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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-30
ALCOHOL A DEGENERATE.

There is not one drop of alcohol In
nature. Alcohol is produced by de-
composition of sugar, by leaven and
ferment. 1t is of low birth, degen-
crate. It is the decomposition of
vegetables, fruits, grain or sawdust.
It is the garbage Of plant life; the
offcast of vegetation's functional proc
Iesses; the discarded elements OF Do
cayed lifs.--Doctor EtshelberxG. .ssA
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-30
Community Spirit Manifest

WAsHBURN' first community Christ
mas tree was a glowing success.
Never before has the community spirit
manifested itself as it did on Christ
mas night when the exercises were
held around the community tree
which was located at the intersection
of Bayfield, street and Washington
avenue. Bankers, laborers, mer-
chants and mechanics hobnobbed with
each other and wished each other A
Merry Christmas and Happy and
Prosperous New Year" while the
children all gathered around the
Christmas sleighs to receive their
quote of candy. nuts, crackerJack
and fruits.
Over two thousand people turned
out to hear the exercises and to join
in the community spirit and the
streets of the city reminded one OF
4th of July because of their crowded
condition.
One thing that was noticeable to
the visitor was the friendly spirit of
all the people of the city. Everyone
seemed to be interested in seeing
that his fellow citizen was enjoying
himself.
This was Washburn's first COM
munity Christmas tree and so success
full was it that it should be continued
from year to year. The community
spirit is truly growing in this city.
Movement Growing
THE movement for the enforcement
of the provisions of the Indian treaty
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German Evangelical L lutheran Church

Regular services every Sun
day at 1000 a. m. Sunday
School Immediately after SER
vices. Confirmation classes
every Tuesday and Friday at
4:15 p. m. German school every
Saturday from 900 a. m. to 300
p. m.
r. Krenke, Pastor.
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dec and to Jan. 1ath)
STATE OF WISCONSIN,: CIRCUIT COURT:
BAYFIELD, COUNTY:
Kathryne l. Pinney. Plaintiff.
Matt Maxi. eofiogh Maxi. his wife. and
N. w. Rice, Defendants.
THE STATE OF WIscoNsIE-To rnH SAID
DEFENDANTS:
You are hereby summoned to appear with.
in twenty days after service of this sum-
mons. exclusive Of the day of service. and
defend the above entitled action in the court
aforesaid: and in case Of your failure 30 to
do judgment viii be rendered against VOW
according 10 the demand Of the complaint.
of which copy 10 herewith served upon
You Ono. g. MACDONALD.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P.O. Address. Ashland, Ashland County.
Wisconsin
The above entitled action 10 brought to
forecloss mortgage upon real estate stu
ated in the County Of Bayfield,, and State Of
Wisconsin, which mortgage was recorded in
the once Of the Register Of Deeds fer Bay
nela County. Wisconsin. on the 37th day of
une, A. D. 1913 at o'clock A. II in volume
IS Of Mortgages at page 20; and the summons
and complaint in the above entitled action
we're nled in She once Of the Clerk of the
above entitled Court on the 18th. day Of
1915. and ever since have been
and are new on ale therein.
GnO. g. NACDoNALD.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
70. Address. Ashland. Ashland County.
wisconsin
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SOM ETiM ES.

A CROSS the fields OF yesterday
"A He sometimes comes to me,
A little lad just back from play
The lad | used to be-
A ND yet he smiles SO wistfully
"A Once he has crept within.
I wonder If he hopes to see
The man | might have been.
Thomas S. Jones, Jr
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-12-30
(Dsc. ato Jan.O
STATE OF WISCONSIN,: CIRCUIT COURT
BAYFIELD, COUNTY.
Joseph sshlttz Brewing Company.
corporation.
Plaintiff

