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Evening star., 1915-06-06

"Welshin' nothin'!" he cried. And, as
he got his breath he told him all he needed
"No, an we don't want anyone else-in-
side. Get man up on 9Sth that can
take wigwag from the roof. Have 800
engine planted with you round the corner
And that'll be all required from you. An
if you're askin' about the Pendulum-you
can tell the boys that-by James! maybe
she'll be swingin yeti"
STILL inextinguishable beam of hope!
- And they were still hoping, and the
Lolnochy rooms We're still in darkness and
silence, when-it seemed hours later
some neighboring clock began to strike.
1t was only ten; but it was enough.
mo use, Bucky"
"Aw, t'hell-thcll!"
And at last they gave il up.
A ND at Clarion Hall they had likewise
given it up.
When first the chairman, the Hon.
Chauncey O'Niel, announced that sowing
to the performers of the number known
as The Human Pendulum not having
as yet arrived, the said number will be
temporarily postponed, there was every
belief that that postponement was only
temporary. In fact, ten minutes later an
nouncement could be made that other
members of 1888 company present to as
sist the performers, had learned by tele-
phone that Messrs. jackson and McCreary
We're on their way and accordingly they
might now be expected to appear at any
time.
But they did not appear at any time
They did not appear in time to take the
next number, nor the next, nor the next.
When intermission came it was pro-
longed for a quarter of an hour in the
hope that all might then be WELL In vain!
BY then, indeed. the rumor had been
spread abroad-though it found no be-
lievers-that the artists of "The Human
Pendulum" had not yet left their rooms.
Whether they had or not. another num-
Der had to be taken, and another. And
in the end, amid general wonder and re-
sentiment, the still mistaken resistance of
3SS's delegation behind the scenes, and
the stupefartion of its sisters, wives, and
lady friends. the Hon. Chauncey had to
announce that the chef dTurre, the piece
de resistance, the peerless top-line act of
that years Grand Annual, could no longer
be called.
TT was perhaps ten minutes after that,
that on 9Sth street the Zolnochy door
opened once more. and the gentleman for
whom the tin pail had been left arrived.
He wasted no time. Like the man be-
fore him, he carried a pocket flash; and
like him, he used it to light himself di-
rectly to the kitchen and the fire escape.
Another minute, and the dull clinking
of the pail said that he had gone to work.
He finished the kitchen first. Then he
laid his train in the second room. Now
he was in the middle room again. He
passed from it to the fourth and last And
now, once more, he was working his way
back to the kitchen.
"That's the dope-that's the dope, all
right" Buck followed him inetfably. "Us
poor simps has held the sack times enough
to know you've got the tire-stutf dope all
right"
"An' if the whole bug bunch of youse
was in there now. there might be some
thing in it for us after all-or even if we
could put it up to the big bugs. But only
you alone, GOSH reckon we ro,,ldn't
Evening star., 1915-06-06

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listed no time. Like The man be-
him. he carried pocket .Has'i.'
came, in twenty jumps they would be able
to cover both Zolnochy exits, the door and
the fire escape, together.
"All O. X" No time would be wasted
there.
A ND it was barely five minutes till that
Zolnochy door was letting in the in
dividual who has been called the "fxer
with the tin pail
The tin pail-whcn there is tin pail
contains BENIN. or gas. or "clean alco-
hol, or some combination of the same.
1t is carried up those tenement stairs
publicly and without fear, because in the
average tenement dozen such pals are
used nightly for the carrying in of beer.
And, since the pail is covered. who would
know if it contained nitroglycerin?.
Needless to say its present bearer lit no
gas. But he had pocket flash, and he
could be seen steering himself through to
the kitchen. There he opened the win
dow, and, by the sounds, set the pail out
side upon the fire escape. Plainly he was
first going to do some preliminary "fx-
ing.
Fire will not of itself run readily from
room to room. And a really successful
tenement "touch-off" must first burn slow
ly for long enough to let the "toucl-off
man make his getaway; and then burn
with all possible speed to destroy all be-
trayals and to make the loss complete by
the time the firemen can break in.
The present "fiXer' was making sure
that the Zolnochys' fire would do all that
Room after room he fixed; while two
watchers on the ironing table hooked and
unlocked their fingers. looking to the mo-
ment when he should return to the kitchen
window and the tin pail. AS they lay
there their bell began to ring And it
rang and rang again. But they let it ring.
In about another two minutes now. in Just
about another two minutes
"Gosh!'
Leaving the tin pail untouched. that
"fXer' had shut his flash and opened the
door and slipped away like the two be-
fore him. The actual "touch-off" man was
still to come.
"Could you beat it?'
"Could you beat it?'
And for the present they spoke no more
about the Clarion.
"Bucky, old scout, said Gosh, "if they
lay on the fluid like they've done their
fixin', an guess they will, we can't take
the chance alone. I'll try to hold things
here while you beat it down to the house
and have them have an engine ready
THE McCreary fiat was on 9Sth street,
and the frehouse of 3SS company on
92d. The runner reached it speechless.
But Foxey Creel, "on the desk" spoke
for him. "Well-what the blazes! The
bunch at the hall have been burnin' the
phones for you. | send johnny up, an
Evening star., 1915-06-06
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for June 6, 1915

