic states
as far south as the Carolinas, In the
rainy region of Puget sound and in the
trucking sections of California.
In the cooking Of udo there is still
abundant room for innovators. In all
experiments, however, one thing must
be remembered. When raw the stems
contain a resinous substance which
gives them a decided and to many per-
sons unpleasant taste Of pine. 1t Is,
however, easy to eliminate this by
soaking thin slices of the stems in ice
cold water for an hour or two or by
boiling them in two or three waters, as
is often done with strong favored veg
etables.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13

Every Move . Picture.
THAT movie star spends all his time
In bed when he isn't acting"
Ills the work. then. so awfully ardu-
ousT'
mo. but he can't bear to stand
around In elegant poses that he isn't
being paid for."-Pittsburgh Post.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13

For Sale cheap. Counters and
show cases. Apply at City Drug
Store. Advertisement.
Subscribe for The Times.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13

The district convention of the
Rebekahs of the Lake Superior
district was held at Ashland on
Tuesday afternoon and evening.
Delegates were present from
Washburn, Bayfield,, Hurley,
Iron River and Ashland and a
fine convention was held.
A six o clock dinner was served
after which an informal program
was given. Many members from
this city attended.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-05-13
A Billion Dollars.


'T wonder If we realize when we
talk Of a billion dollars what an enOr-
nous sum of money it means. We all
know how rapidly an expert counter
Of coins will manipulate them. You
can scarcely follow the motion of his
fingers as he shifts the coins from one
pile to another and counts them. The
treasury experts will count 1000 silver
dollars In an hour and keep it up all
day long. but that is their limit
Working eight hours day, then, an
expert counter of coins will count 3d.
600 silver dollars in day, but how
long will 1t take him at that rate to
count a million dollars? Thirty-one
days. But that is only the beginning
Of the measurements of great figures,
for If this same man were to go on
counting silver dollars at the same rate
Of speed for ten years he would find
that he had counted 1OO,OOO,O00 of
them and that to count a billion dollars
would require 102 years Of steady work
at the rate of eight hours day during
every working day of every one Of the
102 years." - o. z. Austin, Former
Chief Of the Bureau Of Statistics.