a corporation.
Plaintiff
Eriek w. Nelson ana Ida Nelson.
Defendants.
BY virtue Of n judgment of foreclosure
and sale made in the above entitled action
on the sand day Of October, A. D. lo1
which said judgment was corrected by an
order Of the above court on the lot day of
December. A. d. 1914, the underlined
sheriff Of Bayfield, County. state of Wiscon-
sin, will sell at the front door Of the County
Court House in the city Of Washburn, Bay
field county, Wisconsin, on the alst day of
January, A. d. 1915, at II s'cleck in the fore
noon Of that day the real estate ana mort
gagsd premises directed By said Judgment
to be sold and therein described a. follows.
to.wit:-
Commencing at n point rs #. west Of a
pest On the north SIDE OF the ChicaEo, ~
Paul. Minneapolis b Omaha Railway Co.'S.
right Of way In the Town Of Pratt. bayfield,
county, such pest being the southwest Corr
nsr Of Mrs. Emily Sales property. thence
running north to the northwest cernsr Of
lot known a. Mrs.. II. A. Robison's lot; thence
west so f.: thence south to the line Of the
Chicago. st. Paul, Minneapolis 4 Omaha
Railway Cos. right Of way; thence East
along said right Of way to place Of beginning
known a. the lot and building occupied BY
E. w. Nelson a. \ saloon In the county Of
Bayfield, and state Of Wisconsin.
Terms Of sale Cash.
Dated this 1nd day of December, A. d. 1915.
JOHN MCDONALD, sheriff.
Dillon d Tomkins.
Ashland. Wisconsin,
Plaintiffs Attorneys
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DIRECTORY
City Officers.

Aldermen-Henry johnson. j. A. Sheridan,
R.R Thomas, 4. A. White. A. Hslxreh,
Andrew Faulk, Chas r. Lysager, Andrew
Peterson, Ole Thoreson. w. A. Robinson, N
Kurschner, John Enouf.
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Movement Growing
THE movement for the enforcement
of the provisions of the Indian treaty
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table Compound, and now | feel like a
different person. / believe there Is
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young girls, and / would be glad II
could influence anyone to try the medi-
cine, for know it will do all and much
more than it is claimed to do Mrs
CLARA FRANKS, r. F. d. No. /, MapNe-
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Women who suffer from those dis
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If you have the slightest doubt
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vice. Your letter will be opened,
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the volcano is a group of such en-
placements called Fort Rugger; at the
other end, guarding the entrance to
Pearl Harbor, is Fort Komehameha.
Those defensive works cannot even
be seen from the ocean, and it would
be almost impossible for any hostile
fleet to destroy or capture them, be-
cause there is really nothing above
ground to hit.
The landward defenses, now nearly
finished, consist of a series of formid-
able earthworks, and extend in the
form of a crescent from Pearl Har-
bor on the west, where the naval base
is located, to Honolulu. From Homo
lulu to Diamond Head on the east
runs a mountain wall, affording a
natural fortification that can hardly
be surmounted by an enemy, in the
face of the batteries of guns which
have been established on its highest
summits. The mortar battery in the
volcanic crater thus terminates the
line of landward defense as well as
the line to the seaward.
The four mortars mounted IN the
volcano are stated to have an extreme
range of nearly nine miles, and can
carry accurately for six miles. They
fire 12-inch shells weighing zoo
pounds, and carrying loads of high
explosives. Within the last few
months they have been established in
the crater, and they are now ready for
business.
All the seacoast defenses are COM
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Mercy and Justice
Closely Related
By DR.. Juliu. Rappaport. Chicago. III.

aon 1t commonly assumed that mercy the anhes Of justice
prevails justice and mercy sefexcdng terms 1t
held that justice deaf against the pangs of and that she
place justice Nothing further from fact On the
mercy closely related nseparaby ntertwnd
Mercy twin sisters raised by the
mother Truth There be justice unless dealt out by the hand
And cknng senmenaty unless she be
ceived in justice.
The law of today executed not spirit of but of
Justice punitive measure but for the sake of correction not
revenge retaliation would treat
modern law Of justice based We have
recognize that the criminal suffering from phys
should be object of pity rather than
punishment The modern prison should be hospital where such
"pa possibly and restored normal
condition
justice laboratory the judge the kindly physician
who administers bitter mecne" which the patient Nay,
anteic seexcudng They
the contrary nparabe 1t mercy that administers justice 1t is
Justice which embraces mercy.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
lust WHAT is A GENTLEMAN?
Many Definitions Given, BUT NOTE
That Can Be Said to Be
Satisfactory.