near 10 lnlefmlSSlOn. An, ~
by Gosh! maybe We'll ~
have the time to make -, 41rZzs
her yeti" = M n
Sure -sure." Buck too ~ N
went through the motions Nm.aaN
of deluding himself with @.uAANzZZ|
that hundrcdth chance. |SeIaaMN
Likely we'll be able to N Etl<s
nail 'cm both. n. %/,lz...
IF they pulled her p. ID. ~ MNN
o." But the gentlemen - Ill.,
arranging the flash in
those Zolnochy rooms w .NsS
were in no hurry what
soevcr. So TeE
The thing that would -
make it seem almost i'm
possible to prepare fire.
witheverybody still about
in a crowded tenement,
is the thing that makes -
it easiest. In the average
six-story double decker
there will be more than
twenty families, most of
them with boarders, and
ing in or moving out. The .Ho q,
ianitress herself does not c.a
pretend to know them all.
Strangers with suitcases
(the "boarders, as they are often known,
of the tenement frebug businessj are no.
ticed as little as they would be i'll the
street outside.
IN some fifteen minutes the Zolnochy
door was opening to another.
He might have been a brother OF the
first. He too brought more clothing
and hats Even the little Zolnochys were
well provided for. Then his suitcases
began to yield chair drapes and mantel
decorations, secondhand table covers and
thrd-hand dittos for bureau and dresser.
\ pair of unspeakable portieres followed,
and two silk-quilted bcdspreads in even
worse condition.
Merely to put so many things in their
proper places took much time. a certain
Grand Annual Concert and Firemen's s
Benefit, for example. had by now reached
its fourth number-with a delegation from
'SS company in the wings gnawing at
their fingers with anxiety.
But at last that second "boarder" had
finished. And, strapping up, he turned
out the gas and in his turn departed.
A N you too, choked Gosh, "wc'rc goin
to get too--sometmc! Lord! only
that it aint legal evidence till you've
tlared your match!
Buck was haring one now. And
glimpsing an ancient dollar watch, he saw
what he knew already,-it was nearly
nine.
"But that's all right, see, he said dog
gcdly, "that's all right. Likely we've got
the time to make her yet
"Meanwhile," said Gosh, "me to see
that the way to the Zolnochys is all clear.
He slipped noiselessly down and out
into the hall, and rapidly reconnoitered
the stairway and scuttle that opened upon
the roof. In such tenement rows the roof,
save for the airshafts is level and con-
tinuous. Like their own. the house next
door gave access from it through an open
scuttle. And when the awaited moment
M room TO room. and a really success
tououout ttoufh. off, uusf first burn
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
Washburn Thursday, March 18TH 1919

that they will continue for many
years to come.
The farmers of the district sur
rounding the city should investi-
gate this proposition and notify
Amos M. Hansen, secretary OF
the Commercial Club, or George
F. Morgan, Manager of the
Farmers Association, as to the
number acres they are willing
to plant. If the required num-
ber of acres can be secured the
Heinz company will send a SER
vice man here who will advise
the farmer as to how best to
grow cucumbers.
A pickle sailing station is a
good thing for the farmers and
for Washburn and we should all
work together to secure it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
For Twin Ports.Chequamegon
Bay Electric Road
Meeting at Bayfield, last Fri
day Largely Attended.
Enthusiasm High.