From more or less successfuI eItorIs
10 define the snob and the bore there
is only a step to the more or less I'M
successful efforts to define the gentle
man. says a writer in Scribner's. Inc
bore and the snob are accusable crea-
tures plain to the view of all men and
reducible to formula. But the gentle
man is intangible and ultimately inde-
Unable. The bore and the snob are re-
vealed by their words and their deeds,
whereas the gentleman can prove him.
self only by his spirit. 1t is no won
der that the multitudinous definitions
shot at this shining mark have failed
to pierce the center. even If one or an
other may now and again have hit the
margin of the target.
One of the more obvious reasons for
this diversity of definition is that the
word has changed its meaning and Is
likely to keep on changing it as We ad
vance in civilization. Once upon a
time it had clear and sharply limited
legal content recorded by Blackstone
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cow, according to the preponderance
of either species in it's blood.
From these animals are produced
the true catalo, the animal that has
both species on both sides. When the
true catalo appears, it becomes type
which combines the characteristics OF
both lines of ancestry and is quite
distinctive. It has heavier coat than
the domestic animal, carries larger
hump and bigger hind quarters than
the buffalo and-what is still more inn
portant-carries approximately $50
pounds more Of edible meat than the
ordinary beef animal.
knowing that the great secret OF
producing a larger quantity OF meat
lay In the hump of the buffalo, the
first care of the breeders of the cata-
10 was to transfer this hump to the
back of the new hybrid animal. In
stead Of being huge lump Of fat, the
hump of the catalo forms the upper
cut of rib roast of beef. 1t is
tender. clear meat of excellent flavor,
scarcely distinguishable from that of
the ordinary beef cattle. The great
value of the catalo as meat animal
is that 20 per cent of his weight can
be sent to the table.
AS the situation stands today, the
problem of the catalo is not one or
the mechanics of breeding. That
has all been done and now it is SIM
ply a matter of selection. The rule
has been established that il an animal
is one-eighth buffalo 1t can produce
fertile bulls. Therefore the best OF
the hybrids are all being used for
the purpose of propagating better ami
mails and the others are being used
for meat. Already carcasses have
been sent to the slaughter houses.
Time alone is necessary to estab-
lish a race which will make produc-
tive vast areas that are good for little
else. On these almost arid plains
grazing is too thin and water too
scarce to allow the better grade OF
beef animals to exist, but the catalo,
| if left to itself, will thrive and gain in
weight. The range animal of the past
has been responsible for tough, fibrous
meat-too often diseased. The range
animal of buffalo strain is hardy
enough to resist disease and will pro-
duce clear-tibered meat that never gets
tough. Before many years it is like
| ly, according to Mr.. Borthwick's view,
that the problem Of our meat supply
will be solved by the blending of the
American bison blood with that Of the
beef animal that for a century has
formed the main food dependence of
the people of this continent.
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Sea at Its Deepest Point.
The greatest known depth of the
sea is eight and three-quarters miles


in his commentaries; the great lawyer
defined gentleman as one who bears
coat armor, the grant of which adds
gentility to ones family" This is still
a fit definition of the gentilhomme in
France; it is probably not now a fully
satisfactory definition of the gentle
man in Great Britain. and it never has
been an acceptable definition of the
gentleman in the United States. To ar
American there is a pitiful snobbi~h-
ness in Ruskin's remark that the prin-
ciples of education propounded by
Plato apply only to "the persons we
call gentlemen-that is to say, land
holders living on slave labor" Yet
Ruskin is only putting forth little
more extensively than others an opin-
ion often held in England. This opin-
ion is most concretely expressed liz
the tabled dialogue between the Eng
lish lord and the American girl, which
begins with his tai tful assertion that
there are SO few gentlemen In Amer
lea. to which she responded with the
question: But who do you call gentle
menu" And when be explains that
gentlemen are inch who do not
work." she retorts swiftly: But we
have lots of those in Amerca--Only We
call them tramps!"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Divorce Problem in Tennessee.


The office of the circuit court clerk,
where divorce suits are filed, was on
the fourth floor of the court house,
and the elevator was not running.
Among the early shareholders was a
big black nanny of nearly 300
pounds weight, and pulled along by
the trousers a shriveled, shrinking old
black man.
At the top of the first flight of
steps, which was unusually long, she
stopped and exclaimed, between puffs
and blows: Look a-here, niger, |
amt a-gwine one step fu'ther! Use
drug you thu forty-fo' years o mat
rimony, an Use drug you UP all desc
here stairs. Eff dat elevashun was
a-runnin', I'd git dat divo'ce dis mint;
but / amt gwine drag no runt of a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
4 War Makes Many
Changes inLanguage
BY c. Parnen Stewart, London, Eng.

nations takg the wod though that just what they when
"moving howzer" would be vastly appropriate
Modern artillery has forced to make verb out of and to
gunn "se" defiance Of all conceivable rules
grammar We have forced Offensive" and obve do duty
spite the fact that they plain and ndubabe adjectves
freely "bombad" though would be quite reasonable for
pillow fighter to say he "pilowed"
Perhaps thing this connection the which
driven back the old verb e Before the of the
Zeppelin aeropan should correctly have said e German feet
flies before the British" say it "fees" because "fyng seems
above the surface of the EARTH There hundred
subtle differences of this to which has mpeed and from which
the most pedanic purst is totally unable to escape.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Women DoctorsMay
Make Good Living
BY Helene Wood Storey. Nassau, N. Y.

any medical mme they could get Those who do succeed
have life of irregular life which the
patience well medical science If have
entering profession and DO make good living and honorable
of the legitimate practice of medicine their ability certainly
we'll proved Bgcaly they may be unfit but practically they meet the
situation.
After ALL is not time stop theorng about the fitness of the
this tha II the be applied successfully to either
prejudice forgotten We need the genius blaze the
rail medicine we the steady capable practitioner and
public hygiene adviser.
his head BATTLE officer OF
curse pension would be of earthly benefit to him.
Poverty advantage wealth When poor sick
ndueement for his physician to prong the illness
equally important to be you wrong before backing
mt as it is you right before going ahead
blind to their faults the faults of
others without the aid of pair of spectacles
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The Spanish edition of the Pan
American Union Bulletin reviews Mr..
Borthwick's article on the "Catalo'
in the Forecast. The following Eng
lish version gives the salient fea-
lures:
It seems that new species OF the
genus Dos has been evolved in the
| United States and Canada. AS is well
| known, the American bison, or buffalo,
| has become almost extinct, only few
small herds, nearly all to be found in
captivity in geological gardens, being
left to propagate the species. the
catalo, the name given the new spe-
| cies, is a cross between the buffalo
| and the domestic COW, and according
| to an article by Mr.. Benton Borth-
wick in a recent number of the Fore
cast published in Philadelphia, Pa,
much may be expected from it as
meat producer. lie states that I'M
like most hybrids, which proverbially
inherit the worst qualities belonging
to both parental strains, the catalo
seems to have selected and combined
in himself the most useful qualities OF
both buffalo and cow. He is so hardy
| that he can live on pastures that
would afford poor sustenance for even
| a sheen, and his meat is equal to the
| best beef, to which has been super
added the tender luscious hump that
made the wild buffalo so eagerly
sought by the huntsmen of the plains.
It was the extreme desirability OF
| fhis hump, combined with the value
OF his shaggy hide, that helped to
bring about the practical extinction
of the American buffalo. The Indians
appreciated both, but they lived In
peace and amity with the buffalo and
| left enough of them to insure an IN
exhaustible supply of meat and tepees
for future years. The white man S
appreciation was equally keen, but,
like the Indian, the buffalo was in
his way. He wanted the plains for
his cattle to range over and he did
not approve Of the cattle associating
with the buffaloes. Therefore the buff
faloes were gradually exterminated.
Even in the early days there were
some far-seeing individuals who dimly
saw the possibilities OF an animal
which would be blend of buffalo and
COW, SO a number of breeders tried to
establish a species Of cattle carrying
the buffalo strain, and the expert
ments began as far back as the hrst
invasion of the western plains by
white men, but they always failed.
Even down to the present day there
are but two breeders who have sue
ceeded in establishing this new bovine
strain. one in Texas and the other In
Canada.
The important fact remains, how
ever, that the new species has really
been established and there are now
| sufficient number of cataloes, &C
cording to Mr.. Borthwick, to make it
safe to prophesy that the new ami
NAL will play leading part in the
future food supply Of the United
States.
Unlike the mule, this hybrid is able
to perpetuate it's own species without
reverting to type. So far as is known,
no males have ever been born from
this first cross. The heifers resulting
from the first cross are bred either
to domestic or buffalo bulls, so that
the second generation IS either three
quarters or one-quarter buffalo, as the
case may be. In this second genera
ton the animal resembles very closely
either the buffalo or the domestic
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
More Eating Of
Mutton Is Urged
BY Fl. A. ZEIGLER. Sydney. Australia