A very enthusiastic meeting
was held at Bayfield, last Friday
afternoon by men interested in
the building of a new railroad
from the head of the Lakes to
the Chequamegon Bay District
and a good preliminary start
toward that end was made.
Almost every township lying
along the south shore through
which the proposed road would
pass was Represented at the
meeting. Tire following attend
ed: T. N. Okerstrom, Port Wing
father of the movement; }. A
North, H. A. Dubay and Petel
Soronen, Orienta; w. H. Fleith
George Young and Mr.. Nye
Cornucopia; Messrs. Wilson, anc
Murray of Ashland; S. F. Snivley
Duluth; John Walsh, Washburn
Frank E. Fritcher, Nashua, Iowa
representative of large lant
holders of the district; j. M
Smith and J. w. Black, Russell
and about sixty representative
from Bayfield,.
John Walsh of this city acte'
as chairman Of the meeting AM
called the convention to order
| W. H. Fleith of Cornucopi
acted as secretary.
Enthusiastic addresses wer
made by S. F. Snivley, Duluth
John Walsh, Washburn, w. Il
Fleith, Cornucopia, and others
This was followed by the passag
of resolution calling upon town
and Commercial organizations t
lend their aid toward securin
such a road. A committee wa
also appointed to ascertain tn
names of the owners OF the Ian
, through which the proposed raj
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
LICENSE CAMPAIGNS
Ashland and Bayfield, to Vote
on Question at the Spring
Election.

Washburn is not the only city
on Chequamegon Bay that will
have a license campaign this
spring. Ashland and Bayfield,
will vote on the question and ac-
cording to rumors reaching the
city from those places there is a
likelihood of both going dry.
Ashland has a strong organ
ization, backed by leading busl-
ness men, who are determined
to wipe out the saloons. WIN
my Chum" Patterson, one OF the
greatest temperance lecturers in
the world, has been engaged by
the Ashland people to conduct a
campaign in that city. Interest
in the campaign is growing.
Bayfield,, too, has a strong or
ganization and will attempt te
put the Harbor City dry. A
petition asking that the question
be submitted to a vote has beer
placed in circulation and is beins
readily signed. 1t is said that IL
the Harbor City several mer
formerly engaged in the liquor
business are behind the dry cam
paign.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
Knitted a Man

Gust Richter, a resident of
the town of Namakagon in Bay
field county was brought to the
county Jail in this city the first
of the week charged with assault
with intent to do great bodily
harm.
Richter is charged with
knitting Mike Betos, iDfiicting a
bad wound in the abdoman.
The trouble took place in the
boarding camp at Namakagon.
According to Richter the two
had had a quarrel and after re-
turning to the camp Richter
claims Betos attacked him and in
self defense he drew knife,
stabbing Betos in the abdomen,
Betos wound was quite seriou
but he is expected to survive.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
Payroll Employees Given a
Twenty Per Cent Raise
Action is Voluntary on Part
of the Company. Effects
All Plants.

Notices were posted through
out the numerous plants OF the
Ell Dupont deNemous Powder
Company throughout the United
States the first of the week an
nouncing twenty per cent In
crease in wages for all payroll
employees of the company, the
same to take effect on April lst.
This action was voluntary on
the part of the company and
came as a great surprise to the
employees of the company
throughout the country. The
raise is in addition to the regular
merit checks given to employees
for long service with the com
pany.
AS the low wage scale at the
plants of this company amounts
to more than $500 per day it will
mean that all employees will re-
ceive a raise of more than AZ
cents per day. At the Barksdale
plant of the company, the one lr
which Washburn is directly In
terested, the raise will mean that
more than $4,000 additional will
be paid out every thirty days.
Company employees are happy
as the result of the announce
ment. Many of the employee;
will now be able to earn more a
this class of work than any othel
work which they could do. L
will make employees more salts
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18

A telegram was received in this
city this morning by A. A. Johnson,
an nouncing the death of his brother
Ole Johnson, residing at Everett,
Wash. Death was due to dropsy
Ole Johnson at one time resided IL
this citv, leaving here bout thirteer
years age. He is survived oy vs..
aud a number of other relatives, al
of whom have the sympathy o
friends in their bereavement.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
Farmers Want Connection
With City
Expect to Have Twenty of
More Subscribers at
the Very Start.

At a meeting held at the Three
Switch School house last Sunday
afternoon, which was attended
by about twenty farmers, a new
telephone company was organ
lied and it is the intention to
build a new line out in the
Three Switch district, connecting
with the Bayfield, county Tele-
phone exchange in this city.
About three miles of new wire
will be strung and the new COM
pany will have about thirty SUBJ
scribers.
The following officers were
elected:
President Robert Shroth.
Vice-Pres. Lawrence Nelson.
Sec. and Treas. Chas. Moland.
A committee was also appoint
ed to get the farmers contracts
for telephones and as soon as
spring opens it is expected that
the new line will be built. The
farmers of the Three Switch dis
trict expect to connect with the
Bayfield, County Telephone COM
pany line at McCarthy's corner
on the Nevers road.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
WALSH LANDS PLUM
Washburn Attorney Appoint
ed Attorney for Federal
Trade Commission.

Washburn friends of Attorney
John Walsh of this city will be
pleased to learn that he has been
rendered the appointment as
Attorney for the Federal Trade
Commission. Mr.. Walsh left for
Washington last Saturday night
and a telegram was received by
Mrs. Walsh yesterday saying he
had been rendered this place
AS yet Mr.. Walsh has not accept
ed. The job is an important one.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18

Enthusiastic Meeting Held at
Commercial Club Yester-
day Afternoon.

A pickle station for the sailing
of cucumber pickles will be es-
tablished in this city the coming
spring by the H. j. Heinz Pickle
company, providing the required
number of acres for the growing
of pickles can be contracted for.
A. E. Atwood, M. H. Babcock,
District Superintendent, and M.
J. Mockley, Acreage Manager,
representing the Heinz company,
were here yesterday afternoon
and met with the farmers and
business men at a meeting held
at the Commercial Club. The
meeting was largely attended
and a good deal of interest was
manifest. The pickle proposition
was explained in detail by Mr..
A. E. Atwood, after which the
farmers discussed the PROPOSE
ton, and before the meeting
closed pledges were received
from the farmers for over thirty
acres. A number of committees
were appointed to work among
the farmers throughout the diff
Iferent sections and it is expected
that the required acres will be
secured within the next few
weeks.
The growing of cucumber
pickles by the farmers is pro-
lftable business. Wherever il
has been tried most farmers have
made upwards of 500 per acre
from the land devoted to this
branch of farming, and some
have made upwards of 5000 pei
acre.
The Heinz company offers tt
furnish the seed free to the farm
ers with whom they have con
tracts and in turn the farmel
agrees to furnish the crop fol
1915 to the company. The com
pany offers the highest marke
price for the crop.
The Heinz company is one O.
the largest of the kind in tn
country. They have sailing sta
tions at different points through
out the United States. At som
points stations have been estab
lished for upwards of twent
years and growers who began a
the first are still furnishin
pickles to the company whic
demonstrates that the bushes
Of growing cucumbers is profit
able. The fact that the compan
only asks the farmer to sign
contract for period of one yea
demonstrates that they feel Gel
tain the farmers will be so we
satisfied with cucumber CROWN
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
To Conduct the White Rose
Creamery Plant
Business at New Institution
is Growing and it's Sue
cess is Assured.