good that Americans have been mutton eaters
only the used American homes mutton
United Kingdom the cent and in
France II per cent.
The production sheep United States other countries
the last years. We have America than
sheep than had five years the number at
this time understand being than 5300O0 Australia has
than IS 100000 Sheep compared with years
will attention to the raising of sheep for NUT
on they will find that they quite profitable CATTLE and of course
a double purpose.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07
Outdoor Hobbies Give
Health and Strength
BY E. w. HARRIS. Evanston, III.

open Aside from such sports baseball tennis and golf there
number take those who ride them into the world of
sunlight and fresh air.
the botang hobby the googng hobby the enomo-
logical hobby the swimming hobby the yachting hobby and
for the who cannot afford of these although of them
quite inexpensive there the plain walking hobby good as
and requiring only pair of legs for its indulgence
Many hobbies that demand indoor sedenay
their time and place. but their time and place
weather For those who have such indoor
hobbies recommended that they aate them for time and
add another list which will take them the trees
plants They will draw rich dividends health and strength from
this added hobby
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luck if there is none. If there are
other grasses with the alfalfa, as June
grass or red top, or timothy, the dan
ger is not great, for cattle like these
grasses best and will eat them first.
and by mixing them in eating, the
danger from bloat is largely elimi.
mated.
The quickest and easiest way to re-
lieve a case Of bloat is to use the tro.
car and cannula, and it is more effective
also. Be sure to keep the animals
well sailed while on this kind of pas
ture; it, in measure. is preventive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-10-07

RN THE past few years the United
States government has spent over
$13,OOO,0O0 in making Pearl Har-
Dor able to offer adequate re-
sistance to attack from land anu
sea. The work is nearly finished
now; and when it is done the United
States will possess as formidable and
as important fortress as any in the
world.
Before the steamer approaching
Honolulu from the southwest is mag
nificent cOncave sweep of land rising
above the clear blue of the Pacific, and
covered with gigantic trees. Backing
up the whole is long ridge of rugged
and tumbled rock. In the center OF
this Titanic sweep nests Honolulu.
To the east, the sweep is terminated
by a tumbled mass of rock-an ex-
tinct volcano, known as Diamond
Head To the west the view ends
with a frowning mountainside that
hides a beautiful little lake which
nestles behind it, reached from the
sea through a narrow passage, like the
neck of a bOttIe-the lake named
Pearl Harbor. Nowhere in the world
is a scene more beautiful and impress
sive.
Death in the Midst of Beauty.
Uncle Sans task has been to con-
ceal, in this wonderful Is miles of
beauty, death-the flying, screaming,
hellish death of fame and steel and
explosive. He has packed the hollow
cup of the peaceful, somnoleEt old
Diamond Head crater full of coast-de-
tense mortars, and the volcano may
renew its activity with the eruptions
of fame and steel that belch forth
from the molten interiors of these
squat, grim engines of destruction.
Hidden among the green of the trees
are cement pits, from the depths OF
which long, trim, cOaSt-defense rifles
rise and peer about, seeking marks for
the tons of steel and guncotton they
are hiding. Beneath, keeping com
pany with the fishes, are hundreds OF
steel cans the size of barrels, and CON
tanning high explosives, ready to de-
stroy any vessel riding above them
when the man on shore chooses to
launch their power.
Impregnable Defenses.
The Notifications extend along the
coast for distance of Is miles, from
the volcano on the east of Honolulu
to Pearl HarbOr, nine miles west OF
the city, and consist mainly of Sc
ries of powerful batteries occupying ce
ment-lined empIacements beneath the
level of the ground. At the base OF