Last Friday two new members
were taken into the White Rose
Creamery, being R. w. Smith,
county surveyor, and E. T.
Peterson of the Hotel Washburn.
Together with G. F. Champney,
who was instrumental in starting
the creamery these, gentlemen
will look after the management
of the institution.
Washburn's new creamery has
been a busy place during the past
week and business at the in
stitution has been increasing
daily. The first churning was
done last Tuesday, when it was
discovered that some OF the
machinery was not working
properly, and this was overhaul
ed before the second batch OF
butter was made. The second
churning was done Thursday
afternoon and since that time
the creamery has been churning
almost daily and the sale of the
butter at the plant has more than
kept up with the output. G. F.
Champney has demonstrated
that he knows the butter bust
ness from A to z and the White
Rose Brand of butter has gained
quite a reputation for its quality
ranking among the first in the
country.
Farmers throughout the dis
Itrict covered by the Creamery
have been increasing thei1
supply of cream daily and many
Inew customers are being added
on every trip. Creamery checks
are sent out to the farmers OF
Ievery trip, paying for the las
batch of cream, and by thl
policy the farmers know jus
what their cream is bringini
them without having to wait un
til the end of the month as is tn
case with most creamery plants
In addition to the local distric
| a cream station has been estab
lished at Bayfield, and a larg
amount of cream from the ter
ritory around the Harbor cit
will be sent to the creamery
: Bayfield, is also proving to b
a. fine market for the. butter Q
the creamery and it is bein
!. found difficult to supply tn
? orders.
> This creamery means muc
D for the farming section OF th1
: part of the county and it will d
) more toward building up bi
e dairy section than any othe
I thing, The people of this cit
: can do much towsrd building U
; the creamery by insisting Q
I iIhaving butter from that instr
ution.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18

Nomination papers are being cir
culated in the city this week for
aldermen and supervisors. A num-
Der have signified their intention of
running this spring.
The regulSr monthly meeting OF
the Methodist Brotherhood was held
at the church parlors on Monday
evening ano was largely attended.
This organization is having quite
an increase in membership.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18

fled with the company.
The Dupont company has al
ways used their employees right
and during the long term OF
years the company has been in
existence a strike at their works
has never been known.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18
Millinery Opening

Your attendance is requested
at Mrs. johanna Nelson's Spring
opening beginning March 10Th
in the Reuter- building opposite
the Temple Theatre
Originality characterizes our
creations, always something
different in our. large varied
assortment Of trimmed hats
We offer dependable goods, the
very latest styles at prices tha'
are genuinely low.
Throughout the season
constant succession OF the latest
models will be displayed from
week to week.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18

road would pass and to figure
out the best possible plan for
financing the project.
Another meeting will likely be
held in the near future.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18

The Congregational Ladies Aid
society will meet at the church
narlors next Wednesday afternoon
and will be entertained by Mrs,
George Fox and Mrs. F. A. Bell.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-03-18

Mrs. A. Maitland OF Cusson and
"Bud" Maitland of Park Falls visi-
ted in the city Monday and Tuesday
at the Will Robinson residence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1915.
ACQUIRING AN EDUCATION.

1t is now expected that the legislature will
rot adjourn before the end Of the first week IN
August We should get some good laws out OF
it as they have become an experienced bunch
Platteville News.
If the lawmakers are merely going 10
school it might be well to charge them
tuition instead of paying them a salary.
Of course they are not non residents.
But consider all the years that Senator
Burke has been at Madison To have
required him to regularly pay tuition
would have turned considerable money
into the state treasury. The situation
is different in case of our worthy as
semblyman from Iowa county, Mr..
Cretney. He is only taking his first
lesson or degree in craftsmanship, with
out either hope or fear of another term.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-22
Standards of Weights and
M SureS.

Farmers, as we'll as school boys will
need to learn anew answers to the con
stantly recurring question, "How many
pounds are there in a bushel of this or
that farm commodity?" for the present
legislature has found it necessary to
modify the former standards of weights
and measures.
Here is the way portion Of the list
now stands:
Apples A lbs; alfalfa 80 lbs; alsike
60 lbs; barley 48 lbs; beans 60 lbs
buckwheat so lbs; clover seed 80 lbs
course salt 70 lbs; corn (Indian) Sc
lbs; corn meal so lbs; cranberries 50
lbs; Hungarian grass seed AZ lbs
lime 70 lbs; millet seed so lbs; oats 81
lbs; onions so lbs; peas 60 lbs; peas,
wrinkled, Sc lbs; potatoes 60 lbs; rape
seed so lbs; rutabagas 56 lbs; rye SO
lbs; rye meal 80 lbs; timothy seed As
lbs; tomatoes Sc lbs: turnips AZ lbs
unslacked lime 80 lbs; wheat 60 lbs.